• 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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The student news source of Iowa City West High

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The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story
WSS covers recent legislation regarding censorship and the LGBTQ+ community in classrooms.

Education legislation

Kamakshee Kuchhal, Shanza Sami, and Marie Stier
October 6, 2023
West High's library is a place where friends can hang out before school, students can study and classes can meet.

What to expect from the 2023-2024 semester following recent education bills

Nicole Lee, Opinion Editor
September 5, 2023
The covers of books that are being challenged in the state of Iowa depicted in a literary jail.

The books that instill fear

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
April 4, 2022
African American literature is being offered for the first time to ICCSD students in grades 11-12 for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Elevating untold stories

Helen Zhang, Print Columns Editor
February 28, 2021
Society's perception of sex is constantly changing, as reflected in the ICCSD sex education curriculum and the rise of the internet.

Let’s talk about sex

Marta Leira and Alice Meng
February 27, 2021
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ICCSD removes plus and minus modifiers from all grades

Kailey Gee, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
June 1, 2020
Ken Wilbur '20 reminisces over time spent studying for the ACT in the West high library.

Testing is too testing

Ken Wilbur, Podcast Editor
February 18, 2020
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