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The EmeraldVolume 8, Issue 2
You might think that the students of Pennfield High School are
just regular teenagers, but this is not the case! Follies took
place on the 14th and 15th of November. The singers, dancers, and
many other talented students of Pennfield, came together for this
years Follies show. There was a wide va-riety of amazing acts!
These participants have all put in such hard work to give us the
show we are always so excited for. This year, the top three acts
were rewarded with cash prizes of $100, $50, and $25 dollars. Emily
Baker, a member in the audi-ence, added that, “Every act was so
awesome. It was a great night, and it was cool to see all of the
different talents that we have here at Pennfield.” The winners of
this years show were Taylor Flood, taking first place, Katherine
Blocker, with second place, and the Bowens in third place. Bailey
Huff, a junior on the dance team, said, “It was a really great
experience and it was nice for the people who came to see how hard
we worked to put on a great show!” Kelly Seech also said, “I’ve had
such a great time being in Follies these past four years, and I’ve
gotten to know some pretty cool people. I’m going to miss it most
from my high school ex-perience.” A highlight act of the show, was
when the PHS dance team performed to Chandelier by, Sia. The ladies
did an amazing job on stage! Al-though not every participant was a
winner, all of these wonderful people had the chance to show the
Pennfield community what talent is all about. I think we all can
agree that Follies 2014 was one fantastic show.
Layout done by Sam Penland ‘15 and Taylor Swartz ‘15
FolliesAinsley Haaksma ‘18Riley Bowen, Kylie McHale, Taylor
Flood,
Nick Schoppenhauer, and Emily Kent
The Dance Team
Alana Dyer
Emily Kent and Taylor Flood Rachel DeHart
Erin Geering
Nick Schoppenhauer, Emily Kent, Taylor Flood, Riley Bowen,
Hannah Stevens, and Sarah Caley
Rachel DeHart, Bailey Huff, Gracie Henderson and Riley
McClain
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Community Where are they now?Stephanie Martinez ‘16
Blood MoonChester Dalski ‘18
2013 graduate Amanda Sare has come a long way since Pennfield.
Currently, she is a sophomore at the University of Alabama where
she is majoring in Journalism and minoring in Communication
studies. Here at Pennfield, she was captain of the softball team
and a member of the volleyball team. She also was on the honor roll
her entire 4 years at Pennfield High School. “The thing I miss most
about high school is getting to see my friends everyday and playing
volleyball,” Amanda says. “My favorite teacher was either Mr.
McCafferty or Mrs. Schneiderhan. I miss them both,” she added.
Amanda has played a year of college softball and was hired at the
Crimson White at Alabama as a sports reporter.
On the night of October 7th and into the morn-ing of the 8th a
truly supernatural sight ap-peared high up into the sky. This event
known
as the “Blood Moon” is a rare occurrence. Between the 1600’s and
the 1900’s there were no blood moons that fell under the category
of Tetrad. There are only expected to be eight Blood Moon’s that
oc-cur between 2001 and 2100. This “Tetrad” moon was truly amazing
if you had the chance to look up into the sky. If you missed it
don’t worry, somewhere between March and May there is expected to
be another, but the date is unknown at this time.
Bullying is something you see almost everywhere that you go. The
number of bullies continue to rise every month. In America, schools
alone harbor about 2.1 million bullies and 2.7 million of their
victims. About 1 in 7 students in grades
K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying. It is estimated
that 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack
or intimidation by other students. Bul-lying takes place in many
different forms but usually includes physical, verbal, indirect,
and cyber-bullying. Physical bullying includes hitting, kicking,
pinch-ing, punching, scratching, spitting or any other form of
physical abuse. Physical bullying also includes damage to or taking
of someone else’s belongings. Verbal bullying consists of name
calling, insulting, making racist, sexist or homophobic jokes,
remarks or teasing, using sexually suggestive or abusive language
and of-fensive remarks. Indirect bullying consists of spreading
nasty stories about some-one, exclusion from social groups, being
made the subject of malicious, rumors sending abusive mail, e-mail,
and text messages (cyber-bullying). Cyber-bullying is any type of
bullying that is carried out by an electronic device.. When it
comes to being bullied, suicide is the third leading cause of death
among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year,
according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there
are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 percent of high school
students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have
attempted it. On Wednesday October 22 a representative from the
Attorney General’s office came to Pennfield to speak about a
program called okay2say. Okay2say is a pro-gram designed to empower
Michigan students, parents, school personnel, commu-nity mental
health service programs, and law enforcement to share and respond
to student safety threats, and anonymously.
