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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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Family and Consumer Sciences teacher Katie Hashley stands beside a plate of cookies in front of her kitchen. Hashley wanted to be a teacher from an early age, but worked 10 years in the restaurant industry before she pursued the career. “I started imagining being a teacher when I was in third grade. At that time, I wanted to teach elementary school, but as I got older and matured and thought more about my career, I realized that wasn't the group that I would work best with. I went back and forth in college on what I wanted to do, and in the end, I [knew] high school was it for me. I also worked in restaurants for 10 years so [teaching] Culinary Arts was a natural transition [from] that,” Hashley said.

Flashback Friday: Family and consumer sciences teacher Katie Hashley

Sakenah Lajkem, Staff Writer • December 15, 2023

    What school did you go to? I grew up in St. Louis County and attended Oakville Elementary. Then, I went to Oakville Junior High. I graduated from Oakville Senior High.   How...

Teachers recount where exactly they were during the 9/11 attacks, 22 years later.

Where were you during 9/11?

Sakenah Lajkem, Staff Writer • September 11, 2023

On Sept. 11, 2001, four planes were hijacked and sent to crash into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and the White House. While the White House was spared from the attack, the other two targets were hit,...

Culinary teacher Katie Hashley receives two haikus around her door. Student writers chose to highlight the wafting scents and spice concoctions created in the kitchen. “I love that the students chose to write haikus about our class because especially if it’s a former student, it lets me know that they really enjoyed taking the class,” Hashley said. “[The haikus] were completely true. When we bake cookies, the whole school does, in fact, know. In my mind, it’s free advertising for students to take the class. It also made me really happy because when we make cookies, it’s always a really fun day for students.”

Hoards of Haikus

Addie Gleason, Managing Editor-in-Chief • March 15, 2023

White papers appear spontaneously outside classrooms and school locations, each detailing an essential part of school culture. Formatted in the familiar three-line structure of a classic haiku, student...

Parents and children admire the different houses from different schools.

Pro Start students raise money for the Ronald McDonald House charity

Mary Moriarity, Staff Writer • December 21, 2015

Students, teachers and  families filed into the cafeteria to vote on the best gingerbread house at the Gingerbread House Contest,  Dec. 10, hosted by Pro Start classes. The contest raised funds for...