Kingwood High School . 2701 Kingwood Drive. Kingwood TX 77339
Kingwood Courier Vol 2 Issue 3 . March 2011
Bad 80s
“Born to Be Wild”
Who Looks Best? Kingwood’s Most Fashionable Teachers
How to Get a Girl in 10 Days
In this Issue
Staff
Bad 80’s Dance 4 6 The 30 Minute Drive to School The Terrible Morning Traffic Senioritis and College Craziness 7 Seniors’ feelings on their final year 8 Max Keevil Remembered
Principal Melissa Hayhurst Adviser Michelle Palmer Publisher Mirror Publishing
Editors-in-Chief Sam Mendez Caroline Hodges Spencer Williams
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10 Lend Me a Tenor 12 How to Get a Girl in 10 Days Tried and true relationship tips 14 Matchmaker Madness Does the matchmaker survey work?
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Concerts and Top 10 Songs Jersey Shore or The Office? Students’ favorite shows
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Make-Up 20 Find your perfect color pallette 22 Best Dressed Teachers Finding the Fashionable Jeggings, Flackets and Frockets 25 Are these new fads here to stay?
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Hea l t h & Fit ness
Dumbells and Treadmills 26 Working out at local clubs 27 Low Cost Workouts 28 Lotion, Lamps, and Sprays The Dangers of tanning addictions
Spo rt s
Soccer Kicks, Turns, and Leaps Fillie Competition Season
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Section Editors Alyssa Kahl Jensen Nizzi Jill Vitarius Kaitlyn Beckert Nicole Morris Sydne Steward Reporters Amy LeBus Ashley King Becky Stevenson Brenden Hubert Brice Jackson Caity Kramer Kaci Ingram Luke Taylor Reanna Brock Trent Stringer Veronica Martinez
The Kingwood Courier is a student magazine published by the advanced Journalism Newspaper class at Kingwood High School. Letters or comments are welcomed and encouraged, but they must be signed. The Kingwood Courier is a member of the ILPC and ASPA. The articles herein are the individual views of the authors. These views may not necessarily be shared by the staff and its advertisers, or the teachers, administrators, and students of KHS. All advertisements are paid for by individual businesses in the surrounding community.
In the Bubble: Kingwood High School News
In the Bubble: Kingwood High School News
The Bad 80’s Prom
Story By: Reanna Brock
Big hair, neon tights, oneshouldered sweaters, and feel good music; the Bad 80’s Prom is back for its annual appearance, though a few things are different this year. Get ready to walk in to a hair spray filled room of KHS students’ celebration of a past generation at this one night only dance on the KHS campus. In past, the 80’s dance
was held at the Humble civic center, so this year shall prove different with the location moved to the KHS commons. “I would rather it be at the civic center since it is nice to get away from school, but I’m sure it’ll still be a great dance.” Junior, Sara Claussen, said when asked what she thought of the change of venue. The location though, is
not all that has changed. If this is not your first year at KHS then you may recall that the 80’s dance is generally held early in the year, during first semester. Perhaps they were saving the best for last (with the exception of prom for seniors) by moving it back this year. The bad 80’s prom is known to be so much more than just an ordinary school dance.
The neon colors and swirling lights fueled a constant excitment, keeping the energy up all night long. There was even a great turn out and the cafeteria of KHS had a flashback to the stu-
BELOW: Freshmen Kayley Smith, Kristen Kirsch, and Hope Higgins head into the Bad 80’s Prom for the first time. Photo by Brice Jackson
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ABOVE: Theresa Aguilar and Alexandra Lewis enter the 80’s dance in style sporting their 80’s imitating sweat bands and tye-dye. Photo by Brenden Hubert dents of the past. A DJ stand provided lights and a request sheet for nearly any song that you could think of. Though most of the music played was more “our time”, there was a handful of 80’s classics that boomed from
the speakers. “There was no break in the fun, the whole time everyone was dancing and everyone looked so great, but I think getting ready for the dance was my favorite part,” Junior, Nelly Elnegary said when asked what she liked
ABOVE: Students dance to the beat of 80’s music celebrating their version of a Bad 80’s Prom. Photo by Brice Jackson about the dance. Watching the students you could see smiling faces and many singing along under the weight of hairspray and heavy makeup. The girls sported tights, one-shouldered, loose fitting tops, teased pony
BELOW: Students Haley Higgins, Kristen Cain, Lauren Matt, Brandy Wilson, Nicole Smulan and Ian Beck pose in their 80’s dress before going to the 80’s dance. Photo by Brenden Hubert
tails, and much much more. the boys took on too-shortshorts, track jackets, and fur coats. However, above all else, the most commomnly seen accessories were neon sunglasses and sweatbands wraped around the forheads of many of the dance goers. “Even though the 80’s dance was in the school cafeteria, it was still the radest dance I’ve ever been to,” Senior Kristen Cain said.
