September 8, 2017

The “New Beginnings” Edition

Volume 3 Issue 1

Davis County’s Newest Facesby Hannah Orwig

D. Shawn Tucker moved to DCHS from just outside Pittsburgh and is a fresh-man. He is a member of the Art Club. Shawn likes to fish and hang out with his dad in his free time. He also would like to fly so it would be easier to get places.

C. Jordin Lundin is a freshman who moved here from Arizona. He plans on playing basketball and joining FFA later this year. Jordin likes to spend time with his grandpa, listen to music, and shoot hoops with friends.

E. Kayla Abbott is a freshman who moved from Fairfield. She is currently in Choir and plans on joining FFA and the Track team this year. Kayla’s enjoys listening to music and hanging out with her friends.

Fall Sports in Full Swingby Kennedy Clyman and Alexa Francis

The volleyball team has kicked off their season with a few matches under their belt that should help them compete in confer-ence play. Senior Riley Jones explains, “I hope that the team will have a successful season because the team has already formed a close bond.” She expressed that, “By having a team bond you know their strength and weaknesses.” Her team goal is to form lifelong relationships with her teammates. Riley enjoys all of the encourage-ment and excitement she gets from her teammates after she does something good in practice or in a game. The girls first home match is September 12th against Chariton with action starting at 5 p.m. Cross Country started off their season in Wayne last Thurs-day and placed second in the boys division at the meet. Carter Bat-terson explains, “My favorite thing about cross country is forming a strong team bond with all of my teammates.” He stays motivated during his races by passing other runners to place better overall and help towards the team standings. Carter says, “I believe we have a good shot at being successful towards the end of this season.” The only home meet of the season was held last night at Lake Fisher. The football team has competed in two tough games these last two weeks, but are hopeful for the rest of the season. Captain J.R. Zeitler says, “We are looking to turn the season around in these coming games.” The team is working really hard to prepare for each and every game. J.R. also mentions, “The team atmosphere is great and if all 11 of the guys don’t do what they’re suppose to, then we won’t be successful.” The boys are looking to beat Central Lee Hawks today, September 8th. Action will begin at 7. Make sure to get out and support all our fall sports teams this season. Go Mustangs!!

Book Club Off to a Great Startby Chenoa Nicholson

It’s the start of a new school year and the clubs here at DCHS are kicking off the year with new members and fun activities, all while helping students find something they love to do as well as making new friends along the way. One of these clubs, Book Club, is always looking for more book lovers to join. President Chelsey Carlberg says “Although reading isn’t for everyone, this club allows you to read and share with your peers about what you felt or thought while reading books we choose as a group.” Reading may not be everyone’s favorite thing to do, whether it’s in class or for work or even just for fun, but for those of you who love to read, there’s a lot to be excited about with book club. When asked about some of the things book club does, Chelsey said,“Every year book club gets to do some concessions together and that’s always fun because a few of us get to grow closer while we also fundraise to go towards purchasing books. However this year we were maybe hoping to go on some sort of end of the year trip together, but that’s still up in the air.” It’s never too late to join book club. If interested in joining, talk to Chelsey Carlberg, or stop by Mrs. Ware’s room. Don’t be afraid to come check it out!

A. Kenny Cronin is a freshman who moved to Davis County from Des Moines Christian School. He is cur-rently on the Cross Country team, in FCS, and Choir and plans on participat-ing in Basketball and Track later on this school year. In his free time Kenny likes

B. Tyson Newcomer is a sophomore who also moved here from Fairfield. His hobbies are playing sports with friends and family. Newcomer would want to be immortal so he would never die.

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A Few New Staff Members at DCHSby Morgan Snyder

Ciao Lucia!by Bailey Harward

How would you like to leave your family and study at a school across seas? This year’s foreign exchange student did just that! Lucia Bardelli is a junior this year who has came all the way from Italy. She is staying with Kami Shutter currently and will be attending Davis County until January. Talking to Lucia, I have found that she admires traveling and adores culture, which inspired her to join the program, even though it’s not always easy. When Lucia came to Iowa she was taking on the chal-lenge of not seeing her family for an extended amount of time. She also had to figure how our school systems work and further her study of Eng-lish. A big difference was our schooling. In Lucia’s school you attend a school of subject. Meaning you can choose the school of science, math, literature, and so on. Lucia was in the school of science where she stayed in one room the whole day and learned from one teacher. Where here we are constantly changing from class to class. However at Lucia’s school, they do have an English program similar to our Spanish class which helped Lucia prepare for her time at Davis County. In her time here Lucia is excited to become involved in a few clubs and sports. She is playing volleyball and has signed up for drama and speech club. She was also very interested in our prom. Unfortunately boys, she’s not a date up for grabs because of her departure in January. But if you come across her in the halls don’t be shy, say hello. Or even say Ciao!

Mrs. Johnson has worked for the Davis County School District for the past 12 years. She started out working in the old high school from 2005-2009 and then moved to the elementary to be a secretary. She is married to Jeff and has one daughter Riley who is a Junior this year. She lives on a farm north of Moulton where she has cows, horses and corgi puppies. In her free time she likes to sing, horseback ride, kayak, and go on walks. Mrs. Johnson’s favor-ite thing about Davis County is the people because everyone is very good to work with and genuine. If she could change one thing about the world she would want everyone to learn to love and get along with each other.

Mrs. Banks just graduated from Iowa State and has accepted her first job here at Davis County High School teaching math. She is also the student council advisor. She cur-rently lives in Centerville and just got mar-ried to her husband Tanner three months ago. In her free time she likes spending time with her husband and their cows. She also teaches dance one night a week. Part of the reason she wanted to teach at DCHS is because of the really good things she heard about the respectful kids and helpful staff. Her favorite thing about the school so far is that there are so many clubs available to students. If Mrs. Banks could change one thing about the world it would be having no such thing as being mean to one another.

Mrs. Heckart is from Ottumwa and has lived there for the past 30 years. She has two daughters Hannah, who is in pre-school, and Henley, who is getting ready to turn one. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, scrapbook-ing, watching movies, and traveling in her free time. She wanted to teach at Da-vis County because of how close every-one is and how everyone comes together as a team and she wanted to be a part of that team. She also loves our school spirit. If she could change one thing about the world it would be for everyone to be able to be open minded and accept other people for who they are.

Answers to Matching Game on Front

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Announcements/Upcoming Events

~ September 8: Football Game @ Central Lee~September 9: Volleyball Varsity Tournament @

Chariton~ September 11: PD Day (No School)~September 12: DC Cubed Meeting

~September 12: Volleyball Game @ home~September 12: History Club Meets

~September 15: Football Game @ EBF

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