Reassignment plan creates concern among locals Thursday, October 28, 2010 By Hilary Gugig At the beginning of the 2009-10 school year, the Wake County Public School Board proposed an end to the diversity policy, which has been in place since the merging of Wake County and Raleigh City scho full story

Freshman student council results are in Thursday, October 07, 2010 By Sierra Schupp [ArticleImageHyperLink] The freshman class put in their votes for student council on Sept. 8 and the new members were elected Sept. 13. Over the next year, they will become involved with the school and learn what it takes to full story

More controversy over diversity policy Friday, September 24, 2010 By Nick Keith [ArticleImageHyperLink] The effects of Wake County’s former diversity policy are still sparking debates, though the policy has already been voted out. A local civil rights group is also asking for better support of the new s full story

After-school buses return to Wake County Thursday, September 23, 2010 By Zoe Winton [ArticleImageHyperLink] Parents will not have to worry about the cut of after-school buses anymore. Public schools in Wake County have not started using after-school buses yet, but after accidently cutting after-school busin full story

Athens Wind and Chorus Ensembles play at Music Conference Friday, December 17, 2010 By Nick Keith [ArticleImageHyperLink] The Athens Drive Wind Ensemble, top concert band at the school, performed at the North Carolina Music Educators Conference alongside the Athens Drive Vocal Ensemble in Winston Salem Nov. 8. Athens Dri full story

Studies show obese women are at a greater risk then obese men Thursday, October 28, 2010 By Sarah Haseeb According to The World Health Organization, there are over 1 billion people who are overweight and around a million people are obese in the world. Studies show that obesity causes long term medical co full story

Few surprises at surprisingly watchable Emmy's Friday, September 03, 2010 By Alex Keith The Emmy Awards – the night television celebrates itself. For the first time since 1976, Americans from coast to coast were able to watch the live telecast. Jimmy Fallon, of “Late Night” fame, was c full story

The SAT is taken every year by people of all ages and races. Thursday, October 07, 2010 By Sami Schneider [ArticleImageHyperLink] The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is taken every year across the country, some students take this test vey seriously and it can sometimes effect their everyday lives. This test is also taken into con full story

Sophomore to sophomore grows Thursday, September 30, 2010 By Sheena Weiss [ArticleImageHyperLink] When looking around the school, it becomes extremely obvious that sophomores are everywhere. It is a fact to all that they will be one, one day, or already have. But looking around at an after school full story

School officials defend the use of stun guns in schools Tuesday, September 28, 2010 By Sierra Schupp [ArticleImageHyperLink] Fights happen everyday in schools, but one fight at West Lake Middle School leads to controversy. When a very aggressive eighth-grade girl was strangling a smaller boy, the school’s resource officer, full story