No Place For Hate
West Ashley’s Montessori Community School leads the way in anti-bias initiative from Staff Reports Over the last 20 years, schools nationwide have committed to creating inclusive learning environments through the “No Place for Hate” program. Charleston County School...
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Student of the Month — Alondra Quijano
Not many students are thrilled to be starting high school, but West Ashley High freshman Alondra Quijano is not one of those students. She stands apart from her peers in many ways, and that is why she is this month’s Student of the Month. “Her nomination is more about...
Seniors Take Over West Ashley High
On Tuesday, Feb. 7, seniors at West Ashley High School took part in Senior Takeover Day. Over 80 students were involved in this year’s event. Seniors were assigned to take over the job of a specific teacher, school counselor, student concern specialist, cafeteria...
Hitting The Right Notes
Three students from St. Andrew’s Math and Science (SASMS), Evie Turner, Tulah Cramer, and Mia Dibernardo participated in the South Carolina Elementary Honors Choir on Feb. 2-4. To participate students had to submit an audition and receive nearly a perfect score. The...
Spellbound
Ashley River Creative Arts 5th grader Aarti Anugonda is the 2017 Charleston County School District (CCSD) Spelling Bee Champion. She captured the title in the fifth round of the competition at Burke High School on Thursday, Jan. 19. She was the only one to spell the...
Turning The Page
Earlier this month C.E. Williams Middle School in West Ashley was presented with its fourth consecutive Summer Reading Trophy for the best-read middle school in Charleston County. Students and staff read more than 733,000 pages from May until August with 66 percent...
WAHS Celebrates ‘HOSA’ Week
West Ashley High School’s Health Occupation Students of America Chapter (HOSA) recently celebrated HOSA Week. Throughout the week HOSA Club members participated in several different activities designed to raise awareness about certain health issues. On Monday the...
WAHS Robotics Team Takes Top Honors
The VEX Competitions, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation, tasks teams of students with designing and building a robot to play against other teams from around the world in a game-based engineering challenge. The West Ashley High School...
Student of the Month
West Ashley High School junior Colin Winstead was surprised and honored when he found out that his drama teacher, Nancy Shurlds, nominated him to be Student of the Month. “He is a good student, an excellent member of The Drama Studio, and he is a hard-working,...
Casting A Big Shadow
West Ashley High School recently hosted the third annual Senior Shadow Day. This year, more than 90 seniors participated. The goal of the project is for seniors to learn about the job application process from start to finish. The seniors have to apply for the job,...
Mysterious Musicians Invade West Ashley
Recently, they performed at the C.E. Williams PTSA meeting and once again at the annual “Taste of C.E.” and Holiday Band Concert on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at West Ashley High School. The C.E. Williams Drumline, under the direction of Denisse Stanbery, performs annually at...
