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Luxurious late start

Luxurious late start

Austin Moran, Yearbook Staff January 17, 2013

Browsing the menu, freshmen Anum Chandry, Naomi Kodama, Joan Tao and Meleny Yeung discuss what they will order.  The girls along with other members of the French Club took a late start day to visit the...

Filming his hometown howdy, math teacher Patrick Mooney stands next to Jeopardy host Alex Trebek. “Alex is great. He is really smart and funny and he even wants to get a picture with every single contestant,” Mooney said.

Can you trump our Jeopardy star?

Eileen Tully, Staff Writer January 17, 2013

To kick off math teacher Patrick Mooney’s Jeopardy debut, the library is hosting a contest to see who can beat Mooney at his own game, on Friday Jan. 18, during both lunch periods. “It was a childhood...

Anatomy of a worm

Anatomy of a worm

Austin Moran, Picture Editor January 15, 2013

Cutting into a worm senior Grant Post studies the anatomy of a worm.  The biology class was learning about organ systems of animals and to see them visually they dissected worms.  "It smelled really...

Life cycle of a fetus

Life cycle of a fetus

Austin Moran, Photo Editor January 10, 2013

During Child Development freshman Sarah Goldblum holds a replica of a fetus at 30 weeks.  The Child Development class had replicas of fetuses at different stages for the students to hold while they were...

Senior Kyle Campell pins his opponent in his first match back after a strained AC joint.

New and improved wrestling team

Nathan Rands, Reporter December 20, 2012

The wrestling season is in full swing and the team has made progress under the new coach, Dan Didier. An experienced wrestler with nine years coaching at Parkway Central under his belt, Didier came...

At improv club on Dec. 12, junior JD Lister takes part in the improv game ‘Jeopardy’ while juniors Annie Schuver, Yasmin Younis, Claire English and Rachel Rigden look on. Lister is also on the improv team, Running with Scissors.

They like to run with scissors

Debra Klevens, Reporter December 20, 2012

AWOP-BOTTA-LOO-BOP!  AWOP-BAMM-BOOM! To those on the improv team, Running with Scissors, or simply anyone who’s been to improv club before, this grouping of nonsense words is familiar.  To signal the...

Senior Kelsey McClure performs on the beam at a gymnastics competition.  McClure practices year-round, and travels across the country for competitions.  “On my way to Indianapolis my family was driving in a snow and ice storm and we were forced to sleep in a car,” McClure said.

Photo Credit: Show-Me Photography

Senior Kelsey McClure flips to the top

Kathryn Hunter, Reporter December 17, 2012

While most children were just trying to learn the alphabet, senior Kelsey McClure was in the St. Louis Gym Centre at Webster Groves learning gymnastics.  Now, she competes all over the country, and has...

"During rehearsal over the weekend, stage manager Jaron Ma discovered that Kristin Branson did not know how to wink. At the end of rehearsal, the cast all sat around trying to give Branson tips on how to wink."

Theatre Performance Showcase today

Debra Klevens, Guest Reporter December 14, 2012

The Theatre Department is hosting a Performance Showcase today at 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., in the theatre. The Performance Showcase consists of performance from students who will be competing at the...

Juniors Rachel Brown and Gabby Rath sit outside of Jeff Chazen's room after being kicked out of their fifth hour AP Government class for donating Easy Mac to Team Wayland. "It was totally worth it because Wayland gave us good food and we still learned what we needed to know from the hall. I would do it again in a heartbeat," Brown said.

Circle of concern drive: who will win?

Annie Spewak, Features Editor December 11, 2012

On Dec. 3, the History Department began a collection drive for Circle of Concern. The drive was oriented with the Modern United States History unit over the Great Depression and with the holidays. This...

Record breakers

Record breakers

Debra Klevens, Reporter November 12, 2012

Parkway West swimmers senior Sam Luethy, juniors Ryan Schlueter, Grant Keesling and Tommy Christensen broke the 1978 200 medley relay record, 1:40.48. The new time is 1:39.87. "I knew we had a good chance....