With every crashing wave, I feel the little pinches of the sun. With every one of the sun's rays, I feel the warmth of the little laughs we share. With every joke, I feel the unconditional love that...

Speaker: Kyra Thomas How do you feel about your TED Talk being picked for FHC Inspires? "I'm very humbled and glad that I was chosen to speak in FHC Inspires and super excited to do it again." What...

Speaker: Lucy Mclean How do you feel about your TED Talk being picked for FHC Inspires? "I am excited and a little bit nervous for FHC Inspires. All the people participating in this are so sweet, and...

Speaker: Ellie McDowell How do you feel about your TED Talk being picked for FHC Inspires? "I'm super excited about my TED Talk being picked. I think it's important for people to hear, and I'm hoping...

Speaker: Trevor Vanskiver How do you feel about your TED Talk being picked for FHC Inspires? "I feel like it will be a cool experience." What is a quick description of your TED Talk?  "I explain...

East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah has been through a lot regarding Disney’s magical touch, and its latest renovation was due to season two of Disney Plus’s High School Musical: The Musical:...

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...

As a woman, I have been told that it is good to express my emotions and make sure I am heard—until I express them too much. Society has defined a fine line of what is too much for a woman, and most find...

While 2021 has been made up of different fashion aesthetics, one of the main brands that stay relevant in modern looks is Prada. Little details such as corsets, straps, and long belts have made up a majority...

Lynlee, Abby, and I on the TCT couch--this place has been a home to all of us through each other and through words.

a picture from yesterday that I'll forever treasure and hold close to my heart

This year’s road has been rocky. My commitment has been everything short of consistent. I fall, time and time again, and scrape my knees; sometimes, I run out of band-aids. The benevolent souls that...

Whether it’s doing her best in school, trying new things, or setting goals for herself, freshman Lucy Wu always has her parents by her side to support her. Since a young age, Lucy has looked to her parents...

Michael Kors is a world-renowned fashion designer who started his collections in the early 1980s. This year, Kors celebrates forty years of a successful business as he tells Vogue magazine about his winnings...

Senior Lydia VanDeRiet’s academic journey isn’t coming to a halt after leaving high school; instead, she’s immersing herself in a totally different opportunity for success. At the start of Lydia’s...

Name: Megan Cushman Grade: 12 1) What inspired you to take part in this project? "I love looking at all the bricks from seniors past. 'Do I know them?' 'Where did they go to college?' It was definitely...

Crashed into like a meteor, the crater has been dug deeper; the hole at the toe of my shoe has almost been all the way worn through. In the shape of an uncaptured crack of lighting, it's a rip up through...

Name: Kristy Butler Position: AP Biology Teacher 1) What inspired you to help lead this/take part in this project? "I moved into a room where this was a practice that the previous teacher had...

Name: Laurie VanHouten Position: French Teacher 1) What inspired you to help lead this/take part in this project? "A Spanish teacher, now retired, had done this in her room before I did. I...

After musical group Boys World’s gradual release of their three singles "Girlfriends," "Wingman," and "Tiptoe," they released their EP: While You Were Out. The short EP consists of five songs, three...

The grain from the seven sea's sands dot her I's while falling leaves cross her T's The minty leaves of her garden's trees whiten the fresh smell of the ocean breeze She signs her name with a simple...

"Ninety-seven percent of women have been sexually assaulted." This statistic has been spreading around the well-known app, TikTok, quite rapidly. A lot of viewers aren't sure of the source of this rather...

No one has ever had such a magnetic pull to our earth like freshman Ashlyn Hess. She finds herself planting an array of flowers with her grandma, reading a good book in a hammock between two trees,...

Little flowers bloom between the cracks of quotidian concrete that are occasionally vandalized with pale, rainbow-colored chalk dust. Ants scramble to build their mounds higher than their neighbors, but...

