The Red Cross Club held its first winter blood drive on Friday, Dec. 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the dance room. Through the work of both Red Cross and student volunteers, as well as club advisor Jessica...

West High's AP psychology classes made their way down to the Arganbright Auditorium lobby on Wednesday, Dec. 11 to meet with researchers from the University of Iowa’s neuroscience lab. There, the students...

West High implemented a new school-wide phone policy on Dec. 2 to help prepare students for the final district policy. After months of discussion about the presence of phones in the classroom, the school...

Just a quick drive down the road from West High, seven West journalists from West Side Story and Trojan Epic attended the Iowa football media day on Nov. 19. There, Ashlyn Brady '25, Kellen Craig '26,...

West High's classical music for charity club hosted its annual fall concert in the new commons area Nov. 15 at 6:30 p.m. The concert featured the West Chamber Orchestra, Red Cedar Chamber Music and many...

Rupture of cheers and claps could be heard after school in room nine from players cheering after a tough game that qualified them to go to the finals.  Science teacher Jeff Conner is the coach of the...

On Nov. 6, West’s Mu Alpha Theta club traveled to Platteville, Wisconsin. Led by club advisor and mathematics teacher James Kirpes, the Mu Alpha Theta team competed at the 51st annual University Platteville...

West’s Business Professionals of America (BPA) student-run coffee shop, Pump It Up, has moved from its previous location in the business wing—near rooms 120 and 121–to its new location in the new...

West Football On Oct. 18, West football beat sixth-ranked Pleasant Valley 49-35 in their last regular season home game. The night marked the 100th win on the Trojan field and featured senior cross country,...

Leading up to the 2024 presidential election, Americans had been left on edge, with Vice President Kamala Harris having a marginal lead in the projected popular vote as she is shadowed by the Biden-Harris...

The National Scholastic Press Association presented Best of Show awards at the Fall National High School Journalism Convention awards ceremony, Nov. 9 in Philadelphia. Wsspaper.com received second place...

In the evening of Oct. 22, West Orchestras hosted a combined program with the Northwest Junior High orchestras in the Arganbright auditorium. Unlike previous years where all the orchestras would perform...