Raising AP test prices affects students’ ability to afford test
For students planning to take a 2017 AP test, this year’s cost will amount to $93. Already significant, this price has risen in small increments over the past years. From 2016 to...
Category: On Campus
Fundraising at WHS provides opportunities for many clubs
Whether it is in kindergarten or in their senior year most, if not all, students are fundraising. Soon the class of 2018 will be selling carnations to help pay for post-Prom and help...
Drug Testing Committee Makes Headway
Random drug testing is continuing to be researched and debated at WHS. Dr. Adam Keating, head of the Random Drug Testing committee, which is comprised of about 10 community members and one student representative,...
Discussion of Weighted Grades Continues
The discussion of establishing a weighted grades system at WHS has deepened as the Building Leadership Team and WHS administration have recently decided to recommend implementation of weighted grades in the 2017-2018 school year....
Science Club Reworks Toys For Good
The WHS Science Club held a meeting on Dec. 8 in which they rewired traditional toys to be more handicapped-accessible, in partnership with the RePlay for Kids nonprofit organization. “This was a...
Open Campus Provides Benefits
Although WHS administration has no plans to implement an open campus policy, a recent trend in many American high schools has been the implementation of that type of policy. Open campus refers to a...
Work Begins on New Locker Room Facilities
WHS started construction of new locker rooms at Follis Field Oct. 3 for the benefit of all sports teams. WHS athletic director Andy Kellar says the locker rooms can be used as two separate...
Student Pursues Rugby as Newest WHS Club
Clara Lemal Brown, a new student at WHS, is on a mission to start a women’s rugby team for the high school. Ohio rugby reached out to Brown upon her move to Wooster this...
LUK Recruits for Jobs Program
Recently, Markus Steinberger, a representative for Schaeffler Luk, presented a slideshow to WHS students addressing the past, present and future of Schaeffler Group, their advancements in the engineering field, as well talking about career...
BLADE wins CSPA Gold Medal for 2015
Every year The Wooster Blade submits six of its best issues to be critiqued in an international convention for student publications, hosted by Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and this year, The Wooster Blade was...
