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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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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....

Emily Bauer created a GroupMe with the other 52 state winners.

Emily Bauer performs in the top nine at Poetry Out Loud Nationals

Gabriel Weber, Staff Writer May 3, 2017

Of 310,000 competitors, senior Emily Bauer qualified to go to Washington, D.C. on April 25-26, 2017 as one of nine students in the Poetry Out Loud Finals. “It felt so crazy. Before Nationals,...

Senior Je’mya Pore screams at the audience and recites a chant in the gym. “When you do chants you have to focus yourself and project your voice towards the audience so they can hear,” Pore said.

Stepping through the season

Donielle Coach, Staff Writer May 2, 2017
Photos of the Step team showcase their talent and dedication through the season.
On top of the press box, sophomore Cameron Sato captures one of the camera angles of the game below. Sato worked behind the scenes to broadcast football, lacrosse and soccer games. “It was kind of like a live football game, all our footage switched between multiple cameras on the field or on top of the press box, and was then sent to the board,” Sato said.

School upgrades have varying effects on students

Carly Anderson and Sabrina Bohn May 1, 2017

With new changes to the school, such as the scoreboard and Adidas sports uniforms, student athletes and the Longhorn Sports Productions (LSP) have mixed opinions. “I like the look of our Nike [uniforms]...

Last year’s Prom court pose for a picture after the King and Queen were named.

Prom in perspective

Carly Anderson, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief April 25, 2017

As Prom season arrives, juniors and seniors are planning the perfect promposals, picking out outfits and going about Prom court preparations… just like they did earlier this year for Homecoming. Homecoming...

Video: Dichromats in the classroom

Hannah Hoffmann, TECHNICAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF April 24, 2017