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Bumper to Bumper: Story and Photos By Nicole Morris
Traffic In The Parking Lot “I’m usually stuck in morning traffic for a good 20 minutes. It really takes time out of my morning.”
- Junior Kayla Sampson “I live like 6 minutes away but I leave at 6:45 because I have to wait in so much traffic.” -Junior Morgan Hendriks There is definitely more ways that the school can decrease the amount of traffic. They could even build a second entrance. -Kelly Bisset It’s 7:20 and you still have not gotten into the parking lot. Every minute seems like it is taking forever. Finally, you turn into the parking lot right before the warning bell rings. Great, another tardy because of the morning traffic. The trip to and from school everyday can seem like hours because of all the traffic. Many wrecks occur in the parking lot because of this chaotic traffic of students racing home. Most students blame the fact that there is only one
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entrance to the student parking lot. Sophomore, Cassidy Wheeler suggests, “Maybe we could open the
gate to the other entrance everyday to help the traffic flow more easily.” With all the homework students have every night along with extra activities, sleeping is hard to come by. Even so, it is even harder
when students have to leave their houses fifteen minutes earlier just to compensate for traffic. “I live like 6 minutes away, but I leave at 6:45 because I have to wait in so much traffic” Junior Morgan Hendriks said. Traffic seems to be a problem in the morning, so maybe leave a little bit earlier to avoid all the madness. When leaving after school, maybe skip talking with your friends for 10 minutes and get out to the parking lot quickly if you are in a hurry that day.
Seniors
Story and Photos by: Brice Jackson
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Did you experience senioritis this year? “Yes the whole first semester, it was terrible.”
- Senior Morgan McClurg
“I’ve had it since freshmen year!”
-Matthias Bowman
What advice do you have for the underclassman? “The best advice I can give to underclassman is to take advantage of your time in highschool because before you know it, you will be graduating!”
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“Make the most of every moment because time flies by too fast! Also, work your hardest and dont be afraid to have fun.”
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Mrs. Webb Mrs. Ingle Mr. Henry (according to seniors polled at all 3 lunches)
Senior Nathaniel Adolphe
What do you like best from senior year?
“Most teachers respect us now and are not always uptight about everything,” Senior Nathaniel Adolphe said.
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“We were talking one night on Xbox live about a project: Reach Out, and he wanted to locate a venue for it. So we talked about it for a bit, and decided to have it at Kpark. The next day during 5th period, we decided to make a last minute appointment with the principal there. But when we got there, we realized we had prepared no material to talk about, or any sort of speech. But somehow we managed to sit in an office with Mr. Cooper for an hour, pulling things off the top of our heads, and he agreed to let us use the school as a venue. It was a fun moment.” -Nigel Scopelitis
“We were pretty mischievous in 7th or 8th grade, and Max and I decided to shove an entire banana into a bottle of apple juice. When we did this, the banana created a vacuum and when air got through the sides, apple juice shot out faster than the speed of light, going about 20 feet in the air. We got a lot of nasty looks, but that is how we discovered science.” -Chris Collier
“Beautiful things have been said about Maximilian, and I’m so thankful that others have outlets like facebook posts and yearbook entries that can remind me of him. I have plenty of stories, ranging from highly embarrassing to exceedingly awkward, but I feel that they are personal treasures of mine, to be frank. Furthermore, no matter what I try to say, I’ll never be able to express the entirety of Maximilian. I spent the majority of my high school career trying to figure out what’s going on in that big head (literally and figuratively) and now none of us will ever fully know. I constantly fight with the reason why it happened, but for now I think the loss of such potential is merely inexplicable. I apologize to those who didn’t know him well, because those of us who did are struggling. It doesn’t get easier with time; it gets easier with acceptance, and each of us carry that burden differently. What commemoration he deserves, though we try, can never be achieved.” -Dani Maldonado
Maximilian Christopher Keevill In Loving Memory
October 18, 1994 - January 15, 2011 By Becky Stevenson; photo courtesy of Lyndsay Fountain
