Tyler Kinzy, Managing Editor-in-Chief
• September 18, 2019
The pandemonium of the preceding days has filtered into the type of ambience teetering along the fringes of awkwardness and romanticism that only a speech and debate tournament could provide. A line of...
Tyler Kinzy, Managing Editor-in-Chief
• September 17, 2019
At long last, the noise subsides and Borgsmiller has an opportunity to finish her lesson plans. She is teaching Human Communication, the first time the course has ever been offered.
An upcoming unit...
Tyler Kinzy, Managing Editor-in-Chief
• September 13, 2019
Alumna Kristina Humphrey struggles to articulate her reaction into words.
“Are you kidding me?”
As is the case on any Monday following a weekend tournament, members of the speech and debate...
Brinda Ambal, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief
• August 27, 2019
Look to your right, look to your left, you never know if that person sitting next to you in class will be your forever. Four couples share their love stories, and their chance meeting at West High.
Adam...
From selling enterprise-grade scalable software to providing consulting, alumna Celeste Rudd has been promoted to Americas Alliance Manager for Micro Focus since joining in March 2016 as an Account Manager...
Fatema Rehmani, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief
• May 9, 2019
Creating lookbooks, traveling to fashion weeks worldwide, replying to emails, editing content or just updating her site, alumna Summer Albarcha, class of 2014, has built a name for herself in the fashion...
![Reviewing notes, junior Kathryn McAuliffe prepares for the Greater St. Louis Speech Association Workshop Aug. 24. She finished ninth in Internal Extemporaneous Speaking at the 2019 NSDA Eastern Missouri District Tournament. “I've always prepared [for tournaments] knowing this bias is something I've had to deal with. Public speaking-wise, I always make sure I'm not loud when I speak, that I'm always controlled in what I'm saying so that I look very poised,” McAuliffe said. “That pays off so your judge isn't judging you for being too passionate, and they can't say that you're outrageous in what you're saying.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DSC_0030-1-900x600.jpg)
![Before the first round of the tournament, junior Grace O’Connor rehearses her Program Oral Interpretation (POI) performance at the Randy Pierce Winter Classic at Pattonville High School Dec. 7, 2018. Competitors create a performance using various published works of prose, poetry and drama around a central theme. “It hurts when people don't listen to your piece because you spend so much time working on it, and you do really pour your heart into it,” O’Connor said. “When people dismiss it simply because of your gender, it's so heartbreaking and for a lot of people it's not worth it [to continue competing]. It's not worth the emotional labor and the aspects of just not being heard because of what you look like or what your gender is.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DSC_0008-900x600.jpg)
![Posing for a picture by the Steinberg Ice Rink in partnership with Uber, alumna Summer Albarcha shares the image on her blog. Albarcha posts regularly on the site, as well as on her Instagram and YouTube channel. “Use social media as your portfolio in anything you do,” Albarcha said. “[Your social media] is out there for companies to see when applying to jobs, so it’s best to make it a reflection of yourself or the traits you’re trying to portray. For example, if you’re applying to a fashion job, you might want to have a fashionable Instagram to show your taste and styling work.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-07-at-11.59.50-AM-900x600.png)
