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Eighty Cultures, Right Down the Street
St. Louis’ largest diversity celebration returns for another year
Tucker Abeles, Reporter
• August 26, 2025

New Face, New Role, Meet the New Director of Student Support
Michael Siebe spearheads efforts to fortify student's mental health
Charlie Balestra, Editor in Chief
• August 19, 2025

From Code to Creation
Students Master Advanced Robotics, Preparing for Real-World Careers
Oliver Maher, Website Managing Editor
• June 1, 2025

A Chapter Closes
From tech to teaching, Karen Francis found her calling in special education
Sritha Rathikindi, People and Culture Editor-in-Chief
• May 29, 2025

Accelerating Toward Retirement
Beloved teacher Gabe de la Paz retires to pursue the art of slowing down
Cecilia Fazio, Kyra Welton, Noah Clement-Bayard, Charlie Cheatham and Claire Linnenbringer
• May 29, 2025
Senior Prank
The class of 2025 gives their final goodbye by taking over the teachers parking lot as their senior prank
Ella Kalachek, Reporter
• May 24, 2025

A Legend in Language Leaves her Legacy
Chinese teacher Hongling Zhang closes the chapter on her teaching career
Katherine M. Strait, Vera Ewing, Kyra Wigglesworth and Ella Kalachek
• May 22, 2025

Shakespeare to Skibidi
Is brain rot the future of language?
Lucas Ruan and Haowen Liu
• May 22, 2025

Voices from the Tornado’s Wake
Residents reflect on the day the storm hit and the path to recovery
Dwight Erdmann, Haowen Liu, Oliver Maher, Vera Ewing, Sritha Rathikindi and Lucas Ruan
• May 21, 2025

Connecting the Dots Part III
Investigating the Methods that Other Schools Use to Improve Their WiFi and How the Future at Clayton Looks
Micah Lotsoff, Editor-in-Chief
• May 21, 2025

Connecting the Dots Part II
Investigating the Cause of the High School's WiFi and Cellular Connectivity Issues
Micah Lotsoff, Editor-in-Chief
• May 20, 2025

Connecting the Dots
Investigating the High School’s Recent Troubles with WiFi and Cellular Connectivity.
Micah Lotsoff, Editor-in-Chief
• May 19, 2025
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![“I love working with students, that's why I decided on being a high school teacher. I was going to go the University route, but it's a different feel[ing]. Working with students is what makes it fun, keeps it alive, keeps me, trying to connect with students about my passion with ancient Rome and Greece and how they overlap, and how the stuff we do in class impacts their lives. That's kind of the goal I have, is having them see themselves, students in this larger scope of history from 2000 years ago, and how you're part of that now. ”
- Matthew Crutchfield, CHS Latin teacher](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image2-3-e1757531718144-1200x872.jpg)
!["It's really hard to make friends in Clayton high school if you're a newcomer. Everybody already knows each other, and they have established friendships for many years. My goal is always to make my space a safe one for them to take risks, [and] relax." Nancy Gamble, English Language Specialist](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image1-e1757625469759-1200x843.png)



Luciano Perman, Reporter • September 4, 2025
For nearly a century, vampires have haunted the cultural consciousness, particularly in the movie scene. Whether it be those 1920s horror movies, ...