Driven adversity
Kierigan McEvoy, Web assignments editor
August 19, 2019
A lot goes into planning a school year. Scheduling, preparing, and conducting meetings. Meetings galore. Meetings about schedules, meetings about new classes, meetings about paying hall monitors, meetings about new school lunches, meetings about the construction of a new weight room. Meetings ab...
Leading the French Revolution
Ruthann Kimbrel, Staff reporter
June 20, 2019
The neat pods of desks invite students into the brightly colored French class of room 237. Inside sits students eagerly waiting to work on an interactive activity put together by Ms. Amy Roznos. The French program is one of three foreign language courses available at any high school grade level in th...
Restoring the Circle
Robyn Ziegemeier, Staff reporter
June 6, 2019
The seminar on Feb. 20 was just another day for the majority of students. Unlike the rest of the school, the entirety of the freshman class headed towards the small gym for their once a quarter gathering to participate in restorative circles. Once at the gym, they went into their smaller groups they ...
Advancing to Semifinals
Megan Percy, Web Editor-in-Chief
May 25, 2019
It’s high noon on the Saturday afternoon after school has let out. Many students have long forgotten their responsibilities and started getting into the relaxing lull of summer, but standing in the sweltering heat, the 21 girls who make up the Francis Howell Central varsity girls soccer...
Lindberg keeps their L
Zoe Lentz, Staff Photographer
May 16, 2019
FHC's lady spartans play an easy game against Lindberg at the very first home playoff game in history on May 13th 2019. FHC won 14-0 with an amazing shut-out. The flyers played a great game and not once did they lose their urge to fight for that dub. Central was ecstatic with their win and all together...
Down to the Wire
Savannah Drnec, Staff photographer
May 3, 2019
On Friday April 26th class of 2018-19 practiced the routine and ran through the schedule for their graduation ceremony. The room was filled with excitement and nerves as seniors entered their final weeks as high schoolers. Senior Ella Hutchinson said "Im most excited about the freedom that I will receiv...
Spring sports bring Spartan spirit
Zoe Lentz, Staff Photographer
May 1, 2019
On April 30th, 2019 FHC had their spring pep-assembly. It was full with many competitions between the years, including stacking Oreos on your head and keeping the balloons in the air. The varsity spring sports were introdced in this assembly as well. What a way to end the school year with our last assembly! ...
In the aftermath
Megan Percy, Discover editor
April 25, 2019
Today, students walked along hallways that were not 24 hours ago coated in oil. They chatted and whispered and laughed about their day off in the same place a ravaged SUV had sat the previous morning. Where there had previously been crushed metal, glass, and stone, a plywood box now hid the evidence of an unprecedented incident that literally shook the Francis Howell Central building and the people inside
BREAKING: SUV destroys main entrance
Lanie Sanders, Executive producer
April 24, 2019
As the bells are still ringing for students to get to class, the halls of Francis Howell Central are empty. School was cancelled at 5:30 a.m due to an accident at the front entrance of the school that took place at 3:45 a.m. The Cottleville Police Department has not released information about the suspect, who was picked up in Cottleville after leaving the scene of the crime.
Practice makes perfect
Amelia Vohsen, Staff Photographer
April 23, 2019
On Thursday, April 11, Francis Howell Central put on the spring production of Fiddler on the Roof. After weeks of rehearsals, the cast came together to put on one of the best shows FHC has ever done. "Everyone [in the cast] was very dedicated and realized we had to work a little harder," Sophomo...
Spotlight on: Hotchkiss and Nardi
Gabby Buchholz, Copy editor
March 1, 2019
At the intersection by the graphic design room and upstairs bathrooms, the art department has been featuring different artists’ work. Every few weeks the artists on display change. At the moment, they’re celebrating the work of senior Dylan Hotchkiss and junior Leo Nardi. Hotchkiss is in 5 art cla...
A hands-on approach
Kayla Reyes, Social media editor
February 25, 2019
It’s 10:15 in the morning and the cafeteria is filled with the noise of students talking and putting down their belongings as lunch starts. As they are entering the cafeteria, junior Anna Burg changes into her scrubs, exits Central, and boards a bright yellow school bus. Burg spends half of her da...
It’s not that I think all families are terrible. Dysfunctional maybe, but families care for each other and ultimately want what’s best for one anot...
