MHS Crier |9.21.18| Issue 2

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Issue 2 Volume 52 Sept. 21, 2018

8808 Columbia Ave. Munster IN 46321

Hawaiians, nerds, and Chicago Bears, Oh My! In anticipation for tonight’s football game and tommorow’s dance, students flooded the hallways dressed in random costumes, jerseys, American flags and 80’s workout gear all week. No matter if you scoured Goodwill for the perfect pair of legwarmers or just stole an ugly Hawaiian shirt from your dad, there is no doubt that this Spirit Week was one to remember.

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GET PHYSICAL Eric Jerge, senior, leads the senior class during 80’s workout day. A PAINTED SMILE Megan Flynn, sophomore, laughs during lunch on Red, White, and Blue day.

LAUGHING IN PARADISE Hailey Thill and Will Stephan, seniors, enjoy lunch on Hawaiian day. IN THE LAB Alisha Evans, junior, watches a pig dissection on jersey day. PICTURE READY Alyssa Nahnsen, Kathir Venkat, Emma Higgason, and Tarun Girn, juniors, pose on

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movie day. SHOWING COLORS Diana Ayala, junior, dresses as Frida Khalo. LOOK HERE Nicole Tsoukalas, senior, works on a lab on nerd day. BLAST FROM THE PAST Charlie Mason, freshman, dresses in 50’s attire for decades day TREY WAY Michael Biel, senior, dresses as rapper 6ix9ine for random costume day. FEELING LIKE A ROCKSTAR Cali Grzybowski, senior, dresses as Post Malone for random costume day.

[photos by Chloe Lambert, Charlie Hofferth, Elizabeth Fonseca, Megan Szymanski, Lilia Brunetti, and Lana Salaheih]

[Inside look] pg. 6-7

Homecoming theme and Student Section

pg. 8

Students express themselves through shoes

[Upcoming] Homecoming Dance held in Fieldhouse at 7 p.m. on Saturday

Football plays Andrean in Homecoming game

Student Section: neon

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Munster High School Crier

Sept. 21, 2018

Sidenote New Study Hall Supervisor

[photo by Charlie Hofferth]

GET READY TO DRUM-BLE Percussionist Gavin Clark, junior, practices a cymbal roll on his drum set in preparation for the upcoming “Quirk” show. “Band, as usual, is hard but it’s also really fun,” Gavin said. “I think this year’s show sounds great. Cymbal rolls add more of a type of feel in a piece. Stuff like that is used in popular music.”

Ready, Set, Quirk!

Motivated band prepares for state competition story by

[Mimi Brody] Editor-in-Chief

On any given Tuesday and Thursday, between the hours of 6—9 p.m., Band can be found on the football field dutifully rehearsing their new show with the hopes that their practice will pay off as competition season begins. According to Drum Major, Catie Gilhooly, senior, with each three-hour practice comes improvement.

“It would be nice in general to keep improving on our fourth place for last year. And even if we just get third or second, I’m completely fine with that honestly, because it means we’re improving,” Catie said. “As someone who’s been in this program for five years, really, it’s just it’s really incredible.”

With the clear goal of improving in mind, the Band has decided to stylistically change their show. According to Catie, this year’s show, “Quirk”, is much different from any show they had done in previous years.

“We want to be more sophisticated, like DCI groups, which is marching band’s Major League basically,” Catie

Last year, Band finished fourth at the said. “So ‘Quirk’ is a lot more sophisticated and a lot more grown up than I State competition. The previous year, think any show we’ve ever really done they finished seventh.

“I would attribute our increasing sucbefore. Usually you tend to see the more sophisticated bands get more respect cess to the staff and also the growing from the older judges, the guys who’ve number of kids joining band,” Javaughn been around longer that don’t want to said. “There have a lot more people joinsee like a show that has been done 300 ing band over the past few years. Kids are gravitating more times.”

We want to prove that we’re towards band “Quirk” also than sports.” brings musical here for a reason—it’s not While Band’s changes to the just a fluke. ultimate goal band. According to Catie Gilhooly is to win State, Catie, the band had senior Catie is focusing previously included more popular music in their pieces. primarily on simply continuing to im“Quirk” does not have any popular mu- prove.

“I just really want to be proud of where sic. Also different is the arrangement.

“There is a bunch of soloistic stuff in we are and finally establish that we are “Quirk”, so there are a lot more small here for a reason,” Catie said. “We are groups and trios,” Javaughn Richards, such a newer band, we’ve only been gosenior, said. “It is different than anything ing to state finals consistently for about we have really done before, so it is going 10 years, so really, we want to prove that we’re here for a reason—it’s not just a to be exciting.” “(Quirk) is about really just embrac- fluke,” she said. “We are working and I ing the things that make you different,” think if we continue to do that then we’ll Catie said. “There’s a lot of things to do have a lot more success in the future, with like peacocks. So there’s like a lot and for future generations and years of blues and purples and like referenc- of this band. I hope this band program es like a peacock like showing strutting keeps continuing to thrive, even after we are gone.” your feathers.”

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An exceptional new addition story by

[Carey Scott] Managing Editor

[photo by Megan Szymanski]

OPENING NIGHT At an Eads meet-andgreet earlier this month, Mrs. Jovanka “Jo” Cvitkovich introduces herself and informs parents about her new position. “I look forward to hopefully starting what I call a parent forum, so that we can bring to the table all the great things that are happening; then also help me understand where, maybe, we might be missing the mark,” Mrs. Cvitkovich said.

Due to the West Lake Cooperation’s ongoing separation, the School Town of Munster hired Mrs. Jovanka “Jo” Cvitkovich, the Director of Exceptional Needs.

She handles needs of any students that excel past the point of average students, from honors to self-contained. STM and Lake Central had previously partnered to provide these services.

“My department is in charge of much more than just academics, just like our teachers in our buildings who are general education teachers are responsible for more than just academics. They’re looking out for that social, emotional, well being, they’re looking out for how we can create an atmosphere to allow students to be as well rounded as possible and allow them to have access to skills that are not just academically related,” Mrs. Cvitkovich said.

