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The Kirkwood Call

Kirkwood High School student newspaper

The Kirkwood Call

Kirkwood High School student newspaper

The Kirkwood Call

Foreign kids around me, they be actin’ like they drunk

Foreign kids around me, they be actin’ like they drunk

Maddie Stradal, news writer March 17, 2011

Choosing a place to travel for spring break can be daunting. Suddenly more options appear, and traveling with family becomes one of many choices. Scenery and culture can be strong motivators, but 64 percent...

Girls just wanna be tan

Girls just wanna be tan

Bess Wilhelms, News Writer March 17, 2011

A few times a month when the stress of senior year gets to her, Danielle Harper, senior, heads off to a tanning salon to relax in the peace and quiet of a tanning bed. She is one of 29 percent of teens...

North Kirkwood Middle School student pulled from class for t-shirt controversy

North Kirkwood Middle School student pulled from class for t-shirt controversy

Devan Coggan, co-editor-in-chief March 16, 2011

A North Kirkwood Middle School student was pulled from class March 16 for wearing a t-shirt with what administrators claim might be considered an offensive slang word. Michelle Ramirez went to school wearing...

Spring Break Issue Out Now

Spring Break Issue Out Now

March 16, 2011

The Kirkwood Call released its ninth issue of the 2010-2011 school year March 14: an 8-page spring break special. Luckily, the miserable St. Louis weather is getting warmer, and senioritis is contagious...

Bess gets published

Anna Edwards, writer March 15, 2011

Alex Bess, freshman, visited Robinson Elementary Wed. March 9 in the library to talk to fifth and fourth graders about her published book, The Scrapper. Bess wrote the book in her REACH class, for gifted...

Texting while driving banned in Kirkwood

Texting while driving banned in Kirkwood

Mike Murphy, News Writer March 7, 2011

Drivers in Missouri under the age of 21 were banned from text-messaging while driving in August of 2009. This new law meant this group of drivers could not write, send or read text messages while behind...

Nancy Grimes named KHS teacher of the year

Nancy Grimes named KHS teacher of the year

Emily Goyda, News Editor March 3, 2011

In an after school ceremony March 2, Nancy Grimes, art teacher, was named KHS Teacher of the Year. Current Missouri State Teacher of the year Bob Becker, science teacher, announced the selection and...

Think inside the Taco Bell shell

Think inside the Taco Bell shell

Joe Weber March 2, 2011

On any given Friday night, the Taco Bell on Kirkwood Road satisfies starving teenagers short on cash. A recent false-advertising lawsuit filed against the fast-food chain, however, has inspired many to...

Students embrace ethnic heritages

Maddie Stradal, News Writer March 2, 2011

Kirkwood High School has an enrollment of 1,654 students, and only 2 percent come from parents with two different ethnic backgrounds. The New York Times  talked to students beginning to identify themselves...

Dear teachers

Dear teachers

Emily Trokey, News Writer March 2, 2011

The National Urban Alliance for Effective Education in Syosset, NY sponsored a students-as-teachers program in which the students at Brick Avon Academy taught their teachers...

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