WHS Today

April 12, 2023

Staring at the top of the hill looking at a small hole 338 yards away, with one goal to put that ball in the hole in the least amount of shots. That’s how the West girls...

Trees on; air pollution gone

March 31, 2023

While around 42 million trees are getting cut down worldwide every day, Living Lands and Waters is offsetting that with having West students...

Swat Scares

March 31, 2023

Many students around Iowa at the beginning of a Tuesday morning were rudely awakened by the threat of an active shooter at their school. Fearful...

Can’t spell West without WE

March 10, 2023

Inclusivity. It’s a big word with a lot of meaning, but what does it look like? West high school works to include special education students...

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Features

A Change Maker

Stoyota Nguyen, Reporter

January 9, 2024

Women’s basketball has recently caught a lot of attention and it is thanks to Iowa Hawkeye senior guard Caitlin Clark. If you aren't aware of who Clark is, she is a basketball...

Planning Ahead

January 5, 2024

Every year the freshmen, sophomores, and juniors of west high are offered to plan their schedule for the next school year. Even though returning students...

From Classroom to Real World

November 29, 2023

While most classes leave you sitting at desks all day, Welding is a different story.. The Vocational Welding Program just recently finished a project atVeterans...

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Sports

Second Half, Same Energy

Lucy Bernick, Reporter

January 17, 2024

On December 8th, 2023 the Davenport West Boys Basketball team versed Davenport Central in a crowd-thrilling game where West dominated. A few minutes into the third quarter,...

The Start of Something New

November 27, 2023

With the ending of fall sports, comes the winter sport pre-season. Boys basketball is one of those sports that puts in an abundance of time preparing for...

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Opinion

The new normal

Megan Dunn, Reporter

May 11, 2020

What was once an easy task now takes 30 minutes longer. As you enter the grocery store, you head straight for the wipes to disinfect your cart. The aisles are now one way....

I can’t vote, but I can still change the future

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Sports

Second Half, Same Energy

Lucy Bernick, Reporter

January 17, 2024

On December 8th, 2023 the Davenport West Boys Basketball team versed Davenport Central in a crowd-thrilling game where West dominated. A few minutes into the third quarter,...

The Start of Something New

November 27, 2023

With the ending of fall sports, comes the winter sport pre-season. Boys basketball is one of those sports that puts in an abundance of time preparing for...

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New superintendent moves towards the future
September 20, 2019
Tim O'Leary, Media editor
On Aug. 1 Dr. Robert Kobylski officially became the superintendent of the Davenport Community School District. Kobylski, who has worked with multiple districts as well as...
Lockers: useful or useless?
March 23, 2019
Thomas Yates, Reporter
The bell rings to announce the end of first block. You don’t need your heavy textbook for the rest of the day, but it’s just light enough that you don’t mind if you...
Bowling team rolls on
February 14, 2019
Tim O'Leary
This past week the bowling team has proved their ability in the sport with 2 of the team’s bowlers, Zach Hainline and Erica Henderson qualifying for the all-district team....
Snow days pile up, cause school year to end in June
February 4, 2019
Sarah Bernick, Reporter
The Davenport Community School District has taken six days off this year because of some of the most dangerous wind chills in years. Due to recent life-threatening temperatures...
Who is Freddie the Falcon?
November 14, 2018
Tori Dierikx, Reporter
What would a school be without their mascot? What would the University of Iowa be without Herkey? Or Frosted-Flakes without Tony the Tiger? Perhaps most importantly, what...
Midterm election causes mixed emotions
November 8, 2018
Kate Kealey, Editor in Chief
As the 2018 midterm elections wrapped up on Nov. 6, the Iowa elections went into a late night with Republican Governor Kim Reynolds coming out on top over Democrat opponent...
Coalition of young voters
November 6, 2018
Zak Keel, Reporter
Polls will open up today, Nov. 6, for the 2018 midterm elections as Americans across the nation will partake in state and local races that will soon influence the second half...
Clean water courtesy of West
November 5, 2018
Tori Dierikx, Reporter
8,133 miles away, there is a village in Kenya that lacks what many of us take for granted ‒ clean water. This daunting and very real issue was brought to the Davenport West...
Breaking the stereotype
October 29, 2018
Kate Kealey, Editor in Chief
She sits at the table during dinner, discouraged and angry. She is over being disrespected and feeling out of place. She goes to her mom to bring her out of this state of...
Pushing boundaries and making a change
October 26, 2018
Zak Keel, Reporter
Alexa Christiansen is a student that may just break the record for most hours existing within the walls of West. An average week for Christiansen consists of walking to school...