Volume 88: Issue 1

THE SYLVANIA NORTHVIEW

STUDENT PRINTS

Sylvania Northview High School

5403 Silica Drive Sylvania, Ohio 43560

Volume 88, Issue 1

September 17, 2013

NV earns Parents check out Open House School prepares for earliest showing ever highest honors nationally Congratulations, as a Northview student you helped the school win several awards for the 2012-2013 school year.

NV received awards from High Schools That Work, Newsweek Magazine, U.S. News & World Reports and was given a grade by the Ohio Board of Education, according to Principal Steve Swaggerty.

High Schools That Work (HSTW) is an organization that is used for learning and sharing information not only locally, but nationally as well. Every other year, 60 random seniors are selected to take a test provided by HSTW. The class of 2012 was the last class to take the test and based on those scores, NV was named one of the top 16 schools in the organization.

NV was also recognized as a top school

by Newsweek Magazine and received a silver medal from U.S. News & World Reports due to factors like NV students’ ACT/SAT scores, OGT scores and graduation rate.

Out of all the schools in Ohio that the Ohio Department of Education graded, only 7% got an “A” based on the OGT scores. Thanks to last year’s sophomores and juniors who took the OGT, NV received an “A”, according to Assistant Principal of Curriculum Kasey Vens.

NV met the state requirements in all subjects covered on the OGT which resulted in the high score. Things like the OGT Incentive Plan really helped students go above and beyond and score advanced and accelerated instead of just trying to pass, according to Mr. Vens.

“At NV, we had 100% participation rate of the students that needed to take the OGT. Everyone contributed to the success,” Mr. Vens said.

Also, the Ohio Department of Education gave NV a “B” for graduation rates. There is currently a task force working to improve the graduation rate for the upcoming years, according to Mr. Vens.

~ Kailee McAfee

STARK NHS SENIORS NICK RIOUX, LAURA JUDGE AND ANDREW DRABEK work the front desk at Open House, directing parents where to go and handing out programs with the night’s itinerary. NHS members were required to attend and volunteer for the Open House; they aided teachers, helped parents navigate the building and operated the bells.

Allie Hartnett Staff Writer

Northview opened its doors to not only a new school year but on August 28, less than a week after school started, at 7 pm to the parents of over 1,200 students at the 38th annual Open House.

This event welcomed all of the new and familiar families to the halls of school.

The event began in the Performing Arts Center; parents of freshmen came in an hour earlier for the freshmen meeting. The guidance counselors talked to them about what to expect and about life at NV.

This year NV had about 50 freshman families attend the meeting, according to Guidance Counselor Stacie Wachowiak.

Many of the parents that attended said that they gained more knowledge and recommend the meeting to future parents, according to Mrs. Wachowiak.

Students were given a schedule to fill out and take home to their parents so they could experience a day in their students’ lives for themselves.

Each class period was about seven minutes long with teachers giving a brief introduction to their classes.

“It gave the parents an opportunity to meet the teachers and put a face with the name,”

Assistant Principal Mellisa McDonald said.

On the schedule, if the student had a commons period or study hall, the parents went down to the cafeteria for refreshments.

The administrators, a few coaches, advisors, and clubs were located in the cafeteria.

The parents were given the opportunity to talk to counselors, teachers, and NHS students that were available during this time.

“There were different booths for Science Olympiad and NHS, and we would answer questions about the school in general,” NHS senior Ellen Tolson said.

“Open House was very well organized and informative,” Lori Moore, mother of freshman Maddie Moore, said.

My Big Campus picked up Look for sports all in one location Students are exploring a new campus, but not for college.

The Sylvania School District has joined My Big Campus. Teachers throughout the district took a survey to see what type of program they wanted to use and chose My Big Campus, according to Principal Steve Swaggerty.

“It will be a great way for teachers to interact with students, especially when every student has a laptop,” Mr. Swaggerty said.

“Teachers can even alter assignments based on individual student’s needs.”

Sylvania Schools provided training classes that were optional for teachers, to introduce them to what the program is and how you can use it, according to teacher Sarah Rhine.

“You can create ‘bundles’ which is the same as a page. I have a bundle for every unit we discuss in psychology,” Mrs. Rhine said.

Documents and videos that are relatable to class can be uploaded onto pages, according to Mrs. Rhine.

“My Big Campus is a supplement to class,” Mrs. Rhine said. “It’s a tool students can use outside of the classroom.”

Students can use My Big Campus to see homework, chat with teachers and students.

~ Kaelynn Knestrick

Construction underway for NV sports facility Jarred Wulf

Staff Writer

You may have noticed that behind Northview is a construction site and that’s because NV is now getting a new makeover for sports.

NV and Southview are out with the old and in with the new. This $11 million dollar project was broken into four phases, and started off when Sylvania Schools bought two homes on Silica Dr. They bought the home of 5363 Silica Dr. for $201,000 and the other home next to it for $269,000, according to Athletic Director Chris Irwin.

The two houses were knocked down in the first week of September.

The first phase of the project, located where the two homes originally, stood will be the site of the new football practice field, along with a new baseball scoreboard. This phase will cost $2,557,814.

“Having SV build their own field is nice because the whole stadium is focused on NV

and not SV,” sophomore Jacob Younger said.

Thirty-five more student parking spaces will be added in front of the field, according to Mr. Irwin.

In the next of the four phases, NV will build a softball field where the football team practices

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I am excited to hear that NV is now building a softball field for us because now we don’t have to travel to Veterans (Memorial) Field for home games. I think we have more people that would come watch us now.

-Caitlin Smith, sophomore

to travel to Veterans (Memorial) Field for home games. I think we have more people that would come watch us now,” sophomore softball player Caitlin Smith said.

The third phase of the four will be the football stadium getting a new look.

The original football field’s grass will be replaced with artificial turf.

Same goes for SV, they will be receiving a new football field as well, giving each school their own football field.

The new NV football field and an all weathered eight-lane track will go around the field.

Along with that, NV will upgrade the home stands up to 2,500 seats minimum.

Furthermore, the band will get new bleachers with 200 seats and a new scoreboard will be added. This phase is worth $5,674,154.

The fourth phase is the expansion of the weight room worth $1,520,190.

To see more information related to new athletic facilities, see “Updated NV weight room” page 3.

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The new field includes a scoreboard, batting cage, bleachers, and a press box. The second phase is worth $984,746.

“I am excited to hear that NV is now building a softball field for us because now we don’t have

News

Editorials

Features

Sports

Hedgehogs hangout in Zoology class, pg. 2

Sick of all that talk about Miley yet?, pg. 5

Like these students’ Summer Instagram pics, pg. 8

Football’s Skylar Gilbert - our first Feature Athlete, pg. 12

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The Student Prints September 17, 2013

Sugar, Spice and everything science?

Rachel Bules

least two times a day, which helps the hedgehogs learn not to shy away from people.

“Their favorite treats to eat are bananas,” Mrs. Wadas said.

The students are responsible for videotapWhen most people think of a classroom pet hamsters, turtles, and lizards may come ing and photographing the hedgehogs as well.

“It’s a great hands-on experience. It’s way to mind. Northview just revolutionized the expectations of a fun classroom pet by welcom- better than learning from textbooks. I look ing a pair of particularly unique animals to the forward to this class all day,” junior Brianna McGlone said. zoology classroom: AfriThe hedgehogs are can Pygmy hedgehogs. also being trained to beThe two-month old It’s a great hands-on come comfortable with hedgehogs, named Sugar experience. It’s way young children. iMedia and Spice, now reside in teacher Tami Blue and zoology teacher Jennifer better than learning her son, three-year old Wadas’s classroom. Mrs. from textbooks. I look Jax, come down to play Wadas wanted the hedgewith Sugar and Spice once hogs to use as an educaforward to this class a week. tional tool in her classall day.

“Jax was really excitroom, and she had to do a ed to play with the hedgelot of work to get them.

-Brianna McGlone, hogs. He even wanted to She contacted a repjunior take one home with him,” utable breeder, went to Mrs. Blue said. take a class to learn how The students love to play with the hedgeto care for them, and then observed several of them before picking two that would be suitable hogs as well. They each have their own big plastic ball to roll around in the classroom. together.

The hedgehogs will be used in many ways Also, the students are allowed to handle them in the zoology classroom, according to Mrs. during class, as long as they continue to pay Wadas. The students monitor the weights of attention, according to Mrs. Wadas.

The hedgehogs are becoming more and the hedgehogs and can choose ways to train them. For example, since Sugar and Spice are more comfortable with the students everyday.

“This is a great class to have ninth period, naturally nocturnal, the students are trying to train them to be awake during ninth period zo- because when they poop and pee on me, I can go right home and change. When they poop ology class.

They are also being trained to eat food out and pee on you, it means they like you,” senior of people’s hands. Students handle them at Nate Powazki said.

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Stark “THE HEDGEHOGS ARE a new and exciting classroom experience,” junior Casey Knox said.

“I am happy I get to work with them everyday.”

