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The Student News Site of Wilsonville High School

Wilsonville Broadcast Network
The Student News Site of Wilsonville High School

Wilsonville Broadcast Network
Sydnie Bierma

Sydnie Bierma, Editor of Lifestyle and Student Life

Sydnie Bierma is a senior at WVHS. This is her first year as an official WBN staff member and she’s super excited to be the editor of Lifestyle, Student Life, as well as the Social Media Manager. In her free time she plays varsity volleyball for Wilsonville High School and works at The Human Bean.

All content by Sydnie Bierma
The "traditional" Instagram story post shared by local teens. This friend group met up on their Monday off of school to gather and catch up. A coffee shop provides a safe space for young adults to be together and open up.

Young adults utilize local cafes as a necessary way to network

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
May 31, 2022
Planes para después de la escuela secundaria

Planes para después de la escuela secundaria

Hector Baltazar and Sydnie Bierma
May 23, 2022
Una foto de Silver Falls del último verano. ¡Roska hizo una agradable caminata con su amiga Katelyn LeBlanc!

¡Las mejores maneras de ir afuera esta primavera!

Sydnie Bierma and Hector Baltazar
May 6, 2022
Picture taken by Marisa Roska at Silver Falls in Silverton. She went with her friend Katelyn over the summer!

Best ways to get outside this spring!

sydnie bierma, Lifestyle Editor
May 6, 2022
Plans for after high school

Plans for after high school

Sydnie Bierma, Student Life Editor
April 29, 2022
Trey Arzie proudly poses with excitement. It will be thrilling to see which path he ends up choosing!

[Photo] A future firefighter

April 29, 2022
Megan Eagles plans on attending beauty school this fall. She looks forward to getting started on her work right away!

[Photo] A future esthetician

April 29, 2022
Senior, Lily Boehrer feeling unmotivated during her anatomy class. She even claimed some days she doesn't worry about oversleeping through her alarm.

Lack of motivation strikes as the end of the year approaches

Sydnie Bierma, Student Life Editor
April 22, 2022
Students searching for prom dresses during class. Lulus is a popular dress website used by many girls at WVHS.

Prom dress struggles

sydnie bierma, Lifestyle Editor
April 1, 2022
The cast of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" after finishing their dress rehearsal. The cast had a very successful week of performances.

The WHS arts department wraps up a successful season

Elia Bartlett, Connor Larsen, and Sydnie Bierma
March 18, 2022
Ellie Wettstein holding peanut butter sandwiches the group made last month. The club organized the sandwiches in the garage before delivering them.

WVHS outreach

Sydnie Bierma, Student Life Editor
March 18, 2022
High schoolers are struggling to fuel up. A picture of the local Chevron located by The Human Bean in Wilsonville.

Affording gas as a student

sydnie bierma, Lifestyle Editor
March 10, 2022
Senior Anna Burkhead enjoying her blended coffee drink at the Corner Coffee Shop. The cafe is located here in Wilsonville.

Podcasts: Caffeine Addicts

Sydnie Bierma and Emma Dougherty
March 9, 2022
A screenshot of a post about Tatum Lubisich, taken before the account was deleted. Tatum confirmed she was obsessed with ketchup when she was younger, but now can't stand it.

Rest in peace to WVHS “Wilsonvillians”

Sydnie Bierma, Student Life Editor
March 4, 2022
A side by side of Hunter Chen in Ginny & Georgia in the halls tap dancing compared with a quiet hallway at WVHS. The display of a musical like production is inaccurate.

Modern TV shows inaccurately represent teen culture

Sydnie Bierma, Student Life Editor
February 25, 2022
A picture of the red shed at Langdon. Captured by Emma Dougherty on a summer morning. The shed has garage doors that open allowing for events to be hosted indoors and outdoors.

Winter formal prep

Sydnie Bierma, Student Life Editor
February 10, 2022
President Payton Saige standing outside of OHSU. She dropped off the letters made by the club!

The Red Cross Club at WVHS

sydnie bierma, Student Life Editor
January 27, 2022
The journey of finding a job as a student

The journey of finding a job as a student

sydnie bierma, Lifestyle Editor
January 24, 2022
Alyssa Sun proudly poses with her Brown sweatshirt on after her acceptance. Brown has an acceptance rate of only 7%.

Alyssa’s acceptance to Brown

Sydnie Bierma, Student Life Editor
January 14, 2022
Selfie taken by the scholar himself. Tejeda proudly displays his Stanford shirt after being accepted.

Miguel’s acceptance to Stanford

Sydnie Bierma, Student Life Editor
January 14, 2022
Miguel and Alyssa pose together after congratulating each other on their acceptances to their dream schools. The iconic duo began on their college journey early on!

Two terrific college success stories

Sydnie Bierma, Student Life Editor
January 14, 2022
A student listening to the Weeknd's new album. "Less Than Zero" was rated the best from the album by Cole.

[Photo] Dawn FM Album Review

Cole Hubka, Staff Writer
January 14, 2022
Junior Emma Alewine sporting her new North Face puffer she got for Christmas. She got it in a fun navy blue color.

New year’s trends arising at WVHS

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
January 7, 2022
Seniors, Anna Burkhead and Amelia Postma studying together at Barnes and Noble. Anna was able to complete her paper for World Wars!

Barnes & Noble

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 18, 2021
My southwest chicken salad and iced chai arranged on my outdoor table I studied at over the summer. Because of the outdoor seating, I was also able to bring my dog along!

Lark Cafe

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 18, 2021
A variety of food and drinks from the Coffee Cottage. The three girls sat outside for hours catching up.

