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February 24, 2012 Narada Reanprayoon

Hey Mustangs! It’s the end of the month of February now! We hope everything is doing well so far. Take a look what events are coming up!

v Feb 25: Girls Basketball Sectional Tournament vs. Coldwater 8 PM @ Bath

v Feb 29: Boys Basketball Sectional Tournament vs. Coldwater 8 PM @ Wapakoneta

v Feb 27: Play Practice 3:15-‐4 PM @ Auditeria

v Feb 29: Dress Rehearsal 3:30-‐4:30 PM @ Auditeria

v Feb 28: Play Practice Act1 walk-‐through @ Auditeria 3-‐4 PM

v Mar 1: Play Practice @ Auditeria 3-‐4 PM

v Mar 8: Thunder Try-‐

Outs 4-‐6 PM @ Gym

v Mar 9: Cheerleading Try-‐Outs 4-‐6 PM @ Gym

1 Cover 2 Upcoming Events 3 Agenda 4 French Club 5 Band 6 Choir 7 Editorial 8 Wrestling 9 Girls Basketball

10 Boys Basketball 11 JH Girls Basketball 12 Cheerleading 13 Sports Collage 14 Meet A Teacher 15 Senior Review 16 Meet A Newby 17 Readers Rides 18 Rolls 19 Ms. Advice 20 Mr. Advice 21 My Least Favorite 22 Kids in the Hall

Feb 27, 2012: Informational meeting for students /parents that want to participate in post secondary enrollment options for school year 2012-‐2013 @ Auditeria 6-‐7 PM

Congratulations to Aubren Davis, Cheyenne Bierly, and Paige Mason! Their artworks were chosen for the Kewpee High School Invitational Art Show at Art Space Lima. It will be displayed through April 14th J

The Allen East MathCounts team competed Saturday at Apollo. The MathCounts team was very competitive and had some excellent scores! Mr. Richardson says, “Thank you and congratulations to all the team members for a great season! See you next year!”

February 24th 2012 Anthony Clawson Hey everyone, welcome back after a good and exciting weekend. For this week for the Agenda page we will be look at pages 102 and 103. These pages are from February 20th to February 26th and they talk about many great things th at will make you surprised! This month’s character trait is integrity. Integrity is a noun and it means Moral soundness; inherent complex of attributes that determine a person’s moral and ethical actions and reactions; unreduced or unbroken completeness. If you have integrity then you are probably honest and people probably like you. People can probably always trust you, with just about anything like maybe something personal or a secret for example. Integrity is always something good to have! This week the vocabulary is hexagon. A hexagon is a noun and it means a figure with six angles. An example of this would be I drew a shape with six sides and it was a hexagon and then my mom hung it up on the refrigerator. For this year in this week in history on 1868 February 23rd W.E.B. Dubois was born. W.E.B Dubois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-‐Africanist, author, and editor.

Born in western Massachusetts, Dubois grew up in a tolerant community and experienced little racism as a child. After graduating from Harvard, where he

was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology, and economics at Atlanta University. Dubois was one of the co-‐founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. Dubois was also known for the Niagara Fall movement. What this was is Dubois was trying to get service like buying a hotel room in New York but no one would give them service. What they did is go into Canada and got perfect service and Dubois wrote all about it. For this week’s study tip it is get into the habit of

actively studying each day. If you do this over and over again not only will you get good grades but you will never forget to study. If you so something for so long of a time and keep doing over again you will defiantly never

forget. So everyone keep studying for you can get those good grades and never for get to study!

February 24, 2010 Kenzie Conrad

Hey there Mustangs! This week, as some of you may know, was the week of Mardi Gras! Our French teacher Mrs. Knippen and all of our French students participated in a Mardi Gras of our own. On Tuesday the 21st, Mardi Gras, the French club held a breakfast that started before school, in which, they had French food and festivities. Want to know

more? Keep reading on to find out more about our wonderful French club!

Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday.” The name Mardi Gras came from the parading of a fat ox through Paris on this day. This ox

was paraded through town to remind people that they weren’t allowed to eat meat during Lent. Lent runs from Ash Wednesday and

goes through Easter Sunday. However, Mardi Gras moves, it can be anywhere from February 3rd to March 9th, but it depends on when Easter falls. The French people who came to America brought their Mardi Gras customs with them, and the most famous festival of Mardi Gras is in New Orleans in Louisiana. Although, Mardi Gras parades happen all throughout the world. A few examples would be Biloxi, Rio de Janeiro, Nice, Binche, and Viareggio.

In Southern Italy, people dress up in costumes and put on an ancient play. In Rio de Janeiro, people dance in the streets. In Nice, people wear huge masks and parade through the streets. In Binche, people dress in colorful clown costumes and dance in the streets. Our French club has their own festivities that they partake in, such as the Mardi Gras float contest. The

float contest is a “competition” between members of the French club. The members are supposed to pick a partner to participate with and build a float that pertains to France or even just a fun float that’s aesthetically pleasing. As the floats

are finished they are placed in a clear trophy cabinet, and stay there so the teachers can vote on them to decide the winners. When the winner is chosen they receive a prize of different

sorts that’s usually vary each year.

~ B A N D ~ February 24th, 2012 JORDAN SLOAN

Hey there, Mustangland! The Pep Band has their final game tonight, and that can only mean one thing: Brass season is fast approaching! The Band Department also put on an All-‐Bands concert on Wednesday, February

15th, in the auditeria. Let’s take a look at the upcoming events in the band department!

As of Tuesday, February 21st, the concert band has started preparing for a concert. The band has been alternating days for Preview Practice. This summer, the Mustang Brass will start band camp to prepare for the fair show. Coming back to the topic of Concert Band, the songs that the band is currently working on are: “Slippery Slides”, “Bugler’s Rag”, “Entrance Of Tall Ships”, “Drum Crazy”, “La Flauta Fiesta”, “Calypso Clarinets”, “Spirit Of America”, “Soul Bossa Nova”, “Fritz and Franz and the OOM-‐PAH BAND”, “Can-‐Can you name these

tunes?”, “Let The Flag Of Freedom Wave”, and “Brookpark”. They will also be playing some songs from the upcoming

Brass Season. As for the Pep Band, they are performing their final game on Friday, February 24th, 2012 against Lincolnview, playing such songs as “We Got The Beat”, “The Horse”, “Shout It Out”, “Hokey Tuba

Pokey”, “Beer Barrel”, and “Run-‐around Sue”. The pep band consists of 39 members 15 trumpets (Tyler Tafe, Andy Kill, Kayla Fox, Lindsay McKinney, Trisha Drury, Megan Neal, Kylee Dirmeyer, Lucas Coon, Lenzy Strunk, Emma McGuire, Scott Braunwarth, Sara Plaugher, Hayley Motter,and Donato Rigali), 2 F Horns (Megan McAdoo and Madison Miller), 5 Baritones (Ashley Neal, Katelyn Twining, Parker Frey, Alicianna Schmiedebusch, and Ashlyn Dilbone), 9 Trombones (Hunter Sherman, Bobby Dotson, Tristin Clum, Jenny McCombs, Josh Gilbreath, Alex

Emerson, Forrest Hager, Trey Gossard, and Harry Kill), 1 Tuba (Mitchell Leis), 1Primary Snare Drummer (Jordan Sloan),

2 Snare/Cymbal Players (Ben Thayer, and Austin Ritson) 3 Multiple Players (Sierra Sizemore, Taylor Clum, and Zak Thomas), and 1 Bass Drummer (David Gruber).

February 24, 2012 Andrew Hoffer The Allen East Choir has been very busy lately. They are practicing for their Spring Concert which will be held on Friday, May 18th. The choir will be having a Spring Concert on Friday, May 18th. This concert is the last choir concert for this year and the last one ever for the seniors. The seniors will sing a special song of their choosing called a senior song in this concert. Every senior this year plans on singing a senior song but only three have decided on their song. Those few decided students are; Alan Lemaster, who will sing “Good Riddance” by Green Day, Ashley Neal, who will sing “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (Yuna Ito’s version), and Kayla Fox, who will sing “Country Strong” by Gwyneth Paltrow. So far it looks like it will be a great concert with three great songs picked out already and more to come! Everyone should come out May 18th and enjoy the concert! Those songs so far are:

