Mariana Lopez Looking back at her first day of high school in 2018, Mariana Lopez remembered “being overwhelmed. There were so many kids and it was a very loud and hot day. I also did not like freshman orientation." Lopez felt she had grown a good deal since that fateful day. "As a freshman, I feel like I was very uptight, I never gave myself the liberty to have the fun I deserved, and had ...

Mason Wright “I remember wearing a terrible outfit that made me look like a complete idiot… to this day I still do not know why I chose to wear what I wore, but then again, who really knows why we do the things we do? I was also very nervous going into the high school, since there were so many people I didn’t even know and had never seen before. But other than that, I thought the school was pret...

James Kostomiris “My first day of school, I remember the intercoms coming on before the first hour, talking about the tragic death that happened a few weeks before school started. I remember being scared hearing about that, but I can promise you West Chicago is not that bad,” said senior James Kostimiris. Kostomiris has excelled in high school while also working a part-time job and playing ...

Johaan Salgado On his first day of high school, now-senior Johaan Salgado’s mother drove him to WEGO. He remembers, “My brother was with me since he was not driving at the time also. He was a sophomore. I remember I was wearing a nice red Polo Ralph Lauren polo shirt. My first day was definitely weird, since we had an assembly the first day, and I kept getting lost. It was like going into a s...

Melissa Pani Heading into freshman year, now-senior Melissa Pani worried that the seniors would harass the incoming students. “I remember being told a rumor that freshmen get pennies thrown at them. I was so scared that I would be walking around getting pennies thrown at me… I can promise that that does not actually happen,” said Pani. “I also remember wearing a nice outfit that I h...

From the Editor After 4 years of hard work, determination, and dedication, the kids who once walked into the high school – and feared fitting in and making friends for the first time on August 18, 2018 – are finally graduating. Through both the good and hard times they have all faced, the class of 2022 has evolved, endured and even triumphed. The future is a mysterious thing, but one thing I ...