Varsity Poms, led by senior co-captains Sydney Veltman and Julia DeFrank, competed at state Feb. 24 and were named 2018 State Champions. This is the first time the team has won the title in West history. “When...

Science Teacher Amy Cohen retells her adventures overseas before teaching at West. After graduating from Drake University in 1997, science teacher Amy Cohen joined the Peace Corps and taught students...

As librarian Brian Welch stands at the podium on Feb. 22, students laugh between mouthfuls of pizza at his commentary on the Southern accent he is about to use. This was the start of the 15th annual African-American...

A student threatened to open fire at Parkway West on March 1 via a Snapchat story around 10 p.m. last night. Within minutes, the post circulated to hundreds of students. In wake of the Parkland shooting...

The game of chess has been around for 1,500 years and played by hundreds of millions of people, but only six players from the Parkway West chess club are going to the state competition on March 17. “Anyone...

For the past two years, Longhorns Sports Production (LSP), has filmed live games of sporting events, but as of the winter season, they extended their skills and now produce live-stream videos available...

Just 46 days into the 2018 calendar year, the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. yesterday marks the 29th mass shooting in the United States. English Teacher Kim Hanan-West fears that at some point,...

Besides the traditional chocolates, cards and flowers, another tradition west students associate with Valentine's day is receiving liver-shaped candy grams with chocolate attached. “I inherited this...

[Courtesy of Rebecca Lintner] Rebecca Lintner poses with her two-year-old friend Mark, also called Markaroni, who is the son of a single mother who started the first women’s empowerment group for HIV...