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Kirkwood High School student newspaper

The Kirkwood Call

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This is the opinion of the entire Kirkwood Call staff.

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Many students use Chat GPT for school work and essays.

Call ED: Stop being lazy

TKC Staff
February 18, 2024
Many high school students are conflicted with choosing between community college and a university.

Call Ed: Celebrating community college

TKC Staff
January 24, 2024
Atticus McDowell, senior, dribbles the ball down the field versus John Burroughs on Saturday Oct. 7.

Top 5 sports stories of 2023

TKC Staff
January 5, 2024
The Yaro Foundation works on giving rural children the supplies they need to go to school.

Top five features stories of 2023

TKC Staff
January 5, 2024

2023 Senior profiles

TKC Staff
May 10, 2023

2023 Senior columns

TKC Staff
May 10, 2023

Introduction

TKC Staff
May 10, 2023
83% (54/65) of TKC staffers believe that four-day school weeks are too good to be true and should not be established.

Call Ed: Keep it old school

TKC Staff
March 9, 2023
This article describes the events of the regular BOE meeting, not the closed session in which the principal candidate was presented to the board by Superintendent Dr. David Ulrich.

[Photo] BOE discusses winter benchmark test scores

Bella Ruzicka and Owen Spiegel
January 24, 2023
School is a place where we learn about the world, a place where we grow into ourselves, a place where we should feel safe.

Call Ed: Too close to home

TKC Staff
January 10, 2023
Since pumpkin spice products are now in season, here is a review of some of these fall-themed grocery items.

Top five entertainment stories of 2022

TKC Staff
December 30, 2022
On Thursday, Nov. 24, the Kirkwood Pioneers look to cap off their season with their ninth straight win against the Webster Groves Statesmen at Moss Field.

Top five sports stories of 2022

TKC Staff
December 29, 2022
Pommies have been told to “make it work” when trying to fit into a uniform made for a different body.

Top five opinions stories of 2022

TKC Staff
December 27, 2022
Top five news stories of 2022

Top five news stories of 2022

TKC Staff
December 26, 2022
The Kirkwood Varsity Poms team strikes a final pose at the end of their pep rally dance.

Top five photos of 2022

TKC Staff
December 23, 2022
Selma Dahms, junior, said she was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia in early elementary school.

Top five features stories of 2022

TKC Staff
December 22, 2022

Letter to the editor: In defense of the Friendship dance

TKC Staff
October 30, 2022
Paddling, like low-rise jeans, made a not-so-popular comeback in the news after Cassville School District in Missouri chose to reinstate the practice.

Call Ed: Let’s skip this beat

TKC Staff
October 7, 2022
TKC received the following letter from A'jah Green, senior, regarding teenager mental health.

Letter to the editor: Green discusses teen mental health

TKC Staff
April 27, 2022
KSD administrators banned 14 books in response to the signing of Missouri Senate Bill 775 once the bill went into effect Aug. 28, the third-most of any school district in St. Louis County, after Rockwood and Lindbergh.

Call Ed: Mom and Dad don’t know what’s best

TKC Staff
March 29, 2022
Trigger Warning: Pete Davidson's face is pictured.

Call Ed: The world’s most pressing issues

TKC Staff
February 15, 2022
Someone needs to change the narrative, and it starts with KSD. We are not asking, but begging KSD to listen.

Call Ed: Mind over matter

TKC Staff
January 6, 2022
As Harry Styles graced the December 2020 Vogue cover wearing a lacy, baby-blue dress with black detailing on the edging, all hell broke loose.

Top five opinions stories of 2021

TKC Staff
January 4, 2022
From stories of influential mentors to columns from a specialty features issue and more, here are the top five features stories of 2021.

Top five feature stories of 2021

TKC Staff
December 31, 2021
Breaking News: Hate crime at KHS.

Top five news stories of 2021

TKC Staff
December 30, 2021
14 months later: Art, art by Laurel Seidensticker.

Top five art visuals of 2021

TKC Staff
December 30, 2021
Cars rush by on the highway leaving trails of light captured by long exposure.

Top five photos of 2021

TKC Staff
December 29, 2021
In 2021, our staff covered several important topics from body positivity to racial injustice.

Top five in-depth stories of 2021

TKC Staff
December 29, 2021
With the dress code policy being a controversial topic at KHS these past couple weeks, TKC staff unanimously (68/68) voted that the dress code should be updated to address its inconsistency, sexism and outdated policies.

Call Ed: Addressing the dress code

TKC Staff
October 7, 2021
14 months later: Columns

14 months later: Columns

TKC Staff
May 17, 2021
14 months later: Photos

14 months later: Photos

TKC Staff
May 17, 2021
14 months later: Art

14 months later: Art

TKC Staff
May 17, 2021
While the costs of running the bases seem to outweigh the benefits, condemning casual sex isn't the answer.

