- June 5On to the next
- May 22The fun in finance
- May 22Photo of the Week - May 22
- May 22Spring in action: A look into West's 2026 spring sports season
- May 21French en route
- May 19Sarah Johnson
- May 19Crime, class and consequence
- May 18Athletes of West - Alexander Berryhill
- May 15What Happens Next
- May 15An empty table
![Smiles high and pom-poms higher, Junior Sophia Allen jumps with excitement for her dance team. Their performance lit up the sidelines and kept the crowd energized all night long. “No matter the stress or pressure I feel in life, dance is [always] my escape and priority,” Allen said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/gallery-1-1-1200x800.jpg)
![Performing at the Fabulous Fox for the 16th Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition, junior Alisha Yin delivers her Program Oral Interpretation titled “Ways to Find Your Voice.” Yin centered her piece around Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and First Amendment rights. “[Yin] has worked really hard to get here. She is persistent. She doesn’t give up. Even if something seems out of reach, she does a lot better than other people at always trying to [reach her goals]. She always advocates for what she believes, [so it] has always reflected her ideas or priorities,” junior Lillian Chen said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/DSC_9907-2-1200x800.jpg)
![Nailed by Sabrina’s nail station is set up in freshman Sabrina Asim’s basement. When she started, Asim made sure to use high-quality supplies and make the people that she works with feel comfortable. “She really wants to make sure that people like her nails. At the nail salon, they're like, ‘Here [are] your nails,’ and it's hard to speak up about them, but [Asim will] ask, ‘Do you like this? Does this look good?’” freshman Isabella Hawiger said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_5937.jpg)
![Holding Mr. Ray, Alumna Sara McGinnis poses for a photo inside the Whisker Station Cat Cafe and Lounge. Created in 2020, the cafe serves as a safe space for foster cats, as well as a fun place for people to visit. “A lot of people come here to spend some time [playing] with the cats, especially if they don’t or can’t have them,” McGinnis said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-2026-02-04-1.22.42-PM.png)
![Junior Natalie Cochran sits atop her horse during a competition. Focused and trained, her horse follows her
commands as she guides it around the field. “The most rewarding [part of] riding is just being around the horses and getting to ride with all my friends,” Cochran said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_8352-1.jpg)
![After creating paper airplanes, Aviation Club founders and juniors Daniel Casserly (left) and Ajay Raman (right) discuss different routes a plane can take as they chart courses across a map. The main purpose of Aviation Club wasn’t simply to chart courses, however. “The goal for the club is to bring people [interested] in aviation together and [to] inspire people [to pursue their interests],” Raman said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/DSC0114-2-1200x800.jpg)
![Freshman Daphne Stokes looks at a table with Veterans Day flyers and information on Nov. 11. Stokes, along with other West High students, like senior Alexander Lewinski, passed by the table in the cafeteria with army recruitment information and giveaways for students to observe during lunch. “Talking with [the recruiters] has definitely helped me [find] where I wanted to go, more than anything else,” Lewinski said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DSC_1227-2-1200x800.jpg)
![The narrow lens contrasts with a diverse reality; whitewashing means altering or concealing something to make it more appealing to white people. The word “whitewashed” as it is used today has caused identity crises for thousands, if not millions, of students. “I have been called whitewashed before, and it feels very sad. [It’s] just hard because it makes me not know who I am. You don’t get a lot of backlash for [saying it], so I think it’s a throwaway term for people who aren’t affected by it. When you are the person [who] is being called whitewashed, over time, it builds up,” sophomore Raaga Golla said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_5740-1-300x200.jpg)
![There are more than 20 open cardio machines at Crunch Fitness. I enjoyed the spacious environment at Crunch, a sentiment that was shared by sophomore Sanjana Daggubati. “[Going to] Crunch Fitness was the right decision because [it] feels more professional. Crunch’s workers are laid back, but not to the point where they don't care,” Daggubati said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_5242-1-300x225.jpg)
![Two of Pathfinder’s most recent editorial accolades shine on display in journalism teacher Lindsey Katz’s room. Pathfinder was recognized as a SNO Distinguished Site on April 24. “Praise isn’t everything, but it feels so nice to see the hard work of our staff recognized. So much more than just writing words on a page occurs [in journalism], and I am so glad people see that. I love being surrounded by such talented writers, but also such great people,” editor-in-chief and junior Payton Dean said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DSC_4941-300x200.jpg)
![Setting up the activity for his first meeting, Financial Literacy Club founder and sophomore Yash Bandiananthaiah writes on the whiteboard. For the first meeting, Bandiananthaiah created an interactive experience for members to immerse themselves in. “To me, the most important thing during a meeting is to make sure we are all engaged and participating, and [I do this by] always making sure we have a hands-on activity,” Bandiananthaiah said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DSC5306-1200x798.jpg)
![Hand raised into the air, senior Lauren Anstrom watches as her graduation cap flies along with the caps of all her peers. Anstrom hopes to leave behind the legacy as someone who was kind, hardworking, and always supportive of others. “Tossing my graduation cap honestly felt surreal. In that moment, everything hit me at once with all the excitement, relief and a little sadness too. It felt really emotional [because] this was the end of such a big chapter of my life, but also exciting knowing that everyone was about to start a completely new journey,” Anstrom said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DSC_3031-Enhanced-NR-2-1200x800.jpg)
![French teacher Blair Hopkins enters City Coffee & Creperie in Clayton, Mo. for breakfast with her Honors French 4 students and AP French 5 students. Both classes went on a field trip to a fair trade chocolate factory in St. Louis to begin their unit on Côte D’Ivoire, a major producer of cocoa beans. “My ideal school would just be the Magic School Bus — you would always learn about things by going someplace and learning hands-on, being able to see it yourself and asking people questions. I think [learning is] always so much more memorable if you can experience it firsthand,” Hopkins said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DSC2795-1200x798.jpg)