Mary Beth and John Tinker, two of the plaintiffs in the landmark Tinker v. Des Moines student rights case that turns 50 this year, will visit West High on Feb. 26 to speak to students about their First...
This Sunday night students will be setting their alarm five minutes early. Last week the ICCSD instated a districtwide plan for making up missed school time. Below is the new bell schedule starting...
Students Against School Shootings (SASS) will hold a letter-writing event on Thursday, Feb. 14, the anniversary of the Parkland shooting. Both West and City High will hold their own event on the same date.
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Kara Wagenknecht, Online Editor-in-Chief, Co-Sports Editor
• February 9, 2019
Six West High wrestlers will finish their seasons at the Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines held Thursday, Feb. 14 through Saturday, Feb. 16. Take a look...
ICCSD Superintendent Steve Murley announced a districtwide plan for making up missed school time due to inclement weather on Friday, Feb. 8.
The ICCSD currently operates under a calendar that meets...
“Sounds like a movie, right?” Ron Stallworth quipped multiple times to a packed house at the Englert while recounting his experiences infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970’s. Stallworth spoke...
For the second year in a row, West High held its annual MLK day celebration. Sessions included a variety of topics from teaching African Dance all the way to volunteering at the Johnson County Crisis...
Once upon a time in the Iowa City Community School District, Martin Luther King (MLK) Day was a simple affair. Everybody got a day off of school, with any further celebration happening on an individual-by-individual...
2018 brought change to West High in many ways, including new traditions and student activism. WSS compiled a list of major events and changes that helped define the past year at West.
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Marta Leira, Print Editor-in-Chief
• January 17, 2019
Michael Han '20 will represent West and compete for $10,000 in Baltimore, Maryland. The event will be livestreamed this Saturday at noon.
To qualify for the championship, Michael had to take a 10-question...
Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
• January 16, 2019
In Monday's Weekly Update principal Gregg Shoultz announced the school's status as an Amazon Future Engineer school (AFE).
"West High School is pleased to announce that it has been selected as an Amazon...
Kara Wagenknecht, Online Editor-in-Chief, Co-Sports Editor
• January 12, 2019
West High School Dance Marathon (WHSDM) held their annual hair drive after school and during seventh hour on Friday, Jan. 11. Students and teachers donated hair to make wigs for children battling childhood...
![Anna Moore 21 watches Julia Bernat 21 cut a strand of Moore’s hair after school in the commons during the annual West High School Dance Marathon hair drive on Jan. 11. “I had wanted to cut my hair for a few months,” Moore said. “[I] waited until the West High Dance Marathon hair drive because I knew people who had donated their hair in the past and I thought it sounded like a cool way to help out. It’s a little thing to do for a great cause.”](https://wsspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/307A9378FEATUREedited-900x600.jpg)
