February 29, 2016
Table of Contents
3 Word in the Halls 4 Return of BHT 5 Parking Lot Issues & Accipiter 6 ACT & Video Announcements 7 Exam Exemptions & Elective Exploration 8-9 Glowcoming 10 Accounting Regionals 11 FBLA 12 Statebound Hosa 13 Jeans for Teens 14 Departing Staff Members & Freshmen Experience 15 Play Recap 16 Spring Break 17 Music Album Review: The 1975 18 GAS2 & A New Football Coach Statebound Winter Sports & Girls 19 Basketball Record 20 Black Hawk of the Month
Word in the Halls Ally Parsons
is your dream job, and why? “A Dermatologist because I am interested in the medical field and helping others.” -Freshman Corbin
“Singer because then people would come to my concerts and I wouldn’t be judged when I sing in the car.” -Senior Julia Kluck
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-Junior Amanda Parsons “Probably a Dog whisperer or a cupcake taster for a bakery, what sounds better than that?”
“A theoretical physicist because it’s a lot of fun.” -Sophomore Tyler Wolter
“An astronaut, only a select few get to actually go to the moon.” -Sophomore Gabrielle Sparapani
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“A pilot because it would be cool to fly yourself places.” -Sophomore Matthew Fischer “A Marine Biologist; fish are cool.” -Freshman Gavin Depies
“A Laven der theoretic Farmer in Hawaii , a want to b lly though, I wou ld e some s or -Mrs. Fra t of doctor.” n Grant
-Junior Quinton Riddle “The General Manager for the Bucks, you make bank and it’s all about sports.”
“Someone who travels around the world to teach underprivileged kids music.” -Junior Erin Hogan
“Own a company that rescues and helps stray dogs find homes.” -Senior Nicole Kreutzer
“A backup dancer for Rihanna.” -Junior Alexandra Wade
“A statistician for the Milwaukee Bucks.” -Mr. Mike Bergmann
-Senior Derek Zehetner “Sports manager because you get to manage and meet athletes; it makes good money and you could live in New York or California.”
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The Return of Black Hawk Time Abby Valerius With Black Hawk Time, or BHT, in full swing, or activities which allows for more students students are able to individualize their learning to attend. They held a Kahoot game between and seek help in specific areas. A team of teachers mentors and their groups of freshmen. BHT is and principal Mr. Scott Mantei worked together brand new for the freshmen. throughout first semester to create the best “I used Black Hawk Time mostly for possible plan that would allow students to utilize homework, I have taken some tests during the this time specific to their needs. time as well,” said freshman Corrin Tarnowski. Students are already taking advantage of Committee member and math teacher Ms. Kellen BHT, using the time to get homework done, Wesson is one of the teachers on the BHT Board take tests, or to get help from a teacher. For and is already seeing improvements in student senior Evan Bernd, BHT is used as another study academic behaviors. “BHT has really helped to hall, “I use BHT when I need to get help but it is improve grades already this quarter. Students really beneficial when I have a lot of homework that typically were not getting homework done or a project to do.” Bernd, along with many or had missing assignments are now doing other students, is also a fan of the newly added something. There are less missing assignments Thursday BHT. now which helps,” said Wesson. Thursday Black Hawk Time takes place every Black Hawk Time has been helpful for many other week and was added to expand learning students without a study hall or for those who opportunities. For the junior class who uses just need extra help, making the most of this Wednesday BHT for ACT prep, the Thursday added hour can benefit them greatly. BHT allows them to have help time as well. ACT preparation is an added benefit to BHT for the junior class; not everyone has time to prepare outside of school and having this time is very beneficial. Black Hawk Crew has decided to utilize the time that BHT offers to host meetings
Hard at work! Students are taking advantage of the extra help and enrichment opportunities in Black Hawk Time.
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Share Your Creativity
Grafton High School presents
Carolyn Dowty
The Grafton High School literary magazine, Accipiter is looking for student submissions. The magazine publishes creative fiction pieces and artwork of all styles. To submit work, students must share it with Ms. Brogelman and Ms. Young via Google Docs by March 15 in order to be considered for publication. Accipiter is published and distributed at the end of the school year and students are encouraged to submit work while the opportunity is still available. The magazine is constructed with the help of students at meetings after school every other Wednesday. Students are welcome to join the Accipiter committee where submissions are reviewed and considered to be featured in the magazine. The committee also produces the magazine using Adobe InDesign. “Accipiter is just a great way for aspiring writers and artists to share their creativity with the whole school,” junior member Erin Hogan stated. “I highly recommend students to take advantage of this opportunity.”
