B A R K VOLUME 24 ISSUE 2-2014-2015 OCTOBER 2014 STANBERRY R-II HIGH SCHOOL

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Simmerman Wins State DAR Contest; Competes at Nationals By Shelby McMillen

Guest Reporter Stanberry eighth grader Alexis Simmer-

man had a summer experience she will never forget. Her essay for the Junior American Citizens contest was named the regional, divisional, and state winner and went on to compete at the national level.

The Daughters of the American Revolu-tion (DAR) sponsors the American History Essay contest, which is open to all students in grades 5-8 and is based on a certain topic chosen at the beginning of the year. The es-says are judged for historical accuracy, adher-ence to topic, organization of materials, inter-est, originality, spelling, grammar, punctua-tion, and neatness. There are four levels to the contest: regional, state, divisional, and national. One winner from each grade is se-lected and advances to the next level. The winners of the national level receive a certifi-cate, medal, and monetary reward.

The Daughters of The American Revolu-tion was founded in 1890 and is headquar-tered in Washington, D.C. It is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women’s service or-ganization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America’s future through better education for children.

"My essay was about a girl named Chan-Juan and a boy named Jose. For school they must write a report on their heritage. Chan-Juan already knows her ancestors came from China. But she finds out that one of her great grandfathers helped build the Transcontinen-

tal Railroad. Jose knows he has a Mexican blood-line, but discovers his great-grandpa was a Mexican immigrant who helped build a rail-road that was twenty miles long," stated Alexis.

She received certificates for winning state, regionals, and for going to nationals. She also received a pin, a ribbon, and five dollars.

I asked Alexis if she planned on writing for a career, and her response was, "Writing is definitely my number one choice for a career. I plan to graduate as high school valedictorian, go to college and major in literature, and pursue a career as a published author."

You can see examples of Alexis’s writing every month in the Bulldog Bark, as she is the valued guest contributor of our Book Review, found on page 8.

All area veterans and community members are invited to the Veteran’s

Day Assembly held in the Stanberry gym at 9:00 on

November 11. This annual event, sponsored by the Elementary Student Council, is a great way for us to pay

tribute to all past and current member of our armed forces.

Kelley Selected for Pres-tigious All-State Choir

The first quarter has ended, and once again, many Stanberry students are to be recognized for their academic efforts by the honor roll. Earning a place on the regular honor roll in the intermediate grades are fourth graders William Beggs, Katrina Blessing, Gavin Cameron, Owen Gregory, Marcus Henggeler, Rhona Henggeler, Adam Jensen, Grace Mattson, Addison Shanks, Braxton Shanks, Kaedon Showers, Zachary Summa, and Lance Wallace; fifth graders Mary-Kate Baldwin, Alexis Carter Gaona, Austin Colvin, Lydia Dokken, Angel Farnsworth, Reece Green, Austin Hill, Tarynn Mattson, Benjamin Messner, Ethan Oldham, Bailey Wallace, Jackson Williams, and Hunter Wolfe; and sixth graders Iris Hartley, Stephen Henggeler, Amy Hoover, Jamie Jamieson, Dustin Jensen, Clayton McKune, Riley McQueen, Collin Sager, Evan Saxton, Dakota Wagner, Morgan Wallace, and Will Wood.

On the principal’s honor roll are fourth graders Katie Angle, Caroline Fanning, Taryn Hunter, Kiley Mattson, Emma Phipps, and Katelyn Stoll; fifth graders Astasia Brown, Lexi Craig, Korbin Fletchall, Landon Marticke, Austin Schwebach, and Tyler Schwebach; and sixth graders Andaya Brown, Katlyne Pappert, Anna Phipps, Hannah White, and Mallory Wood.

In the junior high and high school, the regular honor roll includes seventh graders Allie Gage, Hunter Johnson, Brianna New-man, Kameron Wallace, and Braylee Woods; eighth graders Abi Davis, Gerry Dokken, Mark

Donaldson, Rueben Gage, Allison Marticke, Grady Mattson, Kierstyn McMillen, Mackenzie Morey, Elijah Murphy, Geena Stoll, Autumn Wagner, Jenna Williams, and Ashton Wood; freshmen Bradley Hailey, Bryce Jennings, Madelyn Luke, Ashley Martin, Jaden McKune, Taylor McQueen, Levi Murphy, and Vanessa Purcell; sophomores Alex Carroll, Cameron Gage, Tyler Hunter, and Brooke Summa; juniors Preston Aye, Chelsea Buntin, John Conover, Madesen Gage, Erma Gibson, Daniel Hailey, Megan Jensen, Nikole Kidder, Krista Luke, Shel-by McMillen, Trent McQueen, Peyton Messner, Seth Trimble, Skye Wagner, Kelsey Wiederholt, and Savana Wiederholt; and seniors Tegan Catlett, Alicia Colvin, Dustin Ellis, Hayley Farns-worth, Isaac Heddinger, Taylor Lager, Hannah Noble, Hayden Rainey, Mason Rosier, Nic Shanks, Emily Smithson, and Gabrielle Stuart.

Earning a berth on the high honor roll are seventh graders Braelyn Cowan, Elle Ellis, Syd-ney Mattson, Ashley Peterson, and Hailey Stoll; eighth graders Charity Buntin, Cole Durbin, Pey-ton Gage, Aiden Gregory, Marissa Jensen, Alli-son Kidder, Emilee Maurer, Sam Oldham, Lily Osborn, Madi Sager, Trey Schieber, and Lexi Simmerman; freshmen Kaden Bremer, Rylee Ellis, Taylin Hunter, Blythe Mattson, Kalie Peter-son, and Brendan Smith; sophomores Cole Craig, Cory Luke, Garrett Mattson, and Marissa Smithson; juniors Claire Akamine, Sarah Jen-nings, Paige Kelley, Alex McQuinn, Bryttani Sparks, and Lainey Stuart; and seniors Natalie Durbin, Stacy Fisher, Allen Liu, Hailey Murphy, Quentin Nielson, Maca Quijada, Lucas Ray-mond, and Lillian Stoll.

Congratulations to all these dedicated scholars!

