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New Year, New Rules

New Year, New Rules

Ava Burrows October 19, 2022

Blue passes, sign out sheets, and speed bumps are all causing an uproar among the students at WHS. Besides new administration, students are noticing differences in the classroom, hallways, and even the...

First Normal Year of High School!?

First Normal Year of High School!?

October 19, 2022

The Waterford High School Class of 2023 has had ups and downs throughout their high school years. Their freshman year was cut short due to Covid-19, their sophomore year was mostly virtual, and their junior...

Photo taken by Mrs. Sturm of ECE Physics Class

UCONN ECE Boat Race

Isabella Kimball, Editor October 19, 2022

Every year, UCONN has a cardboard boat race in the Long Island Sound. This year, Waterford High School’s very own ECE Marine Bio and ECE Physics classes are participating. On September 23, both classes...

WHS Womens Empowerment Club attending a pro-choice rally

The End of Roe V. Wade?

Mya Aleksak, Reporter June 10, 2022

Justice Samuel Alito is considered one of the most conserative justices on the Court and described himself as a “practical originalist”. Originalism is a theory of the interpretation of legal texts,...

WHS Sleeping Epidemic

WHS Sleeping Epidemic

Mya Aleksak, Reporter June 8, 2022

Ask any teen if they get enough sleep, and the answer is pretty much guaranteed to be no. Based on data collected by the CDC, at least 72% percent of high school students struggle with sleep deprivation.   There...

Opinion: Condolences to the Waterford High School We Knew

Opinion: Condolences to the Waterford High School We Knew

Kylie Hopkins, Editor April 14, 2022

In a school where the idea of college looms over students in their upperclassmen years, sometimes to the point where it feels as though knowing one’s entire future and attending the perfect college is...

To discuss the budget, there was multiple board of education meetings

Budget Cuts: From Crisis to Opportunity?

Mya Aleksak, Reporter April 8, 2022

After reading the 117 page budget plan and spending hours analyzing the Waterford board education meeting videos, I can safely say that fully understanding financial plans isn’t something you pick up...

Courtesy of Wendy Morris

Spring Sports Preview

Staff April 4, 2022

Boys lacrosse  Coach Paul Deon is looking forward to this season. He said that the team's rising stars from last year are Jake Kozlowski, Tommy Quiles, John Zimmerman, Liam Pickett, and Anthony...

Fencing: Four ECC Titles, Yet Still Underrated

Fencing: Four ECC Titles, Yet Still Underrated

Tara Smith, Editor April 4, 2022

In the Lancer community, fencing became a varsity sport in 2015, but the official beginning of fencing here at WHS began back in 2002. Originally started by Dan Greenwald who graduated in 2004 with Mr....

COVID UPDATES: Omicron

COVID UPDATES: Omicron

Kayla Kelly, Journalist February 8, 2022

As WHS welcomes winter sports seasons and 2022, another variant, Omicron, is increasing in Connecticut. There has been a surge of Covid cases over the past two weeks, with over 680 new cases reported on...

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