Accipiter
A celebration of diverse literary pieces and art from the creative minds of talented students
Parking Lot Changes Kaitlyn Larson
With at least two reported accidents this year, careless acts of reckless driving, and several students parking illegally in the school parking lot, the administration of GHS decided it was time to make a policy change for parking. The changes went into effect on Monday, February 23. The changes include new parking tags that must be hung from their car rearview mirrors. Juniors and seniors were issued orange passes, while sophomores were issued black passes. The difference in colors determines where students are to park. Underclassmen and those without parking passes are now required to park in the GES parking lot near the baseball diamonds. They are expected to walk around the building and enter through the side doors by the GHS gym; they are not permitted to walk through GES. Prior to the policy change students without a pass parked in the GES lot or the general vicinity. The changes were made to prevent students who hadn’t purchased a parking sticker from parking in the high school lot. After many reports of seeing several students parking in the main lot illegally, it was important to re-evaluate parking regulations. The administration ordered new parking tags to ensure an efficient way of keeping the parking lot safe. Administration can quickly check for tags instead of going out on foot to ensure that every parked car was paired with a sticker. GHS Secretary Ms. Pat Konzen said, “Well it’s certainly easier to identify the parking tag because the sticker wasn’t always easy to identify.” Students picked up the new parking lot passes during their lunch hours.
The new parking passes ensure safety throughout the parking lot, as there will now be more spaces available for the upperclassmen. There will be less traffic flow which means an easier and safer way of traveling in and out of the parking lot. There have been several warnings issued throughout the school year to students parking illegally without a parking pass; two tickets have also been issued. Senior Nicole Kreutzer stated, “I believe this is more organized for everyone in the long run and it most definitely makes it easier for Mr. Deering to look for people parking illegally in the lot. Plus if I get to school late, there are more parking spots available for me.” Despite the changes, sophomore Lauren Huston stated, “It’s not bad at all, the walk isn’t horrible it’s just annoying when it’s windy and cold. When it’s warm I won’t care, it’s like the same distance from my locker to both lots.” Any questions regarding the policy changes can be found on the GHS website or received from the administration in the office.
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Ready, Set, Test! Alexandra McKelvey
On Tuesday March 1, the juniors at GHS will be taking the ACT. This is the second year that the ACT is required for all juniors in the state of Wisconsin. Because it is now required, the test is free for students and they have the ability to send their scores to any three schools of their choice. Last year’s juniors spent most Wednesday Black Hawk Times (BHT) from October until March in prep classes and taking practice tests in school. Senior Emma Roscoe said, “After I took the ACT, I was really happy we spent so many BHTs preparing.The practice tests gave me a feel on how the questions would be worded on the actual test.” Out of the 128 GHS students tested last year, the average score was 24.2. This year, however, with BHT starting in mid January, the juniors missed out on many weeks of in-school prep leaving them to prepare on their own. They had a total of four BHTs before the test. Despite this, every junior had acess to Method Test Prep, a website that gives test taking strategies and two timed practice tests. Although there is no way to study the actual material on the ACT, one can prepare by brushing up on grammar rules, math skills, and reading comprehension. Since each section of the ACT is timed, students can also prepare by taking timed practice tests and learning time management. Junior Nicolas Merkle said, “I’m not doing any prep outside of BHT. I’m planning on just winging it.” On the other hand, junior Madelyn Depke has been preparing for months. “I do two hours of ACT prep every night by taking practice tests on an online tutoring website.” Good luck to all the juniors on the ACT!
Seniors Julia Fischer and Abigail Benvenuto discuss important matters during video announcements in the English office. Fischer mentions, “I was nervous in front of the camera at first, but once I got into it, I became more comfortable.”
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Not Your Average Announcement Grace Potter
Lights, camera, action! Throughout the year, GHS Professional Writing students have been planning video announcements, and now they are finally in the making. Between the two classes, students have been discussing multiple ideas for the announcements, and have also talked about changes that should be made in order for the videos to be more successful. The recording process has been taking place in the English office, in front of a green screen. Most of the equipment provided has been funded by the Grafton Education Foundation. Attempting to figure out how the editing works has not been an easy task. It has included transitions, changing green screen backgrounds, voice overs, and multiple other aspects to make the ideal video announcements. Senior Kaitlyn Larson said, “It’s been extremely difficult to figure out the equipment and editing because I don’t have a Mac, and that is what we have been using.” Although there were several technical difficulties while working with the new software, Larson also mentioned, “Sara Gramoll is amazing at video editing, so we’re somewhat relying on her right now.” Junior Sara Gramoll added, “At my house I have a Mac and I used to make silly videos in middle school so I know how to use the tools and what to add while editing.” The first video announcements aired Friday, February 19 during second hour. Eventually, more video announcements will be presented during second hour each week with different Professional Writing student anchors. Different topics will be based off of new events and successes of the high school each week. Stay tuned GHS students!
