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West social worker Jenn OHare talks to student mentors about their next visit to the freshman advisories to discuss violence at all levels for the Mentors in Violence Prevention program.

What is MVP?

Olaoluwa Johnson, Reporter February 6, 2020

The Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program was created in 1993 by Dr. Jackson Katz and his colleagues reports MVP Strategies. MVP was established in order to bring awareness to and prevent gender...

Wests Cultural Diversity Club meets as a group during Falcon Flex on Fridays in room 258 with math teacher Ayola Vesey and TLCS Innovator Leslie Schlue. “Its kind of creating that safe place, so no matter what kind of background you have, youre always welcome at our Cultural Diversity Club because were accepting of everyone no matter what his/her belief system is, and where he/she comes from,” Schlue said.

Rise of cultural diversity

Kaylee Milem, Reporter February 5, 2020

The Cultural Diversity Club began two years ago at Davenport North by math teacher Ayola Vesey and world language teacher Monica Jager. North staff was required to join a faculty focus or extracurricular...

Science teacher Joan Jutting discussing in her fourth block Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class. West is the only school that offers CNA as a dual-enrollment class within the Davenport School Community District.

Dual-Enrollment for Falcons

Farnaiza Gulam, Reporter February 3, 2020

Davenport West High School has partnered with Scott Community College for a dual-enrollment program. Through this partnership, Falcons will have the opportunity to enroll in dual-credit classes that will...

Sophomore Maureen Campbell keeps her things on the gym locker after second block PE class

Falcons need to lock up

Farnaiza Gulam, Reporter February 3, 2020

West provides locker rooms for students to keep their gear and equipment for Physical Education class, but some students use their gym locker as a personal locker. Inside the gym locker room, some students...

With the AP exam just months away, Joseph Flahrety’s AP US History class finishes a period test. “The hardest part about taking the period tests is remembering what we learned and then applying it to the multiple choice questions. However, you learn from mistakes and then you know what to study next time,” sophomore Abbie Hambleton said.

Speeding up future education

Sarah Bernick, Managing Editor January 31, 2020

Some students fear college, and some people are ecstatic to obtain new information on their road to success. Taking an AP class can help assist with either scenario, raising expectations and receiving...

From left to right: 1969 West graduates Charles Hudson, Jan Rangel, Steve Arp, Bobbie Noel-Behrens, and Jo Faris are members of the West’s class of 69’ reunion committee. They are in in front of the greenhouse that they donated $4,000 to on Nov. 1. 2019. “My years at West were so important in establishing my personal core values. Friendships made at West have endured 50 years and is the main reason for large attendance at our class reunions. The greenhouse project has been the perfect way for the class of 69’ to show our gratitude and ‘pay it forward’ to current and future West students,” class of  69’ West graduate Steve Arp said.

Awesome alumni: 60 years, 29,079 people served

Megan Dunn, Reporter January 29, 2020

The youngest city council member, a dedicated public servant, and a group who continues to give back. What do they all have in common? They graduated from Davenport West High School. When West first...

Junior Kyleigh Ortiz started playing the guitar a couple of years ago. I was kind of going through some stuff, and I felt like that could really help me, like distract me, and it did, it helped.

Silence below the surface

Kaylee Milem, reporter January 16, 2020

To the outside world, junior Kyleigh Ortiz seems like the average girl. She goes to high school like the average girl. She also has dreams after high school like the average girl. But, don’t always believe...

Senior Erica Henderson is an example of just one Falcon athletic standouts. Henderson highest bowling score is a 279 and her goal is to surpass this score during her final season on the bowling team.

Falcon athletic standouts

Marissa Mendez, Reporter January 16, 2020

Every sport has that one outstanding player. A player that you know is going to be good as soon as they step onto the field, court, mat, or floor. A player that is passionate about what they do and how...

Hamlet confronting Leah before they fight. To try and settle whats between them before they fence, Hamlet apologizes to Leah, who appreciates it but doesnt accept

West theater brings drama to the school in their play Hamlet

Katie Giebelstein, Reporter December 11, 2019

  West took the stage with Hamlet from Friday December 6th to Sunday December 8th. They used this show to present several forms of comedy, such as dark humor and a more mocking-style of modern...

From left: Becca Saad (Lebanon), Andjela Ognjanovic (Serbia), Syafira Adani (Indonesia) and Farnaiza Gulam (Philippines) pose to show their Falcon spirit. These foreign exchange students are spending an academic year at Davenport West to experience what American high school life is like. I would like to say thank you for making me feel welcomed! You guys are the best, junior Becca Saad said.

Exchange students give perspective on life as Falcons in Iowa

Farnaiza Gulam, Reporter November 26, 2019

International education has become a crucial part of building bridges for understanding, across cultures and borders. For the past few years, West has welcomed about 30 foreign exchange students with four...

World language teacher Kris Castelluccios Spanish 2 class of 37 fills the hallway after a presentation. Her class was leaving the classroom at the end of the Friday afternoon class and filled up a portion of the language hallway from one side to the other.

World language classes: bulging at the seam

Katie Giebelstein, Reporter November 25, 2019

The world language department is short handed this semester as a result of a teacher retiring and the district not hiring someone to fill the gap, leaving only five full time teachers to handle 406 students,...

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