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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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Senior Magnus Vierck and his girlfriend Hannah Pallos use plastic bottles to make bottle rockets.

Beyond the battle

Liam Woodson June 1, 2023

For a 17-year-old, senior Magnus Vierck has been through a lifetime’s worth of medical challenges. Almost 10 years after his cancer diagnosis, Vierck continues to face physical and emotional difficulties...

Posing for a picture, junior Alex Sevastianos takes a picture with his parents along with Parkway South senior Subah Shovik and her mother. Sevastianos met Shovik from Spark and the two ran the campaign together. “We had really good communication with each other, and always checked up on whatever project we were working on for the campaign,” Sevastianos said.

Junior Alex Sevastianos raises money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Karina Christ May 19, 2020

After his grandfather passed, junior Alex Sevastianos sought to honor his legacy by creating positive change. “After my grandfather’s passing six months ago, I made a promise to myself: I’d open...

Dr. Bill Nelson works to give hope to the word ‘cancer’

Sarah Lashly, Staff Writer January 15, 2018

Alumnus Dr. Bill Nelson has been a Professor of Oncology, Urology, Pharmacology, Medicine, Pathology and Radiation Oncology at Johns Hopkins Medicine since 1992 and specializes in the research and treatment...

Coach Dale Shepherd and Coach Nancy Sachtleben prepare the 2008 Track team for an upcoming meet.

Nancy Sachtleben battles ovarian cancer for the third time

Sarah Lashly, Staff Writer March 20, 2017

History teacher Nancy Sachtleben’s life forever changed Aug. 6, 2009 when she was diagnosed for the first time with the silent killer, ovarian cancer. “It was shock and disbelief for a few months...

Brynn Haun sleeps after her rib surgery halfway through her cancer treatment.

Cancer diagnosis optimistically alters student’s perspective

Sarah Lashly, Convergent Media Writer December 16, 2016
Ewing’s Sarcoma Cancer changed freshman Brynn Haun’s life when she was diagnosed on Sept. 27, 2014.
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