Today ninth-grade students rotated between three areas of activities where they had an opportunity to self-reflect, learn to avoid unhealthy choices, and grow as student learners. Teachers lead Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) workshop-style small groups focusing on [...]
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Not every high schooler in Washington state hopes to develop a rapid test for detecting the Nipah virus, but that’s exactly what W. F. West senior, Claire Kuykendal reported last week during the annual meeting of the Ingwersen Trust Committee. In her Advanced Molecular Genetics class, her research is allowing her to work towards creating [...]
Josh Petersen M.Ed, LAT, ATC Head Athletic Trainer & CTE Instructor Chehalis School District Back in College, Josh Petersen broke his pinky finger playing football. To his dismay, an x-ray revealed that he had a transverse fracture. This break resulted in a cast that went all the way up to his forearm. He soon learned [...]
ASB Elections didn’t start until the end of October. If you remember, back then, students were not in a face-to-face learning environment. Candidates submitted forms and created campaign videos that were shown over Zoom for the elections. First-time elected ASB Vice President Skylie Voie, and seventh-grader at Chehalis Middle School, remembers the process as a [...]
Every single graduate applied to a college or military. No student was left behind. In June of 2020, when 195 students graduated from W. F. West High School, they were poised and ready for a career, college, or both. This has been the vision, and students in Chehalis rose to the expectation. But they [...]
In a world of remote conversations, W. F. West High School students speak with confidence, showing their audience incredible return on their investment. To an audience of 14 endowment committee members joined together in a Zoom meeting, two 2020 Chehalis graduates recently presented an overview of their experience in the high school STEM program. [...]