To Exempt or Not to Exempt? Sophia Didier
With the ‘15-‘16 school year came many new additions: parking pass policies, a promise of weighted GPAs for the coming year, the push for a referendum pass, and gold study hall regulations. Big or small, numerous changes were made. Now people are speaking up on another topic, the idea of exempting semester exams. Almost all schools in Ozaukee County allow students the privilege of not taking certain exams based on their grade in the the class, attendance, and behavior. Students are all for the idea of less exams. Sophomore Lizbeth Huertas believes, “It would make students try harder throughout the year, no cramming or breakdowns.” While this may come as a surprise, it is not just students interested in this, but teachers as well. Math teacher Mr. Bergmann is in favor of exempting in a limited fashion as long as the students show “a high level of proficiency consistently throughout the year. Exemption should be an earned reward.” The benefit that comes with exempting could encourage students by giving them incentive to achieve higher grades. Before allowing oneself to get carried away in the idea of a lesser amount of exams to study for,
one must examine the downsides of the situation. AP Economics teacher Ms. Measner keeps the true reason for exams in mind as she says, “If the rigor isn’t there, is it truly college prep?” First semester exams can be used to predict students’ AP exam scores and prepare them for the exam’s format. With Mr. Mantei not in agreement nor disagreement over the topic, it is up for debate. Sophomores Grace Aspenson, Lauren and Erika Stielow have chosen the topic for their American Lit and Comp ‘Justice Project’. They will be tackling the issue and coming up with solutions. While exam exemptions are not currently in the near future, there is one thing everyone is in agreement on. There must be guidelines, regulations set in order to make the exemption process smooth as well as beneficial for each individual student’s learning.
Elective Exploration Shelby Babl & Hailey Hubacek
The Elective Exploration was an opportunity for the freshmen and sophomore classes to seek out available electives offered at GHS during Black Hawk Time on Wednesday, February 3, and Thursday, February 4. Both freshmen and sophomores received information on all elective courses offered. Students were then able to choose which elective to learn more about based on their interests. Sophomore Sarah Mentzel found the exploration beneficial. “I wasn’t sure if I wanted to take Biomed at first and then after going to Ms. Grant’s presentation, I knew I wanted to take the class.” On the opposite side of the school, another opportunity to tour the drama department was available. Communication Arts teacher Mr. Joshua Atkins spent Black Hawk Time in the choir room with Choir teacher Mr. Adam Qutaishat and Band teacher Ms. Kathryn Hardt both Wednesday and Thursday playing theater games with the freshmen and sophomores. “We got to see some students that were interested,” said Atkins, “and that was definitely good because we got to tell them about the specifics of theater.” The Elective Exploration has shown to be valuable towards students who are indecisive about which courses to take in their following years at high school.
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Dance to a Glowcom Why Glowcoming? This year Student Council dropped the Sweetheart dance and picked up Glowcoming. Student Council decided there needed to be a change, due to the low attendence at last years Sweetheart dance. The idea of Glowcoming is the same as Homecoming, but with blacklights and casual wear, instead of formal. Student Council Vice President, senior Taylor Bould said, “We knew we didn’t want to do Sweetheart anymore because it was a huge flop last year.” Committee chair, senior Ashleigh Perry added, “We realized that not everyone is fond of the idea of a romantic dance surrounding Valentine’s Day.” Other schools, such as Cedarburg have a Glowcoming dance. Student Council felt it would be more successful than Sweetheart. Since it’s a new dance, student council hoped curiosity would draw in a lot of people. Grady Bauer DJ’d the dance, in hopes of drawing in more students. “I liked going with friends, instead of a date. The music was pretty good, definitely better than Sweetheart. Overall, it was lit.” said senior Whitney Marshall.
