Parkway North Students Start New Forensics Club

On Sept. 28, students gathered in social studies teacher Bob McKitrick’s room for the first meeting of the new Forensics Club at North. This club is for students interested in science and crime. In Forensics Club, students will get to use science to explore crime scenes and solve cases.

“Forensics Club is an excellent opportunity to expand your criminology and forensics studies,” said freshman Caylah Johnson, co-founder of the club.

The club was created to educate people about the use of forensics in everyday jobs and get students fired up about this profession. Forensic science is used a lot in everyday jobs. For instance, in order to prove or disprove guilt in a murder case, one might call a forensic scientist to the courtroom to explain the evidence, data, and tests related to people’s deaths, disappearances, and even robberies.

During this club, students get to learn about and use these skills to solve crimes like a real investigator.

“We study criminal behavior and collect data during the course of the investigation. We [also] do labs and have speakers from the FBI,” said freshman Dylan Cothran, who founded the club.  

Students interested in medicine and criminal careers, who enjoy crime shows, or who have taken Crime and Law are the target audience for this club.

The Forensics Club meets every other Wednesday. In each meeting, students will see a guest speaker who will discuss how they use forensics in their career and how students might use forensics now as well in the future. Students will also meet people who share the same interests and eat snacks that are provided at the meetings.

The club is even thinking about entering into the Science Olympiad to compete in the forensics portion.

“We’re looking into entering that,” said Johnson. The next meeting will be on Oct. 12 in room 2119.

by Natasha Provinse, staff writer