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2016 Homecoming Issue
Pirates win first Homecoming game since 2012 By Jordon Dahl
Celebrating a Homecoming victory for the first time since 2012, the football team ended a losing streak on Friday with a 28-13 victory over Rockwood Summit. Preparation for the Homecoming game changes with the team. “We go in knowing if we don’t win Homecoming, it isn’t really the same,” linebacker Azonti Anderson said. Pressure increases on the team during these highlighted games each season. “The Homecoming game is a game for the fans,” Anderson said. “We don’t want to disappoint them.” The Pirates improved to 3-3 on the season with plenty of time before the end of the season to improve their playoff position. “Every game is a battle,” Anderson said. “All I can promise is as a team, we will give everything we got to win every game.”
Student section ‘Green Out Night’ turns white The Student Council Spirit Committee organized a baby powder toss during the Homecoming game. Students dressed in all-green tossed baby powder into the air at the start of the second half. This is the second consecutive year that the student section participated in this action. Since the game was a Green Out theme, the original plan was to have green powder but after discovering how long of a process it was, and with the possibility of staining skin, Student Council members decided to leave the baby powder white. “The last thing I wanted was to have guys and gals complaining about having green skin at the dance,” Nadia Maddex said. “Yikes!”
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Monday Pajama Day bit.ly/2dzQWlE
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Students use social media to capture their #phsSPIRIT
McAllister shares her #OOTD using #phsSPIRIT on Instagram every day By Abby Stowers
“Today was pajama day. So, I wore my fabulous piglet onesie and purple slippers with heart designs on them.”
Tuesday Holiday Day bit.ly/2dErsQ8
Wednesday Career Day bit.ly/2dfTWAb
Thursday Frontier Day bit.ly/2dErgjS
“Holiday day. I chose Easter because it’s my favorite holiday. So, I’m wearing my easter bunny ears and tail from party city. Grey undershirt, pretty fluffy pastel top from gma Sandy, cute pink zigzag flip flops from gma Peggy, white polka dot pants from Ms. B, and a multi colored flower from Gma Peggy.”
Friday Class Color Day bit.ly/2deCNbL
Saturday Parade/Dance bit.ly/2dJrPMs
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“I decided to wear my DQ uniform. So, I’m wearing my black pants that I got from goodwill; my DQ hat; a old DQ shirt from Rachel, my black musical shoes, and silver sparkly socks because I needed more bling to my outfit.”
Junior Savannah McAllister showed off her school spirit by using #phsSPIRIT to post her daily outfits. McAllister dressed to the themes every day and made collages and posted them on social media. McAllister got the idea of strategically planning out her outfits in Ms. Pals’ class, during a talk about each student’s plans for spirit week attire. Sometimes the outfits were a struggle to pick out. “There were times I had to Google my outfits because I had no idea what to wear,” McAllister said. “I had to do that for jungle day because I couldn’t think of something creative.” She did find something creative for Pajama Day and it ended up being her favorite
“I dressed up like a cougar. I have my black and grey animal print dress, a browns and black scarf, black cat earrings, black shoes, ears, and a tail.”
day. “My favorite day was Pajama Day because I had a Piglet onepiece that I enjoyed wearing,” McAllister said. The reasoning for posting collages instead of individual pictures was to avoid posting multiple pictures at a time. “I decided to put them together because it was fun to make and I enjoy taking selfies,” McAllister said. “I also didn’t want to spam everyone’s feed with spirit day pictures of me.” McAllister was able to use the #phsSPIRIT and go all out. She said she is looking forward to next year’s spirit week. “Next year will be really fun, and I’m looking forward to doing it all again,” McAllister said. (Editor’s note: Captions to photos were taken from McAllister’s direct postings on Instagram.)
“I wore my boa, red hairspray, tutu, and fake eyelashes from party city, my sunglasses from the art museum, and a red long sleeved pajama shirt. Then when I got to school Allie Taylor did my face paint (also from party city) and put her sparkles on me. Then, when I got to French class I borrowed Madame Chabot’s red Tiara.”
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What #phsSPIRIT day are you?
By Breanna Schumacher
Take the quiz below. Total your answers and find out your results. You arrive at school and forget that you I show up to school ... q A. After the 2-minute warning bell. have an exam. What do you do? q q q
q q
A. Go back home and fall asleep. B. Ace it. I’m a professional student. C. Tell the teacher you’re feeling green.
You miss a day of school. How do you go about getting the assignment done? q q q
A. I start the homework, but I fall asleep. B. I would never miss a day of school. C. I’m a senior. I don’t do my homework.
What is your favorite weekend activity? q q q
A. Stay home and watch TV B. Complete college applications C. Hang out with friends from my class
q q q
A. 8-10 hours B. Depends on when I get off at my job. C. 30 minutes at a time. My class’s GroupMe is always going off.
You have free time in class. What do you do during this time?
q A. Put my head down and sleep. q B. I take all AP classes. I don’t have free time. q C. I’m a senior. None of my classes are that serious.
Mostly As
PJ Day Staying in your PJs means you can wake up, get out of bed and start the day right away. There’s no need to get out of your comfy clothes. When you are ready to leave the house, you’ll shower and put “outside” clothes on. But until then, you’ll wear your PJs with pride.
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If you could create a Spirit Day theme, what would it be?
B. 15 minutes early. C. I’m hoping for a snow day.
The teacher needs a volunteer to present in class tomorrow. What do you do?
q A. Put your head down and pretend to sleep. q B. Volunteer to go first. You’re always ready. q C. Make up an excuse as to why you can’t.
Pattonville’s football team makes it to the championships! Will you go to the big game? q q q
How long do you sleep every night?
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Abby Dermody Favorite Sports Day
Alexis O’Neal Patriotic Day
Tajia Holmes ‘90s Day
Timothy Kettler Cartoon Character Day
Yasmine Jackson Generation Day
Matthew Holzschuh Pattonville Green Day
Kathryn Stevens Zombie Day
Kyle Brooks Superhero Day
A. It depends on what time the game starts. B. Of course. Rain or shine, I’ll be there. C. I’ll be there dressed in green head-to-toe.
