![Junior TJ Polack plays his saxophone solo at halftime for the 2024 marching band show, ‘Coloring Book.’ This year, Polack was one of two soloists in the marching band. “[Polack] is very hard on himself. [His saxophone solo] sounds amazing [and] everyone [cheers] for him; [still], somehow, he thinks it’s a bad performance and he's down. What he does is not easy. It takes a lot of confidence as a person [and] a lot of musical skill to be expressive, and he's doing an amazing job,” drum major and senior Dominic Perez said. (Courtesy of Christina Block)](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/462488499_2973926416100522_5057718068659607183_n-1200x925.jpg)
The long run
Sage Kelly, Staff Writer
• November 6, 2024
![Blending together a concoction for a science experiment, science teacher Joel Anderson scares his students by bringing excitement and thrill into his classroom for his annual Halloween show. It took about six weeks for Anderson to set up his classroom for the show. “It’s pure terror. I came up with this idea a couple decades ago to do something fun for Halloween. So I pretend to be this mad scientist [that creates] a Frankenstein-like creature [with the class], learning a little bit of science along the way and [then ending] with a laser show. It’s just for fun; entertainment value,” Anderson said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DSC_0021.JPG_-1200x800.jpg)
Haunting highlights
Yein Ahn and Esta Kamau
• November 1, 2024
Behind the lens
Esta Kamau, Features/Humans of West Editor
• October 11, 2024

Let’s talk politics
Triya Gudipati, Editor-in-Chief
• October 11, 2024

Fall favorites: Essentials for the perfect season
Niharika Vaidya, Staff Writer
• October 10, 2024

Kickoff to high school season
Payton Dean, Staff Writer
• September 26, 2024

Best of Homecoming spirit week 2024
Esta Kamau, Noor Hacking, and Yein Ahn
• September 24, 2024

The two Americas
Will Gonsior, Opinions/A&E Editor
• September 24, 2024
![Senior Griffin Beno waits in the counseling hub. Students were allowed to visit counselors without an appointment on Aug. 15 and 16 to adjust their schedules, resulting in long wait times. “There [were] not as many [people at open hours last year], but I think that was because we didn't get the word out as well,” counselor Jen Wibbenmeyer said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-17-8.20.51-AM.png)
Plan period alignment: Productive or disruptive?
Will Gonsior, Opinions/A&E Editor
• September 20, 2024