ACT All Stars

The ACT consists of four sections: English, Math, Reading and Science. The highest score a student can receive for a section is 36. A student's composite score is the average of the four section scores. 



Congratulations to the following students who earned a perfect score of 36 on the ACT (composite and/or section) in February!

Chris Ault

Reading

Alex Blackstone

Reading

Clare Feehan

Reading

Clare Garczewski

Reading, English

Megan Goshe

Reading, English

Jonny Koeninger

Reading

Elise Latshaw

Reading

Michael Ponesse

Reading

Emily Schmidt

Reading, English

Sadie Thieken

Science

Matthias Wenning

Reading

Spring Musical Earns Six CAPA Nominations

Congratulations to the cast, crew and orchestra for our spring musical, Les Miserables, on earning six nominations for the 2024 CAPA (Columbus Association for the Performing Arts) Marquee Awards! Winners for each of the 13 categories will be announced at the live student showcase at the Ohio Theatre on Thursday, June 6.

Bishop Watterson’s Nominations

Best Musical Production

Outstanding Student Orchestra

Outstanding Ensemble

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Colin McNair as Jean Valjean

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Gianna Dziewiatkowski as Gavroche

National Student Reporter: Gigi O’Dorisio

National Honor Society 2024

Congratulations to our 2024 National Honor Society inductees!

The list of inductees can be found on our website under Latest News or by clicking on the button below.

National Business Honor Society

Our National Business Honor Society chapter inducted 15 new members for 2024. The Bishop Watterson NBHS Chapter, created in 2013, was the first in central Ohio and just the second in the state.

The National Business Honor Society recognizes academic achievement in business education, fosters and recognizes leadership skills and character development, encourages growth ethically and socially by promoting interest in business, and encourages member involvement in service learning initiatives.

Membership in the NBHS is based upon academics, service, and leadership, with the academic portion based on overall grade point average and GPA in business classes. Each member must have a minimum of four business classes, with two of them required to be advanced placement and/or dual enrollment.

Click on the button for the list of inductees.

National Latin Exam Awards

Congratulations to the 48 students who won awards on the 2024 National Latin Exam!

Click on the button below for the list of award winners.

International Thespian Society Inductees

Spring Signing Day: 21 Seniors Commit to College Sports

Twenty-one Bishop Watterson seniors committed to college athletic programs on the spring signing day. This brings the Class of 2024 total to 31 college athletes. Click on the button for the complete list!

Wellness Day

Bishop Watterson holds a day of wellness activities in the Spring with the goal to help students learn how to take care of themselves so they can take care of the less fortunate. Rachel Muha of Run the Race Club spoke to the students to kick off the day. Class bonding activities, service projects and self-care activities followed.

Diaper Drive

Bishop Watterson students and staff donated 23,151 diapers and 63,956 wipes to Bottoms Up Diaper Bank this spring! This will help 926 babies!

French Club Fun

Spring Sports Captains

Baseball

AJ McAninch, Immaculate Conception School,

Our Lady of Peace Parish

Nick Kudika, Columbus Gifted Academy, St. Andrew Parish

Elliott Schmidt, Immaculate Conception

Chance Strausbaugh, Hilliard Heritage Middle School, St. Agatha Parish

Lacrosse, Boys

Angelo Lamatrice, St. Michael

Davis Minzler, Immaculate Conception

Elliott Bauer, St. Brigid

Braxton Rundio, Immaculate Conception

Lacrosse, Girls

Carly Henry, St. Brigid

Kaitlyn Sullivan, St. Brigid Parish

Marie Rudzinski, St. Andrew

Softball

Alex Mosholder, St. Timothy

Mary Gamble, St. Timothy

Liz Hohlefelder, St. Brigid

Tennis, Boys

Tommy O’Brien, McCord Middle School

Franco Kader, Archbishop Alter H.S.

Ashton Slack, World Language Middle School

Track & Field, Boys

Pierre-Andre Geoffrion, St. Brigid

Jake McCann, St. Brendan

Track & Field, Girls

Nkengnju Ajuseh, St. Andrew

Emily Bellisari, St. Andrew

Rose Lombardi, St. Andrew

Mia Gill, Immaculate Conception

Volleyball, Boys

AJ Harvey, Immaculate Conception

Ben Gabrich, St. Agatha

George Smith, Immaculate Conception

Will Spiers, Olentangy Liberty Middle School, St. Joan of Arc

Shining a Spotlight on our Teachers

The concept of the United States as a great melting pot is an apt description of how cultural differences of immigrants have melded together to form a unique U.S. culture.

Natalia Jouikova is, in a sense, a walking melting pot of heritages and experiences that she brings to her position as French teacher here at BWHS. She was born in Ukraine and grew up in the Soviet Union, with a mother from Ukraine and a father from a village in Siberia who met at college in Moscow.

“My father’s village was so remote he hadn’t seen an airplane or a train until he was about 16!” said Ms. Jouikova. “He had dreams to come to the BIG world! To get to Moscow it’s the same idea as if you make it in New York, you’ve made it. In a big urban area there, if you're able to get a job and get an apartment, you’ve made it. At the same time, it's hard because you lack roots and a support system since your folks are far away.”

Growing up, Ms. Jouikova spent her summers with her grandparents in Ukraine and eventually attended university in Moscow and enrolled in an exchange program with the University of Budapest in Hungary where she earned her degree in mechanical engineering. While there she started taking language courses. "As long as I can remember, I was always obsessed with languages," she said. She is fluent in Russian, Ukrainian, French and English.

A guest lecturer at the University of Budapest, American professor Dr. Richard Lester, befriended Ms. Jouikova and her husband and encouraged them to learn about the United States. They decided to study in the U.S. and, following Dr. Lester’s advice, after landing in Washington, D.C. they promptly got on a Greyhound bus to go visit Dr. Lester in Alabama.

“It’s interesting because on the bus you get at the heart of this country,” she said. “You’re not walking the glossy avenues. You see all kinds of people getting on and off and places going by. It was very revealing because all of the states have their own character. They’re different.”

Both Ms. Jouikova and her husband went on to earn MBA degrees from Baker College in Flint, Mich. and then found jobs in the U.S. After starting a family and moving to Ohio, Ms. Jouikova got her teaching degree from Ashland University.

Recently, Ms. Jouikova had an impactful realization, making a connection between her mentor Dr. Lester and her five years with us at Bishop Watterson.

“Dr. Lester’s remarkable character traits as a person and friend, as a professor and employee were quite obvious – he was deeply and devoutly Catholic. He lived out his faith and acted out the values that he believed in by making it every-day, commonplace, obvious things to do,” she said. “He himself was a first generation American from an Italian-Irish background which gave him a unique perspective on how folks come to this country and try to make it. His selfless personal work ethic as well as his open-mindedness and overwhelming kindness impressed us so much that we could not believe our luck meeting such a truly remarkable person. He and his wife opened their home and hearts for us. He always encouraged me to take the lead and responsibility with everything I do in life, to lead by example, and to give back to the community.

“Lucky for me, I found a place where I am seeing and feeling the same magic in the people I work with here at Bishop Watterson.”

Summer Camps at Bishop Watterson

Our art, sport, theatre and wood shop camp schedules are out for this summer!

Sports include baseball, boys basketball, girls basketball, cheerleading, field hockey, football, boys soccer, girls soccer, softball, track & field, boys volleyball and girls volleyball.



For more information click on the button below.

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