Mrs. Cvitkovich handles all sorts of different forms of exceptional needs in edu-

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School Town of Munster welcomes an new director of exceptional needs

cation, and said she finds it important to focus on all aspects of education, not just academics. She has many goals for the upcoming school year in relation to how the department can help students achieve success, depending on their needs.

“I am looking at our entire program for our entire district, and how we are providing services, how we are identifying students, how we are providing access to the curriculum, and what delivery platforms were using, in order to reach all of our students,” she said.

In addition, she is largely focused on preparing the entire program for next school year, when the separation will be final.

“By December, I would like to have a very solid plan in place that will be presented to superintendents and the board and then at that point as well, we will be posting for positions throughout our district,” she said. “So the second half of the school year will be largely spent on all of the necessities in creating what’s the foundations are, for what our program is going to look like, for the 2020 school year.”

New to the staff this month, students and teachers welcomed Mrs. Ellen Naumoff, the new study hall supervisor. Being a MHS alumni, she was happy to return to her past high school. “(My time here) has been good, I am enjoying it,” Mrs. Naumoff said.

“I have only been here for nine days.

This is the best time I have had in Munster High School, and I graduated from here, but this is more fun.”

Mrs. Naumoff replaces former study hall supervisor, Ms. Jill Wichert who took another job as full-time teacher in another school.

Choir to Perform at Carnegie Hall in Spring

[photo by Robert Young]

BIG NEWS, BIG APPLE Choir members, including Ben Peters, senior, Ben Hand, junior, Kelli Little, senior, Jamie DeJoan, junior, Jack Sullivan, junior, Christina Burzynski, senior, and Tim Giannini, junior, gather around a laptop to look at information about their trip to New York City from April 25-29 to perform at Carnegie Hall with the composer Eric Whitacre. “I was literally speechless because many of us in choir basically treat Eric Whitacre like God,” Peters said.

“The rest of the choir have literally only dreamt of singing with him.”

Annual Chicken Barbecue When: Tonight from 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Where: Cafeteria Speech and Debate will host a pre-Homecoming Football game chicken barbecue this evening from 4:30-6:30 p.m. This is the 51st annual dinner.

Mr. Jordan Mayer, Speech and Debate Head Coach, said he is excited about the new features to the annual dinner.

“Tickets were sold online. And we have a new dessert that’s available in our dinner,” he said. “We hope to see you there.”

Corrections

In the Hall of Fame issue of the Crier, the graph should read 83.6 percent for yes and 16.4 percent for no on page 7. On page 3, in the “Hall of History,” Steven Hess’ quote should have read: “My mother, in her capacity as President of the Munster School Board, was the one who awarded my classmates and me with our degrees.” On page 6, in the caption “Seize the Clay,” Niko Zaromitidis’ name was spelled incorrectly.

On page 8, in the story “Quality Content,” Stephanie Niemiec’s name was spelled incorrectly. Crier regrets these errors.

Munster High School Crier

[NEWS] 3 Sept. 21, 2018

Getting into the groove story by

[Alexis Lindenmayer] Page Editor

The theater company kicks off their season with the fall production of “A Most Curious Phenomenon.”

This year’s play is a satirical comedy that examines teenage love and relationships through a scientific aspect. The play will be performed Oct. 4-7.

“I picked this particular show because I think it’s a very fun, humorous look at teenage relationships,” Mr. Raymond Palasz, theater director, said. “(The play) kind of pokes fun at the stereotypes of how teenagers look at each other in relationships while also giving a little bit of validity to the fact of why relationships, especially at the teenage level, are so stressful and such a big deal for teenagers.”

This show will be under the direction of Sydney Hamil and Joseph Bellahcen, seniors, and Andrew Wittkamp and Aubrey Rivera, sophomores.

“It is a student directed play so for the most part me and the fellow directors have a lot of creative freedom,” Sydney said. “It’s different because usually you would have three student directors and now we have four.”

According to Sydney, having four directors is appearing to be extremely efficient and thorough. All aspects of the show are taken care of and being treated completely as important as the next.

“There is a lot of division of work between the four of us,” Sydney said.

“It allows us to focus a lot more on smaller characters that usually would get pushed to the side or on costumes and being able to really work with the techies (the tech team).”

Since this particular production

requires its leads to memorize plenty of lines, some students have invented helpful methods to make the process easier.

“I’ll put a sticky note on all the pages that have words that I don’t know or don’t know how to pronounce properly,” Diana Ayala, junior, said. “I will say the word five to ten times and then repeat the line over and over and

Young Love

story by

Editor-in-Chief

The Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, announced last Wednesday that teen usage of electronic cigarettes was of epidemic proportions. The FDA specifically cited Juul Labs and four other prominent manufacturers for targeting and selling products to minors. If these manufacturers do not halt sales to minors and alter their marketing practices within 60 days, the FDA has threatened to pull the products off shelves.

“I think that (the FDA announcement) legitimizes the concerns that adults

then repeat the scene over and then repeat the next scene and then put it all together.”

However, other students may find simpler methods in learning their lines and preparing for the role.

“I find it easiest to write down my lines,” David Adams, junior, said. “It’s a very good memorization technique.

With all of the cast and crew working hard to assist the fall production in

running smoothly, expectations are set high.

“I vision this play to show every single actor’s abilities and all their talents and how much the directors have worked on it,” Sydney said. “I really think that sometimes when people think of our Theater Company, they don’t have the best opinions and I hope that maybe this show could change something about that.”

Students share their thoughts on why think teenagers fall in love

“They sort of see it (love) in their parents or like older people and they are like that looks like something amazing. I want to have that.”

- Robyn DeJoan freshman “When you meet someone who understands what you’re going through or at least tries to, it’s really something beautiful.”

- Diana Ayala junior “The high school scene is a place where people can form really close relationships and friendships and sometimes they can develop into something more.”

- James Shelton junior

Gone in a Puff of Smoke [Mimi Brody]

The fall play “A Most Curious Phenomenon” will debut on Oct. 4

have about juuling,” Mr. Morgan Nolan, Assistant Principal, said.

