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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It’s Garbage Time
Students can help custodians by properly using the trash and recycling bins
By Elise Marlett and Noelle Mentch, Current Staff
Custodians at the West Bend High Schools may be working harder to protect the environment than students realize. Continue reading
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Local Students Demand Government Action on Climate Change
By Samantha Dietel, Editor in Chief
With cars racing past them on Main Street, a group of local students raised homemade signs to call for change. 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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‘We’re Unprepared’: Students and Staff Have Safety Concerns
West assistant principal Patrick O’Connor monitors the West cafeteria during the first lunch period on Tuesday. Photo by Samantha Dietel, Current Staff.
By Samantha Dietel, Current Staff
Not everyone is satisfied with the safety of the West Bend High Schools.
After the recent shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., both students and staff at WBHS have expressed their own concerns about the building’s safety. Some even believe that the school would be unprepared for an attack similar to what occurred in Parkland. Continue reading
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‘Our Students Are Very Safe’: WBHS Officials Discuss Campus Security
Recent changes were implemented prior to Parkland shooting
By Samantha Dietel, Current Staff
For students shifting from class to class at the West Bend High Schools, it’s easy to miss the numerous cameras that monitor each of the hallways.
In recent years, the West Bend School District has placed an increased focus on the security of its high schools to ensure the safety of the students and staff within the building. But after a gunman took the lives of 17 students and faculty last month at a high school in Parkland, Fla., there has been a heightened number of inquiries regarding the safety at WBHS. Continue reading
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Guns in the Classroom?
By Samantha Dietel, Current Staff
A typical classroom inventory contains plenty of paper, pens and dry erase markers, but now, some believe a gun should also be included.
Students and staff members of the West Bend High Schools have been left with many thoughts, questions and even some concerns due to recent proposals to allow teachers to possess a gun in the classroom. Such proposals began to circulate through the nation in the wake of the tragic shooting that occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Even Wis. Rep. Jesse Kremer proposed the arming of private school teachers in February. Continue reading
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Science at the South Pole
By Grace Peplinski, Current Staff
The recent cold snap won’t bother Elizabeth Widen. After all, she spends much of her time in Antarctica.
Widen, a research scientist, gave a presentation to students in Paul DeLain’s Advanced Placement Environmental classes Jan. 30 in the Silver Lining Arts Center. Students learned about the research going on at the bottom of the planet. Continue reading
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Which Makes Thee Startle: A Story of Mice and Men
WBHS takes steps to combat vermin after mice sightings
By Kaitlyn Von Behren and Gabrielle Diaz, Current Staff
The East Library has a new mascot: The Sun, a small mouse often seen scurrying for a crumb or in between book aisles.
Mice have been seen roaming the West Bend High Schools since early August, most commonly found in the West science area, the East Library and the Nifty Nibble, which is the student-run campus restaurant. The mice are sometimes dead and sometimes alive. The most recent sighting of mouse droppings was today in the West social studies area. Continue reading
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To Conserve and Protect
West ninth grader advances to nationals in poster competition
By Hannah Bensen, Editor in Chief
Ally Klug spent three hours a night for two weeks working out every detail of her conservation poster.
The art piece was for the Conservation Poster Contest, a nationwide competition that aims to promote awareness of the environment and conservation among young Americans. The hard work paid off for the West Bend West High School ninth grader, as she received first place at the local and state levels and has advanced to the national level of competition in the division for grades 7-9. Klug has yet to find out if she placed at nationals. Continue reading
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Let’s Get Technical
Should schools be more skeptical about integrating technology into the classroom?
By Kara Conley, Current Staff
In 2017, when people think of school they no longer think of books, but computers.
Technology in the classroom is changing the way teachers must educate their students and the way students learn. Some students have evolved in their academics due to the increased technological use, but not everyone feels it is for the best. Many teachers and students at the West Bend High Schools acknowledge the value of technology, but are also aware of its downsides.
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DeLain Answers Burning Questions
Paul DeLain, West science teacher, offers fire safety advice at the Aldstadt home on Dec. 1.
By Kathryn Aldstadt, Contributing Writer
On Oct. 20, at approximately 2 a.m., my neighbor’s house went up in flames.
Even though everybody safely exited the house, it still left our neighborhood in shock as we wondered how we could protect ourselves from horrific incidents like this in the future. Continue reading
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Knee Deep In Nature
By Isabel Krueger, Current Staff
Only a month into the new school year, Advanced Placement Environmental Science students were given the chance to take an exciting field trip. As it turns out, the information they collected was not the real reason to take this excursion. Continue reading
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We Promised Them We Would Remember
(Video: Paul DeLain, West science teacher, shares his thoughts about why it’s important for high schoolers to remember 9/11. Interview by Lauren Sorensen, Editor in Chief.)
Going Yard
By Mike Smale, Current Staff
There’s an oasis of green in the middle of the high school, yet many students don’t even know that it exists.
“We have a courtyard?,” said Ryan Schuppie, East senior.
The school courtyard, which is surrounded by the school on all four sides, has been an abandoned place for several years. Soon, however, the courtyard will begin to see life again. Continue reading
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Go Big or Go Home
By Kara Conley, Current Staff
A phy ed teacher at East has definitely made his “mark” on West Bend. 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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