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...
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...
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...
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....
With students hailing from numerous countries and speaking nearly 80 different languages, West High stands out as more diverse than many high schools across Iowa. Several of these unique...
Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
• March 10, 2019
Last month, National Merit Finalists were notified of their advancement, with about 15,000 of the 16,000 Semifinalists nationwide becoming Finalists. Finalists are not announced publicly because 90 percent...
On Tuesday, Feb. 26, Mary Beth and John Tinker came to visit Iowa City West High to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ruling of their court case, Tinker v. Des Moines. In February 1969 the Supreme...
The administration has added time onto Academic Focus Time (AFT) to make the school day longer, making up for hours lost during the polar vortex. Administrators landed on this solution because adding several...
Alex Carlon, Online Editor-in-Chief
• February 28, 2019
West’s student-run coffee shop Pump it Up will move to the library beginning Tuesday, March 5. This change comes as construction begins on the west wing of the building.
“The librarians have bent...
Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
• February 28, 2019
Introduced on Feb. 21, 2019, House File 492 was proposed in response to the 2019 polar vortex that hit Iowa in January and February, resulting in nine full school days missed in the Iowa City Community...
Will Conrad, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 27, 2019
December
Dec. 22 - Portions of the federal government shutdown due to disagreements between Congress and President Trump over allocating $5.7 billion of the U.S. budget toward a southern border wall....
