Background Music with Schoolwork: Great Satisfaction or a Distraction?
Rachel Tuman, Staff Reporter
Music is everywhere. It is on televisions, public transportation, stores, and even in doctor’s offices. There is practically unlimited access to any genres of music due to this increasingly digital age. When it almost seems that there is no escape from this distracting pandemonium, many people, specifically students, look to music for peace of mind: a satisfaction. Ludwig van Beethoven famously once said, “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.” As a famous composer, his...
Reflections: The Anxiety of College Application Season
Sydney Peet, Staff Reporter
Fall and winter of senior year - notoriously a time of writing application essays and deciding on which major to apply to. All around the country, high school seniors are grappling with the seesaw between adolescence and adulthood. These students have been preparing for this time since entering high school, so what’s the endless anxiety for? Well, I can’t speak for other students, but I can testify to the assault of emotions I have been feeling since senior year began. I thought I was so prepared...
Just Spit It Out! featuring Andrew Oudshoorn
Nicholas Valentin, Staff Reporter
Nicholas Valentin, Reporter - Hello, Andrew, I’d like to skip the niceties and go straight to the questions. Andrew Oudshoorn, Senior- Alright, let’s get to it. NV- First question: I’ve noted that you are drum major for our Marching Band, so how did you first get your trumpet? AO- Well, I’ll make a long story short. An old trumpet- A graduate of our school, that is- gave it to me since he didn’t need it anymore, so I got mine for free. NV- Interesting. Alright, next question:...
Positivity Projects Reign at WWHS this Year
Evan Thomas, Staff Reporter
There is a lot going on in Western Wayne High School. With the beginning of the new school year there was some evident, significant changes that had been made in the school. This past month Western Wayne High School students had the option to paint their parking spaces for the price of $25. Senior, Gary Geinitz, was one of the many students to take advantage of the opportunity. Gary’s spot is marked with a very large American Flag. When asked what his influence was, Gary exclaimed, “My patriotism!...
Mrs. Jessica McLaughlin, Public Relations Officer
“A House is Not a Home” is a 1964 ballad made famous by Dionne Warwick in which she sings about how the most important part of a house is filling it with the people you care most for. This year, throughout the Western...
Mrs. Jessica McLaughlin, Public Relations Officer
Western Wayne High School had four seniors recognized as winners of the Artist of the Month Contest for this year by the Scranton Times: Sadie Nahman, January; Shailyn Pugh, May; Allison McDermott, August; and Abby Wilcox,...
Mrs. Jessica McLaughlin, Public Relations Officer
Barcarola Inks with UVA Western Wayne senior Trina Barcarola recently inked with The University of Virginia because of her vast track accomplishments. Trina is a Scranton Times Athlete of the Year for her numerous athletic...
Mrs. Jessica McLaughlin, Public Relations Officer
Ezra is highly involved in the Western Wayne school community. He serves as president of the National Honor Society and is also student body president this year. In addition, he is greatly involved in FBLA serving as first...
Semi Prince and Princess Crowned
This year’s Semi was themed, “Harvest Ball” and was held on Saturday, November 23, from 4 to 9 p.m. at Ladore, Waymart. There were over 250 students...
Junior Cassidy Asinski Wins Poetry Contest
Western Wayne junior Cassidy Asinski is the 2019 ACS Susquehanna Valley Section National Chemistry Week Poetry Contest 9th-12th Grade Winner. Cassidy's...
FBLA Students Attend Leadership Workshop
Western Wayne FBLA members joined with students from several area schools at the Woodloch Resort for the annual Region 22 Leadership Workshop. Region...
Lieutenant Junior Grade Garret Enslin, who graduated from Western Wayne in 2012, has gone on to achieve many outstanding accomplishments in the United...
Western Wayne High School Students Compete in District Chorus
Western Wayne High School will send nine of their high school chorus students to the PMEA District 9 Chorus Festival to be held from January 15 through...
Spanish Dancing Fun Annual Experience
Learning rhythms, beats, steps, and choreography isn’t just work for the Rockettes and Broadway stars, Western Wayne High School foreign language students...
