By: Vivienne Wellet Manatees, also known as “Sea Cows”, are beautiful mammals that a variety of people love. However, that’s not the case for some. In 2021,over 1,000 manatees died due to boat propellers, fishing gear, habitation loss, fragmentation, cold stress, toxic red tides, and plastic. Environmental police said that this is the most manatees that have ever died than any other year. Due to … Continue reading Manatees Dying In Florida
Last year in 2020, about 1300 people in Switzerland died by assisted suicide, typically by ingestion of a drug called liquid sodium pentobarbital provided by assisted suicide organizations like Exit and Dignitas. After consuming the drug, the person will fall into a deep coma 5 minutes after ingestion, and death follows soon afterward. However, Dr. Philip Nitschke, the founder of an Australian-based company called Exit … Continue reading “Suicide Pod” approved for use in Switzerland
Bronte Walsh: KWHS Prevention Counselor By Gabriella Ramsingh New to our Key West High School (KWHS) staff, Bronte Walsh, the new prevention counselor here at KWHS. Walsh works with students one-on-one and provides them support. Mental health has always been something she takes seriously and hopes that she can bring a new awareness for mental health at KWHS and in this community. For the past … Continue reading 2021-2022 KWHS New Staff
By Summer Livengood and Vivienne Wellet Dr. Larry Schmiegel is our new principal for Key West High School. Principal Schmiegel has already made great improvements and plans on making more great decisions to make the school a better educational place. When we asked, what’s the difference between Key West High and his school before, he said “ It is a bigger job, working with high … Continue reading Dr. Schmiegel Leading KWHS Strong for his First Year
As the 2021-2022 school year kicks off, students have been introduced to many new teachers and staff. One of these is a returning staff member, filling a new role with us as our Key West High School Athletic Director! This staff member has worked here at KWHS as a freshman world geography teacher for the last two years, but decided to take a huge step … Continue reading KWHS’s New Athletic Director
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