District wide curriculum changes being made Sylvania Schools steps up to the plate to improve education Isabelle Compton Staff Writer

You may have heard that the United States is losing when it comes to education, but Sylvania refuses to fall behind.

On an international level, the United States is slightly lacking when it comes to academics, according to statistics on theguardian.com. Schools are trying to catch

up by changing their curriculum.

Ohio legislators are concerned that the teaching curriculum for the state of Ohio doesn’t match the standards the USA is trying to raise to compete with other nations academically.

The legislators want all the students learning the same material at the same age.

The Sylvania School District is working to achieve these goals by making changes in Sylvania’s curriculum. One thing that is being changed is the way that tests are taken in English class. There will be a greater

emphasis on informational text as well as argumentation and persuasion, according to English Department Chair, Amy Schloegl.

“It will be a difficult change but it’s mostly good,” Assistant Principal of Curriculum Kasey Vens said.

This is the last year for students to take the OGT to graduate; instead they will be taking the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessments which will be computer based. The new examinations will assess how a student can

support an idea from what he/she reads, according to Mr. Vens.

“Teachers have been getting prepared for the new curriculum, and we’re in the process of beginning it,” Principal Steve Swaggerty said. The new assessments will be computer based, so Northview wants to have at least 600 laptops by the beginning of the 2014-’15 school year.

“The focus is critical thinking instead of memorizing facts. Good teachers are teaching kids to think critically,” Mr. Swaggerty said.

Junior leaders shake it up NV team walks for a cure Nazihah Bhatti

“It was such a moving experience to be part of the cure search walk. I’m glad that I got to be a part of Northview’s team and support childhood cancer,” Rao said.

Juniors Sydney Everett, Rao, Sejal Shah, Alai Alozaibi and Taylor Silvernail all walked on September 7.

Staff Writer

Juniors in the Leadership Academy got an early start to the school year. On August 16, the class of 2015 Leadership Academy met at Northview for the second annual Junior Leadership Retreat. Juniors were put in small groups called “dens”, and participated in a day of various leadership skill building activities, according to Principal Steve Swaggerty.

The first team building exercise was called the “earthquake scenario”. The scenario trapped students after an earthquake and they didn’t know when rescuers would arrive.

They were given a list of tasks to complete which forced dens to work as a team and communicate. These tasks were critical for their survival and also taught them good leadership skills.

After this, everyone participated in an activity much like the popular TV show, Amazing Race. This race, organized by NV art teacher Ryan Creech, took place around downtown Sylvania. Students went to Maplewood Elementary, the library, the NV spirit rock, and other places nearby the school. “[The race] helped me get to know my team members better and Mr. Creech did a great job at the organization and execution of the race,” junior John Regan said.

Hockey Coach Jim Cooper also made an appearance to speak to the juniors about the importance of good teamwork. Juniors then took a Myers-Briggs assessment, which uses different questions to place someone in a personality type. The purpose of the Myers-Briggs assessment is to make the idea of psychological types described by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung relatable to students’ everyday lives. These personality types range from very introverted to very extroverted.

Students then participated in a group activity to analyze how each personality type works. Each individual team member learned about their unique personality type and also how different people with different personalities work together. The tests are formulated to show more insight into oneself, and even when two people are of a similar personality type, they are still different in many ways.

To wrap up the day, the final activity was a competitive game called Videre, where juniors had to pass balls around a circle but could not pass to the person next to them.

“This exercise teaches the value of good leadership and communication within a team,” Mr. Swaggerty said.

Each group had a leader, some were told to give positive reinforcement to their den and others were told to be negative.

“We got to see how the positive encouragement from group leaders helped the group work together more than the negative,” junior Emma Eding said. “I got to really connect with and get to know some of my classmates that I didn’t know so well before. We’re all so different but great in our own ways.”

All of these activities were designed to help cultivate and introduce new leadership skills.

“The junior retreat was a great way to get together with fellow classmates and learn how to work as a team, and we had a lot of fun,” junior Malcolm Bello said.

Photo courtesy of Mrs. Rao

Maggie Figliomeni Co-Editor

Pitter patter go the feet of Northview volunteers, walking their way towards a cure.

The CureSearch Organization held their annual Sylvania CureSearch Walk at Centennial Terrace on September 7.

Rather than hitting snooze and settling in for a Saturday of sleeping until noon, NV students and parents headed over to participate at the 10 a.m. charity event. Volunteering in the walk counted as hours towards Interact Club.

There was a $10 registration fee; all of the money goes towards research and clinical trials for a cure to all types of pediatric cancer.

Participants had the option of arriving at Centennial Terrace to register at 9 a.m. or registering online under the NV team.

The NV team was organized by junior Geeta Rao, who registered herself as a team captain and has since been in charge of advertising and recruiting team members.

“I decided to do it because I wanted to attract more attention towards the walk,” Rao said. “It’s been going on for a while and it has so much potential to save children’s lives but it gets

little coverage, so I wanted to help.”

Rao, PHOTO with the help of OF other student COURTESY MRS. RAO volunteers, sold bracelets during lunch periods.

The wristbands said ‘CureSearch.org’ and were a dollar apiece. The maneuver raised a total of $140.

The event was sponsored and catered by Applebee’s and Toppers, who provided lunch and free samples of frozen yogurt. Teams were given signs to hold while they walked, according to Rao. At the beginning of the race, families were given white balloons to release in honor of their children who had passed away from cancer.

“It was a moving experience to see the families all come together and honor their loved ones. The balloon ceremony was very touching and extremely surreal,” Rao said.

Just before beginning the race cancer survivors were invited to the stage and presented with medals that deemed them “Champions of the CureSearch walk,” according to Rao. Survivors from toddlers to grown adults were presented with these medals.

“The walk was a huge success and had more people attend than any of the other two years.

I was really glad that NV could support such a great cause,” Rao said.

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New goals to begin Speech, Debate season Geeta Rao

Opinions Editor With a new team and new ideas brewing, it is time for change in Northview Speech and Debate. After many years full of success, the team is receiving a bit of a makeover as the 2013 season fast approaches.

Senior captains Maggie Figliomeni, Joon Kim, and Zach Rioux were elected last May to lead the team in a new direction. One main focus is to balance the spotlight equally on all Speech and Debate categories, according to Figliomeni.

In the past, the team has had a great deal of success in all categories but recently more attention has been paid to the three categories of debate.

“The focus of this year’s team is to continue our success in debate and to actively promote participation in Speech categories,” coach Joe Drouillard said.

Last year, the team sent graduate Nadeen Sarsour, Kim, and Figliomeni to the state competition in Lincoln Douglas debate as well as graduate Will Heinrichs, Rioux, junior David Mortland, senior Ivan Stoychev, graduate Andy Edinger, and junior Andrew Bennett in Policy Debate.

Heinrichs and Rioux also advanced to the National tournament, which took place in Birmingham, Alabama in June, according to

Mr. Drouillard.

“Northview has had a long history of success in sending students to state and national tournaments. In the last ten years we have had several state finalists and one state champion,” Mr. Drouillard said.

This year, Mr. Drouillard will return as the head coach of the team. Mr. Drouillard and the captains hope to find a coach to focus on the debate portion of the team so that he can help to recruit and coach potential speech team members.

The speech categories filter to students interested in theatre, public speaking, and even creative writing and humorous performance, according to Figliomeni.

“We are looking for young people who are interested in developing their acting and public speaking skills. We are also interested in finding students that are interested in learning more about domestic and international topics,” Mr. Drouillard said.

In the next few weeks, the team aims to focus on recruiting all grade levels to explore the many varieties of speech and debate.

Current members are planning on primarily visiting freshman English classes.

The team encourages students to join because of the academic benefits and also the great experiences.

“I love Speech and Debate. The work is challenging and failure is always a possibility,

Chrome Books coming to a class near you

10 teachers receiving classroom sets

Kaelynn Knestrick News Editor

Who needs a spiral notebook when you have a Chrome Book?

Ten teachers will be receiving 30 Chrome Books in the coming school year.

Spanish teacher John Word is the only teacher who is definitely getting a set of 30; the other nine teachers are undecided at the moment,

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SENIOR CO-CAPTAIN ZACH RIOUX EXPLAINS the basics of policy debate, as parent volunteer Gina Nelson, head coach Joe Drouillard and senior co-captain Joon Kim look on. but that does not stop me from doing the thing I love. The hard work pays off in the end,” Kim said.

With some changes in recruitment techniques and a goal to place a focus on the according to Principal Steve Swaggerty.

“Teachers have to be trained in My Big Campus and Google Docs to be eligible for the Chrome Books,” Mr. Swaggerty said.

Mr. Word plans on using the Chrome Books when students are doing group projects and when they write a pen pal.

The students will use Google Drive where he can monitor their progress and

speech categories, the team looks forward to a good start to the season.

“I’m very proud of the past successes of our team, and look forward to an exciting season this year,” Mr. Drouillard said.

even comment on their papers as they are writing, according to Mr. Word.

“The Chrome Books make things easier, they are small and convenient and its like having your classroom at home,” freshman Gabriel Humason said.

