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
Junior David Hawiger poses in front of the St. Louis University Medical Center, where he had the opportunity to shadow the hospital’s medical team and research at the Pharmacology and Physiology lab. Hawiger participated in the lab’s ongoing studies to understand signal transductions induced by protein receptors in models of pain and cancer. “It was a great opportunity not only to work alongside physician-researchers but also to use lab equipment and to see and feel some of the structures you read about in class,” Hawiger said.

Junior David Hawiger explores a career in the medical field

Raj Jaladi, Newsletter Editor/Data Analyst • October 24, 2022

For junior David Hawiger, summer was not just relaxing and travel but also time to answer his question: Is a medical career for me? Hawiger pursued an internship opportunity at the St. Louis University...

Every year, there are people who haphazardly throw a few safeties and matches onto their list because someone told them to. When their reaches don’t pan out, they end up stuck somewhere they don’t really want to be. Avoid that fate by doing your homework in advance.

It’s all about fit: creating your college list (and deciding where to commit)

Tyler Kinzy, Managing Editor-in-Chief • August 14, 2021

This guide contains tens of thousands of words about how to apply to college, but I’ve yet to directly address where to apply — or where to commit after receiving your decisions. This is a section...

Working on homework for AP Statistics, senior Anjali Shah student aids for science teacher and Beta Chi Pi sponsor Sally Steininger. Shah has had Steininger as a teacher since sophomore year, taking AP Biology last year, and she is also now Beta Chi Pi president. “I enjoy helping out because I took all the material last year, so it’s nice to be able to help them with labs with parts that I know I had trouble with,” Shah said.

Senior Anjali Shah continues her journey of STEM learning

Fatema Rehmani, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief • September 18, 2019

Through research papers, internships and pre-engineering projects, senior Anjali Shah decided she wants to pursue a career in engineering. Passionate about her research, Shah never set a plan for a future...

Typing on her laptop, Shah looks over the work she has done. Her research surrounds ophthalmology, and she has worked with graduate students studying the effect of the eclipse on retinas. “I got involved because my dad got me in contact with a few people, but then I reached out to more people at [Washington University] to see if I could help them work,” Shah said.

Sophomore Anjali Shah follows her passion for STEM through research projects

Sabrina Bohn, Managing Editor-in-Chief • March 5, 2018

While most students dread the thought of writing a research paper, sophomore Anjali Shah got a head start on her future last fall by writing a textbook passage about ophthalmology and an informational...

Learning is not an opportunity for profit

Hannah Hoffmann, TECHNICAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF • March 16, 2017

Learning and cash. While no English class will ever teach you that these words are antonyms, it sure seems like they’re starting to be treated as the same thing. Apparently, it has become fair game to...

Keith Marty, superintendent of Parkway School District.

Editorial: Should West High and other Parkway schools start later?

Vaishal Shah, Staff Writers • September 22, 2014
Sleep. For some people it’s a time of restful comfort, but for high school students it’s practically non-existent in their busy lifestyles.