First Quarter Honor Roll Announced

By Hayley Farnsworth

Staff Reporter Paige Kelley, a Stanberry junior, has been

chosen to perform in the prestigious and highly selective All-State Choir. This is the first time in nine years a Stanberry student has received this honor and is especially impressive considering that it is an honor usually bestowed on seniors. All-State is intensely competitive for all singers, but even more so for girls. The last female sing-er from Stanberry to perform with at All-State was Cara Buckalew Mattson in 1993-94. Paige will sing with All-State on January 28-31 in Tan-Tar-A. Each auditionee was evaluated on tone quality, vocal technique and individual musician-ship on the basis of part-singing, sight-reading, and solo singing.

Paige auditioned for All-State on October 25th at Platte County High School. There, she and Sarah Jennings, Lucas Raymond, and Brendan Smith performed in the All-District Choir. Over four hundred students from the Northwest District auditioned for All-District, with fewer than half being chosen. Lucas has been chosen for this choir all four years of his high school career. It is Paige’s third time in the choir, Sarah’s second, and Brendan’s first. The All-District Choir was under the direction of Beth Dampf, from Jefferson City High School, and gave an impressive concert after rehearsing for most of the day.

Paige declared, “Words cannot describe how excited I am about being selected to All-State Choir. It is an amazing opportunity that I am blessed to be a part of.”

Choir director Michele Kelley stated, “The Northwest District extends as far out as Platte City, Kearney, Lawson, Carrollton, Trenton, and Chillicothe. Of course, it includes all of the St. Joe schools, too. From our district only four sopranos, four altos, four tenors, and four bass-es are selected for the All-State Choir, so being

among those chosen is an incredibly elite honor.”

In other choir news, after the success of the 50/50 raffle drawing held at homecoming, the group plans to hold another raffle the week of the Stanberry Invitational basketball tournament. The proceeds are going to fund the choir’s potential trip to the State Basket-ball Tournament in March of 2015 to sing the national anthem. Choir members are very appreciative of those who purchased a chance in the raffle. It was fun and exciting for everyone involved!

High school extra-curricular choir re-hearsals began in early October. Initial prepa-rations were for the Veterans Day Program on November 11th and performing the national anthem at the FCCLA Regional Meeting on October 22th as well as at upcoming basket-ball games. Songsters will also begin prepar-ing for the Winter Concert, scheduled for December 8th.

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It’s Your Call If you could wake up with any given quality or ability what would it be and why?

By Hailey Murphy

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Seventh grader Allie Gage, “I would want the ability to fly so I could travel to anywhere in the world.”

Eighth grader Sam Oldham, “I would want to fly so I could go anywhere in

the world and see whatever I wanted.”

Freshman Taylin Hunter, “I would want to be able to fly because I would be able to go anywhere I wanted.”

Sophomore Cory Luke, “I would want to have the ability to teleport so I

would never be late for class.”

Junior Hannah Bracken, “I would want to be able to time travel so I could look into my future.”

Senior Isaac Heddinger, “I would want the ability to read minds so I would

know what others are thinking.”

Mrs. Roxanne Hoover, Science Teacher, “I do not like to fly on airplanes, so I would want the ability to fly. Therefore I would be the one in control.”

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The Equalizer, an action film starring Denzel Washington, was released in theaters on September 26. Denzel Washington plays a former CIA agent named Robert McCall. McCall comes across a young girl named Teri who is working as a pros-titute for Russian gangsters. Teri shows up at the same diner as McCall one night, and McCall notices that she has been beaten up. Over the next few nights, Teri goes unseen, and the own-er of the diner tells McCall that she’s in the ICU because someone has badly beaten her up this time. McCall, being the equalizer, finds out who has done this to Teri and tries to buy her free-dom from them, but of course the Russians don’t take the money, so what’s McCall do? He kills them. In doing so one of the leading Russians come to America to find and kill the guy who killed his workers. When McCall figures out that these Russians are here looking for him, he visits a former CIA co-worker who flies to Washington to do some research on the Russians so she can give McCall permission to kill them. When she gets back, she shows McCall the files and tells him that these Russians are all a part of the Russian mafia. The Russian mafia are all looking for McCall, because once you kill one of them, they all come after you. Once they begin to threaten McCall’s friends, McCall does his thing and kills each and every one of the Russian mafia people. In the end, Teri catches McCall on the street and thanks him for what he has done for her.

I loved this movie, because Denzel Washington’s character is such an amazing man for sacrificing his life to make things right. That’s why he is called The Equalizer. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone who likes action films and a little suspense. Also, I think it would be a good date movie, although it is rated R for violence, so you need to be seventeen or older to see it.

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A healthcare worker in El’ Paso Texas recently tested positive for tuberculosis (TB). This worker has exposed more than seven hundred infants and over forty other workers.The fami-ly of each patient was sent a certified letter and is being contacted via telephone with instruc-tions on how to get tested for TB. Anyone she came into contact with at Providence Memori-al Hospital is now being tested for TB. Five infants tested positive for TB, but it wasn’t ac-tive.Tb is not contagious unless it is active. They are now being treated for the illness. Any necessary follow-up care will be provided free of charge by the health department and the hospital. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that generally causes coughing, chest pain and difficulty breathing. An estimated 2 billion people worldwide have what's called latent TB, in which the bacteria remain dormant and don't cause symptoms. Once in the body, the bac-teria usually lie dormant for months or years before they begin to grow and cause a case of active TB.

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FFA Chapter Keeps Busy By Hannah Bracken

Guest Reporter

The National FFA Organiza-tion makes a positive difference by developing members’ potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success in agri-cultural education. Over the sum-mer Stanberry FFA members were very active. Our chapter started off the summer with a field trip on Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 to Worlds & Oceans of Fun. Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun is a theme park consisting of roller coast-ers ,thrill rides, eighteen water slides, and a giant wave pool along with others. The park is celebrating thirty-nine years of service. The FFA members that attended this trip were William Anderson, Cole Craig, Daniel Hailey, Gabrielle Stuart, Ryan Jensen, Trenton Stoll, Trent McQueen, Alex McQuinn, Clayton Stoll, Shelby McMillen, Jaime Luke, Cory Luke, Lainey Stuart, and Advisor Rod Walker. “This summer we all had a really good time at Worlds of Fun. It was exciting to get to spend some quality time with my peers in the FFA,” stated Cory Luke

On June 25th, 2014 Stanberry FFA officers Hannah Bracken, Seth Noble, Peyton Messner, and Savana Wiederholt attended officer training at the MOERA. MOERA stands for Mozingo Outdoor Education and Recreation Area, located north of Mozingo on Liberty Road. Each officer completed the challenge course, which involves low element team building and high element adventure. The groups were then divided into three areas. One area worked on partnering adventure at the Alpine Tower (which involved cooperative learning), and the other worked together on the team build-ing and group dynamics course.

