APRIL 2012 ISSUE #10 GEORGETOWN HIGH SCHOOL VOLUME #5

GEORGETOWN HIGH SCHOOL
VOLUME #5
APRIL 2012
ISSUE #10
www.gtown.k12.oh.us
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VOL5 ISS10
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 FEATURED TEACHER
Mrs. Nawrocki.
 FEATURED SENIOR
Jake Norris.
 FEATURED JUNIOR
Cody Burton.
 FEATURED SOPHOMORE
Meranda Sullivan.
 FEATURED FRESHMAN
Tyler Fulton.
 FEATURED 8TH GRADER
Kyle Davis.
 FEATURED 7TH GRADER
Piper Tomlin.
 SPORTS
One Spirit, One Team, One Win.
 PERSONAL WRITING
Easter.
 QUOTES
Independence.
 POETRY
What’s Your Ryme?
 ADVERTISEMENT
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 ADVERTISEMENT
Applegate’s Pro Hardware.
 FEATURED ARTICLE
Moscow Clean Up.
 G-NEWS
How Well Do You Really Know Us?
 ART
New Year, New Teacher, New Projects.
 SCHOOL CONCERNS
Stress.
 HOROSCOPES
What’s Your Sign?
 ADVERTISEMENT
John Deere.
Featured Teacher
By: Chelsea Bradley
1) How do you usually celebrate the Easter holiday?
“Have a family dinner cookout if the weather is
nice. We have an Easter egg hunt and invite family
and friends over.”
2) What is your favorite food you like to eat on
Easter?
“Deviled eggs.”
3) What is your favorite Easter candy?
“Raspberry Truffle.”
4) Do you still color eggs or go on an Easter egg
hunt?
“Yes, absolutely.”
5) Do you like the movie Peter Cottontail?
“I don’t remember that one, no.”
6) Did you believe in the Easter bunny as a child?
“I believed in anyone who brought presents.”
7) Do you remember the day you found out he
wasn’t real?
“No, I don’t remember at all.”
8) What is your favorite part about the Easter
holiday?
“The big party.”
9) Are you doing anything exciting over spring
pause?
“Entertaining our out- of -town guests.”
10) What is your favorite Easter memory?
“The year my brother fell in the pond looking for
Easter eggs. It caused a complete ruckus.”
Who’s Who…Senior
By: Whitney Kistler
Ever gotten a speeding ticket?
Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a
swarm of bees?
A big bear
No
Do you consider yourself lazy?
Yes
Do you chew your pens and pencils?
I don’t have any pencils
What was the first concert you
went to?
What is your favorite food?
Bad Fish
Chinese food
What are your plans for next
year after you graduate?
What is your favorite color?
Green
To attended college
Could you live without a phone?
Yes
Featured Junior
By: Heidi Fancher
What do you like the most about
being a junior?
“School is easier but I still have my
senior year ahead.”
What are your weaknesses?
“Not being able to push through
pain when I need to.”
What is your favorite movie?
“Insidious.”
What do you like to do in your spare
time?
“I like to do stupid things with my
friends.’
What do you hate the most about
school?
“The hours of school.”
If you had six months left to live,
what would you do with your time?
“I would keep the news to myself
and live my life as it was before.”
If you were a car, what kind would
you be?
“Volkswagen cabriolet.”
Who is your favorite teacher and
why?
What kind of people do you
“Mrs. Woodruff because she is a
child at heart and can sometimes
make class entertaining.”
“Stuck up snobby people who think
they’re better than everyone else.”
dislike?
Featured Sophomore
By: Hannah Mount
1. In one sentence, how would you
describe yourself?
“I am very indecisive.”
2. If you could date anyone in the
school who would it be?
“From our school, probably no one.”
3. What are your plans for summer?
“My plans are to move out of my house
and go see my brother in Georgia.”
4. What is one thing that drives you
crazy?
“Fake people that act better than
everyone else.”
8. What is the most important lesson
you have learned?
“Yes, I get along with my brother
really well. He is like my best friend.”
“An important lesson I have learned
is to not lose yourself in all the high
school stuff that goes on. Stay true to
yourself and don’t let people change
you in the wrong way.”
6. What is your favorite song?
9. What is your celebrity crush?
“Forever & Always by Parachute”
“Matt Damon.”
5.Do you get along with your
siblings?
7. If you could choose one perfect
talent, what would it be and why?
“I don’t think I’d want to have a perfect
talent. It would be too much pressure.
Who’s Who… Freshman
By: Chelsea Bradley
1) Are you excited about
Easter coming up?
“No, not really.”
2) How does your family
usually celebrate Easter?
“By having a big dinner.”
3) Do you still go Easter egg
hunting?
“No, not anymore.”
4) What is your favorite type
of Easter candy?
“Starbursts.”
5) Did you once believe in the
Easter bunny?
“Yes.”
6) How old were you when
you found out he wasn’t
real?
“I don’t know. Six,
probably.”
7) Are you doing anything
exciting over spring break?
“Nope, I wish.”
