Parkway West High School is a public comprehensive high school in Chesterfield, Missouri, US, that is part of the Parkway School District. History Parkway West High School (PWHS) was the second high school built in the Parkway School District; it opened in fall 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 and 8 attending Parkway South Junior High School on a split schedule. Members of the class of 1974 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, it operated without any written rules or regulations—only mutual agreements and expectations. 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. 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, 2021 Water polo: 1984, 2012, 2014, 2021 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, 2011, 2020, 2021 Notable alumni August Busch IV, ex-president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch 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 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 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