How to: college
March 4, 2019
Filed under Podcasts
Have you started thinking about college yet? TKC sat down with a college counselor and Adler Bowman, KHS senior, to ask about the application process and advice they have for other students. Thinking about the college application process can seem overwhelming, listen to this podcast to hear the breakd...
Don’t wait, vaccinate
Maddie Meyers, web managing editor
February 23, 2019
Recently, many diseases from decades ago are returning because people are not getting vaccinated. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases can and do still happen in communities across the U.S." People who don't vaccinate not on...
TKC plays Cupid Shuffle
Catherine Butler, opinions writer
February 14, 2019
Filed under Video
Cupid Shuffle is a Valentine's Day themed card game, similar to Mixtape and Apples to Apples. One player, the judge, will select a card describing a scenario, and each of the other players will think of a song that matches that scenario. Players take turns playing their songs and the judge picks the...
Tell me amour and amor about love
Maddie Meyers, web managing editor
February 14, 2019
Filed under Features
The bride looks out the car window with a paper fan in her hands, preparing to drive away with her new husband. As the engine starts, she takes the fan her mother gave her and tosses it out the window. Throwing the fan symbolizes leaving old bad habits and behaviors behind to start a new life. As the...
TKC testifies in support of Cronkite New Voices Act
Maddie Meyers, web managing editor
February 7, 2019
Jack Rintoul, TKC editor-in-chief, and Mitch Eden, TKC adviser, testified, Wed., Feb. 6 in Jefferson City in favor of the Cronkite New Voices Act. The New Voices Act overturns Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier which stated school administrators can exercise prior review on school-sponsored expression. New Voices would protect student journalists from adminis...
Underrated STL restaurants: part two
Grace Fearheiley, Maddie Meyers, and Elliott Notrica
December 17, 2018
Filed under Entertainment
TKC traveled around St. Louis and discovered a variety of food from Hong Kong to Mexico, including gyros and liquid nitrogen ice cream. Ices Plain and Fancy: 2256 S 39th St, St. Louis, MO 63110 With it...
KHS celebrity look-alikes
Maddie Meyers, web managing editor
December 11, 2018
Filed under Entertainment
Click click. TKC paparazzi just spotted a famous celebrity walking through the commons. Wait, there is another one studying in the library, and another one pushing through the crowded social studies hall. Is that Lin Manuel Miranda teaching Shakespeare? Unfortunately, these people are not the real stars,...
5 underrated STL restaurants
Grace Fearheiley, Maddie Meyers, and Elliott Notrica
December 3, 2018
Filed under Entertainment
TKC traveled around St. Louis and discovered a variety of food from New Jersey to the Philippines, including Play-Doh ice cream and Tea Eggs. The Clover and The Bee: 100 W Lockwood Ave, Webster Groves, Missouri ...
New scholarship opportunities from the College Board
Maddie Meyers, web managing editor
October 22, 2018
Filed under News
The College Board recently announced that it is going to offer $5 million in scholarships each year, starting in 2020. The College Board Opportunity Scholarships are for dedicated students who work hard but may not receive the highest test scores or have the highest GPA.There is no application or GPA ...
Fall play preview: “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Maddie Meyers, web managing editor
October 9, 2018
Filed under Entertainment
In KHS’s fall play, “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” KH Players transport the audience to the 1950s for a Shakespearean adaptation of a classical show filled with revenge and romance. The plot surrounds a con-artist who needs more money, so he tries to make two wealthy women fall in love with him, no...
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