Consider the figure 3.78, the mean cumulative GPA of the class of 2022, as per the Clayton Education Foundation Annual Gratitude Report.
3.78 — that GPA resides comfortably within the upper levels...
Lavanya Mani, Feature Section Editor
• April 10, 2024
“Your transcript does not define you.” Students hear this mantra when a test doesn’t pan out and when registering for classes. Of course, a person is more than a couple of letters on a document.
But...
“He said I didn’t spend enough time with him.”
My friend told me this as I consoled her after a breakup. This plot – boy meets girl, they go on a couple of dates, one of them feels that the...
“If I can teach [someone] how to [fry] safely. That's what I'm going to do,” Culinary Arts teacher, Lauren Compton says. She’s been teaching at Clayton High School for 13 years. “The preparation...
Sidra Major, Digital Editor-in-Chief
• December 12, 2023
Imagine a world where your gender determines your career. Sounds absurd? Yet, just 80 years ago, this was the reality. Today, men and women populate all sectors of the workforce, shattering old stereotypes....
Sidra Major, Digital Editor-in-Chief
• November 14, 2023
Last April, I searched far and wide for my prom dress. I shuffled through websites and department stores, hoping to find one that spoke to me—and then, one day, I did. I was uncertain at first and hesitant...
Societal standards for young adults have molded the expectations set by the school board for students. Due to the recent recognition of mental health in the media, school boards of various states have...
The Missouri Senate recently passed two new laws, despite opposition from the American Civil Liberties Union, that affect transgender children. Laws like these are, unfortunately, no longer surprising....
"Reflection upon the experience is as important as the experience itself," Ralph Emerson.
I'm slightly surprised I made it 12 years ago. Twelve years is a long time to be doing anything, much less toiling...
I implore the Clayton community to reassess how we value students. Do we value them as test takers? “A+” receivers? Scholars? Or as people. Humans. Kids who want to learn, have fun, and live a life which makes them happy.
Sidra Major, Digital Editor-in-Chief
• March 9, 2023
I was best friends with every single student in my preschool class, we all were. Seventeen toddlers gathered on an eight-by-ten rug Monday through Friday cultivated a sense of community I have yet to feel...
Lavanya Mani, Feature Section Editor
• January 24, 2023
How much of the world should be guided by algorithms? That’s a question more and more people are asking themselves as awareness increases about the scope of AI. Students can input prompts into ChatGPT...
