The Peers for Positive Change (PPC), met on Friday, September 9th 2016. PPC consists of sophomores, juniors, and seniors who help freshmen get settled into their high school years. It gives the freshman the opportunity to make new friends, have more club involvement, and a better overall knowl-edge. This is the second year PPC has been around, and we are here to acquire a better understanding of what PPC is re-ally all about. Dr. Jones, the one who brought the event to MVHS, was asked about why he started the Peers for Positive Change Program. He responded with, “I didn’t start it. About five students from LaCoste were the ones who really start-ed it and came up with the idea.” When Mrs. Mack was asked how the program helps the freshmen she responded, “This is going to better to prepare them for high school, change them socially, and give them the ability to break out of their cur-rent social norms and meet new people. It will also help them academically and it gives them someone to go to for help.” To

get a better understanding of PPC, mentor Angelo Guerrero added “Our main focus is to help freshmen transition into high school, academically and offer tutoring and mentoring.” When freshmen were asked what benefits came from PPC, Pay-ton Salzman answered, “I got to learn a lot about new clubs, so I can join them.” Freshman Seth Stuart’s first impression of his mentor was, “I liked her, she was nice, and very outgoing.” This event was not just to help freshmen but also helped upperclass-men. Isaac Larrinaga a mentor said “It looks good on your college resume,” and Antonio Rodriguez added “I enjoy helping others” As we were observing we noticed the freshmen getting involved with activities the mentors had planned for them. Throughout the meeting the seniors showed great leadership skills and interaction with the other grade levels. We hope this program continues to grow over the years and help incoming fresh-men through high school.

Volume 16 Issue 1 The prowler November 2016

M E D I N A V A L L E Y H I G H S C H O O L

New Fish, New BaitA new school of freshmen get mentored by those with

experienceBy: Brandon Konney, Anthony Garriga, Madeline Branch, Jasmin Olivan, Jensen Grif-fin, Jessica Stein, Caitlin Rodriguez, Karissa Gage, Angel Cisneros, Jackie Soto, An-thony Alonzo,Gabriel Garcia, Richard Fulghum, Aida Saucedo, Trinity Hewtty, Autumn Baggs

UIL RushGroups gather to gain new

members With the new school year comes a new UIL year, and MVHS has the formula for success. Mr. Slaton, Dr. Jones, and a slew of teachers have divvied up the list of UIL events and are attacking recruitment full-force. The first event was open to the entire campus. Any students interested in what UIL is all about were able to come to the library and speak with the sponsors and last year’s teams. Over a dozen tables were set with informa-tion on the 23 events that make up UIL academics. These events offer something for everyone: Science, Math, Social Stud-ies, Language Arts, Speech and Debate, Computer Apps, Journalism, and Theater are all represented.

After meeting students and gathering interest in their events, spon-sors invited those who showed interest in joining an opportunity to return later in the day to discuss in depth the expecta-tions and requirements for their events. These students were treated to cake, tea, and a little social time with returning UIL participants to hear first-hand what the contests are like. Also up for discussion was a trip to Austin in October to attend the UIL Su-per Conference. This event is held on the UT campus and gathers students from all

over to hear more about their events from UIL leaders and directors. This is also a great opportunity for our students to meet others who share their skills and passions.

CX Debate Debut At the first UIL Academics event of the year, MVHS made a statement. Mr. Sligh accompanied two CX Debate teams to Blanco High School to compete at their first tournament. Serina Garcia and Amira Van Leeuwen blew the competition out of the water with a 4-0 record at the end of the day making them the team to watch. Emma Mills and Clayton Vogel also impacted the rankings scoring 2-1-1 after only a week of practice. This is a great start for another promising team on the MVHS roster. Congratulations and good luck to these two teams as they compete again in the coming months.

MV homecoming week began on Monday, October 11. As always, dress-up days were a big part of the event. Monday was twin day, Tuesday was decade day, Thurs-day was young and old day, and Friday was spirit day. Even the teachers got into the spirit of the themes. The week also hosted

the hall decorating contest. The theme was Video/Board games. Freshmen went with the most iconic game of all time: Monopoly.

Sophomores chose the fictional Jumanji as their inspiration. Juniors covered the 200 hall in Pac-Man decor. “It was a lot of hard work [to decorate the halls] but a ‘pac’ full of fun” joked Katie Huron. Seniors

satisfied everyone’s sweet tooth with Candyland. The International Society also decorated the 300 hallway, so the building was not left out of the festivities. “Mrs. Lee told us her hallway never gets deco-rated so she asked if we would help her” said Antonio Guerrero. The Pep-Rally on Friday con-tained many important Homecoming announcements. The senior hallway was chosen as the winner by the staff and they celebrated their success well. This award factored into the Spirit stick contest. Se-niors showed off their spirit by decorating

their section with school colored balloons and a ton of orange, black, and silver confetti. The effort put in paid off as they won the spirit stick in the end with the

freshmen as a very close runner-up. The homecoming court was announced which consisted of Jordan Baxter, Jasmin Olivan, Jaylan Wienck-owski, Gabrielle Ramirez, Tabitha

Rendon, Charlie Lopez, Adrian Sustaita, Odie De La Rosa, Raymond Sifuentes, and Gabe Tovar. This year marked the first time all grades were able to participate in the court. From the freshman class, Lord and Lady were Jacob Nichols and Mabry Williams. Sophomore Count and Count-ess were Frankie Rivera and Brianna Peterson. “It was cool being the first sophomore girl to be a part of homecom-ing” said Brianna Peterson. The Duke and Duchess from the junior class were Cay-tan Chang and Ally Martinez. The crown-ing of the Senior Court was scheduled for halftime at the Friday night home football game against Seguin. During the first half of the game, Zachary Griggs, Garrison Kindred, and Tristan Stivors made touchdowns bringing the score to 21-14 at the half. Replacing the normal band performance, the MVHS 2016-2017 Homecoming court was in-

troduced. Raymond Sifuentes and Jaylan Wienckowski were crowned Prince and Princess while Gabe Tovar and Tabitha Rendon scooped up the titles of King and Queen. During the second half of the

game, Caytan Chang, Zachary Griggs, and Adrian Sustaita made touchdowns ending the match-up with a score of 42-28 and a Panther win. “I’m really proud of our guys. We stuck together and kept fighting to get the big victory” said Quarterback Ethan Dowell. The win was the cherry on top for many of the seniors, as well as the rest of Panther Country. This year’s home-coming truly was an exceptional one.

