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Here are my opinions on 16 courses offered at KHS.

Thought you were done making your schedule? (Not until you read this)

Owen Spiegel, features + in-depth editor December 17, 2022

You may have already filled out your schedule form for next year. If you have, it’s good that KHS is flexible with schedule changes because I have some crucial pieces of information to share with you....

The BOE discussed elementary benchmark grading among a variety of other topics.

BOE discusses elementary benchmark grading

Owen Backer and Alecia Hinrichsen December 7, 2022

At the KSD Board of Education work session on Dec. 5, benchmark data for the elementary schools. The key takeaways from the benchmark data was that students have been gradually improving. In the reading...

Ryan Evans, chemistry teacher, showing off his favorite pair of shoes, gifted by two 2018 KHS gradutes.

If the shoe fits

Mia Intagliata, opinions writer October 27, 2022

Sneaker-heads are scouring stores for the latest drops, admiring their always growing collection or worshiping Nike for their latest Jordans. Three teachers at KHS pride themselves on being sneaker-heads,...

Kelly Schnider has been working as the KHS drama teacher and director since 2006.

A safe stage

Alli Luth, features writer February 15, 2022

When students walk into KHS’ drama classroom, they come face-to-face with a bedazzled mask and a personality that sparkles just as much. Kelly Schnider, drama teacher and director, says that she always...

According to the American Psychological Association (APA) money is the top reason for Americans to be stressed in 2015

Cashing in on the future

Ian Reno, news writer February 11, 2022

A 2019 article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch placed Kirkwood second for median salary in the St. Louis area. With competitive pay and above average test scores and graduation rate, KHS was rated the...

Photo courtesy of KSD

Which core teaching department do you belong in?

Lydia Cohen, web staff February 19, 2019

Core classes are the foundation of KHS. Every student takes them and gets to know their teachers. If you had the chance to teach a KHS core class, which department would you be best in? Take this quiz...

photo courtesy of Google under the Creative Commons license

How the Other Half Lives: Teachers Dealing With Stress

Sophie Chappell, Writer May 21, 2018

Once all the students are gone, silence envelops KHS. Students will head home and begin their mountain of homework, while teachers stay behind creating lesson plans and grading papers. Like their students,...

Which KHS teacher are you?

Which KHS teacher are you?

Thomas Birmingham and Logan Crews May 1, 2018

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