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Author Archives: Katherine Ren
Feb
14
2012
Summer School Changes
Clayton District’s New Year’s resolution: Save $257,326.71. As of 2012, the District will be in its second year of deficit spending. Thus, the Board of Education (BOE) is currently looking to develop a robust resource allocation process that will improve the allocation of the District’s staff and monetary resources. As a result, BOE has made [...]
Dec
16
2011
Summer School Changes
With everything in light of the economy now being considered a cost benefit analysis, the Board of Education, BOE, is currently looking to refine and possibly reduce the summer programs offered for Clayton students. Although no decisions will be finalized until December, it is likely that there will be some significant changes made to [...]
Nov
11
2011
The Face of Clayton
The start of the school year was marked with remarkable changes: a beautiful additional wing to Clayton High School, the construction of a new Wydown, and heralds the entrance of a new superintendent. Sharmon Wilkinson is a 15-year veteran of the school district, and brings with her the confidence and determination to infuse the district [...]
Oct
7
2011
Joachim Knill: National Treasure
Among the uniform rows of white tents aligning the streets of downtown Clayton, there lies a shipping crate. At first glance, the crate is simply a confinement offering shelter to a dozen paintings portraying stuffed toy animals. But Joachim Knill has something much more to say. The name of the exhibit is cleverly titled “National [...]
The disappearance of a childhood in favor of private tutors, coaches, and other résumé-building activities has become the reality to a many of today’s youth. Our ongoing belief in the quantity-driven model of education and obsession with achievement gauged by numbers has kept us from our original goal—which was to enrich and educate our future [...]
Mar
23
2011
Stroll down memory lane
As their high school careers draw to a close, CHS seniors pause to reflect upon their favorite experiences during their four-year tenures at #1 Mark Twain Circle. Senior year. It’s the final step one takes before entering adulthood. However, what is more important than what one does with their last 365 days before crossing the [...]
It had been nearly two years since I had gone back to visit. And if you put it into context, two years doesn’t seem like enough time for things to happen— for things to change. Little did I know that although the trip would be the third time I visited China, it would be the [...]
Speech and Debate Glendale/Kickapoo Tournament Packets of articles dense with vibrant lines of highlighting scatter among cafeteria tables. High school students high on adrenaline thumb frantically through cases that have been exhausted by hours of review. If you listen closely, the tapping of anxious heels almost seem to synchronize with the constant hum of articulate [...]
Early mornings composed of four hours of filling in bubbles, late nights spent tapping out one’s life story, and non-existent spring breaks used to drive across the nation—like the holidays, the college application process comes once a year. However, unlike the smell of eggnog, the glow of candles, and the sound of sleigh bells ringing [...]
Oct
28
2010
CHS Debate Team Kickapoo Tournament
Packets of articles dense with vibrant lines of highlighting are scattered among cafeteria tables. High school students high on adrenaline thumb frantically through cases that have been exhausted by hours of review. If you listen closely, the tapping of anxious heels almost seem to synchronize with the constant hum of articulate voices. To the foreign [...]
