The Student Prints Volume 96 Issue #7

Robotics competes in Chicago

The Sylvania Robotics Team recently competed in their largest tournament of the year, traveling to Chicago to compete against 47 teams from both India and France, as well as Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Minnesota.

“We have 31 on the team as a whole,” Robotics team advi sor Crystal Burnworth said. “There are 25 NV/SV students and overall there are 40% girls on the team.”

With so many people on the team, each student has a role. While

everyone participates on the out reach team, there are groups of stu dents working on electrical, coding, mechanical, and chairman teams as well.

With each competition costing $5000 to enter, the team has been sponsored by NASA and the Depart ment of Defense, allowing the team to compete in both Pittsburgh and Chicago.

“In between their competition in Pittsburgh and this Chicago competition, these incredible high school students installed a limelight program that improved the accura cy of their robot,” Mrs. Burnworth

said. “The programmers were chal lenged to learn this new software and make strategic edits to their au tonomous program. As you can see from this match, it worked.”

The team placed 4th overall, making it to the quarter finals, end ing their season on a high.

“Chicago was new for us but we had a lot of fun and it ended really well for us,” freshman Annelise Slo ma said. “We had amazing results all around.”

Another major part of the Ro botics team is giving back to the community. Throughout the year, the team participates in an abun

dance of activities featuring STEM.

“They’ve designed accessible cars for kids in the hospital, they’ve taught STEM camps, coached STEM younger teams, They’ve vol unteered at local events like Imagi nation Station Girls in STEM, STEM in the Park at BGSU and they vol unteer at all the tournaments that Sylvania hosts for grades 1-8 teams,” said Mrs. Burnworth.

“We have so much fun with ev erything but we are also always get ting things done,” Sloma said. “Next year we are losing some really great team members so it will take some adjusting.”

Ohio adapting Florida’s “don’t say gay” Bill: must know facts

staff writer Noah Andres

Florida recently passed its House Bill 1557, more commonly known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

This bill has been praised as necessary by Republican politicians, while Democrats believe that this bill is a new form of discrimination against LGBTQ+ youth.

Many states are working on sim ilar legislation in the weeks follow ing, including Ohio’s which builds on what Florida passed.

The original HB 1557 Bill says, “Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally

appropriate for students in accor dance with state standards,” CNN says.

This bill restricts what teachers or instructors can say about sexual orientation and gender based on grade.

This proposed bill comes from Governor Ron DeSantis’ pledge for a “parents rights” focused education system.

A similar bill has been intro duced in the Ohio.

Ohio House bill 616 was intro duced by Republicans Mike Loy chick and Jean Schmidt. The bill in cludes many additions to Florida’s.

“The bill also goes a step further than the recently passed Florida law, forbidding Ohio public school educators in grades 4 through 12 from teaching or using instruction

al materials on sexual orientation or gender identity in any manner that is not age-appropriate or develop mentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards,” says CNN.

The bill covers a larger spread of minorities, with the potential to go beyond just sexuality and gender.

The bill goes a step further as the articles contain clauses saying that they prohibit teaching of Critical Race Theory, Intersectionalist theo ry, and the 1619 Project.

Critical Race Theory is the con cept of identifying the presence of racism in American laws and ad dressing them. The 1619 project, an endeavor by the New York Times aims to place slavery at the center of history, in order to understand and empathize with African Americans

struggles and underrepresentation throughout Americas lifetime.

“Everyone deserves to see them selves in the curriculum and in the school, and everyone deserves to know real history and also to be in a safe environment,” Akron School Board Member N.J. Akbar told The Akron Beacon Journal

According to Akbar, these are important tools to give children in order to understand multiple per spectives in history, because every one deserves to be represented.

At this time, the bill has only been introduced, it still needs to go to committee for debate, then be brought to the floor of the house, then passed by the house before it can go through the same process in the Ohio Senate before it goes to the governor.

Bathrooms now have vape detectors

If you’ve looked up in the bath room recently, you may have no ticed something new. In small cas es resembling smoke detectors sits Northview’s latest attempt to crack down on vaping - the new vape de tectors.

These detectors, installed April 22 and activated April 25, serve to deter groups of students from using the bathrooms as a place to vape.

These sensors have been in stalled in every students bathroom in the school and will detect vape in any location in the bathroom.

These devices, the HALO Smart Sensors, consist of a com

bination of 12 different detectors that detect types of vape ranging from, and including, non-nicotine, nicotine, and THC, as well as de tecting smoke, heat, pressure, and changes in the chemical composi tion of the air.

If vape or smoke escapes into the air, it will be detected. Once sensors are activated, HALO will discreetly send a message to desig nated personnel, and anyone in the bathroom at the time of the alert will be noted.

The device also utilizes a tam per sensor to detect any damag es or interference, and will once again send out an alert.

Looking for a response to par ent and student complaints, North view turned to newer technology

to manage the student bathrooms, hoping this provides the results they’ve been looking for.

“By in large, the kids have been really receptive to it,” Assistant Prin

cipal Libby Mcllwain said. “I’ve had a lot of students comment to me that they are glad to have them be cause they can go to the bathroom without having to worry about it.”

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Maggie Schmitt

Sylvania Robotics Team’s robot battles competitors in the arena during a major faceoff in Chicago, Illinois. Funded by NASA, the team placed fourth overall, beating teams from around the United States and in other countries.

staff writer

Jack Szymanski

French students’ American adventure

Srestha Chattopadhyay

staff writer

Recently, foreign exchange stu dents from France flooded the halls of Northview.

A total of 20 students came along with two teachers from Saint Michel, a school in Cancale, France, to Sylvania, Ohio.

These students came to the United States on April 8 and left shortly after, on April 26.

This was a short time in Syl vania, where thirteen French ex change students lived with various Northview families while five other students lived with a few families from Southview.

The final two students were sent to a school in Ludington, Michigan, near a farm.

This was all while Madame Liske, the French teacher, hosted the French teacher that came along with the students.

This was different from the reg ular French exchange student trip because Northview’s sister school is usually Sainte-Marie.

However, due to Covid and trav eling during this time, Sainte-Marie didn’t feel comfortable sending students, so Northview decided to partner with Saint Michel to get a fabulous thirteen students to tour the school and shadow their host families as well as tag along with their friends.

Aside from the great experience that the French exchange students had coming to Sylvania Schools, exploring Chicago and the United States in real life, the students here at Northview also got a fantastic ad venture out of this experience.

“This was good for the French because they got to see how differ ent American Schools are in com parison to French schools which tend to be very strict. However, this was also great for the American stu dents who got to get a terrific ex perience and get excited about the trip to France happening in 2023,” Madame Liske, French teacher and host of the foreign Exchange teach er, said.

In addition to Madame Liske, the Northview students also loved the experience and opportunity they had to live with and encoun ter a student from a whole different country.

“Hosting a French exchange student was a blast! It allowed us to meet people around the world that are our age. In addition to this, not only did it allow the French stu dents to expand their English skills, but it also helped me learn lots of French outside of the classroom,” junior Nico Sarantou said.

However, the coolest part was watching the French students learn new, and definitely weird, things that happen in the United States that are entirely different from France.

The most exciting thing was probably the food we have here in the United States, which differs so drastically from the food in France.

“The weirdest thing I encoun tered here is probably that hot chocolate is made of water,” Ju liette, a French exchange student who stayed with Nivrithi and Ritiki Varghese, said.

Guide to earning more volunteer hours

volunteer hours.

As our current school year comes to a close, there are various awards ceremonies and banquets taking place.

One in particular that makes senior students stand out is being recognized for their hard-earned volunteer hours throughout the four years they’ve been here at NV.

Since the world had been shut down, not many have talked about

different volunteer opportunities or the importance of volunteering while in high school.

In fact, the number of volunteer hours required for recognition has been lowered from 200 to 150 due to the lack of opportunities avail able after the pandemic.

This year, as things began to change in school, more chances and opportunities to gain volunteer hours began to arise.

Mackenzie Morgan, senior vice president of NHS, states, ”I would

say a great way to gain volunteer hours is to look both within North view and the community…”

Building a sense of community is a large part of gaining volunteer hours.

When students are encouraged to volunteer during high school they are more likely to help within their communities as adults.

“Listening to announcements can be a great way to learn about volunteer opportunities in school. A great way to find volunteer opportu

nities in the community is by check ing community social media pages and reaching out to businesses and non-profits,” Morgan states.

As each semester goes by it is helpful to think about different events and opportunities you’ve par ticipated in.

Be sure to record them in your volunteer logs if you wish to be rec ognized when your graduation rolls around.

There are also many other rea sons to achieve a high number of

A few of which include: joining the National Honors Society, schol arships, as well as having another good attribute to add to any college application.

So the next time you’re looking for volunteer opportunities, wheth er it be within Northview or out in the community, you can check the announcements, bulletin boards around school, as well as ask teach ers about events going on in the dis trict.

Freshman advances to Nationals for History Day Contest, 4 take on States

Four students in the freshman history classes participated in the state-level National History Day Contest virtually on Saturday, April 23.

These students’ projects made it through both Northview’s own round of selection and the regional competition including all of North west Ohio.

All of social studies teacher Ian Malcolm’s honors and AP world history classes were given the op portunity to submit a project on a historical event following the theme of “Debate and Diplomacy in History.”

Additionally, the projects can take many forms depending on the best way for each individual to pres ent their information.

Projects could include video documentaries, websites, exhibit boards, performances, skits, and more.

Because students had creative control over their submissions, the projects that went to states vary in type.

Freshman Charlotte Quick’s performance was one of the four that advanced to states in April and the only one to advance to nation als.

Although the project required a lot of planning, Quick liked the process.

“The coolest part was definitely the creativity I was able to add into it,” Quick said. “I really enjoyed writ ing the script and being able to get a little dramatic with it.”

Another freshman who ad vanced to states, Jonathan Krolak, similarly worked hard on his exhibit board.

“It was a lot of fun trying out different ways to present my infor mation and experimenting with the colors I could use,” Krolak said.

Mr. Malcolm assigns this project in class to stimulate students’ fasci nation and expertise in their chosen subject.

“It’s nice to see them dive into history and do the work a histori an would do,” Mr. Malcolm said.

“I think it’s more fun than a lot of forced school projects because it’s very open-ended.”

Students were first given this as signment by Mr. Malcolm in second quarter and the finished product was a grade for third quarter.

According to Mr. Malcolm, stu dents had to devote time outside of class to work on the assignment.

The state competition will be judged by historians, educators, and more.

To ensure they’re prepared for the judges’ questioning, students competing at states will need to pre pare and study their chosen event carefully.

They’ll virtually present their creations to the judges who will

score and grade each one based on a rubric.

