• THURSDAY 3/27: boys track and field @ Washington, girls soccer @ CR Washington
  • FRIDAY 3/28: Red Cross blood drive, boys soccer @ Prairie
  • SATURDAY 3/29: girls track and field @ home
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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
Jessie Li

Jessie Li, Print Copy Editor

Jessie Li is a senior at West High. This is her third year on staff, and she is the Print Copy Editor. Outside of the newsroom, she enjoys listening to music and swimming. You may also find her working at Panera.

All content by Jessie Li
Many students submitted various kinds of artwork for the show March 6.

West hosts art show

Jessie Li, Print Copy Editor
March 7, 2025
Family notes

Family notes

Jessie Li and Celia Sadewasser
March 4, 2025
Director Jon Welch and Symphony Strings stand up after their performance at the orchestra festival Feb. 26.

West orchestras perform at Valley orchestra festival

Jessie Li and Mrudani Ramkumar
March 3, 2025
West High cafeteria staff members Marco Davila and Mako Albright

Behind the line

Jessie Li, Print Copy Editor
January 22, 2025
The first violin section stands up after playing the last piece as the audience applauds.

Chamber Orchestra joins Concert and Philharmonic Strings for combined concert

Jessie Li and Mrudani Ramkumar
December 18, 2024
Shh, don’t tell…

Shh, don’t tell…

Jessie Li, Print Copy Editor
November 23, 2024
Executive board members Claire Hahn '25 and Anjali Lodh '25 announce the beginning of the "Fall Fantasia" concert Nov. 15 in the commons area.

Cadenza presents “Fall Fantasia”

Jessie Li, Print Copy Editor
November 21, 2024
West orchestra director Jon Welch turns to the audience after the performance.

West Orchestras host annual fall concert

Jessie Li and Mrudani Ramkumar
November 1, 2024
Isun Shim '27 dressed up as Harry Potter.

Alex Forbes '26 and Kobi Nott '26 pose together as a pickle and Mario, respectively.

Tiff Lieberman '25, Thomas Gibson '25 and Oliver Miller '25 dress up as the SpongeBob SquarePants crew.

West High orchestra director Jon Welch dressed as an old composer.

On Oct. 26, 88 West musicians auditioned for All-State.

West musicians find success at All-State auditions

Jessie Li and Anna Song
October 28, 2024
Thomas Tong '26, an alto saxophone player who auditioned for the All-State band, tries playing the violin for fun after his audition Oct. 26.

Taking stock

Taking stock

Jessie Li, Sophie Singh, and Marie Stier
October 7, 2024
Twins at West High share their stories

Twinning

Grace Bartlett and Jessie Li
June 6, 2024
Symphony Strings stand up after playing “Adventure on Bainbridge Island” by Alan Lee Silva.

West High hosts annual Senior Orchestra Festival

Jessie Li and Mrudani Ramkumar
June 4, 2024
Chemistry teacher Carolyn Walling has visited 46 countries across all seven continents.

Walling around the world

Lilly Graham and Jessie Li
April 22, 2024
West competitors gather in the auditorium prior to the awards ceremony.

Science Olympiad places sixth at state-wide competition

Jessie Li and Shanza Sami
April 17, 2024

West orchestras host concert and perform at adjudicated music festival

Jessie Li and Anna Song
March 4, 2024
Contraceptives

Contraceptives

Grace Bartlett, Jessie Li, and Marie Stier
January 22, 2024
Juniors Anjali Lodh and Anna Song play a violin Christmas duet at Vue Rooftop Dec. 19.

Cadenza performs at Vue Rooftop

Anna Song and Jessie Li
December 21, 2023
Lots of students at West participate in cosplay.

Behind the costume

Kamakshee Kuchhal and Jessie Li
November 22, 2023
Q&A with Cadenza's 2023-24 executive board

Q&A with Cadenza’s 2023-24 executive board

Jessie Li, Print Copy Editor
October 12, 2023
Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard!

Grace Bartlett and Jessie Li
October 11, 2023
West High goes green

West High goes green

Jessie Li, Print Copy Editor
June 4, 2023
Red Fish Hue Fish

Red Fish Hue Fish

Jessie Li and Marie Stier
June 2, 2023
Crystals are a common form of manifestation among West High students.

Manifestation: Myth or merit?

Jessie Li and Esther Park
April 22, 2023
West High blood drive

West High blood drive

Jessie Li and Esther Park
April 20, 2023
Sabrina Du ’25, Anna Song '25, and Anjali Lodh ’25 placed third in their event Codebusters at the state Science Olympiad competition.

[Photo] Science Olympiad team places 5th at state-wide competition

Anna Song and Marie Stier
April 5, 2023
Bizarre memories

Bizarre memories

Jessie Li, Print Copy Editor
March 2, 2023
Derek Hua '25 and Richard Yang '25 stand next to their shelter in 6th grade School of the Wild (left). They pose again at West High many years later (right).

Friend Crush: Derek Hua ‘25 and Richard Yang ‘25

Jessie Li, Print Copy Editor
January 27, 2023
Images of Asian food are shown and there is a yellow moon in the left upper corner.

Lunar New Year

Mrudani Ramkumar and Jessie Li
January 22, 2023
The returning rocketry team members share a moment of laughter after school in the library. It was their first meeting of the year since the competition this past spring.

Club connection: Rocketry

Jessie Li, Print Copy Editor
December 1, 2022
WSS shares the journey of Brad Wymer, a West High science teacher, through the highs and lows of his life.

A lifetime of discovery

Ella De Young and Jessie Li
November 17, 2022
Sophomores Jessie Li, Mrudani Ramkumar and Esther Park pose after auditions.

[Photo] West High produces 37 musicians selected at All-State auditions

Maya Chu and Anna Song
October 24, 2022
WSS learns more about three new courses offered at West.

New year, new classes

Jessie Li and Krisha Kapoor
October 10, 2022
Change... for the better?

[Video] Change… for the better?

Mrudani Ramkumar, Jessie Li, Esther Park, and Abby Guo
February 21, 2022
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