Q & A With Chilean Poet Christian Formoso
On Oct. 4, Chilean writer and poet Christian Formoso visited WHS and spoke to upper level Spanish and literature classes. He has published six books of poetry, and won several national prizes for...
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Research Casts Doubt On Drug Testing
Since the 2002 5-4 Supreme Court decision in Board of Education v. Earls, which allowed schools to conduct random suspicionless drug testing without warrants of any student who participates in extracurriculars, there have been...
School Board Mulls Drug Testing Students
The Wooster City School Board of Education announced at its August meeting that it will form a committee to consider random drug testing in the WCSD, according to the Aug. 6 Daily Record article,...
Orrville Drug Testing Finds No Drug Use
Orrville High School has implemented a drug testing program, affecting students in grades seven through 12 who either volunteer to be tested, are athletes, or are involved in competitive extracurriculars. The text of the...
Former Student Returns as Teacher
Zach Humrichouser (Class of 2012) has returned to his alma mater to start his student teaching and has already made a great impression at WHS. Humrichouser was class president during all four years of...
Wooster Schools Get Low Marks on State Reports
Wooster City Schools received a “C” in achievement, an “F” in ‘gap closing,’ which measures achievement for traditionally low performing groups of students, an “F” in K-3 literacy and a “B” in progress, which...
Wooster Way Kicks Off
Returning for its sophomore effort in the WCS district, the Wooster Rachel’s Challenge program is undergoing a couple of changes. The Rachel’s Challenge Initiative was implemented last year throughout the WCSD in an effort...
Playlab Arrives
On August 14, the Cornerstone Playlab was dedicated, marking the opening of a project more than three years in the making. The idea for renovating the Cornerstone playground was brought to the PTO...
Flag Issue Flaps Fair
The Wayne County Fair Board, announced Aug. 23 that it is discouraging the display of the Confederate flag by vendors, but is still permitting the flag’s sale. That announcement became public in a...
Newspaper acts as bridge from coexistence to cooperation
I do not know if it can be cliche to write about BLADE in a senior column, but cliche or not, I need to put in my last two cents about an integral part...
