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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Dressed in face masks, gloves and isolation gowns, students pose for a picture for their Health Careers Field Day field trip. Attendees were able to meet and talk with health professionals of varying occupations in the medical field. “I wanted to go because I want to be a doctor, and being able to submerge myself into this kind of environment and get an even better idea on my future career seemed fun and beneficial to me,” sophomore Mckenna Bendle said.

Health careers field trip takes students to Mercy Hospital

Carly Anderson, Managing EiC Intern October 31, 2017

Instead of sitting through periods two through four like your typical Friday morning, 15 students attended the Mercy Health Careers field trip along with dozens of other local high schools on Oct. 20 to...

Freshman Tyler Davis prepares to dive in warmups before conferences on Oct 26. “I really enjoyed the experience, the friendships developed with my teammates and to be part of this team and such a supportive community,” Davis said.

Boys swim and dive concludes successful season with state qualifiers

Bennett Davis, Staff Writer October 30, 2017

The boys swim and dive team is wrapping with a record of 8-5-1 after winning the Parkway Quad tournament. “This has been my first season on the team and it has been better than what I could have...

A student drinks coffee during school. Students currently bring coffee to school from places like Starbucks, Panera, and 6 North. I really hope that there’s good coffee. I’m not a Kaldi’s fan, so I think they should get good tasting coffee. We need people to know how to adequately operate the latte machines, junior Natalie Butler said.

Editorial: Caffeine or Quarantine

Pathfinder Editorial Board October 30, 2017

Encouraging individual and healthy snacks, the Parkway food policy frowns upon the sharing of food with other students and tries to steer students towards healthy, contamination-free food options in order...

Senior Bama Nanić poses with her colored ttdeye contacts and green diamante scarves hijab. In 20 hours, the picture gained 3,460 likes. “Middle school was when I fell in love with makeup, and in high school, I just really felt like stepping my game up,” Nanić said.

Highlights of senior Bama Nanić’s instagram influence

Nayeon Ryu, Convergent Media Writer October 27, 2017

With cheekbones sharper than a knife and a hijab placed delicately on her head, senior Bama Nanić kills the Instagram game with her following of 29.3k. Nanić has a public Instagram account where...

Senior Katy Ward verbally committed to the University of Michigan, a NCAA Division 1 school. She also received offers from Duke and Princeton. “Katys very driven and determined to do her best in rowing. I think Michigan will be very happy to have her,  St. Louis Rowing Club coach Tim Franck said.

On the boat to success: senior Katy Ward to row at the University of Michigan next fall

Susie Seidel, Convergent Media Writer October 27, 2017

Following years of creating a name for herself in the rowing world, senior Katy Ward committed to row at the University of Michigan next year, the number one school in the NCAA Central Division for the...

Standing with her father in front of Mount Missouri in Colorado, Stefanie Elsperman smiles after hiking 12 miles to the top of the mountain. Elsperman sees the outdoors as inspiration for meditation. “My family loves to go hiking, chilling out and meditating. We’re always out at parks with our dogs,” Elsperman said.

Stefanie Elsperman uses spiritual blog and group to inspire others

Sabrina Bohn, Features Editor October 27, 2017

Stefanie Elsperman, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis, did not have the typical high school experience. Instead of a standard four year high school program, she graduated a semester early...

Half-Light album review

Sabrina Bohn, Features Editor October 26, 2017

Rostam Batmanglij has been involved in multiple music projects throughout his career, including working with Frank Ocean, Solange Knowles and Carly Rae Jepsen, as well as playing in Vampire Weekend. I...

Posing with their first place plaque, the varsity girls volleyball team make longhorn symbols with their hands.

Varsity volleyball wins district championships

Emily Dickson and Carly Anderson October 25, 2017

Flying into a giant dog-pile at the conclusion of the third game, the volleyball team was all smiles and happy tears as they won district championships against rival Parkway Central on Oct. 20. “After...

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