Vintage Ventures
Grace Snelling and Anna Sturmoski
February 26, 2018
Filed under Features
Reporters Grace Snelling and Anna Sturmoski explore the best thrift stores in St. Louis.
Q&A: Zaki Baruti
Camille Curtis, Reporter
February 23, 2018
Filed under People
Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Are you married? Do you have children or grandchildren? A: I’m 79 years old and I’ve been married over 42 years. I have four children and six grandchildren. Q: I found out that you were a teacher, how long did you teach? A: I’m a former educator in the sch...
Corbo’s Chords
Maddy Bale, Senior Managing Editor
February 19, 2018
Filed under Features
“When I played in front of people, I would get so nervous, and my right hand would shake so badly. How it used to be, every note I played would shake,” CHS junior and violinist David Corbo said. When Corbo first began playing violin at Glenridge Elementary School in fourth grade, a combination o...
29 On Your Side
Lila Taylor and Katie Snelling
January 23, 2018
Filed under Features
“When you come to work, you never know what’s going to happen and I really like that part of it,” Kay Quinn said. “Anything could happen, you could meet anyone and you just never know.” Quinn started at News Channel 5 doing freelance work, which quickly became a full-time career. 29 years...
Keeping Pace with Senior Citizens
Josephine Cross and Sarah Baker
January 21, 2018
Filed under People
The Center of Clayton offers a variety of classes for the people of St. Louis to participate in. These classes provide time to exercise and socialize with friends. Exercise is important for one’s health, and is known to help fight many diseases including Alzheimer’s and arthritis. It can also help...
Josh Cui: An InCUIsitive Mind
Maddy Bale, Senior Managing Editor
January 15, 2018
Filed under Features
“I did it for myself, not for other people,” CHS junior Josh Cui said. “I feel like people would have been supportive of my art, but I just never really talked about it. It was just a personal thing.” Since elementary school, Cui has spent countless hours hunched over spools of wire, man...
Pipeline to Prison
Noah Brown, Charlie Brennan, Grace Snelling, and Jacob LaGesse
January 10, 2018
Filed under Cover Stories, Latest, Social Justice Reporting
According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), America, the “land of the free,” is home to only 5 percent of the world population, but incarcerates 20 percent of the world’s prisoners. 34 percent of these inmates are African American, most of them having not graduated high school. In...
Equity
December 9, 2017
Filed under Cover Stories, Latest, Social Justice Reporting
We chose to make this issue “The Equity Issue.” In other words, we decided to pay particularly close attention to “equity” –- historically, and its present manifestations in the school setting. Our conversation started with a collective acknowledgement that before we could begin to address...
Escaping the Bubble
Sara Stemmler, Feature Section Editor
December 8, 2017
Filed under People
LORIS HALAMA Berlin, Germany Q: How did you end up in Clayton? A: “So my host family and me have a very special relationship because my host father went to Germany in 1984, whereas my father has been to the U.S, so we have kept the contact. So I met [Angela Pompian’s parents] i...
Feminism Club
Katie He and Sarah Baker
December 7, 2017
Filed under Features
“Feminism to me is where everyone has equal opportunities and we are not restricted because of our gender or because of the way we look. It works for everyone, men, and women,” CHS sophomore and founder of Feminist Club Sam Osborne said. Osborne started the club at the beginning of the 2017-2018 schoo...
Faculty Fashion
Catherine Walsh, Page Editor
December 5, 2017
Filed under People
"Whatever it is that’s essentially you, that’s the most important part.”
Hollis Johnson’s Baking
Lise Derksen and Josephine Cross
December 2, 2017
Filed under People
“I think of baking as a science and an art because it is so precise. If you make a mistake it could potentially ruin everything. Yet, you can be so creative and artistic and express yourself in your work”, said CHS sophomore Hollis Johnson. Hollis has been attending school in the Clayton district since...
