Jessie Warren is a junior rounding out her first semester as a Staff Writer for The Central Trend. Though the journey has been different than she imagined, she has found joy through sharing her writing with others. Within the four walls of rooms 139 and 140, she has found some of the strongest friendships and brightest colors she could possibly ask for, and she hopes to not only contribute her writing but her tincture as well. Outside of school, she enjoys controlling the aux from the passenger's seat of her friend's cars, giving too-hard hugs, and crying to Hozier lyrics alone.
Hervibe: The fruit-flavored wallpaper from the 1971 adaption of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Favorite scents: Lavender and vanilla
If she were a type of building, she would be: A planetarium or a tea shop
Some of her other passions: Poetry, political science, chai tea, her dog, and reading 100-page sections of Little Women once a year and then giving up.
When I was still a child,
My backyard was the noise that I could introduce to it.
It was the trampoline with leg-sized holes and a two-person capacity limit that we nearly always broke.
It...
For three circles around the sun, the sapphire glades and willow waters of summer have never given her reason to doubt.
As treasures always do, they have welcomed her and let her use them for her silly...
Speaker: Katelynn Heilman
How do you feel about your TED Talk being picked for FHC Inspires?
“I was really excited when I found out I was a part of FHC Inspires, although I was a little nervous...
Speaker: Rasraj Mann
How do you feel about your TED Talk being picked for FHC Inspires?
"I feel great about my TED Talk as it brings awareness to an issue in American society."
What is a quick...
Up until quite recently, I struggled greatly with my teenage identity. While my sophomore self enjoyed time spent wasting away in music-filled rooms and turning all her work in on time, the person I've...
Speaker: Kate Hotaling
How do you feel about your TED Talk being picked for FHC Inspires?
“I am so happy and partially surprised that my TED Talk was chosen for FHC Inspires. I never would have...
With an adoration for fresh melodies also comes a loss of memory when asked about my musical journey. Within the tumbleweeds and winds of the past four years, hundreds of gorgeous tracks have been completely...
Speaker: Kamdyn Hawkins
How do you feel about your TED Talk being picked for FHC Inspires?
“I am very happy about my TED Talk being picked for FHC Inspires; it will be a great opportunity to experience.”
What...
Speaker: Veronica Vincent
How do you feel about your TED Talk being picked for FHC Inspires?
"I was really honored when I found out I was picked for FHC Inspires because this whole experience has...
The 2021 FHC Inspires show consists of eighteen intelligent, star student speakers with a variety of fascinating and insightful TED Talks. Get to know these eighteen participants as they are asked perceptive...
When I was still small enough to not worry about the length of my legs or the appearance of my hair, there was nothing I loved more than singing and dancing.
Whether it be the feeling of my tiny feet...
Fun fact: Lynlee’s role models are Shakira and Michelle Bachelet. She admires Shakira because mentally, she’s Shakira’s and Pitbull’s love child, and Shakira has “great hair, great hips, and...
It is no secret that I love new music.
However, there is a finely printed addendum to my adoration of acclimation. Past the search that I recount at the beginning of each opinion piece and the imagery...
There is nothing more exhilarating for junior Benji Zorn than the sound of a frisbee zooming through the air. As these saucers duck under tree branches and into chainmail goals, there is a certain excitement...
“I appreciate Mrs. DeMeester for being inspiring, kind, and always making class fun and engaging.”
“I appreciate Mr. Anderson and Mr. VonEhr. Not only do they dedicate every moment of the school...
“I appreciate Mr. Fisher because he was really nice and worked hard to make class interesting and make students feel included. I appreciate that he checks in with students and is very understanding.”
“One...
“I appreciate Mrs. Lipke for how much she wants us all to succeed; she is always there for help and support and truly gives math her all every day.”
“Mrs. Will, thank you for the limitless support...
I've begun burning a Gemini candle my mother gave me nearly a year ago, and even though they have become my constant companions, the fingers and fog at the forefront of my brain are beginning to subside.
For...
“I appreciate Mrs. Stone for making math really easy to learn this school year. I felt like her teaching style helped me to understand every unit we did. She also was really gracious [and] let me take...
Film title: Dog or Dawg
Genre: Action/adventure
Interviewee: Sydney Kushak
Group members: Leila Gonzalez and Olivia Hooper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqcjlgeFc1w
Can you give a five-minute...
Film title: Delilah
Genre: Comedy
Interviewee: Jack McNamara
Group members: Sam Musgraves and Jonah Spates
Can you give a five-minute elevator pitch for your film?
“Do you like to...
Name: Mr. Jeff Manders
Position: Media Communications Teacher
What is Film Fest?
“The FHC Film Festival is the annual opportunity for the FX students to showcase their creativity, production...
Film title: Le Casse
Genre: Thriller
Interviewee: Anna Freihofer
Group members: Joe Clancy, Bela Gonzalez, and Maddie Knoor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqYti5GHYzY
Can...
Check out the Q&As below with the participants of the 2021 Film Fest. We interviewed a member of each team to learn more about their movie. Along with interviewing a member from each of the teams,...
The hours between dusk and dawn are blending, sunrise encroaching itself upon her as she sits sprawled across her bedroom floor.
Beside her lay technicolor and dried-out paint supplies, a canvas half-covered...
