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West Side Story

The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story

The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story

West High Weekly (February 2-6)

West High Weekly (February 2-6)

Schyler Davis, Web Master February 4, 2015

Winter takes over social media

Winter takes over social media

Brittani Langland February 1, 2015

A winter storm warning was issued earlier today due to an expected eight to twelve inches of snow.  We asked students to use the hashtag #WSSwinter to share some of their experiences in this snowy weather. [View...

West High Weekly (January 26-30)

West High Weekly (January 26-30)

Schyler Davis, Web Master January 28, 2015

Globetrotters club holds South Africa presentation

Globetrotters club holds South Africa presentation

Brittani Langland January 22, 2015

By Allie Biscupski South African native Senéad Short ’15 kicked off the Globetrotters Club with milk tart, a traditional South African dish, and the question “What do you think of when you think...

Pump It Up! affected by new Healthy Kids Act

Pump It Up! affected by new Healthy Kids Act

Allie Biscupski, Online Managing Editor January 20, 2015

West High’s coffee shop, Pump It Up!, will no longer be serving iced coffee after 8 a.m. due to Michelle Obama’s newly enacted Healthy Kids Act. This is the first in a number of restrictions the...

Dollars for Scholars 2015

Dollars for Scholars 2015

Paige Brazina, Design Editor January 12, 2015

Show choirs from West High School and City High school came together at City High School to perform their shows January 7th, 2015.

Web Package: December 2014

Web Package: December 2014

kaiguii December 19, 2014

West Side Story December 2014 Web Package DECEMBER 2014 WEB PACKAGE The Stories Selected print articles are now online with an enhanced reading experience to boot. Web Exclusives Unfortunately,...

No-shave November

No-shave November

Barbara Badovinac, Social Media Editor, Broadcast Co-Editor, Videographer and Designer December 19, 2014

The second annual No Shave November, organized by the WHSDM club, raised $2200 for the kids fighting against cancer. This year, Ben Gast’s class raised the most, over $1000 the past month. Many teachers,...

Payton Pottratz ’16 commits to Iowa State for soccer

Payton Pottratz ’16 commits to Iowa State for soccer

Lauren Knudson December 8, 2014

While many seniors  are still patiently awaiting college acceptance letters to  figure out where they will be going to college, junior Payton Pottratz already has it figured out. Last week Pottratz...

Little Women documentary

Little Women documentary

Barbara Badovinac, Social Media Editor, Broadcast Co-Editor, Videographer and Designer December 5, 2014

Showtimes: Friday, December 5 at 7:30 Saturday, December 6 at 2:00 and Saturday, December 6 at 7:30 Theatre West Presents Little Women for this fall's play. Below is a video sneak preview and...

Joonsoo Kim - competitive figure skater

Joonsoo Kim – competitive figure skater

Eugenia Chen December 3, 2014

Black ice skates— with a sharpened blade on both sides for clean edges, laced up tightly with swift fingers,  fitted comfortably after hours of breaking in— etch the smooth, fresh ice with new blade...

WHSDM Dash for Dashiell 2

WHSDM Dash for Dashiell 2

Paige Brazina, Design Editor November 28, 2014

Students and community members came together to celebrate Dashiell Codd’s 7th birthday and raise awareness to fight pediatric cancer. The celebration was held at the Terry Trueblood Recreation center...

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