• 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
Arab students at West share their experiences with their culture.

The Arab identity

Zaira Ahmad, Reem Kirja, and Marie Stier
April 19, 2024
Ella Davis '27, Myra Crawford '26 and Bashir Eltyeb '25 create their jewelry together as students work around the classroom.

West BPA bonds over friendship bracelets

Jane Lam, Print Assistant Copy Editor
April 16, 2024

A catalyst for change: Coralville Community Food Pantry global community meal

Haneen Eltyeb and Minna Abdalla
March 28, 2024
West High students and staff reveal the different aspects of West that make it a welcoming place.

What’s West grateful for?

Reem Kirja, Print Profiles Editor
November 21, 2023
West High’s Sudanese community shares how the current situation in Sudan has affected them.

Sudan’s struggle

Reem Kirja and Jane Lam
October 11, 2023
Scouts BSA and Girl Scouts have similar yet different ways of helping the community.

Scouts of West

Reem Kirja, Print Profiles Editor
April 22, 2023
"We love you, Poet!" is a common saying members of IC Speaks use before performances to show support for the performer.

We love you, Poet

Kamakshee Kuchhal, Lead Print Copy Editor
March 2, 2023

Bringing the beat, making a community complete

Alaina Greenlee, Video Editor
February 27, 2023
Many people in our community struggle with mental health and are unaware of the resources available to them

Combatting a mental health crisis

Vivian Polgreen, Managing Co-Editor, News Editor
February 8, 2022
Summer support activities for ICCSD students

Summer support activities for ICCSD students

Audrey Parrish, Copy Editor
June 10, 2021
Little Free Libraries provide free books to the community.

Spreading joy, one book at a time

Kailey Gee, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
January 5, 2021
Community members work on a public mural in the South Side district of Iowa City.

Iowa City South District residents unite to paint community mural

Marta Leira, Print Editor-in-Chief
June 4, 2020
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