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Since the election of President Trump, Sean says, the Clayton liberal environment has become less open-minded.

Clayton’s Closed Minds

Sean Kim, Chief Video Editor March 7, 2019

If you asked me about my political beliefs in eighth grade, I would’ve responded with a sweeping left-leaning response, no questions asked. I stuck to the assumption that conservatives were only looking...

Eliot examines the prevalence of constructivist teaching in Clayton and high schools across America.

The Death of Silence

Eliot Blackmoore March 4, 2019

Today is a time of talking like no other. With 2.4 million emails sent every second, six billion calls made each day, and seven trillion text messages shared yearly, the modern breadth of worldwide communication...

A CHS student works on an iMac in the journalism office, one of the few places in the school to keep desktop computers after the transition to one-to-one.

Callous Chromebooks

February 23, 2019

When Chromebooks were first integrated into CHS they didn’t come without controversy. It took time for students and teachers alike to adjust to the new addition, but eventually most classes found a place...

Two CHS students walk down the hall together with their backpacks on. Ingrid and Sophie discuss the physical strain backpacks have on high school, and discuss solutions to this problem.

The “Mountains”

Sophie Thompson and Ingrid Stahl January 22, 2019

At Wydown Middle School, students are forced to leave their backpacks in their lockers throughout the day. However, at Clayton High School, students are allowed to carry their backpacks around the school...

The interior of a hyperloop reaching from St. Louis to Kansas city might look similar to this prototype made by Virgin Hyperloop One, the company interested in building the hyperloop.

Hoping for Hyperloop

Rachel Liang January 14, 2019

A few summers ago in China, my family rode on a high speed railway from Chengdu, Sichuan that reached the nearest mega city, Chongqing (190 miles) in about 50 minutes. The same trip took my father 9 hours...

A southern resident killer whale breaches in Haro Strait just off San Juan Islands west side with Mt. Baker in the backround.

Climate Change: IPCC Report

Moriah Lotsoff January 13, 2019

On October 8, 2018, a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) came out that basically told everyone that the world as we know it is ending.  The goal of the environmental report...

Famous introvert Abraham Lincoln. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.

Quiet

Ashley Chung, Senior Managing Editor December 3, 2018

There are a lot of things I dislike. Of the many things, I strongly dislike graded discussions. In a graded discussion, students are essentially graded on how well they can insert themselves into...

A map of where students thought the meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un  took place. Nineteen students gave the correct response: Singapore. Created with Google Sheets.

Where in the World?

Luka Bassnett, Reporter November 17, 2018

The high school experience is designed to prepare students for the future. High school students are educated in core subjects like mathematics and history, and are required to take classes of particular...

A lawsuit against Harvard University claims that their Affirmative Action program, meant to provide more opportunities to marginalized groups, actually discriminates against Asian-American students.

Affirmative Action

Vivian Chen and Emma Raine November 1, 2018

“Most Americans don’t want race to be part of your application to college. They don’t want the police to use race as a profiling tool to prevent crime. They don’t want prosecutors to use race in...

Dr. Hoelscher teaches his independent study history class to a group of students. Hoelscher also teaches AP World History, which will experience some significant curriculum changes next year.

Big Changes to AP World History

Zachary Fisher, Page Editor October 30, 2018

Almost every high schooler in recent years has had their fair share of interactions with the College Board. With the Board controlling almost every major standardized test, including everything from the...

Clayton High School student working hard on homework.

Society Standards leads to Stress in Students

Ella Cuneo, Editor-in-Chief October 21, 2018

At some point in a student’s life, he or she will feel judged. Whether it’s encouraged by parents, siblings, peers or teachers, stress is inevitable. We rely on a sense of external validation, we rely...

Lana Condor in the Netflix original film, To All the Boys I Loved Before, a film popular among Clayton High School students and teenagers in general.

The Problem with “To All the Boys I Loved Before”

Sean Kim, Chief Video Editor October 4, 2018

It's a pretty good time to be an Asian-American. With hit movies such as Crazy Rich Asians along with a slew of smaller movies and TV shows such as Searching, Columbus and Fresh Off the Boat, Asians are...

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