The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder
The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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Using front page news and unbiased sources, sophomore Kathryn McAuliffe researches the topic of her next article for Balance the Ballot. Balance the Ballot is an organization run for kids and by kids to help educate them on current events, and McAuliffe has been writing for them since August. “I think information is so powerful. You want people to be prepared, especially in today's political climate where it's kind of need-to-know information. Having [it] available to students really enables us to better save the world,” McAuliffe said.

Sophomore Kathryn McAuliffe spreads power to peers through accessible knowledge

Brinda Ambal, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief • January 18, 2019

Passion for social justice and current events led sophomore Kathryn McAuliffe to write articles for Balance the Ballot, an Instagram account run by students, for students. “I really liked their message...

Ending her video on a happy note, Aaliyah sends her viewers off with a cheer. Weston joined Youtube in 2012, and has since accumulated more than 4,000 subscribers. "I just think making videos is a fun hobby. It has gotten me a lot of opportunities," Weston said. "I really want to be an actress, but as a side hobby it is a really wonderful thing that I get to do."

Rising Youtube sensation junior Aaliyah Weston’s channel has almost 5,000 subscribers

Jenna Mercer, Convergent Media Writer • January 17, 2019

Now reaching almost 5,000 subscribers, junior Aaliyah Weston created her YouTube channel two years ago. However, last year she reconstructed her channel after she started gaining hundreds of subscribers. Weston...

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...

Scott Bender prepares for a four minute fight scene for the short film, “The Eagles are a Country Music Band,” in which he starred. The film made its premiere at the HollyShorts Film Festival in Hollywood in August and the fight scene took 12 hours to film with the help of a stunt choreographer, a fight choreographer, a props team and a special effects team. “Me and the actress who plays my wife [get into a huge fight] and it is a little over the top, but it is part of the film. She breaks a wine bottle and throws it at me and it gets stuck in my back and I pull it out. We just have this crazy fight and she ends up killing me. The prop team attached a harness that goes around my chest and back and they cut a hole out of the shirt and put the shirt over the hardness and lodged the bottle into a suction cup in the harness so it looks like it went through my shirt and my back,” Bender said. “It is a really cool action movie and I have never done something to that effect before so it was really cool to learn how they do that so I can look at all these movies that have all these special effects and fights in them and break them down.”

Surviving as an actor in Hollywood

Sarah Lashly, COPY COACH • December 10, 2018

From taking on lead roles in short films to participating in Buzzfeed and Google Home commercials, 2005 alumnus Scott Bender has pursued his passion as an actor in Hollywood. This dream first surfaced...

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...

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