West High has several bathrooms and, from student observations, nearly all of them are trashed. Students complain about them quite often, a good testament to the horrid state of West's bathrooms.
While...
During the 2023 IHSAA State Swim Meet from February 10-11th, senior Ian Sabanagic was the sole representative for West High. To qualify for the state swim meet, swimmers must be one of the top 32 statewide....
The Voices of West are students here at West High who were recognized by their peers for putting themselves out there and using their voices for good. Of the nominations, one person was picked from each...
Frequency modulation systems, FM systems for short, and subtitles are typically thought to be used exclusively for deaf and hard of hearing students. While it is true, they do benefit the deaf and hard...
When signing up for a foreign language at West High, students are given three options; French, Spanish and German. While the selections are relatively prominent languages, Kaitlyn Hall, a freshman and...
During the holiday music concert on Monday, Dec. 6, the Symphony Strings premiered "Whiteboard," a song from student composer and cellist, Zephaniah Gustafson. During his speech before the song played,...
On Monday, Dec. 6, the West High music groups held a holiday music concert to spread holiday cheer. In order from first to last, the choirs performed at 6 p.m., the orchestras performed at 7 p.m. and the...
During the morning announcements on Monday, Nov. 5, Ryan Dabney was recognized as the newest staff member of the week. While most teachers started teaching after college, Dabney says "This is my second...
On Monday night, November 28th, Dan Gable, a former West High graduate and Olympic gold medalist, came to visit West High for the Metro Wrestling Tournament. Gable went on to be one of, if not the only...
During the morning announcements on Monday, November 14th, Ben Barnett was recognized as the staff member of the week. As of now, this will be Barnett's fifth year coaching here at West High and his ninth...
Brianna Williams, a senior here at West High, was given the opportunity to do physics research during the UNI summer research course. "I’ve always love the subject science, but for some reason physics...
