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Eagle’s Eye

Volume 31, Issue 2

Graves County High School 1220 Eagles Way, Mayfield, KY

December 17, 2015

FBC Mayfield presents Living Chirstmas Tree

Striving for Excellence: No Exceptions, No Excuses.

Sick of Hallmark Movies? Features Editor CJ Wilson shares her thoughts on the subject.------Page 2

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Baptist Church of Mayfield, Kentucky

has this program THE EAGLES

“The Living every year. This year Tree” marked their 27th Weekly Forecast Christmas where dreams, annual Living Christ• T h u r s d a y - S u n prayers, the story of mas Tree. They start ny with a high of Jesus, and of course off with the puppets in 48 degrees and a the Christmas Tree what they called “Evlow of 32 degrees come to life. This erlasting Arms”. The • F r i d a y - P a r t l y year’s theme was puppets, off script, Cloudy with a high “Simple as a Child” entertain the guests of 43 degrees and a where they portray the before the show below of 31 degrees importance of one sin- gins. The puppets are • S a t u r d a y - S u n - gle person’s life while mostly for the little kids at the beginning ny with a high of they lived on Earth 51 degrees and a and what effect he still of the program. After, the choir fills up the low of 36 degrees has on us today.

The First tree.

• Sunday- Cloudy Staff Writer Charlie Tarver

with a high of 57 degrees and a low of 49 degrees • Mo n d a y - S h o w ers with a high of 59 degrees and a low of 45 degrees.

The choir is not just made up of the First Baptist’s choir, but of a medley of different churches.

The total number of singers adds up to 59 people in the large Christmas Tree. As the choir sang, the guests where encouraged to sing along to the Christmas hymns and enjoy themselves.

A small play took place in front of the tree and contained a child wanting to learn the true meaning

of Christmas while her mother shops for presents instead. As the daughter learns, the mother continues to ignore her until finally the daughter insists that her mother stop and read with her.

The two narrated the Christmas story while other cast members brought their words to life. The manger scene was completed with angels, wise men, shepherds, Mary and Joseph, and finally baby Jesus himself.

Ordinance passed for annexation of Graves County Schools Staff Writer Cory Mouser

On Monday, December 14th, Follow us on Twitter Mayfield passed the @GCHSEaglesEye first reading of the ordinance to add two Graves County schools and buildings into the city of Mayfield. What this means is that those schools are annexed

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into the city of Mayfield. This is a good thing for Mayfield because it helps their revenue grow, but is a bad thing for the teachers because they will now have to pay a 2% pay roll tax.

According to WPSD Local 6, “Graves County Education

Association President Michael Delaney, along with supporters at Mayfield’s city council meeting, do not want to face a 2 percent payroll tax that comes with being annexed in the city.”

This 2% payroll tax carries the potential of deterring future

teachers from applying for employment from the district.

The two schools that might be annexed into Mayfield are Central Elementary and Graves County Middle School. The official decision will be reached at a later time.

Searching for that Perfect Gift for someone?

Staff Writer Cassandra Kyle has the story for you.-----Page 4

John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle ‘s best-selling novel, Let It Snow is reviewed by Editor In Chief Becca Green------Page 6

Staff Writer Cory Mouser Reviews Adele’s new smash Album “25”-------Page 6

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INDEX OPINION........................... .....2 FEATURES...........................3 EAGLE LIFE........................4 ENTERTAINMENT.............5 SPORTS.................................6 FORUM.................................8

An In Memoriam page dedicated to Kyler Nesler can be found here----Page 7

Opinion

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The Eagle’s Eye

A Progressive Change in Education Features Editor CJ Wilson

Standardized testing, ACT scores, and an A to F grading system – students in the public school system are now just considered a number or a letter that could either help boost or destroy a school’s score. Students are pressured to maintain a 4.0 to get scholarship money needed to further their education. We are expected to conform to a centuries-old educational system that is impeding productivity of today’s generation. Parents and teachers reply to our cries by saying our generation must stay competitive in today’s changing economy, but this excuse is no longer enough.