HOMECOMING 2016A week full of fun and memories

On September 8, the freshman football team traveled to Hondo. They went back and forth on the field but no-body ended up scoring, ending the game with a score of 0- 0. The JV boys played right after the freshmen and fell short 22-35. Logan Masters scored 3 touchdowns, two of them coming from Quarterback Alek Child’s passes. On Fri-day September 9, the varsity football team played our rival the Hondo Owls for the Black and Blue Bowl. At halftime, the Panthers were up 14-7 with touch-downs by Anthony Siebold and Tristian Stivors, both passes from Quarterback Ethan Dowell. During the second half, Garrison Kindred made a touchdown at the one yard line, ending the game with a score of 21-14, and the Panthers winning. The varsity cheerleaders cheered for the first half of the varsity boys’ football game while the JV cheerleaders handed out programs to the crowd. During the third quarter, JV took the field and varsity came back to finish the game off at the fourth quarter. The Varsity cheerlead-ers also cheer at some of the home Varsity volleyball games, to show support to our teams. The cheerleaders have also taken

on the task of painting businesses around Castroville to promote our school spirit for everyone in town to see. On September 9, Medina Valley volleyball teams in all divisions played Dripping Springs at home. It was all of the team’s first district game. The freshmen and JV team both lost in two sets. “Drip-ping Springs is a very good program,” said Freshman Coach Delavar, “I think we fought hard but made a few small mistakes. We’re excited to work on it next week in practice.” Makayla Galland from JV also gave her opinion, “We started out slow, but in the second game we came out with a bang.” JV Coach Husky said some-thing similar, again stating that the team started out slow, then finished “the best we had played all year.” Varsity lost all three sets, with scores of 20-25, 14-25, and 10-25. It was a very close battle to win. De-spite losing, some say it was the best they had ever seen the team play. When asked what they did well, #4 Aubrey Thoele said, “We played as a team and we played our hearts out. I couldn’t be prouder. We

all had heart.” Varsity Coach Deesa Griggs gave her opinion on the game say-ing, “We exe-cuted the things we worked on in practice. I was proud of their effort and we didn’t quit, but we’re gonna go to work ‘cause we need to win Tuesday.” The top scorers of the night were Amanda Combs with ten kills and four blocks, Aubrey Thoele with 11 assists and two aces, Jordyn Kinnett with 15 digs, and Kylee Jo Scott with four blocks. On September 10, the fresh-men and JV volleyball teams played in a tournament at Holy Cross. Freshmen won against John Paul II, with scores of 21-11, and 21-13. In their second pool game they played Judson and won 21-16 and 21-16. In those two games the freshmen team had 18 aces. They were then put in to a champion bracket and played against Holy Cross. The panthers fell short with the scores 8-25 and 16-25. The top players of the day were Malorri James, Taylor Chester, Taylor Stallworth, and Brianna Barclay. The JV volleyball team played John Paul and Judson in a pool game. They won against John Paul and tied with Judson 21-18 and 21-17, with the Panthers

winning. They were then placed into a gold bracket playing Holy Cross. They lost the first game 25-11 and won the sec-ond 25-23 and fell short the last game 15-13. The top players were Kamryn Griggs with 15 kills, Hannah Hurtado with 15 digs and Amira Van Leeuwen with 20 as-sists. The next game the varsity played was on Tuesday, September 13 against the KervilleTivy Antlers. The Varsity defeated Tivy in four sets with scores of 25-22,

25-22, 20-25, and 25-19. It was exactly the comeback they were looking for. “It was a great win,” said Coach Griggs, “We needed to

know that we are capable of competing in this district.” The stat leaders for the night were Amanda Combs with 13 kills, Jasper Strosser with 11 kills, Aubrey Thoele with 23 assists, Lauren Hitzfelder with 12 assists, Jasper Strosser with 21 digs and two aces, Jordyn Kinnett with 11 digs, Amanda Combs with 11 digs, Kylee Jo Scott with four aces and five blocks, and Natalie Carrillo with three blocks. The Panthers continue to fight hard all season.

Friday Night LightsBlack n’ Blue Bowl Weekend proves busy for football, volleyball and cheer teams

By: Hannah Hurtado, Kelcy Guebard, Jason Hinojosa-Ramirez, and Jessica Stein

Running To VictoryCross Country style

By Isaac Larrinaga and Gabriela McNelly Cross Country has started off the year and boys and girls varsity and JV have really blown past the competition. So far there have only been three meets, but they have had a great number of people place at each. For example, Josh Sando-val, Case Henreich, Mason Forrest, Audra Clark, and Marlena Cary. As a team the cross country group is getting faster and cutting time. This can be seen at each of their meets starting off with the first one.The meet at Uvalde on August 27th had five people place out of the first ten for the boys varsity, and the girls varsity had a total of two. As an overall varsity boys had

come in 2nd, and girls took 3rd. The JV boys and girls also came in strong with three boys and one girl medaling, and as a team boys took 4thand girls 3rd. The next meet took place in San Marcos on Sep-tember 3rd, and varsity proved themselves once again having three boys and girls place as the top runners. All together both placed in 3rd out of the nine schools there! JV followed up doing even better with boys in 2nd and girls 8th as a team, and two girls and three boys placing top fif-teen. Cross Country’s latest meet was held at Hondo on the 10th of September, and varsity boys and girls finished 2nd overall with three boys and four girls of their own placing. JV boys also placed 2nd with a total of four placing individually, and JV girls placing 5th as a team. By looking at these results one can tell that both girls and boys varsity and JV teams are pushing to get that first season win. The fine train-ing of Coach Buentenello is really paying off, and it shows in each and every one of her players, for their running and hard work shines as bright as their medals.

Athletics football • volleyball • tennis • cross country • golf • cheer

TennisA man’s game? Or a myth?

By Jose Rodriguez, Maximo Leal, Arianna Mayorga Joining the Medina Valley Tennis Team is a lot of fun and it is a great extra-curricular activity to keep you busy and fit throughout the school year. Between weekly tournaments and daily practices, your game and techniques will greatly improve and give you opportunities to

make new and interest-ing friends.

