The student news site of West Chicago Community High School

Wildcat Chronicle
The student news site of West Chicago Community High School

Wildcat Chronicle
The student news site of West Chicago Community High School

Wildcat Chronicle
Giselle Cortez

Giselle Cortez, Reporter

Giselle Cortez is a senior at West Chicago High School and is taking journalism for the first time this year. Giselle has a passion for soccer, but likes to bake in her free time. She is still undecided as to whether college feels right for her, but she is considering majoring in business to gain some experience in order to maintain a wealthy lifestyle with a happy family in a couple years. 

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The girls' wrestling team is ready for its match on December 8 in Bishop Gym.

[Photo] Taking down the competition

By Fernando Calvillo-Morales, Multimedia Content Creator
February 23, 2024
To complete the fairy cottage structure, students carve brick patterns onto the outside of the cylinder, bringing the house to life. The brick patterns give the houses a rustic, woodland look.

The students then made the clay into a cylinder, pressing the two ends together so the cylinder was hollow. This stood as the main structure of the fairy house.

The students started off with a boring, gray cube of clay. Clay starts out as a soft, sticky dough-like material and the more you move and mold it the more it dries out. That is why molding quickly with clay is essential. Students flattened the clay out with a rolling pin, and made a rectangular shape.

The students were given an instructions page where Richardson sketched out the project the students would be working on, but this was just an example of the fairy house that the students could create: they were free to make their own design choices.

In October 2023, art teacher Suzanne Richardson’s class began a multi-week project that involved making fairy houses.

[PHOTO ESSAY] Fairytopia comes to life in ceramics class

By Giselle Cortez and Sasha Baumgartner
December 30, 2023
SRC teacher Malko Odishoo - pre-haircut - stands aside his Jeep. (Photo courtesy of Malko Odishoo)

Humans of WEGO: From poor student to master teacher

By Giselle Cortez, Reporter
December 8, 2023
In the first quarter, senior Jack Walsh goes face-to-face against a St. Charles North Star defender.

Boys’ basketball optimistic about season after home opener loss

By Fabio Piloni, Yadira Barrera Arenas, Giselle Cortez, and Sebastian Alarcon
November 30, 2023
Whether baked at home or purchased locally, pastries are an ideal treat any time of day. (Photo illustration created by Wildcat Chronicle Staff with royalty-free images from Arminas Raudys and Ksenia Chernaya via Pexels.com)

Top 5 pastries

By Giselle Cortez and Yadira Barrera Arenas
October 2, 2023

[Video] Checking-in around WEGO: what do you think of the HOCO theme?

By Giselle Cortez and Yadira Barrera Arenas
September 26, 2023
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