Tag Archives: Final Draft

Oct 2011

CHS New Wing Gets Positive Reactions

Though construction in CHS has been going on for the past few months, Clayton students and staff members are finally able to experience the new wing. The new wing has been a huge upgrade to CHS from the recently constructed classrooms and departments for various classes. These classrooms include the new language offices, science classrooms, [...]

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May 2011

Haley Wartman: Athlete of the Month

Hard working and passionate are two words that encompass lacrosse varsity player Haley Wartman. Wartman is expected to have an outstanding season as both an individual player and one of the leaders for the lacrosse team. “Haley is a natural born lacrosse player,” teammate Jasmine Respess said. “She has a lot of talent and is [...]

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May 2011

Testing: Too Much?

It’s that time of year again for students: testing. The bountiful amount of tests that appear throughout the end of april and may make students realize whether they have mastered a course’s material. Though the AP tests, End of Course exams, finals, and ACT may help students reflect their gained knowledge over the year, are [...]

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May 2010

Colleges: A sophomore perspective

“Why do I have to be prepared for college?” sophomore Adam Ferguson said. “I’m only a sophomore in high school.” Like Ferguson, many other sophomores believe that college is far away. However, the college fair at the Center of Clayton, which invited students from Ladue, MICDS, and John Burroughs to learn more about 126 different [...]

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Mar 2010

Video Games Do Not Cause Violence

Jake Lee Cause of death: murdered by a person influenced from violent video games. Already this idea sounds exaggerated. However, it is possible according to article writer Grace Shin. How can video games be the sole cause to make people more violent and aggressive? Shin’s sole support is the assault on Columbine High School in [...]

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Mar 2010

Watching winter Olympics incites awe, motivation

The Olympics, an event that was the zenith of conversation a couple weeks ago, has been pushed into the distant past. No one really cares that Lysacek made history by winning men’s skating gold, or that Kemkers’ coaching mistake cost Switzerland a gold. In fact, I don’t even care. No, when I think about the [...]

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