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Max Shuang
“The best piece of advice I’ve received is to not let your environment dictate you, but for you to dictate your environment. It’s helped me when I’m doing work and if I’m stressed, or if there are other people around me that aren’t treating me as well.”
– Max Shuang, 9
– Max Shuang, 9
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!["[Practicing is the best thing you can do.] Right now I'm trying out for the mock trial team. Last year, I practiced my mock trial skills, and now I'm gonna be able to use them because I practiced them. [It also helps because] I play violin. [This applies to] Everywhere. Music, school, everything." -Emilio Lowder, 9](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2025-10-07-10.29.23-AM.png)
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![“Sometimes when I didn't perform up to my own personal standards [at volleyball], I would be really, really hard on myself, which was difficult. Something that [helped me get out of this negative mindset was that] I remembered bad days come so that you can have your good days. I always think of it as you have to get the bad stuff out of your system so your great days can come. I used this advice a lot to help me refocus myself and get my mood up.” - Claire Booth, 9](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_2915.jpg)
HUMANS OF CLAYTONClaire Booth -
![“I'm kind of afraid of failing things, especially because I'm really competitive with my little brother. If I start doing badly, he's gonna really take advantage of that. Like in the Star War[s] card game, I used to beat him easily, but now he is a lot better than me. He is really taking advantage of that.”
-Apollo Chu, 9](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image1-9-1200x900.jpg)
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HUMANS OF CLAYTONStephanie Kirk -
![“I felt like African American culture was probably a dominant culture at the time [1990’s], but in terms of education, that would have been the place where it was like, ‘How come we don't talk about this, how come we don't talk about this culture [African American]’. Interestingly enough, I remember my sophomore year in high school taking African history, but we didn't have African American history as an option at my school. That's not the case now, but then it was the case. I was actually thrilled to take African history because I didn't really have a connection, and that kind of fostered a connection to [Africa], like African Americans are connected to Africa.”
-Shauna Aningo, History Teacher](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image3-3-1200x900.jpg)
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![“I would love to do some level of high school mental and sexual health class [and] some psych education. I'm very passionate about adolescent sexual health.”-Aliza Koeinberg, Wellness worker](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_7661-e1758211016669-900x1200.jpeg)
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![“I think I care a lot about my classmates and the well being of our whole grade. I just want everyone to have a good, fun high school experience. I've been pouring a lot of time into our class and being class president. So that's a big chunk of time that's been a big change. One thing that I tried to do every day is just be kind. I'll be playing golf in the spring. I'm gonna I'm doing dance marathon, probably best buddies club, chess club. I want my legacy to go down as someone [who] is nice and kind of gets along with everybody.”
-Owen Solomon, 10](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image1-7-1200x900.jpg)
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About the Contributor
Sia Girivaru, Reporter
Pronouns: she/her
Grade: 10
Years on staff: 1
What’s a small thing that instantly makes your day better? When I hear about different successes happening around the world.
What are some of your favorite hobbies? Running, reading, and playing music.
What’s your favorite part of being on the newspaper staff? Meeting new people and getting to interpret their stories and thoughts in a way that many people can make a connection to.