After graduating in 1998, alumnus Scott Schaefer expressed interest in managing Schaefer AutoBody, founded by his father Steve Schaefer in 1985, and began the process of taking over the business in 2010....
Susie Seidel, Convergence Media Editor
• March 21, 2018
Whether it is during a Sunday night scrimmage in the backyard or hearing him cheer them on during a soccer game, senior Alex Foelsch and sophomore Maddi Foelsch have always felt the support of their father,...
Pursuing his dreams of being a professional soccer player, Alumnus Leul Mesfin arrived in Verona, Italy Jan. 7 after graduating a semester early to play for Chievo Verona, a series A team, as a defensive...
Science Teacher Amy Cohen retells her adventures overseas before teaching at West.
After graduating from Drake University in 1997, science teacher Amy Cohen joined the Peace Corps and taught students...
Pathfinder: How did you become a principal at Parkway West?
Byrd: I was teaching social studies at Hickman High School, Columbia, Mo. In 1969, when I interviewed for an assistant principal's position...
With only one year under her belt in Parkway, English Teacher Taylor Rose was nominated for the 2018 Albert award.
The Albert award is a Parkway commendation award that applies to new teachers in their...
Passionate about dance, sophomore Maggie Lyerla has been twirling since the age of two. However, she faces a genetic disorder called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS), where joints are overly flexible, dislocate...
Sabrina Bohn, Managing Editor-in-Chief
• March 5, 2018
While most students dread the thought of writing a research paper, sophomore Anjali Shah got a head start on her future last fall by writing a textbook passage about ophthalmology and an informational...
Serving his community as a firefighter after graduating in 1990, alumnus Derrick Richardson was promoted to Fire Captain in Alton, Ill. He has been a firefighter since 1997 and was promoted after only...
Combining her love of the French language and desire to help others, sophomore Gabe Davis’ uses her passions to teach children, ages five to 12, French, at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) once a week....
![Bill Byrd (center left) stands with current principal Jeremy Mitchell, and former principals Dave McMillan and Beth Plunkett at West’s 50th anniversary football game and celebration. Byrd had continued to stay connected to the West community even after leaving his post as principal in 1987 through his three children’s enrollment and attendance to football and basketball games. “We currently have a granddaughter [sophomore Susie Seidel] at West and enjoy attending her activities and listening to her West stories. I feel very honored and fortunate to have been a part of West High for the past 50 years,” Byrd said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/unnamed-7-675x900.jpg)
![Typing on her laptop, Shah looks over the work she has done. Her research surrounds ophthalmology, and she has worked with graduate students studying the effect of the eclipse on retinas. “I got involved because my dad got me in contact with a few people, but then I reached out to more people at [Washington University] to see if I could help them work,” Shah said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DSC_0020-2-900x648.jpg)