“National History Day is a great opportunity for them to learn more about history,” Mr. Malcolm said. “They all learn a lot more by taking ownership of their chosen event and presenting their information.”

Although only one student ad vanced to the national level, some thing all students could gain was im portant knowledge about historical events that might show up on final exams or AP tests.

The National History Day Con test was not only a friendly com petition between classmates, but a chance for students to explore his torical subjects they’re most inter ested in.

staff writer Lucy Heartz

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Taylor Hartland

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French exchange students and their host families celebrate the French students’ second week in Sylvania. A party was hosted by junior Nico Sarontou in a barn decorated for the occasion to say goodbye to the soon-to-be-leaving Frenchies.

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NV students headed to BPA Nationals

staff writer Elizabeth Whiteaker

This year, 22 NV students all re ceived either a medal or trophy at the BPA State Leadership Confer ence in Columbus this year, and will be advancing to the National Lead ership Conference in Dallas Texas on May 4-8.

“The top ten students in each contest are called to stage at the state level and receive a medal. The top three or five students in each contest qualify for nationals and receive a trophy for their efforts,” Business Technology teacher, Se nior Class Advisor and BPA Program Coordinator Andrea Martin said.

In the Presentation Manage ment Team, Seniors Syd Simile, Madison Taylor, Garrett Draper, and Lyza Shamy won First Place Nation al Qualifier in their category.

Many awards were given to the students. These awards include the Top Ten State FInisher, Second Place National Qualifier, Third Place National Qualifier, Fourth Place National Qualifier, and Fifth Place National Qualifier. The cat egories they won these awards in include Economic Research In dividual, Intermediate Word Pro cessing, Advance Office Systems & Procedures, Business & Law Ethics, Database Applications, Advanced Interview Skills, Extemporaneous

Speech, Global Marketing, and Small Business Management.

BPA is a chance for students interested in pursuing a career in business.

“Students who participate in BPA experience numerous benefits

including the ability to demonstrate their research and presentation skills, effectively work as a member of a team, and demonstrate their critical thinking and problem-solv ing abilities while working through and presenting their competition

STUCO holds class elections for 2022-2023

work and make the decisions.”

findings. Students also experience the ability to give-back to their com munity through service projects, network with business professionals through fundraising activities, and compete to win scholarship funds,” Martin said.

The students have worked very hard in their courses to prepare for these events.

“Various teachers prepare their students for competition in differ ent ways, including dedicated class time to prepare for success, as well as after school meetings to help stu dents prepare as well,” Martin said.

Northview students in Business Technology, iMedia, Computer Pro gramming, or anyone at all interest ed in participating in those courses are able to compete in the Business Professionals of America state and national competition.

“Northview has students par ticipate in the following contests at the State Level: Extemporaneous Speech, Podcast Production Team, Presentation Management Team, Advanced Office Systems and Pro cedures, Fundamental and Ad vanced Spreadsheet Applications, Small Business Management Team, Graphic Design Promotion, Video Production Team, Financial Analyst Team, Entrepreneurship, Prepared Speech, Website Design Team, Glob al Marketing Team, Business Law & Ethics, Fundamental Account ing, Intermediate Word Processing Skills, Economic Research Project, Banking & Finance, Java Program ming, Database Applications, and Advanced Interview Skills,” Martin said.

US & World News

to vote for them.

Class elections have wrapped up for the Student Council. An email was sent out to all students listing criteria for any specific spot that interested them.

There were multiple positions avail able, such as Student Council member, class officer, and class representative.

To be a class officer, an application was required to fill out first. After the ap plication, students were told to create a 60-90-second campaign video which was then uploaded to YouTube. This video was a way for an applicant to share their ideas with the school and convince people

After applicants finished uploading the video, they sent the link to STUCO adviser Tami Blue through her email and received confirmation. The deadline to submit a video and application was May 5.

The spots available for class officers included President, Vice President, Trea surer, and Secretary. Being a STUCO member or class representative required no election as anyone can be one if they choose to be.

“Once elected, their function is to act as a liaison between the class and the administration, ensuring that the group’s actions and activities conform to the pol icies of the school,” Mrs. Blue said. “This is truly student-led, so the students do the

Being elected as class officer requires students to handle important events that happen for the school, like Prom or Class Olympics. “They also have three main jobs which are to raise money for their prom, plan and execute a philanthropy project, and a class unity event,” Mrs. Blue said.

staff writer Anthony Nassar copy editor Alex Passero

Students can benefit from Student Government as it helps with a variety of events that happen throughout the school year. They also have a voice as it is a stu dent-led organization, which means that suggestions are always welcomed.

Results for class officer elections came out on May 12 and can be found in your email.

New club arrives at NV

staff writer Bella Elmore

This year, Northview added a new club. Sophomore Alex Passe ro approached Interactive Me dia teacher Tami Blue and Journal ism teacher Sarah Huey to create the Broadcasting Club. This club focuses on mak ing videos that feature different things/students instead of just making regular announcements.

“The Broadcasting Club is for

kids to pick projects that they are interested in and film them to make a little story,” Mrs. Blue said. Once the club has a video created and ed ited, it will be shown in the home

a newsreel that’s going to spotlight the exchange students that have been here,” Passero said.

Ongoing: The war in Ukraine continues; Putin is expected to for mally declare war in the coming weeks.

April 10: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is voted out through a parliamentary vote of no confidence.

April 11: President Biden signs a new regulation banning “ghost guns,” which have been untraceably purchased through a legal loophole and have been implicated in many re cent shootings.

April 12: Frank James is named as a suspect in an NYC subway shooting that injured at least 10 peo ple, and President Biden recognizes some Russian activity in Ukraine as genocide.

ruptcy protection after being sued by Sandy Hook parents.

April 19: Actor Johnny Depp takes the stand in a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, over an allegedly libelous op-ed accusing Depp of abuse, and Chick-Fil-A competitor Popeyes announces plans to build 200 new stores this year.

April 21: Florida strips Disney World of its special governmental status in retaliation over Disney’s opposition of the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law in the state. Read more about the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law on Page 4.

April 24: The French choose incumbent Emmanuel Macron over far-right contender Marine Le Pen in a runoff election.

May 1: A tornado levels dozens of structures near Wichita, Kansas.

room or during lunches.

“Right now, we are working on

Passero had an English project where he had to create a news story and design the entire thing. He realized that he wanted to make something similar for NV. “I al ways want ed a NV TV station and that’s how I got the idea [for the club],” Passero said.

Since it started towards the end of the year, they are excited to begin the club for next year and get many creative ideas.

April 13: 306 are dead in South African floods.

April 16: Two are dead in a Pittsburgh shooting during a latenight party.

April 18: Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones files for bank

May 2: A leak reveals that the Supreme Court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade, the decision that allows women to receive abortions legally.

May 5: President Biden ap proves emergency funding for wild fires in New Mexico.

May 6: A hotel in Havana, Cuba explodes, killing at least 30 people.

always wanted a NV TV station..

Alex Passero

All the participants showing off their awards towards the end of the BPA State Leadership Conference.

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Say “NO” to “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Ohio

On March 8, Florida Gover nor Ron DeSantis signed Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay Bill”, restricting in structional material in grades three and below, on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The bill has been widely crit icized by many sources. Recently though, many states have decided to introduce their own, including Ohio.

Ohio’s bill follows the same bla tant homophobia and transphobia masked as a “parent first” model of education. But, it builds on our Flor ida friend’s by introducing the idea that instructional material on gen der identity and sexual orientation in grades 4-12 must be age-appro

priate in accordance with new state standards.

It also restricts education on race, specifically things like critical race theory and the 1619 project, tools meant to help learn about the foundation of our nation and the roots slavery has had in our society.

This bill is a disaster to say the least, introduced by Republicans Mike Loychik and Jean Schmidt.

Even after they introduced it, Schmidt fled the scene of the house with reporters on her heels accord ing to Spectrum New 1 reporter Josh Rultenberg’s Twitter video.

Schmidt is a far-right conserva tive, recently introducing more leg islation to end abortion in the state

Exams should not cover full year

As students, we have a lot of pressure with sports, jobs, and rela tionships, to name a few. Admitted ly, when it comes to school, we tend to take the easy way out and do less work when possible.

To take some pressure off, se mester exams should only cover the second semester instead of the full year.

“It’s really easy to forget ma terial learned from earlier in the year, which makes it super stress ful to relearn it again right before taking end-of-the-year exams,” ju nior Chloe Roehrig said. “Plus, we already have exams to test us over the things we learned from semes ter one, so we shouldn’t need to be tested over it again.”

Not only do exams affect the student pop ulation, they also affect teachers, but not in the same way.

As teachers, exams restrict their freedom of teaching and some times they have to rush the curriculum due to the lack of time or in creased pressure from the recent pandemic.

permanently, with no exceptions. Most notable is that during that bill she called rape an “opportunity” for women, prompting outrage online and by her democratic colleagues.

Loychik, the other proponent, is a hard right conservative repub lican.

He’s most active on twitter where it sort of reads like the devil’s to-do list. “Show me in the constitu tion where it says you have the right to an abortion. I’ll wait,” Loychick said on his twitter. He also has said “Gun control is about CONTROL, not safety.”

You may say “the bill hasn’t been confirmed into law.” However, our governor is also a republican,

so chances for this bill to become a law are higher than usual. These two are threatening to marginalize many minorities of students, in an attempt to wipe diversity from the classroom.

So, what can we do to help?

First off, we need to support each other as students, foster a nurturing environment for all teens, it’s hard enough navigating high school, let’s make it easier for us to learn about ourselves and grow as people.

Parents and teachers need to also help teach children about every one’s perspectives, even if it could be against the law in the future. To those who have the time or mon ey, may I suggest a donation to the

NAACP legal defense fund, which is an organization set to achieve racial justice in society and fulfill equality, and the Trevor Project Crisis Sup port Service for LGBTQ+ Youth, a suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth that operates 24/7 with access to trained counselors.

We have to support each other as all over the U.S. many students nationwide are being oppressed in their freedoms of choice (abortion, gender identity, race, sexual ori entation), as a community here at Northview, as fellow Wildcats who have hurt, cried, and laughed with each other we owe it to all of us to ride out this storm as a family.

- Noah Andres

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“We take exams each semester so if each exam covered the semes ter it would make it easier on both teachers and students,” junior Kait lyn Gill said.

During first semester exams, we are tested on everything we have learned in the first half of the year. It is less stressful for the students, and some teachers, to only be tested on that material once.

“Exams and state mandated tests do tend to limit the amount of project based learn ing or supplemental learning activities that a teacher can provide due to time and cur ricular restraints asso ciated with these types of assessments,” history teacher Brian Blake man said. “If I were to have the op tion to make a change on second semester exams, I would allow sec ond semester exams to be optional for students that took OSTs in that subject area.”

