English teacher wins athletic award and prepares for next marathon
Caroline Cubbin & Ammar Hussain, Print Features Writers
April 17, 2020
5 a.m - Wake up 7 a.m - Arrive at Central 3:30 p.m - Head home to the city 5 p.m - Grading and planning 7 p.m - Daily workout and training 9 p.m - More grading and planning 11 p.m - Go to sleep That is the very-structured daily schedule of first-year Central teacher Kati...
Irish dance like no one is watching*
Cedra Jazayerli & Ailish Lyman, Print Features Writers
April 10, 2020
The local Irish dance school prepared to compete in the upcoming World Championships before their season was cut short. It is 4:30 a.m. and sophomore Annie Morel fights off the feeling of jet lag as she prepares herself for another rigorous day of competition. She ties her dark hair into a slick bu...
Starting clubs at school*
Dalya Laban & John Olsen, Print Features Writers
April 9, 2020
The glow of the sun rising into the Tuesday morning sky signals the beginning of a new day. Students at Central filter in through various entrances around the school, heading for music rehearsals and club meetings. Jui Khankari, sophomore, makes her way to room 215 to host her biweekly meeting of th...
From lacrosse player to Yale student
Meghan Malec, Lia Reichmann, Editor-in-Chief, and Saba Ali, Editor-in-Chief
March 10, 2020
Nine years ago, senior Jenna Collignon stepped onto the lacrosse field as a timid third grader, not knowing what would come from this experience. Collignon has grown to become a well-accomplished midfield lacrosse player, as listed in the article “25 High School Girls’ Lacrosse Players t...
Black Student Union empowers students
Olivia Ostrowski, Lia Reichmann, Editor-in-Chief, and Lia Reichmann, Editor-in-Chief
February 29, 2020
A new student club, the Black Student Union, was created last month by Mr. Billson Rasavongxay, the social studies department chair, to celebrate and embrace the black population at Central and to encourage and establish a support system for black students. Mr. Rasavongxay developed the idea for a clu...
Women In Engineering helps girls explore the S.T.E.M field
Zoya Anjarwala, Lia Reichmann, Editor-in-Chief, and Saba Ali, Editor-in-Chief
February 4, 2020
Women In Engineering is a fairly recent club that was created by Shalni Sundram, graduate of 2019, at the beginning of 2018 with the sponsor, Ms. Julie Baker, science teacher, who had her in class. Baker was looking for ways to involve girls in S.T.E.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). ...
Student dances his way around gender stereotypes
Olivia Ostrowski, Saba Ali, Editor-in-Chief, and Lia Reichmann, Editor-in-Chief
January 31, 2020
In 2014, junior Taylor Cavo laced his first pair of ballet shoes, not expecting to fall in love with the art and pursue it for years to come. Now, six years later, he spends three to four hours every day in the dance studio and doesn’t arrive home until 9:30 or 10:00 p.m. Cavo dance...
Ratcliff rocks his way through life
Kara Pearson, Contributor
January 23, 2020
The mass roared, echoing throughout the Metro in Chicago, as Colin Ratcliff walked up onto the stage. His vision was in a blur as he stared into the crowd in disbelief of all the faces surrounding him. Every move he made, every stroke of his guitar, and every word he said into the microp...
Sophomore pursues musical talents
Elena Wilson, Contributor
January 17, 2020
Sophomore Gustavo Cardone nervously types ‘Soundcloud’ into the search engine, excitable energy rushing through him. As he clicks enters and is taken to his song, he watches as the number of streams goes higher and higher, excited comments flood his inbox, sending jolts of happiness and energy th...
Meet Angel, the comfort dog
Emma Klein, Contributor
January 16, 2020
Through a tightly packed ball of murmuring and a series of awws, elated students are all piled around a dog that can barely see through all of them. They’re running their fingers through her soft, cream coat. She is delightfully passed out on the floor lying on her side fully expecting, and indubitabl...