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National Honor Society
by: Danica Tate
Monday, Nov. 18, juniors and seniors were selected to apply for the National Honor Society. The academic requirement for an honor society student is to have a weighted GPA of at least a 100. Students selected must fill out an application consisting of listing jobs or work experience they have, extracurricular activities they have participated in during high school, leadership positions, community service activities, and they must ask 4 teachers to fill out a letter of recommendation.
“I feel that an honor society student is someone who shapes their future with what they have been given, unjust or not, in order to better their life,” Abigail Peohls said.
An additional application requirement was to write a one-page essay describing their philosophy of an Honor Society student and what qualities they possess that makes them deserving of being accepted.
“I believe that an “Honor Society” student is a student who honors society with their presence in the form of community service, leadership inside and outside of school, and by making everything they are a part of better, whether through actual improvements or just their presence,” Lane Stavinoha said.
Band Pre-Performance
By Nicole Espinoza
The members of the band had a pre performance on Oct. 31, where members of the community could come to watch the band run a practice show in preparation for their much anticipated competition..
This rehearsal allowed for the band members to correct and overcome any mistakes to ensure perfection and allowed everyone to catch a glimpse into the level of preparation that had been undergone by the members.
“The preparation we all took was the commitment to our practices, showing up late at night or even going on the weekends. We all showed up doing the same drills over and over again just to get a shot at making it to state.” band member Abigail Meek said.
For the musicians themselves, this pre-performance rehearsal plays a significant role in how they perform at state. The accuracy of the music and precision of their marching comes down to how well they sound and do. “I think that it wasn’t our best performance but we moved on from it and did another run down. This allowed for the mistakes to happen and helped us put our minds on what was happening.” drum major, Justine Juarez said. The pre-performance not only helped the members adjust any mistakes made ,but it also paved the way for their lead up to the grand performance at state. “The rehearsal helped us because it made us more comfortable with a large crowd of people watching us perform. It is very important that we remain calm and not show any sign of distress when we perform.” David Martinez said.
HOSA Boo Bags
By: Miley Garcia
With spooky season rolling in with the jack-o-lanterns, bats, and spiderwebs HOSA is contributing this year with their boo bags. This is their first year of doing these boo bags.
Purchase of the boo bags are only available during at their table for $2 per bag which will be used to help raise money for competitions. The bags will be distributed on Halloween during 4th period.
“The entire process of selling the boo bags is making sure enough people sign up to sell them and to make sure the buyer knows that we will deliver the bags to whoever they ordered it for,” Lilliana Martinez said.
However, this isn’t the only way HOSA helps out on their boo bags. If members aren’t able to sell they can also donate or give candy for the boo bags. Choosing the right candy though can be tough.
“Everything has gone smoothly so far for the boo bags the only hard part is choosing what candy to put in the bags since everyone likes different candy” Ainsley Kocian said.
Despite this members still find it fun to sell and chat with others who come up to buy from them. The boo bags are a way for people to make connections with others whether they are receiving the bag or are buying it.
“The most rewarding thing about being a part of the boo bags is being able to see others happy faces and just putting a smile on their face,” Addison Kieth said.
Matilda Jr. Update
By Riley Mulkey
Here is everything that has occurred and what is going on with Matilda the musical, and the show is already looking promising.
“I’m really excited about it, as we have collaborated a lot with everyone,” Mrs. Thomas, the director of the show, said. “It’s been exciting to work with the new people and I’m really looking forward to it.”
During the past 2 weeks, the musical has been focusing on the tough music, tackling music such as “The School Song,” “Revolting Children,” and “When I Grow Up”.
“I was a little nervous at first when we were working on the music, since the music is tougher than last year's musical, but they have been doing really well,” Thomas said.
The cast will now be focusing on blocking scenes now, putting what they know on the stage, choreographing hard dances. They have been working on some of the hardest songs and choreography in the musical, which is “Revolting Children” and “Miracle,” trying to take out the toughest songs to dance to so that the other songs will be a lot easier.
“The choreography is difficult at first but once you get the hang of it, it is easy,” Emma Jones said.
Tech and Crew has also been hard at work, with Tech working on the musical and cues for it and Crew getting the set ready.
“We finished painting the books for the show and I have been helping Mr. Thomas, just painting tables, working on Matilda’s bed frame now and overall have been doing good,” Benjamin Moyer said.
