“It is—” There’s a slight pause as every student in the room settles into their respective seats at the sound of the teacher’s voice. The air hums with the quiet symphony of creaking chairs,...

Hi to the staff of The Roar! I came across your website through my advisor, Mr. Matthew Schott. We’re in St. Charles, Missouri, at Francis Howell Central High School. Along with my fellow editors,...

According to her parents, senior Amanda Pelletier is awake and doing well after a successful surgery to remove a cyst from her brain. Amanda's doctors said that her cyst was larger than they previously...

Clearly, Homecoming was a hit. After homecoming week came to a close at the end of September, Student Council tore down wall hangings, folded up tables and stashed dozens of decorations in the closet,...

In the midst of struggling to find the perfect words to open my reflection on the merits of a certain teacher, I found myself arriving at a single conclusion again and again: no matter what words I choose,...

Four students from the Francis Howell School District have been announced as members of the Missouri Scholars 100 program sponsored by the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP)....

The Francis Howell School District has recently agreed to a deal with award-winning language software maker Rosetta Stone that will allow district families to access online language education subscriptions...

Thursday, Jan. 12, was a day of firsts for the district. Not only was that day the first snow day of the 2011-2012 school year, but it also marked the successful debut of the district’s brand-new mass...

At approximately 8:40 this morning, more than 600 students from Hollenbeck Middle School arrived at FHC after being evacuated from their campus in the wake of a bomb threat, according to Mr. Don Lober,...

A circuit court hearing in Cole County, Missouri, has awarded the Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) a preliminary injunction in its legal case against the recently passed Missouri Senate Bill...

At the first school board meeting of the school year on Thursday, Aug. 19, junior Danielle Austin joined Board of Education members at the head of the room as the meeting’s honorary student representative....

Hip-hop’s latest power duo, New Boyz, has been working overtime since the release of their chart-topping single “You’re a Jerk” in 2009. Since then, the YouTube video for the song has received...