School News – The Wessex Wire

Students express their individuality at Comic Con

January 25, 2019

NAHS creates portraits for refugee children

January 23, 2019

The National Art Honor Society participated in the annual Memory Project, where they created 80 portraits of Rohingya children and raised 300 dollars through a calendar fundraiser. Every year, West Essex coll...

Sights from West Essex’s Comic Con 2019

January 18, 2019

Robot babies help seniors discover parenting woes

By Danielle Schwartz '20, Olivia Lieberman '19, and Sam Spero '19

December 18, 2018

Filed under News, School News

Senior health classes are exploring the struggles of single-parenthood by spending two days and two nights with RealCare robotic babies. Senior “parents” receive bracelets that measure their responsiveness to the babies’...

Cafeteria gets greener with soil-less growing system

December 18, 2018

‘Vaping’ assemblies focus more on predatory marketing

December 6, 2018

‘Grease’ auditions to take place this week

By Olivia Lieberman, News Editor

December 4, 2018

Filed under News, School News

Auditions for the spring musical, "Grease," will be held in the high school auditorium on Dec. 4-6 from 3-6 p.m. Vocal and acting auditions will be taking place on Dec. 4 and dance auditions will take place on Dec. 5. Callbacks...

Holiday drives help West Essex give back

December 4, 2018

Holocaust survivor Ruth Ravina tells students ‘Never Again’

By Danielle Schwartz, News Editor

November 26, 2018

Filed under News, School News

Juniors and students enrolled in Genocide and Holocaust courses attended a presentation from Holocaust survivor Ruth Ravina on Nov. 13. The presentation began with an introduction from history teacher Chris Benaquista, followed by a...

New year, new rules

October 30, 2018

How to navigate updated student access sites

October 15, 2018

Parents return to the classroom for Back to School Night

By Hayley Brener, Features Editor

October 15, 2018

Filed under News, School News

Parents got a glimpse of what their children do every day after attending Back to School Night on Oct. 4 in the high school. It was an effective way for the teachers to sell their class to parents and a way for parents to introd...