On March 12th, 2021, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services officially announced that all Michiganders 16 and up would be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine....
There were times deep within her childhood that she felt she could talk to the wind.
They came on summer mornings and weekend days when the world was whipped with gusts of air, pushing the fairies out...
It is no secret that I love the idiosyncrasies in life. Moments when company is minimal and talking is optional feed my soul—and these times often come at night.
Yesterday evening, my computer had...
There was this world deep within her—a world where morning strolls with one’s walking buddy were enough to soothe the spirits. A world where she was the only one getting old, one where the quickening...
Just like we are so often bound to do, my taste in music travels alongside me through the many phases of my life. The bubbly and selectively charismatic parts of me would not exist if it were not for my...
We were once but flower buds—the kind that peak out shyly during the spring equinox and bring with them an assurance of sunshine. You were ungrown lavender—I a simple sunflower—and together our growing-up...
I’ve never treasured springtime the way I ought to—never valued the rainbows the early March sunshine can cast or the sudden aroma of warmth and brightness. Whether as a result of its many melancholy...
This time a year ago, I would have never considered buying a two-dollar vase from Goodwill, certainly not one painted with daisies and sage green brushstrokes. To be honest, I don’t even know if this...
In a universe often dulled by the dreary day-to-day, my primary source of color has always been film.
Given a few hours to kill and a monumental movie, I find myself describing it not through the plot...
Walking into her local Walgreens around this time last year, freshman Madi Evans was bombarded with Valentine’s Day decorations.
From the candy surrounding the register to the end caps that lined...
The backbone of who I am as a person was crafted by the 1994 adaption of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women.
From fallen and trodden upon trees to the back seat of my mother’s car, the lives of...
The first time I was ever left alone with a Sim, I accidentally starved her to death.
In a bout of curiosity harbored by my sister leaving the room, I can vividly recollect sliding the hunger bar all...
Senior Maggie Jenkins would reach to call herself an uninteresting person. Whether it be juggling her many hobbies or lazing around with her canine companion, Maggie does not claim to be riveting in the...
They had walked for entirely too long, talked about absolutely nothing, and done naught to better themselves besides be in one another’s presence. However, both held a solemn secret that maybe that was...
I have grappled at straws and rearranged every word in a million different variations in an attempt to make this seem more artistic than it is. Still, no combination of phrases could ever sum up my unique...
Junior Lani Quach has a personal vendetta towards athletes, but not in the way that one may think.
Though she has nothing against the pursuits of fitness and recreation in the real world, it is in...
Name: Dr. Anne Keller
Classes: AP Language and Composition and Freshman English
How many of your classes did you show the inauguration in, and what parts of the inauguration did you show?
“So...
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...
It came just before the impenetrable snow, right at that time when the land becomes coated in a thin sheet of opaque, sepia-toned ice. However, in her mind’s eye, everything was scarlet.
Scarlet...
Despite my little experience in the worlds of love and prose, I enjoy pretending that I’ve traversed these realms enough times to be acquainted with them.
I consume period pieces in an attempt to...
Anyone in my extensive family can attest to the fact that, as a child, I was completely unhinged. From a young age, I found that song and dance were the best coping mechanisms for my budding anxiety, and...
Being the baby in my family has always meant that I am the center of attention, especially on Christmas. I always get a few more presents than my older siblings, and even if I have less, the ones I do...
Her hair used to be so golden, bobbling down and over her shoulders and defying the summertime heat. I wished I could be her, and then I realized that maybe I had been all along.
Now it has been cut...
Within the pages of a book, sophomore Kyra Thomas has always found more than words. From reading rendezvous spent in the corner of her childhood dance studio to her fourth-grade classroom filled with the...
If the song "Fine Line" by Harry Styles and "i was all over her" by Salvia Palth had a child, their sweeping yet simplistic tones would combine to create Hulu’s Normal People.
Through these songs,...
As the paling moon slips out from underneath its daylit bed covers, words bumble through meadows from under rocks and behind wildflower stalks.
Or, plainly put, at night I become exponentially inspired....
Starting in the seventh grade with her initiation into the National Charity League (NCL), freshman Clare Sherman had no idea about all the ways she would fall in love with showing others kindness.
She...
Meggie—my sky blue: I could fill this entire thank you with just the inside jokes we’ve shared, but I will try to craft something more eloquent for creativity’s sake. I am so eternally grateful for...
The first solo male cover in the 108-year history of Vogue magazine.
Just last Friday, with the announcement of the December issue, Harry Styles was devoted the above title, taking his place front and...
While scrolling through her family’s shared Apple Music account, senior Delaney Niswonger discovered for the first time the unique sound of what would become her favorite band.
On a mutually curated...
Two facts about me that no one knows are that I cannot play chess and that I have vengeance towards limited series.
However, both these arbitrary pieces of knowledge were thrown out the door when...
A few weeks ago, I queued up a Youtube video from two of my favorite creators in preparation for a captivating watch. When the video began, they jumped right into a commentary on a certain TikToker who...
For a long time, I’ve heard people’s stories about creators that saved their lives and passed this off as a grave exaggeration. I thought, how on Earth could someone you’ve never met have such a...
She came here because of me.
Sure, the constant drinking and drama that circumscribed her in New Jersey became unbearable, and the home her daughter had made in Michigan seemed like the place to escape...
