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![Sophomore Adam Gallegos walks his first-ever runway for Dolce & Gabbana. “When I saw a picture on the Vogue website of me, [I thought] this can't be me. This can't be real,” Gallegos said. “That picture to me will always be crazy.” Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2026 Menswear Look 51 / 100
Photo by Isidore Montag, Vogue, ©Condé Nast](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/image4-e1777400235576-300x274.jpg)
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![“I care a lot about people's feelings. As a teacher, one of my favorite things is I get to meet so many students every single year. I've been teaching [for] 21 years, and that's hundreds and hundreds of students that I've gotten to meet and connect with over the years. I'm just really lucky that I kind of knew [that] in that moment I wanted to find a space where kids felt like they could make mistakes and explore new ideas.”
-Katie Storms, English Teacher](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image1-3-1062x1200.png)
![“Just get your work done, period. If you don't think you can do [it], just know yourself. If you think you can do four APS, do four APs. If you can't do four APs, then know yourself. Listen to what your body's telling you. You got to learn how, because everyone is different. I know some people, my classmates, like they're taking six APs. Listen to what it is you want to do, actually be in this stuff you're interested in. Don't just take classes because they're APs.”
-Ashley Ngo, 12](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG-3137-900x1200.jpg)
![“I think it's a really good community within the music, sports and [the] robotics [communities]. There's a lot of really great people who have a real passion [for the arts] and who really care. I'm really big in music, theater and choir. Aside from just learning the notes, rhythms and words, we connect as a choir, and we build a lot of special friendships, especially in theater. You get to meet tons of different people that you would have never met [if you hadn’t joined an extracurricular]."
-Brody Mitchell, 11](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image1-1-e1757531470501-1200x680.jpeg)
![“This would be my third year here. I would say [an] up is probably being able to work with everyone, interact with the kids, interact with the different families. I don't think there's any downs, because it's a growing environment. I really enjoy the environment, and we respect everyone.”
-Latoya Barry, Faculty](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image1-13-1200x900.jpg)
![“My favorite thing I did this summer [was when I went] to Camp Sabra, which is a sleepaway camp. [I go] for a month, and I have so much fun. I love Camp Sabra, because I feel like it's the place where you can truly be who you are, and you don't have to act any [certain] way [to] please anyone because everyone loves you just the way you are. Especially [because you are basically] living in a cabin with 12 other girls [who] you build such special bonds [with]. You're around them, 24/7, so, the most important thing is that they see you when you're at your happiest, but they also see you when you're at your lowest. Obviously, there are hard days at camp, but there's also your best days at camp, so them being there with you, the whole time, it builds up trust, and it makes every friendship so much stronger than any friendship I've ever had in the school environment.” -Livie Gordon, 9](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_7327-e1757440446355-1200x901.jpg)
![“I’d definitely say the amount of work is definitely way more [at the high school] than middle school. [That's why I really like] the Greyhound Time, where you get time to do work, and you can also go off campus. I like walking around, getting [a] change of scenery because you've been sitting all day. [Outside of school,] I'm either playing field hockey or doing homework or eating.”
- Biz York, 9](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_6091-1200x906.jpg)
![“I am passionate about cross country and running. I love the team atmosphere, and how supportive my teammates are. They always encourage me at meets, and cheer me on. Our dinners and team bondings are great. The best piece of advice I have ever received was whenever you think you are trying your hardest, you can always try harder. I apply that advice during my cross country meets because I always feel very tired and I want to quit, but I know I shouldn't, and I know I can keep going and [then] I go faster.”
- Lauren Karpman, 10](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_8652-1200x900.jpeg)
![“[Coaching] it's another way to get to know and work with kids. [It’s a] neat way to interact with students outside an academic environment on [a] sports field, so to speak. I grew up an athlete and know how difficult the game is so just understanding that how difficult the game is, I'm never gonna be upset with anybody on the team if they have a bad shot or a bad day. It’s a huge mental game. It's a game where you compete against yourself more than the other team. Understanding that helps people understand [those] who are on our team. ”
- Greg Schade, Golf Coach](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-14-4.58.10-PM.png)
![“I really enjoy that everything is fairly close. It's a fairly small district, but everything is close to each other, and it's nice that we don't have to use cars as much. A lot of things are within walking or biking distance of each other., In previous places I've lived, you've had to drive basically everywhere to get [to] places and to do stuff. It's nice to have something that feels more clean and sustainable.”