Coach Schorr and Coach Berwick are great coaches that are deep-ly invested in helping you achieve ev-eryone’s goal of becoming the great-

est player you can be, while also keeping practices full of fun. Between the intense match play and basket drills there is plenty of time to socialize and have fun with your teammates.Varsity tennis has a lot of perks, like get-ting to visit different cities, or getting to play a beautiful sport at the highest com-petitive level. Although the matches are very serious, you have plenty of time to have fun with friends. Being on the varsity may seem like a lot to put on your plate, but it is a good way to enjoy a great sport, and have a lot of fun at the same time.Joining the Medina Valley Tennis is like joining one great, and welcoming fam-ily that will give you an overall a great experience. Your teammates and coaches will all help you get better and improve your game, and share their wisdom and knowledge about tennis with you, all while having fun and making memories that will stay with you for a lifetime.

The Medina Valley Boys golf team has played two tournaments so far. The most recent golf tournament at The Golf Club of Texas. Cameron Schott led the team with an 81. He said “It felt re-ally good to have the lowest score on the team”. The other varsity players and their

scores Brayden McHazlett shot an 85, Kohrman Hoog shot a 95, Tristian Haby shot a 108, and Kyler Burkholder shot a 118. The Varsity team has one more up upcoming tournament left on the season. The junior varsity team consist of AJ Marshall, Jacob Sharber, Tristan Coker,

Ernie Haby and Connor Haby. The JV team has a few more golf tournaments left. The Girls Varsity golf team competed in the Regional Preview this past weekend at the Golf Club of Texas. The girls finished in 3rd place with a two day total of 713. Beating 4th

place Boerne Champion by 25 strokes! Freshman Gabriela McNally led the team, finishing in 8th place out of 176. She shot a 79 in her fiorst day! Stephanie Vela finished 17th with a total of 176. Saman-tha Schulte placed 26th with 188. Hannah Katka landed 32nd with 195. Madison Murrah was in 25th place after day one with a score of 93, before having to with-draw from the tournament due to injury. The girls will compete on November 28th at Dominion Country Club of San Anto-nio.

Panther GolfPanthers swing their way through the course

By: Richard Fulghum

All of MVHS would like to congratulate

the Fall sports teams on great seasons.

THANKS FOR ALL OF THE GOOD TIMES!

NerveBy: Brianna Peterson Over the summer a new movie “Nerve” came out in theatres. Most people would say it’s the best movie of 2016. The movie is based around a game called

“Nerve”. There are two roles a person can play in the game, watcher or player. The players are the ones who do the dares and compete to win. The watchers give the dares, record the players, and upload their dares online.

The movie itself is about two specific teenagers playing this very competi-tive game. The game is similar to truth or dare, but without the truth option. If you complete the dares the “makers of the game” pay you money. If you do not complete the dare they take all the money

you made and you are eliminated from the game. The only way to keep all the money you receive is to win the whole game. You have to keep completing these crazy dares that random people are giving you. This movie is all around good, and quite a thrill ride. It is an action packed movie, making you always guess and wonder what is going to happen next. It also consists of comedy, this is why it is so good. The two main characters, Dave Franco and Emma Roberts, are perfect actors for these roles. They played their parts so well. It makes you really think about life today. Like “could this really happen” or “why don’t we do this in real life”. As you are watching the movie you have so many mixed emotions about it. Some would say they would totally be a part of Nerve, but others would com-pletely disagree and would hate if that ever happened. If you are ever looking for a good action packed movie, I would sug-gest “Nerve”.

See It or Skip It?Entertainment Reviews

Fear the Walking DeadBy Emma Hecker

On August 21st Fear the Walking Dead, a spin off from The Walking Dead, began

their second season on air. Fear the Walk-ing Dead is based at the start of the apoca-lypse set in Los Angles, California. It is based around a pieced together working class family, that shares quite a few prob-lems amongst themselves. Through the first season this family is forced to come together to try and survive the start of the apocalypse. The show is filled with both

the family drama and blood and gore orig-inally found in only The Walking Dead. Recently controversy has come out about whether Fear the Walking Dead lives up to the high standards that The Walking Dead has set. I believe Fear the Walking Dead meets the majority of standards set by the hit show. The main difference is the characters. The characters in The Walk-ing Dead are diverse and people relate to their different back rounds, having Fear the Walking Dead set with a family does not quite give enough diversity to high-light different culture in the new series. I believe with time the characters will develop and the show will live up to the high standers of The Walking Dead.

The Purge: Election YearBy Melanie Salazar, Josephine Barrera, and Sara Guinn On July 1st of this year, the movie “The Purge: Election Year”, the

third part to The Purge series, came out in theatres. Even though a vast majority

of people thought the movie was “not as good as the others”, some thought it was the best of all three. One of the best parts of the movie was definitely the plot twists including the main characters. Personally, we thought it was an outstanding movie with a great plot, which kept building suspense as the movie went on. Overall, we rate it four stars.

Throne of GlassBy: Alexa ColdeweyOn August 2, 2012 the first book to the Throne of Glass series was released. There are currently six books in the series. The author of the book is Sarah

J. Mass. An 18-year-old assassin named Celaena Sardothien has been rotting in the mines of Endovier for multiple crimes she has done over the years. One day the Crown Prince shows up request-ing her presence and offers to let her

have freedom if she serves six years as the king’s champion, but in order to be the king’s champion she has to compete against twenty-three men. Along the way she builds relationships with some people she never would have expected to and she must solve mysterious murders happening while trying to focus on her training and not dying. I suggest reading this series if you love adventure and humor books and looking for a good book to read while you are bored or on a long bus ride.

American Horror Story Season 7

By: Melanie Salazar American Horror Story is a pop-ular horror television series that first aired in 2011. Throughout the past seasons, we have seen the stories of a family moving into a home known as “Murder House”, which was haunted by the previous owners, crazy patients who are institu-tionalized in an asylum and the staff who care for them, and the guests and staff of a hotel filled with paranormal activity. These are just some of the suspense filled seasons of American Horror Story. In all, there are six complete seasons that are, in one way or another, related to one of the past or upcoming seasons. Recently, the newest season, called “My Roanoke Nightmare” was released. The season has just started, so not many episodes have been aired yet. However, with the few that are out, I think it is off to a great start. The episodes are filled with information on the back-grounds of each character so when some of their secrets are revealed, it is pretty surprising. The past few have been filled with action, intrigue, and they keep you wanting to know what will happen in the next week’s show. I would rate this show 5 out of 5 stars and definitely would recommend for you to get caught up with this amazing show.

