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The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story
The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story
Elementary students use the app DreamBox to practice their math skills online.

Working from home: teaching while parenting

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
May 21, 2020
Community members place signs in their yard that say We stand together to show their support for the rest of the community.

How to help essential workers

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
May 6, 2020

Achieving success in biliteracy

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
March 12, 2020
A portrait of Kate Wickham is proudly displayed in the main entrance of the school. The Kate Wickham Memorial Trust Fund was established in early 1954.

A dedication to education

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
February 28, 2020
English teacher Kerri Barnhouse has had multiple students from previous years end up teaching with her at West.

From students to colleagues

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
February 14, 2020
The final reveal for the amount of money raised for the kids is celebrated.

For the kids: why they dance

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
February 11, 2020
Maddi Logsdon 21 is involved with West High Dance Marathon for more fighters.

Maddi Logsdon ’21

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
February 11, 2020
Katherine Yacopucci 20 shows off the reason she is involved with West High Dance Marathon: for more fighters.

Katherine Yacopucci ’20

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
February 11, 2020
Karen Meyer poses by the stairwell near her classroom Monday, Dec. 16, before returning to teach her Algebra II Honors class.

The winter blues

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
December 22, 2019
Students at West have many different traditions that they celebrate each winter.

West’s winter traditions

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
December 18, 2019
John Boylan, father of Emilia Emmie Boylan, is an English teacher at West High.

Emmie Boylan: living with spina bifida

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
December 9, 2019
Emilia Emmie Boylan after her ventriculostomy surgery around Thanksgiving of 2015.

The brain bleed

December 9, 2019
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