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“I’ll definitely miss the games most, I love being apart of our amazing student section at every game!” -Courtney Bunch times with my “All the breezy the friends friends and I’ll miss the I've made is what high school.” most about -Austin Martorana
“My favorite memory so far was the first home football game at the new stadium this year. It was so surreal and I was proud to be able to experience it!” -Rachel Baker
“I’m looking forward to graduation because it's time for a change in many of our lives and I'm excited to see what the future holds.” -Olivia Cash. “Starting a “The new year new year made made me realize me realize I've I'm starting to actually grown run out of time up and need to with a lot of start taking real people I love the responsibilities. most and I need I felt like being to take advana senior would tage of every NEVER come, opportunity I now it's a get to enjoy my reality..” -Gage time with them Lance all!” -Payton Frisinger “I just want to be remembered as a good friend to people.” -Wade Lawson
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“It being 2015 now makes it real. Writing "15" on my paper makes me realize it's actually here and it's slipping away and new beginnings our heading my way and that's a bittersweet feeling.” -Payton Frisinger “As the class of 2015, this is our year and we have to step up and be leaders that our peers and lowerclassmen can look up to and respect.” -Olivia Cash.
“By the time I graduate I hope I’m making people for years to come remember my name here at Har-ber high.” -Austin Martorana
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“I’m most looking forward to prom. It sounds really cliche but I feel like that's such a big hurrah and it's our last big gathering we will have before we all go our separate ways besides graduation and I think it'll be an awesome experience.” -Payton Frisinger “I’m most looking “I left my mark forward to on Har-Ber...I graduation! I was Lord can't wait to walk Farquaad.” -Garrett across the stage and see Wiegel all my peers become successful.”-Hadley Apple
Left: Seniors Jacob Williams and Kaleb Pianalto stand on the sidelines at a football game. Second from left: Senior Spencer Brancher sits in student section. Third from left: Senior Payton Frisinger cheers on the Wildcats at a football game. Fourth from left: Senior Eli Espe sporting spirited apparel. Center: The student section at a football game. Fourth from right: Senor Austin Andrews in the student section while toilet paper is thrown. Third from right: Senior Mason Cline leads the student section. Second from right: The student section at a basketball game. Right: Senior Xiomara Caldera cheering on the Cats.
Students spend time working unusual jobs Non-traditional jobs allow students without experience to find work CATY LANGSTON > A&E
Junior Ty Montgomery begins filling the 26 foot U-Haul truck, the companies biggest one, with everything from mattresses to loveseats. Once the vehicle is full, he begins his trip to Bella Vista to deliver the load. Furniture Max employs Montgomery, and part of the job requires him to drive 45 minutes away, transporting their cargo to be sold once again. “I like my job a lot because its really easy and I get to choose all my hours,” said Montgomery. Montgomery began working
at the Springdale Furniture Max during Christmas break. The Oklahoma News finds that in the United States, one in every four high school students is employed. The jobs most commonly sought after are found in the retail and food industry. However, fast food industries are no longer allowed to accept younger workers and require more experience in their workers. Odd jobs that not everybody knows about or maybe aren’t as enjoyable, can result in a higher pay and maybe even more flexible hours. Working at jobs that aren’t in a popular industry or chain, results in less professional requirements and more leniency. Junior Madison Mick has found a way to do what she loves and get paid for it at the same time. She’s been recently em-
ployed by St. Francis Animal Hospital. “I had been looking for a job and kept praying to God that he would lead me to a good job that I enjoyed,” said Mick. Animal Science teacher Mrs. Priest sent Mick to the clinic to talk to a vet she knew that needed assistance. Mick went and applied through an interview, and the day after Thanksgiving, she started her job helping with the kennels. “I love it, and it’s such a great experience!” said Mick. She’s very pleased with her employment and is grateful that she got the job.
“I work with my friend Gage and that makes it more fun, and I get paid $8.50 an hour,” said Montgomery. He wanted a job fast and didn’t waste time applying at what others may view as a more preferable workplace. “I build furniture, move furniture, and clean furniture,” said Montgomery. It’s a very laid back and relaxed place of employment, where an interview or any criteria isn’t required. He asked what my name was as he was writing my first check,” said Montgomery. Babysitting has become very common for high schoolers.
“I love it. I’ve only
been with the kids for four days and they’re so excited to see you after school.” -senior, Cassidy Squires
Learning at random, the students cannot choose their teacher and the teachers cannot choose their students. These groups will meet at least weekly in order for the advisors to check in with their students and discuss career plans, grades, and life skills. There will even be community leaders with jobs relating to each small learning community that will be brought in during advisory to discuss their careers. “We don’t want it to be just another twenty minutes that students sit and look at phones or listen to announcements, we want it to be meaningful,” said Laura Venters, who is heading the advisory division of the SLC transition. In order to achieve this, the
One big drawback to having this job is the reliability and the consistency of receiving a paycheck every week. Senior Cassidy Squires has found the remedy. She began working at the After School Program at Hunt Elementary, and can be assured a consistent paycheck. “We just watch over them until their moms get there. The first twenty minutes they read or do homework and then they snack and play with games,” said Squires. She works with her friend, senior Mekenna Henderson, and enjoys her job. “I love it. I’ve only been with the kids for four days and they’re so excited to see you after school,” said Squires. Squires got the job because of her close relation to the people who run it. She’s known them for her whole life and is happy to get paid to do something she loves.
