• MONDAY 4/28: girls golf @ Brown Deer, girls soccer @ Xavier
  • TUESDAY 4/29: boys soccer vs. Xavier, girls tennis vs. CR Kennedy, boys tennis @ CR Kennedy
  • THURSDAY 5/1: girls/boys soccer double header vs. Western Dubuque, boys tennis vs. City, girls tennis @ City, girls golf @ Twin Pines
  • FRIDAY 5/2: senior decision day during AFT in the commons, girls tennis @ Valley
  • SATURDAY 5/3: prom @ The Graduate Hotel, girls soccer vs. Waukee Northwest, girls tennis vs. Waterloo West, boys tennis @ Waterloo West
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Community members welcoming refugees to the U.S.

A warmer welcome

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
April 28, 2023
WSS shares the stories of immigrants at West and their journey to Iowa.

Destination: West

Reem Kirja, Gianna Liu, and Rosemary Timmer-Hackert
November 17, 2022
Maria Khoury '25 came to West High School from Lebanon, escaping the economic crisis there.

Four months as an immigrant

Thayer Abu-Hijleh, Entertainment Editor
January 12, 2022
Ala Mohamed '17 and Raneem Hamad '17 acknowledge the crowd at an "Anti-Ban" rally in downtown Iowa City after reciting a poem written by Mohamed. Aside from poetry, the rally also featured speeches and music as over 1,500 people gathered in solidarity.

The melting melting pot

WSS Staff
February 18, 2017
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