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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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Staring into the spotlight, sophomore Arden Dickson performs in the fall play The 39 Steps. Dickson has been featured in 21 shows since she began participating in theater five years ago. “The arts are creating something out of nothing, based purely on what is inside of you,” Dickson said. “STEM subjects emphasize technicality, memorization, and what people don’t realize is that art is just as, if not more difficult. Art is creating something completely new based on what is going on inside your head, which, I guarantee for everyone, is a hot mess.”

Sophomore Arden Dickson pursues theater in a STEM-focused world

Lydia Roseman, News and Sports Editor • December 19, 2018

What career are you pursuing? I really want to go to a Conservatory Performing Arts college and get a Bachelor in Fine Arts (BFA) in either acting or musical theater, preferably musical theater. Those...

Posing with her camera and drone, junior Caroline Judd shows the equipment she needs to continue her career as a photographer. Judd used her own money to purchase her equipment and uses her own time to take and edit photos. “I’ve invested lots of money into camera equipment and editing software that you can’t get at school,” Judd said. “I understand that that isn’t a priority for the school, but it’s hard when you want to follow a career that isn’t typical or STEM focused because you have to put so much time into outside of school while also balancing your schoolwork.”

Art students face the pressures of STEM focused education

Lydia Roseman, News and Sports Editor • November 29, 2018

Science. Technology. Engineering. Mathematics. These fields have been pushed on us since we were young. Elementary schoolers take art and music classes once or twice a week, but are drilled in their times...

Molding the center of a clay bowl, sophomore Megan Gordon leans over a pottery wheel in Clay Club. Although Gordon just started experimenting with clay, she has created art with other mediums like paint and is currently taking ceramics. “I’m not very good with words, and I’m not very good with writing things down because of my dyslexia,” Gordon said. “I’m better with painting a picture because I learn very visually, so I’m able to transfer that to the picture. I feel like sometimes my art can speak for me.”

Photo of the week – Sept. 3

Carly Anderson and Sabrina Bohn • September 7, 2018

People of West: Bailey Goughenour

Susie Seidel, Convergence Media Editor • April 19, 2018
Junior Bailey Goughenour reflects on her development as an artist and how it made her who she is today.
Twelve tiles currently line Herpel’s ceiling, and six more are in progress. Herpel provides resources for students to carry out the detailed research in depicting the deity of their choosing. “I’ve always liked the myth surrounding Proserpina. Also, knowing that it would take an obscene amount of time for me, a serial procrastinator, to complete, I figured that Proserpina wasn’t one that a lot of other people would ask to do,” junior Natan Shpringman said.

Students blend art and Latin

Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR • February 6, 2018

Along with a mural of the Roman forum on the wall, student-painted ceiling tiles join the collage of decorations hanging from Latin teacher Tom Herpel’s walls. The tiles that depict ancient Roman deities...

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...

Junior Zach Whistle draws in his sketchbook whenever he gets free time.

Artists celebrate Inktober

Mary Claire Moriarity, STAFF WRITER • October 30, 2016
Parker encourages artists to post their art on social media platforms such as Instagram so they have a place to get feedback from friends and fellow artists using #inktober and #inktober2016.
Playing an improv game, juniors Kayla Bell, Kennedy Brown, Hayden Riehl and Ann Truka act out a scene at an after school improv session.

The Running with Scissors Improv team presents a spooktacular show

Claire Smout and Carson Lolley • October 28, 2016
“Improv is so much fun for me because it is not something I would normally do. It puts me out of my comfort zone and that is really cool to experience,” Lolley said.
Drawing without looking

Drawing without looking

Convergent Media Writers • September 26, 2016

Focusing on the contour of her hands, freshman Lauren Adam  brings out the lines and detail for a Drawing class assignment called Blind Contouring. Adams focused on the hard curves of her fingers and...

Working on the wheel, junior Maddie DeClue molds a ball of clay into a bowl. Many people participate in Clay Club in order to have time to work on personal artistic projects. “Clay club was really cool because an art class didn’t fit in my schedule, but I still wanted to be able to create art,” DeClue said. “I was attempting to make a pot out of clay. I didn’t have a specific shape in mind, which was the cool thing about Clay Club, there wasn’t a set structure.”

Gallery: Students create art at Clay Club

Claire Dreller, Staff Writer • May 2, 2016

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