According to Mr. Word, it’s important as a teacher to help prepare students for life outside of school. Technology is becoming more integrated into every career and students

will need to know how to use it to do business.

“The goal is to prepare students for how business will be conducted outside of school,” Mr. Swaggerty said. “We want to integrate professional lives into school so students will be better prepared when they get into the business world.”

In the next three to five years every student will receive a Chrome Book, according to Mr. Swaggerty.

Updated NV weight facility for everyone’s use Kendall McCoy Staff Writer

Have you seen the biceps on that guy?

He must be using the new weight room equipment.

The weight room was recently updated with five new rack systems located in the back, which can be used for exercises such as bench press’s, squats, and pull-ups. Each system allows for up to six people to use the system at the same time, according to Athletic Director Chris Irwin

“The weights needed to be updated and we did the best we could with the lack of space available to us in the weight room,” Mr. Irwin said.

The equipment was moved in early August and is open to anyone. Recently, the football and hockey players have often worked out in the weight room with the new equipment.

“I like the new weights and racks. I think they’re going to help our sports teams get better because they allow a lot more people to work at one time,” junior hockey player Preston Due

said.

The new weight room promotes a healthy lifestyle and also benefits Physical Education students who now have the ability to use the weights during class, according to gym teacher David Briggs.

The total cost of the rack system was $40,000, which was paid by the Athletic Boosters, according to Booster President Lisa Downing. They raised the money from events such as the golf outing and reverse raffle. Spirit wear and the student passes are also a way they

raise money, according to Mrs. Downing.

“We are very fortunate to have parents that are willing to help fund our school and give our students and athletes more opportunities,” Principal Steve Swaggerty said.

Along with the latest addition, there are also plans for expansion in the near future.

These plans include a completely new twostory facility where the current weight room is located. The bottom floor will have the brand new locker rooms and the top will have the weight room, according to Mr. Irwin.

Pooches take a polar plunge into Plummer pool Maggie Figliomeni Co-Editor

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JUNIOR SCOTT PRIBE TUGS on his dog Annie as he and his brother freshman Brian Pribe attempt to get her to participate in the Pooch Plunge. Many of the other dogs enjoyed their time in the cool water more than terrified Annie.

JINGLE MAKES FRIENDS WITH A HUSKY, giving him a kiss, while owner sophomore Jacob Schaupp observes. It is safe to say these two furry friends got along just fine.

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Who let the dogs out? Plummer pool did, on September 8 when they hosted the Second-Annual Jack’s Pooch Plunge.

Dog owners everywhere were invited to the canine pool party. People lined up at the door, filled out the necessary paperwork, paid the $5 fee and entered the chaotic puppy play land.

Dogs ran wild, splashing in the shallow end and paddling in the deep end; many owners chose to let them off their leashes to roam freely and make friends.

“My dog Annie had a good time but was scared of the water,” junior Scott Pribe, who attended the event, said. “She ran around with the other dogs.”

One chocolate Labrador particularly enjoyed the spouts of water at the edge of the pool, jumping up and trying to catch them in his It was a lot of fun mouth. Another excitable dog, a golden retriever, took a running watching my dog leap into the deep end, catching a Jingle swim for the Frisbee as he cannon balled.

“It was a lot of fun watching first time. my dog Jingle swim for the first -Jacob Schaupp, time,” sophomore Jacob Schaupp said. sophomore There was also a silent auction held on tables along the fence; items sold included a hot air balloon ride, sailing adventure trip, different dog care services and goods, and assorted gift cards.

All proceeds from the Pooch Plunge and silent auction went directly to Toledo Unleashed, a nonprofit rescue organization.

“This was our second year going and it was a lot of fun watching my 12year old lab Pardner run around and swim like he was two again,” English teacher Sarah Huey said. “There were even more dogs this year, it was a lot of controlled-happy-dog chaos; those canines were in heaven. You threw a toy for your dog and five dogs tried to catch it. Which made it even more fun.”

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The Student Prints September 17, 2013

by Rachel Bules

column as seeTo ‘em be honest, I had no idea what I wanted

this to be about until last week. I wasn’t expecting to think of anything profound or seriously introspective, but I did want my first column to be about something that was meaningful to me, since it’s the first column of my last year of high school. That’s when it hit me: obviously I should write about what I want my last year of high school to be like.

I know everyone says this, but I can hardly believe it’s senior year. It felt like just a few months ago that I was the one being introduced to Northview on LINK Day. I keep putting off applying for colleges and scholarships, partially because I don’t know how, but mostly because I still can’t believe it’s time to do that already.

I don’t think I will be totally devastated to leave high school because I know I am excited to go to college and start the next exciting part of life. This being said, I want senior year to be memorable. I know that I share this desire with the rest of my class, so I thought it would be worthwhile to suggest some tips on how to make senior year the best year ever.

1) FORGET THE DRAMA. Are you going to like EVERY SINGLE PERSON you go to school with? Pretty sure we can all answer that with a resounding no. However, your life will be so much better if you can just forget that.

People will be people, and if you let yourself worry about the things they do, you won’t be happy. Make amends with that girl you had a fight with sophomore year, or smile at the guy who always makes fun of your hair. After you graduate, you’re going to want to remember high school as fun, not all of the grudges you still hold.

2) BE SPIRITED. Nobody likes that chump who sticks his or her nose up at all the kids who go hard on spirit days. The people who dress up and cheer loudly are the ones who have the most fun. You won’t want to look back on senior year and regret not having gone all out for the team that may win the state championship.

3) GET INVOLVED. You may feel like this statement has been beat into your brain over the years, but it’s true. You don’t want to spend $60 on a yearbook to have your senior headshot be the only picture of you (because who looks at those anyways?) The day-to-day nine period routine may get old, so spice up your life with a fun after school activity.

4) SUPPORT YOUR CLASS. This seems like an obvious thing to say, but not everybody does it. Cheer for your classmates at the assemblies, go to the home games, buy the class t-shirts, etc. Don’t create divisions between friend groups over silly things. For example, even if you don’t like the theme that was chosen for a football game, don’t let that create problems. Just remember it doesn’t really matter what you wear, but it’s important that you’re supporting the team and your senior class.

5) GO TO THE DANCES. It seems that students either love or hate dances, and there is no in between. If you are someone who went to their freshman year Homecoming and vowed never to return, you ought to reconsider.

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you view it) you’ll probably never have the opportunity to attend something quite like a high school dance again. So make the most of it..

6) HAVE A GOOD TIME. This is the most important thing. I know that some of you are probably itching to get out of here, but soon enough, that day will actually come. So enjoy it while it lasts, and just remember that senior year will only be as fun as you make it.

New year, new homerooms?

New homerooms, not new people? The only thing that’s new is the teacher. Homeroom was supposed to bring everyone together, allowing the upper-class and under-class to get to know one another. What about Connections Day and bringing the people in your homeroom closer? The students in my homeroom are in my grade, and their last name is alphabetically close to mine. I already know everyone.

“I don’t like how it is in alphabetical order, everything is done like that. Like lockers; you’re always surrounded by those people,” sophomore Karlie O’Keefe said. Exactly, you are always surrounded by the same people because of the locker placements, and now we are put together again. We are supposed to be connecting with others at Northview that we don’t know. I liked how homerooms contained random students from all grade levels. I made friends in all levels and I loved it. Now, I’m with people I know and have been surrounded by for three years now.

There’s no connecting to be done.

“If they were going to do it by grade, they should’ve been random; we could have widened the variety of conversations,” senior Alanna Henderson said. We also could have connected with other students throughout our grade that we may not know well.

How is Connections Day going to work this year? Will there be one? If I already know the students in my homeroom, will Connections Day still be as effective as last year? I’m thinking no…

It’ll be more like hanging out with my friends, than connecting with acquaintances.

Even though Connections Day isn’t very popular, last year’s Connections Day was the best one so far. It was very fun and I got to know most of the kids in my class, of all grade levels. This year, it will not be the same.

I will not make any new friends, because I already know everyone.

I liked how homerooms were before; where students from each grade level were placed together. It allowed the new freshmen to make friends with the sophomores and upperclassmen, and the seniors got to know the other students below them. Connections Day allowed everyone to connect, even though some didn’t want to. It really helped NV become closer. I cannot connect with people I already know. The old homerooms were better.

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Five hundred points to Gryffindor! Or, actually, five hundred points to the junior class. This year, with new homerooms and Class Olympics, Northview has almost turned into the fairy tale world of Harry Potter.

In years past, whenever the infamous Connections Day rolled around each fall, the groans from our school’s students could probably be heard all the way at Southview. The old homerooms that intended to boost school unity and connections between different grade levels actually ended up creating a sense of resentment for 30 minutes every other Friday. However, this school year holds a lot of potential because homerooms are organized by grade and the administration has created a yearlong, ongoing competition between classes.

