Oh the Places We'll Go! by Aaron Nytes

As a child, I remember the month of March fondly.  It was the month that all things Seuss invaded our school.  There were sneetches and truffula trees, a fun-loving cat in the hat, and an elephant name Horton.  In honor of Dr. Seuss, here is an original poem from yours truly.

Big Fishy, Little Fishy

Big Fishy Little Fishy

Swimming across the hall

Swerve to avoid that short one,

Swerve to avoid the tall.

Boy what a struggle it is

To navigate through the school

Boy what a struggle is it

To pretend you are cool.

But making good decisions

Is vital to being good

Making good decisions

If only we all could

But look for all your morals

Hiding in the sand

If you found them all

You’ll find the strength to stand.

The Bowels of Winter by Aysiah Jaeke

Wow, I can’t believe my first semester of my high school experience is already finished. Although during the semester, it seemed to drag, looking back on it now it went so fast. I worked very hard to keep my grades up during last semester, and I am glad I did.

I had straight A’s and a high GPA. I am proud of the work I did during last semester, and I hope to continue keeping my grades up this semester.

Now that I am not involved in a sport or musical, I have found more time to focus on my grades and Student Council. The last student council activity that I was involved in was the Winter Formal. Although this event was not very well attended as Homecoming, it was still really fun. I really believe that in the future you should try to come. It is a great event, and everyone puts so much effort into making it a great dance.  We raised to donate to the school than we did last year.

Another thing that I have been focusing on more now is choir. I was selected to audition for the Wisconsin State Honors Choir. I was so excited when I found out that I got to audition. I worked really hard to prefect my solo and sight reading skills. Although my audition didn’t go perfect, I am happy that I auditioned, and I know that I did my best. I also am looking forward to Solo and Ensembles. Our whole choir is doing a Jazz ensemble, which I am really looking forward too. I am also doing a duet with my sister, Elisha, and an Italian solo. I am happy with the way things went last semester, and I am hopeful that next semester will be even better.  

And so it goes . . . Andy Childs

The school year continues to fly by, and we’re already on to second semester. Many of us in our psych-bio-stats groups presented successfully at the showcase recently, as every club and organization shared what they have been working on. While finishing our poster for that night, Dale Winter and I met Mr. Wick’s daughter for the first time, who found it hilarious to throw balls of aluminum foil at us while we worked.  As Terry would put it, “some people’s children…”. Overall the night was a great experience; we spoke with the incoming freshmen and their enthusiastic parents who wanted to know all about incentives and test performance.

I believe I have finally found a book in my AP lit class that I can easily read and understand. The Stranger by Albert Camus is able to properly ignore all irrelevant information that normal novels seem to accentuate, creating a simple read that gets to the point. As a person that doesn’t really enjoy the fluff of normal books, this has been a great experience. I would recommend it to anyone who spends more time playing video games than studying to claim that you actually read a book. Also it has some good morals or something. If the last book that you remember fully reading is Animal Farm your freshmen year (I speak from experience), check it out.

College preparations continue to be the highlight of this year, as my roommate and I begin to divide up the appliances we will need to bring. While we haven’t fully decided who is bringing what, it is very obvious that we will have the most technologically advanced room on the campus. With scholarship applications and deadlines to meet, seniors have been continuously bombarded with new tasks to work on. As senioritis takes its hold on the school population, we continue to push through our classes and try to enjoy the time we have left.