On July 7th, Megan Jensen, Marissa Smithson and Madison Summa traveled to Kaiser, MO, and attended the State FFA Lead-ership Camp. The camp lasted five days and was held at Camp Rising Sun located within the Lake of the Ozarks State Park. The students were trained by current State FFA officers and past State FFA Officers. “ I thought FFA camp was fun and entertaining, and I learned a lot about many different fields of agriculture,” stat-ed Megan Jensen.

On July 21st FFA members Savana Wiederholt and Hannah Bracken braced them-selves for a week-long leadership conference in D.C. During their time in D.C., FFA members toured the Washington Monument, World War II Memorial, National Mall, Arlington National Cemetery, Museum and the U.S. Capitol. The FFA members attended motivational sessions, and at the end of the sessions the FFA mem-bers got to help out the community. The mem-bers packed over 70.000 meals for the needy in the DC area. “WLC was an amazing experi-ence; I met so many people from all over the United States, and I also learned many valuable skills about goal setting and leadership in the sessions that we attended . It was also awe-some getting to see all the famous memorials. If you get the opportunity to go to this conference, take it,” declared Savana Wiederholt.

On August 15th, 40 of the 44 FFA mem-bers got together for the first chapter meeting of the year. The President Isaac Heddinger, Vice-President Savana Wiederholt, Secre-tary Kelsey Wiederholt, Treasurer Trent McQueen, Sentinel Seth Noble, Chaplain Pey-ton Messner and Reporter Hannah Bracken conducted the meeting. The FFA is planning on doing bigger and better things this year to pro-

mote and improve our community.

On August 22nd, the FFA worked togeth-er for our annual pork supper, held at the north end of the football field. The members had different duties that they had to uphold. Soph-omore member Garrett Mattson said, “I think the barbeque was a great success and really put the FFA name out there. It was fun to work with all the new members and get to experi-ence the pleasure of satisfying hungry custom-ers. It’s going to be a great year!”

On September 18th, Stanberry FFA members attended Hundley-Whaley Field Day in Albany. Hundley Whaley focuses on the best management practices and economics for corn and soybeans. The research center fo-cuses on the pesticide evaluation as well as comparisons. Projects with increasing agricul-ture are emphasized on the 375-acre farm. The FFA members that attended were seniors Alicia Colvin, Natalie Durbin, Isaac Heddinger, Seth Noble, Mason Rosier and Nic Shanks. The juniors were Hannah Bracken, Daniel Hailey, Megan Jensen, Connor Johnson, Shel-by McMillien, Alex McQuinn, Trent McQueen, Lainey Stuart, Peyton Messner, Kelsey Wiederholt and Savana Wiederholt. The soph-omores included Cole Craig, Tyler Hunter, Cory Luke, Garrett Mattson, Marissa Smith-son, Clayton Stoll, Brooke Summa and Madi-son Summa. The freshman were Kaden Bremer, Brad Hailey, Atheana Harsh, Taylin Hunter, Bryce Jennings, Madelyn Luke, Taylor McQueen, Kalie Peterson and Sierra Wagner. Junior Megan Jensen stated, “It is always great to learn new technologies and the ad-vances in agriculture.” Megan learned that tall fescue is harmful to cattle because of the bacteria in the stem.

By Emily Smithson

Guest Reporter

On August 18, junior high and high school students gathered in the Stanber-ry city park for a ‘Back-to-School’ FCCLA kick-off meeting. During the meeting, members were introduced to parliamen-tary procedure and the method chapter meetings are run in general. Recreation leader Lucas Raymond lead the group in two team-building games. Members were also encouraged to sign up for the differ-ent activities and community service pro-jects the chapter has planned for the year.

On September 15, available mem-bers joined the new community service project planned for the year. This project is an effort to make our community look nicer and to help residents clean their yards spontaneously. During the fall the idea is to pick random areas and clean up sticks from storms and rake leaves. When winter rolls around and there is snow, shoveling snowy sidewalks and steps will be the game plan.

On October 22, members headed to Northwest Missouri State University for the Region 1 Meeting. This is always a great time filled with guest speakers, understanding more about what FCCLA really means, and learning of all the cool activities the region and state have planned.

FCCLA Kicks off the New School Year

School Re-quired to Share Some Directory In-formation with Military Recruiters Lisa Craig

Stanberry High School Principal

The Stanberry R-II School District designates name, address, and telephone listing as "directory information". Histori-cally the Stanberry R-II School District does not release this information to third parties. Under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the National Defense Authorization Act for the Fiscal Year 2002, schools are required to provide these directory lists upon request to mili-tary recruiters. They are to be used spe-cifically for armed services recruiting pur-poses and for informing young people of the scholarship opportunities associated with the military.

Under law, parents may also opt out of providing this directory information to third parties as well as military recruiters upon notification to the school. While we will accommodate our armed services, we will continue to be cautious in releasing information as we have in the past unless law requires us to do otherwise.

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Elementary Academic Teams Kick off the Sea-son By Taylor Lager

Staff Reporter

The elementary academic teams have begun the year on a victorious note, with on team maintaining a 3-0 record, and the other two teams posting 2-1 records.

On October 7th the Elementary Academ-ic Teams traveled to King City for their first meet of the year. All three groups were suc-cessful, sweeping the meet. The fourth grade team was victorious over the Wildkats, 145-125. The fifth grade also won their match with a final score of 160 to 125. The sixth grade team wrapped up the Stanberry wins, defeat-ing the Kats 165 to 140.

Stanberry competed against Maysville at home on October 14. Once again, the Bull-dogs buzzed their way to victory. The fourth grade took a decisive win over Maysville with a score of 180 to 95 The fifth graders also triumphed over the Wolverines, 140 to 95. The sixth grade team added another notch to the win column with a score of 190 to 125.

On October 21st the Elementary Aca-demic teams traveled to Albany. The fourth grade led Albany all the way until the fourth quarter, but the Warriors staged a comeback and took the win with a final score of 120 to 145. The fifth grade team led Albany the whole match and ended with a decisive 140 to 75 win. The sixth grade team did not have a very good match, losing to Albany 90 to 180.

