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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

Pathfinder

Junior Madi Michajliczenko poses with yellow and blue light shining on her, representative of her family’s history in Ukraine. When her family immigrated, they decided to assimilate, causing Michajliczenko to know little about her past culture in Ukraine.

Lost to assimilation

Madi Michajliczenko, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief April 19, 2022

M-i-c-h-a-j-l-i-c-z-e-n-k-o. I spent time learning to print each letter and its order before I knew what my last name meant. It took me longer than others. After all, a typical last name doesn’t have...

Parkway offers faculty the opportunity for global competency

Nayeon Ryu, Video Editor April 9, 2019

To combat ignorance and cultural indifference in our district walls, Parkway Career & Technical Education, Choice Programs and Global Studies & World Languages Coordinator Amy Belding and Talent...

Watching the Assumption Greek Dancers, seniors Megan Roberts, Matthew Dyck and Meghan Stanfield cheer and yell ‘Opa’ to support them throughout their dance. The Festival of Nations is held in Tower Grove park in St. Louis, Missouri and has been an annual event since 1920. “Even though I always heard about how cool and vibrant the Festival of Nations was, I never made time to go until this year,” Roberts said. “It was so much fun and I was able to watch my friend Kristina perform with her church dance-group and eat a variety of different foods. I definitely plan on going again next year.”

Festival of Nations photo gallery

Maddie Cooke, STAFF WRITER August 27, 2018

Junior Maryam Oyebamiji laughs during her reading. Oyebamiji had been an audience member of the read-in for the last two years, but spontaneously chose to read this year. “Mr. Welch kept egging me to go, he kept staring at me, and I was like, ‘You know, why not,’ and I already had a book in my hands so I went up,” Oyebamiji said.

African-American Read-In celebrates excellence

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...

The Shah sisters saw the Great Wall in China during their travels. The Great Wall is 13,170 miles long.

Shah Sisters Travel to China

Gabby Leon, STAFF WRITER September 15, 2016

From learning about China in class to seeing it in person, junior Vaishali Shah and her sister, freshman Anjali Shah, spent two weeks this past summer in China. “We saw the Great Wall of China. We...