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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

Lillian Wood, Staff Writer

All content by Lillian Wood
Plane on its way to Europe.

Prepare for Takeoff: Tips for school trips

Lillian Wood, Features Writer May 9, 2025

As summer approaches, many trips have come up for students to enjoy countries outside of the U.S. But whether you're going to Italy or Iceland, you may not know what to bring, how to act, or what is acceptable...

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 nine members are elected into office every four years, and have an additional three seats....

Photos of different albums.

Zephyr Jams: Staff’s favorites

Lillian Wood, Features Writer April 3, 2025

We asked the Zephyr staff members (and Mr. Poller) their favorite song, album, artist and their most streamed songs. Mr. Poller– Favorite Song: “Festival” by Sigur Ros - This song is totally epic...

Ruby Franke (top right, bottom left) and Mike Martin (top left, bottom right).

Family or Fame-ily: Controversies with family YouTubers

Lillian Wood, Features Writer January 31, 2025

All over YouTube, families post their day-to-day lives and the fun things that they do with their children, yet the dark truth is often hidden beneath the surface. Many family channels make their lives...

All of the childhood crushes.

Students Say What: Who was your childhood crush?

Lillian Wood, Features Writer November 22, 2024

As an impressionable child, it is common to form attachments towards characters and celebrities they see in movies, TV shows and other forms of media. Students have expressed their attraction towards celebrities...

https://www.artworks-gallery.org/

Creativity Throughout the Years: ARTWORKS 40th anniversary events

Lillian Wood, Features Writer October 25, 2024

Open since 1984, ARTWORKS is the longest-open cooperative gallery in Winston-Salem and over the years has showcased an abundance of local talent ranging from all kinds of different styles, including photography,...

West student doing his school assignments on his computer

Infectious Education: How COVID-19 has affected the school system

Lillian Wood, Features Writer October 8, 2024

COVID-19 might seem to have faded away, but the effects are still present to this day. Whether it’s how much we are online, how teachers run the classrooms, or the change in students' social skills ,...

New Assistant Principal Tavia Gilmore.

[Photo] Rising Through the Ranks: Gilmore returns to be Vice Principal

Savannah Hitchcock, News Editor September 12, 2024

New Assistant Principal Tavia Gilmore.

Band FoundiT performs at Chapel Hill

Going Out of the Mainstream: Underground artists to listen to

Lillian Wood, Features Writer August 30, 2024

Do you like popular musicians? Do you get tired of them not releasing new music for you to enjoy? Do you wish to expand your music horizon with new artists and genres? Instead of waiting for them to make...

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