It’s always important to practice good health, but it’s
especial-ly hard to stay motivated over the holidays. Long nights
with Christmas movies and pie sound so good, but can be so bad.
There are many temptations, but even more over the holi-
days, and it is hard for anyone to stay within a healthy
lifestyle. With that being true, try to keep your focus on fun and
not food. Be sure to drink plenty of water and not skip meals, but
also when it is time to make that big holiday dinner, it might be a
good idea to eat smaller portions of whatever is provided and
consider giving away some leftovers, (less temptation that way).
Obviously, the weather is getting rough and cold, but it is still
possible to stay active, just be sure to bundle up, layers are a
good thing. You could even try something new this year and start a
new tradition. Maybe have the family run together, or play a game
of football instead of sitting on the couch. Staying healthy over
the holidays may be harder, but it can be done!
Informing people of anxiety is im-portant because more often
than not a person with the disorder doesn’t even
know that they have it. A person will usually just consider
themselves weird or different than others. It is perfectly normal
to feel like this as a teenager. Everyone feels anxiety at some
point in their lives. Anxiety is a general term that causes
nervousness, shaking, stress, and many other symptoms. It is caused
by environmental factors such as moving to a new home, personal
relationships, worries about money, and stress over work or school.
It can also be triggered by your brain chemistry, genet-ics, or
substance use/abuse. Although there is no certain test,
mental-health professionals can diagnose anxiety and identify the
causes of it. The person that diagnoses a patient will need to do
an examination, order lab tests, and look up medical history. To be
diagnosed with anxiety, one must show the following symptoms:
restlessness, fatigue, irritability, muscle tension, difficulty
sleeping, difficulty concentrating, excessive worry about several
events/activities, and must have a difficult time try-ing to
control the worrying.
Community Giving is good, and there are a number of of charities
out there, so it would make sense that most charities are uncommon.
Have you heard of Team Helps or Knit
‘n Style? Probably not, because they are both uncommon charities
that desperately need donations due to more known charities getting
more at-tention. Team Helps is a charity that improves living
conditions of impov-erished families in rural Guatemala. They work
to install stoves, fix water filtration systems, and put cement
floors in Guatemalans’ homes. Knit ‘n Style is a magazine for
knitters, the magazine lists multiple charities for knitters to
lend their skills to. The list contains Afghans for Afghans, Chemo
Caps, Shawl Ministry, and more.
On December 6th, 2013 a 2 year old baby from West Africa died
from the threatening Ebola virus, this baby started it all. By
January 1st, 2014 the child’s mother, 3-year-old sister and
grandmother had all died of the disease. In a disease outbreak like
Ebola, it’s
important to find patient zero because knowing that person’s
history can help research-ers determine how and when the outbreak
started. It’s likely that Ebola is transmitted to humans when they
hunt or eat infected bushmeat, says Dr. William Schaffner. On
September 30 of this year, the first case of Ebola was confirmed in
the United States, Thomas Eric Duncan had traveled from West Africa
to Dallas, Texas and didn’t have any symptoms until four days after
arriving in the US. Thomas was taken to Texas Presbyterian Hospital
of Dallas to be treated. The hospital put Thomas into isolation and
tested him for Ebola, the results were positive. October 8th,
Thomas was the first person to die in the United States from Ebola
and he was cremated. Two nurses from Dallas: Nina Pham and Amber
Vinson treated Duncan and were diagnosed with Ebola. Nina was
quarantined and is getting better, while Amber found out about her
case after traveling from Cincinnati, Ohio to Atlanta and
self-reporting to Emory Univer-sity Hospital. I spoke to different
students about their thoughts on the Ebola outbreak “I think people
are going crazy over it, it hasn’t even hit Michigan yet. The
people that seem to be catching the disease more are outside the
United States,” says Junior, Marissa Owens. “I think everyone is
taking the Ebola outbreak too seriously. Ebola is hard to get,”
explains Sophomore, Joni Wirtz. “I think people that are joking
around about saying they have Ebola is immature. Ebola is a serious
threat, 50% of the people that catch the disease die from it.
People need to stop thinking it’s funny,” explains Freshman, Connor
Cook.
It’s almost winter, and you know what that means: tissues and
people coughing everywhere you look. It happens every year,
especially in the winter season which is from December to March.
