Should You Be Taking Children’s Literature?
Felicia Williams, Administrator
October 10, 2017
Filed under Beyond The Kee, BLOG, Classes, NEWS, Showcase, STUDENT LIFE
Taking the Children’s Literature course, offered only to seniors in the third term, could save you more than a thousand dollars. The course is worth three college credits, which are transferable anywhere, and is a $900 UNI course. However, you don’t have to pay a dime if you take it through Waukee H...
Teenagers in the Work Field
Lydia Shelton, Author
October 5, 2017
Filed under Beyond The Kee, Showcase, STUDENT LIFE
Many of Waukee’s students work long hours after the school day ends. Among the fast food and retail jobs, many high school students are making profit off the hobbies they are passionate for. Whether the subject is education, photography, knitting, or cooking, there is a variety of opportunities. ...
Hurricane Help
C.J. Rogers, Reporter
October 4, 2017
Filed under Beyond The Kee, NEWS, Showcase
Terrifying hurricanes are recklessly destroying cities left and right. The storms are severely damaging homes and victims are left in desperate need for help. Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, with an estimated 30,000 people needing temporary shelter, according to CNN. Then, just 16 days later, over six m...
Waukee Wins the Bank of Iowa Award
October 3, 2017
Filed under NEWS, Showcase, SPORTS
The Bank Iowa Traveling Challenge Cup is a year-long, statewide challenge including all high schools that are membered with Iowa High School Athletic Association, Iowa High School Music Association, Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union and the Iowa High School Speech Association. Waukee High Schoo...
Crowding in the ‘Kee
Marissa Garton, Adison Koester, C.J. Rogers, Lydia Shelton, and Josh Wente
October 1, 2017
Filed under NEWS, Showcase, STUDENT LIFE
Lunch Room Rampage A new school year comes with many new issues. This year at Waukee High School, crowding in the cafeteria caught the attention of students and staff. “Crowding is a problem, but a good problem,” stated principal Cary Justmann. In the first few days of classes, students struggled to find a place to sit at lunch or finding a table accommodat...
Starcatching 101
Alena Gamble, Kat Lewallen, Evan Phillips, and Aliya Warth
October 1, 2017
Filed under ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, Showcase, STUDENT LIFE
The Waukee High School fall play takes a different turn from last year’s somber rendition of Dracula. Aiming for a more lighthearted story, this year’s cast is excited for how Peter and the Starcatcher will be perceived. “It's really fun, it's really imaginative, [and it] is familiar beca...
Waukee Homecoming Court 2017
September 27, 2017
Filed under ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, PHOTOS, STUDENT LIFE, Uncategorized
Back Row: Joel Hummel, Tyrese Moore, Nathan McDonald, Alexander Zarkowski, Ethan Rose, William Adams Front Row: Paige Oswalt, Miranda Jach, Lauren Wadle, Alayna Verduyn, Elizabeth Pals, Logan Akason
Off the Shelf
Cameron Wolff, Reporter
April 17, 2017
Literary censorship is a hot-button topic that has swirled around the American public for decades; This is a debate that appears to only become more heated with time, as novels like The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and To Kill a Mockingbird continue to draw fierce criticism from parents acr...
WILC Open House
Amelia Roberts, Reporter
April 13, 2017
As guests mingle amongst themselves, captivating conversations drift around the newly furnished rooms of the Waukee Innovation & Learning Center. People seem to fill up every cushioned chair and inch of carpet space, while visitors enthuse about the new, beautiful venue. On Monday, April ...
Women in Science
Alena Gamble, Reporter
March 28, 2017
Filed under NEWS, Science, Showcase
For years, a notable gender gap existed in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields. A Yale study published in 2012 showed that about 20% of physics Ph.D’s in the United States are awarded to women, and 14% of all physics professors in the U.S. are women. The same study sh...
Tusk Tragedy
Alena Gamble, Reporter
March 6, 2017
Filed under NEWS, Uncategorized
The African elephant population has decreased by 30% from 2007 to 2014, according to a survey conducted by The Great Elephant Census. There are less than 350,000 African elephants alive across 18 countries in Africa today. Meanwhile, the ivory trade, an often illegal form of tusk trading, is flouri...
Elizabeth Warren Silenced on the Senate Floor
Amelia Roberts, Reporter
February 22, 2017
Filed under NEWS, Showcase, Uncategorized
Controversy floods newspapers and the World Wide Web, striking what seems to be constant disagreement between groups. Another matter gets added to the list of issues haunting the country everyday. Whether it is women’s rights, immigration, or the newly appointed Supreme Court members, it appears every...
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