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Late start causes confusion, faculty explains reasoning

Corral Staff October 3, 2012

During today’s late start, faculty members herded students who arrived earlier than 9:15am into the upper commons much to the students confusion. “I thought something had happened in the school,”...

Chemistry teacher Beth Karfs observes juniors Drew Grossman and Sam Riley during a lab. Flipping her classroom has allowed Karfs more lab time for her chemistry classes. Photo by Matthew Bernstein.

Chemistry teachers 'flip' classroom

Corral Staff October 3, 2012

With the new school year underway, students in chemistry classes have been adjusting to integrated classrooms. In the science department Ms. Beth Karfs has been doing more labs in class to help the students...

Fire scare interrupts first lunch

Corral Staff September 27, 2012

Today proceeded as a normal day would until the fire alarm went off. Students have been trained since Kindergarten how to act if the fire alarm goes off while they are in class; however, lunch is a different...

The electic box outside of the theater is dismantled in the aftermath of the false fire alarm. The maintenance crew was trying to figure out the cause of the false alarm. Photo by Austin Dubinsky.

False fire alarm causes full-school evacuation

Corral Staff September 27, 2012

During the passing period between 4th and 6th period, a fire alarm went off, evacuating the whole school, about 1400 people. That is no small task. According to a Honeywell employee, the company...

Senior Victor Ge works on just one phase of his award winning research project.  Photo courtesy of STARS.

Students use summer to gain science lab experience

Corral Staff September 25, 2012

Senior Jonathan Brand shown focusing on his project, “Evaluation of Battery Parameters with an Algorithm.” Photo courtesy of STARS. Choosing to incorporate learning into part of their summer,...

Athletes compete in JCC Maccabi Games

Corral Staff September 25, 2012

A week before school began, while most students were buying school supplies and cramming in summer homework, many of the school’s athletes competed in the Jewish Community Center Maccabi Games. The games...

Late Start days leave impact on students, staff

Corral Staff September 25, 2012

Two extra hours for sleep or homework in the morning can sound like heaven. However, the conflicts the newly implemented Late Start days creates may, to some, outweigh the positive qualities of school...

District becomes greener with solar installations

Corral Staff September 25, 2012

The ultimate question is “what would you do with a million dollars?” It is a hypothetical question people ask themselves and others about what they dream they could have someday. Now, the district...

Seniors win 2012 Homecoming Games

Seniors win 2012 Homecoming Games

Corral Staff September 6, 2012

The senior class led their grade to victory last night at the 2012 homecoming games on the band field. The kickball games started the night off, with the juniors playing the freshman and the seniors...

Sophomore wins poetry contest

Corral Staff May 8, 2012

Parkway Central High School has many student writers, but not all receive recognition for their work. For sophomore Elise Gibson, this is not the case. Gibson recently won first place in the Wednesday...

Fischer discusses The Catcher in the Rye with her sixth block class. Photo by Samaneh Ataei.

Fischer retires

Corral Staff May 8, 2012

After teaching almost every English class available at Central, English teacher Denise Fischer plans on retiring after this year. Fischer has decided to spend her time as a consultant at a school in...

Kony 2012 hype contains hidden motives

Corral Staff May 8, 2012

Recently, the Invisible Children campaign, Kony 2012, dominated Facebook and Twitter. Kony 2012 is a campaign to raise awareness of the injustices of Joseph Kony. Kony kidnaps children from their homes...

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