The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder
The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder
Staff Sergeant and U.S. Army recruiter Krystal Currin presents her recruitment station outside the cafeteria. Currin, who usually works in the IT field, has been in the Army for 12 years and hopes to retire in eight. “I'm here to provide information [and] open up more career opportunities [for] students,” Currin said.

The Pros and Cons of Military Recruitment in High Schools

Serena Liu, Editor-in-Chief • April 29, 2022

If you have been to school for the past few weeks, you have probably noticed the military recruitment tables propped up just outside the cafeteria doors. Passed in 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act...

Standing in front of the Marine Corps symbol, junior Audrey Griswold tours Iowa State University ROTC. Griswold always thought the Naval Academy was the place where she wanted to start. “At the Naval Academy, once you step on campus you are active military, whereas by taking an ROTC program you would be able to have your own college experience. So it's very different, but I think both are exceptional options,” Griswold said.

Hoping to continue her family legacy in the military

Ava Griswold, Yearbook Editor-in-Chief • January 27, 2022

With a family history in the military, junior Audrey Griswold decided at the age of 13 that she wanted to continue the family legacy, serving her country.  Griswold is thinking about the Naval Academy...

Senior Shannon Dobson sits on a curb, posing for a photo.

Financial decisions lead senior Shannon Dobson down an alternative path after high school

Madi Michajliczenko, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief • November 23, 2021

Hearts race with anticipation annually, as seniors' fate is handed down to them through the click of an email with three words, “You've been accepted” or “You've been denied.” Senior Shannon Dobson...

Protestors gather in Washington D.C. March 17, 2007 to oppose U.S. military presence in Iraq.

The conversation we need to have about 9/11

Tyler Kinzy, Managing Editor-in-Chief • September 11, 2020

I have no 9/11 story. There is no work meeting or trip down the hallway when I learned a plane crashed into the World Trade Center. I will never have a 9/11 story because I was born in 2003. For me,...

Juniors Nolan Barbre and Landon Dupont stand with volunteers at the Little Patriots Embraced (LPE) Golf Shootout. “Volunteering at events is an easy way for members of the community to get involved,” Dupont said.

Junior Landon Dupont supports other military families through fundraising

Susie Seidel, Convergence Media Editor • July 5, 2018

Junior Landon Dupont and his family expressed their support for families of the armed services at a fundraiser benefiting the organization Little Patriots Embraced (LPE) at the Missouri Bluffs Golf Club,...

Senior Kate Sullivan stands with her mom Roxanne after being sworn into the military at the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) building on Dec. 11.

Student Spotlight: Kate Sullivan

Rachel Ellis, Staff Writer • January 20, 2015
On Dec. 12 senior Kate Sullivan made the decision to join the army. But it was not until recently that Sullivan chose this path.