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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Members of the pit orchestra attend a practice after school in the band room. It takes weeks of hard work for the student musicians to master the difficult music.

The strings behind the scenes

Helen Heaton, Oracle Editor
April 24, 2019
Members of the West Springfield Dance Team perform on World of Dance, an NBC competition dance show. Their appearance was the culmination of months of work, and their advancement to the next level was particularly notable as they were one of the first public high school dance teams on the show.

Dance team dazzles on World of Dance

Helen Heaton, Oracle Editor
March 25, 2019
Seniors Andy Tran and Monica Nguyen bond with friends at the HackBI coding competition. Nguyen participated in HackBI after hearing of it from fellow senior Lily Tso, and she relished the opportunity to gain computer science experience as she is considering pursuing coding to some degree in college.

Programming a better future

Helen Heaton, Oracle Editor
February 19, 2019
The teachers, students, and children who participate in the Spartan Sprouts program pose for a picture in the school courtyard. Spartan Sprouts pre-school is staffed by students in the Early Childhood Careers class.

Spartan Sprouts are blooming at WS

Helen Heaton, Oracle Editor
November 29, 2018
Editorial Photo 1

[Photo] The value of ethical journalism

Editorial
November 29, 2018
Seniors yell at the Homecoming pep rally; that yelling occasionally took the form of booing.

[Photo] Facing the freshman tradition

Ana Golden, Features Editor
November 16, 2018
Senior Hannah Perine works in the library as schoolwork, in conjunction with extracurricular, can often lead to stress.

[Photo] As a quarter ends, Spartans struggle with stress

Editorial
November 14, 2018
New mental health program kicks off

New mental health program kicks off

Helen Heaton, Oracle Editor
November 14, 2018
Prior to receiving a hall locker, sophomore Anna Pepper leaves an honor society meeting carrying her gym clothes.

New school, new rules

Helen Heaton, Oracle Editor
November 12, 2018
WS students stand together at the March for Our Lives holding signs that express their discontent for the current gun laws in the country.

Spartans participate in the March for Our Lives

Helen Heaton, Managing Editor
April 19, 2018
Students walk across the field in order to get to class. New studies have raised questions regarding the safety of these fields.

How safe is our turf?

Helen Heaton, Managing Editor
March 13, 2018
The historic Windsor Castle is the setting for the royal wedding in May 2018. Prince Harry will marry Meghan Markle in an hour-long ceremony starting at 7 a.m. EST.

Wedding bells ringing in the Royal Palace once again

Helen Heaton, Managing Editor
March 9, 2018
Sophomores Katie Orchard and Amy Herrema watch a track meet while thinking of all the homework they have to do.

Semester brings stress

Helen Heaton, Managing Editor
February 12, 2018
Courtesy of Helen Heaton

Fun winter activities for all

Helen Heaton, Managing Editor
February 8, 2018
German Honor Society welcomes German exchange students.

Spartans welcome German exchange students to WS

Helen Heaton, Managing Editor
November 28, 2017
WS Varsity football player goes up against Sputh Country’s defender in a fall game earlier this year. The helmets that both players wear help to protect them from clashes like this one.

Minds matter, so protect them—wear a helmet

Helen Heaton, Managing Editor
May 31, 2017
Sophomore Sydney Anderson brings multiple water bottles to school becaue she does not trust the water that comes out of the school’s water fountains. She would rather carry around all those bottles than drink the school’s water.

[Photo] Just how clean is our water?

Editorial
April 18, 2017
Ellie Callahan demonstrates her speech 2

Senior Easton Boynton in French 3. Spartans have a choice of world languages to choose from, including traditional Spanish, French and German, as well as American Sign Language.

[Photo] Students have freedom to speak any language

Katelyn Bradford, Oracle Staff Writer
March 27, 2017
Sophomore Ellie Callahan, a member of the Forensics team, demonstrates her speech that she has been practicing for the forensics competition.

A different kind of sport

Helen Heaton, Managing Editor
March 27, 2017
Senior Easton Boynton in French 3. Spartans have a choice of world languages to choose from, including traditional Spanish, French and German, as well as American sign language.

[Photo] Students have freedom to speak any language

Katelyn Bradford, Oracle Staff Writer
March 20, 2017

Spartan senior Will Cheshire aids senior citizens at Greensprings

Helen Heaton, Managing Editor
February 17, 2017

It’s the same uniform, but a different face

Helen Heaton, Features Editor
December 15, 2016
WS Theater at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

WS Theater at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Helen Heaton, Oracle Editor
December 13, 2016
Kay Rizzuto smiles big for Spartans.

Rizzuto reappears

Helen Heaton, Features Editor
October 12, 2016
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