Winterguard Season Comes to a Close

By Taylor Haggerty Central’s winterguard teams made the trip to Dayton, Ohio for Winterguard International’s world-level competition on Thursday, April 11. The Open Guard finished at the semi-finals round with a score of 82.9, and a season high of 83.5 in the preliminary round. The A Guard competed in the preliminary round only, and finished…

Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth and Send Students to England and France

By Jill Ciampa The opportunity to visit another continent is rare but life-changing, and it is one being provided by the language clubs here at Central. Every other year, the French Club takes students to France and England. Fundraising has already begun for the June, 2014 trip; you can see many students walking down the…

Shene Takes Pie in Face for Pedersen

By Alissa Jehl As every student in a math class is surely aware of, Pi day was March 14. Pi day, or “Pie day” occurs every year on the same date. Some math teachers pass out pie to their students, but Walled Lake Central math teacher Denise Shene took a different approach to make her…

What’s Your Passion?

By Alissa Jehl The 6th annual Passion for Life run was held at 10 a.m. on March 23 in downtown Walled Lake (Bayside Sports Grille) to raise money for Jacob Pesta, an 8 year old boy who suffers from a very rare aggressive Thalamic Brain Tumor, and his family. When Jacob was 5 years old,…

March Madness

By Nate Collins Once again the great March Madness NCAA Men`s Basketball Tournament has come and gone, and this year, more so than previous years, upsets and shockers were apparent throughout the tournament. All in all, there were really 4 stories that stood out. First things first, Florida Gulf Coast. “Dunk City” was one of…

Central Model UN Members Bring Home Trophy

By Rebecca Noeske With their big conference finally completed, Central’s Model United Nations (MUN), is more than satisfied to bring home some big wins at the Mid-American Model United Nations (MAMUN) conference in Ypsilanti, Michigan, held March 13 at 7:30 AM and returned on March 16. Sophomore Nicco Beltramo and junior Michelle Sheng both were…

DECA Students Take High Honors at State Conference

By Rebecca Noeske Central students rocked the Distributive Educational Clubs of America (DECA) State conference this past weekend, from March 15 through March 17. Of the six students who competed, seniors Lekha Bapu and Jessica Hazelton both received role play medals. Bapu also was awarded a top ten medal. Unfortunately none of Central’s students qualified…

Central Partakes in Read Across America Day

By Emily Money “Read Across America Day” started March off with a positive beginning here at Central on Monday, March 4. This day was a part of an initiative to promote reading by the National Education Association. It is held every year to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday on March 2, or the closest school day…

Protein Drive Pushes for Donations

By Kennedy Werner In the hopes of feeding others in the area and at Walled Lake Central, Interact, the National Honor Society (NHS), and Student Council have teamed up to run the protein drive, collecting canned protein foods throughout March. Thirty-one days and one mission, Central needs the help of every student to donate to…