“Smoking, even when I was in high school, was frowned upon and we can all agree that it’s bad-smoking is bad.

Now this product has come along and there’s been this perception of ‘We don’t know.’ I think the FDA, and other groups legitimize the concerns that people like I have about it, like what is this going to do to us in 20 or 30 years.”

In addition to targeting manufacturers of e-cigarettes, the FDA also cracked down on more than 1,300 Online retailers and convenience stores that illegally sold nicotine products to teenagers.

[photo by Lilia Brunetti]

RIGHT ON CUE Staying after school for rehearsal, Dori Clousing, sophomore, and Diana Ayala, junior, practice lines for their scene. Play rehearsals are on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 3-5 p.m. “My favorite part about rehearsals is definitely seeing everyone’s characters develop even further everytime we perform,” Dori said. “It’s exciting being able to see the show come together every time we step back onto stage.”

FDA enforcing punishments on stores who sell vapes to minors JUULING AROUND The Juul e-cigarette was introduced in 2015. It uses nicotine salts that are stored in the pod.

These retailers faced anything from warning letters to $11,000 fines.

“There’s this idea that Juuls and vapes are safer so I think (companies) target that,” Mr. Nolan said. “The FDA is announcement that they’re going after these companies for targeting minors as well as the CDC

announcement from this summer talking about health concerns with Juuls are kind of trickling out to the parents as well, so the parents aren’t buying these products as much. I definitely think that for a while kids were (vaping) and then convincing their parents it’s not smoking.”

[photo illustrations by Mercedez Willams]

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Munster High School Crier

Sept. 21, 2018

Opinion

Bad influences

column by

[Nadia Perdue] Page Editor

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS In between classes, students can be found JUULing in the school bathrooms. Not only is this disruptive, but it also makes teenagers look immature and perpetuates the stereotype that all teenagers JUUL.

Editorial

Dear Student,

What now?

We see you and your friends huddle in a bathroom stall in between passing periods. We hear the crackle as you inhale till the taste of mango and nicotine line your lungs. We smell the faint fumes rising above the tops of stalls. We want to know: What now?

The FDA’s ruling that JUUL and similar companies must revise marketing plans that cater to teenagers has serious implications for you. If these companies do not comply, the products you hide under your pillows, and in your shoes will disappear from the shelves you illegally buy them from. What will you smoke to get your nicotine fix? The FDA also has upped fines for businesses that sell these products to minors.

Tell me, what businesses are still going to sell you pods?

These restrictions have left us with no choice.

You might have read, or at least seen Snapchats, of the story by Indiana Daily Student in which two MHS students discuss JUULing at our school. Is that the kind of reputation we want Munster to have? As students, it is our responsibility to decide how our class and high school want to proceed. We can either continue leaving

class to hit JUULs and normalize addiction by calling those who do “fiends” and not “addicts”.

Or, we can change.

It is easy for us to write a story about all of the dangers of JUULing, but that seems repetitive and inadequate. We have written a story about how dangerous JUULing is, two stories even, yet on average one student is called down to Student Services a week for a vaping related offense. This is not Crier’s way of demonizing or blaming you, or Teenagers should claiming some false take action moral supremecy. We to change the are among you. But, perception that all we feel embarrassed to be characterized teenagers JUUL as a generation that needs to “hotbox their moms’ cars with mango-flavored clouds” in order to “(work) up the energy to face the first bell.”

In hopes of changing this perception, we curiously and desperately ask you, what now?

[Our take]

Sincerely, Crier

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[Our Staff]

Editor-in-Chief Mimi Brody Managing Editor Carey Scott

With the rise in prominence of felonious pedophiles like 6ix9ine, alleged abusers like XXXTENTACION, and even murderers like Tay-K in the music industry, one may feel uneasy at the influence artists may have on young people. More than ever, we are well aware of the activities, as well as wrongdoings, our favorite musicians take part in. With a simple tap of the finger, anyone can view the latest antics of these artists on social media.

Is the heavier influence of certain artists, due to the easier access to the Internet, more toxic to us?

Nowadays, it seems like clockwork that artists are reported to have died from drug use or violence. Many of them were open about their heavy substance abuse, both in and outside of their music. Lil Peep, for instance, was a prime example of this case. His death, which occurred last November, truly opened my eyes to the negative effects of drug use. I’m sure you can name numerous other musicians that have also died from similar causes.

Even two weeks ago, rapper Mac Miller had lost his life to an overdose.

As the deaths of musicians seem to become more routine, people tend to turn a blind eye to how dangerous these substances really are.

Well aware of these artists’ involvement with drugs, some fans choose to emulate their actions, putting them in harm’s way. In turn, the romanticizing of these substances, especially Xanax, also becomes trendy. The message given off by so many of these creators to their fans is absolutely toxic to both their mental, and not to mention physical, health.

Actions like these should not be mimicked by devoted followers. An individual should be able to enjoy an artist’s work without feeling driven to imitate some of their foolish actions.

If the artist themself chooses not to change, then the audience should choose not to make their same mistakes.

Graphics Editor Robert Young Web Editor Lilia Brunetti Social Media Manager Adam Klaich Alt-Copy Manager Mercedez Williams Page Editors: Alexis Lindenmayer, Nadia Perdue Business Manager Kammy Moore Head Photographer Elizabeth Fonseca Chief Photographer Melanie Powers Chief Social Media Photographer Lauren Kozy

Copy Editor Alyssa Bass

Photographers: Charlie Hofferth, Lana Salahieh

Design Editor Megan Syzmanski

Adviser Ms. Sarah-Anne Lanman

Munster High School Crier

[REVIEW] 5 Sept. 21, 2018

4 Sounds

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of the Summer

T c p B T i b

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3 stories by

[Adam Klaich and Mercedez Williams]

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Social Media Manager and Alt-Copy Manager

“KIDS SEE GHOSTS”

By Kanye West and Kid Cudi [5/5 Stars]

“KIDS SEE GHOSTS” is a great album. As one of the five albums produced by Kanye West this summer, “KIDS SEE GHOSTS” is truly a stand out album.

