WCHS’ best of 2018
By Bradley Furgerson and Jackson Resnick
February 27, 2019
Filed under Features, Top Stories
Best Artist: Ariana Grande Ever since exploding onto the music scene in 2013, Ariana Grande has been one of the biggest names in pop music. Recent years have been kind to the former Nickelodeon star, as she has had hit single after hit single almost every year except 2017 when she did not release a...
How to survive college: a guide for incoming freshmen
By Allison Jacobs, Assistant News Editor
February 8, 2019
Filed under Features, Students
The thought of college can be scary for students of any age, especially since many do not know what to expect. College is supposed to be an amazing experience that gives young adults the chance to become independent, choose a career path and have fun, but it is also a lot to handle. The first semester...
Educational Foundation funds school initiatives
By Bryan Fletcher, Production Manager
February 8, 2019
Filed under CHS Community, Features
With such a wide array of highly productive and innovative students and staff at WCHS, a source for funding of school projects and events has become quite the necessity. For many years now, funding for some of the school’s largest endeavors has come from the WCHS Educational Foundation. The Educational...
Different cultures welcome in holidays
By Victoria Park, Staff Writer
February 5, 2019
Filed under Features, Online Exclusives
What do crackling fireworks, bubbly champagne (or apple cider for the kids), a kiss at midnight, 2019 LED glasses, and 4 wooden sticks have in common? Most Americans recognize New Year’s as a time to make resolutions and watch the ball drop, but other cultures welcome the year in much different ways...
Giving back during the holidays
By Riley Hurr, News Editor
February 5, 2019
Filed under Features
The holiday season is quickly approaching, and with the holidays comes the time for giving back to the community. At WCHS, students are not only giving back to the community during the holidays, but during other times of the year as well. Whether it be through fundraisers, volunteer work or startups,...
National parks vandalized because of govt. shutdown
By Miranda Chung, Assistant Opinions Editor
January 23, 2019
Filed under Features, Online Exclusives
As of Jan. 9, the 2018-2019 U.S. government shutdown is now the longest in history, breaking the 1996 record. An estimate of 380,000 government employees have been granted leaves of absence and another 420,000 are expected to work without pay for the duration of the shutdown, halting progress in federal dep...
WCHS’ Robotics team makes finals
By Emma Chen, Assistant Observations Editor
January 23, 2019
Filed under CHS Community, Observations, Online Exclusives
As part of WCHS’ Advanced Programming class, students are able to opt out of the class’s curriculum and instead participate in the Zero Gravity Robotics competition. Both MIT and NASA sponsor the international competition for high schoolers. WCHS made it to the finals in 2014, before the competition was o...
New phone game, BitLife, sweeps WCHS hallways
By Jordyn Green, Assistant Online Editor-in-Chief
January 10, 2019
Filed under Features, Online Exclusives
You may have heard students in the hallways of WCHS yell things like, “I’ve won the lottery!” or, “I had 26 kids yesterday!” and wondered what they meant. As strange as these sentences sound, they are all common phrases in the immensely popular new phone game BitLife. The game revolves a...
English dept. leads teacher meditations
By Julia Lescht, Online Editor-in-Chief
December 17, 2018
Filed under Features, Online Exclusives, School, Teachers, Top Stories
English teachers Jeffrey Savett and Samantha McEvoy have began department-wide meditation meetings, where they lead English teachers in guided meditation. They meet in Savett’s classroom twice a week during the school day. The meetings began two weeks ago, and this is the first year either of the...
Anonymous apps elicit more harm than good
By Bradley Furgerson, Features Editor
December 14, 2018
Filed under Features, Uncategorized
‘Hey, a friend added you on After Hours! Join the fun!’ a text message reads, indicating yet another anonymous app has been created. Marketing itself towards high schoolers, anonymous social media websites revolve around giving compliments, who’s hot (and who’s not), confessions, parties, hook-ups...
Juuls are now more prominent than ever among students
By Eliza Asbury, Online Editor-in-Chief
December 13, 2018
Filed under Features
About 3.5 inches long, sleek, black and looks more similar to a flash drive than anything else, the Juul is everywhere. Walking into the bathroom, you are sure to meet someone puffing out flavored smoke, which, while seemingly harmless, has hooked lots of WCHS students. As with all fads, Juuling...
New year and new principal escalate spirit
By Julia Lescht and Jenna Greenzaid, Online Editor-in-Chief, Editor-in-Chief
December 12, 2018
Filed under Features
CHS students start each school year with the same jokes about their usual lack of school spirit. This year, however, the change in school spirit is no joke. Since the beginning of her term, Principal Brandice Heckert has made it a point to foster a welcoming, spirited and enthusiastic atmosphere....