With only a few weeks of school left to go, students, as well as teach ers, are starting to prepare for ex ams, hopefully, maybe, probably not.

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Matt Cook, senior

Since I am a senior and my grades are good, I plan on opting out of my second semester exams because I want to enjoy my last month of free dom before I ship out to bootcamp.”

MJ Mitchell, junior “I usually do well with reading through all the textbook sections (for classes that still use textbooks) and reviewing every single worksheet or assignment done throughout the semester.”

Mohamed Musa, sophomore “I don’t really know, I haven’t tried studying that much. The only thing I’m worried about are AP Exams; regular exams aren’t an issue.”

Ananya Singh, freshman “To study for exams, I’ll be reviewing past tests and quizzes for practicing problems. I’ll also be studying with a study group.”

Frustration with state testing results

Many students are frustrated with the issue.

As state testing comes to a close, students now wait patiently for re sults, which take over three months to get back.

While incentives are given to students that perform well, students will be in the dark about whether or not they receive the incentives un til after the school year ends, which leads to many unsure about their end of the year grades.

State testing is now completely electronic, and that means its grad ing is also done on a computer.

So why do students have to wait three months for results if the grades are based on computer pro gramming?

“The scores are 100% comput er calculated. There is no reason it should take two plus months to have those scores released when it’s auto-graded,” sophomore Matthew Klacik said.

The school puts out incen tives for getting good grades on the state test.

If students in reg ular-level classes re ceive a three on the state test, their end of the year exam score can be bumped up to an 85%.

If they re ceive a four on the state test, their exam score can get bumped up to a 95%.

Finally, if a stu dent gets a five on the state test, their exam can be bumped up to a 100%.

Honors classes have a dif ferent incentive. If a student re ceives a four on the state test, their

exam grade becomes 85% and if they get a five on the state test, the score becomes a 95% on the exam.

So even if stu dents fail their end of year exams, they can still end the year with an “A” in the semester.

“If we know our state test scores be fore semes ter exams, we can spe cifically study concepts that we struggled with to improve our exam grades,” freshman Adrian Seid man said.

Not only does knowing the exam grades help students feel

more at ease when final exams ar rive, they can also help students pre pare for final exams.

Knowing what materials to fo cus more on and what materials to focus less on can help students man age their time before hand.

If a student knows that they did well on the state test, they can feel less stressed when taking the final exam because they are already guar anteed a good score.

Students will be on the lookout in late June and early July for their state test scores, and patiently hop ing that they might bump up second semester exam scores that need as sistance later in the year.

But, this wait creates anxiety for many who are relying on their state tests to end with a good semester grade, especially the senior class who might need the scores to pass certain classes.

Altogether, state test scores should not take over three months to arrive back to the students.

School subjects connected with colors

staff writer Lucy Heartz

Imagine this: you’re in the school supply section of Target in early August, picking out fresh note books, folders, and binders for each class for the upcoming school year.

While looking for a notebook for science class, you instinctively grab a green folder. But why?

Associating subjects with colors is a shared experience for students.

Have you ever found yourself get ting the same color supplies for the

same class throughout the years and wondered why?

Maybe you’re subconsciously assigning colors to classes to make folders easier to identify in your locker. Or maybe your color to sub ject association is just for fun. Either way, it’s interesting to see how you compare to other students on the issue.

The specific color/subject com bination differs greatly between stu dents.

Most people seem to agree that science is green, but what about the

other subjects?

Personally, I think math is blue, science is green, English is purple, and social studies is yellow. This mostly comes from the folder colors I’ve used in previous years, but I’ve found the reasons for the connec tion vary between people.

“I relate English to a dark vio let color. This is largely due to the violet lights my sixth grade English teacher had decorating her class room,” junior Erin Pope said.

Additionally, making this con nection can be more strategic and

less random. Trips to your locker be tween classes can be made faster if you already know which color folder or notebook to grab without think ing about it.

“Switching your binders for your different classes is a lot easier if you can memorize which subject you have by colors,” freshman Vir ginia Davenport said. “Science is green, English is blue, math is red, social studies is yellow, and other as signments are any other color.”

However, some people don’t relate to this color/subject link and

don’t understand the logic behind it.

“I don’t see a reason to think of subjects as colors nor can I think of a method to do so,” sophomore Mo hamed Musa said.

When you’re late to school and rushing to first period science class, grabbing the first green thing you see in your locker is more efficient than stopping to search for a folder marked ‘science’. So, if you already haven’t started making connections between colors and classes, you might want to consider it.

Getting involved vs. keeping to yourself

writer Anthony Nassar

High school is an important time in people’s lives. The memo ries you make during that time are all up to you.

Getting involved in school has more benefits than keeping to your self.

“When you get involved in the school it gives you the opportunity to help create an environment that both you and your peers can thrive in. You can also find new friends,” freshman Elizabeth Thomas said.

Getting involved lets you meet new people that share the same

hobbies and interests as you.

Knowing people that share the same interests as you is nice because you can talk about things together and enjoy them together.

Think about all the possible friends you could make if you decid ed to try something new, like join ing the variety of clubs Northview offers.

If you don’t know how to get in volved but want to, ask a friend or a teacher about the club or activity you are interested in.

Having someone else you al ready know with you will make the experience more enjoyable.

An example of a club I am in that I enjoy is French Club. There is a meeting each month where we get together and enjoy ourselves with a variety of activities. It also isn’t a big time consumer as it is only once a month.

“It is fun to be involved in things, and it is good to support NV. Whether it is being in the action, or just watching, it is good to help people in this way,” freshman Henry Myers said.

If you are someone whose ap peal isn’t joining in the fun directly, attending the activities and watch ing is still a great way to get involved.

You could even invite a friend to join you.

Some may think that getting involved could affect the amount of free time they have.

“I would rather keep to my self because if I do something for the school, my grades tend to fall and I’d rather focus on me and my grades than adding something else to the list of worries,” sophomore Bayleigh Waxler said.

Although doing extracurricu lar activities could have an effect on things such as grades and free time, you are the person who decides what they want to do in the end

with their time.

You can still manage your time wisely while including an activity or two to do once in a while.

High school is as enjoyable as you make it, you need to get out there to make sure your time at NV is something you remember fondly in the future.

When you are involved in school, it opens you to a door of new possibilities.

Getting involved in school makes the four years you spend more entertaining and makes long-lasting memories you remem ber after you graduate.

Ways to get you ahead in the summer

Looking to free up time in your schedule for next year?

Maybe you’re an upper classman looking to flex in or out next school year.

Or even just not have to take a class here at Northview.

Our school dis trict offers an abun dance of opportunities for students to get in extra credit hours during the summer.

There are many dif ferent programs where you can take classes from English to his tory, and even gym.

The most common way to get enrolled is through College Credit Plus programs, or CCP, at

colleges and universities in the

This means you would be en rolled as a student in the school of your choice after the application process, further being able to take six to nine-week classes in differ ent sessions throughout the sum mer.

Although enrollment for this did occur in the month of March, it is a great option to look into for next year.

Typically, the only summer classes tak en through Sylvania Schools are the dif ferent summer gym sessions designed to allow students to free up an extra class block in their schedule by finishing the gym grad uation requirements in the summer.

While looking at different pro gram options, some of the most im portant key things to consider are; which courses you are looking to take, as well as your individual pur pose behind it.

By this, I mean everyone has their own reasons for choosing to enroll in summer classes or CCP programs in general.

You can easily plan your course load based on whether you are just looking to get your high school graduation requirements out of the way or if you would like to go the extra mile and get ahead on some purses you may have to take while in college.

From personal experience, the two most popular classes to take over the summer are College Com position I and American National Government.

These are some of the most

logical classes to take over the sum mer from both a high school and college aspect.

From the high school point-ofview, students eliminate two classes required for graduation, allowing students to get ahead and lighten their course load for either junior or senior year.

As for the college perspective, both of these course options are common requirements for many degrees in a large number of col leges and universities.

There are, of course, a large number of different courses that are valuable for summer to gain high school and college credits, however, I believe these are the most practical course options for someone just starting out in the college credit plus program or anyone who doesn’t want a heavy course load over the summer.

Introducing NV’s New Mascot!

Tyson Bernath

co-editor-in-chief

The struggle to find people who want to be mascots has been a longtime issue, but this year was a new kind of struggle for Northview.

You may have noticed a major lack of Willie the Wildcat this year. He was a rare sight to see at any game or event. The mascot used to be found at every event without fail, but year after year he has been seen less and less.

The school has tried to even pay students to put on the costume and even made students do it as punish ment.

“Mr. Monheim gave me the choice of a two-hour detention or to be Willie at the basketball game. I don’t know about you, but I thought the right choice was pretty clear,” se nior Trey Szykowny said.

This new form of punishment brought back the school’s beloved mascot, but not for long. As well as this all sounds on paper, it was later discovered that the school cannot use this as a form of punishment. Due to child labor laws, students cannot be forced to do work like this.

This sent the school adminis tration back to the drawing board. They could go back to paying stu dents to be the mascot, but what if they didn’t? What if they didn’t have to pay the students? What if they didn’t have to pay anyone?

“I met with my team and the solution that we came up with was so brilliant that I couldn’t believe that we hadn’t thought of it before,” Principal Mark Pugh said.

Starting next year, the classic Willie the Wildcat will be seen no

more. The costume is to be set on fire after next year’s Powder Puff Football game.

The administration worries that the costume may be haunted by for mer students seeking revenge upon former teachers.

The hope is that the burning of the costume will release these spirits and keep the school safe from any paranormal activity.

But with Willie gone, who will take his place? Well, please welcome Willie the REAL Wildcat!

You read that right. The boring, old Willie costume is to be replaced by a real wildcat.

The cat will be at every sporting event, school dance, and local activ ities and parades.

“I suggested the idea as

somewhat of a joke, but then it hit me. All the best sports programs have a real animal as their mascot.

Think Texas, Georgia, or Oklaho ma,” new Head Football Coach, and math teacher, Greg Silm said.

Coach Silm has volunteered to be the new cat’s caretaker. The cat will make the trips to and from school with him and will hopefully make a lot of new friends too.

“I have two dogs at home, so I thought that this would be noth ing,” Coach Silm said.

The cat and Coach Silm will spend this summer together, bond ing and hopefully becoming tame enough to bring to the pre-school next year. The pre-schoolers were told about the news and were ecstat ic.

“Journey has been talking nonstop about the new wildcat. She is hoping that Willie and Luna will be friends,” iMedia teacher and owner of the school’s therapy dog Luna, Tami Blue said.

