The Kirkwood Call

Dr. Holley to retire June 30, 2011

Maggie Hallam • December 13, 2010

Dr. David Holley, principal, announced to the students Dec. 13 his plans for retirement at the end of the school year.

Majic Market will remain open

Nikko Gianino • December 11, 2010

Update: N&M Market, or Majic Market, a 50-year-old Kirkwood landmark, will not be closing its doors. Instead, only a changing of tenants will occur. The current tenant, Jacob Portnoy, will be liquidating...

The science hallway stench solved

Emma Lawson • November 30, 2010

Students found themselves wrinkling their noses at a foul smell in the science building Thursday, Nov. 18. It was the smell of rivalry: Advanced Placement Chemistry vs. Advanced Placement Biology. The...

Dancing With the Staff breaks it down

Claire Salzman • November 18, 2010

Although it was a rainy night Wednesday, Nov. 17, the stars still shone. Kirkwood’s first Dancing with the Staff fundraiser brought custodians, coaches and teachers out of their classrooms and onto center...

Friendship or foe: reconsidering tradition

Emily Trokey • November 18, 2010

At right, David Bauer, senior, savors his last Friendship Dance, which he attended with a date. “It was alright,” Bauer said. “It’s not my favorite dance, but I chose to enjoy it because it’s...

Turning to tutors for help with grades

Maddie Stradal • November 18, 2010

hen Elise Tadros, sophomore, gets dropped off at her tutor’s house, she brings her geometry homework, positive energy and eagerness to understand the numbers and symbols carefully organized to confuse even the brightest of students.

New students inducted into NHS

Maddie Stradal • November 16, 2010

Resonating as one voice, 50 new members of National Honor Society (NHS) pledged Nov. 4 to be loyal to their school, their academics and the Four Pillars on which the organization stands. “We’re...

NHS sponsors KHS Blood Drive

November 9, 2010

Students lying in the gym bleeding is rarely the goal of any organization. But Oct. 27, National Honor Society (NHS) wanted just that. “I hope that we can continue things like the blood drive to do...

The results are in

Jared Kurth • November 4, 2010

Voters rushed to the polls on Tuesday, November 2nd to scribble out their ballots and put their two-cents in on a variety of issues, spanning from senate seats to puppy mills. Republican Roy Blunt took Missouri’s senate seat over democrat Robin Carnahan with 54.3% of the votes. Blunt is strongly opposed to the Obama administration, and aims at introducing a new energy policy, health care solutions, and creating jobs for Missouri.

Class aims past its own shelves

Emily Goyda • October 29, 2010

Members of Karen Ambuehl’s second hour Multi-Cultural Literature class started a research project on African education just as they would any other. Soon, though, they were inspired to make a difference,...