![Sophomore Nidhi Pejathya lights candles to welcome guests on Diwali. An urli is a traditional Indian decoration filled with water, flowers and candles that are lit during the holiday. “Diwali is the festival of lights, so we greet the goddess Lakshmi with [them]. In our culture, a huge saying is ‘treat your guests like god,’ so we do the same for them as we would for the goddess,” Pejathya said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Nidhi-FEAT-900x675.jpg)
Lighting up the holidays; Students reflect on their Diwali traditions
Lily West, Staff Writer
• October 25, 2022
![While taking a selfie, freshman Samir Shaik and his friends try on face masks. Skincare, a prominent part of South Korean culture, was focused on during the club meeting dedicated to the country. “[My friends and I] wanted to try something different in this club. They offered us facemasks and we were just like, ‘Of course we’d [try them]’. I had never tried a face mask and [neither had] some of my friends. So it was a mess trying to put them on, but it was so fun,” Shaik said. “I just love that this moment was captured in a photo.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/selfiephotoshopped-900x600.jpg)
The ABCs of the ABC club
Emily Early, Editor-in-Chief
• May 2, 2022
![Sophomore Inaya Chishti shows her cow, Rosie, at last year’s Washington Town & Country Fair, where she won first place. After having a great season with Rosie, Chishti has looked forward to showing Rosie and her baby, a cow-calf pair, because she has never shown the same animal twice in a row. “It’s just a lot of work that you pour into this one animal, and then you don't get to show them again because it's a lot on the animal. And so we normally just let them go into the field, but Rosie was a really good show animal. She showed herself, [and] I didn't need to be there. I could let go of the halter and just scratch her, and she would just stand there,” Chishti said. “I'm excited [to show her] because I love her, and she's actually named after me. My middle name is Rose.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/image000000-1-e1650295193713-900x638.jpg)
Here for the Herefords
Cindy Phung, Editor-in-Chief
• April 18, 2022

The Super Sonic Guardian
Cindy Phung, Editor-in-Chief
• March 3, 2022

Sophomore Ava Relihan gets a kick start on the college recruiting process
Ava Bauman, CJ1 Writer
• January 24, 2022
![Posing in her last pageant dress, sophomore Romy Taylor reminisces on her past competitions. Taylor has participated in pageants for seven years.“[The most rewarding thing about pageants] are the relationships you make. Because whether or not you win, you're always going to make friends,” Taylor said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_0753-900x705.jpg)
Sophomore Romy Taylor jumps back into the pageant world
Anna Claywell, Staff Writer
• January 10, 2022

Weightlifting his way to the top
Achyuta Ambal, Staff Writer
• December 15, 2021
![Freshman Skyler Gulino and freshman Molly Bailey converse and laugh at their second lunch. Now that she has been in person for three months, Bailey is feeling more a part of West than she did last year. “In eighth grade, I was [a part of] the virtual Parkway West (middle school campus) program. I hadn’t actually and physically been in person since about November of 2019, my seventh grade [year],” Bailey said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/skyler-Bailey-900x629.jpg)
Practicing patience: Freshman Molly Bailey’s take on staying positive
Ashlyn Gillespie and Ellie West
• October 28, 2021

Life of a longhorn
Achyuta Ambal, Staff Writer
• September 27, 2021

Worlds VEX Robotics Competition: Robotics team assembles a successful weekend
Makinsey Drake, Staff Writer
• June 4, 2021