WAHS Welcomes New Men’s Basketball Coach
Benjamin Snyder, former three-time Coach of the year takes over Wildcat program from Staff Reports West Ashley High has named Benjamin Snyder, a four- time Conference Coach of the Year, as its next head men’s basketball coach. After a successful run as the head coach...
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CE Williams Shines
Nine students from C.E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Arts have been identified as 2014-2015 South Carolina Junior Scholars. Junior Scholars are selected based on receiving a Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) score of 50 or greater on...
Just What the Doctor Ordered
Jo-annie Jacquet is one of those exceptional students that any teacher would be grateful to meet much less teach. “I have not had the opportunity to teach Jacquet but the more I’ve gotten to know her lately the more excited I am to be a part of such a great faculty...
Calling West Ashley’s Young Artists!
St. Andrew’s Parish Parks and Playground is holding its annual Holiday Card design contest for children in grades K-5. The organization is asking local students to submit their designs by Dec. 1. Entries will be grouped by grades, with grades K-1 in one group, grades...
WAHS, A Strong Business Partner
Last Thursday, Nov. 6, West Ashley High School principal William Runyon invited members of the local business community who work with WAHS on a regular basis to come to the school as part of a “Business Partner Round Table” and to see what things the students are...
The Voice of West Ashley
Jerome Smalls is an outstanding student, currently one of the top ten in his class, and is a true asset to West Ashley High School. He has wisdom well beyond his years that he uses to lead his classmates on many new adventures. Besides being an A+ student, Jerome is...
Getting A Taste of High School
Thursday, Oct. 16 marked the start of an important tradition for West Ashley High School. It was the first time that the school hosted A Taste of West Ashley. According to WAHS principal William Runyon, it is “an annual event which was started in an effort to give...
Student of the Month
Students like Stephen Maddy are the reason that people become teachers. “He is such an incredible student, always willing to help out in any way that he can,” says Donald Newton, spokesperson for West Ashley High School. Maddy became involved with WAHS’s Work-Based...
Student of Month
As a Senior Leader in Wildcat Country, Jose Chavez Guiterrez knows the formula for high school success. “I try to come to school every day, do my best work, go home and study in order to make the best grades I can,” Chavez says. His approach to school has allowed him...
We Have Spirit, Yes We Do
Last week the West Ashley High School varsity football team officially kicked off the 2014 regular season when they gave the Bishop England Bishops a whipping on the road. Coming into the season ranked #9 in the Lower State, many in West Ashley are excited about this...
A ‘New School’ Paradigm
Usually, when the Charleston County School District builds a new school on an old site, it tears down the original school before construction begins. But just off Ashley River Road, at the conjoined campus housing Springfield Elementary and Montessori Community...
