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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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Junior Cheryl Ma and sophomore Gokul Venkatachalam performs a presentation with senior Brooke Ryan.

Junior Cheryl Ma and sophomore Gokul Venkatachalam prepare for FBLA Nationals

Wonsang Lee, Staff Writer May 24, 2017

Junior Cheryl Ma and sophomore Gokul Venkatachalam’s summers will be spent going to an event only a few thousand students nationwide will attend: the FBLA National Leadership Conference. From June...

Sophomore Katharine Segrave suffers from chronic back issues like scoliosis, making it hard for her to carry heavy backpacks.

The Weight of the Classroom

Anjali Shah, Staff Writer May 23, 2017

With finals week upon us, textbooks, laptops and binders are just a few of the heavy items that spill out of backpacks as students stuff their bags to the brim. Despite the practicality of backpacks, they...

Principal Jeremy Mitchell awards senior Nehemiah Colyer the 2017 Founders Award recipient. The Founder’s Award is given to a student who exemplifies what West students stand for: good character, academics, school spirit and is the highest school honor.

Praise for the honors ceremony

Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR May 16, 2017

Every year, the entire student body congregates in the gym to celebrate the students that have achieved great things. We get out of class for a while, get to hear about students we might not know and generally...

Student attendees and Dr. Jenn Sebold pose with founder of the conference Dr. Eddie Moore.

Students attend National White Privilege conference

Grant Aden, SPORTS EDITOR May 15, 2017

As a six year old, it manifests itself as not having a bandaid that matches the color of your skin when you scrape your knee on the playground and go to the nurse. At 16, it’s the looming fear of being...

Juniors Blake Geraghty and Christian Hollingsworth show off their fidget spinners.

Fidget spinner epidemic takes over classrooms

Ellie Widowski, Staff Writer May 9, 2017

It is constantly being spun during classes. It comes in all types of colors. It can fit in your pocket. Fidget spinners have been on the scene for a few years, but within the past few months they have...

Featured bags for the Spring/Summer lookbook.

Spring/Summer 2017 bag lookbook

Leigh Ann Barnett, STAFF WRITER May 8, 2017

Winter has come to an end and it’s time to put away the gloves and wool scarfs and break out the sandals, sunglasses and most importantly, the warm weather bags! The elements I love most about these...

Looking for someone to pass to, sophomore Zaide Johnson prepares to throw the ball.

Varsity water polo team heads to state

Carly Anderson and Sabrina Bohn May 5, 2017

With a 26-5 record, the varsity water polo team will be heading to state beginning on May 5. “I feel like this group really puts the team ahead of themselves this season,” head coach Charles Cutelli...

Students exchange money in the hallway.

Drug problems need to be addressed

Katie Spillman, PHOTO EDITOR May 5, 2017
The smell of marijuana permeates the hall, it is never spoken about. Why?
Quiz: what type of cracker are you?

Quiz: what type of cracker are you?

Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR May 5, 2017

We're Really Clef-er: Most Excellent Eighties

We’re Really Clef-er: Most Excellent Eighties

Dani Fisher and Justin Cupps May 4, 2017

This time, the playlist got a little out of hand (“My bad,” news editor Justin Cupps said). If you are an avid reader of our blog, you know that most of our playlists are half an hour, at most....