JH Basket-ball Players Hit the Court By Hailey Murphy

Staff Member

After having very successful seasons last year, both the boys’ and girls’ junior high teams have high expectations set for this up-coming season. The girls’ team is coached by Mrs. Lisa Craig and Ms. Kate Renander. The team includes eighth graders Charity Buntin, Abigayle Davis, Peyton Gage, Tyra Grayson, Marissa Jensen, Allison Kidder, Allison Mar-ticke, Kierstyn McMillen, Lily Osborn, Madi Sager, Geena Stoll, and Autumn Wagner. The seventh graders are Braelyn Cowan, Elle Ellis, Allie Gage, Hallie Law, Sydney Mattson, Bri-anna Newman, Ashley Peterson, and Hailey Stoll. Eighth Grader Lily Osborn declared, “I feel like we have been working hard in prac-tice. I am hopeful that our hard work pays off, and we are able to have another winning sea-son.” Coach Lisa Craig stated, “After a suc-cessful season last year, the girls are deter-mined to do the same this year. They have all been putting forth great effort in practice and pushing each other to do better. I am looking forward to another great season.”

The boys’ team is coached by Mr. Nick Groomer and Mr. Bob Heddinger. The boys’ team includes eighth graders Trey Schieber, Tristin Lager, Cole Durbin, Elijah Murphy, Aid-en Gregory, Dylon Pappert, Dawson Lee, Bry-ant Sparks, Grady Mattson, Zack Oldham, and Mateo Messner. The seventh graders are Hunter Johnson, Tanner Derks, Braylee Woods, and Kameron Wallace. Coach Groom-er stated, “Junior High basketball is such a short season that we only have a few goals. We want everyone to get better every day. We want to be competitive in every game we play.” Eighth Grader Trey Schieber, said, “I’m excited to see all the new talent coming up, and I hope we can come together and work as a team. I also hope we have another winning season like we did last year.”

Fellowship of Christian Athletes Enjoy Fall Events By Skye Wagner

Staff Reporter

The Stanberry Fellowship of Christian Athletes has kicked off the year with several events. Sponsored once again by Kevin Fisher, the group started off by electing officers. This year’s FCA officers are Stacy Fisher (Captain), Emily Smithson (Co-Captain), Zack Oldham (Secretary), and Mitchell Carroll (Treasurer). The chapter took part in the nationwide See You At The Pole on September 24th at 7:30 am. Ap-proximately forty FCA members gathered around the flagpole and prayed. Then Stacy Fisher led a devotion. Then they had cinna-mon rolls, juice and prizes that were donat-ed by nearby churches.

On October 18th a Trifecta Tourna-ment where youth had 9 square tourna-ment, Super Mario Smash Brothers tourna-ment and Volleyball tournament held in St. Joseph from 5pm to 9pm. When asked what their favorite part of the Trifecta Tour-nament was Seth Trimble said “My favorite part of going to the Trifecta Tournament in St. Joe was that I got to make new friends and I got to show my appreciation on how well others did.” Jason Kelso said “One of my favorite parts of the Trifecta Tournament was the 9 square tournament.” They also held a bonfire and a hayride on October 26th at the home of Madison Summa at 4:30. An upcoming event of a possible trip to a Northwest football game against MO Western on November 1st. You can check out the Stanberry FCA page on Facebook for pictures and future events.

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National Honor Soci-ety Under-takes Pro-jects By Skye Wagner

Staff Reporter

NHS officers this year are Gabrielle Stuart (President), Stacy Fisher (Vice Presi-dent), Lucas Raymond (Treasurer), and Emily Smithson (Secretary). These officers were selected at the meeting held on Au-gust 20th. NHS has baked cookies for the parent teacher conference held on October 16th. Also during homecoming week mem-bers Lillian Stoll and Lucas Raymond passed out candy bars on Monday. Mem-bers Natalie Durbin, Hailey Murphy, and Gabrielle Stuart represented the chapters with a golf cart in the parade on Friday. Hailey declared, ‘It was great weather for the parade, and I enjoyed throwing candy to the children watching.”

They also joined Student Council to buy Stanberry shirts for the foreign ex-change students. These plans were final-ized at the meeting held on September 12th. NHS plans to join with Student Coun-cil to hold a cake raffle, and the proceeds will go towards their adopt-a-family pro-gram. Their October meeting was held on the 24th, at this meeting they discussed selecting two seniors to apply for the na-tionwide NHS scholarship. The group also voted to provide cookies for the teachers at the November 11 in-service.

Lillian Stoll commented about the group’s work so far, saying, “Meetings have been going well, and I look forward to set-ting up for our adopted families.”

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By Skye Wagner

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This year’s kindergarten class, consisting of nineteen students, is divided between two teachers: Mrs. Brenda McQuinn and Mrs. Carla Fish-er. In Mrs. McQuinn’s class of nine there are Ora Baker, Avery Calhoun, Aiden Graham, Hudson Groomer, Dalton Hartley, Zander Heyde, Max Hilton, Kaitlin Porterfield, and Mattea Williams. In Mrs. Fisher’s class of ten there are Wesley Bashor, Laura Cow-ley, Josi Creason, Alana Evans, Par-ker Ginther, Liam Gregory, Jax Hey-de, Brook Hutchcraft, Brooklynn Rob-inson, and Braelyn Williams.

When asked what their main goal for the year is, Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. McQuinn agreed that they “want the children to enjoy school, be kind to others, and be the best readers they can be.” When asked their favorite part of kindergarten Dalton Hartley said, “The days of the week song,” and Alana Evans said she likes “P.E. and Computers.”

One memorable event so far this year for the Kindergarten was a field trip on October 8 to the fire station, where they were given a presentation on fire safety. Then the kids got to see the firefighters go through their rou-tine, allowing the kids to see what it looks and sounds like. They liked see-ing the fire truck shoot out water. The

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firefighters gave the kindergarten coloring books, pencils, bracelets, and stickers.

The students also got to meet Sparky the fire dog during his visit to the school. The kindergarteners all gave him high fives and made head-bands with dog ears so that they could dress up like Sparky. On Oc-tober 30th, the classes carved pumpkins and baked the pumpkin seeds to they could see what they taste like. Then on the 31st the kin-dergarteners had their Halloween party. In November the Kindergarten will be discussing the Thanksgiving story and will have a unit over it. The students will get to dress like Pil-grims and Indians and have a big feast.

In math the kindergarten has talked about shapes; they learned the four main shapes plus hexa-gons. They also talked about 3D shapes and are focusing on num-bers to fifteen, learning how to write the numbers and count objects. They have also compared lengths by using string, linking cubes, and clips. In reading, they are working on rhyming, letter recognition, and sounds; they have learned several sight words and the -at word family and are learning each sound in words to help them become better readers.

