Relay for Life a Success

May 9, 2012

Cancer patients, survivors, and cause supporters gathered to remember lost friends and family, celebrate life, and support present cancer patients at the annual Relay for Life on Friday, April 20 in the West Salem High School Gym.                   Despite the drop in donations ($68,000... Read more »

Girls Soccer Concussion Testing

Jacob Noren, Staff Reporter
March 30, 2012

West Salem Girls’ soccer members have just finished the newly required concussion testing that hopefully will ensure their safety. “Hopefully in the time that the athletes spend here playing a sport if they were ever to sustain a concussion and were tested they have baseline testing which we do here... Read more »

Chris Stockus Receives National Merit Scholarship

Adelyn Hanchette, Assistant Editor
March 30, 2012

Out of 1.5 million entrants, there are only 15,000 semi-finalists of the National Merit Scholarship in the whole country and out of these, only 8,000 who actually win a scholarship, so when West Salem High School senior Chris Stockus won a scholarship to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, it was a... Read more »

Kastenschmidt Decides Future

Elizabeth Reschke, Editor-in-Chief
February 27, 2012

On January 13th, senior Tyler Kastenschmidt signed with the La Crosse areas Viterbo University men’s basketball team after other offers form colleges like St. Mary’s, St. Norbets, Winona State, and many more. “I decided on Viterbo because they have a good basketball program and a good program for... Read more »

Student Crochets Her Way to Costa Rica

Adelyn Hanchette, Assistant Editor
February 27, 2012

 When a teenager needs to raise money for a personal trip they would usually just ask for money from their parents or try to get a job, but junior Rachel Auna has come up with her own plan. On top of Auna’s job at the local sandwich shop, she is also attempting to raise money by selling crocheted... Read more »

Sacketts Anatomy and Physiology Class take on the Skeletal System

Elizabeth Reschke, Editor-in-Chief
January 17, 2012

Anatomy and Physiology; a class dedicated to studying the human body, its structures and how it works. Around 40 students either juniors or seniors are enrolled in the class at West Salem High School taught by long time educator, Wayne Sackett. Recently Sackett has begun teaching the skeletal system... Read more »

Spanish Piñata Tradition

Jacob Noren, Staff Reporter
January 17, 2012

Students worked vigorously the week before Christmas break began to finish their hand-crafted piñatas, part of the long tradition, in teacher Shelly Helland’s Spanish I class. On the Monday before break the Spanish I students started work on the annual endeavor of the piñata project and the labor... Read more »

ATTENTION EVERYONE!!!!

January 9, 2012

The yearbook staff would like to notify students from all grades that if they would like to have candid pictures of themselves and friends in the yearbook they need to be turned in BY WEDNSEDAY. Thank you!

The Twinkling of Christmas

Crystal Monn, Staff Writer
December 20, 2011

The Rotary lights are back, with lights covering  Riverside Park in La Crosse from top to bottom, creating a festive area for people all over to come and visit. The gleaming lights traveling from one tree to the next, the animations spreading Christmas cheer, the sweet singing of Christmas carols dancing... Read more »

Pizza With A Side of Paintings

Adelyn Hanchette, Assistant Editor
December 19, 2011

What do people expect to see when walking into a pizza parlor? Pizza of course, but if you walk into Pizza Villa in downtown West Salem customers can expect to see something a little more interesting. Recently, the Painting I class completed paintings based on pictures they chose to replicate in a certain... Read more »