Every aspect of the album from the lyrics, to the production and the album art are close to perfect.

The album does have a different sound and feel compared to albums like “ASTROWORLD” and Scorpion, but the forth track titled “Freeee (Ghost Town Pt.2)” is a feel good song that will put you in a good mood no matter what is going on in your life. Songs such as “Feel the Love,” “Fire” and “4th Dimension” have a harder and more aggressive tone and sound more scary while other songs like “Cudi Montage” and “Kids See Ghosts” has a deeper tone and talk about pain and unnecessary violence. “Cudi Montage” is also a stand out track because it talks about pain and the unnecessary violence our society has produced. The album is fully produced by Kanye West and Kid Cudi and was recorded in Wyoming and Utah over the summer. This album was one of the 5 albums released by Kanye West’s record label G.O.O.D. Music and in my opinion, “KIDS SEE GHOSTS” is the album of the year so far. It is definitely worth it to take 23 minutes out of your life to listen to the album all the way through.

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“ASTROWORLD”

By Travis Scott [4.5/5 Stars]

Named after the famous Houston theme park, “ASTROWORLD” is Travis Scott’s third studio album and a sequel to his debut album Rodeo. The album features a wide range of features ranging from Drake, Frank Ocean, and Stevie Wonder which

Crier reviews some of the most popular albums of the summer make the album more enjoyable. The listener also witnesses a deeper more lyrical side of Travis along with the bangers that are present on all of his projects. Songs like “COFFEE BEAN”, “HOUSTONFORNICATION” and “STOP TRYING TO BE GOD” discuss Travis’ personal life including his girlfriend Kylie Jenner and new born baby Stormi.

The albums production was handled by various producers such as Tay Keith, Tame Impala, and Boi1da. In my opinion, the production is one of the best features of the album and gives it a different, darker vibe that sounds different from his past album “Birds In the Trap Sing Mcknight.” I feel like “Rodeo” had a different and unique rock and western vibe that makes the album more enjoyable. Overall, I thought the album was one of the best of the year, but I feel like some songs such as “BUTTERFLY EFFECT” and “WHO? WHAT?” are less entertaining and lack certain features that the stand out tracks like “SICKO MODE” or “STARGAZING” have. I don’t think ASTROWORLD is Travis Scott’s best album, but it is definitely one of the better albums of 2018.

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“Love Yourself: Answer”

By BTS [4.5/5 Stars]

Korean pop music sensation BTS, has returned with another compilation album, “Love Yourself: Answer.” Debuting at #1 on Billboard 200 chart in the US, it was surely another success for the rising boy group. Time album compiles their three latest albums, with multiple sounds being incorporated into it.

The three main singles in the compilation album are DNA, an EDM/ Dance pop song, “Fake Love,” an “emo hip hop song with grunge rock and trap beats” (according to Big Kick Entertainment) and “Idol,” a pop song with “Korean and African tradition-

T u d 1 b d r

al beats” (also according to Big Kid Entertainment) infused with EDM and trap. Love Yourself: Answer seems to have a song for every person. Such as ballads, such as “Epiphany,” “Serendipity,” EDM tracks such as “Best of Me,” “Magic Shop,” Hip Hop influenced tracks such as: “Mic Drop,” “Outro: Tear.”

Beats also come from multiple cultures such as Latin in “Airplane pt. 2” and traditional African beats in “Idol.” However, I find their latest part of the album (LY; Tear) the weakest when it comes to the quality of music. “Idol” was my favorite main single, but the album that followed it was lackluster for me.

Luckily, hearing the songs from the other albums raised my overall rating of the album.

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“Scorpion”

By Drake [1.5/5 Stars]

Scorpion, Drake’s latest album, is boring and way too long. Drake has made some of the most memorable albums of the decade and is definitely one of the leaders of the “new school” of hip hop, but Scorpion is a waste of time and not worth the listen. His past albums contained emotion and were creative, but Scorpion has none of that. The album is divided into a two sides (Side A and Side B) which consist of 12 and 13 tracks, so 25 tracks in total.

In my opinion, this is way too long for an album and makes the album even less enjoyable. Other than the main singles that everyone knows, there is only 2 or 3 enjoyable tracks. The production is decent, but every beat sounds too similar and a lot of tracks are bland. It featured too many slow and quiet tracks and lacked the bangers that most hip-hop albums of today have. The only memorable songs on the album are the singles that were released prior its release and “In My Feelings” because of the social media trend. Scorpion is a waste of time and I do not recommend taking a full hour and 30 additional minutes to listen.

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Munster High School Crier

Sept. 21, 2018

In good

Munster High School Crier

Sept. 21, 2018

SCREAM AND SHOUT Joey Marcus, sophomore, yells in the student section of a football game. [photo by Sydney Pastor]

An evening in

spirits

Paris

Students discuss school spirit and Homecoming spirit week story by

[Carey Scott] Managing Editor

Recently, the bleachers of the student section have been packed quite a bit tighter than years previous, with many students coming out to support all different sports teams.

Eric Jerge, senior, and leader of the student section, attributes student section success in the past year to the unity amongst grade levels.

“I think as a student union, we’ve all come together and really bonded as one,” Eric said. “No grade is really divided. I think a lot of students are just really excited to show off their school spirit this year because of it. Now I see it more as, instead of having one leader, we all kind of lead more as a grade.”

Members of the student body try to encourage further student participation and school spirit, like the pep rally.

“For pep rally, essentially the point of it is to bring unity to the school, for us to feel Mustang Pride,” Shreyas Iyer, senior and student body president said. “Right before the big Homecoming game. We want to encourage the student population to come together, so we have games planned out. But at the same time, we want it to be fun, so we have rivalry between the grades, tug-of-war with the teachers, half court shot, so it should be fun.”

The student section runs multiple social media accounts to update students on upcoming events.

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“Yeah, we are trying to tweet (@MHS47899258) out a lot for every sport,” Eric said. “Especially like volleyball, soccer, and sports that don’t get as much hype as some of the other ones. So we use social media accounts, to spread the word throughout the week.”

