By Erin Pratt As some people are getting ready for break, others are getting ready to give back. At WLC, that often means taking part in the annual holiday gift drive which gives students and staff the opportunity to ‘adopt’ a child so that the child will receive gifts this holiday season. The students at…
By: Brooke Kirkpatrick Every year, we come up with what we think is going to be a grandiose New Year’s resolution. Unfortunately, these usually end up being a flop after a few months, weeks or even days. Not everyone breaks these resolutions but what seems to be the majority has trouble keeping the resolution going.…
By: Erin Pratt As winter break ends and the start of January begins, there is only one thing on everyone’s minds around Walled Lake Central: finals. With all the recent snow and cold days, lessons have been cut short and teachers are trying to cram in as much information as possible before giving their final…
By: Brooke Kirkpatrick Senioritis is in full effect and it’s only January. Walled Lake Central’s seniors are definitely feeling the senioritis kicking in with second semester starting in just a few weeks. Senioritis is defined as “a supposed affliction of students in their final year of high school or college, characterized by a decline in…
By: Tiffany Barnes 2018 is already here, which means 2017 is gone. It was a year filled with good and bad memories for everyone. The juniors became seniors and Central welcomed new freshmen to the school. Let’s take a look back at 2017 to see how it went for our students and staff here at…
By: Tiffany Barnes The nominees for Walled Lake Central’s 2017 Teacher of the Year were very qualified, and the honor went to English Teacher Justin Schumacher. “I didn’t expect to win this year, but it was an honor to be a nominee with my other great colleagues,” said Schumacher. “I thank my students, my…
By: Alyssa Rester High school can feel more like a never-ending tornado of peer pressure and stress. Teenagers spend four years wandering the halls of Walled Lake Central, with the constant weight of peer pressure and fitting in sitting on their shoulders. One of the most common forms of peer pressure is fitting into a…
By: Brianna Ammori For the second year in a row, the Walled Lake Central Equestrian team headed to the regional championships, a three-day event in which Central placed 8th with 73 points. Roughly 36 teams from all over the Midwest and eight teams from each division competed from September 29 to October 1st. Walled Lake…
By: Miles Hirsch Walled Lake Central celebrated its first UMatter Week November 6-10. Aimed at making all Vikings feel valued along with raising mental health awareness and preventing suicide, the week included many special events and activities. “I thought that the week fulfilled its purpose of getting students to think about the impacts and effects…
By: Sydney Tinson Homecoming week is a long, stressful week for us all, but at least we have the big game at the end of the week to look forward to. This year, the game ended in a win over Waterford Kettering. Before the game, all of the fall sports teams and even clubs and…
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