Feature Stories

West High is starting a section on feature stories on the high school web site that includes stories about events at West, satirical stories, and hopefully information you will want to read.

The Greatest Show on Dirt There’s something magical about the game of baseball.... Read More	Different Year, Different Outcome When you’re down to the very last point in the city championship match, ... Read More
Midnight in Paris “Amazing!” said senior Hayden Thornton. It may have been the great food, ... Read More	Where there is a Will there's a Way Mr. Paletti and Ms. Bycynski were determined to find a way to get students to read some books .... Read More
WEST HIGH IS NOT A BEACH!!!!! “Ugh!” Bang! Junior Kyle Beard’s head hits the desk as administrator... Read More	Name of the Game: Focus When most people think of high school athletes they think of a certain kind of person.... Read More
Trouble Finding a Job? Teens find themselves rather eager to have employment.... Read More	Sanafaye's Poem Pink eraser, pink eraser ... Read More
There is Nothing to Fear There is nothing to fear but AP Government, NOT... Read More	Avatar “Avatar is better than Titanic, like way better,”... Read More
To Ban or Not To Ban “It’s not fair that teachers are allowed to talk and text on their cell phones... Read More	Tech Prep Showcase It was a beautiful day on April 16 for the two West High Tech Prep teams... Read More
Game On! It’s a long tradition to hold the senior vs. staff volleyball game before spring break.... Read More	If Oprah Read It The English class assignment for Mr. McElroy was to... Read More
A Second Chance Where’s a place where you get a second chance?... Read More	What About the Orchestra? Did you know that West has an orchestra? Did you know... Read More
A Slow Killer The killer strikes again. What do you think... Read More	A Night to Remember What a night it will be. .. Read More
Gold or Bust Honor, a term typically associated with something great, admirable, or valiant... Read More	What is ESL? ESL stands for English as a Second Language, it is a program for students that speak more than one language and need help adjusting to English... Read More
Cool Cats When you walk into the library and you see the desk that’s where you find the cool cats. .. Read More	The Heart of a Wrestler You take a quick glance at the clock. It says 30 seconds left. Just 30 seconds left until victory... Read More
Playing for Keeps It's no surprise that football, or what America calls “soccer” is the world's most popular sport to play and watch.. .. Read More	The Right Stuff With leadership comes responsibility and the wrestling captains took it to heart this season. .. .. Read More
Best Kept Secret Remembering hundreds of lines and endless hours of practice just to do one show. .. Read More	Staying On Track Discipline is a major part of JROTC and when students get into trouble they have to do push ups.. .. Read More
A Long, Hard Road It has been difficult for the boys’ basketball team this year. Some of the challenges .. Read More	School Skippers Every year thousands of middle and high school students choose to skip school. .. Read More
A Plea for Change West High’s gymnasium was in horrible condition with falling tiles,.... Read More	Singing Out of The Comfort Zone “I love working with other people so that I don’t feel like I’m the only one being stared at,” said senior Samantha Little..... Read More
Ensemble is for Everyone Some may say it’s just a dance club, while others may say it’s just something only nerds or geeks get into..Read More	Can't Get a Ride On December 7, 2009 many Hispanics in Ohio were forced to find a different means of transportation due to the fact that their license plates were canceled, ..Read More
Making a Difference Another year at West High school underway which means another year of hard work for the members of the student council.... Read More	Cowboys Lacking Chemistry West Cowboys faced their toughest enemy yet, themselves. Read More
Teachers Who Rock Have you ever had a favorite superhero? Doesn’t that superhero always have another side to them to keep their secret identity... Read More	Bowling for a New Coach Junior Erica Clay walked up to the lane, spotted her mark, began her approached to the pins... Read More
The Greatest Sport There is just something about playing high school football, the lights, the fans, and all your friends cheering you on,.. Read More	Build It and They Will Come Faded colors, bent fence, and cracks in the court are some of the defects with the school tennis court. .. Read More
"All for one, one for all, all for West!" “Quitting is not an option,” said senior captain Ricky Moore.  The boy’s basketball season has been.. Read More	Small but Mighty Nikki Little gets the ball, dribbles quickly down the court, shakes a defender to the right, moves left,.. Read More
Greatest Match Ever “You need to go harder!” yelled frustrated Coach Bruce Duffner. “You are better than this and you can beat them!” Read More	Life on the Court Nervously stepping onto the court with the fans cheering, it is time for tip-off.  “Why did they put her on the court, she can’t play,” said a person in the stands. Read More
Winning Season With rain pouring down on his head, Coach Mike Flusche looked up at the Independence High football scoreboard. .... Read More	Keeping It Real Cowboys… WEST, Cowboys… WEST!.... Read More
Sweet, Sweet victory What a difference a year makes! .... Read More	Teen Moms About three in ten teenage girls become pregnant at least once before age twenty, according to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. .... Read More
In the Spotlight It’s a rush beyond any rollercoaster, greater high then overcoming incredible odds and a bigger adrenaline rush then the fastest of cars.... Read More	Going for the Gold As if being in JROTC isn’t a challenge all its own, imagine being a cadet this year and having the most important events in ROTC right around the corner..... Read More
2009 Stories
Inauguration   As President Barack Obama stood behind the podium, preparing to give his first speech as the 44th President of the United States, the crowd roared on... Read More	Secrets To Get The Best Results At Your Senior Pics Shoot For some students senior pictures (pics) are important, but to some it's not. Senior pics just depend on the student's interest in it. Read More
Time For Change “To build or not to build” That’s the question. The West High School gym is the original gym from 1929. Read More	Take a Trip With Us Back in Time The West High school Junior ROTC program took that trip back in time on December 11, 2008. Read More
Mentoring the Leaders of Tomorrow West High School females are due for a change and the Girls Leadership Group is going to encourage our students to look beyond stereotypes at West. Read More	Do Something You Love Not What You Like!! When you do something you love, like drawing, it makes you happy even when you are down. Read More
Senioritis Like silent victims, seniors walk the halls of West High School not realizing they have the infection. Read More	America's Game The biggest sports game of the year for over 130 million American's. This is the championship for National Football League the biggest football organization in the world.Read More