by Colleen Cosey (12th)
Chase Butler steps on stage with his heart racing and thoughts of the watching audience flying through his head. After delivering a few lines, his nervous thoughts slowly disappear and his hours of practice take over. This is the experience that Chase, a senior student at Whitefield Academy, goes through every time he steps on stage to perform in one of Whitefield Academy’s many theatric productions. Apart from drama, he wrestles, works at Chick-fil-A, and keeps up with the rigorous academic curriculum at Whitefield. He has been at Whitefield since the second grade and plans to study theatre education at the collegiate level.
Drama has been a part of Chase’s Whitefield career since Middle School. The aspects of drama that he loves most are being able “to tell a story and get people emotionally attached to the characters” and being able “to better understand people” through the characters that he plays. When asked who was his favorite character to ever perform he said Ching Ho from Thoroughly Modern Millie because he “had 100 percent freedom to do whatever I wanted with the character.” One of the highlights of his high school career was acting and directing the play 39 Steps which had only four cast members who played over 150 characters. The proceeds from this play were donated to Atlanta Union Mission, an organization helping to provide assistance to the homeless. This play succeeded in being not only a creative way to raise money for a great organization, but also a way to create great memories that Chase will have for the rest of his life.
Although drama takes up most of his time in the fall and spring, during the winter Chase is devoted to varsity wrestling. He first took up wrestling because his father and uncle wrestled in high school as well, and this served as an inspiration for him to carry on the tradition. He has always been a leader on the team and had a very successful season this year, finishing senior year third in Area 3. He is sad to be done but says that wrestling has deeply affected his character and taught him “perseverance and hard work” which he will always carry with him.
Although his senior year at Whitefield will soon come to a close, he looks back on his years here as having a great impact on his life. He says that the biggest thing Whitefield has given to him is “a deeper understanding of his faith” as well as having “prepared [him] to defend [his] faith, be a leader and role model, and understand the importance of putting God in the center of everything [he]does.”
There is no bigger lesson than this to take to heart when preparing oneself for college. After countless classes on parabolas and geometric proofs, finding significant quotes and themes throughout Macbeth, and learning how to extract DNA from strawberries—as well as countless extracurricular activities, Whitefield students come away with a great education, but more importantly, a great knowledge of the Christian faith and what it means to truly have a relationship with God.
Chase Butler steps on stage with his heart racing and thoughts of the watching audience flying through his head. After delivering a few lines, his nervous thoughts slowly disappear and his hours of practice take over. This is the experience that Chase, a senior student at Whitefield Academy, goes through every time he steps on stage to perform in one of Whitefield Academy’s many theatric productions. Apart from drama, he wrestles, works at Chick-fil-A, and keeps up with the rigorous academic curriculum at Whitefield. He has been at Whitefield since the second grade and plans to study theatre education at the collegiate level.
Drama has been a part of Chase’s Whitefield career since Middle School. The aspects of drama that he loves most are being able “to tell a story and get people emotionally attached to the characters” and being able “to better understand people” through the characters that he plays. When asked who was his favorite character to ever perform he said Ching Ho from Thoroughly Modern Millie because he “had 100 percent freedom to do whatever I wanted with the character.” One of the highlights of his high school career was acting and directing the play 39 Steps which had only four cast members who played over 150 characters. The proceeds from this play were donated to Atlanta Union Mission, an organization helping to provide assistance to the homeless. This play succeeded in being not only a creative way to raise money for a great organization, but also a way to create great memories that Chase will have for the rest of his life.
Although drama takes up most of his time in the fall and spring, during the winter Chase is devoted to varsity wrestling. He first took up wrestling because his father and uncle wrestled in high school as well, and this served as an inspiration for him to carry on the tradition. He has always been a leader on the team and had a very successful season this year, finishing senior year third in Area 3. He is sad to be done but says that wrestling has deeply affected his character and taught him “perseverance and hard work” which he will always carry with him.
Although his senior year at Whitefield will soon come to a close, he looks back on his years here as having a great impact on his life. He says that the biggest thing Whitefield has given to him is “a deeper understanding of his faith” as well as having “prepared [him] to defend [his] faith, be a leader and role model, and understand the importance of putting God in the center of everything [he]does.”
There is no bigger lesson than this to take to heart when preparing oneself for college. After countless classes on parabolas and geometric proofs, finding significant quotes and themes throughout Macbeth, and learning how to extract DNA from strawberries—as well as countless extracurricular activities, Whitefield students come away with a great education, but more importantly, a great knowledge of the Christian faith and what it means to truly have a relationship with God.