1 DJ Bauer, spins some sweet tracks at the Glowcoming dance. Bauer said, “It was a fun experience that was unlike anything I’ve ever done before! I wish more people would have been there, but the people that came had a great time!” 2 Seniors Rhylan Gosselin, Julia Kluck, Katherine Hunt, Morgan Weisflog, and Whitney Marshall take a quick pic before getting down to DJ Bauers hits. 3 Students get hyped by playing glow in the dark frisbee. 4 Riding on their hoverboards, best bud seniors Kyler Huck and Max Jensen pose for a picture during the Glowcoming dance.
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New Beat: ming 2016 Natalie Nowak and Emily Welsh
What do you get when you mix Homecoming and blacklights? You get Glowcoming! Glowcoming took place during the week of February 16-20. It’s purpose was to replace Sweetheart week with an upbeat atmosphere and a low pressure dance. Senior student council member Ashleigh Perry, head of team bonding and leadership, helped organize the weeks activities and said, “planning Glowcoming and Powderbuff was a fun, but a stressful experience because it was a new idea. We had to create it from scratch, but the student involvement was great. The students organized, DJ’d and advertised for it,
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in attempt to make it a relatable dance that everyone would enjoy.” Starting Glowcoming week off with a bang was the ever so successful Pajama Day. Following that was Twin Day, Bro Day and Ditch Day. All days had a high participation rate due to the fact that they were relatable and easy to put together. Sophomore Trevor Guysky said, “I enjoyed the dress up days because I got to wear a lot of camo for Ditch Day.” Following in the footsteps of Homecoming, Glowcoming took a twist on the traditional Powderpuff game called Powderbuff, an all boys volleyball game. The senior guys took
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the win after a fierce competition Friday after school. After all the hard work and dedication put into the week, the highly anticipated dance on Saturday was a success with around 80 students attending. Student DJ, senior Grady Bauer, said “DJing was a fun experience that was something unlike anything I’ve ever done before. The money was nice, but I really did it for my fans. Hopefully this will jumpstart my professional DJ career and be my ticket to fame and fortune!”
5 Seniors Ella Aspenson and Isaiah Voss show their similar styles off on Twin Day. Voss said,”Ella and I decided to twin together because we have been friends since first grade and we have very similar wardrobes.” 6 Where is she? Senior Ashleigh Perry went all out on Ditch Day, stopping at Goodwill the night before to stock up on lots of camo.
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Accounting Competition
Lexi Sutherland
Briggs and Stratton, an industrial manufacturing company in Milwaukee, was the host of a Junior Achievement competition on Thursday, February 18th for high school level students interested in pursuing careers in the business field. The winning prize: $750 in scholarships per individual. Nine students currently enrolled in the Accounting course were chosen to represent GHS at this event. These students were chosen by teacher Ms. Sandy Giuliani for performing above a proficient level on recent in-class projects. When the students got there, they were told to split into groups of no more than three, and shortly after were paired with a professional consultant who acted as their mentor throughout the competition. Each team was tested on their knowledge and understanding of how to efficiently
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allocate resources to mentally construct and market a smart device capable of performing futuristic tasks (i.e. cleaning itself, producing food, projecting holograms). One group from GHS, consisting of sophomore Evan Agnew and seniors Connor Neeck and Eric Schaub, named their team “The Nutty Buddies.” The team went head to head against eight other groups in the morning competition. “Not going to lie, I was a little nervous,” said senior Eric Schaub, “$750 is too good of a price to watch slip through your hands.” After a tough battle, the team came in 4th out of eight teams, allowing them to just barely move onto the afternoon round. “Junior Achievement put on an excellent event filled with intense competition, great food, and a lot of valuable lessons from prestigious individuals in the business world.
I just wish we would have placed better,” said senior Connor Neeck. The team consisting of juniors Matt Silasiri and Sean O’Connor and senior Christopher Holdway, calling themselves “The Empire”, took home a second place win in the Blue division of the first round, but fell short in the final round. Teams were also able to compete in mini-competitions throughout the day. The team of seniors Kaitlyn Stielow, Alex Mentzel, and Bailey Colber entered into a logo-design competition. The objective: to create a logo for their company. These individuals took home the first place title. Stielow left the competition with a positive attitude, saying, “It was a fun accounting experience, getting to participate and compete against so many schools was a great way to prepare for competition in the future.”
