When the average person thinks of a choir director, the image that often comes to mind is a stuffy elderly man with a baton. However, choir director Luigi Enriquez is far from that stereotype. Born...

Following the death of her parents, Samina Naz was devastated. Her mother passed in 1998 and two years later, her father died of a heart attack. The loss brought her from Pakistan, her home at the time,...

College application season is one of the most exciting, and most nerve-racking, parts of the high school experience. Students often spend countless hours working on essays, resumes, and the dreaded Common...

The high expectations and pressure placed on many high school students can often cause depression and anxiety. In many cases, high-achieving students do not have many outlets for escape and self-reflection....

In West’s storied history, there have been many clubs, organizations and institutions which have sprung up, lived out their brief lives, and then faded away. Take the Winter Formal, for instance, which...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...