Signs are going up in store windows advertising flu shots and
medicine, but how do we know
what will work? And how do we know when we actually have the
“real” flu, and not just a cold or a sore throat? First of all, a
flu is known to last longer than the simple cold. Even though the
strong symptoms only last from three to four days in a flu, the
feeling of sickness can stay with you for up to about three weeks.
Meanwhile, a cold is just a little less than a week, and usually
the symptoms disappear quickly. Also, the symptoms of the flu are
worse than the common cold, not just being more common, but also
being more severe. Speaking of symptoms, the flu is often
associated with fevers, chills, coughing, sore throat, stuffy nose,
some nausea, headaches, muscle pains, and fatigue-ness. These
complications can lead to more seri-ous conditions, such as
bronchitis and pneumo-nia, which can be life threatening if not
correctly treated. To avoid getting the flu, you should do the same
things that you do to avoid getting any other sickness. You should
wash your hands and sanitize your house often. Also, if you do get
the flu, you should avoid other people so you don’t spread it as
quickly. Being safe and cautious is better in the long run!
With the new iPhone 6/6 plus coming out, it makes some wonder,
what was technology
like in the past? How was the software and how did some live
without certain features such as maps and siri? Technology wasn’t
much different a couple of years ago than it is now, with the
software being the same and just a few drastic changes. But if you
take it back twenty-two years ago to when the first cell phone came
out, most kids this generation would have no idea how to even use
it. Growing up with such advanced technology has it’s perks but
it’s taking over our lives. We are the future for new
technology.
EbolaLogan Messanger ‘16
Mrs. Maginity getting a flu shot from nurse Mrs. Lukowski. Mrs.
Maginity volunteered so she wouldn’t get sick this year.
BulliesErin Owens ‘17
Technology over the past decadeJaymee Wilber ‘15
Uncommon CharitiesStephanie Martinez ‘16
AnxietyAinsley Haaksma ‘18
‘Tis the seasonMadison Peet ‘15
Varsity volleyball had a great season, and they were the last
fall sport still playing this year. The volleyball girls advanced
into districts. Monday November 3rd Pennfield played against
Comstock, winning with a score of 3-0. November 5th they played
against Marshall, they may have lost that night but still stayed
strong and never let that bring them down. Senior Aubrey Ritter
said, “Athletes don’t take the sport you play for granted. Every
time you play be thankful for the opportunity. Play every game like
it’s your last because in a blink of an eye it could be. Once you
reach your senior year you’ll realize how much you love that sport
that you once took for granted, and lastly, Once a panther always a
panther!” The Emerald Staff just wanted to say good job to all the
varsity vol-leyball players, you girls played a great season and
represented Pen-nfield well.
Varsity VolleyballAshley Tate ‘15
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Flu Season Emma Stover ‘18
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Seniors Tess Needham, Hope Higgins, Aubrey Ritter and Coach
Zima
Amanada Sare at Universisty of Alabama
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PANTHER LIFES.A.D.D DeJana Tellis ‘18
Hallway Challenger Chester Dalski. ‘18
Homecoming: Charity DayTaylor Swartz ‘15
You go to Meijer Too? Teachers are People Just Like You!DeJana
Tellis ‘18
Student By Day, Military Man By Night Kadee Bechman ‘15
Is there a new spirit week tradition? This year, Wednesday of
homecoming week was Charity Day. Each class earned points by
wearing the color of their chosen charity and by donating money.
Each class put forth an excellent effort raising funds. The
sophomores did an outstanding job, raising $173 for Muscular
Dystrophy. Following the sophomores were the seniors collecting a
total of $95 for child hunger, along with the freshman rais-ing $22
for Cystinosis (Hope for Holt), and juniors raising $15.92 for the
humane society.
Left foot, right foot, that is the same pattern of tune that
Pennfield’s own Senior, Corie Gardiner, had heard all summer long
up until the second week of September. During his last few weeks of
his Junior year, Corie decided to take up the opportunity to join
the Military, “Growing up I’ve always envied the men in the
uniforms, I’ve always wanted to be one of those guys that every-one
thanked for keeping them safe, and finally deciding to join really
opened my eyes to my fu-ture and I know now that this is what I
want to do, I want to protect the people.” Corie attended a boot
camp in Fort Jackson South Carolina for two and a half months, and
there he practiced marching, waking up early on a daily basis (4:00
am) and going to bed early (10:00 pm), work-ing out in hot
temperatures, learned how to shoot different styles of guns (as
well learned how to protect them, and hand them out), and Corie
coped with only writing back and forth to family and friends. “It
was an experience of a lifetime, but I’d do it all again.”
