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Senior Addie Law laughs with Mr. Trevor Wolfe as she accepts her award on May 7. The award she had received was the Coca-Cola award, and Law was the first Francis Howell Central student to ever receive this award.

Collecting the Cords

Nadia Moore, Staff Reporter May 20, 2026

As students flow onto the graduation stage on June 6th, the ceremony will begin, but while they are passing by, the crowd of family and friends notice the faint clinking and clacking sound of medals bouncing...

Above Asher Culver, Nolan Parmeley and Lucas Davis throw a football together in Mrs. Denny's third hour gym class. Playing sports together is one of the many activities available to friend groups for cheap.

Saving Funds, Making Friends

Jarrett Reed, Staff Reporter May 14, 2026

One of the many issues students run into with their friends is that they may struggle to find things to do while saving money. Bowling lanes are at $30 per hour, most sit-down restaurants cost around $20...

Seniors Braden Harton and Kiana Klussner celebrate winning prom court. Prom was April 10th and they were nominated for king and queen both years.

Transforming Traditions

Nadia Moore, Staff Reporter May 13, 2026

As the DJ cuts the crowd at prom, senior Braden Harton struts through the crowd with his friend, senior Nuwelin Dagne. They danced as they were being announced as one of the four couples being nominated...

Popular film director Martin Scorsese poses in a profile photo for the New York Times. This photo later spread across the internet in the well-known "Absolute Cinema" meme. Photo Courtesy of the New York Times.

30, 29, 28…

Kiki Sanders-Fritz, Print Editor-in-Chief May 12, 2026

Booooooring! As the first ten minutes of a TV show (whose title remains a mystery to me) pass by, I can feel my fingers crawling to reach for a more entertaining vice: a phone, a computer, a book.  According...

Senior Ollie Robbins who has been drawing recreationally since they were seven. Displayed above is their OC, Twist, who has a childlike nature with a frog-esc appearance.

Born From Imagination

Tillie Houston, Staff Reporter May 5, 2026

Sunlight spills across the desk as a senior Kate Hewing scribbles away in her sketchbook. Jam-packed with designs galore of ideas of the future characters she is making, she pulls pieces from multiple...

Freshman Kyle Baumann crochets with teal thread. He is among the students in theatre who are creating the thread art for the "Into the Woods" production.

Weaving a Story

Jarrett Reed, Staff Reporter April 17, 2026

One of the unique parts of the upcoming “Into the Woods” musical will be how they put their own FHC spin on it. The FHC Theatre program holds thread art very near to them. So, these changes take the...

Students folders displayed by class hour on desk. Students place colors with their classrooms to help feel more organized in their scholastic day.

Chromatic Classrooms

Tillie Houston, Staff Reporter April 14, 2026

During the school year, every day one after the other can seem tedious; however, it's the small things that make it go by quicker.  Students are making their classes match a specific color of folder or...

Taylor sits comfortably near the auditorium. Her style is a mixture of Y2K and preppy.

Passion for Fashion

Chloe Biondo, Reporter March 18, 2026

Our fashion sense does not make us; we make our fashion sense. A strange saying without context, but every teen can remember the days when the most extravagant outfit in their closet was a random Halloween...

Senior Sophia Poenicke reads The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien in the learning commons. The Lord of the Rings series is often regarded as the gold standard of fantasy.

To Tell a Story

Jarrett Reed, Staff Reporter February 26, 2026

Writing is an important part of the student experience; students regularly write essays, short stories, and just bland sentences. But rarely do students really consider the artfulness involved in writing,...

Someone sits alone at a table for two. A common occurrence that some might find routine while others find embarrassing.

Flying Solo

Lillian Richter, Web Editor-in-Chief February 14, 2026

February has a reputation.  It’s the shortest month on the calendar, yet it routinely feels longer than January. The holidays are over, winter is getting old fast, and spring remains just out of...

Juniors Afomia Tensae, Jacob Banks, and Anna Shi sat on the couch watching the show projected infront of them, laughing together. After a long day, it can be refreshing to have something constant in your life, such as movies or a TV show.

Screen Therapy

Tillie Houston, Staff Reporter February 12, 2026

Television can be a temporary emotional escape from the world. It can help students through a tough day with funny one-liners, relatable characters, and a sense of community. Shows can be a safe space...

Patrick Reed grades papers at his desk. Reed's family has a strong affinity for cranberry sauce, a taste that was created when he was young and enjoyed it at family holidays.

Feast or No Feast, There is No Diet

Chloe Biondo, Staff Reporter December 27, 2025

For most living in the United States, Thanksgiving is known more as the day of feasting than being grateful. Unhealthy, greasy, hot, rich entrees cover every space on dining room tables, kitchen counters,...

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