Liberty United
By Jiovany Badier
Inspired to take action after the recent surge in gun violence, the first chapter of Liberty United, a student-lead organization, was formed in Edmonds Woodway…
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Is the Blue Bin Really Green?
By Phoenix Cloutier
Recycling is one of the most basic practices preached by environmentalists, and for good reason. In 2016 alone, the Department of Energy recycled 230 tons of waste that would have otherwise ended up in landfills. Because of this, the government saved $13,800 which can now be used in other areas. There is seemingly no reason to throw recyclables into the trash. However, at Edmonds Woodway…
Read moreA Portrait of the IB Art Gallery
By Stephanie Farmer
Edmonds Woodway students displayed their work from IB Visual Arts and Photography after one to two years of work.
Read more“High School Musical” and Teenage Oversimplification
By Graham Everhart
Every two years, something remarkable happens at Edmonds-Woodway: the drama program and the music program join forces to produce a musical. In 2017 it was Hairspray. This year it was High School…
Inside Lionel Hampton
By Graham Everhart
The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, a regional competition between student jazz groups held annually at the University of Idaho, is a special experience because of how ordinary it is.
Perhaps “ordinary” has too negative of a connotation. I always enjoy Lionel Hampton. I’m part of the EWHS jazz program, and the jazz program attends every year, and every year…
Knowledge: Not Just a Trivial Pursuit
By Emelia Persell
Knowledge Bowl is where seemingly trivial information meets fierce competition. Gian Rodrigues, one co-president, described the bowl as an “interdisciplinary trivia club in essence and in theory, however in practice it would be much more appropriate to draw comparisons and parallels to fight club or even brothels in ancient…
Read moreBoys Swim: District Bound
By Grace Borchert
Edmonds-Woodway’s boys’ swim team will be competing Saturday, February 8th and Sunday, February 9th, at the Snohomish Aquatic Center for 3A District Champions. The team has grown immensely this season, beating rivals, consistently breaking records, and they have high hopes of winning districts as a team.
A junior on the team, Yuteng Wang, reports…
Racial Justice at Edmonds Woodway
By Alissa Berman
The Black Student Union (BSU) at Edmonds Woodway, led by Kira Augustamar, Adiam Woldu, Segen Berhane, LaShaiah Dickerson, Hermona Girmay, and Nathaniel Girmay, creates a community for black students. They meet every Monday from 2-3 in C203.
BSU was established in 2006. One of their original officers…
Read moreArimaa: Chess, but Better
By Graham Everhart
Few games around the world have enjoyed such a universal and ubiquitous following as chess. In the 1990s, chess was considered the last bastion of human dominance…
Read moreGreat Ways to Give Back to the Community This Holiday Season
By Kate Koenig
It’s December, the holiday season. There are more than 600 homeless students in the Edmonds School District, and for these kids, this season is just a time when they try to stay warm—forget any gifts. This time of year is about giving, not just …
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