• 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
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
In this article, several WSS staffers offer up recommendations for shows to watch.

WSS staffers recommend shows to watch during quarantine

Edward Keen, Arts Editor
April 3, 2020
Amid fears of COVID-19, many grocery store aisles are devoid of shoppers.

UI student creates “Errand-ers” program to support community members vulnerable to COVID-19

Sumner Wallace, Columns Editor
March 27, 2020
LaShaun Lacy sits in bus number 5110. Driving special education students on this bus is one of his jobs. He also works as a correctional officer.

Credit reel

Krisha Kapoor, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
March 20, 2020
Things to do while quarantined

Things to do while quarantined

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
March 20, 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
A portrait of Kate Wickham is proudly displayed in the main entrance of the school. The Kate Wickham Memorial Trust Fund was established in early 1954.

A dedication to education

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
February 28, 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
Advika Shah '22 executes a dance position for the camera. Every gesture and limb carries a unique meaning in this form.

Sampradaya Bharatanatyam Troupe of Iowa City

Paras Bassuk and Caroline Barker
February 25, 2020
Missed connections 2020

Missed connections 2020

Jessica Moonjely, Print Profiles Editor and Managing Editor
February 25, 2020
WSS examines the underlying racial disparities at West and within the ICCSD.

Disconnected.

Alice Meng and Jenna Wang
February 21, 2020
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