Through your school aged years you will go through many transitions. Elementary school to middle school, middle school to high school, then ending from high school to college, but how do students feel about the transition? Moving up from middle school to high school, which can cause a lot of anxiety and make students apprehensive about the big changes. Most students agreed they like high school more than middle school. They like the independence and say high school is all in all more fun. To most...

A few new teachers at Greenbrier West High School have officially commenced teaching their students on August 29, 2023. Mr. Andrew Kenney, born in 1987, was included in the list of new teachers for 2023. Mr. Kenney was a student and graduated from Greenbrier West High School. He then attended the community college and the University of Charleston. Because he graduated here at West, he decided to stay and become a first-time teacher. Since he was a student here before, finding his way around was...

What do people think about West's new principal? The majority of these answers are anonymous. We have asked students and teachers, as well as the principal. Mr.Young’s response was that he was just glad to be here. Listing a few of our responses, some were positive or neutral: “He’s really nice, told us good luck at the summer training program, and I think he’s just a good guy.” “I mean he is pretty cool I guess, I don’t really know him.” “He is doing too much.” “He is okay...

          On February 5, 1972, Ms. Shannon Gilkeson was born  in Lemoore, California at the Lemoore Naval Air Station as her father was stationed there while in the Navy.  His job was working on aircraft carriers and he was on one when her mother went into labor.  Despite being flown back to the air station in a fighter jet, he still missed seeing her be born.  At 2 months old, her parents moved back to the mountain state of West Virginia and eventually settled in Fayette County where she...

Controlling, useless, complected, not enough time... What do all these words have in common you might ask? They were all words used to describe the new "Smartpass" electronic hall pass put into effect this year. The majority of the students have the same outlook on the new and not so improved hall pass. Students feel that the seven minute time limit isn't enough time to "take care of business" While some students did find this to be reliable and helpful but on average most feel its controlling and...

     Students of Greenbrier West High School used their planners as hall passes. If a student needed to exit the classroom to go someplace else, the following had to be written on the planner:  The location the student would be going, The current date, The teacher's name, The time when they left the class,  The time when they came back.       Of course, there were some downsides; planners could only have so many slots for hall passes, and students would be gone for so...

Greenbrier West has welcomed a few new teachers to our amazing school this year, one of those teachers is Mrs Willey. Mrs Willey is the new 10th and 11th grade history teacher that took Mr Mills spot. Her room is located in the bottom of A building at the very end of the hall. She is 57 years old and has been teaching for a combined 23 years, working as a elementary teacher, asl teacher and an administrator, but it was time for a change so she came to Greenbrier West. Mrs Willey explains she came...