Saving lives one drop at a time
Sarah Bernick, Reporter
April 19, 2019
West hosted its first blood drive since Sept.on Thursday, April 18. Due to snow day cancellations, West was not able to host two of their four annual blood drives. By collecting an estimated total of 80 pints, the amount of blood taken in could potentially save 240 people. “We host blood drives wit...
Quality of life or quality of security?
Laurence Walker, Reporter
April 19, 2019
Approaching West’s doors near the YMCA entrance, it’s not uncommon to see groups of people peering through the windows, knocking on the doors, or calling friends. The doors near the Y entrance, or the Y doors, are almost always locked, leaving some students confused as to why. “I used to go i...
Iowa standardized tests go digital
Cameron Wilson, reporter
April 18, 2019
Iowa Assessments are given to students in order to rate the state in education by comparing scores nationally. This will be the first year that Iowa Assessments go online. The new test, the Iowa Student Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP), will be taken on Chromebooks this April. ...
Brilliant biomechanics
Joseph Potts, Reporter
April 15, 2019
West students from Anatomy and Physiology (A & P) classes went on a field trip to St. Ambrose University to explore their kinesiology department on April 10. The trip was organized by science teacher John Arnold and St. Ambrose Assistant Professor, Doctor Rhiannon Seneli, as a way to celebrate N...
Suspenseful speeches
Joseph Potts, Reporter
April 8, 2019
The season of the Speech and Debate team may have ended, but for junior Anton Kordick, it is only the beginning as he prepares for the national tournament this summer. “We had a very small team this year because we’ve had several students graduate the last two years, so we need to rebuild. The s...
West hosts first mobile food pantry
Emma Bernick, Media Editor
March 30, 2019
Pushing a shopping cart down a long aisle lined with fresh produce and a variety of food products may be a common activity, and even sometimes a hassle, for most people. However, a percentage of community members in the Quad Cities cannot afford this luxury, which is why the River Bend Foodbank has bec...
“Little Shop of Horrors” preview
Zack Misner, Co-Managing Editor
March 26, 2019
Every year the West High Falcon Theater puts on a musical, and this year they decided to put on the modern classic “Little Shop of Horrors.” “Little Shop” is about an alien plant called Audrey II, voiced by senior Robert Greve, who tricks the male lead Seymour, played by senior Ben Gabriel, i...
Crisis drills in the Davenport Community School District
Cameron Wilson, Reporter
March 20, 2019
Safety drills are important to practice in order to be prepared for a dangerous event. West is required by law to have four fire drills, four tornado drills, and two A.L.I.C.E (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Encounter, Evacuate) drills per year. Fire drills Fire drills were introduced into schools in 1958 af...
STEM goes to the Capitol
Joseph Potts, Reporter
February 24, 2019
On Feb. 19, West engineering teachers Greg Smith and Jason Franzenburg, and seniors Alexa Christiansen, Zak Keel, and Jalissa Peiffer went to the Capitol of the U.S. and joined United States Patent and Trademark Office(USPTO) and Lemelson-MIT program to promote STEM education. “Last Wednesday wa...
Signs of love through the vines of valentines
Joseph Potts, Reporter
February 16, 2019
On Feb.14, Valentine’s Day, a group of students covered the hallways with sticky note hearts filled with uplifting messages like “Be the Change” and “Embrace the Journey.” The event was a service project done by Youth Mental Ambassadors as way to celebrate the holiday and make fellow Falcons...
Battle of the Books
Tyler Newman, Reporter
February 12, 2019
Battle of the Books is an Iowa Quad Cities regional competition that involves students reading a wide variety of books. At the competition, there are a series of questions asked about the books’ author, setting, story… There is a level for each grade ranging from third grade to seniors. In addition t...
Snow days pile up, cause school year to end in June
Sarah Bernick, Reporter
February 4, 2019
Filed under Award Winners, News, Showcase
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 and extreme travel conditions, the district has had to shorten and cut days out of the school year for the safety of all staf...
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