The Chatterbox

New book club flourishes through distance learning

January 22, 2021

While many clubs and activities have been canceled this year due to Covid-19, some teachers, like librarian Acacia Moraes, have been able to start some clubs due to online learning. “I’ve wanted...

Recent News & Features Stories

No snow days during remote learning for CPS students

January 8, 2021

This time last year, many students were flushing ice cubes down their toilets and wearing their pajamas...

Student speaks about diversity on national stage

December 18, 2020

Simoné Simmons, ‘22, was watching the news in May, and what she saw enraged her. The murders of multiple...

Student-led Young Activist Coalition fights for change in CPS

December 10, 2020

After years of frustrations from the situations around her, frustrations with different issues regarding...

Seniors mask up for Halloween costume parade amid pandemic

November 12, 2020

On Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. seniors and staff members filed into the Senior High Gym for this year’s Senior...

Opinions

Floating rock: how to find confidence within

Kate Stiens, Opinions Section Editor

January 21, 2021

Confidence is hard to come by these days. Models occupy our social media pages, defining an impossible beauty for this generation of young people. Teens these days are constantly comparing themselves to...

Recent Opinions Stories

Column: we live on a floating rock

December 19, 2020

As I recently figured out, “YOLO” stands for “you only live once” (I thought it was just some...

WHHS cancels exams, students react

December 17, 2020

The world of vaccines: to harm or help

December 12, 2020

Imagine you're in the hospital, fighting for your life from a disease that could have easily been prevented....

Sports

Women’s tennis make a racquet at tournament

Timmy Coleman, Sports Writer

December 20, 2020

Proceeding all of the panic and stress of the pandemic, sports began to resume a tweaked normality. Not only was their regular season different, but the end of season tournaments that players strive...

Recent Sports Stories

Men’s golf reflects on unusual season

December 19, 2020

WHHS is a school of over 3,000 students with a lot of different extracurriculars to offer like sports...

Senior night: four Eagles look back on their final season

November 8, 2020

Because of the difficult circumstances this pandemic has brought, senior athletes had to adapt to a new...

Fall sports resume with new restrictions

October 8, 2020

As the 2020-2021 school year continues, new changes are being made, including alterations to the fall...

Style & Culture

The Record Store Episode 2: Evermore

Tobey Logan and Owen Cummings

January 19, 2021

Will Evermore be remembered forevermore, or go down as mere folklore? Join Owen and Tobey as they give their thoughts on the new Taylor Swift album, Evermore.

Recent Style & Culture Stories

Food Controversies Episode 1: Coke vs. Pepsi

January 19, 2021

It’s a debate as old as time itself. A clash between the two titans of the soda world. Going head to...

Keyboard shortcuts for online learning

January 18, 2021

The Record Store Episode 1: The Ascension and Nectar

December 7, 2020

Peanuts

Middle schoolers face unique challenges in online learning

Faith Wallace, Peanuts Writer

January 22, 2021

As the semester begins, middle school students continue to face the challenge of connecting with their teachers through the screen. Many seventh and eighth graders at WHHS...

Recent Peanuts Stories

The walk to companionship

January 4, 2021

Sofia Sfoufe, ‘26, was struck by quarantine fever from being stuck in her house all alone. In the midst...