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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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Pathfinder at issue: underage vaping spreads on campus

Pathfinder at issue: underage vaping spreads on campus

Lydia Roseman, News and Sports Editor • January 2, 2018

Do you remember when you were in elementary school and the only behavioral problems your teachers had to worry about were name calling and running with scissors? Times have changed and high school welcomes...

Sophomore Principal Mario Pupillo presents sophomore Brynn Haun with her diploma as she joins the graduating class of 2017.

Community celebrates sophomore Brynn Haun

Susie Seidel, Convergence Media Editor • December 22, 2017

When faced with hardship, the question will always remain in a community as strong as Parkway West: what can be done to help? This question was made into a reality by students, faculty and friends...

Reviewing the marketing research survey, senior Blakely Gibeaut looks at the data to determine the student run coffee shop name. A school wide survey concluded that 32 percent of students were interested in working at BlueBrew. “I think it [the coffee shop] will be a good way for students to get involved at school and it provides a way for people to get real life work experience,” Terry said.

Business department moves forward in coffee shop plans with BlueBrew soft opening

Claire Smout, AWARDS COORDINATOR • December 21, 2017

A school-run coffee shop is becoming more of a possibility as plans are made for a soft opening of BlueBrew, the winning name for the shop, second semester. “Parkway Central High and Parkway North...

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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...

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