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Teya Kerns

Teya Kerns, Photographer

Teya Kerns is a sophomore at West High. It is her first year on the staff of the West Side Story newspaper as a photographer. In her free time Teya enjoys volunteering at the food pantry and doing show choir.

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[Photo] The Little Actions

Natalie Katz, Print Editor-in-Chief
June 3, 2018
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[Photo] Where you can give back

May 26, 2018
Kai Kai the leopard gecko lounges on a table in Ms. Eustice's classroom. Ms. Eustice acquired Kai Kai and her friends, Saba and Lydian, just this past trimester.

[Photo] The strangest pets at West

May 8, 2018
By the time the event had ended, vibrant art covered the streets.

Chalk the Walk Mount Vernon 2018

Teya Kerns, Photographer
May 8, 2018
The artists at Chalk the Walk 2018 are expected to use more than a half ton of chalk to decorate downtown Mount Vernon.

Pepita is one of many artworks featuring characters from "Coco" in honor of Cinco de Mayo.

People of all ages gather to beautify the streets, appreciate art and spend the day in the sun.

Open to anyone, Chalk the Walk gives an opportunity to artists to share their passion. This drawing was done by West High's own Julia Fink '20.

For ten dollars, any visitor could chalk a square of the collaborative piece, an image originally by Robert Rodriguez, to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

The artists smear pastel chalk to create the bold colors and cover the cement.

At the event, people enjoyed food from vendors as well as live music.

Many people walked their dogs up and down the city streets as they enjoyed the artwork.

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[Photo] Chic and on fleek

Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
April 16, 2018
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[Photo] Five useful Chrome extensions for students

Ting Gao, Reporter
March 31, 2018
1. Grammarly. There’s a reason this grammar and spelling checker has an average rating of 4.5 stars and a place in the Editor’s Picks section for extensions on the Chrome webstore. It detects when you misspell something and when you’ve used a correctly-spelled word in the wrong context, as well as many grammar errors. If you want to go beyond the basic free version, Grammarly also offers a premium version that will check for other types of errors, as well as deliver suggestions for style, citations and vocabulary choices.

4. Adblock Plus. Ads are omnipresent and ever-annoying. To block them and render your web-browsing faster and more enjoyable, download Adblock Plus! The extension automatically blocks ads it considers ‘inappropriate’ (although its criteria for ‘inappropriate’ ads doesn’t necessarily line up with ours), and if you go into the settings, you can get it to block all ads, still for free.

3. Forest. Combat the temptation to check social media every few minutes with Forest, a productivity extension. It allows you to plant a virtual tree every time you stay focused on a task and holds you responsible for keeping the tree alive for the next thirty minutes by staying off sites on your Blacklist. If you don’t, the tree dies. Keeping the trees alive will give you a sense of achievement and responsibility that will motivate you to finish that math homework faster. In addition to this extension, Forest offers an app for your phone, so that your phone doesn’t distract you either.

5. Todoist. If you only want a to-do list and not all the other features of Momentum, download Todoist. By clicking on the little Todoist icon in the extensions bar, you can access your to-do list on any webpage, as well as modify it. It’ll help you keep track of all the little tasks you need to finish in a day.

2. Momentum. Momentum combines multiple features to allow it to be an all-around useful and inspiring extension. It replaces your “new tab page” with a personal dashboard that tells you ‘hello’ with your name, where you can view a daily photo and quote (always beautiful and motivational), the weather, your daily focus and a to-do list.

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[Photo] One shirt, four outfits

Sadie Rhomberg, Reporter
March 26, 2018
Seasonal crossword: Spring

Seasonal crossword: Spring

Teya Kerns and Ting Gao
March 9, 2018
Valentine's Day, the love dedicated holiday, is right around the corner. Ways to celebrate it may vary from person to person.

[Photo] All about love

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
February 13, 2018
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[Photo] Chocolates, flowers and cards

February 12, 2018
With $1.60 to spare, Sean Brown '19 sports a casual outfit consisting of $6 jeans and a $2.40 striped hoodie.

[Photo] Raiding Plato’s

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
February 6, 2018
Wallace poses between lit up trees in downtown Iowa City.

[Photo] Fashion Friday: Sumner Wallace

Ken Wilbur, Podcast Editor
February 2, 2018
The cast takes their final bows.

[Photo] Behind the scenes of 12 Angry Jurors

Allie Schmitt-Morris, Social Media Editor
December 3, 2017
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[Photo] Beyond schedule changes

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
December 20, 2017
Kelly Bergmann attributes her interest in going into education to both her high school teacher and her mother. “According to my mom, I always wanted to be a teacher. My mom was a teacher so I’d always play teacher.”

[Photo] Kelly Bergmann

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
December 20, 2017
“I like to work with people and I like to help people and I see that [my] job is doing both of those,” said Kay DiLeo, who has been a counselor at West for 22 years.

[Photo] Kay DiLeo

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
December 20, 2017
Noah and Jonah Terwilleger '19 pose in the back courtyard of West High

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Aside from counseling, Greg Yoder occupies himself with other activities. “I actually am a camera operator for Iowa basketball games [...] we provide the in-house feed for the big screen so students may see me there.” said Yoder

[Photo] Greg Yoder

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
December 20, 2017
Paul Breitbach has been a part of West high academics and athletics since 1995. “It's fun to see what young people want to do and kind of encourage them to dream," said Breitbach.

[Photo] Paul Breitbach

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
December 20, 2017
Stores begin to mark down prices on many items for Black Friday.

Stores begin to prepare for the Black Friday madness coming on this Friday, the 24th

[Photo] An open letter to all Black Friday shoppers

November 22, 2017
Many different acts showed off their culture and skills at the SSIKED Diversity Dinner.

[Photo] SSIKED hosts annual Diversity Dinner

Eman Elsheikh, Videographer
November 5, 2017
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[Photo] The next American classic

Luke Reynolds and Sophie Stephens
October 27, 2017
Many books were on display at the Iowa City Book Festival on Saturday the 14.

[Photo] Book Fair provides platform for authors and local businesses

Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
October 18, 2017
G. Willow Wilson kicks off her time in Iowa City by doing a book signing at Daydream Comics.

[Photo] A real life superhero at Hancher

Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
October 12, 2017
Seniors celebrate their win over the freshman for the most spirit.

West celebrates 50 years in outdoor spirit assembly

Teya Kerns, Photographer
September 27, 2017
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