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Author Archives: Meredith McMahon
Sep
28
2010
new boys soccer varsity head coach
Boys’ varsity soccer has begun a successful and positive season with its new head coach, Tom Redmond. The team has had a great season so far, currently with four wins, one loss and one tie. Also, the team has placed second place when they opened their season at the MICDS contest. According to Redmond, this [...]
Aug
18
2010
77 days of summer
Summer is a time for relaxation and is a perfect opportunity for CHS students to get away from the ‘Clayton Bubble’ to explore, learn, and have a great time while traveling. Whether they traveled to Fulton, MO to horseback ride or to India to study water levels of contamination, CHS students certainly had very exciting [...]
May
30
2010
“Letters to Juliet” review
The recipe for a good chick flick (not great, mind you) is simple and finite– a well known actress, an attractive Australian actor and perhaps Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” to top the whole thing off with whipped cream. The whipped cream is a little unnecessary, but overall “Letters to Juliet” is a sweet, relaxing chick [...]
May
4
2010
PowerSchool: an asset or addiction?
I have found, like many CHS students, that I have an addiction– and a rather serious one at that. I cannot say it is one that is so often addressed like drug abuse or alcohol. No, it is an addicting, painful and pleasuring experience that is reserved for the most grade obsessed students at our [...]
Mar
26
2010
Richard Millett gets into NHSHO
Who knew a talented violist was in our midst named Richard Millett? Millett was one of 17 violists who were selected after auditioning for National High School Honors Orchestra and he placed sixth chair. NHSHO was held in Santa Clara, California, this year and entailed playing high level music with very advanced players. This year [...]
Jan
27
2010
Sparknotes misguides students, ignites debate
SparkNotes: a brilliant invention saving time and trouble or a slippery slope to bad grades and essentially, missing out on the actual reading of the literature we are supposed to read in English class? SparkNotes is a website that is similar to “Cliffnotes” in that it gives a synopsis of more popular books used in [...]
Oct
16
2009
Score is 0-0 at JV soccer team against Affton
It’s a windy, gray day at Gay Field, but the team spirit is vivid on the field as the Clayton team huddles up and shouts “Go hounds ” before running onto the field. Despite the vivacity of the Clayton team, the Affton and Clayton teams tied 0-0 Oct. 6. The game started with a pass [...]
Upon walking through the halls of CHS early in the morning before school, you may catch some sounds of Duke Ellington, Van Morrison and other popular singers spilling out of the music wing, and perhaps catch a glimpse of students dancing and singing. What could have possibly dragged these exhausted teenage souls out of bed? [...]
Sep
13
2009
‘Julie and Julia’ satisfies cravings
Don’t forget your dinner before you come to the succulent, French food- filled film, “Julie & Julia”! Between scenes of delicious, buttery fish and dark chocolate cake is a story of two women– Julia Child, the famed chef who introduced French cooking to America in the 1960′s and Julie Powell, a woman living in the [...]