What is the best part about Homecoming Spirit Week? q q q
A. Classes are shorter on assembly days. B. I like dressing up. C. The class competitions.
What color do you wear the most? q q q
A. Pink B. Blue C. Green
Mostly Bs
Career Day You are ready to cross the stage and graduate. You are hardworking, persistent, humble and kind, but greater things are in store for you. You’re ready for that great job, in a big city.
Mostly Cs
Class Color Your closet consists of clothes that are mostly green. You are proud to represent Pattonville and attend every game with more enthusiasm than the last. Nothing demonstrates school spirit quite like participating in spirit week.
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Monday - Pajama Day
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RIGHT Liza Gusleva and Roma Patel wear their character onesies on Pajama Day. BOTTOM LEFT While holding her stuffed duck, Gabrielle Shipman and Alisa Durham snuggle up in a blanket and take a picture on Monday. BOTTOM RIGHT Tamia Tyler and Haley Reynolds pose for a picture on Pajama Day.
Saturday Morning Cartoons
Watching TV in pajamas is a childhood memory for those involved in PirateTV
On Saturdays when he was younger, senior Tanner Harris would wake up and want to watch SpongeBob SquarePants or Ed, Edd, n Eddy on TV. “SpongeBob is an all-time favorite show of mine because it’s hilarious,” Harris said. “Ed, Edd, n Eddy also always made my days better.” Now he is involved in Pirate TV and works on creating shows that are watched by others. “Cartoons were one of my early inspirations for my artistic ways today in Pirate TV.” Students in Ms. Karolyn Florence’s Broadcast Production class had 100 percent participation on Pajama Day and took a minute out of class time to take a group picture.
ABOVE Homecoming queen candidate Erykah White poses with Ronisha Wilkerson, Heaven Guerrin and Jalyn Byrd to take a photo on Pajama Day during lunch. LEFT TO RIGHT Ms. Valerie Guetschow and Ms. Heidi Lanham show up to work in the nurse’s office wearing their pajamas on Monday. Counselors Ms. Michelle Luraschi and Ms. Brooke Michel participate in Spirit Week. Math teachers Ms. Alexa Kramer and Ms. Kaitlin Childs wear animal print pajamas to help their department’s participation total.
When they are working on assignments, Harris said there is a lot that goes into making a show. “I record and produce segments that are shown on Pirate TV,” Harris said. “I also make up ads that go into the show.” In the first episode of Pirate TV, he created the Geico commercial that featured Coach Kelly Thames. “That was a lot of fun to direct,” Harris said. “Thames was cool to work with.” Mollie Emerick also grew up watching a lot of different TV shows. “Growing up, I used to watch a lot of Max & Ruby,” Emerick said. “It’s a show about two bunnies. She said she also enjoyed the usual SpongeBob
SquarePants and Dora the Explorer. But it wasn’t those shows when she was younger that inspired her to be involved in Pirate TV. “It wasn’t the Saturday morning cartoons, but I would say probably say Zoey 101 and Hannah Montana,” Emerick said. “I was actually in middle school when I got interested in working with TV.” She now spends a lot of time watch TV shows and movies. “I watch Netflix all weekend in my pajamas and I go as long as I can without getting ready for the day,” Emerick said. “Raising Hope is my favorite TV show right now. I am watching it a second time and it’s probably the funniest show I have ever watched.”
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LEFT Mollie Emerick rests on Madeline Burmester’s shoulder as they sleep on top of Felicity Tso in class on Pajama Day. ABOVE Rene Greenwell sits in front of a group of seniors that dressed up for Pajama Day. They formed a 1 and a 7 with their fingers to represent the year they are graduating. BELOW LEFT Librarians Ms. Amy Tran and Ms. Kimberly Stinnett sleep on the job. BELOW MIDDLE Kali Meister, Gianna Bonner and Olivia Wedig pose for a picture in the band room. BELOW RIGHT Austin Mansdoerfer works a problem on the board with a partner as Mr. Darrell Langston looks on when wearing his pajamas.
LEFT Amanda Faust and Abigail Schrumpf wear animal print onesies on Pajama Day. TOP LEFT Both wearing a dinosaur onesie, Megan Reese and Ms. Jacqueline Saxton strike a pose. TOP RIGHT Nichole Ashford and Aaron Gardner take a picture in the Commons on Monday. BOTTOM The theatre department takes a picture on stage before rehearsal for the fall play with students that participated on Pajama Day.
10 Tuesday - Holiday Day
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TOP LEFT Maddie Yarnell and Kennedy Stroker stand in the hallway to take a picture during Holiday Day. ABOVE Dressed up celebrating 4th of July, Joshua Holtgrieve, and Mollie Emerick, dressed up for Halloween, take a picture in Mr. Kevin Combs’s room. LEFT Wearing Christmas sweaters, Nicole Ashford and Kamilah Kirkwood, take a picture in the front hallway.
Santa delivered a robot Not every toy is built by elves in the North Pole. The Pattonville robotics club has been working on their robot since the beginning of school. “Usually Robotics works in groups of three or four to construct each individual robot,” Robotics member junior Michael Cobb-Schultz said. On average, it takes about 5 months to build each robot and establish all of its functions to their liking. “We made this one in four months though,” Cobb said. “It’s purpose was to pick up blocks and shoot them into a
goal.” He said the idea of such functions was motivated by the original FIRST Res-Q Challenge. Cobb-Schultz said the club builds robots every year and enter them into competitions, both locally and nationally. This past year, they traveled to Iowa after dominating in local competitions at Florissant Valley and Missouri S&T. They fell short last year right before the World’s competition. “We’ll be back at state competitions soon and we will definitely go further this year,” he
LEFT Ms. Tammy Hasheider submitted a selfie using #phsSPIRIT of her wearing a Christmas hat and T-shirt. MIDDLE Ms. Alexa Kramer celebrates 4th of July while Ms. Kaitlin Childs celebrates April Fool’s Day. RIGHT The counseling department staff gathers for a group photo in their office.
said. “We have 36 members this year, where in the past we only had somewhere in the mid20s.” He believes the additional members will help the club in the long run. “More hands is always a plus.” Cobb-Schultz also said that Pattonville will be hosting its own robotics competition this year which will be taking place on Nov. 19 of this year. He hopes many people will come out to support the school’s Robotics club in their efforts to do big things this year.
