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St. Louis students invited to participate in poetry contest

Pathfinder Editorial Board • December 19, 2017

The St. Louis Poetry Center is inviting all high school students within 100 miles of St. Louis to submit up up to three poems to the Beverly Hopkins memorial contest. At their annual performance concert...

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Breaking news: FCC votes to repeal Net Neutrality

Samantha Gaddis, COPY EDITOR • December 14, 2017

Today, on Dec. 14, 10:30 a.m, the FCC voted to repeal the protections of Net Neutrality, or the rules that allow citizens to access the internet for the same price, regardless of web traffic, service provider...

Playing Blink-182, Green Day and The Killers covers, sophomore Ryan Egan and junior Dani Fischer play guitar and bass, respectively. Although Fischer is not part of The Brink, she filled in for the benefit concert. “We pulled some songs that we regularly do from most of our gigs. I definitely went for songs that everyone would know, but at the same time, I wanted to choose songs that were fun to play, so we could have a good rock-out,” Egan said.

Puerto Rico benefit concert surpasses fundraising goal

Sabrina Bohn and Carly Anderson • December 8, 2017

After holding a benefit concert to support the millions of people in Puerto Rico without clean water or electricity on Dec. 7, science teacher Amy Van Matre-Woodward´s honors environmental sustainability...

Senior Adrian Scott, responds to the Northwest student section. The final score was a 4-4 tie. “They were saying stuff but they weren’t loud enough to where we could hear them. They got mad at us when we would chant, ‘we can’t hear you’,” Scott said. “I really wanted us to beat them.”

African American students face racism at a high school hockey game

B Antonenko, STAFF WRITER • December 6, 2017

At the varsity hockey game against Northwest on Nov 3., an elderly man on the opposing side targeted senior Adrian Scott with a racist gesture, resulting in a backlash from the student section. “I...

Juniors Harper Stewart and Dani Fischer lead the class in planning the Puerto Rico benefit concert. The concert will be held on Dec 7 and has been planned entirely by Amy Van Matre-Woodward’s Honors Environmental Sustainability class. “Dani and I spearheaded the project, but now our classmates are super involved as well,” Stewart said. “We have people designing logos, doing research and slideshows and figuring out set up.”

Students put on Puerto Rico Benefit Concert

Maria Newton, FEATURES EDITOR • December 6, 2017

 After the devastation of Hurricane Maria, students in science teacher Amy Van Matre-Woodward’s honors environmental sustainability class began planning a benefit concert to help the Puerto Rico victims. The...

Helping sophomore Kelsey Long with an assignment, social studies teacher Kristen Collins reads Long’s response on a review packet. Long enrolled in World History because it was a very engaging class. “Collins was one of the best teachers I’ve ever had, because she helped organize us and she worked overtime to be sure we were successful,” Long said.

Social studies teacher Kristen Collins wins ‘Teacher of the Year’

Katie Spillman, PHOTO EDITOR • December 3, 2017

On Friday, Dec. 1, social studies teacher Kristen Collins won teacher of the year, an award that is annually voted on by the entire staff. “It is a huge honor to be recognized by your colleagues....

Wrapping gifts and organizing supplies, sophomore Rachel Deadwyler, junior Johnathan Stephens and senior Brandi Beaubien set up for Marketing II's holiday wrapping event. Community members have the opportunity to bring the gifts for marketing and DECA students to wrap in exchange for a donation to the Day of Service programming. "For parents who are really busy this time of year, it's really helpful for them to just be able to drop off gifts. It relieves a lot of stress and it's for a really good cause," Beaubien said.

Marketing students DECA the halls with holiday gift wrapping event

Sabrina Bohn, Managing Editor-in-Chief • December 1, 2017

To get into the holiday spirit and help out the community, DECA, along with Marketing II students, are doing a holiday gift wrapping event Dec. 5-7. “Community members will bring unwrapped gifts to...

During the home football game against Ladue, the student section, which includes parents, is sparse.

Students address inadequate fan sections

Susie Seidel, Convergence Media Editor • December 1, 2017

Flashback to the 1990s: the back wall of the gymnasium is lined with additional bleachers to accommodate a student section that is constantly growing. However, this year, the student section at football...

Global Goodies employees stand outside the LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge to get some fresh air before the oral presentation. The team placed first. "I think we won the business plan because of our extensive knowledge of the real world subscription box industry, and we were able to respond to any challenges the judges presented with concrete evidence," senior Jack Gieseking.

Virtual Enterprise students launch Global Goodies corporation

Blakely Gibeaut, Convergent Media Writer • November 30, 2017

It all began with a hungry belly and a need for food. What started as an idea became a business plan, a web page, and an international subscription box business. Sixteen high school student employees are...

Students from schools around the St. Louis area discuss Gateway2Change and race relations in their schools. Junior Ashley Spillman was one of five students in the region to be chosen to talk. "We were basically there to show the good impact Gateway2Change has had on Missouri, so knowing that I’m showing these states that this is something that they should be doing too is really cool," Spillman said.

Junior Ashley Spillman represents West at Gateway2Change panel

Carly Anderson and Sabrina Bohn • November 21, 2017

As a member of Gateway2Change, junior Ashley Spillman was one of five students in the St. Louis area selected to speak at a panel about Gateway2Change for education commissioners from around the country...

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