Call Ed: Bases loaded

TKC Staff
April 20, 2021
White people must continue to fight the comfort of their silence.

Call Ed: White people, you’ve had your rest

TKC Staff
April 12, 2021
TKC continues to call on KSD to include students in their decisions.

Call ed: We should not return full-day

TKC Staff
March 14, 2021
Suddenly it comes: you need to poop. With almost four more hours left in the school day, you have an important decision to make.

Call ed(s)

TKC Staff
March 3, 2021
TKC call for student submissions

TKC call for student submissions

TKC Staff
February 3, 2021
After extensively comparing both music services, 77% (51/66) of TKC staff believe that Spotify is the superior music platform.

Call Ed teaser: Spotify vs. Apple Music

TKC Staff
February 3, 2021
Students use #BlackAtMizzou to share their experiences of injustice, racism and prejudice at MU.

Top five opinions stories of 2020

TKC Staff
January 21, 2021
"The deal with dieting," a health and wellness story by Megan Cleveland.

Top five health + wellness stories of 2020

TKC Staff
January 21, 2021
This year, TKC staff took a deeper look into topics from the United Methodist Church split to The New York Times' 1619 Project.

Top five in-depth stories of 2020

TKC Staff
January 21, 2021
Dave Geeting wraps his eldest daughter Allison up in a hug.

Top five features stories of 2020

TKC Staff
January 21, 2021
See 2020-2021 print issues 1-5 here

See 2020-2021 print issues 1-5 here

TKC Staff
January 6, 2021
Students may choose to be online or in person. They may switch from in person to virtual classes at any point.

Call Ed: Board, practice what you preach

TKC Staff
December 19, 2020
KSD has begun to reopen the KHS campus for in-person learning.

Letter to the Editor: Burba responds to KSD back-to-school plan

TKC Staff
November 6, 2020
With the Board of Education set to approve a plan for middle and high school to return to in-person learning, TKC has reviewed how KSD has handled the pandemic since March. Of TKC staff, 88% (57/65) believe KSD has not handled the pandemic in the best way possible for the community.

Call Ed: KSD, you have failed us

TKC Staff
October 25, 2020
The President has had four years to prove himself, and seven months to prevent his people from dying. He has done neither, which is why TKC firmly endorses Joseph Biden Jr. for President of the United States this November. 

Call Ed: Joe knows

TKC Staff
October 22, 2020
President Donald Trump is the incumbent candidate in the 2020 US presidential election.

Call Ed: Opportunity Trumps dependency

TKC Staff
October 7, 2020
Sophie Smith, president of the KHS young conservatives club writes in regarding a recent post to the TKC instagram page.

Letter to the Editor: Smith responds to TKC social media post

TKC Staff
September 16, 2020
Protestors walk up Chopin street during the June 6 peace walk.

Letter to the Editor: Kenyon responds to “Kirkwood, we are the problem”

TKC Staff
September 8, 2020
School work stacks up for many students around finals week.

Call Ed: The case for finals

TKC Staff
February 11, 2020
From covering March Madness, to the Super Bowl or even to previewing the Cardinals’ season, we reported on everything throughout the year.

Top five sports stories of 2019

TKC Staff
December 29, 2019
Two kids stand on the runway and pose for a picture during an annual Fashion Show FOKWC hosts.

Top five features stories from 2019

TKC Staff
December 27, 2019
The KHS girls JV tennis team says their cheer before their match.

Top five photos of 2019

TKC Staff
December 26, 2019
Our staff does not shy away from the hard-hitting issues and, this year, our staff has investigated issues ranging from the achievement gap in KSD to the preparedness of students in the event of an active shooter.

Top five in-depth stories of 2019

TKC Staff
December 23, 2019
Staffers work each cycle to produce columns on thought-provoking issues, aiming to start conversations and establish diversity in opinions.

Top five opinions stories of 2019

TKC Staff
December 16, 2019
Top 10 reasons why Kirkwood will win the Turkey Day Game in 2019

Top 10 reasons why Kirkwood will win the Turkey Day Game in 2019

TKC Staff
November 27, 2019
SAT, 10/12, 9:32 AM A resident of the 700 block of Fuhrmann Terrace reported her wedding ring was either missing or stolen from inside her residence between Thursday, 10/3/2019, and Saturday, 10/5/2019.

Glendale Police Beat 9/7- 9/13

TKC Staff
October 18, 2019
During the week of Sept. 30th through Oct. 6th, along with regular calls for service and traffic enforcement, the Kirkwood Police Department responded to 9 residential / business alarms, 18 motor vehicle accidents and assisted the Fire / EMS Department on 57 calls. 

Police Beat 9/30-10/6

TKC Staff
October 18, 2019
On Monday, Oct. 7 , a retail department store in the 1200 block of South Kirkwood Road reported the theft of items from an outside storage container. The theft occurred on September 29th . Detectives are investigating.

