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Author Archives: Noah Eby
Nov
23
2010
Education and the Age of Technology
In the lower level of the Administration Building, past many desks and behind a locked door, is a room full of magic. It is not the pulling rabbits out of hats or waving wands type of magic – rather, it is magical in the sense that, to most, its powers are completely bewildering. To the [...]
I became a teacher because… I was always picked as the kid to play the teacher. From the time I would play outside with other kids and we would play school, I was always the one picked to play teacher. History is just as important as math or science because… it’s a subject that you [...]
Oct
1
2010
Reminisicing on lost childhood
In a vain effort to avoid doing homework, I recently found myself flipping through the dusty comic books stacked in the corner of my room, remnants of a bygone era. As I turned the tattered pages of volumes of “Foxtrot” and “Calvin and Hobbes,” I came to the realization that I never had a real [...]
To some, it may have seemed a sign of the apocalypse. Clayton, the paragon of public school education, failed to meet progress benchmarks on state standardized tests for 2009-2010 and was designated as “in need of improvement.” Yet this label is no harbinger of future doom; it is partly the result of inadequacies in assessment [...]
It was, as PTO Co-President Christy Breckenridge put it, “jaw-dropping”. At the Aug. 9 PTO meeting, Principal Louise Losos announced, to the surprise of the parents and students in attendance, that Chat Leonard would not be returning for the 2010-2011 school year after 13 years as a CHS college counselor. “[Losos] said that we would be [...]
May
31
2010
Finding a whole new world in rural Missouri
Take I-70 west to Highway 79 north for about an hour and a half and you will find yourself in the small town of Elsberry, Missouri. For some reason, my summer baseball team scheduled a tournament at the rather decrepit field on the outskirts of downtown Elsberry, though it was hardly a metropolis, and I [...]
May
24
2010
From the ground up
Though students and teachers will have left for the tropical beaches, snow-capped mountains and air-conditioned family rooms of summer vacation, the CHS campus will be far from quiet in the coming months. Construction crews will be working to build the new addition, which is supposed to be finished in time for the 2011 session of [...]
Mar
26
2010
Meet the BOE candidates
One year ago, Clayton residents witnessed firsthand that the phrase “every vote counts” is no joke when Prop S passed by a mere two votes. This spring, voters will once again have their voices heard in the local elections. Amongst other important issues on the April 6 ballot, including Prop W, is the election of [...]
Feb
24
2010
BOE votes to put Prop W on April ballot
The Board of Education voted unanimously to place Prop W on the April 6 ballot last month. If it passes, the zero-tax-rate increase, $39.4 million bond issue will fund the construction of a new middle school. The BOE’s Jan. 25 decision was met with celebration from the standing crowd at the meeting. “I cried tears [...]
Clayton is a community that is often thought of as sheltered and protected from the crime and violence that plagues most cities, but this idea recently took a hit. The idiomatic Clayton bubble seemed to take a step towards bursting this month as two security issues affected student life. The first, which occurred on Feb. [...]