Business Professionals of

AmericaBy: Alexa Coldewey, Emma Hecker Business Professionals of America (BPA) is a career and technol-ogy student organization at Medina Valley High School. It is composed of 72 individ-ual and team events including accounting, computer processing, economy, speaking, writing, and many more. You can join both a team event and an individual event. There are meetings every month.If you are interested in joining, you can talk to the sponsors, Mrs. Kohlleppel and Mrs. Bemis. There is a $30 entry fee to join BPA for all members. You will gain real life skills as well as qualify for scholar-ships, make connections in the business world, earn awards and recognitions, and much more. The mission for BPA is to prepare an advanced work force through leadership, citizenship, and academic and technological skills. Do not miss out on all of the great opportunities. If you have any questions visit MVISD’s website under the link “clubs and organizations.”

Future Farmers of America

By Jensen Griffin

FFA is learning about leadership and agriculture. This program is not just about animals but other things such as learning how to become a better person and open up to all of the options you have. Recently the State President and Vice President came to Medina Valley to talk to agriculture students about FFA. They discussed how members can make FFA their “own” and special to them. (OWN stands for opportunity, winning , now) FFA also involves showing animals such as pigs, steers, chickens, and sheep. Miranda Vincent said she got invloved in FFA because she “wanted to try something new.” Kyler B urkholder said “my dad used to show when he was in high school.” The variety of animals is wide spread. “ I show pigs and next year hopefully steers,” said Meredith Vincent. Though some people do not think FFA is something difficult, they are wrong; FFA, and any type of agriculture related subject is difficult, sometimes stressful, and very time consuming. This program is worth the time and students have the opportunity to qualify for various scholarships through FFA experience. Also, there is an opportunity for prize money if the animal raised places within the top three at shows and fairs. FFA can be a life long experience that is often passed on from one person to another in a family. It is also a great place to meet new people and discover what you like.

SkillsUSABy Evan Trotta SkillsUSA is an extracurricular CTE organization that teaches leadership skills. “It’s an outstanding program that makes our future workforce” says sponsor Mr. Kokel. He is in charge of the automo-tive classes at Medina Valley. If you feel like joining, make sure you take Small Engine, Automotive, or Advanced Auto Tech/Diesel. There is also a woodshop portion run by Mr. Salinas. For the projects, a person will take an old engine or part and dissemble it. Then they restore it, make look nice, and get it ready for judging at district. If it is good enough, it will make it to state and will earn a letterman patch for that person. For a leadership competitions there are things like customer service, prepared speech, community service, quiz bowl, tool ID, and many more events. If any of this interests you, come talk to either Mr. Kokel or Mr. Salinas in the 500 building.

Panther Pride Practice Pawn Skills

Chess club makes way to classrooms of Medina Valley

By Anthony Garriga

New to the school, Medina Val-ley Chess has taken students by storm. With its number of members growing ev-ery day, it is not a surprise it has become the talk of the school. This extracurricular teaches rules of the game, strategy, scor-ing, and proper chess etiquette. Require-ments have to be reached, however, if one wishes to become a member. For example: Good Attendance, Classroom Behavior, and Grades. This goes to show how chess club not only helps members become better players, but also better students. Results from the recent chess tournament had participants consisting of Tanya Theis, Stephen Lancaster, Jacob Hendrickson, John Basinger, Sergio Velas-quez, Anthony Garriga, Courtney Berkoff, Timothy Lyons, Carmen Robinson, Luis Titering, Autumn Baggs Ozborn Rutleff, Micheal Rodriguez, Austin Cummings, Adam Kinippa, and Timothy Jimenez. Stephen Lancaster finished in 1st place, Ozborn Rutleff in 2nd, and Anthony Gar-riga in 3rd. Open Play is Monday through Friday, 7:45-8:10 A.M. and Tuesday and Thursday after school until 5:15 P.M. Tournaments will be held every three weeks, excluding holiday breaks, testing days, and so on. If a student is interested in joining chess club, meet with Mr. Brown in Room 208.

Cyber PatriotsBy Jensen Griffin

Cyber Patriots is one of many clubs at MVHS, but unlike any other. Starr Martinez explains Cyber Patriots by saying, “it’s about securing computers and preventing viruses”. Cyber Patriots go to competitions to compete with other schools and learn more about computers. Samuel Sanchez helped to explain a little more on what they do, “we have six hours to secure three images, [there are] five people on a team...on one computer”. The club meets every Wednes-day after school. “ Essentially the goal is to learn computer safety and to have secure computer networks” said Jona-than Basinger. The teacher in charge is Mr.Ramirez; it is his second year sponsor-ing the club and got involved because he “come[s] from a cyber security back-ground. I have a degree in cyber security. I have had a long interest in that field, have almost five years of experience, eight years of military in technology”. Cyber Patriots is a very unique experience; and if it one that interests you, find Mr. Ramirez and get signed up.

Future Problem Solvers

By Angelo Guerrero, Alyssa Morales, Julian Salazar

Future Problem Solvers is a club for those who are imaginative and like to write. Club members are tasked with solving issues that are in the foreseeable future using the six step problem solv-ing method. Topics for this year include Educational Disparities, All in the Genes, and 3-D Printing. Mrs. Andermatt gives a little more information on the topic by saying “FPS is an organization in which students focus on solving problems that might occur in the future scene and expected to identify challenges that might occur and find solutions. I like the club because it gets students to think critically about issues that have high probability of occurring.”

Mu Alpha ThetaBy Christopher Botello & Curtis Lechner

Mu Alpha Theta is a club all about math and for students who enjoy the subject. Currently, juniors and seniors participate in this group as members must have completed two advanced math sub-jects to join, which includes courses like Geometry Honors and Algebra II Honors. Eligibility requirements also include a cumulative GPA of 3.5 and a math GPA of 3.5. Mu Alpha Theta is an Honor Society and therefore requires its members to complete four hours of community service through math tutoring. This can be earned by helping students at a Flex Friday school day or tutoring before school. Some other activities the group takes part in is the teacher apprecia-tion breakfast in May, where they make breakfast for the employees and distribute letters they previously arranged for stu-dents to write, members also occasionally stay after pep-rallies to help clean. Why join Mu Alpha Theta? Not only does it look great on a college application, but if you make it to at least five meetings, and get the required community service hours, you will receive a graduation cord. We hope to see you there in the future!

