• FINALS WEEK 11/19-21
  • 11/19: Girls wrestling @ City
  • 11/21: Girls wrestling vs. Liberty @ Home
  • 11/21-23: All-State Music Festival
  • 11/22: Girls basketball @ Solon
  • NO SCHOOL 11/22
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Class of 2024 senior columns

Class of 2024 senior columns

WSS Staff
May 30, 2024
Wordle Wednesday

Wordle Wednesday

WSS Staff
May 15, 2024
This density map shows where seniors will be headed after graduation. Most will stay in Iowa. Not reflected in the map are the six students going overseas.

Senior futures

WSS Staff
May 23, 2019
IHSPA named Crystal Kim '19 as Designer of the Year and Anjali Huynh '19 as Writer of the Year.

IHSPA awards WSS staff with design, online, photo and writing awards

WSS Staff
April 17, 2019
Row 1: Jessica Doyle, Mary Vander Weg, Aditi Borde, Sidney Kiersch, Luke Krchak, Fatima Kammona, MohammedHilal Al-Ani Row 2: Bess Frerichs, Anjali Huynh, Alex Carlon, Edward Keen, Ken Wilbur, Harry Westergaard, Rain Richards Row 3: Lucy Polyak, Gwen Watson, Carmela Cohen Suarez, Ting Gao, Natalie Dunlap, Sophie Stephens, Maddi Shinall, Alyssa Skala Not pictured: Emma Hall, Kara Wagenknecht

School Newspapers Online recognizes West Side Story as a 2019 SNO Distinguished Site

WSS Staff
March 14, 2019
Mary Beth Tinker first visited West on May 5, 2016, to talk to students about their First Amendment rights. She will return—this time, with her brother John Tinker—as part of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent School District.

Mary Beth and John Tinker to visit West Tuesday to commemorate 50th anniversary of landmark Tinker vs. Des Moines ruling

WSS Staff
February 22, 2019
Explore the links below to catch up on the latest stories.

What you missed at the end of first trimester

WSS Staff
November 13, 2018
The 2018-2019 West Side Story staff received 2018 All-Iowa News Team at the IHSPA state conference on Oct. 25.

IHSPA recognizes both Trojan Epic and WSS staff as 2018 All-Iowa Yearbook and News Team of the Year, respectively

WSS Staff
October 31, 2018
Explore the links below to update yourself on this month's events.

What you missed this October

WSS Staff
October 30, 2018

West High Weekly 03.01.18

WSS Staff
March 5, 2018
Broadcast and Online staff: First row: Fenna Semken, Samalya Thenuwara, Hae-Joo Yoon, Carmela Cohen Suarez, Jessica Doyle, Fatima Kammona, Olivia Dachtler, Sadie Rhomberg, Ivan Badovinac, Nina Elkadi Second row: Mary Vander Weg, Kara Wagenknecht, Alyson Kuennen, Ting Gao, Kristina Rosebrook, Natalie Dunlap, Sophie Stephens, Sean Brown, Mason Wang, Ken Wilbur Back row: Harry Westergaard, Ethan Goers, Nick Pryor, Grace Christopher, Allie Schmitt-Morris, Maddi Shinall, Pareen Mhatre, Luke Reynolds, Ian Prescott, Sara Whittaker Not pictured: Eman Elsheikh, Teya Kerns, Ellie Gretter

School Newspapers Online recognizes West Side Story as a 2018 SNO Distinguished Site

WSS Staff
February 7, 2018
WSS staffers place in 3 national writing, photography contests

WSS staffers place in 3 national writing, photography contests

WSS Staff
November 20, 2017
Ala Mohamed '17 and Raneem Hamad '17 acknowledge the crowd at an "Anti-Ban" rally in downtown Iowa City after reciting a poem written by Mohamed. Aside from poetry, the rally also featured speeches and music as over 1,500 people gathered in solidarity.

The melting melting pot

WSS Staff
February 18, 2017
The West Side Story editorial board reacts to the results of the election.

Comm(unity) against hate

WSS Staff
November 17, 2016
Left to right: Photographer Nick Pryor, Photo Editor Sarah Longmire and Print Profiles Editor Prateek Raikwar.

WSS staffers place in state on-the-spot photo, news writing contests

WSS Staff
November 2, 2016
2015-2016 West Side Story staff

IHSPA deems junior Simran Sarin as Iowa’s designer of the year; WSS staffers receive 28 writing, design and photo awards

WSS Staff
April 21, 2016
Pictured left to right (front row): Michael Moonjely, Nina Elkadi, Simran Sarin, Eugenia Chen, (back row) Shawn Thacker, Kelsey Kerenan, Aaron Carter, Sharon Xiang

12 West Side Story staffers win international sweepstakes, national awards from Quill and Scroll

WSS Staff
April 20, 2016
West Side Story staffers who attended NSPA's journalism convention in L.A. (left to right): Business Editor Charlie Code '17, Online Copy Editor Fenna Semken '18, Copy and Entertainment Editor Isabelle Robles '17, News Editor Nina Elkadi '18 and Sports Editor Aaron Carter '16.

West Side Story staffers attend national journalism convention in L.A., win 9th place Best of Show

WSS Staff
April 19, 2016
D.C.'s Newseum Institute names Isabelle Robles Iowa's Free Spirit Scholarship winner

D.C.’s Newseum Institute names Isabelle Robles Iowa’s Free Spirit Scholarship winner

WSS Staff
April 7, 2016
Pictured left to right: Design Co-editor Simran Sarin '17, News Editor Nina Elkadi '18 and Designer Catherine Ju '18.

IHSPA names 3 WSS staffers Emerging Journalists

WSS Staff
April 1, 2016
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