Author Archives: Payton Sciarratta

Sep 2009

Internet harassment a threat to teens

“I’m going to make your life a living hell,” says the person on the other side of the screen.  At this point in time, Jessie Smith* didn’t know whether to fight back or back out.  She had been conversing with this person on the other side of the screen for several weeks now, but it [...]

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Sep 2009

Drama students audition for fall/winter season

by Payton Sciarratta Students pace back and forth rehearsing songs over and over, repeating the monologues to make sure they get it memorized word for word. Hearts race, stomachs ache, this is all the process of auditions. This year’s fall productions at Clayton High School, “Great Expectations,” the freshman-sophomore play “Snow Angel,” and the winter [...]

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