GSA “Rainbow Week” and bake sale brings awareness and support to their club
By Isabela Casimiro, Perspectives Editor
April 25, 2018
Filed under Carousel, Club Beats, Clubs, News
As part of “Rainbow Week, the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) is holding a bake sale until Friday and to bring awareness to their club and fundraise for it. “Rainbow Week” is where students wear different colors of the rainbow on different days to represent the LGBTQ+ community. The days rema...
LRC gives students a chance to pre-order summer reading books
By Leslie Najera-Rivas, Reporter
April 23, 2018
LRC is hosting a summer reading book pre-sale from Monday to Wednesday where students can get a free bag of popcorn and a chance to win a summer gift basket. “The last couple of years we decided to offer a pre-sale order form where students can purchase their books in advance and save 10 percent...
Teachers will work at McDonald’s to make school greener
By Ariana Alcantar, Multimedis Editor
April 23, 2018
Filed under Carousel, Club Beats, Clubs, News
For the fourth year, Club’s Green sponsors and staff members will volunteer their time to work at McDonald’s to host their annual McTeacher Night Wednesday. “(This year we will host the event to) raise money for school planters to make the school go greener,” Club Green adviser Suzanne Burchacki...
Over 175 student-created pieces are on display for spring art show
By Leslie Najera-Rivas, Reporter
April 17, 2018
From ceramics to digital photography, student art is on display at the annual spring art show. “Our students work very hard all year long, and we want to make sure that their artwork gets some recognition,” art teacher Dave Exner said. Art from students in Ceramics 1 and 2 and advanced, 3D...
Prom brings back the Golden Era
By Ariana Alcantar, Multimedia Editor
April 16, 2018
Filed under Carousel, Clubs, News
With prom being at the Museum of Science and Industry, students can travel through time on April 27. “Our theme is the Golden Era and it was chosen because this year for Student Council our theme has had to do a lot with time, from decades for homecoming to a masquerade for turnabout, so we wante...
Spring blood drive gives students opportunity to save lives
By Leslie Najera-Rivas, Reporter
April 12, 2018
Filed under Carousel, Club Beats, Clubs, News
After the success of the fall blood drive, Interact Club is preparing for their annual spring blood drive on Friday. The fall blood drive had over 100 donations. “(I felt) great, anytime we get over 100 donations, I believe that is a very worthwhile drive,” Interact Club adviser Gavin Engel sa...
Spring job fair exceeds expectations
By Leslie Najera-Rivas, Reporter
April 9, 2018
Not only did the job fair on March 14 provide job opportunities for many students, but it exceeded the organizer’s expectations. “(We got) 360 students to the fair. It was an incredible turnout and the employers were absolutely thrilled,” job fair host Anne Dragosh said. The companies hiring...
Movie night brings awareness to drug and alcohol prevention
By Mayeli Vivaldo, Editor in chief
April 4, 2018
As a way to bring awareness to local organization Breaking Free, the National Honors Society (NHS) will hold a movie night on Friday at 6:30 p.m in commons. According to Breaking Free’s website, the organization focuses on drug and alcohol prevention as well as helping people overcome child abuse,...
Benefit competition unites clubs at Feed My Starving Children
By Ariana Alcantar, Multimedia Editor
April 2, 2018
Filed under Carousel, Clubs, News
Clubs will unite for the second time, this year with the goal of breaking last year's record in packing food at Feed My Starving Children May 9. Ola’as adviser Mark Poulterer organized the event. According to Poulterer, the event has several purposes. One is to help families in need. “I think...
Never Again events brings successful results
By Mayeli Vivaldo, Editor in chief
March 22, 2018
Filed under Carousel, Club Beats, Clubs, News
WeGo Global held many gun violence prevention events on March 14 and plans to hold more for the Never Again movement. The club held a silent protest at 10 a.m during 3rd hour and encouraged students and staff to wear orange, the color of the Never Again movement, as a way to cause discussion about ...
ROAR comes back with new plans and ideas for students
By Leslie Najera-Rivas, Reporter
March 21, 2018
After a semester-long suspension because of teacher contract negotiations ROAR is back and running again. ROAR’s in-school field trip will be on April 18. “I’m ecstatic, I ran around the building figuring out how we could use the short remaining time to the best of our abilities to hold inte...
Varsity hockey team wins first place in the Illinois West Cup and heads to the state competition
By Isabela Casimiro, Perspectives Editor
March 20, 2018
Filed under Carousel, Hockey, News, Sports
After winning the Illinois West Cup, the varsity hockey team is heading to state Saturday at the United Center. It is the first time that both hockey teams, varsity and JV, from Wheaton West have won first place. Senior David Browning is the team captain for varsity and junior Nathan Rutledge pl...
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This is Leslie Najera’s first year on the team. She is a freshman but also the baby of the family. She enjoys being around friends and family. She hopes to become a dancer or a journalist in the future. ...