Stories by Paige Finney
WCSD School Environments Across North Feeder: Administrator/Student Perspective Piece
With each building in the Waukee Community School District (WCSD), comes its’ own age-appropriate rules and policies, both enforced and explained by the administration, which create a unique and varying school environment for students. Radiant Elementary Administrator: Radiant Elementary is one of the five K-5th grade buildings that feed into…
Northwest Activities Leadership Council
The Activities Leadership Council at Northwest High School meets after each early-out Wednesday and is comprised of 16 members; it is led by Activities Director, Mr. Duea. Mr. Duea created the council in January of 2022 to incorporate students’ voices in activity decisions. Mr. Duea stated, “When you are starting…
Social Justice Activism in Des Moines
Over the past couple of years in the Des Moines Metro, groups like BLM, CORE, JEDI Council and WTF have been fighting for racial equity throughout the area by hosting walkouts, educating students and more. Groups and positions have been created throughout communities, businesses and schools in the metro. Within…
Justice League of Food
Nick Kuhn has created and continues to run the Justice League of Food located in West Des Moines since 2017, with the mission of teaching at-risk students how to cook in order to fulfill the idealogy of “teaching a man how to fish”. The Justice League of Food has a…
Animal Shelters in Des Moines
Article by Ariana Aponte and Paige Finney Across the Des Moines Metro, Furry Friends Refuge and the Animal Rescue League of Iowa (ARL) are two very important animal shelters that accommodate everything from house pets to barn animals. These shelters do so all while promoting animal welfare in their…
Best Desserts in Des Moines
Article by Paige Finney and Emma Goode Within the span of a week, we traveled around the Des Moines area to find the best dessert shop in the city. We researched many different options and decided upon 10 locations. At each location, we asked for their most popular dessert…
Fashion Psychology
Everyone gets dressed every day, but what each person wears is up to them, so what makes people choose to wear what they do? Whether someone chooses to stay in pajamas to lounge around the house, wear jeans and a sweatshirt to a low-key gathering, or get fancy with dress…