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West alumnus becomes youngest Ferguson Commission member

Hannah Hoffmann, TECHNICAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF December 11, 2014
Meet Rasheen Aldridge Jr., the youngest member of Missouri governor Jay Nixon’s Ferguson Commission.
Reflections revamps with new sponsorship

Reflections revamps with new sponsorship

Jacob Cupps, Editor-in-Chief December 9, 2014
Reflections literary Magazine makes its return Jan. 8 under new management by English Teacher Dan Barnes.
Peaceful walkout allows students to embrace equality

Peaceful walkout allows students to embrace equality

Debra Klevens, Staff Writer December 5, 2014
Students walked out of classes at 10:45 a.m. in hopes of starting a conversation leading to social equality.
During Lauren Bernstein's Spanish III class, sophomores Grant Cline,  Alyssa Jackson and Victoria Marston participate in a silent written debate about the Michael Brown case. "It's ironic this is falling on the same day as the scheduled walk-out; that was not intentional," Bernstein said.

Protest walk out for social equality

Allie Collins, People of West Editor December 4, 2014
Sophomore Alyssa Jackson plans a school wide walk out protest for social inequality.

Parkway Students in Transition Office launches Adopt-A-Family project

Macky Kavanaugh, Staff Writer December 2, 2014
The Adopt-A-Family project is starting up again for students and teachers interested in helping displaced families.
English ASC teacher Kristen Witt donates $19.90 to the Parkway Alumni Association.

Parkway Alumni Association hopes to support students on #GivingTuesday

Sydney Kinzy, PHOTO EDITOR December 2, 2014
#GivingTuesday has inspired the Parkway Alumni Association to start a fund to raise money for Granting Dreams.
Chistina Neuwirth, Laura Neuwirth, Kayln Neuwirth-Deutsch, Blaine Deutsch and Julia Neuwirth-Deutsch spend a day in Ferguson brightening up the community as they painted four boarded up windows over Thanksgiving break.

Helping Heal Ferguson

Allie Collins, Photo Editor December 1, 2014
Freshman Kalyn Neuwirth-Deutsch spends her Black Friday joining in the effort to brighten up Ferguson after the riots on Nov. 24.
Custodian Ollie Caruthers accepts the donations from the West High community.

Students present Custodian Ollie Caruthers with a check

Debra Klevens, Convergent Media Writer November 25, 2014
With police cars being set on fire, tear gas being thrown and the national media focusing on the unrest in St. Louis, students, alumni and faculty packed the cafeteria during first and second lunches to honor Custodian Ollie Caruthers.

Power outage leads to an early relase

Betsy Wait, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF November 25, 2014

What started out as a minor flickering of the lights, within seconds transformed into a school wide blackout Nov. 24. “It’s the Dark Ages of West High,” sophomore Ritoma Ganguly said. While...

Freshman Katie English signs a poster in front of Mrs. Kerpash's room pledging to be "color brave".

Faculty makes effort to be color brave

Kyla Hatton, Sports Editor November 25, 2014
Teachers discuss being "color brave" in their classrooms, and how it is affecting West.