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Kindergarteners Enjoy Fire Safety Week & Halloween

Mrs. Fisher’s kindergarteners put on their best smiles for a group photo.

Mrs. McQuinn’s students perform actions to accompany a book they are reading.

Mrs. Fisher’s class take part in “Good Job, Nice Try”

Mrs. McQuinn’s students sing the days of the week song.

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By Lillian Stoll Staff Reporter

As the Lady Dawgs got closer to districts, they started off the second half of their season playing Braymer on September 16 and coming out with a win 14-1. The bats were hot for the Dawgs, as Taylor McQueen recorded 2 hits and 1 RBI, Lainey Stuart had 2 hits and 2 RBI’s, Madesen Gage had 2 hits and 3 RBI’s, Taylin Hunter had 1 hit and 2 RBI’s, Cameron Gage had 1 RBI, Brytanni Sparks had 1 hit and 1 RBI, Lillian Stoll had 1 hit and 1 RBI, and Alicia Colvin had 2 hits and 2 RBI’s. The win-ning pitcher and catcher were Madesen Gage and Alicia Colvin.

On Wednesday, September 17, the Lady Dawgs played in the first round of the annual North Andrew Tournament; they took on North-west Nodaway, winning 17-2. Alicia Colvin and Taylin Hunter made the game memorable with a home run each. Colvin had another hit and 4 RBI’s, while Hunter had another hit and 3 RBI’s. Taylor McQueen had 1 hit and 1 RBI, Madesen Gage had 2 hits, Cameron Gage had 2 hits and 1 RBI, and Lillian Stoll had 2 hits and 1 RBI. The starting pitcher and catcher were Taylor McQueen and Alicia Colvin, while Kalie Peterson and Cameron Gage wrapped up the final innings. The tournament continued on Saturday, September 20. For the first game of the day, Stanberry played South Nodaway, and after a long battle at the plate, the Lady Dawgs won 3-0. Taylor McQueen had 2 hits, Lainey Stuart had 1 hit, Alicia Colvin had 1 hit and 1 RBI, and Taylin Hunter had 1 RBI. The winning pitcher and catcher were Madesen Gage and Alicia Colvin. The Lady Dawgs made it to the championship game, playing 9 innings against Lathrop. The Lady Dawgs won first place in the North Andrew Tournament; this is the first time in almost 20 years. The score of the champion-ship was 7-5. Taylor McQueen had 1 hit, Madesen Gage had 1 RBI, Taylin Hunter had 1 hit and 2 RBI’s, Lillian Stoll had 2 hits and 1 RBI, and Cameron Gage had 2 hits and 1 RBI. The champion pitcher and catcher were Madesen Gage and Alicia Colvin.

On September 18, the Lady Dawgs trav-eled to King City and fell to the Wildkats 4-14. Taylor McQueen had 1 hit, Lainey Stuart had 1 hit and 1 RBI, Madesen Gage had 1 hit, Alicia Colvin had 1 hit, Brytanni Sparks had 1 hit,

Stacy Fisher had 1 hit, and Cameron Gage had 1 hit and 1 RBI. The starting pitcher and catcher were Madesen Gage and Alicia Col-vin; Taylor McQueen finished the game on the mound.

On September 23, the Lady Dawgs played against Maysville and won 4-2. Madesen Gage had 1 hit, and Cameron had 1 hit. The pitcher and catcher were Madesen Gage and Alicia Colvin. On September 25, the Lady Dawgs made the long bus ride to Princeton and came home with a win 16-3. Taylor McQueen had 2 hits and 1 RBI, Lainey Stuart 2 hits and 3 RBI’s, Madesen Gage had 3 hits, Alicia Colvin had 2 hits and 3 RBI’s, Jaden McKune had 1 hit 1 RBI, Taylin Hunter had 2 hits and 1 RBI, Lillian Stoll had 2 hits, Cameron Gage had 1 hit, Natalie Durbin had 1 hit and 1 RBI, Brytanni Sparks had 1 RBI, Stacy Fisher 1 RBI, and Kalie Peterson had 1 hit and 2 RBI’s. The starting pitcher and catcher were Madesen Gage and Alicia Col-vin. Cameron Gage finished the game behind the plate.

On September 30, the Lady Dawgs faced the South Harrison Bulldogs and de-feated them 15-0 . Madesen Gage had 4 hits and 2 RBI’s, Alicia Colvin had 3 hits and 2 RBI’s, Taylin Hunter had 1 hit and 2 RBI’s, Lillian Stoll had 4 hits and 4 RBI’s, Cameron Gage had 1 hit and 3 RBI’s, Lainey Stuart had 1 hit and 1 RBI, and Taylor McQueen had 1 hit. The winning and pitcher and catcher were

Lady Dawgs Finish Up the Season

By Madesen Gage

Guest Reporter The end of the season has come for junior

high softball. The lady Dawgs finished with eight wins, two losses, and one tie. On Septem-ber 18th, the girls traveled to King City to play four quick innings. The final score was a deci-sive victory for Stanberry 13-3. Contributing to the substantial number of runs were Peyton Gage, Lily Osborn, Kierstyn McMillen, Madi Sager, Ashley Peterson, Sydney Mattson, Elle Ellis, Alison Marticke, Allison Kidder, and Allie Gage. Each girl got at least one base hit. The Lady Dawgs’ B team also had a great win for the night ending with a score of 5-1.

September 23 rolled around and Maysville traveled to Stanberry. Keeping every-one on the edge of their seats, the girls pulled off a win. The final score was 7-6. The lady Wolverines scored three runs right off the bat. Gaining their confidence back, the lady Dawgs scored four runs in the fourth inning to tie the score 4-4. In the fifth inning, the Wolverines scored two more runs; we scored zero. Holding the Wolverines to their score of six, the Bull-dogs scored three runs in the sixth to end the game. Both teams put up a great fight.

The B game was also interesting. The final

Madesen Gage and Alicia Colvin.

On October 6, the Lady Dawgs played South Noda-way and won 9-4. Taylor McQueen had 1 hit, Lainey Stuart had 2 hits, Madesen Gage had 2 hits and 2 RBI’s, Alicia Colvin had 1 hit and 2 RBI’s, Taylin Hunter had 1 hit and 2 RBI’s, Cameron Gage had 1 hit and 2 RBI’s, and Kalie Peterson had 1 hit and 1 RBI. The pitcher and catcher were Madesen Gage and Alicia Colvin.