ABOVE Lexi Smith, Breanna Merritt and Sam Smith take a picture on the senior patio when dressed up celebrating Halloween during Holiday Day. RIGHT Sarah Johnson and Renee Neal pose in the hallway on Tuesday.
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TOP LEFT Ms. Jessica Dalton stands in front of lockers with Emma Wigginton and Najee Glass to take a picture on Tuesday. TOP LEFT Santa decks the halls and surprises Liza Gusleva. Max Spitzmiller was dressed as Santa during Holiday Day. BOTTOM LEFT Helen Nelson holds a #phsSPIRIT sign with Bridget Hogan and Rebecca Combest on Holiday Day. BOTTOM RGHT Abby Surlet stands in the center of a group when wearing a Jack ‘O Lantern shirt and takes a picture during lunch.
FAR LEFT Jashayla Pettigrew, Andrea Ramon, Kacie Baniak and Nadia Maddex take a picture on Holiday Day in Ms. Eagle’s 3rd hour AP U.S. History class. TOP MIDDLE Liza Gusleva and Jordin McGehee are dressed for holidays. BOTTOM MIDDLE Haley Reynolds and Tamia Tyler are dressed up for Holiday Day. ABOVE The cast and crew of the fall play gather on stage to share their dramatic touch to Holiday Day.
12 Wednesday - Career Day
Adding an AD Career Day could have been passed off as Twin Day as activities director Mr. Bob Hebrank was followed around by a ‘mini’ version of himself on Tuesday. Senior Max Spitzmiller wore a Pattonville polo shirt with khakis and tennis shoes, and even attached a walkie talkie to his belt to complete the look of Pattonville High School’s AD for the day. “It was fun,” Spitzmiller said. “I thought it would be funny to dress up like him.” A funny moment did come up as the day went on from his official look. “A freshman thought I was an administrator
and I told him to put on his ID,” Spitzmiller said. “He got kinda scared when I said that to him.” Spitzmiller dressed this way at school for one day to help his senior class win the participation points for the day, but it is something that he wants to do when he gets older. “I actually do want to be an athletic director of a high school.” But as the rest of the year goes on, Spitzmiller will return to the stands to cheer on the football team, the baseball field as part of the Pirates’ baseball team and the Stuco Store to help lead in Student Council.
RIGHT Ethan Hughes and Jordyn Nagelvoort take a piture together during Career Day. FAR RIGHT Marissa Ruggiero and Anna Germano take a moment during lunch to take a picture during Career Day on Wednesday.
ABOVE Ms. Alexa Kramer and Ms. Kaitlin Childs dress up on Career Day. RIGHT Julianna Niebling carries a camera around during Career Day. FAR RIGHT Hannah Decker dresses up at a waitress on Career Day because she intends on being an arts major in college.
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LEFT The most realistic looking costume on Career Day was worn by Officer Mark Storer who takes a picture with students during lunch on Wednesday. ABOVE Nathan McClain and Henry Bodde are rescued in the Pattonville Aquatic Complex by Mr. Captain Super Hero, portrayed by Xan Adams.
TOP Isabella Garcia wears a gown on Career Day because she wants to be a princess. TOP RIGHT The cast of the fall plays poses for a picture before rehearsal on Wednesday. BOTTOM RIGHT Madeline Burmester constructs a class selfie in the yearbook room with staff members that participated in Career Day.
14 Thursday - Frontier Day
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LEFT Senior Karlie Wright goes all out for her grade’s beach theme. TOP MIDDLE Meaghan Pace and Marisa Ruggiero style NASA shirts to represeent the sophomore class. BOTTOM MIDDLE Chad Jones shows off his galaxy socks on Frontier Day. RIGHT Teachers Ms. Kaitlin Childs and Ms. Alexa Kramer are dressed to impress in Arctic and Space-themed outfits. Although the staff theme was Wild, West West, these two teachers decided to dress to match their Homeroom grade’s theme.
ABOVE Hannah Robinson wears a safari outfit the junior’s jungle theme. RIGHT Seniors Jordin McGehee and Amanda Meyer are dressed as fish for the ocean theme. FAR RIGHT Alex Djetto comes to school in a full polar bear outfit to support his freshman class theme of the Arctic.
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Sophomores dress up with the theme of space By Sarah Johnson and Courtney Faasen Sophomore Lucy Bodde wore an extra special outfit for Thursday’s Dress Like Your Frontier Day. While looking for a stellar outfit to satisfy the sophomore’s outer space theme, she found some plastic planets usually used for ceiling decoration. As soon as she saw them, she knew how her Thursday could turn out to be a little bit brighter. “I’ve had them for a while, they were just sitting around and I decided to use them.” Her costume was more elaborate than that, though. Bodde’s full attire consisted of black shoes and shorts, scattered stars stuck randomly on her shirt,
antennas made from pipe cleaners hot glued onto a head band, and glitter and stars covering her cheeks. The plastic planets tied her outfit together as they were safety-pinned onto her shirt. Bodde enjoyed putting her outfit together and thought it was cool to be able to pick out items that would properly display her school spirit. The look did not come without its challenges, especially the antennas. While she said they looked super cute, they were a bit of a hassle to figure out. “They wouldn’t stay up on the headband.” She decided hot glue was the best option to ensure the antennas stayed upright throughout the hectic school-
day. She also was not able to put all of the planets onto her shirt. “Some of them, like Saturn, wouldn’t fit because of its size.” Bodde received com-
pliments all day on her stylish outfit. “People said it was really cool, they loved it, and thought it was creative,” Bodde said. “They thought it was even cooler when I
said they glowed in the dark.” She appreciated this feedback from all the hard work she had put into making them, and is already excited for next year’s themes.
LEFT Sarah Hasekamp and Sarah Harris dress up on Frontier Day to represent the junior class’s theme of the Jungle. MIDDLE Lydia Young is dressed to earn points for her grade’s participation in Spirit Day on Thursday. RIGHT Sophomores Litzy Cruz, Karlisa McGee, and Shelby Price are decked out with star-stickered faces.
16 Friday - Class Color Day
Green blob of Pirate Spirit Sometimes seniors feel deflated when they sit in class. But all senior Kyle Brooks had to do on Friday was inflate himself back up to feel spirited. Brooks ordered a green inflatable suit online and said it cost him about $30. But the real cost was moving around in it. “Walking from classto-class was a struggle” Brooks said. And the heat inside of the suit was almost unbearable. “I considered not wearing clothes under this because it gets hot under here when I deflate it,” he said.
