Ashlyn Gillespie, Deputy Managing Editor-in-Chief
• April 21, 2023
In late March, Missouri’s House of Representatives motioned and approved to allocate $0 to public libraries in the next state-operating budget. Republican House Chairman Cody Smith proposed this $4.5...
Leah Schroeder, Managing Editor-in-Chief
• February 22, 2022
The words of African literature echo across the library while students and staff listen intently. This is the annual African American read-in, set to occur March 4 during Academic Lab after a one-year...
Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
• March 11, 2018
As librarian Brian Welch stands at the podium on Feb. 22, students laugh between mouthfuls of pizza at his commentary on the Southern accent he is about to use. This was the start of the 15th annual African-American...
Showing his support for African-American History Month, on Feb. 26, junior Franz Sanon reads a poem about the struggle of racial inequality by Langston Hughes. Students who participated had to read a piece...
Debra Klevens, Convergent Media Writer
• February 26, 2015
During the 13th annual African American Read-In in the West High library, junior Donte Hopkins reads "Love Your Enemy" by Yusef Iman. Pizza and dessert was served to all student present. "We all have...
![Tilting their head patiently, senior Macy Ziegler gets their face painted in the library in preparation for the Spring Pep Rally. The library invited students to come in during lunch and paint each other’s faces West-themed for the event. “[The event] sounded fun. [Face painting] is a thing I haven't done since I was eight, and I had a friend who wanted to go, so I figured, why not? It's free,” Ziegler said. “I hung out in the library before school a lot last year with my friends, and I enjoyed it.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DSC_0061-1-900x600.jpg)
