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The Student News Site of West Henderson High School

Wingspan Online

The Student News Site of West Henderson High School

Wingspan Online

Emily Blunt is Mary Poppins in Dinsey’s original musica MARY. POPPINS RETURNS, a sequel to the 1964 MARY POPPINS which takes audiences on an entirely new adventure with the practically perfect nanny and the Banks family.

Review: “Mary Poppins Returns”

January 7, 2019

Practically perfect in every way. I loved "Mary Poppins Returns" more than I thought I would, mainly because of the beautiful original soundtrack that is sure to be added to the long list of timeless Disney...

Junior achieves 100 and counting

Junior achieves 100 and counting

January 3, 2019

Alec Baynard, junior, beat his personal goal of 100 wrestling wins on Jan. 2 when he pinned his opponent in the gymnasium of North Henderson High School. “After I got my 100th match, I came off the...

West grad runs for NC Senate seat

West grad runs for NC Senate seat

November 6, 2018

Sam Searcy walked the hall of West Henderson High School with a stack of campaign posters stuck awkwardly beneath his arm. After being elected student body president of the 1994-95 school year, he would...

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KAVANAUGH Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, on his nomination to be U. S. circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit
JUDICIAL MEMOS, WASHINGTON, USA

Pro/Con: Should Brett Kavanaugh be appointed as the next Supreme Court justice?

October 6, 2018

[column size=one_half position=first ] Pro: Brett Kavanaugh should be appointed as the next Supreme Court justice Things are critical for the liberals in the United States. If Brett Kavanaugh is...

Senior Bartel Van achieves Eagle Scout rank

Senior Bartel Van achieves Eagle Scout rank

October 1, 2018

All scouts have the same sense of impending doom when they think of the dreaded Eagle Board of Review, the final examination before receiving the award that takes so much freaking time and effort. The...

Interview with school superintendent Bo Caldwell

Interview with school superintendent Bo Caldwell

September 6, 2018

On Wednesday, September 5, Henderson County school superintendent Bo Caldwell visited West Henderson. Print Editor-in-Chief of Wingspan, Bartel Van Oostendorp, interviewed Caldwell to better understand...

Preview: Making monumental decisions

Preview: Making monumental decisions

September 21, 2017

Controversy over confederate monuments brings attention to local plaques, statues, and markers. The rope pulled taut and the brazen Confederate soldier crashed down from his pedestal to become a crumpled...

States legalize medical, recreational marijuana

States legalize medical, recreational marijuana

January 13, 2017

Election night was a frenzy of excitement for the whole country, but the presidency wasn’t the only important choice American voters made that night. In the states of California, Nevada, Maine and Massachusetts,...

Fired Up: Freshman spends free time blacksmithing

Fired Up: Freshman spends free time blacksmithing

April 6, 2016

Timmy Dorn stood by his forge, the crimson embers and orange flames illuminating his face. He stoked his fire, the heat waves hitting his face in a relentless torrent of energy and intensity. The steel...

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