Author Archives: Payton Sciarratta

Apr 2011

Wiz Khalifa proves a wiz of originality

A young rap celebrity. A teen idol. One of the most successful musicians in the industry. Wiz Khalifa. Cameron Jibril Thomas, better known as Wiz Khalifa, was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
In 2006, at about the age of 19, Khalifa released his first album, “Show and Prove.” Just one year later, he signed to Warner Bros. [...]

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Mar 2011

Men of CHS prove worthy stars of DECA calendar

At CHS, kids are constantly coming up with creative ideas to help raise money for different clubs at school. This year, seniors Samantha and Abygail Dulle came up with a DECA project idea to create a CHS Men’s Calendar. The calendar features men from different sports that are popular at the high school, and boys [...]

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Feb 2011

College process proves stressful, tedious

Every year seniors are stressing about the idea of college: Are my ACT/SAT scores good enough?  Is my GPA high enough?  Which teachers should I get recommendations from and what should I write my personal essay about? The application process is often long and tedious, as well as very time consuming. “It was pretty stressful [...]

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Nov 2010

Bittersweet wrap-up to girls’, boys’ sports seasons

The outcome has been very good for a majority of the fall sports at Clayton High School during the 2010 season.  Many teams have made it a lot farther than they could have imagined, especially compared to last fall. Specifically, one team that made it farther than they were predicted was they varsity football team. [...]

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Oct 2010

Carving an understanding of Aaron Hequembourg

In life, everyone has a unique story as to how they got to where they are today. For artist Aaron Hequembourg his motivation came from his mother. She was an artist, a painter in fact, and after watching her day after day, Hequembourg finally took after her lead.

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May 2010

“Robin Hood” recreates legend with some new twists

The old Disney movie “Robin Hood” has been altered dramatically. What was once a cartoon targeted toward children is now an adventure movie targeted toward older adolescents and adults In the newer version of “Robin Hood”, Robin Longstride, an archer for King Richard the Lionheart, plays the hero. He stands up to King Richard and [...]

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May 2010

Meeting the cafeteria workers

Every day we come to school and walk through the lunch line, paying no attention to what is going on around us. All we focus is on what we want to eat. However, the people that may go unnoticed in the commons have a special story to tell about how they got here. Alvin Northcross, [...]

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Feb 2010

Gabe Jacus dangles way to team-high 54 points on ice

The Clayton hockey team has been doing pretty well so far this season. One of the main contributors to this is sophomore forward Gabe Jacus. Jacus has been playing hockey since he was just five years old, thanks to Clayton alumni Max Barron. “Max Barron used to come to my house and get me to [...]

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Jan 2010

Junior Christian Thomas carrying Hounds to new heights on hardwood

So far this season the varsity Greyhound basketball team has made a major improvement compared to recent years. One of the main contributors to this is junior guard and forward Christian Thomas, who has the highest average on the team at 21.8 points per game and also cleans the boards for the fairly undersized Hounds, [...]

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Nov 2009

Snow Angel

Rehearsals for the freshman-sophomore play “Snow Angel” began almost immediately after the fall play “Great Expectations.” “Snow Angel” is a story of a small group of teenagers on a snow day, who find a lost girl and attempt to help her find her way back home. Throughout the play, the main character, Eva meets each [...]

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