Fortunately, Brooks decided to not do that. Seeing a green blob walking around the school was entertaining. He said in order to make it work, he had to pull his arm through the armhole to get to the battery pack that inflates and deflates the suit. “Everyone referred to me as a big giant pea.” At the pep rally, every one blows up, and Brooks did that literally. He stood at the top of the senior section in the bleachers cheering on his class during the competitions. “I have a lot of class spirit,” he said. “I’m glad I got to show it.”
TOP LEFT Andrea Moreno and Loreli Ryan are dressed in all red for the juniors. TOP MIDDLE Freshman wear full yellow outfits to show support for their class during Class Color Day. TOP RIGHT Brittany Bell poses with Brady Hanford and Maddie Yarnell before the junior lip sync competition. RIGHT Senior members of PALs take a picture in class. FAR RIGHT Madison Brown, Taylor Wooten and Alonna Gibson wear blue outfits for the sophomore class.
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Friday - Class Color Day 17 LEFT In the gym after the pep assembly, seniors gather for a group picture under the “Our big ex17” sign that hung at the top of the bleachers of the senior section. TOP RIGHT Seniors put up fingers in a photo that form 1-7 which represents their graduating year. BOTTOM LEFT Maddie Yarnell and Sallie Crosby represent the junior class and wear red on Class Color Day. BOTTOM RIGHT Sophomores pose for a group photo during lunch on Friday.
TOP LEFT Andrew Schmitz wears a banana suit in the back right corner of a class group photo. TOP RIGHT. Kayla Meyer poses with other seniors on Class Color Day. BOTTOM LEFT Jerrin Barber lays on the ground surrounded by juniors. BOTTOM RIGHT Brooke Guiot and Natalie Wildberger throw up their arms in front of a group of sophomores.
18 Friday - Pep Assembly
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Freshmen - 4th place Mr. Nate Klosterman throws up money in the circle of math teachers during the Monday afternoon pep assembly.
Math department demonstrate lip sync on Monday The math teachers proved that they “don’t need no money” to have fun at the Monday pep assembly. It’s a tradition for the math department to give the school a small demonstration of how the lip sync challenge works every school year when Homecoming rolls around. While it may be an event the students look forward too, Mr. Kyle Hall feels otherwise. “I mean it’s a lot of fun putting it together and all but when it comes time to perform, it’s terrifying,” Hall said. It is not something that Hall looks forward to and every year, the math department finds themselves in a time crunch. “We actually had a whole 30 minutes to put the whole thing together but I think we did pretty good and we didn’t embarrass ourselves.”
Teachers are used during the Monday assembly to demonstrate how each game is played. “I participate in the games because I think it’s really important to show students how involved I am,” Ms. Erin Mulanax said. “And also because it’s tons of fun to do.”
Seniors - 3rd place Juniors - 2nd place
TOP Mario Rowland didn’t know he was going to participate in the Junior-Senior tugof-war until the game was announced. “I was so surprised,” Rowland said. “They just told me to come out and help so I did. I’m not sure which hurts worse: The rug burns on my hands or the fact that we lost to the seniors.” RIGHT Students participate in Hungry, Hungry Hippo and Hut, Hut Hike.
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Sophomores - 1st place
By Blake Klenke Both the junior and senior classes were very confident in how their lip syncs would rate prior to the assembly on Friday. “Honestly, I think our lip sync is really fun and enjoyable to watch, but I don’t want to get too cocky before we see all of them,” senior Rene Greenwell stated. This is why it came as a shock to both classes when it was announced at the Homecoming dance on Saturday night that the sophomore class took first place with their lip sync. “I was honestly shocked when the results came out because I thought the seniors would at least get second,” senior Roma Patel said. “But overall, I did enjoy the sophomores choreography and time they spent with their lip sync.” The sophomores were just as shocked
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with their win but said that the victory felt great. Coming into it, they felt as though they were the underdogs and the real competition was between the juniors and seniors, but taking first place meant a ton to the participants. “We honestly didn’t spend that much time practicing,” sophomore Megan Reese said. “We probably spent about seven hours with all of it combined but we just had a great group of sophomores out there and had a ton of fun, which made it even better to take first.” Each class spent weeks picking out the music that coordinated their Frontier Day theme, choosing the participants, and choreographing the dance to get their lip sync ready. Junior Madeline Yarnell was part of the junior lip sync and played a vital role in picking out the music.
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“We started making the music two weeks before the competition, but we did have a small problem with it,” Yarnell said. “When we first made the music it was 2 minutes and 45 seconds, but since we had went over our 2 minute time limit, we had to cut some time off of it and change some of the routine.” The goal for each of the lip syncs was simple, to choose music that went well with their assigned frontier and to perfect the dance to make it the best it could possibly be. The sophomore class is already looking forward to next year’s lip sync challenge and has high hopes of its potential. “The class of 2018 better watch out because next year, we’re coming for you and we are going to beat your lip sync once again,” Reese said.
LEFT A freshman plays the Hut, Hut Hike game. The object was to hike the football through a hula hoop and to have it be caught by a teammate. The 3-person teams would then rotate around trying to catch the most footballs in the time limit. ABOVE All four classes converge onto the balls when playing the Hungry, Hungry Hippo game. “I found out I was participating on Monday so I didn’t really have time to prepare,” senior Ross Reynolds said. “I went in with sort of a game plan and I guess it kind of turned out all right.”
20 Friday - Football Game
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2013 - Pattonville fell to Ritenour in overtime, 41-38. The Pirates fumbled on the first play in extra time. After the defense forced a 4th down, the Huskies kicked an 18-yard field goal to win. Kayla Meyer and Amanda Meyer hold up signs of Calvin Smith and Kaleb Eleby during the football game on Sept. 23.
Student section supports players By Nadia Maddex
One new thing Student Council decided to do for the Homecoming game was create Fatheads of players. They took pictures of a few of the standout players and enlarged them and gave them to students to hold up in the section. “I’m not really supposed to look out at the crowd while I’m playing but I couldn’t help looking into the stands and seeing my own eyes staring back at me,” quarterback Kaleb Eleby said. “That is definitely something I want to see at another game.” The Pirate players love to see big crowds behind them. “Having an energetic environment at big games is exciting and with the crowd behind us, we perform better,” junior Charles Shelton said. “I love a packed section and hope we have this many people come out all the time. Win or lose, Friday nights at Pattonville are a fun time.”
