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NEWSMAGAZINEAUGUST 2011
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18 22UPFRONT6 l UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR WARDROBE CLASS7 l NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE8 l CLAYTON MISSES STATE BENCHMARKS
FEATURES9 l NEW PROTECTION FOR GAY TEACHERS11 l WELCOME BACK:THE GREYHOUND GUIDE
COMMENTARY21 l AMERICA AND THE AGE OF NON-EXPLORATION
CURTAIN CALL22 l Q&A WITH AMAN ON A MISSION: JAKE LEE
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REVIEW20 l HARRY POTTER’S LAST HURRAH20 l HIGHLIGHTS OF SUMMER 2011
95 STEPS TO MASTERING
THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL [11]
2011-2012 STAFFEditor in ChiefNoah Eby
Senior Managing EditorsLaura BleekeJackie LeongZach Praiss
Section EditorsJake BernsteinCaitlin KroppJocelyn LeeMeredith McMahonSarah Tait
EditorsDavid AndrophyBen Colagiovanni
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A ugust is always a time of change, an an-nual period of transition, but this year seems special. There are so many piec-
es missing. Gay Field seemed somehow lacking last week as the football team practiced without former coach Sam Horrell, and the journalism office feels perpetually empty without adviser Nancy Freeman. The familiar face of campus supervisor Linda Kelly is absent from the halls, and the speech and debate team is without their longtime coach, Debra Bollinger.
At the same time, so much is new. The ad-dition and renovations have rendered much of the school’s interior and exterior unrecogniz-able, and new teachers, from culinary arts and journalism to math and English, have changed the face of the staff.
For better or for worse, this year’s Clayton doesn’t feel quite the same.
Maybe part of the reason I have this sense of profound change is that we here at the Globe have been working for much of the summer on
a transition of our own. As you have likely no-ticed by now, the Globe Newspaper is no lon-ger. Its replacement, the result of several years of contemplation and evolution, is the Globe Newsmagazine.
It was not an easy decision to give up our beloved broadsheet publication, nor was it a de-cision that we took lightly. In the end, we felt that the newspaper format was becoming too cookie-cutter, too boring, and too standard. We needed a change, and you hold the result in your hands. Though this issue is only 24 pages, all others will be 48 pages.
We have high hopes for the Globe Newsmag-azine. In terms of content, we will still deliver the same quality reporting on local issues, and we will continue to provide information, in-sight, and opinions to the Clayton community. More of our breaking news coverage will move to our website, chsglobe.com, and the print publication will emphasize in-depth feature stories.
The design of the Globe Newsmagazine is where we will showcase our editorial staff’s cre-ativity and talent. We hope that our new format will be more appealing to you, our readers, and we expect it to be a little more fun for us, too.
Above all else, we urge you to pay attention to the Globe. We have a strong commitment to providing you with the best that student jour-nalism can offer – if not more. The Globe has long been an integral part of the Clayton com-munity, and we intend to continue that legacy of comprehensive reporting all the more vigor-ously this year. You may be surprised by what you can find within these pages. Enjoy.
NOAH EBY EDITOR IN CHIEF
WELCOME TO A GLOBAL REVOLUTION
EDITOR’S LETTER
EDITOR’S LETTER 5
W ardrobe classes are not being offered at CHS for the second year in a row, and it is quite possible that the class
will be permanently discontinued – despite what appeared to be heightened student interest in fashion in recent years.
Wardrobe classes were put on hold last year due to construction and the retirement of the Family and Consumer Science (FACS) teacher. The new wing has a state of the art wardrobe stu-dio, but this year it will be empty, probably used only for meetings and storage.
It was the general consensus among Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers that wardrobe would indeed return this year – stu-dents even signed up for the class last winter. But months later it was decided that wardrobe would be cut for yet another year.
CHS Principal Louise Losos said that the de-cision was made in a “quick fashion” and mostly at the district level. Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning, Dottie Barbeau, said that the decision was a collective one, made at a staff-ing allocation meeting that included district lead-ers: then-Superintendent Mary Herrmann, now-Superintendent Sharmon Wilkinson, Barbeau and Losos. According to then-CTE Department
Chair Nancy Freeman, there was no input from the curriculum committee, which usually makes curriculum decisions.
The decision to cut wardrobe came as a sur-prise to business teacher Marci Boland, who is now CTE Department Chair.
“It wasn’t one that we were thinking was go-ing to be on the chopping block,” Boland said.
After all, more than enough students signed up for the class to make it viable.
Freeman said that in the beginning of last school year she urged the administration to advertise the opening for a FACS teacher that included wardrobe, but she was told that staffing decisions first had to be made. If anything, Freeman said, the decision to keep or discontinue wardrobe should have been made when the new building was being planned so as to avoid wasting taxpayer money on a room that won’t be used.