As high school students, competition is what motivates most of us and with the idea of class Olympics, I can see a huge improvement in our school unity. We know the people in our own class much better than we would ever know the people from different classes in our old homerooms and that sense of camaraderie and familiarity can lead us to love going to homeroom. It is also much easier to be comfortable sharing ideas and bonding with your classmates when they are the same age as you and know what it is like to be in your grade. Imagine that little freshman at Connections Day last year, afraid to speak up and offer ideas when daunting upperclassmen were taking over the class. This year, that can change and it will be a benign battle between the classes.

Competitions like which class can attend the most football games or raise a cumulative GPA the most will be a great deal easier to complete with our new system of homerooms.

It is more fun and less complicated to get together with your own friends in your grade and go to the game than to collaborate with different people in multiple grade levels.

Furthermore, having team unity with the people in your own grade is something that is priceless at graduation.

Another great change this year is the insertion of a Class Olympics fun day at the end of the year where the ultimate fight for the best class will take place. Flashback to the elementary years of field day and replace the three-legged race with a dodge ball or Science Olympiad tournament and you have the new NV edition. The Class Olympics day will give us all a half-day break from the stresses of exams and high school tests to just enjoy ourselves in friendly competition. So here’s to a year of spirited challenges; may the best class win.

~ Geeta Rao

Senior portraits - just say cheese Lights, camera, action! Senior year is the beginning of the end. With college prep, ACT/ SAT scores, and other schoolwork, the class of 2014 is working hard.

Along with the other benefits of senior year, another is the choice of having senior pictures taken. Some students love the opportunity to have a professional photo shoot, while others could care less.

Many students will get them either professionally done, by a friend, or a family member. Many members of the senior class say that they preferred to get the pictures done by professionals rather than family members.

“My mom doesn’t have a nice camera or know the lighting and angles needed,“ senior Emily Giovannucci said.

A lot of the seniors have had older siblings that went to Northview and decide to go with the same photographers or processes that they did. Senior Andie McCready said that her older brother TJ had his taken by a professional.

“That’s what we did for my brother so we just did the same for me,” McCready said.

However, getting the pictures taken professionally or by a family member are not the only options, as students also decide to not get them taken at all. While lots of students are excited for the opportunity, many see it as a waste of money or just pointless.

“I didn’t get the pictures because I don’t see the point of them. It’s more fun to just take pictures with your friends,” senior Bailey Olson said.

This is our last year and our pictures will be bigger and portrayed differently in the yearbook.

We all want to have a great picture to look back at 20 years from now. This is a chance to get very nice pictures taken and we should take full advantage of it.

If you have a friend or family member that has the right camera and skills to take a good picture, then you’re all set to have them take it instead of paying someone else.

However, if you don’t have someone with the skills, getting them professionally done will benefit you more than just turning a random picture in of yourself.

Senior year is a time for celebrating the end of a journey and becoming excited for new adventures. We’ve come so far as students and now that we’re here, it’s time to take every opportunity given to us.

This year only happens once, which is why it is important to make it memorable and get pictures done the way that fits you best.

~ Melanie Siedlecki

Summer shouldn’t be a bummer Let’s flash back to June 6. The final bell rings and the every day like during the school year. Then when school begins halls fill with relieved students who are ready for summer. again and teachers jump right into new concepts, the students Heading to their lockers, they discuss bonfires, vacations who were confused on ideas over the summer continue to and freedom to do whatever they want for the next two and a struggle. With a weak foundation in any subject, maintaining half months. But if you were to look into the backpack of any decent grades becomes very challenging.

Another common reason behind assigning homework student, the contents would suggest anything but freedom.

New assignments, unread novels, and textbooks for next over break in Advanced Placement and Honors classes is to year’s classes filled the bags of most students on the last day weed out the students who will not be able to manage the rigorous coursework during the year. When he or she sees of school.

The phrase “summer homework” is probably among the the summer assignments, the hope is that the individual will least favorite phrases in any high school student’s vocabulary. decide whether or not this is a class appropriate for her level Oftentimes, students drop classes after hearing about the of learning.

Although this appears to be a logical system to amount of summer work a particular place students in the right class, class requires. The most obvious there is a much easier solution; reason for the hatred of homework is The phrase “summer Northview should use the teacher that most students believe summer is recommendations and take them homework” is probably a time for enjoyment. A break from more seriously. Recommendations annotating literature and solving among the least favorite are currently being used at NV, but mathematical equations allows phrases in any high school they are easy to maneuver around. students to come back well rested for Teachers who have had the the following school year. student’s vocabulary student for an entire year usually Summer work also becomes an know how the individual learns and issue for students who move into the where he or she will achieve their school district during the summer or those who change their schedule only a few weeks prior to highest potential the following year.

The student should also take some responsibility in these the beginning of the school year. Teachers usually take the summer work for a grade, or at the very least, for participation types of scenarios by knowing her limit. If she is very involved points so students who join the class late are already behind in extra-curricular activities and becomes easily stressed, multiple honors and AP classes may not be the best option. on the first day.

Lessening or eliminating the summer work load would Most teachers believe homework over the summer is beneficial. They see the work as necessary for their students be extremely beneficial to the student body. It would teach to retain the information and exercise skills that could be lost students responsibility by knowing their limits, allow them to over the break. Also, teachers often feel crunched for time build a strong foundation of knowledge in every subject with towards the end of the school year and by assigning the first help from the teacher, and make the transition easier for new few chapters over the summer, they can spend more time on students.

Most importantly, it allows everyone to relax and enjoy challenging topics for better comprehension by the student.

In theory, this is a valid argument, but a problem arises the summer, because nothing says freedom like bringing when the student is struggling with any concepts included in home an empty backpack on the last day of school.

~ Claire Goecke the summer work. Teachers are not available for questions

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THE STUDENT PRINTS

Volume 88, Issue 1 Co-Editors-In-Chief: Maggie Figliomeni & Rachel Bules Adviser: Sarah Huey News Editor: Kaelynn Knestrick & Casey Wittman Features Editors: Lauren Lewis & Sydney Albert Sports Editors: Jordan Rose Opinions Editors: Geeta Rao & Annie Nowak Arts & Entertainment Editor: Henry Gray Business Editor: Emily Simone Photo Editors: Jessica Stark & Kristin Osinski Staff Writers: Ahmed Atari, Peter Birsen, Nazihah Bhatti, Isabelle Compton, Emma Crandall, Mackenzie Elrod, Claire Goecke, Allie Hartnet, Andrew Headman, Kailee McAfee, Kendall McCoy, Megan McLean, Melanie Siedlecki, Claire Weber & Jarred Wulf The Student Prints is the official student-produced newspaper of Sylvania Northview High School. It is distributed monthly at no charge to serve the purpose of informing students, faculty, staff, administration and the Sylvania community of current issues. The main goal of TSP is to present coverage of events in an unbiased and accurate manner. The paper also respects the opinions and ideas of the entire NV community. Signed letters to the editors are encouraged and should be no longer than 300 words. All letters can be turned into the publications room, E-6. TSP reserves the right to edit letters that contain grammatical errors, accuracy and profane or libelous comments. The newspaper staff is entirely responsible for the content of the paper and supports the First Amendment to the Constitution. Unsigned editorials published in TSP are written by staff members, and agreed upon by a majority vote of the editorial board. TSP is carefully examined by its staff and adviser prior to publication to prevent incorrect or libelous information. The newspaper staff does not endorse advertisements published in TSP. Advertising specifications may be obtained by calling (419) 824-8708.

The newspaper follows the Associated Press (AP) Stylebook guidelines for punctuation and grammar. TSP is a member of the National Scholastic Press Association, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and Quill and Scroll.

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Celebrities’ actions speak loud to teenagers How does

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“I hope my daughter grows up to be like Miley Cyrus,” said no one ever, at least not since this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.

If you had any social media interaction the night of or after the VMAs, you most likely saw or heard about Cyrus’s raunchy performance on the show. Not to call out or offend any Miley Cyrus fans, but her performance was incredibly vulgar and disturbing. Remember when we thought her 2012 Teen Choice Awards “pole dance” act was bad? Now it seems like no big deal.

The media today craves sexual, scandalous, and crazy acts by celebrities. For example, the huge news about Brad Pitt cheating on Jennifer Aniston. Or Tiger Woods cheating on his wife with up to 15 women. We may get grief from our parents, who say, “Back in my day things were much more modest.”

Yet in reality, the media has always been sex driven.

However, the level of tolerance for certain sexual acts has increased dramatically from the days of skirts and saddle shoes.

Our clothes are much more revealing, our dancing is more edgy, and our general population and media are way more erotic than any other generation before us. But who’s to blame: the celebrities who influence us with their crazy stunts, or how the media and population react to them? And when is enough, enough?

Many people may also bring up the point that Lady Gaga took a similar route as Cyrus, minus the risqué dancing, so why not bring her into this? The truth of the matter is that Lady

read to young viewers?

Gaga is known for her crazy performances and outfits. To the media, these types of performances from Gaga are considered normal. Now we are not saying that it’s okay for Lady Gaga to do whatever she wants and Cyrus cannot. But that’s the whole point; that the media now accepts how scandalous and different Lady Gaga is.

