Parkway West High School is a public comprehensive high school in Ballwin, Missouri that is part of the Parkway School District.
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History
PWHS was the second high school built in the Parkway School District; it opened in the fall of 1968 with grades 10-12. In the 1969-1970 school year, Parkway West Junior High was formed, and grades 7-9 were housed in the West Senior building operating on the same schedule as West Senior. For the 1970-71 school year, West Senior operated as a four year high school (grades 9-12), with West Junior grades 7 & 8 attending Parkway South Junior High School on a split schedule. Members of the Class of '74 attended school in the West Senior building for five straight years. West Junior opened for the 1971-1972 school year with the new "open classroom" layout. One of the unusual features of PWHS was that for 13 years under the leadership of principal Al Burr, they operated without any written rules or regulations--only mutual agreements and expectations.
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Activities
For the 2013-2014 school year, the school offered 28 activities approved by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA): baseball, boys and girls basketball, sideline cheerleading, boys and girls cross country, dance team, field hockey, 11-man football, boys and girls golf, girls lacrosse, music activities, scholar bowl, boys and girls soccer, softball, speech and debate, boys and girls swimming and diving, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls track and field, boys and girls volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. In addition to its current activities, Parkway West students have won several state championships, including:
- Baseball: 1996
- Boys basketball: 1991
- Boys cross country: 1988, 1990
- Girls cross country: 1989, 1990
- Girls golf: 1980
- Boys soccer: 1986
- Softball: 1988, 1992, 1993
- Boys Volleyball: 2003
- Water Polo: 1984, 2012, 2014
- Boys swimming and diving: 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993
- Girls swimming and diving: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994
Notable alumni
- August Busch IV, president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch
- Chip Caray, grandson of Harry Caray and broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves
- Chris Cissell, head coach of women's soccer at UMKC, NSCAA/Adidas NAIA Men's National Coach of the Year in 2006
- Philip S. Davidson, admiral, US Navy
- Blaine Gabbert, quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals and former quarterback for the Missouri Tigers
- Matt Korklan, professional wrestler currently wrestling for Ring of Honor as Matt Sydal
- Pooja Kumar, actress and former Miss India USA
- Brian Krolicki, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
- Lucas May, catcher in the Kansas City Royals organization
- Stone Phillips, attended Yale University and former anchor of Dateline NBC, Phillips gave the baccelaureate address for the Class of 1983
- James Rollins (James Czajkowski), New York Times best-selling author
- Ken Schrader, NASCAR racer
- Nikko Smith, was in the top 12 of American Idol Season 4 and is the son of St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith
- Travis Stork, physician and TV personality most noted for appearing on The Bachelor Season 8 and as host of the syndicated daytime talkshow The Doctors
- Tuc Watkins, actor most noted for his role on One Life to Live, also played neighbor Bob Hunter on Desperate Housewives, 2007-2009
- Joe Williams, film critic of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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