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VICTORY AT THE BIG HOUSE The Fenton Tigers defeated the Brandon Blackhawks on August 24 in their season opener. See page 7 for more.
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Eight teachers to test a new series of 75 inch computer monitors
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Since the passing of a public bond in the district four years ago, Fenton Schools has undergone a technological transformation. The money awarded to the district has been used to install updated models of computers and software in various increments over the course of eight years. This school year, using what remains of the 11.3 million dollars first allocated in 2014, FHS is introducing a fleet of 75 inch SonicView computer monitors to be used in various classrooms throughout the building. “The monitors were purchased to allow a small group of teachers to pilot them, with the goal of evaluating them for future purchase on a larger scale,” Technology Director Kevin Powers said. “The next series of funds we receive are being used for classroom audio visual upgrades district-wide. Allowing teachers to pilot this technology ahead of time
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USING THE NEW SonicView computer monitors, students and faculty can access the internet or turn the apparatus into a digital whiteboard, allowing for collaborative learning techniques. will allow the district to make good decisions when planning next year’s bond deployment.” Staff members receiving the monitors to use in their classrooms was contingent on them filling out a proposal, in which they outlined how the monitors would be utilized in their classrooms in order to further the educational process. Eight teachers are testing them out. “Anderson, Grady, Gregory, Shurat, Mead, and Bunka each have one
mobile display in their classroom now,” Powers said. “Other teachers, like Miller and Gilbert, have three mobile displays in their classrooms. The displays are unified so that the information displayed on one is displayed on all three. Gilbert can also allow each of them to become a digital whiteboard for students to collaborate on math problems.” These monitors will allow for both teachers and students to teach and learn in a more hands-on setting.
Budget cuts, some students hear these words and think that the school is cutting programs, teachers and even changing how the school day works. But when Superintendent Adam Hartley and Executive Director of Finance and Personnel Doug Busch hear these words, they think of small things that can be changed or eliminated in order for the school district to stay on track financially. “For the past year, we’ve looked and continue to look at everything that costs money or generates revenue, and question if we can we do this more efficiently and effectively,” Hartley said. “Let me give you an example: in a month we’re going to be kicking off our new website. We took a long time, with the Director of Technology Mr. Powers, building principals, Dr. Busch and myself all talking about what changes needed to be made to the website, what we were looking for and why we have even a website to begin with. All those questions, like why do families even visit our website, we asked ourselves how can we better answer that and in a way that we can we save money. So, in the end, we’re going to have a new website and it’s going to look 10 times better, and not only can you go
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to the website on the computer, but, on your phone, there will be an app that students and parents can get. By doing this, we are saving around $10,000 a year.” Last year, rumors circulated about multiple cuts that may be made to the budget, block scheduling being one of them. Some students were worried that they would have to say goodbye to the two-day schedule and have it be replaced with a one day schedule full of six classes. While block scheduling currently remains, that doesn’t mean these cuts aren’t possible for the future. “We have been looking at block scheduling just as much as we have everything else,” Hartley said. “If you’re looking at block scheduling in the way it’s set up, it takes more people to run a block schedule than a six or seven hour day. It is more expensive, so we have looked at that, and we’ve continued to look at it; we’ve crunched the numbers, but it’s not to the point where Dr. Busch and myself can say, ‘okay, to save money, we are going to do away with block.’ That’s something that is negotiated with teachers, administrators, and the board of education.” The district has been working for the last couple of years to bring the savings account’s balance up, putting more than $1.2 million into the account to ensure that Fenton doesn’t become a deficit school. “Last year we brought in $200,000 more than we spent , and that $200,000 goes into our savings account,” Busch said. “Some districts get into trouble because they will have more expenses than they do revenue, and they’ll take from their savings account to level it out. When they do
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this, the savings account decreases, and when a district’s account drops to a certain amount, it can become a deficit school, meaning their bank account is empty, and they’ve dipped below that 0 percent line. In the last couple of years, we have made really good progress with putting more money into our savings account, and that’s been a positive for the district. We ended this year with a budget surplus, which is going to be close to a million dollars in savings this year. That brings us up to 3.4 percent in the savings account by the end of this year.” Fenton has received the lowest amount of funding per pupil awarded to schools in the state since the passing of the Proposal A Educational Bill in 1994. Even if the savings account percentage goes up, Fenton can never move past being a baseline funded school. “There’s two different ways that the government determines how much a school gets per student,” Busch said. “The first way it’s determined is by the creation of a yearly bill in the state legislature to fund Michigan public schools. This bill goes through the legislative process, and they put a dollar figure into how much money a district is awarded. Back in1994, the state changed this law completely. The bill that changed it, called ‘Proposal A’, prompted legislators to hit what you could think of as a reset button. They then put a base foundation for all districts, bringing everybody up and guaranteeing that each district gets at least $5,600 per pupil. So, school districts that struggled for funding were then at least getting this amount. The other schools that were getting lots of funding in the first place and wanted to stay up there were willing to pay for the difference. With each year there are small changes, and this year each district in the state will get $100 more per student.” The Fenton district has been trying for the past few years to get the district’s account back above the five percent line, and will look to surpass that mark in years to come by using the new cost reduction plan.
