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Preparing to engage an opponent, Carter looks for an opportunity to shoot. Carter was named varsity wrestler of the week and boasts a 6-2 record. “When you get out on that mat and you’re really in that fight or flight moment, you know you have to win,” Carter said.

Sophomore Emma Carter pins down success

Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR February 1, 2019

“Being a girl in this boy's sport, there [are] so many things you have to do. People are constantly watching what you’re doing to try and protect themselves; people in this sport are so sexist, it’s...

Hand raised after her first pin of a male opponent, Wehrmeister grins at her triumph. “I feel like I am in control of them [when I’m on top], and if I wanted to I could control everything that was happening in that moment,” Wehrmeister said. “They can’t get up if I don’t let go.”

Freshman Paige Wehrmeister finds her strength in wrestling

Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR February 1, 2019

Freshman Paige Wehrmeister had not always seen herself as a strong person—then she started wrestling. Joining sophomore Emma Carter as one of two female wrestlers in Parkway, Wehrmeister has already...

Taylor Scott embraces her boyfriend Derik Scott at the Rose Bowl on the Tuesday before the premiere of “The Titan Games.” They both agree that their experience with “The Titan Games” has been life-changing. “Being in such a crazy atmosphere with Dwayne Johnson himself and 64 athletically gifted competitors was humbling,” T. Scott said. “The people Derik was surrounded by were such amazing humans. They have so much talent and so many things that could have or even did alter their paths, yet they found how to switch gears and make the most out of their lives through the gym and working out.”

Pursuing nursing while cheering from the sidelines at “The Titan Games”

Sarah Lashly, COPY COACH January 29, 2019

After attending Lindenwood University for two and a half years, alumna Taylor Scott decided to leave behind her plans to attend Goldfarb School of Nursing to pursue a career in personal training in Los...

A Parkway school bus waits outside the building's front entrance.

7. Zip code and skin color: the power in the stories that nobody tells

Tyler Kinzy, Managing Editor-in-Chief December 29, 2018

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An assortment of books cradled in her arms, junior Meela Abby arranges belongings in her locker. Abby was enrolled in Parkway from kindergarten, hoping to study psychology upon graduating high school. “My sister went to school here and she told me that as soon as I come here, I need to start working. With my schedule you can’t procrastinate or things go bad,” Abby said. “If you want your education, you have to work hard. It doesn’t come easy.”

“I have to sacrifice”: junior Meela Abby’s daily struggle for education

Tyler Kinzy, Managing Editor-in-Chief December 17, 2018

“Would you say you face discrimination at this school?” Junior Meela Abby wastes no time to answer, punctuating her response before I can even finish asking the question. “Yes, for sure.” The...

Providing each other feedback, alumni Sydney Kinzy and Gabrielle Thompson revise fiction stories they wrote. Both were members of the literary magazine production club, Reflections, which met once a week on Mondays. “Any clubs that took place before school or on Fridays, I had no possible chance of participating in them due to either the city buses showing up too late to school or there being no transportation available at all,” Thompson said.

Bus rides, bigotry and alumna Gabrielle Thompson’s high school experience

Tyler Kinzy, Managing Editor-in-Chief December 7, 2018

The clock strikes 4 a.m., but alumna Gabrielle Thompson is already wide awake. A pitch black skyline engulfs St. Louis City amidst a bitter, cold morning that native Missourians know all too well. “I...