Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief
• October 26, 2021
From going viral in the West Side Story's very own carpool karaoke and taking on a new district role in 2020 as director of PK-12 online learning to now living and working in Nigeria, former West High...
Misha Canin, Print Managing Editor and Business Co-Editor
• October 25, 2021
The West Class of 2022 was notified via email on Oct. 24 that graduation had been misscheduled on the district calendar. The original graduation date of Saturday, May 28 has been changed to Sunday, May...
After a year of virtual auditions and a canceled festival, West High orchestra, band and choir musicians were anxious to audition in person on Oct. 23 for the Iowa High School Music Association’s annual...
The Iowa High School Press Association recognized both the Trojan Epic yearbook and West Side Story staffs at its state journalism conference Oct. 21. The West Side Story staff was named a 2021 All-Iowa...
The National Scholastic Press Association named the 2020-2021 West Side Story staff a Newspaper/Newsmagazine Pacemaker finalist on Oct. 21. Pacemaker finalists will be recognized and the Pacemaker winners...
Iowa's winter season can be hard on West High students. In the Coralville and Iowa City area, there are many community resources available to everyone. No matter the reason, families can access these resources...
Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
• October 12, 2021
Oct. 11 is nationally recognized as both Indigenous People's Day and Columbus Day. We are still celebrating the man who lead to the torment of native communities. Indigenous Peoples’ Day was first adopted...
Vivian Polgreen, Managing Co-Editor, News Editor
• October 10, 2021
Throughout the entire pandemic, state and city governments have been in opposition regarding the issue of mask mandates, especially in schools. On Feb. 7, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds banned school mask...
From the beginning, Frances Haugen '02 knew that she was going to make an impact on the world so much that her senior future published in the May 2002 issue of the West Side Story outlined, “4 year plan:...
Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief
• October 5, 2021
Ten years ago on Aug. 11, 2011 tragedy struck the West High volleyball team when their beloved setter Caroline "Line" Found passed away in a moped crash. Behind former Head Coach Kathy Bresnahan, the team...
After a year of isolation, the general public was ready to get back to a version of pre-pandemic life. With widespread availability of vaccines and quickly decreasing case counts, the summer of 2021 was...