School systems must come to the realization that standardized testing is not everything. These tests are made of paper--wood pulp-- while a student’s mind is made of creativity. Every student is different, while every piece of paper is made to look the same.

What should the school system implement to break this run-of-the-mill mass production of students? I propose a more self-directive approach at the beginning of each class. Allow the students to set their own learning goals and work together toward a challenging common goal to solve problems that contribute to making the school, community, and world a better place. At the end of each semester or unit each student gives a presentation of choice to convey what they personally learned from the experience and what they will take away from it. Let the students draw, think, and embrace a system not based solely on standardization and conformity.

Teachers tell students to calm down and focus on uninspiring subjects. I say to wake their senses with service learning, more community service, and real-life learning experiences. Awaken them to humanitarian projects that matter. It is only when we create something on our own, watch our ideas become a reality, and accomplish something other than a high test score that real success is tangible.

If the school system’s goal is to prepare each student for work or college, then what would be better for students than actual college exposure? By eliminating time spent on standardized test prep, students can further explore career fields and college choices. Dual credit is an opportunity to have responsibilities beyond high school and receive college credit before graduation. Dual credit classes should be offered to all students, no matter grade average or ACT score. We are expected to act like adults, so why not give us adult choices. Students will finally be exposed to the skills they need for their careers. This will help students in the long term for their college and career goals.

Let our schools be an example to the world that it is time to start treating people like people. Let us create, inspire, and let us become something other than a letter or number – an individual.

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• December 17th, 2015

Dear Hallmark Channel...

Features Editor CJ Wilson

Dear Hallmark Channel, I am writing to inform you that I and the other inhabitants of America where television is key, are tired of being bombarded by your pointless Christmas movies. They begin November 1st and end mid-January. It is simply ridiculous. YOU are the sole reason we have to put in an effort to make Thanksgiving known, we even had to make it viral with #respecttheturkey. YOU are to blame for Christmas trees going up months before it is normal. Not to mention that your Christmas movies are redundant. ALL of your movies start and end the EXACT. SAME. WAY. Girl meets boy, they fall in love, and it’s December. That is not even clever, Hallmark.

Why was this channel made? Was this channel invented as a torture method? Or did Kris Cringle himself found this channel? Either way, I don’t think even Santa likes Christmas as much as your channel seems to. Please take my advice and quit with the naïve boy meets girl in the snow scene and start making meaningful movies that have to do with some of the true meanings for the season – love, joy, and giving.

Much hatred, 99% of the population (CJ Wilson)

Math Doesn’t Define Me Opinion Editor Jillian Winn

Opinion Editor Jillian Winn

Just when I thought people couldn’t get crazier when they were freaking out over the red Starbucks cups, they did. Because of this incident, many customers decided to bring to light the years-old Polar Bear controversy. Social Media was lit up with tweets and posts concerning the issue. The problem is that the red scarf the bear dons looks as if the bear has a bloody neck wound.

One tweet, by @ZiadChehadeh1, read, “First starbucks doesn’t support Christmas, and now they encourage killing polar bears.”

But the truth is, Starbucks stopped selling these treats years ago, so the only reason to bring it up now is to incite controversy.

Math is a core subject, something highly valued in education. However, I think it’s been over-glorifeied as a core subject, over others equally as important such as English. Why? Why is someone bad at math automatically deemed as stupid? Why can a math whiz do poorly in English but still be praised for being smart?

I think everyone is skilled in different subjects, and we shouldn’t automatically think of someone as dumb because they aren’t good at math.

Albert Einstein once said, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

We should expose our students to all subjects and not just emphasize math. Not to say math isn’t important, but others are important, too.