Losos acknowledged the lack of transparency in the decision.
“In a perfect world, that’s not the way deci-sions [should be made],” Losos said. “The process did not go as smoothly as it should have.”
The CTE curriculum is under review this year, and the curriculum committee will be studying
many aspects of CTE classes. An outside consul-tant visited CHS last year and filed a report of recommendations that the committee will use in their study. The curriculum committee could recommend that wardrobe be permanently elimi-nated from CTE offerings.
Barbeau said that the administration did not want to start wardrobe classes and buy new equipment the year before the curriculum would be under review.
“We could poten-tially have had a group of kids who would be starting and not con-tinuing, or if you start a group, then you’re com-mitted to moving those
kids through,” Barbeau said.The same logic was not applied to culinary
arts, which will be starting up again this year af-ter being put on hold last year due to construc-tion. Maybe that is because of the sensationally lavish – and sensationally expensive – culinary arts room in the new wing. A vast, professional-grade kitchen would look much worse left empty than a wardrobe room.
And not only is culinary arts being resumed this year – it is getting an entirely new curricu-lum. Thus, it seems that what Barbeau wanted to avoid with wardrobe has happened in culinary
WARDROBE MALFUNCTIONAfter wardrobe classes were abruptly canceled this year, the course’s future is in limbo.
NOAH EBY
In a perfect world, that’s not how decisions [should be made].
Louise LososCHS Principal
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arts: the curriculum committee will be com-pelled to keep culinary arts as is, so as not to have wasted so much time and money.
Barbeau said that part of the reason culinary arts will resume this year while wardrobe does not is that more students enrolled for culinary arts than wardrobe last winter. This may be due to the excitement surrounding the new kitchen, and it does not necessarily translate to increased student interest in culinary arts as a profession. In fact, college counselor Carolyn Blair said that two thirds more CHS gradu-ates study fashion or wardrobe in col-lege than study culinary arts.
Freeman said it seemed to her that the ad-ministration made the decision based more on preconceived notions and assumptions about the wardrobe program than actual data.
As for why both wardrobe and culinary arts weren’t brought back this year, Losos said that a new FACS teacher has been hired, Lauren Bat-
tram. Battram is very young, and they did not want to overwhelm her by giving her two new curriculums to create and teach. Battram is fully qualified to teach wardrobe as well as culinary arts.
For now, Fashion Club will serve as substi-tute for actual wardrobe classes, and Battram will be the sponsor. But this is not a sustainable solution. It works well when there are students
who have taken wardrobe classes in the past and are therefore highly skilled in sewing, but those students will soon graduate. Whereas DECA has business classes as-
sociated with it, Fashion Club would be just that – a club.
“Without a class for students to learn the ba-sics, it’s extremely difficult,” said former FACS teacher Linda Williams. “And a club is just not going to do that.”
Caroline Kennard (12), who has taken ward-robe classes and was in Fashion Club last year,
agreed – she said Fashion Club would not work as a permanent replacement for wardrobe classes.
The quality and complexity of the work done in a club would certainly not be the same as a class, and it is hard to imagine CHS graduates going on to prestigious fashion schools such as Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising – as they have in the past – without a fully opera-tional wardrobe class at the high school.
There are other problems with the idea of a club substitute. Due to the intrinsic drama of high school, it is not as inclusive as a class – Wil-liams said that, by her judgment, only a third of the students who were skilled enough to be in-volved in last year’s fashion show participated. And Battram said that to apply for grants for money and equipment she needs to have an ap-proved FACS program. Without something like wardrobe class, she won’t be eligible.
For now, wardrobe class’s future hangs in limbo. It may be reinstated next year, or it may be discontinued and “replaced” by a club. Boland, among many others, is concerned.
“The longer you keep a class out of the pro-gram of studies, then the less likely it is to come back,” she said.
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Without a class to learn the basics, it’s extremely difficult. And a club is just
not going to do that.
Linda WilliamsFormer FACS teacher
{DALIAN PORTChina launches its first aricraft carrier, a symbol of the nation’s military buildup.
{VENEZUELAPresident Hugo Chavez
goes to Cuba for another round of cancer treatment.
{MISSOURIA new law prohibits
students from friending teachers on Facebook.
{ LONDONRioters burn buildings and loot shops in the country’s worst riots in decades.
{ SOMALIAFamine spreads across the horn of Africa, affecting as many as 38 million people.{SOUTH SUDAN
South Sudan becomes the world’s newest country,
number 196.
WORLD STAGE
African-American, free/reduced lunch, and IEP students continue to struggle.
R ecently published data from the Mis-souri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education reveal that Clay-
ton School District has failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for the fourth straight year.
AYP is a rising benchmark set by the state as part of No Child Left Behind, with targets for student proficiency reaching 100 percent in 2014 – a seemingly impossible goal. That means that any district without perfect Missouri As-sessment Program (MAP) scores will have “failed” to meet standards.
