Bensen leads with four awards
The West Bend Current set a school record with 21 individual awards from the Northeastern Wisconsin Scholastic Press Association in a statewide contest for high school journalists. Continue reading
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Tooting Our Own Horn: NEWSPA Awards 2017
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The Long Walk: In Conversation with Anthony Anderson
Local veteran will appear at Monday’s film screening at UW-WC
By Allison Trampe, Current Staff
Some people know Anthony Anderson as a neighbor, some as a war veteran. Others know him as a lead in the new documentary “Almost Sunrise.” Continue reading
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Tooting Our Own Horn: NEWSPA Awards 2016
WBHS journalists score 12 awards in statewide contest
For the second year in a row, The West Bend Current received top recognition from the Northeastern Wisconsin Scholastic Press Association.
Judges for the 2016 NEWSPA contest again gave blue ribbon honors to The Current for a website not published as part of a journalism class, saying that many of the stories “reflect an original, enterprising approach to news gathering.”
The website’s student reporters also took home eleven individual awards. Continue reading
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Oh, Deer
East athletes witnessed a startling event
By Hannah Bensen, Current Staff
The track workout for East runners Alli Trampe and Cassie Bodart took a dramatic turn on Friday.
Trampe and Bodart were running on River Road around 7 p.m. when the pair spotted a deer coming from the cornfields heading towards the road. Continue reading
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Study Hall Makeover
By Jessica Steger, Current Staff
Recently the smell of spring, and fresh paint, has been in the air.
East National Honor Society has undertaken the task of revitalizing the East study hall paint job. This project is already well underway, and after three Saturdays of work, it is almost complete. Continue reading
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Mounds of Fun
West ninth grader literally received the sweetest Snowcoming Dance proposal
By Allison Trampe, Current Staff
Austin Jug never expected to be at the center of a high school dance. Austin, you see, is in a wheelchair.
“I recently got asked out to my first high school dance ever,” Austin said. Continue reading
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Practice Goes Into Overtime
With many teams competing for gym space, some players and parents are unhappy about their team practice schedules
By Allison Trampe, Current Staff
Sixth grader Ryan Roehl comes home from a long, demanding day of school to finally relax and unwind–except for the fact that he has the burden of basketball practice on his shoulders until 9 p.m.
This is the same cycle for the nine other boys on the sixth grade East Junior Suns basketball team. Continue reading
Cross Country Runners Hit the Pavement
By Allison Trampe, Current Staff
East senior Kayla Keegan remembers almost getting hit by cars last year while running on a grassy, gravel-filled patch of land between a cornfield and a busy road. Continue reading
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Prom Has That Sinking Feeling
By Allison Trampe, Contributing Writer
When this year’s prom theme was announced, many students didn’t think about tuxedos, corsages, and a night of luxury. Instead, they thought about mass disaster.
West Bend juniors and seniors will board the Titanic for prom on Saturday at the Washington County Fair Park. The choice of theme has proven to be controversial. Continue reading
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