Common Ground
Kana Chung, Copy Editor
March 30, 2020
On Sunday, March 15, the Francis Howell School District announced that all of its schools will be closed through April 22, due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Although classes are currently scheduled to resume on April 6 at FHC, sports and activities are not are not able to practice during this bre...
Choir Prepares For Three Upcoming Performances
Morgan Kromer, Staff Reporter
February 26, 2020
Choir is revving up speed lately as they are preparing for three events, all coming up soon. First, the State Preview Concert on Thursday. Then, the Black History Month assembly on Friday. And last, The District and State music festival on March 7. The preview concert is exactly as it sounds; it is...
Inclusion For All
Faith Beckmann, Staff Reporter
February 20, 2020
Smiling faces crowd the room and laughter fills the air as students crowd around making crafts and having fun. Inclusion is the main goal of this meeting, allowing both general education and special needs students the chance to get to know one another and form connections. This is the primary goal of the...
Prep and Landing
Ruthann Kimbrel, Staff Reporter
February 20, 2020
For the past month, while winter sports have been thriving, Student Council has been planning the annual Mr. FHC contest coming up in March. Mr. FHC is an annual contest to raise money for charities while also allowing male students to show off their talents. Junior and Student Council member Lily Chung...
Taking the Stage
Abby Turner, Photograher
February 19, 2020
On Wednesday’s, the improv group meets in the theater, and spends time playing fun games and laughing with each other. Freshman, Kaylee Wright, has done improv all year, and has enjoyed every moment of it. She says that she likes improv because of, “how it gives us an outlet to try different t...
A New Spotlight
Essy Ingram, Staff Reporter
February 10, 2020
Francis Howell Central High offers 53 clubs and 24 sports over the course of one school year. The sheer magnitude of available extracurriculars can be overwhelming to any student who wants to find their “thing”. With limited time, it’s impossible to try each club and gauge how right it may be. ...
Orators With An Objective
Faith Jacoby, Staff Reporter
February 7, 2020
Speech and Debate is an organization at FHC that most students have a general understanding. The team consists of freshman through senior students that practice and compete together at different levels. “Speech and debate is an activity much like a sport offered to high schoolers,” President ...
DECA Takes On the First Role-Play of the Year
Rhyen Standridge, Staff Photographer
December 6, 2019
DECA, an association of marketing students prepares future business leaders for situations they will face in their future. They participated in a roleplay on Wednesday, Dec. 4 that challenged them to put their skills to use. Many were participating for their first time such as new member Alex Vogel. ...
Learning to Lead
Paige Fann, Staff Photographer
December 6, 2019
Missouri Youth and Government, is a three day conference at Missouri’s capitol that brings students from all over the state together. Students write and present bills in legislative, participate in mock trials in judicial, and cover what’s going on in media. Sophomore Grace Bahru believes being in Jefferso...
Unscripted performance
Faith Carter, Staff photographer
December 3, 2019
Abundant laughter spilled from the mouths of audience members as the actors and actresses of Improv Central ran around on stage, rubber chicken squeaking in the chaos. On Nov. 22, Improv Central presented their first ever fall show called Friday Night Live. Unlike most pieces that grace a theater sta...
Yearning for Youth and Government
Staff Photographer, Paige Fann
November 8, 2019
Missouri Youth and Government, is preparing for their annual conference in Jefferson City. The club has been preparing for the conference since early August, by writing bills and making videos. Youth and Government has a media group and a legislative group, who will participate in governmental procedures down...
Creativity through fashion
Emma Hultz, Staff photographer
November 7, 2019
Mrs. Grace Clifford's first hour, Fashion Construction, is learning valuable hands-on skills that we all should acquire once we graduate high school. On Nov. 6, she introduced a new project to her class in hopes that they can apply the skills they've learned throughout first semester toward the project. Th...
Grace Bahru, Staff Reporter
May 17, 2020
While being stuck at home can be an extremely difficult task, many people have found many different outlets to pass the time. For some that consists of working out, reading,...
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