From a young age, Cyrus became a role model for a

generation of girls. As well, she was also once on The Disney Channel. When her whole image is suddenly changed, these young girls take into account the new changed Miley. These young girls may now think “oh if Miley does it, then I should do it too!”

Considering she’s only 20, many 20-year-olds make choices they regret. Yet, the real blame for this isn’t just with Cyrus.

Equally to blame is us, the millions who watched and shared

the performance, and by doing so, made her performance one to be remembered. That was the desired effect of Cyrus along with her producers, and by our nations reactions all we did was help them make more money.

Now, because of our national response, we have told young people, “This is what it takes to stand out in our society. This is what you need to do to be popular, liked and successful.”

Our social norms today convince teens that crazy and scandalous acts are what you need to do in order to be noticed.

These ideas come from advertisements around us; that you have to be sexy and risqué. Basically to not be happy with who you are. When did this become acceptable?

It’s okay to be proud of your body and who you are, but not to the point where you make others feel uncomfortable because of your wardrobe or dance moves.

Miley Cyrus has as many rights as anyone else in this country, but that doesn’t mean she should disrespect herself just to get attention or fame. No one should degrade himself or herself just to gain popularity or respect. You’ll gain neither, and just look stupid. There should be an understood line of decency in the media that celebrities need to respect and not cross.

Yes, it’s a free country, but it’s also a free country full of young children who are easily influenced by what they see on television. It’s time we took a stand against what the limit of indecency is in our media. We all have rights, but we can’t abuse them.

-Megan McLean and Kristin Osinski

NOTIONS IN MOTION What’s worse? The crazy things that celebrities do or how the media and the population react to them?

“The celebrities do crazy things, and then we go crazy and report them.”

-freshman Mario Chambers

“I feel like the celebrities do these crazy antics in order to grow in popularity. However, the general population is also at fault. Without us, Rebecca Black would be nothing.”

-sophomore Liz Hildebrant

“I think the way the media reacts is worse.

We should all let people do whatever they want without constantly judging them.”

-junior Josie Pillar

“The media and the population always overreact to things that celebrities do. Miley Cyrus’ performance at the VMA’s was raunchy and inappropriate, yes. But she still has values.”

-senior Ben Moyer

NV students are all a part of the same team

United we stand, divided we fall—a belief that will now be applied to the band and football team.

One afternoon during camp, the sweaty band came back from their lunch break and rather than piling back onto the field to run pregame “one more time”, found their seats in the blessedly air-conditioned band room.

Northview football coach Marek Moldawsky stood at the podium to talk to the band about his goals for the team and therefore the school.

As I sat with my flute hearing the speech, I began my normal reaction to being talked to at length about things that need done, changed, fixed to make something different and great. I put my face in my hand with my elbow on my knee and zoned out.

But as Coach Moldawsky went on, talking about what we are up against, not as a team, not as a band but as a school, it drew my interest and I began listening.

“I didn’t come to NV because I thought my job was going to be easy,” Coach Moldawsky

said to the 180 students. “I came because I saw made the whole band stand up and huddle tohere the potential for greatness; it hasn’t been gether for ‘Cats on me, Cats on three’ where reached yet, it still together we all shout needs to be put to‘Cats!’ He made us do gether, but the pieces it like three times until If the football team is out are all here.” we were loud enough,” there trying their hardest, if He told the stusenior clarinetist Katedents that while he lyn Work said. “As the band marches to their coaches football, he we broke I remember best-played songs, if the has a strong backthinking, ‘I...I think I ground in music; just joined the football student section is roaring in his parents and sisteam.’” their neon or their 80’s or ters were very cenThe things he was tered around playsaying were sound. The their black and gold, then just ing instruments, and only way to succeed is let the other team think that he himself played to work together, but trumpet in his high they are the victors. Because the message goes beschool band. Coach yond that. It’s the fact we’ll all know the truth.

Moldawsky talked that even if we didn’t about how he wanted have the larger numthe band and football ber of points, even if team to work together to achieve our potential we weren’t named champions, doesn’t mean for greatness. we can’t have won. If the football team is out “At the end of his talk, Coach Moldawsky there trying their hardest, if the band marches

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to their best-played songs, if the student section is roaring in their neon or their 80’s or their black and gold, then just let the other team think that they are the victors. Because we’ll all know the truth.

It’s things like the new curved formation the marching band makes to go with the football tunnel during pregame, the football team attending the band and orchestra picnic after their practice to watch them perform and just the general sight of the team crashing over to the band stands as they play the fight song after a win that will make us the real winners, no matter the score.

All we have to do is continue in the direction hinted at on that summer day of band camp. If we keep moving towards being a school that values and appreciates the fact that everyone has something great to offer and that the way to be the best is to work as one team, we will always be victorious.

NV will be better than any of the competition out there. Go Wildcats.

-Maggie Figliomeni

First they took our youth, then they took our summer.

illustrated by Henry Gray

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Alumni Spotlight: Jacquelyn Dean From NV to behind the scenes of major films Jacquelyn Dean went to McCord Junior High School and then attended Northview, graduating in 2001. She went on to receive her Bachelor’s degree in Film at Columbia College of Chicago, completing her college studies in 2004. At age 21 she moved to Los Angeles, breaking into the industry with work as a post-production assistant on the 2005 low-budget horror film Hostel. Around the same time she did work on the film The Pink Panther and was later accepted

into the Motion Pictures Editors Guild. She has since worked on the critically acclaimed film Angels and Demons, the Academy Award nominated film Frost/Nixon and was an assistant editor on the Michael Jackson documentary This is It. Most recently, Dean contributed as an assistant editor to the Dreamworks Animation Turbo.

~ Interview and story by Maggie Figliomeni

You are the assistant editor of Turbo—could you elaborate on the specifics of your job?

“I was part of the editorial department, which is the hub of the film. We see the movie from beginning to end; we edit the storyboards first and then edit every single phase up until lighting. We’re the keepers of the movie. I worked on Turbo for 3 full years, my longest project thus far because animated films take longer. My second longest project was Angels and Demons, which lasted a year. I had a great crew [for Turbo] which made it really fun and it went by fast.”

Did you know you wanted to major in/go into film while you were at NV? “I always wanted to explore careers in the art world but I didn’t know exactly what. My parents were both artists and I took lots of art classes in high school. I especially loved painting and pottery.”

What was your favorite class when you went to NV? “I really loved my art classes with Mr. Rilling and Mr. Creech. I went on a wonderful trip to Italy through the art department, it was really one of the most eye-opening experiences of my youth. It’s good to know they still offer that.”

Could you summarize the premise of the movie?

“Turbo is an underdog story about an ordinary garden snail who wants to go fast. He has a freak accident in a car engine that gives him superpowers and he pursues his biggest dream by competing in the Indy 500.” [I then asked if she could give away the ending for me—spoiler alert: he wins.]

What’s your favorite part of editing?

“It’s really like putting together a puzzle; you have all these pieces and sometimes you put two together and they make magic. Those times are really exciting and always make my day.”

What inspired you to go into film?

“I’ve always loved movies. Near the end of my senior year, I began shooting mini films with my friends and just fell in love with it. I realized that I could pursue a career in film and make money doing my dream job.”

Do you have any fond memories of NV or things that inspired you in high school that affected your future that you’d like to share?

“Senior year I took a post-secondary film class at UT. I learned a lot and got really excited about the making of film. It cemented the idea that I could turn this into a career.”

Where is the future taking you, project or career wise?

“I’m moving up a position to first assistant editor on another DreamWorks film starting in September. I can’t reveal anything about it as it’s currently in development.”

Do you have any advice for current NV students that you’d like to share?

“Choose a career that makes you happy because I have fun every single day. For those who may be interested in film: film school will give you a good education, but it’s important to make movies at home with friends and local talent, creating as many shorts as possible.”

Alert Lockdown Inform Counter Evaluate

...What can you do?

We’ve hit upon the topic of the ALICE program - in homeroom, fourth period classes and even informing you here, in the school paper - so many times that many students must feel like they could make the call whether to fortify, run or fight in their sleep. However, what happens in a

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shades-of-gray situation of danger where the safest option is unclear?

We asked Mrs. McDonald to give input on the following extreme scenarios to see how the program would be best applied in situations that hopefully never come to pass.

~ Lauren Lewis

The benefit of ALICE is giving people options based on the real time information at hand. It is easy to ‘what if’ every possible situation, but it is impossible to come up with procedures for every situation.

Without actually being in the scenarios listed below (which I hope we never are), it is difficult to make blanket statements on what to do. I would say it is important to remain as calm as possible and look at the totality of the situation to make the best decisions.

-Melissa McDonald, Assistant Principal of Discipline

Scenario #1: a hostage situation

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What happens if the threat is a student who is in your classroom and won’t let you out?

Mrs. McDonald says: “Evacuating is always option number one, but if you are not able to you have to consider what else you know, and let that factor into the decision. Is countering an option? Are you able to dial 911? What is the intruder armed with? What are the threats? Remember, ALICE is now giving you options versus just sitting in a room quietly - making you a static target.”