Police Beat 10/7-10/13

TKC Staff
October 18, 2019
Staffers work each cycle to produce columns on thought-provoking issues, aiming to start conversations and establish diversity in opinions.

Call Ed: One hit wonder

TKC Staff
October 4, 2019
As an established community, LGBTQ+ studies deserve to be included for a non-discriminatory education. 

Call Ed: Education equality

TKC Staff
October 4, 2019
During the week of Sept. 23 through Sept. 30, along with regular calls for service and traffic enforcement, the Kirkwood Police Department responded to 22 residential / business alarms, 20 motor vehicle accidents and assisted the Fire / EMS Department on 53 calls. 

Police Beat: 9/23-9/30

TKC Staff
October 3, 2019
During the week of Sept. 2 through Sept. 8, along with regular calls for service and traffic enforcement, the Kirkwood Police Department responded to 234 residential / business alarms, 23 motor vehicle accidents and assisted the Fire / EMS Department on 54 calls.

Police Beat: 9/2-9/8

TKC Staff
September 12, 2019
Student journalist opinions on the New York Times anonymous op-ed

Top five art pieces of 2018

TKC Staff
January 2, 2019
Graham Riggs and SSD substitute teacher Mrs. Dewes share a laugh at the Circle of Friends popsicle social.

Top five photos of 2018

TKC staff
January 1, 2019

Top five sports stories of 2018

TKC Staff
December 31, 2018
Kara Reiger

Top five features stories of 2018

TKC staff
December 27, 2018
photo by Megan Van Buren

Top five health + wellness stories of 2018

TKC staff
December 26, 2018
art by Maggie Burton

Top five in-depth stories of 2018

TKC Staff
December 26, 2018
TKC not releasing annual '10 reasons Kirkwood will win the Turkey Day Game' for 2018

TKC not releasing annual ’10 reasons Kirkwood will win the Turkey Day Game’ for 2018

TKC Staff
November 22, 2018

30 years since Hazelwood: Why the First Amendment matters

TKC Staff and
January 12, 2018
“I have had a full knee replacement on [my] leg already and I have had complete facial reconstruction surgery. I was training one of the longhorns and I was walking him… and he jumped forward and I lost grip on his horn and he whipped his head back and caught me all the way across the left side of my face and just turned the bone into mush." -Isaac Martin

Voices of Dallas

TKC Staff
December 14, 2017
Police Beat: 12/14-12/20

Police Beat: 12/14-12/20

TKC Staff
January 5, 2016
Police Beat: 12/7-12/13

Police Beat: 12/7-12/13

TKC Staff
January 5, 2016
Top 5 health & wellness stories from 2015

Top 5 health & wellness stories from 2015

TKC Staff
December 31, 2015
Top 5 photo stories from 2015

Top 5 photo stories from 2015

TKC staff
December 29, 2015
Top 5 sports stories from 2015

Top 5 sports stories from 2015

TKC staff
December 28, 2015
Police Beat: 11/23-11/29

Police Beat: 11/23-11/29

TKC Staff
December 1, 2015
Police Beat: 11/16-11/22

Police Beat: 11/16-11/22

TKC Staff
December 1, 2015
Police Beat: 11/9-11/16

Police Beat: 11/9-11/16

TKC Staff
November 19, 2015
Police Beat: 11/2-11/8

Police Beat: 11/2-11/8

TKC Staff
November 19, 2015
Police Beat: 10/26-11/1

Police Beat: 10/26-11/1

TKC Staff
November 19, 2015
Police Beat: 10/19-10/25

Police Beat: 10/19-10/25

TKC Staff
October 30, 2015
Police Beat: 10/5-10/11

Police Beat: 10/5-10/11

TKC Staff
October 30, 2015
Police Beat: 9/28-10/4

Police Beat: 9/28-10/4

TKC Staff
October 30, 2015
Police Beat: 9/21-9/27

Police Beat: 9/21-9/27

TKC Staff
October 2, 2015
Police Beat: 9/14-9/20

Police Beat: 9/14-9/20

TKC Staff
September 24, 2015
Police Beat: 9/7-9/13

Police Beat: 9/7-9/13

TKC Staff
September 15, 2015
Police Beat: 8/24-8/30

Police Beat: 8/24-8/30

TKC Staff
September 1, 2015
Police Beat: 4/20-4/26

Police Beat: 4/20-4/26

TKC Staff
May 11, 2015
Police Beat: 4/27-5/3

Police Beat: 4/27-5/3

TKC Staff
May 11, 2015
Police Beat: 4/13-4/19

Police Beat: 4/13-4/19

TKC Staff
May 11, 2015
Police Beat: 4/6-4/12

Police Beat: 4/6-4/12

TKC Staff
May 11, 2015
Police Beat: 3/30-4/5

Police Beat: 3/30-4/5

TKC Staff
April 9, 2015
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