This year, Clayton is joined by all other St. Louis County schools and 84 percent of Mis-souri schools in its failure to meet AYP.
Though the district’s aggregate scores in communication arts and math exceeded the state targets, certain subgroups failed to reach the proficiency goals. Students who qualify for free and reduced lunch and students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) did not meet AYP in both subjects, and Limited English Proficiency students and African-American stu-dents did not meet AYP in communication arts.
Rural schools with homogenous, typically Caucasian populations tend to have an easier time making AYP, as they have few or possibly zero subgroups. Failing to meet AYP in one sub-group – a population of 30 or more students – causes the entire district to not make AYP.
“The fewer subgroups you have, the higher the chance you have to make AYP,” said Heidi
NOAH EBY
Shepard, Director of Assessment for Clayton School District.
Needless to say, the existence of a significant achievement gap in Clayton schools between African-American students and Caucasian and Asian students was affirmed by the MAP scores (see charts below).
According to the text of No Child Left Be-hind, “corrective action” can be taken when a school district fails to meet AYP for four con-secutive years. That can involve any number of terrifying penalties, such as large scale replacement of staff and curriculum over-haul. Yet Shepard said that the state has not contacted Clayton about any such penalties and that it probably never will.
“I can’t believe they would spend a lot of time focusing on districts like Clayton, com-pared to others that are having much greater concerns,” Shepard said.
She said that a possible ramification is that Clayton may not be at the top of the list to re-ceive state grants, but Clayton gets so little of its funding from the state compared to other schools that this consequence seems minor.
And while CHS Principal Louise Losos said that the MAP scores should not be dismissed, she added that it is important to consider other metrics as well. Graduation rates, ACT scores, AP scores, college attendance rates and the like present a more holistic picture of Clayton. As does Newsweek’s ranking of Clayton as the best public school in Missouri and one of the 100
best in the nation. Though not scientific fact, it certainly doesn’t hurt.
Shepard said that she will continue to study the data and see what can be gleaned from it. End of Course exam results can help expose holes in curriculum, for example, and the re-sults’ emphasis on subgroup performance can help shed light on populations within the stu-dent body that are struggling.
As proficiency targets climb toward 100 per-cent, it is unlikely that Clayton will ever meet AYP again. No Child Left Behind’s imperfec-tions will continue to play out as more and more schools are deemed underperforming. With all of its unrealistic expectations, it seems inevi-table that the current system of assessment will be revised at the national level – it is only a question of when.
Margaret Spengler/MCT
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UPFRONT8
Rightsunder
reviewLast fall a student push for the inclusion of sexual orientation in Clayton School District’s
employee non-discrimination policy began. Now, a year later, change is on the horizon.
W hen Justin Elliot, then a CHS junior, stood before the Clayton Board of Education in spring 2010, he had
one simple request: to officially protect district employees from discrimination based on sex-ual orientation. Now, nearly a year later, that change is being realized.
“Parkway tried doing this five or six years ago and there was a big push, but it was voted down,” Chief Communications Officer Chris Tennill said.
In fact, Elliott knew the story well. His brother, 12 years older than he, had been a part of the push for the policy at Parkway.
Though Clayton is historically a progressive district that embraces all forms of diversity, El-liot was concerned that although this was im-plied, legally someone could still be fired from the District based upon gender identity or other similar criteria.
“Clayton is on the frontier of these things,” Elliot said. “I thought that it should be on gay rights, too.”
Clearly, so did many others. The BOE began exploring the implications of such a policy, and on the student end, the CHS Equality Club ral-lied behind the cause, led by Elliot and Cooper Minnis, both still CHS students at the time.
The Board reported hearing a student-run public comment last fall of 2010, which urged a non-discrimination pol-icy that included sexual orientation.
“It’s not [the Board’s] practice to respond to public comments, but we looked into it and sought legal counsel,” BOE Pres-ident Sonny Buttar said.
A rough draft was produced, but on the le-gal end there were still questions. Other issues moved to the forefront of the BOE’s attention, and the process ended up stagnating soon af-ter. In May 2011 Minnis and company paid the Board another visit, although Elliot was unable
to attend.“There were a lot of questions about the
policy, and it sort of got tabled,” CHS Principal Louise Losos said. “It wasn’t that anyone was intentionally avoiding the issue.”
Buttar agreed.“We had a lot going
on last fall with the new superintendent,” Buttar said. “We thought we had posted [the policy for re-view], but we hadn’t. So in May, the students said, ‘Hey, what happened?’”
And as soon as they did, Losos said, they “got
the ball rolling.” A draft was put up for a man-datory review period in July, though according to Board Director Brad Bernstein the usual 60-day comment period between the first and sec-ond readings was halved due to a majority deci-sion to get the delayed policy mostly in place by the start of the 2011-12 school year.