The District tournament be-gan on Wednesday, October

8. The Lady Dawgs were seeded second and therefore had a bye and didn’t play until Thurs-day, October 9. The first game for the Lady Dawgs was against South Nodaway; facing the Longhorns for the third time in less than a month, the Lady Dawgs won 10-0, moving them on to the championship game on Saturday, October 11, against the Jefferson Eagles. During the game against South Nodaway, Taylor McQueen had 1 hit and 1 RBI, Madesen Gage had 1 hit, Alicia Colvin had 3 hits and 2 RBI’s, Taylin Hunter had 2 hits and 1 RBI, Lillian Stoll had 2 hits, Cameron Gage hit a homerun and had 1 RBI, Brytanni Sparks had 1 hit and 2 RBI’s, Stacy Fisher had 1 RBI, and Kalie Peterson had 1 hit. The starting and winning pitcher and catcher were Madesen Gage and Cameron Gage.

The championship game took place at 2:30 in the afternoon on Saturday, and sadly, the Lady Dawgs’ season was brought to an end; they were defeated by Jefferson 3-8. Taylor McQueen had 2 hits, Madesen Gage had 2 hits, Taylin Hunter had 1 hit and 1 RBI, and Brytanni Sparks had 1 hit. The pitcher and catcher of the championship game were Madesen Gage and Alicia Colvin.

Congratulations to the players who were awarded post-season honors. The 1st Team All-District honorees were senior Lillian Stoll, freshman Taylor McQueen, and junior Madesen Gage, a unanimous choice. The 2nd Team All-District honorees were senior Alicia Colvin,

Seniors Stacy Fisher, Alicia Colvin, Lillian Stoll, and Natalie Durbin proudly display the first place trophy earned by the team in the North Andrew Tournament.

junior Lainey Stuart, and sophomore Cameron Gage. The 1st Team All-Conference honorees are Alicia Colvin and Madesen Gage, again a unanimous choice. The 2nd Team All-Conference honoree was Lainey Stuart, and the Honorable Mention All-Conference was Taylor McQueen. The 1st Team All-Region Pitcher went to Madesen Gage, 2nd Team All-Region Infielder went to Taylor McQueen, and the 2nd Team All-Region Outfielder went to Lillian Stoll. It was a successful season for the Lady Dawgs, and congratulations on all your accomplish-ments.

Taylor McQueen stretches to catch the throw to second.

Lainey Stuart prepares to make the tag at third base.

JH Softball Team Polishes Skills score was 5-4, in our favor. We scored all five runs in the first inning, and Maysville scored only four. Contributing to the win was a leadoff single from Allie Gage, a base hit from Allison Kidder, a base hit from Allison Marticke, a double from Sydney Mattson, a double from Peyton Gage, and a single from Madi Sager.

On the 25th of September, the ball club traveled to Princeton. P. Gage was on the mound and let two runs score off of base hits. Heading to the top of the third, Stanber-ry showed up to play. They scored two runs and played stellar defense to hold the Tigers. By the sixth inning, another two runs were put on the board for Stanberry. The final score was 4-2. The B team’s defense was also rocking that night, letting the Tigers score no runs. The Dawgs scored two in the first inning of B play, giving us a 2-0 win.

Playing their last game of the season on October 2, the girls wanted to end with a bang. The lady Dawgs had hot bats against South Harrison. The final score was 15-0. Peyton Gage threw a no-hitter against Betha-ny. The girls scored two right from the get-go, and the next inning they scored six. After that inning, they scored five runs, then two runs to finish the game. The B game had a final

score of 5-1. Both lady Dawgs team ended with a win.

October 2nd’s game at Eagleville was scheduled to play but was cancelled because of heavy rainfall and a storm headed their way. Both A and B teams played wonderful this year. They all gave their hardest, and they succeeded.

Seventh grader Hailey Stoll stated about the season, “It was pretty fun. At practice we did some interesting drills. Let’s just say that there was never a dull moment with our group. My favorite part about the season was the games and the tournament. Next year, I expect us seventh graders to improve a lot more, and to be leaders to the incoming girls.”

Seventh grader Elle Ellis also comment-ed about the season, “It was fun. I liked junior high softball a lot. My favorite thing to do in practice was to hit live. My favorite part of the season was the games, that we won. Next year I expect us to have a better record, and to be great leaders.”

Each game the girls played with their full hearts and gave full effort. They didn’t get down on themselves and continued to im-prove on individual skills and team skills. The girls had a very successful, great season.

JV Football Team Gains Experience By Quentin Nielson

Staff Reporter

Besides getting plenty of playing time in varsity games due to the monster wins on Friday nights, the Stanberry Bulldog’s JV football team played in their last two junior varsity games of the season. On October 6, the group traveled to Rosendale to face the North Andrew Cardinals. The Bulldogs were defeated for their first loss of the year, giving them a 4-1 record.

The Dawgs faced off with the Worth County Tigers in an away game at Grant City on October 13. The Bulldogs defeated the Tigers and fin-ished their JV season with a 5-1 record.

SPORTS 7 BULLDOGS BARK

By Taylor Lager

Staff Reporter On September 22 the team traveled to

Maysville to compete in the Grand River Confer-ence Tournament. Expectations were high, and the team believed that it could place high and come home with some hardware. The team placed 4th overall, only 19 shots from second place, a very respectful showing by the ladies. Individual scores were Katrina Osborn placed 6th overall with a 108, Hannah Bracken shot a 115, Megan Jensen a 119, Emily Smithson 121, and Paige Kelley a 127. Overall it was a great day.

The team traveled to Mozingo Lake Golf Course to play in the Maryville Two Person Best Shot Invitational on September 24th. Once again the girls did a good job and went toe to toe with some of the bigger schools in the area and showed them we are to be in the conversa-tion of up and coming programs. In this format Katrina (102) 6th place and Emily (124) 34th place teamed up and shot a 98, which was good enough to tie for 5th best team score. Paige (117) 25th and Hannah (104) 9th placed teamed up to also shot a 98 and tie for 5th best team score. These two scores gave the Stanberry girls a combined 196 total, which was good enough for 5th overall but only 8 shots out of first place. Teams in this tournament included Leblond, Benton, Savannah, Maryville, and Lafayette. Not to be forgotten, Megan was not a member of a two-person team because we only have five golfers, but she shot a very respecta-ble 117, good enough for 25th individual best score out of almost 60 golfers.

