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Raider Invader May 2015

Jeff Lynch Devin Weaver

RHS students participate and bring home

awards from YSU English Festival By Ali Metz

This April the Reynolds Jr. Sr. High School had the op-

portunity to participate in the YSU English Festival again for the

8th year. The Festival had two divisions for different grades; sev-

enth through ninth made up the junior high team and were led by

Mrs. Fuchs, while grades ten through twelve made up the high

school team and were led by Mrs. Luciani.

For the students to participate in this celebration, they had

to read a total of seven books that were listed a significant amount

of time beforehand. Then during the festival the participants can do

activities such as making impromptu speeches, participating in a

Renga Riot, and meeting the featured author of the year, Gary D.

Schmidt. This year we had a remarkable amount of students all

over the district that participated, and we even had winners from

our school!

Everyone was up against about five hundred or so others in their essays. Gabby Lucas got a first for the Junior High in im-

promptu and she received a prize of $150 and a certificate. Both Ben Wilcox and Justin Gaber placed well in the impromptu speech-

es for the High School team. Ben received a first and Justin placed fourth. Tenth grade Kassie Tofani placed first in the Renga Riot,

which was a large group of writing Haikus.

Not only the students participated in the festival, the teachers did too. The teachers that accompany the students participate

in judging the essays themselves. And since this is such a hectic day for students and teachers alike, they had a few parents offer to

come along to help chaperone the students. Mrs. Fuchs described her experience this year as: “A phenomenal and insightful experi-

ence. As I was grading essays I read this one that was so well written it almost made me cry. I passed it on to the other judges and

they felt the same emotions as I did towards it. And as I was grading it, I thought the handwriting looked really familiar, but didn’t

think anything more about it since there were so many entries. Then when I saw the list of the names of those that had won I saw

Gabby’s name under first. Then it hit me, I think I had the

pleasure of grading her paper. After she took her first place I

asked her to tell me about her essay. There was one sentence

that I remembered and as she started saying it I was able to fin-

ish it. Her essay gave me chills. The impromptu speeches were

so insightful and mature, especially for the Junior High students

to be writing them.”

She explained to me a little how the judging system

works. The essays start off in one room and they are read by

three people and are either passed off into the next room or they

remain in the first room. Then to decide a winner, they get

judged again by the next round of scorers.

Mrs. Luciani also said that her experience went well and that

she “was happy with the number of students that went.”

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Members of 2014 - 2015

Raider Invader Staff

Adam Ballish

Brik Bateman

Cassidy Bonner

Brooke Bresnan

Alex Bucher

Julia Carlson

Melissa Clipse

Shawn Engstrom

Nick Fuchs

Courtney Green

Macy Greenfield

Jake Hart

Patrick Hart

Zack Huffman

Nicole Lengacher

Ali Metz

Nick Nottingham

Debbie Novel

Andrew Osborne

Kaleb Owens

Logan Payne

Tessa Russell

Emory Shrock

James Slater

Meghan Slater

Mikealina Stanec

Dustin Taggart

Desiree Totten

Kris Weaver

Seventh grade partici-pates in orientation

By: Cassidy Bonner and Andrew Osborne Last week, the Reynolds sixth graders came up to the high school to spend the day as a high school student. Seventh grade students were assigned an un-derclassman to chaperon around the school for the en-tire day. The sixth graders accompanied the seventh graders to all of their classes and ate lunch with their mentors.

Evan Miller was one of the seventh grade men-tors; he said that the younger students seemed to be comfortable with the older kids and that they seemed excited to be in the high school. Cole Bayless was also surprised when he saw how excited they were to be with the older students. “I was expecting the sixth graders to be shy and quiet but I was really happy when I met them because they talked a lot and even asked questions,” said Bayless. Both Miller and Bay-less also thought that the sixth grade orientation was helpful for the young and upcoming Reynolds High School Students. The sixth graders have been well pre-pared for next year and with the help of the upperclass-men they should have a great first year at the high school next year.

