The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder
The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder
The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder
Freshman Paige Schnarr, equipped with her Longhorns mask, documents her bus ride to school. Bus riders sat one person per row and alternated between the left and right seats to maintain distance. “I was doing well with online learning, but for me, if I’m not in the classroom, then I feel like I don’t get as much done,” Schnarr said.

A look into students’ decision to stay home or return to school

Emily Early, Editor-in-Chief • November 24, 2020

The decision all students had to make: stay home or return to school. Whether behind a screen or behind a mask, for the first time in recent history, students have had a say in the environment from which...

A collage displays students preparing for the first day of school. Parkway began the school year with districtwide virtual instruction upon implementing its ‘Plan C’ for reopening. “I felt slightly nervous before the day started because I didn't know how well our internet would hold up. The thing that scares me the most is that I will never know if the internet will stay up the whole day or if it will go down,” junior Aliana Sawall said. “This experience overall has taught me that I will have to have more patience than usual because this is new to everyone, including teachers.”

Photo of the week – Aug. 24

Tyler Kinzy, Managing Editor-in-Chief • August 28, 2020

Listen in to the ReCap as we focus on social studies teacher Brent Wildhaber and his experience building a barn.

The ReCAP: Back to school blues

Emma Caplinger, Arts and Entertainment Editor • August 20, 2019



Senior Emma Caplinger studies a to-do list of summer assignments at the Town and Country Crossing Starbucks. Students have the entire summer to complete their homework, although most wait until the end of summer break. "Having other people working around me makes me feel better about doing my homework during the summer," Caplinger said. "Usually though, I just scroll through Instagram for a few hours and do it all the night before school starts."

Best ways to avoid summer homework

Emma Caplinger, Arts and Entertainment Editor • August 1, 2019

Every year I promise myself I’ll start my summer homework earlier than the week before it is due, and every year, I disappoint myself. To all my past English teachers, I’m so sorry for the rushed essays...

Back to the grind playlist

Back to the grind playlist

Dani Fischer, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF • October 10, 2017

We’ve been in school for over a month now, but it never gets any easier. In order to help you get back into the grind (or watch your grades plummet), we made this playlist, appropriately titled “help...

Welcome back

Welcome back

Sydney Kinzy, PHOTO EDITOR • August 27, 2015
Welcome back to school!