Issue 8

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Pg.3 Heart without a home Pg.4 Pledges preserve purity Pg.5 Run, Kaleb, run Pg. 6 Motley Crue concert review Pg. 7 Not the kind of drama students expected

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Juniors Charae Miller, Lizzie Thomas and Latasha Porte talk to eighth graders about high school. Junior Allison O’Braza is one of 60 students who were chosen to par�cipate in IGNITE, a mentoring program for the incoming freshmen class. “IGNITE will really help students get involved in more ac�vi�es,” O’Braza said. ����� ������ �����

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������������������������������������������������������������� Tanner Buckley open new students up. “IGNITE will really help students entertainment editor After watching eighth graders struggle with the transition from middle school to high school, staff members have brought a new program into the school. The IGNITE program aims to pair high school students with eighth graders to mentor over the summer, getting them prepared for the next level. Junior Allison O’Braza is excited for the new program. “I think it can be a successful program if students take it seriously,” O’Braza said. O’Braza said the program is only in its beginning stages. “We’ve only taken part in one allday training seminar which helped us become better leaders,” O’Braza said. O’Braza said she thinks Ignite will

get involved in more activities,” O’Braza said. Junior Cody Sargent is also a mentor for Ignite. Sargent said he thinks the program may or may not work, but he hopes it is successful. “It depends on how the students handle it. You can’t make someone want to succeed in high school,” Sargent said. Sargent said he believes motivation is the key to success and hopes he can motivate younger students to do well in high school. “I think that this mentoring program will help students understand what to avoid and what it takes to be motivated in high school,” Sargent said. Teacher and coach Mike Vukovich has been a member of the Hoover staff

for two years. Vukovich is enthused about the new program. “They came and presented it to Mr. (Doug) Wheeler (principal) and I and we agreed to take it on,” Vukovich said. IGNITE is also being initiated in other metro schools including North, East and Roosevelt. Around 60 members are taking part in IGNITE at Hoover. Some students were motivated to join because of the extra credit that’s involved. “I’m sure Silver Cord (volunteer)hours and the extra credit (.25 a year) got them interested, but I truly believe that most of the mentors are enjoying this opportunity,” Vukovich said. Vukovich is hoping that IGNITEwill help impact students’ lives. “I am hoping this will help incoming freshmen get a head start on their high school experience,” Vukovich said.

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The bill hopes to create or save 3.5 million jobs over the next two years. This is based on an analysis by the Council of Economic Advisors. Obama is con�nuing to push legisla�on toward his goals of na�onaliza�on of health care and clean energy. Jobs created with money from the s�mulus package will include employments from these industries and others. Passed into law Feb. 17, the American Reinvestment transform and Recovery Act is an effort to create jobs andmulate the the economy with “the most ambi�ous effort the s� economy in our na�on’s history.” Opponents of the $789 billion s�mulus package worry that the plan is an incredible gamble with the na�on’s wellbeing. I Obama’s response was that passivity is not an op�on. “And s. addres 17 Feb. a in said he ,” happen that let refuse to Now that the bill is passed, though,

what will it ol mean for high scho students?

Seniors look forward to prom and graduation, but first money must be raised to pay for it. Senior Apajok Wal said ticket prices will inflate if fundraising fails. “If we don’t get money raised it’s going to be around $80, but if we do get enough money raised it’s going to be around $20,” Wal said. Senior Sami Ricke said the class won’t be able to raise enough money unless all students contribute. “At this point no one really knows how expensive prom and graduation is going to be, but if people aren’t doing their part to raise money it’s going to be expensive,” Ricke said. Senior Nakia Prather said she thinks there should be a junior and senior prom. “I think there should be a junior and senior prom, but just not together,” Prather said. The graduation ceremony is another costly senior event. “You should go to the graduation ceremony. Why not go and show off that accomplishment that you have overcome? Also it’s a huge chapter in your life that you done with,” Ricke said. In addition to paying for high school events, seniors also have to worry about college. “I started planning for college my junior year. I had lots of colleges in mind but just recently I decided that I want to go to Illinois State. It’s about four or five and a half hours away from here,” Ricke said. Wal said that this year seniors get to keep their caps and gowns. “I’m not sure how much the cap and gown costs. I think it depends on what type of package you get but this year we get to keep the cap and gown so however much it is, it’s worth it,” Wal said.

The bill will provide $53.6 billion to states and school districts to prevent teacher layoffs and other educa�on cuts. The package will also fund the Pell Grant, which helps millions of students afford college. Early Head Start and Head start will receive $1.1 billion and $1 billion, respec�vely, providing children with services and crea�ng 15,000 new jobs in childcare and early childhood educa�on.

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This legisla�on provides a temporary increase in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage. This is so no state has to cut eligibility for Medicaid because of budget shor�alls. It will also create “considerable state economic ac�vity, jobs, and wages,” according to the plan’s execu�ve summary.

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