The applause dies down and the room is tense as Mrs. Susan Jaffe, English teacher and Forensics coach clocks her stopwatch. “Fourteen minutes and 30 seconds,” Jaffe announces as her students break...
It’s late on a Friday night, and the Central parking is quickly becoming mobbed by hundreds of students making the short trek from the basketball arena. Either wearing the Devils’ signature red and...
Amanda Wilson, junior, doesn’t just play an instrument. She plays multiple, including the tambourine, triangle, snare drum, marimba, xylophone, and electric bass just to name a few.
Wilson, who started...
Kaley Peterson, senior, walked into a fifth grade classroom ready to teach her first lesson of the day. “Hello, my name is Miss P,” Peterson said. Without warning, a little girl ran up and hugged her,...
Senior Sam Pielet leaves school six class periods early every day. After fourth period lunch, he makes the 20-minute drive to TCD, the Technology Center of DuPage.
Pielet, along with 18 other Central...
Two thousand people applaud as she steps onto the stage at McCormick Place in Chicago. She has practiced it for months and now will deliver her speech. Two standing ovations and a recording breaking...
Junior Parker Klebenow slowly makes his way to the stage. He hovers over the Abnegation bowl, and then slices his hand, blood spilling onto the coals, signifying his choice to stay loyal to his faction....
Darius Burton, senior, released his first music video single Dec. 7.
The rap-track is titled “Unfinished Business” and it features Burton under his stage name, “DBurt.” Produced by Pat Foley,...
Andrew Mallek, senior, maneuvers the remote control of the ‘robotic arm’ he created to pick up a golf ball. Mallek built the arm with his brother during his sophomore year for a competitive event in...
Throwing open the door, Mr. Hasham Bhatti walks in twirling a lanyard with his keys on it. As always, he's playing with some object or doing something just a little quirky. He then starts talking about...