§ “Sing We for Love Together” by Giovanni Gastoldi

§ “Wade in the Water” by Roger Emerson

§ “Ave verum Corpus” by Wolgang Amadeus Mozart

Here is an interview with Ashley Neal, one of the senior members of the choir. Q: How is your senior year in choir going? A: It is going very well I’m the only senior in my class so I’m like the leader. Q: How do you like the current selection of songs for the Spring Concert? A: I love “Wade in the Water” it is a great powerful piece and draws lots of emotions out of people, but I don’t like “Sing We for Love Together” it’s too high. Q: What is your favorite memory in choir? A: Being with Lenzy Strunk, she makes me laugh but some of the best are singing “Let it Snow” with Levi Hoy and Caleb Burkey in the “Sheik of Araby”. Q: How do you feel about this being your last year to sing for Allen East? A: Naturally I’m sad, going to miss out on crying at every show because I get super emotional. Q: Is there anything else you’d like to add?

A: “To everybody in choir, sing with all you got and all your heart because that’s what truly matters.”

Febuary 24th, 2012 John Stephens For this week’s editorial we are covering senioritis. Senioritis is a real disability rather than a disease. It has been affecting American teens for decades now. Senioritis occurs when an individual has been going to school for so long they are counting down the days until graduation and they tend to be tardy and absent from school more than usual.

Many people think it will never happen to them but it really can. Senioritis affects millions of American teens every year. An even more shocking fact is that senioritis is occurring in juniors more than ever before. Symptoms of senioritis include a lack of motivation, drop in academic performance, the desire to drop out of school, and coasting. Coasting is going through classes with very little effort and concentration. Other symptoms include truancy and frequent

tardiness along with procrastination. If you find yourself playing games or constantly being on the internet when you should be doing school work you may be at a predisposition for senioritis. There is no known cure yet for senioritis but with advances in technology and teaching techniques senioritis to some students may be a thing of the past. The Allen East School district has been working diligently to fight against this disabilitating disorder

by investing in technology. Senioritis is a chronic disability that cannot be stopped but if you just look at the big picture of school it may help slow down its effects. In fact when the Allen East community received a new school there was a major decline in cases of senioritis. Many other school districts are seeing similar results. Senioritis will never be completely gone but schools are making an effort to prevent it. Students

February 24, 2012 Cole Plaugher

This weekend the boys wrestled at the III Sectional Tournament at Lima Central Catholic. Colt Lovejoy and J.R. Conyers will be leading the rest of the Allen East wrestling team into the districts.

Allen East was at L.C.C. for

the Division III sectional

tournament. Allen East’s team

score was 126.0, they were 7th

out of all the other schools.

The others who made it into

the districts was Tyler Baker

in the 120 weight class, Max

McAdoo in

the 170

weight

class, and

Grant

Criblez in

the 182

weight

class.

Tyler

Baker

defeated Bath’s Trey Wheeler

5-4 and got 1st place in his

weight class. Colt Lovejoy

defeated Wayne Trace’s Zach

Cotterman by pin for 1st in his

weight class. J.R. Conyers

beat Logan Looser of Dephos

Saint John’s

22-7. Grant

Criblez beat

David

Gremling of

L.C.C. 6-5.

Max McAdoo

unfortunately

lost too

Bobby Sunderhaus of L.C.C. 4-

3 but he will still be able to go

on to districts. Districts are at

Dayton, Kettering.

The Lady Mustang’s varsity team plays Coldwater at Bath High School on Saturday, February 25th at 8 p.m.

February 24th, 2012 Kyra Mae Plaugher The Allen East High School Girls Basketball team’s season is ending. Now the Lady Mustangs have tournaments at Bath High School. Let’s see how the ladies did with their last game against Lima Central Catholic.

On Friday, February 17th the varsity girls had senior’s night at home against LCC T-‐birds. The Mustangs and the T-‐birds were tied in the first quarter. The Mustangs picked it up and were up by 3 points to make the half time score be 29-‐26. In the second half the Mustang’s defense worked hard and stopped the T-‐birds offense from scoring. The Mustang’s shots fell to keep them ahead. This was a tough, great NWC victory. The final score was 65-‐52. The high scorers were Kaycee Rowe and Mallie Kirkendall both with 17, Morgan Truex and Jadin Salyers both with 9, and Erin Conkle with 5 points. Their final record was 10-‐10, now they have tournaments.

