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WHS Junior Takes Second Place at Midland Lutheran College Short Story Contest

Callan Takes Award with "Snake Eyes"

by Larry Fangman, WHS Language Arts Instructor | April 24, 2008

WHS Junior Alex Callan placed second place, winning $200, in the Midland Lutheran College Short Story Contest. Callan won for his war story “Snake Eyes.” Sixty students from fifteen different schools entered the contest.  . . . read more Feedback

WHS Poetry Out Loud Finalist Recites Selections at Nebraska Arts Council Board Meeting

by WHS English Instructor Larry Fangman | April 21, 2008

Wahoo High School English teacher Larry Fangman and Wahoo junior Eric Curran spoke at the recent quarterly board meeting of the Nebraska Arts Council held at the Wahoo Public Library.  Curran recited the two poems he recently . . . read more Feedback

Eric Curran Wins Poetry Out Loud Championship

Will Represent WHS at Upcoming State Competition

by Larry Fangman, WHS Language Arts Instructor | February 28, 2008

Junior Eric Curran defeated ten other finalists to win the second annual Wahoo High School Poetry Out Loud School Championship. Curran recited the poems, “Discrimination” by Kenneth Rexroth and “Experience” by Ralph Waldo . . . read more Feedback 3

CPR Classes Bring Life-Saving Skills to Wahoo High School Classrooms

by Kaarin Lysen, Wahoo Newspaper (published 1/31/08, used with permission) | February 1, 2008

Steve Shannon, the Comparative Anatomy teacher at Wahoo High School, first brought up the idea of a CPR and first aid program a couple years ago. The idea originally came about to give students a real life application for what they . . . read more Feedback 1

Business Law Class Winds Up in Court

Students Take Field Trip to District/County Courtrooms

| November 7, 2007

On October 22, the Wahoo High School Business Law class went on a field trip to the Saunders County District and County Courts. “The goal of the field trip was to allow students to observe in person what they have been studying in . . . read more Feedback

Two WHS Juniors Chosen to Serve on State Attorney General's Youth Advisory Council

Thomsen and Hoppe Will Join 123 Others from Across Nebraska

by WHS Government Instructor Ryan Mueller | November 2, 2007

Attorney General Jon Bruning has announced that Wahoo High School students Alison Thomsen and Ian Hoppe are among 125 high school juniors and seniors selected from across Nebraska to serve on the Attorney General’s Youth Advisory Council . . . read more Feedback

WHS Business Department Updates Computer Lab Technology

by WHS Business Instructor Kevin Scheef | October 16, 2007

The WHS Business Department computer lab received 18 new iMac computers this week. These iMacs include a 17-inch monitor and a 2GHz Intel Dual Core processor that allows students to use both Macintosh and Windows software. Thanks to . . . read more Feedback

Everybody Does It

Academic cheating is at an all-time high. Can anything be done to stop it?

Regan McMahon, The San Francisco Chronicle (Published September 9, 2007) | October 3, 2007

If there were a test on the current state of cheating in school, I would have gotten an F. My knowledge was as outdated as the stolen answers to last week's quiz. Ask a high school or college student about cheating, and before you can . . . read more Feedback 1

Local Writer Visits WHS Creative Writing Class

by Larry Fangman | May 22, 2007

Richard Gehrman, a local poet, novelist, and the grandfather of Wahoo junior Travis Bennett, visited Mr. Larry Fangman’s creative writing class on Friday.   Gehrman recently completed the manuscript for his novel, Cow Creek. . . . read more Feedback

WHS Comparative Anatomy Students to Receive CPR/First Aid Training

Community Organizations Combine Efforts to Provide Nine Day Life-Saving Program

| January 30, 2007

The students at Wahoo High School now will have an additional opportunity to have a positive effect on individuals in the Wahoo Public Schools and the Wahoo community, in general. Forty-two students in the Comparative Anatomy classes . . . read more Feedback

WPS Students Voice Their Opinion in the Nebraska Student Vote

Student 84% Voter Turnout Puts Public to Shame

by Ryan Mueller | October 31, 2006

Wahoo High School recently participated in the Nebraska Student Vote sponsored by the Nebraska Secretary of State's Office and the Omaha World Herald. The Nebraska Student Vote is a mock election, where students had the opportunity to . . . read more Feedback

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