Catalyst Christian School
Isabel Zook
7th Grade
Isabel Zook is in 7th grade at Catalyst Christian School. She is funny, cute, lively, sometimes silly, and very fun to be around. She likes to hang out with her friends, and her favorite class in school is Language Arts. L.A. is her favorite class because she likes to read, and she really likes the L.A. teacher, Ms. LeFever.
Isabel participates in student council, archery, and middle school theater. When she has some free time, she likes reading, dancing, singing, and baking. Her favorite hobby is baking because she really likes baking with her grandma.
Isabel goes to Ephrata Community Church (ECC), and is part of an outreach group there. She goes with the outreach group to Neffsville retirement home, and does Easter and Christmas activities with residents, and they also share the gospel. The outreach group sometimes also hands out ice cream at the park and teaches about Jesus.
Isabel admires her parents because they are very supportive and are always there for her.
After Isabel graduates college, she wants to get into the pastry arts because she loves to bake, especially her mom’s delicious cookies.
If Isabel could change one thing about the world, she would bring peace and joy to everyone. She would also want to bring Christ into everyone’s lives.
Written by: Molly Hurst
Brennan Hoover
6th Grade
Brennan is in 6th grade at Catalyst Christian School. He sparks positivity and kindness everywhere he goes. He enjoys going to classes and spending time with his friends at Catalyst Christian School. He also enjoys talking to the teachers and going to chapel. His favorite classes are language arts and world geography because he likes to learn more about the world’s history and how to use grammar properly.
He participates in basketball and archery at Catalyst Christian School. During his spare time he enjoys hunting, fishing, playing with cousins, and being outdoors. He also sometimes goes to the Farm Show or the Great American Outdoor Show.
Brennan’s greatest accomplishment so far is shooting his first deer in the fall and getting a double in baseball with the bases loaded. He also feels good about making the little league all-star team.
Brennan and his family attend Hammer Creek Mennonite Church in Lititz, PA.
He admires his grandpa and his dad because they teach him things about hunting and life. In the future,
Brennan plans to either become an electrician or be a guide in Montana with his grandpa.
If he could change something in the world he would want everyone to become a Christian, and he would make all the poor have a house and have some more money.
Written by: Reed Sauder
Bowen Good
8th Grade
Bowen Good is an 8th grader at Catalyst Christian School. He is competitive, fun, and enjoyable to be around. What he likes about Catalyst is how interactive the school is.
Extracurriculars Bowen does are baseball and piano. In his free time, he likes to practice baseball and work out. Bowen’s hobbies are fishing, hunting, dirtbiking, and of course baseball. He plays on a Warwick 14u section 1 baseball team.
Some of his accomplishments are making it onto a Warwick travel team, and also making it to playoffs on that same Warwick team.
The church he goes to is LEFC, and he sometimes attends the youth group there, too.
The person he admires is J.T. Realmuto who plays for the Phillies in the MLB. Bowen respects Realmuto because he is a Christian athlete, and he is very inspirational with what he does. For a career Bowen would like to be a business entrepreneur or possibly an MLB player.
A positive change he would want to see in the world is an end to corrupt governments in the United States and other countries because he believes that there should be good, trustworthy people in charge and running our country and good leadership in other countries as well.
Written by: Cole Martin
Isabella Sciarrino
7th Grade
Isabella Sciarrino is in 7th grade at Catalyst Christian School. She is always able to listen, is caring, and always has a smile on her face.
Isabella enjoys helping others at school and loves to be around her classmates. Wherever she goes, she always has a positive attitude.
Some extracurriculars that Isabella does are: archery, theater, flags, and dance. Her favorite classes in school are L.A and Health.
At home she has many hobbies, some of which are: running, drawing, singing, reading, and hanging out with friends and family. Some of her accomplishments so far are shooting a ‘50’ at archery, getting a lead role in a play at her church, and getting a medal in archery. At her church (Manheim BIC), Isabella attends a youth group called “Remix” and once served for three hours helping hand out ice cream!
One person she admires is her brother, Nicholas. She admires him because he is a good role model, helps her with many things, and likes being with her.
When she is older, Isabella would like to be a nurse, so she can help people.
One thing Isabella would like to see in the world is peace. The world needs people helping those who are less fortunate. She would also like it if there would be no more wars.
Written by: Jada Moyer
Kaylee Akinin
6th Grade
Kaylee Akinin is a hardworking dedicated student at Catalyst Christian School. She’s in 6th grade, and anyone who knows her would describe her as organized, positive, funny, and kind. At school, one of Kaylee’s favorite classes is geography because she likes the teacher and the fun activities. She’s also very involved in extracurricular activities. Kaylee participates in theater and plays on the basketball team.
Outside of school, Kaylee has a lot of hobbies and interests. She loves reading and hanging out with her friends whenever she has free time. One of the biggest parts of her life is dance. She dances competitively at Ace Dance Academy in Ephrata. One of her biggest accomplishments so far was earning a spot on the competitive dance team at ACE. Kaylee is also involved in her community. She goes to Ephrata Community Church and volunteers at the Café there. She even helps decorate for different church events. Someone Kaylee really looks up to is her mom. She admires her because her mom has had a huge influence on her life and has always encouraged her to do her best.
In the future Kaylee hopes to become a professional dancer and eventually teach dance to others. If she could make a difference in the world, she would choose to make everyone happy and joyful because she believes the world needs more kindness and positivity.
Written by: Madison Martin
Emma Zimmeman
8th Grade
Emma Zimmerman is a hardworking student at Catalyst Christian School. She is in eighth grade and is on the middle school’s student council. She is a leader among her friends and is very wise and compassionate to others. At school, she loves hanging out with her friends and making connections with her teachers. Her favorite subject in school is science because she enjoys learning about our world and doing labs.
Emma plays volleyball for the Catalyst Firehawks as an extracurricular activity. In her free time, she enjoys spending time outside and getting better at volleyball. Her hobbies include sports and spending time with family and friends.
Emma’s biggest accomplishments so far have been earning good grades and improving her volleyball skills.
She attends Grace Point Church of the Nazarene, where she serves in the children’s ministry. Emma admires her pastors because they serve her church well. She also admires her parents because of how loving they have been. Another person she admires is her mom’s friend Meghann Wenger because she is very patient and kind to everyone.
She isn’t sure if she wants to go to college yet, but her dream is to start her own photography business.
If she could change anything about the world, she would have everyone have the right friends put into their lives and have everyone be included and loved.
Written by: Makenzie Martin
Jeremiah Shenk
7th Grade
The Catalyst Christian School student of the month for October is Jeremiah Shenk. He is in 7th grade. He is kind, patient, and includes everybody.
Something Jeremiah likes best about school is hanging out with friends and talking to the teachers about sports games and the weekend. One of his favorite subjects at Catalyst is world history. He enjoys world history because he gets to learn about how all the different countries began and different events that happened.
One extra-curricular activity Jeremiah participates in is basketball. He enjoys basketball because it is a great way to get active and meet new people.
Some things Jeremiah enjoys doing in his spare time include hanging out with friends, playing video games, and watching professional and college sports. He also enjoys playing basketball. Jeremiah feels that his greatest accomplishment so far was scoring 60 points in basketball in just 12 games.
Jeremiah attends Mission Church and is actively involved in his youth group and helps out with the sound and lighting during the service.
Someone Jeremiah admires is his cousin, Nate Lewis. Jeremiah looks up to him because he is good at basketball. After high school, Jeremiah plans on going to college to be an athletic trainer.
Something Jeremiah would like to see change in the world would be that everybody would read the Bible and learn to follow Christ.
Written by: Devon Nolt