- Oliver Giammar, 9](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1757536691557.jpg)
![“I try to create an environment in my health classes where my students are connecting with each other so that they can learn more about their own health and wellness through self reflection, collaboration, sharing [and] listening to other people's experiences. It's not all coming from me, it's not just my expertise or my experience, I'm not the center of attention. Instead, they are learning things through conversations with other people.”
-Sarah Gietschier-Hartman, Health and P.E. Teacher](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_1117-e1757530827417.jpg)
![“I just love people, and I'm a people person. I get my energy from other people, and I think that we as people in general have more in common than not. And that's how I stay grounded. I just think that we have more in common than not as humans. I would tell somebody interested in becoming a school receptionist that they need to remember that this is a customer service-based job. It's really important that you focus on one person at a time and make them feel like they are the only person that you're engaging with at that moment. Even though there's a lot going on in this role, it's important to spend time with each individual and provide what it is that they're needing. You don't know what someone is going through. I think genuinely asking someone, ‘What can I do to help change their outlook on their day?’ [Sometimes] we're not really listening for the answer, but everybody's got a story.”
-Jessica Perez, CHS Receptionist](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image1-1-e1757439322534.jpg)
![“One of my favorite things about Clayton High School [that is different from Wydown and elementary school] is the amount of clubs and extracurriculars available. I do Speech and Debate, DECA and Law Review. [One thing about those] I like is spending time with people in other grades that I normally wouldn't get to spend time with [through these clubs]. I really like to spend my free time hanging out with my friends [that I met through those]. The most valuable thing I learned from a senior in Speech and Debate my freshman year was to be confident. She told me that even if I had no idea what I was doing, as long as I acted like I did and spoke with authority, I would be successful.”
-Nina Satorius, 11](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-10.39.03-AM-e1759937982124.png)
![“When I see a student getting the material, but at first they don't. But after I explain it, maybe a little differently, and they get it, that just brings a lot of joy. That's what I love about teaching. The reward of seeing them understand something that maybe they didn't before. It shocks me that such a little thing had such a big impact [on my day].”
-Adrian Kuehn, SSD Teacher](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image1-4-e1757531277553-1200x796.jpg)
![“Something fun I did over the summer was I went to Florida to see [my] family. My aunt and uncle rent[ed] a house down there for a month, and we got to go see them. We go once, [in] the summer when they go, for a month.”
-Odin Wheeler, 9](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG-2028-e1761175802726-1200x1102.jpg)
![“When I was little, I used to go over and hang out with my cousins at my grandma's house a lot. My grandma would make soup and stuff, and we'd all be sitting around a table [playing] Legos. [It's] really fun because I don't see my cousins that often anymore, since we moved, so it's always really cool when I see them. They're all there, and I'm over here in Missouri. We go back every winter. New Year's is really big in Korean families, so we always have to go back for New Year's.”
-Sadie Hong, 10](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_4800-1200x800.jpeg)
![“When I was younger, I didn't really understand the importance [and didn’t] see the value in getting better at something, because I was younger, and I didn't want to put in the work. But I think it comes with being older that you change that mentality. And I want[ed] to get better at something, and I'm actually willing to do the work. I quit when I was younger, because I was like, It's not fun anymore.”
-Adam Keller, 11](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_1010-1200x800.jpg)
![“I’ve faced some challenges during cross country, but I persevered. One day coach Crowe decided to torture us and make us run like five miles on a 95 degree weather day. I just kept running eventually, [and] I ran really slow, but I still did it. Coach Crowe, I think, saw that and appreciated it.”
-Finnegan Quinlisk, 9](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image1-15-e1757531226436-1200x938.jpg)
![“I think what's important are other people, and what we do for other people. [People should] look for opportunities to do things for other people. I pay attention to people. I listen constantly, watching and reforming my thoughts about them.” -Chris Holmes, Gifted Specialist](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2025-10-07-10.29.36-AM.png)
![“When I was going into my career, I did not want to work for the man. If you hear people talk about Gen X, I am definitely Gen X. I wanted to do something that was significant. I liked going to school. So then I was like, ‘What can I do?’ That sounds sort of like the service industry. Then my sister coached me on what kind of lifestyle [I wanted] to live?
I want to be able to move anywhere. What kind of jobs do that? Teaching and nursing. Teaching, way too hard to become a teacher. No thanks. But nursing, all right, I can do that. So then I became a nurse.”
-Lisa McDade, Nurse](https://www.chsglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image1-1-1200x900.png)