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Wadsworth High Hosts 2024 Commencement Ceremony [Photo and Video Gallery]
Wadsworth High Hosts 2024 Commencement Ceremony [Photo and Video Gallery]
May 29, 2024
Two students look at their phone during class. Currently, phone usage in classes is up to teachers. Photo by Alex Banks.
Phone Bans Are Being Implemented In Schools Around The Country: Will It Affect Wadsworth Schools?
May 23, 2024
Sofia Kovalchik, in the middle, working with her group on creating their robots for May 9th. Her and her group put it into water the day of the contest. Photo by Kip Shipley.
Robotics Class Shows Off Their Robots
May 23, 2024
The tennis and pickleball courts at Durling Park are being redone. The construction is supposed to last through June, ending on June 28. Photo by Maia Edwards.
Durling Park Athletic Courts Undergo Update
May 23, 2024
This is Wadsworth High School AED machine. This is located in the 2400 hallway by the stairs. Photo by Rylee Ward.
WASA Will Place AED Machines In Wadsworth Soccer Field
May 22, 2024
Brody Carbaugh (9) goes up to pitch as his teammates watch. This took place against Wooster High School on May 8, 2024 on the WHS Baseball Field. Photo courtesy of Chad Gray.
Wadsworth High’s Baseball Teams Wind Up To Win
May 21, 2024
Milano places 8th in the USAG National Eastern Championships. Milano is a junior at WHS. Photo courtesy of Amelia Milano.
Wadsworth’s Amelia Milano Places In National Gymnastics Championships
May 15, 2024
Sophomore Luis Caraballo jumping into the high jump pit. This ended up being Caraballo’s final jump for the meet. Photo by Corrine Hinkle.
Wadsworth Track And Field Comes Out On Top
May 9, 2024
Max Hatfield trap shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Hatfield has now been ranked in the top 30 best trap shooters in the United States.
Max Hatfield Places Top 30 In The Country For Trap Shooting
April 15, 2024
(From right to left) Elise Errington, Sienna Lucci, and Camryn Berg(left to right) skiing at Snow Trails in Mansfield, Ohio. They will do this once a week. Photo courtesy of Camryn Berg.
Ski Club Comes Back To Wadsworth High
April 4, 2024
The Wadsworth High School marching band marched on a sunny day. They started marching around the square and will end up at Woodlawn Cemetery. Photo courtesy of Amanda Workman.
Wadsworth Band To March In Annual Memorial Day Parade
May 24, 2024
This is the poster for Inside Out 2. Inside Out 2 will be in theaters June 14. Photo courtesy of Fair Use Laws.
Movies Premiering In The Summer Of 2024
May 22, 2024
The wind ensemble performed “ABBA On Broadway” at their spring concert. Izaak Skidmore was the trumpet soloist for the song “Winner Takes It All”. Photo by Kin Whitehair Wallace.
WHS Band Performs Their Final Concert Of The School Year
May 10, 2024
Radical Optimisms album cover is shown here. The album starts with the song End Of An Era. Photo courtesy of fair use laws.
Review: Dua Lipa Explores Personal Life In Newest Album
May 10, 2024
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY album cover. This served as a double album that was release at 2 A.M. Photo courtesy of fair use laws.
Review: ‘THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT’ Beats All Other Albums Released So Far This Year
April 23, 2024
Introducing New Bruin Staff Members For 2024-2025 School Year
Introducing New Bruin Staff Members For 2024-2025 School Year
May 29, 2024
Wadsworth High Celebrates Prom 2024 [Photo Gallery]
Wadsworth High Celebrates Prom 2024 [Photo Gallery]
May 23, 2024
Mrs. Everhart teaches her personal finance class in the first period. The students are learning about insurance and retirement plans for their future. Photo and graphic by Grace Sharp.
WHS Teachers Describe Their School Day
May 21, 2024
Parker Ross and Hailey Harris are pictured together in front of DECA’s convention center. They were pictured after winning the top 10 nationally at the awards ceremony. Photo courtesy of Parker Ross.
Wadsworth High Students Score Top Ten Nationally in DECAS National Tournament
May 10, 2024
Wadsworth Speech and Debate team member James Welsh, junior, performed his humorus number called ‘Stop the Ride’. During his performance, Welsh went in between present and past versions of himself. Welsh poked fun at how the younger version of his character never was invited to the ‘Make Out Club’ because girls did not like him. Welsh used mouth sounds to indicte when Welsh switched between older and younger versions of the character Speech and Debate Student of the Year was Anna Wallace who also won Fine Arts student of the year. Speech and Debate. Photo by Reagan Hunt.
Wadsworth Celebrates 2024 Fine Arts Programs [Photo Slideshow]
May 10, 2024
Opinion: AI Is Destroying Artists
Opinion: AI Is Destroying Artists
May 22, 2024
Opinion: Benson Boone Is Obsessed With The Bruin And We Are Obsessed With Him
Opinion: Benson Boone Is Obsessed With The Bruin And We Are Obsessed With Him
April 30, 2024
Opinion: Bruin Rates New Lavender Drinks
Opinion: Bruin Rates New Lavender Drinks
April 18, 2024
Opinion: Wadsworth Should Move To A Four Day School Week
Opinion: Wadsworth Should Move To A Four Day School Week
April 8, 2024
Signs for prep classes are posted outside the guidance office and have more information on the classes. The QR code can be scanned by student’s interested in signing up for the classes. Photo by Katie Allen.
Opinion: ACT Prep Classes Are Not Worth It
April 3, 2024

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Two students look at their phone during class. Currently, phone usage in classes is up to teachers. Photo by Alex Banks.

Phone Bans Are Being Implemented In Schools Around The Country: Will It Affect Wadsworth Schools?

