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The Central Trend

The Student Voice of Forest Hills Central

The Central Trend

The Student Voice of Forest Hills Central

The Central Trend

Abby Scutch

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief

Abby will be entering her second year on staff as a Senior, and will be leading The Central Trend staff as one of the two Editors in Chief.  In the near feature, Abby hopes to earn a degree in her strong passion of journalism, but also take place in a pre-medical program at the college she attends within the next year, as she does have a strong interest in pediatric care.  After overcoming a ligament injury during the summer, Abby hopes to be back in the saddle riding her horse, Rudy, and competitively showing him in the Lake Effect Horse Shows this upcoming year.  While attending college, she hopes to earn a spot on her college’s equestrian team to continue improving her riding skills and explore her passion in a more competitive environment.  Throughout the summer, Abby volunteers her time to work with preschoolers and kindergarteners at her church, where she participates in youth group year round.  Abby has had the opportunity to join many hiking trips with her church including to the Great Smoky Mountains and many areas in the Upper Peninsula. 

  • Favorite thing about being on staff: having the opportunity to meet new people through interviews as well as sharing her passion of journalism with close friends
  • Favorite type of story to write: features and columns
  • Hobbies/Interests: riding horses competitively, baking, shopping, traveling, hiking
  • Favorite book and why: The Martian by Andy Weir because of the incredible detail the story is written in.  The author created the story to feel so realistic, yet the situation of the main character being left behind on Mars is too out there for it to be happening in today’s world.  However, the story itself leaves the reader at the edge of their seat through every page.  
  • It’s Friday night, you will probably find Abby: watching reruns of Grey’s Anatomy with her cats Peggy and Lucy, or shopping with her best friends
All content by Abby Scutch
But now I'm graduating high school...

But now I’m graduating high school…

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief May 16, 2017

I was born in a small town outside of Fort Lauderdale, Florida called, Plantation. It's odd now, knowing that I'm almost 18 years old, that some of my first memories are from before I could talk. I remember...

Is it over yet?

Is it over yet?

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief May 9, 2017

It's 6:15 a.m. and my alarm just went off for what seems like the millionth time this year. My constant early waking each day has turned into the agony every high school student could resent. The night...

Now that I'm older

Now that I’m older

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief March 7, 2017

When I was two years old, the first memory that I recall occurred. I cannot explain its moral detail or why this particular memory is my first, but I ran outside naked, bare, and in the flesh. We lived...

My phone can't take pictures of stars

My phone can’t take pictures of stars

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief February 21, 2017

My camera can't take pictures of stars. It was a perfectly clear night, making it very significant, considering the month of February is rather cloudy. I could count every star if I wanted to, all...

I know myself best through silence

I know myself best through silence

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief January 24, 2017

Today we live in a constantly rotating world of constant doing. We’re always sitting at a desk at school, going to work, running errands, and spending our time anywhere else but with our physical selves....

Bon Voyage - I'm not going to play it safe

Bon Voyage – I’m not going to play it safe

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief January 10, 2017

I don’t intend to play it safe.  I don’t intend to wait for opportunities to come to me. I don’t intend to sit in my dorm room for the next four years of my life.  I don’t intend to spend the...

Slush

Slush

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief January 3, 2017

We’re brought into this world pure, new, angelic, wholesome, and beautiful, like snow. Our first breath is our first exposure to a world in which we are innocent, guiltless, blameless, and virtuous. As...

Designated Survivor provides a thrilling DC drama

Designated Survivor provides a thrilling DC drama

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief November 15, 2016

It all began with a promotional video, which led to watching the first episode, which led to binge watching all of the episodes that were available to me. My new obsession is also my new favorite television...

It's Now or Never: Your Vote Matters

It’s Now or Never: Your Vote Matters

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief November 7, 2016

We would not be human without an opinion; our values and beliefs are what characterize us as people and what allow us to be individually unique. So when it comes to the time when our values, beliefs, and...

Artwork by Dani Rodriguez

AP Art Studio: The Fine Art of Creativity

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief November 2, 2016

12 concentration pieces. 12 breadth pieces. 5 best pieces of artwork. This is the list of works that AP Art Studio students submit to the College Board after a year of a rigorous, college-level art class....

The Haunt: A Dual Review

The Haunt: A Dual Review

Abby Scutch and Sam Noonan October 25, 2016

The Haunt: Scary or Not by Abby Scutch For several years, I have been avoiding Grand Rapids’ most famous Halloween attraction: the Haunt.  I was always afraid of the clowns, goblins, zombies, and...

I Took A Walk...

I Took A Walk…

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief October 18, 2016

There’s a certain mood that arouses the air in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids’ nightlife.  Perhaps it’s the blocks of light produced from buildings or the polished luster of the black pavement...

FX: Producing, Filming, Broadcasting

FX: Producing, Filming, Broadcasting

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief October 11, 2016

Room 116 is a special place at FHC.  In this room, a special class is offered to only a select few who have the film mastery, creativity, and artistic vision to be a member of FHC's communication program:...

A Case of Bad Timing

A Case of Bad Timing

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief September 27, 2016

I would like to personally thank my little sister, Kristen Suzanne Scutch, for getting me sick.  There is no better gift than a persistent cough, a fever, never ending chills, a low, squeaky voice, the...

