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Apr
3
2013
Cover Story: Shaping Identity
In elementary school, I was told to say the pledge of allegiance every morning. So with my hand over my heart, I recited the verses as I gazed up at the American flag. While I could memorize those verses and play the national anthem on the piano, I still shied away from saying that I [...]
Mar
28
2013
Cover Story: Depression
Mood disorder. Dysthymia. Low Affect. Whatever you call it, depression is a disease that plagues 20 percent of teens before they reach adulthood. This percent drops to nine when teens reach adulthood. Therefore, teens ages 15-23 are the most susceptible age group to develop depression. According to the NIH, the national trend for those seeking [...]
Feb
24
2013
Crunching the Numbers
Introduction: Beyond all else, Meg Flach says she will miss the children. On Jan. 30th, Flach learned that her position as the Clayton High School District Substitute Coordinator would be eliminated. With that, she said, her time at Clayton was likely over. During the past two months, the Clayton School District has been abuzz with [...]
Dec
12
2012
Dangerous City?
Introduction: Megan Boken had little reason to believe her visit to St. Louis this August would turn deadly. While she was parked in the Central West End, a gunman assaulted her. The gunman opened Boken’s car door and shot her in the chest and neck. Boken was pronounced dead upon arrival at Barnes Jewish Hospital. Incidents [...]
Oct
30
2012
The State of Clayton
It is hard to escape from the election this time of year. Turn on the television? Political ads clutter everything you watch. Go for a walk? Yard signs stare at you from every angle. Curl up on the couch to read a book? The phone rings and opinions are forced upon you in the place [...]
Oct
3
2012
The Future of Voluntary Student Transfer
As the date draws nearer to Oct. 10, the day the Board of Education will vote on whether or not they will continue enrolling students in the Voluntary Student Transfer program for the next five years, it is time yet again to examine the program itself. There are often parts of the VST program that [...]
May
25
2012
The Places You’ll Go
With graduation around the corner, one cannot help but wonder: What comes next?After four years at CHS, the seniors will soon be walking across the stage to accept their diplomas, forever changed as individuals. Like alumni before them, their education and experiences at the CHS have and will continue to shape their character and actions [...]
Mar
12
2012
The Business of Education
Katherine Ren also contributed to the reporting of this story. It’s everywhere you look. It’s the teacher at the podium. It’s the databases that students log into daily. It’s that gym class that you got out of the way last summer so that you could take band. It’s the newly refurbished classrooms, the SmartBoards, the [...]
Feb
7
2012
The Industry of Education
Parker Schultz, Laura Bleeke, Jackie Leong, & Zach Praiss contributed to the reporting for this story. Education has been compared to a pendulum, swinging between extremes. Teachers bemoan losses of autonomy in the classroom and pressures to quantify and measure, while national trends sway the pendulum towards assessment, data, and standardization on an industrial [...]
