Tuesday, March 30
College Fair
6:30 - 8:00pm
Cafeteria
College Workshop
6:00 - 6:45pm
Little Theatre

Students will receive
2nd Tri.Final Grades
Friday, Mar. 12

PSEO Final Reminder

This is a final reminder to students planning to take a course at the University of Iowa or Kirkwood Community College next fall under the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act. The deadline for submitting all paperwork to your West High counselor is Friday, March 26.  You must have your meeting with your U-I or Kirkwood advisor prior to submitting paperwork.

Attention All Parents
Join us for a discussion on

TEEN STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
Tuesday, April 13
7-8:30pm
West High Little Theater

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Speech and Debate Championships

The University of Iowa Debate program hosted the All-Iowa Finals Speech and Debate Championships for the Iowa High School Forensics Community March 4-6. State championships were held in both speech and debate. The All Iowa Finals are Iowa’s High School traditional Speech and Debate state championships. The tournament is run by the Iowa High School State Forensic League. Serving on the Board of the league as directors are: Melanie Johnson, Iowa City West; Pete Clancy, Cedar Rapids Washington; Harry Strong, Des Moines Roosevelt; David McGinnis, West Des Moines Valley and Janelle Hawk of Marshalltown.

Speech Results:

State Champion: Iowa City West High School, Iowa City-- Jake Stewart, Speech Coach
Runner-Up: Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Des Moines-- Harry Strong, Head Forensics Coach
3rd Place: Dowling Catholic High School, West Des Moines --Tim Sheaff, Head Forensics Coach
4th Place: City High School, Iowa City-- Zach Wahls, Speech Coach
5th Place: Muscatine High School, Muscatine --Val Ahlman, Speech Coach

Individual Speech Results:

Domestic Extemp Speaking
Champion: Amelia Martin, Des Moines Roosevelt Runner-Up: Sarah Larson, Des Moines Roosevelt
3rd Place: Michael Flannery, Des Moines Roosevelt

Foreign Extemp Speaking
Champion: Mirza Germovic, Des Moines Roosevelt Runner-Up: Kaybee Abiose, Iowa City West
3rd Place: Catherine Chiodo, Des Moines Roosevelt

Original Oratory
Champion: Ola Abiose, Iowa City West Runner-Up: Sona Zhu, Iowa City West
3rd Place: Clare Roth, Dowling Catholic

Prose/Poetry
Champion: Andrew Wilkes, Iowa City High Runner-Up: Della Nuno, Iowa City High
3rd Place: Bridgett Sheaff, Dowling Catholic

Dramatic Interp
Champion: Abhi Pant, Iowa City West Runner-Up: Michael Sotelo, Iowa City High
3rd Place: Ola Abiose, Iowa City West

Humorous Interp
Champion: Paul McKinley, Iowa City Runner-Up: Ryan Courtney, Iowa City West
3rd Place: Alex Parrot, Dowling Catholic

Duo Interp
Champion: Paul McKinley/Ryan Courtney Iowa City West Runners-Up: Alex Parrot/Remington Jaques
West Des Moines Dowling Catholic
3rd Place: Adrienne and Lauren Pyle, Dowling Catholic

Iowa Senior of the Year: Each year, the Coaches of the Iowa High School Forensic League name one Iowa Speech or Debate student “Senior of the Year.” The award is meant to honor not only an outstanding high school forensic career but also a student whose contribution to their program is considered noteworthy. The winner of the award this year is Spencer Croat of Indianola. Croat was recognized for his leadership in the development of Indianola’s highly successful policy debate program.

Debate Results:

State Champion: Valley High School, West Des Moines, David McGinnis, Head Debate Coach
Runner-Up: Iowa City West High School, Iowa City, Cynthia Woodhouse, Head Forensics Coach
3rd Place: Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Des Moines, Harry Strong, Head Forensics Coach
4th Place: Dowling Catholic High School, West Des Moines, Tim Sheaff, Head Forensics Coach
5th Place: Indianola High School, Indianola, Spencer Waugh, Head Debate Coach

Policy Debate

Champion: Iowa City West-David Haung and Jeffrey Ding
Runner-Up: City High, Iowa City-Luke Allen and Noah Rocklin

Lincoln Douglas Debate

Champion: Valley High School-Ross Brown
Runner-Up: Iowa City West-Graham Tierney

Public Forum Debate

Champion: Dowling Catholic High School-Justin D’Souza and Caleb Copley
Runner-Up: Burlington Notre Dame High School- Andrew Schilling and Dylan Diewold

Congress Debate

Champion: Fort Dodge Senior High School- Arthur Chou
Runner-Up: Ames High School- Zoe Russell
3rd Place (Tie): Roosevelt High School- Nick Swingle
Roosevelt High School- Tess Yocom

Overall All Iowa Team results:

West High Math Teams Win at U of Iowa

The West High varsity and junior varsity math teams each finished in first place at the fourteenth annual Great Plains Math League competition at The University of Iowa on Saturday, March 6.  The varsity team of Tyler Chenhall, Curie Ahn, Don Nye, Lorelei Coffin, Matt Staib, and Ivan Ye won first place on the team test, and the varsity team of Daniel Wu, Zhaohui Hu, Lydia Somers, Tianyi Wei, Patrick Tierney, and Izaak Sunleaf finished in second place.  The team of Brian Choi, Paul Yon, David Ahn, Ji-Eun Choi, Asya Bergal, and Ben Sheff finished in first place on the junior varsity team test while the team of Javier Miranda-Bartlett, Nick Gerken, Reed Johnson, Gal Wald, Tyler Parker, and Jackson Cameron finished in second place.  The team of Tyler Chenhall, Curie Ahn, and Matt Staib took first place on the varsity relay test while the team of Brian Choi, David Ahn, and Ji-Yun Choi won first place on the junior varsity relay test.  As senior winner of both Target and Sprint tests, Tyler Chenhall was awarded cash prizes.

Individual winners included:

Sprint Round

9th grade:  David Ahn, 1st; Ivan Ye, 2nd; Ji-Eun Choi, 3rd
10th grade:  Brian Choi, 1st; Paul Yon, 2nd; Patrick Tierney, 3rd
11th grade:  Matt Staib, 1st; Tianyi Wei, 3rd
12th grade:  Tyler Chenhall, 1st; Curie Ahn, 2nd; Lorelei Coffin, 3rd

Target Round

9th grade:  David Ahn and Ivan Ye tied for 1st; Ben Sheff, 2nd; Ji-Eun Choi and Asya Bergal tied for 3rd
10th grade:  Brian Choi, 1st; Patrick Tierney, 2nd; Paul Yon and Nick Gerken tied for 3rd
11th grade:  Tianyi Wei, 1st; Matt Staib, 2nd; Lydia Somers, 3rd

12th grade:  Tyler Chenhall, 1st; Daniel Wu and Curie Ahn