Homecoming Week is always an exciting time for the students. Some are witnessing their first Homecoming as freshmen while others feel the bittersweet emotions of their last Homecoming passing by. Though West lost against St. Mary’s with a score of 19-64, spirits had never been higher for those who...

Football: Friday Night Lights are back with an exciting year for the team. With Senior captains Amari Henderson, Nate Nelson, Alfred Robinson and Elijah McKnight leading the team into the 2019 season, Coach Steve Wichman hopes to guide his boys well in his second year. Volleyball: As warriors...

  Representation in our school systems can be lax. For most students of color, learning about their own culture and past in their history textbooks can be summed up on one page. It is often frustrating for these students to have their own past casually mentioned in class. This was the issue...

On September 20, the Human Rights class celebrated Peace Day during lunch in the quad. Peace Day is celebrated every year to recognize the efforts of those who work hard to end conflict and promote peace.  This year’s theme, “Climate Action for Peace”, is to help bring awareness that climate change...

Whenever I tell someone that I’m from West, I get the automatic response, “Oh, it’s the ghetto school right?” or “Isn’t there a lot of fights there?” After four years of getting the same response, it made me think, why are we still known as the “ghetto” school? I would be lying if...

West High recognizes the loving memory of Talona Andrea Nathaniel, age 17, who passed away on June 27, 2019. Talona attended West High until her sophomore year when she then transferred to Stein High school. She was known to always make her presence in the classroom whether it was from her one of...