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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
Jessie Li

Jessie Li, Print Assistant Copy Editor

(she/her) Jessie Li is a junior at West High. This is her second year on staff, and she is the Assistant Copy Editor of the West Side Story news magazine. Outside of the newsroom, you can probably find her working at Hy-Vee, playing violin, chilling with friends and family, hanging out at the gym, and watching k/cdrama

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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 Assistant 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 Assistant 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 Assistant 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 Assistant 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 Assistant 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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