• 1/14: Boys swimming @ Mercer
  • 1/14: Boys basketball @ Dubuque Senior
  • 1/14: Girls basketball vs. Dubuque Senior
  • 1/16: Girls and boys wrestling vs. Western Dubuque
  • 1/16-17: SPIT performance in Arganbright Auditorium @ 7:00
  • 1/17: West Side Story publication day
  • 1/17: Girls and boys bowling @ Xavier
  • 1/17: Boys wrestling @ Bettendorf
  • 1/17: Girls wrestling @ Mid-Prairie
  • 1/17: Girls basketball @ Prairie
  • 1/17: Boys basketball vs. Prairie
  • 1/18: Boys wrestling @ Bettendorf
  • 1/18: Girls bowling @ Prairie
The student news source of Iowa City West High

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
Ella Rosenthal

Ella Rosenthal, Print Entertainment Editor

(she/her) Ella is a senior at West this year, and is so excited to be on her second year of being on WSS staff. While school and WSS keep her on her toes, she finds time to have fun outside of school by being way too involved with Girl Scouts, going on hours-long walks with her friends, and constantly rearranging her room.

All content by Ella Rosenthal

Apologies are for things you regret, and I don’t have those.

Ella Rosenthal, Print Entertainment Editor
June 2, 2021
In recent months, a series of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation has been introduced in Iowa.

The end of the rainbow

Caroline Mascardo and Ella Rosenthal
April 23, 2021
Carlos Honore '97 converses with a student athlete who is a part of the Fifth Ward Saints.

[Photo] Honore-ing a better life

April 25, 2021

NarrativeZ

Ella Rosenthal, Print Entertainment Editor
February 16, 2021
February's forgotten festivities resources

February’s forgotten festivities resources

Ella Rosenthal and Caroline Chandler
February 12, 2021

Behind the Cover: Indigenous in ICCSD

Kailey Gee, Ella Rosenthal, Hanah Kitamoto, and Rosemary Timmer-Hackert
November 20, 2020
tribal sites

[Photo] Tribal websites

November 10, 2020
resources for history and culture

[Photo] Resources for history and culture

November 10, 2020
organizations

[Photo] Indigenous organizations

November 10, 2020
historical land

[Photo] Historical land

November 10, 2020
tribal sites

organizations

historical land

A three-week pause in West High athletics has impacted team atmospheres and athletes' mentalities.

[Photo] Broken season

Krisha Kapoor, Hanah Kitamoto, Tosh Klever, and Alaina Greenlee
October 17, 2020
Spanish teacher Dave Rosenthal distributes signs to seniors on May 15.

[Photo] Seniors honored with graduation yard signs

Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
May 16, 2020
WSS Intern Soomin Koh '23 discusses the rise of racism towards Asians in the era of COVID-19.

[Photo] I am not a virus

April 30, 2020
ft image online

[Photo] Tackling Tourette's

April 26, 2020
online missed connections thinglink pic

[Photo] Missed connections 2020

Jessica Moonjely, Print Profiles Editor and Managing Editor
February 25, 2020
do u know

[Photo] Securing safety?

Marta Leira and Isaac Young
December 21, 2019
Signs warning students not to enter the courtyard because of construction (and rain).

Upside down and backwards

Ella Rosenthal and Isaac Young
October 7, 2019
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