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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

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Students plan to survive second semester

Students plan to survive second semester

Claire Dreller, Staff Writer January 13, 2016
As students get in the groove of second semester, some find that motivation is hard to find. For seniors, this is the last stretch of their high school career; for juniors it is the final days of the “hardest year of high school.” Sophomores and freshmen still have a while to go.
Week of Jan. 5-8

Week of Jan. 5-8

Mary Galkowski, Photographer January 11, 2016
Mali Seagele's air freshener balls inside her basketball bag were mistaken as drugs by the drug dogs.

The future is now

Hannah Hoffmann, TECHNICAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF January 6, 2016

While this generation is one of many stuck before the era of what many would consider to be “the future”—flying cars, chrome-covered everything, even maybe some lightsabers or a Death Star—innovation...

The gingerbread contest was held in the cafeteria on Thursday, Dec. 17 [Gwenn Pietrowski, 12]

Week of Dec. 14 – 18

Mary Galkowski, Staff Writer / Photographer December 23, 2015
Jim Hermann's AP World History class had an ethnic food day where students brought food from their ancestral background heritage lands.
Junior Tyler Hannegan and Senior Ally Guccione sit on a couch and enjoy the popular holiday drink, peppermint hot chocolate.

The do’s and do not’s of winter break

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF December 23, 2015

Finals are over. A weight has been lifted off your back, the air smells fresher and the whole world is brighter. There’s absolutely no homework and you have nothing left to do. So, what do you do? The...

Student reactions to winter finals: Storify

Student reactions to winter finals: Storify

Jacob Cupps, Editor-in-Chief December 22, 2015
It's that time of the year again: hilarious tweets to help us forget how truly stressed we are.

Junior Remi Aalfs bucks the trend

Emily Dickson, CONCEPTUAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF December 14, 2015
Junior Remi Aalfs creates trends by breaking trends.

Week of Dec. 7 – 11

Mary Galkowski December 14, 2015
The anniversary of Pearl Harbor was Monday, Dec. 7.
Maddie Hopkins: Designer on the rise

Maddie Hopkins: Designer on the rise

Claire Dreller, Staff Writer December 11, 2015
Looking for inspiration in a culture still slightly unfamiliar to her, senior Maddie Hopkins spent Wednesday, Nov. 4, at St. Louis Fashion Week (STLFW) at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel. Hopkins attended the event in hopes of finding inspiration for her future.
Abby Kottmeyer works towards her future

Abby Kottmeyer works towards her future

Ellie Widowski, Staff Writer December 10, 2015
During the summer of 2012, junior Abby Kottmeyer spent every day in the hospital for two weeks. She was not injured. She was not sick.