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

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Parkway West SPARK! students senior Suma Gondi and junior Jane Fuller participate in turtle tracking in Forest Park for the Biosciences strand with students from Parkway South. "We used this radar thing to find the location of a turtle and we observed it's habitat," Gondi said.

SPARK! Sets students on a pathway to success

Ellie Widowski, Staff Writer • February 20, 2017

Shadowing professionals, participating in local competitions and getting hands-on experience are some of the reasons that Parkway SPARK! Is a common alternative education program for students. SPARK!...

Virtual Enterprise students attend the Midwest Trade show in Gatlinburg, TN.

Students further education to prepare for future careers

Ellie Widowski, Staff Writer • January 26, 2017

With over 230 classes to choose from, students have access to experience a wide variety of fields of study at the high school level. Elective classes range from cooking to ceramics to scuba diving. Taking...

Seniors Samuel Wait and Matt Sauer hold their oversized $5,000 checks from Globalhack V.

SPARK! students crack the code behind winning $10,000

Betsy Wait, MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF • October 5, 2015

With over 44 collegiate and professional teams attending St. Louis’ Globalhack V coding challenge, some groups even venturing from as far as California and Canada in order to win 1st place, no one expected...

junior Allison Worth presents her book 'From the Ashes' at the competition.

Spark! students pitch propositions

Ellie Widowski, Staff Writer • September 21, 2015
Rushing through the weekly morning traffic, speeding up to beat red lights, barely making it to third hour on time: the daily routine of the typical Spark! student.
Typing a chapter in "From the Ashes," sophomore Allison Worth adds to her upcoming novel.

Student Spotlight: Allison Worth

Debra Klevens, Convergent Media Writer • February 24, 2015

After years of wanting to write her own book, but struggling to find a plot, 15-year-old sophomore Allison Worth began writing a dystopian young adult novel. “It incorporates a lot of diversity, which...

School in India seeks English volunteers

Jacob Cupps, Editor-in-Chief • February 10, 2015
The Parkway West Community, through COW and Spark!, partner with a school in Kerala, India, to send volunteer teachers.
The panel of judges meets before the beginning of the session.

Parkway Students take on the business world

Jacob Cupps, Editor-in-Chief • September 19, 2014
On Sept. 18, the 19 students involved with the Spark! program pitched a business idea to a pannel of judges – one group one $500 and a chance to make their ideas a reality.
The Spark! entrepreneurs hold a discussion at the Spark! incubator.

Student Spotlight: Katie Hornsby

Jacob Cupps, Editor-in-Chief • September 14, 2014
Through Spark!, junior Katie Hornsby teams up with Parkway South senior Andrea Bauer to create "Fortitude."
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