Fall is the time for Follies so why not quiz the school on what
they know about Follies, let’s see if anybody knows this one!
When did Pennfield begin their first Follies?
Zach Callender ‘16- 2000
Makayla Maldonado ‘18 - 1987
Kyrah Byers ‘15 - 1999
Morgan Dally ‘15 - 1975
Akayla Brown ‘16- 2003
Nolen Bornamann ‘18 - 1969
Makayla Maldonado came the closest, but the correct answer is
1986!
Pet PeevesKadee Bechman ‘15
Every year, girls from the Junior and Senior classes com-pete
against each other and play a much awaited powder-puff football
game. A number of the girls who play have waited since they first
walked in the high school. The seniors girls went in pumped up
because of their terrible
loss last year as Juniors. But not too long into the game,
Juniors immediately scored a touch-down. The game was going back
and forth between teams but no touchdowns were made by either team.
The game got rough and the players tired, but with about two
minutes left on the
clock, Senior player Kadee Bech-man had a medical emergency.
Kadee says, “thanks everyone for their thoughts and prayers, it was
a traumatic experience but I’m glad I’m doing better.” The game was
called off, leaving this years win going to the Junior team. Good
job girls, everyone played great out there.
Goodbye 90’s BabiesTaylor Stout ‘15
Myanna Solegate ‘18- “I hate when people say sorry, and act like
jerks.”
Nic Moreno ‘18- “Rude People.”
Jenisis Soule ‘18- “People who are disrespectful.”
Kianna Amaro ‘18- “The word ointment.”
Mrs. Fox - “My husband not wiping the counter after making
toast.”
There has been many rumors about what teachers do in their spare
time, like collect rocks, or thinking of new homework assignments
to give, or go home and cuddle with their ten cats. We all know
it’s a myth, but what do teachers do in their spare time? Some
teachers are ambitious, like Mr. Grennes, and travel around the
world. “I’ve gone to Paris, France, London, England, and Hong Kong
and various places in the United States,” says the teacher, “and
spend time with my family.” Others are active, like Mr. Corcoran.
When he is not teaching science, he likes to fly-fish, kayak, run,
and play tennis. If he could chose any other occupation, beside
teaching he stated, “I would like to be a fishing guide.” While Mr.
Forton dreams about being a baseball player. “I teach baseball
lessons and work at home,” he reports. He also spends time with his
two kids and wife, who you may know from the middle school Mrs.
Forton. In conclusion, teacher are just like any other hard-working
adult who do taxes and make their own doctor’s appointments.
This year’s coming in freshman are the first bunch of kids who
are in High School and born in the 2000’s. Crazy, right? As we
look back, the rest of us were only a few years old in the 90’s,
but during this time, many memorable things popped up. Many shows,
toys and music emerged through this time, and impacted our lives
forever. Furbys, Tamagotchi, Beanie Babies and Legos are some of
the many toys that we favored and always wanted for birthdays and
Christmas gifts. Tele-vision shows like Rugrats, Dexter’s
Laboratory, and The Powerpuff Girls all helped shape us to who we
are today. As we look back it’s easy to say “Oh man, I always
wanted one of those as a kid” or “I loved watching that when I was
younger.” There are many things to remember about the 90’s, and
many other things to look forward to in this new time.
S.A.D.D, which stands for Students Against Destructive
Decisions, was originally about helping students not drink and
drive, but today they actually do so much more. S.A.D.D is a
student-to-student organiza-tion that helps push students away from
any choices that could badly affect their future, like bullying or
texting and driving. Mrs. Sare and Mrs. Allen supervise the group.
They meet every other Wednesday and envision a world where students
are healthy and making smart decisions by creating a safe and
abstinent environment in hopes it will influence others to do the
same. Just recently S.A.D.D sold pink ribbons and asked for
donations for breast cancer. Mrs. Allen states, “S.A.D.D. will be
participating in the Marshall Holiday parade, Bell ringing at
Family Fare, and will be selling texting thumb rings to remind
individuals about the consequences of texting and driving. We have
worked with the Pennfield Service Club (Minions) assem-bling 2,000
Christmas ornaments and are looking forward to our fleece blanket
project.” Kylie Carver, a member of S.A.D.D tells, “I enjoy being
in S.A.D.D. We pretty much meet up and talk about bullying and
preventing drinking and driving.” Keep a look out. The S.A.D.D
slogan is, “Take a stand and lend a hand for a brighter
future.”
