The student news site of Western Albemarle High School - Crozet, VA

The Western Hemisphere
The student news site of Western Albemarle High School - Crozet, VA

The Western Hemisphere
The student news site of Western Albemarle High School - Crozet, VA

The Western Hemisphere
Ika Gottlieb

Ika Gottlieb, News Editor

Ika is a junior as WAHS and is the news editor in her second year of journalism. Outside of the Western Hemisphere, she enjoys language in all its forms, whether writing essays, reading novels, or learning to speak a new one.

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Seniors fill new parking lot, which contains 59 spaces.

WAHS Builds New Senior Parking Lot to Address Growing Classes

Ika Gottlieb, News Editor
October 9, 2024
The second acts ends with George and Emily getting married

Graduating Seniors Take a Final Bow with Play “Our Town”

Ika Gottlieb, Staff Writer
May 29, 2024
(R to L) Jimin Han and Denene Millner sign books and engage with event attendees.

Festival of the Book Uplifts Diverse Voices

Ika Gottlieb, Staff Writer
March 15, 2024
Students did trail maintenance for local nonprofit, Autism Sanctuary, as an off campus project during WAHS With a Cause in 2023.

Western’s Day of Service Returns

Ika Gottlieb, Staff Writer
February 26, 2024
The bathrooms perpetually smell like the signature synthetic flavors that vape companies boast

Admin Takes on Vaping, Western’s Most Commonplace Crime

Ika Gottlieb, Staff Writer
February 14, 2024
Although vaping is a serious issue, vandalism is usually what causes infamous bathroom closures.

Both traditionally banned books and modern ones are under scrutiny from Youngkin’s law

What Does Classroom Censorship Mean for WAHS?

Ika Gottlieb, Staff Writer
November 27, 2023
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