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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 Aimee Laws practices music for the cook-off during her symphonic orchestra class.

Orchestra co-hosts chili cookoff with Pattonville

Layne Bierk and Nell Jaskowiak November 18, 2016

The Pattonville and Parkway West High School orchestra programs are co-hosting a chili cook-off fundraiser on Friday, Nov. 18 at Holman Middle School. “I was approached by the Pattonville Orchestra...

Checking in judges, senior Jessie Calvert, junior Nadira Shabbir,  sophomore Kristina Humphrey and freshman Jon Ma prepare for the Parkway West Invitational debate tournament.

Debate team reflects on season

Claire Smout, AWARDS COORDINATOR November 16, 2016
The debate team has competed in four competitions to date, the Greater St. Louis League pre-season/limited prep festival, the Parkway West Invitational, Oakville Congress, and the Liberty High School Invitational.
Senior Brandon Eckhoff.

Student Talking Point: Donald Trump elected to be 45th president of the United States

Editorial Staff November 9, 2016

Pathfinder: How did the media influence the result of the 2016 election? Chris Bass, junior: Media played the role of the news messenger for providing more and more updates as the election went...

Seniors Kjell Hagen and Tyler Hannegan, and eight grader Kia Hagen wear gold medals after their game against Cape Girardeau.

Kjell Hagen and Tyler Hannegan’s journey to Special Olympics

Grant Aden, SPORTS EDITOR November 9, 2016
Seniors Kjell Hagen and Tyler Hannegan won the opportunity to be considered for the North American National Special Olympics in Seattle, WA.
Renowned R&B artist Marvin Gaye plays piano.

We’re Really Clef-er: the presidential one

Justin Cupps, CONCEPTUAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF November 8, 2016

The POTUS playlist was created by Arts & Entertainment editor Dani Fischer and the blog written by News Editor Justin Cupps. With a simple read through of the song titles you probably figured...

The inevitable issues of the presidential election

Justin Cupps, CONCEPTUAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF November 4, 2016

Approximately 305 days ago, I published a story that mocked the hilarious state of 2016 Presidential Primary Election and its various candidates, and now, as many had feared back then, the only two candidates...

German exchange student Jakob Luxa joins the senior class

German exchange student Jakob Luxa joins the senior class

Hannah Hoffmann and Gabby Leon October 31, 2016

Two students—American senior Alex Hoffman, German transfer Jakob Luxa—stare at a math textbook that is not in Luxa’s native language. “Fifty-eight?” Luxa says as he points to a random page. “Do...

Special School District Testing Coordinator Jeff Taylor works to set up a firework show for a competition on Oct. 29. Getting involved in firework competitions has been Taylor’s hobby for a couple of years now. “We just started getting into it a few years ago, so we haven’t gotten into the larger competitions yet, but we’d like to. We enjoy doing it.” Taylor said.

Testing Coordinator Jeff Taylor Competes in firework shows as hobby

Reagin Ward, Convergent Media Writer October 27, 2016

It’s raining. Seventy-six explosives cover the ground, laid out across a field in a form that took months to perfect. In a matter of moments, the sky is lit up as Special School District Testing Coordinator...

Senior Sarah Ayers raises money and awareness for animal shelters

Kathryn Bonzon, Convergent Media Writer October 27, 2016

  Puppies from the Humane Society filled the Parkway Early Childhood parking lot Saturday, Oct. 22 at 8 a.m. for Chalk the Paw. Chalk the Paw, the vision of senior Sarah Ayers, was an art...

Halloween decorations adorn Fort Collins backyards as well as St. Louis'.

This is Halloween

Sydney Kinzy, PHOTO EDITOR October 25, 2016
The search for the coolest Halloween events in St. Louis is on!