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One more club, one more sport, one more Advanced Placement class — one less hour of sleep. This kind of schedule has become a reality for some high schoolers, often resulting in students devoting excessive amounts of time to school. This is done in order achieve high caliber grades while staying involved in various extracurricular activities. “There are nights when I get two to three hours of sleep,” senior Ariana Mansour said. “I am the 2018 President of the National Honor Society, drum major for the Marching Tigers and a part of the IB theatre program, all while being a full IB diploma candidate. Maintaining a schedule like mine requires a lot of discipline, along with pulling some all-night study sessions.” Students attempting to maintain involvement in a variety of activities while juggling school work has proven to have a number of effects on their mental health. A study conducted by Dr. Noelle Leonard, a psychological researcher at New York University,
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found that American high school students are functioning at stress levels which parallel those of an adult with chronic stress disease. The study surveyed students from 128 private schools along the east coast, with 49 percent of the high school students reported feeling abnormal amounts of stress in their daily lives. “School, homework, extracurricular activities, sleep, repeat — that’s what it can be for some high-achieving students,” Leonard said in a press release regarding the study. “We are concerned that students who are involved in too many activities can get burned out before they reach college.” While students may still attempt to fill their resumes with a variety of activities showcasing their widespread involvement in school and community life, it may prove to be in vain. Changing trends among college admission officers in what they look for when evaluating a student’s portfolio for admittance may prove to be the downfall of many candidates.
“Students have such a misconception in what they think colleges are looking for when it comes to extracurricular involvement,” college admissions adviser Sara Harberson said. “The ‘ideal’ student many have in mind is the person who is involved in a variety of sports, clubs and activities. Simply put, an overachiever. However, a jack of all trades is a master of none. Colleges don’t want to see students be mediocre at 10 different activities, but they do want to see someone who is great at just one or two things. By taking this approach, students show they’re involved and it can possibly alleviate the stress they feel.” Students are encouraged to find a few activities that they are passionate about and to take on an expanded role within those activities, and by doing so possibly reduce the stress they may feel in their daily lives. While admission to college is important, it is recommended that students do not sacrifice their mental and physical health for the sake of it.
Getting A Paper Cut New program to track and limit students’ printing; looks to reduce paper waste WEBSITE EDITOR IN CHIEF MCKENZIE LOOKEBILL Student Identification cards have been issued in previous years for non-school related purposes, but this year they have been given a key role for printing in Fenton District school buildings. This transition is a part of the district-wide cost reduction plan that Superintendent Adam Hartley and Executive Director of Finance and Personnel Doug Busch made for the upcoming school year. In accordance with Hartley and Busch’s policy, a new technology is being used to track how many pages of paper each student and faculty member has printed on each printer. This was done to challenge students and faculty members to look more towards digital platforms instead of printed pages in order to reduce printing budget. “PaperCut is the name of the software,” Technology Director Kevin Powers said. “Depending on the grade level,
students will have a ‘cap’ on how much they can print in a semester. Currently, at FHS, we have it setup so that a student’s cap is applied to how many ‘impressions’ they can print per semester. An ‘impression’ is one print, on one side of paper. Thus, printing a double-sided piece of paper is two impressions.” A cap for impressions printed by faculty members has not been established to date, but administrators say the earliest it will be set is by the beginning of the second semester. “We are continuing to monitor staff printing in order to create a cap that is applicable to faculty,” Powers said. “Hopefully, it will be one that does not disrupt the average staff member’s ability to print when necessary, but yet, actively works to reduce our overall printing costs, district-wide. After analyzing the numbers after the first semester, we hope to
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have a reasonable number for a staff cap.” Due to the replacement of old printers, the district is looking to save approximately $10,000 in the near future. That money will be put into the district’s saving account, which is to be used during emergencies, such as a decrease in student enrollment. “We signed a new contract with a new company,” Hartley said. “Now we have new printers and copiers in every building. We also got rid of a lot of old printers and copiers as well because they cost too much money to have them. But moving into the future, we all have to be aware of what we are supporting and be more efficient and effective.” The current limit for students will be set at 350 impressions per semester, which goes into effect the first day of classes, Sept. 5.
