Lab Techs Make Classes Run More Smoothly while Earning Hands-on Experience in Science
Sarah Collins, Staff Reporter
One of the numerous classes offered at Western Wayne High School includes being a lab tech for the science classes. Lab techs can be found in the science classrooms, such as in general science, biology, and chemistry classes. However, not just any student can become a lab tech. It is required that the student has already taken the course for which they plan to become a lab tech. It is a half credit course. The role as a lab tech is to assist in the science classrooms by completing several tasks...
What’s Cookin’ with Mia Rovinsky: Confetti Sprinkle Cupcakes Perfect for Valentines Day!
Mia Rovinsky, Staff Reporter
If you need a fun, appealing, sweet treat, then this recipe should be the one to make your taste buds thrilled, and your recipient as well! Confetti Sprinkle Cupcakes (Recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction) By: Mia Rovinsky Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Yield: 14 cupcakes Ingredients: 1 and 3⁄4 cups cake flour (spoon & leveled) 3⁄4 teaspoon baking powder 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda 1⁄4 teaspoon salt 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, softened...
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...
Adelaide Treibley, Staff Reporter
Western Wayne’s National Honors Society or NHS for short has been doing wonderful volunteer and community work all school year. Ms. Kendra Wayman, club adviser and NHS President Ezra Tetreault are pleased about the extra...
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...
Senior Ezra Tetreault Accepted to Top Choice US Coast Guard Academy
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...
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...
Mrs. Jessica McLaughlin, Public Relations Officer
Western Wayne senior Alyssa Iovacchini has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award. The award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of time to service...
Mrs. Jessica McLaughlin, Public Relations Officer
Kids of all ages enjoyed a night of entertainment to include the reading of children’s books, performances from the upcoming Western Wayne Drama Club’s production of Once Upon a Mattress, and even a performance by local magician David Black. Western...
Mrs. Jessica McLaughlin, Public Relations Officer
Western Wayne students Antonio Mwaura Fisichella, Nicholas Gathama Fisichella, and Paityn Lynn Duprey received individual Western Wayne School Police Exemplary Citizenship Awards at the January, 2020, Western Wayne School Board meeting. The Western...
New Ambassador Program Awards Grants
This year Western Wayne High School has begun a student ambassador program. Ambassadors greet visitors to the high school and escort them to their destination...
Students Receive Grants for Senior Projects
Wayne County Community Foundation, Youth Advisory Committee presented two separate grants to Western Wayne High School students Rachel Hoch and...
Girls Lead Dedicated to the Community
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...
Kaeli Romanowski, Staff Reporter
WOULD YOU RATHER . . . Be a star on a bad team or be average on an elite...
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...
Recent Sports Stories
Volleyball Team Finishes Undefeated in the League
July 7th was the first offseason summer practice for the girls’ volleyball team. After a tough loss in the first round of playoffs last year, Coach Thorpe...
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...
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Joseph Sweeney, Staff Reporter
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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...
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Mrs. Jessica McLaughlin, Public Relations Officer
March 4, 2020
Western Wayne senior Alyssa Iovacchini has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award. The award,...
Mrs. Jessica McLaughlin, Public Relations Officer
March 4, 2020
Kids of all ages enjoyed a night of entertainment to include the reading of children’s books, performances from the upcoming Western Wayne Drama Club’s...
Joseph Sweeney, Staff Reporter
March 4, 2020
Bernie Sanders is one of the most popular and influential people in modern American politics. He started the conversation for some of the most progressive...