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Kirkwood High School student newspaper

The Kirkwood Call

Kirkwood High School student newspaper

The Kirkwood Call

If your backpack looks like this, stop suffering and use a locker!

For the freshies

Reese Groh, entertainment writer September 11, 2024

Class of 2028, it’s time for high school! Years of alarming stories, advice and anticipation have led up to this. As you’ve probably figured out by now, it won’t be like the dance-filled Disney Channel...

Coming soon to Keating Theater is the 2023 freshman/sophomore play, The Recesses.

Actors behind the freshman/sophomore play: The Recesses

Sophia Webb, entertainment writer January 27, 2023

Coming soon to Keating Theater is the 2023 freshman/sophomore play, The Recesses. Rehearsals for the production have been ongoing since late November 2022, and have been filled with many students who have...

Avery Campbell, freshman, poses for a photo in her varsity pommie merch.

Freshman phenom

Luciana Cortright, writer September 25, 2022

Her heart is pounding as she walks to the center of the floor. She finds her spot and strikes her starting pose as she waits for the music to start. Lights are flashing, cameras are rolling and students...

The Moo Moo meadows sign signals the beginning of a new section of the junior hallway.

Photo Gallery: Hallway Decorating

Coco LeGrand, Photographer December 4, 2021

On Nov. 22 the KHS student body was allowed to stay after school and decorate their assigned hallway. Freshman, sophomores, and juniors stayed until 9:00 p.m, while seniors stayed until the early hours...

Getting into KHS sports is a great way to meet new people.

Seniors’ advice to freshmen

Grace Marcus, print managing editor August 25, 2021

Dear freshmen,  The first day of your high school career may be one of the most intimidating experiences of your life — entering the school with seniors yelling, crowded hallways, huge campus, hundreds...

Freshman, you should just drop out, it's not worth it.

Freshmen features

Kailey Shirrell, news editor August 25, 2021

*This piece is entirely satirical. They say enjoy high school while it lasts, and that time goes by fast. They’re lying. Seriously, just drop out, don’t come to school (or at least don’t login)...

These eyes tell a story when you observe them closely. If you look in the reflection of the eye you can see some of the things that freshmen have missed out on this year due to COVID-19 including: Watching school sports, pep rallies, assemblies and exen meeting new people  and having conversations.

Through the eyes of a freshman

Lila Shepard, features writer May 3, 2021

Stay on the first floor instead of going up because upstairs is confusing; then go left, right, right, left. Repeating these words in her head as she entered the school building, Sydney Martine, freshman,...

Which grade level do you belong in?

Which grade level do you belong in?

Lydia Cohen, web staff May 4, 2019

Each grade level during high school has its own defining characteristics. Are you more like the over achieving freshman or checked-out senior? Either way, take this short quiz to find out which class you...

Four neediest cases: freshman

Audrey Allison, artist December 12, 2017

  Gutter is a Yorkie Chihuahua. He has little doggie syndrome: he thinks he is bigger and better than all the other dogs out there. Gutter’s owner walks him, feeds him and cleans his cage. Gutter’s...

Four neediest cases: KHS

Four neediest cases: KHS

Each year around the holidays, TKC offers a helping hand to our community in one way or another. For the second year in a row, we decided to take on the Four Neediest Cases project, inspired by St. Louis...

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