Students participating in sports also find the student section school spirit helpful, like Vanessa Koultourides, cheerleader and senior.

“During the away games it’s only the parents, they are the only people watching us and when we stand there it feels like you’re cheering to no one, but when there’s a student section there it makes cheering a lot more fun,” Vanessa said.

Similarly, Scott Farmer, senior and basketball player, sees the student section presence motivating.

“It makes you want to play that much harder. It’s just when they’re all there you just want to impress them, you know what I mean? And it just pushes you to give it that extra amount of effort,” Scott said.

Though student’s passion for school spirit has been more common this year, long time fan, Patty Pfister, who worked in the lunchroom until this fall, says it best: “I’m a Munster super fan because I love supporting all of the athletes at Munster High School. Seeing them play and win makes me feel so good and I am always proud of them. I’m at almost every volleyball and football game. I also enjoy cheering on the football and basketball players. Being a fan is a part of who I am.”

Shreyas Iyer, senior and student body president, and Mrs. Kathleen LaPorte, social studies teacher and student government sponsor, discuss planning behind this year’s Homecoming spirit week [photo by Charlie Hofferth]

FAN FAIR Chyan Rangel, senior, Izzy Bednarowski, senior, Kayla Ziel, sophomore and Julie Nelson, junior, watch the varsity Boys’ Soccer game from the student section.

How did you determine with the theme for spirit week?

“So, for Spirit Week, generally we have Decades Day and Spirit Wear on Thursday and Friday [respectively].

Again, we just do the same process. We brainstorm—student government—we think of what ideas student body would do. We mainly try to pick ideas that are accessible to people.”

Is Mr. Football something new this year?

“It is. That was brought on by the senior PowderPuff coaches. They wanted to do something for the football team and kind of draw in a bigger crowd, so Mrs. Lisa Wilson and Mrs. Julie Camp asked if they could do that. They organized the whole thing, they’ve done a great job with it.”

How did you come up with the theme “An Evening in Paris”?

“Basically, we narrow down all these ideas, we brainstorm, and we just pick one in the end. I think the reason why we chose Paris was, it was unique, and it’s something the school has never really done before.”

-Shreyas Iyer

-Mrs. LaPorte

TOWER ABOVE In a dark hallway after school with fellow [photo by Mimi Brody] Student Government members, Zach Lenaburg, freshman, builds Homecoming decorations in the form of a cardboard Eiffel Tower. “The Eiffel Tower was so hard,” Zach said. “We had to put it at different angles, and use different tape, and it kept falling apart. It was nuts; it was a mess.”

senior

social studies teacher

-Shreyas Iyer senior

SIDE BY SIDE After a long time playing volleyball, and a long time supporting her, Maddy Horin, senior, poses for a picture with Patty Pfister.

[BACKTALK]

Busy Builders

CEC builds playhouses, to be auctioned off at Homecoming Football Game

Freshmen

Theme: “Ratatouille”

Juniors

Theme: “Beauty and the Beast”

Homecoming

Sophomores Theme: “Muppets in Paris”

Seniors

If you were an actually queen of something, what would you be the queen of?

“I would be queen of L.A., because I am obsessed with the Kardashians.”

Addy Andello “Queen of music, like Beyoncé.”

Theme: French Café SKETCH IT OUT On Sunday afternoon, in the Fieldhouse garage, Sophie Hand, junior, works on a playhouse for CEC. All CECs had the career center students build a playhouse which they then planned and painted to fit the Homecoming theme.

FIXER UPPER Juniors Layna Kounelis and Payton Poulston discuss designs for the playhouse. Their theme was “Beauty and the Beast.”

Zoé Short “Queen of babysitting, I’m a full-time fill in mom.”

Maddy Foreit “I would want to be the queen of time so I could change the past and see the future.”

Maggie Curtin

HOMECOMING [photo by Sydney Pastor]

“Queen of DECA, because I’m a nerd who loves food marketing.”

Sam Barazza

[photos by Lilia Brunetti]

“Queen of the island of Motunui (Moana’s island) because there is no stress or worries on the island.”

Vanessa Koultourides

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To most, shoes are just a clothing item that you wear on your feet, but to others, there’s more than meets the eye.

“In my opinion, it’s (sneaker culture) a balance of fashion and investing. Some (shoes) lean more to an artistic aspect, others look for a profit,” Ben Foreit, senior, said.

One of the driving forces of the industry is the resale of various sneakers ranging from prices up to $5,000. Ben doesn’t agree with the prices, but he understands why the prices are so high. He believes that’s how fashion has always been and thinks that the price is due to the exclusivity of the shoe and how some wearers think it gives them a certain “status” “I think a lot of it is overhyped,” Aidan Smith, junior, said. “I don’t think shoes should be going for $1,000. I don’t think the retail prices are that high, but the most I’ve paid for shoes is 120 bucks.”

Aidan and Ben are into shoe brands such as Converse, Vans and Nike which are frequent collaborators with other streetwear brands.

One of the most successful collaborations has been between Nike and a fashion brand named Off-White.

The creator of the brand is Louis Vuitton’s mens clothing designer Virgil Abloh, who is seen as one of the most creative in the business.

The collaborations are some of Ben’s favorite shoes because of their creative, deconstructive style.

“It adds more meaning and branding to the shoe,” Aidan says, “ and it’s definitely a good thing.”

It is also common to see various musicians and artists like Kanye West, Rihanna and Drake collaborate with brands.

“I like the Travis Scott Air Force Ones (Nike), and Pharrell Williams is really big with Adidas and his shoes sell for a lot,” Anthony Young, sophomore, said.

Freshmen Anthony Young and Wyland Brown believe that these

JORDAN ONE “SHADOW” This shoe was the first out of a number of Jordan shoes and debuted in 1984 , with this colorway debuting in 1985. The Jordan One is one of the most popular shoes in the sneaker community and is considered the ‘father’ of sneaker culture to some within the community.

collaborations with some of their favorite brands such as Nike, Adidas and Converse make the high re-sale prices appropriate. Nike, Jordan Brand, and Adidas are also big competitors in the sneaker game.

