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The new AP rule stirs up mixed feelings within the freshman population of ACPS highschools.

The New 9 AP Rule: Is Stress Worth the Opportunity?

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This species essentially spends its entire life underground. It uses a long tongue to eat ants and termites in its underground home. Credit: Benjamin Tapley

Extraordinary Endangered Animals: Purple Frog

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Westerns crew team poses together after a regatta in October.

Rowers Return from Crew Trip to Florida

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The okapi is nicknamed the African unicorn. Credit: Daniel Jolivet - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sybarite48/7973333500/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65399174

Extraordinary Endangered Animals: Okapi

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A pangolin walks around, looking like a dinosaur.

Mammal of the Month: Pangolin

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Cooper Shelton
Cooper Shelton, Staff Writer
Cooper is a junior at WAHS. He plays football, is a leadership Class Officer, and loves hiking. He's wanted to take Journalism for a while and finally has space for it, and is in his third year of Photography. At home Cooper loves Marvel, Star Wars and other sci-fi things, His favorite superhero is Spider-Man.

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