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USC Speak Your Mind Challenge: Helpful or Harmful? 

Discovering the deeper meaning behind the new trend.

by Noa Nyguard  •  May 14, 2025
Art

Theater Lights And Sound

Every term, the theater department has a different class available for students. This term it’s Lights and Sounds. In this class students experience what it is like to be behind the scenes of productions, they run the sound board, design light cues for upcoming productions, and record sounds, experiencing the…

by Madison Crowson  •  May 1, 2025
Features

Welcoming Mr. Atterberg

There will be a new member joining WHS for this upcoming school year. His name is Kevin Atterberg and he will be a new assistant principal. Mr. Atterberg will be responsible for various things, including being a support system for staff and students, helping promote a safe and comfortable learning…

by Victoria Bohnenkamp  •  Apr 25, 2025
Features

Student Teachers at WHS

Each year, thousands of student teachers enter classrooms across the country. 4 of them happened to have landed here at Waukee High School! They come not as fully licensed teachers but as students, to have an experience that not only shapes the future of their careers, but also the lives…

by   •  Apr 21, 2025
Culture

Benson Boone’s New Album is Coming!

Benson Boone is a 22-year-old pop singer who has recently become super popular. Benson Boone is known for his most popular songs like “Beautiful Things”, “Slow it Down”, “In the Stars”, “Cry”, and “GHOST TOWN”, but he is also known for doing cool flips at every concert and music festival…

by Victoria Bohnenkamp  •  Apr 21, 2025
Culture

Religion in WHS

A closer look at the student-led religious groups at WHS, and whether or not all religions are equally represented.

by Ella Makohoniuk  •  Apr 21, 2025
Culture

Senior Assassin: Who Will Come Out on Top

Senior Assassin is a fun game that many high schools participate in. Most of the time it is managed by someone not affiliated with the actual school district. At Waukee High School, an account under the name “keeasassins” manages the game anonymously. This event has beenoccurring for the past…

by Emma Howg  •  Apr 18, 2025
News

A School Time Change for Waukee

There has been a new change for the Waukee district that is being implemented for the upcoming school year. Instead of the normal 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. time, now school will start at 7:50 a.m. and end at 2:50 p.m. This means that school will begin 20 minutes earlier…

by Victoria Bohnenkamp  •  Apr 18, 2025
Features

Women In Waukee

Celebrating Women leaders in clubs, sports, and the arts!

by Noa Nyguard  •  Apr 18, 2025
News

School-wide tests? Already? But it’s not even finals yet…

ISASPs are just around the corner, what are they and how do the students taking them feel?

by   •  Apr 16, 2025