There are no words, literally none. From an artist who has reached millions with his distinct voice and style, whose fan base surrounds teenagers who've fallen in love with what he's released, he will...

Role: Host Grade: 12 What are your feelings about hosting? "My feelings right now are really high. At first when [English teacher Robbin] Demeester asked me to be the host of it, [I was] a bit...

Grade: 10 Performance: "Toxicity" by System of a Down Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "I'm gonna be doing some very intense drumming to metal. [I'll] be using a lot of aggression." What...

Grade: 12 Performance: "Blow Me Away" by Breaking Benjamin  Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "Basically, if you like rock metal, I'd say it's a good performance for you. If you...

Grade: 12 Performance: "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "So basically, [it's] my friend [senior] Aya [Shakir] and I. It's not really [a] duet, but...

Role: Host Grade: 12 What are your feelings about hosting? "I'm excited. It's something new. I've never done this before. I've never been in a talent show, so I'm excited." What will you be...

Grade: 9 Performance: Rythym video game  Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "It's unusual. It's not the usual you would expect, like singing, dancing, or acting. I'm actually playing...

Grade: 12 Performance: "TBD" by Marissa Lunt Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "For my performance, you're supposed to expect singing, piano, and pretty much a song that's based...

Grade: 11 Performance: Stand-up comedy Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "Hopefully, I can make people laugh. I feel like people who smile [show] the best of themselves. The best...

Grade: 11 Performance: "All I Ask" by Adele Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "Well, it's a very strong ballad, and I have related to her a lot. So there's a lot of emotion there,...

This Saturday, Jan. 20, 2023,at the FAC, the wonders of brilliant and masterful performers are to be explored. For students and their surrounding community, FHC's Got Talent awaits the opportunity to showcase...

Grade: 10 Performance: Supersonics Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "We are performing, 'Holding out for a Hero,' and it's just us. We don't have any backing tracks. We don't have...

Grade: 12 Performance: Bobblemasters Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "It is an act with all senior girls, and it is a surprise, for the most part, but it will for sure be funny." What...

A faultless gem casts no shadow, and still, the outline of its tantalizing foundation is overt, persistent in perpetuity. Undisguised is she, twinkling in the darkness of those who've been invited—those...

A 2015 sunset orange Jeep is not a middle-aged man thing, yet my dad adored the obnoxiously-colored brick flying through the air.  And “flying” isn’t the correct adjective to describe it at all:...

I didn’t get my training wheels off until I was eight years old. If you, too, had a two-track racing down a hill, you would want to go as fast as possible down it—I lived a slow eight years, having...

Getting a driver's license is a big accomplishment that Sydney has yet to catch up to. At sixteen years old, she has no desire to drive, be a driver, or engage with terrible drivers on the road already....

Like yesterday, I remember nervously untangling my knotted headphones, and quickly turning on my favorite Joji songs while on the bus or walking in the halls Then, “Yeah Right” by Joji was the only...

John Orr—because duh Thank you for spending that much money on me. Thank you for covering my expenses when stores don't take Apple Pay (because they really should start). Thank you for taking me to...

It’s okay that a few 2019 singles are Frank Ocean’s most recent songs. The man behind two cult-classic albums that have dynamic allure and appeals has curated a project, Homer Radio, that continues...

It doesn’t take a genius to realize that snow is about to fall.  One morning, as I made the bitter trudge from the overflow lot to the front doors of the school, the air was noticeably dangerous....

Grade: 10 Role: Professor Plum Why do you enjoy being in the play? "It's just a very high energy play, so it's fun to rehearse, and there's a lot of moving parts." What made you decide that you wanted...

Grade: 12 Role: Colonel Mustard Why do you enjoy being in the play? "I enjoy being in the play because it gives me a new creative outlet to put my energy into. It's a medium that allows me a...

Grade: 10 Role: Yvette Why do you enjoy being in the play? "I love being a part of the play, because then, I get to hang out with my lovely cast every day and get to know them really well. I...

Support the FHC Theatre by watching Clue on Thursday, Nov. 10, through Saturday, Nov. 12 at 7 pm. Tickets are $8 at the door.

Grade: 12  Role: Mrs. Peacock Why do you enjoy being in the play? "I think a major part of my love for the play is the friends and family I have made so far. I have never had such a fun and...

The videos circulate on social media every year: Arizona residents frying eggs in their driveways due to the ultimate heat index of it.  Despite the fact that Arizona is located in the desert, I am still...

The beginning of June; it's the official start of summer, and my birthday month, but some will argue it's technically late spring—a disrespectful "no," in my opinion, because I'm a proud summer birthday—right...

For it being smaller than Michigan, in terms of total area, United Kingdom news has been circulating the world excessively in these past few months between the controversies surrounding ex-British Prime...

In the past, Advanced Marketing teacher Kristen O'Brien kept running into the same small issues with the old-school apparel store and decided to close it, relocate, and restore a certain piece of pride...

