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Emily Bauer created a GroupMe with the other 52 state winners.

Emily Bauer performs in the top nine at Poetry Out Loud Nationals

Gabriel Weber, Staff Writer May 3, 2017

Of 310,000 competitors, senior Emily Bauer qualified to go to Washington, D.C. on April 25-26, 2017 as one of nine students in the Poetry Out Loud Finals. “It felt so crazy. Before Nationals,...

Reflections literary magazine “Kinesthesia” now available

Emily Dickson, CONCEPTUAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF April 28, 2017

Today West's literary magazine production club, Reflections, released the 2017 magazine entitled "Kinesthesia". The collection includes poetry, art, and short stories by students that focus around the...

Sitting on hay stacks, the Best Buddies club poses for a picture at Match of the Patch.

Best Buddies club goes to Prom

Sabrina Bohn, Managing Editor-in-Chief April 28, 2017

The Best Buddies club is ending the semester on a festive note by taking students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to Prom. “[Best Buddies club] really focuses on making kids...

Seniors Andrew Schmidt and Caleb Carswell wear  suits to St. Joseph's Academy Prom.

The Expenses of Prom: Is it worth it?

Ellie Widowski, Staff Writer April 26, 2017

It’s that time of year again. Instagram is filled with promposal pictures. The mall is flooded with teenage girls trying to find the perfect shoes to match their dress. Moms are dragging their son’s...

Sophomore Secretary Joyce Weis reflects on all of the students she has met over the 19 years serving Parkway.

School says farewell to sophomore secretary Joyce Weis

Samantha Gaddis, COPY EDITOR April 13, 2017

After 19 years of working at West, sophomore secretary Joyce Weis plans to retire with her sixth class in May. After receiving her job four years ago, Sophomore Assistant Principal Jenn Sebold met with...

Juniors Mia Walton and Lisa Savage pose with Sophomores Meghan Beckmann and Madison Terry in front of the Chicago Bean.

Fashion merchandising travels to Chicago

Gabby Leon, STAFF WRITER April 13, 2017

In order to experience fashion firsthand, FACS teacher Renee Broemmelsick’s Fashion Merchandising class traveled to Chicago from April 2-4 to further their learning in fashion. “The trip’s...

2017 Prom Court Announced

2017 Prom Court Announced

Betsy Wait, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF April 12, 2017

Juniors: Jack Gieseking Matthew Dixon Jack Galkowski Chaz Pilz Sarah Bonnett Anabelle Padilla Rachel Wang Sophie Wojdylo Seniors: Nehemiah Colyer Nate Hughes Wyatt...

Campaign signs for the upcoming Parkway school board election pile up along the side of Baxter road.

Meet the Parkway school board election candidates

Carly Anderson and Sabrina Bohn April 3, 2017

Three seats on Parkway’s school board of education are up for election on April 4, where two incumbents will be facing nine other candidates. The candidates include Debbie Hopper and Chris Jacob,...

Seniors Tommy Avanzado, Carson Smith, Andrew Deadwyler and Will Meyer hold up their National Championship trophies with their coach Mike Williams.

Racquetball places first at National Championship

Ellie Widowski, Staff Writer March 31, 2017

For the first time in Parkway West history, the racquetball team won the National High School Racquetball Championship. The tournament lasted from Wednesday, March 1 to Sunday, March 5 and took place...

Sophomore Allani Gordon, junior Joon Bang, senior Bersabeh Mesfin and sophomore principal Jen Sebold walk to the third summit, held in SLU’s cultural center. At that summit, they presented their diversity solutions to Edward Jones. “Every lesson we were taught, every project we did, I want to take that with me in my life and my journey and discover things about myself and how I can do good for the community and the world,” Mesfin said.

Gateway2Change summit motivates change

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF March 29, 2017

St. Louis has seen its fair share of race-based issues. Spurred by the events in Ferguson in 2014, many conversations about inequality in race, sexuality and religion have been brought to the surface....