Wildcats Taking Big strides in 2021
WAHS football team aims to build off last year’s success by Lorne Chambers | Editor Expectations are high at West Ashley High School for the 2021 football season. The energy is electric around this team for the first time in school history. Last year marked the first...
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The Student Becomes the Teacher
West Ashley High School senior Savannah Watson was excited and surprised when she found out she was named the West Of Student of the Month. “Savannah flies under the radar, but is an outstanding student and overall great kid,” says history teacher Sam Meade. “Savannah...
WAHS Student Receives Gates Millennium Scholarship
West Ashley High School senior Quadray Hughes was recently awarded the Gates Millennium Scholarship. He’s the first student in the school’s 15 year history to receive this scholarship and the first student in the Charleston County School District to receive the...
Odyssey of the Mind
At West Ashley Advanced Studies Magnet, teachers and faculty offer a lot of great extracurricular activities for students to be a part of. One of these many options is a club called Odyssey of the Mind. Odyssey of the Mind is a creative problem solving organization...
Technically Speaking
West Ashley High School senior Stephen Maddy was recently named the Trident Region’s Technology Champion of the Year. Maddy will be recognized and awarded with a State Department of Education Office of Career and Technology Education certificate and a check for $250...
Wildcats are “Gearing Up”for College
In February and March West Ashley High School sent 88 students to tour various college campuses thanks to the GEAR UP program. They visited Morris College, Coastal Carolina, Claflin University, South Carolina State University, Trident Technical College, and Charleston...
Triple Threat
Junior Anna Matutina was very grateful when she found out her Zoology teacher, Joseph Jutzi, nominated her to be West Of’s Student of the Month. “Anna is the epitome of a model student here at WAHS,” says Jutzi. “[She is] always courteous, perpetually in a good mood,...
Safety First
On March 24, close to 300 students participated in the 5th Annual Golf Cart Rodeo hosted by West Ashley High School. The event was coordinated by Molly West, one of WAHS’s school counselors, the High School Injury Prevention Coalition and MUSC. Ms. West first began...
Principal For A Day
Two West Ashley residents and executives at Select Health of South Carolina were selected to participate in the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce Principal for a Day program Wednesday, March 2. Select Health offers First Choice, the oldest and largest Medicaid...
Wildcats Orchestra Receives a Superior Rating
On March 10 and 11, West Ashley High’s Orchestra hosted and participated in the Lowcountry Orchestra Performance Assessment. West Ashley gave an excellent performance which resulted in a Superior Rating. This competition served as this year’s Regional Performance...
SeaPerch Team Performs Swimmingly
Two teams from West Ashley High School competed in the Charleston Regional SeaPerch Challenge on Wednesday, March 9 at the Danny Jones Pool in North Charleston. The WAHS SeaPerch Team took first place overall and will advance to the 6th Annual National SeaPerch...
