Soomin Koh, Print Co-Profiles Editor
• April 21, 2021
Dongari, the Korean culture club at West, is selling hand-designed T-shirts in response to the recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes and sentiment. Alongside weekly Korean lessons, the club has also devoted...
Vivian Polgreen, Managing Co-Editor, News Editor
• April 16, 2021
61 percent of students across ICCSD have been fully in person for over a month since the start of the third trimester on Feb. 15, after Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a proclamation stating that all schools...
The Iowa High School Press Association determines News Team of the Year finalists by choosing the schools with the highest number of individual award winners from its annual writing, photography, design...
Kailey Gee, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• April 5, 2021
Light Feather, a newly-established writing club, will hold its first meeting Thursday, April 8 at 4:45 p.m. The club welcomes everyone, whether they enjoy writing or not, to join. The goal is to create...
The new COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson is the third vaccine to gain emergency approval and is already being administered here in the U.S. Here is what you need to know about the new...
Rising coronavirus cases
According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, 654 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Iowa as of March 30. Iowa’s 7-day positivity rate has increased by 0.1 percent over...
Vivian Polgreen, Managing Co-Editor, News Editor
• March 29, 2021
As of March 27, the state of Iowa has received a total of 1,662,335 total vaccine doses. Of the vaccines received, 1,402,543 doses, or 83.7 percent, have been administered so far, which is the seventh-highest...
ICCSD announced via email March 23 that the "interim" tag will be dropped from Principal Mitch Gross' title pending school board approval. Gross will be the fifth principal in West High's history.
As...
Quill and Scroll, a journalism honor society, recognized West Side Story members in its 2021 International Writing, Photo and Multimedia Contest. Students from five countries submitted 2,508 entries and...
Alex Carlon, Online Editor-in-Chief
• March 23, 2021
This spring, West High science fair participants entered three separate competitions: the Iowa Junior Science and Humanities Seminar (JSHS), the regional fair, and the state fair.
Shreya Khullar '22...
The National Scholastic Press Association named the West Side Story staff an Online Pacemaker finalist for 2021. Alex Carlon '21 is the online editor-in-chief.
The NSPA Pacemaker, one of the oldest...
Abby McKeone, Graphics and Social Media Editor
• March 12, 2021
To help combat the spread of COVID-19 and its multiple strains, the ICCSD has implemented a set of rules for individuals traveling outside of the United States. These precautions will not apply to domestic...