STUCOBy Kelcy Guebard Student council is a student led

organization that allows student represen-tation at the school. Student membership drive is the first three weeks of school. Students must turn in the form to Mrs. Lee or Ms. Mack by the designated deadline. Once a member you must attend the meetings, usually held twice a month- one morning meeting and one afternoon meet-ing. The only requirement to be a member is that you must have an 85 average in each class to remain active. They organize activities and events such as contributing to pep rallies and goody basket exchanges at varsity football games. They are also involved in the D.A.S.H. program, the homecoming court, and they sponsor a dodgeball tournament in the spring. Once a year the office members are voted on by the class they represent. This year the STUCO President is Lauren Keller, Vice President is Amanda Gallegos, Treasurer/Secretary is Victoria Duron, Reporter is Kase Ruiz, Parliamentarian is Katie Huron and Historian is Ashley Kempf.

LET’S GO CLUBBING!A LIST OF CLUBS AVAILABLE AT MVHS

P7 By Jacob Aguero Preview, Praise, Parable, Present, Practice,

Pray, and Plus; this is the order of the lessons the P7 group will be working through this year. It is also the inspiration for the name. P7 is an amazing youth group that meets ev-ery Tuesday after school until about 5:30. The whole thing revolves around the Christian religion. To make it fun for their members, they play games that incorporate the Bible. Not only are there games, but there are also refreshments; it could be chips or candy, or even ice cream! They want to give something to those who take the time to come to this program. They also sometimes go on outings to make things fun for the members. The first trip will be to the Hondo Corn Maize. This program is truly a great one to make new friends and new memories.

SO YOU WANT TO USE YOUR PHONE

AT SCHOOL...All you have to do

is show up! If MVHS averages 97% attendance, or better, for a full school week, students are al-lowed to use technology, includ-ing cell phones, during assigned lunch periods. This is decided on a weekly basis, so every day counts. Don’t you want to check Instagram and Snapchat without fear of getting caught and having your phone taken away?

COME TO SCHOOL!

International SocietyBy Angelo Guerrero, Alyssa Morales, Julian Salazar International Society calls room 307 home. This club welcomes everyone. There are no requirements to join like GPA or grade level. International Society works with other clubs to aid community service projects. They have passed out candy at Boo Bash, paced the track at Relay for life, and wrapped presents for Adopt-A-Family. This year the club also hopes to re-establish language tutoring for ASL and Spanish. At the end of the year interna-tional society takes a field trip to mar-ket square to learn more about foreign cultures. In order to go, members must attend a certain number of meetings and take part in community service projects. Join international society. (They have doughnuts!!!) Club sponsor, Mrs. Lee says, “International Society is an awesome club with awesome members who work hard. The many activities that students are involved in are Adopt-A-Family and Boo Bash. They also go on cultural trips like to ASL Idol and Market Square.”

JROTC By Dallas Zamundio and Desirée Sweeten ROTC is about making new leaders, helping out the community, disci-pline, making people better citizens, and prepares students for the military. There are officers, just like in the Air Force, and Colonol and Chief run the program with precission. The chain of command for this year is: Corps Commander c/Col. Zaide Remmers, Deputy Corps Commander c/Maj. Ryan Schnitzer, Director of Opera-

tions c/Capt. Nick Andrews, Mission Support Command-er c/Capt. Camille Zercuthe, Director of Logistics c/Capt. Emily Case, Com-mand Chief c/Msgt. George Johnson, Colonel Spracale, and Master Chief Thayer.

DanceBy Jasmine Herrera If you are interested in dance MVHS has two options for you. The dance class is taught by Mrs. Biedi-ger. Monday is jazz, Tuesday is ballet, Wednesday is two-step, Thursday is mod-ern, and Friday is hip-hop. There is also a dance club and you do not have to be in the class to join. All you have to do is go to the practices Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 – 8:00 am. It is really fun, so you should join! The club performed on October 28, 2016 at the pep rally. They danced to thriller dressed as zombies. The show was excellent and many more have asked about joining since.

Clubs (cont.)

From Coach Delavar: The freshmen ended their season 12-23 (including preseason games/scrim-mages/district play). The growth that I saw in these girls individually and as a team was indescribable. Coming into the program for the first time this year allowed me to have a clean view of the girls and what they could become. Playing volleyball as a freshman is both mentally and physically draining for anyone that decides to take on the incredible task and so these girls were in for a ride from the get-go. As their coach, I worked from the ground up in order to perfect their basic skills. These girls stunned me with their capabilities to go beyond just the basics and grow in more skills than I had planned for. Malorri James was one in particular that was a picture of hard work and determination on the court and in practice daily. Malorri started the year swinging at a limited amount of balls and

usually into the net and ended the year as our go-to attacker, rallying kill after kill each set. Taylor Chester was another that was always dependable as a coach and teammate. I never took Taylor Chester out of the game and she never asked to be taken out; she earned her spot with her consistency and effort. During the season I was able to move people around and truly had a whole team to choose from on game-day. Emily Friesenhann and Olivia Garza worked hard as our liberoes for the season and never let anyone take that away from them. Our middle blockers went from swinging out or forgetting to block, to blocking numerous balls in a set and positioning their hits in smart spots on the other side of the court. As you can tell, I would count this year as a success and believe my girls and I should hold our heads up and shoulders high with pride. After a season like this one, all I can say is – on to the next one and GO PANTHERS!

From Coach Eric Soza: The Panther Junior Varsity Foot-ball team has fought hard all year display-ing grit, resiliency, and heart. From the beginning of the season, we have grown tremendously as a team. We have had our ups and downs throughout the year, but everyone has exhibited true teamwork and never wavered from the team mental-ity. With one game left we have a record of two wins, five losses, and two ties. Although the wins and the losses did not work out in our favor this year, the whole coaching staff is extremely proud of the way the kids have come to work every day to get better.

Coaches’ Shout-outsAt the end of the season, there is only one thing to do...thank you!

