To explicate: to make clear or interpret. Each day, Mr. Hayward’s third hour Honors American Lit class is started with a quote on the board. As a class, we discuss its sentence function, sentence...

This year, the CHS library introduced a new policy. Students are not allowed into the library in the morning before 8 unless they sign up a day in advance. Why the sudden change? Last year, the library...

Foreign policy in the United States has an intrinsic fascination with the red line. Former President George W. Bush drew it fervently in 2002, with his statement “America must not ignore the threat...

The percentage of Clayton students who binge drink is almost double the national average, according to the Clayton High School health survey created by the CHS Health and Physical Education Department. Although...

  I spent seven weeks this summer speaking rak ivrit, only Hebrew, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The small town between Madison and Milwaukee may seem like a strange place to find a Hebrew immersion...

The whole school was looking at me in my speedo. It was my sophomore year, and the swim team was performing at the homecoming pep rally. We were splattered with messy orange and blue paint, screaming...

As I was waiting to talk to a teacher, I refreshed my news feed. Syria had chemically gassed its own people in the suburbs of Damascus. Yet America’s intense emotional response seems to be an eerie...

How did I do on that recent math test? Is my English paper graded already? Are any new grades added? All of these important questions can only be answered in one place. Powerschool. To most high school...

I grew up in a blue stucco house in University Heights.  My neighborhood is within University City, and rests just below the stone lions that mark the entrance into the Delmar Loop. My parents chose...

Throughout the day, Alex Oren, a freshman at Clayton High School, has a weight load that’s just a few pounds. Lugging around a small bag, he only has two things to worry about: his Macbook Air and...

Secretary of State John Kerry said that there was "undeniable" usage of chemical weaponry by Assad in Syria. This changes the tone that has been previously confident yet unsure. The question is, what...

Throughout the news we constantly see Al-Qaeda linked to the Middle East and its often polarized areas. Yet, in the past couple of years there has been a change. Now, Al-Qaeda is in Africa. Recently,...