Scenario #2: a class divided What happens if there is no obvious action to take and the class is split between what they want to do?

Mrs. McDonald says: “Once again ALICE is giving you options and those options are not going to be the same for everyone. Again, evacuating is always the first choice, but if you are not able to - do you lockdown? Counter? Are there non-traditional exits, for example a window, available? I would listen to the directions given by an adult and I would make the best decision to increase your survivability.”

Scenario #3: radio silence What happens if we know there’s a threat but we have no information coming from the main office?

Mrs. McDonald says: “The real time information may not always come via the PA system, it may be listening to your surroundings and making the best decision. Mr. Swaggerty and I have also set up Remind 101 accounts with the staff, which is a group text message to convey information in the event of an emergency.”

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Senior Hall Artists

During the summer, seniors painted C-Hall, class of 2014 style. Seniors Rachel Bules, Carolynn McCartney, Sarah Avina, Megan McLean, Sindhya Rajah, Ellen Tolson, Caitlin McCurdy, Emily Simone, Kaelynn Knestrick, Maddie Rutter, Mitch Kahn, Evelyn Gulla, Erin Severhof, Benjamin Moyer, Jordyn Martinez, Elizabeth Ellet, Hima Katrapati, Ellyn Haviland,

“I love the Friends painting.”

- sophomore Madison Tucker

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Cassidy Chesquiere, Ashlee Barth, Esther Kim, Caitie Meade, Leila Wicker, Luke Bushrow, Chloe Turner, Lauren Lewis, Marisa Winner, Carlo Marx, Marissa Milliron, Maggie Figliomeni, John Seemann, Joe Jennewine, Henry Gray, Brooke Bryan, and Kailee McAfee took time out of their summer to decorate the senior hallway for the upcoming school year.

“I like the Despicable Me painting because it is really good.”

- freshman Matt Bishop

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“I did the quote because it was inspiring to senior year.”

- senior Carolynn McCartney During the summer, senior Carolynn McCartney worked on two different paintings, Startbucks, and the quote above the exit sign.

Senior Evelyn Gulla worked on the Apples to Apples painting, with help by senior Sindhya Rajah.

NORTHVIEW ADDS STARS TO THE STAFF Rosie Best: Sub for new English teacher Cymbolin

Kathy Moldawsky: Counselor

Andrea Davis: Business Technology

She was originally a counselor at Southview and went by the last name of Weber while she was there. Moldawksy was also a math teacher in addition to being a counselor, for 29 years.

This is her first official year of teaching, in addition to holding numerous part time jobs while going to school. As a student teacher, Ms. Davis has been in the business/ technology content for two years. *more to come next issue

The first job she had was when she was ten, and that was working in her fathers pharmacy shop in England. Best has been a licensed language arts teacher for 12 years.

by: Melanie Siedlecki, Megan McLean Photos

by Kristin Osinski

“I really enjoy the students. I also have three classes of seniors who are good to work with in the morning.”

“Some of the teachers here worked with my own kids so I know about them and they’re great. I love the kids at NV, they’re awesome!”

“From the first day until now, I have been greeted and welcomed to the school by fellow teachers and students. I thoroughly enjoy getting to know each and every one of my students, as well as those who I never actually have in class.”

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Shrek makes dreams come true for students Lexi Hiznay, junior Emily Hoffman, sophomore Molly Groth, freshman Tori Diesing, senior Raine Bernsdorff, junior Maddie Hadeed, and junior Kristin Osinski rehearse their singing in front of Jeremy Davis for the upcoming musical comedy.

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OSINSKI Singing their hearts out in preparation for Shrek are, Matthew Nolan who plays the hilarious donkey companion to the brutish and lovable Shrek played by Garett Weddington. Jeremy Davis supervises the rehearsal in preparation for the big debut.

Kristin Osinski & Annie Nowak Photo Editor

Everyone knows the cartoon movie Shrek we all enjoyed as a kid, now it’s back and in musical form at Northview. Playing the big bad ogre himself is junior Garrett Weddington.

“When I found out I was very happy and I jumped all over,” Weddington said.

Playing the lovely, but feisty, princess Fiona is junior Kristin Osinski. For both Osinski and Weddington this is their

first major part in a NV Theatre production.

“My jaw dropped in shock when I found out,” Osinski said.

Another big role in the musical is the hilarious Donkey played by sophomore Matthew Nolan.

“It’s definitely going to be a lot more work, but I’m excited and ready for this role,” Nolan said.

Lastly, playing the devious and short Lord Farquaad is senior Joe Jennewine.

But it’s not only about the people on stage, a big part of the musical is the crew that helps off stage.

There is the properties crew led by seniors Hannah

Barrow, Marissa Milliron, and junior Becky Towns, make-up led by senior Adriana Valdez and Hannah Clark, lights led by sophomore Marissa Brown, and sound led by Emily Birsen.

“It’s a really good feeling once the costumes are on stage because then the show is finally complete, it gives me a really good feeling in my stomach knowing the audience will see it soon,” Valdez said.

“It will be a challenge for our students, but I’m sure they’ll be up to the task. It will be a fun evening for families,” Director Don Wachowiak said.

Shrek the Musical will be performed November 21-24; tickets go on sale October 21.

Professional jazz Camp Creative students musician visits NV band took center stage in July

favorite genre to listen to was.

To the surprise of some of the students, Co-Editor the answer was that she liked to listen to hiphop and had since she was young.

She said that even though she made There’s a big difference between being a career as a freelance jazz performer, she a member of the hardworking high school enjoyed all kinds of different music. marching band, performing under the bright As part of her address, Sevian went over football stadium lights every Friday, and the unique characteristics of jazz music. making a career of out of one’s instrument, The band learned that a main feature of playing with professional bands in New jazz is its focus on improvisation, or using a Orleans and New York City. key melody and creating variations of it, and But how does one turn playing “Thriller” to the fact that it is centered around beats two the cheering student section into playing Miles and four, rather than one and three.

Davis at concerts in the Big Apple? Grammy She had the band winning musician members snap and Lauren Sevian recently clap on beats two It’s really important to find gave the Northview and four while she band her advice on your voice, not only in played Oh, When the how to do it.

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Sevian grew up in In, demonstrating the Long Island, New York Whether you end up wantimprovisation. and began playing Before she left, ing to be a musician, yoga the saxophone when Sevian once again she was five years instructor or accountant addressed the band with old. When she was a you have to try new things. some key advice for their senior in high school futures. she switched to the -Lauren Sevian, “It’s really important baritone saxophone, to find your voice, not guest speaker now her main only in musical terms but instrument, though in life. For me, trying the Baritone saxophone she also has some experience with the flute. was what I wanted to do. Whether you end up She told the band members she played her wanting to be a musician, yoga instructor or first professional gig at 12 years old, starting accountant you have to try new things,” Sevian on piano and later playing on saxophone. said. “The message is really don’t be afraid to By the time she turned 17 Sevian had try anything different. It may be what you end performed at prestigious music venues like up doing for the rest of your life.”

Carnegie Hall and the Village Vanguard.

She attended the Manhattan School of music where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in music and has since become a regular member of the Mingus Big Band, performing with them all over the world.

Sevian has been in movies like The Mona Lisa Smile, which starred Julia Roberts, and recorded with many other famous musicians.

In 2011, Sevian won a Grammy Award for the Mingus Big Band’s album “Live at the Jazz Standard,” according to www.laurensevian. com.

On August 30, band members deviated from their normal fifth period schedule—put their instrument together, warm up, go outside and run through the drills and shows—and instead were instructed by band director Nathan Heath to stay seated as Sevian was introduced as the guest speaker.

Sevian explained that she had a piece of music to play for the students and then would take questions.

She proceed to lift her substantially sized baritone saxophone and play the song “Moanin’” by Charles Mingus.

The band watched in silent rapture as she wove her way through the runs and low notes of the entertaining jazz tune.

After she finished playing, 5880 Monroe Street students asked questions about topics Sales (419) 517-6111 ranging from Sevian’s history in music Service (419) 318-1911 to her personal favorite artists.

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Most students spent their summer hanging out with friends and going to the pool.

However, there were students who spent a few days of their summer at Northview attending Camp Creative.

Camp Creative consisted of three groups: theatre with Don Wachowiak, art with Ryan Creech, and music with Nathan Heath. These camps were designed to increase the knowledge and skills of their subject while having fun.

Mr. Wachowiak’s theatre camp focused on mastering musical and play auditions.

The students learned how to pick out good monologues and ways to control nerves during an audition, according to sophomore Carly Radebaugh.

“We learned about the audition process and how to make your audition the best it can be,” Radebaugh said.

The art camp, run by Mr. Creech, focused on learning more about the ways of art and experiencing art at local places. The students visited the Toledo Art Museum, Shared Lives Studio and antique shops to get ideas before they sketched a masterpiece of their own, according to junior Hannah Clark.

“It was really great to do my artwork without the limitation of school projects,” Clark said.

The final camp was Mr. Heath’s music camp which consisted of mastering three projects. These projects included transcribing melodies of the student’s choice, creating an arrangement of their own, and composing short stand up tunes to play during football games, according to Mr. Heath.

