Wahawk Insider

28/10/2024

Consider contributing to our Donor's Choose fundraiser to help us get more equipment into the hands of our student journalists! Click the link below to read about our award-winning teams and why this equipment would make a great impact for our program.
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If you donate this week, use the promo code "LIFTOFF" to double your donation.
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19/09/2024

Jackson McNally, Benjamin Hirdler and Matko Sabic share why they returned to their alma mater after graduating in 2015.
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To read more, click the link below or visit wahawkinsider.com
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Reporting by Layla Shannon

Two of West’s favorite staff members, who knew they graduated from here too?! Mr. McNally and Mr. Hirdler are West High alumni and came back to teach after college! Jackson McNally is the assistant coach on the boys’ swim team and he teaches U.S. history. He graduated from the University of Iowa...

19/09/2024

Waterloo Wahawks Beat the East High Trojans for the 12th Consecutive Year. West High beats the Trojans with a final score of 19-6 on August 30.
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Reporting by Kaylynn Crawford and Jacy Gomez

On August 30, The West High football team defeated the East High Trojans 19-6 making this year’s game the 12 consecutive win for the Wahawks. The winning streak started in the 2013-2014 football season when West beat East 28-0 on Oct. 3, 2013. Since then, the Wahawks have been victorious when faci...

19/09/2024

West High Senior, Darreon Sykes is a seventeen-year-old entrepreneur who has created his own hair braiding business.
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Click the link below to read more!
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Reporting by Karma Goodson

Darreon Sykes started his braiding business two and a half years ago when he was unable to find a braider for his sister.

26/03/2024

Congratulations to the 2024 Iowa Journalist of the Year: Alisyn Parkhurst, Waterloo West High School, Nicole Goodman, adviser.
Parkhurst advances to JEA Journalist of the Year competition. JEA Journalist of the Year winner will be announced April 6 at the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Kansas City. Wahawk Insider Waterloo West High Yearbook Waterloo West High School Waterloo Community School District Iowa High School Press Association

19/02/2024

HUGE celebration! Today the Iowa High School Press Association announced the 2024 Iowa Journalist of the Year and our very own Ali Parkhurst won!! Read the article below to read what the IHSPA Judging committee had to say and to checkout Ali's portfolio.

Waterloo West High’s Ali Parkhurst has been named Iowa’s High School Journalist of the Year. She earns $500 and has the opportunity to represent Iowa in the National Journalist of the Year contest. Parkhurst serves as the Sports & News Editor for Waterloo West’s student newspaper, Wahawk Insid...

13/02/2024

Big congratulations to our reporter, Ali Parkhurst, for her feature article titled “Brewing Success” getting accepted and published by Best of SNO!
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At time of publishing, 9,570 stories have been submitted around the country this academic year and 1415 have been accepted.
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To read Ali's article, check it out here: https://bestofsno.com/67732/features/brewing-success/

11/01/2024

SCHEDULE UPDATE FOR 1/11
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Students will attend periods 1-8 with a normal bell schedule, final exams will take place during the normal period times.
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SEE YOU TOMORROW WAHAWKS