History Repeats, The Pirates Sweep

by Reid Bayliss, Staff Writer

February 21, 2017

The 2016 Turkey Bowl ended the night with all four of St. Charles’ basketball teams winning over St. Charles West. A lot has changed the past three months for all of the teams, but the Pirates wanted to make a big statement over their crosstown rivals. Going into these games, the girls team was sit...

Teacher of the Year

by Brad Earlewine, Staff Writer

February 14, 2017

Aaron Wright has been teaching at SCHS for eight full years out of his ninth year teaching career. Out of all of these years Aaron Wright has only taught the freshman grade level. He cannot love teaching more and was flattered to be nominated for teacher of the year for the first time in his caree...

Spatial Delivery: Galley Continues Tradition of Selling Valentine-grams

by Alec Gray, Staff Writer

February 14, 2017

Beginning in February the Galley began selling Valentine-grams at a desk outside the lunch room entrance. Students had a variety of candies to choose from for $1 and had the option of an added Valentine's Day themed balloon for $2. “This is our third year doing Valentine’s Grams,” Judy Simmons, director...

Music Albums

by Alexa Chairs, Staff Writer

January 31, 2017

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Decomposing

by Alec Gray, Staff Writer

January 27, 2017

Sophomore Jacob Dalton has fond memories of the St Louis Mills.  “One time my brother, [SCHS graduate Josh Dalton], got stuck between bars in the playground,” Dalton said. “We had to get firefighters to pull him out of them.” His is but one of many other students’ memories of the mall, r...

Looney is back….

by Stephon Abron, Staff Writer

January 27, 2017

Most people would not expect any athlete to come back from surgery and qualify for State, but that is just what sophomore Autumn Looney did. She shocked many by qualifying for State as a freshman. Unfortunately during her cross country season, Looney was told that she needed to have surgery on her hips,...

Skateparks In Your Local Area

by Justin Scofield, Webmaster

January 27, 2017

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="19" gal_title="Skateparks"]   Skateboarding in St. Charles can be a difficult task. With the activity outlawed on both Main and 2nd Street, there isn’t much room for the street skaters of the world to explore. Throughout St. Charles and St. Louis County area there...

Ice, Ice Safety

by Brad Earlewine, Staff

January 27, 2017

The time of year has arrived that snow is falling and it isn’t always enough to cancel school. With two weekends of extremely icy weather already past, students are sharing rough stories of the weather. For senior Taylor Lyles, there has already been one chilling encounter. Taylor and her grandm...

Snowcoming

by Addy Hill, staff writer

January 27, 2017

Breanne Martin is a Renaissance member who helped plan the snowcoming dance that was held Jan. 8  from 2-4 p.m. for students with special needs. She was very happy with the outcome of the dance. “I thought it went really well,” Martin said. “It was so cool to see kids that you don’t normally...

Blues v. Blackhawks Thriller

by Eric Myers, Editor in Cheif

January 27, 2017

Blues win Winter Classic behind two goals from Tarasenko

Bohr Not A Bore

by Reid Bayliss, Staff Writer

January 27, 2017

Head coach Kevin Dill is familiar with raw talent coming out of nowhere, and making a name for themselves in their first year on his wrestling team. Last year, graduate Dillon Fox qualified for State in his first year ever wrestling. Now from Washington High School in Iowa, sophomore Ben Bohr has ma...

New Years Resolutions and Absolutions

January 25, 2017

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