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The Voice of the Wildkats

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70S DAY. Ava Hardin and Isabella Melin dressed for the 70s.

Homecoming 2023 feature iconic dress up days

by Isabella Melin Sep 15, 2023

Homecoming is one of the most exciting weeks of the year. One of the many fun activities students participate in is the dress-up days. While most years, the dress-up days are seemingly random with a punny...

LETS GET LOUD. Leading the Pit Kru in a cheer, sophomore Zoe Mendes show her undying Wildkat spirit at the first home game against Temple. PitKru is still accepting new members. See Chris Slovak in A123 for more info.

PitKru makes noise for Kats on Friday night

by Stone Chapman, VOW Staff Writer Sep 11, 2023

They can be heard from around Berton A. Yates Stadium. Shouting, cheering and dressed brilliantly from head to toe, the PitKru slams trash can lids together and jumps around. This commotion is not just...

LEÇON DU JOUR. With an animated smile, French teacher Oni Lattin teachers a class. This is Lattins first year teaching at WHS.

French now offered as option

by Danica Sundquist, VOW staff Sep 8, 2023

Bienvenue au cours de français. Welcome to French class.  For the first time in many decades, French is being spoken in the halls and the language is being taught as a foreign language.  “I...

KASH KASH. The school store is now accepting Kat Kash for snacks and prizes.

Kat Kash offers incentives for doing good things

by Carly Paugh, VOW staff Sep 8, 2023

There is a new currency among the halls. The Lynx Loot, Brabham Bucks and Meador Money of the past has now evolved to Kat Kash.  The school store opened Monday, September 7th, accepting Kat Kash for...

FUNDRAISER SEASON. Morgan Thomas and Jasmyna Joyner talk to the members about the importance of the fundraisers. Every year the science club hosts fundraisers for their activities.

Science club ready for new year

by Ashley Briones Sep 7, 2023

Test tubes being taken out to be cleaned and science goggles being sanitized for the labs. These are the events happening as the science club gets ready for their amazing labs that they do throughout the...

Feel Pride. Art in dedication to WHS

New point of view: new faces, new thoughts

by Kaitlin Burns Sep 7, 2023

A new school year always brings new faces, with different outlooks on the environment surrounding them compared to the ones who’ve been there before. With 2,496 students from grades 9-12 in the school,...

WITH HONORS. Seniors honored by College Board as College Board and BigFuture National Recognition Program Scholars are Alex Najera, Ashley Flowers, Austin Gaskins, Ava Hardin, Benson Merkley, Breanna Keelan, Casey Patrick, Cory Pierce, Dalton Ackley, Dorcas Bawa, James Bagwell, Jaydyn Lightfoot, Karley Frazier, Kinnley Gibbs, Marvin Hernandez, Mia Arrington, Odalys Garay, and Rodrigo Garcia.  This distinction is given to students who have a GPA of 3.5 or higher and outstanding performance on the PSAT/NMSQT and/or AP Exams.

College board honors seniors

Sep 6, 2023

After three hard years of blood, sweat and tears, 18 seniors have something remarkable to show for it. Every year Collegeboard awards National Recognition to students with exceptional performance on the...

FIRST DAY FRENZY- With a new school year starting sophomores James Ellis, Aiden Briones, and Jensen Tupa walk to class. The new seven-day schedule is a new change compared to the previous four classes.

Wildkats beat first day nerves

by Victoria Medina Sep 6, 2023

As the 7:30 a.m. bell rings confused freshmen, nervous sophomores, stressing juniors, and excited seniors roam the hallways. As the new school year begins a new format of how the school works is in play.  From...

GOING PLACES. Sophomores Kamryn Davis, Amy Roberts and Rebecca Vaughn use the Wildkat backdrop to take a picture at College and Career Night. Forty four different colleges and programs came out to represent.

Wildkats are going places

by Isabella Melin Sep 5, 2023

The second annual “Wildkats Are Going Places” College and Career night occurred Monday, August 28th. Many students and their families came to explore the 44 colleges and programs that came out to the...

MORE CLASSES. MORE PROBLEMS. With a busy day full of classes, students and teachers are concerned about the problems of the seven period day.

School adjusts to seven period day

by Kelsie Wyland and Sydney Prihoda Aug 31, 2023

Ring. Ring. Ring.  When the bell rings students go from class to class. The new seven class day makes the halls fill up twice as much, but full halls are not the only result of the new schedule. Most...

LOTS OF RIBBONS. Getting ready for homecoming, sophomore Ashley Reyes works on a mum during floral design class.

Floral design offers homecoming mum workshop

by Jackie Diaz, VOW Staff Aug 31, 2023

The band plays the drumline, the cheerleaders cheer their hearts out and the senior overalls that catch your eye from a mile away must mean something: it's homecoming season.  The homecoming parade...

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