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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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With his father watching, junior Matthew Hopper attaches a plaque to his bench commemorating the life of Brynn Haun at the senior night ceremony for the girls’ tennis team Sept. 20. Hopper chose to create the bench for his Eagle Scout Service Project. “I’ve learned a bunch of stuff from Boy Scouts,” Hopper said. “From living out in the wilderness by yourself to being a better leader, helping younger people, helping older people, just being a better person, you learn life skills.”

Junior Matthew Hopper honors Brynn Haun through Eagle Scout project

Tyler Kinzy, Managing Editor-in-Chief • October 10, 2018

Junior Matthew Hopper paid tribute to his late friend he knew since elementary school by constructing a bench outside the tennis courts in Brynn Haun’s memory. As Hopper searched for potential Eagle...

Drilling a plaque into the bench he built, junior Matthew Hopper puts the final touches on his Eagle Scout project during girls tennis senior night in order to honor Brynn Haun. Because he had known Haun since elementary school, Hopper’s troop notified him about building the bench, and he enlisted junior Andrew Jolly and senior Gabe Rennard to help him. “It was important to me because I just wanted to give back to a community that was hurting,” Hopper said. “Brynn has given so much to the community just from always being supportive, nice and so positive, even when she was going through her toughest times, so I wanted to give back.”

Photo of the week – Sept. 17

Sabrina Bohn and Carly Anderson • September 21, 2018