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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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Sophomore Katharine Segrave suffers from chronic back issues like scoliosis, making it hard for her to carry heavy backpacks.

The Weight of the Classroom

Anjali Shah, Staff Writer May 23, 2017

With finals week upon us, textbooks, laptops and binders are just a few of the heavy items that spill out of backpacks as students stuff their bags to the brim. Despite the practicality of backpacks, they...

Principal Jeremy Mitchell awards senior Nehemiah Colyer the 2017 Founders Award recipient. The Founder’s Award is given to a student who exemplifies what West students stand for: good character, academics, school spirit and is the highest school honor.

Praise for the honors ceremony

Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR May 16, 2017

Every year, the entire student body congregates in the gym to celebrate the students that have achieved great things. We get out of class for a while, get to hear about students we might not know and generally...

Last year’s Prom court pose for a picture after the King and Queen were named.

Prom in perspective

Carly Anderson, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief April 25, 2017

As Prom season arrives, juniors and seniors are planning the perfect promposals, picking out outfits and going about Prom court preparations… just like they did earlier this year for Homecoming. Homecoming...

With headphones in, student watches a YouTube video in class. A study by the University of Nebraska estimates that students spend up to 20 percent of class time on phones.

How to limit cell phone use in the classroom

Wonsang Lee, Staff Writer April 5, 2017
The only way to solve the cell phone distraction is by having teachers’ involvement, with more than a warning. To keep student use of phones under control, teachers should establish their own rules and punishments, as it gives both teachers and students a voice in creating the classroom cell phone rules.
Working on hands and knees, senior Sierra Garner works on a composition. "My style is sketch like with confident loose lines," Garner said.

A story only an artist can tell

Claire Smout, AWARDS COORDINATOR March 3, 2017

Papers and canvases stretched out in front of them, pencils and paints laid out on the the table, a quiet classroom full of other artists. This is the atmosphere where art students at West spend hours...

Jared Hardin and Michael Navazhylau record a promo video.

SPIRE students draw national attention

Gabriel Weber, Staff Writer February 27, 2017

Twenty-seven high school business students launched SPIRE, a digital marketing and creative services firm, which runs out of room 2312 through an international program called Virtual Enterprise International...