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Wahawk Insider

The Student News Site of Waterloo West High School

Wahawk Insider

2022-2023 Staff

Emma Beckman
Reporter

Emma Beckman

Emma Beckman is a sophomore at West High and this is her first year on the Wahawk Insider staff. Outside of the newsroom, you can find Emma playing sports, baking or hanging out with friends and family....

Izabelle Bowers
Reporter

Izabelle Bowers

(She/They) Izabelle Bowers is a sophomore at West High. This is her first year on the Wahawk Insider staff. Outside of school, she works at Scooters and plays the bass guitar whenever she has free time outside of doing homework ...

Karma Goodson
Reporter

Karma Goodson

(she/her) Karma Goodson is a sophomore at West High. When she isn't found in the newsroom, she can be found reading books, hanging out with her friends, traveling or educating herself and others on social, cultural, and politi...

Tyler Hall
Reporter

Tyler Hall

Tyler Hall is a junior at West High. This is his first year on the Wahawk Insider and is one of the remaining inaugural staff members. Outside of school, you can find Tyler sleeping, taking pictures, reading Sherlock Holmes, hangin...

Ally Knight
Reporter

Ally Knight

(she/her) Ally Knight is a junior at West High and this is her first year on staff.  Outside of Wahawk Insider, she is on the varsity cheer team for football and wrestling. She also has a job at Black Hawk Gymnastics because s...

Mallory Mills
Reporter

Mallory Mills

Mallory Mills is a junior at West High and this is her first year on the Wahawk Insider staff as a reporter and on the yearbook staff. Outside of school, Mallory is typically hanging out with friends and family, listening to her fa...

Ali Parkhurst
Reporter

Ali Parkhurst

(she/her) Ali Parkhurst is a Junior at West High and she is a part of the very first Wahawk Insider staff. Outside of Wahawk Insider, Ali is known for her photography skills and involvement in West High's Yearbook where she is a ...

Lydia Parkhurst
Reporter

Lydia Parkhurst

Lydia Parkhurst is a junior at West High. This is her first year on the Wahawk Insider online publication. When not in school, you can find her working at her job at Hometown Foods or on the wrestling mat....

Lily Taber
Reporter

Lily Taber

Lily Taber is a sophomore in the class of 2025 at West High School. This is also her first year on the Wahawk Insider staff. Lily enjoys being a writer and outside of school she spends most of her free time with her friends and ...

Josian Turner
Reporter

Josian Turner

Josian Turner is a senior at West High. This is his first year on the Wahawk Insider as part of the inaugural staff. Outside of school, Josian is involved with the Black Hawk Children’s Theater running the soundboard and ligh...

Sophia Witte
Reporter

Sophia Witte

(she/her) Sophia Witte is a senior at West High and this is her first year on the Wahawk Insider staff. Outside of the newsroom, Sophia is a receptionist at Trio SalonSpa and often volunteers with the National Honor Society. She...

Kaitlin Stanford
Reporter, Fall Semester

Kaitlin Stanford

(she/her) Kaitlin Stanford is a senior at West High and this is her first year on the Wahawk Insider. Outside of the newsroom, she loves to spend time with friends and family as well as her animals. You might even find her listenin...

Cassie Graff
Reporter, Fall Semester

Cassie Graff

Cassie Graff is a senior at West High and this is her first year on the Wahawk Insider. At West High, she works as a Co-Op student in the Main Office during her school day. Outside of West, she also works at Hy-Vee in Waterlo...

Cavelle Fay
Reporter, Fall Semester

Cavelle Fay

Cavelle Fay is a senior this is his first year of being apart of Wahawk Insider and the yearbook staff. Cavelle is a mulisport athlete, loves to hangout with friends and go fishing in his free time.

Kiersten Bateman
Reporter, Fall Semester

Kiersten Bateman

Kiersten Bateman is a junior at West High. This is her first year on the Wahawk Insider as she is part of the staff. In Kiersten's free time she still loves photography and taking pictures of anything. She also loves hanging out with...