• 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

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

West Side Story
The Best of West logo connected by hearts made of string.

The beginning of Best of West

Vera Tanas, Copy and Art Editor
June 4, 2024
Students connect over classwork.

Best of West: connections through classwork

Vera Tanas, Copy and Art Editor
September 26, 2023
Best of West posters are displayed around the halls of West high.

Stopping the stigmas

Ashlyn Brady and Isabella Tisdale
April 27, 2023
Zebulon Hurst tells about his journey from West and his return

Zebulon’s full circle: returning to West High

Vera Tanas, Copy and Art Editor
November 28, 2022
West High students work together during AFT

Best of West: students helping students

Ashlyn Brady, Online Editor-in-Chief
November 14, 2022
"I think A students will always be slightly ahead in a lot of my classes because of how their weeks start," said B student Howaida Musa '23.

The hybrid gap

Bess Frerichs and Helen Zhang
November 14, 2020
English teacher Kerri Barnhouse has had multiple students from previous years end up teaching with her at West.

From students to colleagues

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
February 14, 2020
An increase in the number of in-school altercations has garnered the attention of students and faculty.

Fighting for change: examining the combative culture at West High

Alex Carlon and Joe Goodman
January 7, 2020
Would you rather?

Would you rather?

Jenna Wang, Editorial Editor
May 26, 2019
Kerri Barnhouse's cake is made up of some of her favorite books, 'Jane Eyre', 'Everything is Illuminated' and 'Frankenstein'.

An eye catching cake

Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
September 29, 2018
Kerri Barnhouse smiles for a photo on Friday, Sept. 14.

A new experience

Lily Meng, Online Co-Copy Editor
September 17, 2018
West Side Radio: 'The Miracle Season,' fondue and a giant cheese ball

West Side Radio: ‘The Miracle Season,’ fondue and a giant cheese ball

Natalie Dunlap and Jessica Doyle
December 29, 2017
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