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A new student section leader is needed to pump up the crowd at games as past leaders have graduated. Four candidates were selected. Votes from the student body were taken. See who the leaders of Tiger Nation will be and identify the face of the next “King of the Jungle.�
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Principal Mark Suchowski addresses FHS learning community
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of us who have been involved in education, some for just a few years, others for many, will have to examine our practices and use technology to enhance and improve our efforts on behalf of students. It will be an exciting year to be teaching and supporting the learning of students at Fenton High School. Dedicating ourselves to the difficult, creative work of teaching and learning means students will also be expected to stretch themselves and increase their capacity for using new technologies to increase their skills. Students will required to approach problems with open mindedness and increase their inquiry into course content and the ever shrinking, ever-flattening world around them. Students will be asked to take risks to challenge themselves with difficult academic coursework, athletic competition and extracurricular activities. Students will continue to be asked to care for the well being of others. Students must answer the call to contribute to their school and community, and in doing so, build themselves into knowledgeable and caring citizens. I am confident that as a learning community, all of us at FHS will find succeess in our efforts in the days and weeks ahead. With careful reflection on all the success we have achieved, and the reflection on our work in the coming year as we progress, we will become more knowledgeable and continue to find success.
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In January 1961, in his inaugural address to our nation, John F. Kennedy called the country to service: “And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for country.” Many may not know that this eloquent call was modeled after the comments of the headmaster of Kennedy’s former school, Choate. “As has often been said, the youth who loves his alma matter will always ask not ‘What can she do for me?’ but, ‘What can I do for her?” More than five decades after Kennedy thought about his school and inspired the world with his words, we should continue to follow his advice right here at Fenton High School. In the 2014-15 school year, we students, staff and administrators must continue not only to create the best possible environment for teaching and learning, but also we must continue to dedicate ourselves to the difficult, creative work of teaching and learning. This means that teachers and staff will be expected to stretch ourselves and increase our capacity for providing relevant, engaging instruction, using the new technologies our recent successful bond campaign will provide. And this will not be easy. We will have to demonstrate our patience as we grow as educators. We will have to ensure that all students thrive. All
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making out everywhere you look.” Students not only want want to see rules enforced but crave to see electives added to the current course offereings. Elective courses offer students the experience to choose their own path of study. The number of classes requried by the state of Michigan for students to graduate limits the number of electives they can take. However, students still desire more diverse options to expand their learning experience. “I would like to see more AP electives,” junior Sylvia Stack said. “It would give students the opportunity to earn college credit in other ways than through IB classes.” Along with more elective courses, students also want to see more clubs available. While sports may consume the lives of many, others spend their time after school in various organized clubs. Key Club, National Honor Society and Student Council complete work to better the community, but more clubs focusing on specific hobbies and interests are wanted. “There should be clubs such as dodgeball or guitar club,” junior Jake Lee
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From new electives to strict enforcement of rules, students convey a school wish list In Barack Obama’s most recent inaugural address he said to our country, “My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it, so long as we seize it together.” Whether you are a returning senior or a freshman new to campus, or anyone inbetween, work together to rise above challenges you will face this year. “I expect high school to be a challenge but at the same time I think it will be the time of my life,” freshman Kyle Lull said. “I know I will have bad experiences and I am nervous, but I am ready.” By the time they begin their freshman year, students have spent as many as 11,754 hours of their lives in school. Students see that not everything about their school is perfect and are speaking to initiate change to make all of those hours worthwhile. “I want a stronger enforcement of rules to make sure everything is organized,” junior McKenzie Dicks said. “People do not follow parking rules or PDA rules at school and it can really become annoying. When adults drop off their kids in the wrong spots, it causes cars to pile up. It is also irritating when people are
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said. “It gives people who are interested in other things besides sports an opportunity to pursue their interests.” The social aspect of clubs is carried over from after school activities into the school day with lunch. Lunch is one of sophomore Ben Wood’s favorite parts of the day. It is a time to relax, eat and socialize with friends. Despite the success of lunch room sales, some students would like to see changes to school lunches including the possibility of an open campus policy. “I would like to see a different variety of snacks, like Jello,” Wood said. “Sometimes there are days where I do no not like the food at lunch and it would be awesome if I could go off campus to a place like Taco Bell.” Students are active in voicing the need for change. As a school community we represent a diverse set of desires and goals, ranging from student perspective to the perspective of the faculty. As students we must collectively strive to accomplish goals in order make a more productive future. The new year has begun and this gives rise to new opportunities for change and improvement.