The amount of sneaker-related violence has decreased over the past decades, with stores instituting safer guidelines such as raffles for the opportunity to buy a certain shoe, and brands such as Nike and Jordan Brand have been producing more supply for the high demand they are faced with.

Although violence has been a reoccurring issue through the years, may collectors will come together and turn their hobby into something much bigger. A lot of organizations, both big and small, will have conventions where people can buy, sell, or trade shoes. One of these events is called Sneaker Con. “Sneaker con w a s really cool, j u s t seeing a whole community together was really cool,” Aidan said.

Shoes have become a more relevant aspect of fashion in the past two decades, and things are looking up, “I think it depends on what creators put out (in terms of the future of the culture),” Aidan said. “If they put out better stuff it (business) will definitely go up, but I don’t know.”

Made for

VANS OLD SKOOL HIGH TOP “FLAME” Originally debuting in 1966, the Vans Old Skool low and high tops have been popular to people involved in the sneaker community and not. Vans released the flame version of their regular shoe in 2017 and they sold out causing them to release more pairs.

ADIDAS NMD “TRIPLE WHITE” This Adidas shoe was released in 2017 and features Adidas’s comfort system “Boost”, which is made up of small rubber balls melted together.

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THE SOLE Converse created the modern shoe sole.

In the early 20s, the Converse factory starting using a process called “vulcanization,” which is cooking the rubber at a high temperature at a low pressure to make it more durable.

THE BODY Most Converse One Stars are made of suede material that is cut out of a large sheet by a laser cutter. The cut outs are then hand stitched together and fitted around a fake, plastic foot.

RUBBER SIDE WALL To complete the shoe and sole, Converse tapes sidewalls onto the shoe and puts it into a furnace at extreme pressure.

After the shoe is taken out of the furnace, the rubber license plate is put on the back below the heel.

(Sources: Viceland)

NIKE AIR FORCE ONE “WHITE” Originally debuting in 1982, The Air Force One (AF1) has cemented itself in the sneaker community with its classic all white colorway. The shoes also come in an variety of colors and styles like velcro swooshes and bright, deconstructed looks.

(Sources: nike.com, nicekicks. com, vans.com)

[photos by Charlie Hofferth, photo illustration by Robert Young]

CONVERSE ONE STAR “GOLF LE FLEUR* UNOS” This spin on one of Converse’s classic shoes is a collaboration with Tyler, the Creator’s clothing brand GOLFWANG. These shoes came out in June 2018, and come in “colorways”, or color combinations, such as red and blue, pink and blue, green and purple, and pink and brown.

The shoe also features a flower instead of the normal star in the middle of the shoe.

NIKE AIR SKYLON II “EGGPLANT” This shoe was originally released in 1992 as a running shoe and was re-released this year for the first time releasing in both men and woman sizes. The features a gradient pattern throughout the mid section of the shoe which is a unique feature.

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Music to my EARS

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[Alyssa Bass] Copy editor

Since students have gotten their laptops in middle school, a hot-topic has always been listening to music during school hours.

“I do (think that music is distracting) from two perspectives,” Mr. Morgan Nolan, Assistant Principal, said. “One is if the students is doing a rudimentary task, like writing down vocab words or taking notes, in those types of situations music isn’t a distraction. Studies have shown that music actually lowers the cognitive abilities of that person.

But if we are asking you to write an essay or you are being asked to analyze complex problems you’re ability to remember.”

Some students agree that music helps them increase their concentration while studying or doing homework.

“If it’s certain music for example if it’s like calming or you know, if it has a slow beat it helps me to focus,” Izzy Bednarowski, senior, said. “Not if I’m listening to something like rap rather then I’m not really focusing.”

Studies have shown that students are able to improve their concentration while listening to classical music, according to the University of London’s Institute of Education.

“For me, if I’m listening to rap or EDM while trying to study or do homework, I can’t,” Matt Cortez, junior, said. “Generally, when doing homework, I try to listen to jazz or piano to concentrate better, which of course helps in the long run.”

Even though some students may not need or agree with listening to music while studying or doing class work they still see it as something that should be available to students who do need it.

“I don’t use it (Spotify) as much, but, other people use it a lot and I know it helps other people study and that’s just the way they do it,” Grant Afman, junior, said. “I mean, that’s not the way I do it, but other people do and if they can’t access Spotify, the laptop should be able to help you. So, if the music helps it shouldn’t be blocked.”

Spotify, a popular music streaming service common among students, is sometimes blocked on student laptops.

“I think it’s unfair that a lot of the time Spotify is blocked, mostly, because people get more work done when they are listening to music,” Matt said.

Other common streaming services that are not blocked include Apple Music, Soundcloud, and Pandora.

“I use Spotify if it’s unblocked, and SoundCloud, because I listen to music a lot,” Izzy said. “I usually am listening to music doing my work and I just don’t

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Students, teachers discuss Spotify and how listening to music can help student’s concentration during studying and homework know why they blocked (Spotify).”

Regardless of Spotify sometimes being blocked, and the debate whether or not music is a helpful aid to the general population of students while studying, it comes down to what works best for every individual.

“One benefit is that it could allow a student to relax and focus on the work; essentially giving them some time to themselves without any distractions,” Mr. Kalwasinski, AP Psychology teacher, said. “The big disadvantage is that the student could focus more on the music and not the work. However, I believe that one of our goals is to help out students become independent learners, and they have to figure out what works and what does not work for them. We are all individuals and something like listening to music while we work, can affect each of us in different ways.”

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10 [SPORTS]

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Sept. 21, 2018

Football Frenzy

Football prepares for tonight’s Homecoming game

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There is nothing that screams high school culture quite like the Homecoming game. A big game like this is sure to bring a lot of pressure to the team. However, the football team chooses not to focus on any individual game. Instead, their attention is on this year as a whole.

“We are just taking it one week at a time, each opponent,” Jonah Clark, senior, said. “Just learning what to do and figuring out how to win.”

Even though similar drills are being practiced as the years prior, everyone is putting in extra effort. They are all working long hours to prepare themselves to play as a strong, united team.

