Trees crash down as the forceful winds blow debris into the streets. The thunder booms, and the rain falls like shards of glass. Many stay indoors, but the power of the storm may be too strong for the...
It wasn’t the first day of school.
However, students were seen in the classroom for the first time during the 2020-21 school year.
The ICCSD announced the transition into the hybrid model last...
Sachiko Goto, Design Editor, Photographer
• September 26, 2020
The Iowa City South District Neighborhood Association collaborated with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, League of Women Voters, Parkview East Campus, ACLU and Johnson Country Interfaith Coalition...
With the Johnson County positivity rate dropping to 8.2% as of Sept. 18, the ICCSD announced that the hybrid learning model will begin on Monday, Sept. 28. Additionally, the district has been granted permission...
Maggie Huang, Online News Editor
• September 15, 2020
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of the approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Between the three high schools in the district,...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• September 11, 2020
With a 14 day positivity rate of 20.4% as of Sept. 9, the ICCSD was granted permission by the Iowa Department of Public Health to continue the fully online model on Sept. 10.
In a board meeting on Sept....
Kailey Gee, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• September 8, 2020
With COVID-19 positivity rates at 22.2%, the ICCSD school board has decided to request another waiver from the Department of Education to continue teaching students enrolled in the hybrid learning model...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• August 29, 2020
The school board accepted the waiver granted by the Iowa Department of Education to start the school year fully online in a school board meeting held on Aug. 29. The start of school date will still be...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• August 27, 2020
In an email sent out to families on Aug. 27, the district announced that the Iowa Department of Education granted their request to start the school year fully online. The request is granted for a two week...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• August 26, 2020
Student Senate, a student-run club that creates policies and initiatives for West is holding its first school-wide webinar on Aug. 27 at 6 p.m. The webinar will provide information about the new policies...
Nearly 8,300 homes were damaged in a matter of minutes. A gloomy Monday morning in Iowa turned into a disastrous storm with wind speeds reaching 140 mph, equivalent to a major hurricane. This storm...