Kriti Dhaduvai

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master

Kriti is a senior at PCH who loves meditation, inline skating, and photography. She is the student leader of the Sahaja Yoga Meditation Club and she plays a whole bunch of instruments (Harmonium, Guitar, Ukulele, Piano, Kalimba, and more). This year, she is the Features Editor & Puzzle Master for the newspaper. Her favorite quote is: “There can be no peace in the world until there is peace within.” – Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi.

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[Video] Bye Bye Byrd

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master
May 9, 2024

Many familiar faces will walk out of Parkway Central with the Class of 2024. One of them is the seniors’ grade level administrator, Dr. Marvin Byrd. “About a couple months ago, I’d say I finally...

A Bit About Bassma

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master
May 9, 2024

Junior Bassma Albitmouni has many transient hobbies; she’s a chess aficionado, amiable conversationalist and passionate philomath. Currently, she’s really been enjoying playing chess. “I don’t...

A Symphony of The Digital Age

Kriti Dhaduvai and Esther Wang
May 9, 2024

Carrying on the tradition of previous years, the orchestra’s spring concert on May 9 had yet another unique theme: video games. The three orchestra groups (Concert One, Concert Two, and Symphonic Orchestra),...

May 2024: Puzzles Key

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master
May 9, 2024

A Dress Drive Come True

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master
April 10, 2024

Struggling to find your prom outfit? The ‘Cinderella Dress Drive’ may be the best solution for you. The ‘Cinderella Dress Drive’ is an initiative by Parkway Central’s Sister Project to help...

Meditation For Our Generation

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master
April 5, 2024

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the youth’s mental health has been steadily deteriorating at an alarming rate. According to Angela Chiu, Ph.D, assistant professor of psychology at the Weill Cornell Medicine...

New Language Test Takes Over

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master
April 5, 2024

If you are in level four or five of a World Languages class, you may have encountered the AAPPL or STAMP tests. In the past years, these tests used to be administered only to students who chose to do Seal...

April 2024: Puzzles Key

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master
April 4, 2024

[Photo] What is BSU?

Alyssa Weisenberg, Photo Editor
March 1, 2024

Students yell answers to jeopardy during the cookout hosted by Black Student Union (BSU) on Wednesday, March, 28. This is the first ever BSU hosted cookout to celebrate black history month.

[Video] An insider’s look into The Corral

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master
February 26, 2024

The Corral is the school newspaper run by students and journalism teacher Christine Stricker. You may have seen the papers being delivered to your ac lab, but, have you ever wondered how the newspaper...

The Son of Poseidon Returns

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master
February 23, 2024

The Millennials had Harry Potter; now, Gen Z has Percy Jackson. “Percy Jackson and the Olympians”, the TV series recently released on Disney Plus, is becoming a Gen Z classic. Based on the popular...

Feb 2024: Puzzles Key

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master
February 22, 2024

Insights From A High School Artist

Kriti Dhaduvai, Davis Brown, and Erin McDonough
January 22, 2024

Jahden Jones-Brown is a mixed media artist currently in Mr. Jafari’s ‘Ceramics 1’ class. Brown’s inspiration comes from starting art at a young age in a unique family setting. “So, I started...

Social Media Promotes Community And Student Work

Kriti Dhaduvai and Aamir Banks
January 22, 2024

Christine Stricker is the lead of PCH Publications here at Parkway Central. She talks about the need of having a big social media presence for our school. “I felt that social media was an opportunity...

Bridging Language Barriers

Kriti Dhaduvai and Diego Perez Palomino
January 19, 2024

The ESOL, or English Speakers of Other Languages department at PCH serves to help students who have immigrated here from other countries to learn English as well as acclimate to their new environment. ESOL...

Jan 2024: Puzzles Key

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master
January 17, 2024

Senior pursues passions in music and culture

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features editor
December 15, 2023

Zoe Wang (12) plays the guitar at school on Sept. 25.

[Photo] Three Cellos

December 15, 2023

On Dec. 12, Dilara Goshtaiy, Kavin Alwis and Lucia Hernandez perform on the cello as part of the Parkway Central orchestra and choir Masterworks Concert at Pattonville High School.

A Closer Look Into The Fire

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master
November 21, 2023

On Aug. 8, the island state of Hawaii was hit by a dangerous wildfire that killed over 90 people and left a once beautiful, thriving town into a desolate, ghost-town. The wildfires occurred on the island...

Nov 2023: Puzzles Key

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master
November 21, 2023

Oct 2023: Puzzles Key

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master
October 6, 2023

Starting Anew With Speth

Kriti Dhaduvai, Features Editor & Puzzle Master
October 4, 2023

Poet, travel enthusiast and plant mom, Heidi Speth is a new English teacher at PCH. Last year, Speth interned as a student teacher here, and now she is a full-time educator, teaching English 2 and English...

A Night For The Books

Kriti Dhaduvai, Staff Reporter
May 15, 2023

Hosted by the theater department, A Cabaret Night has been a classic Central get-together intended to celebrate and showcase the talents and creativity of the students expressed through the various fine...

A Musical Journey To India

Kriti Dhaduvai, Staff Reporter
May 12, 2023

On May the 4th, the audience of Orchestra’s spring concert was treated to a musical trip around the globe. This was a special concert held by Orchestra in order to celebrate dances from all over the...

Connecting The Strings

Kriti Dhaduvai, Staff Reporter
April 20, 2023

A Mother For All

Kriti Dhaduvai, Staff Reporter
April 14, 2023

“There can be no peace in the world until there is peace within,” said Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, the creator and founder of Sahaja Yoga, a freedom fighter, a humanitarian, a Guru, a Mother and so much...

Gee’s Bend: Black Resistance

Kriti Dhaduvai, Staff Reporter
February 24, 2023

"Let us march on till victory is won.” These poignant lyrics of the de facto Black National Anthem echo throughout Parkway Central Theatre’s production of Gee’s Bend. Repeated once more as the...

Cooking With Love

Kriti Dhaduvai, Staff Reporter
February 24, 2023

For me, cooking has always been a medium to express love, whether that be to cheer up a gloomy friend, or to surprise my parents on their birthdays. Lately, though, there’s been an unspoken judgment...

The Journey To Carnegie

Kriti Dhaduvai, Staff Reporter
January 18, 2023

One would assume that the journey from St Louis to New York is a trifling 2 hours and 20 minutes, but for the PCH Orchestra, the journey spans a good couple of months. From the fundraising, to the concerts,...

Annual All-District Vocal Concert

Kriti Dhaduvai, Staff Reporter
November 16, 2022

Every year in fall, all the middle and high schools of the Parkway district perform at a vocal concert in the Touhill Performing Arts Center. This year, on October 25, all the juniors and seniors of the...

How To Be Humble

Kriti Dhaduvai, Staff Reporter
November 16, 2022

Humility is a very hard quality to achieve — especially for high schoolers, since we are trapped in a competitive society in which the only way to thrive is by being better than others. But how can you...

Best Anime Shows To Watch

Kriti Dhaduvai, Staff Reporter
October 19, 2022

Here are a select few anime shows that have garnered critical acclaim not only from viewers in Japan but from around the world. These recommendations are from four popular anime genres: Shounen, Isekai,...

Gas Prices Declining

Kriti Dhaduvai, Staff Reporter
October 19, 2022

Last summer, St. Louis saw its highest ever average gas price at $4.88 per gallon. However, since then, the prices have been gradually declining. This is great news for the faculty and students who have...