I am not a giver, at least not in the way that matters.  Birthday presents are purchased on the way to the party, pages of an old magazine I found in the back of my car as the tissue paper, the back...

Abby, with her mom, who she considers to be one of her strongest role models.

Reflecting on her four years in the building—the remaining days even shorter after the schedule adjustment—senior Katie Tellier remarked just how quickly everything has seemed to end, just how quickly...

I turn eighteen this weekend, and I honestly never envisioned myself at this age. Not in a bleak way, not at all, but I simply just thought I’d be sixteen forever—barely passing chemistry, overthinking...

You always admired my slow breaths in the morning, the way my heart was the first to wake, the way my lungs were never quite ready to face the sun.   I was green in the mornings, for moss filled...

It’s the mundane things, such as opening yet another Arnold Palmer or queuing Phoebe Bridgers’ entire discography, that make up my days. It’s all ordinary. Simple. There’s far too much certainty...

I am dreadfully hunched over, and my new-to-me flannel hangs limp,  the sleeves a closed curtain to the hand-drawn stars atop my hands.   My Arnold Palmer balances beside the 800-page book...

At just five years old, after months of imploring, freshman Alexa Fauson finally convinced her parents to buy a violin. But she wasn’t even allowed to hold the bow until a year later, which, to a...

Lately, I’ve been propping my pillows at the foot of my bed, opposite of the “actual” head, because I don’t like it over there. Mostly because the antique headboard is broken—it has been for...

Her frail fingers, flushed from the shame  of being a sculptor,  trace the water droplets on the shower floor as  she does her emaciated body.    She’s sculpted, shaped and contorted  and...

Inauguration Day was a momentous occasion in the capitol—an event with significant precedent that was produced under a warped lens this year, remaining on par with the absurdity and unexpectedness that...

With just the Voice Memos app and a combined passion for sports reporting, then sophomores Matthew Mahoney and Jacob Ervin sat themselves wherever there was space, particularly the cafeteria, and just...

A gut-wrenching depiction of love and loss, of grief and gratitude, of life and death, Pieces of a Woman is an intense yet slow-moving Netflix film that, for two hours, explores a grieving woman’s harrowing...

It seems that at least every other week our editor’s columns focus on how different this year is, how any semblance of our senior year is crumbling, how our sanctuary of Room 139 just isn’t the same—whether...

A photo taken by Abby Wright that displays the beauty of nature and the contrast between man and nature.

Poisoned by empty promises and the tears of the willow who hasn’t stopped weeping, the water is uninhabitable, yet the sailboat is untouched.    I worry the loneliness guts her,  makes...

The “Congratulations” next to my name in my letter of acceptance to Syracuse University—my dream school. My art made into something permanent. Every early morning and mid-afternoon on Rosy...

It has been a big week for music. Between my all-time favorite artist Taylor Swift dropping a surprise sister album to Folklore, and recently reviewed all-time favorite comfort band, The Neighbourhood,...

Despite a sun lamp illuminating my hunched figure stooped over my laptop at all hours of the afternoon, despite the bite of the air and the wind personally painting my cheeks and nose shades of red that...

I’m not quite sure where to start this one—perhaps the beginning would be best. But, I very frequently write on profile rubrics “don’t be afraid to start in the middle of the story,” and this—this...

The Unbeliever never fully latched onto  the Being that everyone else seems  to follow, believe in, love.    There’s always been distance,  a road less traveled,  between...

Sophomore Lauren Wolffis continued playing the piano all these years not because she enjoyed going to lessons but rather because she hated them.  Feeling confined by the strictness of the sheet music...

I never had a go-to blanket or stuffed animal as a child—there wasn’t anything of that nature that my younger self clung to. It was plastic princess heels, Junie B. Jones books, and whatever song was...

Nearing the final semester of my high school career, I’ve been spending a lot of time listening to Taylor Swift, looking through old photos, and traveling down roads that have led me to my motley of...

From all of us at here at The Central Trend, we wanted to inform our readers—you—that we reached record-breaking heights this past month. We surpassed 30,000 site views, which averages to over 1,000...

My women - for being the village that raised me into who I am today To the seven women who have touched my heart so personally, I owe everything to you guys. Most of you are not even blood-related,...

Nearing 100 million followers on Tik Tok, 16-year-old Charli D’Amelio is currently further away from the never-before-seen number than where she was a few days ago.  In other words, the teenager...

With a unified group mindset of striving to drastically reduce plastic pollution, Promise, freshman Gianna Sinicrope’s wooden utensil company, promises exactly that.  “We were just kind of looking...

With no one to call for help,  she simply sat,  swallowed by the  infinite snow globe.    Not trapped but stuck,  because there is a difference,  she was alone in the foothills,  in...

Picture this: you lug your heavy backpack on your shoulders, every pocket stuffed full with notebooks, folders, and textbooks. You don’t have enough room for your water bottle, so you just carry it....

I’ve bitten off more than I can chew this week, to be honest, and it seems as if everyone around me has had to pick up the pieces that my arms are too small to carry.  My plate is always overflowing...

As someone who has always despised carrying bulky wallets or purses and was never quite comfortable with her ID photos and cash being displayed on the rubber wallets attached to the back of phones, sophomore...

Name: Desiree Touhy Grade: 11 Roles: Snow White and Rapunzel 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a smaller cast compared to other years? "Well some advantages, I’ll...

As Student Council representatives visit each classroom throughout these next two weeks collecting donations for the annual Family Promise fundraising week, freshman Hayden Bolter and his business partners...

Comparable to seemingly all of my top artists—most notably Maggie Rogers and Phoebe Bridgers—Holly Humberstone’s sound is an eclectic blend of foggy undertones and brooding lyrics and abstract beats.  Seemingly...

A picture of lakeside scenery that was taken by Abby Wright.

It seems that every few months I have the “worst week of my life.”  Every time this infamous week occurs, I think to myself, it cannot possibly get worse than this. I thought the same thing this...

I’m in my hometown for the week, a small town in Indiana with one grocery store and a few stoplights, a town that I was born and raised in. Surrounded by the love of my grandparents, my Nina and Papa,...

I miss my long hair, how it was red and purple and pink all at once.   I don’t even like those colors, really. I’ve always liked cooler tones, especially green and blue, but I guess I just...

1. What was your reaction when you heard your name called? "I was very surprised to hear Stiles say my name. I can't say I was expecting to be nominated, but it really is such an honor to know that...

With voter turnout in the 18 to 25-year-old age range rising faster than any other age group, FX advisor and Civics teacher Jeff Manders noted this trend and was curious as to whether voter turnout would...

swallow the bitter pill, taste the medicine on the way down.   bathe in the grey, but don’t cry when you drown.   one last breath, it’s not an ultimatum.   dance with death, hum...

May of sophomore year, my name, along with Ashlyn and Courtney’s, was displayed on the whiteboard as 2019-2020’s Editor-in-Chiefs. I was 16, and at that moment, it seemed like everything I had ever...