A final piece of advice By: Melissa Clipse

The year is coming to an end and the last thing teachers can do for their senior students is give them ad-vice about their future, and that’s exactly what some did. Mr. Risavi said to enjoy ourselves, have a great time, but do not lose sight of what it is you’re trying to accomplish.

Mrs. Luciani advised students to always have re-alist expectations and be willing to work hard and re-member that it will not always be easy, but it will be worth it in the end. And finally Mr. Masterofrancesco said, “Now that you’re graduating remember that what you’re doing now has long term consequences, both good and bad.” All three teachers had great advice to give, and personally I would just like to tell everyone not to lose sight of who you are, and to always remember if things do not work out, your fellow senior classmates will al-ways be here for you.

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RHS recognizes student achievements at awards

ceremonies By: Alex BuCher and Macy Greenfield

Each year, the RHS holds an awards ceremony to celebrate the accomplishments of our student body. Starting second period on Tuesday, May 12th, students were called upon to gather in the LGI to receive awards

ranging from math to industrial arts. Some teachers base their choices on the best grade throughout the whole year; others base it on who they believe to be the best-rounded student. Each award is presented to recipients by various teach-ers, guidance, or Mr. Shearer.

In addition to this assembly, there will also be an assembly to honor seniors. On May 27th, seniors will be awarded multiple scholarships and many will be awarded achievement awards. It is a great reminder of the students who have worked hard for years, and it is a snap-shot of what their futures hold.

Congratulations to all who re-ceived an award!!

Hickory Grill hosts annual top 10 dinner By: Brooke Bresnan

Every year the school rewards the top ten students in their graduating class with a dinner in honor of

their hard work and academic achievement throughout high school. This year the dinner was held at the Hick-

ory Grille, and the number of students invited to attend was extended to twelve rather than ten.

Those students in attendance were Brooke Bresnan, Halie Britton, Alyssa Cutshaw, Ashley Reimold,

Taylor Reimold, Tyler Reimold, Casey Rhodes, Jessica Taylor, Kayla Thompson, and Desiree Totten. Jacob

Stoyer and Trey Vigus were also included; however,

they were not able to attend.

The students invited a teacher of their choice,

whom they felt had an influence on them, to accompa-

ny them. After enjoying their meals and a great deal of

chatting, the dinner was concluded by the students

sharing their future plans.

The students were all very appreciative for be-ing honored by the dinner as well as the gifts they re-ceived from their teachers. As the school year winds

down for the seniors, it was a nice ending to their hard work over the years, and also an encouragement to con-tinue with the same attitudes into the next step in their

lives.

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College of the Month By: Emory Shrock

This month’s college is Edinboro University. In order to get in one must get at least a 900 on the SAT and they do not have to take the ACT. A candidate also must have a lot of extra curriculars in order to be con-

sidered. The campus has also just finished their new set of dorms. They feature four individual rooms and a common area. One can stay in these for slightly extra than the price of room and board. The campus is seven square miles, so if you don’t like walking try the University of Phoenix! If you would like to know more go to

their website. Good Luck!

Key club picnic for the life skill class By: Debbie Novel

Do you know Key club had a picnic on Thursday, May 14? It was at the Greenville Riverside Park. We went there at the end of 4th pd.

The high school Life Skill went to the picnic and the Elementary school Life Skill went too.

When we first got to the picnic everyone played on the playground and then we ate lunch at 12:00.

What we had for lunch was sloppy joes, salad, chips, and cookies. After we were done eating we went to the playground and went on the jungle gym and they had this boat everyone got there picture tak-en on.

The seniors had a picture done.The high school students went on the nature trail and key club went to on the nature trail and the Elementary stu-dents played on the playground.

Some kids played with hula-hoops and chalk. We stayed at the park until 8th period . We had a fun day at the picnic.

Jake Stoyer participates in Thiel’s teen driving competition By: Tessa Russell

On Tuesday May 12th, one of our senior students, Jake Stoyer, participated in Thiel’s Teen Driving Competition. He placed second in the regionals that were held at Thiel College, qualifying him for states. He won $500 dollars; first place was $1,000.

