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...
Beyond expectation
Whitney Klein, Social media editor
September 11, 2018
Filed under Focus
Kids spend their childhoods being taught everything the state requires for their education, but most teachers go above and beyond their requirements when they form bonds and friendships with each and every one of their students; making kids feel like they mean something more than just a grade or a num...
Participating as a population
September 11, 2018
Filed under Focus
Typically, when Cottleville, Missouri is brought up in a conversation, the subject is amongst the following: sports, parks, and food. On the surface, there may not be anything particularly intriguing, but Cottleville is a city that hosts various exciting community-based events every month. (Home) ...
Cottleville connections
Lanie Sanders, Web Editor-in-Chief
September 11, 2018
Various looks at how Central connects to the different aspects that make up the Cottleville community.
Painful progress
Whitney Klein, Voice editor
May 4, 2018
Filed under Central Focus, Focus, Publications
My eyes are open, but I can’t see anything. My hands are laying flat on something, I can’t place the feeling. I can’t place any feeling. I can’t move. Water hits my feet. It’s rushing over me. Faster, it’s bringing me under. My legs have gone under, my body, my head sinks under. I try to h...
Their stories: May issue full
Liz Baker, Web Editor-in-Chief
May 4, 2018
Filed under 2017-18 issues, Central Focus, Focus
Finding the Light
May 4, 2018
Filed under Focus
The pale walls surrounding Brianna English reflected how she was feeling: colorless. Numb. Empty. The room, however, was familiar; this was not her first stay in a psychiatric hospital. Her stepmother sat next to her on her bed — nothing more than a wood cot — at DePaul Hospital, where English had...
Never alone
Lanie Sanders, Feature editor
May 4, 2018
Filed under Focus
March, 1999. Stacey Dennigmann woke up thinking it would be a normal day. The sun rose. Cars drove by. Everything seemed normal. However, she would soon discover that it would be one of the worst days of her life. After hearing a knock, Dennigmann was greeted by State Patrol on her doorstep. The news the...
A different perspective
Catherine Analla, Staff reporter
May 4, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Focus
Growing up, people all around me have struggled. I personally have struggled. But, my problems are very different from others. Many high schoolers, middle schoolers, and maybe even elementary schoolers have mental health illnesses. Depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, there are many different kinds....
Battle Scars
Juliet Fuhrmann, Move Editor
May 4, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Focus
According to nami.org, 1 out of 5 teens have experienced or still have a mental illness and 1 in 2 of those teens cut themselves. Many people struggle with depression, self harm, or any mental illness. Victims of these struggles are ridiculed or ostracized nearly every day. This should not be the c...
Stopping the stigma
Megan Percy, Staff reporter
May 4, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Focus
You don’t see it on the surface; in the recesses of your mind, it lurks. It wears you down slowly, distances you from the world. It preys on your pain, loneliness and fear. It may even make you regret the breaths you take and the life you have. No, I’m not describing the boogeyman. I’m describing mental ...
What are your favorite challenges? We asked a few students and teachers of FHC if they could do one. Let us know if there are any challenges that the sch...