I often hear my math/science major peers complain about having to take one credit of fine arts classes. My major is non-math related, yet I have to take 4 credits. I think one credit is not asking for much at all, and it makes the students at our school a litlle more cultured.

I took Geometry in 8th grade and it counted as a high school credit.

Now, because I started with advanced classes too early, I am in a class too advanced for my skills, and there is no lower class that I am able to take. This is harming my GPA, but more importantly, my mental wellbeing. If I could replace that with a class that would actually benefit my career, I would be be spending my time more wisely.

If you have a math-related major, that’s great, more power to you. Take all the math classes you want while I’m trudging through a required course.

But don’t come crying to me about how you have to take one credit of fine arts.

You may not be good at fine arts. I’m not good at math; I’m better at English.

Our weaknesses don’t define us, our strengths do. But if high schools across the nation supposedly want to support us in our future education and careers, shouldn’t they be focused more on the strengths that will benefit us instead of the weaknesses that won’t even matter?

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Holiday

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FEATURES How to Pick the Perfect Gift Staff Writer, Cassandra Kyle One of the most stressful parts of the holidays is picking the perfect gift to give. Whether you’re looking for a gift to give your best friend, parents, or significant other there’s always stress. To help keep the stress to a minimum here are several ways to help find the perfect gift.

1. Don’t expect to only have to go shopping once.

Christmas is a busy season for a reason. Remember that finding something perfect takes time, sometimes browsing stores online can help lessen time spent actually in a store.

2. If you just can’t come up with an idea of what to get them look at their social media if you can.

Everyone is guilty of looking through someone’s SNS account, so they shouldn’t be upset if you’re looking for something that they would want. Don’t feel like you can’t ask the person directly what they would want, that’s how you make sure that they will at least like what they get. If you don’t want to ask them or get on their SNS just figure out what they’re into and get them something that involves it.

3, And the last and most important part of getting someone the perfect gift, make sure they know you put a lot of thought into it so they know that they matter to you.

The Twelve Pains of Christmas Staff Writer, Aaron Pate There are several things about the holiday season that are not so enjoyable. Let’s be honest, “the most wonderful time of the year” is kind of stretching it. With that in mind, I’ve gathered a list of what I like to call “The Twelve Pains of Christmas.”

12: Shopping It’s a shame that Christmas has become so materialistic to the point it resembles a scene from The Hunger Games.

11: Christmas Decorations Why set up decorations that we’ll just have to take down in 30 days? Or, if you’re an extremist, 3 months? Is it really worth falling off a ladder and hurting yourself? No it isn’t! I mean, when one light goes out they all go out!

10: Christmas music Don’t even get me started on Christmas music. Radio stations and social media have been thoroughly saturated with Christmas music since Halloween. I don’t want to hear sleigh bells that are “ring-a-ling ting-ting-ting-a-ling.” 94.7 leave my classics alone.

9: Ugly Christmas attire Let’s get one thing straight; your Christmas sweater looks ugly. No, trust me, it does. Do you even know what the word “tacky” means? Then, there are Santa hats. Every time I see someone wearing a Santa hat, all I can think is “that’s ten pounds of nope in a five pound bag.”

8: Crazy Relatives No, Uncle Jeb, I don’t want to hear about your ingrown toenail as I pretend to eat grandma’s chocolate pie (she mistook salt for sugar, again.) We all have a black sheep in our family and if you can’t think of one, it’s probably you.

DIY Christmas Gift Ideas Staff Writer, Lindsay Thomas

Tis’ the season to be giving. This holiday season, make your friends and family a gift they will love. Need gift ideas? Here’s a few easy D.I.Y. ideas that will be sure to put a smile on their faces!

Hot Chocolate in a Jar; Your friends and family will stay warm on these cold

winter nights!

What you’ll need: 1 Jar 6 Small packages of hot chocolate mix (try brands such as Swiss Miss, Ghirardelli, or Nestlé) 1/3 cup Marshmallows 1/3 cup Chocolate Chips How to: 1.Pour all packages of hot chocolate in the jar. Lightly tap the mix to flatten out the mix.

