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Winter Sports Wrap Up

by Ella Skelsey
Winter Sports Wrap Up

Emilee Clay

After a great season, the West Side Girls Dance team returned from nationals, hosted in Orlando, Florida, after placing sixth in both Spirit Showdown and Large Varsity Pom and placing seventeenth in Large Varsity Jazz. 

Senior and dance …

West Students Impacted by Ukrainian War

by Ella Skelsey
West Students Impacted by Ukrainian War
Morgan and Brooke Bicknell with their birth mother in Ukraine. Photo courtesy of Brooke Bicknell.

Caroline True

Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, an event that hit close to home for some West students. Seniors Morgan and Brooke Bicknell, twins from Ukraine, said they were adopted at 15 months old and still feel the …

LSW Chess Players Hit Checkmate

by Ella Skelsey
LSW Chess Players Hit Checkmate
Photo courtesy of Aaron Bailey.

At a chess tournament at Hawthorne Hill Elementary on Sat. March 5, with three different divisions. Junior Ben Ward won the top division (K-12) with a perfect score, winning all four of his games.

Sponsor Aaron Bailey said, “[Sophomore] Lily …

DECA Takes the Podium

by Ella Skelsey
DECA Takes the Podium

Emily Gerhart

LSW’s marketing department participated in its first in person DECA district competition since 2019, at UMKC on Feb. 9. 27 students participated in various categories, with 14 students qualifying for state.

“The competition consists of role plays, where …

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