Clayton is on the frontier of these things. I thought that it
should be on gay rights, too.
Justin ElliotCHS ‘11
By Jackie Leong
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STACK UP
LADUE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Anti-discrimination policy with direct citation of sexual orientation and/or gender identity
UNIVERSITY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
ROCKWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT
PARKWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Board, Buttar added, had to determine “what, if any, collateral consequences would there be to adopting the policy”—such as of-fering benefits to same-sex couples. The latter question became, and continues to be, a key point of discussion.
The Board originally withheld benefits from the new policy, as it was originally discussed during a time in the school year in which all em-ployees were filing for health insurance, which would have added complication.
Currently, the District does not offer bene-fits to unmarried heterosexual couples. On that basis, it does not offer those benefits to similar homosexual couples.
However, Buttar said Clayton may follow the example of Ladue, which offers benefits to do-mestic partners of all sexual orientations, and discuss the addition of benefits in the future.
“I think it is a great step by the district that shows a true commitment to the equal-ity, diversity and community that has been ex-pressed indirectly but not formally recognized in the past,” art teacher Christina Vodicka said. “I hope that domestic partner benefits would eventually be offered—it’s so easy.”
Losos agreed.“I’m very proud the Board has done this,”
Losos said. “It’s a good thing for the
district and the c o m -munity,
and I hope we can continue the discussions fur-ther.”
She added that in regards to the partner benefits, she hopes that we “see them in the future.”
The non-discrimination policy prohibits discrimination on basis of “sexual orientation, perceived sexual orientation, or gender iden-tity,” and it is important to note that state law does not require such a policy. As such, many consider the act of enacting it as going ‘above and beyond.’
Others, though, simply consider it to be go-ing ‘above.’
During the comment period, Missouri State Senator Jane Cunningham paid a call to Interim Superintendant Sharmon Wilkinson, citing the fact that the Missouri School Boards’ Associa-tion discourages including sexual orientation in non-discrimination policies due to unnecessary added liability.
“My responsibility is a constitutional responsibil-ity,” Cunningham said. “I have to make sure that all Missouri students get a quality education... teachers, building, and curriculum are very ex-pensive costs.”
Cunningham reported that she did not want to burden taxpayers even more with the added liability of protecting another category in the anti-discrimination policy.
“You could get discriminated against for anything, whether you’re short or fat or ugly or have green eyes or whatever,” Cunningham said. “School district personnel should protect all students no matter what the reason for ha-rassment, bullying or discrimination. But once we start a list in policy, it will have no end.”
Nevertheless, the Board will hold the second reading of the policy on Aug. 24, and it is ex-pected that the policy will be passed.
In the here and now, benefits aside, many are indeed simply happy that the policy has been set in motion after the wait, though with Clayton, the general consensus seems to be that the policy is more of a statement than a needed physical change.
It is very much, as Losos said, a “psychologi-cal security.”
Sociology teacher Rick Kordenbrock agreed, saying that his class discusses a similar theme every year.
The policy, he agrees, “gives a certain as-surance of legal protection. It’s recognition of rights.”
An undeniable step forward, at the end of the day, the process contin-ues to uphold the progres-sive and welcoming reputa-tion that Clayton has come to embody.
“This cause means so much to us because we
know that there are many gay and lesbian teach-ers throughout the Clayton School District,” CHS graduate Cooper Minnis said. “Though the idea of them losing their jobs because of their sexual orientation seems rather a foreign con-cept to us who live in the City of Clayton, none-theless there has been a dark cloud of uncer-tainty for these teachers that compromises the job security that both they and their students depend on.”
Though Elliot and Minnis graduated from CHS last May before seeing their cause com-pletely fulfilled, they are still grateful, for on August 24, the clouds lift.
“Better late,” Elliot said, “than never.”
Once we start a list in policy, it will have no end.
Jane CunninghamMO State Senator
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MEET ADMIN
BE A GREYHOUND
KNOW THE LAYOUT
GET INVOLVED T
HE
GREYHOUND
GUIDEFIVE STEPS
TO MASTERING THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS
1 2 3 4 5
LEARN THE FACTS
Zach Praiss & Paul Lisker
1 Learn the facts
Prepare yourself to be amazed. You may not recognize it, but you’re actually
walking through the halls of CHS. It’s a remark-able transformation, but to call it a facelift is an understatement.
Over two years ago, the old Cottage and Tech building were demolished after Clayton voters approved Proposition S by a mere two votes. The purpose of this $51 million bond issue for the School District of Clayton was mainly to provide state-of-the-art science facili-ties at the three elementary schools and CHS. Approximately $31 million were allocated to CHS to construct a new three-story wing to the existing building in the place of the Cottage and Tech building and completely renovate the en-tire science floor.
