WPHS J-program produces first issue
It has finally happened. Western Plains Unified School District 106 has a newspaper. I was hired for this school year to start a full-fledged journalism […]
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Students whine about not having to work
That’s it. It’s official. Today is most-likely my final day of sanity. It’s my fault, though. I shouldn’t have tried to do something nice. Sure, […]
Football game has scary moment
Friday night, my Western Plains High School Bobcat football team traveled to Otis-Bison High School to take on the Cougars. The Cougars are a state-ranked […]
Remembering Summer: wake boarding
This summer I spent quite a bit of time at Cedar Bluff Reservoir near Ransom, Kan. I usually went with a few of my friends […]
WPHS football to play again
Friday the eligibility report was run once again at Western Plains High School in Ransom, Kan. Last week the WPHS Bobcat football team had to […]
WPHS football team forfeits Friday’s game
This hasn’t been a good week for the Western Plains High School football team, of which I am the head coach. We have lost our […]
Vogts adds another job to resume
I am employed at Western Plains Unified School District 106 in the high school. I don’t have just one job, though. Here is a quick […]
KSDE killing high school journalism
In high school, one of the most prolific ways students can begin to learn the wonderful craft of journalism is to participate in the production […]
First week of teaching goes well
When the final bell rings today, I will have been a teacher for a week here at Western Plains High School. Well, a week and […]
Posting dry spell comes to an end
OK. I’m sorry. It has been over a week since I last posted. That’s pathetic. So, just as a way to get things back up […]
The Vogts becomes focus of feature story
While at the the American Society of News Editors Reynolds High School Journalism Institute at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada […]
Reynolds Institute wraps up, leaves lasting impression
First, I’m sorry this has taken so very long to write, but I just couldn’t bring myself to penning the final recap of the amazing […]