The CHIEF May 2026
| CHIEF | 1 |
| The | 1 |
| MAY, 2026 | 1 |
| PONTIAC TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL | 1 |
| UPPERCLASS ACTS | 1 |
| PTHS MUSIC AND SPORTS UPDATES | 1 |
| BYE BYE TO THE THE CHIEF | 2 |
| STUDENT COUNCIL UPDATE | 3 |
| BY KAISHA EVANS | 3 |
| TEACHER INTERVIEW: MS. MCELROY BY LAILA BEKIROVSKI | 5 |
| BY MADY HERKE | 6 |
| RECIPE | 6 |
| HOBBY SHOWCASE | 7 |
| BY TAYLOR HENSON | 7 |
| MEET A POET: WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY | 8 |
| BY REESE WEHRI | 8 |
| “INVICTUS” | 8 |
| OUT OF THE NIGHT THAT COVERS ME, BLACK AS THE PIT FROM POLE TO POLE, I THANK WHATEVER GODS MAY BE FOR MY UNCONQUERABLE SOUL. | 8 |
| IN THE FELL CLUTCH OF CIRCUMSTANCE I HAVE NOT WINCED NOR CRIED ALOUD. UNDER THE BLUDGEONINGS OF CHANCE MY HEAD IS BLOODY, BUT UNBOWED. | 8 |
| BEYOND THIS PLACE OF WRATH AND TEARS LOOMS BUT THE HORROR OF THE SHADE, AND YET THE MENACE OF THE YEARS FINDS, AND SHALL FIND, ME UNAFRAID. IT MATTERS NOT HOW STRAIT THE GATE, HOW CHARGED WITH PUNISHMENTS THE SCROLL, I AM THE MASTER OF MY FATE: I AM THE CAPTAIN OF MY SOUL. | 8 |
| FUN | 9 |
| Fact | 9 |
| : HOW TALL IS THE EIFFEL TOWER? | 9 |
| BY CAITLIN FUHR | 9 |
| PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY KNOWN STRUCTURES IN THE WORLD IS THE EIFFEL TOWER, LOCATED IN PARIS, FRANCE. DURING THE SUMMER, THIS TOWERING MONUMENT, 1,803 FEET TALL, EXPANDS TO EVEN GREATER ALTITUDES. AS THE SUN HEATS, THE IRON OF THE TOWER EXPANDS, GIVING THE EIFFEL TOWER AN EXTRA SIX TO SEVEN INCHES IN LENGTH. WHEN TEMPERATURES PLUMMET THE STRUCTURE RETURNS BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL STATURE. EVEN THOUGH THE EIFFEL TOWER ADJUSTS TO THE WEATHER AROUND IT, THESE CHANGES ARE NOT VISIBLE TO ANY TOURISTS. THIS IS ALL THANKS TO THE ENGINEERS BEHIND THE STRUCTURE, WHO PLANNED FOR THERMAL EXPANSION. OVERALL, THE EIFFEL TOWER HAS MANY QUIRKS THAT GO UNSEEN! | 9 |
| IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, A REPLICA OF THE EIFFEL TOWER UNDERGOES VERTICAL EXPANSION AS WELL DUE TO THE SCORCHING SUN. STANDING AT 540 FEET TALL, LESS THAN HALF THE ORIGINAL TOWER’S HEIGHT, THE VEGAS MONUMENT ALSO DEVELOPS A SLIGHT TILT AWAY FROM THE SUN AND SWAYS IN THE WIND BY UP TO SEVEN CENTIMETERS. | 9 |
| JEFF BUCKLEY’S ONLY OFFICIAL STUDIO ALBUM, TITLED GRACE AND RELEASED IN 1994, IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE. BUCKLEY’S LIVE PERFORMANCES OF HIS SONGS ON GRACE, LIKE “LOVER, YOU SHOULD’VE COME OVER," IS UNMATCHED TO ANY OTHER SONG I’VE HEARD BEFORE. HIS VOICE IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE CAN NEVER BE MATCHED; IT IS SOMETHING SO RAW AND BEAUTIFUL. HIS PERFORMANCES AND HIS GENERAL LOVE FOR LIFE IS SOMETHING SO SPECIAL AND UNIQUE THAT WILL NEVER BE MATCHED BY ANYONE ELSE, AND THAT IS SHARED THROUGHOUT HIS SONGS ON GRACE. THE RAW EMOTION SHARED THROUGHOUT THE ALBUM, THE NOTES HE HITS IN “CORPUS CHRISTI CAROL,” AND THE MEANING BEHIND “FORGET HER” ARE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO HIS MUSIC. BUCKLEY’S MUSIC REALLY BECAME POPULAR AFTER HIS PASSING, WHICH IS SO SAD BECAUSE HE NEVER GOT TO EXPERIENCE HIS MUSIC BEING LOVED. I HONESTLY GIVE THIS ALBUM 5/5 STARS. I’LL LEAVE YOU WITH MY FAVORITE LINE FROM ONE OF HIS SONGS ON GRACE: “IT’S NEVER OVER”- JEFF BUCKLEY, 1966-1997. | 10 |
| Upperclass Acts | 11 |
| HENRY DEYOUNG | 11 |
| Upperclass Acts | 12 |
| MADELYNN GRAMPP | 12 |
| Upperclass Acts | 13 |
| BRYNN NICOLE RUNYON | 13 |
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