As a first born child, college applications seemed incredibly daunting. I didn’t have siblings or older friends to tell me what to do. I was super stressed about applications due to all the counselors and supervisors telling me how hard it would be, and who was I to argue with them, I didn’t know...

Numerous WAHS students walked out of school on May 9th in protest of a leaked draft of the United State Supreme Court’s decision in the case Dobbs v. Jackson. The leaked draft outlined a 5 to 4 majority of the court explicitly striking down the landmark 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade, which for decades...

Most people at Western know Ms. Katie Pugh as a no nonsense high-level Spanish teacher, however there is more to her than just that.. Distance running has always been something that Pugh loves. She began running in high school, and continued to run through college at UVA to stay fit. When she moved to...

Denny Barberio might be the most multi-faceted person I’ve ever met. He is a musician. He is a teacher. He is a producer. He is a theatre kid. He is a sound expert. He is a grandfather. He is a gardener. He is a chicken owner.  We’re going to skip all the typical biography found in a profile...

The WAHS Class of 2022 has had anything but a traditional high school experience. While they did have a normal freshman year, the class’ sophomore year was halted in March of 2020 by the pandemic. They spent the vast majority of their junior year learning virtually on Zoom. The class returned to WAHS...