“I want a stronger enforcement of rules to make sure everything is organized. People do not follow parking rules or PDA rules at school and it can really become annoying.” -Junior McKenzie Dicks
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The Pros and Cons of Year-Round Schooling Children have had a summer vacation since agricultural living was the norm, breaking from school to assist their families during one of the busiest times for farming. Now, some are calling for a change, where the traditional school year is replaced by an even cycle of 45 days in school and 15 days on break.
Prisoners of the Traditional School Year
School Isn’t Just for the Fall Anymore
Why sitting on the beach is more fun then sitting at a desk in the summer. Carly Riggs
Kids and adults alike are getting home from work and school. They run into bed or hop on the couch for some much needed relaxation. However one phrase can stop them dead in their tracks….year round school. Thoughts of a summer ruefully slashed in half or even worse hot muggy days spent sticking to an uncomfortable desk raise the question, why have year round schooling? Multi-track or year round schooling does not add more days to the school year, it just simply spreads out the school year. However the spread out days cut directly into the summer months that we love so much. Many teachers like the idea of year round school for many reasons, one of the main reasons is because students tend to forget material during their summer. Even if the break was shortened from two months to a month students, would still forget things from school; it’s difficult to remember everything we learn. In Michigan, there are few a schools with a year-round system, most are elementary schools. One reason why this system is more prevalent with
Year-round school is a suitable substitute for traditional schooling. PHOTOS BY Makenzie Cool
elementary schools may be the issue of students’ summer jobs. Summer months are about fun, and the words fun and gas money usually go together. With school still in session, summer job opportu-
would have to be put in. As days get warmer, Fenton High also gets warmer inside the classrooms which means that more money would have to be put into getting air conditioning being installed throughout the Traditional School Year building. Even with air conditioning, no one wants to show up to school in jeans and T-shirts when it’s 85 to 90 degrees outside. summer Girls and guys alike will want to wear what is comfortable: shorts and tank top, which could possibly be dress code School Vacation violations with the lengths of nities would be much smaller the shorts or the width of the due to the fact that some jobs tops. would be going on during the Along with all of the school day, like lifeguarding at previously noted inconthe beach. veniences, the biggest one Year-round school is more would be the fact that kids expensive for the school to won’t want to go to school maintain than traditional during the summer months. school. Michigan might not If too many students are have the hottest summers, but absent, the day will not count warm days are frequent. In and it would need to be made order to have school during up during one of the shorter the summer, air conditioning 15-day breaks.
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Summer ends, school starts, and students ask, “We’re supposed to know this still?” With the way school in the United States currently operates, students are very likely to forget things during their three-month summer break. The obvious solution is to rearrange the school year into what has become known as year-round education (YRE). In his 2014 State of the State address, Governor Rick Snyder proposed a program to help move schools from the traditional three-month summer schedule to yearround schooling, making the possibility of YRE more real as the needs of schools change from needing a harvest season to needing a way to help stop the loss of knowledge during summer break. Duke University Professor Harris Cooper conducted a research study to show how cutting a summer program would affect students. He found that students lost a possible one to three months of learning in math at worst and had little to no academic growth at best. By reducing the amount of time students are given between school years, the amount of forgot-
ten material from the previous year will reduce, giving more time for learning and requiring less time for reviewing. There are programs like summer school available to offer help to students who are struggling in academics, but
ing the school year also offer another opportunity: flexible vacation time. No longer would students have to miss two weeks of school just to hit the prime time for a special vacation, giving families the option to travel throughout the year. Many Balanced School Year might argue that the different schedule would have repercussions on sports and students summer who hold a job. There are many sports practices during the summer of a traditional school year; School Vacation scheduling practices over breaks would students cannot immediately not be any different than apply what they learn to their summer practices, and lots of studies like they could in YRE. students have jobs throughout Frequent breaks during the the school year in traditional YRE year would give those schooling, there would be no who need extra help more difference in YRE. opportunity to apply their Education is changing. extra practice to their main Year-round education is a new education right away instead idea that needs to be put in of waiting a month to begin place to keep improving the learning again. learning ability of students and These added breaks dursecure a better future.
