Families found
Whitney Klein, Social media editor
December 20, 2018
A young girl in a high school relationship. She thinks she’s in love, the world is perfect, but then suddenly, a missed period, a positive test, she’s pregnant. The perfect little world she once knew comes crashing down. She’s too young. What will she do? Give up the baby. There are 1.5 mil...
Overseas
Maggie Wilkerson, Staff reporter
December 20, 2018
Growing up in the country or state you were born in is a privilege that many of us don’t ever think about or fully appreciate- familiar streets, customs, and people are a comfort that not all kids or students have. The process of leaving one’s home for a place completely unlike what they are us...
Better together
Craig Eddy, Entertain editor
December 20, 2018
In a nuclear family, there is a mother, a father, and children ranging from one to many. In the case of parents who identify as LGBTQ, they may choose partners of the same gender as them. For their kids however, it’s a different story. Some kids may enjoy having two moms or two dads, some may hate...
Similar with singular
Chloe Bockhorst, Voice editor
December 20, 2018
Photos are lined up on a fireplace mantle, showcasing cheesy smiles and poised candid moments of a family. Nothing stands out to those who are in the pictures; it’s the same family they’re used to seeing everyday, living and growing with. To a new guest, they seem nearly normal. But to a differe...
December 2018 issue: The Happy Issue
Lanie Sanders, Web Editor-in-Chief
December 11, 2018
Filed under 2017-2018 issues, Focus, Showcase
Need a lift as finals draw near? Enjoy 28 pages of positivity
Finding a new path
Gabby Buchholz, Copy editor
December 6, 2018
On Nov. 15, 2017, senior Mackenzie Daiber expected her Seminar to be like any other before it. She was getting coffee from a teacher’s room, and chatting with friends. But she was called down the office, and everything in her life would suddenly, and drastically change. “My parents came up ...
Fact or Fiction
Jessica Fults, Feature editor
November 14, 2018
Filed under 2018-2019 issues, Focus
“Standing too close to the microwave causes cancer,” the headline flashes across the screen on Twitter. The ‘researchers’ who wrote the report found a correlation between the two. It sounds feasible, so it starts to rapidly spread throughout different social media platforms. The truth is, he...
October 2018 issue: In Living Memory
Lanie Sanders, Web Editor-in-Chief
October 26, 2018
Filed under 2017-18 issues, Focus, Showcase
Remembering loved ones helps in processing grief
Not-so nuclear
Lanie Sanders, Web Editor-in-Chief
October 26, 2018
In this issue staffers from the Central Focus explore unique families and the way they mold the kids who were raised in them
September 2018 issue: Blinded by the Blue Light
Lanie Sanders, Web Editor-in-Chief
October 8, 2018
Filed under 2017-18 issues, Focus, Showcase
The September issue of the Central Focus contains stories about how technology has shaped an entire generation.
Chosen family
Chloe Bockhorst, Voice editor
September 12, 2018
Filed under Focus, Uncategorized
Lights pour out onto the stage, casting light onto the audience that is beginning to filter in. The wings surrounding the stage are dark, empty of the usual hive of busy students it holds. Even the green room, used to a constant stream on coming and going students, is empty. Production staff, crew h...
Assisting the community
PJ Sheehan, Beat editor
September 11, 2018
Filed under Focus
There have always been people in need in every community. From people needing a hand with finances to people who need food and shelter or even just warm clothes. With these people in the community there are people who are ready and willing donate their time to helping the less fortunate in their own...
Teaching a new course can be difficult. Mr. Scott Dauve, the past anatomy teacher, was a well-liked person. Mr. Patrick Reed has big shoes to fill as he...
