Opinion: Life360 allows parents to keep an eye on their children

Natily Hall, Writer

January 22, 2020

Life360, which is an app where family members can track each other, has acquired a lot of positive and negative opinions from children and parents. Some believe it allows parents to be overprotective or just plain creepy. Yet, considering how often kids leave their houses, the bad results are endless. Th...

Opinion: Life360 is not beneficial for parents and children

Hannah Young, Online Editor

January 22, 2020

Being a parent in today’s day and age is using technology to monitor their kids’ activity. Nowadays, parents are using methods such as Life360 and Find My Friends to monitor their childrens’ location when not at home. Sometimes tracking can do more harm than good when it comes to the relationsh...

Amber’s All About Fashion: Information about Christian Louboutin

January 9, 2020

For this installment of Amber’s All About Fashion, I’ll be discussing everything Chrisitan Louboutin Paris. Louboutin’s (pronounced Loo-boo-tan) shoes have been worn by tons of celebrities on the red carpet lately. Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like I’ve been noticing the red soles more tha...

The Better of Music: Apple Music, Amazon Music or Spotify?

Hannah Young, Online Editor

December 30, 2019

With such a variety of music streaming platforms, it can be difficult to find the best one. What platform is right for creating playlists, listening to the radio and enjoying the tens of millions of songs available? Find out below which one is right for you.  Apple Music Apple Music is one of the top mu...

Prom 2020 will be located on a boat

Sydney Bommersbach, Assistant Online Editor in Chief

December 26, 2019

Planning for the Prom of 2020 began immediately after the successful ‘Night in Paris’ on May 23, 2019. While the venue switched multiple times from Genesys to I-59 West, it has finally been settled that this year’s Prom will be held on the Detroit Princess Riverboat on May 2, 2020.  “The ide...

Why Fenton High no longer offers Home Economics

Cameron Carlson, Writer

December 20, 2019

Schools all around the country have gotten rid of Home Economics classes–a staple elective in most schools during the early twentieth century—because of budget cuts. Some schools kept the course and renamed it Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS), others are getting Home Ec. back, and some may not...

Records broken by the 2019 Girls Swim Team

Sydney Bommersbach, Assisstant Online Editor in Chief

December 18, 2019

The 2019 Girls Swim Team broke six school records at the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Girls Swim and Dive state competition on Nov. 22 and 23. Two of the new records were set by relays, and the other four new records were set by sophomore Grace Olsen. ...

Fenton Fire Hall cools down the dining experience

Anna Weigle, Writer

December 16, 2019

As downtown Fenton comes into view, the winter lights shine and the big Christmas tree is hard to miss as the Millpond goes around the corner. Another notable aspect downtown is the Fire Hall restaurant’s igloos.  Fire Hall manager Max Fast, believes that the aesthetic of the igloos keeps peop...

School lunches change under the Trump administration

Cameron Carlson, Writer

December 6, 2019

As of May, 2017, the Trump administration planned to relax the former Obama-era regulations on school lunches; the new ones were enacted that July. Since then, schools and communities have experienced the effects of the new regulations. These effects, however, have created controversy that is spreading a...

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...

How Fenton High School is going to improve the district

Emmy Johnson, Writer

November 15, 2019

Fenton Area Public Schools (FAPS) are adding improvements to its schools. Through recent years FHS has made it a top priority to ensure their students receive an education that’ll push them to reach success criteria, including new teaching materials for the Social Studies Department and receiving new te...

Fenton High Adrenaline Dance Team takes first place

Sydney Bommersbach, Assisstant Online Editor in Chief

November 11, 2019

Sitting on the gym floor in a circle, the 15 members of the Fenton High Adrenaline Dance Team hold hands with their heads down, waiting to hear the results of the varsity hip-hop group division. Starting backward from fifth place, they cheered with excitement when the MC announced Fenton High School in ...