As the spring soccer season starts up again, the pressure and excitement for tryouts increases. Players have been working all year to show their skills at West High tryouts to make the team, and coaches'...
At 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning, nine West students began propping up their trifolds, ready for a long day of defending their scientific research.
The Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair (EISEF)...
West High School and Melrose Meadows Retirement Community couldn’t be more different when it comes to age demographics; however, they manage to maintain a well-connected, neighborly relationship. From...
The arena comes to life with a symphony of whirring gears and electronic hums; the whistle blows, signaling the start of another robotics competition. Drivers clutch their controllers, navigating between...
Defne Bayman, Communications Coordinator, Artist, Reporter and Photographer
• March 7, 2024
Every year, West High’s budget department receives funding from the state of Iowa, which determines the amount of money that the schools will have to work with for the upcoming year. However, West High’s...
Results:
Boys basketball: The boys basketball team, ranked in the top 10 in 4A for most of the season, fell in an overtime nail-biter to the 17-6 Bettendorf team. Behind junior Jack McCaffery’s...
For Ella Vakiner ’25, a typical seven-period school day is not the norm. Acting and costume design replace classes like math and government, and rehearsing choreography substitutes memorizing the periodic...
The First Amendment guarantees students the right to free speech, and despite some limitations, this has allowed for a huge amount of activism and change from today’s youth. In 1969, Tinker vs Des Moines...
Declared “2023 Time’s Person of the Year,” winner of the Grammy’s “Best Album of the Year 2023,” becoming the first person to ever win “Best Album” four times in Grammy history, a hundred-million-grossing...
The Iowa Department of Education defines alternative education as “a perspective, not a procedure.” While students at the ICCSD’s traditional high schools may overlook Tate, it remains a vital part...
Parents are some of the most important figures in a child’s life. They shape the future generation through their ideas and values. Throughout the centuries, parenting has evolved and changed along with...
In the age of “cancel culture” and sensitivity training, it is easy to feel as though people “can’t take a joke” or are “too woke” to have any fun. With people readily prepared to spread...
(she/her) Minna is a sophomore at West High and this is her first year on staff. Her job title on staff is assistant sports editor. In her free time she likes to go bike rides, play soccer and hang out...
