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Feb 2012

A Peaceful Picket: CHS responds to Westboro protest

By Jocelyn Lee; With Laura Bleeke Despite the early hour and cold temperatures, hundreds of people filled the green space of Centennial Plaza on Monday, Feb. 6. Comprising the crowd were students, parents, teachers, church members, and other community members drawn from across the St. Louis area. American flags, unicorn costumes, rainbow apparel, and Catholic [...]

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Feb 2012

The Industry of Education

Parker Schultz, Laura Bleeke, Jackie Leong, & Zach Praiss contributed to the reporting for this story.   Education has been compared to a pendulum, swinging between extremes. Teachers bemoan losses of autonomy in the classroom and pressures to quantify and measure, while national trends sway the pendulum towards assessment, data, and standardization on an industrial [...]

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Feb 2012

WATCH: Westboro Baptist Church Visits Clayton High School

Video detailing Westboro Baptist Church’s visit to Clayton High School   Read the Q&A with Fred Phelps Jr. of the Westboro Baptist Church: http://www.chsglobe.com/globeweb/2012/02/qa-with-fred-phelps-jr-of-the-westboro-baptist-church/  

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Feb 2012

WATCH: GET Episode 6

Greyhound Exclusive Television, a production of the Greyhound News Network, episode 6.

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Feb 2012

CHS plans peaceful response to WBC protest

On Monday, Feb. 6, Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) plans to protest at CHS, according to their website and notifications to the Clayton School District and Clayton Police. Best known for its controversial pickets at military funerals, the WBC has stated that it will be protesting the school’s support of its students, especially the Gay-Straight Alliance [...]

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Jan 2012

Molecular Bloom in Shaw Park

Imagine a single flower in bloom rising up from the Earth above the green tree tops of Shaw Park.
This is the vision behind James Surls’ recently commissioned sculpture for Shaw Park titled Molecular Bloom with Single Flower. 18 feet tall and 10 feet wide, this new sculpture, set to be complete by the spring of 2013, will be a significant addition to Clayton’s world-class collection of public art.

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Jan 2012

Empowering Powerschool: What Teachers Should Be Doing

Grades.  A CHS parent obsession.  Powerschool.  The stressful portal of data that is constantly checked by parents, much to student chagrin. In an attempt to make grades readily accessible, Clayton High School may have inadvertently created a source of stress for students and parents. Powerschool, the online program to keep students and parents up to [...]

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Jan 2012

Iconic, Controversial Coach Passes Away

Joe Paterno, former Penn State head football coach, has died at age 85. Paterno, who was relieved of his duties at Penn State in the middle of the college football season, won 409 games as the Nittany Lion’s head coach. He was their head coach for 46 years. He is also remembered as a great [...]

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Jan 2012

Caption Contest: January

[Your Caption Here] Mr. Hoelscher on Photobooth? Now that’s something you don’t see everyday. Comment with your witty caption below, and your name could make it into next month’s Globe!   Need some inspiration? Find contests from past months here.

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Jan 2012

St. Louis Cardinals 2012 Projections

Though there is snow on the ground and winter in the air, baseball is just around the corner.  The Winter Warm Up, an annual Cardinal tradition, is a place where the previous season is reflected on, and the coming one is anticipated. The charity fund raiser for Cardinal Care will take place this weekend. With [...]

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