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The student news source of Iowa City West High

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The West High Speech and Debate team poses with their awards at the East Iowa Districts tournament.

Speech and Debate team qualifies for 2023 nationals

Jane Lam, Print Assistant Copy Editor June 5, 2023

As pandemic regulations are lifted, the speech and debate scene has greatly shifted. Despite a transition from online to in-person tournaments, many members of the West High Speech and Debate team qualified...

Myra Crawford 26 and Helelia Kalala 23 pose for a photo with 2022 BPA National Executive Board officers.

2023 West BPA: a year in review

Jane Lam and Eva Jordan June 5, 2023

As the school year comes to an end, West Business Professionals of America members reflect on their journey and growth. This year, West took 41 people to the National Leadership Conference in Anaheim,...

West High goes green

West High goes green

Jessie Li, Print Assistant Copy Editor June 4, 2023

Do not throw away food scraps or yard waste ever again. Why? Composting! Composting is essentially the process of recycling organic material so that it can be used to enrich the soil and plants. Not...

As the school year wraps up, here are some of the events that have taken place at West and around the world.

News briefs

Jane Lam, Print Assistant Copy Editor June 2, 2023

Sudan Crisis Protests - April 1 Protestors gathered at the Iowa City Pentacrest April 29 to rally over the civil war in Sudan that broke out April 15. As of May 16, over 5,000 have been wounded, and...

WSS recaps the latest ICCSD school board meeting.

School Board Recap: 5/23/23

Rosemary Timmer-Hackert, Print Opinion Editor June 1, 2023
A brief overview of the ICCSD school board meeting on May 23.
Theatre West presents Beauty and the Beast this weekend

Theatre West announces 2023-2024 show lineup

Isabella Tisdale, Features and Visuals editor June 1, 2023

After a successful year of shows by Theatre West, including the recent production of Beauty and the Beast in April, the program has announced their lineup for next year’s productions.   Christmas...

A group of NWJH students perform a skit in the little theater on May 1.

The demolition of drama

Evelyn Kraber, Assistant Copy Editor June 1, 2023

  "The Crimson House Murder" Act One, Scene One SOUND EFFECT: Heavy Rain. AT RISE: Main room of Crimson House, evening. The lights flicker and dim, giving a shadowy look to establish a...

A snapshot into Iowa City Pride 2022.

A preview of Pride

Tessa Gibson and Katherine Shoppa May 31, 2023

Pride 2023 As Pride Month, June, approaches, people are generating ideas for how they will choose to celebrate. The purpose of Pride Month is to recognize the LGBTQ+ community and celebrate each...

Last years Walk For Water participants pose in front of the Iowa River.

1440 club to hold Walk For Water event

Eleanor Weitz, Managing Editor May 30, 2023

For the past three years West High's 1440 club has been holding an event called Walk For Water. West students gather together after school and walk all the way downtown to the Iowa River and back again....

Prabhas Gupta 28 answers the final Countdown question, winning Countdown for the entire in-person competition.

West High Math Club wins Mathleague Nationals

Athena Wu, Print Entertainment Editor May 26, 2023

Last Saturday the West High Math Club won the Mathleague National contest in Kansas City, for the first time since 2018. This is the culmination of a series of competitions from the district to state to...

Shanza Sami 26 and Lilly Graham 24 attend the International Science and Engineering Fair in Dallas, Texas May 16.

Three West students compete at ISEF

Lilly Graham and Heidi Du May 25, 2023

For the second year in a row, West High sent three students to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world’s largest international pre-college science competition. Shanza Sami ’26,...

Anna Vasi 24 and Grace Cheng 24 work on their chemistry lab for AP Chemistry. .

AP Classes after testing

Mrudani Ramkumar, Print News Editor May 25, 2023

In the first two weeks of May, students across West were taking numerous AP tests, ranging from AP Biology to AP Music Theory. Many worked the entire school year to do well on those tests. However, what...

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