Tag Archives: Clayton

Feb 2012

Major League Baseball Projections

It is that time of year. With a few flowers starting to bud and birds starting to chirp, Major League Baseball players are coming to Florida and Arizona for what all fans have been waiting for since the end of the World Series: spring training. The 2012 season has many interesting storylines. Who is the [...]

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Feb 2012

MLK Day

“Even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: – ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that [...]

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Feb 2012

Mr. Blackmore Retiring

On Dec. 9, Band Director Charles Blackmore stepped on the podium and announced to the CHS Symphonic Band that he was a graduating member of the class of 2012. “I was absolutely shocked when Mr. Blackmore said he would be retiring,” flutist Taylor Kloha said. “I have to confess, I actually started tearing up. It [...]

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Feb 2012

Q&A with Fred Phelps Jr. of the Westboro Baptist Church

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 [...]

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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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Oct 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)

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Mar 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 [...]

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Feb 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 [...]

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