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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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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Sophomore Principal Mario Pupillo presents sophomore Brynn Haun with her diploma as she joins the graduating class of 2017.

Community celebrates sophomore Brynn Haun

Susie Seidel, Convergence Media Editor • December 22, 2017

When faced with hardship, the question will always remain in a community as strong as Parkway West: what can be done to help? This question was made into a reality by students, faculty and friends...

Senior Joe Roseman flips off a ledge at the Chesterfield Amphitheater for one of his training films. Roseman has been practicing parkour for six years. "It’s still a really big stress reliever for me,” Roseman said. “Whenever I train, it just feels so natural."

Joe Roseman shares his passion for parkour

Zaven Nalbandian, STAFF WRITER • December 19, 2017

In an effort to improve his health and find an activity that fit his interests, senior Joe Roseman participates in parkour. “Parkour is combining a bunch of different martial arts and motion tricks...

Wrestling at a meet in DeSoto junior year, McCallister grapples with his opponent. “[When I’m on the mat] I’ve got a game plan and I’m just ready to go. My head’s filled with what I’m going to do,” McCallister said.

Six minutes on the mat: senior Josh McCallister looks towards state

Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR • December 15, 2017

At a West High wrestling camp between his eighth grade and freshman year, senior Josh McCallister laid the foundations for his passion. He picked up the skills quickly, and his confidence drove him to...

Center fielder Jack Swiney hauls in a fly ball for the out. In addition to a 1.000 fielding percentage, Swiney led Parkway West with a team-high mark in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base plus slugging, runs batted in and extra-base hits his junior year. “It’s a lot of hard work to get where you want to be if you want to play at the next level,” Swiney said. “You’ve got to sacrifice a lot of your time and commit to the process.”

Senior Jack Swiney signs to play Division I baseball

Tyler Kinzy, Managing Editor-in-Chief • December 12, 2017

In the realm of high school sports, few days on the calendar are considered as significant as signing day. On Nov. 8, four NCAA-bound Longhorns formally put pen to paper as their athletic careers leapt...

Playing Blink-182, Green Day and The Killers covers, sophomore Ryan Egan and junior Dani Fischer play guitar and bass, respectively. Although Fischer is not part of The Brink, she filled in for the benefit concert. “We pulled some songs that we regularly do from most of our gigs. I definitely went for songs that everyone would know, but at the same time, I wanted to choose songs that were fun to play, so we could have a good rock-out,” Egan said.

Puerto Rico benefit concert surpasses fundraising goal

Sabrina Bohn and Carly Anderson • December 8, 2017

After holding a benefit concert to support the millions of people in Puerto Rico without clean water or electricity on Dec. 7, science teacher Amy Van Matre-Woodward´s honors environmental sustainability...

Junior Charles Walsh laughs off his mistake in his voice acting script to recollect his composure. Walsh has been voice acting since August and uploads his auditions on his YouTube channel. “What I try to do if I get a role, I will try to internalize a character,” Walsh said. “Sometimes I fail so that’s why an hour before a session, I would talk in whatever voice I would use.”

Junior Charles Walsh speaks his way to success

Andrew Li, STAFF WRITER • December 8, 2017

Requiring a smooth voice, junior Charles Walsh tries his best to speak into the microphone with poise and charm. If the recording is not good enough, he records over and over again. Finally, he saves the...

Senior Adrian Scott, responds to the Northwest student section. The final score was a 4-4 tie. “They were saying stuff but they weren’t loud enough to where we could hear them. They got mad at us when we would chant, ‘we can’t hear you’,” Scott said. “I really wanted us to beat them.”

African American students face racism at a high school hockey game

B Antonenko, STAFF WRITER • December 6, 2017

At the varsity hockey game against Northwest on Nov 3., an elderly man on the opposing side targeted senior Adrian Scott with a racist gesture, resulting in a backlash from the student section. “I...

Senior Sophie Vietor performs a butterfly stroke during practice on Nov. 27. “[Doing a variety of strokes] helps give me a chance to improve all of my strokes and makes the sets more interesting instead of doing freestyle or one stroke the whole practice,” Vietor said.

Girls swim and dive kicks off season

Irene Yannakakis, STAFF WRITER • December 6, 2017

Putting in six days of practice per week, the swim season began for 23 swimmers and five divers on Nov. 7 when tryouts commenced.  After last years season record of 5-4, (5 wins, 4 losses), the girls...

Juniors Harper Stewart and Dani Fischer lead the class in planning the Puerto Rico benefit concert. The concert will be held on Dec 7 and has been planned entirely by Amy Van Matre-Woodward’s Honors Environmental Sustainability class. “Dani and I spearheaded the project, but now our classmates are super involved as well,” Stewart said. “We have people designing logos, doing research and slideshows and figuring out set up.”

Students put on Puerto Rico Benefit Concert

Maria Newton, FEATURES EDITOR • December 6, 2017

 After the devastation of Hurricane Maria, students in science teacher Amy Van Matre-Woodward’s honors environmental sustainability class began planning a benefit concert to help the Puerto Rico victims. The...

Helping sophomore Kelsey Long with an assignment, social studies teacher Kristen Collins reads Long’s response on a review packet. Long enrolled in World History because it was a very engaging class. “Collins was one of the best teachers I’ve ever had, because she helped organize us and she worked overtime to be sure we were successful,” Long said.

Social studies teacher Kristen Collins wins ‘Teacher of the Year’

Katie Spillman, PHOTO EDITOR • December 3, 2017

On Friday, Dec. 1, social studies teacher Kristen Collins won teacher of the year, an award that is annually voted on by the entire staff. “It is a huge honor to be recognized by your colleagues....

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