Amid the mundane sounds of the household, the gentle murmur of the kitchen sink, the insistent ticking of the clock and the constant white noise coming from the television, a sweet melody rings freely...
Growing up under the influence of diet culture was a base for freshman Alexis Briner’s healthy lifestyle to become harmful. In the summer of 2019, innocent thoughts to have smaller portions of food ultimately...
Not many young students dream of becoming a professional composer for a living; among the few is the freshman Samir Shaik.
Shaik started his composing journey in the sixth grade, including not only...
Sophomore Insang Lee first heard about Pencils for Success (PFS), an Atlanta-based organization providing underprivileged students with school supplies, from his sister. Instantly inspired, Lee started...
Watching her peers gaze over the instrument choices, fourth-grader Anushka Dharmasanam observed that no one was interested in the double bass. Viewing the opportunity to explore a different instrument,...
When junior Lexi Lutz and senior Claire LeDuc went shopping, they felt like they couldn’t find what they wanted. So they decided to create it themselves. LeDuc and Lutz started a clothing business through...
Fixing her high tight ponytail and wiping the sweat from her face, senior Emily O'Connor lightens the mood at practice with a cheesy joke as her team, ICE All-Stars Aftershock, perfects their routine before...
The smell of popcorn wafts through the air. Fans fill the bleachers in anticipation of the game. All eyes are on Wesley the mascot as the Longhorn security supports them for a stunt. Wesley topples over,...
In the seventh grade, what started as a joke turned into a 47 episode podcast about teenage life in 2021.
Freshmen Shirah Ramaji, Samir Shaik, Gianna Lionelli and Cassidy Olliff started recording...
The tanggu, a Chinese drum, beats in rhythm with the red and gold dancing lion while the eager crowd parades along excitedly. The onlookers smile with warmth underneath their masks, celebrating the arrival...
![Celebrating her journey, freshman Alexis Briner beams brightly with her family. Briner appreciates her parents greatly for their support during her journey with anorexia. “I was still in the depths of [the eating disorder] around the holidays. So there were a lot of meals and I remember I kind of panicked at a few of those. And so I would have to take time out and sometimes we'd have to leave the parties early. And then my parents would be upset because it was very time consuming, [but] they were troopers,” Briner said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/briner-feat-900x705.jpg)
![Sharing our Successes Working on a presentation, sophomores Keith Schultz, Andrew Son, and Insang Lee plan upcoming fundraising events for Pencils for Success (PFS). After he heard about the charity in September, Lee founded a St. Louis chapter of PFS. “Helping out others just makes you feel good [because] it makes you feel like you accomplished something that could affect more people than just you,” Lee said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/09143DB3-7FA6-49A9-A86B-7BEF1FFEDEAF-900x675.jpeg)
![After the winter concert for orchestra in high school, junior Anushka Dharmasanam learns a new piece, Movements III and IV of Britten’s Simple Symphony. Dharmasanam played the double bass for Missouri All-State Orchestra. “I was screaming [when I learned that I made it], and I was at my uncle’s house so we all hugged and celebrated,” Dharmasanam said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/image1-2-900x601.jpg)
![Posing for a picture, junior Lexi Lutz wears thrifted clothes to promote her brand, Divine Minds. Junior Thomas Anderson and Lutz ran similar businesses and collaborated to advertise each other's items. “[In Spark!] we get unstructured business time to work on our business, so Claire [LeDuc] and I went out and did a photoshoot in our clothing,” Lutz said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/image1-e1644118949174.jpg)
