Orchestra performance
February 15, 2012 • Jayda Ayala
Every few months the orchestra performs a concert. The orchestra’s concerts are always free and anyone can come! The most recent concert the orchestra has performed was the February concert. The February concert took place on Feb. 9 in the South Commons. The conductors of the concert were Martha Barnhill,... Read more »
Time to respond
February 14, 2012 • Serena Katsbulas
Reading, reading and more reading, seems to cover the class syllabus for the college class Introduction to Literature. Introduction to Literature is provided through Washburn University and taught by teachers Holly Wetmore and Kevin Johnston. The textbook used for the class is Exploring Literature. The... Read more »
Having fun in history
February 14, 2012 • Hannah Johnson
In Charlie Appelhanz’s AP World History class, he put together a team building exercise for the new semester. The entire class had to figure out how to get out of a maze, but the really tricky part was if you got a step wrong you had to trace your steps back out of the maze. The maze consisted of a... Read more »
Textured platter
January 25, 2012 • Rachel Anstaett
In Ceramics Two, one of the many projects one would do is a texture platter. The first step in making a textured platter is to roll out a slab and choose or make the stamp you want with your platter. Once the students would do that, they put the stamp into the slab and use a mold to make the shape they... Read more »
Creative class
January 24, 2012 • Maeson Ballou
In ceramics class people get to make cool and unique projects that express themselves but also follow the criteria teacher Ryan Paget assigns. However, in Ceramics II before the students could start any project they had to make test tiles. Test tiles are made so students can experiment with glaze and... Read more »
Bullying
January 17, 2012 • Kaytlin White
At the end of the first semester English teacher Kate Harland had all of her students write about bullying. Harland gave her students a long time to work on everything like the research, citing sources, and writing the paper. The paper ended up being part of the final. Harland had all of her students... Read more »
The dark side of happily ever after
December 22, 2011 • Julia McCraw
Girl meets boy. Boy meets girl. Girl finds herself in trouble. Boy saves girl from certain death, and they all live happily ever after. So goes the story of pretty much every modern fairy tale that we all have come to know and love. However there is a dark, morbid side to many fairy tales. In Julie Coulter’s... Read more »
Mealworm lab
December 22, 2011 • Shelby Schone
Mealworms are gross! In Stacie Borjon’s Biology class we did a mealworm lab. We got into a few groups and tested the worm’s behaviors for different things such as, darkness, wetness, smoothness, and hotness. Every group’s worms reacted a little differently than others. But all of them should have... Read more »
Party time
December 21, 2011 • Katherine Mathews
Partying is the main thing we do in Choraliers. We work really hard learning new music almost every day, and then when there is a chance to party, we take it. This group of people are party animals. Robert Doole’s wife usually brings the meal. Sheryl Franzke-Doole is a wonderful cook. Pasta is her... Read more »
Nighttime learning
December 21, 2011 • Hailey Mann
Most students go to class only during the daytime hours, but some students decided to start working on their college credits early. Those students can choose to take a class at night. There was a small hand full of students that decided to do just this. Once a week the Freshman Composition class meets... Read more »