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Kirkwood High School student newspaper

The Kirkwood Call

Kirkwood High School student newspaper

The Kirkwood Call

Senior Profiles: Zoe Risch

Senior Profiles: Zoe Risch

Charlotte Heinrich, features writer May 3, 2018

In a purple bedroom, pop music plays while one sister teachs makeup to the other. Giggles fill the room as Mary Kay samples are smeared on. Like many pre-teens, older sister Zoe, had recently become enveloped...

Over a mountain she climbed

Over a mountain she climbed

Ally Ortmann, features writer May 2, 2018

With her blonde hair spread out on her pillow, the young girl stared at her ceiling thinking to herself. I imagine, she breathed, closing her eyes. Images of stages and tour buses, all-nighters and hastily...

What did you do over the no homework weekend?

What did you do over the no homework weekend?

Adler Bowman, features editor April 30, 2018

Every student had the opportunity to experience four days without any school-related obligations during the weekend of Feb. 16. According to Dr. Michael Havener, principal, the concept of the no homework...

photo courtesy of Mat Coble

Senior Profiles: Mat Coble

Adler Bowman, features editor April 30, 2018

The hands that grasp a pencil while solving a Calculus problem are the same hands that dance across the surface of guitar strings, crafting both an impeccable equation and a musical masterpiece. Mat Coble,...

Senior Profiles: Simon Welge

Senior Profiles: Simon Welge

Izzy Colón, copy editor April 27, 2018

Bees were flying everywhere. The windows had been rolled down and wearing no protective gear, Simon Welge, senior, and his father, Martin Welge, drove nervously home after buying their first beehives....

Senior Profiles: Sarah Morgan

Senior Profiles: Sarah Morgan

Annie O'Brien, news-features editor April 25, 2018

She woke up, ate breakfast, pulled on her uniform and climbed into the car with her mom and brothers. They arrived at a brick building that housed as many students in the whole school as KHS contains in...

Madis melody

Madi’s melody

Charlotte Heinrich, features writer April 2, 2018

"Everything’s bigger in Texas,” Madi Janysek, senior, said. “I’ll keep telling you that until the day I die.” Janysek is no stranger to the Lone Star state, the place she still calls her home....

Where are they now: Nikki Glaser

Where are they now: Nikki Glaser

Liam Jackson, entertainment writer March 16, 2018

Today, she performs all over the world and makes thousands laugh on stage and through TV appearances. She has seen success on a global scale. But before she was a star, Nikki Glaser was a student at KHS....

photo by Mary Ralston

Smashing the glass ceiling: Annika Kline

Adler Bowman, features editor March 15, 2018

Annika Kline, sophomore, has always been a little off-beat. About 30 percent (10/33) of percussionist in the KHS band are female, but Kline is the only girl that played snare drum during the 2017 Pioneer...

Leaf-ing meat behind

Leaf-ing meat behind

Liam Jackson, entertainment writer March 13, 2018

Most Americans see foods like bacon, chicken and beef as part of an everyday meal. But Kate Reynolds, sophomore, sees something more. Reynolds is vegan, and has been since January 2017. “I originally...

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