FBLA Regional
Leadership Conference Ashley Yang Representing GHS, on February 6th, 32 FBLA members competed against 24 other schools in the Regional Leadership Conference, this year the conference was held at Random Lake High school. The conference included competitive events, election of new regional vice presidents, a general entertainment show, and an awards ceremony. Students competed in events that tested their business knowledge and skills. Top 3 winners of each event qualified to compete at the State Leadership Conference in La Crosse on Apirl and from there to the Nationals Leadership Conference in Atlanta on June . Several members placed in the top 3 of their event and earned silver
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• Seniors Shelby Babl, Jennifer Dudek, and Junior Emily Sophomore Sai Chityala, Eichhorn, 2nd in Business Ethics 3rd inIntro to Parliamentary • Sophomore Josiah Tamsen, 2nd Procedure place in Word Processing Senior Team Jake Kemp/ Ryan • Sophomore Katheryn Lamb, 1st Schulte 3rd in Social Media in Public Speaking Campaign • Sophomore Zach Taylor, 1st in SeniorTeam Isaiah Voss/Leah Spreadsheet Apllications Kromeich, 3rd in International • Sophomore Jarret DeSautel, 1st Business Computer Applications Sophomore Sarah Mentzel, 3rd in GHS records were set by the great Intro to Business Communication results. FBLA supervisor Ms. Giuliani Junior Ashley Yang and freshman stated, “The students all worked Sabrina Yang, 3rd in Emerging really hard, I’m so proud and excited Business Issues for what holds for us at State.” Senior team Nichole Auchter, Those outstanding accomplishments Maddi Hill, and Maddie earned Grafton FBLA 5th place for Schultz 2nd place in Hospitality overall Chapter in the region out of Management 24 schools.
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Preperation for HOSA State Abigail Benvenuto
The nationwide organization HOSA, (Health Occupation Students of America), has set its roots in the Grafton High School. In mid April, students will be traveling to the Wisconsin Dells to compete at the state event such as single events like the nutrition exam or team events like HOSA bowls. This year’s competition will be very different than last year’s due to the extra preparation HOSA is doing. “With 2015 being our rookie year going to State, it went very well for us but this year having study groups after school we should do even better,” said Ms. Fran Grant HOSA advisor. Last year the GHS HOSA team came home with four individual rankings. Current
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president Ashleigh Perry, a returning member of HOSA, said, “Last year everyone was pretty nervous, obviously because it was our first time, but this year everyone competing is hoping to go further,” said Perry. The team has been doing quizlets for the past couple of months in preparation for the upcoming State meet. “This year is going to be much better than last year because we have created study groups for the competition,” said Perry. The team hopes all of their hard work during the year will not only help them to place in State, but to also go move on to Nationals.
Students got the chance at an extra learning oporatunity to learn the basic anatomy of a cat. This was also a learing oportunity for students to prepare for HOSA state.
Jeans for Teens Adele Danner
Teaming up with Leo Club, senior Julia Kluck has been working toward improving the lives of homeless youth in the greater Milwaukee area this month by collecting gently worn jeans from students at GHS. Kluck got the idea from her mother who saw the project on the website Dosomething.org. Dosomething.org is a non-profit organization with the goal to inspire young people to make a difference in their community through service projects and campaigns. “I thought jeans was a good project,” said Kluck. “Everyone has jeans.” The drive ran from January 14 to February 26 with a goal to raise 250 pairs. This goal was met early and replaced with a new goal of 350. This goal was broken as well. 417 pairs of jeans were collected in total— over 500 lbs. of jeans. The jeans were taken to Milwaukee Rescue Mission on Saturday, January 27 where they will be distributed and put to good use. Kluck was impressed with the amount of student involvement and the desire at GHS to help make a difference. “I’m surprised that we were able to pass our goal, and I’m very thankful for everyone’s contributions,” said Kluck. “Hopefully they will continue this in the future.” “There’s always going to be someone in need,” Kluck said. “Go out and help!”
1 Success! Julia Kluck poses with the generous number of jeans donated by students at GHS. 2 Kluck decorated the hallway with cute handmade signs to encourage students to help out a great cause. 3 Hundreds of jeans wait to be packed and sent to Milwaukee Rescue Mission.
