Homecoming: Behind the Scenes
Lola Grap, Reporter
October 16, 2018
Filed under Student Life
School dances are a fun and exciting experience for many students. They get dresses or tuxedos, corsages or boutonnieres, plan photos and dinner, and still make it to the dance on time. In the midst of homecoming chaos, however, many students forget about the people who put in time and effort for t...
Student athletes recognized at Awards Assembly
Jared Weber, Reporter
May 25, 2018
Filed under Sports, Student Life
Many know the athletes on the court or field from newspaper interviews, awards, state championships, and walking down the hallways as a freshman looking up to the successful high school athletes. But, many don’t know the high school students themselves. Being a high school athlete is not easy. S...
Seniors taking Flight
Sophia Shubatt, Editor
April 17, 2018
Filed under Student Life
This year marks the fifth anniversary of Flight as a Wahlert tradition, and the junior Senate made sure that it was one to remember. Last Tuesday night, 16 seniors took part in competition at Wahlert. This year, it lasted until 11 p.m., but in past years the games went all night long. Players comp...
Local Interfaith Community Inspires Wahlert Students
Abby Burns, Reporter
March 23, 2018
Filed under Student Life
There are two things we are told never to bring up at the Thanksgiving dinner table: politics and faith. However, what happens when we break down those sensitive walls to have a meaningful discussion? Once a month, Dubuquers of all religions and denominations are invited to have these conversations at “Children of Abraha...
Do girls really take longer to get ready for school than boys?
Jacquelyn Peckosh, Reporter
January 11, 2018
Filed under Student Life
Many people would say girls take much longer than boys to get ready in the morning before school. This may be true; however, some people are just slower in the morning than others. Out of the 20 Wahlert students interviewed, the average preparation time for girls was 30 minutes, and the average time for boys was 18 minutes. The extra 12 minutes taken by girls is...
Looking back on the old and the new
Maeve Breslin, Editor
January 11, 2018
Filed under Profiles, Student Life
As the first semester of the 2017-2018 school year winds down, there are two very different thoughts going through the minds of the school’s newest members and oldest veterans. “One semester done!” exclaim the wildly enthusiastic freshmen, and “Only one more semester to go...” say the seniors who...
How far is too far?
Ashley Steele, Reporter
January 11, 2018
Filed under Features, Student Life
When students leave for school in the morning, most do not think about the long drive to school. Most students at Wahlert are used to a short car or bus ride around 15 minutes to get to school. A majority of the student body at Wahlert drives to school, but some have longer drives than others. Klara S...
How to avoid slip-sliding on the slippery roads
Alaina Schmidt, Reporter
January 11, 2018
Filed under Features, Student Life
As the temperature drops and weather conditions worsen and the snow starts falling, Declan Duffy, ‘18, is extra careful while driving in the snow. “I was just learning how to drive, and I hit a ice patch. The whole car did a 360 degree spin. Another time I crashed because the roads were so ba...
FCA: Filled with faith, fun and friends
Emma Earles, Editor
December 1, 2017
Filed under Student Life
They have wristbands, their tweets are famous for being accompanied by The Office gifs, and they’ve made their presence known in the hallways, but what is FCA? FCA stands for Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and it’s a group that meets every other Monday night. Mr. Cole Smith, along with 11 senior ...
Senior CPR training
Aliyah Carter, Reporter
November 29, 2017
Filed under Student Life
Emergencies happen everywhere. You could be out on the river and someone could drown, someone at a restaurant could start choking, someone could have a heart attack at a family dinner. There are a lot of things that could go wrong when you or someone else would need to do CPR or the Heimlich Maneuver...
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In mid-August, a bombshell report from a grand jury investigation in Pennsylvania to the Catholic Church revealed decades-long abuse of members of the Catholic Church, mostly...
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Lola Grap, Reporter
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School dances are a fun and exciting experience for many students. They get dresses or tuxedos, corsages or boutonnieres, plan photos and dinner, and still make it to the...
Student athletes recognized at Awards Assembly
May 25, 2018
April 17, 2018
Local Interfaith Community Inspires Wahlert Students
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