Week of Dec. 7 – 11

The anniversary of Pearl Harbor was Monday, Dec. 7. [Kat Martenet, 11]

On Monday, Dec. 7, SSD teacher Darla Maynard has been named the 2015-2016 teacher of the year. [Kjell Hagen, 12]

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West announce the name of their newborn on Monday. They named him Saint West. [Miqueyla Lopez, 9]

Studio jazz students beatboxed facing the wall at rehearsal on Tuesday, Dec. 8. [Emily Dickson, 12]

On Tuesday, Dec. 8, Junior Conor Brunig and freshman Jason Wan were selected for the 2016 Missouri All-State Orchestra. [Airely Rodriguez, 9]

On Wednesday, Dec. 9, presidential candidate Donald Trump was attacked by a bald eagle during a photo shoot. [Sarah Booth, 12]

Chemistry teacher Kim Tarpey inhaled helium and sulfur hexafluoride to demonstrate different masses of gas and their effects on voices. [Kristen Baranski, 12]

Thursday, Dec. 10 was international human rights day, a day commemorating the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [Dani Fischer, 9]

On Thursday, Dec. 10, the girls swim team went to Tan Co. to get spray tans for their first meet on Friday. [Alyssa Fleming, 11]

During the unexpected fire-drill due to burnt popcorn on Thursday, Adventure Pursuits students had to run outside in their towels because they were in the middle of kayaking. [Julia Blatchford, 12]

Parkway West was on the news for students’ random acts of kindness posting encouraging sticky notes on the bathroom walls. [Maret Welby, 12]

Teacher Ed Sandheinrich climbed through his classroom window to avoid the mob traffic after everyone was dismissed from the fire-drill on Thursday. [Joyce Hsich, 9]

Freshman Maria Newton broke the school’s record for laps swam in twelve minutes with 88 laps. [Trinity Norris, 9]

Charlie Cutelli won the Movember teacher beard contest. [Maddie Schoessel, 10]

Senora Kiser’s spanish classes had parties with food and a pinata on Friday, Dec. 11. [Kacie Bergh, 10]