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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder
The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder
2023 National Merit Finalists: Starting from top left, Bennett Christofferson, Jacob Rushing, Alan Song, Ethan DeLuca, Nathan Zhou, Joseph Britt, Katherine Evans, Nikita Bhaskar, Rohan Dagubatti, Noah Schell, Owen Arneson, Mitchell Harms, Allie Byergo, Shiv Sharma, Wilson Gao

Meet the 2023 National Merit Finalists

Raj Jaladi, Newsletter Editor/Data Analyst • April 11, 2023

Fifteen of Parkway's 28 seniors named as finalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program are from West.  The National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSP) is an academic competition for recognition...

Managing Editor-in-Chief Dani Fischer and Conceptual Editor-in-Chief Justin Cupps make sure the Pathfinder keeps pace with the best online newspapers in the nation. The Pathfinder has been nominated for a National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) Pacemaker Award, which recognizes excellence in high school journalism programs. “We know our site is incredible and we know how much work we put into each story and all the things that go on behind the scenes. But, to have someone else with as much authority as NSPA see our site as one of the best is a completely different feeling,” Fischer said. “It validates all the hard work that has been put in.”

PWest Pathfinder nominated for its first ever NSPA Pacemaker Award

Maria Newton, FEATURES EDITOR • January 22, 2019

The National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) has named the Parkway West High School Pathfinder as one of 44 finalists for the Pacemaker Award for Online Newspapers. This award is given to school news...

88th Academy Awards: recap

Grant Aden, SPORTS EDITOR • February 29, 2016
Surrounded by controversy, confusion and congratulations, the most important nights in movie culture came and went, with the academy handing out little golden statues to the films and people they decided were the best in industry for 2015.

2016 Grammy Awards: recap

Claire Dreller, Staff Writer • February 20, 2016

[View the story "The Grammys 2016: Recap" on Storify]

Awardees standing on risers applaud as President Obama enters the room. There were 108 awardees this year, all teachers of secondary math or science classes. "We were all just mesmerized. They lined us up on risers and since I’m short I got to sit in the front," Knop said. "Very nonchalantly one of the doors opened and the president walked in."

Math teacher Ruth Knop sets a National precedent for teaching

Emily Dickson, CONCEPTUAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF • October 23, 2015
Ruth Knop, who teaches Algebra II and Honors Precalculus at West, met President Obama when she was honored with a Presidential Award for Mathematics Teaching this summer.
The 2014 Yearbook was designed by a staff of 35 students

PAWESEHI awarded NSPA Pacemaker Nomination for the 2014 yearbook

Emily Dickson, CONCEPTUAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF • February 9, 2015

Yearbook. While to many people it may just seem like a simple chronicle of a year at school, it is an adventure, an occupation and even an entire world to those who create it. With the 2014 yearbook, PAWESEHI...

"I have learned how to keep my drawing proportional, and how to work on bigger spaces." Lueking said as he drew his piece for his final.

School assignment leads to success in a local competition

Jane Fuller, Staff Writer • December 15, 2014
Students see their futures in art unfold after taking beginning-level classes.

American Music Awards Recap: Storify

Jacob Cupps, Editor-in-Chief • November 25, 2013

Storify is a collection of online media used to cover a given event, namely, the American Music Awards. This storify contains a variety of tweets from different sources pertaining to the night. [View...