Sidra Major, Digital Editor-in-Chief
• November 14, 2023
Last April, I searched far and wide for my prom dress. I shuffled through websites and department stores, hoping to find one that spoke to me—and then, one day, I did. I was uncertain at first and hesitant...
Intro
One looming question underlies every decision Clayton High School students make: Where are you going to college?
While it is certainly known that plenty of people find success without attending...
Every August, a new class of Sperry-stepping, Patagonia-sporting students strut through the doors of CHS into what will be one of their many experiences with the “Gilded Zip Code.”These students, the majority of whom are the offspring of mid- and upper-level professionals are fortunate enough to be born into the gilded zip code — an area of good neighborhoods, families and economic status. Residents of the gilded zip code believe in hard work and merit, but as their consolidation of wealth grows
Sam Frank
Sport: Basketball
College: University of Rochester
I am just excited to keep playing basketball. I love this game and I am not ready to stop playing it. I just don’t want to let go. Going...
Ellie Tomasson, Chief Managing Editor
• November 29, 2015
Every year, students across America participate in the national frenzy to obtain the proverbial holy grail of our education system: the 4.0 GPA, 36 ACT, and 2400 SAT, but at what cost? As students scramble...
As the trees start to blossom, the thick and thin college admission letters pile into mailboxes. Year after year people apply to the ivy league and top tier universities, but does it really matter where...
As I sift through College Confidential looking at students who want to be “chanced†by their peers about their likelihood to be accepted to a certain college I notice that many of them put...
JOY GAGE
“My life up until this point has been a marathon,†Joy Gage said. “Between school and practice I’ve developed a perpetual state of focus where I don’t really...
You heave your duffel bag over your shoulder, making your first steps upon the green before you. Freedom has never tasted so good. It seems that the long, hard work in high school has finally paid...
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.â€
These words, once spoken by Albert Einstein, would likely be doubted by most present-day American...
When it comes to the college process, it seems, some people are more worthy of congratulations than others. You may love the school you’re attending next year, but there’s no need to...
As their high school careers draw to a close, CHS seniors pause to reflect upon their favorite experiences during their four-year tenures at #1 Mark Twain Circle.
Senior year. It’s the final step...
