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May
21
2011
InDepth: The changing face of The Globe
The Globe Newsmagazine Make sure that you keep an eye out for the next issue of The Globe in August. Otherwise, you might not recognize us. Yes, The Globe will be getting a makeover. The Globe staff has recently come to a decision that next year this publication will transition to a newsmagazine format. Thus, [...]
Student and community outcry have followed the removal of Sam Horrell as football coach after MSHSAA violations. Many questions remain unanswered. It was quite a sight to see. On May 6, hundreds of CHS students congregated on the circular lawn by the front entrance of CHS to protest coach and teacher Sam Horrell’s dismissal from [...]
Apr
13
2011
Education Exchange Corps
CHS alum Elad Gross has founded the non-profit Education Exchange Corps, a volunteer organization that works to improve education in St. Louis City schools. When CHS alumnus Elad Gross was a sophomore at Duke University in 2008, he had an idea. Through a program at Duke, Gross was able to get a community service grant [...]
Apr
13
2011
Ladue students rally to support teachers
Everyone who passed by Ladue Horton Watkins High School on the morning of Monday, Mar. 14 saw an unusual sight. Dozens of Ladue students stood hunched over in the snow in front of the school, some even carrying umbrellas to shield themselves from the snow. The students weren’t just standing outside their school aimlessly, but [...]
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has never existed without controversy and attacks on its very existence. Recent scrutiny and federal legislation have brought the organization under fire to the point where its employees have developed a growing concern for the future. In spite of the recent struggles, leaders of the Planned Parenthood of the [...]
Mar
10
2011
Nate Phelps @ CHS Liveblog
Nate Phelps, the estranged son of Westboro Baptist Church leader Fred Phelps, will be speaking to CHS students and the public in the CHS auditorium starting at 7:00 PM tonight. Phelps left the WBC, an extremist fundamentalist Kansas church that has received publicity in the last decade for their protests of soldiers’ funerals and inflammatory [...]
The surprising resignation of Superintendent Mary Herrmann in January led many people in Clayton to wonder who would replace Herrmann after her short-lived term. Replacing previous superintendent Don Senti was a two-year process, so the length of the transitional period was a concern. Thankfully, Board of Education members are confident in the abilities of Assistant [...]
Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world, sent shockwaves internationally when they erupted into protests on Jan. 25, 2011 just a few weeks after the revolution in Tunisia.
Jan
30
2011
New generation brings new media
My generation is lazy, incompetent, incapable of focusing on a single task, and completely unprepared for the world that we will grow into as adults. Or, at least, that seems to be the idea that society at large is being sold. Personally, I’m not buying it.
Last winter, Clayton sophomores sat down to take the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). PISA, an international standardized assessment, serves to compare the skills of students worldwide in the application of math, reading, and science. The test is administered every three years, and the international contractor tells countries to randomly select schools and, within [...]
