On November 22nd, 1963, in downtown Dallas, Texas, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States of America, was assassinated while riding in a 1961 Lincoln. Lee Harvey Oswald claimed to be the shooter and w...
Arvada, Colorado, a small town outside of Denver is home to many small business owners. Michael Emmerson and Lori Hofer are among these small business owners and are trying to bring back those nostalgic days of childhood cer...
Arvada West’s cross-country team placed first in both the men’s and women’s Cross Country races this Saturday, August 26 at the annual D’Evelyn Dash 5K race.
The meet was attended by over a thousand runners from 35 differe...
Are French And German Obsolete?
Out of the 6,500 existing, (some extinct) languages, only three are taught here at Arvada West High School. Evidently, there are many ways people communicate around the world. Some commonly...
Arvada West offers a lot of classes, some more popular than others. One class that is growing in popularity among the students is the agriculture class, where baby chickens are currently hatching.
“We had 18 eggs to start...
On Tuesday, April 11, the junior class of 2018 took the SAT, the first class to take the SAT as a state-mandated test since 2001. In 2015, Colorado lawmakers decided that the Colorado Department of Education needed to choose a new college entrance exam and a new ex...
The current track at Arvada West High School is fifty-three years old--literally as old as the school--and is only one lane, made of rock, gravel, and cinder. However, the Friends of the Wildcats Foundation is working to change that.
The Friends of the W...
WW: Are students able to opt out of PARCC testing?
PB: Opting out of state mandated assessments is not allowed. There is specific state legislation that requires students and parents to participate in this educational...
