On August 30, the Westerville North High School football team hosted their home opener, hosting Olentangy Orange. To start strong for the Warriors, Micah Stein (WNHS 2026) scored; ) Ronald Jackson (WNHS 2025 Quarterback) handed the ball to Micah Stein to run and score a touchdown. 

Micah Stein crossed the goal line and the crowd cheered. The student section started jumping around and chanting, “Micah, Micah, Micah.”  Fellow teammates and North students celebrated with Micah with handshakes, congratulating him and more.

As Micah Stein is celebrated,  throughout the game, you can find Joy Carter on the sidelines cheering for the football team. Joy Carter is a junior at WNHS. Joy gets to hold signs, do dances, chants and more. Her teammates love having her on the team. According to Brianna Sasu, a senior on the WNHS cheer team, “Joy is a huge part of the cheer team. She has positive energy and makes everyone laugh.” 

At North, it is important to the students and staff to include everyone and have opportunities for everyone. “We want to encourage all kids at North that they can do whatever they want to do, and we want them to picture themselves doing whatever they want to do so that they can take that next step,” Wes Elifretz, WNHS athletic director, said.

WNHS watched Joy cheer as Micah  scored touchdowns. Brianna Sasu describes them as “the face at North to show all things are possible.” 

On September 16, the Westerville Special Education Department held a Special Education Parent Advisory Council. This Parent Advisory Council was held at 6:15-7:15 p.m. at The Early Learning Center. 

This meeting is held for parents and guardians who have kids in Westerville City Schools who receive special education services. This meeting will also be attended by the deputy superintendent, assistant superintendent, executive director of special learning programs, director of special education and the adaptive/inclusive program supervisor. 

At this meeting the parents and guardians of special education children can bring attention to what is in their eyes a problem, after bringing up that topic then everyone there at the meeting can discuss ways to make it better and not a concern for parents and guardians. 

Each quarter in Westerville, the Special Education Department holds a parent engagement event. At this event, they teach about topics related to their students with disabilities. These topics include behavior management, executive functioning, adult services, an introduction to special education and technology. They also include topics suggested by families attending.