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Update: Information Regarding Senior Traditions and Events

Kierigan McEvoy, Web Assignments Editor April 16, 2020

A lot of expectations and traditions come with being a high school senior. The past few weeks teachers, counselors, and building administrators have been working hard so that these events can still take...

Mrs. Fetsch celebrates, with her FHC family, being cancer free! Even a pandemic could not stop teachers, students, and administrators from doing something a little special for a very special person.

Celebrating Our F.A.M.I.L.Y Quarantine Style

Kierigan McEvoy, Web Assignments Editor April 16, 2020

In a time of solitude and sorrow, there is still joy. There is still hope. There is still community. To honor math teacher Roxanne Fetsch, who has been battling leukemia throughout the past few years,...

Photos by Emily Wolfe, Hannah Bernard and Paige Fann demonstrate  different aspects of life under quarantine at their houses.

What Does COVID-19 Look Like?

Megan Percy April 16, 2020

With Gov. Mike Parson closing schools for the rest of the year on April 9, Spartans settled in for the rest of their school year to be conducted at home. This series of photos and short dispatches aims...

The new schedule for FHSD, effective April 20.

Update: New Schedule for Online Classes

Kayla Reyes, Print Editor-in-Chief April 15, 2020

Starting the week of April 20, a new schedule will be in place for online school. Monday will consist of teachers’ office hours from 9:00 to 11:30, with faculty and PLC meetings lasting the duration...

Francis Howell Central High School sits empty during the COVID-19 quarantine.

School Closes For Remainder of the Year

Megan Percy, Web Editor-In-Chief April 9, 2020
Francis Howell School District will be closing it’s doors for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic school year as part of an order handed down from Governor Mike Parsons closing all schools for this time period in the state of Missouri. Spring sports and activities in high schools have also been ordered to cease.
Pencil and paper learning has become a thing of the past, now replaced by screens and keyboards. The concept of grading has also shifted in this abnormal time.

“Hold Harmless” Grading

Kierigan McEvoy, Web Assignments Editor April 6, 2020

For a while, the Francis Howell School District has been wrestling with the issue of how grading will work during online classes, and in an extremely unpredictable time of life. On Thursday, April 2, the...

Update: Mo. Gov Mike Parson Issues Stay-at-Home Order

Kayla Reyes, Print Editor-in-Chief April 3, 2020

Mo. Gov. Mike Parson announced a statewide stay-at-home order, which will go into effect on April 6 at 12:01 a.m. until April 24 at 11:59 p.m. Under the order, Missouri residents will still be able to...

Staying At Home and In Shape

Zoe Michals, Staff Reporter March 30, 2020

Self-isolation is one of the most important factors in slowing the spread of COVID-19 and ensuring a speedy recovery back to our “normal” lives. However, there are negative consequences that can be...

Update: L.A. Teen Becomes the Youngest Reported COVID-19 Death

Kana Chung, Copy Editor March 24, 2020

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the number of confirmed cases in Missouri has now risen to 227, and deaths now stand at 5. Testing criteria for COVID-19 has now been loosened to accommodate the...

The email sent from Dr. Hendricks-Harris concerning the coming weeks.

In The Coming Weeks

Megan Percy, Web Editor-In-Chief March 22, 2020

As the predetermined spring break comes to an end for the Francis Howell School District, so begins the two-week hiatus from in-person attendance at schools across the state. While it has been mandated...

Mr. Lober looks over class material smiling as he helps a student with her questions. Mr. Lober teaches AP European history; a course with a heavy memorization workload.

Missing School or Missing School?

Kierigan McEvoy, Web Assignments Editor March 20, 2020

No more waking up at, roughly, 5 a.m. No more lesson plans. No more grading homework. No more school; period. Well, at least not until Monday, April 6. You would think that some would jump for joy at the...

The 31-point spring cleaning list. You read that right, 31 points.

Days In The Life: Sarah LaRue, AKA A Clean Freak

Sarah LaRue, Guest Writer March 18, 2020

As many who have walked into my classroom or my home can observe, I’m a bit of a neat freak. I like everything to have a place, and I love my world to not just be organized, but clean. This is how I...

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