Since then, we’ve had our quad cut in half as the metal skeleton of the new wing slowly rose from the grave of the beloved Cottage, which
used to be the cramped home of journalism, yearbook, broadcast, and cooking. At times, we had to endure the noise of the construction, and every morning we struggled to find a park-ing spot. Yet, in the end it all paid off.
As if magic, over the summer the old part of the academic wing has turned into a seemingly new building. The once strikingly new corridors of the new building blend in with the former academic wing. The simple design elements of lighting and floor tiles flow throughout the hall-ways. In addition, as if our wish came true, all the bathrooms in the academic wing were also renovated over the summer.
At the heart of the new and renovated aca-demic wing, however, are the classrooms, which are sure to blow you away. With all new light-ing and carpeting, they are brighter and more comfortable. Then, the science labs are not only state-of-the-art and spacious, but also beautiful
in offering excellent views of Shaw Park or the Clayton skyline.
So, we encourage you to explore and wan-der around. Discover your new area to relax and study with friends during your free period whether it is in the library or one of the com-mon areas in the new wing.
In the end, we hope this guide helps you ac-climate to the new and renovated high school campus. Whether you’re a freshman or senior, you’ll need the following maps to learn the lay-out of the academic wing to locate teachers, classrooms, or department offices. Once you know the layout, this guide can help you learn how to get involved at CHS and find your niche in the high school community. Then, we’ll give a brief run-down of the administration and, fi-nally, we hope to leave you with a little Grey-hound spirit to get you ready for another great school year.
Welcome home.Some may call us crazy, but we’re actually excited to be coming back to school this year. There was no need to slap the snooze button this morning as we jumped out of bed, ready to head off to the high school. Indeed, we’re all eager to reunite with our long missed Greyhound family, but for the most part, we cannot wait to see the final product of over two years of construction at CHS.
SCIENCE- 14 state of the art science labs that include space for both a classroom and lab stations- 2 project rooms for additional science classes, extracurricular science activities, and storage- 1 rooftop greenhouse for biology
HISTORY- 12 renovated or new classrooms all on the middle floor with new carpeting, lighting, and ceilings- 1 new history office on the middle floor
LANGUAGE- 8 new classrooms for each of the 8 world language teachers- 1 new world language office- 1 new language lab
MATH- 9 classrooms all on the bottom floor with new carpeting and lighting- 1 math office
COUNSELING- 1 renovated counseling office- 1 new college library in Room 107 adjacent to the counseling office
ENGLISH- 6 renovated classrooms on the bottom floor with new carpeting and lighting- 1 new collaspable wall between Room 2 and Room 4- 1 glass wall lining the front of the english office with dozens of literary quotes selected by the english teachers
CAREER & TECH- 2 new business classrooms- 1 new state of the art kitchen- 1 new professional studio for television and media production- 1 new pre-engineering classroom- 1 new journalism suite with a classroom and computer lab
See what each of the departments got out of the construction and renovations.
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2 Know the layout
CLAYTON HIGH SCHOOL
BOTTOM FLOOR
MATH OFFICE
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ART DEPARTMENT
BOOK STORE
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CAREER & TECH
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‘‘This is my first year teaching and I couldn’t have asked for a better situation to walk into. Everything in the kitchen is brand new and will be used for the first time this fall. The facility is truly groundbreaking for a high school setting. I cannot wait to get in and get started.”
LAUREN BATTRAM
NEWOLD
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2 Know the layout
CLAYTON HIGH SCHOOL
MIDDLE FLOOR
BIO-MEDICAL
FORENSICS
PHYSICS
CHEMISTRY
BIOLOGYK E Y
LANGUAGE
HISTORY
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LANGUAGEOFFICE
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139JOHANNES
141MARTIN
143SCHAFER
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128WIENS
132READING
124WERNER
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TO SCHOOL ENTRANCE & THEATER
‘‘My new room, the old detention room, has very bad karma. Dumbledore and Mad Eye Moody have both visited it and are not hopeful of its rehabilitation. It does have a chalkboard, or a true smartboard.”
SAMUEL HARNED
107COLLEGELIBRARY
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CLAYTON HIGH SCHOOL
TOP FLOOR
201PROJECT ROOM
234HOWE
232KRONE
230FALKOFF
228PECK
226LAZAROFF
224COLLIS
222SUCHER
218VERBY
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TO THE ROOFTOPGREENHOUSE
‘‘I am excited about having the facilities to do a lab or demonstration on a ‘non-lab’ day.”
MIKE HOWE
‘‘We want to make the new areas feel as much a home as the existing building. Similar to the first two floors, the science floor will have some comfortable seating and bistro tables. Students will be able to sit there during lunch or off periods to talk quietly, work in small groups, and hang out with their friends.”
