that explores Eastern cultures and traditions. Freshman go through a two-week Discovery program, and seniors can be members of Peer Leadership, a guidance and counseling program for freshmen. WCAT WCAT, the school's broadcast program, streams events and school activities online. In the 2016–17 school year, more than 45 students from all three divisions helped stream more than 220 events. Since its inception in 2010, the program has won 8 awards and 7 honorable mentions from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Southeast division. In 2017, WCAT won its first-ever National Student Production Award from NATAS for Best Sports – Live Event Broadcast. Policy debate The Policy Debate team has won 16 state championships as well as many large national tournaments, including the national Tournament of Champions five times. The team also won the National Debate Coaches' Association Championships in 2007, 2014, and 2017. The team has produced more national championships in the last decade than any other school in the country and has received the Baker Cup, the award for the top ranked team in the country, three times in 2007, 2009, and 2011. Robotics The robotics team at Westminster began in 2008 and is identified as FRC Team 2415, the WiredCats. The team has qualified for the FRC international championships every year since their inception, more than any other team in the state. They placed 5th at the Houston International Championships in 2017 after winning their subdivision at the International Championships, being one of few teams in Georgia to have made it to the Einstein Field Bracket. The team won the Peachtree District Championship in 2018 and 2019. They have many other accolades including ten regional/district event wins in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019, the chairman's award in 2010, and the engineering inspiration award in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, and 2018. Notable people Alumni Notable alumni of Westminster include: Margaret Mitchell (Washington Seminary, 1918), author, Gone with the Wind Evelyn Greenblatt Howren (North Avenue Presbyterian School, 1934), pioneering woman aviator Dorothy Kirby (Washington Seminary, 1938), sportscaster and golf champion Lynne Rudder Baker (1962), philosopher, University of Massachusetts Amherst Jeff Galloway (1963), Olympic 10k runner 1972 Taylor Branch (1964), historian and author James H. Shepherd, Jr. (1969), chairman of the board, Shepherd Center, the United States' largest catastrophic care hospital Daniel R. White (1971), author Clark Howard (1973), consumer advocate and nationally syndicated radio