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THE WOOSTER BLADE | JAN. 25, 2022 | PAGE 2
Senioritis and burnout settling in for students at WHS BAILEY MESSNER staff writer Senioritis is usually known by students as a lack of motivation that spreads most in a senior’s final semester of high school. The origins of senioritis can also be a product of long term burnout, which is typically caused by overworking and high levels of stress. BLADE staff collected a poll on burnout during the week of Jan. 10 and Jan. 17. Out of 118 radonmly selected students who were polled, roughly 88% of student respondents said they felt burnt out before winter break. Guidance counselor Tyler Egli reflected on how WHS inclusion of eighth grade in the building might affect its students. “Wooster has the highest amount of burn out that I’ve observed. I think part of that equation has to do with how early some of our students start high school classes, so when they get to senior year they’ve been doing this for five, six, or even seven years,” Egli said. On the poll, 22 seniors said they have experienced some level of senioritis or burnout at this point in the year.
However, Lydia Otto (12) says she has not experienced symptoms of senioritis, but explains that “I feel burnout when I work multiple times throughout the week because I have homework I have to worry about.” English Dept. member Diane Mealey has seen the flow of burnout for high schoolers for many years. Mealey states, “When I taught eleventh and twelfth grades, after spring break was the hardest, most burned out time (and I imagine I’ll see that same pattern this spring).” While burnout is a problem for every school year, it is especially
How are students feeling?
WHS students answer questions about burnout
“WOOSTER HAS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF BURNOUT THAT I’VE OBSERVED,” EGLI SAID. high with the current state of the pandemic. Of the WHS students polled, 84.6% of them reported that COVID-19 has caused them to get burnt out more easily.
Polls were randomly distributed by Bailey Messner, Ashton Dunlap and Lexxe Parsons to 118 students on Jan. 10 and Jan. 17.
Band prepares to perform at Severence Hall in Cleveland STELLA POWERS staff writer On Jan. 30, the WHS Symphonic Band will perform at Severance Hall in Cleveland for the Northeast Ohio Band Invitational. This event is hosted by the Cleveland Institute of Music. “There’s four high school bands, local bands from the area, and the Kent State University
Wind Ensemble, in addition to the Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony which is a select group of students made up from all over Cleveland,” shared band director, Craig French. According to French, this is an incredible opportunity for students to get to play music in a world class concert hall and for other groups to get to hear them play. “The experience gained from putting yourself into that situ-
ation with only one shot to do it right is really valuable,” said French. “And just getting to say that they did that. That they’ve walked on the same stage and been on the same stage as some of the world’s best musicians. That’s also really unique, I think,” French said. Rebekah Lay (11) shared that she is also very excited for this opportunity and the big change it will be from other perfor-
mances the band has done in the past. “I am really happy to be playing at Severance Hall because I have been going there to see Cleveland Orchestra performances since I was a child, and it will be a cool experience to be up on the stage, as opposed to being in the seats watching the performance,” said Lay. “It is different because we only have played concert music either in the Gym or PAC at WHS, so it
will be a big change to be playing at a Hall that has gold on the ceiling.” Kerry Stevenson (12) echoes Lay in regards to the performance and change of setting. “I am very excited to play at Severance Hall in Cleveland. It’s different from other venues because this is more of a professional setting,” Stevenson said. People interested in attending can purchase tickets at woomusic.revtrak.net.