Some students worry that the wildcat may accidentally mistake them for a meal, but administrators are adamant that this is not a real possibility. The cat will be on a strict ly Chick-Fil-A diet, so the confusion between chicken and person is not a likely one. Just maybe watch out on Mondays as Chick-Fil-A is closed on Sunday and the cat may be a little hungry.

Possible inevitable danger aside, the lack of school spirit at NV is a thing of the past and we all have new Willie to thank!

NV seeks funding through sponsors

Benjamin Riter

If you look at almost any inter national sports team you’ll notice a common theme among the teams’ advertisements and uniforms. Spon sored advertising in affiliation with the teams.

The Toronto Maple Leafs wear the TikTok logo on their helmet, Real Madrid has an Emerites “Fly Better” uniform, and the Minneso ta Timberwolves wear a small Fitbit logo on their uniform.

The teams and the brands bene fit from these deals. The team earns extra money and the brands get good advertising.

After an historically low amount of donations to the Northview Boosters Clubs, NV has sought alter native funding. Starting next year NV will be hit with a bombardment of sponsorships.

All sports teams, clubs, and even classes have been sold to almost any

brand imaginable.

NV Football will now be sport ing a “Wonder Bread White” uni form in the “Wildcat Wonder Bread Stadium”.

“New uniforms are always a ma jor plus, but these might be the best I’ve ever seen a high school team wear. The “Wonder Bread White” is sleek, the “Wheat” is steezy, and the “Rye Bread” alternates rival the University of Oregon’s “Eggshell” uniforms,” said new Head Football Coach Greg Silm.

Every hallway will be sold to a different brand name. C-hall, or the Senior Hall, will now be known as the “Sea World Senior C-Hall”. At least half of the lockers are planned to be replaced with aquariums filled with saltwater sea life.

All French rooms will be themed after the different French’s mustard flavors.

English classes have been sold to the Penguin publishing company. Despite just getting brand new uni

forms the NV Band will now be rock ing a Chester the Cheetah’s Flamin’ Hot Cheeto uniforms next fall.

“I couldn’t think of a more fit ting sponsor for our band. I find Cheeto crumbs in every corner of my classroom. I’ve even had to send some instruments to get cleaned after being used after the consump tion of this glorious product,” said Band Director Nathan Heath.

NV’s very own gaming team has been sold to both Mtn Dew and Ali enware. The team will use strictly Alienware products with the Mtn Dew logo slapped onto every piece of equipment.

The NV Dance Team will be get ting low in their brand new Lowe’s uniforms.

Subway will be sponsoring the FRESHman hallway and the news paper’s FRESH takes.

“The hope with all of this is that paying for prom bids or entrance into sports games will be a thing of the past,” said Principal Mark Pugh

in his now mandatory Dunkin Do nuts purple and orange suit.

The money raised through all of these sponsors is going directly into the NV Booster’s Coinbase ac count.

The boosters will then invest the money into BitCoin, Etherium, and Dogecoin among other cryp tocurrencies. The hope is to grow every bit of money that comes into the school.

Even football tickets can now be purchased with crypto. NV is gain ing more sponsors than Travis Scott in 2020.

“I’m so happy that we are final ly getting our “Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast Shotclock”. High school basket ball has long needed a shot clock, but now we’ve finally got it, all thanks to Jimmy John’s,” said head Basketball coach Jeremy McDonald.

So as NV takes on this “Subway ReFRESH” you’ll learn to love your Wonder Bread Wildcats and Pepsi pitch-perfect choir.

staff writer

The new Willie roams outside during a break from Mr. Silm’s class where he spends his days relaxing.

Corbin Przymierski

Editor Alexis Clark

As cliche as it is to start out my farewell with the fact that it flew by and went way quicker than I expected, it truly did.

Even though I was only on the Student Prints for two years, I still felt like it was quite a defining moment in finding out what I enjoy out side of the classroom. It’s hard to think that it’s all coming to an end soon enough. Being in the Pub every day for the past two years has given me a sort of comfort and escape from everything else, where I can just focus on the lives and stories of people other than myself.

My career on staff wasn’t really something that I ex pected to happen. I signed up for the Intro to Journalism course first semester of junior year, and thought it would just be the basics of Journalism. I soon came to find out that I was a part of the staff, and writing stories for the school operated newspaper. Sure, it was different and I never real ly had those interactions, but writing about something oth er than prompts or a specific area gave me this linguistic freedom that I hadn’t had the opportunity to express in any English class. That’s what prompted me to take up an editor position the next year,

and I wouldn’t change it for a thing.

I hope that all the new staffers can help use what we’ve given them and apply it for any future staff to come. I’ve got confidence that you all will do great things in and out of the classroom and lead this newspaper in a positive direction for years to come.

I’d like to end this fare well with just some thanks to everyone along the way. Whether it be the previous

staff before me being so invit ing and welcoming to every one new, Ms. Huey for always being there at your side with ideas or help when anything goes wrong, the new peo ple, staffers and teachers met during my time on staff, and my family for being the ones who encouraged me to strive for this position and help me along the way. I wouldn’t be writing this if it wasn’t for all of you.

Right before the pandem ic struck, I applied to be on the yearbook staff. I was so terrified of being denied, that I almost canceled the inter view.

I will never forget the smile on Ms. Huey’s face when she told me that she wanted me on her newspaper staff instead, that she would save me a spot on both until I decided. Joining the news paper staff was easily the best decision I made in my high school career.

Writing this last article feels so surreal. As excited as I am about graduation and ev erything that comes next, it’s hard to believe my time on this staff is already over. I am so proud of the newspaper we’ve created and I am so thankful to have been a part of it.

Ms. Huey was always ex cited to see and talk about my photos in a way I’d never experienced before. She has always encouraged me to step outside of my comfort zone and I will always value the things I’ve learned from her. She is an amazing teacher and I will miss seeing her every day.

There are a few other teachers that have made my time here more meaningful. Mrs. Rauscher, thank you for fostering my love for writing and literature and creating such a welcoming environ ment in your classroom. Mr. Briggs, you have such a pos itive influence on this school

and it wouldn’t be the same without your kindness and humor. Mr. Hede, you are a great counselor and it’s obvi ous how much you care about the students here.

The Pub has always been a special place at Northview and I think it always will. You can see it in the old newspa pers and yearbooks, but you can see it right here in this newspaper too. It wouldn’t exist without a staff who loved it enough to spend hours and hours working together to bring it to life. As stressful as it could be, I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Special thanks to my Can on 80D, the camera that has stuck with me for six years and helped me discover who I am. Even more thanks to my best friend Dylan McLaughlin, who taught me how to fix it with a safety pin when it ran domly stops working. I’d also like to thank Breanna Thomas, Shawn Welsh, and Ava Mont gomery for always support ing me. I don’t know where I would be without them.

Last, but not least, I’d like to thank you, the reader. Whoever you are, I hope you enjoyed the paper this year. Goodbye, The Student Prints.

Serena Carter Staff Writer Ben RiterStaff Writer

It’s time to say goodbye to everyone and everything. It’s time to say goodbye to Northview High School. Four long years ago, I stepped into this school not knowing what I was capable of. Now that I am a young adult things have shifted.

I always had a perfect pic ture of senior me. Now I am an old blossom that has bloomed, my petals browning and with ering at the edges falling one by one to the ground. Sud denly I die, and my stem has fallen limp and dry. I have always told myself with every ending there is a new begin ning. Somewhere out there I am a planted seed just waiting to sprout again.

Except I will miss how it used to be. I will miss all the rainy days and the sunny days. I will miss those old days. But I know new days are sure to come.

I just want to thank Mrs. Judge, Mrs. Cuneo, Mr. Wa chowiak, Mrs. Seifert, Mrs. Williams, Ms. Huey, my coun selor Mrs. Burnsworth, as well as. Mr. Hede, and lastly Mrs. McIlwain for making these high school years the best they could ever be for me.

First I want to give thanks to Mrs. Judge. All four years in high school Mrs. Judge has been my coordinator for small group helping me succeed and strive throughout high school. She has been by my side through the good and the

hard times even at my lowest when I was struggling with my mental health.

I also want to say thank you to Mrs. Cuneo for en couraging and helping me proceed as well.

I want to say thank you to all of my teachers Mr. Wa chowiak, Mrs. Seifert, and Mrs. Williams, and Ms. Huey for making me smile, laugh, and helping me though tough times even if it wasn’t obvious.

Thank you Mrs. Burn

sworth and Mr. Hede, both of you are amazing counsel ors, you have really helped me and taught me valuable things. And thank you Mrs. McIlwain for being there for me in my lowest moments.

I will miss my friends, but I will most definitely miss my teachers counsel ors and coordinator. I will never forget the wonderful blessings that have made my high school years.

Goodbye NV news paper, it has been fun the last two years even though I didn’t really do much except write a cou ple stories and that’s it.

It’s too bad that I couldn’t write any of the Track and Field or Cross Country stories because I was in both of those and that’s all I did and knew about at NV.

8 moving forward

College

Garrett Draper Lucia Scouten

Arizona State University

Brooke Kaminski

Art Academy of Cincinnati

Sidney Delmonico

Alexander Yeager

Baldin Wallace University

Morgan Aloi

Madilyn Michaelson

Samantha Thielen

Berklee College of Music

Nathan Haas

Bowling Green State University

Avery Albers Nicholas Barch Mollie Barrett Dylan Beil Audrey Bokesch Jonathan Bushrow Adeline Croy Safiya Eyow Veronica Farha Clayton Haims Maddilynn Henderly Isobel Irwin Samantha Johnson Isabelle Kalas Kasey Kreger Andrew Krolak Ethan Martinez Reagan Oatman

Isabella Olzak Mitchell Powaski Rose Roberts Emma Snyder Michael Springer Kaleigh Sutherland Luke Youngs

Butler University

Gabrielle Grossmann

Leah Smith

Calvin University

Jonah Meyer Crothers

Eastern Michigan University

Ellie Petersen

Embry Riddle Day tona Beach Campus

Maxwell Faulkner

Florida Gulf Coast

Sydnie Similie Grand Valley State University

Kent State University

Alexis Kieffer Kaci Kruszynski

Gabrielle Melms

Lake Erie College

Hope Pitzen

Lourdes University

James Kolopajlo Cole McKinley Isaac Seyer

Loyola University

Mia Pyle

Mercy College of Ohio

Kira Bruce

Miami University

Ohio Northern University

Scout Poling Brean Wales Ohio State University

Gina Baroudi

Shaun Blagrave

Sophia Campbell

Bella Luna Carl

Kylee Donahue

Kouri Geha Alexa Gillenwater

Rachael Johnson

Grant Kopan

Olivia Li

Kennedy Nicholson

Alayna Pedro

Shayna Rahman

Elizabeth Richmond

Cooper Snyder Catherine Steele

Michael Thompson

Grant Wieligman

Glenville State University

Lauryn O’Lenic

Mia Swartz Hope College

Kathleen Schnorberger

Imperial College of London

Oliver Qian

Indiana University

Nathan Nolan IUPUI

Homero Matzenbacher

Jackson College

Julia Kaye John Carroll University

Quinn Carter Morgan Szykowny

Johnson & Wales University

Ethan Nowels

Kenny Biggs Camden Kopke Katherine Lavalette Mikayla Mattimore Mackenzie Morgan Kaleb Ort Corbin Przymierski Jolie Pyles Grace Sanderson Cody Schafer Raven Stewart Ryan Schroeder Braden Tackett Lan Tran Charlie Vallone

