![Dan Bledsoe and Cal Miller](https://thewesternhemisphere.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Bledsoe2-e1717164398718-1200x800.jpg)
Dan Bledsoe will step into the role of Athletic Director after 15 years of teaching...
![Truancy, or skipping, isnt the only way to become chronically absent. Excused absences (doctors appointments, vacations, etc.) also count toward a students total absenteeism.](https://thewesternhemisphere.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Chronic-Absenteeism-copy.jpg)
My teachers aren’t doing anything in class today. I didn’t get any sleep...
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![The School Board’s exercise of emergency powers, collective bargaining barriers, such as the verification of employee authorization cards, slowed the negotiation process.](https://thewesternhemisphere.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/collectivebargainingbrief-1200x793.jpg)
The Albemarle Education Association (AEA) and ACPS School Board passed a collective bargaining agreement on April 11, 2024, following two years...
![Lee became a substitute in 2022 and has since been working to become a full time teacher.](https://thewesternhemisphere.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mr-Lee-circa-2018-2.png)
As a substitute teacher, it’s often hard to connect with students in one fleeting...
![Above: Affectionately known as “Scotty Jeff” by students, Jefferies is regarded just as well
by them as by his colleagues.](https://thewesternhemisphere.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ScottyJeffWeb.jpg)
Your feet quietly trudge down the hallway, and you rub your eyes wondering why...
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![Moak will attend the College of William and Mary following her year in Kyrgyzstan.](https://thewesternhemisphere.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/HelenMoak-1200x794.jpg)
Many WAHS students pursue their unique talents and passions in various forms. For senior Helen Moak, she has pursued language study in many forms. Whether it be pursuing Spanish...
![Rachael holding “Curiosity Jones Killed My Cat”](https://thewesternhemisphere.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rachaelpondweb.jpg)
Kind, reserved, humble, and hard-working—all things that describe the senior who has just written her second novel. Born in New Hampshire, Rachel Pond moved to Western during...
![The second acts ends with George and Emily getting married](https://thewesternhemisphere.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Our-town-Web.jpg)
![Zendaya stars in a tennis throuple alongside Mike Faist and Josh OConnor.](https://thewesternhemisphere.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/challengersposter-810x1200.jpg)
I just wanna see some good tennis,” Zendaya’s character, Tashi Duncan, remarks, superbly encapsulating the plot of Challengers in one sentence. It effectively makes tennis...
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Western Albemarle5Lord Botetourt High School0Jun 1 / Varsity Girls TennisWestern Albemarle5Loudoun County High School0Jun 1 / Varsity Boys Tennis
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Western Albemarle2Fluvanna County9May 2 / Varsity BaseballWestern Albemarle6Fluvanna County0May 2 / Varsity Boys Soccer
![Riders test out the WAHS mountain bike course the night before the big event.](https://thewesternhemisphere.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/mtb1_POD.jpg)
![Both King and Heilman are committed to UVA Swim and Dive.](https://thewesternhemisphere.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_1030-1-1200x800.jpg)
Western has not one but two students swimming at the USA Olympic trials this...
There is a recurring popular question this spring, debating none other than...