Kara Wagenknecht, Online Editor-in-Chief, Co-Sports Editor
• September 21, 2018
West High School Dance Marathon (WHSDM) held a pep assembly accompanied by the marching band, cheerleaders and dance team on Friday, Sept. 21. WHSDM discussed the annual gold out game being held tonight...
West High will be one of the stops for Z102.9’s High School Tailgate Tour 2018 this Friday, Sept. 21. The Tailgate will take place in the courtyard directly after school, and will last until about 5...
Marta Leira, Print Editor-in-Chief
• September 18, 2018
At 11:19 a.m. this morning, a power outage occurred at West High due to a thunderstorm. The power returned but went out again at 11:51 a.m. It was then restored at around 11:56 a.m.
Both the WiFi and...
Crystal Kim, Co-Design Editor
• September 12, 2018
21 West High seniors and 4 City High seniors qualified as Semifinalists for the 2019 National Merit Scholarship on Wednesday, Sept. 12. West High leads the state with the most Semifinalists out of the...
An enthusiastic group of students gathered for an informational meeting for West High’s 2018-19 Speech and Debate team on Tuesday, Sept. 4. The meeting was held in English Teacher John Cooper’s room,...
The National Scholastic Press Association named the 2017-2018 West Side Story staff a Newspaper Pacemaker finalist today for the first time since 2012. Nina Elkadi '18 was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper.
"The...
Nic Stone will visit West High on Tuesday, Sept. 18 to meet with small groups of students for a discussion on her book "Dear Martin." Students must register to attend the small book talks on the West Library...
On Monday, May 21, the first American Idol winner from Iowa was crowned. Maddie Poppe, a fan favorite from the start, is a 20-year-old Clarksville native and had attended Central Iowa Community College...
Earth can’t be spelled without art, and luckily there is plenty of art in the world. Talented artists worldwide and locally have been creating incredible artwork for centuries. The tradition is still...
Activist James Lecesne will lead a writing workshop at the United Action for Youth (UAY) main office in Downtown Iowa City on May 12 and 13. The workshop is part of a larger series of national programming,...
