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Privett poses in a garden for her senior pictures.

Throwback Thursday : Allison Privitt

Tyler Hannegan, Staff Writer May 4, 2017

Pathfinder: What was your childhood like? Privitt: Back when I was a kid we had no cell phones, we just had iPods and regular telephones. Back then, when somebody wanted to call somebody else, and...

According to the Pwestpathfinder conducted survey, over 65 percent of students have seen or cheated on a test. Out of the 65 percent, five people admitted to using their phone to do so.

Scholastic dishonesty damages integrity of high school academics

Maddie Cooke, STAFF WRITER September 27, 2016

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...

Throwback Thursday: Tom Herpel, latin teacher

Throwback Thursday: Tom Herpel, latin teacher

Tyler Hannegan, Staff Writer April 21, 2016

Pathfinder: What high school did you go too? Herpel: I went to Brookfield High in Brookfield, CT. When did you graduate? I graduated in 2004. What was your least and favorite subjects? My...

Throwback Thursday: Darla Maynard, AU room specialist

Throwback Thursday: Darla Maynard, AU room specialist

Tyler Hannegan, Staff Writer February 11, 2016

Pathfinder: What high school did you go too? Maynard: I went to Bolivar Central High School in Bolivar, TN. What year did you graduate? I graduated in 1982. What was your least and favorite...

Throwback Thursday: Kristen Witt, English ASC

Tyler Hannegan, Staff writer January 28, 2016

Pathfinder: What high school did you go to? Witt: I went to Parkway North High school. What year did you graduate? I graduated in 1990. What was your least and favorite subjects? My least...

Awardees standing on risers applaud as President Obama enters the room. There were 108 awardees this year, all teachers of secondary math or science classes. "We were all just mesmerized. They lined us up on risers and since I’m short I got to sit in the front," Knop said. "Very nonchalantly one of the doors opened and the president walked in."

Math teacher Ruth Knop sets a National precedent for teaching

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.

Teachers do the Whip

Hannah Hoffmann, TECHNICAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF September 14, 2015
A selection of teachers hittin' the whip!

Senior tribute to teachers

Charlie Huff, Staff Newscaster May 4, 2015
West seniors speak highly about teachers who have influenced their high school careers.

What is Your Passion?

Stephanie Quoss, Staff Newscaster December 16, 2014
Students and teachers share what they are passionate about.