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Students’ holiday favorites

Students’ holiday favorites
Seniors Emma Gaudette and Ansley Hamid talk about gift ideas for friends. Buying gifts for friends is something many enjoy about the holidays. Photo by Sarah Melchert.

Movies, cookies, snowflakes, and presents. For many, the holidays translate to traditions.

These traditions may be different for everyone, but holiday movies, music and food seem to be popular. 

Senior Amanda Berkstresser has favorite holiday movies too. She said her …

Students who live without social media

by Carsyn Owens
Students who live without social media
Sophomore Jared Lutz sees no point in social media. Lutz said he spent most of his time on videogames and not of worrying about what people would post. Photo by Kate Boles.

Story by Kate Boles

Social media is a big part of a lot of people’s daily lives, from work, to entertainment, to just plain boredom. But some people here at West don’t participate in what most people would consider a …

Adopted students describe their relationships with their parents

by Carsyn Owens
Adopted students describe their relationships with their parents
Sophomore Maleah Bogart and her parents, Paul and Melanie Bogart. Paul and Melanie fell in love with Maleah right when they laid eyes on her at 14 months old. Photo by Bailey McTavish.

Story by Tatum Spurck 

It’s important for kids to grow up in a loving environment with a parent who supports them, regardless of that parent’s biological relationship to them. Kids all around the World, West students included, are adopted. Adoption …

Students strive to be entrepreneurs

by Carsyn Owens
Students strive to be entrepreneurs
Junior Connor Blackham's father owns taco restaurant, Costa Vida. Blackham gets an inside look at what owning a business is really like and hopes to follow in his father's footsteps. Photo by Kristen Cox.

Story by Kristen Cox

Some kids dream of being a doctor, a writer, or an engineer, but a select few aspire to be a entrepreneur.

Junior Charles Jones is very passionate about sneakers. He independently runs his company “Swavy Customs.”…

Teen Read Week Zombies vs. Humans

by ksmythia

To celebrate Teen Read week, the library media specialists organized a Zombies versus Humans competition for students at West.

The game started Monday, and all the competitors received a bandana. The humans wear their bandanas in their back pockets and …

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