The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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Lights, camera, scholarship!

Lights, camera, scholarship!

Kathryn Harter, News Editor January 28, 2013

Scholarships aren't just given to anybody these days. What is even more rare is getting $1,000 to any school you want to go to and to study whatever you want. Senior Seth Betzler won a $1,000 scholarship...

Soccer proves success on the field and in the classroom

Soccer proves success on the field and in the classroom

Jacob Cupps, Sports Editor January 28, 2013

Along with  a 14-12-1 record and an opportunity to compete with rival's Parkway Central in Districts, the boys varsity soccer team experienced a different kind of victory. Out of 336 other high school...

Junior Kimberly Mayden, sophomore Sami Corbitt, junior Megan Reilly, sophomore Stephanie Quoss, sophomore Stefanie Elsperman, junior Gabby Rath, sophomore Allison Hughes and junior Rachel Brown stand in downtown Washington, D.C. the day before the Presidential Inauguration. While in D.C. they visited many different historical monuments and museums. I wish we could have visited the Holocaust museum and other museums as well, sophomore Stefanie Elsperman said.

There and back again: D.C. edition

Eileen Tully, Staff Writer January 28, 2013

On Jan. 18, 22 students from West along with 14 chaperones and 66 students from the other Parkway schools left from Parkway Central to begin their trip to Washington, D.C. “The Inauguration itself...

Senior Seth Betzler received a scholarship on Saturday Jan. 12. I received a certificate for the scholarship. It is worth $1,000 and can be used for tuition, books, etc, Betzler said, As a part of the scholarship, I am also a student member of the Educational Theatre Association and STAM, Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri. Betzler plans to attend either Truman State University or Lindenwood University in the fall.

Big honors received at the Missouri State Thespians Conference

January 26, 2013

On Thursday Jan. 10, 40 West thespians went to attend The Missouri Thespian Conference at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown St. Louis. Selected Running with Scissors members competed in the Improv...

The end of the NHL lockout marks the beginning of professional sports in St. Louis this year.

Hockey is back!

John Watson, Staff Writer January 25, 2013

After four months of conflict, the owners of the NHL and the NHL Players Association have reached a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, which will begin the belated regular season of professional hockey. Under...

Cafeteria ensures sanitation for students

Kathryn Hunter, Staff Writer January 24, 2013

New FDA regulations regarding sanitation were passed just last week, ensuring more strict rules regarding the harvesting and transportation of food across the United States.  However, on a more local...

Peer teaching training day

Peer teaching training day

Austin Moran, Photo Editor January 24, 2013

Preparing a lesson on intergrity for Peer Teaching, senior Cory Madden, juniors Laura Mullen and Chris Smith and senior Emily Basler write opening questions for their lesson plans. On Friday, Jan. 18,...

Automated attendance update

Eden Harir, Staff Writer January 24, 2013

A new automated attendance process began Jan. 7. The process is designed to iron out mistakes made when teachers take attendance, as well as to promote students’ presence, by notifying parents of unexcused...

West played Fox on Jan. 21 at Hardees Ice Complex. They will play their last game in the regular season and celebrate Senior Night on Jan. 24 at 9:30 p.m. at Queeny against Parkway South. We need to work on consistency of passing and shots, Bickert said.

Parkway West Hockey on the rise

Susie Watson, Editor in Chief January 24, 2013

Parkway West Hockey, a sport that is not sponsored by the school, has gained the attention of the student body and staff. "West was really good about seven years ago, we were a top tier team.  In recent...

Pictured: Tim Hu (12), Greg Piccirillo (12), Annie Schuver (12), Andrew Silverberg (10), Mitch Regel (11), Keerthi Gondi (11), Sami Corbitt (10), Lauren Gieseking (11), Rachel Brown (11), Kimmie Mayden (11), Joanne Yu (12), Laura Santangelo (11), Nina Elsperman (11), Mikel Portell (11), Yasmin Younis (11), Megan Reilly (11), Allison Hughes (10), Stephanie Quoss (10), Stefanie Elsperman (10), Caitlin Land (11) and Gabby Rath (11).

To DC and beyond

Annie Spewak, Editor in Chief January 23, 2013

On January 18, 22 students traveled to Washington D.C. to watch the Presidential Inauguration. While in D.C., students got to visit monuments such as the new Martin Luther King memorial, the Tomb of the...

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