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“I am most worried about not having classes with my friends. I have a couple of really close friends that I hope I get most of my classes with. Only one of my best friends is planning on taking honors classes with me.” -Freshman Alyssa Golden
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“You have eight chances at getting at least one class with your friends. Even if you don’t there is a big chance you will get lunch with them. At last resort, you can talk to them between classes. If you guys are good friends, everything will work out; high school isn’t as scary as it is made out to be.” -Sophomore Logan Carter
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“No worries. I am going to be a senior next year. I know our class is pretty nice and accepting. However, if you’re a freshman you don’t even really talk to seniors. As long as you don’t bother the seniors; they wont bother you.” -Senior Paige Dean
“I am winging it wh en high school, so I am I get to not really worried about anyt hing, especially because I kn ow few people at the hi quite a gh school because of my olde r brother. I don’t see why you sh afraid of something ould be you will have to go through with no matter what.” -Freshman Molly Fe
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The First of the Next Four Years
The importance of freshman year is not limited to learning the social rules and standards of high school, but also expands into academics and preparing for CAITLIN HEENAN
Will someone throw me into a trash can or shove me into a locker? Will I get lost and be late to every class for the rest of my life? What if I don’t make any friends or everyone thinks I’m really weird? How do the lunch lines work? I hope none of my teachers give homework on the first day. The fears of entering high school as a freshman are not limited to social concerns, but expand into academics, as grades and grade point averages count toward the future. “Because of graduation requirements, students need to be aware of what it takes and what courses are needed to be on track to graduate, especially in math and English, “ Principal Mark Suchowski said. “Good study habits help students in utilizing all of the great programs and classes offered in addition to establishing themselves in ninth and tenth grade as exceptional students.” Preparing students for success in high school is started by the counselors in the high school before the freshman walk through the door. “In eighth grade, we have students work on their EDP (Educational Development Program), get them used to using SRT time wisely and just before school starts in the fall, we have orientation night, where all of the departments try to create an impact on the students,” counselor Elizabeth Elsesser said. “We try to establish that they are preparing for not just the freshman year, but for the next four years.” The effect of this preparation can sometimes be lost on a crowd focused on the social aspects of high school instead of academic concerns.
“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink,” counselor Cathy Utter said. “We can give students the tools to start planning for the future, but often times the tools we give are not well received. Maturation is an issue with this sometimes. Hormones have an impact on the maturation process and an emphasis on social factors limit the responsiveness of middle schoolers further.” The knowledge that should be taken from preparation done by teachers, counselors and administrators to prepare students for the future do not exclude planning for college and the far future. “Freshman year counts,” Utter said. “That message needs to be clear when those students hit our doors in the fall. But planning for college is important as well. We start the junior and senior year with Financial Aid Night, but we need to start with parents earlier and make sure they are aware of all of the options available for their children.” College may be farther away for freshman than it is for juniors and seniors, but preparation is emphasized in every step through high school “It is scary to think about going into the real world, but it is less stressful when students are on track,” Suchowski said. “Students don’t need to graduate knowing what they want to be or what career they want, but have the skill sets to use in the future. We don’t want anyone saying, ‘I wish I would have taken this class and this class in high school’. We want people to say, ‘I’ve learned so much and know how I’m going to use what I’ve learned to be successful.’”
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High School:
HOW IT WORKS Milestones for each class are highlighted by students with experiences from those grades
Top photo: Senior Nathan Brown Top Right: Juniors Sylee Kiran and Kate Lewendowski Middle Right: Sophomore Chase Moon Middle: Fenton Alum Ally Reisch Left: Juniors Brooklyn Mathews and Hannah Kirshman
SHEALYN MANDLE
Freshmen
Take My Advice
• High school is not how it is portrayed in the movies and TV shows; do not look to your television for advice.
• Time to get behind the wheel and dom is within your fingers.
• Last year, you were the biggest fish in the pond, now
you have swam into the ocean; everyone is older and has more experience remember this when swimming with the bigger fish.
• That big hallway doesn’t mean you have room to walk any direction you want. Walk on the right side and walk with the crowd. • Do not blow off freshman year and mark it as unimportant. This year is given to you as a transition from childhood to adolescence; what was tolerated last year might not be this year, the same goes for every year to come.
Juniors • High school is half way
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Make a good first impression. You have more freedom than in middle school but academically it is harder. The high school isn’t as confusing as you think it is; you’ll find your way around after a few days. Try to make friends with the upperclassmen.
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• Congrats! You are now cool enough to go to
prom.
• Girls you can now participate in the POWDER
PUFF game!
