April 21, 2017

[This Month]

National Day of Silence

This student-led movement protests against the bullying and mistreatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT).

Read an in-depth look at this on page four in this month’s issue.

Special Olympics Take a look to see how students and staff are planning a great day of friendly competition for area Special Olympics competitors on April 26.

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The Fuller Houses

Ever wondered what it’s like sharing a house with nine or more siblings? Check out how some LHS students with extra large families feel about their full houses.

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Back In The Day

April 21, 2017 [Volume 48, Number 8]

Lafayette High School 17050 Clayton Road Wildwood, MO 63011

“I had a stuffed bunny named Belle.

It was something I got when I was a little less than a year old and it went everywhere with me. I still have it and sleep with it.”

Adeesya Gausper, 10 “When I was a kid, my favorite place to go was the soccer fields because I loved soccer so it was a key place in my childhood.”

Ben Augustine, 9 “The City Museum was my favorite place to go as a kid because it’s fun to climb around and explore different places of the building.”

Emma Forness,12 “Baseball was my favorite sport because it runs in my family.”

Derek Berardi, 9 “Lucky Charms were the best.

I remember eating around the marshmallows just so I could have two full spoonfuls at the end.”

Pranav Vasishta, 10

“Goats were definitely my favorite animal as a kid because they are funny and always seemed to have a good personality.”

Madison Filley , 12

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Environmental issues too important to be politicized Climate change shouldn’t be a political issue. It should be something everyone cares about.

In the 2016 presidential campaign, climate change and various environmental issues was in the spotlight of debate among politicians.

The popular conservative viewpoint calls for climate change regulations, but not in the way that restricts American businesses and ingenuity.

On the other hand, the prominent liberal perspective advocates for stricter regulations on emissions.

With both sides having reasonable stances on the environmental issue, it’s not surprising to see conservatives and liberals disagreeing with each other.

However, it is not good when both sides close their ears and continue to spout their views like it’s nobody’s business.

For change and compromise to occur, both sides must give up something in order to facilitate that.

This compromise factor is nowhere close to happening.

The issue runs deeper than just trying to reduce carbon emissions. Simply stated: the

fact that we can’t agree on anything anymore is alarming, and the widening gap of disagreement is nowhere close to ending.

When the Obama administration passed the Clean Power plan, Republicans roundly criticized the act, calling it a breach of government and executive power.

Now, with the Trump administration ordering a review of the Clean Power Plan, Democrats are criticizing that move.

This cycle of disagreement happens over and over again without any sign of change.

And we need to change, especially when it comes to our environment.

Data from NASA and the EPA indicates if we don’t switch to a cleaner source of energy, then our environment will surely worsen.

Signs are pointing to temperatures increasing rapidly, rising sea levels, warming oceans, and the rise of extreme weather events such as Hurricane Sandy, El Niño, the Joplin tornado and unnatural extreme heat and cold weather.

As people and politicians

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vehemently refute their claims whether climate change is real or not, it becomes irritating to see people become more close minded in their views.

Climate change and environmental issues should not be a political debate. As a community, we need to come to a consensus for what’s best for the environment.

Sure, government involvement with environmental issues would be of some benefit, but in the past year all it has done is divide people and caused backlog on crucial progress.

It doesn’t matter what political party you are. The state of the earth should not be something that causes social and political turmoil.

If people can’t come to a consensus over the rapidly deteriorating environment, there won’t be an Earth to live on.

Just shunning any opinion that doesn’t align with your personal beliefs doesn’t help anybody, let’s work together and fix this.

We all live here, this issue will affect each and everyone of us and it’s time for everyone to work together.

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On April 22, St. Louis is hosting the biggest Earth Day festival in town throughout all of Forest Park.

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On April 21, the Lafayette guitar program is hosting its annual Guitar Festival. Come watch the Tuesday Night Rock Band, Thursday Jam Band and the Teacher Band rock out!

Indie legends Why? are coming to the Ready Room on April 21, touring their newest album Moh Lean.

Cinco de Mayo on Cherokee Street is the best way to celebrate the holiday in St. Louis. There will be local vendors, bands and a huge parade on Cherokee.

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Kendrick’s new album. Moving on.

Go snag all that half-priced Easter candy before it’s all gone! Starburst jellybeans are seriously to die for.

It’s like, actually nice out? And it’s staying this way? Who’d-a-thunk-it...

This isn’t helping us get through these last few months before summer, though.

St. Louis and Kansas City are finalists for the Hyperloop One project. Oh, what’s a Hyperloop?

Just a huge tube ready to transport anyone for the price of a bus trip.

23 minutes tops boys. Let’s get this project goin’.

We made it through EOC testing, yeehaw. What do you think was worse? The tests or struggling through math for two hours?

Gripes With Donald Trump reforming all this Obama health stuff, let’s address some real problems, huh? Where did the real cookie stand cookies go?

Let’s make our school lunches great again. Bring back our sugar and fat!

I don’t get what everyone was freaking out about with that guy getting dragged of United Airlines plane was, that’s what happens every morning with my mom and me. No biggie.

Alright, Cardinals. What’s up dude.

What’s the big deal? The Reds are good now?

I’m calling a vote. Let’s just shut down all social media platforms for a hot second and just take a chill pill, agreed? I’m looking at you, MySpace.

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Preparation isn’t mandatory at 17

I’m not too positive what I’m going to do with the rest of my life.

I’ve got a general idea of what I want to do but things change, ya know?