2014 - Pattonville switched to playing the Homecoming game on Friday instead of Saturday afternoon. The Pirates were tied with Webster Groves at halftime but did not score again, losing 34-13.
2015 - Pattonville shutout the Vikings in the second half of the game but couldn’t secure a win on Homecoming losing 24-7 to Parkway North. Mr. Doug Newton is an assistant coach for the Vikings.
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Pattonville rocks Summit, wins first Homecoming game since 2012 By Erykah White
A huge crowd came out on Friday night to support the varsity football team in their quest to beat the Rockwood Summit Eagles in the homecoming game. The Pirates have had some bad luck when it comes to homecoming games for the past few years. “It feels great to be able to say that we won the homecoming game, especially since that hasn’t happened in quite a while,” Ahmad Avery said. Knowing that this was his last time playing in a Pattonville homecoming game Azonti Anderson felt some pressure. “I knew we hadn’t won a game in quite a while and if we won this one, it would make the tone of the weekend so much more exciting.” Although the boys won the game, there are still some things they wish would have went better. “I feel like we could’ve done better in a lot of things,” Kaleb Eleby said. “Our offensive goal is to get 35 points, we fell a little short this game,” The team is now 3-3 and 2-0 in conference. With that being the first win in a few years, some of the players believe that it will have a good impact on the rest of
TOP Isaiah Davis runs through the banner held by the cheerleaders before the Homecoming game. RIGHT Ahmad Avery stiff arms the Rockwood Summit as he runs the ball down the field. BOTTOM Lineman Marquis Hayes blocks the Rockwood Summit player from getting to quarterback Kaleb Eleby the season. “It’ll lift the team up in a positive manner because Pattonville hasn’t won a homecoming game in a little while,” Calvin Smith said. “It’s just another thing marked off the checklist of goals this season. As a team, we definitely want to win the rest of our games this season, making us a top seed in our conference and district which will place us in a good position headed into the playoffs.,“
22 Friday - Homecoming Court
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Senior court escorted on field during halftime
Ashli Bruton
Involvement: Golf, CFO
Where in the Universe would she go? Mars because people say it doesn’t exist. She believes it does.
Megan Volz
Bailey Schaefermeier
Sophie Vik
Involvement: Varisty Soccer, Varsity Softball, NHS, Rho Kappa, Renaissance
Involvement: Chamber Choir, Thespian Troupe #1934, High C’s, PHS Theater
Where in the Universe would she go? Patagonia because she loves the mountains.
Where in the Universe would she go? New York so she could attend live shows every night.
Madison Utley
Erykah White
Involvement: Varsity Golf, Varsity Involvement: PALs, FEA, Rho Kap- Involvement: Varisty Volleyball, Lacrosse, Student Council Secretary, pa, BSAAC, GALXC, Varisty Soccer, Basketball, Track, PALs, Pirate Press PALs, Renaissance, Rho Kappa, FEA Varisty Cheer, Class Officer Where in the Universe would she Where in the Universe would she Where in the Universe would she go? Italy to visit the Leaning Tower go? Costa Rica for a service project. go? Italy because of the great food. of Pisa because it is her dream vacation
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Juniors Katie Basta
Involvement: Varsity Softball, Student Council, GALXC, Pirate Press, Renaissance, Battle of the Burets Club, NHS Where in the Universe would she go? Italy because her family is from there
Erin Bailey
Involvement: Varsity Drill Team, PALs Where in the Universe would she go? Back to Cancun, Mexico, because she went when she was little but doesn’t remember.
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Hannah Schamber
Involvement: Varsity Drill Team, BSAAC Bailey Schaefermeier reacts after hearing her name announced as the 2016 Homecoming queen. She was crowned by building principal Dr. Joe Dobrinic.
Schaefermeier shocked after winning Queen By Sarah Ponder During the Friday night football game, Homecoming court was announced. All of the girls on court were escorted on the track by a family member to announce to the Pattonville community who would win Homecoming Queen. Senior Bailey Schaefermeier
was shocked when she heard her name announced. “I don’t know. It didn’t really seem like something that would happen to me,” Schaefermeier said, “It only happens to one person a year. I guess I was just surprised that out of all six girls that I was picked because all of the girls were super nice.”
Where in the Universe would she go? Italy, because she wants to try the food and see the amazing scenery.
Emily Reyes
Involvement: Varsity Drill Team, Varsity Soccer, Renaissance, GALXC Where in the Universe would she go? Arizona Canyons because it looks like a cool place.
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Nicole McDaniel
Involvement: JV Cheer
Where in the Universe would she go? Europe, because she wants to speak more than one language.
Keely Peters
Involvement: Volleyball, softball Where in the Universe would she go? Paris, France, to visit the Eiffel Tower.
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Successful proposals lead to Homecoming dates Students ask in creative, unique ways to find dates to attend the dance By Alisa Durham Dance proposals. Students see them happen all around school and dream about being the next one to be asked. Homecoming proposals are the key to walking into the dance with a date. Some are asked with sweet fancy posters, others are just bluntly asked. Freshman Hannah Rodgers had the glory of being asked by a fellow classmate and friend Adam Kendrick. Kendrick brought Rodgers a small stuffed animal and made a poster saying “Hannah, do you want to chill at homecoming?” matching the freshman’s Arctic frontier theme. “I’m really glad somebody asked me to the dance, but I hope he knows it’s just as friends,” Rodgers said. Everybody is used to seeing the traditional boy-girl proposals, but sometimes girls will ask other girls, even if it’s just as friends. Freshman Xmiena Rodgers-Stamps asked her close friend Mackayla Bello to homecoming as friend. Rodgers-Stamps and Bello have been friends since middle school, and Rodgers-Stamps asked her to homecoming with a poster saying
Jordin McGehee asked Nathan McClain with a poster after a swim meet. “You’re looking pretty fly so are you free to be my Hoco D8?” She said he responded by saying “But I didn’t swim fly today” but still said yes though. Freshman Hannah Rodgers was asked in the Commons by Adam Kendrick. He had a sign that said “Do you want to Chill at Homecoming? RIGHT Freshman Mackayla Bello holds the poster she was asked to Homecoming. “It would be un’bear’able not going to Homecoming with you. “It would be unbearable not going to Homecoming with you” along with a stuffed bear. “I asked her to Homecoming because her boyfriend couldn’t go and she didn’t want to go alone.” RodgersStamps said.