from page 1 SLC facilitators will provide activities and goals for advisors to use in their advisory time. In a survey last year, about 700 out of the 1500 students surveyed related that they felt they were not well known by an adult within the school. The goal of the advisory groups is to change that, to make learning and the high school experience more personal. “The heart of advisory is to have an adult for every student on campus,” said Laura Venters. “We need to move forward with making sure that
every student has someone to go talk to.” Another change taking place starting this year is the transformation from CAP conferences to course selections that will take place on computers. These will occur the week of Feb. 23-27 and is also when sophomores and juniors will decide their small learning community, listing their top 3. “The master schedule is supposed to be done by April 1st,” said Bowlin, and advisor grouping will be decided after this.
“The heart of
advisory is to have an adult for every student on campus.” -Laura Venters
Despite the changes in classes and scheduling, the layout of the school will not change. T his will make the transition to small learning communities easier for both students and teachers. “Bracket wants it to be as smooth of a transition as possible,” said Chris Venters. Every administrator has been assigned one SLC that they will govern, and Dr. Brackett has been assigned two. The counselors will serve all students, as well as Chris Venters and Kathy Bowlin, instructional facilitators, who will continue to provide professional development opportunities and teacher support, as well as analyze
data and conduct research to make the transition into SLCs easier. “After this has been running for a year or so, we’ll see a lot more answers,” said Bowlin. Nothing can be completely certain until it is tested, the next few years at Har-Ber will be a series of trials. “We’re trying to make sure that every student is noticed, recognized, dignified, and given the opportunity to pursue their interests,” said Chris Venters. “We’re hoping this will allow us to reach all students.”
Trampoline park rises as the top teen hangout Students call High Rise one of the most entertaining spots in the area CATY LANGSTON > NEWS As junior Sydney Hanshew separated the nets to enter the dodgeball court, she sank as her feet touched the trampoline covered ground. Children flooded the area around her in excitement for the competitive game that was about to begin. The joy of this athletic game was shown throughout the faces of the kids around. The obvious superiority of Hanshew due to the age difference became aware to her, and she was then more interested in defeating the competition. “We were surrounded by dozens of pre-pubescent
preteens, with the exception of a few kids from Springdale High,” said Hanshew. High Rise Extreme Air Sports is a trampoline park located in Rogers, Arkansas. As one enters the large warehouse type building, they will most likely find themselves waiting in line for their wristband which has to be worn at all times. Once the customers time slot begins, they are allowed into the beloved group of the actual park. Kids, teenagers, and even adults are given the opportunity to play dodgeball, test their skills on the launch areas, and even try out their newest basketball skills with a little vertical help all while on trampolines. Junior Alan Buttram posted a video of himself on Instagram using the trampoline to dunk a ball into the park’s lower goal.
He captioned it “high rise is my favorite place ever”. This ultimate trampoline park offers more than just jumping, but it comes with a price. It costs thirteen dollars for an hour, and twenty for two hours. While this might seem to be very expensive, recent jumpers have stated that the time last longer than you think. Junior Sydney Hanshew visited High Rise from 3:304:30 p.m. and suggests that it isn’t the best time to go. One of their busiest times is on weekends from 9pm to midnight because the park is only open for ages 15 and up to start their “Club Rise”. This event is all black-lit and is described by their organization as a constant party. Due to the vast variety of entertainment at the park, it is very popular to not only kids, but families. “I’ve been three or four times and every time I’ve gone there
I always see someone I know,” said senior Caroline Webb. When Webb’s family came in town for the holidays, she took them there because she knew that they would enjoy it as she described it as “always really fun”. One of High Rise’s rules states that no shoes may be worn while on any park equipment. You may go barefoot or buy socks while you purchase a ticket. Their six dollar socks are the only socks that may be worn on the trampolines because of their grippy bottom. The dodgeball area is in the corner of the building and it consists of regular and slanted trampolines surrounded by nets. One of the workers stands in the middle, makes the line of balls, and then encourages everyone to get into the game and have fun.
“Nothing builds your self esteem like pegging 12 year old boys with foam balls,” said Hanshew. After her time at the trampoline park, Hanshew posted a picture on Instagram with her friends, describing High Rise as “the holy mecca”. Buttram has been to High Rise seven times since its opening and says that he loves it more than anything. He claims that the basketball goal is his favorite part. “You get to dunk with your friends and get to see who can dunk the coolest,” said Buttram. The company works with the organization Jump Jump to help the less fortunate. High Rise promises that for every customer that jumps at one of their trampoline parks on Jump4Jump Night, they give a jump rope to an underprivileged child in a developing country.