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Traffic during dismissal time at the end of the school day. The many cars being backed up is a daily occurrence for the FHC student parking lot.

A Disorderly and Disastrous Parking Lot

Abby Myers, Staff Reporter February 21, 2024

A car alarm is blaring and catching every student's attention. A student driver in the school parking lot just backed into a parked car, causing the alarm to go off and distracting all other drivers. Instead...

Hallmarked Holiday

Hallmarked Holiday

Abby Myers, Staff Reporter February 14, 2024

A couple tightly bundled in their coats and gloves stroll down a tunnel of lights while holding their hand. They look like they belong on a postcard. So perfectly picturesque. This image is similar to...

Illustrated by Birdie Brereton

Temporary Affairs

Kailey Pallares, Staff Reporter February 7, 2024

Labels, situationships, cheating, hookups, commitment. These words stand out to our generation because they have become so prominent in our culture and changed the way we navigate our relationships. Glance...

On My Own Pedestal

On My Own Pedestal

Emme Bernard, Print Editor-in-Chief January 31, 2024

I was sitting at my friend’s dining room table for her birthday dinner. We were all talking about college and she said she was going to Mizzou. For months she had been talking about other schools, but...

Apathetic Assumptions

Apathetic Assumptions

Sophie Rosser, Staff Reporter January 9, 2024

The amount of pressure I had to look a certain way as a swimmer was extremely draining, in some instances leading to me having panic attacks in the middle of my swim practices. Yes a lot of these expectations...

John McClain crawls though an air vent like Santa Claus as he avoids bullets from below. Photo courtesy of Entertainment Weekly

Yippee-Ki-Yay! ‘Tis the Season for ‘Die Hard’

Hannah Halterman, Staff Reporter December 21, 2023

Snuggled up on the sofa in your favorite blanket, fire crackling and a mug of hot chocolate in your hand, you reach for the remote and your bowl of popcorn. Snowflakes fall delicately outside and the soft...

An illustration representing my present self, standing besides my past self in 2019. The clocks surround the two figures, being a constant reminder that time really has flown by. Illustration by Moth Payne.

Let Time Flow Its Course

Moth Payne, Assignments Editor November 21, 2023

The rain pitters and patters against the window, the dark storm clouds rolling in while thunder roars in the distance, making as loud of a noise it can do, as all it wants is to be recognized. The rain...

My dad takes out his phone to snap a picture of me as we wait for the results of my X-Ray. We werent expecting in that moment to receive the news that I had broken my foot. Photo courtesy of Ava Schriber.

The Journey Of An Injury

Ava Schriber, Staff Reporter November 21, 2023

Near the end of July, I broke my fifth metatarsal bone. It was my first day of vacation in the Smoky Mountains and I fell off a stool reaching for the hot tub cover. After I had iced my foot for 20 minutes...

Mrs. Solverud laughs with her alto section during chamber choir. She has built a relationship with all of these students and knows them well.

Mentoring Beyond Curriculum

Abby Myers, Staff Reporter November 15, 2023

The bell rings to dismiss students to their next class; the once lethargic students slumped over in their seats jolt up and quickly shuffle out of class. The teacher watches them leave, not a single person...

At My Snapping Point

At My Snapping Point

Emme Bernard, Editor-in-Chief of Central Focus November 8, 2023

I sat in my fifth grade class. We were in an island of desks. All of us were using our free time to take silly photos of each other on Snapchat. I scrolled through every silly filter available in the hopes...

Abby Myers poses with her family on vacation. She posted this picture on her spam account.

Dear Diary

Abby Myers, Staff Reporter November 7, 2023

I whipped my phone out to grab a quick picture of this priceless moment. My family, on our annual lake trip, had continued the tradition of me and my cousins washing our hair in the lake. I thought a picture...

A person wearing a device with the TikTok logo attached to it. TikTok sucks people into the app, making it harder to differentiate digital from reality.

Confronting Conformity

Birdie Brereton, Print Assignments Editor November 1, 2023

 In a world where social media reigns supreme, there isn’t one day that someone won't get a notification or scrolls aimlessly through a plethora of mind numbing posts. The constant presence of social...

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