Meet the Students

Clay Morris: Of Truth and Inclusivity

Photo and story by LaShenda Hudson On a cloudy day in 2018, Clay Bingham Morris was about to give a very important speech to St. Andrew’s Episcopal School’s student body. The speech, which he gave as the sermon to his school’s weekly church service, was called “Am I My Brother’s

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April Sargent: Turning Her Life Around

Photo and story by Evan Denson On the playground after lunch one day, April Sargent and her friends fought some of the girls who were bullying her. Sargent didn’t get caught while fighting the girls, therefore, she believed she had triumphed. During school, Sargent had many problems and was very

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Jaylyn Sutton: Vermont Bound

Photo and story by Madysin Bratton When Jaylyn Sutton was just a child, she and her family would go visit her Aunt Bunny in the hospital. Sutton used to read to Aunt Bunny, who had a very severe cancer. Before leaving the hospital everyday, Sutton told her aunt she loved her.

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Inajas Perry: Growing from Struggle

Photo and story by Dyahda Nolan On the first Tuesday of January 2012, Inajas Perry and her little brother were relaxing from a long busy Christmas season. While her mom and dad went back to their workday routines, Perry was left to watch her younger brother Jordan. “Its burning!” her little

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Carley Dunson: An Aspiring Teacher

Photo and story by Anthony Hawkins On November 3, Carley Dunson received a message over the intercom at school that she would not be going to after school care. To her surprise, someone would be picking her up from school that day. After school, Dunson’s father picked her up. “Where

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Octavia Mannie: Saved by JROTC

by Jacoby Grover Photo by Danyelle Tillman “Attention, right face!” the sergeant commanded”. Henry Mannie noticed his teenage daughter, Octavia Mannie, needed a little more discipline. She needed someone to show her that sometimes, things won’t go her way, and when it doesn’t go your way, it does not mean

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