Principal Jeremy Mitchell attends Rosh Hashanah service at a local synagogue
September 22, 2017
Fifty-two area high school principals were invited to attend Rosh Hashanah services at United Hebrew on Sept. 21 with Jewish students and faculty. Principal Jeremy Mitchell was one of the two principals who accepted the offer. “The community thought it was really terrific because it gives the opportun...
Virtual Enterprise kicks off for second year, adding a second business
Hannah Hoffmann, Technical Design Editor-in-Chief
September 22, 2017
Although the 2016-17 academic year marked the debut of Virtual Enterprise International at West, the program quickly drew national attention with its first company, Spire. Growing student interest in the class brought about a new challenge: kicking off the 2017-18 year with not one, but two, student-l...
BREAKING NEWS: St. Louis prepares for largest social justice demonstrations since Ferguson
Carly Anderson, Managing EiC Intern
September 15, 2017
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Left turns create chaos
Nell Jaskowiak, Opinions editor
September 15, 2017
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It is a scene that everyone knows and groans about: leaving school after the 2:30 p.m. bell, only to be held up at the top of the junior lot by a car that has decided to turn left and force their way into traffic.
Read more »Community reconnects through through 50th Anniversary Celebration
Bennett Davis, Staff Writer
September 15, 2017
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In honor of the doors opening 50 years ago, current students and alumni will come together on Sept. 23 for carnival events and treats, followed by a noon home football game vs Ladue. “If you've done something for 50 years, and have done it as well as we have here at Parkway West, we should celebrate...
Parkway’s food policy benefits athletes
Sabrina Bohn, Features Editor
September 14, 2017
Filed under news, showcase, sports
Although Parkway’s "food safety expectation" policy, implemented for the 2018 school year, has created uproar among students and staff, it does not apply to extracurricular activities, including athletics. “Originally, the policy wasn’t going to allow us to do what we needed to do after school, beca...
Community hosts drive to raise money for Hurricane Harvey relief
Emily Dickson, Conceptual Editor in Chief
August 31, 2017
Producing devastation so critical that critics are comparing it to Katrina in 2005, hurricane Harvey has already dumped more than 50 inches of rain on the Houston, TX area since midnight of Aug. 25. Recovery is expected to cost at least 40 billion and take years. Recognizing the impact of this disaster, West alu...
Junior Cheryl Ma and sophomore Gokul Venkatachalam prepare for FBLA Nationals
Wonsang Lee, Staff Writer
May 24, 2017
Junior Cheryl Ma and sophomore Gokul Venkatachalam’s summers will be spent going to an event only a few thousand students nationwide will attend: the FBLA National Leadership Conference. From June 29 to July 2, Ma and Venkatachalam will be going to Anaheim, Calif. to showcase their skills and to compe...
The Weight of the Classroom
Anjali Shah, Staff Writer
May 23, 2017
With finals week upon us, textbooks, laptops and binders are just a few of the heavy items that spill out of backpacks as students stuff their bags to the brim. Despite the practicality of backpacks, they may endanger the health and safety of students. “Since at least 1998, we’ve noticed back...
Students TEAM up for national competition
Lilly Bucher, Staff Writer
May 23, 2017
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This summer juniors Alec Zhou, Adam Johnson, Haran Kumar, Yash Nayak, Sophia McMorrow, Sophia Malpocker, Alexa Ling and Rachel Wang are participating in the Tests of Engineering, Aptitude, Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) national competition in Orlando, FL. From June 21-24, the students will work as a team...
