The greenhouse is a positive way to educate students and spark interest, according to science teacher Chad Scholten.

For sophomore Mina Siebert, meeting a four-year-old was one of the most beautiful moments of her life. All it took was a smiling face and young eagerness for Mina to be completely smitten with the little...

I’ve been a Judah and the Lion fan for quite some time now, and what never fails to impress me is their continued ability to adapt to modern music trends while still keeping their roots firmly planted...

Dear Mom and Dad, How do I put into words the eighteen years of wisdom, love, faith, and so much more? How do I describe the ways that you’ve nurtured me and just loved on me? How do I say that you...

Simply put, I was in my happy place this weekend. Far, far down Fulton St. in downtown GR, I sat in the corner of the cafe and contently watched the bustle of life. To be in a room where contentment and...

There is something almost therapeutic about swiping and scrolling through feeds with glazed eyes, double tapping every so often when the mood strikes. It’s like giving yourself what seems to be a...

In high school, numbers are important, sometimes disproportionately so. An 89.89% in a class seems like the end of the world, leading students to desperately plead with teachers to have the grade rounded...

In the moments where no one was listening and the power of pretending was magical beyond belief, FHC graduate and MSU sophomore Joe Freihofer discovered profound joy in simple sports talk. Through...

The sound of a single gunshot reverberates through the night that once flowed with happiness and love. The camera pans over to horrified faces and the heavy gasps as a victim sucks in what appears to...

The steady crunch of my rubber-soled shoes echoes down the trail as I leisurely tread down the weather-beaten path in North Carolina. The warbling chirp of birds breaks through the crisp morning air, and...

In November 2004, coach and athletic director Clark Udell led the boys soccer team to victory in the State Championship finals, also just a few months later leading the girls soccer team to a State Championship...

"[I decided to join the United States Navy] about a month ago. College is really expensive, especially art college, and I didn't want to be in debt for my whole entire life. The Navy and the military,...

While basketball's March Madness has consumed the minds of most sports-inclined people, I’ve stayed oblivious and perfectly ignorant, likely because of my lack of understanding for basketball. Instead,...

Name: Jacob Wallace Grade: 12 Role: Dan 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "Nope! [This is the] first one for me." 2. What are you most excited about for...

Name: Aaron Jachim Grade: 12 Role: Judah 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? "Yes, every year since I came to the high school [I've done a musical], and [I've done...

Name: Tess Bond Grade: 12 Position: Head of House 1. How many years have you been involved in theater?"This is my second year being involved in theater." 2. What are you most excited about for...

Name: Sarah Buchanan Grade: 11 Role: Assistant Student Director 1.What are you most excited about for the show? "This show has so many talented people in it who have all worked so hard...

Name: Lindsey Lunt Grade: 12 Role: Wife 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "No, I have never been in the musical before." 2. What are you most excited about...

Name: Mark Kemp Grade: 12 Role: Jacob 1.Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "Yes, I’ve done the musical every year since I was a freshman, the first...

Name: Maria Finelli Grade: 12 Role: Wife 1.Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "Yes, my first musical was Peter Pan last year." 2. What are you...

Name: Zach Guikema Grade: 9 Role: Benjamin 1.Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "I haven’t been in the musical before." 2. What are you most excited about...

Name: Barry Crown Grade: 12 Role: Head of Tech 1.How many years have you been involved in theater? "I have been involved in the theater since my freshmen year working all of the shows...

Name: Ashlyn Fitch Grade: 12 Role: Narrator 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? "Yes! I have been doing musicals since I was in 3rd grade in community theater, and [I did] all four years...

Name: Meredith Vanskiver Grade: 11 Role: Wife 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "I've never been involved in FHC Theatre before, so this is my first year!" 2....

Life on Earth, in its essence, is water. With it, the world learns, innovates, and succeeds; without it, the world cracks, crumbles, and vanishes. In the U.S., it’s often difficult to imagine a life...

For every year, every decade, every lifetime, there are seasons and patterns of life. For the senior class, we’re itching to go beyond the walls of the high school, patiently waiting for that wave...

