“Crescendo” is a musical term that describes the escalation of sound and passion in music to build suspense. Because of their love for literature, juniors Grace Wallace, Riley Majzun, Paige Overton and Emily Lesorogol revived Crescendo, Ladue’s former literary magazine. The idea is still in its preliminary stages, but they want to give the magazine a new name, which is still under deliberation, and a facelift. After spending time planning the website and print magazine, Crescendo aims to showcase a wide variety of student writing.

“We are planning on creating an online literary magazine which publishes short stories, poems, essays, and other types of writing. Students will be able to send us their submissions,” Wallace said. “Everyone deserves to have their voice heard. We have so many interesting people in our school and I can’t wait to read the submissions.”

The magazine will be published monthly, initially by the group of four juniors and then hopefully by more students. They want to provide a platform for students who want to write for an audience interested specifically in themes regarding high school lives. Motivated by their enthusiasm, English teacher Janet Duckham eagerly agreed to sponsor Crescendo in its publication.

“The new literary magazine is currently planning its premiere. The group will be putting together an online publication that will provide students with an opportunity to publish their writing and share their voices,” Duckham said. “They are thinking that each month will feature a theme and that the magazine will include genres like poetry, fiction & non-fiction, photography and visual art.”

With all the themes that are provided, the magazine hopes the publication will start conversation and increase a sense of community. The team of four are carefully planning for the magazine’s premier and are excited to finally publish it.

“We want to write about real issues students experience all the time without expressing it,” Overton said. “None of us are alone and hopefully this would be an outlet to come together with people you normally wouldn’t think you’d be able to relate you.”