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By Jocelyn Lee and Laura Bleeke How do you feel about the response to your protest against CHS? I love [the response from CHS]. It shows how far gone this country is. And it puts a spotlight on what we’re saying. What message are you trying to send to the high school? [We’re sending] the [...]
Feb
4
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 [...]
Dec
15
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 [...]
Oct
27
2011
WATCH: Linebacker Luke Ulrich Injured
Senior Linebacker Luke Ulrich was injured in the Hounds’ loss to the UCity Lions. Without him, the Greyhounds fell to rival Ladue the next week. (VIDEO)
Mar
17
2011
Local online journalism sprouts in Clayton
Clayton seems greener nowadays. This year, the warm approach of spring is not only reviving the flowers and tree lined streets of Clayton, but it is also breathing life into the new sprouting seedling of the Patch in the community. The Patch was founded in 2007 to provide local news coverage for individual communities through [...]
Feb
18
2011
Leading the way in sustainability
Clayton has a history of being a leader in sustainability and environmental protections. In the 1990s, the city instituted one of the first recycling programs in the region. Several years ago, it pioneered a single-stream recycling program and at the start of this year Clayton was of the first municipalities in St. Louis to enact [...]
Every stressed-out student has dreamed about failing an unexpected but vital exam. At Clayton, failure is an ever-looming possibility in students’ minds. But what if it was impossible to fail? What if failure was no longer an option? New Jersey’s Mount Olive school district has recently instated a policy that changed the meaning of ‘pass.’ [...]
Sep
13
2010
Q&A: The Globe sits down with Clayton School District’s new leader, Superintendent Dr. Mary Herrmann
Can you describe your background and where you have worked? I have come most recently from the Chicago suburbs. I was working as a superintendent in Barrington, Illinois and then Winnetka, Illinois – both very high-performing school districts, similar to Clayton. I worked also as an assistant superintendent, a high school principal, an elementary principal, [...]
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 [...]