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Nov. 3-4

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Nov. 17-19

Nov. 21-25

Nov. 28

Nov. 28-30

UIL Congress

ALE Special Olym-pics Football v. Alamo HeightsUIL meet-LaVernia

Boys & Girls JV Golf TournamentCyber Patriots & State X-CountryUIL meet-Boerne

Fall Play

Thanksgiving Break

Varsity Girls Golf

Soccer Tryouts

Dec. 3

Dec. 5-9

Dec. 12

Dec. 12-16

Dec. 14

Dec. 19-Jan. 2

UIL Meet - Bandera

STAAR Retakes

Varity Girls & Boys Golf TournamentSemester Final ExamsJV Boys Golf Tour-namentWinter Break

GIRLSPRE-SEASON

Nov. 5 Hondo Nov. 8 Uvalde Nov. 15 @Le Vernia Nov. 17-19 @Floresville (V) Nov. 17&19 @Pearsall (JV,F) Nov. 21 Bandera Nov. 29 @Canyon Dec. 1-3 @Hondo

Dec. 6 Hondo Dec. 9 @Harlandale

DISTRICT Dec. 13 @Boerne Dec. 16 Marble Falls Dec. 30 @Kerrville-Tivy

BOYSPRE-SEASON

Nov. 7 Holy Cross Nov. 12 Bandera Nov. 18 @Uvalde Nov. 21 @Harlandale Nov. 29 Boerne Dec. 1-3 @Pearsall (V) Dec. 1-3 @Somerset (JV,F) Dec. 5 @Fredericksburg Dec. 8-9 @Devine Dec. 13 Floresville Dec. 16 @Bandera Dec. 27 Somerset

DISTRICT Dec. 30 Kerrville-Tivy

GOT YEARBOOK?Well, why not?!?!

Hurry to order your before the price goes up again!

Price Schedule:Oct 31 – Dec 31 = $75Jan 1 – March 19 = $80

March 20 – April 28 = $85Distribution Day = $90

After that = $100

See Coach Schorr in room 129 or Coach Schmidt in room 125 to

order your yearbook today.

(Payment required at time of order. Cash or checks accepted. Checks

made out to MVHS.)

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO

TAKE LESS EXAMS?

(I know I would!) Each grade level is eligible to be exept from a few fall semester exams. You need to have good at-tendance and good grades in order to qualify.

Grades 90+ and 3 or less absencesGrades 85-89 and 2 or less absencesGrades 80-84 and 1 or less absences

How many can you skip? Seniors: up to all 8 exams Juniors: up to 6 exams Sophomores: up to 4 exams Freshmen: up to 2 exams

Flex days are on Friday this year, which means...

THREE LESS DAYS OF SCHOOL!

You will be on “Track 1” and get three extra Fridays off in the spring if you:

• Take and pass all required state tests

• Be passing all classes• Meet 90% attendance

requirement Be sure to keep this in mind the rest of this semester and into next year!

Congratulations and job well done to all of

our Panther teams!

Color GuardBy: Miranda Romero Are you interested in performing, dancing, and spinning equipment such as a flag, sabre, or rifle? Join the Medina Valley Prowler Guard directed by Ruben Alejandre and Albert Mendoza. They perform with the band during halftime at all football games as well as competing in competitions against many other bands. They also have a winter season so if you are busy with sports in the fall you have a chance in the winter! Don’t know how to join? Come by the Band Hall!

Gameday, Band DayBand performs at the biggest

games of the yearBy: Timothy Rash and Alyssa Burlingame When the bell rings at 4:05, all the band students line up outside room 300 to get their food. They finish at 4:30-4:45, and then go pick up their uniformsThey then go outside and have a

mini rehearsal from 5:05- 5:45. After that, back inside to get lyres, flip folders, water bottle, baseball caps, sheikos, instruments, long black socks, and uniforms ready for inspection. When that is done, they lineup outside and start marching to the Panther Stadium. As soon as they get there, they play the Panther Fight Song and the Var-sity football team runs out of the big blow up Panther Helmet. Right after both teams are on the field, the band plays the Star-Spangled Banner after the Alma Maters from both teams are played. While the game is going on, they play “stand tunes”. Some of the band’s favorites include: “Jai-Ho”, “Pretty Fly for a White Guy”, and “Shut Up and Dance”. About 7 minutes before halftime, they head down to the field to warm up for

the halftime show entitled “Fly.” When halftime is over, they go back to the stands to play more stand tunes. After the game is over they play the Fight Song. After the teams get done shaking hands and saying good game to each other, the band goes down to the field to play the Alma Mater with the MV Football and Cheer Teams. They then line back up behind the stadium and start marching and dancing back to the Band Hall in celebration. They put up their instruments, sheikos, and uniforms, then leave the Band Hall to go home around 10:30. Want to be a part of all of this? See Band Director Galvez!

NewspaperBy: Miranda Romero The process of producing a paper come with many fun filled tasks. From interviewing people such as students and administration, to taking pictures filled with fun, life, and meaning. As a group the newspaper classes revise pieces stu-dents have written for the paper to make them as perfect as possible. They then get to the best part of it all. They get to start designing the paper and watch all of their hard work come together and share it with them! If you are interested in joining this crew, you first have to take Intro to Jour-nalism. Then you can apply to be “hired” onto the newspaper staff.

YearbookBy: Christopher Botello & Curtis Lechner Have you ever seen a bunch of students walking around with cameras and notepads? The elective you saw was year-book. These people year round cover all

the events going around the school ranging from athletics, academ-ics, and

musical events. The requirements to join yearbook are that you must have taken Journalism 1. However, if you have good STAAR scores and a strong understanding of English, Coach Schorr will waive this rule. Throughout the year Coach Schorr has several events planned for her editors such as a small group traveling to Dallas to design our yearbook cover, a luncheon work day planned for edit-ing the yearbook, and most recently Kiss the Pig contest which could fund some of the yearbook team’s trips along with the yearbook itself. Next time you view our yearbook think of all the work put into making it.

Panther SingersBy: Aida Saucedo “Choir is a group of people who entertain others with songs” says junior Giselle Fernandez. In choir you are being taught how to sing, read music, and more importantly, how to sing on key. Mrs. Nixon teaches her students the proper techniques of singing and as they are learning these techniques they are improv-ing themselves. The school’s choir will have a Christmas concert in December for free and it will be held after school in the PAC. The choir members have been practicing for their performance and will be ready to present a spectacular show for us. If there is anyone who would like more information, please see Mrs. Nixon for details.

Up, Up, and AwayRocketry

By: Ethan Dowell, Samuel Groff, and Isaiah Rodriguez Scientific Research and Design, which is a STEM class, stands for Sci-ence, Technology, Engineering, Math-ematics. The class had to build a race car using straws, styrofoam, and a balloon and it had to travel 4.1 meters at max in a straight line. Mr. Perritano’s future plan is to build our first rocket by the end of Oc-tober. He said, “the goal of this class is to have students design and develop rockets to achieve a height with minimal instruc-tions.’’ The pre-requisite for this class is to have taken Physics and can be used as your 4th or 5th science, or as an elective. Mr. Perritano’s plan was to build a rocket by the end of October, but

the classes ended up completing their first rocket by the beginning of October instead. The materials used were epoxy glue, balsa wood, straws, cardboard tube, nose cone, engine, fuses, wadding, and string. They lunched their fist rocket the first week of October. To everyone’s sur-prise the rockets went to heights that they didn’t expect.

