Imagine actually wanting to come to school and feeling like you are coming home to family. WCA claims to place an emphasis on their community, but in reality, how strong is it? After seeing flaws within the community, Enterpreneurship, a class taught by Jonathan Horn, is taking on the challenge to make Westminster feel like home.

Horn sees the value of intentional relationships in promoting community.

“Jesus was able to profoundly impact the people around Him because He knew them,” said Horn. “The first 30 years of his life was dedicated to just getting to know the people and the culture.”

He believes that students at WCA do not know each other nearly enough, and the students agree.

“Students would rather spend time doing other things. There is no motivation to be here besides coercion,” said Michael Shaw, junior.

The entrepreneurship class is looking for a way to foster motivation for students to want to come to school and experience community.

“Our main goal right now is to create a small, profitable, student-run business in order to better the community,” said Kayla Greene, sophomore.

They are working towards adding a lounge to the school where kids can spend time with their friends and get to know one another. Before school, bagels, donuts, coffee, and other drinks would be sold. After school, it would become a hangout spot. The entrepreneurship class recently test ran their idea in the Academic Hub, naming the lounge “Hub Grub”. Based on their success, the lounge could become an addition to the school.

When students feel like they belong, the overall environment changes. Once kids make the choice to be proactive in their community, the school will begin to look more like home.