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Issue 1 Volume 53 Aug. 24, 2018
8808 Columbia Ave. Munster, IN 46321
Food
Faced with the decision whether or not to hire a food service director or hire a food provider this summer, Central Office decided to bring in a private company, Chartwells to provide lunches in the cafeteria. “There was a bid process that the district went through complete with bid sheets and tally sheets and ultimately Chartwells was the winning company that got the bid,” Mr. Wells said. According to Casey Meldgin, senior, the change in provider has been a positive change, even improving the quality of school lunches. “They are actually edible and they are probably the most flavorful lunches I have had from school,” Casey said. “The food also just looks better. The tacos are my favorite thing to order because they are like Chipotle-style tacos where you can say ‘I want this, this and this,” and they will get it for you. It is so lit.”
New lunch, construction, among changes to school for new year
Construction
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ast year, Track and Field members using the indoor track got accustomed to running around garbage cans filled with water after a hard rain. Following summer construction, the dome in the fieldhouse was finally replaced and upgraded, meaning athletes can now use a track free of obstacles. The upgrade also allowed air-conditioning to be added to the field house. “They also installed two air handler units to air condition the field house, so that is a huge changethat field house has never been air-conditioned before,” Mr. Mike Wells, principal, said. “(Today) we will have our Alumni Hall of Fame assembly in the fieldhouse where it will be air-conditioned so the whole student body will be able to see it.” Previously, fitting lots of people in the field house would cause it to get very hot, even prompting Mr. Wells to joke with the graduating class last year that they had “the privilege of being the last class to go through commencement without air-conditioning.” Volleyball players and other athletes that use the field house after school have found the air conditioning to be a major improvement. “They have the air conditioning on in the gym during school so it cools off the whole gym for right after school,” Volleyball player Sydney Foster, junior, said. “Once we go into practice the air conditioning is off, so like the vents aren’t going but, you can still feel it.” Among the various improvements the field house include new Varsity locker rooms which Sydney also finds to be a welcome change. “I like the new locker rooms,” Sydney said. “I’d say they are organized better and are better quality. The old locker rooms were just kind of gross and everything was musty, but I think now it will just look nicer and be a better quality for us.”
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[Mimi Brody] Editor-in-Chief
MEAL PREP In the kitchen, a food service worker chops meat for tacos. At the start of this school year, the school contracted with the food service company Chartwells.
[your ontake] paint What do you think of the new paint in South hallways? “I think it doesn’t really go with the rest of the school. They only painted the math hallway, and it looks nice and more modern, but it is so out of place. It would be an eyesore if they painted the rest of the school because it would be so bright.”
Deven Burse senior
[photos by Elizabeth Fonseca]
Paint OVER OUR HEADS (top left) The long awaited construction on the field house dome finally wrapped up this summer. KEEP COOL (bottom left)The various improvements include adding new air-handling units, making the field house more accommodating to large groups of people.
[Inside look]
[Upcoming]
Hall of Fame inductees
Afternoon half-day Wednesday, classes will go from noon to 2:55 p.m.
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New staff members
Students who entered through doors in South on the first day of school were greeted with fresh new paint adorning the walls and lockers. “We kind of went with the theme that is in the weight room and we are going to try and be consistent with a unifying theme and also go with our school colors, red white and black,” Mr. Wells said. “As time progresses in one to two years you will kind of see the building transform with our school colors, so black and white with school colors.” The new paint was met with mixed feelings. Some students appreciated the upgrade and thought it made the school look cleaner and more modern, while others believed it looked
Football plays Chesterton tonight at home 7 p.m. theme: black out [photos by Elizabeth Fonseca]
[photo by Elizabeth Fonseca]
NEW LOOK This year, the South hall’s walls have been repainted. The rest of the school is set to also be updated in the coming years.
too bright and distracting. “I like the new paint better than the green because it fits our school colors better,” Kennedy Clark, senior, said. “I wasn’t here on the first day and someone texted me saying, ‘our school looks like High School Musical now’ which I thought was cool. TAKING OVER After a 45 year career, former football coach, Mr. Leroy Marsh, health teacher, retired. Stepping in for Mr. Marsh, former Offensive Coordinator Coach Jason Grunewald took over as head coach. Coach Grunewald’s Mustangs have a record of 0-1 so far this season.