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Your Board of Education has overwhelmingly supported a new
program for the arts department by endorsing the plans to
produce a school mu-sical, The Wizard of Oz. This musical will be
supported financially by the hard work of Mr. Steve Bowen and his
cast from their high school shows and follies admission fees and by
grants that we are receiving from various community sup-porters. We
are also doing a couple of raffles and a garage sale in the spring.
This year’s musical will only be the beginning of a new tradition.
Mr. Steve Bowen and Ms. Amy Rosa are pleased to announce this
year’s production of the musical The Wizard of Oz (by Frank Baum,
with music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg. Permission
by Tams Witmark Music Library) April 24, 25, 26, 2015. There are
numerous roles in the show and we will need MANY Pennfield students
and adults to take part in all kinds of on stage and off stage
roles. Just as an example we will need actors of all ages grades
K-12th and adults, costumes designers, set designers and
construction workers, technology workers, stage managers, prop
managers, markets people and so many more. Announcements will be
made to all students when certain roles will be auditioned
beginning in December. You do not have to sing or dance to be in
this show. Rehearsal sched-ules will be given out at our first
rehearsal meeting in January. Not all people will rehearse at the
same time nor everyday, until we’re closer to the actual play
dates. We need help of all ages to make this the best show ever!!
Join in the fun, the education, the music, the dance and the
acting!!! Contact Amy Rosa or Steve Bowen at their Pennfield web
sites if you have any questions or would like to work in your
special expertise area (We need your special talents):
([email protected], or [email protected])
A Special Announcemt for You!Powderpuff Ashley Tate ‘15
Top: Junior Powderpuff
Right: Senior Powderpuff
Mr. Corcoran in lab
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Academics
Quiz BowlSam Penland ‘15
The sun was still set, not even showing a small sliver of
wanting to appear this early in the morning. The percussion roared
with anticipation for what was to come before they were pushed into
their awaiting cas-es and thrown on the small bus. This was the day
of
the Big House. The day that we would perform in front of
thousands of both football and band fans.The day started off with a
two hour long bus drive from Pennfield to Ann Arbor, where
Pennfield was greeted by fourteen other bands and the director for
the famous Michigan Marching Band himself-- John Pasquale. Later,
the Michigan Marching band took the field, and Pennfield got to
witness first hand what band was all about and what we could look
forward to in the future. A few hours, a football game with a short
halftime performed by more than 2,000 band members, and a long rest
later, it was time for the Panthers to perform their own show.
Pennfield came with a bang, playing their show tune songs Maybe
Baby, Every Day, Not Fade Away, and That’ll Be the Day. I asked
some band members what their thoughts were on the memorable
experience. “It was the best experience of my career so far,” said
Mr. Driver, who is the band director for Pennfield Bands. Everyone
that I asked had nothing bad to say about the experience. Pennfield
looks forward to the future of marching band, but for now we are
starting our concert band season. Hopefully, we can march in the
Big House for years to come!
Didn’t know that you could take great classes with great
experience. There are many great classes at Pennfield, but here are
a few of the newer ones. Graphic Arts is working on Adobe
Illustrator making cool different designs they learn.
Mrs. Royer decided to teach Graphic Arts be-cause “throughout my
10 years of using all of the technology in my classroom, I have
really come to love graphic design, I am loving the chance to work
with students who are super creative!” Another class you can be
yourself in is Chemistry 2. The class of Chemistry 2 is currently
working chemical reactions and ratios between chemicals and finding
the best com-binations of hydrogen and oxygen to propel a rocket.
Mr. Corcoran told me his favorite part of Chemistry 2 is, “having a
group of moti-vated kids.”
Jeopardy on steroids, that is what some people call quiz bowl.
The quiz bowl team is full of students that answer questions for
fun. The team had the opportunity to attend Michigan State
University to participate in “Quiz Busters,” which is an event
where two schools go head to head and answer questions about
different topics and they get
points for every correct answer. Sadly, our quiz bowl team lost.
Senior, Emily Kent says, “This is an amazing opportunity. I am glad
that the team decided to make me captain. Actually, I forced them
to let me be captain, but still.” The team is having a fun time
answering questions together and discussing what they think about
the answer for the question. They meet every Wednesday, 3-4, in Mr.
Piotrowski’s room, if you are interested. Come out and support our
Quiz Bowl team.
The AP Statistics class recently con-ducted a survey ask-ing
sixty-four students to identify the location of Nebraska and
Vermont. The students were given twenty seconds to identify each
state while viewing a Map of the US. The findings were that eight
percent of those polled could identify both states, while nine
percent could identify one of the two. The Conclusion was, that
based on our study Pennfield High School needs to work on our
geography skills. On a more positive note, the freshmen class was
the most knowledgeable about the state’s location.
