Soles4Souls will send donated shoes to those who need them
By Caitlin Marsch, Current Staff
This year, the Spanish program’s usual Day of the Dead celebration at the West Bend High Schools will have a global impact. Continue reading
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One Thousand Pairs of Shoes
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Welcome to the Dollhouse
WBHS graduate designed the artwork for this year’s Milwaukee Film Festival
By Samantha Dietel, Editor in Chief
For Melissa Johnson, working with the Milwaukee Film Festival meant designing a dollhouse. Continue reading
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Why Wasn’t 9/11 Memorialized This Year?
By Elise Marlett and Lauren Oppermann, Current Staff
September 11, 2018 seemed just like any other day for students at West Bend High Schools.
Many students and teachers were surprised when 9/11 was not given a schoolwide memorial last Tuesday. In previous years, an announcement was read over the PA system or articles retelling the devastating story were handed out to students. Continue reading
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Safety Plans Go Right Out the Window
By Samantha Dietel, Current Staff
During an intruder situation, some students at the West Bend High Schools would be instructed to climb out a classroom window. Continue reading
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Namaste During the Day
By Kara Conley, Current Staff
Tammy Lascelle, a special education teacher at East, has created a yoga corner where students can learn one or two poses before heading to class.
Lascelle offers students some yoga lessons in the U hallway between periods three and four during passing time, but only a few days each week. It’s a way for her to interact with students and create a more joyful environment. Continue reading
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Merging East and West: Teacher Thoughts
Michael Kieser, East social studies teacher, opposes the combination of East and West.
By Alyssa Birkeland, Current Staff
Five faculty members offer opinions about whether the high schools should become one school:
Michael Kieser, East Social Studies
I clearly support the status quo—two schools, one East, one West. First reason would be participation. Especially at the varsity level. I know they have talk that if we go to one school they would create two freshman teams and maybe a varsity reserve, but overall everything that I’ve looked at says that overall participation would go down a bit plus varsity opportunities would be cut in half. So that’s the primary reason because I think it’s better for kids to have those opportunities. Continue reading
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Schoolwide Cover-Up
Modest May program exposes clothing expectations
By Beth Williams, Current Staff
With the mercury rising, the students of WBHS knew what to do – change their attire in order to cool down. Out came the short shorts, flip-flops, and tank tops.
Recently, both students and faculty have become troubled about the clothing that has accompanied this surge in warm weather. Do students truly understand what kind of clothing is appropriate for school? Continue reading
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Taking Out the Trash Bins
New custodial policy upset some teachers
By Holly Williams, Current Staff
This year, teachers returned from spring break to find that their classrooms had been raided: some of their usual garbage cans were missing. Surprisingly, this was not the result of a prank. Continue reading
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Comidas para Familias Necesitadas
Translation: Meals for Needy Families
By Holly Williams, Current Staff
With the holiday season at hand, many programs are dedicated to helping families in need. Though some campaigns, like that of the Salvation Army, are better known, local drives can be just as powerful.
On November 23, eight Spanish students and two Spanish teachers from WBHS participated in an event at El Centro Hispano in Milwaukee aimed at providing Thanksgiving dinners to needy families. The volunteers set up an “assembly line” that produced a total of 1,500 complete meals in about two and a half hours. Continue reading
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