“I wanted the students to have the opportunity and venue to compose, create, and arrange music compositions,” Mr. Heath said.

Camp Creative was a success, however there will be future improvements to make it even better.

One of the biggest improvements needed is advertising the camps, according to English teacher Dan Dick.

Last year the camps were not advertised enough, so many students did not know about it. This led to a few camps getting cut due to lack of attendance, according to Mr. Dick.

“Camp Creative was such a great experience and I look forward to doing it again next year,” sophomore Matthew Nolan said.

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LadyKats crush Cougars on the court

Girls’ Tennis team focuses on goal of defending NLL title Allie Hartnett Staff Writer

“Cats on three, one, two three. RAWR.” This is the cheer the Girls’ Tennis team begins every match with.

Led by senior captains Megan Miller and Heather Dorner, the team works together to bring success on and off the courts.

The girls opened their season in their first match against Central Catholic and defeated them 4-1.

They have since beaten Rossford, Findlay, Maumee, Southview, Springfield, Whitmer, Anthony Wayne, and Napoleon.

The team accomplished one of their goals: beat Southview.

Miller and sophomores Abbie Ciucci and Sam Howald played their singles matches and successfully defeated the Cougars.

Adding to the team’s success, Dorner and freshman Jessica Mermer played in a doubles match and earned another win.

“The team is doing well and improving every day,” senior Gabby Croci said.

The girls’ main goal for this season is to win NLL’s for the second year in a row.

“As a team, we have to practice hard and make every second we’re on the court count. With more matches comes more understanding of the game, which helps keep us in the best spot as a team,” Miller said.

The team also competed in the annual Perkins Pirate Invitational on September 7. They finished in the invitational at second place.

Senior Kate Diment and Howald finished first in the second doubles draw while Dorner and Mermer placed second.

On September 14, the team traveled to the Sandusky to play in the Fremont Ross Michael’s Memorial tournament.

These are the two away tournaments the team competes in each year.

“A strong team has aggressive players, a sense of teamwork,

RAO SOPHOMORE SAM HOWALD returns a serve in the second doubles championship Pirate Invitational match against Anthony Wayne. She and senior Kate Diment won the match 6-0, 6-2. “I had so much fun at the tournament and cannot wait for next year,” Howald said. and footwork,” Coach Susie Miller said. Something that has made Coach Miller proud this year is that the new girls that joined the varsity team are playing aggressively and stepping

up to the plate and bringing success onto the courts.

“I think dedication and practice will give us great results,” Coach Miller said.

Cross country prepares for upcoming season Rigorous summer training leads to early victories for runners Mackenzie Elrod Staff Writer

While many students were napping pool side, the Cross Country teams were running on trails through blood, sweat, and tears.

Well, mostly just sweat.

Starting the very first week of summer, the Boys’ Cross Country team had already begun training, which continued all through the summer; all the while the intensity of the runs was steadily increasing.

They traveled to Traverse City to train in a higher elevation with Sylvania Striders, a junior high and high school distance running club.

Girls’ Cross Country was hard at work as

well. Many of the girls were training all summer friends this season and I hope to improve my and started the season with determination to personal record,” junior Taryn Pavain said. achieve their personal bests.

The real racing doesn’t begin until October.

The girls were However, the running between four Girls’ Cross Country and ten miles every day, We always have the rain or shine, according team has already team goal of winning the to Coach Jerry Flowers. defeated Southview in a dual meet, according “The summer league meet and also to Coach Flowers. training wasn’t always qualifying for States.

The team has a lot fun, but we all are of potential this year, expecting it to pay off -David Briggs, according to boys’ this season,” sophomore Coach Jillian Koffman said.

Coach David Briggs with their largest team They have been of 30. building up their “We always have the team goal of winning weekly mileage to prepare for the upcoming the league meet and also qualifying for States,” tournaments.

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The boys will compete for their twelfth consecutive win at the league meet.

The team, along with the girls’ team, competed in the Tiffin Carnival for one of the largest meets on September 7.

Freshman Brad Crandall finished the race as the seventh best freshman, according to Coach Briggs.

Both teams will also be traveling to Michigan State and Culver Academies for outof-state meets.

“I am most excited for team dinners and the overnight meet in Culver, Indiana,” senior Tyler Rayoum said.

Both teams will be working towards the league meet and state tournament.

They will be traveling to Culver Academics on September 28 for their third meet of the season.

Wildcat Football team looks forward to bright season Jordan Rose

Sports Editor

STUARD COACH MOLDAWSKY LEADS the Wildcat Football team through the new blow-up tunnel and onto the field with seniors Corey Donnelly and Skylar Gilbert. The team’s first game was at home against the Clay Eagles, followed by a second game at Waite High School.

It is like déjà vu all over again. The football team is off to another 1-1 start in their season.

Coached by Marek Moldawsky, the team looks to rebound from back to back 3-7 seasons.

“The biggest thing for us this year is to believe that we can win,” senior Eben Corron said. “We have the muscle and the talent, now we just need the right mentality and I think we will surprise a lot of people this season.”

In their first game, Northview squared off against the Clay Eagles at Wildcat Stadium. NV kept the score close until Clay scored two late touchdowns in the third quarter as the Eagles went on to win 3-28.

Injuries plagued the Wildcats during the game, including senior Nathan Fleming, who tore his ACL, MCL, and meniscus in a physical play in the third quarter.

“The injuries really affected our game plan. We had to make many player adjustments and it affected our momentum to get back into the game,” Fleming said.

The Wildcats took on the Waite Indians in their next game.

Freshman Tyler Turner and senior Corey Donelly ran for a combined 382 yards and five touchdowns. Another impressive stat is that Turner rushed for 246 of those yards on 38 carries.

“Running the ball helped a lot. It kept our defense off the field and fresh when they returned to the field. Our offensive plan was to run the ball and wear down their defense, and it really showed,” Turner said.

NV went on to win 34-20. The team started 1-1 last year as well, and they plan on moving forward in a positive direction from here on out.

“We need to focus on doing our individual jobs and having excitement and motivation throughout each and every game,” senior Jacob Bilek said.

The team’s next game is home against Napoleon.

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New coach takes girls to victory against Cougars, Panthers Emma Crandall Staff Writer

STEIRER JUNIOR ABBEY PAWLAK SERVES THE BALL over the net. Pawlak is the team’s libero and is a three year varsity letterman. She hopes to lead the team to more victories and deep into the post season. “Each time we have stepped on the court, we have walked off a better team,” Pawlak said.

A new year brings a new team, and for the volleyball team, a new coach as well. Coach Emily Jones is leading the Wildcats this 2013 season.

“Being a coach at Northview has been a great experience so far.

Everyone has been so helpful and supportive and it’s a privilege to be part of such a great school,” Coach Jones said.

The girls have prepared for the season both on and off the court, from summer conditioning to camps.

“We are quite a young team so the most important thing is that we grow on the floor and continue to build chemistry and learn how to play off each other,” junior Abbey Pawlak said. “I think if we continue to develop this way, we might just start surprising people.”

Age will not hold this team back. With their season opener on August 27 at Napoleon, the team came out on top winning the first three matches.

On August 29, NV took on their rivals, the Cougars, at Southview.

The Varsity team defeated SV. The Varsity match went into the fifth round and ended with a 1614 win. With a student section decked out in black, the atmosphere was motivation enough.

“The student section made a big difference in how we played. We had more momentum,” sophomore Natalie Kujawa said.

The Cats were also victorious with a home game against Maumee on September 3. Two days later the girls headed to Bowling Green to take on the Bobcats. The Cats came up short in a hard fought game.

“Our goals this season are to compete against every opponent every night. We talked before the season started about approaching every contest, whether it be against the defending Northern Lakes League champs or the bottom team in the league with the same fearless attitude,” Jones said. “The girls are working very hard and I couldn’t have asked for a better group.”

The team continues their season with a home match against Perrysburg on September 10.

Boys, Girls golf begin season to immense success Andrew Headman Staff Writer

The Golf teams have teed off to a great start.

The Boys’ and Girls’ teams are coming off a Northern Lake League Championship season.

The boys` team currently consists of four seniors, one junior, and four sophomores.

The boys’ home course is The Legacy Golf Club, but they have three of their home matches at Highland Meadows where seven of the nine members of the team belong there.

“We are coming off a great year where we won the NLL. The team was led by a great group that graduated last year, but we had a great junior varsity team too,” sophomore Drew Beattie said. “They went undefeated last year, so the talent is still here.”

The Boys` Golf team shot a 323 at the Maumee Invitational, 317 at the Knight Invitational and 339 at the Irish Invitational.

“The home schedule is looking good because it is against the top teams in the league, which should give us an advantage. In the non-league tournaments we will compete against the best teams in the state,” Coach Mike Czerniakowski said.

The team leaders are senior Jordan Rose and junior Ian Clement. Rose is a natural leader and Clement has been the top player so far this year.

“Most of the players have played in very competitive tournaments over the summer.

