Gold did not line the streets--thoughthe seven mile circuit starting and

ending at Saint Augustine’s Church inVineyard Haven and pausing at the OakBluffs Campground’s Methodist Churchhelped Crop Walkers earn $20,000 lastSunday. Nearly 100 Islanders participated in this

year’s walk to raise money to relievehunger both on the Island and around theworld. More than 140 Crop Walks are heldthroughout New England. The Vineyard Crop Walk was coordi-

nated by the Martha’s Vineyard Clergy As-sociation, with help from Reverend AldenBesse who, at 88, has been walking for 32years.

The walk was led by Tony Peak on thebagpipes, followed by students, teachers,parishioners, and supporters from thecommunity. The high school’s NationalHonor Society (NHS) raised over $80 forthe walk. Senior NHS president and Stu-dent Council vice president MadelineWebster played a big part in getting stu-dents involved. “The National Honor Soci-ety decided that this was going to be oneof our projects for the year,” said Maddie.“It’s a global cause. I have been doing it forfour years now.”History teacher Olsen Houghton also

helped in spreading the word around theschool. He supplied the Student Council,the NHS, and his leadership class with in-formation about how to participate. Mr.Houghton has walked six times.

Some of the money raised in the cropwalk—this year $5,000—will go to benefitthe Island Food Pantry. Food Pantry coor-dinator Armen Hanjian attended the walkbearing an “Island Food Pantry” banner. The rest of the money will go to poverty

relief efforts around the world. Said Mr.Besse, “We help the needy and help themhelp themselves, with better seeds and cul-tivation systems.”The walk included people of all differ-

ent ages. Said senior NHS memberMichael Schroeder, “There was a feeling ofjoy when we crossed the finish line.”Senior Annie Burton who attended the

walk said, “It is a great cause. I work withthe food pantry. It’s great to see people do-nating because it’s hard to see but there arereally needy people on the Island.”

October 18, 2012 The Martha’s Vineyard Times Page 13

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EDITORS IN CHIEF: Lily Bick, Julia Cooper ASSISTANT EDITOR IN CHIEF: Katherine Donegan ASSISTANT EDITORS: Ina Thigith, Claudia Taylor, Sarah Ortlip-Sommers ART EDITOR: Victoria Sadowski, Galen Mayhew PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORS: Dylan Brockmeyer, Charlotte Hall WEB EDITOR: Sterling Meacham MASTHEAD ART: Victoria Sadowski FACULTY ADVISER: Dan Sharkovitz

Homecoming weekend began in aneruption of screams last Friday dur-

ing a pep rally in the high school’s gym--and concluded following the footballgame with a celebratory dance Saturdaynight in the cafeteria. The first team to enter the gym during

the pep rally and be greeted by the cheersof their peers was the State Tournamentqualifying golf team. Soon to follow wasthe girls’ soccer team, whose coach,Richard Bennett, praised their improve-ment, saying, “our team has the bestrecord the program has seen in eightyears.” Following the girls’ soccer teamwas the boys’ soccer team, which enteredwith an impressive backflip combinationby its junior varsity goalie, sophomoreMatt Stone. Boys’ soccer coach, DamonBurke, brought forward his captains, sen-iors Jack Roberts, Rodrigo Honorato, andMarc Natichioni, and junior Sam Entner,to recognize their titles as Eastern Athlet-ic Conference All-Stars.After the soccer teams came the boys’

and girls’ cross-country teams, whose en-trance song “You Belong with Me” byTaylor Swift brought the audience to itsfeet. Soon after the cross-country teamjoined the crowd, the girls’ field hockeyteam entered to join coach Lisa Knightwith a dance number to Psy’s “GagnamStyle.” The football team entered the gymin a flood of purple. The coach, DonaldHerman, urged the students and facultyin the crowd to attend the football gamethat evening against Cardinal Spellmanto cheer on their fellow Vineyarders.The classic pep rally activities then en-

sued, moderated by student council rep-resentatives seniors Madeline Websterand Samuel Oslyn. The underdog fresh-man team, led by speedster ChristopherAring-Sharkovitz, stunned the crowd by

winning the opening activity, the notori-ous “Dizzy Bat Relay.” The juniors thenreigned victorious in the “Ping-Pong BallBlowing Relay.” The sophomores provedto be superior in the “Half-Court” con-test, where sophomores Tim Roberts and