2.Now add the chocolate chips. Feel free to add as many chocolate chips as you want.

3.Add marshmallows. Once again, if you want to use more marshmallows, that’s fine.

4.Make a direction paper that says “Add hot milk and enjoy!”

Painted Mug; Everytime they use this mug for coffee, they will think of who gave it

to them!

What you’ll need: Mug Oil-Based Sharpie Markers Oven How to: 1.Use the markers to make whatever design you want to.

2.Place mug for about 30 minutes in a 350 degree preheated oven to allow the ink to become permanent.

Another quick idea: Fill a jar, mug, or a cup with some of their favorite things: candy, gift cards, money, makeup, etc.

7: Christmas programs PSA: not every child is a prodigy, unless you’re Beyonce. I imagine her elementary Christmas performance was **Flawless. If you have multiple siblings, then you have probably seen enough of these to last a dozen lifetimes, much less one.

6: Gift giving tradition Gift-giving tradition states that when someone gets you a gift you must have a gift for them, or else you are a bad person. But then there are also those that can not afford a Christmas gift for someone, so how are they supposed to follow tradition? Sure, they could make a gift for someone, but that can sometimes be just as expensive.

5: Weather Christmas weather is enough to make me want to walk to a warmer place. Depending on where you live, it can get as cold as fifty degrees below zero in the winter. The lowest temperature ever recorded in North America was in Snag, Canada, and that temperature was -81.4 degrees fahrenheit! Looks like you’d better get your winter coat on and bundle up!

4: Hallmark movies Okay, so every once in a blue moon you might be able to find a somewhat decent movie on Hallmark that doesn’t make you want to “wreck the halls.” I mean, come on, “A Carol Christmas?” It’s as if they aren’t even trying anymore!

3: Weight gain Christmas is like an extended Thanksgiving. Personally, I have a big dinner on Christmas Eve, and another on Christmas day. Then you’ve got the big dinner you have with all of your family, and lest we forget leftovers! Better dust the scale off if you don’t want to lose your figure.

2: Overused Christmas quotes I swear if I hear someone call themselves a “cotton-headed ninny muggins” again, I will snap internally.

1: People not realizing the reason for the season Number one on my list is definitely the ignorance of our generation not realizing the reason for the season: to celebrate the birth of Christ. Even if you don’t believe in God, it’s still a time to spend time with people you love.

There’s nothing wrong with being happy this time of the year, despite the 12 pains listed here.

With that being said, don’t let these minor inconveniences keep you from being happy and merry this holiday season.

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Staff Writer, Carsyn Gregory

The Exploration of Teen Careers

Many teens talk about the struggle of their first jobs, I, on the other hand, got quite lucky with mine. I work at Captain D’s, and I really enjoy it. Fast food is stereotypically seen as a horrific job choice. It’s seen as a strenuous and filthy environment, but my work is not like that at all. At Captain D’s we go out of our way to make the restaurant clean and a cheery place. I personally think it is an amazing place to work and I actually like my job.

The only downside to working at Captain D’s is working.

Being a teenager who goes to school, church, and has a parttime job is not easy by any means. I usually work about 20 hours a week. Many days I go straight from school to work, where I stay till late at night. I’ve lost a lot of time in my social life and many hours of sleep. But overall working at such a good job has made the long nights and early mornings easier.

What is Hanukkah?

Staff Writer, Gillian Jones

Candy Cane Classics

Opinion Editor, Jillian Winn

Graves County High School hosted Candy Cane Classics December 5th at 7 p.m. in the PAC. The show featured choir, band, drama, and orchestra performances. There also was an art exhibit in the hall outside the auditorium.

“It’s a fun way for the arts kids to help the school and the community to get into the Christmas spirit,” said senior Brea Rollston.