PRINCIPAL LOUISE LOSOS
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3 Get involved
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Amnesty International - CURRYModel UN - CURRY
Close-Up - MEYERS
Politics Club - WERNERBig Sis/Little Sis - GLENN/NAGEL
Arts Fair Steering Com. - NELKE
Student Gov. - WERNER/KLEINBERG
CHS Club - MANNY
Clay
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NINGCommunity Service Club - LOCKHART/HAMILTON
Film Festival Club - HOFFMAN
Black Student Union - ROGERS-BEARD
Food Club - CARROLL
Equality Club - HOFFMANSc
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Jane Austen Club - G
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Equestrian Club - FLACHUltimate Frisebee Club - AIELLO
Winter Running Club - WERNER
Physics Club - DE LA PAZ
Bowling Club - RICE/PECKRocketry Club - PECKBiology Club - LAZAROFF
Green Club - PECKJewish Student Union - FASMAN
Fellowship of Christian Athletes - MULLINS
Spanish Club - MARTIN
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Harry Potter Club - NELKE
Chinese Club - ZHANGJapanese Pop Culture - GEISSLER
Latin Club - MEIER
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CLAMO Yearbook - STRICKER
The Works - RYAN/VODICKA
The Globe - CASTELLANO
Greyhound News Network - ST
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With over 50 clubs and organizations at CHS, you can definitely find your niche and get involved. Determine your interests, explore the array of clubs, and contact the sponsor to get more information.
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4 Meet the administration
5 Be a GreyhoundTo be a Greyhound… What is it that defines the spirit of a school? Is it the school building? The administration, or the students? Or perhaps something abstract, an indefinable passion that unites all in the quest for learning, progress, and an endless effort to improve? No; it’s the magical convergence of each of the elements, amalgamating eachdefining feature of the school to create what we proudly call the Greyhound Spirit.
As the school year begins, we take our first steps into a new and renovated building; the memory of the recently graduated seniors is still fresh on our minds as we welcome the freshman class to the next episode of their lives. As society changes and generations pass, the meaning of being a Greyhound evolves, but the honor of being one is perennial. The Greyhound Spirit is and will always be the will to excel in academics, to be indefatigable in athletics, to pursue worldly extracurriculars, and to persevere in the face of adversity.
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Louise LososPRINCIPAL
Dan GutchewskyASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Marci PieperASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Mike NelkeACTIVITIES DIRECTOR
Bob BoneATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Ryan LuhningADMINISTRATIVE INTERN
This was the case with the CHS football team this past summer after the district relieved for-mer head coach Sam Horrell of his duties.
Introduced to the players as head coach in late June less than six weeks before the first practice, head football coach, Scott Weissman, had limited time to prepare the team for the first practice on Aug 8.
Before joining Clayton as the defensive co-ordinator on the coaching staff last season, Weissman served as defensive coordinator for Kirkwood and as a coach in the Parkway Dis-trict, totaling 34 years of football coaching ex-perience. Additionally, Weissman was the head baseball coach at Parkway West High School from 1990 to 2009, during which time he was inducted into the Missouri Baseball High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame for coaching American Legion Baseball.
Though the players will no doubt remember Horrell for life, Weissman echoed the players’
thoughts about the circumstances.“This was a very emotional issue for every-
one; however, we also know a person cannot control what has already happened but can con-trol what is about to happen,” Weissman said. “This philosophy is something we have followed in moving on from the situation.”
Despite the criticism of the administration for relieving Horrell of his duties, the selection of Weissman received praise from both play-ers and parents. Tango Walker, whose son, ju-nior Tyler Walker, has been a perennial starter since entering high school, called the transition “smooth.”
“I believe the appropriate decision was made to promote Weismann opposed to bring-ing someone in that the players didn’t know,” Walker said.
Weissman said that the transition was “virtually seamless,” and despite the coaching change, the players seemed excited for the sea-son.
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Moving forward after a loss is never easy. Even more difficult is when there is little time to grieve and only time to continue on.
While the loss of Horrell disappointed and infuriated the students, it did not change their expectations for the season. Instead, they found an additional motivation to work hard, as now the team is working not just for them-selves, but for Horrell as well.
Senior defensive end Joseph Bradley thought the team might even be a leg up this year.
“We have an entire season to dedicate to coach Horrell for all that he did for this team and this school,” Bradley said. “Our team is stronger and more dedicated to the sport than it has been in previous years.”
Walker agreed that not only did the termi-nation of Horrell give the players an additional motivation to work, but it also forced the play-ers to group together and find leaders from within.
“The termination has forced them to push through their emotional pain; and that’s a life lesson,” Walker said. “The transition has made Tyler work harder and become an even stronger leader because he wants to make Coach Horrell proud.”