Big O' Cafe: GR's Finest Pizza

Big O’ Cafe: GR’s Finest Pizza

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief September 20, 2016

It’s family pizza night on Friday. You and your family have have tried  JT’s, Vitales, Jet’s, and anything else there is to offer on 28th Street.  However, near Rosa Parks Circle on Ottawa Avenue...

Erin Neely: Anticipating the Dive

Erin Neely: Anticipating the Dive

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief September 14, 2016

Two time State Champion with plans to become a third. Suddenly, it was all taken away... Beginning in March of 2016, senior Erin Neely began experiencing frequent subluxations while diving. Erin...

A Thank You Note to Matt

A Thank You Note to Matt

Abby Scutch, Editor in Chief September 13, 2016

Dear Matt, At noon on June 17, 2016, you became my hero.  Perhaps you remember me?  I was wearing a red rain jacket with two dutch braids in my hair and you were less than a quarter mile hiking behind...

Paityn Wedder-- Senior Class President

Paityn Wedder– Senior Class President

Abby Scutch, Staff Writer May 23, 2016

Name: Paityn Wedder Current Grade: 11th Running for Senior Class President Q: Why are you running for Senior Class President? A: This is our grade's last chance to come together as one. Even...

Marc Rabideau- Senior Class Treasurer

Marc Rabideau- Senior Class Treasurer

Abby Scutch, Staff Writer May 23, 2016

Name: Marc Rabideau Current Grade: 11th Running for Senior Class Treasurer Q: Why are you running for Senior Class Treasurer?  A: Since I really enjoyed Student Council last year, I wanted...

Olga's Kitchen: An All-Time Favorite

Olga’s Kitchen: An All-Time Favorite

Abby Scutch, Staff Writer May 3, 2016

Every since I was a little girl, Olga’s Kitchen was almost always the answer to the question of where I would like to eat.  There’s something special about the smell of freshly cooked bread and curly...

Star Light, Star Bright

Star Light, Star Bright

Abby Scutch, Staff Writer April 19, 2016

Star light, star bright, First star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might Have the wish I wish tonight… As of right now, it is 10:13 p.m. with partly cloudy skies, yet I am still able...

Maura Gill: The Voice of Ariel

Maura Gill: The Voice of Ariel

Abby Scutch, Staff Writer March 25, 2016

If you were one of the many people who attended FHC’s musical production of The Little Mermaid, you may have been one who began whispering to the person sitting next you about a very special, theatrical...

Miko Rodriguez: Swinging for the Fences

Miko Rodriguez: Swinging for the Fences

Abby Scutch, Staff Writer March 15, 2016

It takes a special kind of baseball player to show more than a win and high-level performance.  Someone must not only prove themselves on the field, but also demonstrate the love and passion for this...

Lessons From My Heart Monitor

Lessons From My Heart Monitor

Abby Scutch, Staff Writer March 1, 2016

On an early Sunday morning, while eating Special K cereal accompanied by strawberry Greek yogurt and watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians, something didn’t feel right.  Something felt tight and...

Same Genes, Polar Opposites

Same Genes, Polar Opposites

Abby Scutch, Staff Writer February 24, 2016

Every flipping morning, I am awakened at exactly 6:00 a.m. by the same person: my little sister, Kristen Suzanne Scutch.  I have developed an absolute hatred for the urgent turning of door knobs, the...

Reaching for The Ivy League

Reaching for The Ivy League

Abby Scutch, Staff Writer February 16, 2016

We have all heard of those prestigious colleges that are set along the East coast and are incredibly difficult to get into because of their ridiculously low acceptance rates.  Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard,...

Panera Bread: Cozy Studying & Snacking

Panera Bread: Cozy Studying & Snacking

Abby Scutch, Staff Writer February 9, 2016

Studying at home has just become boring.  The dull lighting that brings gray skies to APES homework, the rattling of dishes being washed in the kitchen, and fighting siblings for that decent spot in the...

Postcards From the U.P.

Postcards From the U.P.

Abby Scutch, Staff Writer February 2, 2016

Mid-July of 2015, my youth group from Ada Congregational Church and I took the chance of exploring the other side of Michigan.  Many of us have spent days in the U.P., but it was a first for me.  I’ve...

Eruj Abidi- Eruj or Jrue?

Eruj Abidi- Eruj or Jrue?

Abby Scutch, Staff Writer February 1, 2016

If you were to add @eruja35 on Snapchat, you would not see that many of his stories involve staying up late to finish homework, comical videos of his friends and family, or an artsy picture of the sunset...

Stella's Lounge

Stella’s Lounge

Abby Scutch, Junior Writer December 3, 2015

When I first walked into Stella’s Lounge, all I knew is that I was yearning for a cheeseburger and a big plate of fries. I did not know what to expect when walking into this retro, funk hanghouse. The...

Karsen Diepholz: Aiming High

Karsen Diepholz: Aiming High

Abby Scutch, Junior Writer November 18, 2015

The sun is just beginning to rise over the city of Colorado Springs at the United States Air Force Academy.  A young man puts on his uniform of navy blue and prepares for a day of rigorous academics and...

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