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Members of Girls in Stem all laugh as they play a game on a console a member brought to the May 14 potluck. As the game continues it gets more hectic, filling the room with laughter.

The Final Meeting

Austyn McBain, Staff Photographer May 21, 2026

To wrap up the final Girls in Stem meeting of the year, the members celebrated with a potluck on May 14. The meeting consisted of food, friends, and lots of laughter. The members wrapped the meeting...

Junior Hayden Roumpos studies while listening to music in the library. Music is one way many students keep their study time relaxed.

Taxing Tests

Jarrett Reed, Staff Reporter May 20, 2026

Sivani Kandel walks into the library with her classmates. It's cold and quiet, the air hangs thick with anxiety. She's studied all year for this test. It’s time for her work to come to fruition. The...

Two St. Louisans inspect a plant, contemplating which to buy from a portable garden market.

Embracing the Summer Daze

Kiki Sanders-Fritz, Print Editor-in-Chief May 20, 2026

As time ticks away during a long summer day, downtime feels like an endless expanse. Free from the pressures of homework, students can spend more time partaking in their hobbies and interacting with their...

Junior Lydia Walker studying hard for the AP Calculus AB exam. As the test is coming up on May 11, she wants to make sure she is ready and prepared.

Student Picks

Kyson Blaise, Reporter May 19, 2026

As the year comes to a close, what classes everyone is taking next year is at the back of students’ minds. Though students have already registered for their classes next year, they still have the option...

Lead advisor Laurie Fay holds one of the girls' phones and takes a picture. Fay then showed  them the picture and talked with them about Field Day.

Fun In The Sun

Amelia Raziq, Visuals Editor-in-Chief May 13, 2026

With the end of the year right around the corner and students studying for finals and AP tests, Areté likes to hold a field day where everyone in the club can go outside to the football field and...

A senior student looks through the colleges that past students have chosen to go to, his glances scans the map, wondering as if where to apply.

Navigating the College Maze

Bhavya Bhatnagar, Staff Reporter May 8, 2026

        With over 4,000 colleges and universities across the country, choosing where to apply can feel less like making a list and more like going through a maze. For some students, the journey remarkably...

Anna Shi portrays students who drink energy drinks to stay awake. Many students will be found drinking energy drinks during the day, read more in Jarrett Reeds story "Caffeinated Chaos".

Running on Borrowed Time

Nadia Moore, Staff Reporter May 6, 2026

Senior Brady Holtgrewe is constantly running around during the day. To him, that means going to school, to lacrosse practice, and then going to one of his many siblings’ sporting events, such as wrestling...

Spinning during their dance on April 28, Pranjal Hankare’s dress expands in a bell shape. Representing India, Hankare performed two cultural dances during the culture fair.

Celebrating Classmates’ Cultures

Carter Hayden, Social Media Editor May 1, 2026

Epsilon Beta and the Diversity Club combined forces to showcase students' cultures, giving all students a voice. On April 27, the first culture fair was held in the library, where students were able...

 Pouring the coffee before the student took a sip of rich and exquisite bùena at the Ethiopia table at the culture fair. Liya Fikru had explained the culture of Ethiopia whilst her friend senior Nuwelin Dagne had poured the coffee in the scene for people to try from inside the jebena.

Cultures Colliding

Afomia Tensae, Staff Photographer May 1, 2026

  Having culture within one's community brings people together and allows others around them to socialize and make connections learning about different practices, traditions and the history...

A formation of pins stands at the end of the bowling lane. The pin setter machine sets the pins the exact same every time, but if a pin is slightly moved when a ball hits it, the machine keeps the integrity of the pin, not setting it perfectly back to its original position.

A Strike Through History

Carter Hayden, Social Media Editor April 30, 2026

 Bowling has been an ever evolving sport, living in the hearts of Americans as just a pastime, without them knowing of the technology behind it. Whether it’s an average family wanting to spend time...

Photo assignments editor Rachael Latzel and print editor-in-chief Kiki Sanders-Fritz discuss the photograph used for the cover of Central Focus. Reporters submit photo requests to the photographers, which are then used for their stories.

From Dreams to Drafts

Kiki Sanders-Fritz, Print Editor-in-Chief April 27, 2026

Q: What advice would you give to somebody taking pubs next year?  Social Media Editor, Carter Hayden: Work hard. Find a passion for it, because if there's no passion for it, then there's no reason...

Some members of Epsilon Beta and their friends talk about the ideas they have for their blackout poems, while others diligently mark out words and draw pictures on their pages on April 15. As students finish, they store their works of art to take home as keepsakes for the last Epsilon Beta social of the year.

Boxing in a Final Stanza

Katherine Albertson, Staff Photographer April 22, 2026

For their last social of the year on April 15, Epsilon Beta hosted a blackout poetry event. This process involves selecting a page from a book, article, or other prewritten text and highlighting interesting...

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