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Staff Departures
Ben Darling
While GHS got several new staff members this year, several others also decided to move on in the middle of the year. Among those who left were Mrs. Alisa Eichhorn, Mr. Fritz Rauch, Mr. John Douglass, and Mrs. Mary Poole. Mrs. Eichhorn, a front office secretary departed to pursue of a full-time opportunity at Nicolet High School, and as of now, there is no replacement planned for her position. Mr. Douglass, the Girls Head Swim coach for four years, retired. While he was employed here, he managed to
break every school swim record except diving. Not only that, but he also won two state titles and broke six previous state records. “I left GHS Swim and Dive team to have time to watch my own kids compete.” he said. A replacement has yet to be found. English teacher and football coach Mr. Fritz Rauch, was here for first semester. He decided to leave in pursuit of a position at Arrowhead High School, which also had both positions open. Mrs. Mary Poole was a library aide and worked part-time. She left for a
full-time opportunity elsewhere. Mrs. Poole said, “I have returned to my career in communications to work in the marketing department of a financial services organization.” Lindsay Schauer is the replacement for her position. That’s all the staff who have departed this year.
New Black Hawks
The evening of Monday, February 8 was snowy and cold, but GHS was packed with students, teachers and area families. They were all there for the first-ever Grafton High School Experience. This event was set up for the incoming class of 2020. The gym was lined with 44 course and activity booths and infinite possibilities. From Swim team to Forensics or Medical Interventions to German, Grafton High School showed off various activities to fit any student’s interests. “It’s important for students to understand what their new school has to offer,” Mr. Deering stated. Senior Jennifer Woolf attended the event and promoted the Gymnastics team. “We have a very limited amount of people on Gymnastics,” Woolf stated, “but the incoming freshmen might consider joining more seriously.” In hopes to attract more freshman involvement, each booth boasted its course or activity with posters and interactive models. Shooting rockets for Physics Society, stunting from the Cheer team, and performing heart rate scans by the Project Lead The Way course were sure to interest many incoming GHS students. “I like how the courses were promoted,” Mrs. Grant said. “This way the 8th graders could see the equipment for themselves and talk to the current students instead of an old lady like me.” Not only were the GHS faculty members and current students impressed with the successful evening, the 8th graders provided positive feedback as well. “I liked walking around and seeing all the different sports,” 8th grader Dominic Danner said. “I even got a free pencil from the Track team.”
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Cassidy Klug
The bright colors of the German flag and the smell of authentic German chocolate was sure to catch the attention of the students. Ms. Frey explains the benefits of taking German and all that the course entails for the upcoming year.
Harvey This past weekend the GHS Drama Department held their spring play Harvey. The play is comedy about a woman named Veta who is just trying 1 to get her two daughters out into society, but, is held back because of her 1 brother- Elwood. Elwood claims that he can see a mythological creature called a pookawhose name is Harvey. Veta is finally fed up with the nonsense of her brother, and she tries to put him into a mental institution. There, a series of events occurs and Veta is the one admitted. The doctors soon realize that Elwood is the actual crazy on, but they let him go because they thought Veta was the actual crazy one. Once in custody, the doctor presents the family with the option of giving Elwood a shot to prevent him from seeing Harvey anymore. Even though Elwood doesn’t want to the shot, the family decides that it must happen in order for the family to keep its sanity. In the end, the family collectively agrees to not give the shot because they like their Uncle Elwood just the way he is. 1. Lawyers Neil Daniels, Isaac Brust and Zainab Manzoor, along with sisters Brianna Luettgen and Abby Schmidt, attempt to comfort mother Kayla Semple who returned home after being falsely admitted into 2 the psychiatric clinic. “My favorite part of being onstage every show is the adrenaline rush right before we start,” said Semple. 2. Nurse Lee Kottke swoons over Brianna Luettgen in the family living room as nurse Maddi Hill rolls her eyes. “I loved being Fisk because she looked girly and dressed the girl part, but she was totally kick-ass and isn’t going to take anybody’s opinion,” said Hill. 3. Brianna Luettgen and Abby Schmidt speak with lawyer Zainab Manzoor when discussing suing the psychiatric ward. “My favorite part about acting as my character this year was the fact that I was basically a very sassy, old lady with a briefcase,” said Manzoor. “She was very fun to play.” 4. HARVEY! Seniors James Carpenter and Jake Craig cry out loudly in unison upon realizing they have admitted the wrong patient into their facility. “I love yelling on stage, and I love yelling in general. Especially where I get these long sets of lines where I just start ranting,” said Carpenter. “It’s really fun.” 5. How lovely! Spencer Knier hands Brianna Schulte a flower as he arrives at the clinic to visit. “On stage I really just enjoyed making people laugh. That felt really great when people laughed at my jokes,” said Schulte.
