Evelyn is a freshman entering her first year on The Central Trend. Outside of school, she enjoys reading and hanging out with her friends. She also spends most of her week practicing gymnastics. She is looking forward to writing on The Central Trend staff and hopes to continue in future years.
Favorite color: purple
Favorite food: anything Italian
Favorite book:The Inheritence Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Moving schools can be one of the most challenging parts of someone's life; let alone moving across states. For junior Maggie Kelderman, her transitions from the suburbs of Illinois to Grand Rapids, Michigan,...
I have never in my life been considered a neat, organized person. Not by myself, not by my friends, and definitely not by my parents.
My room has never been spotlessly clean for more than three weeks,...
It is a universally acknowledged fact that one of the most challenging parts of being a student is the extreme amount of testing. From quizzes to exams to standardized testing, even the best students struggle...
I am Evelyn Alt. A gymnast, a student, a sister, and a friend.
I wish I was a writer.
I wish that words flowed through my fingertips like honey, I wish that analogies didn’t feel so forced,...
Blank calendars, fresh starts, and new bullet journals are my favorite things each new year brings.
Starting the new year with a clean bullet journal is a fantastic way to gain motivation for the year...
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When did this start happening? Who taught me to think like this? Why does my breath hitch when I glance at the clock? When did I start believing that all my problems would be solved with the ticking...
For the past few years, my mind has been constantly plagued by questions.
What do I want to do when I grow up? What is my dream job? Where do I want to live? What do I want to be?
Who do I want...
Like the majority of the FHC Cross-Country team, sophomore Sawyer McCarthy began running in the seventh grade. He chose cross-country simply because he wasn’t participating in any other fall sports,...
My family’s Christmas tree is a collage of chaos. For one month, hundreds of carefully preserved ornaments are on. Each one has a story behind it. Each one has a meaning and a past.
A door from...
Because of the recent advancements in technology and humans' natural instinct to be infatuated with anything that makes life easier or more entertaining, Gen-Z is stuck with the image of caring more about...
Andrew Alt
Thank you for teaching me to love reading, writing, and languages at least half as much as you do. Thank you for spending hours reading Harry Potter to me on the couch. I don’t know if...
In eighth grade, senior Abby Cumings went on a trip to Chicago with the entire music department. Now in her senior year, she has a chance to do something similar, but this time, it will be with an even...
Is it okay to listen to "celebrate Christmas before Thanksgiving"?
This is a question that has troubled our nation for decades. How far back can we cut Christmas before the holiday consumes the autumn...
There I was, Friday night, sobbing on my bed.
Literally sobbing.
Nothing tragic had happened, at least nothing in real life.
You would think that I had learned from the first time. But alas,...
It’s pretty common for someone to find something—whether it is a sport, hobby, or any other pastime—that they really connect with, and want to continue doing.
For sophomore Autumn Vansolkema,...
After waiting for three years—although it felt like three thousand—I finally got to visit the place of my dreams.
New York City.
It was so much more than I ever imagined it would be. There...
