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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...

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...

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