Powerlifting record setter
Thomas Yates, Reporter
March 5, 2019
Filed under Features, Humans of West, Showcase
Squatting down over the barbell, sophomore Carter Bruce tightly grips his hands around the cold metal. His fingers tighten around the grate-skinned grip of the bar as he stands, his entire body shaking as he pulls the weight against the force of gravity. Sweat pours down his face as he slowly comes to ...
Clean water courtesy of West
Tori Dierikx, Reporter
November 5, 2018
Filed under Award Winners, Features, Showcase
8,133 miles away, there is a village in Kenya that lacks what many of us take for granted ‒ clean water. This daunting and very real issue was brought to the Davenport West Invent team by Joshua Ngao, a resident of Muamba who believed the seemingly impossible task could be tackled by Davenport West st...
Breaking the stereotype
Kate Kealey, Editor in Chief
October 29, 2018
Filed under Award Winners, Features, Senior Spotlight, Showcase
She sits at the table during dinner, discouraged and angry. She is over being disrespected and feeling out of place. She goes to her mom to bring her out of this state of mind, her mom reminds her that this is life and things don’t come easy. Her dad reminds her that he went through the same discri...
Pushing boundaries and making a change
Zak Keel, Reporter
October 26, 2018
Filed under Award Winners, Features, Senior Spotlight, Showcase
Alexa Christiansen is a student that may just break the record for most hours existing within the walls of West. An average week for Christiansen consists of walking to school at 6:35 a.m. for early-bird some days and staying after school until 8:30 p.m. for Robotics on others. Even when not on a sche...
Print Editor
The Print Editor of the Beak ‘n’ Eye is someone who stands on her own. Kelly Snawerdt is 17 years old and is keeping her position on staff as Print Editor into her senior year. She has been formally rec...
