For many students and teachers, Wendy Pechacek is a familiar face, whether she's been a guidance counselor or a person to go to for advice, she has been a pillar of WA's staff for twenty-one years of leadership. Pechacek, WPS's 6-12 Coordinator of School Counseling, will be concluding her career at the...

With the 2020-21 school year starting off in an unusual way in several respects, teachers and administrators had to come together and adapt to our current conditions in an attempt to find the new ‘normal’. WA Guidance, a department that holds immense importance and responsibility in our school community,...

After hours of studying and hard work, Senior Isabella Xu has been announced the co-valedictorian of the class of 2020 alongside Grace Pu. Not only has she performed exceedingly in academic classes, but she has also gone above and beyond in her extra-curricular activities.  Determination and perseverance...