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Dyslexia: Cole Reinkemeyer

Dyslexia: Cole Reinkemeyer

By Jamie Kennedy October 24, 2011

Dimly lit, carpeted hallways lined with lockers branch off the bright and open entrance of Churchill Center and School. Ten students file out of each classroom and into the halls as the chiming bell sounds...

Dyslexia: Anna Yarborough

Dyslexia: Anna Yarborough

By Joe Weber October 20, 2011

Diagnosed with dyslexia when she was six years old, Anna Yarborough, history teacher, sees her condition as an obstacle, not a disease. “Do I see backwards? Sometimes,” Yarborough said. “Do I...

Dyslexia: Lilly Karrer

Dyslexia: Lilly Karrer

by Alex Jones October 20, 2011

With a bright spotlight illuminating the stage, Lilly Karrer, junior, looks boldly out into the audience as the final notes of her song reverberate through the theater. With ten years of acting and vocal...

IDentifying faculty transformations

IDentifying faculty transformations

September 29, 2011

User instructions: Click the play button Click MORE and choose fullscreen Use left and right arrows to move through the story, zoom in as much as desired Enjoy Changes in administration, new roles...

End of an era

End of an era

Joe Weber April 20, 2011

The conference room in the main office was covered with memories. Photos of former students, athletes and teachers were scattered along the walls of the small meeting room, reminding Dr. David Holley of...

Reflections on Dr. Holley’s career as KHS principal: secretaries

Maggie Hallam and Maggie Hallam April 20, 2011

While most people at KHS spend just a few minutes in Dr. Holley’s presence every day, the main office secretaries interact with him several times daily. Mary Dahlem, school secretary, has known Holley...

Show me the money

Emily Goyda, News Editor March 2, 2011

Students trickle into Tim Harig’s World History classroom sixth hour, and most of them make comments about the cold classroom. They pull on sweatshirts before settling into their chairs. Each time a...

They did what? Ron Sanford, business teacher and fish gutter

February 24, 2011

Ron Sanford, business teacher, was waist deep in salmon guts. He stood in a vat of discarded fish entrails, heads and blood, tasked with unclogging a drain deep beneath the surface. Wearing only fishing...

They did what? Adam Scimone, science teacher and marine biologist

Emily Goyda February 24, 2011

Shark attacks were Adam Scimone’s favorite part of working in the Florida Keys at a marine science institute. “We had a little pool on the property that would fill up with seawater, and when I would...

They did what? Peter Stragand, social studies teacher and public defense attorney

Joe Weber February 24, 2011

As a defense attorney for the City of St. Louis, lawyer-turned-social-studies-teacher Peter Stragand worked on cases from minor misdemeanors to homicides. “There’s a little theater about it,”...

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