Senior students receive Glory of Missouri awards for embodying values of the state
April 15, 2019
Every year, 14 high school seniors are chosen as representatives of the 14 values of Missouri. The students then travel to Jefferson City to receive their awards from their district representative and take a tour of the capitol building. “The coolest part of the trip was getting to go up in the ...
Eighth grade acceleration: helpful or stressful?
Fatema Rehmani, Staff Writer
April 12, 2019
While their peers are just waking up in the morning, a select group of accelerated eighth graders are already sitting in their first period in a high school classroom. For the last seven years, through the Eighth Grade Acceleration program, students have been attending high school to take advanced ma...
Saying Bonjour, Hola and Guten Tag: Modern and Classical Language Department offers crosscultural language opportunities
Kathryn McAuliffe, Staff Writer
April 10, 2019
Sitting in front of her computer screen French five student and senior Sophie Pellegrino has just finished a 30-minute conversation, in French, with a native speaker from Paris, France. “It’s really cool that I get to talk to somebody who's in a totally different country. I get to ask them ab...
A crowning achievement
Nadia Messmer, Convergent Media Writer
April 5, 2019
In a grand auditorium at Columbia University, five students sat waiting in the audience. A lone man on stage announced, “Pathfinder, Parkway West High School. Ballwin, Missouri: Gold Crown.” The students ascended the stage to accept their plaque as a camera snapped their photograph. The Columbia ...
AP Language and Composition students take a unique approach to prepare for the exam
Ridwan Oyebamiji, Staff Writer
April 5, 2019
With camera and questions in hand, juniors in AP Language and Composition grabbed footage for the documentaries they created to understand their visual rhetoric unit. The idea was created when English teacher Dan Barnes attended a writing conference at Fort Zumwalt West High School in the fall. ...
Robotics team prepares for international tournament
Ridwan Oyebamiji, Staff Writer
April 3, 2019
After not qualifying for the annual VEX Robotics Competition, senior and president Paden Davis and his team, Twisted Metal, are taking their talents to the CREATE US Open Robotics Championship April 4 to compete against international teams. Despite a small turnout at the beginning of the year, increa...
Parkway Board of Education candidates plan for future of the district
Sabrina Bohn, Deputy Managing EiC
April 1, 2019
Yard signs boasting candidates’ names line the streets of Parkway’s district as the community prepares for the election Tuesday, April 2. With two seats open on the Board of Education, newcomers Pam Hill and Farida Ahsan, as well as incumbents Dr. Sam Sciortino and Sudhir Rathod are campaigning to be elected to the boar...
Kathryn McAuliffe chosen for Sophomore Pilgrimage
Olivia Arzano, Convergent Media Writer
March 31, 2019
More than 300 sophomores in the state of Missouri will be traveling together April 9 to attend the 85th annual Sophomore Pilgrimage in Jefferson City. The purpose of the Pilgrimage is to give recognition to high school sophomores who exemplify high standards of honor, courage, citizenship, scholarsh...
St. Louis youth gather downtown to demand action regarding climate change
March 15, 2019
The Youth Climate Strike US held a national walkout today, March 15, attended by students across the United States as part of a global movement; it is estimated that about one million students worldwide in 125 different countries took part, with more than 100 students in St. Louis going on strike in fr...
The Parkway Step Team plans to attend a national competition in Virginia
Irene Yannakakis, Staff Writer
March 15, 2019
The nationally acclaimed step team is back at it once again. With plans to travel to Virginia next week for the Spring Showdown Step Competition, the team continues to practice to make the trip worth their while. Last year, the team got first in their division, along with first overall in this com...
