As summer hurtles towards us, many students are preparing to put this school year in the rearview. After all, this year hasn’t exactly been sunshine and rainbows. But this raises the question: what do...
Putting together the 2020-2021 Trojan Epic Yearbook has truly been an experience like no other, presenting the staff with unique challenges and opportunities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. From...
Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
• May 30, 2021
This interview does not reflect the will of the State of Iowa Youth Advisory Council or the Iowa Department of Human Rights.
For a lot of students, legislation, bills and senate files are just vocabulary...
A brand new live broadcast hit the screens of West High during homeroom on March 4. This broadcast is called GGTV and was created by the students and teachers of the Green and Gold Academy. The live streams...
A highlight of senior year is notably the college application process. While this process can be exhilarating and rewarding, it can also be a stressful and confusing one. WSS interviewed five seniors with...
For the first time in 26 years, the West High Boys Track and Field team will send a wheelchair athlete to state. The last state champions were John Jeter in 1993 who won the 100 meter, 200 meter and 800...
Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
• May 19, 2021
The West High music department definitely adheres to the motto “where excellence is a tradition.” With the numerous chambers and bands, there is no shortage of amazing musical talent. Junior Bivan...
2021's Last Story is WSS' senior profile series. To view all installments in the series, click here.
Strolling into the room at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she takes a quick...
You’re cruising alongside the ocean on your motorcycle, wind in hair, achieving speeds you never thought possible. Sweat flies off your brow as adrenaline courses through your body. You tense and wait...
Confident. Humorous. Athletic. Wrestling coach Tom Lepic saw all of these traits in one person walking down the hallways of Northwest Junior High. Lepic approached the student while trying to find recruits...
You blink rapidly to stay awake, trying to concentrate on the textbook in front of you, words blurring before your eyes. It’s 1:14 a.m., and you have to be up for school in six hours, but you still have...
On a typical morning at West, it’s no surprise to see a stream of cars pulling into the parking lots, followed by dozens of students walking into school, jangling keys in hand. For many, being able to...