Black students make up 24.1% of the student body at West, the second highest percentage after white students, which is 49%. The West Side Story started this series to showcase Black students at West and...
Shortly after Thanksgiving break, it was announced to West High students that there would be a change in district policy. This time, the change would involve tardiness. "No Tardy December" was invented...
Senior news anchors Alaina Greenlee and Camille Gretter look to Theatre West's spring musical, "Beauty and the Beast", and recap the new bell schedule and tardy policy. Coach Camille turns over to her...
Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
• December 8, 2022
Student-athletes are tasked with managing a complex and demanding schedule: balancing practices, class work, and physical therapy, along with maintaining their sleep, fitness, and diet. We see them almost...
Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
• December 7, 2022
The state dance team competition was held at Wells Fargo arena, dance teams from across the state compete against schools of similar size for state titles. West High moved up this year in a school-size...
Krisha Kapoor, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• December 7, 2022
In the cafeteria, orchestrating a blood drive, in discussions, advocating for mental health education, and now, in the White House, participating in the Senate Youth Program, are all places that you might...
West High’s iJAG program hosted its second annual resource fair on Dec. 2 during AFT. iJAG, which stands for Iowa Jobs for American Graduates, is a program that partners with various schools around the...
The Varsity 200 medley relay started the first meet off strong. Max Gerke '24, Winston Fan '26, Holden Carter '24 and Ian Caballero '23 took first place, followed by Matthew Staber '23, Josh Trent '25,...
Jessie Li, Print Assistant Copy Editor
• December 1, 2022
Never before had there been a club at West that explores aerospace, but that’s changed since the fall of 2021.
Sophomores Derek Hua '25 and Richard Yang '25 decided that West High needed a club...
Isabella Tisdale, Features and Visuals editor
• November 30, 2022
Based on the classic board game Clue, Theatre West presents 'Clue'. ‘Clue’ tells the story of a murder at Boddy Manor. Through many twists and turns, the cast discovers bodies and finds the murderers.
The...
Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
• November 28, 2022
Thanksgiving is a day of gathering and gratitude. Many are surrounded by family, this can lead to memories both good and bad. Filled with laughable and cringe-worthy moments to look back on. Here are some...
(He/him) Carter is a sophomore at West High and this is his first year on staff. He is a reporter. In his free time, he likes to get into arguments about extremely unimportant things such as whether the...
