Pronouns: she/her
Grade: 10
Years on staff: 2
Who is your favorite musician? Tyler Childers.
What gets you up in the morning? My alarm.
What’s an unpopular opinion that you have? Pineapple belongs on pizza.
![Adding to the excitement of the annual Homecoming Queen reveal, senior Archie Arnold, with other members of the senior student section, adds his own twist to the announcement. As a varsity football player, the pep rally was Arnold’s sole opportunity to closely interact with his peers in a spirited setting throughout the season. “[Being in] the student section was exhilarating. All of the seniors are coming together, and there is so much progression from freshman year to now. We've matured, and we're all basically family now,” Arnold said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DSC_0313-1200x800.jpg)
![“It’s my third year and fifth season of doing color guard. My mom did it when she was in high school and college, so I’ve always wanted to do it too. It's definitely [a team and individual sport] because you have parts that have to [be cohesive and] perfect. You could be [fine] on your own, but if you're not working together, you're not going to do well. When I'm standing [on the turf] about to perform I go over counts and [memorize] tricky parts in my head, and before we go on, we always practice as a group and individually. [The only way to improve is to] practice, because if there's a toss, trick or part of the work that [I] don't know, there's nothing [I] can do except [to] ask for help and practice until [I] get it right. I like the team aspect of it, even more than I like the performance because [there is] such an [amazing] group of people and without them, it wouldn’t be as fun.” - Victoria Gold, 11](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSC_0224-Diana-Chocheva-1200x800.jpg)
![Center stage, junior Nidhi Pejathaya participates in the Winter Guard performance in the Mar. 8 Pep Assembly. Winter Guard held the student body’s attention with flags, dancing and a story throughout the performance. “This is my first year in guard. At tryouts, I preferred dance because I personally didn’t think I could do a flag, but Nicole, the [Parkway] South guard coach, noticed my work at practices and told our coach that I should be in the front. That was the biggest part for me in the show,” Pejathaya said. “I absolutely adore the team. I’ve played multiple sports and I don’t think a single one has compared to the guard team. Traditionally, we do compliment circles, you cross your right hand over your left, and say a compliment. I’ve only known these girls for three months [and] these girls are the most genuine and kind people I have ever met. You don’t need to act differently, you don’t even have to like what they like, you just have to be you.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/DSC_0640-1200x800.jpg)
