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Kirkwood High School student newspaper

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The Kirkwood Call

Zein’s project focused on the process of grief, how to deal with loss through healthy coping mechanisms and ways to approach mental health in adolescence.

Coping with grief: a senior project

Olivia Silvey, staff designer April 2, 2019

Almost 50 KHS students gathered in the lecture hall during homeroom Mar. 28 for Asha Zein’s senior project presentation and discussion about grief. Zein’s project focused on the process of grief, how...

Tatum Shore-Fitzgerald

Safe sex

Annie O'Brien, health and wellness editor March 5, 2019

For every woman who has unprotected sex, there is a 20 percent chance she will get pregnant.   Contraception methods: Art by Tatum Shore-Fitzgerald All information from Planned Parenthood

art by Grace Ferguson

5 ways to reduce stress in 2019

Annie O'Brien, health and wellness editor January 14, 2019

With a constant stream of New Year’s resolutions flooding Instagram and Twitter feeds, it’s easy to feel like you’re drowning in a sea of expectations. The school year is halfway over, and your teachers...

photo by Megan Van Buren

Top five health + wellness stories of 2018

TKC staff December 26, 2018

Our goal in reviving health + wellness was to bring light to many of the issues facing teenagers today. And bringing this section back to TKC has been a really amazing experience. We have been able to...

Photo by Morgan Gindler and illustration by Annie OBrien

Brainstorm: Living with epilepsy

Annie O'Brien, health and wellness editor December 12, 2018

Some high school freshmen stress over who they are going to eat lunch with. Others stress about their physics grade, worried their low B will drop. Others worry about which shirt they should wear on any...

photo by Megan Van Buren

Menstruation as a transgender male

Annie O'Brien, health and wellness editor October 19, 2018

One of the issues the transgender community in our country, and in our school especially, faces if dealing with menstruation as a transgender male. The main way to alleviate some of the stigma around it...

art by Lizzie Stobbe

Depression Q&A

Annie O'Brien, health + wellness editor September 24, 2018

“Siri, what does depression feel like?” “I’m not sure I understand your question. Would you like me to search the web for ‘what does depression feel like?’” The internet is great for...

September awareness days and weeks

September awareness days and weeks

Annie O'Brien, health and wellness editor August 31, 2018

Every month is full of different awareness days and weeks. Take a look at the calendar to find some dates and opportunities to learn more about each day and week of September.    

photos by Kelley Cochran

Back to snacks

Annie O'Brien, health and wellness editor August 21, 2018

I get it. You're always hungry. You don't eat breakfast and then you forget your lunch and get stuck eating cafeteria food. By the time you get home from school you're exhausted and starving. You could...

Anonymous account of an eating disorder

Anonymous account of an eating disorder

KHS student March 2, 2018

Since early 2017, many things in my life have started fading away: my closest friend, my hobbies, my motivation. With school ramping up and nothing good coming out of it, I hit a real rough patch and started...

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