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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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Parkway Board of Education incumbent Tiffany Mapp Franklin.

Tiffany Mapp Franklin

April 3, 2023

Why did you choose to run? I chose to run because, through the last 10 months, I have thoroughly enjoyed my time on the board. We work hard for the district, and I’m learning so much. You really can’t...

Sydney Etchason

Sydney Etchason

Ava Griswold, CJ1 Writer March 10, 2023

Senior Cass Isele shows off their colorful collection of Ramune bottles.

Cass Isele

Grace Loethen, Staff Writer March 7, 2023

The fascination all started when senior Cass Isele’s older brother gave them a sip of classic-flavored Ramune. Ramune is a Japanese carbonated drink that comes in various flavors, including banana, strawberry...

Sophomore William Gonsior smiles and holds up his two favorite cards featuring Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes II and St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright.

Will Gonsior

Grace Loethen, Staff Writer March 7, 2023

Sophomore sports enthusiast and avid Ohio State Buckeyes fan Will Gonsior has collected around 1000 sports cards that he keeps in sleeves for safety. His hobby began when his grandparents gifted him some...

From the poolside to the classroom to a family game night, sophomore Neeka Naghibi Harat has a deck of cards for every occasion. Harat holds Dragon Back Blue, Sea King and Las Vegas decks, showing off her favorite playing cards.

Neeka Naghibi Harat

Grace Loethen, Staff Writer March 7, 2023

Sophomore Neeka Naghibi Harat started collecting decks of cards about three years ago. Her collection began with four she received as gifts; she now has 26 decks from around the world in many different...

Posing next to rose quartz, an amethyst necklace, jade figures and other crystals, senior Bibi St. Clair shows off her crystal collection.

Bibi St. Clair

Grace Loethen, Staff Writer March 7, 2023

Crystal aficionado and senior Bibi St. Clair has been collecting crystals since her freshman year. She has various types, colors and textures. St. Clair believes each crystal has a different healing...

Freshman Jariyah McCalister personalizes her Crocs with a few well-placed pins.

Jariyah McCalister

Grace Loethen, Staff Writer March 7, 2023

Looking for something to spice up boring Crocs? Freshman Jariyah McCalister takes her Croc fashion seriously. She has collected hundreds of Croc pins — also known as Jibbitz — so far of varying colors,...

Holding up five of her favorite uncirculated coins, sophomore Anshu Chappidi shows off a small portion of her family’s coin collection.

Anshu Chappidi

Grace Loethen, Staff Writer March 7, 2023

What started as a family on the search for antiques blossomed into sophomore Anshu Chappidi’s fondness for coins. With over 30 different types of currencies, Chappidi enjoys doing coin rubbings, a way...

“I'm very proud of my field hockey career and how far I've come in only three and a half years. I think that a lot of people have been doing a sport for years and years and they don't go anywhere with it. I feel like by talking to colleges and [field hockey] practices and managing, school, seven clubs, and field hockey four times a week, I think my time management has really grown in the past three years," - Mj Surtain, 11

MJ Surtin

Lia Emry, Staff Writer March 6, 2023

Posing before the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Latin teachers Matt Pikaard, Jason Tiearney, Tom Herpel and librarian Lauren Reusch interlock arms. The four acted as chaperones during a trip to Italy over spring break of the 2021-22 school year: an opportunity offered to Latin students every other year. “Enrollment numbers are now reliant on high school students. I have to change what I [do to promote Latin] because middle schoolers have no access to anyone who knows about Latin after this year. How do I explain how Latin looks to middle schoolers? How does the advertisement for Latin at the high school show itself? Having to problem solve with that has been a challenge,” Herpel said.

An educator’s perspective

Madi Michajliczenko, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief March 3, 2023

Latin teacher Tom Herpel vowed never to become a language teacher. After taking five years of Spanish, he felt that everything was assigned a point value and believed he could not stray from the curriculum...