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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Wanasek and Smale earn top honors in statewide journalism contest
Students at West Bend East and West High took home seven awards in the 2014 NEWSPA contest for student journalism.
The Northeastern Wisconsin Scholastic Press Association gave blue ribbon honors to Natalie Wanasek for her academic news writing and to Mike Smale for his feature photography. Smale led all staff members with three prizes. All awards were given to The West Bend Current, the news blog advised by Eric Beltmann. Continue reading
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Dale Jung, Inventory Receiving Coordinator, replaces weak bolts in a lunch table as part of an on-going project to stabilize the round seats.
By Holly Williams, Current Staff
It was just an ordinary school day for East sophomore Megan Swope until she went to the cafeteria to find that her normal lunch seat near her friends had simply disappeared.
“I had to go and sit at another table,” said Swope. “It was really lonely.”
Occurrences like this one have been happening often this school year. Increasingly, many of the cafeteria tables in both East and West are losing one or more of their round seats. The cause of this epidemic, however, may not be limited to a single issue. Recently, several explanations have arisen as to why the valuable seats have been vanishing. Continue reading
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By Holly Williams, Current Staff
Attendance at the Charity Ball dance was down this year, with around 450 tickets sold instead of a usual 700. This significant drop in attendance may have come, in part, as a result of new school dance rules. Continue reading
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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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Popular teacher Tim Harder is leaving the
classroom for a job at the district office
By Holly Williams, Current Staff
At the end of the year students and teachers alike are faced with many goodbyes. This time, parting must be done in the middle of the school year.
By the end of the semester, Technology Education teacher Tim Harder will leave the high schools to fill a new administrative position at the district office. Over his nine years in West Bend, Harder has taught classes ranging from advanced digital imaging to black and white photography, and been in charge of in many extracurricular activities. A well-known persona in the high schools, Harder will be dearly missed by students and staff. Continue reading
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Students may use Resource Time to learn about
finances at the Glacier Hills Credit Union
By Beth Williams, Current Staff
Credit cards are a wonderful tool, right? You spend as much as you want, and someone else pays the bill. Wrong.
Glacier Hills Credit Union, located near the auditorium, now offers WBHS students information about how to responsibly handle finances. Starting this year, the credit union has been facilitating educational sessions to students during resource time. On Thursday afternoons, students can be seen sitting on the floor eating food from the Nifty Nibble while learning about different aspects of the financial world, such as small loans, credit cards, and budgeting.
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