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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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Haunted house photo illustration

Shut down McKamey Manor

Sydney Kinzy, PHOTO EDITOR October 15, 2015
McKamey Manor: the haunted house that begins an eight hour tour by kindapping people and blindfolding them in the back of a van.
Fall fashion lookbook

Fall fashion lookbook

Madeline Burns, Staff Writer October 14, 2015
All it takes is a step outside at six in the morning to know that autumn has kicked in.
The senior section raises their arms to honor their homecoming court nominees.

Dressed to have the time of our lives: Storify

Shannon Anderson, Editor-in-Chief October 9, 2015
Last week, students took to their closets (and their local Goodwill) to scope out fashion-forward and spirited costumes for West's annual homecoming under the theme "Having The Time of Our Lives."
Seniors Samuel Wait and Matt Sauer hold their oversized $5,000 checks from Globalhack V.

SPARK! students crack the code behind winning $10,000

Betsy Wait, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF October 5, 2015

With over 44 collegiate and professional teams attending St. Louis’ Globalhack V coding challenge, some groups even venturing from as far as California and Canada in order to win 1st place, no one expected...

Tackling the temperature

Tackling the temperature

Emma Ratliff, Staff Writer October 2, 2015
Teachers defend what temperatures they keep their rooms at in the wake of the AC shortage.
Bad blood: The West-Central rivalry

Bad blood: The West-Central rivalry

Madeline Burns, Staff Writer September 30, 2015
Past school rivalries were renewed with more intensity when Parkway West's football field saw the first varsity game against the school's longtime rivals, the Parkway Central Colts.
During Ceramics class junior Alex Rossi glazes his pot before it is fired.

Meet the man behind the wheels

Kristin Priest, STAFF WRITER September 29, 2015
Meet junior Alex Rossi.
Mr. Wallace conducts the Parkway West High Marching Band in preparation for a Friday night football game.

Brad Wallace introduced as new Band Director

Justin Cupps, CONCEPTUAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF September 28, 2015
After teaching at Parkway West High School for 10 years, band teacher Ben Pyatt told principal Jeremy Mitchell that he would be resigning to be with his wife and kids in Tampa, FL.
The varsity team completes static stretches in the shade by an enterance to Northwest's campus. Placing third in their competition, the team had four of their top five  place in the top 20, adding up to a team score of 66.

Gallery: Boys Cross Country at Stan Nelson Invitational

Jacob Cupps, Editor-in-Chief September 18, 2015
All levels of the Boys Cross Country team competed at the Stan Nelson Invitational on Sept. 12. The following pictures are some of the highlights.

Preparing for a backpacking trip

Peyton Gaskill, STAFF WRITER September 15, 2015
I recently went on one of my first backpacking experiences. I can say it was amazing, and I’m going to show you some of the steps I took to be prepared.