Tag Archives: CHS

Feb 2012

Fractions with Freese

Jane Glenn, CHS math teacher, taught David Freese, World Series MVP, at Lafayette High School in Wildwood, Missouri. She sat down to talk about him with Globe reporter Peter Baugh, on her experience teaching Freese. What year of high school was David Freese in when you taught him? David was my student his junior year [...]

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Dec 2011

What To Do When The Lights Are Flashing

It’s a plastic card with a picture on it, but for teens at CHS it is a prized possession. A drivers license.  The day when they pass their driver’s test may be one of the best moments of their pre-adult life.  But this card can also lead to one of the worst moments in teen [...]

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Dec 2011

Emerson Award for Darlene Castelli

It is a special honor for a teacher to be nominated for an award. It is even more special to win an award. For Darlene Castelli, the recipient of the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award, this is her special moment. Castelli has taught at CHS for four years as a reading specialist, 11 years in [...]

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Dec 2011

Is it a Snow Day?

The temperature is dropping, snow is falling, and the one thing that all CHS students are wondering is, “Will there be a snow day?” They turn on the TV, staring at the bottom of the screen. When the word “Clayton” finally appears next to the word “CLOSED,” they are elated. However, there is a decision [...]

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Aug 2010

College Counselor departs, letters remain unwritten

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 [...]

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Feb 2010

Safety issues in the Clayton community raise questions

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. [...]

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