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West High boys track team wins state

The Trojans won the 4A state track meet on May 19 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. They won their second state championship with 75 points, outscoring second place Cedar Falls by 25.5 points. In addition to winning the state championship, senior Charlie Rogers won the 400m hurdles, the 110m hurdles and the 4×200 team [...]

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Success in Full Bloom

An idea is like a garden. With a little love and nurturing, it can bloom into something fruitful and grand. For four Roosevelt girls, an idea sprouted up at the end of last school year sometime between science class and recess.  Sixth graders Sadie Widmer, Aisha Kazembe, Isabelle Gray and Aleysia Kolyvanova, along with the [...]

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Horn Student Idols

See who these Horn Elementary students look up to: “A doctor because they help pepole that need to do something.”-Prateek Raikwar, 12 “My parents because I want to be successful like them.”-Nina Elkadi, 11 “My parents because they are doctors and I want to be a doctor.”-Deniz Ince, 10 “My parents because they teach me [...]

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Women of Troy place 11th at state xc

The Women of Troy placed 11th at the state cross country meet Saturday, October 29th with 228 points. Junior Molly Leveille was the top finisher for West High, placing 12th with a time of 14:29. Following Leveille was Pombie Silverman ’13 and Ashlynn Yokom ’14, placing 16th and 35th, respectively.

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Girls XC place third at CRI

The West High girls varsity cross country team placed third overall at the Cedar Rapids Invitational Sept. 8th at Noelridge Park. The Women of Troy produced 91 points after team champions Iowa City City High (49 points) and Marion Linn-Mar (61 points). According to head coach Mike Parker, the team was fairly pleased with the [...]

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Latin Dancers Invade West High

By Velarchana Santhana and Tyler Voss Two Latin dancers came to West High to show the Spanish 4 students many [...]

West High Investigates: Anonymous Twitter Accounts

Dr. Arganbright went on the PA system and told the students of West High that a derogatory anonymous twitter account [...]

The great debaters

West High Debater Kai Trepka and his partner Richie Zhang won the Great Midwestern Debate Tournament, April 5-7th, 2013. The [...]

Staff Profile: Elwyn Pearson

The West Side Story decided to profile Elwyn Pearson, a paraeducator at West High.

Birthday Twins: Payton Myers ’13 and Chandler Myers ’15

by Ashton Duncan and Kaitlyn McCurdy Payton Myers ’13 and Chandler Myers ’15 are siblings born on the same day [...]

Abby Walling to compete at Intel’s International Science and Technology Fair this May

While many students are preparing for the end of school with excitement, Abby Walling, ’15, is preparing for the Intel [...]