With 138 published pieces, the Wahawk Insider is wrapping up their second school year running. This year, the Insider team is a SNO distinguished site and an IHSPA news team finalist for the second year....

Ali Parkhurst named 2024 Journalist of the year: On Feb 18, 2024, West High’s very own Ali Parkhurst was named Iowa’s Journalist of the Year, Earning a $500 reward and a chance to represent Iowa...

Dean Widen resides in room 233 as a PBDA instructor, where he teaches all social studies. Even outside of the school year, Widen helps instruct students during summer school, which typically begins two...

Some of you might pass by Connor Heuthorst in the halls, thinking of him as being just a normal high school student. While that might be true for the most part, Huethorst, under the name of Cukoo4legos,...

With the end of the 2023-2024 school year drawing near, so too is Dave Gettman's final year of teaching. Gettman, one of West High's strength and conditioning teachers, started teaching 38 years ago, soon...

  Irvin Laube has been an educator at West High since 2020 but has been teaching for a total of 33 years. Of those years, 20 were spent as a principal with the remaining 13 spent teaching various...

Beginning at West over 12 years ago, John Balong has created long lasting bonds with the German and economic students alike. Abiding in room 330, Balong currently teaches German two, three and four as...

Kellie Knight, a dedicated staff member, has been involved with the education profession for 25 years, eight of which have been here at West where she teaches Sociology, Psychology one and two,  AP Psychology...

Room 110 is where the future is made. Jackson McNally, a freshman US History teacher, goes above and beyond in creating an environment for students to get an outstanding education while still finding enjoyment.  While...

For the first four years of his teaching career, Matko Sabic was known as a ‘traveling teacher.’ Moving between rooms five times a day, Sabic struggled to make any classroom feel like his own at West...

Andrew Cusmano has been practically living his life on the stage. Since he was the age of ten, Cusmano has often found himself on many stages performing shows from Shakespeare all the way to elaborate...