The Color Run is the happiest 5k on the planet
May 26, 2013 • By Amanda Dolbow ‘14
Filed under Features
The Color Run is said to be the Happiest 5k on the planet. The Color Run is a 5k (3.1 mile) run/walk that’s untimed, and each time the participants pass a kilometer, they get doused with a different color. Once the finish line is reached, it’s a huge color festival. The rules to the color run are... Read more »
Young Life is a place for teens to make friends
May 26, 2013 • By Lisa Lessig '14
Filed under Features
Making friends and connecting can be difficult for kids of all ages especially high schoolers because many of them don’t know how to fit in. Many walk around the halls friendless, and some spend their days alone, but there is hope, an organization known as Young Life. Young Life is a youth group aimed... Read more »
Job hunting is a tough reality for seniors
May 25, 2013 • By Chris Dugan '13
Filed under Features
What is on the senior agenda when it comes to their last year for high school? Which college to go to? What kind of car do I want? Who do I ask to prom? Or is it trying to save and raise money for college, their first car and Prom? For senior Jay Walburn, it’s saving and raising money for college. For... Read more »
Austin is pleased with her JV Girls’ Lacrosse season
May 25, 2013 • By Alyssa Palumbo '16
Filed under Features, Sports, Spring Sports
It’s 2:30 in the afternoon and school has just ended. The girl’s lacrosse team races out of the locker room dressed in bright, colorful pinnies, shorts, and cleats. As they make their way over to the bright green lacrosse fields, they prepare for the day’s practice. Once at the field the girls... Read more »
Bass Fishermen of West Deptford
May 13, 2013 • By Alyssa Palumbo '16
Filed under Features
It’s a warm summer morning on Union Lake in Millville, NJ. Two sixteen-year-old boys are out on the lake bass fishing with their fathers. Around them the water is calm, and there is a light breeze in the air. Wildlife is just awakening. They see deer and other animals graze at the shore or get... Read more »
Life is a highway
March 20, 2013 • By Amanda Dolbow ‘14
Filed under Features, Top Stories
Slipping and sliding around the dirt track, sophomore Morgan Abbott maneuvers her car in lane traffic. The checkered flag strikes the air as she crosses the finish line. As of now Abbott has not won any races, but she has only been competing for six months as a dirt track racecar driver. Abbott’s father... Read more »
Officer McGinniss protects the students of West Deptford
December 16, 2012 • By Chris Dugan '13
Filed under Features
Officer Veronica McGinniss, graduate of ’98, is the new resource officer here at WDHS. She is taking on the responsibility of protecting WDHS. Her job is to make sure students are safe and abide by the school rules and laws. She addresses issues such as theft, fighting and bullying. “Bullying is... Read more »
Test your general knowledge in the Academic Challenge Club
December 16, 2012 • By Valerie Palmer ‘14
Filed under Features
Many teens have seen the movie Mean Girls at least once in their life. In this film, an incredibly smart high school girl gets mixed in with the popular girls. The main character’s math teacher makes her join the club Mathletes, a competitive club for solving math equations... Read more »
Mansor teaches equine therapy on her Raise Your Dreams Farm
December 16, 2012 • By Chris Dugan '13
Filed under Features, Top Stories
Jill Mansor, a special education teacher, has owned her very own farm for the past ten years—Raise Your Dreams Farm. She bought it by selling her house in Delaware. Since she was a little child, she always wanted a farm. “After I sold my house, I spent many days, weeks and months of searching on... Read more »
Haulenbeek keeps as busy as a bee
December 16, 2012 • By:Inese Wingate '13
Filed under Features, Top Stories
Bees, they’re everywhere! You can’t live with them, but some things would be hard without them. Sometimes they can get on your nerves like when you get stung or are allergic to them. But sometimes when you want to make honey, that’s when they come in handy. A hobby that a lot of people like that... Read more »
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