Monia Abbas is a Senior returning to The Central Trend after two years of exploring different interests. From calligraphy to baking, she’s spent time enriching her mind with as many hobbies she could think of. Additionally, Monia loves reading for pleasure, but has recently begun to enjoy challenging her mind and opinions with nonfiction novels. Her other interests include crocheting, hanging out with friends, journaling, rollerblading, listening to music, and yoga. Though Monia has acquired a variety of activities to pass her time, she returns with a renewed passion for writing.
The future scares me. It scares me because I don’t know anything about what’s going to happen, and that’s unnerving. For the last twelve years, I’ve always known to wake up early in the morning...
Winterfest was Saturday, and as I stood in front of my closet yesterday, I realized I had nothing to wear—again. My friends and I have an inside joke we call “the homecoming dance incident.” On the...
There are many pop singers in the world ranging from not so popular, extremely popular, and well known (but underrated) like Tate McRae. Her rise to fame began after she competed in the American reality...
Most people fear spiders, heights, or small spaces. My biggest fear is something less palpable but just as petrifying: the chance that I may never fall in love. Love is not guaranteed. That realization...
Senior Ava Malinowski is known for many things, from Color Guard to her sense of fashion.
Wanting to try something new, fun, and athletic, Ava joined the Color Guard her freshman year. Starting off,...
A blanket covering my house, soft and shining white. Sounds of the ruffling of my blankets, and the feeling of my drooping eyes. The annoyance of waking up mixed with the hopeful reach for the phone and...
I own around 30 books, one bookshelf, two stuffed animals, five balls of yarn, one sunset lamp, three blankets, seven pillows, five tote bags, and a billion other beloved belongings that make up my bedroom....
To my mother and father
Mama: There’s nothing I can write that can describe the amount of love and gratitude I feel towards you. Love seems too insignificant of a word to describe anything involving...
There are many things that make a great kids’ movie. According to Lights Camera Jackson, a movie reviewer, there are three main things that make a solid movie for children: an interesting story and characters,...
There are many books out there in the world. Some fantasy, mystery, romance, sci-fi, dystopian. Some books were recently published, and some have been out for a while. What I’ve started to notice is...
Sophomore Joy Ndirangu is an exchange student from Kenya who is staying at FHC for the entire school year. She is fifteen years old and close friends with the rest of the foreign exchange students. Although,...
*This review contains spoilers for the Shatter Me series.
The Shatter Me series, by Tahereh Mafi, is about a girl named Juliette Ferrars with a lethal touch who has been in an asylum for over 264...
Izzy—For the laughter
You always make the class laugh and make me laugh. I just wanted to say thank you for being the reason I smile at least once a day.
Arsenia Tompkins—For talking to me
We...
What is shifting?
Shifting can be many things to many people, but most people who shift use it as a coping mechanism to escape. Literally. It's supposedly moving your subconscious from this world to...
Senior Rylee Veneklase is going to graduate this school year and continue her journey down the road of animation.
Having loved art since an early age, she has a plan written out for the future, and...
Most people grow up with a stuffie or an object that now reminds them of the past—a companion of sorts. Then there are others who meet their companions later on in life, who meet them at a store or at...
The comic, The Remarried Empress, contains a glorified emperor, a beloved empress, and a two-faced mistress.
The story's main character, Navier, has been destined to become empress since she was a...