States was held at the Radisson in Camphill, PA, and though Jake did not place in this competition, he still performed very well. Third place offered a $2,000 dollar scholarship, second offered $3,000, and first was for $5,000. A series of tests were given to participants, including a written and perception section. After that, they took the driving course that involved maneuvers such as the U-turn, parallel parking, and the serpentine. Congratulations to Jake for placing in the Regionals competition!

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Innovating the future in High School Design Manufacturing Class

By:Dustin Taggart

On Monday, May 4, students attended an assembly regarding a new class coming to RHS beginning in the 2015-16 school year. The Design Manufacturing class, which lasts an entire year, will be taught by Mr. Emerick and Mr. Sanker, who currently teach Metal Shop and Wood Shop, respectively. Mr. Emer-ick noted that students will no longer be able to choose between metal and wood, but will have the opportunity to join this class which com-bines aspects of both classes. Students will be able to choose whether they focus on the Graphic Design aspect or the Manufacturing aspect. Currently, the tech-ed programs own and operate a 3D printer, properly known as a “Rapid Prototyping Machine.” The 3D printer works similar to a hot glue gun; plastic beads are stacked on top of each other to form the object being made.

Next year, the class may be purchasing an “Artec Eva 3D Scanner” and a CNC Router, but nothing about the class structure is set in stone yet, according to Mr. Sanker. The 3D Scanner will take hundreds of snapshots of the item that needs to be created and the image will be transferred to the computer program. Mr. Sanker noted, “As long as the program is written correctly, there is no room for human error” due to the accu-racy of the computer image. In order for students to be able to perform exceptionally well in the program, they would have to start in seventh grade and work their way up to 12th grade. The class is optional beginning in the 9th grade, but the basics would be a necessity and will be mandatory in the 7th and 8th grade. The “Materials Processing” class will be the equivalent of the current “Intro” classes. In the 12th grade, students will be equipped to design a custom electric or bass guitar. The class will certainly be an inspiration to many students in the years to come.

Senior Spotlight By: Patrick Hart

Known by her fellow band members as a talented and devoted individual, Ashley Reimold has been a part of the Reynolds extracurricu-lar community for years. Ashley’s plans post-graduation include attend-ing Grove City College where she will major in Musical Therapy. She hopes to continue her musical experiences by joining marching band and other musical activities, which have had a large impact on her life, and her future. When she graduates from college, Ashley hopes to help people with her musical abilities.

In her high school experience, Ashley has been a part of countless extracurricular activities. These range from Marching Band, Concert Band, Musicals, Track and Cross Country, as well as Key Club, National Honor Society, and Girl Scouts. These are only a few of the many groups Ashley is a part of. Ashley has received awards for her musical talents, and is considered a valued member of the musical department. We wish you good luck in your future endeavors Ashley!

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Lady Raiders finish softball season By: Mikelina Stanec

The Lady Raiders concluded their 2015 season with a season ending game against Rocky Grove. Unfortunately without making it to playoffs it was a decent season.

Speaking with Madison Rhodes, a junior, commented “Overall it was an okay season, but I know we could of done way better than we did.” The Lady Raiders are going to be losing two valuable players this year, both seniors, Madi-son Stoner and Casey Rhoades. The Lady Raiders ended their season with a rec-ord of 6 and 9. Their region record was 3 and 7.

Track season recap By: Jake Hart

This track season the Raiders had some of the biggest numbers that the team has seen in years, making it a very good year. The team was grounded by the seniors James Slater and Brooke Bresnan. They took 30 athletes to counties and took a young group of 22 to districts.

This week at districts Freshman Hayley Fenton impressed coming within .3 seconds of the state qualifier. Junior Sam Faber took 6th place throwing the shot 45 feet. Other place winners at districts included Brooke Bresnan in the javelin, Matt Gosser in the Pole-vault, Ryan McQuown in the high jump, and the boys 4x1 and 4x4 relay teams.

“I’m excited for the future with the talent we have with our fresh-man and sophomores we should be competitive for team titles,” said James Slater. Congratulations to the track team for a strong season.

