West Springfield High School Newspaper

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West Springfield High School Newspaper

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West Springfield High School Newspaper

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Peer Tutoring back in business

Peer Tutoring back in business

Kalki Legesse, Social Media Manager
September 22, 2023
Faruky and vice president sophomore Subaita Mahmud seek to find solutions to growing problems in the community. “[Our goal is] to create a space that not only helps domestic abuse survivors, but also helps the understanding and the environment of it within our school,” said Faruky.

Care 4 Kiddos comes to WS

Ben Bradfield, Managing Editor-in-Chief
September 18, 2023
Football game conduct

Football game conduct

Paula De Megret-Murray, Features Editor
September 15, 2023
The ongoing air quality hazard has visibly impacted various recognizable areas of the school, especially the athletic complex.

A decrease in air quality, a decrease in athletics

Ben Bradfield, News Editor
June 9, 2023
Emily Halstead took leadership when she attended Woodson High School; it is an experience that has stayed with her till this day.

Reintroducing SGA

Paula De Megret-Murray, Online Academics Editor
June 5, 2023
ECHO food drive in Springfield has been opening doors for local food-insecure communities for around 50 years. ECHO helps distribute food, blankets, and nonprescription medications; they can be reached through the phone number 703-569-7972.

Hunger looms, but community rises

Ben Bradfield, News Editor
May 31, 2023
The Classified Goons YouTube channel includes many pranks. One of which includes a “Cops vs Clowns” video.

Fatal fun, how pranks can dangerously escalate

Blythe Steahly, Staff Writer
May 31, 2023
The leap from general Precalculus to AP Precalculus has some students contemplating whether this class is for them or not.

Pick your poison: AB or BC Precalculus?

Zoe Ferlazzo, Kalki Legesse, and Maya Pope
May 1, 2023
Caleb Selph (left) and Jacob Skrypak (right) after Selph was eliminated by Skyrpak’s team. “They just wanted to know what went down and basically said, ‘Don’t use water guns at school,” Selph stated in reference to being called to the office for being involved with an elimination on school grounds.

Senior Assassins dead in the water

EmmaLia Ciccarello and Nat Phillips
April 20, 2023
The potential of TikTok being banned with this bill raises the concern of whether other similar platforms will be banned in the future, such as Instagram or Facebook.

Talk of TikTok ban touches students

Whitney Moffa, Online Editor-in-Chief
April 13, 2023
In preparation for construction of drilling sites and pipelines, ships scout the Alaskan oil reserve.

Willow Project woes

Corey Sayers, Online Staff Writer
March 31, 2023
FCPS students who attempt to access blocked websites are always met by a shadowy specter looming over fine print. Fittingly enough, the public face of the block page is just as formless and indistinct as the blocking system itself.

Unraveling the blocklist

Robbie Kugler, Viewpoint Editor
March 29, 2023
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