There was also a shortened in-school performance Monday.

“Candy Cane Classics has evolved into a wonderful variety show with lines out the door for tickets and a cheery audience,” said choir director Raeanne McKendree.”It has quickly become one of my favorite performances of the year.”

All of the art forms will join together again at the end of the 2015-2016 school year to perform in the Curtain Call.

Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday celebrating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days which may occur at any time from late November to late December. It is also known as the Festival of Lights and the Feast of Dedication.

The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of the nine-branched menorah or Hanukah. You light one additional light on each night of the holiday progressing to eight on the final night. The typical menorah consists of eight branches with an additional branch and candle to light the rest. The extra light is called a shamash. Other Hanukkah festivities include playing dreidel and eating oil-based foods such as doughnuts and latkes.

Staff Writer, Sarah Brown

SINGING TO THE BEAT OF THE DRUMS----Chamber and Show choirs perform song “Betelehemu” with accompaniment of percussionists from the GCHS Jazz Band.

A New Year, A New Schedule

The schedule has been changed time after time at Graves County High School. I don’t think everyone will ever be happy with the schedules, even if we said students only had to go to one class a day or start school at lunch time. Currently we have six periods and hour each. But, there’s talk that next year we will have an A/B day meaning we will have four classes for three hours one day and the next four completely different classes for three hours. The school has already done this before and clearly changed it for a reason. Lets go over the pros and cons for the students of GCHS. You can already imagine the students that are absent at least once a week. What happens if there absent day A and don’t get to that class till the day after and grades are due? What about test and quizzes? There a lot teachers have to go over in one day without having to stop to show a student the test and missing another day because of a test. The teachers will only have half the year with there students instead of a whole year meaning the time that the teacher has to teach it will be crammed and not well taught.

There are also perks to this. I’ve never myself had a schedule day like this but and hour a day, you would think would be enough but some days its just not, our teachers cram as much as they can in one hour and its hard to get to everything. Also, monthly Graves County holds assemblies for all kinds of things. Usually taking up a whole class period, with this schedule we can go back to the same class and still have two hours to learn. So as not to miss a whole class period with an assembly. The schedules are going to change a lot of things next year, so get ready GC.

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BECCA’S BOOK NOOK

With the holiday season in full swing, I thought it would be appropriate to review the best-selling novel, Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle. The book surrounds three storylines that all join together in the end. At first I thought it was going to be book similar to the poorly written movies Valentine’s Day and New Years Eve. I was proved wrong with three very cute, albeit cheesy, love stories that displayed each writer’s style. Each story takes place in the snowed over Gracetown on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

The first story, “The Jubilee Express,” revolves around Jubilee Dougal, a junior in high school who is traveling through Gracetown to her grandparents’ house when her train breaks down with a gaggle of cheerleaders and a quiet, love-struck boy named Jeb. Jubilee journeys through the snow to a nearby Waffle House to escape the gabbing cheerleaders. Her plan fails when both cheerleaders and Jeb follow her, seeking warmth and waffles. Jubilee meets Stuart at this time and is invited to his house for shelter and warmth. The two learn more about each other and grow closer as time goes on. The two wind up falling for each other after Jubilee realizes that her “perfect” boyfriend isn’t perfect for her after all.

The second tale takes place among a group of three friends who receive the call about the gaggle of cheerleaders in the Waffle House and are told to race through the snow if they want a chance at dating one of them. The two males of the group, JP and Tobin rush their friend the Duke (or Angie) to get to the Waffle House as soon as possible. After a crazy ride in his family’s car, Tobin decides that he and his friends must make the rest of trip on foot. JP continues to talk of his fantasies of cheerleaders with Tobin laughing along. After much arguing and bickering between Tobin and the Duke, it is revealed that the two have feelings for each other, ending “A Cheertastic Miracle.”

