The student newspaper of, by, and for Ames High School.

The WEB

48°
The student newspaper of, by, and for Ames High School.

The WEB

The student newspaper of, by, and for Ames High School.

The WEB

SASHA

SASHA

Akshata Gandhe, Profiles Editor April 18, 2019

92 seconds. That is how often a person is sexually assaulted in this country, be it a 12-year-old or a 50-year-old. Junior co-leaders of SASHA (Students against Sexual Harassment and Abuse) Victoria Kyvergya...

Students participate in Mental Health first aid training in February.

Freshmen strive to improve mental health

Lucas Bleyle, Co-Editor in Chief April 17, 2019

According to a study in the Archives of General Psychiatry half of all chronic mental illness begins by age 14; three-quarters by age 24, making high school a critical time to identify and treat mental...

April 8th: Ames High School United

Oliver Chen and Zoe Mamakos April 8, 2019

April 8th: Ames High students and staff joined community members in a peaceful display of unity, in response to a coordinated protest from a well known hate group.  

Teacher Collin Reichert explores a stream at Ledges with students involved in TCA Summer Experience 2018.

The Community Academy: a new kind of summer experience

Lucas Bleyle, Co-Editor in Chief March 13, 2019

Preschool and elementary school kids dart around wooden benches layed out in the grass. In each eager hand is a natural item; a pinecone, a leaf, a blade of grass that they dip in paint and use to leave...

Photo courtesy of Pixabay.

Four classes you may not have heard of

Seth Bequette, Academics & Arts Editor March 13, 2019

Anyone who’s flipped through a student course book knows about the class descriptions plastered on the pages. Reading like an IKEA direction manual, some courses sound nothing like what they actually...

Finals After Break? An Investigation

Finals After Break? An Investigation

Oliver Chen, Co-Editor in Chief February 15, 2019

Winter break: a time to relax, celebrate the holidays and spend time with family. Yet for many, a once beloved respite from the academic year has turned into a prolonged period of stress over future...

Photo by Erin Murphy

Zmolek Spices up Social Studies

Seth Bequette and Erin Murphy February 12, 2019

A punching bag that’s verbally bludgeoned, slaughtered and slandered for being boring, dull, and stale —  history class has been dragged through the dirt by everyone who’s ever been stuffed into...

The secret lives of teachers

The secret lives of teachers

Zoe Mamakos, Reporter February 12, 2019

As you walk into the English hallway and burst into the first classroom on the left you feel a rush of relief that you aren’t sitting the those dreaded chairs waiting to open brown and white textbooks...

Past Secrets of Ames High

Past Secrets of Ames High

Jonathan Watt and Zoe Mamakos December 5, 2018

When you walk through the front doors at Ames High at 8 A.M. and groggily make your way to your first class, you may not take the time to realize where you are. You’re walking in the footsteps of two-...

New Faculty

Ezra Shirtcliff, WEB Staff October 19, 2018

Associate principal Brian Carico My primary responsibilities include attendance, discipline, testing, AP and student services.  This is my 22 year as a school administrator. I have been a school administrator...

Load More Stories
Donate to The WEB
$300
$450
Contributed
Our Goal