• 12/16: Pajama + stuffed animal day
  • 12/17: Jersey day
  • 12/17: Girls basketball vs. Wahlert Catholic
  • 12/17: Boys basketball @ Wahlert Catholic
  • 12/17: Boys swimming @ Linn-Mar
  • 12/17: Band concert in Arganbright Auditorium
  • 12/18: Pink out day
  • 12/19: Throwback Thursday
  • 12/19: Boys wrestling @ Linn-Mar
  • 12/19: Girls wrestling @ Solon
  • 12/20: 2 HOUR EARLY RELEASE
  • 12/20: Ugly sweater day
  • 12/20: Boys and girls double-header vs City
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These are stories that have won awards at journalism competitions.

Society's perception of sex is constantly changing, as reflected in the ICCSD sex education curriculum and the rise of the internet.

Let’s talk about sex

Marta Leira and Alice Meng
February 27, 2021
Despite progress made toward the inclusion of transgender and non-binary athletes in high school sports, challenges and stigmas are still prevalent in athletic programs throughout the state.

Beyond the binary

Hanah Kitamoto and Caroline Mascardo
February 26, 2021
Students share their opinions of the attack on the Capitol.

A nation divided: Students reflect on the Capitol attack

Bess Frerichs, Tosh Klever, Paige Albright, and Gwen Watson
February 8, 2021
COVID-19 has altered the college application scene for prospective students to the class of 2025.

Class of COVID

Maya Chu and Helen Zhang
December 22, 2020
Many students at West High had to learn how to manage their ADHD in an online setting.

The ADHD impact

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
December 21, 2020
Aasiya Ali '22 and Advika Shah '22 are bringing awareness to issues of racism and inequity in their new podcast "Blind Spots."

Checking your blind spots

Fareeha Ahmad and Audrey Parrish
December 20, 2020
WSS examines how the disadvantages students face during online instruction can hinder their ability to learn.

Detached

Heidi Du, Hanah Kitamoto, and Soomin Koh
December 18, 2020
With a pandemic, extreme weather and inequality, 2020 hasn't shaped up to what everyone thought it would be.

Can we call 2020 the worst year ever?

Katherine Shoppa, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
December 14, 2020
The Iowa City West High "Women of Troy" became the "Trojans" this fall.

New name, same game

Caroline Chandler, Assistant Sports Editor
November 25, 2020
Football team manager Jordan Caperon '23 poses at his house on Nov. 2.

A second family

Maya Chu, Print Feature Editor
November 24, 2020
Learning via video call has unexpected side effects for students.

Zoomed out

Alice Meng, Print Copy Editor
November 22, 2020
The Lukachukai Mountains in Arizona are located on the Navajo Nation.

Indigenous in ICCSD

Kailey Gee, Hanah Kitamoto, and Rosemary Timmer-Hackert
November 20, 2020
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