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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

students dance at the 2025 WFHS prom
A Night to Remember: Prom Recap
Erin East, News Writer • April 23, 2025
Due to the new academic calendar this school year, prom was moved from late to early April this year; it occurred on Saturday April 5th. Like Titan tradition, prom took place in downtown at the Millennium
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Save the Date: Upcoming AP exams
Save the Date: Upcoming AP exams
Noble Hart, News Guest Writer • April 17, 2025
As the school year starts to wrap up, most classes are getting ready for their end-of-year exams. For most classes, this means a few extra minutes of studying. However, for a few specific classes this
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$16 Million: Forsyth County overspends
$16 Million: Forsyth County overspends
Gray Dimock, News Writer • April 17, 2025
If there’s one thing that schools are stereotyped for, it’s being underfunded. Often there are insufficient
The WSFCS School Board
Unwrap The Meeting: School Board meeting highlights
Lillian Wood, News Guest Writer • April 16, 2025
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS) Board of Education is a committee consisting of nine members.
The winter guard team
Keeping the Flag Flying: Winter Guard Triumphs at State Regionals
Emma Henkel, News Guest Griter • April 9, 2025
This past season winter guard waved their flags to victory when competing against 45 high schools across
Student stressed because time is running out while taking their test.
Speed Limits on Learning: The negative effects of timed tests
Olivia Hutchison, Features Writer • April 23, 2025

We all know that horrible feeling in our stomachs when we see the clock read, “one minute remaining” while taking a test. Our minds begin to race, our palms start to sweat, and everything you studied...

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Current-day Easter festivities beside where they originated from.
Hop To It: The history of the Easter Bunny
Tucker Harper, Features Guest Writer • April 20, 2025

Today, Easter is celebrated as a holiday by hunting colorful eggs, eating chocolate bunnies and going to a local church service. The history of our now beloved Easter Bunny is rooted in centuries of deep...

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A graveyard of dead languages.
Zombie Languages: How dead languages are uncovered and reintroduced
Tucker Harper, Opinion Writer • April 7, 2025

In world history, kingdoms and entire civilizations have risen and then fallen after either time left...

Bhad Bhabie and Alabama Barker.
Beef Breakdown: Alabama Barker and Bhad Bhabie
Amanda Ramjeet, Content Editor • April 3, 2025

When doom-scrolling through social media, there are two things that tend to stick out: brain rot and...

Best of the Winter: Winter athletes who dominated
Best of the Winter: Winter athletes who dominated
Kaylee Styers, Jonah Williams, Seth Cockerham, and Jacob Shumate April 9, 2025

This season, each sport had many notable players and athletes who stood out and dominated their sport. Here is a recap of some noteworthy athletes from each sport of this year's winter season. Wrestling: On...

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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
March 18, 2025

From a brand new head coach, to the youth-heavy lineup, the girls’ basketball team faced their fair...

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...

Books showcased in a movie theater.
Find Your Next Read: Discover new books based on your favorite TV shows and movies
Garrin Reiter, Co-Editor-in-Chief • April 11, 2025

It’s a struggle we all face: completing a movie or TV series and wishing it had never ended. Many times, the quest to find even a somewhat comparable replacement ends in disappointment as nothing seems to fill the void left...

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