The Weight of the Classroom
Anjali Shah, Staff Writer
May 23, 2017
With finals week upon us, textbooks, laptops and binders are just a few of the heavy items that spill out of backpacks as students stuff their bags to the brim. Despite the practicality of backpacks, they may endanger the health and safety of students. “Since at least 1998, we’ve noticed back...
Students TEAM up for national competition
Lilly Bucher, Staff Writer
May 23, 2017
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This summer juniors Alec Zhou, Adam Johnson, Haran Kumar, Yash Nayak, Sophia McMorrow, Sophia Malpocker, Alexa Ling and Rachel Wang are participating in the Tests of Engineering, Aptitude, Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) national competition in Orlando, FL. From June 21-24, the students will work as a team...
School says farewell to sophomore secretary Joyce Weis
Samantha Gaddis, Staff writer
April 13, 2017
After 19 years of working at West, sophomore secretary Joyce Weis plans to retire with her sixth class in May. After receiving her job four years ago, Sophomore Assistant Principal Jenn Sebold met with Weis to introduce herself. “She had this motherly stern look and said, ‘If you can remember ...
Becoming Bulgarianism
Maddie Cooke, Staff Writer
November 1, 2016
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Though senior Peter Petev is known for his excellence in debate and other extracurriculars such as boys tennis and National Honor Society, on the Internet, he is known for his YouTube channel, as Bulgarianism. “At first when I saw his channel on Youtube, I was really shocked because it was kind of ran...
Junior Kalyn Newirth-Deutsh gets semicolon tattoo to symbolize struggle with depression
October 3, 2016
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She ran to her room and felt like her world was closing in around her. Feeling an overwhelming sadness, she had no idea how to handle it. This was the first time junior Kalyn Newirth-Deutsch thought she might have depression. “I came home and I couldn’t breathe. I was so sad and I didn’t know...
Scholastic dishonesty damages integrity of high school academics
September 27, 2016
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A total of 43 pages make up the student handbook, detailed with rules and regulations. But not a single page includes the expectation surrounding academic integrity that teachers enforce in their classrooms. “Academic integrity is the right thing to do, but sometimes, I feel so much pressure to do...
Mohammad Hadij offers an alternative to traditional tutoring
Claire Dreller, Staff Writer
May 9, 2016
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Hadji, Nayak, and Zhao created the tutoring program at the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year, and Hadji noticed attendance has increased as finals draw nearer.
Read more »Students plan to survive second semester
Claire Dreller, Staff Writer
January 13, 2016
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As students get in the groove of second semester, some find that motivation is hard to find. For seniors, this is the last stretch of their high school career; for juniors it is the final days of the “hardest year of high school.” Sophomores and freshmen still have a while to go.
Read more »A new face for the Parkway West Longhorn
Emily Dickson, EiC Intern
October 1, 2015
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On Sept.15, Activities Director Brian Kessler released a bright new set of Longhorn logos to the student body. Dramatic rumors about the switch had been brewing all Summer, although Kessler says the process started long before that.
Read more »Welcome back
Sydney Kinzy, Cartoonist
August 27, 2015
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Welcome back to school!
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