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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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Sophomore Aleix Pi de Cabanyes Navarro (left) finishes up a soccer game while junior Ava Muench (right) warms up for cross country practice. The two came to Parkway West High School as exchange students for the 2025-2026 school year. “The goal for the [exchange] program is to provide opportunities for both Parkway students and our international exchange students to learn about other cultures, build connections and become confident, capable, curious and caring — Parkway’s Four C’s — in the process,” Exchange Program Lead Lauren Farrelly said.

Worlds apart

Chase Cannon, Raaga Golla, Sage Kelly, and Elle Levesque October 8, 2025

The beginning of the school year is chaotic for everyone as students adjust to new classes, meet new teachers and face new challenges. Fall sports start up again while clubs try to get their bearings....

“[I am most proud of] having the courage to go to another country and stay here for a year without my family. Christmas was hard because I missed my family and they were doing all of this family stuff that we used to do together, and I was not there. We called almost every day that weekend. They had put a picture of me at the end of the table so I was ‘there’ for Christmas. It was really cute. My mom was an exchange student and she told me all her experiences and how fun it was. That’s why I decided to [study abroad].” - Johanne Mortensen, 11

Johanne Mortensen

Emily Early, Editor-in-Chief January 11, 2023

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Risa Cidoni, Editor-in-Chief November 21, 2022

“The best part of my year has been my German exchange student, Cecile. She’s made life much more enjoyable, [and] it’s a cool experience to have someone from a different culture and to learn about...

Sophomore Ryan Mound and junior Peter Martin converse in French and write their conversation on the board.

French students plan for trip abroad

Lily Bucher, Convergent Media Writer October 27, 2016

During a 15 day summer excursion, students will face total immersion into the French culture. Participants will tour Paris for five days and then attend a sister school, L’institution Sainte Jeanne...