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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder

Latin teacher Jodi Wickman poses with her husband and her two children, Edmund and Cosette.

Getting to know Latin teacher Jodi Wickman

Gabby Leon, STAFF WRITER October 13, 2017

Pathfinder: What got you interested in teaching? Wickman: “After my master’s degree, I wanted to work in a museum and was interning in the education department of Milwaukee Public Museum. I decided...

Standing by a tent while camping, math teacher Michelle Meers poses by her dog, Meeko.

Learn more about math teacher Michelle Meers

Gabby Leon, STAFF WRITER October 5, 2017

Pathfinder: What got you interested in teaching? Meers: “When I first decided to become a teacher, it was because I simply wanted to do something that involved math, and teaching seemed like the best...

Sophomore Beatrice Antonenko poses for her headshot pictures. These photos will be used in the auditioning process for runway shows.

From running the hallways to walking the runway

Maddie Cooke, STAFF WRITER October 4, 2017

From her head to her heels, sophomore Beatrice Antonenko is created into a masterpiece for the runway. Her face is carefully painted with makeup; her outfit pieced together by an artist. Antonenko started...

Wilken uses glasses from the solar eclipse to observe the sun. He spent the entire day of the eclipse teaching science classes what he’s learned about the sun and letting students look through a solar filtered telescope at the sun.

Paris Wilken looks to the stars

Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR September 29, 2017

Every clear Friday night, Paris Wilken drives to Broemmelsiek Park and unpacks a huge, olive green box. He gets his telescope set up for a night of watching the stars, one of his biggest passions. “Before...

Weber poses with her husband, Ryan, her six-year old son, Michael and her four-year old son, Braden at the St. Louis Science Center.

Getting to know business teacher Holly Weber

Gabby Leon, STAFF WRITER September 29, 2017

Pathfinder: What got you interested in teaching? Weber: “My entire family is made up of teachers–my sister, my mom, my dad, my cousins and my grandma. I really think education is just in my blood!” What...

Freshman Max Werner holds one of the succulents he brought in for the club, adorning a jacket with patches and pins, one of which being a succulent pin. "Succulents are very easy to care for and are pretty," Werner said. "The soil is the hardest part of caring for a succulent. You have to get a special kind."

Freshman Max Werner’s love for succulents blossoms

Sydney Kinzy, PHOTO EDITOR September 22, 2017

Over the last year, Tumblr has become obsessed with the tiny, delicate plants called succulents, which are now peaking the interest of young gardeners. Freshman Max Werner is one of these succulent lovers. “They...

Jordy Berger explaining beef carcass evaluation at the Porter County Fair where he served as the official judge for beef, pork and lamb carcass classes in Porter County, Indiana in July 2017.

Meet the meat scientist

Sarah Lashly, COPY COACH September 20, 2017

After graduating from high school in 2009, alumnus Jordy Berger felt lost without much direction for the future. “I ended up meandering through community college for the next couple years, when I...

Wearing t-shirts in support for Brynn, the tennis team huddles together before their match on Sept. 8.

Community gathers in support for sophomore Brynn Haun

Claire Smout, AWARDS COORDINATOR September 18, 2017

After being cleared a year ago of Ewing Sarcoma, sophomore Brynn Haun relapsed on June 16. While undergoing chemotherapy, she was diagnosed with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, an autoimmune disease...

From tending eggs to giving children a voice

From tending eggs to giving children a voice

Sydney Kinzy, PHOTO EDITOR September 18, 2017

In modern high school child development classes, students often take care of robotic children for a day. Back when 1988 alumna Shireen Kinzy was in high school, students would take care of an egg....