A look into clubs available before school due to new schedule As a result of school starting twenty minutes later, there is a window between 7:50 and 8:15. The new time slot is reserved for clubs, with a variety of choices for students to participate. While some clubs are selective, the bulk of clubs are […]
On October 11th, Future Business Leaders of America officially began their Stock Market Game, marking the start of one of its most beneficial activities. The game runs until December 17th and is a valuable and risk-free way to learn more about the stock market. Here’s how it works: Each participating team got $100,000 fake dollars […]
On Friday, September 24th, student activists led their peers from the school to John T. Myers Pedestrian Bridge in a climate strike. Members of the youth-led, statewide campaign “Confront the Climate Crisis” shared speeches and announced their two pieces of climate legislation being introduced into the 2022 Legislative Session with support of Republican Senator Ron […]
By Sadie Alge and Meredith Carnahan October is the unofficially dubbed highlight of Spooky Season, and with it comes candy, corn mazes, and, of course, cheesy horror films. Whether you’re one to take to the cinema in search of a frightening thrill or one to hide under your covers until the season is over, chances […]
With PSATs coming up in late October 2021, many students are starting to prepare themselves by reviewing at home. Research done by the Kaiser Family Foundation has shown that 87% of high school students from the ages of 12 to 17 listen to music while studying. Taking these statistics into consideration, I created a survey […]
A Book Review The Thursday Murder Club, written by English comedian Richard Osman, is a book about a group of retired friends (Elizabeth, Ron Ritchie, Joyce Meadowcroft, and Ibrahim Arif) who share a common interest in solving unsolved crimes/mysteries in the club room of Cooper’s Chase, but when their retirement community’s new property developer is […]
Mrs. Tripp joins team of teachers Two dreams. One future that could support both of them. And countless hours of work ahead. Mrs. Kelly Tripp arrives at her first year of teaching with a degree and a D1 softball experience under her belt, still not ready to meet her limits. “I started playing softball as […]
At West Side High School in the 2021-2022 year, we got several new teachers. They all taught various subjects; Math, English, PE, Computer Science. At the school, computer science is taught by Mr. Woodard. It is his first year here, and there have definitely been changes. “I would say West Side is larger because before […]
By Will Sautter, Tori Wood, Cooper Kitchel, Carson Kitchel, Drew Folkers The hit video podcast series is back! In this episode we focus on student athletes and the colleges they are attending. The students interviewed in today’s episode are: Aidan William, Kylie Reif, and Mo.
Mrs.Passmore experiences her first ever year teaching at a new school This year is not just a new school or new building, but rather a brand new experience for first year teacher Mrs. Haylie Passmore. University of Southern Indiana graduate, Mrs. Passmore is the school’s new geometry teacher. Although she enjoys doing all sorts of […]