“We are a lot more focused throughout the week,” Cole Lesinski, junior, said. “There is a lot of focus on each other and accountability.”

As the season commences, the team has undergone a tremendous change this year with their coaching staff. Coach Jason Grunewald, WWMS teacher, begins his first run as head coach with a 1-4 record. Many of the players agree with the direction Coach Grunewald is leading the team.

“It (the coaching) is going really well. I like what he is doing,” Clark said. “He is bringing some new energy to the team, and moral as well.”

Coach Grunewald is putting in work to boost spirits and bring glory off the football field as well.

“He puts the pictures of the

football team in front of the stadium,” Tarun Girn, junior, said.

“It (putting up the pictures) is kind of like bringing the community around with the football team.”

The game tonight against Andrean is an event that asks for pride and spirit from all of the student body. With a heavy tradition like Homecoming, a huge attendance is always expected and most importantly welcomed by the players themselves.

An Underdog Story

“We appreciate when there is a lot of student turnout,” Clark said.

“It gets us excited, we get them excited and it’s a great atmosphere.”

An active, fun student section assists the team in building up confidence and all around making the event as encouraging as possible.

“It’s notlike you’re just playing foryour parents or for yourselves,” Girn said.

“You have a community behind you, so it’s kind of something to rally off of.”

[photos by Melanie Powers]

ROLL ‘STANGS (above) Running onto the filed, the Football team hype themselves up before a game. Running out with the flags has been always been a grand tradition. “We walk around the south part of our field to this one gate where we have the banner and the cheerleaders.

Then we all run out,” Michael Dywan, junior, said. “It gives me chills all the time.”

Juniors victory over the seniors, 34-24, in the annual Powderpuff game

“I thought we were going to lose against the seniors but we didn’t. In the team, we all supported each other. We all had positive vibes and energy.”

- Patricia Proctor, junior

“Honestly, I was surprised but not surprised. They (seniors) were kicking our butts in the beginning because they have very fast runners and we weren’t prepared, but as the game went on, we learned their tactics and stopped them from scoring.”

- Lucy Torres junior “I mean obviously for the seniors it didn’t come out like we wanted it to, but we still had a lot of fun doing it and that’s all that really matters.”

- Madison Meyer senior

[photos by Melanie Powers]

GO, FIGHT, WIN Encouraging their team, Taylor Raycroft, Monica Fronczek, Megan Dedelow, Natalie Ostrow, seniors, watch the game unfold from the sidelines. “I’m upset that we lost, but I had a lot of fun with my grade,” Dedelow said. It’s Homecoming, we just had a fun time together one last time.”

ARMS IN THE AIR Sophia Becker, senior, celebrates pulling Sydney Foster, junior, flag at powderpuff game. This is Sophia’s first time participating in powderpuff. “I had a lot of adrenaline while playing the game. It’s kind of a blur.

I pulled someone’s flag out and I was trying to hype everyone up,” Becker said.

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Adding insult to injury

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About three weeks into senior year, Nick Cieslak, senior, during his football game against Chesterton he got his second concussion. Concussions are brain injuries caused by a blow to the head or a shaking of the head.

“We were playing Chesterton and I ran a route across the middle, and the linebacker just took me out, basically,” Nick Cieslak, senior, said. “It happened about three weeks ago, around the second week of school.”

Sometimes students, like Lily Lemke, a volleyball player, don’t notice that they have concussion until the next day. Some symptoms students can get include headaches, confusion, lack of coordination, memory loss, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, ringing in the ears, and sleepiness.

“I got hit in the face a lot harder multiple times before the time I actually got a concussion,” Lily Lemke, junior, said. “I had a headache that night, but I went to bed anyway. Usually, I wake up and I’m fine, but this time I woke up I had it worse the next morning. Then I was feeling dizzy, I was forgetting everything. I didn’t remember the night before.”

There is no specific cure or medicine for a concussion. Rest and making sure students do not put too much stress on themselves are some things that help the healing process.

“Try to get rest, but there’s kind of a fine line, you want to get rest immediately,” Mrs. Mary Spina, athletic trainer, said. “You don’t want to get too much rest. Immediately after the concussion, you want to try to get as much rest and you want to stay really well hydrated. You also want to try to not stimulate the brain too much visually.”

Trying to minimize students’ computer and reading time helps with headaches because the eyes are going back and forth with makes headaches worse.

“I missed two days of school and I had to miss like so many tests, like one a day,” Lemke said. “So that got me kind of got me far behind, not too far behind, but annoyingly behind. I was beginning junior year and I was already behind.”

Along with the academic effects concussion have on students, they have to sit out of practices and games.

“I’ve had to sit out of five or six games, I haven’t sat out of that many practice because we’ve mainly been

[photo by Charlie Hofferth]

PUT TO THE TEST The ImPACT (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing) test, which is an assessment that athletes take as a baseline testing and post-injury, which are used to determine if a patient can safely return to an activity. Zach Grunewald, senior, took the ImPACT test as a baseline. “Students take the test to determine if they had a concussion and if so, how bad the symptoms are,” Grunewald said.

having games,” Lemke said. “But I had to sit out of a whole tournament.”

To tell whether or not a student a student is ready to get back into their sports practices and games students must follow a five step program.

“So you’ve got to get through each step,” Mrs. Spina said. “Then the next day, we check in with you say and if your if your headache increased, or if you weren’t able to get through school that next day. So the fastest, we’d get you through that as five days.

I’ve had I’ve had some kids go through five days, totally easy, no issues. I’ve had other athletes that have been stuck on Step three, which is sort of a return to practice, but non-contact.”

Something students generally agreed upon is that rules and safety wear have come a long way, and are able to keep athletes safe.

“The only way I could prevent another concussion from happening again is if I stopped playing football,” Cieslak said. “That’s not gonna happen.”

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44% confusion

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Setting their sights on Volleyball team works on the consistency sectionals heading into sectionals story by

weren’t at a place before where it’s ten times harder for them to recover and bounce back,” Horin says.

