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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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Dani Fischer

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Grade:  12

Years on Staff:  4

If you were a fictional character, who would you be?  Biggie Cheese

Does the toilet paper go over or under on the roll?  I don’t care enough to put the roll on the holder; it just sits on the counter.

How many alarms do you set in the morning to get up on time?  One on my alarm clock that I snooze every five minutes for 20 minutes.

Favorite Quote:  “People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.” -Pablo Coelho, the Alchemist

All content by Dani Fischer
Alumna Ulaa Kuziez protests at the 2019 St. Louis Youth Climate Strike US.

[Photo] Is art worth more than life?

Serena Liu, Editor-in-Chief
November 2, 2022
Pathfinder editors sit in the journalism classroom before school recapping that week.

Censored: the Pathfinder and student press laws

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
January 30, 2019
Chipping her ball at a target, junior Ava Pfeil shows off her skills at Red and Blue night. This is her first year on the team, one of six new people on JV. “I decided to join [golf] because I wanted to do another sport in the fall [in addition to cheer] and golf seemed like the most fun one because you can chill with friends and relax,” Pfeil said. “My favorite part of the season has been the team bonding because since we’re a small team we can get really close.”

JV girls’ golf faces undefeated season

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
September 20, 2018
Alumni Max Critchfield and Nick Wotruba pose for a picture together at a young age. Critchfield was attending the University of Missouri College of Business, and was in the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. “Max was a fun loving, caring and happy guy. He was never walking around without a smile on his face,” alumnus Nick Wotruba said.

Remembering alumnus Max Critchfield

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
April 16, 2018
Students stand along Clayton road as a part of the nationwide walkout on March 14. Teachers threatened students walking out of the school with detention, but 14 students went anyway instead of attending the protest in the gym. “It felt good, to stand out there in solidarity with other students across the nation,” junior Harper Stewart said. “We linked arms, and as cars passed by they honked at us and drivers encouraged us. It was an incredibly powerful experience.”

Leaving the building and looking ahead

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
April 2, 2018
Administrators and teachers stand at the doors of the main gym, observing the demonstration. Other Parkway schools allowed students to walk out of the building, but West students were warned of detentions when they tried to leave. “When we tried to leave the actual building teachers told us to stop or we would get detentions, so we went out another door and stood along Clayton road, willing to face the consequences,” junior Maria Newton said.

Photo of the week – March 12

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
March 21, 2018

Black Panther brings fresh culture to cinema

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
February 27, 2018
Valentine's Day Playlist

Valentine’s Day Playlist

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
February 14, 2018
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[Photo] Susie Seidel

November 2, 2017
2018 Valentine's Day playlist

2018 Valentine’s Day playlist

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
February 5, 2018
A Parkway student checks the latest updates on the thread on Parkway Schools' twitter page.

Twitter creates chaos as students demand snow day

Dani FIscher, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
January 12, 2018
Senior Noelle McGuire waves her color guard flags in the air at the Jaguar Pride Marching invitational. The competition was the marching band’s last, and took place this Saturday. Color guard walked away having been awarded “Best Auxiliary,” which has not happened in a long time.

Color guard wins prestigious award

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
October 24, 2017
Back to the grind playlist

Back to the grind playlist

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
October 10, 2017
Sophomores Maria Newton and Rachael Newpert flip water bottles, a popular "challenge" from this school year.

The challenges of 2017

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
May 26, 2017
Spring into new music

Spring into new music

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
May 3, 2017
Sophomore Allani Gordon, junior Joon Bang, senior Bersabeh Mesfin and sophomore principal Jen Sebold walk to the third summit, held in SLU’s cultural center. At that summit, they presented their diversity solutions to Edward Jones. “Every lesson we were taught, every project we did, I want to take that with me in my life and my journey and discover things about myself and how I can do good for the community and the world,” Mesfin said.

Gateway2Change summit motivates change

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
March 29, 2017
Science teacher Amy Van Matre-Woodward talks to a student about the science department's upcoming trip to Costa Rica.

Science department plans a trip to Costa Rica

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
March 2, 2017

Quiz: Which former president are you?

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
February 17, 2017

A Pentatonix Christmas review

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
October 29, 2016

Citrine album review

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
October 27, 2016

We’re Really Clef-er: rhythm and poetry playlist

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
October 6, 2016
Grace VanderWaal steals America's Got Talent

Grace VanderWaal steals America’s Got Talent

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
September 15, 2016
"The park was totally packed, and if you stood at the top you could see throngs of people," sophomore Julianne Pautrot said. The Festival, which was held in Tower Grove park, lies just beyond the entrance arch.

Students attend 16th annual Festival of Nations

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
September 9, 2016

No Matter Where You Are album review

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
May 14, 2016
Low Kii Savage review

Low Kii Savage review

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
April 14, 2016
Students at this year's homecoming dance parade around the room in a conga line.

Senior makes a change to King of Hearts music

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
March 11, 2016

Death of a Bachelor review

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
March 7, 2016
Students pose for pictures in front of a scenic lake at Camp Wyman. “My favorite part of the retreat was the bonfire on Thursday night because me and Ashlyn Roesch linked arms then proceeded to walk up to every school's cliques and introduce ourselves, and that was super duper fun and it was a great platform for us to build relationships off of the following day.” freshman class president Ethan Golde said.

Freshmen gain leadership skills at Stand Up 9

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
March 3, 2016
Artist's album covers from left to right; Sivan's "Blue Neighborhood", Martinez's "Crybaby", Stirling's "Lindsey Stirling", Pentatonix's "Pentatonix", and ERB's "Mozart vs Skrillex".

Top 5 musicians who have taken YouTube by storm

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
February 11, 2016

Remembering David Bowie

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
January 22, 2016
Junior Tyler Hannegan and Senior Ally Guccione sit on a couch and enjoy the popular holiday drink, peppermint hot chocolate.

The do’s and do not’s of winter break

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
December 23, 2015

Perfectamundo album review

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
December 10, 2015
2015 American Music Awards: recap

2015 American Music Awards: recap

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
November 23, 2015
Students at the Tea Time meeting for first lunch discuss the new Star Wars movie coming out with science teacher and creator of the holiday, Amy Van Matre-Woodward.

Weekly traditions gain momentum in the science wing

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
November 22, 2015