Week of Feb. 29 – Mar. 4

March 8, 2016

Leonardo DiCaprio won his first Oscar on Feb. 28. [Natalie Butler, 9]

On Tuesday and Thursday, Peer Teachers taught the seventh graders about remaining drug and alcohol free. Candy was passed out to participating students. [Alyssa Fleming, 11]

mr longhorn crowning — Mr. Longhorn, the annual male beauty pageant, took place in the theatre on Wednesday. The final two contestants came down to senior best friends Nick Lathrop and Henderson Faulkner. Lathrop was crowned king by show host Maddie Rose. [Nate Hughes, 11]

Senior Megan Loaney tracked over a marathon on her fit bit reading 26.4 miles for the entire week of soccer tryouts. [Mary Galkowski, 12]

West raised a total of $1,500 at Mr. Longhorn on Wednesday for this year’s philanthropy organization, Our Little Haven. [Ally Guccione, 12]

Thursday was National Book Day. [Paloma Gonzalez, 11]

The sixth grade camp counselors got together on Tuesday and tie dyed shirts. [Kendall Welch, 12]

Girl’s lacrosse was surprised by their coaches on Thursday having to run the gauntlet, which consisted of three laps in eight minutes, three laps in seven minutes, three laps in six minutes and then a mile in under eight minutes. [Ava Larsen, 11]

Thirty-two students made the boys tennis team, which is two over the max for four courts. [Chris Narishkin, 10]

The Improv team, Running with Scissors, preformed on Friday in the theatre. [Megan Barton, 12]

The boys varsity basketball team won the district championship against University City on Saturday! It was coach John Wright’s first district win as a coach. [Megan Barton, 12]