Andrew Wiley were both able to score abasket for their team, and be the onlyscoring players across all grades. The sen-ior team finally got on the board afterseniors Maggie Riseborough and KevinBurchill won the final activity, the “DanceOff.” That evening, the Vineyard football

team played under the lights at McCarthyField against the Division I team of Car-dinal Spellman. The fans faced the cold

and the wind as the stands filled at 6:30PM. As the sun set over the field, even theclouds were sporting their purple pride.Said senior Michael Schroeder, “Eventhough it’s so cold out here, I feel like thestands are being warmed by the energy of

our school spirit.”Throughout the evening, the name

Matt Anastasi, of the Cardinal SpellmanCardinals, continued to be bellowedthrough McCarthy Field’s speakers as hepushed through the Vineyard’s strong de-fensive line for well over 100 yards, scor-ing a total of three touchdowns. Thegame ended for the Vineyarders with aloss, 31-6 to the Cardinals. “Even though we lost today,” said for-

mer Vineyard football player and alumniJe’Vaughn Crooks, “seeing my fellowfootball players on the field reminded meof the struggles we’ve faced in the past. Ican still see that fire burning in them. Itjust needed a little more kindling

tonight.”The next day, Saturday, October 12, the

boys’ soccer team took to the same fieldto face the Bishop Feehan Shamrocks.The Vineyarders again were defeatedwith a final score of 2-0. For the team tomake it into the State Tournament theywill need to win their next four games.Said senior captain Marc, “It was a toughloss that we really should have made awin. We didn’t play as well as we haveplayed all season. The team has great po-tential, but we need to wake up and cometogether if we want to keep going.”Later that evening, students arrived at

the school’s cafeteria for the homecomingdance. After two hours of dancing andmingling, the nominees for homecomingcourt were called up for crowning. Thehomecoming princes were freshmanGreg McCarron, sophomore Elie Jordi,and junior Kyle Stobie. The homecomingprincesses were freshman Samantha Har-gy, sophomore Diamond Araujo, and jun-ior Isabelle Wadleigh. Homecoming kingand queen were then announced, withseniors Sam Oslyn and Alayna Hutchin-son claiming the throne. Sam, who wasabsent from the dance because he was inBarnstable running for the Vineyard’scross-country team, contributing to theirsecond place title in the Bob McIntyreTwilight Cross Country Invitational.Said sophomore Lucy Hackney, “The

only thing that could’ve made the nightbetter was if the cross country team wasable to celebrate their homecomingweekend victory with us.”

Homecoming festivities inspire spirit and funBy Julia Cooper

By Lily Bick

Walkers raise money for hunger relief

Photos by Charlotte hall

For one regional high school historyteacher, Kate Holter, this past summer

was marked by the transition from grad-ing essays to writing them herself. Ms.Holter spent seven weeks during the sum-mer attending Middlebury College’s BreadLoaf School of English in Vermont.Ms. Holter set out to obtain her master’s

degree at Bread Loaf, inspired and encour-aged by a number of colleagues includinghistory teacher Corinne Kurtz who earnedan advanced degree at the school. Ms. Holter also chose Middlebury for a

multitude of other reasons. “The schooloffers great courses taught by an impres-sive faculty. Students come from all overthe world. It’s in the beautiful Vermontmountains. There are so many reasons togo,” she said.During her stay she took two classes,

Critical Media Literacy and Harms of Lit-erature, both of which helped enhance her

skills and knowledge as a teacher. “I thinkthat anytime you step out of your comfortzone for a challenge it makes you astronger teacher,” she said.Ms. Holter was also able to derive a

clearer understanding of how languageshapes society and how to look at theworld in a more critical way. She was ableto share this experience with teachersfrom around the world, which gave her alarger appreciation and awareness of dif-ferent teaching methods and philosophies.During her summer of scholarship, she

was able to explore the rich similaritiesthat connect the worlds of history andEnglish, confirming her belief that bothareas of study are intertwined. Next summer she plans on continuing

courses at Middlebury. Ms. Holter said,“I’m really glad I made the decision to be-gin the journey at Bread Loaf. It’s en-hanced my way of teaching and thinking.I’m already looking forward to going backnext summer.”

Teacher goes back to schoolBy Ina Thigith

(left) Seniors Charlotte Lowell-Bettencourt, Leila Quinn and Samantha Chaves dance in the cafeteria

where the annual Homecoming Dance was held last Saturday night. (right) Sophomore Emily Debetten-

court is tapped out of the dance competition that was one of several events pitting the different grades

against each other in friendly competition as part of the Homecoming weekend pep rally that was held

last Friday.