“The first paper Max wrote for me was so stunning, so darkly lyrical, that I knew at once he was something extraordinary. Pieces of it are still seared into my memory. Who but Max would look at a picture of an electric chair and write ‘The back mimics the very bars by which its victims have been imprisoned, while straps search for their victims like carnivorous whips’? He had a gift with words, and a fearless, original way of looking at things that set him apart. After that first paper, I always read his essays last, like dessert.” -Ms. Lawrynovicz
“One time in Physics, Mrs. Ingle used the analogy of a teeter-totter to describe torque. Max, being Max, pretended that he had no clue what a teeter-totter was, saying that they did not exist in England. Mrs. Ingle played along, and it was our class-joke for the rest of the semester. It was one of the funniest things that ever happened in that class. The rest of the class couldn’t believe he pulled it off so well and with such a straight face.” -Jason Dayvault
“It was summertime and I was on swim team, Max texted me and offered to bring me something from smoothie king. I must have ordered something that had kiwi in it because he never let me live that one down! Little did I know he was allergic to kiwi and actually got a rash on his hand because he spilled a little on him. He never let me forget that and I surely never will!” -Emily Moran
“Freshman year, he and I shared a bus stop. When we got off of the bus we talked as we walked home. One day, he followed me all the way to my doorstep. I told him “Bye, Max” and he said “Can I come in?” I said, “No, Max. No one’s home.” He said “You shouldn’t have told me that...” with the creepiest face I’d ever seen. We then proceeded to laugh hysterically then said goodbye and he walked back home. I really will never forget that day.” -Marcela Saldaña
FEATURE
LEND ME A TENOR Students Courtney Woltjen, Robert Terry, Elise Rodriguez, and bellhop Joey Trammell perform in the Lend Me a Tenor performance.
Julia (Courtney Woltjen), Maggie (Elise Rodriguez and Emma Hanes), and the bellhop (Joey Trammel and Lucas Matteson) listen at the door to hear the voice of Tito.
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he Kingwood High School Theater Department put on a performance of Lend Me A Tenor, a humorous play that made the whole audience laugh. This year, second semester, the Kingwood High School Theater Department put on a performance of Lend Me A Tenor on Feburary 5th, 6th, 9th, and 10th. Lend Me a Tenor is about a young man, Max, (Robert Terry) who filled in last minute, for the role of a famous Italian singer, Tito (Kyler Sommer), after Max found Tito “dead” on the bed with a suicide note in their hotel room. However, Tito was not dead, and Max performed in a play that Tito was supposed to perform in that night.
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The characters are then repeled into the complicated and hysterical love triangle as Maggie (Elise Rodriguez and Emma Hanes), Juilia (Courtney Woltjen and), the bellhop (Joey Trammell and Lucas Matteson) and Diana (Izzy Flake and Monica Brown) chase after their beloved Tito and Max. The plot is hysterical and the cast enjoyed performing such a funny play. “My favorite part about being in the play is making people laugh,” Junior Elise Rodriguez
said.
Rodriguez, whose, character is Maggie, is performing a lead part in a big production for the first time. “My character, Maggie, is the female lead who’s boyfriend is Max. She is not that different from me. She is really lovestruck,” Rodriguez said. After all of the hard work and practing, being in the play is exciting to many of the actors and actresses. “It gets really nerve-wracking and exciting,” Rodriguez said.
LEND ME A TENOR Getting a part in the play is very competitive and these students worked hard to earn their places. “Eighty people tried out for this play. But as Mr. Chuter says, he puts in the people he knows will work hard and who are the most willing to be corrected,” Senior Lauren Phillips said. The students must be able to take direction well, and easily make changes to the their acting. “If your cast is practicing, you get to listen to Mr. Chuter‘s corrections and employ them,” Phillips said. The students spent hours and hours at the school practicing for the play. “People probably think it isn’t fun being at the school all the time, but it really is. I love all the people,” Rodriguez said. The actors and actresses are not the only people who work hard to make the play possible. Students also work hard behind stage and on backdrops and costumes. “I am in communications. It is very organized and systematic. You have to be focused all the time,” Junior April Tillinghast said. Backstage is hectic, but the students enjoy it. They have to be focused all the time so they do not miss a cue. “It’s crazy, but in a good way. You never stop working,” Tillinghast said. Altogether, the play was a success and everyone enjoyed watching it.