Baseball makes playoffs, loses heart-

breaker in first round By Nick Fuchs and Nick Nottingham

The Raiders baseball season has finally came to an end. They lost to Mercyhurst

Prep 5-2 at Ainsworth Field in Erie, PA. This season was one of the best baseball sea-

sons Reynolds has ever had including the most wins with 13, the longest win streak

which was 10, the most double plays made, 26.

This was the first year in 6 seasons that Reynolds has made the playoffs. Their

first playoff game was Monday and the Raiders went up 2-0 on Prep with 6 hits in 2 in-

nings. Nick Fuchs was pitching a no-hitter through 4 innings and then the game got post-

poned to Tuesday. With it being postponed Fuchs could not pitch because he went into

the 4th inning. Adam Ballish and Jake Leipheimer finished the game on the mound, but

the Raiders did not score any more runs and they lost 5-2. Even though it was a very

heartbreaking loss for the Raiders, Nick Fuches commented, “as a Senior Captain I

wouldn’t of changed this season for anything.”

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Reaching out to public safety MCCC Hosts Annual Public Safety Day

By: Dustin Taggart

On Friday, May 8, the Career Center’s Protective Services program hosted its annual Public Safety Day aka “Fire Day.” Every fire department in Mercer County was invited to this event and was solely organized by Protective Services students. With this event, the students used various skills they learned in class, such as ra-dio communication and the incident command structure. Students were divided up into small groups to rotate between each piece of equipment.

Fire Departments that attended in-cluded Transfer, Sandy Lake, Stoneboro, Pine Township (Grove City area), and Her-mitage. Also invited to attend was the Mer-cer County Department of Public Safety with their Mobile Command Unit. This unit can be driven across the state and can coor-dinate its operations with other departments via radio. Superior EMS was also able to send an ambulance staffed with an EMT and a Paramedic. Ed Carter, the Protective Services instructor commented, “This is an opportunity for our local fire departments to show that they are active in the community.

Senior Calendar By: Nicole Lengacher

The school year is finally coming to an end. Finals are coming up for seniors on May 15th through the 21st. Seniors will need to have textbooks or library books and debts paid off on the 26th. Graduation rehearsal

begins on May 27th. On the same day commencement tickets and caps and gowns will be passed out during homeroom. The award assembly will be held at 9am. This will be the last day of classes for seniors. Later on at 7pm the Baccalaureate service will be held where the seniors will be blessed. On the 28th the senior breakfast

will be held followed by rehearsal and they will be dismissed afterwards. The senior picnic is at 6 pm. Finally on May 29th at 6:30pm Commencement will take place. Mrs. Coburn advised our seniors, “Just enjoy every moment because this is it for high school.”

Teacher Appreciation Week By: Shawn Engstrom and Meghan Slater

The week of May 11th through the 15th, National Honor Society participated in Teacher Appreciation week. On Tuesday, each teacher received a poster with the quote “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teach-er explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

On Wednesday, NHS members stopped at each teacher’s classroom and offered a candy-gram to them. The following day, a breakfast of donuts and juice was given in the teachers’ lounge. Mrs. Kitchen commented that, “I enjoyed receiving all the treats and gifts each day that assures us teachers that we are appreciated.” NHS would like to thank all of the RHS teachers for all that they do every day.

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Physics Day at Kennywood By: Desiree Totten and Julia Carlson

On Tuesday, May 19, 2015, Mr. Addleman’s

physics students attended the annual Physics Day at

Kennywood Amusement Park. The day consisted of rid-

ing roller coasters and calculating velocity, distance, and

acceleration, etc.

Other students from all around the Pittsburgh

area were there. Melissa Clipse said: “I usually don’t

have fun at amusement park, but I actually enjoyed my

day at Kennywood.” It was well worth suffering through

physics all year. Mrs. Coburn was also a chaperone and

she enjoyed watching all of the students have fun. It was

an overall fun experience and it taught the students how

physics is applied in real life.

