Students share the love on Mother’s Day
Maddie McCarron, Editor
May 10, 2019
Filed under Features, Showcase
They pack their kids’ lunches, drive them everywhere and spend hours sitting in crowds and audiences to support them in anything and everything they do. They will go to bat for their children and take care of them to the best of their abilities. Moms are unspoken heroes. This Moth...
The Name Game
Ellie Meyer, Reporter
April 15, 2019
Filed under Features, Student Life
Many students are on their spiritual journey to complete the sacrament of Confirmation. Throughout confirmation preparation, students explore their faith more deeply and after being confirmed, will be able to participate in the church community in ways such as distributing the Eucharist du...
Students grow from past impacts
Kate Hingtgen, Reporter
April 15, 2019
Filed under Features
Imagine almost being at the point of death and making a comeback, a resurrection of sorts. Three Wahlert students did just that at a very young age. For one Golden Eagle, a short ride on an ATV would change his life forever. Cal Kunnert, ‘20, was hurt in an ATV accident and sp...
Smith: ‘Our names Will go down in history’
Brant Perry, Reporter
April 15, 2019
Filed under Features, Showcase
Faculty and staff at Wahlert are not only good at their day jobs. A Wahlert staff-led rec volleyball team recently won a tournament championship. The team included teachers Cole Smith, Aaron Behnke, Sean Campbell and athletic trainer/ assistant athletic director Molly Pilcher. While there was li...
How can you make a difference this Earth Day?
Ava Hoelscher, Reporter
April 15, 2019
Filed under Features
Spring has arrived, and soon we will see budding flowers, green trees, and bright sunny skies stretching into evening. Along with the pleasant weather comes Earth Day on April 22. Earth Day brings awareness to the state of the environment, and many people use this day to think about how they can make...
Freshmen stepping up to expectations
Isabelle Pfeiffer, Reporter
March 15, 2019
Far away games, long practices, and late nights are all a part of playing a varsity sport. Only some, however, are lucky enough to experience these things as freshmen. Natalie Kelzer, ’22, had the privilege of playing varsity softball this past summer. “Participating in a varsity sport was real...
Anti-Vaccine Movement causes outbreaks
Maddie McCarron, Editor
March 15, 2019
Filed under Features
Measles and mumps, illnesses once thought to be extinct for decades, are making new outbreaks across the world and the U.S. due to people refusing to get vaccinated. Many don’t get vaccinated because of the misconceptions regarding vaccines. While most schools require vaccinations, Wahlert allows students...
New year’s resolutions lack follow through
Jamie Vondra, Reporter
February 21, 2019
Filed under Features
New Year's celebrations have come and gone, and most resolutions have slowly disappeared. Research from Scranton University in Pennsylvania shows that only eight percent of people follow through with their resolutions. Whether this is because the resolutions are too vague or we are simply unmotivated, r...
Schriver tinkers with ‘no soil’ farming systems
Ellie Meyer, Reporter
February 21, 2019
Filed under Features
Hydroponics is a crazy way of farming without soil. How is this possible? Biology teacher Mrs. Korrin Schriver has the answer. “The hydroponic system has a water reservoir and you keep adding water and nutrients, which then circulate through the pump to the rest of the plants,” said Schri...
Rock the Rafters
Lizzie Kann, Reporter
February 21, 2019
Filed under Features
Dancers were rockin’ it at Rock the Rafters, a dance showcase recently held by the Wahlert Dance team. The annual showcase held on Jan. 27th, was a fundraiser for the Wahlert Catholic Dance Team. Each year the dance team invites young dancers from the local area for a fun day of dance and games. Eac...
Lola Grap, Reporter
May 2, 2019 • No Comments
Students trudge down the halls in their white canvas Vans, holding their Hydroflasks and Vera Bradley lunch boxes, with North Face bookbags strapped on their backs. Following...
May 2, 2019
Wahlert’s what to watch for Christmas
May 2, 2019
May 2, 2019
Lola Grap, Reporter
May 2, 2019 • No Comments
Students trudge down the halls in their white canvas Vans, holding their Hydroflasks and Vera Bradley lunch boxes, with North Face bookbags strapped on their backs. Following...
Wahlert’s what to watch for Christmas
May 2, 2019
May 2, 2019
Moran juggles homework, state cross country
May 2, 2019