Max (Robert Terry) wakes up in the morning to find the famous Tito Merelli dead, (or seemingly dead), on his bed in the morning. Max and Mr. Saunders are then launched into a ironic frenzie trying to find someone to fill in for Tito at the performace he was going to participate in that evening. Tito Merelli (Kyle Sommer) and Max (Robert Terry) stand back to back after a gaggle of girls chase after them. The girls do not know that there are two Titos running around, and they do not know that one Tito is really Max. Tito and Max are also unaware of each others presence.
Story by Sydne Steward & Photos by Ryan Lerman
Diana (Monica Brown and Izzy Flake) and Tito Morelli (Kyle Sommer) flirt on the couch at the hotel room. Tito, confused, does not understand why Diana is flirting with him, because she was previously flirting with Max, who looked just like Tito. Diana herself did not know the difference between Max and Tito.
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how to get a girl in 10 days Story By: Brenden Hubert
You need to always treat her with respect -Mr. Rosenberg
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When I asked the girls of Kingwood High School what type of face they would like, the favored one was goofy. It seems that more girls at KHS like guys who can just be flat out themselves -Brenden Hubert
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Ever wonder why you can’t get that girl you have your eyes set on? Or maybe you can’t even get a date with her. Don’t let that bring down your self esteem. Maybe you just need some helpful advice or tips. Your faults could be anything from fashion, attitude, interests, don’t talk enough or talk to much. If you want a girl, you need to jump off the video games, put away W.O.W. and talk to someone. If you just start texting a girl, don’t talk to her like your in love with her. Talk to her like you are her best friend. And don’t, I repeat DON’T text her 24/7. It gets annoying. When around a girl you should “Treat her like a diamond. Or something else of high value” freshman Camron Stitt said. You need to be nice but not excessively kind, and “You need to always treat her with respect”, Assistant Principal Mr. Rosenberg said. To make the girl think about you, “just be really sweet. Take her somewhere expensive. make sure you run into her every where” junior Danny Farrar said. Before you ask this special woman out, please make sure she likes you. Just don’t be a total nub and you should do fine ;)
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"We're done, over, I need space, it's not me it's you, let's take a break from each other and see how things go." These were the last words Billy kindly told his soon to be ex-girlfriend, Sally. She cried and cried, but in the back of her mind all she could think of was what she had done wrong, why did he break up with her when they had only been dating for just 10 days? Was it her exaggerated laugh, her trust issues, her constant want to be with him and all up in his business, her variation of moods that changed in a blink, her look, her clothes, or just her smell? Every girl has done something wrong in a relationship and never known why, but now they can learn from Sally's mistakes and see what really pushes boys' buttons.
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By Jill Vitarius and Alyssa Kahl
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Matchmaker
What is your opinion? By: Ashley King & Kaci Ingram
Matchmaker is a compatibility test created by our very own student council, for the purpose of having fun and possibly finding your future boyfriend or girlfriend. What are students’ opinions of this survey? Is it a good idea or is it a waste of time?
“It would be really cool if they put a picture by your top person so you could know what they look like” -Shining Wang, Senior “It’s a way to get a new Facebook friend!” -Natalie Towne I think it’s a waste of time -Matt Potlock, Junior “I did meet my top person, but it didn’t work out” -Cinnamon Laxton, Junior
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Entertainment
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CONCERTS COMING TO HOUSTON
By: Ashley King
iTUNES TOP TEN By: Kaci Ingram
1.“BORN THIS WAY” -LADY GAGA
2. “GRENADE” -BRUNO MARS 3. “COMING HOME” -DIDDY DIRTY MONEY 4. “HEY BABY” -PITBULL 5. “THE TIME (DIRTY BIT)” -THE BLACK EYED PEAS 6. “BLACK & YELLOW” -WIZ KHALIFA Photos courtesy of billboard.com
Miranda Lambert - Wed, 3/16
Clay Walker - Tue, 3/1
Keith Urban -Tue, 3/8
Trace Adkins - Wed, 3/2
Martina McBride - Wed, 3/9 Zac Brown Band -Thu, 3/17
Sugarland - Thu, 3/3
Rascal Flatts - Thu, 3/10
Janet Jackson - Fri, 3/4
Lady Antebellum - Fri, 3/11 Brad Paisley - Sat, 3/19
Billy Currington - Sat, 3/5
Gary Allan - Sat, 3/12
Selena Gomez - Sun, 3/6
Kid Rock - Mon, 3/14
Tim McGraw -Mon, 3/7
Kiss - Tue, 3/15 Buy Tickets at www.teamonetickets.com
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Alan Jackson - Fri, 3/18
Jason Aldean - Sun, 3/20
7. “FIREWORK” -KATY PERRY 8. “HOLD IT AGAINST ME” -BRITTNEY SPEARS 9. “TONIGHT” -ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 10. “WE R WHO WE R” -KE$HA
Top TV Shows
Looking for something to watch? A survey of 50 students at Kingwood High School decided the top 4 shows of 5 major TV categories. By: Jillian Vitarius & Alyssa Kahl
SITCOMS: 1.