At this age of life while being a high schooler the biggest question on everyone’s minds is “so what’s next?”

Should you go to college? Should you jump straight into a career? Take a break year? That’s a lot to take in and think about.

Let me get this through your head as clearly as I humanly can: it’s okay to not know what you’re going to do for the rest of your life when you’re just a teenager.

Whatever societal turn we made at some point that pushed 17 and 18 year old kids choosing their life plans right then and there is pretty silly if you ask me.

We’ve got so much life ahead of us and making crucial decisions now that could really affect how the rest of our lives play out is insane.

Don’t jump into something you’re not dedicated to just to have an answer to all those questions.

“So where are you going to college?” “What are you getting a degree in?” “Oh there’s no money in that degree, you should go into something you’re totally not interested in!” All of those comments from varying people (mostly my mother’s friends) drove me up a wall.

Throughout my junior year there was a little part of me that just screamed “screw it, just go to Mizzou and get a business degree just to shut everyone up,” even though that’s not really what I wanted. (Nothing against Mizzou, I practically grew up there visiting my brothers all the time.)

Get dedicated, start planning but don’t freak out.

Going with the flow is definitely an option in some aspect of growing older.

If you know me, you know I’m pretty uptight when things don’t work how they’re supposed to. If I could change the rules to everything, hoo mama you know I would.

When I was young and even more uptight, my mother would tell me to “go with the flow” and that still pops into my head all these years later.

No you shouldn’t live your life by that “whoa dog take it easy” aspect but at least have it in the back of your head.

If you’ve got your whole life planned out, that’s awesome.

Seriously, hats off to you.

Personally, I’m way out from being certain what’s truly next for me and you know what? That’s fine.

I’m just a 17 year old dude in high school, don’t you think it’s kind of silly that I need to be deciding what I’m doing 40 years later now?

Heck, I’m some dumb high schooler, what do I know about living

A Crow Looked At Me is unlike any album I’ve ever heard. Period.

From the cult acclaimed albums from his previous moniker the Microphones and other Mount Eerie albums, this newest album from Phil Elverum is one of his most hard hitting works since the Glow Pt. 2.

“Death is real” is the first line of this album and a very recurring theme throughout the entire piece.

The album focuses on Elverum’s experience mourning the sudden death of his wife Geneviève and goes into extreme details of what life for Elverum has been since her death.

Now, death is a pretty common topic thrown around in music but A Crow Looked At Me cradles the discussion in a way no album (that I know of) has done before.

Yeah there’s Sun Kil Moon’s heart wrenching Benji or The Flaming Lips’ the Soft Bulletin and just about every

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in the real world?

I’ve got so many things jumbling around my head as a career option sometimes I feel like I need to just pick something out of a hat.

But ya know what? I’ll be fine, you’ll be fine, everything tends to work out. Life sucks sometimes, but, more often than not, it’s pretty rad.

If I had to take a wild shot into the dark and guess about me and everyone reading this: I’d say we all turn out pretty all right.

Find your passion, let others do the same Wanting to make the most out of the short time I have left of high school, I’ve been attending many events at Lafayette that I haven’t experienced before. Events such as games, Thursday Night Live and the Variety Show have been part of my agenda for the past few months.

My freshman year, I didn’t have interest in going to many events; in fact I didn’t even know they existed.

As I sit and watch my fellow classmates compete or perform, I see one recurring theme: in that moment, they love what they’re doing.

Over the past four years, I have grown to appreciate and respect my fellow classmates so much more just by the amount of passion and dedication that they have for their extracurriculars.

With this being my last column for the Image, I leave this advice for underclassmen: live and let live.

Live your life, and let others

around you do the same without your judgement.

This is a broad statement and can be utilized in several aspects of your life, however, I mean it specifically dealing with your classmates and the things they choose to take part in.

Every month I hand out this newspaper, and every month there are several eye rolls, rude comments and teasing as I offer students a copy.

It’s the excited faces and positive feedback that make up for all of it.

I have respect for all of the performers at Lafayette because I know that they get the same eye rolls, rude comments and teasing, yet they still get up there and find courage to block out all of the negativity, and simply do what they love.

When did it become cool to make fun of people for doing what they enjoy?

Even if you don’t find their performance suitable to your fancy,

they still had enough guts to get on stage in front of their classmates, faculty and parents.

We all have interests and hobbies. Whether it be a sport, you’re in a play or you love to sing, we all have something that we love doing.

If you haven’t found that something yet, I encourage you to do so.

Go to every pep assembly, concert and musical that goes on here.

Admire and praise your classmates for the hard work they put into what they love instead of making fun of them for stuttering on stage.

I’m extremely grateful to have had a voice for students.

As for underclassmen, I hope you all find your place, and that you accept others for their place as well.

Mount Eerie’s new album is unlike any other Jack Deubner opinions editor

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Elliott Smith album, but I’ve never heard an album this personal and this real.

There’s sorrow on this album, don’t get me wrong, but the bland and depressing reality that’s set in for Elverum is made very clear on the album.

On the song “Seaweed” it very sternly opens with “Our daughter is one and a half. You have been dead eleven days,” that extremely forward approach that Elverum takes throughout the entire album is what makes it so hard hitting.

No rhyming, no big catchy hooks, just reality after a “real death.”

“There is nothing to learn, her silence is a scream, saying nothing” Elverum calmly pleas on the song “Emptiness Pt. 2” and oh boy does that just tear your heart out. Ouch.