8) Do you still get a basket full
of candy on Easter day?
“No.”
9) Do you like spring weather?
“Yes, a lot.”
Who’s Who… 8th
Grader
By: Hannah Jones
Q: What does your family do
for Easter?
A: The rest of my family comes
over to my house.
Q: When was the last time you
have ever colored eggs?
A: I colored eggs last year!
Q: What is your favorite
Easter candy?
A: Reese’s eggs.
Q: What are you going to do on
your spring break?
A: I’m not going to do anything.
Q: What was your most memorable spring break?
When was it?
A: All of them are memorable because we get out
of school!
Q: Are you looking forward to high school? Why
or why not?
A: Yes, because it’s one step closer
to graduating.
Q: What is your favorite thing to do outside
of school?
A: I enjoy playing basketball.
Q: What is one thing that you hope to accomplish
before you graduate?
A: I hope to get a job.
Q: Where do you see yourself in ten years?
A: In college to become an auto mechanic.
Who’s Who… 7th
grader
By Hannah Jones:
How is your
7th grade
year going?
What does your
family do
for Easter?
Pretty good, I like it.
We usually have
family over and we
eat dinner and
watch movies.
What was your
most memorable
spring break?
What is your
favorite thing
about Easter?
The joyfulness.
When is the last
time that you went
on an Easter
egg hunt?
I have never really
gone anywhere on
spring break.
Just last Easter.
What is your
favorite
Easter candy?
Chocolate bunnies!
What is your definition
of Easter?
A celebration about Christ and
being with family.
What are you
going to do
on your
spring break?
Probably nothing.
Continued…
Date
Mar. 22
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May 02
May 03
May 04
By: Casey Carter
Date
Mar. 14
Mar. 20
Mar. 22
Mar. 24
Mar. 26
Mar. 28
Mar. 30
Mar. 31
Apr. 02
Apr. 04
Apr. 06
Apr. 07
Apr. 11
Apr. 13
Apr. 14
Apr. 16
Apr. 18
Apr. 20
Apr. 23
Apr. 25
Apr. 26
Apr. 30
May 02
May 03
May 05
Opponent
Ripley
Hillsboro
@ Eastern
West Union
East Clinton
Batavia
@ Williamsburg
Peebles
Blanchester
Felicity
@ Allen County
@ Allen County
@ Felicity
Western Brown
@ Manchester
@ Amelia HS
Fayetteville
@ Batavia
Williamsburg
@ Blanchester
Lynchburg
@ East Clinton
@ White Oak
@ Ripley
@ Bethel
W/L
W
L
L
W
L
L
L
W
L
W
W
L
L
W
L
L
Opponent
Eastern
West Union
East Clinton
Batavia
@ Williamsburg
Peebles
Blanchester
Felicity
@ CNE
@ Felicity
Western Brown
@ Manchester
@ Amelia
Fayetteville
@ Batavia
Williamsburg
@ Blanchester
Lynchburg
@ Eastern
@ East Clinton
@White Oak
@ Ripley
Fairfield Local
W/L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
W
L
L
L
L
Sports
Date
Mar. 24
Mar. 31
Apr. 04
Apr. 05
Apr. 10
Apr. 12
Apr. 14
Apr. 17
Apr. 23
Apr. 24
Apr. 27
May 02
May 03
May 08
May 09
May 12
May 15
May 17
May 19
Opponent
@ Ripley
@ Bethel-Tate
@ New Richmond
@ New Richmond
@ New Richmond
@ Blanchester
OPEN DATE
@ Western Brown
@Seven Hills
@Seven Hills
@ Goshen
@ Mariemont
@ Mariemont
@ Amelia
@ Amelia
@ Western Brown
@ New Richmond
@ New Richmond
@ New Richmond
By: Casey Carter
Personal Writing
Q: What do you call
Easter when you
are hopping
around?
A: Hoppy Easter!
By: Sarah Hamilton
Q: Why does the Easter
bunny have a shiny nose?
A: His powder puff is
on the wrong end.
Q: Why are people
always tired in
April?
A: Because they
just finished a
march
Q: What did the
rabbit say to the
carrot?
A: It's been nice
gnawing you.
Q: What is the end
of Easter?
A: The letter R
Q: What do you get
when you find a
rabbit with no hair?
A: A hairless hare!
Knock, knock...
Who's there?
"Ether"!
"Ether" who?
"Ether" Bunny!
“There's nothing better
than a good friend,
except a good friend
with CHOCOLATE."
Linda Grayson,
"The Pickwick
Q: Do you know
how bunnies stay
in shape?
A: Hareobics.
Q: Why did the
Easter egg hide?
A: He was a little
chicken!
Easter is
celebrated in many
different ways by many
different people.
Religious people
celebrate Easter as the
sum of God coming out
of the tomb on the 3rd
and final day after his
death. Some people
believe in this and
others do not.
Kids look at
Easter as a day when
they get all kinds of
candy and colored
eggs, sometimes even
money if they find the
prize egg. For kids it’s
all about the hiding and
the hunting of Easter
eggs and let’s not
forget the Easter bunny
and candy.
