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WHS Today

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WHS Today

Spencer Cook

Spencer Cook

Lucy Bernick, Editor-in-Chief September 11, 2025

A new security guard has landed in the nest. Spencer Cook was one of the many new members who joined the West staff this year. After being a security guard in the Davenport Community School District already,...

Heather France

Heather France

Kerstan Truong, Reporter September 11, 2025

Heather France joins us from Muscatine as an English teacher. Due to job cuts in that district, we are lucky to have France join the Falcon Nation. With 25 years of teaching experience, France is excited...

West seniors gather together while they look at the yearbook and enjoy their time together before graduation.

The Final Fling

Addison Aleksiejczyk, Editor-in-chief May 22, 2025

As the school year comes to an end, it’s important to savor every moment you have as you walk through the halls of West High. With every “last” comes a new beginning, and every request of, “hey,...

The 9:01 Gate of Time and the Reflecting Pool at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. There are two Gates of Time, one at 9:01 am representing a minute before the blast and one at 9:03 am that represents the minute after. The reflecting pool that is between the two gates represents the blast that occurred at 9:02 am.

The Oklahoma City Bombing: 30 Years Later

Will Earnest, Reporter April 22, 2025

On April 19, 1995 in downtown Oklahoma City, 168 people were killed when a truck bomb went off at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Around one third of the building was destroyed from the bomb, and...

A student walking into one of the most used bathrooms in the school, that is constantly overcrowded with people.

Mysterious Puddles

Reiggan Molloy, Reporter March 10, 2025

Throughout the years, West High School’s bathrooms have dwindled. What was once well taken care of restrooms, has now become a place where people decide to throw their trash, and not in the trash cans...

Senior Zach Smith lines up to shoot singles.

Pull!

Zach Smith, Reporter January 27, 2025

“Pull!” That is what is heard right before an orange, clay pigeon is launched and hit with either a 12 or 20 gauge bird shot. Trap shooting is one of the fastest growing sports in the state of Iowa....

Aiden James '28 plays the bass during the concert in his costume.

A Chilling Concert

Raegan Ware, Reporter October 23, 2024

Halloween is right around the corner and many West High students are starting to get into the spooky spirit. Though, one group in particular got to put their costumes on early. The West Orchestra performed...

HotWorx has been around since 2017 and the owner of Hotworx is Stephen P. Smith.

More Workout, Less Time!

Addison Aleksiejczyk, Editor-in-chief September 19, 2024

Looking to elevate your fitness journey? Well HotWorx will do just that in a shorter period of time. It offers its members unlimited, 24 hour access to a variety of virtually instructed infrared sauna...

ELA Mrs. Ray’s 9th grade advisory class has mixed emotions on the early two hour early start

Freshman Frenzy

Reiggan Molloy, Reporter September 18, 2024

August 23, at 8:30 am freshman began flooding the doors of West High School. Instead of an early out like last year, the class of 2028 were able to tour the building and have an earlier start rather than...

Social studies teacher Christine Coyne-Logan hypes up the crowd at the first pep rally of the year.

Spirit in the Nest

Gracie Sade, Reporter September 18, 2024

Go Falcons Go! is what we said when we sent off our boys in red, filled with confidence and school spirit. Before the kick off ever went underway, we held a prep rally for our seniors, football teams,...

The new field is going to resemble the one at Brady Street with some minor changes like there only being one place for fans/parents to sit, and it being smaller due to not having a running track connected to it.

New turf

September 13, 2024

The Davenport West soccer team has wanted a turf field for a very long time and after many years they are finally getting what they have always wanted. Some people might think that the field will be for...

The student section, dressed in neon, join the cheerleaders to do The Falcon Train cheer.

Student Section Spirit

Raegan Ware, Reporter September 13, 2024

“Seniors in the front, freshmen in the back!” Is one of the most common rules heard within the West student section. Whether you're attending a football, volleyball, or basketball game you're bound...

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