On the 29th of September the girls partici-pated in the District Tournament at Moila Coun-try Club in St. Joseph. The day was perfect, the course was in great shape, and the girls per-formed really well overall. We finished sixth as a team and were only 30 shots out of the top three for the day. Two girls were able to ad-vance on to the sectional round, and two came really close. Paige (124) 27th place, Megan (131) 37th place both missed the cut of 121 by just a few shots. They both fought to the very end. Senior Emily Smithson got off to a great start and was cruising along, but the golf gods just would not allow her to keep the momentum going for all 18 holes. Emily (156) finished in 49th place. Katrina (103) 5th place, and Hannah (111) 14th place both had solid days and kept their mistakes to a minimum and moved on to the Sectional round that was held on Monday, October 6 at Mozingo Lake Golf Course.

October 6th Katrina and Hannah com-peted against 50 other golfers in the Section-al Tournament at Mozingo Golf Course. For the day Katrina shot a 95, which placed her at 9th. Katrina’s score was good enough to qualify for the State Tournament. Hannah shot a 106 and placed 22nd as an individual; this was a great showing for Hannah and by far the best golf of the year. Unfortunately, she missed qualifying for state by 3 strokes.

Katrina participated in the the State Tournament that was held on October 13th and 14th at the Rivercut Golf Course in Springfield. The course was in wonderful condition given the rain, wind and miserably cold conditions. The tournament was made up of 88 of the top lady golfers from across the state and was conducted over two days. In the end Katrina shot a 114 and a 107 for a two day total of 221. This score placed her in 82nd place. Coach Bob Heddinger stated, “Katrina did not get the results that she or I wanted, but she did a great job of represent-ing our school, and she has a lot to be proud of for her career. Junior Hannah Bracken stated, “This golf season was one of the best. As a team we started off rough, but we improved greatly by the end of the season. We had huge goals set for this season, and I think most of us achieved them. I enjoyed the season with the seniors and wish them all the success in the future.”

Golfers Close Out Year with Osborn Playing at State

By Quentin Nielson

Staff Reporter On September 26, for SHS Homecoming,

the Stanberry Bulldogs faced the East Atchison Wolves in their week six matchup. The Dawgs scored early on a 40-yard touch-down run from Clayton Stoll and a PAT pass from Isaac Heddinger to Nic Shanks. The Bull-dogs scored two more times before the Wolves, once on a 22 yard pass from Hedding-er to Quentin Nielson, and again on a 5 yard rush by Stoll. Both scores had successful PAT’s putting Stanberry up 24-0. The Wolves would go on to score once early in the second quarter, but that was it, and the Bulldogs scored the next 28 points unanswered. Stan-berry showed that the Wolves were no match for them, easily winning the game 52-6 ending it early in the third quarter with the mercy rule. The Bulldogs ran the ball for 171 yards and 5 touchdowns and passed 53 yards for 2 touch-downs. Isaac Heddinger was the leading rush-er with 74 yards on 11 carries for 2 TD’s and a PAT. Clayton Stoll ran for 58 yards with 2 touchdowns, and Nic Shanks rushed for 39 yards with 1 TD and 2 PAT’s. Alex McQuinn and Quentin Nielson each had a receiving touchdown catch, McQuinn from 31 yards out and Nielson from 22. The Bulldogs’ defense held the Wolves to 69 yards of total offense and let up only one score. The leading tackler was Shelby McMillen with 10 tackles, followed by Alex McQuinn with 7 tackles.

In a battle of unbeaten with much media hype, Stanberry faced the Albany Warriors on October 1, with the winner being the only un-defeated team left in the Highway 275 confer-ence. The Warriors scored first early in the game, giving them an 8-0 lead over the Bull-dogs, but the Dawgs answered back with a touchdown and a PAT to tie the game at 8-8. The Bulldogs scored two times in second quar-ter with 1 successful PAT, giving them an 22-8 lead. The Warriors scored right before halftime, stopping Stanberry from pulling away and making the score 22-14 in favor of the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs came ready to play in the second half, scoring 38 unanswered points and leaving them as the only unbeaten team after defeating the Warriors 60-14. The Bull-dogs rushed for 400 yards and 6 touchdowns with 3 PAT’s.Clayton Stoll was the leading rusher, with 235 yards on 26 carries for 4 touchdowns and 3 PAT’s. Isaac Heddinger ran for 90 yards with 1 touchdown, and Nic Shanks rushed for 75 yards with 1 touchdown. Hed-dinger also threw for 8 passes with 5 comple-tions for 51 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 3 PAT’s. Alex McQuinn had 3 receptions for 22 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 PAT. Quentin Nielson had 1 reception for a 10 yard touchdown, Dan Hailey had 1 reception for 19 yards, and Clay-ton Stoll had 1 PAT catch. The Bulldog de-fense held the Warriors to 139 yards of total offense and only 2 touchdowns. Leading tack-lers were Quentin Nielson and Daniel Hailey with 7 tackles apiece on the night.

On October 10, the Bulldogs had their week 8 matchup against Worth County. The Tigers came out strong, scoring the only touch-down in the first quarter, putting them up 6-0. The Tigers scored again early in the second quarter making it 12-0.. After that touchdown, running back Nic Shanks ran the kickoff back for a touchdown putting the Bulldogs on the scoreboard. This sparked the Bulldogs, and they scored 46 unanswered points to defeat the Tigers 46-12. Clayton Stoll was the leading rusher with 118 yards on 26 carries with 3 touchdowns and 1 PAT. Nic Shanks rushed for 76 yards with 1 touchdown, and Isaac Hed-dinger ran for 35 yards. Heddinger also com-pleted 2 passes for 36 yards and 1 touchdown and 4 PAT’s. Dan Hailey had 1 reception for a 36 yard touchdown and 1 PAT, and Alex McQuinn had 3 PAT receptions. The Bulldog defense held the tiger to 2 touchdowns and only 204 yards of total offense. Leading tackler was Clayton Stoll with 14 tackles, followed by Quentin Nielson with 13 tackles. The Bulldogs were now 8-0 and looking for a deep postsea-