Tessa Grohnke- Agricultural Technical Insitute John Saggese- Newark

Michigan State University

Benjamin Crooks

Shayla Huynh

Lauren Moriarty

Grayson Worth MIT Ohio Dominican University

Meghan Coakley

Ohio University

Tyson Bernath Elizabeth Breitigam

Samantha Briggs Zoe Briggs Foster Clements Sydney Ferguson

Hannah Haupricht

Riley Keller

Grace Miller

Ally Parker

Gayle Rudolph Warren Thomas James Walkowski Alaina Schwartz - Southern

Frank Lee

Ohio Wesleyan University

Emma Foster Owens Community College

Julia Anderson

Sydney Chafins

Bradley Crago

Abigail Guyton

Joseph Jaber

Keaton Johann Sydney Johnson

Logan Kelley Dylan Meeker

Khegan Schira Paige Szykowny

Kyle Welty

Vincent Yant

Piping Industry Training Center

Mason Eddington

Ringling College of Art & Design

Haley Apgar Sheet Metal Apprenticeship

Samuel Fries

The Citadel

Elijah Amstutz

Tiffin University

Kasey Hunt

Carly Maple Trade School

Ali Hassan Logan Pakulski Trine University

Sophia Hatzidakis

UC Berkeley

Anish Gupta Undecided

Franklin Blackwood Dylan Bottles

Gunnar Davis

Rose Jaffe Carter Kohlman

McKenzie LaFata

Gracie Perry Riccardo Puecher

Anthony Saggese

Tyler Shoffer

United States Air Force

Benjamin Riter United States Army

Matthew Cook University of Akron

Sarosh Ahmed Madison Watson University of Cincinnati

Anna Burnard Jordan Fredrick Sydney Gfell Briggs Lehman Gavin Losey Rylee Mitchell Nodine Molly Nowak

Parker Robinson Aidan Schmidt Julian Smith Hayden Symbolik Nicole Taylor Logan Thor Natallia Watson

moving forward

University of Michigan

Cassidy Baker

University of Tennessee

Laney Saxe

University of Toledo

Rawa Abdalbagi Mohamed Abdrabou

Eiad Ahmed Sarah Ahrendt Sarah Alekhtiar Razan Alsayed Summer Awethe Alexa Bernhard Charalampos Besios Joshua Bisson Jacob Bitter Dillon Black Jackson Bollin Ariana Brazier

Michael Burton

(UT cont.)

Andrew Tomkinson

Olivia Topolski

Kyle Troendle

Gregory Vavrinek

Julia Wallace Lydia Zaletta

University of Dayton

Emily Kahan Jackson Short University of Indianapolis

Sean Craig Lyza Shamy University of Kentucky

Matt Biggs Ava Hosler

Lily Patterson Nathan Tomkinson

Aya Deen Olivia Desjardins Rahaf Elhag Ryan Flis Yehia Gabora Liam Gallagher Edward Garcia Joseph Gilliland Lauren Grear Lily Grossmann George Grossmann Leila Hajjar Madelina Hashemi Kenzie Hough Jonah Jacobs Walid Kachour Ethan Keene Saf Deen Khatib Annalise Klacik Connor Kleinschmidt Karis Kramp Brianna Lammon Sara Lee Tucker Ludwig Haroon Lughmani Samantha Mason Megan McNamee Landon Miller Hunter Mitchell Khaled Odeh Jeremiah Pfaff Parker Preuss Amanda Radulski Laura Randall Faith Rison John Roberts III Mateo Roth Constantine Rousos Maya Sarikonda Madison Soleau Bianca Rosal Soliva Jessica Spencer Dylan Stanfa James Szykowny III Skylar Tiell

Wittenberg University

Logan Brown Wofford College Jayden Weinstein Workforce

Aubrey Anderson

Ella Boyce Noah Chevalier Jason Crank Gabrielle Earmest Christopher Eitniear Jr Zachary Hadeed Chloe Hawk Megan Hojnacki Kaylee Howard Richard Johnson Kyle Krawczyk William Marquis II Brenden McCarty Brooklyn Miller Maria Phalen Christian Rodriguez Nathan Scott

*Disclaimer

This list was compiled based on the information given by the guidance office as of May 9. Anyone who did not give an answer to guidance was not included in the list.

more goodbyes

Ally Parker

Co-Editor-in-Chief

My last story that I will ever write for The Student Prints newspaper, has not been easy to start. I wasn’t sure where I wanted to go with my story, but I’ll start with my journey and memories on the newspaper staff.

I took a semester of Intro to Journalism during my sophomore year. I immediately fell in love with the class and knew that I wanted to try out for the newspaper staff. I joined my junior year as a staff writer. At the time, there was no News Editor, and I felt as if I was catch ing on to the process of writing stories and de signing pages pretty fast. I decided to try out for News Editor my second semester of junior year, and ended up getting the position.

I really enjoyed how much more respon sibility came with the editor positions. There was more to take on, from editing all of the news stories, designing extra pages, and mak ing sure the News section looked presentable for when it went to print.

I knew that for senior year I would want another editor position, but I felt like I could take on even more responsibility and teach new staffers the ropes, so I took on the role of Co-Editor-in-Chief.

I have had so much fun as Co-Editor this year. There were definitely some stressful mo ments where things weren’t done in time or mistakes were discovered after the paper was printed, but I have really enjoyed this experi ence on newspaper. I have made some incred ible friends through the paper and was able to connect with the younger staff members.

My favorite part of newspaper has al ways been designing the pages which is why

I decided to go to Ohio University to major in Graphic Design. I’m really excited to start there in the fall and I can’t wait to see what my future holds in that field. I would like to thank Ms. Huey and Mrs. Blue for helping me find this passion of mine.

Ms. Huey being an alumni from OU, I’m sure she’s happy to hear that both of her Co-Editors this year are going to Ohio Univer sity. Thank you for taking the time to teach me all about Journalism. I’m definitely going to miss you next year. I always look forward to your class and spending time in the Pub.

I met Mrs. Blue my freshman year when I took her Intro to Visual Technology class. That’s where I learned how to use Adobe Il lustrator and Photoshop, which really helped me succeed in designing the newspaper pag es. Mrs. Blue was one of the most chill teach ers ever.

I didn’t have her sophomore year, but I decided to join her Career Tech, Interactive Media, my junior year. Junior year focused on the graphic design aspect while senior year was more filming and editing videos. I really enjoyed finding my creative passion during this two year program.

I would also like to thank my friends for always being there for me. I have met some life-long friends here at Northview and even though none of them are coming to OU with me, I know we will stay in touch.

Lastly, I would like to thank my family. They have helped me through a lot and have always supported me with whatever I wanted to do during high school.

Tyson Bernath Co-Editor-in-Chief

It’s finally time to say goodbye. I say finally half-filled with excitement and half-filled with dread. I am excited to say that I am headed to Ohio University in the fall. I have been accepted into their prestigious Journalism program. This is something that I don’t believe I could have ever done without my experience here at Northview. Writing for The Student Prints was originally just something I picked up, just like a sport, a club, or an instrument. I quickly found a place that I felt did something meaningful and important.

Running is an important part of my life, but to most it is a dreadful thought, let alone an ex perience. Media is something that is necessary to everyone’s life. You may not read my newspaper, but you read information from all over the world everyday. For the first time in my life, I knew for a fact that I was doing something that mattered. In a way I don’t need to say goodbye. My work is forever documented and my impact on this paper can inspire those in the future just as past staffers and editors have done for me. I will miss the free periods spent rushing to throw together pages and graphics at the last minute, messing around with Benjamin, Corbin, and Alex, annoying Grey, and chatting with Ella, Eve, or Reegan. I know that I’m leaving the paper in the best hands possible. I look around this room now and see a room full of dedicated students, all certainly future editors themselves. Designing this paper over the summer was one of the best school ex periences I’ve ever had. Getting to lead this staff was a lot of trial and error, but we always, and I mean ALWAYS, found a way.

I am so thankful for my time here at NV. If you are reading this, I leave one piece of ad vice: get involved. Find your thing. Stay busy. I am the Co-Editor of this paper, President of the best damn band in the land, Captain of my Cross

Country and Track teams, and a NV Wildcat su perfan. Sure, it all was overwhelming at times, but I made lifelong memories that I will never forget. People I will never forget. Years down the road I may not remember how to properly conjugate the past participle in French, but I will never forget the time I spent in that class with my best friends and one of my all time favorite teach ers. If you think that you don’t have the time or that you won’t fit in at this school, look closer. There’s a place for you. I promise. I will spend the rest of my life forever thankful for my time in high school, even if I spent the whole time telling you all that I was leaving here the first chance that I got.

I want to thank all of my teachers and men tors over the years. I am honestly incredibly teary eyed as I write this thinking about not seeing all of you in my daily life anymore. I could not have done any of this without my incredible staff. Through talks, yelling, screaming, and crying. We made it. Leaving, I know that my short time on this paper and as its Co-Editor will help shape it in the future. My staff inspires me. I know that they will create something even more amazing than I made. That’s the best thing about this pa per in my opinion. It will never be finished. It will forever be developed and changed into some thing new year after year after year. I am just one step in this marathon of a paper. I am grateful to be that step. That’s all I needed to do what I wanted.

If you looked at this column and decided it was too long to read it all, here’s my Sparknote. I love my friends, teachers, and coaches who shaped my high school experience. I made life long memories and I am incredibly thankful for my time at NV. My only advice I leave you is to get involved. Thank you so much Northview.

Seniors remember their favorites

What was your favorite sports moment?

“Watching the hockey team win districts and go on to Columbus.”

Ava Hosler

What was your favorite class at Northview?

I Always had great ideas that I could run through Photoshop.”

Rose Jaffe

What was your favorite sports moment?

St. Francis was a very good feeling.

felt great representing our school in a big sports event,

well as seeing the look of failure on the

team’s face.”

Symbolik

What was your favorite moment in school?

Southview at my last home football game.”

Constantine Rousos

Meyer-Crothers makes US Paralympic Team

What was your experience like playing with the Men’s Para National team?

