The Effects of Peer Pressure on Teens in Clayton
January 20, 2019
*Name has been changed to preserve anonymity Kris*, a former Clayton student who would like to remain anonymous had a certain encounter with "the Black Frat." This man is a known drug dealer in the greater St. Louis area. The Black Frat has been known to provide marijuana, alcoholic beverages, and JUULs ...
The Trouble with Trash
Josephine Cross and Noor Jerath
January 18, 2019
Filed under Features
The U.S. generates around 200 million tons of garbage every year, according to dosomething.org. That is enough waste to fill Busch stadium from top to bottom twice every day for a year. The main thing that Americans throw away is paper -- an item that is easily recyclable. Environmental activists work tir...
G-H’s Gym Changes
January 16, 2019
“While I wasn’t really looking for a change, change was probably the biggest thing that I needed and now I have the benefit of collaborating with my department every single day,” CHS physical education and health teacher Sarah Gietschier-Hartman said. Gietschier-Hartman transitioned to the high ...
The Rise of SoundCloud
January 10, 2019
Filed under Features, Music, People
Since 2008, Soundcloud has allowed new up and coming artists to release their content with minimal effort. Like YouTube, many musicians post their projects onto SoundCloud with hopes of being “discovered." This website, and smartphone app, created in 2014, is growing more popular each day, especial...
Too Big to Fail
January 6, 2019
Filed under Features
In 1890 the United States passed the Sherman Antitrust Act. This law prohibited the formation of monopolies in the states. Over 120 years later, a marketing goliath has emerged. Its name is Amazon. Once an unknown marketing company owner, Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, currently has a net worth of 137.6 billion dollars. Along with the rapid e...
A House Divided
Grace Snelling, Sara Stemmler, Lila Taylor, Jacob LaGesse, David Higuchi, and Disha Chatterjee
December 27, 2018
Filed under Cover Stories, Digital Display, Features
In the latest cover story, the Globe explores the political climate of Clayton and the US surrounding many current issues of debate, such as climate change, the Trump administration, Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court and more. Click below for an immersive reading experience, or scroll...
Cohen’s Clayton Connection
Jacob LaGesse and Michael Melinger
November 27, 2018
Filed under Digital Display, Features, People
Each Thanksgiving, Andy Cohen, CHS graduate of 1986 and Bravo executive, returns to St. Louis to spend the holiday with his family. While his usual venture home includes family time and Imo’s pizza, this year it came with the added goal of supporting his high school alma mater through the Adzick f...
Clayton: An Ever-Welcoming Area
Siddhi Narayan, Reporter
November 26, 2018
When Vinodh Narayanan first moved to America in 1965, he was struck by how many females there were in his school. Narayanan had lived in India for most of his life. When he was 14, his family was uprooted and moved to America. His father had been there for a while, and because he had liked his jo...
Virtual vs. Real Life
Kaia Mills-Lee and Kate Freedman
November 22, 2018
Filed under Digital Display, Features
Young children under the age of nine spend at least two hours a day on screens according to a report by CNN. This use is for leisure but also to help enhance academic abilities. While many students are used to learning through technology, others thrive on engaging with others face to face. For t...
Sixth Grade Camp
November 21, 2018
Filed under Features
Each fall, a handful of buses carrying a total of 200 hyper sixth graders travel down to Sherwood Forest Camp. Sherwood is a non-profit organization located in Lesterville, Missouri - a short two hours away from Wydown Middle School. Around 30 students in eighth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades ar...
Big Sonia
Disha Chatterjee, Reporter
November 12, 2018
Filed under Local News, Movies, People
On Thursday, October 4th, director, producer, and Clayton High School class of 1996 alum Leah Warshawski came to visit Clayton and speak with sophomore World/U.S history classes. Later that night, a community screening of “Big Sonia”, a film Warshawski directed, was held at 7 P.M in the CHS audito...
Sixth Grade Camp vs. The Athletic Department
Cece Cohen, Reporter
November 10, 2018
Filed under Features, Latest, Local News
It seems as though the Clayton athletic department has a stigma when it come to sixth grade camp. Sixth grade camp is an annual tradition where each fall the Wydown Middle School sixth grade class travels to Sherwood Forest Camp for 4 days and 3 nights. Depending on the number of sixth graders in...
