School Dance: Neon Night

By: Audrey Hoey-Kummerow

On October 27th from 6-8pm, Student Council will be hosting a Neon activity night. There will be video games, karaoke, board games, ping pong, basketball, foosball, a movie, concessions, dancing, and a photo booth. Students are encouraged to wear bright colors and bring glow sticks. Admission will cost $4. We will have pizza slices and soda in the cafeteria for $1 each . Dancing will be located in the main gym and basketball will take place in the West gym. 6th graders will enter through the back doors, 7th graders will enter through the doors near the gym, and 8th graders will enter through the doors near the art room. No students are allowed to enter the building before 6 and everyone must be out of the school once the dance ends at 8.

About Second Quarter

By Karias Hall

Guess what? Great news everyone: you have been to school for a couple of months and you're already at second quarter. And now that you're in second quarter things are a little harder than last quarter. You will have to study more. You will get more and harder tests. 6th grade will start 1 new period in the morning and for 7th grade and 8th grade some will change classes. Your core classes of the day will get harder and busier, and you get harder and more homework. You will do many other things that you will discover. And the quarter won’t last long. Eventually second quarter will end and third quarter will come. After third quarter will end and then fourth quarter will come up. You get better and better as each quarter passes by. “It’s going good,” said Pat Evans, sixth grade. “It’s got some good potential” said Maddie McIntire, 7th Grade. What do you think of second quarter so far?

Trouble in Paradise Junction

By Madison Seelye

According to the website www.pioneerdrama.com, the play Trouble in Paradise Junction is a love letter to small town life. Paradise Junction Is the best little town in the world. A TV network offers to film a reality show in their town, and the townsfolk are all over it. They took the opportunity, especially since the town will receive 5 million dollars. But host Wink Smiley (played by Walter Morgenroth) has his own agenda. Secrets are revealed, old feuds are brought back and the town's annual pie baking contest is turned into a food fight. Now it's up to Joe Goode, owner of Rise’ and Shine Diner, to save the town. Will he find a way to stop Wink or will the residence be tricked into destroying their beloved town on live television?

Mr.Goolsby describes this play as “a comedy with a lesson,” “to just be yourself. People are trying to be somebody else and are changing.”

Main characters:

Joe- Logan Claassen-Wilson

Wink Smiley- Walter Morgenroth

Mayor Flow- Makayla Stein and Elena Heatwole

Martha- Caroline Scarbrough and Lauren Hulshof

Horace- Gabe Hunter

Polly- Karsyn Robertson and Elizabeth Hare

Tina Powers- Jazzlyn Fowler and May Gao

When asked why students should see the show, Mr. Goolsby said, “Cause it will be fun and a ton of your classmates are in it and if football or tennis isn't your thing then it's a good thing to come and support your friends.”

Special thanks to Mr. Goolsby’s 5th hour class for creating the set of the play.