Big Bows and Bright Smiles: Want to know more about Cheer?By: Madison Kroum

Drama Is LifeCheck out Panther Theater

By: Coach Schmidt One of the longest running elec-

tives on campus is Theater. The classes rotate between learning stage craft, cos-tume and design, technical theater, stage make-up and fighting, and direction. Mrs.

Martin is heading up the department this year with fearlessness. Theater is also an after school activity as well as a UIL event. One act play does well every year and the entire community looks forward to the various plays put on. Keep your ears open to hear for ticket sales dates for this year’s fall show, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

PANTHER ELECTIVES Need some help chosing classes for next year? Take a look at a few of your options here!

Cheerleading is a sport at MVHS coached by Nicole Bemis. You can get involved in cheer by getting a tryout packet around spring time. The packet must be thoroughly read and have student and parent signatures. There are also interview questions you must answer to even be considered for a spot on the team. Then, time comes around for tryouts. There is a clinic where every contender is taught the material needed for tryouts. There is a few days where you get to perfect the material but when that time is up, you audition for a spot on the team. Freshman can only make JV. Sophomores can make JV or Varsity. Lastly, juniors and seniors can only make varsity. To try out for captain, you have to

create your own dance and go through an intense interview with the judges. There can be two captains on varsity and one on JV. And yes… boys can tryout also! The coach is Nicole Bemis, and the captains for this school year are Han-nah Persyn (senior) and Paige Sheppard (junior). Cheer is also an expensive sport. You have to buy your own camp clothes, uniforms, bows, etc. Over the summer, there is a cheer camp to go to. This summer we went to UCA camp at Texas State Uni-versity. Both our Varsity and JV team got second place trophies. Being a cheerleader, you get to learn a lot about school spirit. Although it takes up a lot of time and ef-fort, it is very much worth it. Lauren Cole

(junior) stated, “I enjoy having school spirit and I like cheering for the athletes on the field and the court.” Meet-ing some of my closest friends and making unforgettable memories while on the team is something I definitely do not regret.

Floral DesignBy: Emma Hecker

Floral Design is an elective offered for all grades. In class they learn about businessand design. They also make things like mums and flower arrangements using what they learned in class. The suppliesthey used are paid for by an initial $30 lab fee, although you keep what you make in class. It is offered as a fine arts credit. In April 20 students go to the Texas State Florists Association High School Certifi-cation Exam. Students get the opportunity to get certified which may lead to getting entry level positions in a floral shop, retail shop or floral wholesale. See Mrs. Riff for more information.

PACEBy: Maddy Branch

Pace is a class designed to teach students responsibility, creativity, and the skills needed to look at situations from a different perspective. By taking Pace, stu-dents will also develop strong leadership skills by assisting teachers in the class-room. Underclassmen look up to the Pace students and go to them for advice and help when needed, resulting in the Pace students developing a deeper understand-ing of the endless responsibilities of a teacher. Pace students develop a bond with the teacher they help and also have more respect for teachers once they understand all that teachers do. Dr. Jones teaches Pace and assigns the students to their teachers. Everyday that a Pace student practices the skills Pace can provide for them is a day that will help better prepare them for the future.

New Building Addition

Land moves out, education moves in!

By: Ray Garza, Cy Navarrette, Analeise ZapataSince 2006 the school board have been wanting a new wing in the high school as the freshman classes keep rising in numbers. In the past 5 years, talks have been serious about adding an extension to the high school. Board members have finally made their decision. Construction began on September 8th, 2016. Staff at the high school had expected 300 freshmen, but ended up with 400 freshmen instead, encouraging a new building. The new building is expected to be finished by the

end of the school year. There is also going to be new science labs and a new com-puter lab. The newspaper staff will keep you posted as construction continues, be sure to keep up with the next addition of the school newspaper for more news.

HELLO PANTHERS! WHAT’S NEWS?

Get To Know Your TeachersWe sat down with a few of MVHS’ own

Coach SteinBy Angelo Guerrero & Alyssa Burlingame Coach Stein has made her return from leave after spending some much needed time with her newest edition. Coach Stein is back and ready to take on the difficult return. She says “I really miss my kids and I know it is going to be hard recovering from lost time and playing catch up in class”. Although faced with the daunting task Coach Stein is ready to prove her strength and overcome adver-sity. Getting back into the groove, her class is pushing full steam ahead as they tackle Ancient Greek Mythology. Inter-esting literature like Greek Mythology is one of Coach Stein’s favorite aspects of teaching English. She enjoys reading with her students in class because of all their interesting individual personalities. Coach talks over some of her favorite former stu-dents; two students that really stood out to her where Lauren Hitzfelder and Zachary Robles. Lauren because she was always on task and Zachary because he was always entertaining in class. Although she enjoys her current group of freshmen, she would prefer teaching the juniors because she believes that’s when they can actually read more interesting topics without wor-rying about the STAAR. In Contrast with her current students, the STAAR Test was not a concern to Coach Stein back when she was in high school. She attended high school in Panther Nation here at Medina Valley. She may not have been queen of the classroom at the time, but she was most definitely queen of the gym court. As a star athlete, she played basketball, soft-ball, and volleyball. After ruling the gym, she went on to college where she attended Texas State University in San Marcos,

Texas. In years of being a bobcat she ma-jored in Health and Wellness and minored in English. She knew from a young age that her dream was to be a teacher, but not necessarily an English teacher. She had a prospect of being a Health teacher and varsity basketball coach, for the most part her wish came true - other than a minor change in what she taught. She always wanted to be a teacher to help students get that ah-ha moment as they learn.

Mr. David SlighBy Madi Kroum and Arianna Mayorga

Mr. Sligh is a new World History teacher and debate coach at Medina Val-ley High School. He grew up in Memphis, Tennessee and apparently was “the worst baseball player in the entire state.” He also participated in basketball, was “fifth string” in football, and loved soccer the most. He did not picture himself as a teacher when in school and told himself, “I am never stepping foot into a high school again.” Mr. Sligh studied at the University of Alabama to be a lawyer, but did not enjoy it. He ended up receiving his Bachelors in English and Masters in His-tory. He has two sons and a daughter who just graduated from Brennan High School last year and is studying to be an orthope-dic surgeon. Mr. Sligh has actually been try-ing to teach here at MVHS for a while, but there were no openings for the teach-ing job he desired. His favorite part of being a teacher is “getting a student to succeed who does not think they can.” He likes being a history teacher because he sees it as a challenge. He enjoys making

the material relatable to his students. For example, he uses references such as Twit-ter and other trends. He loves the aca-demic achievements here at our school, but still looks forward to the improvments MVHS has in store for the near future.