2015 Baltimore protests and riots By: Kris Weaver

Freddie Grey, a 25 year old African American of Baltimore, Maryland, suffered spinal injuries during his arrest by policemen on April 12th, 2015. Grey was in a coma until April 19th when he died.

The problem was Grey was apparently in good health at the time he was arrested, but while being transported to a police vehicle he suffered neck and spinal injuries from the police officers. His death was ruled a homicide on May 1st and the six police officers involved are facing charges.

After Grey’s death became public, protests started after his funeral, including multiple violent acts. At least 113 police officers have been injured and over 480 arrests have been made. Baltimore was issued a state of emergency and a curfew was placed while the Maryland National Guard was brought in to put down these riots. Thousands of dollars’ worth of damages occurred during this time.

I believe that the police officers did not follow protocol when arresting Freddie Grey which resulted in his death, and those officers should be charged with 1st degree murder. However it is inexcusable for the looting, arsons and other damages in Baltimore. The few people that caused this overshadowed the many peaceful protests due to the media mainly covering the riots, which made the protests go almost unnoticed. I do believe there needs to be less leniency when police are being charged. They deserve the same punishment as regular citizens.

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Because it’s the cup By: James Slater

For the last month, the quest for the most storied championship in sports history has been launched.

Beginning on April 15th the quest for the Lord Stanley Cup has shaken the up the NHL and the 16 teams lucky

enough to embark upon the journey. Representing the Western Conference, were 5 teams from the Central Di-

vision (St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators, Chicago Blackhawks, Minnesota Wild & the Winnipeg Jets) and

from the Pacific Division 3 teams (Anaheim Ducks, Vancouver Canucks & Calgary Flames). In the Eastern

Conference, there were 4 teams from both the Atlantic and Metropolitan Divisions (Montreal Canadiens, Tam-

pa Bay Lightning, Detroit Red Wings, Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers, Washington Capitals, New York

Islanders & Pittsburgh Penguins).

Starting in the first round, most of the best-of-seven series were decided in five to six games with dark-

horse wild-card Minnesota, perennial powerhouses Chicago and the Rangers, and Montreal and Calgary all

defeating their respective opponents of St. Louis, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Ottawa and Vancouver. Two series

went the full length with Washington and Tampa Bay narrowly winning. The only team to sweep their series

was Anaheim.

The following round recently concluded last night with the New York Rangers 2-1 OT win over Wash-

ington, Tampa Bay’s defeat Montreal in 6 games, Anaheim’s victory over Calgary in 5, and the second series

sweep with Chicago wiping out Minnesota.

As the road to the Cup winds down with the Conference Championships beginning on Saturday and

then the Stanley Cup Finals, Anaheim will play Chicago for the Western Title and Tampa Bay will play New

York for the Eastern. As for predictions, Chicago is heavily favored to beat Anaheim due to their superior

goaltending and all around depth. However, I predict that the superstar combo of Ryan Getzlaf and Corry Per-

ry and Anaheim’s own surprising depth will prove too much for Chicago’s own superstars Patrick Kane and

Jonathan Toews.

As for the East, New York is heavily favored to beat Tampa Bay due to the legendary goaltending of Henrik Lundqvist, who tied the record last night for all-time Stanley Cup Playoff Game 7 wins with 6 as well as setting the record with the lowest goals allowed percent of 0.97! However, I once again predict an upset in

Tampa Bay, whose star power, scoring depth and speed far outweigh New York’s. Finally, I predict that Tam-pa Bay will win the Stanley Cup for only the second time in franchise history, against Anaheim in 6 games!

Clockwork Princess

Book Review

By: Zachary Huffman

This month the book I read was Clockwork Princess. This novel was written by Cassandra Clare (also

the author of last month’s book). This book is also about Shadowhunters and their adventures. The Shad-

owhunters find a young girl named Tessa, whom is not human, and has the ability to shapeshift. In the story

they must stop an army of automaton monsters while battling each other, and their own hearts.

This book is excellent, full of twists and turns that made me reluctant to put the book down. There is romance, action, mystery, and suspense in this book. I would give this book a four out of five on the Huffman

scale.