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SEPTEMBER 2017 Register to take the October SAT or ACT. Registration must be completed online, one month in advance before sitting for the test.
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Create a Common Application website account and submit college applications for Early Action decisions.
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DESTINATION: Outer Banks, North Carolina 35.5585° N, 75.4665° W
DESTINATION: Bangkok, Thailand 13.7563° N, 100.5018° E
“I took a trip to the Outer Banks, North Carolina. We went with four families and we all rented a big four-story house on the beach right next to the pier. We boogie boarded, swam, and did some sightseeing. One of my favorite nights was when we all went down to the beach at night and had a bonfire.”
“I stayed in Bangkok a majority of the sumer, but I traveled all over Thailand. I went to Hua Hin, Chonburi, Amnat Charoen, Sakon Nakhon, Ayuttaya and Amphawa. I got the chance to ride on an elephant, feed crocodiles, visit old Buddhist temples and go to the Amohawa floating market.”
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DESTINATION: Guatemala City, Guatemala 14.6349° N, 90.5069° W “My mission team and I went to Guatemala City for a week and stayed in an orphanage. We spent time with the kids who lived at the orphange. We also branched out of the orphanage and worked at a soup kitchen, delivered bunk beds to villagers and a special needs orphanage. Our mission team formed an unbreakable bond while serving. ”
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Synergy replaces Powerschool as Fenton’s primary educational software provider in order to cut costs; district estimates savings at $10,000 NEWS EDITOR ELLIE VASBINDER Fenton Area Public Schools has made the switch from the education technology platform Powerschool to Synergy. Synergy Student Information System (SIS) supplies data and process management; it has a reputation of being a program that extends to even further boundaries than a typical SIS would. “I used Synergy at the district I came from before teaching at Fenton,” literature and composition teacher Janette Toal said. “It does look different from Powerschool, but teachers can complete the same tasks. An important feature unique to Synergy, though, is the ability to upload Illuminate scores directly into the gradebook for immediate viewing.” This feature saves teachers time. Additionally, Synergy logs attendance, calendars, course history, allows for online registration and houses demographics such as birthdays,
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addresses, parents, emergency contact information and student health alerts. “There are also different reports that can be generated, like the grade distribution chart,” Toal said. “This illustrates how many students earned As, Bs, etc..., at the end of a term. Synergy also makes it possible to create a chart that reveals how attendance affects grades. As with Powerschool, Synergy allows teachers to send emails to parents.” The switch to Synergy is district wide. It costs less than Powerschool and its implementation is part of a cost reduction plan that looks to save the district $10,000 according to Executive Director of Finance and Personel Doug Busch. “All the other districts in Genesee County (except Fenton, Swartz Creek & Clio) went to Synergy about three years ago,” Assistant Prin-
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cipal Laura Lemke said. “At that time, Fenton had changed to Powerschool three years prior and were not ready to make another change. The advantage to waiting is that we are getting more individualized help from the GISD in making the transition than we would have if we made the transition with all of the other 21 school districts.” STUDENTS RECEIVED THEIR class schedules during orientation on Aug. 23 and 24. Class schedules were created by counselors using Synergy. PICTURED: Freshmen Jake Guernesy, Blaine Forsyth and Chris LaFave.
