Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• September 6, 2020
The girls and boys cross country teams traveled to Crow Creek Park in Bettendorf on Sept. 5. The girls cross country team placed sixth with 117 points and the boys cross country team placed third with...
Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief
• September 5, 2020
Unstoppable.
That's the only word that could even start to describe the West High offense in the 52nd Annual Battle for the Boot, where the Trojans handed their cross-town rival City High their first...
Kailey Gee, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• September 5, 2020
Orion Sun, also known as Tiffany Majette, released her album "Hold Space for Me" with record label Mom+Pop earlier this year. However, Majette has been making music for years, posting a multitude of singles...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• August 29, 2020
The school board accepted the waiver granted by the Iowa Department of Education to start the school year fully online in a school board meeting held on Aug. 29. The start of school date will still be...
Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief
• August 29, 2020
Silence.
In a normal year that's not exactly the word you would think of when you hear Friday night lights, but it's 2020. Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in Johnson County, the Iowa City Community...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• August 27, 2020
In an email sent out to families on Aug. 27, the district announced that the Iowa Department of Education granted their request to start the school year fully online. The request is granted for a two week...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• August 26, 2020
Student Senate, a student-run club that creates policies and initiatives for West is holding its first school-wide webinar on Aug. 27 at 6 p.m. The webinar will provide information about the new policies...
Alyssa Skala, Yearbook Managing Editor
• August 25, 2020
Despite the many changes and new mandatory rules, the Women of Troy volleyball team returned to the court to play Kennedy in their season opener on Aug. 25. With only a third of last year's starters returning...
Nearly 8,300 homes were damaged in a matter of minutes. A gloomy Monday morning in Iowa turned into a disastrous storm with wind speeds reaching 140 mph, equivalent to a major hurricane. This storm...
At their Aug. 18 meeting, the ICCSD school board discussed safety measures for their hybrid learning plan, and approved the district's plans to join a lawsuit against Governor Reynolds’ previous proclamation...
Alyssa Skala, Yearbook Managing Editor
• August 18, 2020
On Aug. 17, an ICCSD team in charge of planning online learning held a webinar to answer questions about what the upcoming school year will look like. The district highlighted plans for both the hybrid...
Alex Carlon, Online Editor-in-Chief
• August 17, 2020
In an email sent to families on Aug. 17, it was announced that West High Principal Dr. Gregg Shoultz has been appointed director of PK-12 online learning for the ICCSD this upcoming school year.
"The...
