What do we do? Smoke Signals (Advanced Journalism) is a year-long elective course. We focus on teaching journalistic skills, producing the West High School online newspaper, and releasing a quarterly print issue. What are we looking for? Writers, photographers, videographers, artists, technology...

   A staple of high school culture has long been the presence of AP and Honors classes, as well as their impact on student life. For many students, whole days are consumed by high demands of these courses. In the face of gargantuan amounts of difficult work, many people question the reason to bother...

   The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed for bankruptcy on February 18th after dealing with hundreds of lawsuits involving sexual abuse allegations.  The organization believes that over the course of 72 years, more than 7,000 of its former leaders sexually abused more than 12,000 children.    In...

   In the past month, West High Girls’ Varsity Basketball team played in CIF round three and semi-finals, advancing to state.    In round three on February 19th, the team played away against Bishop Montgomery, which is locally ranked among the top ten.  The game was close until the end, but...

  Even with a busy schedule, loads of homework and the days counting down until graduation, senior Julia Traub has joined and led many activities and clubs to help reach out to students of West High and enjoy her last year as a high schooler.     Currently, Traub is involved in Advanced...

   The West High Girls’ Varsity Basketball team redeemed themselves after a well-played game against North High on Friday, January 31st.     During the first quarter, a few of the Warriors grew concerned as North started off the game fiercely, earning themselves a ten-point lead. Players such...