Breanna Merritt asked her boyfriend Dax Faulkingham with a poster that said “Out of all the (fish) in the sea, I’m so glad you swam to me. (Whale) you go to Homecoming with me?” He said yes while giving her a hug.
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Setting to turn By Nadia Maddex
More than 50 students showed up after school on Friday, Sept. 23, to set up for the Homecoming dance. Student Council makes attending set-up a mandatory meeting but also partnered with the National Honor Society to get more students involved. Students decorated
TOP Jordin McGehee and Kayla Meyer decorate a pole in the Commons with lights. ABOVE Emma Hohenstein decorates the door with lights with Daniel LaFollette helping her. RIGHT Megan Reese and Rene Greenwell tape balloons to the wall in the hallway.
the Commons for the dance, made posters for the football game and parade, and decorated the stadium for the football game. “Homecoming set-up was so efficient,” Student Council co-sponsor Ms. Jacqueline Saxton said. “I was super impressed that I only had to give instructions once and everything got done. NHS and Student
Council worked so well together.” Student Council vice president Max Spitzmiller said the turnout was great. “This was one of the biggest homecoming set-up turnouts yet,” Spitzmiller said. “In my 4 years of high school we have never finished that fast, and I couldn’t be happier with the way it turned out.”
TOP LEFT Helen Nelson stands on the ladder placing streamers around lights on a column in the Commons. TOP RIGHT Christie Jiang decorates a poster for Pete the Pirate who served as the Parade Marshall on Saturday. LEFT Madelyn Hubbs and Louis Johnson work on a sign to hang on the float for the Parade Marshall, Pete the Pirate, in the parade on Saturday.
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Week winner is ... By Ross Reynolds
TOP Kali Meister dances on Saturday night with Sarah Ponder behind her. Ponder’s group was right in front of the DJ booth. “It’s fun to dance right next to the music,” Ponder said. “It’s loud and fun to get crazy with your friends and cut loose. It’s also fun to give dirty looks to the DJ when he puts on a bad song.” RIGHT Freshman Shelby Sievers claps along with the music during the dance on Saturday night.
When assistant Mr. Gene Grimshaw grabbed the microphone around 9 p.m. to introduce the Homecoming court members at the dance, the seniors were waiting for another announcement. After the Homecoming court members were introduced, seniors knew it was time to make the announcement they had been waiting for all night: The winner of the Spirit Week class competitions. Before announcing the winning overall class, Grimshaw said who won the Penny War competition and the float building competition. Freshmen won the Penny Wars, but seniors took the float building. In the end, the seniors won the title of Spirit Week champions. “It was the coolest feeling in the world,” senior Roma Patel said. “I couldn’t keep myself from jumping up and down.” Many seniors felt relieved to know that all the work they put into the week paid off and gave them the big win. “All of us worked really hard during the week, senior Nicholas White said. “We put a lot into it to make sure the juniors took the L.” Seniors were able to dance with weight lifted off their shoulders all night.
TOP Mackenzie Baniak lifts her arms into the arm when dancing on Saturday night. LEFT Ross Reynolds escorts Homecoming court member Erykah White during queen introductions. ABOVE Xan Adams and Max Spitzmiller screams the lyrics to a song when singing along in a group. RIGHT Jacob Wilfong throws up his arm to dance.
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LEFT Catherine Milligan takes a selfie with Alexandra Keefer and Devin San Miguel. RIGHT TOP Students dance to the Electric Slide Part 2. RIGHT BOTTOM Taylor Mayers and Michaella Bost dance in the middle of the gym during Homecoming on Saturday night.
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JV cheers on sideline during the big game By Alisa Durham
With all the intense heat and pressure at the homecoming game on Friday night, fans may not have noticed the extra people standing on the track alongside the varsity cheerleaders and drill team. In between those spirit groups were the JV cheerleaders cheering during the whole homecoming football game for the first time. “I’m really glad we got to cheer at the homecoming game,” fresh-
man Gabrielle Shipman said. “I really enjoyed the whole Friday night light experience and we finally got to cheer in front of a full crowd.” The 11 girls on the team performed in a pre-game routine with varsity and cheered the whole game alongside them as well. “It was really fun having the other girls there with me,” freshman Hannah Rodgers said. “Especially because a few of my friends are on JV so having them there was amazing.”
A lot of the girls were inspired from the experience and many made a goal for them to do their best and make varsity
next year so they can get Friday night lights every week. “I’m gonna keep working hard so I can
make varsity next year,” Shipman said. “The whole energy of the game and from the crowd was amazing.”
Marching band participates in competition, wins first in division, earns top overall honor After walking about a mile in the homecoming parade, the marching band was not finished performing on Saturday, Sept. 24. The Pride of Pattonville won first place in their division and first place overall at the competition hosted at Fox High School. “It was fun because all the performances were strong, and of course culminating with the first place at the competition rewarded them for a really, really difficult but rewarding weekend,” band director Mr. Dennis McFarland said. In addition, Pattonville received an award for best musical performance of the day.
“It was a crazy day but totally worth it because you got to hang out with friends and do what you want to do,” Rachel Ferguson said. “It’s cool to watch other bands and compare what we do to theirs.” But having the parade, competition and homecoming dance on the same day does provide its complications. “It’s a pretty intense
couple of days with a big performance in front of a really lively hometown crowd at a football game and then a parade is a totally different experience so you have to focus on different things when you’re marching in a parade and playing in a band at a competition.” It’s a lot in a short period of time which causes problems.
“We competed at 2:10 p.m. and I left about 2:30 p.m.,” Emily Johnson said. “I had to have time to get ready for the dance.” Since she went to homecoming, she didn’t get to watch the other bands. Other students that left early also didn’t get to hear the final results. “I left early and did not get to stay for the awards,” Layla Dukes said. She found out from her section leader they won the competition. “I was happy and super surprised that we got first,” Dukes said. “We fixed our music and had more visuals than from our first competition and we got a lot better as a group overall.”