“I would say my experience with USPNT has been a fun one, meet ing everyone being around the team and staff for weeks on end.

On the field off the field. It’s out rageously fun. I would also say it’s like being part of a huge family that just keeps getting better and better as the days go on.”

How long have you been playing soccer?

“I believe I started playing soccer when I was six for the Sylvania Rec Team. After that I went to Paceset ter for a couple years. Later on I moved to the Michigan Wolves and I’ve been with them ever since.”

How many hours do you typically put into soccer every week?

Do you typically train on your own or do you have a personal trainer?

“I would say that on average I train around six to seven hours and then play a game on the weekend. If I had no game on the weekend I would put in another hour or two. I would say most of my training is with my club, but outside of my club I am all on my own.”

Did the Men’s Para National team contact you directly about if they want you on the team or is it something that you put in an application for?

“How I got on the USPNT was actually through Coach Kirk Brazeau at Northview. He told me about it and immediately I was interested. All I had to do was send them an email of some film and the wait I believe was around a week or two. After that week or two they sent me a tryout list, that I had to record myself and send it back to them. Then I waited sometime I can’t remember how long, but it was a decent amount of time. In the email they offered me chance to come to one of their camps. Which was in February of 2020 right before Covid. Then after the camp I’ve been invited to every single one since.”

-Grey Lehman

Elliott wins SEI Award

staff writer Taleen Boman

Coaching is much more than leading a team on the field, and one of Northview’s own has shown that there is much more than the sport when it comes to leading young teens.

Head Varsity Hockey Coach Steve El liott has recently won the Ohio High School Athletic Association Ice Hock ey Coaches Association’s Sportsman ship, Ethics, and Integrity award.

This award is given out to coach es that represent much more than just their success in the sport, but also their outstanding leadership out of the sport. Coach Elliott was chosen as a recipient by other hockey coaches in Ohio for his work both on and off the ice. This past season marked Coach Elliott’s 25th season as a NV hockey coach, and his sixth season as head coach, but he has been around NV for

much longer. Not only has he coached at NV for many years, but this is also his alma mater, which makes winning the award so much more memorable.

“The award gives me a lot of pride and validates what I feel I am doing, just knowing how much I care about the kids and trying to put them and the sport first,” Coach Elliott said. “The award shows just how much I care.”

Under Coach Elliott, the hockey team is 92-82-17, with one North west Hockey Conference (NHC) Championship, one NHC District Championship, and one state Final Four appearance. Not only has Coach Elliott experienced success on the ice, but he also makes sure that his players succeed off the ice.

“He would make sure that we were okay and that we knew that he was always there for us off the ice, he was like a second parent to us,” sopho

more left wing Liam Diesing said.

Not only did Coach Elliott make sure that his players knew they had his support, he made sure that they knew that they had the entire support of a high school behind them.

“He tells us often that he is there for all of us on and off the ice and we are always open to talk to him when needed,” forward Tryston Harrell said. “He pushed us everyday to be better players, teammates, and peo ple.”

Coach Elliott not only encour aged his players to be better people, he encouraged them to represent NV like it was their home.

“If you are going to wear NV hockey gear and represent the pro gram, always be respectful,” Coach Elliott said. “In high school sports, you are representing more than just yourself.”

Track takes on NLL titles and trials

business editor Sarah Gross

The Track team has been train ing since January and was prepared for their first meet. They were invit ed to the invitational meet at Whit mer on April 8 against multiple opponents. Both the long distance and sprinting side of the track team scored many points during the meet, but unfortunately still got less points against Whitmer.

The Varsity team was invit ed to the Liberty Center Invite on

April 16 having the opportunity to compete against many teams. Over all, the boys came in first, while the girls came in third during the track. “Overall, I felt accomplished throughout the meet because I im proved my time,” senior Oliver Qian said. Qian ran the 1600 in 4:46 and finished in fourth place.

“I’m excited to finish out the season, but sad at the same time be cause it is my last year running here at Northview,” senior Morgan Aloi said. Aloi has been running track

for four years now and has commit ted to Baldwin Wallace University to continue running.

For long distance, both the boys’ and the girls’ teams currently have the same coach, David Briggs. They mainly train at Stranahan El ementary where they run to Wild wood and sometimes after school on meet days at NV. So far, they have done very well with competing in all three of their meets for this season.

The Track team usually has meets on Tuesdays and Saturdays

and then practices on the days they do not have meets.

The team was invited to their third invitational at Eastwood High School. This meet was only for re lays. The Boys’ and Girls’ Varsity Track team was invited to the East wood Invite. The only participants in this meet were the relay teams.

The girls’ distance 4x800, ended up getting fourth place and earn ing five points for the whole girls’ team. The boys long distance for the 4x800, ended up getting fifth

place and earning four points for the boys’ team. Also at the Eastwood Invite, the girl sprinters 4x200 and 4x400 got first place in both.

“My goal for this season is to compete at states and break the school record for the 100-meter dash,” senior Tommy Burke said.

“My goal is to beat the track re cord for the fastest 200 meter dash this year,” junior Isabella Muir said. The sprinters practice at Timber stone everyday, except for the days that they have meets.

Senior Izzy Irwin starts off her first discus throwing season well with her personal record being 85' 1”. Discus is a sport where com petitors attempt to throw a 2.2lb disc a farther distance than their competitors. She has had a lot of fun this year not only just playing her sport but being coached by Coach Downing as well.

Sophomore Carter Vrooman has started off this pole vaulting sea son strong. Pole vaulting is where you attempt to vault over a high bar while holding the end of an extremely long flexible pole. Even just starting around a month ago, Vrooman’s best record is 8' 6 and he is coached by Coach Hunter Egbert. He is going to continue well into next year and hopefully into his senior year too.

Senior Sydnie Simile has had a successful shot put season so far even with this being her first year throwing. Shot put is a sport where you take a 12lb metal ball and throw it as far as you can. It is a distance based sport with her best throw being 23’4”. The sea son began in April and is still going on. She is coached by Coach Doug Downing.

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1-Sean Boyle, 5-John Sullivan, 8-Drew Bremer, 9-Cameron DeLillo, 10-Ben Lindau, 11-Jonah Meyer-Crothers, 13-Josh Brunais (Captain) Courtesy of USA Soccer

Coach Steve Elliott received the award after Ohio’s hockey coaches got together and voted him the recipient.

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Baseball coming close to post season

Baseball, now halfway into the season, has started off strong on the diamond and is hoping to bring this momentum into the playoffs. The players started off their season with a trip down to Florida for spring break and had a successful time there, going 5-1. Now, they are back in Ohio trying to find some footing in the very competitive Northern Lakes League.

They are currently fourth in the NLL, having a 5-3 record with big wins against Southview and Spring field. They have struggled against some of the larger teams in the area including Perrysburg, the projected number one team in the NLL, and had a close loss to Bowling Green. The team isn’t worried though, and has plans to compete for the title at the end of the year.

“We are trying to stay consistent as a team and work hard to get to that point,” sophomore designated hitter Nathan Desjardins said.

Consistency is key for the Wild cats, along with keeping a good mentality and confidence whenever they are on the field.

“We are going to take it one game at a time and build our con fidence going into the back half of

the season,” junior outfielder Riley Ames said.

The team has many important games coming up including Bowl ing Green and Napoleon, both teams that are in the top three of the NLL. To finish off the season, playoffs are coming up fast. Match ups for this area have not come out yet, but the Wildcats are currently ranked 14th in the Toledo area be hind Evergreen and Napoleon.

“In the second half of the sea son, we hope to finally win a league title,” senior catcher Garrett Draper said. “We have an opportunity in the second half if we play together as a team.”

The team has not made it to the District Title game since 2015, where they were named runner ups. The Wildcats are hoping to change this and not only win the NLL this year, but also get the chance to bring home a District Title.

Overall, the Wildcat’s record is 13-7, with only six games left in the regular season. The team is hoping to rely on their consistent defense and explosive offense to carry them well into the postseason which is coming up fast. The Sectional Tour nament begins on May 14th and the Wildcats are sitting at a four seed and will face Ashland on Wednes day, May 18th.

Boys’ Tennis Team takes 2nd at NLLs

The Boys’ Tennis season has started off cloudy due to unfavor able weather. The changes in tem perature and precipitation has af fected the team tremendously. They had to cancel several matches and tournaments, including the Ottawa Hills Invitational and one of their biggest rivals, St. John’s.

Meets like these are important to the overall growth of the team, the more practice the better when it all comes down to state champion ships. With three meet cancellations and one postponed, getting a solid start is proving difficult.

“Although the weather is bad, we are staying optimistic,” senior Captain Gavin Binni said.

The team has played all of their league games and has just recently competed in the NLL champion ships. They have been working hard toward the state title, and prepar ing for months. All teams have the strengths and weaknesses, but the boys have worked to dedicate all they have into the end of this sea

son.

“Our games have been going well, we don’t have as good as a re cord as last year, but we can still win the championship,” Binni said. “It’s hard to tell (our weaknesses), may be chemistry between the members, but that happens everywhere you play.”

Practice makes progress, and the team has practiced nearly daily all season for the championships. With the determination and hard work of each player, the team is growing and becoming stronger with every meet. “I think we are a very well rounded team as a whole, I feel good leaving the team where it will be once us seniors are gone,” senior Grayson Worth said.

Preparation means success when it comes to meets, and the boys are doing just that to ensure that they perform to their highest ability.

“We normally show up before meets for a warm up,” Binni said, “my primary focus at practice is to just keep up on my skills, I’ve been pretty plagued by injuries lately, and I’m trying to move past that.”

Technique and efficiency is a large part of success in Tennis. The league is competitive, and the play ers all have to stay on top of their personal skills and deficits to ensure they are leading their team in the right direction.

“Team chemistry has been good the past two years,” Worth said, “by far the best team I’ve every been on, and that’s definitely the best attri bute of this team.”

Unfortunately, when it came to the NLL Championships, the team as a whole missed their goal of play ing first, and instead placed an im pressive second place in the league. However, seniors Worth and Grant Wielgman won first in the NLL in the doubles division of the compe tition.

“We set out a goal to win the NLL title, we didn’t quite achieve that, but we came a close second, we all played incredible tennis on the last day to make it happen as well, all I want for the rest of the season is for all of us to have loads of fun and play some great tennis,” Worth said, “that’d be a good end of the season for me.”

Softball runs it home

The Northview Softball Team has been very successful with their games so far this season.

The girls have been striving to win most of their games so far.

LAX struggles to find footing

staff writer Alyssa Bernhard

Many people know about foot ball, baseball, and soccer, their basic rules and goals, but how much do people know about lacrosse? The rules of lacrosse are a little more complicated to put into simple terms, but the players have to use their lacrosse sticks to put the ball into the goal, and each goal is worth one point.