Even though she sees these injuries as unfortunate, So far Varsity Volleyball team is about half way into Maddie doesn’t think they’ll prove too big of a problem and their season with sectionals in October. Their record she is thankful that the players injured can be ready for the as of now is 21-4 and their conference record is 5-0 postseason. the team has 6 games left.

“I will think it will be a little bit difficult, but I don’t think “The season started off with us having no basis or it will be impossible for them to make it back in the linefoundation to push from because last year was a re- up,” she says. building year with a new coach and a Nobody on the team has been past lot of new players,” Captain Maddie We want to go to State. Regionals so the team has set success Horin, senior, said.

We’re hungry, and we want in the off season as one of their goals Horin says the team is still work on that state ring. Obviously, and their coach Brett Broden is helping consistency and working together, but I’m a senior and I want to them get there. she is pleased with the team’s ability to “When we tell him our goals, they go out with a bang. turn loses to wins. become his goals and he just pushes “We’ve beaten some pretty good Maddy Horin and pushes us until we get them… it’s teams,” Lilly Lemke, junior, says. “Then senior good to have that competitive mentaliwe play down to not good teams so we are kind incon- ty and leadership roll so we can always keep driving for the sistent.” goals we wanna reach,” Horin says.

Through the season, some players have gotten conTo play well in sectionals, both Horin and Lemke think cussions and other small injuries, but they haven’t the team needs to work on constancy. been serious enough to affect their playing style.

“We wanna go to State. We’re hungry, and we want that “I know the people who have gotten concussed, and state ring,” Horin said. “Obviously, I’m a senior and I want I don’t think they’re going to just slack off and they to go out with a bang.”

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11, Hazel Wolf, junior, gets ready to spike the ball.

“During our game against Highland we had the opportunity to keep switching up and to try new things,” Wolf said. “We were having fun with it, but we were also focused on getting our jobs done efficiently.”

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Sept. 21, 2018

[BACKTALK]

If your life was a book, what would be the name of the current chapter you’re living in?

“Confused. Trying to find a certain place to fit in.”

Mateo Bedolla freshman

Fall equinox tommorow, students discuss astrology Sign language

A person’s chart is based off of Sun sign where the sun and planets are at their time of birth. Of many, there are three important signs on a chart: Sun, Moon, and Rising (ascendant).

Your sun sign is the sign most people Moon signare familiar with.You can think of your sun sign as your dominant personality sign.

Your Moon sign reveals your darker inner self that Rising sign you may tend to hide.

Your Rising sign, also sometimes called your ascendant, is your self that you present to the world and how others see you. [illustration by Robert Young]

All in the cards Petra Sweis, senior, discusses the astrology behind tarot cards

Each tarot card is linked to an zodiac sign. So for example, Aries is linked to The Emperor, a card that represents loyalty.

TAKE YOUR PICK (above) Petra Sweis, senior, picks a tarot card from her deck.

“I’ve just always known about (tarot cards) and I saw them in a store one day for a low price and thought, ‘might as well’.” [photos by Melanie Powers]

“The Conquest, because high school is a challenge so if you defeat it, its a journey to greatness” Evnecki Crenshaw freshman

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he “Urban-Outfitter” ization of compelling old hobbies is nothing new—think vinyl and polaroids — but over the past few years, millennials have started to take interest in astrology.

A quick search of ‘astrology’ on the Urban Outfitters website produces dozens of results ranging anywhere from t-shirts and charm bracelets, instructional books and actual tarot cards.

Tomorrow marks the Fall Equinox, meaning consumer astrologers will be anxious to see how the sun’s movement will affect their horoscopes.

“It seriously just depends on what you have your chart,” Petra Sweis, senior, said. “If the moon is in Scorpio tonight, it’s gonna affect me differently as someone with a Scorpio moon than it would someone without one. It’s basically just certain phases the planets go through, and it’s obviously normal, it just affects different people different ways.”

Others are doubtful that the equinox will have any effect on people’s lives. “(I) Absolutely (do) not believe in astrology because there’s no scientific basis for it,” Harsha Sanaka, senior, said. “People will find connections when they try to look for connections. They won’t actually find connections that genuinely exist. Astrology has traditional roots. For a long time, there was not an explanation for various occurrences and now we know better than to say it is because of astrology because we can actually study the skies.”

While most people do not know their full chart like Petra, many are familiar with their sun (zodiac) sign and horoscopes.

“I think astrology has some correlation, but I do not know if it is always accurate,” Nick Pierick, senior, said. “I am a Leo and their traits, like being independent or optimistic, I identify with. Sometimes horoscopes match what I feel or what is happening, but other times they make it so general that the descriptions can fit anyone. But, other times the horoscopes are spot on.”

According to Petra, however, astrology is more than just horoscopes. Instead of using astrology as a predictor, Petra recommends using it as a building tool.

“When you read your chart, you’re not supposed to be reading it like, ‘This is how I am, that means I have to act like this’,” Petra said. “It’s not like that. You’re reading the underdeveloped traits you have so you can learn from that, and progress from it to become a better person. ” The scientific community does not consider astrology to be legitimate. It is for this reason people like Harsha cannot bring themselves to believe astrology.

“In addition to astrology, there has also been a recent surge in people who think vaccines cause autism and that the earth is flat, and I do not think either of those are scientific,” Harsha said. “If you are going to believe in these things, I would first make sure you are believing in something with scientific research behind it so you are not just believing in something that is false.”

“The Way Not to go Through High School. I wouldn’t say I’m taking the smartest route, but it’s a decent route if you wanna have fun and make friends.”

Curtis Dennis sophomore

“Slamming on the Breaks. “

Grace Gozdecki junior

“Better than Junior Year.”

Eli Nirenburg senior

“#BestLife”

“The Endless Chapter. Time seems to go by slow. This school year is being really long already.”

Gianna Hough sophomore

“Honey, You’ve Got a Big Storm Comin’”

Serena Alvarez junior

“Misery and Destruction” Kayla Prowell senior

“The Adventure, because my life has been quite an adventure.”

Mr. Steve Lopez Ms. Brianna Rubesha Science teacher Social Studies teacher