The final narrative, “The Patron Saint of Pigs,” is the love of the afore mentioned Jeb who is heartbroken after realizing Jeb may not love her anymore after she cheated on him. Addie must overcome her self-absorption and help her friend Tegan receive her teacup pig. Addie’s job at Starbucks allows her to ask Jeb to meet her their while the snowstorm is raging outside. While waiting for Jeb, Addie watches as the two happy couples from the previous stories celebrate their newfound love for each other while she mourns

the loss of hers. What Addie doesn’t know is that Jeb had asked each couple to find Addie and tell her that he was on his way. Right as Stuart is remembering to tell Addie the news, Jeb arrives with his heart on his sleeve. Addie apologizes profusely and the two are reunited as Tegan is given her teacup pig Gabriel.

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Adele 25 REVIEW Staff writer, Cory Mouser

Adele is back. Her highly anticipated third album, 25 was released on November 20, 2015, following the lead single, "Hello," which became a smash hit and is a heartfelt, power ballad about trying to reconnect with a lost love and them shutting you down. With 25, Adele makes a decent comeback into the pop world.

While all the songs are good few stick out to me. Like her other albums, 25, is a soul influenced pop record. sure, Adele's vocals are simply amazing as is her range, but there is no real uniqueness to this record. In fact three songs stick out to me; only three out of eleven. The first, is "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)," a catchy pop song where Adele sings about moving on. Second, is "I Miss You," the only way to describe this song is hauntingly breath taking. Adele really belts out about her insecurities in her relationship. "I Miss You," is very relatable, in it Adele sings over banging drums, "I miss you when the lights go out. It illuminates all of my doubts. Pull me in, Hold me close, baby give me light." And lastly, "Million Years Ago," a guitar ballad and what I find to be the most moving and relatable song on the record. "Million Years Ago" is about life moving to fast and reflecting on your past and missing it. To me that is overly relatable. I look back on my life and I wish it wouldn't go by so fast.

I know there will be people who absolutely love 25 or hate it or be like me and think it's ok, mediocre at best. I would say that this album is for people who like soulful and pop artist like Sam Smith. But for me it is not my cup of tea and I'd have to rate a four out of ten. I only rate it that due to the three songs that stand out to me. I will add that i feel like this is an album that everyone should give a chance, who knows you might fall in love with it.

Staff Writer, Valencia Thorn

In theatres Near You Krampus

If you are one to celebrate the holidays in an unconventional way, then Krampus is the movie for you. The horror movie is based on the German legend of Krampus, a horned creature who instead of rewarding children for being good, only punishes the naughty children of the world in violent ways.

The movie is a great mix of humor and horror, with it starting out with a funny fight scene at a Christmas program and ending on a horrific plot twist. The movie follows a quirky family in which the youngest son gets fed up with their antics and claims to hate the holiday and his family. Later that night, Krampus makes his arrival.

Krampus doesn’t take itself too seriously, with humor tied into the storyline throughout. There is some foul language that some viewers may find offensive, but it isn’t too distracting from the story. Most of the horror throughout is pop scares and a minimum creep factor. If I had to rate this movie out of ten, it would be a 7/10.

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• December 17th, 2015

Morgan Elliott wins two medals at 2015 Kentucky Special Olympics State Bowling Tournament

Archery Team flies into new season

Graves County Archery Team

SportsWriter Amanda Hartigan

This past weekend, the archery team traveled to Trigg Co. for a competition. Senior Katie Elder commented,“So far the season is going good and I can’t wait to see what we can accomplish this year.” The Graves Co. Archery team wasn’t started until 2013. Since the starting of this club the amount of kids involved have increased tremendously. The Archery team now goes all the Sports Writer Amanda Hartigan

Graves County’s Morgan Elliott took third place this week in the singles bowling event and won a bronze medal in singles competition Saturday. He and his mother, Amy Elliott, won first place and a gold medal as a team on Sunday.

