Parkway's attempts at diverting landfill waste remain futile. Between 2018 and 2019, the trash produced each month stood consistently above 130 tons. While Parkway managed to divert around 50% of all...
The Sustainability Leaders Program is one method that Parkway hopes to address sustainability. This program would include a staff sustainability leader appointed for each school, where each school's sustainability...
After being told to go back to China or receiving racist messages online, Asian American athletes excelled in the international Winter Olympics Games. Americans celebrated two highly talented Olympians...
Brinda Ambal, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief
• March 16, 2022
Wednesday, Feb. 16 the Parkway School District Board of Education voted in a 5-2 decision to recommend but not require masks for students and staff in grades K-12.
In a community update published Feb....
Principal Jeremy Mitchell has decided that it is time to pack up his colored pens, shut off his walkie talkie and move on to the next chapter of his life with his family. From participating in the Senior...
Elle Rotter, Deputy Conceptual Editor-in-Chief
• February 23, 2022
The decision came after his wife passed away in August 2020, leaving Mitchell a single parent for his teenage sons: 17-year-old Jake and 16-year-old Sam. Mitchell believes the most important thing he can...
Crêpes:
Crêpes are a thin pancake usually rolled around various fillings, savory or sweet. French folklore tells the tale of a 13th-century housewife who dripped porridge onto a hot surface, dating...
Shakshuka:
Shakshuka, literally meaning ‘all mixed up’ is a versatile dish traditionally made up of eggs cooked in a tomato sauce and bell pepper mixture. It is simple to make and serve in the large...
Rösti:
Rösti originated in Bern's Swiss canton, or political region, as a simple farmer's breakfast, requiring only two ingredients: potatoes and butter. Like many comfort foods, the date and details...
This project is carried out every year by our new journalists. Inspired by Brandon Stanton's Humans of New York and just learning to interview and photograph, our new students take to the hallways to tell...
![The greatest struggle in my life would probably have to be losing my grandpa. I lost my grandpa this past July and there was a two-week span where, after my grandpa passed, a lot of other stuff happened too. I kind of bunkered down in my shell for a little bit there. I didn’t go out or see any of my friends much over those two weeks. When I did, all I thought about was the loss of my grandpa. Losing someone is hard. He was one of my biggest inspirations. My grandparents lived in Florida. Any chance they got to travel to Missouri, they would. I will always cherish those moments even more than I did in the moment. My grandpa loved to watch me and my sister play sports, especially [when I played] soccer. Whenever I would talk to him on the phone, he always told me to get out of my head because that was something I did a lot. [He] told me that I would be fine and to keep my head up. I looked up to him throughout my life. I never saw my grandpa without a smile on his face. [He was] always so funny and always loved to crack jokes. Knowing he won’t be there for my big milestones, like [when I] graduate high school, is something really difficult to deal with. He was one of the hardest workers. He served in the Vietnam war [and] then went back to Gloucester, Ohio where he worked in the coal mines for 15 years. Rain, shine, happy, upset, angry—he worked through it all to support my dad and aunt. My papa loved his family so much and showed it by goofing around all the time. I remember one time when I was seven and my papa and I were watching Nascar and my favorite driver had always been Kyle Bush. Papa said something like, ‘I hope Kyle spins out.’ Papa knew how angry I would get but always made it up with a hug. I aspire to be like him every day. My grandpa made himself who he was and always stayed true to himself. So I would say that [losing him] was really a struggle.” - Derrien Gatchel, 11](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/kgatchel-1-900x675.jpeg)