Class Registration

Students at FHN describe what they like about classes that could be taken next year (Content and illustrations by Maya Helbig) CLASSES TO TAKE

CHILD DEVELOPMENT This class provides students with the knowledge and skills to prepare them for child-related careers and parenthood. Students study topics of childcare and parenting roles. They participate in a parenthood simulation by carrying around an infant simulator. Prerequisite: None “It gives good insight on how children develop.” Haley King-Shrout, 10

DIGITAL ART “It’s fun because you get to [use] photoshop, It’s advanced for its time.” Randall Hufford, 10 This class teaches students how to communicate ideas and stories in different ways using photography, computer art and animation. This course is designed to help students develop their own eye for design. Prerequisite: A passing grade in Introduction to Art

FASHION CONSTRUCTION This class introduces students to the world of fashion through sewing. Students get to create their own clothing and accessories using sewing machines and fabric. Prerequisite: None “It’s calming, It’s like a break.” Aair Reese, 9

FHN PUBLICATIONS “I really love the people, that’s honestly why I’m here. These people are like my family and this has completely changed my four years in high school.” Emily Hood, 12 In these classes you start by taking one of the base-level classes to join the staff classes like Video, Web, Newspaper, Yearbook or Photo. This class gives the student body a voice through their work. Prerequisite: An intro-class such as “Intro to Journalism,” “Photojournalism” or “Broadcast Journalism.”

MYTHOLOGY This class builds on the skills taught in English I and English II and the skills required for English III and English IV. Students practice communication skills including reading, writing, speaking, listening and interpreting information with mythological-related readings. Prerequisite: English III or concurrent enrollment in English IV “There’s a lot of reading, and my [student teacher, Ms. Pugh] is super nice.” Savanna Leahr, 12

Mrs. Woodrum speaks to students individually about classes for next year. Each guidance counselor asks students to fill out their choice of classes for the upcoming year. Registration for 2020-21 starts in January and counselors will be meeting with students until early February. (Photo by Kaili Martin).

REGISTER TODAY

The Campus Portal will open up allowing students to go and register for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year on Jan. 14-23.

Registration only takes place at this time of the year due to possible job hirings for new teachers. Having registration now helps the district find the best candidates for the job before other schools do.

Students prepared by watching department videos, getting a grade level grid and a link to the enrollment guide unless they requested a hard copy. Students had about a week to plan, and then the Portal opened up yesterday, Jan. 14. “The Portal opens [from] the 14 to the 23, [and students are] going to register, they’re going to choose their classes and then counselors are going to take a look at their requests,” Guidance Counselor Lisa Woodrum said.

After registration ends student’s schedules are created. After the schedule is created some just don’t work, meaning that percentage of schedules have too many or too few classes.

“Most of the time about 30% of students’ schedules don’t fill,” Woodrum said. “And so then counselors call students up and ask them to choose a different course or suggest a different course.”

A new class will be introduced next school year, Aerospace Engineering. Aerospace Engineering and it’s information can be found in the enrollment booklet that contains all classes you can take that was given out on the first day back, or online on the campus portal.

“It [Aerospace Engineering] allows us as a school to be more connected with the needs of the industry,” teacher Michael Green says. “It gives the students a different perspective and lets them have an exposure to aerospace.”

Aerospace Engineering will allow students to experience design, use tools and software and use professional skills such as team collaboration, presenting skills, problem solving and more.

“We get to make gliders. We get to learn the different principles of flight,” Green said. “It’s about anything that could possibly be involved with flying.” (Brief by Maya Helbig) MORE INFO Campus portal login information User: student ID Password : first initial, last Initial, 6 digit birthday

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Junior Justin Caringal continues his passion for taekwondo, which he started at the age of six BATTLE FOR THE BELT Junior Justin Caringal practices a side kick against a training bag. Caringal has been in Lyndell Institute for 10 years, training under Sharon Thornton and Jamie White. Caringal just got his first degree black belt in 2015, and earned his second degree four years later in March 2019. “It constantly tests my limits and pushes me to accomplish things I didn’t think were possible,” Caringal said. (Photo by Pavan Kolluru)

It’s a day for practice, and junior Justin Caringal is stretching and setting his mentality, ready to take on the challenges that come with being a seconddegree black belt in taekwondo. He starts with training his body across the floor to get ready for what the rest of practice holds: sparring. These practices aren’t different from any other practice that Justin attends at Lyndell Institute. “I’m very proud of the accomplishments I’ve made there,” Justin said. “It’s also just a great source of exercise for me.”

Justin has been a martial artist in taekwondo for close to 11 years now. He started when he was six, hoping to find a source of activity outside of school. Justin had always found martial arts of many kinds to be interesting. So at just six years old, he and his parents decided to enroll him in taekwondo.

“I watched Kung Fu Panda as a little kid and just decided I wanted to do that,” Justin said. “That’s how I got started.”

