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Kirkwood High School student newspaper

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Kirkwood High School student newspaper

The Kirkwood Call

Will Huster, senior photo editor for Pioneer Yearbook, plans to take his love for photography further and study it in college.

Through the lens

Kinley Bokermann, editor-in-chief November 8, 2022

Friday night lights. Iso 2500. 1/640. f/3.5.  Known more by the photos he takes than his name, the only thing separating Will Huster from the rest of the students in the stands is a press pass and...

Ella Stauder, senior, is a hair, nail and makeup artist who is studying cosmetology at South Tech High School.

She’s got skills

Khadija Khan, copy editor November 2, 2022

Adding the finishing touches to her client’s hair, Ella Stauder, senior, stepped back, pleased with her work. Freshly cut locks of hair decorated the floor, and she watched the woman’s face light up...

Pommies have been told to “make it work” when trying to fit into a uniform made for a different body.

“Man” made uniforms

Anna Newland, entertainment editor November 1, 2022

Sun blazes down on the KHS track, sweat dripping off the blistering skin of the athletes. It soon becomes unbearable to keep a suffocating shirt on, so the boys instantly rip off their shirts to practice....

Letter to the editor: In defense of the Friendship dance

TKC Staff October 30, 2022

An Open Letter to the Kirkwood High School Student Body: All right, everyone. Enough is enough. You, the students of Kirkwood High School (KHS), do not have a “Homecoming Dance.” Homecoming dances...

After a school shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, the message board is adorned in a yellow ribbon.

Hero teacher killed in South St. Louis City school shooting

Mason Heller, features writer October 25, 2022

Editors’ note: This story contains graphic accounts of gun violence.  A man in a tie-dye t-shirt glances at me as he walks up to place another bouquet of flowers among a sea of roses. Two men...

Are you feeling sad, unmotivated, maybe even depressed? Forget a therapist. Lets go shopping. 

Retail therapy: myth or fact?

Caroline Steidley, editor-in-chief October 22, 2022

Are you feeling sad, unmotivated, maybe even depressed? Forget a therapist. Let's go shopping.  I mean seriously, who needs a therapist when you have the mall? Personally, I would rather spend all...

Meet your 2022 Friendship Court

Meet your 2022 Friendship Court

Kinley Bokermann, Sim Khanuja, and Caroline Steidley October 20, 2022

  Each year as the homecoming season approaches the senior class votes to nominate 16 seniors to the Friendship Court. With friendship king and queen on the line, here are you 2022 Friendship Court...

KHS Principal Dr. Mike Havener announced his retirement effective at the end of the school year Oct. 14.

Dr. Mike Havener retires after 29 years at KSD

Caroline Steidley and Sim Khanuja October 14, 2022

KHS Principal Dr. Mike Havener announced his retirement effective at the end of the school year Oct. 14. Havener has worked in KSD for 29 years and has been KHS principal for 12 years.  “There’s...

Pat Britt runs a lap around the Kirkwood High School Track on a Thursday morning. Sep. 10th, 2022.

Going the distance

Wyatt Byers, entertainment writer October 11, 2022

Every Thursday morning, 85-year-old Pat Britt runs laps around the KHS track. While his speed may not show it, Britt has run dozens of marathons, including two ultramarathons (31-100 miles), the Boston...

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