Because of the smooth transition between coaches, Walker said the only difference be-tween this season and last season was that this team is made of “more mature players.” She
Football Coach Scott Weissman looks on as the team practices on Aug. 10.
BY JAKE BERNSTEIN
MOVING FORWARD,LOOKING BACK
PLAY BY PLAY
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that they will bring to the field and that’s re-silience,” something one cannot teach.
Bradley’s thoughts coincided with Walker in that while the situation was stressful, it strengthened the team.
Additionally, both agreed that while the coach provides support, it is ultimately players who determine the outcome.
“The job of the coaches is to teach us how to play football, and they will show us the way to victory, but in the end its up to us, the players, to actually take what we get from the coaches and turn it into something meaningful,” Brad-
ley said. “To turn it into something meaningful we have to come together not just as a team, but as a family, to get the job done. So coach Horrell or no coach Horrell, we are a team, and we are a family.”
Junior wide receiver, Michael Turner, said that while he felt similarly to other players about Horrell, he would never let “someone or something determine” his future.
Through the whole process, he said he was focused on becoming a better player and team-mate.
Ultimately, the team goal is still the same:
Turner wants to see the team at the “dome.” The holy grail of Missouri high school football, the “dome” signifies an appearance at the Ed-wards Jones Dome, the state semifinals and, for Clayton, an eternal place on the wall in Stuber gymnasium.
Bradley agreed that no offseason adjustment would affect the goal to go far into the playoffs.
“Coach Horrell told us last year that this loss shouldn’t affect us and that we need to move forward with our goals and our responsibilities as a football team,” Bradley said. “And that’s ex-actly what we’re doing.”
We have an entire season
to dedicate to Coach Horrell for all that he
did for this team and this
school.
Joseph BradleySenior
Photos by Paul Lisker
ENDING AN ERA WITH A BANG
O f course it’s happening inside your head, Harry. That doesn’t mean it’s not real.”
One of Dumbledore’s last lines gives light to the fact that although Harry Potter may seem like only a childhood fantasy, he has given much more than just a story to our generation.
The Harry Potter series has rightfully been given recognition as the series that incited a generation of kids to read, probably because the book has the delightful ability to let the reader settle into a certain Hogwarts within their own mind.
Unlike many books turned film, the Harry Potter film series has been able to encapsulate what we imagined quite well.
Director David Yates’ interpretation of the last book is truly a masterpiece that ends the Harry Potter film era with a bang. With incred-ible effects, music, acting and screenwriting, it is clear that every care was taken to make the last movie the best.
The effects in the movie are breathtaking, especially in the battle scenes. It was a bonus to see the magic cart ride in Gringotts, which was very minimally done in the first movie but incredibly believable and expertly done in the last. Throughout all the rollercoaster, action packed parts of the movie, though, the viewer stays emotionally involved and close to Harry.
As to the acting, Daniel Radcliffe certainly shone as a mature actor in this movie, as did Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. Older Brit-ish actors brought years of experience to the screen, including Alan Rickman, Michael Gam-bon, Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter and many other wizards.
Of this summer’s entertainment, Part 2 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows earns its place as both the grand finale of the Harry Potter series and a high point of this summer’s movies.
The film “Friends with Benefits” is a classic rom-com, but what makes it stand apart from others is the chemistry between Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis.
The film “Life in a Day” uniquely and successfully portrays the com-monalities that unite the world in a way only YouTube could make
possible.
The film “Horrible Bosses” is a silly, lowbrow humor movie about three fed up employers bent on murder-ing their sadistic bosses. This
movie is worth it for the laughs!
The reality TV show “The Glee Project” is both a fun and addicting show with a unique theme each week that challenges the talented contestants.
Harry Potter finale marks the end of a magical age.
MEREDITH MCMAHON
REVIEW
The new TV show “Suits” depicts a brilliant college drop-out who pretends to be a Harvard Law graduate to work at a Manhattan firm. Full of humor and adventure, this
show was a highlight of the summer!
Fun.Drama.Laughs.Relaxation.Adventure.Tears.End.
“The Book of Mormon” is a hilarious musical that premiered this summer on Broadway. Fortunately their album is free to buy for the public, and it is full of great, if sometimes inappropriate, music.
SUMMER:
REVIEW20
W
e are a nation that thrives on dis-covery. We push the envelope, test the impossible and explore new
frontiers. This persistent can-do mentality and unyielding passion is at the heart of the United States’ commitment to space exploration.
Or so it was.Today, we are at a significant turning point.
On July 21, 2011, the Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down on Earth after completing a 13-day mission to the International Space Station, marking the end of the Space Shuttle Program. After 30 years and 135 missions, we now turn the page on the Space Shuttle Program, only to find a blank page and uncertain future for American space exploration.