Others found out from a message McFarland sent to the group. “He said he was really proud of us and it was really cool to get first.” The show called “The Jewel and the Dragon” has a castle on the field, a magic jewel and even an evil dragon with red, glowing eyes that makes an appearance. “Other schools see us as the school with the dragon,” Dukes said. “They really know who we are now.” Although the schedule for marching band members was busy, it was worth it. “It was hot and a long day and everyone was tired,” Dukes said. “But the fact that we won made it all worth it.”
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Varsity sports players having a great season Khurana serving an ace on the tennis season
By Courtney Faasen
Battle stars on field hockey The varsity field hockey team has a bright future ahead of them, according to varsity coach Jessica Dalton. Fielding a team of talented underclassmen, she is excited to see the girls grow and work together. Of those underclassmen, sophomore Kendall Battle is having an outstanding season. With 3 goals and 6 assists this year alone, she is a dynamic player. Coach Dalton attributes this partly to Battle’s natural athletic ability, but also said that “she is a really hard worker.” She added, “whether we’re in the weight room or conditioning, she gives it her all, and because of that,
Kendall Battles carries the ball and defends against a Brentwood player. she is a leader within the team.” As a captain of the varsity squad, Battle is excited to be able to take on a leadership position. Playing center midfield, she controls much of the defense as well as the offense. Being so integral to both sides of the field can be a lot of pressure for such a young player, but Battle handles it well. She is excited about how well the team has
been doing, as well as herself. “I definitely think I’ve improved on getting up and down the field and initiating the offense,” she said. “But I’m also really excited to see how much the team has progressed as a whole. I think we have really improved even from the beginning of the season, which makes it exciting to think about how much better we can get even now.”
Sophomore Roma Khurana has been playing tennis for three and a half years, and believes the 2016 season has been great so far. This year she has been focusing in on specific skills so she can come back next year as an upperclassman and be better than ever. She has been especially focused on perfecting her serve, which has served her well this season. As the No. 1 ranked tennis player in the school, Khurana plays against some of the most experienced players in the area and must continuously push herself to be able to compete at that level. The pressure of playing against these talented opponents does not stop her from giving her all on the court. Most of the time she
Roma Khurana prepares for a serve in her match. is playing against girls a year or two older than her, but Coach Emily McDaniel said “she keeps a positive attitude on the court. Even if she’s playing against someone she knows may be more experienced than her, which can be a daunting task, she is always willing to try her best.” Khurana believes playing against upperclassmen is a great experience, though it can be nerve-racking. She is ready to finish the year strong and is already looking to next season.
Derleth playing big as a freshman on the varsity soccer team Freshman Nick Derleth may be the youngest player on varsity soccer roster right now, but he hasn’t let that stop him from earning a starting position. Derleth has been playing soccer competitively for years, and had hoped his experience might help him impress the coach enough to play varsity. Derleth said he was pretty surprised when he found out he made the varsity team, but the
coach knew he had what it takes to be a positive force. “When I saw Nick play, I knew he had talent,” varsity soccer coach Marcus Christian said, Because of his talent and unflinchingly strong work ethic, Christian gave the freshman a varsity jersey and began to start him on defense. Derleth said in the beginning, being on varsity was “awkward but fun.”
Nick Derleth (No. 18) chases down an offensive player that has possession of the ball. As the year has progressed, he believes he has started to get to know the world of varsity soccer better, with the help of upper-
classmen. At first, Christian was tentative to put a freshman in a starting varsity position. After a few games, it was clear he
deserved his spot there. “He really rose to the challenge of playing Varsity ball,” Christian said. Recently, Derleth sustained a concussion, which he said has definitely changed the way he practices, and it has kept him out of the starting line-up for the past two weeks. Nonetheless, he has gotten clearance to begin playing again and is excited to help the team in any way he can.
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Injuries during Homecoming hurt even more because of limitations By Elise Bernthal It’s Homecoming week and I should really be thinking about what I want to wear to the dance. But instead my mind is what I am wearing around my wrist. And it’s not a corsage. I’ve been in a brace for a total of four months now. I had Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex (TFCC) Tear and needed surgery. Two weeks ago, I had the procedure to fix my torn cartilage in my wrist. I was then put in
a cast. I can tell you firsthand, injuries are terrible. Imagine being injured for homecoming. It’s kind of hard to get in the spirit. And it’s not just me. Dancing would be pretty hard with your foot in a boot too,
wouldn’t it? You won’t be busting a move. When I look back at my homecoming photos, all I’ll be looking at is how ugly the splint looks with my dress. These are just some of the things that make it harder to participate fully in these things. Freshman Maria Madden tore her ACL last year and it wasn’t easy for her. “I had to sit and watch everyone when we did activities last year.” It may not be the pep rally games she missed out on but it still sucks
to not be able to join in on similar fun activities. Madden said the injury took a little life out of a spirited week. “I wasn’t able to participate in games or fun stuff like that so that stunk,” she said. “I had to wear a brace that covered my whole knee and was on crutches for 3 months.” Standing on crutches for 3 hours for homecoming would not be enjoyable. Injuries stink, but they stink even more when it’s during some of the memorable times.
White’s Write
Dressing formally should not be forced on students that are voted on court By Erykah White Thursday was Frontier Day where students were supposed to dress up matching their class’s assigned frontier, but I couldn’t help my class win the daily competition because I am on Homecoming court. I wonder why it is mandatory for Homecoming court members to dress nice every day and I have never understood why they weren’t allowed to dress up with the spirit days. I understand the girls that are nominated by at least three clubs, sports or activities have a choice to take
their name off of the list before the student vote, but I feel like court members should be able to show their school spirit and be allowed to participate in the spirit days. Or at least be offered to be able to do at least two of the spirit days. I’ve heard many girls on court sound quite upset because they have
to wear a nice dress, while everyone else is dressed crazily and comfortably. If the girls were allowed to participate in the dress-up days and only be forced to wear the sash and tiara, I think many girls would stop taking their names off the list. If they have the tiara and sash on, shouldn’t that be enough to know that they are on court? A rule was changed this year and the girls will be able to go all out for Class Color Day on Friday, and that was exciting news for many of the nominees. Although the reason
may be for the Homecoming candidates to look like royalty all week, I still feel like it should be assessed. Some rules should be switched to let the girls that are involved in at least three clubs, sports or activities to show their school spirit and have a little more fun during the week. (Editor’s Note: Erykah White is a member of the Pirate Press and served on the Homecoming court as a nominee of the Pirate Press.)
