West High is currently in the middle of the academic year. The second trimester is known for having a much heavier workload than the first trimester and being in winter, which is the hardest time mentally...
Evelyn Kraber, Assistant Copy Editor
• January 13, 2024
On Jan. 8, Iowa legislators returned to the capital for the beginning of Iowa’s 2024 legislative session.
This is a time devoted to making laws, and the process in which this happens varies across...
Click play to listen to the pro-gun control chants ring through the streets of Downtown Iowa City on Monday afternoon.
After 4th period on Monday, students met in front of the school for a walkout....
On Dec. 16 this past weekend, Trobotix took to the field in West High's cafeteria. For the first time since 2019, Trobotix hosted a league meet and brought together 13 teams from the Horace Pippin League,...
The second trimester is fully underway and as students are starting to settle in, a new class schedule isn’t the only thing they are having to adjust to. West High has officially started to integrate...
In a head-to-head with Cedar Falls at Colonial Lanes on Dec. 18, the West High boys varsity bowling team took home a victory. Unfortunately, the girls varsity team fell to the nearly undefeated Cedar Falls...
Yeju Seol, Artist and Reporter
• December 21, 2023
Unidos is a club for Latin American students and other students to hang out with each other. Students feel united, whether just chatting and watching a film or participating in projects.
“I joined...
Zaira Ahmad, Print Editor-in-Chief
• December 20, 2023
West High's varsity show choir, Good Time Company (GTC), hosted their annual Winter Swing Show Dec. 17. Mary Danielle Gross ’25 kicked off the show as she performed "Love" by Keyshia Cole. The concert...
Athena Wu, Print Entertainment Editor
• December 19, 2023
The West High Math Club headed to City High to compete in the third Mathleague state qualifier along with four students from Northwest Junior High. West teams won both first and second-place team and...
Conducted and organized by band directors Brian Zeglis and Ryan Middleton, this year’s Jazz Cafe sees both new conductors for the first time after over a decade of performances. With three jazz bands,...
The West High Student Government has announced big plans for this upcoming winter as we continue on with the second trimester. From a candy gram fundraiser and a spirit week to plans for this year’s...
Lilly Graham, Print Managing Editor
• December 4, 2023
This week, Dec. 4-8, 1440 Interact, West High’s Rotary International affiliated service and volunteering club, will hold a stuffed animal drive. 1440 is accepting donations of new or gently used stuffed...