“Cameron is hilarious!” Chelsea Bonyata 11th
2. Glee 3. Modern Family 4. How I Met Your Mother
“I watch it because I like cake” Amanda Day 10th
2. Jersey Shore 3. Keeping up with the Kardashians 4. 16 and Pregnant
DRAMA: 1.
CONTESTS: 1. “It’s funny to see people embarass themselves” Leah Pfitzer 10th
2. American idol 3. The Bachelor 4. America’s Next Top Model
TALK SHOW: 1. 2. Chelsea Lately 3. The Soup 4. Daily Show
REALITY: 1.
“It’s really funny” Laramie Poldrack 12th
2. House 3. Grey’s Anatomy 4. Criminal Minds
“There’s a lot of hot guys” Cassidy Wheeler 10th
Photos from: eduinreview.com, vanacoremusic.com, entshaing. com, wildsound-filmmaking-feedback-events.com, wonderwallstories.blogspot.com, and scottishactors.blogspot.com.
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SeniorWills Shelby, I leave you this song, “Ice Cream Paint Job” by Dorrough. We used to always listen to it after school. Love, your favorite Senior
Lucas, I leave you my skills for picking up the ladies. You need ‘em. You know I always got the hot dates!
Grayson, I leave you my awesome grades in English 4 AP. Mr. Page is really hard!
Love, your Big Brother
Love, your sister
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The trendiest teachers of Kingwood High School caught our attention—and held it. By Sydne Steward and Kaitlyn Beckert
Best Dressed readers’ pick
Mr. Feudo 27% 20 | Fashion
Ms. Rasberry 22%
Mr. Ballay 20%
Every year we vote for the best dressed students in school, but we to recognize the best dressed teachers. This year, though, the Kingwood Courier staff took a poll to discover which teachers recognition for their fashion sense.
Honorable Mention
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The remaining 3% goes to many teachers that were also considered by the student body.
Ms. Rice
Ms. Foreman 13%
Mr. Love 6%
Ms. Cummings 5%
Ms. Lawrynovicz 4%
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FASHION
almost perfect beauty tips and tricks
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Unsure what lipstick flatters you most? Just smile; your perfect shade is close to the same color as your gums. .
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ake teeth appear whiter, wear a lip color that contains blue undertones, like deep plums or wine reds... It will any yellowness.
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Own any eye shadow? Mend it by… • adding three to five drops of nail polish thinner or rubbing alcohol with an eyedropper to the cracked pan of eye shadow. • applying pressure with a coin wrapped up in tissue for a few hours.
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Perk up your tired eyes by using a liner brush to dab a shadow at the inner corner of each eye and line the inner rims with a nude pencil.
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FASHION
Jeggings, Frockets, and Flackets Story and Photos by Caity Kramer and Amy LeBus
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Combining old fashion trends with the new has created a combination of two different clothing. Jean Leggings, “jeggings,” combine to form a more comfortable pair of pants. Front Pockets, “frockets,” are a cute addition to to any shirt. Flannel Jackets, “flackets,” are a cute and warm winter accessory. All of these essentials have become so versatile over the last several months. Senior, Nicky Hewett, models her “frocket” shirt. $15-$50
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flackets Sophomore, Ali Munselle, shows off her stylish “flacket”. $25-$60
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‘Frockets’ are the coolest thing ever. Its so handy to have a pocket of the front of your shirt
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Kingwood High students illustrate the growing popularity of “jeggings”. $7-$20
Health & Fitness
Health Monitor
By Sydne Steward and Kaitlyn Beckert Spring time is rolling around, and everyone’s new years resolutions are fading fast. This is a perfect time of year to undertake “low-cost” beneficial workouts and healthy routines that not only affect your internal organs, but your body as well. As they say, beauty and health come from within.