The song “Ravens” talks about his life very briefly before and after Geneviève’s death.

From not being able to even bear to see her struggling and “wanting not to die” to finding the sand from

the blankets they had from the day he released her ashes on the beach, the true sincerity that Elverum unleashes onto the listeners is beautiful.

This album is beyond music, beyond art, even.

The true sincerity and raw human emotions that Elverum pours out on A Crow Looked At Me is what makes it in an entirely different category of everything.

The album, in Elverum’s own words, was “in the same room where Geneviève died, using mostly her instruments, her guitar, her bass, her pick, her amp, her old family accordion, writing the words on her paper, looking out the same window.”

He chose to make this album so personal and raw because “there is an echo of Geneviève that still rings, a reminder of the love and infinity beneath all of this obliteration.”

A Crow Looked At Me brings you right into those raw feelings of love and infinity alongside Elverum’s real life obliteration.

I love this album, I can say that

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with real sincerity.

After personally losing someone very close to me, this album hits home harder than anything else I’ve ever listened to. Even if you don’t have a personal tie to the album, it’s passionate feelings will get to you.

This is coming from a guy who listens to a lot of tunes, too.

Listen to this album, pay attention to what’s going on, feel the same feelings Elverum invites you into, dig deep into yourself.

It’s excruciatingly raw but so perfect.

They’re back!

Gorillaz triumphantly return with their new album Humanz with a star studded guest list.

Father John Misty’s new album Pure Comedy brings out his typical blunt lyricism and folk style for this 74 minute long epic.

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National Day of Silence goal is to unify students Amisha Paul reporter Silence speaks louder than words is the motto today.

Many middle school, high school and college students across the nation are taking part in the student-led Day of Silence movement.

The Day of Silence is the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network’s (GLSEN) annual day of action to spread awareness about the effects of the bullying and harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students.

Students take a day-long vow of silence to symbolically represent the silencing of LGBT students.

At Lafayette, quite a few students have participated in the Day of Silence over the years.

One such student is sophomore Ally Hartman, co-leader of the Lafayette chapter of the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA).

“When I participated in the Day of Silence last year, I felt safe and supported in the Lafayette community. Sometimes you will get looks, but that’s because people are people,” Hartman said.

Hartman prepared for the day last year by creating masks with several different LGBT flags and handed them out to friends and acquaintances also participating in the event.

“A lot of people who aren’t even a part of GSA joined in, which was really nice to have that support,” junior Alice Yerby,said.

When asked of the difficulties of participating in the Day of Silence in the past, senior Caitlin Farrell admitted it was not an easy task.

“Some teachers may have been upset by it, but there weren’t any major problems. Students will try to convince you to talk,” Farrell, GSA co-leader, said. “It can be hard to recognize the students who are participating because they are usually the ‘quiet kids’ to begin with.”

Hartman, Yerby and Ferrell all strongly

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believe the Day of Silence is really about raising awareness for many of the struggles the LGBT community faces.

A Harris Interactive Study found the top two reasons students are bullied are for their perceived or actual sexual orientation or gender expression. In addition to that, 9 out of 10 LGBT students are harassed. ”We’re not here to convert people. That’s impossible anyway; it’s all genetics. We just want to raise awareness,” Hartman said.

She added, “If I could choose to be a part of a community that wasn’t so marginalized, I would do that in a heartbeat. But I can’t, and other people can’t.”

Lafayette’s GSA has been in place for five years. In these years, the group has grown and now has 35 members. The group is a safe-haven for students who may feel as though they are unwelcome or discriminated against in the school setting.

Language arts teacher Melissa Schumacher, GSA sponsor, said the role has opened up her

perspective.

“I have become more aware of our full student population, including learning that we have a fairly large population of straight students who support their friends and family members who are gender and sexual minorities.

I also have become more aware of the concerns that GSA kids have in general,” Schumacher said.

The relationship and experiences made through involvement in the GSA are a pivotal part of LHS’s LGBT community.

Although some students may still be closeted, the concern and support that the group shows for each other is a prominent aspect of the club. The aura of acceptance is what draws many students to GSA. Hartman is hopeful for the future of the GSA. “I am hoping in the next years we can make at least some cultural and emotional changes at Lafayette. But, if I can just make one person feel comfortable and loved in the community, then that’s enough for me.”

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Technology key in library’s future Jessica Cargill webmaster

Chromebooks in Library begin their takeover of desktop and other resources as the school plans to give all new freshmen Chromebooks. [photo by Jack Weaver]

As years progress, certain aspects of resources need to change in order to stay up to date.

As for libraries, things change all of the time, especially technology and organization to get the best setting for the student.

To stay relevant in the library, the librarians put in hard work to keep updated each school year.

By doing this, they collaborate monthly with different librarians, read professional journals and go to national conventions to stay updated. “(All the Rockwood schools) were at the convention we just had, so we always have a sit down dinner together and share ideas to find out what they’re doing and try to be collaborative as much as possible,” Library Media Specialist Melissa Twombly said.

As the Library still has the book aspect, they are also focusing on the more digital side of literature.

“The mission of libraries have shifted from just book literacy to more digital literacy. So, we’ll still have books, but there will also be places where kids can use a studio to create music or use a studio to create a video,” Library Media Specalist Nichole Ballard-Long said.

The Library is also hoping for a space where students can immerse themselves in

different technology.

