The new cell phone policy implemented this year has affected the learning environment for the better and changed the way learning operates in classrooms. In previous years, especially with the challenges...
This school year Albemarle County Public Schools purchased new Promethean boards for almost every classroom in Albemarle County. The purchases were made to combat the outdated and inconsistent technology...
Grace Smith, a junior at Monticello High School, is always trying to help the community.
Smith was recently inspired to create Ready Girls, a nonprofit organization that collects and distributes...
The Environmental Studies Academy (ESA) here at Western is one of the many academies across the county that focus on a specific four year long curriculum for students interested in certain fields. But...
The drama department of WAHS has dealt with increased challenges this fall while Caitlin Pitts, Western’s musical theater teacher, has been away during initial preparations for “The Perfect Ending”,...
With a nationwide teacher shortage, it would seem that WAHS was caught in the web of teacher deficiency, but that’s not the case.
“I noticed…with the number of applicants, certain content areas...
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has proposed a new set of policies on how Virginia’s public schools should treat transgender and nonbinary students, one that differs significantly from the previous...
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...
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...
In 2019, Mr. Matheny and his shop class started an ambitious project from scratch, working together on the construction of a tiny house.”
The students and I wanted to build a tiny house, we got six...
At the beginning of the 2021 school year, the Western community expressed serious concerns regarding the lack of parking spaces made available to juniors. Assistant Principal and Director of Parking at...
