Junior ACT update
Logan Crews, opinions editor
April 4, 2018
Juniors who “opted in” on the school-sponsored ACT were scheduled to take the test Tuesday, April 3. However, due to technical difficulties in an attempt to administer the test via laptops per advice of ACT, students were released without taking it. Dr. Mike Havener, principal, sent an email at...
Four neediest cases: junior
Camille Baker, editor-in-chief
December 12, 2017
Filed under Features
It’s the same routine each day: wake up, go to school, come home, get ready for work, go to work, repeat. On occasion he’ll get a few hours of sleep─five if he’s lucky. At 16, he carries the burden of paying the monthly rent and WiFi fees, staying on top of schoolwork and working 40 hours per...
Four neediest cases: KHS
Audrey Allison, Camille Baker, Richard Pfeifer, and Jack Rintoul
December 12, 2017
Filed under Features, Showcase
Each year around the holidays, TKC offers a helping hand to our community in one way or another. For the second year in a row, we decided to take on the Four Neediest Cases project, inspired by St. Louis Post Dispatch's 100 Neediest Cases features. Four staffers sat down with a KHS student from each...
Education Around the World
Claire Boysen, features writer
October 21, 2016
Filed under Features
TKC interviewed students who have experienced different education systems from around the world to compare them to the American school system. Pierre Der-Gazerian & Gaspard Cambon, juniors. Marseille & Gannat, France - In France, school starts at 8 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. - Morning b...
Call Ed: Parking problems
May 14, 2016
Filed under Opinions, Staff Editorials
Parking in the Dougherty Ferry lot would save Mark Mackenzie, junior, almost a half mile of walking and nearly 10 minutes every day. His first hour, AP Calculus BC, and his seventh hour, Aerospace Engineering, are both next to Dougherty Ferry. The Essex lot is nearly a quarter mile across campus. Throughout...
Experiencing the wonders of Turkey Day halls
Kennady Wade and Katherine Hubbard
November 26, 2014
Filed under Turkey Day Features
Koch spreads hope
Olivia Rekittke, features writer
October 8, 2014
Filed under Features
While other girls were trying makeup for the first time, finally getting to stay home by themselves, or making it to level 10 on Angry Birds, Christina Koch, 12 at the time, completed her first flight with her dad in the co-pilot seat. Christina, junior, gets the chance to fly her father’s airplane...
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