Fitness
Buy a few hand held weights, a jump rope, or resistance tubing.
Health and FittnesswithTips Theses tips are just for the average person. Things such as diet, hydration and health history will make health tips different for everyone.
For a low cost workout, fill up a gallon milk jug halfway full with water and use as a weight
Drink 4-5 ounces of water every twenty minutes. Drink more when in heat or not previously hyrdrated.
Gym or No Gym The body doesn’t know if you’re using nice machines or homemade machines.
You can get professional advice at the gym.
Ms. Lard
Gyms can provide social time and you have more support.
At home you can get distracted and talk yourself out of working out.
Eat three small meals a day and three snacks.
At home, it is more private and cost effective. You can also make it more of a family event.
Before You Exercise Eat plenty of protein and carbs.
Health The more you excercise, the more calories you need.
Get well hydrated and drink lots of water.
If you get thirsty, this means you were already thirsty.
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Try to stay away from eating a huge meal.
A person gets water from food, such as meat and fruit.
Gatorade is a good source while excercising, because it re-hydrates you after sweating.
How much calories you consume varies on a persons BMR, or how well they metabolize.
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aura of intensity smacks you in the face, ipod blasting in your ears, it’s time to work. Maybe today is a cardio day, or an upper body day, either way, it all starts with one of two things: The gym you go to and the diet you follow...
Junior Michael Bolls
Junior Michael Bolls and Junior Harrison Schnepp often work out together.
Gyms of Kingwood
When looking for a gym you need to look at three things, the first one is gym benefits and the second is equipment. “I prefer Golds over any other gym because of the reliable equipment that doesn’t break, and the gym benefits. AKA the ladies,” said Junior Michael Bolls. Some people like to swim to exercise. “I prefer the YMCA over any other gym in Kingwood because the Y is the only one that has a pool,” Junior Connor Grant said. Others like to run after or before they workout. “Personally, I like Lifetime Fitness because of the indoor track and their weights area, it gives me the perfect mixture of running and lifting plus they also have their own smoothie bar”, Junior Tyler Waterman said. Every gym has its pros and cons with equipment and benefits. Another thing you should look at is how much you pay for different gym benefits. “$25-$30 a month is a really good price for a gym, I pay $25 a month at Golds, and I get access to all of their exercise classes. I can get a personal trainer if I want. They also have tanning beds and a sauna room,” Bolls said.
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Different people have different reasons for choosing their gym. “I go to the Ymca and I pay $33 a month, and I believe I get what I pay for because the Y has basketball courts and soccer fields, plus they have yoga classes and biking classes,” Grant said. Some think Lifetime Fitness is better. “At Lifetime I pay $45 a month but it is well worth it because of all of the different workout equipment and different things that they have there” Waterman said. The third and final key element in a gym that needs to be looked at is the environment that the gym provides. Is it a family gym, or more of an old school gym? “I go to Golds gym because of the old school body builder feeling that the gym provides. There are a lot of great guys that go there and will help you with a spot whenever you need it,” Bolls said. Some prefer a family atmosphere. “The Ymca has a very family friendly environment and everyone is really friendly to me and it makes me feel at home”, Junior Harrison Schnepp said. Others look at the professionalizm of the staff at a gym. “Lifetime fitness has very profesional environment and a futuristic gym feeling and it makes me feel calm when I workout,” Waterman said.
