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Senior Dayton Pagano lifts his hand, but pauses. Is that that the creepy un-hooded figure ready to have the final strokes of paint before turning into one of the masterpieces?

The Exam that isn’t an Exam.

Bhavya Bhatnagar, Staff Reporter May 18, 2026

      Paint-stained hands with smudged charcoal staining the fingertips beneath, paused curiously mid-stroke. Dayton Pagano, a student in AP Art & Design, dipped his brush once more into the graveyard...

Student takes a paint of blue from pallet, wondering if the paint should be applied as a beautiful sky or not.

Educators on Learning Habits

Bhavya Bhatnagar, Staff Reporter January 14, 2026

Arts and sports are often seen as activities that require excellence of the body, but for students facing mental disability, they are the principles of confidence, expression, and independence. At FHC,...

Senior Baylee Spraggins applies brown paint to the sculpture of Malcolm X's head. Spraggins hopes that the final result of their project will depict Malcom X as a caricature.

Sculpt a Soul

Kiki Sanders-Fritz, Print Editor-in-Chief January 9, 2026

As senior Baylee Spraggins slicks glue across the newspaper that forms the head of Malcolm X, senior Olivia Dalton holds the base of his neck, ensuring that the sculpture does not topple over. The students...

Junior Rachael Latzel applies a vibrant green coating to her floral-designed ceramic slab, leaving the top layer bare for the addition of more colors. When glazing ceramics, three thick coats is the suggested amount, to ensure the piece is highly pigmented.

Sculpting Creative Minds

Kamryn Twitty, Staff Photographer April 10, 2025

Coming into Room 242, junior Gabe Niemann stops in the kiln room to grab his materials: a pound of clay, a board, slip, tools to scratch and cut. Every tool needed to create his latest idea lay in the...

Finished clay skull products awaiting firing.

Spanish Crafts

Sophia Allen, Staff Photographer November 8, 2023

    At an after school Spanish Honors Society club meeting, members partook in creating clay skulls. Sponsor, Señora Crain worked with art teacher, Mrs. Ridlen to actually fire the students'...

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