“We also would like to have a maker space where kids could dabble in technology, actually, I just put in a grant for that and have not heard back yet,” Ballard-Long said.

One of the main concerns for the future of technology is computers.

In a couple years time, students will individually have their own Chromebooks, which means there will be less usage on the desktops.

Eventually, there will be a possibility of removing the Desktops as the result of all of the students already having their own laptop.

“We are constantly seeing how the needs of students are changing, as we get more Chromebooks in the building and individually, we may not need the space anymore that has desktop computers,” Twombly said.

If the Desktops were to be removed, there would be more space for students to work with other students and individually on different resources.

“Once everyone has their own Chromebook, it would be great to recreate that space and make it more of a collaborative space that has moveable tables and places for kids to use,” Ballard-Long said.

The individual Chromebooks will start with next year’s freshman class and continue on for the next four years.

There is now a District program for fines called InTouch.

This allows the student’s and parents to

see how much they owe in fines. This also contributes to when a student buys their parking pass or a dance ticket.

“The school can see all of those fines, so that has really helped us in terms of students being accountable for their fines in a more timely fashion,” Twombly said.

Each day, the librarians help students with these online resources and help them pick a more reliable topic for a project.

“We help them find a good topic that they could actually find resources on because sometimes they might have a great plan of what they want to write a paper on, but there’s no research out there to support that and we talk with the students to try to help them along their thesis to make it more researchable and more realistic,” Twombly said.

In the future, there is a chance that instead of the librarians teach those assets in the library, they will make their way to the classrooms for a more private and focused setting.

“I think that we’re going to be spending less time in here with students and more time in the classrooms, because certain teachers might want one of us to come to the room instead of during lunch where there is all these distractions for the students,” Twombly said.

Looking into the future, libraries are prepared to move on from past resources and progress with the following years to come.

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LHS to host Special Olympics for first time in 22 years to see “ I allamofexcited the Lafayette

community come together through the Special Olympics.

Part of the mission of Special Olympics is to, “transform lives through the joy of sport, every day, everywhere.”

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The idea was first suggested by parents and teachers who are involved in the SSD. Associate Principal Karen Calcaterra took notice of the SSD’s push for another Special Olympics.

“Special School District came to us [LHS administration] and told us this was something they really want to do, and we decided to host it,” Calcaterra said.

The event is being coordinated and managed by selected students with Calcaterra as the staff supervisor.

“I am grateful to the administration in partnering with Special Olympics and bringing this event to our school,” Lasley said.

Senior Class President Sai Allu and Student Council President Marlo McElroy are tasked with heading the preparations for the event.

Senior Kendall Goedeke is in charge of getting enough student

For the first time in more than two decades, LHS will be hosting a Special Olympics event for students in the St. Louis Special School District.

The event will occur on April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The last Special Olympics was held in 1995. Since then, special athletes have had to look outside of Rockwood for athletic opportunities.

Lafayette and Rockwood Summit Special School District (SSD) Area Coordinator, Tony Lasley, said “I am excited to see all of the Lafayette community come together through Special Olympics.”

The Rockwood School District has the largest number of SSD students in the surrounding St. Louis Metropolitan area.

volunteers for the event.

“We were all happy and excited to plan this for our own SSD students who usually don’t have the chance to participate in these events so close to home,” Goedeke said.

Each athlete will be assigned to a buddy, an LHS student, who will walk them through the activities at the Special Olympics.

Goedeke did this by creating an application on Google Forms for students to fill out.

The applications were sent to extracurricular groups such as Key Club and National Honor Society, although, volunteers did not have to be a member of either of these clubs to participate.

Additionally, Goedeke and other STUCO representatives were present on the stage during lunch for any students interested in signing up at that time.

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With the large number of SSD students in the Rockwood School District, a large amount of volunteers will be necessary.

“We need a total of 225 buddies,” Goedeke said. “Right now, we only have around 60 more to go.”

The original International Special Olympics made its debut in 1968.

The event that came to be was a result of activist Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s push for increased athletic opportunities for athletes with disabilities.

Similar to the original event, the LHS Special Olympics will feature distance running, throwing and jumping events.

There will also be a variety of activities booths for the athletes to participate in while they are waiting for their event’s competition.

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COVER STORY [7] CHILDHOOD FAVORITES *31 students polled

Childhood Item

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Childhood favorites spill over into teenage years for some super fans Nick Horstmann cover story editor

Megan McFarland reporter

Childhood Items

As children, many people idolized certain items.

Whether it be specific stuffed animals, blankets or toys, those items can serve pivotal roles in child memories--roles that sometimes continue into maturation.

Senior Rachel Brown is an example of someone who never quite let of her favorite childhood memorabilia. In fact, Brown still has the same sheep beanie baby her uncle gave her when she was born.

Brown said, “I still have it because it means a lot to me and because my cousin has a matching one she got from her dad when she was born.”

To Brown, childhood items hold a very sentimental value. “Even if they don’t use it anymore, giving something up like that is hard,” she said.

Brown has debated whether or not she should hold onto her favorite childhood item or to carry on the tradition and bring it with her; however, after much debate, she decided that she probably will take it with her to college.

In fact, Brown said, “I probably will take it to college only because I’ve had it for so long and because my mom would probably get rid of it otherwise.”

After holding onto that piece of childhood memorabilia for so long, it is hard to imagine someone just completely getting rid of it.

Ultimately, whether it be a blanket, a stuffed animal, or a specific toy, childhood items carry an important meaning well into maturation.