DESTINATION: Shiga, Japan 35.0045° N, 135.8686° E
DESTINATION: Long Island, New York 40.7891° N, 73.1350° W
DESTINATION: Ionian Islands, Greece 38.2490° N, 20.6247° E
“I traveled to Shiga because of an exchange program with Michigan State University, Michigan-Shiga High School Exchange program. It was for two weeks and it was absolutley amazing. I’m so grateful for the host family I stayed with. While there we visited Hikone Castle, Lake Biwa, Kyoto, and many more.”
“I went to Long Island University for an entreprunial camp. I had to create a product from scratch and present in front of venture capitalists. I created the EZ-talk which is a virtual translator. I had an incredible time and learned so much more about establishing a business and what it takes to present in front of future investors.”
“I went to the Ionian Islands in Greece. We lived on a sailboat for a week and sailed to different islands and villages every day. In the mornings, we’d go to a lagoon or shallow area to swim and snorkel. For the nights, we’d sail to a harbor in a village, walk around on the island, and have dinner at a seaside restaurant.”
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Benefits offered from a year-round academic calendar outweigh negatives, and should be utilized WEB EDITOR GRACIE WARDA student won’t lose as much as a high schooler. Summer vacation is something that most students have Year-round schooling also has the potential to benefit students in ways grown up with in the traditional 9 month school calendar outside of their education. Parents still have to work, even when kids are on a established early on in American history. However, this 10 to 12 week break. This causes problems (more so with younger students) schedule isn’t optimal for maximizing student education or in terms of child care. The Department of Health and Human Services giving them an ideal learning environment. estimates that “affordable child care” costs roughly 10 percent of a Instead, a more efficient nline family’s income - a wage that many can’t afford. This disconnect leaves alternative has been increasing in children unattended at home during the summer months. popularity: year-round schooling. On a similar note, summer break poses an issue when it comes The 45-15 plan is most common, to feeding children. About one in four students at Fenton have free where students attend school or reduced lunch costs, depending on family income. But during for 45 days and then get a 15 day summer break, putting food on the table can be a struggle. Several break, according to the National Visit fentoninprint.com to organizations, such as Rotary Club, hold charity events for these Education Association. Both all-year and traditional school see more statistics on year families. However, without an extended summer break, these issues would be greatly reduced. calendars include 180 school days in -round schooling. With so many benefits, it seems silly not to use the all-year a year; however, all-year plans almost calendar. The traditional calendar negatively affects students; not eliminate summer learning loss. The New only in their education but in their home lives as well. The 10 month York Times estimates that 22 percent of what calendar should be eliminated in order to maximize student learning. educators teach is review in an attempt to make up for what’s lost over summer break. They also explain this loss is cumulative, so an elementary
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proud of how the team played the first game of the season. “I had a couple of catches and one touchdown,” Miller said. “But they called back the touchdown because it was a flag. We did well defensively; Josh [Czarnota] threw around 500 yards, which is pretty good. Chanse [Setzke] had three touchdowns, and we did really good at passing the ball. My favorite part about playing at the stadium was the atmosphere; the student section was right there, and all those people there made it really exciting.” A score of 14-14 going into halftime inspired a change among the players for the second half. “The game went pretty well, it started off a little slow but picked up in the second half,” senior Josh Czarnota said. “I wish we had started off stronger, it was tied going into halftime. My favorite part about this experience was winning and being able to celebrate with my team. Knowing that we won at the Big House is a really good feeling. Our offense came on pretty well, we scored a lot of points and took advantage of their weaker defense.” Fenton’s chance at playing at the Big house was simpler than most might think. Fenton was picked to play the game because of their winning records in the past. “Surprisingly, there weren’t that many strings that had to be pulled to play at the Big House,” Eltringham said. “The game was going to be played and they wanted teams that had better records, so it was a nice competition. Mike Smith, who is the coach at Lapeer, invited us to play there, and it worked out perfectly for us.” The Tigers next game is set for Sept. 8 at Owosso. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.
