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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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During a lunch meeting on Sept. 8, sophomore Ann Rapp, seniors Alex Schnurr, Charlie Huff and Elizabeth Newell plan the year's upcoming calendar of events.

Funsize Film club restructures to increase membership

Macky Kavanaugh, Staff Writer September 8, 2014
Seniors and Faculty reunite to revamp the Funsize Film Club for the upcoming year.
Freshmen Claire Goedde, Caroline Shaw and junior Rachel Ebner give each other back massages as part of New Student Orientation.

Link Crew replaces Nuevos Amigos

Claire Martin, Staff Writer August 28, 2014
The new freshmen connection program, Link Crew, replaces Nuevos Amigos with additional responsibilities for participating members.
Junior running back Nick Lewis celebrates with assistant coach Melvin Bethany after a touchdown.

Longhorn Football: a new journey

Bobby Connor, Staff Writer August 28, 2014
Varsity football undergoes a schedule change that drives them towards new goals.
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New faces of West

Macky Kavanaugh, Staff Writer August 26, 2014
Five new teachers have joined the Parkway West High Staff.
POW: Katy Mangrich, art teacher

POW: Katy Mangrich, art teacher

Jacob Cupps, Editor-in-Chief August 22, 2014
“What inspires you the most?”
Freshman Nehemiah Colyer sprints at a boys track on the track. Colyer ran the 4x4 and the 300 meter hurdles this season. “I would say my biggest accomplishments are actually being able to run on varsity since not many freshman are actually able to do that. It feels pretty cool and kids stop me in the hallway and ask me about it but I try not to make a big deal about it and stay humble,” Colyer said. “I ran track because I want to stay in shape and to get faster for football.”

Boys track season recap

Kathryn Harter, Multimedia Editor May 19, 2014

Leaving other teams frozen in their tracks, the team’s season just competed in Districts, the third to last meet, with a 4th place finish in the JV and varsity division at Conference. “We have good...

Photo provided by Rebecca Sheppard

Alumna Spotlight: Rebecca Sheppard

Austin Oakes, Guest Writer May 5, 2014

2008 West Graduate Rebecca Sheppard started an organization called Building Foundations of Hope. Her organization supports women in Uganda through multiple different projects, such as selling homemade...

This summer’s six best Midwest music fests

Shannon Anderson, Editor-in-Chief May 1, 2014
Read about the variety of music festivals coming to a city near you this summer.
The varsity girls track distance medley is cooling down after breaking the record at the annual Washington Relay meet. The team consists of junior Maddy Brown, sophomore Abby Allgeyer, sophomore Rachel Osborne and freshman Rikita Saunders and also pictured is sophomore Lindsey Stucki. “It was a pretty big deal because we tried to break the records in other events but missed it by one or two seconds each so it was nice to end on that note. It was a great meet; I loved it” Allgeyer said.

Varsity girls track relay team shattering records

Kathryn Harter, Multimedia Editor April 30, 2014

The girls track distance medley is leaving past times in the dust. The team consists of junior Maddy Brown, sophomore Abby Allgeyer, sophomore Rachel Osborne and freshman Rikita Saunders. “We broke...

Student Spotlight: Megan Barnes

Alya Bajwa, Retired April 30, 2014

Flying to Orlando to compete in the Dance Worlds Competition is becoming a regular experience for junior Megan Barnes. “I wanted to dance at Cheer Legendz because I used to cheer there and I used...