New on the web: Issue 5
By Paige Crowley
February 8, 2012
Here’s a prezi navigation of the new web content from The Kirkwood Call’s fifth issue. Copy of New on the web on Prezi 2 Read More →
Girls swimming prepares for state competition
February 7, 2012
Although their season may end Feb. 9, the girls’ swim and dive team is far away from their major event. So far, five individuals and one relay team have qualified for the state meet, which takes place at the St. Peters Recreation Complex Feb. 17-18. “I’m really excited for state this... Read more »
Photo Gallery: Athletic signing day
By Andrea Keltz
February 3, 2012
KH Players Black Box production this weekend
by Claire Salzman
February 1, 2012
Beginning Feb. 2, the KH Players will perform their third show of the year, Fools, by Neil Simon. Tickets are $7 for students and $10 for adults, and curtain is at 7 p.m. Space is limited to 102 seats in the Black Box Theatre, so audiences are recommended to arrive at the school with plenty of time to... Read more »
Younger generations embrace interracial relationships
By Amanda Pollmann
February 1, 2012
Their relationship began their freshman year when Sarah Heuermann spotted Ramon Alton across the hall. Before long, their mutual friends had set them up, and every day they spent together, they got to know more about each other and soon they began what is, so far, their two- year relationship. “I would... Read more »
Virtual reality
By Maggie Teson
February 1, 2012
Call of Duty flickers across several screens, casting a soft blue glow upon Julie Sutfin’s darkened classroom. Fifteen students are plopped on the floor as their thumbs skitter across wireless controllers. Others watch the action unfold, patiently awaiting the moment when the loser gives up his spot. Every... Read more »
Broken
By Kyle Rieger
February 1, 2012
Some people call it a double bass, a contrabass or even a bull fiddle, but Maddie Moll can only call her bass one thing: broken. “I do not know exactly how it happened,” Moll, senior, said. “It was a really old bass that was donated to [the orchestra], and it always had big seams that were open.” Moll... Read more »
Trashing corporal punishment
By Emily Stobbe
February 1, 2012
Among the KHS pennants, old football team photographs and a 1968 cheerleading picture, there is a wooden paddle with holes drilled into it to increase speed. This paddle, formerly used to physically punish disobedient students, is as much a part of KSD’s past as the other artifacts nestled in glass... Read more »
KHS orchestra students inspire young musicians
By Emily Stobbe
January 26, 2012
In the KHS orchestras, students play difficult music, travel around the country to participate in contests and rehearse each day at school. But since last year, orchestra students also write letters. In order to keep fourth and fifth grade musicians in the program, each high school orchestra member... Read more »
Questioning homework
By Emily Stobbe
January 2, 2012
After decades of the homework pileup steadily increasing according to The New York Times, America’s international academic ranking is not anything to be proud of to some. American students fall 17th in reading, 23rd in science and 31st in math, according to results from the Program for International... Read more »