But let’s turn back the pages to the start of the Cold War, when the United States first created its space program, the National Aero-nautics and Space Administration (NASA), and President John F. Kennedy challenged the nation to land a man on the moon. Shortly thereafter, American science and technology flourished in the space race against the Soviet Union. Then, in 1969, NASA reached its goal as Apollo 11 successfully landed on the moon and Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on its surface. Indeed, it’s a chapter we all know by heart and take pride in as Americans.
Since then, following the conclusion of the triumphant Apollo program, NASA created the Space Shuttle Program to serve as a low-cost re-usable space vehicle, capable of carrying eight astronauts and substantial payloads into space. As a result, the program has enabled the con-struction of the International Space Station, provided a cost effective method of retriev-ing and repairing satellites and facilitated the successful operation of the Hubble telescope, which has peered deep into space and helped us explain the origin of the universe.
However, over the past 30 years, NASA has slowly lost the financial prior-ity it once held in the government, with a budget today of about 0.5 percent of the federal budget compared to the nearly 4.5 percent it was receiving at the height of the space race. With the current budget cuts in Washington, some of NASA’s principal pro-grams, like the John Webb telescope, which serves as Hubble’s successor, are in financial jeopardy.
In 2004, President George Bush outlined his plan for NASA to return to the moon by 2020 following the retirement of the Space Shuttle Mission. Such a goal, he believed, would ulti-mately serve as a stepping-stone to sending mankind to Mars and beyond.
Nevertheless, President Barack Obama has
eliminated funding for this plan and has not set a definitive goal for the future of Ameri-can space exploration. Instead, Obama has left Cape Canaveral’s launch pads vacant and opened the door of privatization into American space exploration, leaving us to wonder when American manned space flight will resume. As a nation, we now risk no longer being at the fore-front of discovery.
The fact of the matter is that Obama had the opportunity to inspire a new generation. He could have laid the foundation for a new era
of space exploration and set our target at getting mankind to Mars with the same motivating spirit that
Kennedy generated in the space race.As a country falling behind in mathematics
and science education, it is a shame to diminish NASA - the crowning achievement of American engineering - that inspires children and sets the tone of a country’s priorities. Rather, imagine how the revival of NASA to its original glory would invigorate national pride and continue to advance American science and technology on an ever-competitive global stage.
For now, as other countries like China, In-dia and Japan blast off into the final frontier, American astronauts wait on the ground or travel to the International Space Station aboard a Russian rocket.
As a nation, we now risk no longer being at the forefront of discovery.
COMMENTARY
STAFF EDITORIAL
AMERICA & THE AGE OF NON-EXPLORATIONAs the shuttle program ends, Americans will have to hitch a ride on Russian rockets.
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Where did you travel to this summer and why?
I went to Puerto Rico for two weeks and Haiti for three weeks. And it was basically one trip because I came home from Puerto Rico and then left for Haiti the next day.
They were both mission trips so a lot of times we worked with kids, with orphans, and helped feed them and teach them. We also were distributing clothes, and just providing people with things they didn’t have. We also did some construction, for example we built a church a stage.
How are the people of Haiti, and the coun-try as a whole, doing after the earthquake?
Often when people think of Haiti they think that the people are really poor and sad. But ac-tually the people of Haiti have a lot of pride in their country.
And I had a conversation with a man from Haiti, and he said, “We don’t want Americans to be thinking, ‘Oh they’re so poor and they have nothing’ because we still have a lot of pride in
our country, and although parts of the city are still in rubble we are happy with our lives.”
What were some of the things you did with the kids?
We flew into Port au Prince and then drove for six hours on really bumpy roads in a bus, and then got to our work site where we would stay for a week. And we were there for religious rea-sons so we would teach vacation Bible school, but the people there also wanted us to teach the kids English, so we would teach English for an hour everyday as well, and all the kids were re-ally excited to learn English.
What was one of your favorite memories from the trip?
The kids at the orphanage near Port au Prince have fun, but they can’t really go out much or do a lot. So one of the days we all went to the beach together.
We drove for three hours, and in the car they were all throwing up from motion sickness be-cause they don’t go on car trips like this. But
when we got to the beach they were so happy because they’ve never been to the beach before, because most of them were like ten or under. And we played with them for the whole day there. And they were just so happy and grate-ful for the opportunity they were given, when for us it was normal to go to the beach. And we were able to take them with our funds, because they wouldn’t be able to go on just their funds.
Why is it so important to you to travel and take part in these service projects?
First of all, I don’t want people thinking that I just do this for my résumé or do it to look like a good person. I actually do it because I really love just helping people out and traveling.
I want to be a doctor in different countries and, I want to be like the doctor that I shadowed in Ethiopia. He traveled the world and just tried to help out as many people as he could. So I guess this is also helping me build experience so it’s easier to travel to third world countries as a doctor. It’s what I really want to do, and I feel like it’s just my calling.
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