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Senior Assassin
Kamryn Samlalsingh, Associate Editor • April 24, 2024

Senior Assassin is a non school affiliated activity that seniors create and play. The game consists of water guns, goggles, and life 360.  Senior Austin Drury is the manager for the game. He said this role...

Rockwood choirs tackle The Big Apple
Julia Worley, Website Editor • April 23, 2024

The “concrete jungle where dreams are made of,” hosted choir students during the first week of April. More than 130 students from all four Rockwood high schools (15 from Summit) traveled to New York...

Shooting threats made to district high schools
Mary Corkery, Editor-In-Chief • April 23, 2024

On April 20, a threat to Rockwood School District high schools was called in directly to the University City Police Department. The caller still has not been identified, but police investigations are still...

New and Improved: The 2024 Cardinals
Emery Gregston, Sports Editor • April 24, 2024

After the 2023 season of the Cardinals, many fans were extremely upset with manager Oliver Marmol. Most...

Silver Stars Takes Fifth at Nationals
Silver Stars Takes Fifth at Nationals
Johanna Kruyne, of Talon Staff • April 3, 2024

The Silver Stars made program history by being the first varsity team to qualify for Finals at the National...

Before their competition, the cheerleading team pose near the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. The Falcons competed at their first-ever National competition on Feb. 10.
Cheer takes on Nationals for the first time
Brice Davis, Of The Talon staff • April 3, 2024

On Feb. 8, the cheer team went to Nationals for the first time in program history. The team went to Disney...

New and Improved: The 2024 Cardinals
Emery Gregston, Sports Editor • April 24, 2024

After the 2023 season of the Cardinals, many fans were extremely upset with manager Oliver Marmol. Most St. Louisans believe that after the tragedy of last season, Marmol should not be coming back for...

Everyday students run to their cars at 3:17 in hopes of getting home before the parking lot traffic. Junior Tejus Krishnan sprints to his car amongst other students.
Summit's parking lot epidemic
Raghed Hadi, Photo Editor • April 3, 2024

Our school parking lot strays away from the normal high school lot. While other high school students may hang around the halls after school to socialize, Falcons rush to their cars. Some may say this is...