Students plan to take on Italy
Aiden Rushing, Reporter
October 17, 2018
Science teacher Ian McCloud is planning a trip for students to travel to Italy. The date is tentatively set for July 2020. The trip will be orchestrated through the company EF (Education First) A meeting was held Thursday Oct. 11 discussing the specifics of the trip. McCloud’s main reason for t...
Humans of West: Ryan Shelman
Aiden Rushing, Reporter
September 28, 2018
Filed under Features, Humans of West, Showcase
New gym teacher Ryan Shelman has been a P.E. teacher for the past seven years at West Burlington High School in southeast Iowa. Although Shelman knew that he wanted to become an educator, he thought he might want to become a history teacher rather than a P.E. teacher. “I planned on being a teacher, I just thou...
Welding students refurbish 9/11 memorial
Naomi Walker, Co-Media Editor & Business Manager
September 20, 2018
Filed under Award Winners, News, Showcase
On Sept. 11, Mr. Zinn’s Vocational Welding class began their project to refurbish the 9/11 memorial located in the front of the school. “We built the memorial 17 years ago in my class and refurbished it once about five or six years ago. I was driving by it and thought it was time to make it look...
Adviser
Alissa Hansen teaches language arts and journalism, and she advises the Beak 'n' Eye newspaper and the WHS Today website. She is married to an engineer and has three children: Rhys, Ellis and June. Sh...