THANKSGIVINGWhat are you thankful for?
Kadee Bechman ‘15
Gobble, Gobble! Jaymee Wilber ‘15
Thanksgiving Traditions Erin Owens ‘17
Thanksgiving Around the World Mikkii Lovelace ‘15
Want to learn how to make these cute little turkey cookies just
in time for Thanksgiving treats? Read below to find out.
Ingredients:-Cookie dough-Food coloring-White frosting
Steps:1. Roll out the dough and cut out a half flower for the
feathers, small tri-angle for the feet, and a circle for the head.
Put them together on a cookie sheet and bake in 325 °F for about
8-10 minutes, or until golden brown. 2. While the cookies are
baking you can get the icing ready. The colors you will need are
red, yellow, brown, orange, and black (Optional: You can buy pre
made icing as well). Add the drops to the white frosting until you
get the desired color.
As Americans we all know why we celebrate Thanksgiving, but do
we know why other countries celebrate it. Although Thanksgiving is
not celebrated universally there are some other countries who do
celebrate it. China celebrates the Moon festival, all the families
gather together and have a feast at the end of their harvest
season. The Moon Festival is one of the most celebrated Chi-nese
holidays. Korea celebrates Chuseok, they have all their families
get together and they share stories and pay respect to their
ancestors and have a big feast with the fresh harvest. The Liberian
Thanksgiving is similar to the American Thanksgiving because
Liberia was founded in the nine-teenth century by freed slaves.
Thanksgiving is celebrated all over the world, even for different
reasons.
Tanner Dean ‘15- “Out-doors, God, My truck, and Family.”
Karl Dol ‘18- “Family, Friends, Hunting, and the outdoors.”
Kaylee Barnes ‘16- “Family and Friends.”
Gavin Merlone ‘17- “SideArms, Family, and Friends.”
Riley Bowen ‘18- “Sports, Jesus, Outdoors, Family, and
Friends.”
Thanksgiving is a national holiday that is celebrated primarily
in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the
blessing of the harvest and the proceeding year. In the United
States, Thanks-giving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of
No-vember. Each family has their own special Thanks-giving
traditions. However most families follow the traditions that began
on the first Thanksgiving. Some of the most common Thanksgiving
traditions are traveling, the feast, the wishbone, helping oth-ers,
and watching T.V., after the feast families often do additional
activities.When asked about their families Thanksgiving traditions
Sophomore Marie Dunkelberger said, “Black Friday shopping.” Junior
Kaylee Barnes said, “Eating turkey and watching movies.”
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Band Big HouseEmma Stover ‘18
Classroom CornerCamarie Smith ‘16
Do you know your US Geography? A.P. Stats class
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The Quiz Bowl Team
The Chemistry 2 class in lab Alison Stamper working on a Graphic
Arts project
Pennfield Geography Skills Graph
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Meet
Staff
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Ainsley- “I enjoy fishing all summer. I listen to a huge variety
of music.” Writer
Ashley- “I’m a senior this year. I have been in newspaper for 2
years now. Family means a lot to me, I en-joy photography and plan
on making this year enjoyable while trying not to stress out too
much.” Writer
Mikkii- “It’s my last year here and I’m just trying to get
through it and make it the best year so far.” Writer
Jaymee- “I love photography and film, and I run a YouTube
channel.” Writer
DeJana- “I’m a geeky freshmen who loves watching tv shows, old
musi-cals from the 70’s, food, and Misha Collins.” Writer
Logan - “I am a Junior, 17 and I love to read, write and listen
to podcasts/music.” Writer
Camarie- “I love hanging out with my friends and family and
English is my favorite subject.” Writer
Erin- “I love to read and write and want to go to college to
study jour-nalism.” Writer
Madison- “I am a senior and I love to dance.” Writer
Taylor-“I enjoy this class and I can-not wait to take all the
skills I’ve learned into my future career as a photojournalist.”
Editor
Taylor- “I am a senior, I love to play sports and spend time
with my fam-ily and friends.’ Layout
Sam- “I am a loud outgoing girl with a big heart and I love
being happy. I love laughing and smiling, and math is my favorite
subject.” Layout
Kadee- “I love bowling, photogra-phy, and painting. I enjoy this
class very much because I’m involved in Ads, and I hope to someday
be involved in the business side of life after I graduate this
year.” Writer
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