The snow on the ground has become a slushy, gray, slipping hazard—the smell of fresh, green grass is a distant memory. Nearing the end of February, [English] teacher Anthony Sultini sits in his classroom...

Every couple of days, the magazine Billboard renews it’s list of 100 songs that are at the top of the music industry’s game. It’s never tiring to see the changes that transpire through every update...

Before my time in classroom 140, I never would have put any significance into a citrus fruit. But it wasn’t until mandarin oranges made me realize how I’ve grown with the sweet taste of vitamin C and...

During 2020, we lost the ability to be with people. We lost the ability to communicate and meet new people. We lost a lot of human interactions that were deemed “normal.” While people had a more positive...

Standing on the driveway, freshman Amelia DiBenedetto finds herself taking a picture of nature in the snowy abyss of Michigan in the wintertime. There’s a light blanket of snow covering the ground and...

After Boys World released their first song, "Girlfriends," I was ready for their next single: "Wingman." The song not only continues to support women's independence and emphasizes the importance of...

Junior Sofia Johnson wouldn’t have considered going to the movie theatres as a part of her “normal routine,” but ever since COVID-19 hit, battling for the popcorn buttering machine with her friends...

If I could describe spring in a color, it would be a lime hue of green—that’s what they were, lime-green. When I would close my eyes and drift off to sleep, I would dream of a world where the flowers...

Netflix’s Cobra Kai is an original series based on the Karate Kid franchise that was very popular for millennials in the '80s. In the Karate Kid movies, dojo Cobra Kai is the infamous, opposing dojo;...

As long as new hairstyles protect, moisturize, and don’t pose a threat to her hair, sophomore Alonah Spencer is willing to try any hairstyle known to mankind. Things such as heat damage from blow-drying...

My lips sting from the peeling skin that’s been torn away from itself. I can’t decide on a playlist to choose—I’ll end up skipping half of the songs eventually. My mascara comes off onto...

I’m going to be completely transparent: I’ve never had an everything bagel—not until today at least.  I spent most of my freshman year at the long table inside of the Starbucks across the street...

Every two weeks, HOSA students like senior Paityn Reens, who is also treasurer of the club, attend a Zoom call to listen to a guest speaker tell them about their experiences in the medical field. These...

In 2011, if you asked me what my favorite color was, without a doubt, I would have said purple. I was obsessed with the chalky, pastel hue of a color that was meant to be ominous and dark; the vibrant...

Walking alone in the parking lot late at night. Fumbling around in my bag for my car keys. Locking the car door as soon as I’ve closed it. The fears that linger in the back of my mind haunt...

For junior Sofia Johnson, there’s a special form of expression in the art of makeup. Sofia began special effects makeup in September; she saw other people her age doing this makeup on apps like TikTok...

Every whisper, every second that goes by, every sideways glance can change us forever. Who we are isn’t permanent, and this can be as transparent as liquid water or as opaque as the shut doors of opportunity. Every...

Grace Crook and Sophie Kovachevich- for being the most supportive people I know Whatever I may be invested in, anything from a current obsession to a short-lived phase, you both encourage me to pursue...

At the mere age of nine, I thought I was a regular customer to the sweet nothingness that was the black-and-white idea of love; I thought I was in love.  My naive idea of devotion was meeting outside...

At some point throughout FHC’s student’s high school careers, they are bound to read at least one—if not many—required novels in their English classes, which is something AP Lang and AP Lit teacher...

Name: Julia Beaumont Grade: 12 Current English Class: AP Lit 1. How do you feel about being required to read books for school? "I feel as though required reading is extremely important to our...

Name: Adam Gray Grade: 9 Current English Class: Honors English 9 1. How do you feel about being required to read books for school? "I feel like having to read books for school is a good thing. Having...

Name: Sophie Kovachevich Grade: 10 Current English Class: Honors English 10 1. How do you feel about being required to read books for school? "I think it depends on what book it is and how...

2020 has been the year for new and up-coming artists from all different genres of music. And while most individual artists have found their way to fame in the years past or 2020 specifically, there...

