There’s no place like homeroom
By Jane Manwarring
February 1, 2012
As midnight Tuesday approaches, students are drowning in Honors Precalc problems and a 12-page AP World assignment. With fatigue already kicking in and still more to do, many will opt for a more reasonable choice: finish it in homeroom. Well-rested and assured their work will still get done, these students... Read more »
Access denied
December 14, 2011
The Light Speed blocking system for KHS has been in effect for several years, causing students distress and frustration when websites and images are blocked. The Kirkwood Call voted unanimously that this blocking system is too severe and should be changed for the good of the student body. You are sitting... Read more »
Speak now or forever hold your pee
November 16, 2011
In many classrooms at KHS, the same question is asked every day by students. Although some teachers find the question unnecessary, many still ask. In a 37-11 vote, The Kirkwood Call decided that needing to ask to use the restroom is ridiculous. It’s halfway through second hour and suddenly that Venti... Read more »
Students are saved by the lack of the bell
October 20, 2011
When the four-year-old system that controlled school bells lost power Sept. 15, calmness resonated through the halls. Instead of a loud, disruptive buzzing every 55 minutes, classes let out at the discretion of teachers until the system was fully repaired. For four days, the beginning of school, end... Read more »
Teaching, not creeping
September 29, 2011
In a special session, Missouri Congress removed the section in Missouri Senate Bill 54 regarding one-on-one teacher and student communications via virtual means. The removal is in response to outcries from both students and teachers, much of which was—ironically enough—on Facebook. Although the law... Read more »
New AP courses make classes more manageable
March 2, 2011
Sarah Tucker, junior, walks into McCallie Hall B on the fateful morning of the AP U.S. History exam. As usual, it’s cold and claustrophobic, and the desks are as uncomfortable as ever. The monitor from the guidance department drones about cheating, cell phones and every possible way a test can be void... Read more »
You are what you rank
February 4, 2011
You are nothing more than a number. It sounds like something out of a World War II novel. So why is it part of our school system? Class rank has reduced students to nothing more than digits racing to the next AP class, obsessed with where they rank among their classmates and stressing about becoming... Read more »
No flying permit over this zone
December 15, 2010
With age comes sacrifice, with sacrifice comes stubbornness and with stubbornness comes overprotective, clinging-for-life parents. And the parents who take grasp of their child’s freedom of life and tweak it to their liking are negatively affecting the child’s development. According to the Collegiate... Read more »
Classrooms and chlorine: Why we need Prop 1 and 2
October 29, 2010
Signs are in front yards, letters are in The Webster-Kirkwood Times, and everyone living in the boundaries of the Kirkwood School District is talking about Propositions 1 and 2. The Kirkwood Call decided to investigate the props, dig through the arguments and take a stance in support. It’s not very... Read more »
A mosque is a place of worship, not war
September 24, 2010
A proposal to build an Islamic community center two blocks from Ground Zero in New York City has created a polarizing debate from coast to coast on whether this is appropriate. The staff of The Kirkwood Call voted 31 to 15 that the liberties endowed by the First Amendment overrule the controversy surrounding... Read more »