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The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story

West High looking to add girls wrestling team in 2019-2020

West High looking to add girls wrestling team in 2019-2020

Joe Goodman, Sports Editor May 14, 2019

Kody Pudil, assistant wrestling coach, has a vision in mind for girls wrestling at West High. After observing wrestling coaches from other schools build their own girls wrestling programs, Pudil has taken...

Sophia Davis 21 received 12th place in the Entrepreneurship event. Davis won first place earlier in the year at the Iowa State Leadership Conference.

BPA members place at National Leadership Conference

Alex Carlon, Online Editor-in-Chief May 9, 2019

West’s Business Professionals of America chapter attended the National Leadership Conference (NLC) in Anaheim, California on April 29 - May 5. The chapter took 30 students, all of who qualified for...

Literary magazine publishes new issue

Literary magazine publishes new issue

Ting Gao, Reporter May 7, 2019

The West High Review, West High’s literary magazine, published its first issue in four years on Friday, May 3. Copies were distributed to English classrooms, art classrooms and the school library, as...

Ziplining, farm experiences, canoeing, fishing and tree climbing are among the many activities that camp attendees can choose to partake in.

West High takes on Camp Courageous

Elise Seery, WSS Intern May 5, 2019

When most people think of camp, they imagine packing up their bags and leaving home for the summer, but this week West High Students ventured to Camp Courageous in Monticello, Iowa. Camp Courageous is...

The Englert marquee on the day of the event.

FilmScene unveils new “Strengthen Grow Evolve,” project

Harry Westergaard, Arts Editor, Co-Copy Editor April 24, 2019

For the past year, the area across the street from the downtown rec center has been consumed by a grand construction project, the details of which have mainly existed as whispers about a new FilmScene...

IHSPA named Crystal Kim 19 as Designer of the Year and Anjali Huynh 19 as Writer of the Year.

IHSPA awards WSS staff with design, online, photo and writing awards

WSS Staff April 17, 2019

The Iowa High School Press Association awarded the West Side Story staff 52 awards in the annual spring journalism contest. IHSPA also named the 2018-2019 West Side Story staff as an All-Iowa News Team...

Weighted GPA plan changes again

Weighted GPA plan changes again

Sophie Stephens, Online Managing Editor April 3, 2019

On Jan. 10, 2019 the ICCSD decided to change to a weighted GPA system starting in the 2019-20 school year. On April 3, the district made changes to the initial guidelines for the transition. An email was...

Rumor Patrol: Economics

Rumor Patrol: Economics

Jessica Doyle, Podcast Editor April 1, 2019

Last year, a state bill regarding high school financial literacy was signed into law. The law requires high school students to take one semester of a personal finance course before graduating. An amendment...

Students from all around the district march from College Green park to the Pentacrest in the second annual March for Our Lives on Saturday, March 30.

Second annual March for our Lives held in downtown Iowa City

Ken Wilbur, Podcast Editor March 30, 2019

The second annual March for our Lives took place in downtown Iowa City on Saturday, March 30. The event, coordinated by West and City High Students Against School Shootings (SASS) members, protested school...

West High teacher Nate Frese performs with his band, Plastic Relations.

Teachers to play David Bowie tribute show Saturday

Harry Westergaard, Arts Editor, Co-Copy Editor March 27, 2019

This Saturday, March 30, West High English teacher Nate Frese will play a set of all David Bowie songs at Gabe's with his band. Social Studies teacher Dominic Iannone will also be sitting in with the group...

2018-2019 West Side Story staff

West Side Story staff receives 9 awards from Quill and Scroll

West Side Story Staff March 15, 2019

Quill and Scroll recognized West Side Story members for awards in photography, writing and podcast on March 15. These winners competed with high school journalists from across the nation for the awards. 2019...

Row 1: Jessica Doyle, Mary Vander Weg, Aditi Borde, Sidney Kiersch, Luke Krchak, Fatima Kammona, MohammedHilal Al-Ani
Row 2: Bess Frerichs, Anjali Huynh, Alex Carlon, Edward Keen, Ken Wilbur, Harry Westergaard, Rain Richards
Row 3: Lucy Polyak, Gwen Watson, Carmela Cohen Suarez, Ting Gao, Natalie Dunlap, Sophie Stephens, Maddi Shinall, Alyssa Skala
Not pictured: Emma Hall, Kara Wagenknecht

School Newspapers Online recognizes West Side Story as a 2019 SNO Distinguished Site

WSS Staff March 14, 2019

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....

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