“The main goal in lacrosse is to just score goals. We have defend ers and attackers working together to score a goal or stop it,” senior Brooke Kaminski said. “I wish peo ple were more aware of the sport and took it seriously.”

With their rough start, the Boys’

Lacrosse team is working hard as a team to reach the Northview expec tations. “We have not been playing to the standard we set for ourselves, but we are looking to end the sea son strong,” junior Evan Shirey said. “I dislike the constant injuries and pain that comes along with playing.”

Both the Girls’ and the Boys’ Varsity teams are pushing to im prove their records and perfor mances. Currently, the boys are 3-13 and the girls’ team is 3-10.

“We had a hard start to the sea son but are slowly getting better,” junior Georgia Palko said.

Overall, lacrosse doesn’t get as much attention as other sports; come out and support your spring teams.

“Our team has been doing great. We’re 5-1 in conference games and 11-4 overall. We’re very strong offensively and defensively and try to focus on being clean with our skills,” pitcher and third base player junior Sydney Eggers said. The girls are also 6-1 in the NLL.

The coaches have been extremely proud of the progression the girls are making so far this year. “This year’s team is special. The girls have an unspeakable bond which makes competing on the field as one team come with ease. They are willing to do whatever it takes to put the team in the best position for success. This bond is what is helping them continue to get better with each game,” Assistant Coach Lizzie Smith said.

The girls had a successful play during the weekend of April 1 through May 30. “We played in a tournament in prebis and went 2-1. Other events we’re looking forward to our tough schedule coming up. We have a lot of conference games coming up right in a row and we’re excited to play,” Eggers said.

The girls have been focusing on building their skills together as a team. “We’ve been improving so much throughout the year. We really focus on our hitting and the work has definitely paid off. We also grow closer as a team and learn to trust each other more which makes playing the game more relaxed and easy,” Eggers said.

The team has a great chance of ranking very high towards the end of their season, winning mostly all their games they have competed in so far. “We’ve already won a majority of our games and I believe we have what it takes to win the rest of our schedule. We’ve felt what it’s like to win and we’ve felt what it’s like to lose and we strive to get that feeling after a win every game,” Eggers said.

The coaches are also very eager to see what the future holds for the team because they believe they have a lot of potential. “Coaching softball is something I have always loved but the girls on the team is what makes each year special, especially this year’s team is extra special,” Smith said.

Everyone on the team has a ton of passion for Softball. They have been able to use the experience they have and put it into great use on the field. “I don’t think I could pick a favorite part about softball. I’ve been playing this game for 10 years and I’ve learned to love all aspects. I love the girls and the relationships, I love to pitch, I love hitting the ball, and I love cheering on my teammates. Everything about the game is amazing for me,” Eggers said.

- Elizabeth Whiteaker

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sports editor Abby Clark

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Chase Harrell, Braden Tackett, Garrett Zimmermann, Alex Prymas, and Joshua Sprenger cheering in the dugout during Northview’s game against Maumee. The Wildcats won 7-2 in dominant fashion.

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“Being a leader in baseball takes a lot, it’s a game that requires a lot of mental strength. You want a leader who helps the team in a positive way and has a good attitude towards everything, even in tough situations.”

Benny Seals Morgan Aloi

“To be a leader on my team specifically, I believe you need to be very encouraging and uplifting to everyone.

I plan on improving this season by continuing to work hard and pushing my teammates to also work hard.”

Evan Shirey

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“Being a leader for this team starts with having a good attitude. Sports are meant to be fun and an enjoyable team can make that happen. Along with that, good moral can allow us to correct the things we need without putting our heads down at the mistakes we made. We’ll con tinue to improve by hopefully keeping our focus always on our next move and our development as we have a fairly young team that has plenty of room to grow.”

Grayson Worth

“Team chemistry has been very good the past two years. By far the best team I’ve been on. That is definitely the strongest attribute of the team.”

Sydney Eggers

“When someone strikes out or makes an overthrow it is so easy for a team’s energy and momentum to drop. It is im portant to keep a positive attitude because when the energy is high, we play better. We plan to improve my creating and strengthening relationships between the girls on the team. When there is good chemistry within the team, we play more relaxed and confident.”

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Art show students and parents

Art students of all grades par ticipated in the Art Fair May 2-4 to share their best works of the year with friends, family, and fellow stu dents. It took place in the PAC and the Honors Senior Studio students were given their own displays on the PAC stage.

The diversity of the art shown was a reflection of the decision to let students present whichever orig inal works of art they found most impressive.

Pieces represented many me diums, including drawing, paint ing, printmaking, ceramics, paper mache, collage, mixed-media, and photography.

Although all art students were given the opportunity to showcase their work, awards were given to a select few who went above and be yond. These awards included the Principal’s Award, the Superinten dent’s Award, Best of Show 2D, Best of Show 3D, and honorable men tions.

However, awards were not the only motivation to participate in the art show. According to art teach er Emily Zunk, students will get so

wows

much more out of the art show.

“The student artists get to see their hard work in a new light (lit erally and figuratively) and observe how others view their work,” Mrs. Zunk said. “It's also an opportunity to recognize the hard work students have put into improving their skills and creativity.”

Mrs. Zunk hopes that students will be able to express themselves as individuals and their experiences through their work. By showcasing their work, students can build not only confidence but connections with viewers.

“Every time I’m able to make a new piece, I try to show a little bit of myself and my life through those pieces,” senior Xander Yeager said.

“The fact that I’m able to share my art with a community is just really, really cool.”

With the school year coming to a close, the art show gave seniors a chance to say goodbye to their high school years in a meaningful way. For all grades, the show let students display not only their art, but their personalities and identity.

-Lucy Heartz

Music students perform at Bar 145

Recently, many Northview musi cians played at the local Jazz Night Out, on May 3 at Bar 145.

This is a night where North view musicians go out and play at a restaurant- usually Bar 145- to get a feel of how professional jazz mu sicians play gigs. This is technically the final performance for the jazz season.

During this night all the musi cians will rotate between band and orchestra groups, with each playing all the different pieces they worked on throughout the year.

Since jazz season starts close to the end of marching season, around early October, these musicians were assigned groups to play and prac tice with. They practiced these piec es for a variety of different outings, mainly to play during concert tran sitions and other opportunities to play in front of audiences, however

their last time to play these pieces was last week at Jazz Night Out.

Northview musicians have a wide range of jazz pieces to play from. Most of the pieces have up beat feels, swing tempos, and a nice blend of instrument groups.

“Jazz Cats, my group, also focus es on vocal pieces, with songs like “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”, “Old Time Rock and Roll”, and You’ve Got a Friend in Me” all being on our playing roster,” Nacho Ortega, sophomore trumpet player, said.

There was a pretty great turnout on May 3 at Jazz Night, with Bar 145 being almost filled.

“There were definitely a lot of people there to listen to us play. I had fun playing, but it was really crowded so it was stressful,” junior Courtney Spenser, violinist in North Covers, said.

-Srestha Chattopadhyay

Mrs. Thiel surprised at her final concert

The spring pops concert was held on April 27 in the PAC. This was the last concert that Mrs. Thiel conducted at Northview.

“I am very sad that it was my last concert and I was so glad to help sur prise Mrs. Thiel,” senior Mia Swartz said.

The Orchestra surprised her by flying in the former band director, Gene Bohland, who is her best friend. He was the announcer for the night.

The entire Orchestra performed, then the students surprised her with

flowers, a scrapbook, and a perfor mance of the song called, “Can’t Help Falling In Love With You.”

Also, all the students filmed a vid eo of themselves saying one word de scribing Mrs. Thiel. “It was my favor ite concert ever and I am very thankful that I have had Mrs. Thiel for four years,” senior Gavin Binni said. Binni put all the video clips together to pres ent to Mrs. Thiel during the concert.

“It was wonderful to be able to put something together like this for Mrs. Thiel. She really deserved it and

she has worked so incredibly hard to make this year the best,” senior Mollie Barrett said.

Shortly after the whole concert was over, Mr. Heath, Mr. Adams, Mr. Davis, and Mr. Wo distracted her while everyone headed down to the gym. The Orchestra also surprised her with the song, “Thank you For The Music,” which her husband chose that was performed in the gym. Her daugh ter conducted this song, while her son sang. The directors flew Mrs. Thiel’s son in from New York. After the Or

chestra surprised her with the song, everyone ate cake and shared time with Mrs. Thiel for her last concert at .

“Mrs. Thiel was so happy and surprised the whole way through and I loved seeing the joy on her face,” ju nior Kate Skillman said.

“Our last pops concert will be a concert I will never forget. Playing with my friends and Mrs. Thiel as a part of the NV Orchestra for the last time made me tear up during the con cert as many others did as well,” senior Sara Lee said.

“I was enormously overwhelmed by the surprises at the concert, and by the number of friends who came to wish me well. I always want to keep our concerts focused on the students, so I was even more touched by the fact that the students worked so hard. These are truly the most wonderful, dedi cated students. And Mr. Heath, Mr. Adams, Mr. Davis, and Mr. Wo are the best colleagues and friends that I could wish for. I will always bleed Black and Gold,” Mrs. Thiel said.

Jazz Cats step up on the Bar 145 stage to perform a fun piece for giant crowd. Jazz Cat members left to right: senior John Bushrow, sophomore Lindsey Flis, junior Sam Ursell, junior Nemeh Hawamdeh, sophomore Ignacio Ortega, and sophomore Maddie Yarbro.

Student’s artwork hanging in PAC gallery. Senior Haley Apgar hangs her artwork in the PAC in preparation for the art show.

-Sarah Gross

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Pick a drink, here’s what we think Your Summer Drink

Blue Raspberry Slushee

You like to spend your summer running around with your friends. Whether you are playing putt putt, at a party, or getting ice cream, you are always radiating positive en ergy, making those around you smile.

Virgin Pina Colada

You dream of spending your summer lounging at the beach. This drink is sunny and bright, just like you. Relaxing by the water with a good book or some music is one of your favorite pastimes.

Shirley Temple

You are a child at heart. You love spend ing your summer running around trying new things. This drink is sweet and bubbly just like you! You probably order this drink at every restaurant you go to.

Iced Tea

You are a fan of the classics. This drink is sweet and simple just like you. You are very relaxed and enjoy the lazy days of summer, lounging by the pool, or playing a game of golf with your friends.

Pink Lemonade

You enjoy changing things up, spending your summer looking for new experiences. You love a twist on an old classic, trying to make old things new again. While you love to explore, you also find joy in relaxing and self care days.

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summer vacation spots

Summer has already begun in the minds of students as the school year comes to a close. But with all that extra time, some people may not know what to do with it. There are so many things you can do with friends, family and even by yourself.

