In the seventh grade, what started as a joke turned into a 47 episode podcast about teenage life in 2021.
Freshmen Shirah Ramaji, Samir Shaik, Gianna Lionelli and Cassidy Olliff started recording...
The impact of Black journalists is felt year-round, not solely during Black History Month. Black writers have made immeasurable progress since the days of laws that prohibited Blacks from reading and writing....
Outside of school, math teacher Jason Townsend can be found at the podium guiding college students at Maryville University through website and app development.
Townsend has over 22 years of high school...
The tanggu, a Chinese drum, beats in rhythm with the red and gold dancing lion while the eager crowd parades along excitedly. The onlookers smile with warmth underneath their masks, celebrating the arrival...
After receiving a diagnosis in the eighth grade, senior Zina Alshekhlee works to recover from major surgery to help better her scoliosis.
At first, it had little impact on Alshekhlee's life; however,...
Ava Griswold, Yearbook Editor-in-Chief
• January 27, 2022
With a family history in the military, junior Audrey Griswold decided at the age of 13 that she wanted to continue the family legacy, serving her country.
Griswold is thinking about the Naval Academy...
In October 2020, thousands of people gathered on a hill in Moscow Mills, Mo. buzzing with anticipation. With the first fizz and crackle, everyone held their breath and looked up as the show began. This...
After browsing the internet looking at a forum for computer science, freshman Sasha Tripathi stumbled upon a Congressional App Challenge. Looking for something to do during COVID-19, Tripathi decided to...
Maddy Bach, Yearbook Contributor
• January 25, 2022
With Instagram inspiration and COVID-19 boredom, seniors Claire Folkins and Lauren Beach noticed their friends’ desire for Shein prices and put their digital cutting Cricut machine to work. Customers...
Foreign language teacher Blair Hopkins has received many emails throughout her time with Teach for America. However, one of these emails offered Hopkins a new opportunity to continue her teaching career....
![Working on code with his dad, freshman Sasha Tripathi continues to fix some bugs on his project after winning the Congressional App Challenge for creating an app that detects skin cancer. “It makes me proud because I put my own hard work into it, and it just feels really good to have [it all] pay off,” Tripathi said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20220123_153841-e1643121339648-900x563.jpg)
![Posing for a picture, seniors Claire Folkins and Lauren Beach wear their handmade hoodies from their small business @sundaymorning_stl. Folkins and Beach knew their target market and saw the opportunities from starting their own business. “We want [our customers] to feel like they are living like their Pinterest board,” Folkins said. “We found a way to make the sweatshirts many teens want, affordable and customizable which is different from a professional online shop.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_8526-e1643036953518-900x735.jpg)
![Foreign language teacher Blair Hopkins stands by the smart board while she teaches her Spanish One class about different food items. Though Hopkins began with teaching French, she now teaches both French and Spanish classes. “Self-pacing is the biggest thing I've tried to take away [from the Excellent Fellowship program] because there's no class in the world where every single person needs exactly 10 minutes to do a task,” Hopkins said. “I'm trying to learn more how to set it up so that everybody can work at their own pace.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Hopkins1-900x600.jpg)