ACT; you should do as much as you can starting now. Including devoting SRT time to use the method test prep website. • If you haven’t started studying for the
• You’re NOT freshmen anymore, but you aren’t upperclassmen yet either- keep that in mind.
Take My Advice
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Do your homework and don’t put it off; especially the MYP project- you should start that in October when it’s assigned. Don’t miss out on school functions like choir concerts and sport events. People won’t think of you as a little kid anymore but you should still try to be mature.
• If you messed up your freshman year, it is important to improve now. No more finding answers to all your homework online! Your teachers now expect you to tRy. •
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- Junior Isabelle McIntosh
Seniors
Take My Advice
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• Even if you think you won’t have
Senioritis
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• If there’s no homework due tomorrow, there is always the MYP project to be doing and you will usually always have something to work on.
• You are now the
• AP, IB, ACT oh my!
GPA
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- Sophomore Jarett Smith
Take My Advice
Remember how you messed up your freshman year? Colleges will be looking at your accumulative
Sophomores
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The biggest educational event this year is the ACT. Make sure you actually study for it because you don’t want to keep retaking it. Also, keep up your grades because colleges will be looking at you this year.
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- Senior Haley Orlowski
• Waiting for that letter from the college
determining your future will be a daily struggle. • It’s time to put your big boy pants on; you’ll be
in the real
• This is your
world in less than a year.
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everything- dances, sporting events, music or theatre performancesdon’t take them for granted.
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It’s hard to maintain a right mind toward school with all of the outside distractions; it is so important to make your last year count. Go to Panera with a group of friends to study, take breaks frequently to not stress out, but just enough to keep you level headed.
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“King of the
Jungle”
LOGAN PALMER
The leader of the student section, or the “King of the Jungle”, needs to be fearless during spirit week, attend every home and away game, pump up crowds of all ages and be able to “stir that soup.” A poll via twitter was taken to choose the King 20% of votes
“I should be elected to this position (“King of the Jungle”) because the leader gets to stand in the front and girls flock there so it would give me a chance to be close to them while also leading. I think I can do this well with my encouraging emotional side, while also bringing a little spicy attitude to the table.”
KNOX KERANEN “I have a dream that our school will have the best student section in the Milky Way. To do this we need hypeness, responsibility and unity. I think I can bring all of this to the table if I was elected leader. Also, I am the best chef and I talk to girls sometimes. There is nothing “skateboarding” about a lame student section and I will make sure we don’t have a lame student section.”
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BRADY HOCEVAR “My name is Brady, and I like to party. I think that says enough about me to decide who the true “King of the Jungle” should be. Well, I’ve never actually been to a party, but I have seen a couple movies that took place at a party scene, so I know a little. But if our school votes for me I guarantee I will rule the jungle like… like a guy who rules the jungle. P.S. I can cook better than anyone because I worked at a restaurant once.”
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of votes
CAITLIN HEENAN AND SHEALYN MANDLE
“I am loud and proud of my school and I am not afraid to look stupid. I am confident and love being a Tiger. I am the youngest contestant, but I am ready because I am able to go to every game; I even schedule work around all the games. I have faith in my class and also I won Just Dance at a pep rally. If I become the next “King of the Jungle” I will go all out on theme nights and ensure not only my entire class, but the whole school, is up on its feet and cheering for our beloved Fenton Tigers.”
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Getting Sporty RILEY WILSON
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At the varsity soccer game, sophomore Justin Beemer kicks a soccer ball down the field. “I love playing soccer because, I’m constantly moving and doing something on the field; there is no standing around or waiting between plays like other sports,” Beemer said. “I like the challenge of always having to be alert on the field.”
2. Senior Neelesh Peddireddy follows through his stroke, watching the ball land in the court. “Tennis tryouts started at 9 a.m., when we played challenge matches to be set our lineup,” Peddiereddy said. “The team is looking to have a pretty good year. Although we graduated a lot of seniors, we have the potential to win Metros.”
3. Being dowsed with ice water at Meet the Team, Athletic Di-
rector Mike Bakker brings awareness to ALS. “I did not have all of the story on ALS and who exactly Pete Frates was until I saw a story on ESPN,” Bakker said. “I thought members of our school might not know as well and really benefit from this experience.”
4. Shaking water off of himself after the ice bucket challenge, junior Kobe Lookebill gathers with his team. “The team’s ice bucket challenge was cold,” Lookebill said. “It was one of the most exciting team bonding experiences we’ve had.”
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