The junior varsity girls played the Lima Central Catholic Thunderbirds at home, on Friday, February 17th. The Mustangs set the tone for the varsity. The Mustangs had to keep up with the T-‐birds and they did. The T-‐birds were down 3 with the half time score being 28-‐25. The second half was very intense. Both team’s shots fell and the game was very close, but

the Mustang’s defense stopped the T-‐birds. This was a great NWC win for the Mustangs. The final score

was 52-‐50. The scorers of the night was Aubri Woods with 16, Carly Clum with 15, Kiley Lutes and London Richardson both with 7, Emily Allen with 4, and Kyra Plaugher with 3 points. Their record this year was the school’s best junior varsity record of 18-‐2.

February 24, 2012 Chaz Moore

Hey there Mustang Land, We’re back with another excitnig week of boys varsity basketball. We will be giving you updates on the games that took place and on the games that are coming up.

On February 18, 2012 the Allen East Mustangs played the Waynesfield- Goshen Tigers. Both teams were full of energy and ready to play, both wanting to comeout with a win. In the first quarter the Tigers were up 17 to 14. In the second quarter the Mustangs scored 25 more points and held the Tigers to only scoring 9, which made the score at at the end of the first half 39 to 26 with the Mustangs on top. In the 3rd quarter of action the Mustangs came out scoring 16 more points to the Tiger’s 14, which made the score at the end of the third quarter 55 to 40 with the Mustangs on top. In the last quarter the Mustangs scored 26 more points to the Tigers 23 which made the score 81 to 63 with the Mustangs coming out on top with the win. The leading scorer for the Mustangs was James Richardson with 28 points. Another key player for the Mustangs was Tanner Richardson who had 21 points. Jacob Howard for the Mustangs had 1 three- point field goal and 13 points. and James Richardson for the Mustangs had 5 three-point field goals. This would bring the Mustangs record to 6-13. The Mustangs next game is February 24, 2012 where they play the Lincolnview Lancers.

On February 18, 2012 the Allen East Mustangs Jv played the Waynesfield- Goshen Tigers. Both teams came prepared to play and both teams wanting to come away with a victory. The Mustangs beat the Tigers 54 to 33. The leading scorer for the Mustangs was Marcus Quintero with 16 points. Another key player for the Mustangs was Clay Plaugher with 14 points. The JV has a pretty impressive record is 11-8. The Mustangs Jv have been practicing hard everyday and working on areas that need worked on, to make them better. The Mustangs next game is February 24, 2012 where they play the Lincolnview Lancers and during the week, they will be practicing hard to get that 12th win.

On March 2, 2012 the Allen East Mustangs play the Coldwater Cavaliers at Wapakoneta High School for the tournament. The game

will start at 8 p.m.

February 24, 2012 Jordan Coates

Hey there Mustangland! We’re back this week and bringing you up to date on everything you need to know about Allen East Junior High wrestling and Junior High 7th & 8th grade girl’s basketball!

On Saturday, February 18 the girls

played LCC. In the

NWC tournament the

girls fought hard but

had a tough loss with

the score of 23-39.

Kelli Leis was the

leading scorer with 9

points with Kaitlyn McKeever helping

with 6 points. The 7th grade ended up

with an overall record of 3-10. They

may have had a tough season but they

made it all the way to the tournament

semi-finals! The 8th grade didn’t quite

make it as far as the 7th grade team did

with their hard loss Monday February,

13th against Crestview. They put as

much effort as they could in the game

but ended up losing it with the score of

23 to 38. There overall record of the

season was 5-8 leading the 8th graders

with a pretty good last Junior High

season!

The Junior High wrestling team has

been doing fairly well this year. The

team hopes to end out the season on a

good note. This way they can continue

on the wrestling

tradition here at

Allen East for

years to come.

The JR. High

team finished

fourth as a team

at the NWC Tournaments.

Lee Dues was the only champion for

Allen East. Brandon Soules, Travis

Goodin, Logan Emerick, Jesse Erivia

and Dalton Mast were 2nd. Then

Schuyler Caprella was 3rd. Many of the

team members went up to BGSU this

past weekend for Junior High districts.

