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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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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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...

Preparing for a round with his debate partner Cheryl Ma, senior Ryan O’Connor studies information he has researched. Being partners for only one year, they placed first in districts and went to Nationals in the 2016-2017 school year. “Cheryl is the love of my life. She has made it bearable. Working with her has helped me re-find my passion,” O’Connor said.

Senior Ryan O’Connor reaches 1,000 debate points after three years

Katie Spillman, PHOTO EDITOR • November 17, 2017

Over the course of three years, senior Ryan O'Connor has accomplished something that many debate students hope to achieve. He is the first student this year to be a Quad Ruby competitor, which means that...

Freshman Makenna Dunn works on her novel in the computer lab. Students were required to work on their novels at home each night to make steady progress. "It is pretty intimidating to be [writing a novel] in a month, but I feel like as I’ve gone on with it I’ve actually had a lot of fun writing on my own time," Dunn said.

Honors English students strive to complete a novel in the month of November

Sabrina Bohn, Carly Anderson, and Sydney Kinzy • November 17, 2017

Students in Kim Hanan-West’s Honors English I class are getting hands-on writing experience by participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), with the goal of completing a 50,000 word novel...

Standing at the Barclays Center, Marketing students wait to watch the New York Islanders game.“The hockey game was really fun. “I was a lot more into that than if we watched a Nets game,” Weber said.

DECA students travel to New York to pursue marketing

Ridwan Oyebamiji, Features Section Editor • November 15, 2017

Rather than sitting in a classroom, 10 marketing students involved in Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) flew to New York from Nov. 8-12 to get hands-on experience of a marketing career. “The...

Scouting for Food collected nearly 2 million food items Nov. 11.

Local scouts help with 32nd annual Scouting for Food Drive

Derek Isele, STAFF WRITER • November 14, 2017

Every year, over 30,000 Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts venture into the brisk November morning winds to collect canned goods in their neighborhood as a part of the community outreach program, Scouting for Food. Through...

Junior Justin Cupps plays marimba in preparation for the audition. The auditions for All-Suburban concert band were held at Parkway North on Monday, Nov 6. Cupps was one of four students from Parkway West that made it into the band.

Four band students accepted into St. Louis All-Suburban Concert Band

Emily Dickson, Sabrina Bohn, and Dani Fischer • November 7, 2017

After weeks of practicing the same few sets of scales, rudiments and excerpts, four band students, percussionist and junior Justin Cupps, oboist and junior Gwyn Allendorph, tubist and junior John Eyermann...

ASAP students learn more on trust through field trip to Parkway North

Chris Bass, STAFF WRITER • November 1, 2017

Members of the African-American Student Acceleration Program (ASAP) participated in a high ropes course at Parkway North High School on Oct 20. The group aims to help young African American students...

Dressed in face masks, gloves and isolation gowns, students pose for a picture for their Health Careers Field Day field trip. Attendees were able to meet and talk with health professionals of varying occupations in the medical field. “I wanted to go because I want to be a doctor, and being able to submerge myself into this kind of environment and get an even better idea on my future career seemed fun and beneficial to me,” sophomore Mckenna Bendle said.

Health careers field trip takes students to Mercy Hospital

Carly Anderson, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief • October 31, 2017

Instead of sitting through periods two through four like your typical Friday morning, 15 students attended the Mercy Health Careers field trip along with dozens of other local high schools on Oct. 20 to...

Senior Noelle McGuire waves her color guard flags in the air at the Jaguar Pride Marching invitational. The competition was the marching band’s last, and took place this Saturday. Color guard walked away having been awarded “Best Auxiliary,” which has not happened in a long time.

Color guard wins prestigious award

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF • October 24, 2017

Saturdays are usually reserved for sleeping in, hanging out with friends, and catching up on sleep. This Saturday, however, the marching band earned the Best Auxiliary Award at the Jaguar Pride Marching...

Parkway food pantry opens doors to all families

Carly Anderson, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief • October 20, 2017

Parkway Northeast Middle School held the grand opening for the new district-wide food pantry on Oct. 10, and is looking to include any students or families living within the Parkway district. “You...

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