• 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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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
Here are the top three activities students should do over the summer.

Top 3 activities students should do over the summer

Reem Kirja, Print Profiles Editor
June 5, 2024
A test with questions concerning the future of a student's test scores shows a student's uncertain answers.

ACT or SAT: Which exam is a good fit for you?

Samuel Rosenthal and Abby Guo
October 30, 2023
Many colleges are no longer requiring applicants to submit standardized test scores.

Test optional?

Vivian Polgreen, Managing Co-Editor, News Editor
May 31, 2022
A student's desk sits ready for the ACT, equipped with a pencil, calculator and water bottle.

West pilots online ACT

Abby McKeone, Graphics and Social Media Editor
November 20, 2019
Guidance counselor Kelly Bergmann explains what her role as counselor is.

School counselors: the one-stop shops of high school

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
November 1, 2019
Caleb Kwok '20 displays the college spreadsheet he made to help compare colleges from across the country.

Streamlining the college search

Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
March 24, 2019
From left: Lien Zhu '18, Yangtian Shangguan '19, Wingel Xue '18, Colleen Bloeser '18 and Quinn Baker '18. Not pictured: Steven Yuan '19.

6 West High students score perfect on ACT exam

Alyson Kuennen, News Editor, Photographer
December 6, 2017
Photo by Pareen Mhatre Art by Angela Zirbes Design by Catherine Ju

The Age of Adderall

Nina Elkadi, Print Editor-in-Chief
April 14, 2017
Lexi Weber '14 stands with the speaker of the house to welcome a group of visitors.

At the Capitol: the life of a page

Shirley
February 8, 2014
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