Coach J.D. BeltranBy Maddy Branch

Coach Beltran has been an art teacher for 36 years. One thing he is going to miss when he retires, is seeing the stu-dents every day and having an audience to talk in front of. He said, “I get to find out more about my students and they find more about me. I teach a hundred students a day and coach a hundred more. That’s two hundred bonds I won’t make next year.” Coach Beltran makes a connection with all the students he teaches/ coaches. His plans for retirement include bum-ming around for a year and then working part time at a golf course. Coach Beltran graduated at Southwest Texas University. He originally wanted to go to University of Texas at Austin, but he didn’t think he was good enough to go to that school. The decision of not going to UTA still haunts him to this day. Coach Beltran enjoys teaching not only art but also softball. He loves coaching softball because of all the strategies involved. He has taught art at five other high schools including, Lexing-ton, Brady, Schlenburg, and was the head coach at Kenedy high. He became a teach-er, because of the influences his teachers had on him as a child. Coach Beltran says, “I couldn’t just be an artist, I’d probably starve to death.” Coach Beltran is very loved at Medina Valley High School and will be missed after he retires.

VOTE FOR THE BEST

STUDENTS &

TEACHERS!By: Nicole Luna and Cameron Gloria Attention Medina Valley High School, we are hosting a voting for recog-nizing students and teachers. Each person of MVHS is encouraged to vote for one outstanding person. We encourage you to vote for the one that meets the suggested criteria listed below.

For the students to select a teacher: • Recognized for teaching • Friendly and understanding • Respectful to all • Gets to know their students • Good reputation as a teacher • Takes time out of their day to help/tutor

For the teachers to select a student: • Well behaved student • Good grades • Responsible • Successful student • Helpful • Friendly

Bring your nomina-tions (with a few sentences explain-ing your choice) to room 125!

Q & A By: Clarissa Ortega and Cedric Brooks

Welcome Freshmen! Do you have any questions to ask the staff mem-bers or upper-classmen? If so, ask away! We are here to make your high school years the best they can possibly be. High school is supposed to be the time of our lives. We can help you accom-plish this. We’re in this together; we want you to have a successful year. If you have any questions about high school please leave them in the questions box in room 125 and our upper-classmen and staff members will try their best to answer them accordingly. For now, here is a little advice: •Focus on your grades •Pay attention •Stay out of trouble •Do your very best •Get involved in organizations •Don’t put off doing your work

Fish GuideBy: Jaleiyah Romero and Joelene RendonDear Seniors, Freshmen need advice on how to survive high school. It would really help to at least have some guidelines. Freshmen need to keep their grades up, so what are some ways to make sure to never have grades drop? Is there pos-sibly something extra they could do? What routes for freshmen are fast and easy to get to their classes? Freshmen are new to the school and they obviously do not know their way around and do not like to be late to class. What electives should a freshmen take, what is the best sport? What will keep you fit? How high should your G.P.A be, what dual credits will help get your G.P.A up?

Fish Guide: Senior Tips

1. If you are already going to be late...might as well stop for breakfast :)2. Go to every sporting event you can; it makes your life so much more fun!3. Don’t blow it your freshman year. You don’t want to end up with a 2.38 GPA when trying to get into college.

Fish Qs for UpperclassmenUpperclassmen, what would you change about your freshman year? - Take my grades more seriously. - Appreciated it more; it goes by really fast. - Care more about my classes. - I wouldn’t change anything, it was a good year and got me to where I am now. - Be more involved in clubs. - Not do so many extra-curriculars be cause I was stressed.

How do you REALLY feel about the underclassmen? - They can be a little annoying, but we know some of them just don’t know any better. - As they get older, they will mature and they will eventually be as cool as us. - I think of them like my little brothers and sisters. - They have a lot of energy...a lot!

Seniors, are you more excited or scared about graduating? - Excited, because I am ready to get out into the world. - Nervous, because I have to get a lot of stuff together. - Excited, because I am ready to start the new chapter I have planned. - Scared, I won’t be with family or friends anymore.

Creative SpotlightBy: Rain Gilkes, Rossette Reyez, & Vanessa Camargo. Hey students, want to show off your artistic, creative skills? Well now you can submit them to be displayed in the art section, now making its grand return. Be it a quick doodle, a long art project, or a short poem or haiku, as long as its school appropri-ate, we can help you share your talents. Turn your art or poem in to Coach Schmidt in room 125. If we don’t have it in time for one edition, we may place it in another. There are NO guarantees your art will be featured. If you want your original copy back, you will need to pick it back up later. Show the world what you’ve got!

IT’S ALL ABOUT Y-O-UThis page is solely for your enjoyment; have fun!

A BIG THANK YOU! We want to thank Domino’s Pizza and Bush’s Chicken for providing the Newspaper crew with nourishment during our workdays. Thanks to you, we were able to focus on putting this newspaper together, instead of on our rumbling tummies.

Lilly Carnes, 10th

Laura O’Connor, 12th

Arianna Mayorga, 9thAnthony Garriga, 11th

Panther Power Quotes

ACROSS 3 The best high school in Texas 6 A school color and a fruit 8 Competitive, exercise and skill 11 A 10th grader 15 A 9th grader 16 Black cat who prowls our school 17 AKA drug free week 20 What we compete for at pep rallies DOWN 1 The week we decorate, wear funny clothes, and crown royalty at halftime 2 Our talented school musicians 4 A very popular fall sport played at almost every high school in America 5 A person who goes to school 7 “We’ve got spirit, yes we do! We’ve got spirit, how about you?” 9 A 12th grader 10 Another word for “win” 12 Student assembly aimed at exciting students before a sporting event 13 Where you go to learn 14 School color that rhymes with “kite” 16 Our mascot’s name 18 A school color you see when you close your eyes 19 An 11th grader 21 Join one and you might meet new people

“Life is poetryand you are the poet”

“Fear causes hesitation; hesitation causes your worst

fears to come true.”

“Be someone you would be proud to know”

“Bright minds create beautiful things”

“When your day is down, pick it back up again”