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Graph depicting relationship between minimum wage and teen employment. Courtesy of Forbes.

Prop B Follow Up: A Word of Caution

Lee Foust, Staff Writer
January 2, 2019

With the coming raises in the minimum wage for Missouri, it’s important to consider some of the more negative effects of raising wages. While in theory, it is always better to have more money, there...

New Environmental Club

Myori Felix, Staff Writter
January 1, 2019

With climate change on the rise, students at PCH have taken up the opportunity to do something about it. In past years, students have come together to organize Operation 350, but unfortunately, the club...

Hot Albums in Your Area – Why We Need to Quit Singles

December 19, 2018

With mainstream artists releasing more and more singles rather than putting their efforts into a fully developed album, the more I feel like the art of albums are dying in our modern days of media consumption....

Things to do in St. Louis over Winter Break

Logan Potts, Sports Editor
December 19, 2018

St. Louis is a city filled with many fun attractions that can be enjoyed by yourself, with family, and with friends. Whether you like to spend your time indoors in the comfort of the heat, or whether you...

How to get through finals week

Myori Felix, Staff Writer
December 19, 2018

Finals week is here, and this can be the most stressful time of the year for high school students, if you feel yourself struggling, here are a few tips I find helpful to get myself through the week. Preparations: ...

Hardcore at The Ready Room

Hardcore at The Ready Room

David Amirdjanian, Opinions Editor
December 17, 2018

I went to a concert without even knowing a single song by the main act, but rather knowing more about the lesser known three opening acts. “Lesser known” is probably an understatement to whoever’s...

Thank you, Next Video

Thank you, Next Video

Claudia Sanders, Online News Editor
December 14, 2018

Ariana Grande’s new music video came out premiered on Nov 30th of this year, creating a worldwide obsession with the former Nickelodeon actress. Grande had been hyping this video up for months prior...

Algebra teacher Ricky Halteman helps Natalie Williams (9) in sixth hour Algebra lab. Photo taken by Gabby Abowitz.

How to succeed in Algebra

Gabby Abowitz, Photography Editor
December 14, 2018

Anyone that has taken Algebra freshman year knows the struggles: getting bad grades on the tests, having to stay after school, extra practice, and being confused. If you have a bad grade in algebra, do...

CAN LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS WORK?

MacKenzie, Staff Writter
December 14, 2018

Relationships and friendships are some peoples’ main priority. Having a super close friend, sister, cousin, or even grandparent move away is difficult to go through. I talked to my peers and teachers...

Trey’s Top Ten Tracks of 2018

Trey Williams, Staff Writer
December 11, 2018

#10 - "Playing Possum" by Earl Sweatshirt Earl Sweatshirt, a former member of rap group Odd Future, released a solid album this year titled Some Rap Songs. “Playing Possum” is one of the few...

Photo courtesy of Pixabay.

Success in Scholar Bowl

Alex Maisenhelder, Online Sports Editor
December 5, 2018

This past weekend on December 1, Parkway Central's Academic Challenge team traveled to Washington, Missouri, for a chance to go to Nationals. It was a good experience for the team as the team made the...

On July 18, 2018, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 acquired a natural-color image of a swirling green phytoplankton bloom in the Gulf of Finland, a section of the Baltic Sea. Note how the phytoplankton trace the edges of a vortex; it is possible that this ocean eddy is pumping up nutrients from the depths.

Every summer, phytoplankton spread across the northern basins of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, with blooms spanning hundreds and sometimes thousands of miles. Nutrient-rich, cooler waters tend to promote more growth among marine plants and phytoplankton than is found in tropical waters. Blooms in summer 2018 off Scandinavia seem to be particularly intense.

HEATING UP: CLIMATE CHANGE

Danni Schneiderman, Staff Writer
November 13, 2018

As Principal Tim McCarthy’s voice booms over the speaker system in the cafeteria, students left and right throw their recyclables in the compost bin, ignoring his pleading instructions. However minuscule...

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