Summer feels shorter and shorter each year, but an easy way to distract yourself from the months slipping away is by finding new music that amplifies summer adventures. It’s easy to get sucked into...
Carly Anderson, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief
• September 18, 2018
With 12 girls, two coaches and enough suitcases to slow their cars down, the field hockey team embarked on a four-hour drive to Iowa City, Iowa for a three-day training camp with the D1 University of Iowa...
In a pursuit to learn Mandarin, freshman Victoria Gray and sophomore Andrew Gray spent two weeks in Shanghai, China, at a camp called ‘That's Mandarin.’
‘That’s Mandarin’ is a two-week camp...
Junior Lauren Beard visited an atmospheric and Earth sciences camp at the University of Wisconsin (UW) over the summer to further her knowledge of meteorology.
“I’ve just found myself drawn to [meteorology],”...
Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
• June 14, 2018
With summer still heating up, Dierks Bentley’s latest album “The Mountain” provides a mellow sound that is perfect for kicking back at the pool. He blends music accessible to mainstream pop lovers...
Leaving just two days after graduation, senior Emily Rayfield is spending her summer in Dittmer, MO to go to Sunnyhill Adventures camp, which she has attended since she was seven years old.
“The...
Lily Bucher, Convergent Media Writer
• October 27, 2016
During a 15 day summer excursion, students will face total immersion into the French culture.
Participants will tour Paris for five days and then attend a sister school, L’institution Sainte Jeanne...
Hannah Hoffmann, TECHNICAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• September 22, 2016
The modern Pokémon trainer is no longer confined to catching them all within in-game regions that can only be reached through a screen; the summer debut of Pokémon GO has turned into an all out virtual...
Emily Dickson, CONCEPTUAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• October 23, 2015
Ruth Knop, who teaches Algebra II and Honors Precalculus at West, met President Obama when she was honored with a Presidential Award for Mathematics Teaching this summer.
![Getting ready for their first session, the field hockey team meets other campers in preparation for training. The camp consisted of five training sessions over three days, totalling at just over 10 hours of practice. “We were barely in our dorm rooms because we were busy going to practices, games and of course meals,” senior and varsity captain Olivia Reimer said. “[Before this camp] we had never gone out of town with our team, so it helped us bond and learn more skills that we can incorporate into this season.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/pasted-image-0-900x675.png)
![Standing with a family friend, mother Xiao Gray, brother Christopher Gray, freshman Victoria Gray and sophomore Andrew Gray visit the terracotta warriors in Xi’an China. The Gray family visited the museum after the children finished camp. “By the end [the museum] got jam packed with people, tourists, students and guides, but luckily we got there early. It was really interesting to see all the statues in real life,” Victoria said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_2284-900x675.jpg)
![Junior Lauren Beard reads weather pattern graphs after attending an Earth Sciences camp this summer. At the camp, Beard explored her passion for meteorology with students from all over the United States. “[I] thought it was a great opportunity to see if this is something that I’m really interested in," Beard said. “I’ve just found myself drawn to that subject, I’ve always just found it really interesting."](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/DSC_0285-900x598.jpg)
