Gateway to Change teaches students about social, economic and community issues
Leah Schroeder, Staff Writer
February 19, 2019
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I can go shopping without someone assuming that I am shoplifting, or that I am dangerous in the store, or without being followed reads English teacher Kim Hanan-West to a room full of 80 students from across the Metropolitan St. Louis Area. I can easily find band-aids that match my skin tone. Hanan...
Quill and Scroll Members capitalize on Maria Kondo’s “Tidying Up” to help other students
Tre Bell, Staff Writer
February 15, 2019
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Piles of garbage bags covered the floor of room 3000 for a week as Convergence Journalism students walked single file throughout the classroom to avoid falling over the clothing-filled stack. “Over the summer I was consulting other high school advisers at the Herff Jones Yearbook Camp on how to ...
Students write letters to Marjory Stoneman Douglas students on the anniversary of the Parkland shooting
Claire Smout, Awards Coordinator
February 12, 2019
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Thursday will mark the one year anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, FL Feb. 14, 2018, a former student opened fire, claiming the lives of 17 students and staff members and injuring 17 more. In an effort to honor the community on the anniversary of this tragedy, j...
Families deal with effects of government shutdown
Sabrina Bohn, Deputy Managing EiC
February 8, 2019
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After the longest government shutdown in United States history, government workers are still adjusting from the two paychecks that they missed during the 35-day period. “Initially, we just figured the shutdown would be over in a short time. It was okay, and it was easier to go into work at the be...
Friends and family come together to support the Morgan-Hopkins family
Carly Anderson, Copy Editor
February 6, 2019
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Following a house fire at 3 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, the Morgan-Hopkins family was left without food, clothes or a place to stay. The family and their pets made it out safely, but are now in need of restaurant gift cards and self-care items as they recover. “As a friend of the Hopkins’, I want to ...
Cinematography and Screenwriting class debuts this semester
Susie Seidel, Staff Writer
January 24, 2019
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After one year preparing and researching, theater department Head Amie Gossett began teaching a new fine art course titled Cinematography and Screenwriting. The idea for the class arose at a meeting of fine art department leaders in the district discussing the sequence of classes, and what could pot...
PWest Pathfinder nominated for its first ever NSPA Pacemaker Award
Maria Newton, Features Editor
January 22, 2019
The National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) has named the Parkway West High School Pathfinder as one of 44 finalists for the Pacemaker Award for Online Newspapers. This award is given to school news publications who display excellence in categories such as diverse coverage, content quality, design ...
Remembering alumna Mackenzie Naylor
Maria Newton, Features Editor
January 15, 2019
On Dec. 26 the community lost 2017 alumnus Mackenzie Naylor. Mackenzie was born Dec. 1, 1998, and was a prominent art student as well as a model for Local Ambition, who made their own memorial video for Mackenzie. Mackenzie was known for being genuine and never changing herself to please others. “Mackenzie was always unapologetically ...
Environmental Sustainability class puts on second successful benefit concert
Maria Newton, Features Editor
December 18, 2018
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The tradition of altruism from the Honors Environmental Sustainability class lived on in the second annual benefit concert, Pwest for Flint. The city of Flint, Michigan is still without clean drinking water after a pipe crisis in 2016 where their tap water was contaminated with lead and E. Coli. “[F...
Every Mind Matters creates space for honest mental health conversations
Sabrina Bohn, Deputy Managing EiC
December 17, 2018
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The idea of a club where students can shed stigmas surrounding mental health and freely discuss mental illness began budding in junior Katie Solodar’s mind last year. With the help of sophomore Arden Dickson, they were able to get this idea off the ground by creating the club Every Mind Matters. ...
