Local students lend a hand at Enchantment in the Park
By Dakota Gunnare, Current Staff
Visitors to Enchantment in the Park last week were greeted by the smiling and slightly chilly faces of the West Bend West High School boys soccer team.
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Meet the the new local band Melodic Impurities
By Michael Collins, Current Staff
Six music students have found an ambitious way to bring their love of jazz to West Bend.
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Jennifer Potter, a former WBHS student and assistant principal, makes an enthusiastic return
By Katie Gloyd, Current Staff
Two months into the school year, students at the West Bend High Schools suddenly had a new principal.
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By Katie Gloyd, Current Staff
The West Bend High Schools started the 2022-23 school year with major turnover in the main office.
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By Rylie Albert, Current Staff
After the club’s disappearance in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the West Bend High Schools’ art club is back, stronger than ever, and filled with holiday spirit.
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Blood drive spotlights a local middle schooler
By Annelise Paczesny, Current Staff
When the West Bend High Schools student council was considering the theme for its blood drive this year, a young district student with leukemia sparked their interest.
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By Amber Georgenson, Current Staff
Local student Zoey Bruce never thought she’d be learning inside of a helicopter.
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By Dakota Gunnare, Current Staff
Fiona Shaw, a senior at West Bend East High School, enjoys spending her lunch hour with friends at a local restaurant.
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Student group beautifies school courtyard
By Mia Herdeman, Current Staff
Once a buzzing place, the courtyard at the West Bend High Schools has long been dormant.
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By Noah Becker, Current Staff
Eight teenagers came to the West Bend School District office ready to make a difference in their community.
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By Hasti Ghasemi Vaghar, Current Staff
The mystery of the disappearing water fountains has been solved.
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By Hasti Ghasemi Vaghar, Current Staff
Two years ago, Michael Blaskowski had an idea that would literally take off.
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By Kayla Lemens, Editor in Chief
Alexis Williams and her friends couldn’t help it. Despite being in a restaurant, they all started screaming.
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East and West soccer teams merged due to low turnout
By Kayla Lemens, Editor in Chief
Despite being rivals in the past, West Bend East and West girls soccer combined this spring to form one co-op team.
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How do early release and late arrival programs affect students?
By Austin Hunn, Current Staff
There are hundreds of students permitted to have shorter school days on a day-to-day basis, but not much is known about its effects on students.
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By Hasti Ghasemi Vaghar, Current Staff
Michael Rahlf, a social studies teacher at West Bend West High School, might be the friend of the year.
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By Brandon Labecki, Current Staff
The Nifty Nibble, the campus restaurant at the West Bend High Schools, has had dramatic changes since being flooded twice due to problems in a bathroom across the hall.
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By Rhys Chesick, Current Staff
After being postponed, the West Bend High Schools charity week and dance are back on.
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By Cassidy Scherzer, Current Staff
There was a personal reason why Jackie Vazquez wanted to set a new world record in weightlifting.
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District restructuring presented new world language and music opportunities
By Kayla Lemens, Editor in Chief
Eight years ago, the class of 2022 entered Silverbrook Intermediate School as the first fifth grade class in the building.
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First in-person tournament will take place Saturday
By Austin Hunn, Current Staff
The West Bend High Schools chess club, which has been in operation for over a year, is finally starting to take off. With an estimated 85 members and plans for an in-person tournament, it can now be considered an official club.
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By Cassidy Scherzer, Current Staff
Let’s do the math: When Cullen Brickner scored a perfect 200 on the General Educational Development Option II math exam, it was the highest score by a West Bend School District student in the 13 years the program has existed.
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By Leah Schmidt, Current Staff
Students and staff returned from Thanksgiving break to a subtle but noticeable change to the West Bend High Schools campus.
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By Caroline Peplinski, Current Staff
The coronavirus pandemic forever changed the lives of nearly every human on the planet. Current juniors at the West Bend High Schools, for example, have never had a normal year of high school.
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Temporary supporting columns are needed until a structural flaw can be repaired
By Hasti Ghasemi Vaghar, Current Staff
When concrete falls through the ceiling, the clean-up needs more than a dustpan.
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By Leah Schmidt, Current Staff
If the pandemic era has felt a little like being isolated in a swamp, Tess Breit believes area audiences are ready for a fairy tale experience.
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By Hasti Ghasemi Vaghar, Current Staff
Incoming ninth graders at the West Bend High Schools were surprised in September to discover that their first-day activities were being led by juniors and seniors rather than teachers.
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By Kayla Lemens, Editor in Chief
Thanks to a schedule change, students at the West Bend High Schools are struggling to manage their time in between classes.
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By Stephanie Snyder, Staff Writer
A race against suffering, hosted for the people by the people.
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Kayla Lemens, West junior, will serve as the West Bend Current’s Editor in Chief for the 2021-22 school year. She replaces graduating senior Elise Marlett. Congrats, Kayla!
Photo courtesy of Kayla Lemens.
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COVID-19 presented challenges for choir, band and orchestra
By Kayla Lemens, Current Staff
After eight long months, the music department is finally returning to normal.
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Students were surprised to learn of changes to exam week
By Elise Marlett, Editor in Chief
This year’s final exam week will look different for Advanced Placement students at the West Bend High Schools.
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By Norah Johnstone, Current Staff
This year the graduation committees of the West Bend East and West High Schools chose updating the tower stairwells and adding window decals as their gift to the school.
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By Elena Chamberlain, Current Staff
Directly after giving her graduation speech, Danielle Schumacher has to bolt.
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By Amber Georgenson, Current Staff
After graduating from West Bend East High School, Laura Burns didn’t know what she wanted to do when she grew up. Now she works for a global non-profit organization, and students at her former school are trying to help.
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