Putting his creative energies and business talents to use, in an effort to entertain himself and others, young Jared DeMeester started selling logs with his sister on the side of the road, claiming that...

I’m all about second chances. If at all possible, I try to give people, places, and things the benefit of the doubt, usually cutting them some slack after a bad first go. With that being said, unfortunately,...

"Right now, I'm working on my little silhouette, and I have to write words on it to make it look pretty. I'm also taking another art class here, and we're doing our still lifes. For that project, I'm doing...

In the wise words of singer Kacey Musgraves, “you can’t be everybody’s cup of tea, nobody’s everybody’s favorite so you might as well just make it how you please.” We live in a society...

Nestled next to and living in the shadow of locally-renowned Lyon Street Cafe is Nantucket Baking Company. And although it may be flying under the radar, its lack of fame has no bearing on the quality...

Nearly every weekday for the past thirteen years of my life, I’ve woken up in the morning for school. Moaning and groaning, bumping and grumping, I would shuffle out of my house, apprehensive of what...

FHC Dance Team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Qn-DkEbzI&feature=youtu.be Winterfest Court Lip Syncs 2019: Parker David and Myah Leavenworth: Will Clancy and Claire Baguley: Stephen...

Women’s rights. The Earth is dying, and no one cares. Pick flowers, not fights. Every teenage girls’ VSCO feed is littered with these types of saying, republishing and posting them all so...

Wringing his hands with nerves, sophomore Sam Musgraves walks to the center stage of the Fine Arts Center at FHC’s Random Acts of Talent (RAT). While his nearly overwhelming stage fright might’ve held...

He who dies with the most toys wins, or so that’s what Malcolm Forbes often said. However, contrary to what Forbes so firmly believed, Marie Kondo, a Japanese organizer who has recently taken to the...

A man contemplates and prepares to murder his wife after finding her in bed with another man. With scissors poised above his head, the man intends to kill the two lovers. An outburst of a “PreCrime”...

Every morning, whether it be before school or on a sleepy Saturday, I brew a pot of coffee. And in every sense, it is the perfect brew, with four scoops of dark roast flavored with heavy shakes of cinnamon....

Amiable chatter filled the room as the Class of 2019's football players soaked up the last few bittersweet moments with their teammates. Quieting the chatter and capturing the attention of his audience,...

"Throughout the summers, my family would go up north and rent different cottages. It would always be on a lake, and sometimes, we'd rent a jet ski or just tour around. I was always with my family, and...

"Freshman year, I started getting sick, and the illnesses I would catch would get more intense. Then, the summer between freshman and sophomore year, I caught pneumonia for the third time in one year,...

“You’re a thief.” “Give me credit. Period.” “Lol stop stealing my swag. Word.” Tweet after tweet, comment after comment, Ariana Grande’s controversial new single “7 rings”...

"You know how people do biking? My thing's scootering. I don't know why exactly why I ride my scooter; I just did it a lot as a kid. I don't know why, but I just keep doing it. I have an adult scooter...

I push and pull. I wheeze then breath deeply in. I put one foot in front of the other in a continual pattern. My brain is screaming in pain. And yet, I still am only able to settle into the last place...

While junior Andy Travis’s knack for learning and school, among other things, is his own talent, the inspiration behind it actually stems from the classic story of the American Dream, as embodied by...

Over the years, I’ve only minorly been a fan of the band Young the Giant, vaguely following their performances and their song releases. Because of this, for me, finding out three months later that they...

In California, among other states, dry heat is a constant, and intense wildfires rage to the point of it simply being a given. That unfortunate fact made the recent disaster Camp Fire all the more distressing...

Dismal storm clouds fill the blank sky as this December screams dreary February weather. Day after day, Michiganders wake up to frigid temperatures and dimmed sunlight, barely getting enough vitamin D...

A chorus of people nervously biting their nails harmonizes with the sound of people practicing musical audition solos that echo through the halls. Joseph wannabes line the hallways, hyping themselves up...

