Computer science students compete in coding challenge

Angelina Vitarelli, Writer

April 14, 2020

Recently, students in the AP Computer Science class, taught by Holly Corbett, began participating in the Girls Go CyberStart challenge. This challenge is exclusively online, and each participant has to pass five coding challenges, each with a different level of difficulty. Two students in Corbett’s cla...

Inside Emma Hall’s clothing line, EHallDesigns.

Ellie Vasbinder, Assistant Print Editor in Chief

April 1, 2020

What started as a hobby turned into a business; junior Emma Hall began making shirts for herself and her friends for fun, and soon realized this could become her clothing line: ehalldesigns. Using fashion inspiration from both her favorite Christian merch bands and Pinterest, she has made a clothing line in...

Senior Braden Moore receives first team all state kicker and breaks school record

Lydia Podlesak, Assistant Print Editor in Chief

March 27, 2020

50 yards is how far senior Braden Moore kicked the record breaking field goal during the Flushing Homecoming game to now hold the school title. After a record breaking season,  Moore was awarded first team all state, as one of the top three high school kickers in the state.  “It was a great a...

Tristyn Cox slices through the ice on Honeybaked hockey team

Riann Masi, Writer

February 5, 2020

Hockey is a sport played around the world by many men and women professionally or just for fun. Sophomore Tristyn Cox took up the sport at the age of six, and has been playing ever since, constantly learning new skills to improve his abilities.  “I’ve always been encouraged to skate,” Cox said. “My ne...

Eighth grader Makenzie Lawson battles leukemia

Gracie Warda, Online Editor in Chief

January 22, 2020

It is a fateful Monday when eighth grader at Andrew G. Schmidt Middle School (AGS) Makenzie (Kenzie) Lawson falls and injures her knee during gym class. She must be taken to a doctor, who will inspect the badly bruised knee. Upon blood work testing, instead of diagnosing a sprained or fractured knee, t...

Senior Sheehan Personett stars in “Much Ado About Mean Girls”

Angelina Vitarelli, Writer

December 18, 2019

Fenton High’s theater program and non-theater students pull together to put on productions several times throughout the year, which many seniors participate in. Even though she has only been involved in the theater program for three years, senior Sheehan Personett (who is in the IB theater class) has...

Sophomore Chase Gibson wins TI Calculator challenge

Sydney Bommersbach, Assistant Online Editor in Chief

November 18, 2019

Posing on the ground surrounded by a circle of calculators, sophomore Chase Gibson entered and won a fall contest put on by Texas Instruments (TI). With the help of students in his fourth-hour Biology class, who lent calculators that led to the winning photo entry.   “It started with an adve...

An introduction to the new faces you’ll see teaching your classes

Tyler Soule, Print Editor in Chief

September 13, 2019

Personality Profile: tennis coach Eugene Brackley (Woody)

Lydia Podlesak, Lifestyles Editor

May 24, 2019

Whether he is in the hallways using the zamboni, outside mowing the lawn, at the slopes of Mt.Holly or at the tennis courts coaching the teams, tennis coach Eugene Brackley—also known as Woody—- is willing to help anywhere to make the school a better place. With an energetic and goofy personality...

Junior Lydia Podlesak describes her time at Key-Leader

Lydia Podlesak, Assistant Print Editor

May 7, 2019

  Having the opportunity to be sent to Key-Leader by the Kiwanis organization was an experience I am beyond grateful for. The weekend not only gave me insight on quality leadership characteristics but ultimately taught me to step out of my comfort zone. Driving to the Faholo camp cente...

Get to know Fenton’s IB coordinator, Kelly Boike

Angelina Vitarelli, Writer

April 22, 2019

Kelly Boike, Fenton’s International Baccalaureate (IB) coordinator since the year of 2005, has numerous roles within her occupation: IB Coordinator, Extended Essay Coordinator, DEEP Coordinator and Early/Middle College Coordinator. “I’ve been an educator for 20 years, and I value lifelong learning...

Local magician brings magic and mystery into the spotlight

Tyler Soule, Sports Editor

April 18, 2019

The magician grabs his props and prepares to wow the crowd. The crowd stays hooked through each movement he does. They are trying to figure out every step of his trick, but a magician should never reveal their secrets and he has many distractions along the way. The music gets louder, quickly approaching...