Newsweek Ranks Central Among Top Schools in the Country

By Kennedy Werner Newsweek magazine recently ranked Walled Lake Central High School as one of America’s Best High Schools. Coming in at 341st in the nation, Central topped in-town rivals Northern and Western, with its 98% graduation rate, 96% college bound rate, and 22.3 average ACT score. Now THAT is something to be proud of!…

NHS to Hold Inductions June 4

By Kennedy Werner Calling all National Honor Society (NHS) applicants for the 2013-14 school year: Tuesday, June 4 from 6:00-7:30 pm, Sponsor Traci Banjanin and the NHS Board will hold the annual Induction Ceremony in the WLC Auditorium to swear in NHS members. This is the final step for the selected juniors and seniors who…

Students to Discover the Physics of Cedar Point

By Kennedy Werner The once in a lifetime opportunity to explore the physics of real life will be given to WLC physics students Friday, May 17. Beginning the journey at 7:00 AM and returning at 10:00 PM of the same day, honors and regular physics teachers, Judy Davis, Sandi Brough-Gresh, Lindsay Hartley, and Ken LaCross…

Flower Bulb Sale to Send Students to France

By Alexandra Smith Look out France and London in 2014! Central students are selling flower bulbs to save up to go for their European trip.  Anyone can order the bulbs via a website and they will be shipped starting April 1 to your door step.  This fundraiser is going on until they go on the trip.…

Spanish Students Discover the Culture of the DIA

By Kennedy Werner Spanish teacher Cindy Collins and her Spanish Four students went on a field trip by bus to the Detroit Institute of Arts and Los Galanes Mexican Restaurant of Detroit on Wednesday, May 1st from 8:00am until 1:30pm. Completing their art unit, the WLC Spanish scholars viewed the many exhibits and paintings that focused on the ethnic artists…

Rebuilding Together

By Kennedy Werner WLC’s volunteer student body, Interact Club, and National Honor Society (NHS) members teamed up with the national organization, Rebuilding Together to restore homes for low-income homeowners, the elderly, and those with disabilities in the Walled Lake area on Saturday, April 27 from 8:30am-1:00pm. To help the community, students planted flowers, raked, and…

NHS Sponsors Dodgeball Tournament for Pedersen

By Rebecca Noeske The Pedersen Dodgeball Tournament, an annual event held by the Central’s National Honor Society to benefit former Walled Lake physical education teacher Kirk Pederson, took place last Friday, April 26. Teachers and students alike got together to form teams and compete against each other. Teams were limited to 6 players per team.…

Honoring the Honor Roll

By Alissa Jehl Select sophomores and juniors congregated in WLC’s auditorium for a special presentation during SRT on Friday, April 26. An academic award ceremony was held for students with an admirable 3.5 and above GPA for sophomores and a 3.35 and above GPA for juniors. At the ceremony, first time honor roll students were…

WLC Varsity Baseball Refuses to Strike Out

By Sydney Zelenak Batter up! Believe it or not, it’s baseball season here at Walled Lake Central, and, despite the weather, the varsity boys are ready to dominate. Head coach Mike Roffi has led the varsity boys through the rain and snow for over nine years. With fourteen games cancelled due to weather conditions, the…

Happy Mother’s Day

By Alissa Jehl With Mother’s Day quickly approaching on Sunday, May 12, every person has one question on his/her mind: what present should I get my mom? It seems as if Mother’s Day was so much easier when we were younger. We could draw a rainbow on a piece of paper, write “mommy, I love…