Jonathan Bodycombe has been taking it easy since graduating, spending his time either sleeping, eating, playing videos games or working at Dierbergs. “I typically wake up around 10 or 11 a.m,” Bodycombe...

Natalie Lay has had a packed schedule since she graduated, juggling classes at Meramec Community College, a job at Waterway and an internship at Money Concepts. “Mondays and Wednesdays I’m working...

Lizzie Zemanek is now fully enrolled at James River Leadership College in Ozark, Mo., and is majoring in spiritual leadership. “I have classes Monday through Thursday and have two classes each day,”...

While most seniors this time of year are starting to slack off in their classes or getting prepared for college, Aiden Reinhold is in San Diego training to join the Marines. “As an 18-year-old it’s...

Sometimes school can get boring and repetitive after taking the same classes over and over. Teachers lecturing, taking notes all day five days a week. Countering this repeated teaching style, SPARK! Incubator,...

PCH players are preparing for “Shakespeare in Hollywood,” the fall play, which will be performed Nov. 17-19. All members are developing the play by tech crew creating props, managers directing cast...

As college is approaching, students are stressing and preparing for standardized tests offered this fall. Their preparation for performing better on the ACT/SAT includes working with tutors, siblings,...

A screeching alarm goes off at 6:15 in the morning and you have a long day ahead of you, a full eight hours of school work, staying after for help, plus a few more hours for your after school job. You’ve...

Students stress as teachers hand them summer work all due on the first day, frightening the students and pressuring them to complete all the work in time for the first day of school. “We shouldn’t...

With finals week almost upon us, stress is building up for grade-levels alike. While freshmen are stressing over the first finals week of their high school career, seniors are generally relaxed about...

Starting a business from scratch, sisters junior Funmi and sophomore Olamide Ayeni created Genki Slush, a beverage business that has been featured in the Festival of Nations and Oktoberfest. “I felt...

Small steps. That’s all you can take as you exit the airport’s room for Customs and Border Protection. You carry only what you could take from your home, and you think about the things that you...