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Senior Spring Break Thomas Mann
Grafton
Clearwater Beach Naples On March 24th through April 4th, GHS will be closed for spring break. For some students this means fleeing the bitter cold of Wisconsin, and heading elsewhere for a much needed vacation. For Seniors this is their last spring break and a reason to celebrate with their friends. Seniors Grady Bauer, Katie Hunt, and Emily Riebe are excited about their final high school spring break. The trio will be spending their trip on a Royal Caribbean Cruise and visiting, the Bahamas, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands. The group also plans to take full advantage of the unlimited free food and drink. “The thing I’m most looking forward to on the cruise is stopping at all the different countries, and being able to go to multiple countries in one break,” Bauer said. Another group of 3 going on spring break is the senior group of Whitney Marshall, Morgan Weisflog, and Breannah Palubiski. Their vacation consists of staying at one of Weisflog’s relative’s house in Naples Florida.
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The Caribbean
The group plans on deep sea fishing, eating out, and most importantly, spending time at the beach. “I can’t wait to be on the beach, with no worries and just relaxing with my best friends.” says Marshall. Some students have been looking forward to this break for quite some time. Senior Charlie Potter and his friends have been planning their trip since they were in middle school. “I can’t believe it’s actually happening. We’ve been talking and planning this for so long. It’s surreal that March 25th is almost upon us.” Potter and 6 of his friends will be heading down to Clearwater Beach Florida and staying in the Hyatt Resort, located right on the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The group plans to spend most of their week-long vacation relaxing on the beach and the rest of the time sightseeing. For many seniors spring break is one last opportunity to make another great high school memory and spend quality time with their friends.
Music Review The 1975 Maddie Schad
After taking a break from the music scene, The 1975 is back in the spotlight. Their upcoming second album, I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It, set to release February 26, has already established pop-vibes with newly released singles like “The Sound” and “Love Me”. These songs even hint at the band’s 80s pop influence-ranging from British acts like David Bowie to The Blue Nile. The band, composed of frontman Matthew Healy, George Daniel, Ross MacDonald and Adam Hann, originally began playing alternative music. Their self-titled first album, released in September 2013, brought songs like “Robbers” and “Heart Out.” Both songs established their specific sound: alternative in nature with their instrumentals, but lyrically dramatic with lines like, “Now everybody’s dead / and they’re driving past my old school.”
Although The 1975 has mainly been an alternative group, the band has dabbled in the pop genre with the song “Girls” released as a single on their first album. Branching from their well-known monochromatic theme and cover art, the new album’s cover art is pink and white, symbolizing their embrace of pop music. The band also has chosen to experiment with techno-beats, which is apparent in “Somebody Else,”-- the band’s latest single. Even through the band’s evolution, they’ve continued to focus on their creative lyrics with lines such as, “Stop pacing around the room / using other people’s faces as a mirror for you.” The 1975’s lyrical genius is apparent throughout their work-- something that is not to be expected to fade anytime soon. The band’s U.S. tour begins in April 2016 and will be in Milwaukee May 24 at the Eagle’s Ballroom.
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Agility, Strength and Speed Ty Depies
Grafton Agility, Speed, and Strength, or Gas², is an after school workout program. Open to any student. Participating students can be involved in sports, but don’t have to be. This program was started by Phy Ed teachers and coaches Mr. Michael Welden and Mr. Jon Krysiak to keep athletes in their best shape or improve students’ overall health. This program has been ongoing since November 2015. Mr. Welden said, “Gas² keeps athletes involved during their off
season.” Gas² has had up to 55 students participating at any given time, both in and out of the weight room. Both males and females from numerous sports are involved in Gas² to improve performance. Senior Arturo Duran says, “Even wrestlers have time for Gas².” Junior Hailey Zwicker participates in Gas² to prepare for the upcoming soccer season, Zwicker says, “Gas² gives me an opportunity to prepare myself for soccer season. It pushes me to succeed.”
Gas² is every day after school and is welcome to new members. Contact Mr. Welden and Mr. Krysiak with any questions.
