Flashing lights, blood-curdling screams, and the promise of a good scare filled the Friday night air at West High on October 27. As middle and high school students waited outside the Dance Department’s annual Haunted House in anticipation, ominous sounds from within only heightened the lovely mix of excitement and fear rushing through students’ veins as they entered those black curtains for...

   If you are involved in a conflict at West High, you may be referred to the dean. If it’s really bad, you could get sent to Saturday school, or worse, suspended. If only there was a way to stop these conflicts before they reached a boiling point. Thanks to the new conflict resolution program, West High students may now have a safe outlet where impartial peers can help resolve disputes before...

Eyes On Them: The Homecoming Top 15    On Friday, October 6, the entire student body of West High gathered in the gym for the annual Homecoming Rally. The seats in the gym transformed into seas of purple, blue, green, and red while the main event occurred on the lacquered gym floor. While students enjoyed fun games and cheered on performances by Drill and Advanced Dance, the highlight of the...

   On Friday, October 6, West High held its annual Homecoming Rally of the 2023 – 2024 school year.     Leading up to the rally there was a Spirit Week where every day we had a fun new theme created by an ASB team led by our spirit director Cameron Merendo (11). Besides the creative themes like “Mathletes vs. Athletes” and “Jersey Day,” Merendo shared that Spirit Weeks also “help...

   Whether you’re an avid follower of recent news or not, you’ve likely heard of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike that began May 2, precipitated after negotiations between writers and major Hollywood studios for a new labor contract failed. However, it was announced September 24 that a tentative agreement had been reached. Four days later, WGA leaders approved the agreement, officially...