Former Principal Bill Byrd reflects on West’s 50th anniversary
Gabe Davis, Staff Writer
March 15, 2018
Pathfinder: How did you become a principal at Parkway West? Byrd: I was teaching social studies at Hickman High School, Columbia, Mo. In 1969, when I interviewed for an assistant principal's position at West Senior, I was hired. For the next 15 years I held that position until appointed principal ...
Danna Albright offers options for families in crisis
Sabrina Bohn, Features Editor
September 13, 2017
Danna Albright, a 1982 alumna of West High, works with families in need as a Therapeutic Placement Consultant, helping patients navigate the mental health system.
James Czajkowski makes a career of writing
Nell Jaskowiak, Opinions Editor
September 5, 2017
Intensely researching for 90 days straight, then immediately beginning to write for four hours a day, this man works until each book is done, then jumps into the next. Such is the life of best selling author and 1979 graduate James Czajkowski (pen name James Rollins). “[In high school] I was quiet, an introver...
Alumna Mary Matus flies through life
Sabrina Bohn, Features Editor
September 1, 2017
When a neighbor talked to Matus about her job as a flight attendant, she became inspired and began applying to different airlines because of her desire to move out of St. Louis and travel.
