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Junior Sydney Veltman poses with her dog, Carlee, in the photo that was submitted to the Petco contest.

Junior Sydney Veltman spreads holiday cheer to animals in need

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF December 20, 2016

This December, holiday wishes aren’t just for humans. Junior Sydney Veltman is looking to spread holiday cheer to abandoned animals in the St. Louis area through a contest sponsored by Petco. “Our...

Dakota Access Pipeline remains on hold

Bridget Noonan, STAFF WRITER December 13, 2016

Protesters are battling the Dakota Access Pipeline project to keep the 1,172 mile long pipeline from crossing under the Missouri River.  Controversy arose after its approval January 2015. The pipeline...

Y-Kiki Divers to host scuba photos with Santa on Dec. 3

Y-Kiki Divers to host scuba photos with Santa on Dec. 3

Emily Dickson, CONCEPTUAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF December 2, 2016
In order to participate, divers must be certified and bring at least $15 worth of canned food or product donations to donate.
At a 2014 Parkway Alumni Association day at the Cardinals game, retired Principal Al Burr throws out the game's first pitch for Parkway Family Day at the ballpark. It was the last home game of the season. Hundreds of former students and colleagues flew in from all over the country to cheer him on, including Stone Phillips even came. "Al remembered the names of every single person, even after not seeing many of them for 30+ years," Parkway Alumni Association Director Leah McCoy said.

Former Principal, Dr. Al Burr’s memorial service is Dec. 3

Sydney Kinzy, PHOTO EDITOR December 1, 2016

The first principal of West High, Dr. Al Burr, passed away on Sept. 25 at the age of 85. A memorial ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. on Dec. 3 at the Chesterfield Presbyterian Church and is open...

Today is Election Day; don’t forget to vote

Justin Cupps and Nell Jaskowiak November 8, 2016
Nov. 8 marks the 58th U.S. presidential election with USA Today polling 45.5% of the popular vote for Hillary Clinton and 42.2% for Donald Trump as of last night.
Freshmen Beatrice Antonenko and Katie Solodar perform "Treat You Better" by Shawn Mendes, covering the instrumentals with their ukeleles. "We were thinking about what songs we've heard on the radio, and we just played around with it. The first line we figured out was 'We can prove your innocence,' and then we thought that the song could actually work well as a parody. The ukelele part was already written, we both decided to do it together," Antonenko said.

Honors English I students compete in mock “American Idol”

Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR October 28, 2016

Juniors Sydnee Yap and Emma Richards rehearse in the first violin section of the Symphonic Orchestra.

Orchestra set to host concert on Oct. 26

Wonsong Lee, Convergent Media Writer October 26, 2016
Playing a variety of song genres from classic rock to baroque overtures, the eighth grade orchestra will play alongside the Concert, Chamber and Symphonic Orchestras on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m in the theater.
All four participating students pose for photos offered at the competition.

Students compete in sixth annual Globalhack competition

Pat H. Finder, Staff Writer October 24, 2016

After facing 55 hours allocated to programming, developing, designing and coding, junior Hannah Hoffmann and sophomore Michael Navazhylau reached semifinals in the sixth annual Globalhack competition. The...

Making his way down the field, junior Jack Galkowski prepares to shoot the ball into the goal. The boys played in the Northwest tournament against Oakville on Aug. 20 with an ending score of 0-3.

Soccer prepares to beat the odds at districts

Sophia Ferretti, Convergent Media Writer October 24, 2016
“I think it’s going to be a struggle, obviously, but I feel like we are going to peak at the right time, and I’m looking forward to playing in the big games and enjoying that experience,” freshman Landon Dupont said.
Math contests begin today

Math contests begin today

Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR October 19, 2016

The first Missouri Math League (MML) contest is being held after school on Wednesday, Oct. 19, sponsored by Math teacher Patrick Mooney and meeting in his room. "It's global math, it isn't just the...