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Dance playlist needs a serious update before Pattonville hosts prom in May By Ross Reynolds Have you ever tried to whip to “We Will Rock You”? Or hit the quan to “Bohemian Rhapsody”? No. Not ever. So why is it a good idea to play music from the ‘80s at a high school dance in the 2010s? Our school seems to have something against DJs that play music that kids nowadays actually enjoy listening to and dancing to. Now, don’t get me wrong, the music played on Saturday night was generally better this year than it has been in the past. But that still doesn’t take away from the fact that this felt more like a group sing-along at a karaoke bar and less of a dance party. Maybe some people
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that attend homecoming like dancing to dupstep remixes of songs their parents listened to and waiting for the beat to drop, but I just can’t find myself wanting to dance at all when songs like that come on. Teenagers today usually dance to pop music or hip hop music. There was some of both played, but the mixture of rock and roll and songs more aimed at teenage girls from 1998 really killed the mood of what the
homecoming dance is really about. So how do you fix this? Play what the students want, and not what you think will protect our innocent ears. Now I’m not saying play trap music that talks about gang activities and sexual situations is the right thing, but even just playing more songs geared around dancing and having fun might help. I feel that the biggest fear the school has in allowing for more modern music to be played is that they may play something offensive to one or two students. If that is the case, it shouldn’t matter at all because the dance is not something that students are required to attend. Students that do
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attend aren’t even able to request songs that they would like to hear played. How can we have fun if we don’t even get to put in our say of what is fun to us? I know being in charge of an event like this is already stressful enough and that it is impossible to make everyone happy, but I would personally like to
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see more modern music played at future dances at Pattonville. The next dance is Prom. Maybe Student Council could ask for suggestions on Twitter and they could put together a song list that could be turned in to the DJ before that night. Let me be the first to make a suggestion: Anything by Future or Drake.
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Simple Winged Eyeliner
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By Alyssa Lyon
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A step-by-step tutorial for new liner users Products used for eyeliner
(All products were bought at Walgreens.)
Step 1: Draw a straight line from the corner where your upper waterline and lower waterline meet with liquid eyeliner.
• Maybelline Gel New York Eyestudio in blackest black - $9.49 • Wet & Wild Megaliner - $2.99
Step 4: Continue to do that until your top line is straightened and even. Make sure any imperfections are fixed.
Lip Tip!
Red lips: Black, lace print, red, or nude dress. Red lips work best with metallic, silver, black and nude dresses. Step 2: Use gel or liquid eyeliner to line your upper lash line with a thin line. It does not have to be perfect.
Black lips: Best with dark blue dresses, black, dark purple and pretty much any darker shade dresses.
Step 5: This is what you should have by now. Make sure your let your eyeliner set and dry in between each step as you will need to open your eyes sometimes.
Dark lips: Pairs with dark dresses, most metallic fabric dresses. Nude lips: Matches all/most dresses. Nude lips work with most to any dress. Step 3: Take a liquid or gel liner and go to where the point of your wing would be and draw a straight line diagonally down getting thinner as in goes into your eyelid.
Step 6: Your final results should look like this. Make sure to keep your eye closed the whole time so that your eyeliner can dry in between steps and not smudge.
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StyleTracks Green Carpet Report Best looks of the week By Taylor Womack
Hailey Sanders
Rachael Vitale
Lillian Nguyen
Will Rickelman
Dom Masek
wears her giraffe onesie with black flip-flops on Pajama Day.
shows off her Christmas sweater, and follows the school rule of wearing a student ID on Holiday Day.
sports her nurse’s outfit, that consists of maroon pants and an all-white jacket, on Career Day.
displays his allcamouflage outfit including a hat on Frontier Day. His class’s frontier was Jungle.
wears his entirely green outfit that completely covers his arms and legs under short shorts and a T-shirt.
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Classes come together to build floats By Katie Basta With class competitions being the main concern of homecoming week, each class worked hard to perfect their float for the parade on Saturday. Students from all grades agreed that they participated in float building because it added to the homecoming week experience. “I participate in float building because I think its important that our class float looks nice and that we have a good chance of winning,” junior Elleni Yeshiwas said. Sophomore Abby Surlet thinks that float building is not only fun, but also something to be proud of. “I participate in float building because it’s fun,” Surlet said. “You get to hang out with your classmates, and get to be a part of something. You get to see it all come together and when it goes down the street during the parade, you can say ‘I did that.’” Float building isn’t all fun and games
though, there is a lot of thought and hard work put into each design. For the freshmen who tackled their first float, freshman Ayana Griffin said that they put a lot of effort into their design. “It was actually stressful the first day because our igloo failed, but we got it all together and it’s going pretty well.” Griffin was also very happy to have a lot of her peers’ help. “We got other people to come out by having the four class officers ask their friends and we also asked in the class group chat.” Even the experienced juniors had a rocky beginning. “I think our float turned out very nicely,” Yeshiwas said. “It is better than I expected because we had a rough start. The first day we didn’t have a trailer or any decorations, but we’ve worked faster than I thought we would, and now we ended up having a lot more signs and decorations than we originally planned.”
For the sophomores and seniors though, they came in on the first day ready to get to work. Sophomore Leslie Azwell is happy with the way their float turned out. “This year we were more prepared. We came in with an idea, and the theme this year was better.” Senior Liza Gusleva was also proud with their float. “It turned out really good,” Gusleva said. “All the ideas we had on paper came together really well.” All of the grades were excited with how their floats turned out. “This float is definitely better than last year’s because it fits our theme very well and is a lot more sturdy than last year’s which fell apart during the parade,” Yeshiwas said. But nobody was quite as confident as senior Max Spitzmiller, “Our float is fantastic and we’re going to win just like we did last year.”
1st Place-Seniors (Beach)
2nd Place-Sophomores (Space)
3rd Place-Juniors (Jungle)
4th Place-Freshmen (Arctic)
By Sarah Johnson
Homecoming 2016 Issue
SENIORS
JUNIORS
SOPHOMORES
FRESHMEN
Collect all 4 covers