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Adrenaline swelled inside players as they stood mid-field in U of M’s Big House. A roaring student section, late-August heat, and pre-season motivation urged them to play their best. More than 1,500 Fenton spectators travelled to Ann Arbor to watch the first game of the season. “It was an incredible experience,” Assistant Defensive Coach Ron Eltringham said. “The fans in the stands were so loud. We couldn’t even hear inside our headphones over the roar of the crowd. The guys played very well; the first half was really tight, then some adjustments were made at halftime and we just got better from that point on.” Last year, the team started off its season in a similar to this one, then playing at the Grand Valley State stadium. “It was a three hour bus ride there and back; there were a lot more logistics involved,” Eltringham said. “We lost that game to Caledonia by three points, but it was a great experience. Grand Valley was wonderful, but U of M was much better because we’re only 30 minutes away.” Overall, the football team was proud of its performance both offensively and defensively, as they beat Brandon 46-22. “We did good offensively,” junior Thomas Conlin said. “John [Sage] really got out and open. He was able to make a lot of really good plays, so did Chanse [Setzke]. Our line did pretty good overall; we protected Josh [Czarnota] for the most part and we were able to make plays because of it. We could’ve done a little bit better stopping the run, but they couldn’t really move the ball on us, so that’s good.” Wide receiver, sophomore Ryan Miller, was also
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air conditioning and paying for utilities. With utilities budgets increasing, the average cost of utilities for year-round schools is $44,816 compared to the traditional schooling budget of $40,578, according to the California Department of Education. With this increased utitilities spending, budgets for things like sports and clubs would decrease. When schools start to cut their budgets for after school activities, they’ll lose the attendance of student athletes, with many wanting to attend other schools where they can utilize their athletic program. Another problem with year-round schooling is there hasn’t been any concrete evidence that proves it’s more beneficial to students’ learning than schools with summer break. Only 10 percent of public schools in the US go year-round, so why change the school system if it has positively been working for hundreds of years? Year-round schooling shouldn’t replace the current system because there is enough substantiating evidence that it has anything, other than negative aspects, to offer. If something isn’t broken, don’t bother fixing it. The cons of yearround schooling are too costly for students and parents alike.
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With growing student populations and a lack of funding, school districts across the state of Michigan have switched to a year-round educational program, in which schools receive several breaks throughout the course of a school year as opposed to the traditional summer vacation. Districts such as Davison Public Schools and Ypsilanti Community Schools have made the transition to a year-round calendar, and many others are beginning to follow suit, starting a trend of schools who have deviated from the traditional school year calendar. During a year-round school program, students go to school for six to nine weeks uninterrupted and then have a two week vacation, repeating the pattern throughout the year. It isn’t effective to get students ready and prepared to learn for an extended period of time and then send the students home for multiple weeks. Another complication for year-round school is that teenagers won’t be able to get summer jobs. Most teens depend on their summer job money in order to save up money for buying a car or putting towards college. Without opportunity for summer employment, teenagers won’t be able to get any real world experience working at a job, especially if they’re limited on the number of hours they can work during a school week. Additionally, the school will be spending more money on
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HIGH FIVING HIS teammates, senior Devon Mann celebrates scoring the match point at the MIPA (Michigan Interscholastic Press Association) volleyball cup. “In my personal assessment,” Mann said, “the MIPA volleyball cup was more intense than the gold medal volleyball match at the Olympic games.”
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NEARING THE END of their trio, senior Tatum Foster, Matthew Decker and Matthew Caliguri play their trumpets along with their fellow marching band members at SVSU (Saginaw Valley State University) for summer band camp. “This was my fourth and final year at band camp,” Foster said. “I really enjoyed hanging out and learning new music with my friends.”
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TAKING A DEEP inhale, choir teacher Brad Wright prepares to play his bagpipes while marching in the annual Fourth of July day parade. “I started playing in the parade when I was around 17,” Wright said. “So I have been playing around 26 years. I get a great view of the parade route and it is one thing I enjoy giving back to the Fenton community.” LAUGHING WITH A first grade participant, sophomore Brooke Thomas prepares to start teaching another lesson at Safety Town. “My favorite part was getting to know the kids,” Thomas said. “I liked seeing how excited they got when safety volunteers came and talked to them.”
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HELPING DECORATE CASTLES, junior Jamie Elrod volunteered with National Honor Society to create makeshift bean stalks with the children at the Art Walk. “The theme was ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ and the children turned a cup of dirt and a seed into a beanstalk,” Elrod said. “I loved helping because I got to work with kids and make crafts.”
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SIGNING HIS NAmE on the rock next to Donaldson Drive, freshman Gage Bond continues his tour of the high school. “One thing about high school that I am looking forward to is competing with my teammates during the cross country season,” Bond said. “Along with talking to friends and supporting the Tigers at football games.”
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