Through taekwondo at Lyndell Institute, Justin has come across many people that he gets to call friends. Taekwondo has brought many role models and supporters in his life. Most of them Justin has known since he started participating in and perfecting the art. “He almost grew up with the people he trains with over there for the past 10 or so years,” Justin’s mother, Faergels Caringal, said.

Along with many of the friendships Justin has made, he was also able to participate in taekwondo with his younger brother, Jerome. The brothers were able to do taekwondo together for six years.

“Growing up, I wanted to be just like him,” Jerome said. “So whatever he did, I wanted to do because when we were younger, we would always spend time together.”

Being able to inspire his younger brother wasn’t Justin’s only way to help motivate many young martial artists. Justin instructs students, from ages three to 60, in taekwondo. He teaches on Tuesdays, Thursdays and occasionally Saturday. Justin has been teaching for three years now. In these moments, he shows his true leadership skills.

“His leadership is the most improvement I’ve seen in Justin,” Sharon Thornton, Justin’s coach of 10 years, said. “He’s turned into what I call a great human being. That is just from so many different aspects, but his leadership has grown immensely over the years.”

Justin has encountered setbacks throughout his years of doing taekwondo. He’s been passed up for a promotion and failed a belt test, but Justin’s work ethic and drive have never faltered.

“He always does his best,” Thornton said. “That’s really one of our components that we strive to do. He does that, no matter what: tired, hungry, thirsty, not feeling well, having an injury of some sort. He always pushes.”

Taekwondo brings a lot of light to Justin’s life. It allows Justin to be himself. It gets rid of the stress of everyday life, including the stress that comes with school. Having flexible taekwondo classes and motivation to have efficient time management, Justin is able to balance his love for the martial art and getting good grades in school.

“It helps him with the stress he encounters,” Jerome said. “And he has always made a lot of new friends there, which makes me really happy.”

Justin is very passionate about what he does and hopes to continue sharing his love for taekwondo with others. He wishes to bring the teachings and soft social skills that he’s gained from the art of taekwondo with him into the real world.

“It’s become a really big part of my life,” Justin said. “I focus all of my time perfecting the art.” MORE INFO Check out more information about Lyndell Institute: bit.ly/NSTaekwondo by Abby Martinez amartinez240@g.fhsdschools.org

The North Star takes a look into influential events of the last decade and a look into the big events of the 2020s (Content by Connor Peper) (Illustrations by Kiley Beiner) A LOOK BACK AND FORWARD

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” was released in theaters, marking the end of the Harry Potter saga. The first book was published by J.K. Rowling in June 1997. THE SAGA ENDS (2011)

“I started reading them in first grade. I was reading them while the movies were going on. I did not watch it in theaters. I felt old. I’d grown up with these characters and their stories were over. It was a weird feeling. They weren’t in my life anymore. But it’s great they’re doing all these new series.” Brandi Stover, 11

The 5,126 year-long Mayan Calendar’s end date was slated for Dec 21, 2012. Fortunately, the ending of the Mayan civilization’s calendar did not in any way cause the world to end. THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED (2012)

“The evening before my dad was like, ‘In China, it’s already the next day, so the world’s not going to end.’” Luke Coffman, 11

In May of 2016, a three-year-old boy visiting the Cincinnati Zoo fell into the enclosure holding Harambe the gorilla. Harambe grabbed the child, prompting his killing. While protests were serious at first, the incident quickly ascended into infamy until 2017 where, like Harambe, the joke finally died. JOKES OUT FOR HARAMBE (2016)

“Kids were using that as a theme for their artwork, well past the meme’s popularity.” Denise Maples, Staff

Important events in the past and important events in the near future. Future dates are projected A TIMELINE FROM 2010 TO 2030

Oct. 2011- Earth reaches 7 Billion in population Nov. 2013- The Xbox One and PS4 are released June. 2015- Obergefell v. Hodges legalizes same-sex marriage nationwide

2010

Jan. 2010- Earthquakes devestate Haiti

2015

Nov. 2012- Nintendo release the Wii U Aug. 2014- Riots erupt in Ferguson, MO after Michael Brown is killed by police. Nov. 2016- Donald Trump beats Hillary Clinton to become President of the United States Nov. 2018- 100th anniversary of the end of WWI

The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) announced in 2010 an earnest $2.2 billion plan to create an unmanned colony on the moon. The mission goal is to eventually create a moon base as a jumping point for other space travel. WHAT ANIME IS THAT? (2020)

“I don’t know if they’re gonna be able to do that. I don’t think $2 billion is enough to cover that, but that’s pretty awesome. Freakin’ robots, man.”