An entity that everyone encounters is failure. So is it rational to persistently be scared of something that is supposedly inevitable? Through different forms of failure, like intellectual failures,...

Junior Logan Verlinde has kept one constant throughout his high school career: his friends.  Logan does a plethora of things in his free time, but he appreciates spending time with different groups...

Liam Payne’s online Halloween concert was unlike anything I had ever seen before. Amidst the pandemic, artists still need to figure out how to make money, and one of their main ways of income is through...

1. What was your reaction when you heard your name called? "I was sitting with the band, trying to stay warm, when [AP U.S. History teacher Steve] Labenz turned around and said my name. It was certainly...

2020 has been an extremely rough year for FHC students and faculty, but seniors like Carson Deines have a lot of faith in the safety of our school and precautions being taken for FHC’s football games. A...

Pride. Greed. Wrath. Envy. Lust. Gluttony. Sloth. From a religious point-of-view or not, The Seven Deadly Sins are something that we are warned about from a young age whether we realized...

Validation is something I have always sought; all I want is to be enough for everyone around me even when I can’t be enough for myself. I used to dress and act for my peers that I saw on a daily basis,...

Junior Josie Devries grew up with music bouncing off the walls straight into her ears and the outstanding colors of fresh paintings and pieces of artwork catching her eye. Josie was constantly surrounded...

The Class of 2020 got the rug pulled out from underneath them; everything about the last quarter of their senior year was up in the air and seemingly pushed aside. Before they knew it, the seniors were...

I spent the best years of my life alongside my best friend; there wasn’t a doubt in my mind that life would forever be like these sweet summers. My time was filled with lengthy quests that took me through...

Melanie Martinez's songs are always so beautiful but also aggressive and full of vengeance and her new EP, After School EP, was no exception. There is raw emotion in her stories that she tells through...

Finally letting go and being myself has been something I’ve always wanted to do.  I always was caught up in just getting by, just getting through one more day, just trying to fit in. This year...

Name: Ben Lowen Grade: 12th 1. How did you get into improv? Why did you decide to try out? "I got into improv at the end of my Freshman year, and it was one of the best choices I've made in...

While the horror/comedy film, The Babysitter, wasn’t exactly what I would call horrifying, the second movie—The Babysitter: Killer Queen—was even a step down on the horror scale.  I’ve never...

Packing up his bags and moving from Boca Raton, Florida to Wake Forest, North Carolina, and now Grand Rapids, Michigan seems like a lot of change. For Junior Tyler O’Connell, he’s lived in all three...

I’m stuck thinking “Where’s my next class?” “Who am I going to sit by?” “How much homework do I think I’ll have by the end of the day?” Walking through the halls on the first day of school...

I am so grateful for everyone around me,  specifically my TCT friends. I was so scared walking into our classroom on the first day of school because I had no clue who anyone else was, and I had no idea...

Flashing lights were everywhere, and everyone was filled with anticipation; the first act of the night walked onto the stage, and the speakers behind her blared upbeat music. It has been a couple of...

One of the good things about this hard time is that I can still see my friends. Although we stay 6 feet apart, sitting on the top of our cars, and it happens only every other week, I still get to see them. I...

Quarantine has been hard for us all; it’s making it harder to communicate with friends, making it harder for us to get the goods that we need from stores, and it’s even making school harder because...

My playlist on Spotify is over twelve hours long and filled with well over two hundred songs. But three of those songs I play on repeat. “Prom dress,” “fever dream,” and “i feel like chet”...

I am always curious as to who I am in others' minds. Who do they think I am? Am I someone who is incredibly funny, or am I someone who knows exactly what to say in a tough situation? Am I calm or crazy?...

I never was interested in watching other people play video games; I always found it to be boring and drawn out. Although I did find some YouTubers that I enjoyed, I never had a variety of games that were...