Music

There are very few things that evoke as many feelings of nostalgia as a good throwback song, playlist or album. Whether it be old Disney tunes or songs we used to listen to in the car with childhood friends or family, music is an essential part of our childhood memories.

In fact, many students still listen to old music when they are feeling a rush of nostalgia. Junior Neely Bly actually has an entire playlist on Spotify dedicated to throwback tunes.

Titled “childhood,” the playlist has songs by artists such as Avril Lavigne, the Jonas Brothers, and Jesse McCartney, as well as songs from High School Musical, Hannah Montana and Camp Rock.

While it may seem like a varied playlist, the songs she added all share one common characteristic.

Bly said, “They are all super catchy and it’s fun to rediscover songs that used to be your favorites when you shuffle it and listen.”

Listening to childhood tunes has a variety of appeals to a wide audience, but one of the most apparent ones appears to be the numerous memories old music resurfaces.

Bly said she loves listening to throwback music because “it’s so fun to jam out with your friends to songs that bring back fun memories from elementary and middle school years.”

48% 26% Stuffed Animals Dolls/Barbies

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TV Shows

Waking up in the morning, eating a bowl of cereal, waiting for the bus, and then you start flipping through the channels.

Titles like Rugrats, Recess, Lizzie McGuire, Hannah Montana, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Drake & Josh, iCarly, and Kim Possible. These shows made up the palette of entertainment for our generation everyday.

Everyone had their favorite shows, but for sophomore Jessica Lopez, her devotion was to SpongeBob SquarePants.

She very well might be Lafayette’s resident expert on all things SpongeBob. “I have watched every episode, at least once a week throughout all nine seasons,” Lopez said.

Since its premier in the United States on May 1, 1999 until the last episode on Oct. 17, 2016, Spongebob spanned 211 episodes across 10 seasons.

Created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, the Nickelodeon series follows the underwater adventures of Spongebob and his friends.

“It was so good. The show was so unique and funny, and people quote it all the time here at school.

Also, people have started making memes out of it, which really shows how good of a show it was,” Lopez said.

Shows like these create powerful memories, and give children cultural experiences to share and experience with others.

They connected a generation with topics such as pulling pranks, hanging out with your weirdest of friends, and just trying to make ends meet.

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Music

Disney soundtracks

38% Jonas Brothers

Taylor Swift

42% Jesse 16%

McCartney

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TV Show

4% SpongeBob SquarePants 39% Kim Possible

6%

Hannah Montana

20%

Video Games

Growing up, many kids' childhoods were “plugged in” and they would have it no other way.

Video games were a big part of sophomore Michael Graves's entertainment. The creative aspects of Minecraft gave Graves the ability to use his imagination and creativity, something that most video games he believes didn't do for a lot of children.

“I like the building aspect of the game. It’s a very different genre than other games like shooters. It allows you to be so creative with what you build,” Graves said.

With a wide variety of online gaming becoming popular with millenals and the thriving generation, developers created games to appeal to all audiences and age ranges.

One of the seemingly most popular games among young children of the 2000s was the famous stuffed Webkinz located in Hallmark stores.

Since 2011 Webkinz has sold over one million online accounts.

“I last played Webkinz back in elementary school.

You got to play with your pets both online and in the real world. It was a big trend during elementary school and I had a lot of friends to play with,” freshman Stella Chang said.

Zack & Cody

35% *39 students polled

Video Game

Mario Kart

49%

Super Smash Bros

28%

Rock Band

Guitar Hero

10% 13%

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It Takes A Village

Public School Volunteer Week celebrates parent helpers Gehrig Prozorowski reporter Countless Lafayette parents lend their time volunteering at school, and their dedication is commended through National Public School Volunteer Week.

Initiated by President Richard Nixon in a 1974 executive order, all subsequent presidents have continued the tradition of recognizing community volunteers.

This year, the recognition takes place from April 23-29.

The school store, Lancer’s Landing, is staffed every day by Lafayette parent volunteers.

The Lancer Parent Organization (LPO) website said Lancer’s Landing is staffed by three managers, while a day chair oversees each shift.

Each day, other volunteer parents pick their own schedule through a Sign-Up Genius created by the Volunteer coordinator.

Another four parents stock the store with food from Sam’s Club.

Melissa Greenstein, Justina Hudak and Sherry Uebelein act as the managers for Lancer’s Landing.

Greenstein works Mondays and Thursdays after school and from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.

Greenstein said she has also done the ordering for Sam’s, Coca-Cola and the Rockwood Warehouse to keep the school store filled.

Greenstein and her family moved to the Wildwood area over Winter Break in 2013, Greenstein began volunteering in the fall of 2014.

She discovered the opportunity to volunteer at the school store at a parent-teacher night at Rockwood Valley Middle school where Greenstein said two moms sold spirit wear.

“At first, I just signed up, and volunteered like so many of our parents do, for a shift here or there,” Greenstein said.

“I did that for a year before becoming one of the managers,” she added Not only does Greenstein volunteer at the school store, but she was the co-chair for the Silent Auction for three years for the Class of 2018 and the co-chair for Concessions for the Class of 2020.

“100 percent the best part of volunteering is getting to interact with students. I used to teach middle and high school math, so any opportunity to interact with teenagers is my favorite thing to do.” Greenstein said.

Parent volunteer Sheila Jones is the Thursday day chair.