Lee Dues placed 6th and qualifies for

Junior High state in Akron Ohio. The

alternate is Logan Emerick who placed

7th.

February 24, 2012 Kelsi Twining

February 24th, 2012 Braden Goodwin

The winter sports are going great for our Mustangs. Here are some of the pictures from this year’s winter sports. Take a look!

February 24, 2012 Isaac Spencer

If you ever have had a math question that needed answering, or maybe

some difficulty understanding how to do trigonometry, then you may

have talked to this man. This man is also the coach of the Allen East

Mustang wrestling team and football team. This man is of course Mr.

Abbey.

Biography-‐ Mr. Abbey has been a teacher at Allen East for 12 years and is the coach of high school wrestling and high school football. He has been coaching the football team for one year so far and plans on coaching for this upcoming season. He has been coaching wrestling for 13 years, and has been holding an impressive wrestling record, Making Allen East regarded as one of the best wrestling teams in the area. Mr. Abbey has played in high school football, wrestling, and baseball. He has also played golf, tennis, and lots of rugby. He is the proud owner of a brand new Kia Optima. Do not mess! He teaches high school level Algebra II, Pre-‐Calculus, and Calculus.

We asked him to tell us a little something about himself. I was married this previous summer at the age of 40, and my wife is now expecting

Mr. Abbey, have you ever done a cartwheel in class? Yes, once as incentive for a calculus class last year. I was told it was

graceful and beautiful.

Doing your homework is always a plus

You can’t ever beat a person who NEVER gives up

February 24th, 2012 Athy Long

With only about 15 weeks left of school, Allen East high school seniors are

starting to get anxious for graduation. We’re all wondering what goes on

inside the head of a high school senior. The Mustanger’s here to deliver those

thoughts straight from the mind of Cody Weise.

Q: How has

your senior

year been going

so far Cody?

A: Pretty

awesome so

far.

Q: What is your

favorite thing to do outside of

school?

A: I like to shoot for sport, blow things

up, and I like to do karate.

Q: Do you have a favorite school

memory you would like to share?

A: It would probably have to be

watching Isaac Spencer jump out of

trashcans to scare people.

Q: What do you plan

on doing after

you graduate?

A: I plan on going to

Rhodes for police

academy.

Q: What has been your favorite class

this year?

A: I have really enjoyed industrial tech

4, I really can’t tell you why!

Q: Where would be your ideal place to

call home?

A: It would be the same place I’m living

now.

Q: What is your favorite

video game?

A: I don’t play a lot of

video games, but I

like Dead Island.

Q: Who have been your

favorite people to hang out with this

school year?

A: Brad Roether, Isaac Spencer, Cole

Plaugher, and and Anthony Clawson.

Q: What are you planning on doing this

summer?

A: I plan on having the best summer of

my life. I like swimming with friends.

Q: Are you going to miss going to

school?

A: I will absolutely not miss school. Not

even a bit.

February 24th, 2012 Bradley Agler

Hey there Mustangland! This week we have a new person roaming the halls. His name is Logan Ryan and he is a freshman. Read on to know more about him.Q. Where did you come from? A. I came from Mountain Home,

Idaho.

Q. What brought you here? A. I have family in the Air Force

and we relocated here.

Q. Do you play any sports? A. Yes I play basketball and

football.

Q. Which is your favorite?

A. Basketball is because I fell in love with it at such a young age.

Q. What’s your favorite hobby and why?

A. I love to play sports just because it keeps me entertained when I’m bored.

Q. So far, what is your favorite class here?

A. I would have to say English because we do a lot of fun stuff in there.

Q. Who’s your favorite teacher? A. I would say Ms. Kidwell because I

haven’t had any homework in her class yet.

Q. How well are you adjusting to Allen East? A. I’m adjusting pretty well, it’s nice to just have one hallway for classes instead of a whole school building.

