Michela Schenk, Writer
March 30, 2020
This world can be a hot mess. We, humans, like to ensure that. We fight wars between nations over land and money. We fight wars inside our own countries through slandering tweets, racist, sexist, homophobic, or other discriminatory comments. We continuously invade and destroy habitats that aren’t...
Niharika Sapra, Staff Writer
March 16, 2020
A global pandemic. Over 1 million affected. 100,000 dead. The first case of this deadly new virus, that attacks human respiratory symptoms and is spread by person-to-person contact, was discovered at a fish market in Wuhan, China. Since then, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread to over 185 countries...
February 11, 2020
This passing February 2nd was the popularly known Groundhog Day, and the groundhog predicted that that spring will come early this year. But what does Groundhog Day signify? Where did Groundhog Day come from? And why a groundhog? Well, Groundhog Day comes from a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition, where...
Matthew Rodriguez, Staff Writer
March 9, 2020
Makeup and Hairstyling Winner: Bombshell Overall, great makeup, especially with the transformation of John Lithgow into Roger Ailes. Best part of the film. Well deserved. Production Design Winner: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Recreating 1969 Hollywood and Los Angeles is no easy job. The crew behind...
Matthew Rodriguez, Staff Writer
January 27, 2020
*warning - contains spoilers* Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker is written and directed by J.J. Abrams and is the 9th and final film in the Skywalker saga. The movie is a complete mess. The Star Wars sequels are just really disappointing. The Force Awakens was a good movie and it showed the potential of...
Matthew Rodriguez, Staff Writer
December 5, 2019
Ford v Ferrari is written and directed by James Mangold who made Logan and stars Matt Damon as the legendary Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as the great Ken Miles. It’s one of the most energetic and action filled movies of the year. With Ford and Ferrari both competing against each other at the...
Lily Witkowski, Contributor to Scratch Paper
March 10, 2020
Check out this great video recapping Senior Night at the Boy's basketball game versus Stevenson High School. Also included is a performance by the Varsity Devilettes and the Boy/Girl dance!
Michela Schenk, Staff Writer
March 9, 2020
The 2019-2020 school year has been one to remember for sports, with both our finalist position at state for football and the four state medals our freshman Keegan Knott brought home for swim. As such a big school, it's no surprise we dominate in sports due to all of the competition for spots on the teams....
Lily Witkowski, Contributor to Scratch Paper
December 18, 2019
Check out this video created by Lily Witkowski capturing today's NLI signing day for these four football players. Congrats to Willis Singleton, Juan De La Cruz, Derrick McLaughlin and Adam Saul and Coach McNulty and his entire staff as these athletes signed today their official Division 1 National...
Rebecca Benjamin and Emely Castrejon, Staff Writers
March 16, 2020
Warren Township's Black Student Union Presents: A Journey Through Culture! Get a glance of the culture through performances on the basis of the Harlem Renaissance to present day! With both musical and spoken word acts! The show highlights not only the artistic culture, but the reality...
Rebecca Benjamin and Athirai Ambikkumar, Staff Writers
March 16, 2020
Check out this great video by Rebecca Benjamin and Athirai Ambikkumar as they traveled with the WTHS - CEC program to Maine West high school to cover our CEC/ELS students as they competed in a basketball tournament there earlier this month!
Lily Witkowski, Contributor to Scratch Paper
March 16, 2020
Check out this great video created and edited by Lily Witkowski of our students from the ELS program featuring versus students from Mundelein High School!
Emely Castrejon, Staff Writer
May 11, 2020
I want you to imagine this: you are a great student, you are in a great institution, and you are overall excelling in school. Now imagine this: someone wants to infringe on your education because of your current legal status in the United States. Many students in the...
Josh Pos, Staff Writer
March 30, 2020
18 days ago, I was watching my beloved Indiana Hoosiers play in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament hoping for a win to potentially secure their bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2016. A couple hours earlier, the Big Ten Conference announced that there will be no fans allowed...
Marlyn Gajek, Staff Writer
March 9, 2020
The image of eating bugs has been looked at with disgust and met with the action of gagging. The action of eating bugs is called entomophagy. Eating bugs has been part of an everyday diet and still is in most parts of the world, such as: South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. That is...
Rebecca Benjamin, Staff Writer
February 3, 2020
This is another piece in the web series #whatsyourstory by Rebecca Benjamin, featuring Almond campus Math Teacher Mrs. Kali Janzcak. Check it out!
October 24, 2019
October 24, 2019
#whatsyourstory – Mrs. Mary Storvik
October 24, 2019