Alex Carlon, Online Editor-in-Chief
• March 6, 2020
The Iowa City Community School District sent an email to families on Mar. 6 to notify them of recommendations made by the Iowa Department of Public Health concerning international travel. In the message,...
Alex Carlon, Online Editor-in-Chief
• March 5, 2020
A West Student was arrested on March 5 after bringing a BB gun to school and making threatening remarks. According to an email sent to parents from Principal Gregg Shoultz, the student in question was...
The Iowa High School Press Association and the Iowa Newspaper Foundation chose Natalie Dunlap '20 as Iowa’s Journalist of the Year. Along with the honor, she receives a scholarship and is now eligible...
One thousand four hundred eighty-five students. All with different backgrounds, and most importantly, different germs. With 1485 opportunities for disease, the school can provide a breeding ground for...
Alyssa Skala, Yearbook Managing Editor
• March 4, 2020
The administration has decided to re-evaluate when the time given for AFT is. Students returning to West High on Tuesday to begin their third trimester were met with a schedule change. In the latest weekly...
On Saturday, February 29th, the West High Jazz Ensemble was awarded the grand champion trophy for its competition in the Jazz in the Meadows Midwestern jazz festival in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
As...
Jack Harris, Online Copy Editor and Arts Editor
• February 26, 2020
Last Sept. Carolyn Walling announced to her chemistry classes that the EPA was having a contest with a $6000 grand prize. To enter the contest, students had to make a two minute educational video about...
Each year School Newspapers Online offers student newspaper programs with outstanding journalism the opportunity to apply to become a SNO Distinguished Site, according to a press release from SNO....
Many West High students, faculty and families took to their polling places on Feb. 3 to support their candidate of choice in the 2020 presidential election at the Iowa caucuses. For a majority of students,...
Hundreds of Iowa City residents filled the gym to show their support for Democratic candidate, Senator Elizabeth Warren, on Feb. 1, just two days before the Iowa caucuses.
As the dense crowd awaited...
With just three days left until Iowans will caucus for presidential nominees, the Iowa City area is abuzz with candidate rallies, media coverage and campaign events. Though only a percentage of West's...
