• SEIBA honor band 2012

    SEIBA honor band 2012

    On January 21, a plethora of instrumentalists came together for a day of strenuous practicing, followed by a concert that night. Two weeks prior to this event, hundreds of students from around Southeast Iowa gathered in Fairfield, Iowa to audition for a coveted position in one of the SEIBA Honor Bands. Among those accepted were a collection of West High’s own

  • West Hosts Speech and Debate Tournament

    West Hosts Speech and Debate Tournament

    Friday and Saturday, January 13-14, the Kanellis Speech and Debate tournament was held at West for the eighteenth time. Students from twenty schools across Iowa came to compete in different speaking events. This year, West’s Audrey Hopewell ’15 and Edward Yao ’15 were the novice policy debate champions after 8 rounds and roughly 15 total hours of debating. Layla Siddig

  • Iowa City West Women of Troy vs. Iowa City High Little Hawks

    Iowa City West Women of Troy vs. Iowa City High Little Hawks

     

  • West beats City in a heated set of games

    West beats City in a heated set of games

    Photo gallery from the girls’ game: Final — West 72 – City 62 Ally Disterhoft 16 points Jessica Shull 9 points Shahana Williams 9 points Brianna Sturtz 7 points

  • Bryn Hedlund: A+ Achiever

    Bryn Hedlund: A+ Achiever

    Music means different things to different people. It can make a person happy; it can make a person sad; some people listen when they’re working out while others just rock out in the shower. But for West High Senior Bryn Hedlund, it is an essential part of her life that she could not see herself living without. “Music is something

  • “Knee’s are Bruised, Hearts are Broken”: A Look at Almost, Maine

    “Knee’s are Bruised, Hearts are Broken”: A Look at Almost, Maine

    Ever pass by the theater call board at school or go see a local musical and go, “Wow, that looks like a lot of fun, I’d like to do that,” but you would never audition because you have no idea what the show is about? Well fear no more, for I will save the day with information on our upcoming

  • West girls basketball wins over Linn-mar

    West girls basketball wins over Linn-mar