Skip to Main Content
Kirkwood High School student newspaper

The Kirkwood Call

Kirkwood High School student newspaper

The Kirkwood Call

Kirkwood High School student newspaper

The Kirkwood Call

A student stresses over standardized tests

The myths surrounding standardized testing

Avery Haden, news writer March 25, 2024

The rustle of papers and the tap tap tap of the pencils on desks are the only sounds on a Saturday morning at KHS. The students slump in their chairs as they methodically fill in the bubbles on their scantron,...

Riverview Gardens School District makes approximately 30 million less dollars in revenue than Kirkwood School District

‘It comes down to class’

Mason Heller and Owen Spiegel October 5, 2022

When KSD students returned to school this August, they came without a group of their peers whom they studied alongside for almost a decade. Riverview Gardens School District students attended KSD from...

TKC sat down with three different people: a high school senior, a gifted specialist and a college counselor.

In-depth: Roundtable Q&A: standardized testing

Alli Luth, features writer January 7, 2022

TKC sat down with three different people: a high school senior, a gifted specialist and a college counselor. They each shared their thoughts and experiences about standardized testing and test-optional...

An illustrated map of Mac Key's top choices for college

The Key to success

Owen Spiegel, news staffer December 15, 2021

Mac Key, senior, knows exactly what kind of college he wants to go to. A lifelong creator whose favorite childhood toys were Lincoln Logs and Lego bricks, he wants to go to a university with a strong engineering...

photo by Will Rives

Issues: Standardized test prep affordability

Adler Bowman, web editor October 30, 2018

With a TI-84 calculator and No. 2 pencil trapped in a sweaty grip, high school students across the United States file into freezing classrooms at 8 a.m. on a Saturday to take a test. A test thought to...

Load More Stories
Donate to The Kirkwood Call
$1000
$500
Contributed
Our Goal

Activate Search
Kirkwood High School student newspaper
standardized test