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Senior Anthony Blatter plays the lead role of Tevye, the dairyman, as he contemplates life if he were rich. Photo by Evan Mogley

PCH Players put on ‘match-less’ musical

Kayla Benjamin
February 27, 2017

My family and I are all conservative Jews and musical theater lovers. I grew up with the soundtrack of “Fiddler on the Roof” playing in the car and lines from the script woven throughout my conversations....

Chasing the Clouds: junior hones in on pilot's license

Chasing the Clouds: junior hones in on pilot’s license

Kayla Benjamin
December 9, 2016

Junior Chase Lehmann spends his time hitting the books, like most students his age -- but his sights are set higher because he is learning how to fly a plane. “You have to study the airspace, you have...

If you read this, you’ll prove me wrong: we need to appreciate literacy because reading aids in expression

If you read this, you’ll prove me wrong: we need to appreciate literacy because reading aids in expression

Kayla Benjamin
December 9, 2016

For a lot of the world’s history, literacy was for the elite minority. Until just a few hundred years ago, reading was a foreign concept to much of the population. But that has changed, for reasons...

Debate students air perspectives on policy on St. Louis radio

Kayla Benjamin
November 1, 2016

Debate students air perspectives on policy on St. Louis radio[vsw id="S8aV8mfRIJA" source="youtube" width="425" height="344" autoplay="no"] Political analysis and argument are no longer limited to the...

Staff Editorial–Even if they can’t vote yet, students should be politically aware

Kayla Benjamin
December 15, 2015

Did you know that: - The Republican party proposes that mental health reform is the way to go to prevent shootings? - All US military combat positions have just been opened to women, whereas previously...

Leaders Experience Sixth Grade Camp

Leaders Experience Sixth Grade Camp

Kayla Benjamin
December 15, 2015

Counselors that went along to sixth grade camp this year enjoyed a new experience in leadership and responsibility as they worked with groups of young students at Camp Lakewood. “Sixth grade camp was...

Black belt Amy Morgan works toward spot on  national taekwondo team

Black belt Amy Morgan works toward spot on national taekwondo team

Kayla Benjamin
December 15, 2015

Whoosh, whoosh. For some, this sound might be made by a pen spinning aimlessly back and forth while trying to figure out a hard math problem. But for sophomore Amy Morgan, it is the determined noise...

Why I Love the New Google Cardboard

Why I Love the New Google Cardboard

Kayla Benjamin
December 15, 2015

There’s a new piece of tech coming out. Okay, in our digital world, it seems like there’s a new digital doodad every other week. But this one… It’s amazing. Bordering on magical. Everyone should...

Myra Dotzel (sixth) worked with a team from ProjectHelp to complete her Project Patriot drive for veterans, including Rashawn Aldridge, Reina Kim, Uchral Tsolmonkhuu, Haneal Baik, Donald Reen, Lyann Chen, Jessica Volpe, Pujita Ravichandar, Song Vu Nguyen, Udval Tsolmonkhuu and Jorris Robinson. Photo courtesy of Myra Dotzel.

Project Patriot collects thousands of items

Kayla Benjamin
December 10, 2014

More than 5,000 items were donated to the Veterans Affairs medical center at Jefferson Barracks through Project Patriot, a program run by sophomore Myra Dotzel. Dotzel has a deep connection connection...

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