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The Zephyr

The Student News Site of West Forsyth High School

The Zephyr

The Student News Site of West Forsyth High School

The Zephyr

A prom ticket and bills.
Pirated Prom: Counterfeit prom ticket sales canceled
Gray Dimock, News Writer • April 1, 2025
Prom is a stressful time for everyone. Shopping for clothes, making restaurant reservations, and finding a date or groups of friends to go with can be difficult, and highly expensive. Sometimes, the cost
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WS/FCS School District separated into different puzzle pieces.
Get in the Zone: Forsyth County offers new zone maps
Gray Dimock, News Writer • April 1, 2025
As time goes on, towns change; new roads, communities and people have filled up Clemmons and Lewisville with both ethnic and economic diversity over the past 30 years. That is why WS/FCS is planning on
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Framed pictures of different characters from The Addams Family.
They’re All Together Ooky: The drama department puts on The Addams Family
Emily Viands, News Writer • March 24, 2025
The theatre department felt creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky this year, so they chose to be all-together-ooky
Student playing dodgeball.
Gettin’ Outta Dodge: SGA dodgeball tournament gets canceled
Gray Dimock, News Writer • February 26, 2025
Two years ago, students and staff united under the common banner of sportsmanship. They all gathered
Theater students prepare for the talent show.
West’s Got Talent: West’s Talent Show 2025
Tucker Harper, News Guest Writer • February 18, 2025
For over 20 years West has been hosting student talent shows where the student body can perform a variety
Donald Trump screaming "Fake News."
Navigating Bias in Media: How to spot fake news
Noble Hart, Opinion Writer • March 20, 2025

Being informed is a key part of day-to-day life and as a result, news outlets and social media are big staples in modern society. However, not all media outlets are created equal. Some sources tend to...

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Jack the Ripper crime board
Unmasking the Murderer: Jack the Ripper’s identity revealed after 137 years
Abbie Leonard, Features Editor • March 7, 2025

TW: Content contains topics such as murder, body mutilation and suicide During the late 1880s, a series of murders took place in the Whitechapel district of London. Out of many of his suspected murders,...

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An origami daisy.
Adventures in Origami: Spring daisy tutorial
Gray Dimock, News Writer • March 6, 2025

As third quarter comes to a close and classwork starts to look towards summer, student creativity can...

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni battle it out.
From Co-stars to Controversy: Exploring the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni drama
Garrin Reiter, Co-Editor In Chief • March 4, 2025

In the drama-filled world of Hollywood, few stories captivate and intrigue audiences the way that drama...

Athlete of The Month: Noelle Childs
Athlete of The Month: Noelle Childs
Seth Cockerham, Sports Writer • March 25, 2025

It’s a bird, it's a plane, no, it's senior Noelle Childs soaring through the air, as she flies over the bar. Childs is not an easy opponent to defeat, she is at the very top of the competition. Childs...

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Key’s To Success: Girl’s basketball season recap
Key’s To Success: Girl’s basketball season recap
Jacob Shumate, Sports writer • March 18, 2025

From a brand new head coach, to the youth-heavy lineup, the girls’ basketball team faced their fair share of challenges this season. Even with the hurdles that they faced, they still managed to clear...

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West Forsyth track runner Max Leonard.
Athlete Of The Month: Max Leonard
February 18, 2025

For as far as the eye can see is a long line of hurdles and runners in front of you. The gun fires and...

Brad Aldrich
Negligible: Behind closed boards
February 18, 2025

Sports and Drama are two of the biggest genres in the entertainment industry. When you overlap the two,...

Pictures of different alternative cultures.
Media’s effect on culture
Savannah Hitchcock, News Editor • April 1, 2025

Alternative culture has always been an active part in media and oftentimes is shown as a unique form of self-expression. It is used as a creative outlet and there are lots of different groups like punk, goth, grunge and other...

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