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The Student News Site of West Brunswick High School

The West Wind

The Student News Site of West Brunswick High School

The West Wind

first year Spanish teacher Dylan Parker

West welcomes new Spanish teacher

Emma Bartlett, Staff Writer Sep 18, 2023

Dylan Parker is a new Spanish teacher, with an exciting past and a fun life. Parker is originally from Huntington, West Virginia where he also attended high school. After high school, Parker went to college...

Eastern rat snake on a piece of driftwood

Sssssstop the Hate: Justice for Snakes as Warm Weather Approaches

Fleur Kelly, Staff Writer Mar 31, 2023

As warm weather approaches, snakes are returning to our backyards, and a problem is quickly becoming visible. Snakes are being wrongfully slaughtered. “Not all snakes are bad,” said Ben Strattman....

The Rare Occasions: Exclusive Interview

The Rare Occasions: Exclusive Interview

Aiden McKinney, Junior Broadcast Assistant Mar 31, 2023
“These were the kinds of things that were out of our control, we didn’t write Notion to fit any mold of the internet, we’ve just been putting out music and doing our thing for years, and finally that one blew up, I don’t know why it was that one but that’s what happened, and here we are.”
Cerneka senior Season Cancelled? No Way! What is the Requirements for Eligibility and Howd She Earn It Back?

Cerneka Senior Season Cancelled? No Way!

Destiny Noblitt and Amadis Levasa Mar 28, 2023

Joelle Cerneka is a senior who has played lacrosse for West every year of her high school career, playing a total of six years between the Wild Tide and West Brunswick teams. On Friday, February 24th,...

Mr.Hatcher makes popcorn with his students to sell to other teachers and students around school.

Meet Mr.Hatcher

Ava Babson, Staff writer Mar 21, 2023

David Hatcher was a custodian at West Brunswick for about five years, soon after he left West, he became a teacher assistant at South Brunswick high school for another five years. He is now in the process...

Sophomore Spencer Agner watching TikTok behind his computer screen in class.

Are you addicted?

Courtney Weston, Communications Director Jan 12, 2023

I have an addiction.  Let me clarify. I have a phone addiction.  Living as a teenager in this day and age, it's easy to be addicted to your phone. It seems like our whole world revolves around our...

Kearstin Herring showing off some of our tardy passes that the school will give you.

Tardy & Absent Policy: Stay or Go?

Jenna Williams, Staff Writer Jan 10, 2023

Did you wake up late this morning and know you were going to be tardy? It's your first time oversleeping and you think it's okay; it happens to many kids and nothing has happened to you before, right?...

Purple New Year, New You poster made on Canva.

New Year, New You

Jenna Williams, Staff Writer Jan 10, 2023

With the new year here, it’s time for everyone to start talking about their “New Year’s resolutions,’’ or just the goals they have and would like to achieve for the New Year. New Year's resolutions...

Riley Grissett reading  one of her favorite books Kingdom Of The Feared.

Last Installment Of The Kerri Maniscalco series “Kingdom Of The Feared”

Riley Grissett, Assistant Broadcast Director Jan 9, 2023

The long-awaited third installment of the Kerri Maniscalco series the “Kingdom Of The Feared” was published September 27, 2022. After leaving readers on a cliff hanger from the previous book, “Kingdom...

Riley Grissett dancing at her first prom in 2021.

Fully Busy

Riley Grissett, Assistant Broadcast Director Dec 2, 2022

My schedule is crazy: working full time, being a full time student, a helping hand to my father’s business, being part of a friend group and being in a relationship is a lot to manage at times. That’s...

Eiden Farsakh With Jiu Jitsu

Eiden Farsakh With Jiu Jitsu

Jenna Williams, Staff Writer Dec 1, 2022

Brazilian jiu jitsu is known around the world. It is a martial art that focuses on self-defense and is a combat sport that teaches you about grappling, ground fighting, and submission holds. Eiden Farsakh,...

Our local fighters standing together, not only as partners but as brothers.

Fight The Fire

Riley Grissett, Assistant Broadcast Director Nov 22, 2022

Nicholas Bostic, age 25, saved 5 children from their burning home, the police say they watched Bostic jump out of a two-story window holding a 6-year-old from the burning home. Many people can tell he...

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