• 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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The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story
The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story
Social distancing has impacted students' mental health both positively and negatively.

Trapped

Hanah Kitamoto and Misha Canin
May 21, 2020
Sophie Stephens '19 poses as she writes a letter on Wednesday, Feb. 13.

Interrupted tradition

Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
May 11, 2020
Community members place signs in their yard that say "We stand together" to show their support for the rest of the community.

How to help essential workers

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
May 6, 2020
Single word magnets lay out on the table for the American Writers Museum waiting for someone to string them together into a poem.

Iowa City Speaks moves online

Renee Gould, Opinion Editor
May 4, 2020
Edward Keen '20 reviews all nine films in Star Wars' epic Skywalker saga.

Every Star Wars movie, reviewed

Edward Keen, Arts Editor
May 4, 2020
Things to do while quarantined

Things to do while quarantined

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
March 20, 2020
Paraeducator Farren Kerr poses for Wheel of Fortune submission photo.

A stroke of good fortune

Alex Carlon, Online Editor-in-Chief
March 15, 2020
Flowers bloom as the sun shines and the weather gets warmer.

Ways to make the most of spring break

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
March 12, 2020

Achieving success in biliteracy

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
March 12, 2020
Edward Keen '20 reviews "Ninth House" by Leigh Bardugo, an excellent mix of fantasy and the paranormal.

Book review: “Ninth House” is an invigorating paranormal fantasy

Edward Keen, Arts Editor
March 6, 2020
Transitioning from high school to college is huge, and adding sports into the mixture creates a different perspective on the college experience.

Looking back: Sports ladder to success

Camille Gretter, Online Editor-In-Chief
February 27, 2020
Hayate Mustefa '23 wears a niqab, a garment that incorporates a face covering in addition to a headscarf.

More than a head covering

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Jillian Prescott, Cymry Hieronymus, and Paras Bassuk
February 26, 2020
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