THRIVE Incubator will be introduced to students next year.Run by marketing teacher Kara Siebe, the THRIVE Incubator is an entrepreneurship incubator used to help students design their own businesses with guidance. They’ll be provided with mentors twice a week as well as the chance to meet with lawyers and marketing executives to help their business become successful.

Recent changes to the Statesmen Center have raised questions among students and parents. At the school board meeting on March 11, principal Matt Irvin and assistant principal Shiree Yeggins presented their plans for an updated program.

“There appears to be a shared vision among leaders at the district and school levels and a desire for a focused direction,” Brotherton, Allen and True said in its evaluation of the Chelsea Center.  Click here to see evaluation.The review, conducted by former educators Dr. Steve Brotherton, Dr. Jennifer Allen and Stephanie True, detailed the current condition of the Chelsea Center and its director, Julie Burchett.

Elise Wilke-Grimm News/Opinion Editor Senior Prom will be April 27, from 8-11 p.m. at Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark. The night was described as “glitz and glam” by Lauren Maedge, one of the 2019 prom coordinators, since the theme… Read More ›

The Teen Advocates for Sexual Health (TASH), an advocate group including WGHS students, traveled to Jefferson City on March, 6, to lobby for the banning of harmful conversion therapy and the lowering of tax on period supplies and diapers.

Members of the ECHO staff and journalism class went to MIZZOU today for Missouri Interscholastic Press Association’s J-Day. In addition to the keynote speech by Brian McGill, Wall Street Journal multimedia editor for politics and policy, students attended breakout sessions…. Read More ›

Julie Burchett would not be returning as the Chelsea Center coordinator next year as of Thursday, March 14. “It was a shock…a total surprise,” Burchett said. Burchett said her contract ends at the end of the year, so she will… Read More ›

Proposition E, on the ballot for April 2, is a $22 million bond issue, designed to “improve safety, accessibility and other space issues in district buildings and relieve overcrowding in elementary schools,” according to the WGSD website.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), first passed in 1975, according to Understood.org, is a federal law that “requires schools to serve the needs of eligible students with disabilities.”Over the years, there have been cases in which the application of IDEA by schools has fallen short. One such case was worked through this year in Southwest Missouri.According to an article in the Joplin Globe, the Bronaugh school district in Bronaugh, MO, was “found to be out of compliance with federal laws.”

Webster School District Schools are closed today, Jan. 31, due to road conditions and inclement weather, according to a 5 a.m. phone blast from superintendent John Simpson to staff and families.

WGHS Step Team performed in the MLK Celebration last Sunday, Jan. 20, at Givens Elementary. The event serves as a platform to honor the life and work of Dr. King and the impact he has had on the community.