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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder

The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

Pathfinder

Completing an assignment, senior Jan Gagstetter studies in her AP Statistics class.

Jan Gagstetter nominated for U.S Presidential Scholars Program

Claire Martin, Staff Writer March 31, 2015
Senior Jan Gagstetter was nominated for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program and will find out if she gets into the program in May.
Faculty Spotlight: Cathy Whitaker

Faculty Spotlight: Cathy Whitaker

Mary Moriarity, Staff Writer March 8, 2015
Science teacher Cathy Whitaker reflects on her past and plans her future after retirement.
A Scientific Mistake

A Scientific Mistake

Vaishal Shah, Staff Writer March 7, 2015

Freshman Anna Chen points out a mistake in the science hallway. “The mistake is that the 4d10 tile should be switched with the 5s2 tile. We learned about it in first semester freshmen science with Ms....

Cloudy with a chance of Undulatus asperatus

Vaishal Shah, Staff Writer March 5, 2015
Is it possible to find beauty in such mundane things as clouds?

New outbreak of an old disease

Vaishal Shah, Staff Writer February 24, 2015

Measles. For some it invokes the image of their childhood; for others it is merely a dead disease. But with the recent outbreak of measles in California, is measles back and on the rise? Measles was...

Global warming warrants change

Global warming warrants change

Emily Dickson, CONCEPTUAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF February 4, 2015
With extreme winter weather constantly hitting locations around the world, it is difficult to believe that global warming is a real problem.

Losing your marbles

Sarah Burnham, Staff Writer January 30, 2015

Freshmen Keriann Kixmiller, Vicky Marshall and Casey Glasby conduct their experiment on projectile velocity in Physics. Students allowed marbles to roll down the different, sloped ramps to determine how...

POW Amy Cohen, Science teacher

POW Amy Cohen, Science teacher

Allie Collins, Convergent Media Writer November 3, 2014
“What college did you go to and what did you major in?”
Clara Sun stands next to her mentor Dr. Blythe Janowiak, who guided Sun through the STARS program.

Student Spotlight: Clara Sun

Claire Martin, Staff Writer September 28, 2014
Participating in the STARS summer program, junior Clara Sun received the science research award.
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.