CHS Junior Rebecca Johnson* (names have been changed to protect the anonymity of the students) never wanted to vape or smoke herself, even though all her friends did it. However, being around substance...
Everything from the most well-known pieces of the Star Wars universe to obscure details included only in old cartoons and comics contains an insidious racism that will often be overlooked by white fans but is glaringly obvious to fans of color.
As soon as the COVID-19 vaccine was made available for those under age 18, my friends and I all rushed to get it. We had an inside joke of “vaxxed girl summer” and flaunted our bandaids and vaccine...
On Tuesday, October 5th, two records from the last CHS boys swim and dive team to win conference championships fell spectacularly during a meet against the Pattonville Pirates. Both of these records, in...
Charlie Meyers, Senior Managing Editor
• October 4, 2021
As you step foot into the festival, acoustic guitar and drum beats play in the background, while the smell of the Schlafly brewery fills your nose and the feel of community surrounds you. Rows and rows...
Art inspiration can come from anything, anywhere, anytime.
New Clayton High School art teacher Chad Harmon grew up watching his dad fiddle with his chess board while debating his next move against the...
Growing up, Dawn Weber never thought much about teaching.
“I knew I wanted to do something with art, and something in the creative field,” said Weber. “I never really thought about teaching when...
Anna Hormberg’s focus on the subject of history stirred well before she was a teenager.
“It started for me when I was honestly in the fifth grade,” Hormberg said. “I was fascinated just of people’s...
“I always loved art as a kid. I was always the kid drawing in my free time and I loved art class,” said Kamille Chavarin, one of the new art teachers at CHS.
As a child, Chavarin was always very...
“I’ve always had an innate desire for learning,” said new CHS English teacher Melissa Goodlett. “That’s off the bat, even when I was dealing with dyslexia.”
Despite her family’s insistence...
Kaia Mills-Lee, Senior Managing Editor
• September 19, 2021
He returns! Curtis James, Clayton’s newest math teacher, taught at CHS from 1998 to 2008 and is returning this year after teaching at Triad High School in Illinois. James, having two sons who would graduate...
Emma Baum, Feature Section Editor
• September 19, 2021
Music has always been a presence in Sophie Browning’s life, but it wasn’t until middle school that she discovered her love of the clarinet.
“With no great logic or reasoning, I was like, ‘Clarinet,...
