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WHS Today

The WHS Band steps off to celebrate Veterans Day and The Festival of Trees

Zach Smith, Reporter December 17, 2024

November is a busy time of year for the WHS marching band as they prepare for both the Veterans Day parade and the Festival of Trees parade. Both of these are excellent learning opportunities for band...

8th grade students signing up for clubs or athletic teams during 8th grade showcase.

8th Grade Showcase

Reiggan Molloy, Reporter November 22, 2024

Once a year students from all different middle schools come to the 8th Grade Showcase at West hoping to find a reason to make it their high school home. They can be given a tour and are shown many clubs...

ICAN Day at West

ICAN Day at West

Lucy Bernick, Co-Editor November 19, 2024

Come get help with filing your FAFSA! Mrs. Hernandez will be here on December 10th from 8:00am to 3:30pm. She will be meeting with seniors individually at their scheduled appointment times to assist them...

West High students and staff celebrate the grand opening of their new facilities on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024 by cutting the ribbon to the enjoyment of students, parents, and coaches alike.

A New “Whey” Forward

Will Earnest, Reporter November 19, 2024

The “weight” is finally over. On Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, West High celebrated the grand opening of their new athletic facilities with a ribbon cutting and open house that lasted from 4 pm to 6:30...

Tyler Reddick (#45) of 23XI Racing and Michael McDowell (#34) of Front Row Motorsports race during a NASCAR Cup Race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday, Sep. 8, 2024. 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports are the two teams challenging NASCAR in this antitrust lawsuit.

Racing for a Change

Will Earnest, Reporter November 15, 2024

Seventy-six years of control over the world of stock car racing, and two teams are trying to change that. On Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, Jeffery Kessler, the lawyer who represents 23XI Racing (23XI) and Front...

Emmaly Maylum ‘25 reaches for the night sky as she attempts to catch the football.

Nightmare on Brady Street

Kaylee Coffman, Reporter November 13, 2024

On November 1st 2024, Davenport West hosted a PowderPuff game down at Brady Street Stadium. PowderPuff was a game created to help raise money for Student Senate’s Hunger Drive. Though only junior and...

The LA Dodgers celebrate victory of the World Series

Dodgers “Dodge” the Yankees to Win the World Series

Zach Smith, Reporter November 5, 2024

A crack of the bat and the crowd goes wild. It is the 10th inning of the first matchup against the Yankees in the 2024 World Series for the Dodgers. The Dodgers are down 2-3 with the bases loaded and two...

Iowa Hawkeyes defeats previous national champions as they head into the final four against the University of Connecticut Huskies.

Iowa Heading Into The Final Four

Addison Aleksiejczyk, Co-Editor April 5, 2024

As the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournament is in full swing, the Iowa Hawkeyes upset the LSU Tigers as they head into the final four. After the Hawkeyes lost last...

 “The Perry School shooting shocked me, it’s so sad,” Gradin said.

Perry Shooting

Makenna Burt, Editor-in-Chief January 17, 2024

On January 4th, just 20 minutes before the Perry School District would start school back from break, a shooting would occur. Seventeen-year-old gunman, Dylan Butler, took his life and injured six others....

“I think this year's golf season will be fun and we have a pretty good team,” senior Clare Lotspeich said.

“Par”fect Meet

Makenna Burt, Reporter 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 golf teams first meet started...

West students get hands on with preparing tree saplings to be planted. Living Lands and Waters informs students on the native trees to our environment, as well as the process of growing the saplings.

Trees on; air pollution gone

Lucy Bernick, Reporter 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 bag tree saplings to keep air quality efficient, and soil erosion...

Central was one of the schools that was targeted. Tensions have been high ever since that call around Davenport.

Swat Scares

Jimmy Hepler, Reporter 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 and confused, many got called out by their parents, some...

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