The Coffee Cottage

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 18, 2021
Two local citizens getting work done at the Boones Ferry Starbucks. It was a foggy morning, perfect for a coffeebreak!

Starbucks

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 18, 2021
This is the interior of the Tigard location, which is on a busy street. In the summertime it makes a great place to read outdoors.

Symposium

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 18, 2021
The barista at Ava Roasteria created a little design on my mocha. I was able to finish my stats notes for the week.

Ava Roasteria

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 18, 2021
A view of the cafe from the parking lot over the summer. Not a person is in sight.

Happy Sparrow Cafe

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 18, 2021
Waiting in line at Maplewood, a small coffeeshop in the Maplewood neighborhood in Portland. The coffeeshop offers a variety of different coffee's and tea's with their own homemade flavoring.

Studying Hotspots

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 17, 2021
Kathy Bierma and the author enjoying a cup of coffee together and replying to emails. The outdoor seating area has around 10 tables all evenly spread out and patio heaters!

[Photo] Peet’s Coffee

December 18, 2021
Senior, Anna Burkhead enjoying her blended mocha in Wilsonville. In the brown bag is two everything bagels toasted with cream cheese.

[Photo] Corner Coffee Shoppe

December 18, 2021
The new logo for the Vocab Club. Designed specially by Nolan Rapp, Connor Atwood, and Matthew Gomez.

The Exquisite Vocab Club at WVHS

Sydnie Bierma, Student Life Editor
December 10, 2021
A sunset captured from the hotel beach. This was taken on Burkhead's last night in Mexico.

San Jose Del Cabo

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 3, 2021
Josh's family poses for the hidden camera on Space Mountain. For each hidden camera Ruud whipped out a new pose.

Disneyland

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 3, 2021
Hannah Kelso, Jeven Lundberg, and Gabby Prusse arrive at the Pheonix Airport. From there they were guided by the Discover tour staff members.

Arizona

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 3, 2021
A sunset off the coast of Maui. The highs in Hawaii for that week stayed around 75-80 degrees.

Maui, Hawaii

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 3, 2021
A photo capturing Ryland Espejo looking off into the sunset. It was taken at one of the many beaches surrounding the area.

Ko Olina, Hawaii

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 3, 2021
A beautiful sunset captured by Olivia from their catamaran. She claimed that it's her new favorite way to watch the sunset!

Nassau Bahamas

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 3, 2021
Emma and her mom posing for a picture on Miami beach with refreshing drinks in their hands. Their full day was spent relaxing in the sun!

Key West

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 3, 2021
All bundled up, the friends pose for a selfie while biking around Sunriver! There was lots of snow to be found in Sunriver this November.

Sunriver

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 3, 2021
A beautiful sunset captured at the Oregon Coast over the break. Rachel and Ellie were gone for less than a week!

Olivia Beach

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 3, 2021
Sunset from the beach of San Jose Del Cabo. Taken on the first Sunday of the break.

Travel Destinations Over Thanksgiving Break

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
December 3, 2021
The Wildcats pose for a picture after their first playoff game against Crook County. The Wildcats ended up taking the dub in a relatively close game.

Season wrap-up: Volleyball

Cole Hubka, Cole Miller, and Sydnie Bierma
November 19, 2021
A hole made by removing a tile in the upstairs boys bathroom wall. Guys have been peeing inside our schools walls with no regrets.

Viral social media trend causes an epidemic of bathroom vandalism

Sydnie Bierma, Student Life Editor
October 27, 2021
Sergio #19 goes against Kevin Hidalgo #10 from Parkrose. The Wildcats ended up winning 2-1.

Boys soccer wins against Parkrose 2-1

Sydnie Bierma, Student life editor
October 14, 2021
October weather brings lots of precipitation and a chill in the air. Students remain to continue with their annual fall traditions.

Students proudly present their fall traditions

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
October 14, 2021
Sophomores at this years homecoming. Featuring Kate Gore, Olivia Lyons, Caroline Delamotte, Mason Seal, Ashlyn Hartford, Luke Larson, Campbell Lawler, Kellen Larson, and Cammy Gore.

Homecoming dance review

Sydnie Bierma, Student Life Editor
October 7, 2021
MEChA meeting held during lunch on September 30th.

All you need to know about MEChA

Sydnie Bierma, Student Life Editor
October 1, 2021
Ellie Wettstein and Piper Colby working hard to paint a sign for the senior float.

Cramming a month of homecoming into two weeks

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
September 24, 2021
Parents anxiously waiting to pick up their children from school.

What’s up with parking this year?

Sydnie Bierma, Lifestyle Editor
September 16, 2021
Seniors outside the point on their first day repping a plethora of kids backpacks. Author (Sydnie Bierma), Anna Burkhead, Miguel Tejeda, Claire Ihlenburg, and Hannah Kelso’s backpack.

First day fashion

Sydnie Bierma, Student Life Editor
September 11, 2021
Wilsonville high school student, Sydnie Bierma, watching Netflix from bed.

Why allowing teens to use phones before bed is now beneficial 

Sydnie Bierma, Guest Writer
January 30, 2021
Featuring Taylor Lishka, Alexis Carroll, Anna Burkhead, Sydnie Bierma, Alli McCullough, Ella Hubka(top), and Brooklyn Kliese(top).

Volleyball Via Distance

Sydnie Bierma, Guest Writer
November 12, 2020
Miguel Tejeda and Anna Burkhead testing out the new Wilsonville MOD.

A New Pizza Place: Is it Here to Stay?

Sydnie Bierma, Guest Writer
November 12, 2020
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