"I'm just working on a Film Photography [class] project. So, you take pictures of random things that represent you, and we're going to compile them into a photoshopped mask. This one's of my cat, and the...

"I've been doing basketball since I was six years old, so [I've been doing it] for twelve years. It's always just been crazy playing for a bunch of different teams: for school, for [Amateur Athletic Union]....

“Oh, mama!” Literally, only one bite in, and my friend Annie was already in a state of pure bliss. While eating ice cream in the middle of a Michigan winter might seems like an abomination,...

As tragic as Romeo and Juliet, as perplexingly simple as the Sphinx’s riddle, as convoluted as philosophy, is history, both current and past. When the world blows up in controversy and disaster,...

While impersonating Beyoncé is not a common talent among most people, freshman Zach Guikema did just that earlier this year. And despite only being a freshman, he radiated confidence as he performed...

“How long have we been here?” I asked my friend Summer. “And how soon can we leave?” On a Saturday night, that was our reality as we sat uncomfortably at one of the most awkward restaurants...

With TCT’s The Countless Thanks, viewers and writers alike have received and expressed gratitude for the people and things they love most. And in classic Thanksgiving fashion, I will also be elaborating...

Impassioned speaker and social media influencer Jack Harries took a stand this week. As an outspoken climate change fighter, he experienced the protest firsthand, speaking out publicly and encouraging...

Reena Mathews and Nisha Rajakrishna I cannot summarize into only a few words how much you guys mean to me, but over the years, as I’ve gotten to know you better, I’ve come to the conclusion that you...

American Authenticity. That simple slogan does not nearly do the restaurant Forty Acres Soul Food Kitchen justice. Every bite of goodness, deep fried or not, was an absolute delight and captured the essence...

"I've just been really busy, I guess. I have a lot of things I do outside of school. I babysit a lot and nanny a couple of kids, and I work in my church's nursery. I also do a lot of volunteering outside...

When the show Ramona and Beezus was announced as this year’s fall play, students and teachers alike were filled a whirlwind of emotions and of varying levels of excitement. However, while the show...

Name: Parker David Grade: 12 Role: Mr. Frost 1. What are you most excited about? "I am most excited to have an audience. Everyone in the cast and crew has been working so hard, and we all deserve...

Name: Elena Nasser Grade: 12 Role: Mrs. Dorothy Quimby What are you most excited about? "I can't wait to show our production to audiences, especially the kids. This show is really for them, and I can't...

At FHC’s United Prayer group’s last meeting, there was a discussion about goodness, something that is often lacking though there is an ample supply of it. As we went around the circle one by one, it...

"Last year, I cut my forehead open at rugby, and we hadn't even had a real game yet. It was our very first scrimmage, and ten minutes in, I got kicked in the face and had to go get stitches. I got a concussion...

"My basement is just kind of spooky. My dad collects antiques as a hobby, so in our guest bedroom in our basement, we have a bunch of old pictures of random people that are black and white. It's very scary....

Amid the chaotic hallways and bustling students is freshman Maggie Hier. Despite being the youngest in her family and at the bottom of the high school hierarchy, grade-wise, she exudes a calm confidence...

When I googled Uncommon Coffee Roasters, I thought it would be safe to assume that this coffee shop would be not different than others I’d been to before, and from the pictures that popped up about it,...

"Before the house [that's there now] was there, there was an old, rundown house that had been there for probably around ten years, and nobody lived in it. So one day my brothers and I were like 'Alright,...

There’s a picture of my dad that hangs in my room. It’s one of those pictures that completely captures a person’s essence where every detail is of the utmost relevance. Donning his clip-on shades...

The four words strength, pride, unity, and determination were begrudgingly part of my mantra for three weeks for my AP World History project. Initially, I couldn’t care less about them; they were simply...

A trio of mop-top haircuts, trench coats, and bell bottom jeans march across the field. Although dressed as the all-male band, Chicago, they are an entirely female unit and, more importantly, this year’s...

