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The Student News Site of Parkway Central High School

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The Student News Site of Parkway Central High School

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Operation 350 works to raise environmental awareness and increase recycling and composting around school. Photo courtesy of the Spur.

Operation 350 aims to keep composting program

Kate McNeal
May 6, 2015

Continuing a composting system started in the fall of 2013, Operation 350 is working to keep the system going, despite its possiblity of being cancelled. “A lot of people from the beginning of the...

Shah points to her new home in South Korea on the globe, where she will be working at an international school. Photo by Ben Kraizer.

Shah leaves for education job overseas

Corral Staff
May 6, 2015

At the end of the year, progress monitoring coach Bina Shah will take a new job as the dean of students for an international American middle school in the Jeju Islands, which is off the coast of South...

Extenuating circumstances create need  for shuffling of math classes, teachers

Extenuating circumstances create need for shuffling of math classes, teachers

Jeff Eidelman
May 6, 2015

Preparing for two teachers to go on maternity leave over spring break, the math department was thrown a curveball as both babies came early, and another teacher went on leave for personal reasons. Both...

Orchestra director Winifred Crock announces her retirement at the Masterworks concert on Feb. 9. Photo courtesy of the Corral.

Crock finishes 25-year-plus teaching stint; reflects on instruction, achievements

Kate McNeal
April 10, 2015

After more than 25 years in the building, orchestra director Winifred Crock announced her retirement at the Masterworks concert on Feb. 9. “There are so many things that I’ve been trying to...

Debate disobedience: Speech and debate opens public conversation  with Ferguson case study

Debate disobedience: Speech and debate opens public conversation with Ferguson case study

Corral Staff
April 10, 2015

Presenting a discussion open to the student body on March 26, four members of the speech and debate team tackled the issue of civil disobedience, focusing on the events in Ferguson. “Each team spoke...

PCHtv Episode 8

PCHtv Episode 8

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February 27, 2015

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Music booster club falls victim to $121k theft

Music booster club falls victim to $121k theft

Corral Staff
February 12, 2015

Stemming from embezzlement and false checks dating back to at least 2007, music parent association member Rice Jacobs was arrested for felony theft for stealing at least $121,000 from the music department. “It’s...

Seniors Jaime Gottlieb, Claire Kennedy, Taylor Thompson, and Jarrett Cox-Bradley listen to a guest speaker on Feb. 9. Photo by Kirk Randolph.

Students learn to teach in Pathway

Corral Staff
February 12, 2015

  After years of failing to gain enough interest, Linda Trecker’s Pathways to Teaching class is finally in session, but not for long. “I actually signed up for the class all four years...

District stikes marketing deal with firm

District stikes marketing deal with firm

Jeff Eidelman
February 12, 2015

Following the path of several schools in Columbia, MO, Parkway School district will be teaming up with Kelly Sports Properties (KSP) in an attempt to help extracurricular activity funds. “It’s a...

Corral Poll

Corral Poll

Corral Staff
February 12, 2015

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A group of protesters stand on their phones during the first walkout held on Sept. 10, outside of school by the flag pole. Students posted words of support on Twitter and Vines of the walkout on social media. Photo by Piper Rother.

Students utilize Twitter to voice opinion over Ferguson events

Corral Staff
December 10, 2014

After the verdict deciding not to indict officer Darren Wilson, students aiming to voice their opinions took to social media to tell their followers how they felt. “Twitter helped me voice my...

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