I
T WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TIME OF celebration. Students and athletes were supposed to dance alongside each other at prom and bring home state championships. Families were supposed to start packing for their summer vacations and sit down at crowded restaurants to honor another completed school year. Businesses were supposed to start stocking up again for the summer rush and open patios for their customers to enjoy the summer air. But on April 9, just two weeks after the Mayor of St. Louis announced a stay-at-home order, Governor Mike Parson released the decision to close all Missouri schools for the rest of the school year. Now, it did not matter what the students and residents of St. Louis were supposed to do, because the COVID-19 pandemic was forcing everyone's lives on hold. But this is where the stories just began. As the worries shifted from prom dresses to promising to stay six feet away from others, and from homework to working from home, TKC and the Pioneer collaborated as one to help tell the story of 19 people during these difficult times. 19 stories to show the impact of COVID-19 in our community. 19 stories of what actually happened, instead of what was supposed to.
About this issue
In light of this unprecedented public health crisis, The Kirkwood Call and Pioneer Yearbook staffs have worked together under the Kirkwood High School Journalism Partnership to produce this special issue. Special thanks to our KHS journalism partners and sponsors who helped us fund this project.
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Credits WRITERS ........................... Jack Anderson Megan Cleveland Matthew Connelly Fiona Cseri Malcia Greene Charlotte Heinrich Liam Jackson Grace Klebe Emma Lingo Maddie Meyers Zach Millenbruck Ally Ortmann Ethan Peter Kiden-Aloyse Smith Grace Williams Benji Wilton Charlotte Witt PHOTOGRAPHY ................. Natalie Sweesy Brigid Van Rees Emma Wright DESIGN .......................... Madeleine Bartin Wolfgang Frick Lindsay Kocher ADVISER .................................. Mitch Eden
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