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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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Examining his code, senior and CyberSecurity club Vice President Kesava Viswanadha
works to secure images as preparation for the CyberPatriot competition. Viswanadha
has been a member of Cyber Security club for three years. “We get to deal with real life scenarios and troubleshoot and aim to make types of operating systems cyber secure,” Viswanadha said. “It matters and is important because so many people today get scammed or trapped when they’re not cybersecure.”

CyberSecurity Club boots up for international competition

Kathryn McAuliffe, Managing Editor-in-Chief October 25, 2019

Routers humming, screens aglow and fingers typing, CyberSecurity Club prepares for their upcoming international competition Saturday, Oct. 26. As part of CyberPatriot, an international organization dedicated...

Junior and president of We Dine Together Sarenna Wood lifts handmade hats from the Hat not Hate program at their October meeting. The cub received fifty hats from the program. “I believe our club makes a positive change in people’s lives who don’t have anywhere to sit at lunch or people who feel isolated,” Wood said. “I’ve seen people who might not have anywhere to go at lunch and they now have a lot of friends. It’s really nice to see.”

Warming heads and hearts: We Dine Together joins the Hat not Hate movement

Leah Schroeder, Managing Editor-in-Chief October 22, 2019

Students wearing winter hats is not something that you expect to see during 90 degrees weather, but these hats did more than make members of the We Dine Together club sweat. After pairing with Hat not...

Eyes focused on the ping pong ball, junior Ali-Raza Rizvi serves to his opponents. Before the first official meeting of Table Tennis Club, Rizvi met up with club co-founder and junior Skyler Ji to play for fun. “Ping pong is a sport of precision and accuracy; I thought this describes me perfectly,” Rizvi said. “This club provides a fun environment where everyone can enjoy playing competitively and recreationally.”

Table Tennis Club kickstarts legacy with all-day tournament

Nayeon Ryu, Video Editor October 17, 2019

With a crew of 60 trailing behind in support, Table Tennis Club co-founders and juniors Skyler Ji and Justin Xu kickstart their club by initializing a community-wide table tennis tournament.  The first...

Dressed in pajamas, seniors Teya Everts, Cate McBride and Nathan Clem walk into school at 7:15 a.m.. Everts believes that a required school start time at 8:30 a.m. implemented in California would benefit students. “I think kids would get more sleep which would help academics,” Everts said. “Even if [we] got home later, we would wake up later.”

Students and staff stand behind new California legislation that pushes back school start times

Susie Seidel, Convergence Media Editor October 15, 2019

Homework, school activities, work, family time, hanging out with friends. Among the priorities of high school students, sleep tends to rank at the bottom of the list. In order to encourage students to...

ACT introduced a new policy with a variety of options effective September 2020.

Students and faculty react to ACT’s updates effective September 2020

Lydia Roseman, News and Sports Editor October 11, 2019

In the height of college application season, seniors in particular are scrambling to compile their highest test scores to send to their dream schools. Not yet at this stage, juniors and even underclassmen...

A student holds up two cans of the popular beverage.

New vending machines spark controversy

Kathryn McAuliffe, Managing Editor-in-Chief October 7, 2019

With school back in session, students are in search of snacks. The familiar vending machines are now replaced with sleek machines stocked with Pepsi products, including Mountain Dew Kickstart.  This...

Bell schedules differ at each Parkway high school, West being the only schedule that does not incorporate an Academic Lab.

The future of bell schedules

Susie Seidel, Convergence Media Editor October 4, 2019

Students stay after school hoping their teacher hasn’t left before their question is answered, teachers working at multiple schools fly into the parking lot to make the bell and members of off-campus...

Red Cross Club, founded by senior Harjeev Singh, is hosting the first blood drive in over two decades at school. Singh had been planning this event since the end of last year with hopes to positively impact the community. “With this club, we hope to save lives and provide an outlet for those who have a nurturing heart,” Singh said.

Red Cross Club hosts first blood drive in more than two decades

Nayeon Ryu, Video Editor October 3, 2019

Heart beating and blood pumping, senior Harjeev Singh submits his request for a new school event: a blood drive. Since the end of his junior year, Singh has worked to establish the Red Cross Club and organize...

Music to Quiet During the second half of their Movement 2 Music class  Sept. 6, juniors Anushka Kanga, Shirin Saha and Ayah Maali practice savasana, a type of yoga position. In addition to learning, choreographing and performing several types of cultural dances, students were also introduced to yoga.  “It just makes me get away from everything. If I have [a lot of] tests that day, I'm worrying [about the tests], I can just sit down for one block, chill and do my own thing,” Maali said.

New Yoga class relieves students minds

Tre Bell, Staff Writer October 1, 2019

Unrolling mats onto the floor of the weight room, 22 girls and two boys work to calm their minds and increase their physical well-being. “What we are trying to do is focus on not just the physical...

With her tallit (a fringed garment, traditionally worn as a prayer shawl by religious Jews) on and her sidur (prayer book) in hand, junior Sarah Marks participates in the Rosh Hashanah service. Marks is a member at a conservative synagogue, B’nai Amoona.

New Years in September: Five things you need to know this Rosh Hashanah

Brinda Ambal, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief September 30, 2019

The empty desks within our classrooms may seem sporadic, but at synagogues across town, greetings of “Shanah Tova!” echo all around. In celebration of Rosh Hashanah, here is your guide to the Jewish...