son run. The Stanberry Bulldogs defeated Mound

City in a halftime game on October 17 to claim the 275 Highway Conference Championship. The Dawgs, who usually stick to their running game, showed that they are a threat through the air, too, scoring 4 touchdowns on just four pass-es. Quarterback Isaac Heddinger threw the ball 4 times with 4 completions for 172 yards with 4 touchdowns and 3 PAT’s. Heddinger also had 2 rushes for 55 yards, with 1 touchdown and 2 PAT’s. Quentin Nielson was the leading receiv-er with 68 yards on 1 reception for a touchdown and 2 PAT’s. Daniel Hailey had 64 yards on 2 receptions with 2 touchdowns and 1 PAT; Alex McQuinn also had a touchdown reception for 40 yards. Nic Shanks was the leading rusher with 94 yards on 8 carries with 2 touchdowns. Clay-ton Stoll rushed for 31 yards on 5 carries with a PAT run. The Bulldogs’ defense shut out the Panthers, letting up only 84 yards and no scores, winning 62-0. Stanberry’s leading tack-lers were Clayton Stoll and Mason Rosier, both with 7 tackles on the night. This game left the Bulldogs undefeated with a 9-0 record and look-ing forward to a long postseason.

Running back Nic Shanks had this to say, “I’m very excited to have gone undefeated in the regular season; our offensive line does a great job blocking up front, opening lanes to the en-dzone. It helps me look forward to another trip to the dome, and possibly a state champion-ship. Go Bulldogs!”

Quarterback Isaac Heddinger said, “I’m pretty impressed on how we finished the regular season undefeated. I’m excited to see how we perform as a team in the postseason. I think we’ll have all our kinks ironed out, and we’ll be running everything to perfection.” The Bulldogs will play their first district game against Mound City on October 31.

Dawgs Enter Post-Season Contest Undefeated

JH Dawgs End with 4-2 Record By Quentin Niel-son Staff Reporter

The junior high Bull-dog football team faced the Mound City Panthers in a home game matchup on September 22. The Dawgs defeated the Pan-thers 52-14, giving them their 3rd straight win of the season. On September 29, the Bulldogs played a home game against the Rock Port Blue Jays. The Bulldogs won 64-36 in a hard fought, offense vs. offense battle. This gave the Bulldogs their fourth straight win on the season with a 4-0 record.

On October 6, the Bulldogs JH football team traveled to Rosendale in a hard fought matchup against the North Andrew Cardinals. The Bulldogs were defeated in a 44-40 loss. It was a very close game that came down to the last play, but the Bulldogs couldn’t hold on and suffered their first loss of the season.

The Bulldogs played their last game of the season at Grant City on October 13. Stan-berry faced the Worth County Tigers, and the game was very wet and muddy due to rain.

The Tigers defeated the Bulldogs 52-40. The Bulldogs’ junior high football season is over, and the squad finished the season with a record of 4-2.

Coach Jeffrey Maronde had this to say, “Our last two games didn’t go like we planned, but I thought the season went well overall. I saw the players get better week to week, and we are looking forward to next season!”

Eighth grader and running back Trey Schieber said this about the season, “The team looked and played a lot better than I thought we would this year; we had a lot of young players step up and play well. The

The junior high football team with coaches Jeffery Maronde & Kevin Fisher.

The undefeated 275 Highway Conference Champions.

Quarterback Isaac Heddinger ran the ball for 90 yards against Albany.

Mound City’s defense couldn’t stop Clayton Stoll.

Coach Bob Heddinger and Katrina Os-born look over the course at state.

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National FFA Convention

November 3- JH Basketball w/ Jefferson 6:00

Jostens meet w/ sophomores & seniors 2:15 November 4- 7-12 Student Council Mtg 8:00

JH Basketball w/ S. Nodaway 6:00 November 6- JH Basketball @ N. Andrew 4:30

November 7- V Football District Championship

Jostens meet w/ sophomores & seniors 2:15 November 10-15- JH Basketball King City Tournament November 11- VETERAN’S DAY Assembly 9:00

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November 14- V Football State Semi-finals November 17- Board of Education Mtg 7:00

November 18- JH Basketball w/ Albany 6:00 November 20- JH Basketball @ Maysville 4:30

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The Secret Keeper Written by Beverly Lewis Reviewed by Alexis Simmerman

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First of all, I have read many books by Beverly Lewis, who enjoys writing realistic fiction about the Amish. So far, though, The Secret Keeper is my favorite. Jenny Burns is a woman in her mid-twenties who, oddly, has not married. She has yet to find where her heart is. Since she was a young girl, Jenny has had a liking toward simple, old-aged items. When Jenny turned twelve, she even asked for a bonnet! Sadly, her parents and siblings do not see the world from her view. Her friends cannot seem to understand her heart-felt emotions and her yearning for a simpler life walked with God. Instead, Jenny seeks assurance in a young lady named Marnie Lapp, who has been Amish since she was born. Marnie’s letters spark an interest in Jenny, and soon she finds herself wanting to be Amish. They seem so care-free and devot-ed to God. When Marnie offers a place at her aunt and uncle’s where Jenny can stay, Jenny is thrilled. Without even telling her family, she accepts Marnie’s offer and goes to live with Rebecca and Samuel Lapp. Her adventure gets even more exciting when Jenny meets Andrew Lapp, Marnie’s cousin. Andrew is very handsome, passionate, and God-fearing. Although he is Jenny’s age, he remains sin-gle. Jenny soon finds herself wishing she could get to know Andrew. In order to even think about that, though, Jenny has to pass her Proving. If she does she will be truly Amish. She will be able to marry Andrew. She will be able to live the simple lifestyle close to God. There will be consequences, though. She will have to confess her feelings to her family, who might not approve. If that hap-pens, should Jenny give up the foolish idea altogether, or will her faith lead her down an unknown path?

I would definitely recommend this heart-tugging novel to any person curious about the Amish lifestyle. With Jenny, you may learn some inside knowledge you couldn’t get any-where else. You might even discover where your heart lies!

Calvin Smithson of second grade created a colorful piece of artwork called Plaid Pattern cats. He exclaimed, “Coloring the background was really fun!”

First grader Evan Gregory de-signed his artwork using wax resist and pattern scarecrows. He stated that he really liked coloring the scarecrow.

Lance Wallace, a fourth grader, created a vibrant piece by cutting shapes for the flower vase and using tissue paper to make bright flowers. “My favorite part was gluing the tissue flowers on,” Lance said

A sixth grader, Jamie Jameson, created a quirky drawing called Bad Hair Day using zentangle patterns. Jamie told us that he enjoyed coloring and designing the hair.

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