Author Archives: Caroline Greenberg

Dec 2011

DECA Visits the Big Apple

Fifteen kids were given the chance to experience the marketing aspects in New York on the DECA trip to New York. “We learn about different business and go to different seminars to learn about different techniques in marketing,” Junior Adam Belsky said. “There are so many businesses in New York, so it was great to [...]

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Nov 2011

Like Crazy

The breathtaking portrayal of the highs and lows of long distance relationships is shown in the movie “Like Crazy.” Anna (Felicity Jones), a British exchange student studying in California, falls for Jacob (Anton Yelchin), and decides to stay in America overstaying her VISA. By violating her VISA, she is banned from the United States unable [...]

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Oct 2011

Greyhounds Win Against Westminster

The Greyhound football team had their third win of the season verse Westminster on Oct. 6.

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Apr 2011

Wydown student wins local talent show

By using her impressive violin skills, sixth grader Hava Polinsky recently won a local talent contest and, in the process, defeated more than 80 competitors. The St. Louis Got Talent competition was held by the organization Nishmah, which is a local Jewish organization that serves and builds community amongst Jewish women and girls. “My mom used [...]

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Mar 2011

Thomas finishes stellar career, looks to future opportunities

Senior Christian Thomas has been a leading scorer for the past four years and will be leaving CHS in the fall. Although the season has ended, Thomas led the way as captain his junior and senior year. “Being a captain I knew I had to do well in practice and in games, so I gave [...]

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Feb 2011

Haslett signs letter of intent to play football for Illinois next year

CHS’s very own Chase Haslett is graduating and moving on to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he has been recruited to play football. He has been on Varsity the past three years and was captain this past year.

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Jan 2011

F.A.C.S. classes will return with new building, curriculum

Construction will be over soon and new additions to the CHS curriculum will be initiated with its end in the coming fall. There will be new fashion and culinary art classes. The whole program has been completely redone and changed from before. The culinary program at Clayton was very small before. The class will now [...]

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Jan 2011

Despite promising cast, catchy sound track, ‘Country Song’ disappoints

“Country Strong” is a great portrayal of a person swirling further and further into a dark hole, but it sometimes misses its mark as a drama. Kelly Canter (Gwyneth Paltrow), a famous country singer/songwriter, is pulled out of rehab to do her comeback tour after a devastating disaster the year before. At rehab, however, she [...]

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Nov 2010

Young hockey team looks to improve after rough start

Getting up early is nothing new for the Clayton hockey team. The team practices at 6 a.m. Monday and Thursday and has been practicing for about a month. “I don’t have a problem waking up in the morning but the staying awake all day is hard,” freshman Liam Dougan said. Hockey is not a school-sponsored [...]

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Nov 2010

Junior Challenge ’10: More than just fun and games

Junior Challenge has been a tradition in which juniors get to leave school and bond with their classmates in a day of fun team building activities.

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