My greatest sorrow of high school is not reading more out of school and not feeding my love for words and captivating stories. As a child, my perfect weekend was biking to the Kent District Library and...

To fully understand senior Anna Hansen’s life as a diver, it’s necessary to start from the middle of her journey: the present. On Sept 4, Anna left home to dive in Indiana, leaving all the comforts...

According to the Oxford Dictionary, love is “an intense feeling of deep affection.” According to Merriam Webster, love is firstly “strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal...

At the ripe age of fourteen, freshman Sam Yeager has lived an extraordinary life. The lengthy list of accomplishments and once-in-a-lifetime experiences began when he was only several months old, and...

I stood in line, eyes drooping and legs aching to move more than a little shuffle in one direction. It had already been an hour waiting outside the venue, and although I knew I had a long four hours of...

Outside of the TCT classroom is chaos. Between rushed homecoming plans and the scramble to finish growing stacks of homework, FHC is balancing on the fine line between organized mayhem and completely random...

Roughly 100 facilities house 100,000+ migrant children. Their safety? Uncertain. Their reunion with their families? Uncertain. The amount of emotional damage done? Uncertain. I want to be clear: this...

"My family motivates me. I have an older brother and an older sister, and both definitely motivate me. They’re both really, really kind people who are giving and friendly. My sister is twenty-five [years...

One word describes Hozier’s EP, Nina Cried Power: enlightening. Upon my first listen, the new album seemed “nice,” so to speak, and it seemed to follow the same relative pattern that Hozier’s music...

In its essence, the CW show No Tomorrow is an embodiment of the cliche phrase “opposites attract.” Evie Callahan (Tori Anderson) is someone who never steps out of line and when given the choice, will...

As his senior year quickly approaches, junior Cole Coughlin has plenty to look forward to. Between his participation in various extracurriculars and his dedication to each one, there are many opportunities...

We manipulate. We play people as pawns. We play the “he-said-she-said” game, again and again, hoping that our insights will put us forward in a good light. Time and time again, I hear conversations...

Name: Aaron Jachim Grade: Sophomore Running for: Treasurer 1. How long have you been a part of student council? "If I get elected, this will be my first year on student council. However,...

Name: Taylor Baumgardner Grade: Freshman Running for: President 1. How long have you been a part of student council? "I became a student council member a few weeks into the beginning of freshman...

Breaking the fifteen year long drought, the boys track and field team stepped up to win the Conference Championship title of first place. Their unconventional approach to the season with new runners and...

From the day his big brother walked into his first-grade class, senior Josh Sweeney knew he wanted to join the United States Army. “I remember it was then because, in 2005, my brother became a ranger,”...

"My parents went on a work vacation, and when they came back, we were like, 'We tried something called scuba diving.' They thought it was pretty cool, and the next vacation we went on, we had the chance...

Amidst the unfamiliar songs that fill my Release Radar playlist on Spotify, a song plays that suddenly strikes a chord with me. Frozen in my seat, I’m struck dumb by the fact that, yes, two of my favorite...

"I'd say my most significant [friend at FHC when I moved here] was Courtney Fox. I met her in my first hour, and I went in and didn't know where to sit because I had no one to sit with. I went up to the...

What does it mean to serve? From various perspectives and all walks of life, service differs in its meaning. However, in a general definition, to serve means to "put the interests of others above your...

Known for their summertime-sounding acoustics and lyrics that hit home, the band Lord Huron has had burgeoning success ever since their big feature on the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why. The song included...

As beloved custodian Homer said his final goodbyes, leaving the place he had served for over 20 years, Jeff Tolar quietly entered the scene. Armed with a good-natured personality and a strong work...

There is much suffering around the world, felt by individuals from every species. However, it's the way that the pain is dealt with that will reveal one's true nature. A judge of character and extensive...

"I've taught at FHC for 27 years, and I taught at a Detroit public school for a year and a half. I could write a book about my time teaching in Detroit! There was a drive-by shooting, and I didn't know...