We have a lot of players very close in talent and score. Our practice rounds and tournaments have been very competitive between the kids,”

Coach Czerniakowski said. “I am waiting for some to separate and get a spot in the top five or six.”

The boys played in the Black Knight Invitational at Red Hawk Run. This is the location is where the boys play their district tournament.

The tournament included 18 of the best teams in the state.

“It was a tough tournament and we did not play bad, but I am pretty sure none of us are happy with how we played,” Clement said. “The scores were higher than they usually are but we still played as hard as we could and we ended up finishing strong in the tournament.”

The Girls` Varsity Golf team is also looking at a good season and consists of two seniors, four juniors, and one freshman.

“The team is off to a great start,” freshman Ashley Knight said. “We placed second in the Perrysburg Invitational. We also placed first in the Defiance Invite.”

The girls` home course this year is Highland Meadows Golf Club, which was at Whiteford Valley golf course last year.

“We are doing great this year. We have placed first or second in all the tournaments we have played in and are undefeated in the NLL. We are pretty strong this year,” junior Kayleigh McHugh said.

“We have finished first, second, and second in all our invitationals and have not lost in the NLL,” Coach Andy Roth said. “I am looking forward to continued success. I hope to a repeat as NLL champs and the first trip to states.”

In the two tournaments that they placed second in they lost to Perrysburg by two and then lost by twelve the next time.

SILVERNAIL JUNIOR KAILEIGH McHUGH PUTTS the ball in the hole in the match at Highland Meadows.

Mchugh is the number two man on the team and plans to lead the team to the State Championship in Columbus alongside her playing partner, freshman Ashley Knight.

However, in the NLL match against the Lady Jackets, the girls won by twelve.

The boys` next match is at Belmont Country

Club against Perrysburg on Tuesday.

The girls` next match is at Stone Ridge Golf Club against BG on Thursday.

Water polo begins a season of rebuilding, growth Feldstein, Miriam Federman, juniors Rebekka Forster, Alison Wait, and seniors Carolynn McCartney and Meredith Staff Writer Reynolds.

The previous tournament the girls played was outdoors and was in Napoleon in early September, according to Coach Northview and Southview have teamed up for another Dankert. year of Sylvania Boys’ and Girls’ Water “This season is a growing Polo. year; we won’t expect to have an The teams are lead by Coach Pete Though our team is outstanding year. We had a lot Dankert, who is coaching his second year of of our players graduate last year, young, we are still exwater polo in Sylvania. six senior girls graduated and five He previously coached the water polo cited and ready to work senior boys graduated. We are club at the University of Toledo for five hard to improve our preparing for a better season next years. year,” Coach Dankert said.

Practices began in mid-August and the game.

Last year, at Regionals, the official start of the season started shortly -Macey Feldstein, boys finished in fourth place. The after that, the season will be ending in midBoys’ team has played four games October. sophomore and has a record of 0-4, according Last year at Regionals the Girls’ finished in sixth place.

This year, the Girls’ team has played six games and has a record of 0-6. The Girl’s last match was against St. Ursula and resulted in a loss of 2-14.

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to Coach Dankert Junior Zac Frame is the only NV player for the boys while the rest of the team goes to SV. The Boys last played at The Ohio Cup in Worthington on September 7 and 8.

“It’s not too late to join the team this season; we have several new people learning this year so it’s a great opportunity.

You don’t need to be a great swimmer to join,” Coach Dankert said. Water polo is a lot of fun, a great team sport, and a good way to stay in shape.”

The next games at NV will be the Boys and Girls both playing on September 17 and the Boys will play September 19.

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Follow construction of new sports facilities Photos by Justin Scherley & Sam Steirer

In early 2013, Sylvania Schools bought two neighboring houses in order to build a new softball field on campus, which, according to Athletic Director Chris Irwin, is part of Sylvania’s new athletic plan. The plan has four phases. Phase one is halfway complete and includes a practice field and baseball scoreboard for NV, as well as new sports bleachers for Southview. Phase two contains the new softball facility and more parking space for students.

“The goal is to get all the students who play sports participating on the NV campus,” Mr. Irwin said. The softball field will be the very first sports facility solely for the ladies at NV, according to Mr. Irwin

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Girls soccer takes their talents to Indianapolis Rachel Bules Co-Editor

After a long summer of training, it seemed to the Girls’ Soccer team that the season could not come soon enough.

On August 17, the varsity team traveled to Columbus for the Kilbourne Classic Super Scrimmage. The team performed well against some good competition from the Columbus area. However, the girls were not able to carry this momentum to Wednesday, where they suffered a disappointing loss to Notre Dame Academy, with a final score of 4-1.

“The game didn’t turn out as planned; we just couldn’t keep position and we weren’t playing our game. We took a lot from it though

and learned from our mistakes,” senior captain home on August 28. BG played a defensive Erin Bishop said. game, and the score was tied 0-0 at half. With The girls worked out the kinks over the 14 minutes left in the game, however, junior Allison Rieger managed to next two days and were able and junior Megan to defeat Copley at home on Scoring that goal was score, Kupetz and Bishop shortly August 24, overcoming a the best feeling in the followed with two more 2-0 goal deficit with a final score of 3-2. The last goal world, especially when goals. The final score was 3-0. was a header by sophomore all of my teammates “It was a little frustrating Kameron Clinton off of a that it took us so long to score corner kick by junior Abbie jumped on me but once we finally did, we Bacon in the last seven afterwards. were on a roll,” Rieger said. seconds.

“Scoring that goal was On September 4, the -Kameron Clinton, girls traveled to Perrysburg the best feeling in the world, sophomore to play what they knew especially when all of my would be a tough game. teammates jumped on me Although the LadyKats started out strong, afterwards,” Clinton said.

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“We definitely did not get the result we wanted, but it was a learning experience and we will make adjustments to be successful in the future,” junior Leah Arnsby said.

On September 6, the LadyKats left school early to make their annual trek to Indianapolis for the Lady Eagle Invitational. The LadyKats fought a hard battle against Carmel High School in Indiana, who are ranked sixth in the country, and lost 1-0.

The next day, the LadyKats played Notre Dame Academy from Kentucky. The girls conceded a goal, but quickly countered with a PK scored by senior Emma Scanes.

“We definitely brought more energy to the field and outplayed them second half. We worked hard as a team and I think that game was a new beginning for us,” Scanes said.

Durback wins three gold’s at Special Olympics Kendall McCoy Staff Writer

Keep your eyes on the prize and just keep swimming seem to be appropriate statements for sophomore McKenna Durbak.

This summer, she won three gold medals in swimming in the state of Ohio Special Olympics.

“We are extremely proud of McKenna and we knew she

could do it,” mother Darlene Durbak said.

The event took place at the end of June and was held in Columbus at Ohio State University’s McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Durbak swam in the 100 m freestyle, 50 m butterfly, and freestyle relay events. Each event was separated by age bracket.

She was very excited to win and now has the opportunity to qualify in each event for the National Special Olympics event next June in New Jersey due to her first place victories.

“I told her if she won, she might be able to go on a plane and I guess that motivated her because her dad said she swam

like lightning,” Mrs. Durbak, mother of McKenna said.

Durbak, who is 16-years-old now, has been swimming in the Special Olympics since she was 11. An avid swimmer, Durbak swims all year long. She trains at St. Francis High School once a week from September until the event in June and her summers are filled with swimming for Sylvania Recreation. Durbak is also a member of the Northview swim team and received her JV letter last school year.

Aside from swimming, Durbak loves the band Big Time Rush, spending time with her sisters, riding her bike, and being on BCSN.

feature athlete SKYLAR GILBERT Football When it comes to Northview football, we all can agree upon one thing: nobody wants to be tackled by number four. Senior Skylar Gilbert, standing at a solid five foot eleven, 220 pounds, is a hard-hitting machine at defensive end. He is a key leader on defense and offense, as he is also the center. He leads a tough defensive line, which seems nearly impossible to break open. Opposing teams fear Gilbert’s poise and determination of delivering strong open field tackles. Although the team lost it’s first game of the year to Clay, Gilbert’s leadership and athleticism will carry on throughout the season and will guide the team to several victories. ~ Jordan Rose

Who is your favorite NFL team?

The Green Bay Packers. When I was six years old, my uncle gave me a Packers sweatshirt that had SpongeBob on it and I knew from then on I was going to be a Packers fan.

When did you first start playing football?

I first started playing in about third grade with flag football and didn’t get to play tackle until sixth grade.

Who is your favorite NFL player?

I would have to say Clay Matthews because of his mad flow to be honest. I mean, I guess he is pretty good too, but seriously, he is incredibly talented.

Who your role model for football?

Dane Fletcher because he went from playing at Montana State to playing every game for the New England Patriots which is just bonkers because you rarely see guys come out of Montana State, especially to play for the Patriots.

How do you prepare yourself for a game?

I try to stay pretty chill in the locker room because I don’t really dig the tense mood, so I just listen to music and get incredibly excited. Once it comes time to take the field I get jacked.

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