Seniors Experience Their First Official ‘Skip Day’

Elizabeth Hamby, Megan Sproull and Elli Metschnabl Two Americans took our resident German exchange student to the City Museum for a day filled with fun. Elli Metschnabl had never been to it and we spent the day climbing like little kids, scuffing up our knees and sharing laughs with each other. We got a little lost in downtown St. Louis and ended up giving Elli a great view of the Arch to send ...

Kat Gniatkowski Kat Gniatkowski took the opposite approach for her day and spent the day relaxing in bed. No shame there! She played Stardew Valley and Kirby all day on her Nintendo Switch living it up in fantasy worlds. She goes on to express how much she enjoyed her day. “[It was] literally the most relaxing day I’ve had in awhile,” Gniatkowski said.  Some seniors resorted to adventure, s...

Aleigha Schnable, Carly Torbitt, Aubrey Kress, Anna Weber, and Maddie Ashlock Meeting at the City Coffee and Creperie, these girls ate together and enjoy the company of each other.  “We took pictures and ate crepes, and it was really good,” Ashlock said.  Many pictures were taken indeed with the girls each clad with cute sweaters and smiles, laughing at the camera.  “It was a gr...

Annika Pastrana  Catching up on some assignments assigned by Mr. Barnes, Annika Pastrana spent the day looking back on family photos of when she and her family were younger. Pastrana wasn’t really sure if her parents were going to let her skip but after waking up late she realized that her parents hadn’t woken her up to go to school.  For the day, she "annoyed" her parents, that are mostly work ...

Athena Widlacki, Mahathi Manikandan, and Sanjana Anand These girls enjoyed sleeping in until 11 a.m. on their senior skip day, and then caught a movie later in the day. They took advantage of the $5 Tuesday tickets at Marcus Theaters to watch the new movie "The Lost City." "I haven't been to the movies in a while so it was nice to enjoy it with friends," Widlacki said. Widlacki also talks about...

Ally Schniepp and (Liberty alum) Evan Mantz Schniepp spent the day with her boyfriend for her Senior Skip Day, and ended up going to Boulevard Park.  “[I] went to the park with my boyfriend and did a little picnic, then played on the playground,” she explained.  Mantz spoke on how beautiful and enjoyable the day was.  “The day was very fun and I enjoyed it thoroughly. We got really luck...

Cleo Mozolewski The original plan was to go to the City Museum, but after unexpectedly changing, Mozolewski decided to go on her own to the St. Louis Art Museum.  “My skip day has been fun. The people I was planning to go with decided last minute to go to school/ CAPS anyway, so I went to the STL Art Museum instead,” Mozolewski said.   Not bummed by the cancelled plans, Mozolewski enjoy...

Paige Bostic, Mollie Banstetter, Avery Schlattman Friends from the magazine staff (two editors and a reporter) enjoyed a relaxing day at a relaxing place painting pottery together. The three picked out their favorite ceramic pieces painting it with a design of their choice.  Bostic painted a cactus while Banstetter painted a bowl, and Schlattman a frame. Each piece donned a cute pattern.  ...

Kenny Henk decided to attend school because he had some things he didn’t want to miss. The senior FACS class was supposed to cook on Tuesdays but in lieu of the skip day, the cooking day was moved to Thursday thanks to Mrs. Pizzo’s generosity. Henk attended an Activism Club meeting as well after school.  “We planted a pine tree out by the raised garden beds, we also worked up the soil in...