Q. What do you miss most about Idaho?

A. I think the one thing I miss most is all of my friends.

Q. How different is it here compared to Idaho?

A. It’s not that big of a difference, I’m just used to going to just a high school instead of an all around school.

February 24th, 2012 Drew Swaney

Have you ever thought of the best car from the 90s? Tried to find one that was just what you would love to own back then? Well, Anthony Evans owns

one! And here is what he had to say about it. Q. What kind of car do you have? A. I own a 1998 Chevrolet Malibu LS. Q. How did you get this car? A. My dad gave it to me for my first car. Q. What have you done to your car? A. I got it turboed. Q. How does it do in the winter? A. It does great in the snow. Q: How does it do on gas? A: It does horrible on gas, only gets about 20mpg.

Q. Would you recommend anyone to buy the same kind of car that you have? A. Yes, I would recommend it to anyone for a first car. Q. What makes your car special? A. It’s pretty quick for how old it is. Q. What do you like about your ride? A. I like the sound it makes. Q. What do you dislike about your ride? A. It’s too small for me. Q. What is your favorite memory so far? A: When I first drove it I was surprised at how fast it was. Q. If money were not an issue what vehicle

would you want? A. I would want a 2001 dodge ram 2500

cummins turbo diesel with a smoke switch.

February 24, 2012 Abby Wright This week’s polls question is; what is your biggest fear? Amanda Baker: Have you ever seen the movie “Don’t be Afraid of the Dark?” Well my biggest fear is running into those little creatures.

Brad Agler: My biggest fear would have to be my girlfriend, because when she’s angry it’s like she’s the Hulk.

Jordan Coates: Have you ever seen the movie “Evil Things?” Well my biggest fear is being followed in the middle of nowhere and everything I do being recorded. Kortni Rooker: My biggest fear is drowning in a car. Hannah Kramer: My biggest fear is spiders! Miranda Dolan: My biggest fear is having my eyes glued shut. Aubren Davis: My biggest fear is dying abruptly.

Angelo Fox: My biggest fear is dying alone in Mexico away from my girlfriend.

Emma McGuire: My biggest fear is that I’ll just randomly stop breathing. Meagan Sanchez: My biggest fear is being surrounded by clowns in a fun house. Britny Blair: My biggest fear is being

surrounded by giant spiders like Harry Potter. Paige Mason: My biggest fear is Gary Busey.

Kyra Plaugher: My biggest fear is being burned alive. Narada Reanprayoon: My biggest fear is thunderstorms. Makenzie Conrad: My biggest fear is clowns and leprechauns! Jordan Sloan: My biggest fear is the dark because you knew know what could be hiding in the dark! Athy Long: My biggest fear is an apocalypse.

February 24, 2012 Amanda Baker page 19 Ms. Advice is back with more questions asked by the advice seeking Allen East students. Let’s see what problems your peers are having this week.

Dear Ms. Advice, So I have this crazy zebra print obsession. It is just so adorable and striped. It is all different colors and stuff. How can I get over this freaky obsession? -Jimmy Dear Jimmy, I suggest you slowly wean yourself off of zebra print by getting rid of your zebra things. You will slowly forget about zebra print considering you will not see it everyday anymore. Dear Ms. Advice, I’m going to Apollo next year but I don’t want to leave all my friends, and these wonderful Allen East teachers. I will be leaving my best senior friend and my other best friends too. I don’t want to make new friends because I’d feel like I’m replacing my irreplaceable old friends. What do I do? I need help! -Joe

Dear Joe, If your friends were good friends, they would let you go. They obviously won’t want you to go because they love you, but it’s still your decision. If you make new friends it doesn’t mean you will lose your old ones if they were true. Hope that helps! Dear Ms. Advice, I’m getting my first vehicle. I’m not sure if I want a car or a truck, because the gas mileage for trucks is higher than cars, but I’d much rather have a truck. Dear Gus, This is your first car. You should save your money for a truck for your second vehicle, so you can get the one you really want when you are more confident in your choice, and more confident at driving so you don’t bang up your brand new truck.

