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From the Editor

Mitali Sharma, Editor-in-Chief September 28, 2016

After the start of junior year, the focus has gone more and more towards college. The question of where to go has become an icebreaker at formal dinner parties, a debate with family at the dinner table,...

Senior managing editor Jeffrey Friedman (photo by Gwyneth Henke).

January Letter from the Editor

January 20, 2015

I met a really nice guy at an academic program over the summer, and I thought right away that we were going to become great friends. But one day, at the breakfast table, he began to tell jokes about Jewish...

Editor’s Letter: Teachers

Gwyneth Henke, Editor-in-Chief November 5, 2014

I have this habit of writing down things that my teachers say during class on the edges of my papers.  At the end of the year, when I’m flipping through my notes to study for finals or look back on...

Editor’s Letter: Be Gentle

Gwyneth Henke, Editor-in-Chief February 27, 2014

At my grandparents’ house for dinner a few nights ago, I was talking to my grandpa about college. I was worried about making the wrong decision, not doing enough in high school, and not getting...

Editor’s Letter

Peter Shumway January 17, 2014

He was singing. My little autistic brother was singing in the Meramec Elementary Choir with his fellow students. Finally we were hearing him sing the songs he had practiced routinely (usually while doing...

Editor’s Letter: It’s Simple Actually

Eudora Olsen December 20, 2012

I caught a late train back from Chicago in August, and wound up waiting for a ride back home at the station in downtown St. Louis at 2:00 in the morning. Little me, pink duffel, dead phone. My dad...

Editor’s Letter: St. Louis City

Eudora Olsen November 19, 2012

I caught a late train back from Chicago in August, and wound up waiting for a ride back home at the station in downtown St. Louis at 2:00 in the morning. Little me, pink duffel, dead phone. My dad was...

Editor’s letter: The journey and the destination

Jackie Leong April 17, 2012

It’s that time of the year. It’s spring, and more importantly, it’s also the season that I’ll be spending with the coveted title of “second-semester senior.” What,...

Editor’s Letter: Beyond academic excellence

Zach Praiss March 11, 2012

What defines a Clayton education? Today, the School District of Clayton is seeking to answer this question through a comprehensive, five-month process called Clayton360 that will honor the history,...

Editor’s Letter: Breaking the Cycle

Zach Praiss November 11, 2011

One quarter gone.  11 weeks past.  We’re now deep into the regular rhythm of school.  We know the beat by heart – the measure of a class period, the accelerated tempo of assignments...

Incoming: Autumn [get excited]

Jackie Leong October 1, 2011

Insert something clichéd and sentimental about autumn here. And scratch it out. There are hundreds of ways for us to demonstrate our love for the current season. We could describe the crisp air, the...

Editor’s Letter: Welcome to a global revolution

Noah Eby August 24, 2011

August is always a time of change, an annual period of transition, but this year seems special. There are so many  pieces missing. Gay Field seemed somehow lacking last week as the football team practiced...

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