Western Wayne Sophomores Chosen to Attend HOBY Leadership Seminar
Western Wayne sophomores Bridget Oppelt and Rachel Tuman have been chosen to present Western Wayne at the 2020 Central Pennsylvania HOBY Leadership Seminar...
Western Wayne High School Students THINK ENERGY!
Western Wayne High School students in grade 9 experienced the THINK! ENERGY Innovation Program on Tuesday, October 22. This program is an interactive,...
The Girls Lead Club, under the direction of adviser Mrs. Marianne Morgan, once again came to the aid of women and families in need in both Lackawanna and Wayne Counties. The group fundraisied more than $500 and collected donations as well in order to...
Nicholas Kassen, Staff Reporter
Caleb's Pennies is a Foundation that has been providing financial assistance to families with a critically child since May 2010. The Foundation has supported more than 650 families by paying mortgage, rent, electric, medical bills and more, so parents...
Mrs. Jessica McLaughlin, Public Relations Officer
Representatives for twenty-four colleges and universities in Pennsylvania were available to Western Wayne High School students in grades nine through twelve on Tuesday, Oct. 8, in the high school gym. High School guidance counselor Mrs. Rachael Palko...
Senior Katherine Moore Wins First Chair
Senior Katherine Moore has earned first chair at the PMEA District 9 Orchestra Festival held on Thursday, Jan. 10 and Friday, Jan. 11 at Marywood University....
Western Wayne High School Math Students Share Knowledge and Cheer at Julia Ribaudo
Geometry students learn about many precise elements that comprise shapes and figures in their classroom studies like points, line segments, and...
Western Wayne High School Receives 2018 ExxonMobil Grant
The Western Wayne High School received a 500 dollar 2018 ExxonMobil Educational Alliance Grant for their math and science departments. ExxonMobil and...
Alex Featherman, Staff Reporter
Zane Janiszewski is a 3-sport athlete at Western Wayne. He participates in football,...
Sarah Collins, Staff Reporter
The Western Wayne’s Lady Wildcats’ basketball team have trained with enthusiasm...
Allison McCarthy, Staff Reporter
July 7th was the first offseason summer practice for the girls’ volleyball...
Recent Sports Stories
Girls Soccer Make Playoffs and Cement Friendships, too
As the Girls’ Soccer season came to a close, they entered their post season by heading to playoffs with the first round held against Dunmore. The Lady...
Senior Zach Rovinsky Psyched for 2019-20 Basketball Season
Over the years, Western Wayne basketball has overcome many hardships and many tough losses. Around three years ago our program had gotten turned around...
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Morgan Coccodrilli, Staff Reporter
The situation in Iran is a complicated one, and many different events lead to the current state today. The latest instance was the Iranian missile attack on the Al Assad Air...
Sinclaire Ogof, Staff Reporter
Have you ever felt like you weren't doing enough? It is almost like you just can't be content with what you have done. At one point, a few years back, I felt like that. I...
Sinclaire Ogof, Staff Reporter
Change is something that doesn’t come easily in our society, and we tend to become intransigent in the way we think, act, or do. We stick with the mindset that...
Sinclaire Ogof, Staff Reporter
The Founding Fathers of America founded this nation on beliefs of freedoms and moral values. They wanted us to have the right to choose how we practice those freedoms. Having...
- Music Review: Dance Monkey Hot Pick for December December 6, 2019
- Lacawac joins the American Chestnut Research and Restoration Projec October 23, 2019
- Stepping out of the ‘Comfort Zone’ Essential to High School Theatre March 27, 2019
Eleanor Black, Staff Reporter
January 16, 2020
Italy—a place of enchanting landscape, exotic architecture and artworks, full of history and culture. While some spend years dreaming of visiting this...
Rachel Tuman, Staff Reporter
January 16, 2020
Music is everywhere. It is on televisions, public transportation, stores, and even in doctor’s offices. There is practically unlimited access to any...
Morgan Coccodrilli, Staff Reporter
January 16, 2020
The situation in Iran is a complicated one, and many different events lead to the current state today. The latest instance was the Iranian missile attack...