Jacob Kosier, 12

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been at the forefront of many exciting advances, one of them being the Starlink satellite network. By putting Internet satellites in low Earth orbit, SpaceX hopes to provide cheap Internet to every surface of the planet. The project is supposed to reach full capacity in 2024. “It’s very interesting because you don’t have to have cell towers, I feel like we could really do it. It would be really cool. It would help people in school to use their phones. We won’t have to use data but that doesn’t always work.” Jessika Rogers, 9 SKYNET BUT IT’S THE INTERNET (2014)

Jupiter’s “Great Red Spot” that has appeared in writings since the 1800s is shrinking and might disappear by the end of the next decade. The spot is actually a 25,000-mile wide storm, but even century long storms have to end eventually. JUPITER BECOMES BORING (2029)

“I think it’s cool that we’re able to find that out and calculate that it’d be within the next decade. It’s actually really weird that would even happen.” Branden Bizelli, 10

2021 [Projected]- Scientists invent brain chips to improve memory by 15% 2024 [Projected]- The Parker Solar Probe reaches the sun at a speed of 430,000

2027 [Projected]- India surpasses China as the world’s most populous country

2025

2025 [Projected]- Scientists develop a cure for Type 1 Diabetes

2030

2029 [Projected]- The Titanic completely rusts away

THE SKY’S THE LIMIT

As he gets ready to leave high school and enter the real world, senior Caleb Gelven hopes to attend the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Denver. “I got interested in the Academy when I was looking into college my freshman year,” Gelven said. “I have wanted to fly jets since I was a young kid.”

Though Gelven is dedicated to enrolling in USAFA after high school, joining the Academy is not as simple as joining a conventional college. Applicants go through a competitive process to be accepted. Vigorous physical standards, a good GPA and high ACT scores are necessary. Applicants must also get congressional recommendations for the academy and write essays on why they want to join.

“It is very selective, it’s not very cut and dry,” Brooke Prestidge, FHN’s college and career counselor, said. “They look at a lot of things. They look at physical fitness, leadership, academics, community service. Top of the top for everything.”

Gelven is on top of his schoolwork, with a current GPA of 4.3 and a 29 on the ACT, he stands a good chance of getting in. Gelven, a captain of the swim team and member of both the bowling and golf teams, is also physically capable of doing the tough tests given to the applicants. He has sent letters to senators Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley, as well as by Aadhi Sathishkumar msathishkumar431@g.fhsdschools.org Caleb Gelven plans to join the Air Force Academy after high school

(Illustration by Jena Pae) representative Blaine Luetkemeyer, for his required congressional recommendation.

“I do think he has a good chance. He is a great candidate,” Prestidge said. “He is high achieving, he has great leadership skills and he was very prepared for this process. Applying to the Academy is a really intense process and you have to be organized and you have to be on top of it and he was. He was ready to go with all of his documents and letters of recommendation he needed at the very beginning. I think he exhibits the skills they are looking for.” Caleb has other options if it doesn’t work out. If he isn’t accepted to the Air Force Academy, he plans to do an ROTC program in college, which fosters the traits necessary for a career in the military.

“My second choice for college would be Purdue, Mizzou or Ole Miss. For a job, my second choice would be a commercial pilot or firefighter,” Caleb said. “If I do go to a different college, I will do the Air Force ROTC.”

Looking ahead, Caleb is enthusiastic and keeps a positive attitude about his future in the military and after high school.

“I’ve wanted to serve my entire life,’’ said Caleb. “I just didn’t know what branch until now.” Senior Caleb Gelven plans to go into the military once he graduates from high school. He wants to attend the Air Force Academy, and eventually enlist in the Air Force. “It’s super competitive to get in. I’m taking the ACT, AP classes and working out as much as I can,” said Caleb. (Photo by Sam Watkins)

SAFETY FOR TEEN MOMS

Teenagers can have more freedom than adults, but also don’t have to be responsible for everything that adults need to worry about. For some, that’s not the case. Teen parents have the added responsibility of a child, and sometimes must learn parenthood without help from their families. However, The Sparrow’s Nest Maternity House is dedicated to help. “Sparrow’s Nest is a long term housing program for moms under 20,” Alyssa Hilburn, a worker at Sparrow’s Nest, said. “Pregnant women can stay up to a year since the baby is born. During that time, volunteers who are working there teach moms how to take care of their babies.”

Usually girls who are looking for help in Sparrow’s Nest are in hard situations with their families. Expecting moms and their families can fill out an application and meet with the people from Sparrow’s. The mother and her baby can stay at a maternity house for free, making it a good solution for people in difficult financial situations. “The majority of our funding comes from private donors from the community,” Hilburn said. “Also we have 12 churches which support us and donate money. This makes it possible for every mother to remain in the Sparrow.”

Like every teenager, the mothers need to attend school in addition to learning how to become a parent. Girls who live in Sparrow can go to high school while volunteers take care of the babies.

There are 10 people who work at Sparrow’s Nest. Some of them are part-time workers, but many are family coaches who live in the maternity home with the teen moms and offer them help around the clock. “My husband and I worked as houseparents, living with our family full time inside the Sparrow’s Nest,” Amanda Shaheen, a former Sparrow’s Nest employee, said. “For us, Sparrow was our home, family and lifestyle. We did life with the teen moms and their babies: watching them grow each day and learning to find their worth and purpose in motherhood. It was some of the best years of our life, and is very much a part of our family story.” by Julia Sampolska j.sampolska@gmail.com Sparrow’s Nest helps teenage mothers in the St. Louis area