February, 24, 2012 Cole Meyer Hey there Mustangs I’m back with another exciting and informative advice column. This week is just like the other weeks but there are different problems and different solutions. It would be to your benefit to read this page because you could

benefit from what advice I give to the people who asked.Dear Mr. Advice, I just recently got into some trouble at home, and it caused a lot of things in my life to change, like the relationship with my parents, girlfriend and my relationship with myself. I have no idea what to do. How can I get things to go back to the way they were before this happened? Sincerely, Struggling Dear Struggling, That’s a really hard thing that has a huge effect on your emotions. Something similar happened to me before. From a personal standpoint I felt broken for a while. It is important to remain optimistic no matter what. Take time to think things over and show everyone that you’re sorry for your mistake. Everything should work out in the end. Sincerely, Mr. Advice Dear Mr. Advice, I am having troubles making deadlines some of my classes at school. I’m always rushing at the last minute to get my homework and other projects done. If I keep it up I will get bad grades in my classes and this could affect my grade point average. How can I improve on making deadlines to avoid taking a big hit in my grades? Sincerely, Not Done Dear Not Done, That’s not good at all! Missing a deadline could mean setting back the rest of the class. The easiest thing to do is to come in and work on your stuff during your study hall that is if you have any. Another option is to stay after school and do it. The best choice would be to take your work home and work on it there. Sincerely, Mr. Advice

Dear Mr. Advice, I have been having a problem with my anger lately. It seems like everything is getting under my skin and I have no clue why. I am usually able to control it but lately I just can’t do it. I am at my wits end and I feel like I’m going to flip out on someone. Can you give me some tips to on how to avoid an angry outbreak? Sincerely, Anger Management Dear Anger Management, That sounds really bad, I totally feel for you in this situation. You can’t let your anger get the best of you, but if it does it means you’re human. Here are some tips to overcoming your anger issue. Pick up a hobby like playing guitar, golfing, playing video games, or something along those lines. Find a way to channel your anger by writing music, poems, or even drawing. If none of those work talk to someone about it because it’s not good to let your anger build up inside. Sincerely, Mr. Advice Dear Mr. Advice, The school talent show is coming up and I would like to participate in it. The thing is I have no clue what I should do. Can you help me out? Sincerely, No Idea Dear No Idea, That sounds like it would be fun to participate in. Some stuff you could do is sing, play an instrument, or tell jokes. It all comes down to what your talent is and how good you are at that talent. Whatever comes to your mind first is probably the best choice. Sincerely, Mr. Advice

February 24, 2012 Jordan Coates

I hate and I mean HATE roller coasters, and the reason I say this is because first off there a bazillion feet off the ground! That’s not necessary at all. Now if they were two feet off the ground I’d be cool with them but no there wayyyyy to high! Then another reason is because when I was 8 my family went to cedar point, and my mom got me on a roller coaster and told me that the hills were really little and that it really isn’t that big. And yeah she lied, so now I won’t even go near one.

-‐ Jordan Coates

That feeling that you get when you are carrying something large down a set of stairs or going down them in the dark and you think there is one more step. Your body freaks out with that last moment when you’re trying to decide if there is one more step or if you are on the bottom of the stairs now. It leaves you a little shaky from the experience and I hate it.

-‐ Isaac Spencer

My least favorite class has got to be Algebra. This is because I seriously do not like numbers. They freak me out and I’m not good at anything that has to do with math. I wish math was never invented. I’m probably not ever going to be in a life or death situation where I have to know what a polynomial graph is. I’m just saying.

-‐ Amanda Baker

I would have to say that I do not like it when people are out to get attention. I hate it when they do stupid things so people notice them. People are beautiful the way they are, they don’t need to do odd, or annoying things to get attention. They either look needy or weird, or, as I said before, annoying with the way they act. I, also, don’t enjoy it when people act depressed all the time. I’m an optimistic person, and I suffer from extreme anxiety which could cause me to be depressed. I think if I can handle that, they can handle a non-existent problem, like not getting a part in a play or something along those lines. I don’t enjoy cocky know-it-alls, either. Be you, and don’t force yourself on other people. I also can’t stand people who lie and are dishonest.

-‐ Ashely Neal

February 24th, 2012 Braden Goodwin

This week the kids in the hall seem to be very happy and energetic. Take a look at this week’s Kids in the Hall pictures.

John Swaney and Wade Stauffer headed to the restroom.

Lee Dues and Zach Gossard on their way to

study hall.

JR Conyers showing how he is going to take it to the guys at the State wrestling

tournament.

Carly Clum and Aubri Woods posing for the

camera. Casey Crow winking for the camera.

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