• MONDAY 5/19: girls golf MVC Divisional @ Western Dubuque
  • TUESDAY 5/20: girls soccer vs. Liberty, band concert @ 7:00 in Arganbright Auditorium, girls tennis semifinals @ U of I tennis complex
  • WEDNESDAY 5/21: baseball vs. Prairie, boys tennis substate vs. CR Jefferson, girls golf @ Southeast Polk, boys soccer @ Kennedy, senior recognition ceremony @ 7:00 in Arganbright Auditorium
  • THURSDAY 5/22: state track & field @ Drake, orchestra concert @ 7:00 in Arganbright Auditorium
  • FRIDAY 5/23: state track & field @ Drake, baseball @ Davenport West
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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

This includes work created by students enrolled in Foundations of Journalism, the prerequisite course to joining a publication staff at West High. FOJ students are considered interns and are not West Side Story staff members while enrolled in the yearlong English elective. FOJ students can apply to join a publication staff after completing the course.

A Sense of False Representation for the LGBTQ+ Community

Julianna Mascardo, WSS Intern
May 4, 2021
How do we feel about name tags? I don't like them too much.

No Name Tags. Thank you

Sophie Richardson, WSS Intern
May 4, 2021
Students outside Columbia University. Photo credit of Pixabay.

America’s college admissions system is broken

Lilly Graham, Print Managing Editor
May 4, 2021
Embraced: Born in Iowa City, English teacher Mrs. Winterberg was 10 days old when she was adopted and raised in the Des Moines area. She found her way back to Iowa City after college and has lived here since. “I was adopted. I was actually born in Iowa City," Winterberg said, "so finding my way back here is kind of cool, but I was adopted when I was 10 days old and didn't come back until I was in college.”

Howaida’s Photo Essay

Howaida Musa, WSS intern
April 26, 2021

Lucybelle Gerlieb’s Monochrome Photography (Photo Essay)

Lucybelle Gerlieb, WSS Intern
April 22, 2021
BRINGING VIBRANCE TO THE DARK On a night of curiosity, I try to decide on what to paint for the day. Rather than seeing the color white as a blank canvas, my brother, Ali Khalil, viewed black as a blank canvas. “It’s a lot more beautiful to bring vibrance and color to the dark than to what was already light,” Khalil ‘21 said.

Fia’s photo essay

Fia Khalil, FOJ Student
April 15, 2021
Cayden Bridges Photo Essay

Cayden Bridges Photo Essay

Cayden Bridges, WSS Intern
April 12, 2021
TDOV: Colorful chalk messages decorate the sidewalks. They are there as reminders that everyone matters.

TDOV: Transgender Day Of Visibility

Jem Alden, WSS Intern
April 11, 2021
The open sign from Aspen Leaf Frozen Yogurt in downtown Iowa City on April 5. This is a B&W photo I took from a worm’s view.

Ijin Shim downtown photos

ijin shim, WSS Intern
April 10, 2021
The sun sets over Foxana Drive at 7:33 PM. A particular perk to spring that many look forward to are the longer days caused by the Earth’s tilt towards the sun. “My mood is always higher when the days are longer” Christina Weitz an ELL teacher at West says.

Eleanor’s Photo Essay

Eleanor Weitz, Managing Editor
April 10, 2021
MUSIC Spinning on an old turntable is Harry Styles’s album “Fine Line.” This album has brought an immense amount of joy into my 2021 experience. Each song has a memory of mine attached to it.

Tessa Gibson’s Photo Essay

Tessa Gibson, Profiles Editor
April 10, 2021
Bought in a small scale store in Japan, a pair of shoes that mark the first step into the journey that is my life.

A Childhood Portrayed in Pictures

Huilin Cui, WSS Intern
April 10, 2021
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