Hannah Bensen, East junior, will serve as The Current‘s Editor in Chief for the 2016-17 school year. She replaces graduating senior Lauren Sorensen. Congrats, Hannah!
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Tooting Our Own Horn: NEWSPA Awards 2015
Kopish leads with three prizes in statewide journalism contest
Students at West Bend East and West High took home seven individual awards in the 2015 NEWSPA contest for student journalism. The West Bend Current also earned blue ribbon honors for online publication. Continue reading
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Sorensen Selected
Lauren Sorensen, East junior, will serve as The Current‘s Editor in Chief for the 2015-16 school year. She replaces graduating senior Alex Kopish. Congrats, Lauren!
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That Doesn’t Smell Like Teen Spirit
By Alex Kopish, Editor in Chief
Lately, it’s not unusual to see students and staff covering their noses as they make their way from one class to the next.
Throughout several WBHS hallways, the stench of sewage gas has stuck around for months. Tests were conducted by the high school’s maintenance team during the Feb. 16 teacher in-service day to attempt to find the source of the problem. Continue reading
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The Current View: School-Wide Assembly
What are your thoughts about January’s anti-drug presentation?
“I think we really needed it. I have a lot of friends and family, who are addicted to some form of drug, who would really need to hear that. And I think it made an impact on a lot people, even if they weren’t on the outside looking like they were listening, but they really were on the inside and probably brought that home.”
Ashley Stenulson, East senior
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School Assembly Will Target Drug Abuse
Recovering addicts are among those scheduled to speak
By Alex Kopish, Editor in Chief
The West Bend high schools will hold an anti-drug presentation for students on Jan. 28. Continue reading
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Semester Exam Schedule
Exams will begin January 16
By Alex Kopish, Editor in Chief
Starting Friday, Jan. 16, students at the West Bend High Schools will take semester exams. The exams will last three days. Exams for periods one through three will be taken Jan. 16; periods four and five will be taken the following Monday, Jan. 19; and the last periods, six and seven, will be taken Tuesday, Jan. 20. Continue reading
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No Ripple Effect
Germantown’s rejection of Common Core hasn’t weakened West Bend’s commitment to the controversial standards
By Lauren Sorensen, Current Staff
As a nearby school board makes waves for abandoning the Common Core standards, West Bend’s top academic administrator says those conversations will not affect the West Bend School District. Continue reading
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That’s Gonna Leave a Mark
By Alex Kopish, Editor in Chief
On Saturday, a student wearing a West Bend East High sweatshirt walked into a restaurant in Menomonee Falls and was asked by a stranger, “Were you one of those arrested?”
News travels fast, and last week’s student-led protest march has caused many in West Bend to worry that the once-positive reputation of the high schools has been stained. Continue reading
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The Clock Is Ticking
Workers install new seats as part of the auditorium renovation project.
By Mike Smale, Current Staff
Right now, one of the nation’s premier orchestras is scheduled to play at a construction site.
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is going to perform at the WBHS auditorium on Dec. 9, according to school principal Bill Greymont. But with only a few weeks left to meet that date, the auditorium renovation project is heading for a photo finish. Continue reading
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Stop the Presses! East Graduate Chosen to Lead College Newspaper
Shelby Larson edits a draft of The Fourth Estate, the student newspaper at UW-Green Bay.
By Alex Kopish, Editor in Chief
Shelby Larson’s strong passion for writing has made her the editor-in-chief of not one, but two newspapers.
“Mr. Beltmann asked me if I ever thought about being a writer. I had thought about trying it but I never thought I was good until he told me I was,” Larson said, remembering her 10th-grade English teacher. Continue reading
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Freshman Gets Personal with Biomedical Students
By Alex Kopish, Editor in Chief
It’s not often that you walk into a classroom to find a freshman student teaching the juniors and seniors.
Today West freshman Jake Clemetson stood confidently in front of several biomedical science classes, teaching the upperclassmen normally led by science instructors Patricia Noonan and Stacy Apazeller. Continue reading
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The Current View: Canvas
How do you feel about Canvas, the new online learning tool?
“I think that Canvas is very useful, especially for AP classes. It is good when teachers are able to put practice quizzes on there.”
Ashley Backhaus, West senior
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L’horreur, L’horreur!
French exchange students experienced an American Halloween
By Alex Kopish, Editor in Chief
When Ilona Bourdon arrived in the United States, she expected to experience the average American teenage life, not walk through a house of blood and terror. Continue reading
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The Ballot of the West Twins
By Alex Kopish, Editor in Chief
For Kara and Kieran Conley, the homecoming dance might be a little awkward.
The odds of being born twins is three in 100, but what are the odds that twins would be voted by their classmates as the male and female representatives for homecoming court? Continue reading
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The Current View: Merging the Schools
How do you feel about combining East and West?
“I think they should not combine because they would have to change all the mascots, apparel, and colors around the school.”
Katie Schlict, East senior
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Community Survey Now Open
By Alex Kopish, Editor in Chief
Today the West Bend School District opened a survey to the public about the possible reconfiguration of the West Bend high schools. Members of the school district are welcomed to take part in an online conversation covering different aspects of the situation and are encouraged to use the survey to make their opinion known. The survey can be found here.
Interested people can find a printed version of the survey at all district schools and at the district office. The survey will also be mailed to the homes of area residents.
Feedback sessions are also being held Sept. 16, 17, 25 and 29.
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Welcome, Editor!
Alex Kopish, East junior, will serve as The Current‘s Editor in Chief for the 2014-15 school year. Congrats, Alex!
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Skitch, How Did We Get Here?
Local band chosen to open for Plain White T’s
By Alex Kopish, Current Staff
Next Friday four students will be sitting in their math classes, but later that night they will be opening for a worldwide known band. Continue reading
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Stuffed Crust Pizza Coming Soon
Taste test results have already altered the lunch menu and cafeteria vending machines
By Alex Kopish, Current Staff
Wouldn’t it make your day to see your favorite meal on your lunch tray? Or your favorite snack in the cafeteria vending machines?
In February, about 200 WBHS students made their way after school into the West cafeteria to taste test samples of 14 items that were new to the kitchen. These new foods—such as burritos, pizzas, soups, and much else—needed student approval and suggestions. The students’ opinions impacted the new menu. Continue reading
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Building Blocks
WBHS will likely adopt a block schedule
By Alex Kopish, Current Staff
If a new proposal passes, students will only have four classes per day.
The West Bend High Schools administrators have been discussing the option of converting to a block schedule. If all are in favor, the change can happen two years from now. According to Principal Jim Curler, there is a “fifty-fifty chance” that at the start of the 2016-2017 school year students and teachers will be following a different kind of schedule.
So how does this change affect students? Continue reading
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