When bringing home the trophy his mother said “It is a very rewarding and fun weekend for everyone involved!” Amy Elliott said.

“I am so proud of all of the athletes and their accomplishments!”

Morgan Elliott was called down to be recognized at the monthly assembly Wednesday morning.

The Kentucky Special Olympics State Bowling Tournament was held in Louisville December 5-6. This event is held

by Special Olympic Kentucky (SOKY). Their mission “is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities by giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community”.

Eagle’s Eye Player Spotlight: Sports Writer Amanda Hartigan

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As basketball season rolls around players are starting to stand out. The Player of the Week this week is Senior Christian Gough. Gough has been playing basketball since he was in 3rd grade. Gough has been playing for Graves for 4 years. “I’ve always loved playing basketball, ever since I was little” said Gough. with playing sport students can reach and achieve different traits. “Having to be on time and learning how to work well with others has taught me to be a leader.”

Gough says “my favorite part is hanging out with all of my friends.” Not only does Gough play basketball he also plays baseball for the GCHS.

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way from high schoolers to elementary students.

This weekend the Graves Co. Archery team travels to Murray to compete in a tournament.A basic archery tournament involves shooting arrows at a target for accuracy from a set distance or distances. This is the most popular form of competitive archery worldwide and is called target archery.

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“Death is the last chapter in time but the first chapter in eternity”- Unknown

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Editorial Policy

The Eagle’s Eye Staff Editor-In-Chief Becca Green Features Editor CJ Wilson

Business Manager Jillian Winn

Opinion Editor Jillian Winn

Reporters/Photographers News Editor David Adams Katie Meade Sarah Brown Karsyn Gregory Sports Writer Gillian Jones Amanda Hartigan Cassandra Kyle Cory Mouser Aaron Pate Advisor Charlie Tarver Adrienne Custer Makayla Tibbs Lindsay Thomas Valencia Thorn

TALONS IN

• Tacky Christmas Sweaters • Sugar Comas • Christmas Parties • PeppermintFlavored Coffee • Christmas Music • Hot Chocolate

The Eagle’s Eye is prepared and edited by Graves County High School journalism students. Opinions expressed are those of the editors and other signed writers and do not necessarily represent the view of the faculty or staff of GCHS. This is an official publication of Graves County High School. Journalism teacher Adrienne Custer is the newspaper advisor.

The Eagle’s Eye welcomes letters to the editor, provided they are typed, signed and include the writer’s address and phone number. The Eagle’s Eye reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Letters are printed as space allows.

Mailing address: Graves County High School, 1107 Housman Street, Mayfield, KY, 42066.

Phone: (270) 328-6242 ext. 2345.

TALONS OUT

• Midterms • Hallmark Movies • Elf on the Shelf • Crazy Relatives • Cold Weather • Low Budget for Christmas Gifts

-December 14-17 – Seniors who have not met ACT benchmarks will take the COMPASS in the GCHS computer lab.

-December 18 - Final Exam for 4th block class Dec 17-18 - Mid-term exams for year-long classes.

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-February 18 & 19 - WKCTC will be at GCHS to conduct pre-advising conferences and help students complete their scholarship application which is due March 1.

-Financial Aid application (FAFSA) will be available on January 1at www.fafsa.ed.gov FAFSA Workshop: January 6th 4:30 – 6:30 GCHS Computer Lab FAFSA Workshop: January 14th 5:00 – 7:00 GCHS Computer Lab FAFSA Workshop: January 25th 5:00 – 7:00 GCHS Computer Lab

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-Students are encouraged to attend FAFSA workshops with a parent or guardian. They should bring their and their parents completed 2015 IRS 1040 tax return and any other 2015 income and benefits information. If 2015 tax returns are not complete, bring 2014 tax returns and any available 2015 income and benefitsd information.

Merry Christmas from the Eagle’s Eye

“Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store.

“Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!”

-Dr. Suess. How the Grinch Stole Christmas