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GYM TAN LAUNDRY
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I go fake tanning every two weeks to keep up my summer glow
Sophomore Cassidy Wheeler Wheeler said. Tanning every once in a while is acceptable, but every two weeks is excessive and can damage your skin cells. Some people find new ways to tan. “I’ve gotten a spray tan at my house before” Junior Morgan Hendiks said.
beds. The safest and best looking option for your skin is natural tanning outside, but be careful not to over do it and wear lots of sun screen. According to Tim Gorman from ezinarticoes.com, “There is overwhelming evidence that tanning bed side effects are damaging There is overto the skin. The whole objective whelming evidence of tanning is that tanning bed to 5look min better. side effects are However the side effects of tanning damaging to the are so damaging skin. to the skin that -Tim Gorman the results can be older looking skin or even Some people are death.” so addicted to tanning Often times, they will go to whatever teens tan in order to means to get their tan, be in fashion, to look no matter what the young and glamorous. consequences are. Though it is proven that Although spray often times the long tanning may leave term effects of tanning your skin orange and actually age you. blotchy, it is a healthier alternative to tanning
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It is five o’clock, there is homework to do and chores to finish. All day long you have been worrying about whether or not you will have time to fit tanning into your schedule. Now you have to choose between homework, chores, or tanning. Of course, you choose tanning. Tanning has become a necessity in many peoples lives these days. Although it is not always visible at first, there are many negative side effects that turn up later. Popular TV and movie icons display the glamourous side of fake tanning, while regular people suffer the consequences of the skin damaging truth that is “fake baking”. “I go fake tanning every 2 weeks to keep up my summer glow” Sophomore Cassidy
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Story and Photos by : Nicole Morris & Jensen Nizzi
Spray Tanning
PROS
CONS
- Sometimes - Last longer makes your skin than tanning looks orange. beds. - Takes one trip - Can stain your clothes. to tan.
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Tanning Beds
PROS
- Doesn’t look as orange as spray tanning may
CONS
- May cause skin cancer. - Can be expensive
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Sports
Swimmers head to State Meet Photos by Trenton Stringer
soccer Starts Season By: Amy LeBus
The smell of the freshly cut grass and the posters in the cafeteria must mean that it’s time for soccer. Both Girls and Boys soccer teams are getting ready to have an amazing season. Boys Varsity Soccer playing in their first season game at Turner Stadium
Photo By: Becca Schanzer
Girls Varsity Soccer holding their trophy after winning a tournament
Varsity Girls Soccer warming up before their game at the Georgetown Tournament. The tournament took place January 27th-29th where the girls beat the Cibolo Sate and Georgetown teams. Photo by: Becca Schanzer
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Photo By: Ellis Silva
Upcoming Girls Soccer Games @ KHS March 1 vs. College Park March 8 vs. Atascocita March 19 vs. Lufkin March 25 vs. Clearlake
(Right) Senior Fillies: Amy Wilson, Shantel Sanders, Amanda Warwick, Kelsey Lally, Melyssa Butler and Sami Nelson support local bike riders at the Fillie fundraiser “Bike Through the Forest.”
Photo by: Caity Kramer
Photo by: Caity Kramer
The Fillies are practicing hard for their upcoming Competition season. They will compete three team dances, three officer dances, an elite dance and many extra solos and ensembles this year.
Photo by: Caity Kramer
Fillies practice many hours in the gym and commons, preparing for this upcoming season.
Kingwood Fillies are well into their competition season By: Caity Kramer
The air is full of hairspray and excitement, when the Fillies take the floor with a dominating and commanding attitude, the crowd stops cold. Under the direction of April Swenson, the Fillies have become a changing force in the drill team world. Each year, following football season performances, the Fillies enter their competition season. With many National Champion titles, as well as countless other awards, the Fillies’ successes have become widely known. “I love being on such an
innovative team. Our danc- cessful season. es always bring something “I have really high new to expectations the floor, for this sea“My favorite part about and it is son! I love all performing is just being so much on the floor, seeing the the dances fun to crowd, and having those and I think we w a t c h butterflies in your stomach. will do really the judgwell,” SophoIt is defiantly an es and more Amy experience.” crowd ’s Fennie said. Amy Fennie, Sophomore reaction Competito them,” tion season Junior Leah Stivala said. is a huge part of all the FilSoon the Fillies will travel lies’ lives. Countless hours to four or five competitions, of practice help cement the including Nationals in Cali- bond that forms between fornia. The team has high teammates. After all this hopes for yet another suc- time, the feeling after an
awesome performance is quite rewarding. “My favorite part of competition season is when the whole team is cheering for each other. It shows how much we support each other and it also pumps me up,” Junior Haley Kalass said. The Fillies will finish out their year in early April with their annual Spring Show. This shoe, held in Kingwood High School gym, the community is invited to enjoy all the competition dances in one awesome show.
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