• 12/16: Pajama + stuffed animal day
  • 12/17: Jersey day
  • 12/17: Girls basketball vs. Wahlert Catholic
  • 12/17: Boys basketball @ Wahlert Catholic
  • 12/17: Boys swimming @ Linn-Mar
  • 12/17: Band concert in Arganbright Auditorium
  • 12/18: Pink out day
  • 12/19: Throwback Thursday
  • 12/19: Boys wrestling @ Linn-Mar
  • 12/19: Girls wrestling @ Solon
  • 12/20: 2 HOUR EARLY RELEASE
  • 12/20: Ugly sweater day
  • 12/20: Boys and girls double-header vs City
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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
Students from all over Iowa City participate in an 11 minute die-in. The 11 minutes symbolize the estimated 11 years we have until the earth reaches its tipping point.

Students attend climate strike

Bess Frerichs and Renee Gould
September 23, 2019
Lizzy Slade '21 posing after she finishes her halftime performance with the marching band.

Twirling through the ages

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
September 21, 2019
All of the younger Schmidt-Rundell kids doing their individual scout salutes.

Following family traditions

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
September 11, 2019
McKenna Proud ‘21 flaunts her favorite pair of socks. This pair features Cleopatra and Egyptian cats against a purple background. Proud’s love for Cleopatra stems from her childhood.

Fashion Friday: socks

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
May 24, 2019
Darci Witthoft leads a Mindful Minute in her class.

Mindfulness and mental health

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
May 9, 2019
West Side Story has compiled a periodic table of items found in the Lost and Found.

Periodic table of lost items

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
May 5, 2019
As spring gets in full swing a mallard stands in the grass looking for food in Iowa City.

Green hope

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
April 21, 2019

Not seeing double

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
April 19, 2019
Twenty West students move on as National Merit Finalists

Twenty West students move on as National Merit Finalists

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
March 10, 2019
School was canceled nine times this year due to weather conditions created by the polar vortex.

Bill introduced into Iowa House to limit makeup school days

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
February 28, 2019
Sharon DeWitte mixes her childhood fascination of disease with her profession as a biological anthropologist as she presents her research on the Black Plague and its application to todays world at Darwin Days on Feb. 23.

Darwin Day: discoveries and diseases

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
February 23, 2019
Reporter Bess Frerichs '21 poses for a photo. In her column, she writes about why they/them pronouns are important for inclusivity.

The pronoun problem

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
February 22, 2019
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