The new normal
Megan Dunn, Reporter
May 11, 2020
What was once an easy task now takes 30 minutes longer. As you enter the grocery store, you head straight for the wipes to disinfect your cart. The aisles are now one way. There is no more browsing through the grocery store. Coming home with the groceries is a whole different task. Trying to swiftly t...
Gone too soon
Sarah Bernick, Managing Editor
May 11, 2020
Many high school students dream of walking across the stage on the day of their senior graduation, celebrating the past four years they have had with their classmates. Parents and guardians are planning graduation parties ahead of time, with a long list of family and friends to invite. Seniors have imagine...
An unusually alert spring break
Sarah Bernick, Managing Editor
March 30, 2020
“Ahhhh-Chew!” A sneeze that would usually be recovered by a smile and a “bless you” has now turned into an uncertain look and the social distancing of another person. COVID-19 is the most serious health threat that has faced the country in over 100 years, according to Dr. Robert R. Redfie...
I can’t vote, but I can still change the future
Megan Dunn, Reporter
February 1, 2020
A long line of public service and doing what's right is in my “genes” one could say. I’ve been advocating and volunteering since before I was born. When my mom was eight months pregnant with me she was going around my neighborhood petitioning for street lights, while also terrifying my grandma. ...
Living up to the ‘West High Way’
Farnaiza Gulam, Reporter
December 7, 2019
Like any other institution, West is bound by its goals and ideals to provide quality education to students. However, the role of the school goes beyond that. While its main purpose is to give students the knowledge that is necessary for them to survive in the future, it is important to note that regul...
‘To be, or not to be: that is the question’
Katie Giebelstein, Reporter
December 7, 2019
This winter West is showing a production of Shakespeare's Hamlet from Dec. 6-8. Hamlet is a show about the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, who seeks out vengeance for his father’s death while also slowly slipping into insanity due to over-contemplating life and death. The cast is provided a preview o...
Falcons give back with annual Thanksgiving feast
Olaoluwa Johnson, Reporter
November 27, 2019
On Monday, Nov. 25, Falcons contributed to the third annual Thanksgiving feast in the West High cafeteria started by social worker Jenn O'Hare. There were approximately 80 people that attended and 24 families were given food.
Red-tailed hawk rescue at West
Joseph Heirigs, Reporter
May 24, 2019
Update: Animal Family Vet Center checked the red-tailed hawk out and stated that nothing was broken. The raptor was thin and had been eaten up by gnats and will be visiting a raptor center to get healthy before being released into the wild. WHSToday.com will update as further information is acquired. ...
Thoughtful theatre
Joseph Potts, Reporter
May 15, 2019
West students produced the 59th annual West High variety show on May 10 in the auditorium. Preparations for the variety show began the first week of May. Senior Lily Hancock says that they started late this year and pulled the show together in one week. The variety show is directed by show choir...
The world could end tomorrow…
Cameron Wilson, Reporter
May 10, 2019
People are selfish; it’s a part of who we are. Naturally humans will worry about problems in their lives that affect how they operate and how they appear to others. This can and usually does lead to people putting themselves at the center of their universe subconsciously, or sometimes ev...
Saving lives one drop at a time
![As blood stations are set up, phlebotomy nurses are ready for the incoming donors. Giving blood can be a hesitant choice to some people, but the outcome is life-changing. “Just knowing that I can help other people just by giving blood, and [the fact that] it takes so little time, that the thought of being able to save someone’s life motivates me to give blood,” senior Alexa Glandon said.](https://whstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Blood-Drive-475x264.jpg)
Sarah Bernick, Reporter
April 19, 2019
West hosted its first blood drive since Sept.on Thursday, April 18. Due to snow day cancellations, West was not able to host two of their four annual blood drives. By collecting an estimated total of 80 pints, the amount of blood taken in could potentially save 240 people. “We host blood drives wit...
Quality of life or quality of security?
Laurence Walker, Reporter
April 19, 2019
Approaching West’s doors near the YMCA entrance, it’s not uncommon to see groups of people peering through the windows, knocking on the doors, or calling friends. The doors near the Y entrance, or the Y doors, are almost always locked, leaving some students confused as to why. “I used to go i...