During the fall months, senior Kami Koetsier loves to rummage through each article of clothing on the racks at Goodwill and shop for big grandpa sweaters in the men’s section. Once she has selected...

One day, I was finally buying a plane ticket, flying me across the Atlantic and landing in my dream city. In pictures live the aerial views of all the monuments that stand, but in my dreams, they burned...

What was your reaction when you heard your name called? "I was so shocked and did not expect it at all." Why do you think you were nominated? "I think I was nominated because I try to talk to...

What was your reaction when you heard your name called? "Hearing my name, I was honestly more excited than I thought I would be." Why do you think you were nominated? "I feel it’s pretty typical...

What was your reaction when you heard your name called? "At first, I was slightly caught off guard, because I wasn’t expecting it and especially not being called down first, but when I heard my name,...

What was your reaction when you heard your name called? "My initial thought was just how I was going to get around all the people in [the] bleachers, as I was sitting in the middle. However, my reaction...

Grade: 10 What excites you most about Improv Central?  "[I'm excited to] really be able to connect with a small group of people and just build my social skills a lot better. A big part of it is...

This Saturday, October 1, Improv Central is back and performing a show at 7:33 p.m. Tickets are $7 at the door and $6 if you purchase your tickets during the week. Check out these Q&As with the cast...

Grade: 12 What excites you most about Improv Central?  "These are some of my friends, and I love to play games and just have fun with them. A lot of practices I leave just crying because I'm laughing...

Where the fragile pair raked piles of leaves for dollar bills, they swam through each brown crunch just to have scraps of twigs and brush in their hair, leaving littered in the dirt particles. Trees in...

With senior Sarah Bethel’s strong commitments and novel aspirations for her last year of high school, she knew well before something in her schedule had to give, having to juggle a social life and swim...

It’s truly miraculous how shoving single-use plastic into another single-use plastic is considered “sustainable.”  A major point of living sustainably is reducing the usage/consumption of plastics,...

Scaling in elevation, searching the earthy, serrated edges of stones on steep mountains; seemingly, my summer no longer stood its heave. It’s July, now. Summer’s progression remains unregistered, vacant...

Haven (middle), Lita (left), and I "Pose for a .5x in front of the White House."

A specter in our eyes, the omniscience of its nature,   We suspire for the sake of supererogation.   Mislaid in jurisdiction and   Usurped in competency,   Fundamentals...

Name: Eva VanTil Position: Speaker TED Talk title: Addiction Why did you apply to be a speaker? "I applied to speak because I want to spread awareness about addiction. It is a topic I'm passionate...

Name: Sofia Hargis-Acevedo Position: Speaker TED Talk Title: How to get over a fear Why did you apply to be a speaker? "I applied to FHC Inspires because I decided that I didn’t want to...

Name: Molly O'Meara Position: Speaker TED Talk Title: Why everyone should learn ASL Why did you apply to be a speaker? "I wanted to share my cousin’s story. He is mute, and not many people...

For the fourth year, Honors English 10 students will be presenting their personalized speeches at the Fine Arts Center on May 31, 2022. FHC Inspires begins at 7 p.m. at no cost!

Some weeks ago, I was messing around with the Weather app on my phone as one does on occasion. After checking the temperatures in cities I’ve never heard of or cared about, curiosity led me to check...

Kendrick Lamar has spoken once again. Already, it has been five years since DAMN reoriented our lives, and I've never met somebody who resents "HUMBLE." or "PRIDE." Ranging from young teenagers to...

I’ve rewritten this column multiple times in the past few weeks. Each time with different leads and ideas, memories to include, and cover photos, but this is as good as it is going to get.  But the...

There’s a voice that haunts a specific era of TikTok for me. Immediately, I hear the “And here’s *two nail taps* the m*ther f*kcing *two more nail taps* tea..” shrieking in my head, but there’s...

I had a recurring fear that the sun would stop hovering over Earth and specifically plummet on me. As young as I was, I spiraled into crying fits about the outside, expecting the sun to poison my turbulent...

In the fourth grade, my class had a chance to tend a tank of salmon. When the salmon were old enough to be independent, we set them free in the Thornapple River. Periodically, an assigned group of students...

Current Joys, a notoriously depressing band amongst teenagers, released an album recently. Just shy of a month ago on Feb. 25, 2022, Covers From Across the Sea appeared on new release radars, but what...

Name: Zach Guikema Grade: 12th Role: Lord Pinkelton Why did you decide to try out for the musical? "I decided to try out for two main reasons. One, I've had past experience doing theatre all...

Name: Kenzie Davis Grade: 12th Role: Stepsister (Charlotte) Why did you decide to try out for the musical? "I thought to try some new things and joined the musical." What are you most excited...

Name: Gia Monterusso Grade: 10th Role: Stepmother Why did you decide to try out for the musical? "Well, I did the musical last year, and I did the play this fall. I just wanted to keep doing...

Name: Russell Baird Grade: 12th Role: Sebastion Why did you decide to try out for the musical? "Honestly, I've done the previous shows, and I have a lot of friends who were doing it. So actually,...

