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Claire Lowder

Claire Lowder, Opinions Editor

Claire Lowder, senior, is the Opinions Editor for the Messenger. This will be her second year on staff. Outside of writing, she enjoys shopping, reading, hanging out with friends, and listening to vinyls on her record player, especially Phoebe Bridgers.

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MHS students should expect a change in lunch schedules for the 24-25 school year. Next year, instead of four lunch shifts, there will be three. “I like the three lunch shift idea because on A-Days there is such an imbalance of classes and we always end up doing something in fourth hour that the other classes don’t get to,” Sen said.

MHS Alters 24-25 Lunch Shift Schedule

Aubrey Lacavich and Claire Lowder
April 19, 2024
Many teachers use surveys such as the one pictured at the start of a course so they know students' preferred pronouns. A proposed Missouri bill would make it a felony for teachers to support students in social transitioning, including the use of pronouns other than the students' assigned pronoun at birth.

[Photo] Editorial Board: Staff Shouldn’t Be Punished for Supporting Students

Editorial Board
April 15, 2024
Before voters left the voting area they could pause to take a selfie to post on social media.

Rhomberg, Milligan Win Rockwood School Board Election

Elliott Jorgensen and Claire Lowder
April 3, 2024
Mathew Dupree, senior, discusses job opportunities with representatives from Pro Pool, a swimming pool service company.

MHS Hosts Job Fair for Students

Aiden Burkhardt and Claire Lowder
March 11, 2024
Katelyn Skiles and Addison Risenhoover, sophomores, introduce themselves during the first Girls United meeting. The first meeting had 15 attendees and was dedicated to getting to know each other.

Sophomores Establish Girls United Club

Claire Lowder, Opinions Editor
February 7, 2024
Anna Speaker, registrar, hopes to see a more fluent schedule change process with the new procedure. “Unfortunately, this caused students to come in and change their schedules two, three, four or five times,” Speaker said. “They would change it and change it again which is a huge workload on the counselors.”

MHS Implements New Schedule Change Procedure

Aubrey Lacavich and Claire Lowder
December 6, 2023
Students work in their Spanish 3 class with teacher Jocelyn Nebel Theiss.

RSD Implements New Four-Year Course Selection Process

Luke Graves and Claire Lowder
November 15, 2023
Randall Ray, custodial head, cleans tables along with other members of the custodial and lunch staffs between lunches. A shortage of custodial workers has prompted the district to pursue hiring students before and after school to help clean the building.

RSD to Hire Students, Teachers for Custodial Positions

David Moss, Anvi Talyan, and Claire Lowder
October 12, 2023
Senior Brady Payne and juniors Henry Chen and Jacob Yn poor drinks to pass out to the 55 students who attended Oktoberfest in the Flex Room during the second mod of Ac Lab on Tuesday. The event was a collaboration between the German Club and the Geography Club.

Clubs Collaborate to Offer Oktoberfest During Ac Lab

Aubrey Lacavich and Claire Lowder
October 11, 2023
The instrument known as the guitar today is thousands of years old with a rich history of musical success and interest.

[Photo] Teacher, students share journeys to learn guitar

Emily Chien, A&E Editor
September 20, 2023
Charlotte Qin, senior, met with Paula Ake, college and career counselor, during seventh hour on Tuesday, Sept. 19, to ask questions about sending transcripts to colleges. Students can also meet with college counselors during Ac Lab.

College Center hosts Ac Lab workshops

Claire Lowder, Opinions Editor
September 20, 2023
Officers from MTC traveled to Jefferson City this weekend for the Missouri Thespian Leadership Conference. They received Honors status in the International Thespian Society. “It shows that all of our hard work has paid off,” said Mathers.

MTC receives Honors for International Thespian Society

Claire Lowder and Aubrey Lacavich
September 11, 2023
Frau Kimberly Hotze teaches students in a combined class of German 2 and 3. This will be Hotze’s last year teaching, as she is retiring to pursue other passions. She has taught German at MHS for 31 years.

MHS’ Last Original Teacher Retires

Justin Small and Claire Lowder
May 22, 2023
The girls water polo team warms up for their game versus Lindbergh on Thursday, April 6. The team will take on Parkway North for the second time this season in the district semi-final on Wednesday, May 10.

Girls Water Polo Prepares for District Semifinal

Claire Lowder and Annabelle Miller
May 8, 2023
House Bill 253, led by Republican Representative Brad Pollitt, passed with a narrow vote of 85-69.

Students, Staff Speak On Possible Open Enrollment

Claire Lowder, Staff Reporter
April 19, 2023
Ahead of the release of their first studio album, indie band boygenius released 4 tracks. The full album is set to be released on Mar. 31. Album cover from Interscope Records. Picture by Harrison Whitford.

Claire’s Catalog: “The Record” by Boygenius

Claire Lowder, Staff Reporter
March 28, 2023
MHS serves as a polling location during elections. Eligible voters are encouraged to vote in the April election.

MHS Teachers Push Accessible Voter Registration for Students

Annie Alcorn and Claire Lowder
March 3, 2023
After the COVID-19 pandemic, academic dishonesty reached new heights, with teachers and staff reporting different methods and new technologies for cheating. With the return of in-person school, making changes to the district policy regarding academic dishonesty was reignited in Rockwood Learning Council (RLC).

RLC Re-Evaluates Academic Dishonesty Policy

Parker Brandt and Claire Lowder
February 27, 2023
28-year-old California native Phoebe Bridgers has released two solo albums among various singles since 2015 with 8.7 million monthly listeners on Spotify. Album covers from Dead Oceans.

Claire’s Catalog: Phoebe Bridgers

Claire Lowder, Staff Reporter
February 22, 2023
After school on Tuesday, Feb. 13, girls swim & dive practices for their upcoming State competition. The team will compete at State this weekend on Feb. 16-17.

Swim Offers Leadership Opportunities, Friendships

Claire Lowder and Jack Cason
February 15, 2023
Kahan says his biggest inspirations include Hozier, Mumford & Sons, and The Lumineers.

Album Review: Stick Season by Noah Kahan

Claire Lowder, Staff Reporter
January 10, 2023
Pamphlet advertising the FBLA basketball game in a classroom.

FBLA Student vs Staff Basketball Game Returns

Claire Lowder, Staff Reporter
December 12, 2022
Students and staff participated in MHS' annual blood drive this past Monday. Located in our gym, donors were able to request a specific appointment time that coincided with their schedules.

Students, Staff Reflect On Annual Blood Drive

Parker Brandt and Claire Lowder
September 15, 2022
Izzy Imig won 27.6% of the votes, while Jessica Clark was a close second with 23.8% of the votes.

RSD BOE Results: Voters Elect Imig & Clark

Claire Lowder, Staff Reporter
April 7, 2022
Matthew Del Pizzo, history teacher, often spends Ac Lab reviewing material with his AP World History students.

Jonathan Pirrello, sophomore, often spends Ac Lab practicing guitar.

MHS Students and Staff Reflect On Ac Lab

Claire Lowder, Staff Reporter
March 1, 2022
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