Saving lives with blood
Tim O'Leary, Media Editor
February 24, 2020
On Thursday Feb. 27, the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center held a blood drive at West. During student’s second block, they could come down and donate blood. These blood drives are held once a term at West, however mobile units are always on the move. “We’re a mobile unit, so we’re in a di...
Secret clubs of West
Madison Barton, Reporter
February 18, 2020
With 34 clubs at West, there is a chance students may not know all of them. Not everyone may not be aware of the more “unknown” clubs. Every student is encouraged to join a club, sport or some kind of activity to get involved. With all these choices, there is no way a student cannot find what they...
Civil Rights augmented reality exhibits at West
Kaylee Milem, Reporter
February 13, 2020
On Friday, Feb. 7, West received new exhibits in the library. These exhibits use a type of technology called augmented reality (AR), which takes advantage of current hardware, such as a smartphone, to show more information as an overlay for the object shown. West is the third school in the country to ...
Importance of security
Cierra White, Reporter
February 13, 2020
Fights, arguments, disagreements, and other conflicts occur at schools, so administration and school staff hold a lot of responsibility to help keep staff and students safe. Security professionals Chris Carr and Shay Serrano are two of six security guards at West. Security guards go by many names. They could...
Thoughts behind SEL (social and emotional learning)
Reagan Hoffman, Reporter
February 11, 2020
You walk into school on a Monday morning to a room of familiar faces. You sit down, pull out your chromebook, and sign up for flex. This is the usual, however, what about the occasional lessons and slideshows? Some teachers try to connect and open discussions with their students, some get through them...
Behind the locker tags
Vu Tran, Business Manager
February 11, 2020
Freshman Faith Rettler is on the volleyball team and is a varsity cheerleader. Senior Ellie Mirfield is in the Ecology Club and Health Careers Club (HOSA). Something you may overlook are the locker tags that hang on students' lockers in the halls of West honoring membership in Falcon sports and clubs. ...
Student first, athlete second
Diana Garcia, Reporter
February 7, 2020
Throughout the years West High School has been a competitive school with sports. In every sport, all teammates and their coaches support one another, become close, and encourage academic success. As an athlete, it is important to keep up with grades in order to be able to play and compete for Wes...
Helping hands of West
Madison Barton, Reporter
February 6, 2020
On average the student to counselor ratio is 482 to one, according to the American School Counselor Association. As a school counselor, his/her job is not only to figure out students’ schedules, but also to help students with concerns or questions, and help with career counseling. With over 1,500 stu...
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 based violence, sexual harassment, and bullying. Mentors in MVP consist of 38 students who ...
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 team for the school. Among these teams was the Faculty Diversity Team, which had the goal of fig...
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I'm Farnaiza "Nics" Gulam, a foreign exchange student from the Philippines who loves to write. I am a junior here at West and it's my first year with Beak 'n' Eye, but I've been involved with writing for...