Upcoming events
  • Seniors vote on faculty speaker later this week
  • Boys soccer tournament- March 29th-30th @West
  • Women of Troy relays- March 26th home@4:30
  • Chamber ensemble concert- March 28th- Band room@7:00
  • Senior poets: send poems to Mr. Robins
  • College fair Wednesday in Cafeteria
  • Girls soccer vs. North Scott- Tuesday JV@5:30 V@7:00
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West Side Story

The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story

The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story

Caroline Barkers profile of herself.

Capture the moment

Caroline Chandler, Assistant Sports Editor October 30, 2018

At first, a camera was nothing more than a foreign item that her parents used to capture the moment. Once she picked it up she realized that the options were endless for what she could do. For Caroline...

Joy Li 20 smiles for a photo. She will be attending West for only a month before returning to China.

Joy at West

Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief October 28, 2018

Zheyi Li ’20 is walking through the same halls, going to the same classes and talking to the same teachers as many West students. While the day to day life in the Iowa City Community School District...

No costumes, no jack-o’-lanterns, no candy corn

No costumes, no jack-o’-lanterns, no candy corn

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor October 27, 2018

Pulling on their assorted costumes of ghosts, witches, zombies and anything in between, kids race out the door on Halloween night ready to fill their bags with candy. As they knock on each door, their...

Austyn Goodale 20 stands on the sidelines as she cheers during the first home game against North Scott on Friday, Aug. 24.

Diving into a new sport

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor October 25, 2018

The silence of an entire room weighs down across the pool. Everyone holds their breath, waiting for the dive to be executed. Once the diver’s head breaks the surface, her team roars in approval of the...

West students can obtain help with the college application process through an organization created by both alumni of and current West students.

Social impact

Ken Wilbur, Podcast Editor October 24, 2018

The college application process is one of the greatest challenges students face in their high school career. Students often go in with minimal knowledge of what to expect and little preparation. ...

Science teacher Andrea Harms smiles for a photo.

10 questions with science teacher Andrea Harms

Luke Krchak, Reporter October 23, 2018

With nearly 100 teachers at West, how well do you actually know them as people? The WSS hopes to help familiarize you with teachers you see everyday by asking them the same 10 questions. If you have...

An ocean apart

Alex Carlon, Online Editor-in-Chief October 21, 2018

For many best friends, a long distance friendship is virtually unimaginable. The thought of attending different schools, living in different cities and leading separate lives can throw a wrench in the...

Perry Heredia 21 walks down the hallway with her viola on her back.

All-State auditions showcase students’ hard work

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor October 20, 2018

Auditions are stressful, whether they’re for sports, music or acting. There is always so much riding on how well you do at a certain time. If you make a mistake you might not get in. For West High students...

A new home

A new home

Natalie Katz and Sophie Stephens October 14, 2018

Last year when Liberty opened, West too opened their doors to students across the world. West High’s foreign exchange program had been dormant since 2000, when the student population became too large...

West Highs library is a place where friends can hang out before school, students can study and classes can meet.

West High library by the numbers

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor October 11, 2018

Rows and rows of books, students scattered around, and the musty and welcoming smell of books fills the air. The library. It’s a place for everyone: for friends to hang out before school, for productive...

Hirschs final performance on the 2018 Iowa Ambassadors of Music band tour of Europe was in Rothenburg, Germany.

A unique musical experience

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor October 10, 2018

From infinite corn fields and hay bales scattered about to looming medieval castles and massive mountain ranges in Europe, Kat Hirsch ‘20 got to see it all this summer.  The tour of  Europe included...

Art teacher becomes new tech director for Theatre West

Lucy Polyak, Columns Editor October 9, 2018

At the end of the 2017-2018 school year, Theatre West was left in a difficult position. Longtime technical director Jeff Smith moved to New York City and his replacement, Beth Halverson, had just gotten...

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