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Feed Me Seymour!
This week the Drama Studio of West Ashley High School (WAHS) presents the classic comedic musical Little Shop of Horrors. The cast, featuring more than 70 advanced drama students, plus members of the Travel Cats, a percussion segment of the school band, stages the...
Not Your Average Camper
Talk to Phil Burke for more than five minutes about the best way to mold the lives of young kids, and you start to doubt that his last name really isn’t “O’Sopher.” As in “Phil O’Sopher.” On top of being the director of tennis programs at the St. Andrews Parks &...
WAHS Strikes Underwater Gold
Ten students from every grade and corner at West Ashley High came together last Friday and took home underwater gold in an underwater robotics contest held in Mt. Pleasant. Led by the school’s science department chair, Margaret Spigner, its SeaPerch team saw...
Worth the Wait
From cell phones to satellite radio to friends in the backseat, teen drivers are faced with a multitude of distractions that impair their ability to focus on the road. The numbers are shocking: according to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2010,...
Where Does Your Water Shed?
The marine biology class from West Ashley High School has enlivened their after school routine. Instead of going home to relax on the couch or take a post-learning nap, these students are spending two additional hours at the end of their school day helping...
Former Middleton, WAHS Coach Dies
Jim Werden died last Thursday night of an apparent heart attack at the age of 64. Werden was a football coach in the West Ashley area for nearly 30 years, including 26 seasons at Middleton High School and later three at the newly-formed West Ashley High School. Werden...
