NORWALK HIGH SCHOOL
TRUCKER IMPRINT
Volume 12, No. 1
350 Shady Lane Drive, Norwalk, OH
Friday, October 11, 2013
NHS welcomes Mr. Kania By Tanner Murray
As a student at Oak Harbor High School, Patrick Kania was an All-Ohio athlete in football, wrestling and track. Now, he’s assistant principal here. What was he like in high school? “It probably depends on who you ask,” Mr. Kania said. “I tried to be a well-rounded student athlete. I got in trouble once in fifth grade on the bus. Then I probably did not, because my dad was a pretty radical father.” Mr. Kania graduated from Bowling Green State University, where he majored in Integrated Science Education and minored in biology and chemistry. He began his career in education as a science teacher at Bowling Green High School.
Before coming to Norwalk, Mr. Kania was the technology director at Perkins High School. “Compared to my last job, I don’t feel like I have to make 1,000 fast decisions. I feel like I have more time to think and investigate issues,” he said. Mr. Kania replaces Dan Bauman, who is now principal at Main Street School. Mr. Kania would like to improve Norwalk’s graduation rate this year. What does Principal Brad Cooley think about the new assistant principal? “I’m very impressed. Obviously, he only needed a short time to learn about Norwalk High School, our people and our culture,” Mr. Cooley said.
Photo by Tanner Murray
See KANIA on page 4
Patrick Kania, the new assistant principal, stands in his office next to a picture of famous football coach Bo Schembechler.
Three students are not a crowd By Jenna Thorpe
At NHS, there is a class that has only three students in it. That class is NTV. NTV, also known as multimedia class, produces the video announcements students watch each day at the end of sixth period. The class itself meets first period. “Only three students signed up for it this semester,” said guidance counselor Sandi Stewart. “More students will be in it second semester. We think the reason for such a small class is because of late arrival.” Seniors Mikailey Rogers and Taylor Phillips and sophomore
Photo by Jenna Thorpe
The three multimedia class students (from left) JoBeth Wyatt, Taylor Phillips and Mikailey Rogers have fun while preparing the afternoon NTV announcements.
JoBeth Wyatt are the only students in the class this semester. JoBeth is the only sophomore to
ever be in NTV. Taylor sees the advantage of having a small class. “I like that
we get to relate to each other and talk more in class,” she said. However, there’s also a down side. “You can’t do as much stuff like making fun videos,” said Taylor. “I also go down during sixth period and talk on the P.A. for afternoon announcements as well as push the button to play the video announcements. I have to make sure it’s running and that the sound is working,” she said. Christina MacFarland teaches the multimedia class. “The students can’t do as much as we could with a large class,” said Mrs. MacFarland, “Taylor was in it last year and has helped out a lot this year.”
New time change for the Truckers By Zac Breitbach No more homeroom. Some seniors arriving after first period; others leaving after sixth. These are major changes in this year’s schedule. Why the changes? Guidance counselor Sandi Stewart said most seniors already have 18-20 credits. They only need 22 credits to graduate. Allowing seniors to miss a period
cuts down on large study halls, and also makes room for electives for underclassmen. Another change to the schedule is the elimination of homeroom. Principal Brad Cooley said this change was made because the time spent in homeroom is “more effectively spent in class,” and it eliminates double announcements. Sophomore Seth Peaslee said
he likes not having homeroom, saying “homeroom was pointless, and now you can just start school right away.” Senior Josh Ward does not like the change, saying it is “dumb, because if you’re tardy, you’re actually tardy to class which is disruptive to the educational process.” Junior Isaac Lindenberger also doesn’t agree with losing
Find the editor In each issue of the Trucker Imprint, including this one, a picture of one of the editors is hidden somewhere in the paper. In this issue, it is sports editor Erica Leber – but it is NOT the picture you see here, and it is NOT the picture with her sports column on page 10, and it is NOT the picture with her editorial on page 2. It is another one If you find the picture with Erica hidden in it, cut it out, put your name on the back and turn it in to the box in Mrs. Leffler’s room 6208. A winner will be drawn and that person will receive a small prize.
Do you know who’s who? Turn to page 4 to see which students share the same name.
homeroom. “Seniors being gone for first period is not an excuse to remove homeroom. They willingly sacrifice it for sleep, and the consequence for their luxury is not appropriate,” he said. In the future, there will also be an extended sixth period which will allow time for themed discussions on issues that are critical to the student body, Mr. Cooley said.
Homecoming royalty
Photo by Taylor Phillips
Seniors Wess Tanzillo and Kayla Yourkvitch were crowned this year’s homecoming king and queen before the game vs. Sandusky on Oct. 4. To read more about this year’s football team, see page 9.
Class Code Turn to page 6 for the do’s and don'ts of school dances.
Trucker cam Turn to page 7 to see the Truckers during Spirit Week.