Week of Sept 14 – 18

Mary Galkowski, Staff Writer, Photographer

September 23, 2015

GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) met on Tuesday, Sept. 15, and discussed change in the health code to include gender and sexuality. [Megan Barton, 12]

Originally wanting to have a jersey theme night for the Friday night football game, rival Parkway Central tweeted about their theme being Black-Out night, so we immediately changed West’s theme to White-Out night to continue the ongoing rivalry. [Claire Dreller, 12]

The new school logo was announced on Sept. 15. [Sydney Kinzy, 10]

One hundred and fifteen colleges greeted students at the College Fair in the main gym Sept. 15. [Allie Collins,11]

For Alyssa Flemming’s 17th birthday on Sept. 15, Principal Secretary Joyce Weiss gave her a cookie cake. [Ellie Widowski, 11]

Juniors Drew Littich, Matt Perego and Amanda Manwill brought in supplies for an ice cream bar to demonstrate their atom presentation in Jan Keller’s Chemistry class. [Demi Ferretti, 11]

SCAD School of Design spoke to AP art students Thursday, Sept. 16. [Mary Galkowski, 12]

Coach Kevin John dropped Cross Country team off five miles away, and told them to run back to the school on Sept. 17. [Grace Colbert, 12]

Amy Cohen’s biology class used the inside of eggs for a cell membrane experiment on Sept. 17. [Shanna Bailey, 10]

The new iOS9 update was released Thursday, Sept. 17. [Ava Larsen, 11]

Michelle Kerpash’s English class celebrated National Talk like a Pirate day on Friday, Sept. 18 with food and pirate costumes. [Natalie Buttler,9]

Debate rages about who pulled the fire alarm causing the fire department to come. [Gwenn Pietrowski, 12]

A section of the senior lounge couch was removed due to students pulling out the mattress to take a nap. [Mary Galkowski, 12]

“Can’t Feel My Face” by The Weekend keeps its number one spot on the Hot 100. [Peyton Gaskill, 9]

Friday, Sept. 18 was National Burger Day. [Bella Hatzigeorgiou, 9]

During the Speech and Debate team’s first competition at Mehlville High School, juniors Kent Robinson and Peter Petev were Tournament Champions in varsity Duet Improv. [English teacher, Cara Borgsmiller]