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The Student-Run News Site of Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska. Keeping you WIRED in to all things Westside.

Westside Wired
The Student-Run News Site of Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska. Keeping you WIRED in to all things Westside.

Westside Wired
Areeb Siddiqui

Areeb Siddiqui, Wired Co-Editor in Chief

Hey, my name is Areeb Siddiqui! I’m a Co-Editor-in-Chief for Westside Wired this year. I am currently a senior and this is my third year on Wired. A fun fact about me is that my middle name means “perfection.” If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at [email protected].

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As Westside transitions from Westside Scheduler to PowerSchool, many students have noticed their late arrival privileges in homeroom being counted as unexcused absences. 

[Photo] Westside Students Late Arrival Privileges Not Entered in PowerSchool

Ainsley Meyerson, Wired Co-Editor in Chief
February 13, 2023
International Thespian Society Troupe 1602 poses at the Nebraska State Thespian Festival.

International Thespian Society Troupe 1602 makes history at Nebraska State Thespian Festival

Areeb Siddiqui, Wired Co-Editor in Chief
January 23, 2023
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Spanish National Honors Society and French Club students have been teaching their respective foreign languages to elementary students.

Student-Teaching: French Club and Spanish National Honors Society

Areeb Siddiqui, Wired Co-Editor in Chief
May 3, 2022
Westside plans on expanding the uses of ID scanners in the coming school years.

Students and Staff Respond to ID Scanner Implementation

Areeb Siddiqui, Wired Co-Editor in Chief
February 7, 2022
Westside High School Students and Staff reflect upon George Floyd Reenactment Incident

Westside Students and Staff React to Recent High School Incident

Areeb Siddiqui and Kidus Tewodros
May 4, 2021
Westide's performing arts programs are set to make a comeback on May 1st

WHS Performing Arts Returns in “Westside on the Green”

Areeb Siddiqui, Wired Co-Editor in Chief
April 21, 2021
Omaha Human Rights and Regulations holds an annual Martin Luther King Jr. “Living the Dream” competition

Dream Come True – Martin Luther King Jr. “Living the Dream” Contest

Areeb Siddiqui, Wired Co-Editor in Chief
February 23, 2021
Sally Carlson prepares to take a swing on the Swede Center's putting green.

A “Swede” Grand Opening

Areeb Siddiqui, Wired Co-Editor in Chief
February 19, 2021
“I kind of liked the 50% [capacity] and, you know, I liked being able to work from home and have that at-home feeling as well as still coming, seeing some of my friends,” sophomore Nathan Swanson.

Humans of Westside: How did you feel about first semester?

Areeb Siddiqui, Wired Co-Editor in Chief
February 1, 2021
“It was a little much. I felt like I was ignoring either my online students or my in person students. And as anyone knows, any time that you feel like your kids aren’t active in class, you feel like [you are] wasting their time. We don’t have a lot of time with them anyway, so it was frustrating,” English instructor Charlotte Weyler

“I felt that given the resources that we had, we used them the best way possible. It wasn’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination, and I do feel bad for the students that were online completely due to the fact that it was difficult to spend equal amounts of time with them as well as the students in person,” Spanish instructor Amanda Freitag

“I didn’t really like it because it was just confusing at times, and then I didn’t know what to do at times, so I didn’t like it,” junior MyKayla Lee-Ware

“Being online, it was kind of easier, but also it was just really lonely and pretty terrible at the same time, because just being isolated sucked. And then we came back, it's like, also kind of scary, because it’s really packed and I have at-risk old people at my house. But, I don’t know, I was going kind of stir-crazy, so I needed out,” junior Angie Garrett

“I think the biggest challenge [of teaching online and in person] is just knowing exactly what the at-home students are doing. In my classes I have everyone, even when we’ve been at our 50% [capacity], any student that's at home, whether they’re an extended campus student or it’s just the opposite alphabet that day, they all have to join class via Webex. Everybody is expected to attend synchronously, but again, even though they’re logged in, cameras aren’t always on, whether they’re actually there and paying attention, I don’t know,” math instructor Kevin Koch

“Last semester, honestly, I thought it was a little disorganized, especially when the learning is unsynchronized. You’re learning stuff [for] two days a week and then you have to learn the same stuff, you know, the other days of the week. It was hard to kind of keep track of the work since everything is online. You didn’t have that constant ‘teachers telling us what to do’,” senior Lauryn Richard

“I’ve allowed, this semester, to have my online students separated from my in person students, so this semester had been a lot better as a teacher for me compared to last semester, because last semester it was in person and online [students] at the same time, and it was… a struggle,” social studies instructor Amy Studts

“It’s definitely hard during online, it’s really hard. Most people don’t really do [online learning anymore] because they’re tired of it. But being in person is actually pretty easy,” junior J'Michael Simmons

“We’re really fortunate [to have] the technology, the Webex. I think that that does the best job that it can to make the [online] students feel like they’re actually here,” social studies instructor David Bywater.

The Amazing Technicolor Show Choir performs on Cabaret night.

Cabaret: The Show Must Go On

Areeb Siddiqui, Wired Co-Editor in Chief
November 11, 2020
The WeSide initiative focuses on the community inside of District 66.

WeSide Poster Contest

Areeb Siddiqui, Wired Co-Editor in Chief
October 30, 2020
Westside's new website can be found at https://www.westside66.org/

Westside Launches New Websites

Areeb Siddiqui, Wired Co-Editor in Chief
October 26, 2020
Westside marching band performs through specialized masks and bell-covers during the homecoming football game.

We’re Getting the Band Back Together!

Areeb Siddiqui, Wired Co-Editor in Chief
October 6, 2020
Westside freshmen reflect on beginning high school in the midst of COVID-19.

Westside Freshmen Reflect on Starting High School

Areeb Siddiqui, Wired Co-Editor in Chief
September 23, 2020
Westside's Warrior Theatre plans to perform their fall show "She Kills Monsters" while wearing masks in front of a socially-distanced audience.

The Show Must Go On: How Warrior Theatre Is Dealing With COVID-19

Areeb Siddiqui, Wired Co-Editor in Chief
September 15, 2020
Westside choir students participate in class while wearing required masks.

Westside Students and Staff Reflect on Mask Requirement

Areeb Siddiqui, Wired Co-Editor in Chief
September 11, 2020
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