Maddie Jackson’s Stellar Sophomore Season
by Grant Peters, Sports Editor
October 16, 2020
Sports will forever be known as “a team effort.” However, teams are built by individuals, and each individual has to perform to make the team as a whole great. Sophomore Maddie Jackson did that in this year’s softball season. While pitching for the St. Charles High School Pirates softball team, J...
Stepping Up
by Ella Sulwer, Social Media Manager
October 16, 2020
This year the country team has relied heavily on new freshman runners. At GACs, Nate Maples placed third and Luke Nottmeyer placed fifth for varsity, while Brody Adams, James Warner, and Cole Sulwer all placed top ten running JV. While many of the new freshmen boys have run in middle school, they have...
Uncharted Territory
by Caroline Gooch, Online Editor
October 14, 2020
The Riverpointe project is a plan to expand upon the already existing Streets of St. Charles shopping center. According to the Riverpointe project website the project will consist of three phases. The first phase will focus on creating a water quality basin, and reconstructing Lo...
“Almost, Maine” Preparations
by Danny Schneider, Polls Coordinator
October 14, 2020
Almost, Maine is the play chosen this year for the fall season. Due to COVID-19, the play this year has to have fewer people on stage as well as behind the scenes. Almost, Maine, is a series of short scenes. Since the play is set in northernmost Maine, the events of the play occur during an aurora borealis. ...
Mental Health Surrounding the Start of School and COVID
by Eva Rogers, Layout Editor
September 29, 2020
Many people have been struggling with mental health throughout the pandemic and everything that’s gone along with it, myself included. For instance, being at home for me was really hard. Not being able to work or go to school, I felt isolated and unproductive. I have struggled with mental heal...
With an Unapologetic Explosion of Soul
by Hamda Hamed, Staff Writer
September 28, 2020
Former One Direction member, Harry Styles released a new album called Fine Line on December 13, 2019. With his second album as a solo artist, he continues to use his soft but powerful voice on a longer, more personal record. During his interview with Rolling Stones Magazine, Styles says, “...
Starting on a Different Note
by Callie King, Photo Editor
September 28, 2020
Our music classes usually are full of sound with either people singing or loud music filling the halls. With COVID it makes the music classes even more difficult than before. Teachers and students around the school are struggling to get used to the new online Zoom classes and the social distance classro...
70’s Spirit for COVID-coming
by Alija Ernst, Content Manager
September 24, 2020
Homecoming week leading up to the homecoming dance - sounds like a high school dream; however this year is a little different. There is gong to be no homecoming dance, however this doesn’t mean we have to get rid of our homecoming spirit week and pride. This week we are having our 70’s themed spir...
New School Year, New Ways of Teaching
by Danny Schneider, Polls Coordinator
September 24, 2020
This year the district has a new ways of education: virtual and in-person teaching. Teachers and students have been dealing with both. The in-person students and the teachers wear masks to protect themselves while all the classes are socially distanced to make it safer for everyone. Most districts ar...
COVID Crisis Cracks Cinemas
by Grant Peters, Sports Editor
September 24, 2020
One of the most popular forms of entertainment is also one of the most profitable: the film industry. However as of recently, movie theaters have become a desolate and empty shell of what used to be a common excursion for all ages. This is a result of the global pandemic, COVID-19, which has been runnin...
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