Category: News
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Mysterious and Spooky
West high theatre program puts on Addam’s Family for fall musical By: Nevaeya Lotches, Allison Gesaman and Aubrey Winegarner After six years without a musical production, the West High Theatre Department performed their rendition of The Addams Family on October 27th and October 28th. Last school year, students decided to put on a musical production…
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Team sports struggle to compete
Most team sports here at west such as basketball or football tend to perform less successfully than more individualized teams like wrestling or swimming, coaches think this may be due to a variety of issues within the teams. Many team sports at West, with the notable exception of baseball, have been among the lowest-performing teams…
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West Fest
As an evening full of activities and games, West Fest was a huge success with major attendance. West Fest is an annual West High tradition where incoming students, current attendees, and parents go to have fun and interact with the West High community. Vice Principal, Christie Ramsey, showed her support for the large attendance. …
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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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Misleading Covid Posters
Around West High there have been multiple sightings of anti vaccine posters. These posters tend to have misleading information, the posters have been encouraging people to disregard wearing their masks. Other posters have even encouraged people to be against vaccinations. Some anonymous west high students had this to say about the posters: “I don’t like…
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Why do we have a dress code?
By Ian Rainer Some students at West high are speaking out about the dress code that some feel is unfair to women. Senior Alicia Reyes said that the dress code is unfair. “I feel like there is a limit of course, but when it comes to maybe just shoulders showing, or a little bit of…
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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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One year of remote learning
On September 8, students started remote School, it would be different from the year before. The students adapted to the new learning environment called remote learning. Remote learning introduces students to a lot of new learning opportunities and resources. Students and teachers both agree that there’s both advantages and disadvantages to remote learning. “I find…
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West High esports has a successful first season.
Wichita West High Esports team has had a commendable season this spring. The gamers play Overwatch and Valorant against other teams nationwide. “I was excited but also nervous at the same time because I wasn’t sure how everyone else was going to be reacting to each other while playing “ says sophomore Dakodah LaRosa. The…