Category: Lead Story
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Students Required to Pay for their own AP Exams
By: Alex Esparza. Jocelyn Moran-Puentes and Natalia Gonzalez-Arevalo For the past few years, the exams for advanced placement classes at West High had been paid for by the Alumni Association. However, this May AP students will have to pay out of pocket. “It is my understanding that we have had an organization that has traditionally…
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Unofficial social media accounts leave questionable impact
Social media trends, such as instagram pages similar to “wwhs_slumped” have had a lot of influence on the West high community. Trends like the “Devious Licks” and the more recent west high instagram accounts have upsetted some of our West High students. The owner spoke on behalf of their page where they post pictures of…
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“Hey, stop”
By Nevaeya Lotches and Malinda Roland Destruction in the restrooms over the last few weeks has led to inordinate amounts of extra work for West High custodians. This is due in large part to the new ‘devious licks’ challenge popularized on Tik Tok. This involves soap dispensers to other necessities to keep the school safe…
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West High boys tennis 2021 making history
West High Tennis team has had a historic season so far, specifically sophomore student Pedro Trevizo-Venzor. Coach Tom Wilcox has been showing his hard work and dedication to the team with the outcomes of many matches. The team has had victory over Northwest, Heights 9-0, and made history with a 6-3 win over Kapaun ,…
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National Rape Day: The disturbing trend on TikTok
Warning: the content of this story contains topics of rape and sexual assault The app TikTok has been known to start many trends within the past few years. Some trends have been good, others, not so much. In recent years, many women on the app have shared their stories of Sexual Abuse and Assault that…
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Editorial – Mask usage: a double standard
On January 11th, 2021 students returned back to face to face for the first time since March of 2020. Students in the building are expected to wear masks correctly at all times, except for lunch, meanwhile some faculty members are not following mask usage guidelines, potentially signaling to students that mask wearing doesn’t need to…
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West allowed to host prom in April
After some uncertainty, West High will be allowed to participate in a COVID-conscious prom at the school on April 24th. Prom will be held in one of the gyms at the building. Juniors and seniors are welcome to attend as well as seniors who finished classes in January. Attendees will be allowed to invite students…
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On-site Students to return 5 days a week starting March 29th
The Wichita School District decided unanimously to move forward with returning students who chose on-site learning at enrollment to school 5 days a week while keeping MySchool Remote for the rest of the year starting March 29th. The Kansas Department of Education has already indicated that remote learning will not be allowed next school year, …
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*Updated* USD 259 Students will attend school in a blended onsite model starting in November
By: Jayla Olson and Jason Reida Update: The school board voted on October 31st to affirm the decision to transition to the blended onsite model, but have moved the start date to November 12th pending the scheduled November 9th board meeting. Class will occur in a blended onsite model starting in the second nine weeks…