With the end of the 2023-2024 school year drawing near, so too is Dave Gettman's final year of teaching. Gettman, one of West High's strength and conditioning teachers, started teaching 38 years ago, soon...

On Nov. 26, 2003, the Concorde supersonic airliner was retired roughly 27 years after seeing commercial service in 1976. While it was the first supersonic commercial airliner, the Bell X-1 was the first...

Belonging to the Tachyglossidae family, the long lost Attenborough's long-beaked echidna has been seen for the first time since its documentation in 1961. Named after Sir David Attenborough, this specific...

Leading into October, the staff of the Wahawk Insider made a big decision; they were going to release a newsmagazine every quarter. With a plan in mind and two weeks on the clock, staff members put everything...

During the morning assembly on Monday, September 18, motivational speaker Terrence Talley came to speak at West High. Over the duration of his career as an assembly speaker, Talley has become sought...

Going into the third week of the school year, West High admins are starting to crack down on student IDs. "One of the things we've been working on as a district is making our buildings safer," says...

As the school year is coming to a close, so is the Wahawk Insider's inaugural year. For a first year news team, a lot has been accomplished. Rounding off the year with a total word count of 63,561 over...

During the week of April 3, Bob Berumez was promoted to Waterloo Schools Campus Safety Manager. Berumez has been a member of campus safety since 2009 and has been enjoying his job ever since. "Congrats...

West High has several bathrooms and, from student observations, nearly all of them are trashed. Students complain about them quite often, a good testament to the horrid state of West's bathrooms. While...

During the 2023 IHSAA State Swim Meet from February 10-11th, senior Ian Sabanagic was the sole representative for West High. To qualify for the state swim meet, swimmers must be one of the top 32 statewide....

The Voices of West are students here at West High who were recognized by their peers for putting themselves out there and using their voices for good. Of the nominations, one person was picked from each...

Frequency modulation systems, FM systems for short, and subtitles are typically thought to be used exclusively for deaf and hard of hearing students. While it is true, they do benefit the deaf and hard...