How to stave off the “summer slide”
Paige Matthys-Pearce and Brinda Ambal
May 27, 2020
The “summer slide” refers to how long breaks from school, like summer vacation, lead to students getting out of practice. Due to extended online learning, some experts believe summer learning loss this year will have a greater impact. However, just because school is out doesn’t mean we have to stop learning. Here is a compilation of free resources and ideas to help you stay at the top of...
Five warming winter activities
January 31, 2018
Temperatures are dropping rapidly, school is ramping into second semester full-force, and life is beginning to get repetitive; between school, sports practice and work, it is the same thing every day. Sometimes, this means that you spend weekends alone at home, snuggled under layers of blankets in...
Medical club exposes students to the medical world
Anjali Shah, Staff writer
March 8, 2017
From cardiothoracic surgeons to dance therapists, the medical field offers a wide variety of professions. Even for those with an interest in science and medicine, choosing a profession can be difficult for students without an introduction into the field. With the help of student-led Medical Club, fo...
Parkour kids climb to new heights
Nico Stranquist, Staff Writer
May 4, 2015
Batman can scale walls, jump across buildings and quickly hurdle over obstacles. In parkour, people practice stunts and maneuvers similar to those in the movies.
Challenges of chess
Sarah Burnham, Staff Writer
April 1, 2015
Sophomore Liza Tarakanova, new to playing chess, carefully strategizes her next move while playing one of her first games as part of chess club. When Tarakanova started playing chess last semester, she found the strategizing and thinking aspect of it to be most challenging part of it. "Chess helped...
Funsize Film club restructures to increase membership
Macky Kavanaugh, Staff Writer
September 8, 2014
Seniors and Faculty reunite to revamp the Funsize Film Club for the upcoming year.
![Wearing dresses at Town and Country Square, sophomores Sami Eveland and Sammi Duncan dress up for their self-created homecoming. Despite COVID-19 cancelling school-sponsored homecoming , Duncan and her friend group decided to plan their own event and make the most out of the situation. “We were all super bummed about homecoming being cancelled,” Duncan said. “We just wanted to have a fun time with our friends whether it was for real or [fake], but we all knew that it was for our safety and getting to plan our own made us feel a lot better.”](https://PWestPathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC-0290-300x200.jpg)
![Annotating her copy of the short story, sophomore Zeina Daboul works on her assignment. Daboul found the parallels between the story and modern times interesting. “When you look deeper [into the story], you can see that it reflects our society, in ways that you wouldn't think a story written in 1842 would,” Daboul said.](https://PWestPathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200406_2316051-300x236.jpg)
