Alumni Haran Kumar’s legacy will be integrated into the first speech and debate Eastern Missouri invitational tournament, hosted at Parkway West Oct. 12 and 13.
“We want to live the things that...
Maria Newton, FEATURES EDITOR
• September 28, 2018
Secretaries are a critical part of school communities. However, there is some dispute on the functions of their office, especially after the retirement of front desk receptionist Vickie Hankammer.
The...
Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• September 20, 2018
With only three matches left in the season, the junior varsity (JV) girls’ golf team remains undefeated with an 8-0 record.
There are 10 girls on the JV team, a somewhat large number compared to...
Maria Newton, FEATURES EDITOR
• September 17, 2018
During the spring of 2018, senior Caleb Canatoy woke up one morning to a sharp pain in his back.
“It was just a really normal day...my mom thought it was just muscle cramps,” Canatoy said. “But...
Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
• September 7, 2018
Walk down the music hallway at any given time of day and there is probably a band student working in a practice room. Come back during third, fifth or sixth hour and find a full band rehearsing their pieces,...
![Juniors Rithvik Karthikeyan and Connor Olliff arrange trophies in the debate classroom after school Sept. 24. Olliff hopes that by replacing trophies with random objects, the team can best honor alumni Haran Kumar. "We’ve had to think about how we can better remember one of our graduates, and we want to hold [the tournament] in his honor," Olliff said. "We’re trying a lot harder to make it perfect this year so it’s in perfect remembrance of him."](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/DSC_0196-900x600.jpg)
![Receiving the golden football, senior Chloe Hershenow is crowned Homecoming Queen alongside the maids on the 2018 Homecoming Court. This was Hershenow’s first time as a maid. “It was really sweet because everyone was cheering and really happy for me and I was kind of in shock,” Hershenow said. “It was really humbling too because it felt really odd to me to be chosen by my classmates [for Homecoming Queen.]”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_8632-900x599.jpg)
![Chipping her ball at a target, junior Ava Pfeil shows off her skills at Red and Blue night. This is her first year on the team, one of six new people on JV. “I decided to join [golf] because I wanted to do another sport in the fall [in addition to cheer] and golf seemed like the most fun one because you can chill with friends and relax,” Pfeil said. “My favorite part of the season has been the team bonding because since we’re a small team we can get really close.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ava-900x600.jpg)
![Sitting in Zoology, senior Kristin Priest holds her Crested Gecko during a lesson. Zoology students brought their pets to class in order to learn more about the different species. “It’s so fun and so therapeutic because [during] the whole class period while you're taking notes you can have your animal out on your desk and play with it,” Priest said. “It's relaxing because you get to take notes and pet a guinea pig at the same time.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/DSC_2773-900x600.jpg)
![Cutting away from a Kirkwood player, senior and varsity defender Dylan Zurweller dribbles the ball down the field. The team went into overtime against Kirkwood Aug. 28 and ended the game with a score of 1-0. “We’re actually pretty used to [going into overtime]. Last year we went into overtime a lot, so we have a lot more experience with that, and we were pretty comfortable,” Zurweller said. “We used to not score at all, but throughout this season [our goal is] to start scoring a lot more.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DSC_0009-900x600.jpg)