Skip to Main Content
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

Juniors Kim Clyne and Sophie Spaulding check the light board, setting up for a dress rehearsal.

Junior Kim Clyne takes on professional responsibility as lighting designer

Katie Spillman, PHOTO EDITOR April 11, 2017

After spending 14 hours at school in just one day, junior Kim Clyne understanding the meaning of time management as the Theater Department’s lighting designer. “I create and design how the stage...

Sophomore Abby Socha does a cast handstand on bars at the World Class meet.

Sophomore Abby Socha prepares for regionals

Gabby Leon, STAFF WRITER April 5, 2017

After competing at over 50 gymnastics meets, spending countless hours at practice and learning different skills for over 13 years, sophomore Abby Socha has risen to level nine out of 10. “Level nine...

Michael Butler is a senior at West.

Throwback Thursday: Michael Butler

Tyler Hannegan, Staff Writer March 23, 2017

Pathfinder: How would you like people to remember you for who you are?    Butler: I would like people to remember me for my kindness and my personal accomplishments on the football team like earning...

Coach Dale Shepherd and Coach Nancy Sachtleben prepare the 2008 Track team for an upcoming meet.

Nancy Sachtleben battles ovarian cancer for the third time

Sarah Lashly, COPY COACH March 20, 2017

History teacher Nancy Sachtleben’s life forever changed Aug. 6, 2009 when she was diagnosed for the first time with the silent killer, ovarian cancer. “It was shock and disbelief for a few months...

Practicing the drums, sophomore Umer Mallick spins his stick.

Sophomore Umer Mallick beats to the sound of his own drum

Samantha Gaddis, COPY EDITOR March 17, 2017

After Umer Mallick went to a neighbor’s garage sale and saw a little boy jamming out on the drums in 2013, he wanted to see how hard playing them must be. Four years later, he's a sophomore and, with...

Meghan Beckmann is working on an Sahara-themed art project in Ceramics.

Sophomore Meghan Beckmann travels with Kiwanis International Japan Exchange Program

Carly Anderson, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief March 14, 2017

After her first year in Key Club (formerly COW), sophomore Meghan Beckmann is taking advantage of its opportunities and is on her way to Japan this June. “I just became involved in Key Club,” Beckmann...

Alumnus Sumner Mahaffey showcases Filipino culture with Hey Joe Show

Wonsang Lee, Staff Writer March 13, 2017

After graduating from West High in 2011, alumnus Sumner Mahaffey has journeyed worldwide in his quest to highlight Filipino culture, from a Mormon mission trip to the Philippines to his boy band, Hey Joe...

In the play, sophomore Patrick Clover plays Phil, a narrow-minded character.

How acting changed sophomore Patrick Clover’s life

Bennett Davis, STAFF WRITER March 8, 2017

Sophomore Patrick Clover moved to MO in fifth grade and played football. As the new year dawns on his sophomore year in high school, acting has become a larger force in his life. Clover began his acting...

Priest sleeps her life away as the pain killers and chemo medication treat her arthritic symptoms.

A patient drowning in pain killers, a doctor swimming in money

Kristin Priest, STAFF WRITER March 8, 2017

Something was wrong, and my mom had realized that. Each time I went back to my rheumatologist, I told them that I felt worse, and their response was a higher dosage of medications. There was a time when...

Emily Bauer with Poetry out Loud sponsor Andria Benmuvhar at the St. Louis Poetry Out Loud competition.

Senior Emily Bauer participates in Poetry out Loud 2017

Gaby Van Winkle, Staff Writer March 6, 2017

Senior Emily Bauer will be representing St. Louis County at the Poetry Out Loud State competition in Jefferson City, MO on March 9.   “It feels great, and it’s such an honor to have gotten this...