The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder
The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder
The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder
Senior Shahzan Mian holds a strip of potassium over a bunsen burner. Mian has pursued accelerated math and science courses in order to follow a career in medicine. "I’ve worked so hard in high school and I’ve had the stress of the ACT and all of the standardized tests. If I can get the solid guarantee of getting into medical school, which is a very, very difficult thing to do, statistically, I won’t have to stress as much," Mian said.

From purposely tanking a placement exam to applying to medical programs

Fatema Rehmani, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief • January 10, 2019

The test proctor announces that time has expired, marking the completion of another AP exam for senior Shahzan Mian. It's already his 12th such test over the past four years. With one eye on high school...

Smiling with friends, sophomore Joe Rosenberg participates in a 5-day hike across the Northern part of Israel. Rosenberg, alongside other students in the Heller High program, slept outside and self-navigated for the entire duration of their journey. “On the last day, I happened to flip over my bike and gash my hands so I got to ride in a medic car all the way to the Mediterranean Sea,” Rosenberg said.

A trip to the holy land

Sophia Ferretti, Convergent Media Writer • January 7, 2019

Saying his goodbyes, sophomore Joe Rosenberg boards the plane at JFK airport to fly 12 hours halfway across the world. “I decided to come on this program [NFTY Heller High] to connect and learn more...

Sitting atop the viewing tower fence, junior Nathan Clem celebrates making it to the summit of the Porcupine Mountains. Clem and his friend Jacob Carpenter led a week-long expedition in the mountain range that included a trip to the summit.

Junior Nathan Clem gives outdoor experience to Chicago kids

Zaven Nalbandian, STAFF WRITER • December 20, 2018

This past summer, junior Nathan Clem spent his time off backpacking in the Porcupine Mountains in Wisconsin, where he worked as a camp counselor. The camp is called Camp Jorn, a subsidiary of the YMCA,...

Book in hand, NEHS sponsor and English teacher Kim Hanan-West discusses with sophomore Trinity Peoples. When former student, Gabe Davis asked Hanan-West about an English honors society, Hanan-West did some research and started applying to NEHS. “I would encourage any student who is passionate about books, literacy and writing to apply,” Hanan-West said.

National English Honors Society seeks to serve students

Claire Smout, AWARDS COORDINATOR • December 18, 2018

Mu Alpha Theta for math, Beta Chi Pi for science, Rho Kappa for history and...no honors society for English. That is, until this fall, which brought the beginning of a National English Honors Society (NEHS)...

While Cadet Teaching in Culinary Arts, Zander Lionelli stirs homemade spaghetti sauce.

Cooking with passion

Sophia Ferretti, Convergent Media Writer • December 14, 2018

Standing in the kitchen, hovering over the stovetop, senior Zander Lionelli creates a pasta recipe from scratch. Lionelli’s free time is always spent in the kitchen. “I typically like to make pasta...

Staring ahead, sophomores Camila Angulo, senior Hira Khan, sophomore Ulaa Kuziez and senior Kinza Awais stand together at school. Although they feel mostly accepted at school, they face discrimination at times due to their religions and identity as immigrants. “It doesn’t happen as much at West, but I definitely get it sometimes where it doesn’t happen to my face. I’d rather have people say it to my face, so I can give them a chance to explain themselves, and I can have a chance to explain myself,” Khan said. “I’ve heard behind my back, whether I’m sitting in class, or just in the halls, that someone either will point out that I look different or has said something to me. I’ve definitely gotten a lot of terrorist jokes made at me.”

Seniors Kinza Awais and Hira Khan share students’ stories of immigration

Sabrina Bohn, Managing Editor-in-Chief • December 10, 2018

While most students would groan at the thought of an English project, seniors Kinza Awais and Hira Khan used the opportunity to address a topic they care about by creating a video raising awareness about...

Standing alone, junior Aaliyah Weston completes a dance routine while her poms teammates drop to the floor. The team performed with the entire school watching at the Homecoming pep assembly Sept. 28. “Once I got all that applause it was like, ‘Oh, I do matter and I’m a black girl making a change at Parkway West,’” Weston said.

Behind the glitz and glamor: junior Aaliyah Weston’s fight against black stereotypes

Tyler Kinzy, Managing Editor-in-Chief • December 7, 2018

“Being a token black kid, not being allowed to be angry ever because people just know me as–” Junior Aaliyah Weston pauses, searching for the right words before redirecting her line of thought. “You...

A Parkway school bus waits outside the building's front entrance.

Zip code and skin color: the power in the stories that nobody tells

Tyler Kinzy, Managing Editor-in-Chief • December 7, 2018

Sixty years ago, 10 before Parkway West opened its doors, Arkansas governor Orval Faubus infamously shut down the entirety of Little Rock’s public high school system following pressure from the federal...

Junior Carly Anderson readjusts a branch for the birds to hang on. Even though Anderson is busy, she had to comfort one distraught bird so she could focus. “There’s a really young pigeon that just sits in his cage and cries until someone takes him out and holds him,” Anderson said. “One day there was a lot of work to do, so no one had time to sit and pay attention to him, but he just kept crying and crying so eventually I just put him on my shoulder and let him watch me work.”

Saving birds one wing at a time

Andrew Li, STAFF WRITER • December 6, 2018

Volunteering her time as a medical intern at Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center (WBR),  junior Carly Anderson works doing various activities, ranging from spraying down old cages to digging up worms. Initially,...

Standing tall, junior Makenna Rugani poses in her South Technical High School (South Tech) uniform. Rugani attends South Tech in pursuit of one day becoming a police officer. "The media makes some people believe we are the enemy, when in fact is is the opposite," Rugani said.

Junior Makenna Rugani pursues a career in law enforcement

Layne Bierk, Convergent Media Writer • November 30, 2018

Every morning by 7:35 a.m., junior Makenna Rugani stands in a single file line ready for inspection at South Technical High School. Rugani's relationship with her grandfather inspired her to serve as...

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