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Maddison McGowan lays comfortably in a field, holding a Sheridan College Banner. She plans to major in illustration at Sheridan.

Don’t Stop Us Now

Chloe Biondo, Reporter May 19, 2026

Senior life is grueling, to say the least. Keeping up with clubs, deciding which college to attend out of thousands, and keeping up with grades quickly becomes burdensome as the year starts. However, with...

Senior Xander Bearup and his family on a past vacation. Bearup and his family have traveled all across the world together, allowing for beautiful memories with the people he cares about. Photo courtesy of Bearup

Boarding Soon

Tillie Houston, Staff Reporter May 18, 2026

Standing on the deck of a cruise ship, senior Kristina Karami looks out into the vastness of the Alaskan Ocean surrounding her. Encompassed by the people she cares most about, she has no worry about the...

Valerie Sappington looks up at the full moon in awe. The Artemis II crew landed on earth at exactly 8:07 EDT April 10th.

To the Moon and Beyond

Chloe Biondo, Staff Reporter May 13, 2026

Our planet, while vast and under-explored, is surrounded by more than freezing space. Mars, Pluto, Saturn, even the moon are all planetary bodies humanity hasn’t completely uncovered the potential of....

McCoy and Moore look out toward the sunrise, a glance towards their respective future pathways. While the future holds different outcomes for each of them, we wish them all the best as they exit FHC this summer.

The Formula for Resilience

Michael Purcell, Staff Reporter May 11, 2026

The diversity and abundance of science classes offered at FHC are some of the greatest strengths of our school. However, with the absence of two faculty members in the next school year, Ryan McCoy and...

Students phones laid out on the table to display the use of Artificial intelligence in classrooms. Ai use has substantially increased since the pandemic because it was an easier apparatus to ask questions without fear of being judged.

Generative Pandemic

Tillie Houston, Staff Reporter May 4, 2026

     Although the Covid-19 pandemic was approximately five years in the past, the effects of the catastrophe remain today. For many students, what was supposed to be a couple of weeks off from school...

Lucas Ostermeyer, a sophomore, stresses over his future applications to college as senior Declan Fowler is relieved from his high school duties, tossing his papers into the air. Each of these students have worked vigorously through their schooling thus far, overcoming pressures of burnout along the way.

Feeling the Heat

Michael Purcell, Staff Reporter April 28, 2026

For the past four years, senior Declan Fowler has strived to do absolutely everything he can to perfect his college application. All of the extracurricular activities, AP classes, long nights spent studying,...

Two onlookers stand for the Pledge of Allegiance while one student abstains from participating in the recitation of the pledge.

Foreign Policy Fatigue

Kiki Sanders-Fritz, Print Editor-in-Chief April 2, 2026

Expand, expand, expand. Headline, headline, headline. Threes tend to appear as a natural pattern, but the current state of affairs seems to be out of balance.  “Trump and India Call Off Their...

Candidates Kevin McGuire, Sara Dillard, and Jason Adams stand at the 2026 Board of Education Candidate Forum. The event was hosted at FHC's auditorium the Tuesday ahead of the April 7th election.

Hear Here

Lillian Richter, Web Editor-in-Chief April 1, 2026

On an otherwise unremarkable Tuesday, the hallway hum settles into a dissonant rhythm — the syncopation of lockers slamming, shoes squeaking, and voices harmonizing into an indistinct current of chatter....

A personification of countries look over an outline of the United States. The depiction of this attention symbolizes the global watch on the U.S's actions and the spotlight on the country.

All Eyes on U.S.

Lillian Richter, Web Editor-in-Chief March 31, 2026

Congratulations! You can now awaken, check your phone, and be confronted with a text message, a weather alert, and 15 things the United States has done wrong in the 30 minutes you’ve been scrolling....

Lillian Richter is seen watching a movie cozily from her phone. This is just one of the many ways students enjoy media.

Rituals at the Movies

Bhavya Bhatnagar, Staff reporter February 10, 2026

What's more satisfying than seeing a hot mug of chocolate, sizzling with a sweet aroma, and small chunks of marshmallows sitting like icebergs on top of it? The sweet smell of butter wafts from a paper...

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