Jones discovered the volunteer opportunity through the LPO. Throughout the day, the parent volunteers ensure students receive necessary items like textbooks and reading books as well as coffee.

During the day, all items sold in the school store met the Rockwood School District Nutritional guidelines, but the school store is also re-opened at 3 p.m., so it can sell items with varied nutritional guidelines other than the ones required during the day.

“It has been a really fun thing for the students and I think a little more profitable,” Jones said.

Another parent, Kelley Kirtley, has volunteered in the Rockwood School District for two years. She issues uniforms through (AFJROTC) and organizes AFJROTC social events including their tailgating party.

For band, Kirtley plans to sell their spirit wear.

“I’m a professional volunteer. I’m waiting for my parking spot,” Kirtley said.

Kirsten Molskness was not only a school store day chair for part of the year, she also helped with the Silent Auction for Sophomore Trivia Night.

This year, Molskness co-chaired the Taste of West County for the Junior Class.

“For Taste of West County, we

Lancer's Landing manager Melissa Greenstein refills the coffee pot inside the school store. She manages the store every Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A large number of parents take turns manning ther school store during the week. In addition, many more parents serve as volunteers for various sports and club booster groups. (Photo by Gehrig Prozorowski) started meeting in September and met every month through February,” Molskness said. “It was a big time commitment but very worth it.”

Molskness said she started volunteering because her friends were on LPO or volunteered already and they wondered if she would enjoy helping out.

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On Tuesdays, Carren Rogan manages Lancer’s Landing.

She discovered the store through her friends like many other volunteers.

“I was friends with Rose Conroy who used to run the store many moons ago, and when my daughter was in 7th grade, [Conroy] was like, “when [your daughter] gets to LHS, you better work at the school store.

It’s really great.”

Now Rogan has volunteered for

seven years.

She currently serves as the LPO Treasurer helping to organize all of the class fundraisers. She usually organizes volunteers and makes many of the Sign-Up Geniuses for the fund raisers.

Rogan said she has participated in some Celebration events as well for the seniors.

“The kids are the best part.

Getting to know the kids and making sure they are doing what they need to be doing,” Rogan said.

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No privacy required Siblings share what they like about their large families Ethan & Christie The Nickersons Keilah & Taji

Kate Golder reporter To senior Christie Leslie, growing up in a big family meant squeezing 10 people into an eight-person mini van when the whole family went out to dinner or to church.

Christie’s oldest sibling is 43, and her youngest, Ethan, is a freshman.

“When we all went to church the first couple years it was a very packed car, packed isle, and it was a big trip,” said Ethan.

It’s a similar situation when the Leslies go out to dinner.

“Because I have 17 nieces and nephews when we all go out to dinner together it’s pretty insane,” Christie said.

Christie and Ethan were homeschooled by their mother for the majority of their schooling, until coming to Lafayette (for their other siblings, Marquette) for high school.

“There is always something happening at my house. At one

point eight of us lived in the same house, plus my parents with four bathrooms. You can imagine,” Christie said.

Although Christie and Ethan are fond of having each other in the same high school, Ethan also enjoys have older siblings and being the youngest of 10. “[Living in a big family is] pretty great. When I was born most of my siblings had already moved out, so it was like having family friends but there was also that aspect of them in the family. It’s not a normal family, obviously,” Ethan said.

He added, “You get the experience of having slightly older siblings and having older mentors. And having nieces and nephews is like having younger siblings because I never got to have them.”

Christie also enjoys having younger nieces and nephews.

“I have 17 nieces and nephews so there are a lot of babies which means I know how to take care of babies,” Christie said.

For junior twins Max and Jacob Nickerson and their three siblings, going out to eat is not an easy task.

“It’s kind of a hassle, everyone has to get ready and we can’t go until everyone is ready. It just takes longer,” Max said.

Despite the hassle of getting out of the house, Max and Jacob enjoy living in a large family.

“There’s a lot of us so we are never lonely,” Jacob said.”You always have someone to be with. We don’t really do stuff separately.”

Max and Jacob, however, are not the only set of twins in their family.

The family also has freshman twins, Jonah and Lucas.

“We don’t have twins that run in the family. My brother and I and our twin freshman brothers are really the only ones. So it’s kind of weird,” Jacob said.

They also have a younger sister who is in 2nd Grade at Green Pines Elementary.

Like many twins, the Nickersons face the problem of confusing their peers due to their similar looks.

“A lot of people mix you up and usually people think [Jonah] is me and I am him,” Lucas said.

Although the Nickersons appreciate their large family, they admit to some downsides.

“Its pretty tough actually, you have to share everything.”

Max said.

The boys described the bathroom as the more notable thing that the family has to share. “[The bathroom situation] is really bad. We run out of hot water literally all the time so we have to fight each other a lot.” Jacob said.

Even with the disadvantages of sharing bathrooms and a heretic atmosphere, the four Nickerson boys unanimously love each having a twin and living in a large family.

“I like having a twin and a big family. Doing stuff together and never being lonely is the best part,” Jonah said.

For Keilah Moore, a typical Sunday meant driving to church in a car of 11, including her mother, her sister Taji Israel-Cazembe, freshman, and her other eight siblings.

“Church was always a big thing. My mom would wake all of us up, cook breakfast and put us in the car and go,” Keilah said.

Although Taji was too young to remember all her siblings being together in a house she enjoys the benefits of all her brothers and sisters.