One of the most popular places to go during the summer is Cedar Point. Spending a fun day at the amusement park with friends or family is the perfect way to relax and have fun. You can ride so many different roll er coasters and walk around the park with lots of delicious snacks.

You could also take a road trip. It could be a day trip or spend a little more time and travel farther away from home.

“I take trips in the summer so I don’t miss school and where we go it’s even warmer there than here in Ohio,” freshman Lauren Stuckey said. It is good to take a little get-away day and spend some time for yourself.

If you don’t feel like taking a huge trip, spend some time in your home city. Go to the park near your house, invite some friends over and play some spikeball or skateboard around.

“It helps you get outside more so you aren’t bored and lonely at home for the whole summer,” sophomore Kylee Ellis said.

Another thing you can do is go for a bike ride. Bike riding is a super fun way to stay active while still having fun. You can ride with your friends or even take a relax ing ride yourself to cool off after a long day.

One thing that is considered the most popular thing to do during summer, taking a dip in a pool, on a hot day is one of the best ways to cool off after a long day and enjoy some time in the sun, perhaps with a good book and some lemonade.

Besides going to the pool, take a trip to a beach, the most popular places being in Flor ida or just over the border in Michigan. Taking a week at the beach is a super fun family trip or go down with your friends and spend some time together there.

There are so many things you can do during this summer rather than sit at home and study for hours on end. Those are a few suggestions for some fun things to do with friends, family and even by yourself.

Top 5 binge-worthy shows for summer

Bridgerton Friends Stranger Things Outer Banks The Office

Bridgerton is a romantic, scan dalous, and quick-witted series that celebrates the timelessness of en during friendships, families finding their way, and the search for a love that conquers all. “I like this show because of the historical accuracy and the outfits the characters wear,” freshman Emily Gill said. This show is on Netflix. The first episode came out on December 25, 2020, and this show is still running. So far, the show has two seasons, with a third and fourth season coming.

Friends is a 90s comedy TV show about six friends who go through every life experience togeth er; love, marriage, divorce, children, heartbreaks, fights, new jobs, job losses, and all sorts of drama. “I like Friends because it reminds me of my twenties with my friends before hav ing kids of my own,” English teacher BethAnn Seifert said. The series is on HBO Max. The show has ten sea sons. The first episode came out on September 22, 1994, and the final came out on May 6, 2004.

Stranger Things is about a group of young friends who witness es supernatural forces. In the TV series, a secret government is in use. As they search for answers, the kids unravel many extraordinary myster ies. Netflix is where you can watch Stranger Things. July 15, 2016, is when the first episode came out. This drama series is still going on, with its fourth season coming out on May 27, 2022. “I am really excited for the new season to come out,” sophomore Willow Pikus said.

feature student Ethan Schalow

FC250 type of bike

Ethan Schalow is a junior who participates in mo tocross. He started when he was four and has been actively involved for 13 years.

How did you get into riding?

My dad brought me a bike. What are the essential skills to use in motocross?

The Holeshot (the start of the race) What is the hardest part?

The mental side of the sport. What has been your greatest accomplishment?

Two-time state champ in Michigan. Future dreams?

My dream is to race professionally. What other sports do you enjoy doing?

I enjoy wrestling and track.

What else do you do besides motocross? Besides motocross, I also work.

Fun Fact:

I broke my leg while riding my dirtbike.

Outer Banks is when a teenag er enlists three of his best friends to hunt for a legendary treasure linked to his father’s disappear ance. Outer Banks is found on Netflix. The first episode came out on April 15, 2020. “I like Outer Banks because it’s really bingeable,” sophomore Abby Cheery said. It currently has two seasons, with the third season coming out. But there is no official release date for season three.

The Office is about the office manager and the employees he “manages.” The show follows the employees around 24/7 and cap tures their humorous and bizarre encounters as they do what it takes to keep the company thriving. “I like the quirky personalities or the individual’s personalities that each character embodies because you tend to see those same people in every work place,” Spanish teacher Alyssa Kuebeck said. The Office can be watched on Prime Video or Pea cock’s streaming service. Its first ep isode came out on March 24, 2005, and the final came out on May 16, 2013. This show has nine seasons.

Ethan Schalow riding his dirtbike in a race.

~ BellaElmore

~ NataliePfahl

Photo courtesy of Ethan Schalow

Saying goodbye to our beloved faculty

- Grey Lehman

Kay Holt - retiring

How long have you been teaching? I began teaching in 1978 at The Ohio State University. After 5 years there, we moved to Toledo and began our family. I joined Sylvania Schools in Au gust of 1987 where I taught for 25 years at Southview and then moved to McCord for the past 10 years. The total number of years that I’ve been teaching is 40 years.

Will there be any teachers or staff you will miss once you leave? I do not know many of the staff at Northview because I really just pop in, teach my class and pop back out to arrive at McCord for AI at the end of the day there. There are many peo ple I will definitely miss at McCord; chief among them is my next-door neighbor and fellow language teacher, Madame Britt Bensman. She and I have developed several joint activities with our students to promote the joy of language learning at McCord and we have fun both in and out of class daily.

What are your plans for retirement? My husband and I have a cottage in Northern Michi gan. We will continue to spend our summers up there, golfing and boating. I am one of the managers at a restaurant up there - The Cherry Hut - and I will continue to do that. We have children including a 2 year old grandson in the Columbus area and have definite plans to visit them. We also like going to Florida for short vacations in the winter - Disney is our favorite destination. We have annual passes so we go to the parks for 2 or 3 hours and then go golfing. During my spare time in Ohio, I plan to make myself available to come back as a sub for at least a couple of years.

Mike Campbell - moving

How long has it been at Northview? This would have been my fourth year at Northview. I [also] taught for a year, technically a year and a half, before I started here.

What is your favorite and least favorite thing about teaching here at NV? My favorite thing is probably working with the other language teachers. Everyone is pretty committed to being in a strong department and they are all good friends of mine, so it is going to be hard to see them go. My least favorite thing, probably [because] I am not from here, which is the reason I’m leaving, so whenever I want to go see family it is kind of a drive and that has probably been the biggest drawback. Will there be any teachers or staff you will miss once you leave? I’ll miss everybody, I really will. I will miss the language people a lot and my good relationships with everybody in our administration, so pretty much everybody I have worked with. It will be hard to say goodbye to them.

Are you retiring from your teaching days or will you still be teaching to wherever you will move? Where and why are you moving somewhere out of our school system? I am actually going to keep teaching Spanish at GlenOak High School in Canton, Ohio which is pretty much where I grew up and where most of my family is located.

Pamela Thiel - retiring

How long have you been teaching? 35 years

How long has it been at Northview? 25 years; “My last couple weeks are going by fast, I wish they would slow down and it has been the highlight of my professional career [to be] here with you guys.”

Will there be any teachers or staff you will miss once you leave? “I am very close with the performing arts staff and the fine arts staff: Mr. Heath, Mr. Adam, Mr. Wo, Mr. Davis, and I would include the art facility in that.”

What are your plans for retirement? “I want to have coffee with my girlfriends and I want to see some sights with Mr. Thiel.” What is your favorite and least favorite thing about teaching here at NV? “My favorite part is two-fold, I don’t think I could chose between them. First is the students, I remember when I came here a colleague of told me that you are going to love these Northview kids and that has absolutely been true. Students are engaged and dynamic and easy to talk with and hard working, like some of the students I adore, the other part of that cannot be separated are my colleagues and the staff here. I worked 10 years in a different system and this staff is top notch, you would be pressed to find a better staff anywhere. So the relationship that the we have, that the colleagues together, that the teachers have, is an honor.”

Jilian Stefango - transferring to SV

How long have you been teaching? So, I taught for two years in D.C. and then I taught for two years at UT while I was getting my Master’s [Degree], so I guess technically I’ve been teaching for 11 years.

How long has it been at Northview? 7 years

What is your favorite and least favorite thing about teach ing here at NV? My favorite thing is my students. I really love teaching English because I get to know them as people, not just as students and I get to hear their ideas which are some times different from mine. Like if we read a book, I interpret it one way, they interpret it another, so it gives us lots of interesting discussions so every day is not just like the same. You know, there are always new things to talk about. My least favorite thing is class sizes because I have a lot of students, not so much in AP, but senior classes are really, really big and sometimes that’s hard to have a class discussion with 30 people. Every one can only talk like once, then it's not really a discussion for grading [purposes]

Will there be any teachers or staff you will miss once you leave? I will miss Mrs. Rauscher, she is my best friend. There is a lot I will [also] miss and I am sad to go. I will especially miss my juniors, but I will come back for their graduation and they can always come and see me. Is there any reason you are switching from NV to Southview? I graduated from Southview and I still have people there, so it is sort of like I’m going home. I also think it is just good to try new things. I could stay here and teach the same classes, but it is important to do new things that scare you.

Theatre performs comedy Blythe Spirit

The theatre department has finished its 2021-2022 season of productions with its performance of the 1941 comic play Blithe Spir it by Noël Coward.

Senior cast member Bella Olz ak summarized the play: “Basically, there is Charles, the main charac ter, and he writes books. He’s work ing on a new book, and he needs inspiration for a character who is going to be a psychic medium. He invites a real psychic medium to his house to get inspiration for his

book, but he accidentally summons the ghost of his ex-wife, which caus es some rifts between Charles’ cur rent marriage with his wife Ruth.”

The cast of this play was remark ably small, with very few characters to be played.

As an example, junior cast mem ber Claire LaBudda was Dr. Brad man’s wife, Mrs. Bradman. Some other actors and their characters included seniors James Walkowski and Mia Pyle as Charles and Ruth, respectively. To offset this lack of

positions, an entire understudy cast was also formed, performing once at a matinee. For example, junior Alex Bernath played the Dr. Brad man understudy. The understudies also served as a backup for the main cast members.

“The understudies are ready to step in if one of the cast members gets hurt or can’t perform for any reasons,” Bernath said. Rehearsals for the play began in January, with thespians putting much work into the play.

It took “lots of hard work, lots of dedication, and a little bit of tears,” according to Bernath. Several in teresting things happened while working to perfect this theatrical production. For example, technical difficulties were encountered with a prop.

“Bella Olzak was playing the character of Elvira, and a couple of times, she’s supposed to throw a vase and smash it on the floor; she threw it and it bounced, it didn’t break,” theatre director Don Wachowiak

said. In addition, a British woman came to Northview as a guest direc tor, bringing a pastry mentioned in the play with her.

“One of our directors was Brit ish, so she made us cucumber sand wiches so we can taste what they really taste like,” Olzak said. The play was quite well-received by the public.

“We received good responses from our audiences,” Mr. Wachowi ak said.

-Alex Passero