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Doctor Who 50th anniversary special wins Guinness World Record

Doctor Who 50th anniversary special wins Guinness World Record

Danial Syed December 12, 2013

Fifty years ago, African Americans struggled against segregation.  The Rolling Stones hadn't yet debuted.  The Vietnam War hadn't yet begun, and poll taxes still existed. Needless to say, a lot can...

Coverage of Dec. 10 school board meeting

Coverage of Dec. 10 school board meeting

Fiona Armstrong-Pavlik December 12, 2013

ELL student enrollment has increased from 300 students in the district to about 900 in the past year due to new enrollment processes. However, ELL programs are not offered in all schools, such as Southeast...

West High Boys Swimming vs. Kennedy

Brittani Langland December 11, 2013

Photo's by Lucy Blair

Recap: girls swimming

Recap: girls swimming

November 13, 2013

By Megumi Kitamoto Photo by Madie Miller [View the story "Girls Swimming and Diving 2013 Season Recap" on Storify]

Recap: girls volleyball

Recap: girls volleyball

Brittani Langland November 12, 2013

By Brittani Langland   To find more photo's of the volleyball team click here. [View the story "Volleyball Social Media Recap" on Storify]_

Winter wonderland

Winter wonderland

Brittani Langland November 11, 2013

By Brittani Langland [View the story "Winter Wonderland" on Storify]

Show choir prepares for upcoming season

Show choir prepares for upcoming season

Lauren Knudson November 11, 2013

By Ryo Ohashi and Ricky Rodriguez WSS Interns With rehearsals consisting of about three hours of singing and dancing since the late summer, show choir is working harder than ever. Their first show,...

Texting and driving

Texting and driving

November 10, 2013

You’re driving along when you hear your phone vibrate. You’ve been waiting for this important text all day, and it will only take five seconds to read. Only five seconds. Five seconds of risk.  Five...

Panera and the ICCSD help combat hunger locally and nationally

November 9, 2013

By Allie Biscupski - WSS Intern In the U.S. alone, almost 317,000,000 people sit down to eat lunch every day. But what happens to the leftovers? At Panera Bread Company, they’re getting to the source...

Girls cross country season recap

Girls cross country season recap

November 7, 2013

By Grace Young The girls cross country season wrapped up Saturday, November 7th at the State Cross Country meet. Check out a full recap of the season below. http://storify.com/westsidestory/girls-cross-country-2013-season-recap

ICCSD’s facilities master plan

November 5, 2013

By Hannah Merrill The ICCSD recently outlined it's 10 year plan for facility upgrades district-wide to support the growing schools.  Here is an outline of the plan:

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