About

The Wildcat Chronicle is the voice of the student body at West Chicago Community High School. We are always looking for new student journalists to join the staff, especially with course selections right around the corner (Oct. 24, 2023).

Our staff manual, which includes all our policies and procedures, can be found here.

Chronicle reporters attend the JEA National Convention in St. Louis, Missouri in November 2022. (Photo by Leslie Fireman)

JOURNALISM: SEMESTER-LONG CLASS

Hands-on and engaging semester-long elective class
Gather information and produce award-winning articles
Report on current events and sports in the school and surrounding community, write reviews, profile pieces, and opinion/editorial pieces
Work on photography and video projects, podcasts, graphic design, marketing and advertising, and even editorial cartoons
Learn the basics, then pursue the areas of interest to you!

PERKS

Looks great on a college application/resume
Opportunities to travel
Counts as an English credit your senior year

AWARDS

Illinois JEA: best digital publication, 2023

IHSA State competition: fifth place, editorial writing (Dhanveer Gill), 2023

NISPA Golden Eagle: 2022, 2007-10

Comments (0)

Any comment made will go through the Wildcat Chronicle to be approved. Obscene, suggestive, vulgar, profane, threatening, disrespectful, defamatory language will not be published. Attacks made towards race, gender, sexual orientation, or creed will not be tolerated. Comments should be relevant to the article or the writer; please respect the author and the other commenters. Comments must be 300 words or less. All comments are the property of the Wildcat Chronicle after being submitted. In order to submit a comment, a valid e-mail address must be used, and the email must be verified. Impersonating another person’s name is prohibited.

All Wildcat Chronicle Picks Reader Picks Sort: Newest