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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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Seniors Audrey Frost and Anna Worpvik participate in homecoming week by dressing up as the cookie and the baker.

Upperclassmen experience exchange

Allie Collins, Staff Writer October 28, 2015
Junior Tina Tang and senior Anna Worpvik spent the last three months on foreign soil, learning about and experiencing the American culture firsthand during their exchange periods. Tang will be here for a first semester; while Worpvik will be here for the full year.
Awardees standing on risers applaud as President Obama enters the room. There were 108 awardees this year, all teachers of secondary math or science classes. "We were all just mesmerized. They lined us up on risers and since I’m short I got to sit in the front," Knop said. "Very nonchalantly one of the doors opened and the president walked in."

Math teacher Ruth Knop sets a National precedent for teaching

Emily Dickson, CONCEPTUAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF October 23, 2015
Ruth Knop, who teaches Algebra II and Honors Precalculus at West, met President Obama when she was honored with a Presidential Award for Mathematics Teaching this summer.
Grace Miller and her cross country team threw a party for Cutelli's birthday in his classroom by filling his room with four hundred and fifty embarrassing photos of him on Oct. 15. [Rachel Ebner]

Week of Oct. 12 – 16

Mary Galkowski, Staff Photographer October 22, 2015
Librarian Brian Welch stayed after school for five hours on Oct. 15 to help students with their research papers for English IV.
Terrence Roberts Q&A

Terrence Roberts Q&A

Sydney Kinzy, PHOTO EDITOR October 21, 2015

How did your initial impression of West compare to your initial impression of Central High? A lot of things are similar in terms of the way things are run. The educational process really hasn’t been...

Week of Oct. 5 - 9

Week of Oct. 5 – 9

Mary Galkowski, Staff Writer October 13, 2015
On Thursday, Oct. 8, the JV boys soccer team had to run eight miles. Find out why here.
The senior section raises their arms to honor their homecoming court nominees.

Dressed to have the time of our lives: Storify

Shannon Anderson, Editor-in-Chief October 9, 2015
Last week, students took to their closets (and their local Goodwill) to scope out fashion-forward and spirited costumes for West's annual homecoming under the theme "Having The Time of Our Lives."

Boy Scout summer adventures

Peyton Gaskill, STAFF WRITER October 7, 2015
These three West High scouts travelled the country and the world to experience what Boy Scouts had to offer over the break. Life Scout freshman Ryan Mound began his summer with a trip to the sunshine state while participating in the High Adventure Sea Base.
Senior quarterback Megan Loaney used the "wrong ball" play during Powderpuff, and scored a touchdown, but it did not count. Later, she received a text from referee Tom Herpel apologizing that the play was fair and should have been counted. [Maret Welby, 12]

Week of Sept. 30 – Oct. 2

Mary Galkowski, Photographer, Staff Writer October 6, 2015
NewsChannel 5 interviewed Alex Rossi in the library on Oct. 2 about the Pathfinder article about him.
Shots of Shoush Jewelry being worn by the West Community.

Seniors co-own Shoush Designs

Gwenn Pietrowski, Staff Writer October 2, 2015
You have likely seen a handful of girls wearing leather corded choker necklaces with a pearl attached to the center.
During Ceramics class junior Alex Rossi glazes his pot before it is fired.

Meet the man behind the wheels

Kristin Priest, STAFF WRITER September 29, 2015
Meet junior Alex Rossi.