Alex Banks and Riley Hunt
May 23, 2024
This is the Advanced Placemenet logo. Student interest has greatly declined in AP classes, with one of the main reasons being that Wadsworth High School offers a FlexPass opportunity, which allows them to leave school if they have a free period or a CCP study hall. Photo courtesy of fair use laws.

AP Classes At WHS Decline In Numbers

Alex Banks and Larkin Tackett
May 14, 2024
Chris Sieber has served as assistant principal at Wadsworth High School since 2015. Photo courtesy of the Whisperer Yearbook.

Wadsworth High Assistant Principal Accepts Principal Job at Triway High School

Alex Banks, Online Editor-in-Chief
May 8, 2024
Wadsworth Middle School Teacher Arrested On Three Counts Of Sexual Imposition

Wadsworth Middle School Teacher Arrested On Three Counts Of Sexual Imposition

Alex Banks, Riley Hunt, and Haley Reedy
April 26, 2024

Michael Foreman Shares His Out Of This World Life: From WHS Grad To Astronaut To Mayor

Katie Allen and Alex Banks
April 15, 2024
Signs for prep classes are posted outside the guidance office and have more information on the classes. The QR code can be scanned by student’s interested in signing up for the classes. Photo by Katie Allen.

Opinion: ACT Prep Classes Are Not Worth It

Alex Banks and Katie Allen
April 3, 2024
Wadsworth Alum Micah Beck Directs Film Featured in Cleveland Film Festival

Wadsworth Alum Micah Beck Directs Film Featured in Cleveland Film Festival

Alex Banks, Staff Editor
March 28, 2024
Women-Owned Businesses Find Success In Wadsworth

Women-Owned Businesses Find Success In Wadsworth

Maia Edwards, Alex Banks, and Katie Allen
March 12, 2024
Wadsworth Schools Close For Calamity Day During Solar Eclipse

Wadsworth Schools Close For Calamity Day During Solar Eclipse

Katie Allen and Alex Banks
February 13, 2024
Zoro undergoes training in sniffing. Zoro is able to detect objects that contain human odor and he is then able to track or search for them. “For example, if a suspect was driving down the highway and threw a piece of evidence [like a gun] out the window into a field, Zoro could search the field and locate the evidence because it smells of human odor,” Petit said. Photo courtesy of Seth Petit.

Passing Of Issue 2 Causes Changes For Police K-9s

Riley Hunt and Alex Banks
February 9, 2024
Name: Zoro Age: 8.5 years old Breed: German Shepard Photo courtesy of Seth Petit.

Meet Wadsworth’s Police Canine: What Do Police K-9s Do?

Riley Hunt and Alex Banks
February 9, 2024
Wadsworth Board Of Education Reduces Pay Of Superintendent Andrew Hill, Hill Apologizes For Personal Matters

Wadsworth Board Of Education Reduces Pay Of Superintendent Andrew Hill, Hill Apologizes For Personal Matters

Haley Reedy and Alex Banks
January 12, 2024
Wadsworth Fire Chief, Bob Lindner stands in front of one of the new ambulances. All new pieces of apparatus that were purchased for this new station cost over five million dollars. Photo by Haley Reedy.

Wadsworth Opens New Fire Station [Video Tour]

Alex Banks, Staff Editor
January 4, 2024
Wadsworth City Council Meetings Will No Longer Be Live Streamed

Wadsworth City Council Meetings Will No Longer Be Live Streamed

Katie Allen and Alex Banks
December 6, 2023
Trash cans at WHS overflow with trash every day. Food that could be saved is often thrown into them, causing them to overflow and leading to more food waste. Photo by Emma Lynn.

Waste: Is it a Problem at Wadsworth High School?

Alex Banks, Emma Lynn, and Reagan Riggenbach
November 13, 2023
Wadsworth 2023 Board of Education Candidates React to Election Results

Wadsworth 2023 Board of Education Candidates React to Election Results

Alex Banks, Staff Editor
November 9, 2023
Meet the 2023 Wadsworth School Board of Education Candidates

Meet the 2023 Wadsworth School Board of Education Candidates

Alex Banks, Staff Editor
October 20, 2023
Ohioans Set to Vote on Major Legal Changes

Ohioans Set to Vote on Major Legal Changes

Lizzy Edwards, Grace Barrett, Alex Banks, and Aaliyah Davis
October 16, 2023
Wadsworth High Choir performs at Kings Island

Wadsworth High Choir performs at Kings Island

Alex Banks, News Editor
May 11, 2023
Mass shootings are on the rise: Michigan State University students begin to recover from tragedy

Mass shootings are on the rise: Michigan State University students begin to recover from tragedy

Grace Barrett and Alex Banks
March 8, 2023
Wadsworth resident brings back “Find the Love”

Wadsworth resident brings back “Find the Love”

Alex Banks
February 14, 2023
Wadsworth Hosts Cops and Kids Event

Wadsworth Hosts Cops and Kids Event

ALEX BANKS and LEZLIE TINNEY
December 9, 2022
WHS Yearbook Staff Travels to Elyria High School

WHS Yearbook Staff Travels to Elyria High School

ALEX BANKS
October 13, 2022
Race for Ohio: The Bruin interviews Nan Whaley, Democratic gubernatorial nominee

Race for Ohio: The Bruin interviews Nan Whaley, Democratic gubernatorial nominee

ALEX BANKS, CARLEY SORRENT, and LUKE HOUSER
October 4, 2022
Hurricane Ian strikes, leaving horrible damage to Wadsworth alumni homes

Hurricane Ian strikes, leaving horrible damage to Wadsworth alumni homes

LEZLIE TINNEY and ALEX BANKS
September 30, 2022
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