“Having older siblings is helpful. If my mom isn’t able to do something, they can help and I can talk to them,” Taji said.

The oldest in the family is a 35 year old sister and the youngest is a 10 year old brother.

Taji and Keilah mutually agree on the importance of having family around.

“Its awesome living in a big family. It makes it easier to know how to deal with different kinds of people.

There is always someone to

support you. And since six of my siblings are older I learn a lot from their mistake so I don’t have to make a lot of my own. They teach me lessons,” Keilah said.

Although Keilah and Taji enjoy the benefits that come with living in a large family, they agree there are drawbacks.

“It’s kind of hard to find a place of your own and you always have to share and privacy is not a thing, and people are always butting in,” Taji said.

“And sometimes you learn to be too aggressive,” Keilah added.

Even with the few disadvantages, Taji wouldn’t change anything.

“The more people the better, I feel like it’s always more fun when you have everyone around you, especially when they grew up around you and know you personally,” Taji said.

“If you don’t come from a big family, surround yourself with friends.”

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What’s on their playlist?

Varied musical tastes of staff members might surprise Abby Karandjeff reporter In every hallway, you can see swarms of students with earbuds in, listening to many different forms of music. However, people often don’t consider that teachers enjoy a wide variety music, too.

Kevin O'Gorman, math teacher, listens to music every day. He said he typically enjoys pop, country, hip hop, R&B, rap and pop-rock genres.

“Imagine Dragons, Maroon 5, The Script and OneRepublic are the only ‘bands’ I can think of that I listen to consistently. Artists I like include Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, Jason Aldean and Ed Sheeran,” O’Gorman said.

When discussing his past music preference, O'Gorman said, “Does Disney count as a genre?

Because that was a childhood classic. But other than that, pop and pop-rock have always been a staple.”

He said he continues to enjoy the music he grew up with and that his parents listened to, but he has gone on to discover his own taste and music preferences.

“In 100 percent honesty, I used to listen to Matchbox 20, Backstreet Boys, Destiny's Child, Nickelback and pretty much any other embarrassing 90s early 2000s musical group you can think of,” O’Gorman said.

Many teachers said their musical tastes have morphed and developed over the years.

Similarly, Melissa Schumacher, language arts teacher, also enjoyed pop music while in high

school. She listened to artists like Cyndi Lauper and Madonna.

Currently, Schumacher said, “I enjoy a lot of genres like folk, classic rock, 90s grunge, punk, ‘old-school’ rap, techno/dance and some pop.”

She has listened to these genres since her mid-20s, which shows how music taste develops with time.

“I listen to artists like Indigo Girls, Feist, Honey Claws, They Might Be Giants, Kate Nash, Morphine, Ben Harper, Pink, Nirvana, Green Day, The Cure and so on,” Schumacher said.

Music has been impactful for Schumacher and her character.

“I have gone through phases, but I would have to say that music lyrics, in particular, are important to me and have inspired me or made me think because I like more of the social commentary type music through the years,” she said.

Social Studies teacher Steve Klawiter said he enjoys almost all genres of music, but most specifically indie rock, punk rock and 80s new wave music.

“Coming through high school, I liked bands like The Cure and New Order. By the end of high school, I was on a slippery slope into punk-rock bands like The Descendants. After high school, I became a college radio DJ and was exposed to all kinds of different music,” Klawiter said High school provided a base for Klawiter’s exploration into music, but this was accelerated even more with his involvement in college radio.

“For more modern music, I really like a band from Minneapolis called Banner Pilot. I like The

been to a lot of concerts. Those days are “ I’ve interrupted now with small children at home.

I’ve seen Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day, New Order, Jawbreaker and Pavement. This September I’ll be going to the Descendants concert. When I was younger, I was seeing shows all the time, but it’s kind of died down now that I have kids.”

Steve Klawiter, social studies teacher

Gateway District and a band called Red City Radio. I’m always trying to find new stuff, but it’s all basically guitars and drums,” Klawiter said.

Klawiter has a past of his own involvement in music.

“In college I was a DJ at several radio stations. I was playing music that wasn’t just Top 40 or stuff that’s on The Point, which can be more corporate and manufactured,” Klawiter said.

He continues to carry the traits of a DJ even in his job at LHS. “I like to play music in-between classes and expose students to stuff they may not have heard. I think it creates more of a laid-back atmosphere. It’s like whatever stressful thing is going on, you come into class and music’s playing and I think it serves multiple purposes,” Klawiter said.

School Resource Officer Jim McDonald also

has an interest in music.

“I like a little bit of everything. I mainly like punk and metal. I like angry music, but I can have a more mellow side,” McDonald said.

McDonald has been a fan of this music for a long time.

“Guns N’ Roses, Jack Johnson and Social Distortion are my top three favorite bands. I’ve listened to them since high school.”

McDonald has been to many concerts over the years.

“I used to live in California, so I went to a lot of punk shows like Social Distortion, Face to Face and a lot of other bands people have never really heard of,” he said.

McDonald has had his own music-related mischief in the past.

“In high school, I got caught sneaking out to go to a Guns N’ Roses concert. I was halfway out of the window and my dad caught me,” McDonald said.

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High Flying Kade Bontrager Senior player represents heart, soul of team three years running Arpan Das sports reporter Senior Kade Bontrager moved to St. Louis from Dallas at the beginning of his sophomore year, and it is his third year for varsity boys volleyball.

Since then, he has been one of the star players and team leaders for boys volleyball.