I hear the whispers waning, softening, searching for new and meaningless drama to voice. Octaves from the different speakers intertwined with each other. Oh, so sonorous and gorgeous, but it is nothing...

A familiar, discernable voice has graced my Browse page on Apple Music for the first time since quarantine. In April 2020, there was one song that was always in the MiniPlayer window: “Tommy’s Party.”  Neil...

My toxic trait is attaching myself to everything in my life—but more specifically, my computer. I am in a dire need of a new one, but I can’t give Fran up.  Fran’s extensive list of issues started...

Adventure unfolds in peculiar ways with Alt-J’s new album, The Dream. The typical psychedelic and wavy synthesis of Alt-J’s music has always attracted listeners and piqued their curiosity. The British...

Once upon some interminable time, a stage was left empty. She wasn’t the only soul to strike the beautiful hardwood, however. She made friends with dainty dust bunnies that would sometimes escape their...

Laurel Hell: Mitski’s reappearance into the music world and her wave “hello” to fans after a long four years dormant. This album might’ve never been an album in the first place, and for that,...

For years, senior Madie Weaver has immersed herself in the many forms of music.  Whether that is a written song or one of the four instruments she has learned to play, music is Madie’s escape from...

John Orr in Target holding a stuffed Winnie the Pooh

A trend that wavers every now and then has graced my TikTok For You Page—Korean skincare. As the name suggests, it is skincare from South Korea that is supposed to help fight acne on skin like mine,...

Musical and lyrical genius Earl Sweatshirt released a one-of-a-kind throwback album that others could only attempt. A necessarily nostalgic memento from the now disbanded rap group, Odd Future, was taken...

Name: Benji Zorn Grade: 12th Act/position: Singing What is one word you’d use to describe your act? “Hilarious.” Why did you decide to try out for the show? “I decided to try...

Name: Gavin O'Meara Grade: 12th Act/position: Singing Partner(s): Thomas Cobb What is one word you’d use to describe your act? "Funny—entertaining. Entertaining is a better word than...

Name: Ella Fauson Grade: 12th Act/position: Singing What is one word you’d use to describe your act? "Unique. It's singing, but different than what other people would normally do." Why...

Name: Callum Blackburn Grade: 12th Act/position: Synchronized swimming Partner(s): Senior boys What is one word you’d use to describe your act? "Rambunctious." Why did you decide to...

A wide-angled photo I took of me in the Urban Outfitter's dressing room (I did not buy the sweater or the jeans).

Nine years ago, around this time roughly, my mom decided to record all the Harry Potter films that aired on what was then called ABC Family. Now, I lay in my bed totally distraught and unable to communicate...

Opinions expressed in editorials on The Central Trend are the view of the individual writer and are not the opinion of the entire staff of The Central Trend or the Forest Hills Central staff or administration. Finally,...

A small room in a basement was a wonderland in my young mind. Toys and stuffed animals lined the perimeter of the room. In the corner, there was a computer my best friend and I had easy access to. Thanks...

Without a doubt in sight, freshman Ashley Hibma is finding her true love for horseback riding at her second home, Diamond Sahara Equestrian Services, despite the negative comments. “There's a lot...

A lost human and its somber soul lingers in the lonely theater in which it dwells. It isn’t of vicious, malignant nature, but rather a wispy, nurturing manner. She could watch their airy glow dance for...

Sofia Hargis-Acevedo - for being my other half in the most literal sense of the definition What a time we have both been through. Over the past few years, we have grown closer and closer, and at this...

The computer lab in Mr. Smith's room where students in AP Computer Science Principles learned to make their apps.

To kickstart the opening night of the 2021 fall play, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, there, lying on the stage, was a stuffed dog with a pitchfork stabbed in its side.  The dog,...

Have you ever heard the term “zero waste” and thought that it means what it implies? If so, then you couldn’t be any farther from the generic definition, but at the same time, you’re correct.  So,...

I love everything about the stereotypical idea of being in a movie theater to watch the latest film. I love the popcorn, the dark and mysterious ambiance, the weirdly comfy seats—everything, except for...

"My house back, in Jordan, used to be roach-infested, so, one time, it was around 4 a.m., and we have these sirens for prayers. So, at 4 a.m., there's this siren for the morning prayer. I hear something...

Senior Abbie Compton excels in an intense subject that keeps her curiosity at bay. Abbie loves math, and she especially loves how she can find answers to the world around her. At school, she takes AP...

In 2020, H&M, a popular fast-fashion brand, launched Conscious. H&M’s motive for Conscious was to be “clean” and “repurposed.” The clothing from the line was made from “100% organic...

Product: EcoBands Instagram handle: @ecobands.fhc Group members and their roles: Kyle Webb (management/leadership), Gabe Huber (finance), Adam Hop (sales), Aidan Lampley (supply chain), and Sydney...

This week, FHC and the Student Council are working together with the Family Promise to raise money for the homelessness in our community, and Executive Board Vice President, senior Maurielle Hayes, has...