New Courses on the Block
Sixteen requests, four alternates. For years, students have logged into Infinite Campus to register for the following year’s courses. While the registration period has passed, several new courses have made their way onto 2022-23 schedules. Students can still contact their counselors for schedule changes. The new classes cater to student interest, covering anything from music, media, or contemporary issues. Students can find new courses that suit their needs.
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![Greeting students with a poem and a smile, junior Nicole Imral hands out one of many pocket-sized poems in her stack. Spread out near the school entrances, Imral and several other National English Honors Society (NEHS) members informed students and staff about the day and handed out poems. “I love poetry. I was excited about [Poem in Your Pocket Day] because its fun to read a bunch of different poems youve never read before, especially short ones because its easier to get through them,” Imral said.](https://PWestPathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSC_0093.JPG_-1-240x150.jpg)
![Arms reaching out, sophomore Emma Nunnelee plunges into the pool. During the meet Jan. 20, the dive team lost to Lafayette 88-98. “Weve done well, [but] it hasnt been easy. I feel we could do a lot better if we had better conditions,” Nunnelee said.](https://PWestPathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Pool-feature-photo-240x150.jpeg)
![While taking a selfie, freshman Samir Shaik and his friends try on face masks. Skincare, a prominent part of South Korean culture, was focused on during the club meeting dedicated to the country. “[My friends and I] wanted to try something different in this club. They offered us facemasks and we were just like, ‘Of course we’d [try them]’. I had never tried a face mask and [neither had] some of my friends. So it was a mess trying to put them on, but it was so fun,” Shaik said. “I just love that this moment was captured in a photo.”](https://PWestPathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/selfiephotoshopped-240x150.jpg)
![Board member-elect Tiffany Mapp Franklin was recently voted onto the school board as a replacement for Kristy Klein Davis. Davis was offered a job transfer in Florida and had to resign from her position. “I have been asked to run for the past two years, and I was considering it, but I also [was involved] with other activities that took a lot of time, so it wasn’t an ideal moment to run. When this vacancy occurred, it seemed like it was at the right time,” Franklin said.](https://PWestPathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/unnamed-5-240x150.png)
![Greeting students with a poem and a smile, junior Nicole Imral hands out one of many pocket-sized poems in her stack. Spread out near the school entrances, Imral and several other National English Honors Society (NEHS) members informed students and staff about the day and handed out poems. “I love poetry. I was excited about [Poem in Your Pocket Day] because its fun to read a bunch of different poems youve never read before, especially short ones because its easier to get through them,” Imral said.](https://PWestPathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSC_0093.JPG_-1-475x317.jpg)
![Arms reaching out, sophomore Emma Nunnelee plunges into the pool. During the meet Jan. 20, the dive team lost to Lafayette 88-98. “Weve done well, [but] it hasnt been easy. I feel we could do a lot better if we had better conditions,” Nunnelee said.](https://PWestPathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Pool-feature-photo-475x316.jpeg)
![While taking a selfie, freshman Samir Shaik and his friends try on face masks. Skincare, a prominent part of South Korean culture, was focused on during the club meeting dedicated to the country. “[My friends and I] wanted to try something different in this club. They offered us facemasks and we were just like, ‘Of course we’d [try them]’. I had never tried a face mask and [neither had] some of my friends. So it was a mess trying to put them on, but it was so fun,” Shaik said. “I just love that this moment was captured in a photo.”](https://PWestPathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/selfiephotoshopped-475x317.jpg)
![Sophomores Ben Gingrich, Nora Fredrick, Ryan Smith and Maddox Miller, sit in the library during Casey Hollands English 2 class. The students decorated cards for children in the hospital with supplies from the librarys Creative Commons craft corner. “I love to see [students] work on it. I love to see their creative side [because] I dont get to see that as much. I love to see their little hidden talents and what they create,” librarian Lauren Reusch said. “Everyone [is] just relaxing and enjoying themselves, able to sit back with their friends. I think that [relaxing is] a really important piece of the school day too.”](https://PWestPathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/image1-copy-e1647020976676-475x323.jpg)
![Principal Jeremy Mitchell sits in his homecoming float and waves to the students lined on the sidewalk for the homecoming parade. During homecoming week, he enjoyed getting to build connections with students. “I couldn’t have asked for anyone better to work for,” Athletic Director Brian Kessler said. “[He] pulled off homecoming, [when] nobody knew what it was going to look like. It happened, it was great, it was beautiful, and [students] loved it.”](https://PWestPathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_0579-475x317.jpg)