4 Years, 4 Coaches Chloe Doring
Here at Grafton High School the football program has been unstable for the past 4 years, but the junior players have had a positive outlook on the situation. The juniors have had 3 different head coaches and are currently on their fourth as they enter into their final season. Some players have taken full advantage of having a new head coach each year. Going into each season the players have a clean slate and are able to showcase their skills and abilities. “The positions are already set from last year, but we still need to prove ourselves and abilities to the new coach,” said junior Vincent Giorgi. Having a new coach each season has also brought the team closer together. “We don’t always have a coach to unite us, which makes us more united as players,” said junior Jack Birch. When entering a new season the players aren’t sure what the coaches
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style and personality will be like; this makes the beginning of the season’s unpredictable. Every coach has different ways of approaching the team. “Starting a new season with a new head coach can be kind of nerve wracking. We obviously trust what he is doing, but we never know how he is going to act during games,” said Birch. With a new coach every year, players may have a difficult time building a strong relationship with their final and senior year coach, but junior Hayden Proefrock thinks differently and is excited about the new coach. “It’s a full year and we are with them everyday so we get a lot of contact with them,” said Proefrock. The head coach for the 2016 season is Shaun Behrend; he will also be taking a position as a special ed teacher here at Grafton. “He is a new, young coach and he will know what he is doing. He may
not know the traditions here at Grafton, but I think he will fit in great,” said junior Jackson Senczyszyn The junior players look forward to a successful upcoming season with Behrend
State Recap The Boys Swim and Dive team made a splash at sectionals on February 13 and 14 at Plymouth High School, taking home the title of Sectional Champions. The small, yet mighty team made up of 11 swimmers and divers earned a total of 392 points.The boys qualified for state in 13 individual events and 3 relays. The WIAA Division 2 State Meet was held at the UW-Madison Natatorium February 19th. Beginning the WIAA Division 2 State Meet on February 19 for
Grafton were the divers. Bader took 16th with a total of 230.80, Hauer was 11th with 310.50, and Niswonger placed 10th with 313.20 points. The 200 Medley Relay team made up of Bodart, Senczyszyn, O’Connor, and Schacht took 1st place with a time of 1:35.42. O’Connor took 3rd in the 200 Free with a 1:46.04, and Herlache in 14th with a 1:51.30. Senczyszyn swam a 2:05.70 in the 200 IM taking 15th. Bodart took 3rd in the 50 Free with a
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time of 21.27. O’Connor swam a 50.72 in the 100 Fly taking 1st. The 100 Free was swam by Bodart who took 3rd with 47.51, Schacht in 11th with 49.74, and Herlache in 14th with 50.17. Herlache, Senczyszyn, Hanney, and Schacht swam a 1:29.85 in the 200 Free Relay finishing 4th. Hanney took 16th in the 100 Back with a time of 1:00.25. The 100 Breast was swam by Senczyszyn taking 5th place with 1:00.09. Bodart, Herlache, Hanney, and O’Connor made up the last event of the meet, the 400 Free Relay the four swam a 312.61, taking 3rd. The team earned a grand total of 213 points and took 4th overall, just 3 points behind the 3rd place finishing team.
Girls’ Season Comes to a Close Sierra Greenslate
For the 2015-2016 season, the girls varsity team fought hard to be on top. The team which included two seniors, five juniors, one sophomore and one freshman ended the season with a 15-4 record. They started off their season against Campbellsport winning 50 to 49. The girls continued their undefeated record up until the first game against Grafton’s biggest conference opponent, Cedarburg, losing 30 to 45. The loss put an emotional drain on the girls but they came back as a team and beat University School 73 to 12 a little over one week later. Junior Chloe Doring set a personal high of 27 points in the Regional game against West Bend East and helped the team bring in another win which meant the girls continued to the regional final game. The regional final game took place on Saturday, February 27 against Cedarburg; the team put up a tough battle but sadly finished their season. One proud achievement was taking down
Germantown, “Beating Germantown is my best memory from high school basketball because we really came together as a team and it was a good time,” said junior Gillian Waskiewicz. Waskiewicz has played varsity basketball all three years of high school. Freshman Hannah Belanger is on a similar path starting her first year at Grafton High School as a varsity athlete for basketball, “It wasn’t intimidating playing varsity as a freshman because I already knew all of the girls, and they made me feel like I was a part of their family right away.” The team is proud of what they have accomplished this season but look towards improving for the next year.
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If you were given 24 hours to live, what would you do?
What scares you the most and why? Would you give a homeless person CPR if they were dying?
If you could learn any language what would it be and why? If you could wish for anything what would it be and why? If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why?
Travel the world.
Death, because I don’t know what it’s going to be like.
Yes, they’re human just because they’re homeless doesn’t make them any less of a person.
Kanji, I’ve always been facinated by the fact that their words are charcters. To fly, because I would be experiencing something no one else has.
New York City, to see what the city life is like in the city that never sleeps. Breannah Palubiski