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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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#Hope4Ali

#Hope4Ali

Annie Spewak, Editor in Chief February 5, 2013

On Friday, Feb. 1, sophomore Alison Owen was involved in a car accident. After hitting two trees, Owen was taken to Mercy Hospital and then transferred to Children's Hospital. She suffered from a brain...

On November 28, senior Kyle Campbell pins an opponent from Seckman.

Technique, strength and heart push wrestling team to state

Jacob Cupps, Editor-in-Chief February 4, 2013

With new head coach Dan Didier, the wrestling team has one meet left before Districts and the possibility of state. “Our placement in Districts is tricky to figure out, especially since we lost so...

West played Fox on Jan. 21 at Hardee's Ice Complex. They will play their last game in the regular season and celebrate Senior Night on Jan. 24 at 9:30 p.m. at Queeny against Parkway South. "We need to work on consistency of passing and shots," Bickert said.

Parkway West Hockey on the rise

Susie Watson, Editor in Chief January 24, 2013

Parkway West Hockey, a sport that is not sponsored by the school, has gained the attention of the student body and staff. "West was really good about seven years ago, we were a top tier team.  In recent...

Students challenge Mooney to Jeopardy

Students challenge Mooney to Jeopardy

Austin Moran, Photo Editor January 22, 2013

Junior Michael Schnurr and sophomores Amos Chen and Greg Robson attempt to beat math teacher and MENSA member, Patrick Mooney, at Jeopardy.  Chen beat Mooney Friday, January 18 in the game hosted in the...

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...