Archive for category: Features

Wedlock Awarded

Wedlock Awarded

/ April 4, 2013 1:32 pm

During sixth hour Thursday principal Dave Wedlock was honored with an award from the St. Louis Area Secondary School Principal Association. Wedlock was named the 2012-2013 new principal of the year, during the ceremony Wedlock accredited the award to the [...]

Five Things You Didn’t Know: Carl Wayne

/ November 20, 2012 11:37 am

1) Wayne took students to Italy for a field trip many years ago. 2) He grows a beard every time we make it to the playoffs! 3) He has purchased a “Ready, Set, Go!” grill off an infomercial. 4) In [...]

Costumes One Way to Celebrate Halloween

Costumes One Way to Celebrate Halloween

/ October 30, 2012 7:29 am

Pumpkin carving. Costumes. Candy. “My favorite part about Halloween is getting candy and since I’m too old to go trick-or-treating, I go out and buy my own,” sophomore Jessie Basler said. According to designcrave.com, in 2011, on average, Americans ate [...]

Ten Ways to Spice Up Your Pumpkin Carving Routine

/ October 15, 2012 7:20 am

 Carving pumpkins seems to be one of the followed traditions of fall. Apart from the ordinary way of carving pumpkins, the options are endless if you let your mind create ways to decorate pumpkins. 1.   Carve Them. You can never [...]

Top Five Places to Visit Over Fall Break

Top Five Places to Visit Over Fall Break

/ October 2, 2012 10:51 am

1) Rombach’s Pumpkin Patch A perfect picture of fall: pumpkins waiting to be carved, trees with changing leaves, tree houses to climb through. A place you can go to see through the eyes of a child again. 18639 Olive Street [...]

Students Give Back Through Community Service

Students Give Back Through Community Service

/ September 26, 2012 7:40 am

Students are lending themselves to serve the community in selfless ways, as both individuals and as a part of clubs.“We decided to do the canned food drive because we realized that there are a lot of people out there that [...]

Top Ten Websites to Help You Study

/ September 20, 2012 8:02 am

Staffer Olivia Beilman shares her favorite websites to visit when she’s hitting the books. www.studyisland.com Study Island is a research based website with proven results that many teachers use for web based instruction, practice, and review. www.brainpop.com Brain Pop is [...]

Vikings Fall Short in “Game of the Week” Competition

/ September 7, 2012 7:51 am

Howell came close to winning the Game of the Week, which would have changed the popularity and importance of last Friday’s game against Webster Groves. When the “Webster Groves @ Francis Howell” football game was put on the poll for [...]

Drumline Prepares for Mozingo Music Percussion Competition

/ September 7, 2012 7:47 am

As a senior, section leader Derek Peplaw has been through this experience three times. Every year, he puts on his drum and performs the piece of music he’s been practicing for past two months.  It’s time for the Mozingo Music [...]

“All of Us” Club Benefits Students

/ September 7, 2012 7:43 am

For kids with various disabilities and for students who just want to hang out, the All of Us Club is there to help. The purpose of the All of Us club is to give special needs kids the opportunity for [...]