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The Student News Site of Parkway Central High School

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Foreign exchange student Tomas Canals poses for a picture under the St. Louis Arch. One thing Canals misses about living in Spain is being able to walk everywhere. "In St.Louis you can go to the pharmacy, the bank, the post office, and to a restaurant and never get out of your car," Canals said.

The exchange must go on

Abby Prywitch, Editor-in-Chief
February 19, 2021

The pandemic has cancelled a lot of things, but exchange student Tomas Canals did not let COVID-19 stop him from traveling all the way from Spain to the United States. It was not an easy process, and they...

Creating art one step at the time

Creating art one step at the time

Andrew Staggenborg, Reporter
January 14, 2021

  During COVID-19  in the second quarter of the Fall 2020 semester, some students started the class “Let’s Create Together/ Art Mentor. ”. This class is an opportunity for general education...

The color guard and marching band perform together at a football game on Oct. 7, 2020. “My favorite part would have to be waking up early in the morning with everyone else and just getting there
early to watch the sun rise while doing a bunch of other stuff with the band and everything,” freshman Anastasia Lindholm said.

Color Guard Pushes On

Emma Li, Reporter
November 29, 2020

From the far corner of the room, two large flags fly up into the air, the fabric rippling as it gracefully plunges down as it is caught, once again, in experienced hands. This was the sight that caught...

Graphic by Abby Prywitch.

Thanksgiving celebrations during a pandemic

Abby Prywitch, Editor-in-Chief
November 25, 2020

Celebrating Thanksgiving might look different for some families this year due to COVID-19. This year, families have had to make tough decisions on what they want to do in regards to their Thanksgiving...

Adam Saaks poses for his promo shot with two pairs of scissors.

Alum finds ‘Love at First Cut’

Abby Prywitch, Editor-in-Chief
November 24, 2020

Adam Saaks, Parkway Central class of 1990 alumnus, knew that he loved creating fashion, but didn’t know that his real gift was in destroying fabric. Saaks is known for his live t-shirt cutting performances. Before...

Community Service During Quarantine

Allison Loudenback, Reporter
November 20, 2020

During this time of our lives, quarantine has left many people yearning for productivity, including senior Emily He, who chose to take initiative and founded a volunteer organization called COVID-19/Crisis...

The outside of C. Oliver showing the menu and the black owned business sign. Photo taken by Gabby Abowitz.

Black-Owned Restaurants affected by COVID-19

Gabby Abowitz, Photo Editor and Art Director
October 20, 2020

Encouraging people to spend their money at black-owned restaurants seems like a direct way to effect change and help to stand in solidarity with the Black community. Local food lovers have been pulling...

Why is it important to support black-owned businesses?

Why is it important to support black-owned businesses?

Maddie Hewgley, Reporter
October 18, 2020

The deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor brought renewed attention to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement this summer. With an issue systemically rooted and centuries old, young...

The Future of International School Trips

Allison Loudenback, Reporter
October 13, 2020
For the majority of our time at high school, we are taught about different geography, cultures and languages from textbooks and worksheets. However, almost every year, Parkway offers its students opportunities to travel internationally, enriching their perspective on the world and allowing them to experience a period of cultural immersion.
Fall in St. Louis: Things to do

Fall in St. Louis: Things to do

Ellie Mueller, Reporter
October 11, 2020

As the leaves start falling and temperatures drop, fall in Saint Louis has arrived. There are endless (and COVID-19 friendly!) things to do this October. Whether you want to go get lost in a  corn maze...

Phenomenal Pikaard

Phenomenal Pikaard

Alex Maisenhelder, Online Manager
October 10, 2020

Matt Pikaard is the Latin teacher here at Parkway Central and has been for the last six years and the Latin teacher at Parkway North for four years before that. En route to becoming a Latin teacher, Pikaard...

Morley and friends at dinner the night of FOCO

FOCO (fake homecoming)

Brooke Kraizer, News Editor/ Features Editor
October 10, 2020

Homecoming or HOCO is something that students look forward to every year. Buying dresses, getting hair and makeup done, after parties and everything in between. Although there was a virtual Homecoming...

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