He plays outside hitter, a position he shares with fellow teammate Alex Gettinger.

Bontrager is one of the team’s best servers. Last season, he had statistics like .51 aces per game, good for second on the team.

The team is 16-1 roughly halfway through the season, dropping only one match to Lake Park, an Illinois team, in a tournament final.

In the regular season alone, through the first six games, the team has not dropped a single set and have defeated all six teams 2-0.

In that opening stretch, Bontrager improved upon several of his stats from last season. He was averaging .5 blocks per game in that stretch, up from .35 per game last season. Also, in that stretch, his kill percentage is up from 28.48 percent to 46.34 percent.

Bontrager has a big role on the team as both a player and a leader.

He said, “I’m an extremely competitive person, I want to win everything I do, and I think that rubs off on some of my teammates. Alex and I are the leaders and we try to help everybody else get better, as well as be the guys that the other players

look up to and look to in tough situations.”

He started playing volleyball when he was 9 years old.

His first experiences with volleyball were unique, however.

He said, “My dad has played since high school, and I wasn’t enjoying other sports like basketball or football so I went and tried out for a club team that my dad knew about and played on a 14 (and under) team.”

However, one of the biggest influences on him was the friends and family he had around him before and after his move.

Bontrager said, “When I was in 8th grade, I met Alex Gettinger and his family through club tournaments.

The boys volleyball environment in Texas is very small, and I wasn’t able to improve at the rate I wanted to down there, so my parents shipped me up to live with Alex and play for his club team, and attend Lafayette.”

His expectations moving to St. Louis for volleyball were mostly a mystery.

“I knew I would be good, because I’ve always been confident in my skill level, but I couldn’t have expected all of this. I didn’t know what to expect, leaving everything I’ve ever known, but I came in with an open mind and I cannot thank the Gettinger’s enough for the opportunity. I’ve had a blast up here,” he said.

Bontrager also has some special traits as a volleyball player that make him all the more interesting.

This includes his extremely high 40-plus inch vertical, which he showcased at Mr. LHS, and his ambidextrous nature.

He hits right-handed, but writes and throws left-handed.

The last two years, the varsity team has been one of the best teams in the state, but they have never been able to claim the title of being the best, as both years they lost to SLUH in the State finals.

Bontrager is one of six on the team that have been on both teams and have suffered the same fate.

When asked what makes SLUH such a hurdle he said, “The past two years they’ve had an extremely strong team, with multiple D1 players, and they’ve just had a little bit more talent than us, but this year we have the edge on talent, and we want redemption.”

Bontrager is committed to Indiana-Purdue at Fort Wayne (IPFW) to play collegiate volleyball.

He said, “I really like the coaches there, and they gave me the best offer out of the schools that recruited me. I’m also looking to major in mechanical engineering and you can’t get much better than a Purdue engineering degree.”

Looking back on the experiences of volleyball, he said, “We’re just a very tight knit group of guys, and every time we play, we have loads of fun and I’m glad to have been a part of it.”

His words for next year’s team were, “Work hard and you can control your own outcome.”

Kade Bontrager goes up to hit a serve in a game against Parkway West. They beat the Longhorns 2-0. (photo courtesy of Inter-State Studios)

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A handful of students spend their passing periods handing out cookies and slushies at the cookie stand.

On April 7, the cookie stand hosted the Second annual Cookies for a Cause fundraiser.

This year, the fundraiser was to honor and celebrate Lawrence Strawbridge’s birthday, a junior who passed away this past summer.

“I’m usually in the cookie stand during 1st and 4th Hour, but that day I was in there from 1st hour until lunch,” senior Jarid Morton said.

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The passing period is six minutes long with a warning bell at the five-minute mark.

Most students use this time to meet friends, buy snacks or drinks at a vending machine, visit the school store, stop by their locker and then make the sprint to class at the minute bell; however, some spend their time between classes in more unique ways. Check out how these students make the most of every minute of their passing time.

was collected from cookie and slushie sales, and was donated to the Lawrence Strawbridge Foundation.

“Everyone felt really good about our school and how everyone did their part to make something really great happen,” Morton said.

On most days, music can be heard from the senior hallway during passing period.

“My friend gave me a bluetooth speaker, and I just started bringing it to school,” senior Grant Robinson said.

Robinson plays music on the speaker in the mornings and during passing periods.

“I thought teachers would get mad, but no one has really said anything. I like playing music because it’s fun, and it really makes the school days go by faster,” Robinson said.

Staff in the senior hallways can also hear the music being played.

On Valentine’s Day, language arts teacher Dawn Indelicato-Faw tweeted, “The playlist of the senior

minutes seconds The time it takes to walk at a normal pace from the Pool Entrance to the end of the Fine Arts Hallway

boys in the hallway so far, ‘Let’s Get it On,’ ‘All of Me,’ ‘I Will Always Love You.’ Way to set the tone.”

During passing period, junior James Norvell can be seen walking up to almost every person he sees and giving them hugs and high fives.

“I like walking up to people and doing that because I know it makes them happy, and I want everyone to be happy,” Norvell said.

Top left: Junior James Norvell goes in for a high five.

Bottom Left: Seniors Brad Cox, Balto Day, Jake Messer, Jarid Morton, and Steve Pennington are ready to hand out cookies to students when the bell rings for 3rd lunch.

Right: Senior Grant Robinson shows off the speaker he plays songs on during each passing period. (photos by Kayley Allen)