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Author Archives: Jocelyn Lee
Feb
24
2011
A Better AP?
Beginning in the fall of the 2011-2012 school year, the College Board will begin a rollout of major revisions to many Advanced Placement (AP) course curriculums and exams. One of the major goals of the reforms is to reduce the span of content covered to allow for a greater focus on deeper, analytical thinking. The [...]
Jan
18
2011
News Briefs: What you need to know
Jocelyn Lee keeps you up-to-date with the current global news.
Nov
23
2010
Conflict minerals fuel violence in eastern Congo
Tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold. These four minerals are components of all cell phones, as well as nearly all computers, televisions, and other electronic devices. They make your phone vibrate, your laptop power on. However, according to the Enough Project, an organization that works to end genocide and war crimes, they are also the link [...]
Called Oh Lolli Lolli, it is the newest addition to a small strip of attractions sprouting up along Demun Avenue.
Oct
27
2010
New candy store sweetens Demun neighborhood
An “itsy bitsy candy shoppe,” as it calls itself, Oh Lolli Lolli has set up shop in the Demun area of Clayton. It opened Aug. 6, and since then, it has attracted many from the area, especially neighborhood kids. “Oh Lolli Lolli was supposed to open officially on Saturday, Aug. 7, but a few kids [...]
After 33 Chilean miners were trapped in a mine in early August, expectations were that it would take months to rescue the men. President Sebastián Piñera said that they would be home by Christmas at the latest. However, both rescuers and Piñera have recently expressed optimism about bringing the men up much earlier. The process [...]
Sep
13
2010
Q&A: The Globe sits down with Clayton School District’s new leader, Superintendent Dr. Mary Herrmann
Can you describe your background and where you have worked? I have come most recently from the Chicago suburbs. I was working as a superintendent in Barrington, Illinois and then Winnetka, Illinois – both very high-performing school districts, similar to Clayton. I worked also as an assistant superintendent, a high school principal, an elementary principal, [...]
May
19
2010
Media sets poor example for adolescent girls
Far too often, I meet girls who act, or attempt to act, much older than they are. I’m certainly not saying they are too mature or wise because some teenagers simply are more mature than their peers. Rather, it’s the appearance and behavior of some girls that bothers me. Some wear heavy makeup on an [...]
Feb
24
2010
NCA accreditation team to visit CHS
The North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA) will send a visiting team to CHS on March 2 and 3. The team will evaluate the school based on the organization’s seven standards and present a report of their findings. CHS has been accredited by the NCA since 1914. The school chooses to [...]
The film “Invictus,” set in South Africa in the 1990s, is about newly elected president Nelson Mandela and his efforts to unite his country through a rugby team. It might be mistakenly put into two categories: the underdog-sports-team-fights-to-the-top category or the political-leader-unites-his-country category. Of course, both of those storylines exist in the film, but that’s [...]
