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The Sweetest News in the City · Walter Payton College Preparatory High School · 1034 N. Wells St. · Chicago, IL 60610

  • Meet Mr. Beatty- Payton’s new SECA and paraprofessional

    By Bridget Galibois, Junior Editor-in-Chief As Payton welcomes the class of 2026 into the building for the first time, it also welcomes a new cohort of teachers. This year, there are 22 new staff members joining the WPCP community! I met with Mr. Beatty, a new SECA and paraprofessional at Payton to hear his story… Read more

  • Meet Mr. Srivastava- Payton’s new science teacher

    By Megha Khemka, Junior Editor-in-Chief As Payton welcomes the class of 2026 into the building for the first time, it also welcomes a new cohort of teachers. This year, there are 22 new staff members joining the WPCP community! I met with Mr. Srivastava, a new science teacher at Payton to hear his story.  Paw… Read more

  • Meet Ms. Kunkel- Payton’s new math teacher

    By Julia Kozlowski, Contributor Paw Print: What got you into teaching?Ms. Kunkel: A lot of teachers say they have always known or they had a teacher who really inspired them to want to become a teacher. But for me, I was a camp counselor in college, and I realized that I really liked working with… Read more

  • Meet Ms. Dao- Payton’s new math teacher

    By Campbell Meszaros, Contributor As Payton welcomes the class of 2026 into the building for the first time, it also welcomes a new cohort of teachers. This year, there are 22 new staff members joining the WPCP community! I met with Ms. Dao, a new math teacher at Payton to hear her story.  Paw Print:… Read more

  • Meet Ms. Momchilov- Payton’s new science teacher

    By Annya Kong, Contributor As Payton welcomes the class of 2026 into the building for the first time, it also welcomes a new cohort of teachers. This year, there are 22 new staff members joining the WPCP community! I met with Ms. Momchilov, a new science teacher at Payton to hear her story.  Paw Print:… Read more

  • Meet Mr. Williams- Payton’s new social studies teacher

    By Anna Calkins, Arts and Entertainment Editor As Payton welcomes the class of 2026 into the building for the first time, it also welcomes a new cohort of teachers. This year, there are 22 new staff members joining the WPCP community! I met with Mr. Williams, a new social studies teacher at Payton to hear… Read more

  • The death of America’s Queen – how Payton students and faculty reacted to Queen Elizabeth II’s passing

    By Annya Kong, Contributor Today marks the last day of Britain’s national mourning for Queen Elizabeth II, whose seven decade reign ended on Sep. 8th, aged 96. In the United States, the news came on a standard Thursday afternoon. Sitting in class, I met the buzz on my phone – an NBC news notification –… Read more

  • Meet Mr. Hoekwater- Payton’s new Diverse Learners math teacher

    By Kieran Blake, Contributor As Payton welcomes the class of 2026 into the building for the first time, it also welcomes a new cohort of teachers. This year, there are 22 new staff members joining the WPCP community! I met with Mr. Hoekwater, a new math teacher at Payton to hear his story.  Paw Print:… Read more

  • Meet Dr. Daly- Payton’s new Spanish teacher

    By Janiya Williams, Contributor As Payton welcomes the class of 2026 into the building for the first time, it also welcomes a new cohort of teachers. This year, there are 22 new staff members joining the WPCP community! I met with Dr. Daly, a new Spanish teacher at Payton to hear her story.  Paw Print:… Read more

  • Meet Ms. Bush- Payton’s new Diverse Learners English Teacher

    By Madeleine Spenbauer, Contributor As Payton welcomes the class of 2026 into the building for the first time, it also welcomes a new cohort of teachers. This year, there are 22 new staff members joining the WPCP community! I met with Ms. Bush, a new English teacher at Payton to hear her story.  Paw Print:… Read more

  • Meet Mr. Rodriguez- Payton’s new history teacher

    By Nabiha Charolia, Contributor As Payton welcomes the class of 2026 into the building for the first time, it also welcomes a new cohort of teachers. This year, there are 22 new staff members joining the WPCP community! I met with Mr. Rodriguez, a new history teacher at Payton to hear his story.  Paw Print:… Read more

  • Meet Mr. Murphy- Payton’s new science co-teacher

    By Sanaa Taqvi, Staff Writer As Payton welcomes the class of 2026 into the building for the first time, it also welcomes a new cohort of teachers. This year, there are 22 new staff members joining the WPCP community! I met with Mr. Murphy, a new science teacher at Payton to hear his story.  Paw… Read more

  • Meet Mr. Barnes- Payton’s new math and computer science teacher

    By Olivia Sampson, Community and Culture Editor As Payton welcomes the class of 2026 into the building for the first time, it also welcomes a new cohort of teachers. This year, there are 22 new staff members joining the WPCP community! I met with Mr. Barnes, a new computer science teacher at Payton to hear… Read more

  • A Grizzlies Guide to Meditation

    By Lily Suskind, Contributor Advanced Placement tests, finals, college decisions. That list is only a start of stressful points over the final quarter of this year. Want to get ahead for what next year has in store and minimize anxiety? Try meditation! Meditation: the act of gaining awareness and perspective through mindfulness. It may seem… Read more

  • Student and Teacher Predictions for the Next School Year- What to Hopefully Expect

    Ella Schaffer, Staff Writer The first fully in-person school year in several years, the 2021-2022 school year, has been quite unexpected. Within the 176 days of school this year, CPS students experienced a strike, the lifting of the mask mandate, changes to the admissions process for selective enrollment high schools, and more. Additionally, Payton students… Read more

  • CPS’s kosher meals: a triumph in religious freedom and flavor

    By: Aaron Faier, Editor Requesting a Kosher Meal In January 2022, I was able to have a school lunch in high school for the first time. As someone who keeps kosher, I always looked longingly at the school pizza my friends were eating, but I could never eat it with them (admittedly though, some meals… Read more