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Pathfinder

The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder

The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder

Bree Lydon: animation

April 18, 2023

For sophomore Bree Lydon, art has always come naturally. After picking up crayons and doodling on paper when she was two, she knew she wanted to pursue art. The 14-year-old is starting to learn animation...

Nora Detchmendy: drawing

April 18, 2023

For senior Nora Detchemendy, drawing caught her eye while she was growing up. Detchmendy began pursuing her art career as a child and went on to learn pottery during her junior year. Detchemendy...

Tony Zenser: photography/film

April 18, 2023

For sophomore Tony Zenser, photography was a way to spend time with his grandpa. Zenzer’s grandpa gave him a spare camera after COVID-19, which led him to find a passion for film and photography. “I’m...

Darcie Morgan: painting

April 18, 2023

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree for senior Darcie Morgan. Receiving art lessons with her grandma and having an artist for an uncle has instilled the importance of art in Morgan from a young...

Alexis Briner: crochet

April 18, 2023

A skein of yarn sits in sophomore Alexis Briner’s room. With that yarn, a crochet hook, time and dedication, possibility awaits. Since she was in eighth grade, one stitch after another, Briner has...

Money Moves

April 14, 2023

The significance of oil drilling for the U.S. lies in an economic idea referred to as “self-sufficiency,” the ability of a country to be sufficient enough with its own natural resources and goods without...

Going Green or Getting the Green? 

April 14, 2023

Amidst the various arguments that can be made for or against the Willow Project, this recent approval pursues a question of morality in which many people are left to wonder: is the economy or the environment...

Doing Our Part 

April 14, 2023

Despite the severity of the Willow Project’s outcomes in the project’s approval, the future of the planet still manages to remain a malleable problem, which gives hope in countering this excessive...

Crippling Carbon

April 14, 2023

Nothing comes without its consequence: the economic benefits of the Willow Project are countered by equally harsh environmental effects. Arguably, the most troublesome consequence of the Willow Project...

Nathan Zhou

Nathan Zhou

April 11, 2023

How did you feel when you heard that you were the finalist for the National Merit Scholarship? I felt really happy that my test preparation had paid off and that the work I'd put into my essay...