Name: Olivia Throop Grade: 12 1) Your dad works in the ER, so what does that look like on a daily basis for both you and for him? "My dad gets a monthly schedule of shifts to work, so he knows...

I hate how everything is dull and empty, lifeless and deprived of color, boring and saddening. Winter and the beginning of spring are my least favorite seasons because they follow the most beautiful time...

In your front yard, there are flower pots, each of them unalike in color: royal blue, fuji apple red, and goldfinch yellow. In the spring, the flowers have grown over the sides of the pot, overflowing...

Disney Plus’s newest movie was different from most Disney Channel originals because the movie focused on one kid’s life who was going through a lot. Timmy Failure (Winslow Fegley) is a fifth-grader...

Spring break is only a few weeks away, and the students of FHC can’t wait to leave school for a week and a half to just relax. But will the students be doing more than just relaxing?  Everyone’s...

Science Olympiad is a team of high school students that attend FHC, and within this team, people are split up into pairs or groups of threes and are assigned a topic. This topic is anything science-related,...

FHC has so much to offer, making every student’s schedule slightly different. While students can take more science-based classes, there are many art-based classes available to students. Anything...

The best type of people sit and listen; they take in every word you’re spilling out and they listen. The best type of people support you; they look at every aspect of your life and take the time to...

The R&B/hip-hop star Joji released another single on February sixth of this year. The single, “Run,” is four minutes and thirty seconds filled with a captivating tune that, by the end of the...

Everything right now is how it has always been: upsetting, uncomfortable, and unforgiving. Every week I think “all you need to do is get through this week.” Every week I find myself looking forward...

When I was very young my parents would sometimes drive me to Holland Michigan to visit my grandparents for the day. Driving up to their familiar house on the left side of the street is engraved in my...

I make my online life look better than it actually is. I post the best pictures of me on Instagram. I post the funniest videos of my friends and me on Snapchat. I post the most aesthetic pictures on...

High School Musical: the Musical: the Series is a Disney Plus original based around the iconic early two thousands movie series, High School Musical. The ten-episode series focuses on teen romance, putting...

Growing up, I was extremely shy. I couldn’t look people in the eyes, let alone speak to people that weren’t my parents. I went to therapy when I was very little, and it helped me a lot; after many...

These next few paragraphs are for my best friends; every word is written with pure sincerity and thoughtfulness. No introduction can fully explain exactly how I feel without giving away the mystery of...

Freshman Megan Fox finds herself hurrying from one place to the next; she is always busy, but Megan isn’t busy in a bad way.  Her week is filled with one of the things she loves most: dancing. Megan...

I bought it in August of this summer when one of my best friends—Charlotte—came back to Michigan for one of her yearly visits. I thought I would try out taking pictures of all us hanging out, enjoying...

The action, fiction show The Mandalorian is an eight-episode spin-off of a seven million-dollar movie series: Star Wars. The Mandalorian takes place just after the sixth movie of the Star Wars saga,...

I hear humming.  It’s fine because it’s been there for hours, but with every second, the volume increases a notch. Some days it’s unbearable, like someone following me through the streets...

When I was younger, you were my best friend; like my shadow, we did everything together. You followed me around, you laughed with me, even cried with me. I felt like our lives were straight out of a movie.  Countless...

Lights of many colors frame houses, snow covers the ground, and 105.7 is playing Christmas hits. All in perfect timing, Christmas is only thirty-seven days away and Christmas trees are already going up. “[My...

The Driver Era’s new song “A Kiss” is different from the rest of the songs put out by the duo, Rocky and Ross Lynch, but falls into their unique genre of music seamlessly.  The beginning of the...

Something big in sophomore Jaelynn Carlson’s life is her faith.  Jaelynn’s religion, Methodist Christian, has affected her life by opening her eyes to new experiences and people. “After...

The Earth is our field; we’re just growing in it. Nature is our resource; we’re just using it. Time creates an experience; we’re just living it. Growing up, I always felt connected with...