There's nothing
better than a good
friend, except a good
friend with
CHOCOLATE. - Linda
Grayson
All I really need is
love, but a little
chocolate now and
then doesn't hurt! Lucy Van Pelt
Forget love; I’d
rather fall in
chocolate. Anonymous
Easter is not a
passport to another
world; it is a quality of
perception for this
one. - W.P. Lemon
My mom used to say
that Greek Easter was
later because then
you get stuff cheaper.
- Amy Sedaris
What the Easter
bunny taught me:
The best things in
life are still sweet
and gooey.
Continued…
By: Sarah Hamilton
The egg itself promises new life
as in spring, birds, and many other
animals are hatched from eggs. In fact,
the Persians, Hindus and Egyptians
believed that the world began with a
single egg. In ancient China, Rome and
Greece, eggs were given as springtime
gifts.
In Poland and Russia, hours are
spent on drawing intricate designs on
Easter eggs. In England, members of
the royal families gave each other goldcovered eggs as Easter gifts in the
middle ages. The most famous Easter
egg decorator was Peter Carl Faberge.
He designed eggs from gold, silver and
other precious gems for kings of Europe
and czars of Russia.
These eggs are priceless now
and can only be found in museums and
private collections. In early America,
children decorated their eggs by using
dyes made from natural materials like
fruit and leaf coloring.
European legend says that the
hare never closes its eyes and watches
the other animals throughout the night.
It became a symbol of the moon. The
hare is connected with Easter because
the celebration date depends upon the
full moon.
In Egypt, people used to believe
that the rabbit was responsible for the
new life in spring. Later, early Christians
saw it as a symbol for the resurrection
of Christ.
According to an old German
story, a poor woman hid some brightly
colored eggs in her garden as Easter
treats for children. While the children
were searching, a hare hopped past.
The children thought that the hare had
left the eggs.
So every Easter, German
children would make nests of leaves
and branches in their gardens for the
hare. This custom was brought to the
United States when the Germans came.
The hare became a rabbit because
there were more rabbits in the United
States. Today, it is called the Easter
bunny that kids love.
Quotes Are Everything
By: Kayla Cady
“I like being a strong, independent
woman, and to be honest, I was
never afraid to be on my own.”
Dido Armstrong
“Every human has four endowments- self
awareness, conscience, independent will
and creative imagination. These give us
the ultimate human freedom… The Power
to choose, to respond, to change.”
Stephen R. Covey
“Real women are
classy, strong,
independent, loyal
and loveable. One
thing about them is
they know they
deserve better.”
Unknown
“The most
important outcome
of education is to
help students
become
independent of
formal education.”
“The individual
woman is required a
thousand times a day
to choose to accept
her appointed role and
thereby rescue her
good disposition out
of the wreckage of her
self-respect, or else
follow an independent
line of behavior and
rescue her self-respect
out of the wreckage of
her good disposition.”
“I am no bird; and
no net ensnares me;
I am a free human
being with an
independent will…”
Jeannette Rankin
Charlotte Bronte
Paul Gray
“Nature never said to me: do not be
poor; still less did she say: be rich; her
cry to me was always: Be independent.”
Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
“Being independent is the best choice anyone
can ever make. Don’t rely on someone else for
happiness, ever. You make it happen.”
Unknown
Continued…
By: Kayla Cady
Being able to take care of myself makes me independent.
Getting a job and being able
to balance it with school
makes me feel independent.
The idea of striving for success.
Taking responsibility for my own
actions makes me feel independent.
Because I earn my own living. You
cannot make decisive moves when
you are at the risk of someone, and
that makes you dependent.
To me someone is independent when they
are on time wherever they are needed to
be.
Staying committed to
someone you love, to
something you love
doing…meaning to never
give up.
Poetry
By: Heather Adams
Spring is here and life is coming back
into the flowers. You see green trees &
flowers blooming once again, the birds
sing as they fly in the sky. Be inspired
by the liveliness of your surroundings &
create a fantastic work of art.
The Lonely Man
By: Kaitlynne Godwin
In this poem a man has lost
The lonely man sits on a train
Awaiting to visit her grave in the pouring rain
his wife and is trying his best
to deal with the pain and
heart break.
He thinks to himself “she has no more pain”.
When he visits her grass covered mound
He can’t stop staring at the ground
He’s always visiting his
You see his life is lost and will never be found.
Her memory haunts his every thought
The beautiful red rose that he had brought
Is now left sitting, left to rot.
He bends down to grab the dead rose
The sign of death and the sound of crows
He pulls out a gun that was a gift
Takes one last breath and ends his
He’s all alone. So he takes
one last look at his wife’s
remains, and does what he
thinks is best. Becomes an
from his angel
wife
like his wife and live
life.
in heaven together again.
The tears fall down with love he shows.
The tears fall like a knife
wife’s grave, trying to cope
with what has happened. The
only problem is that…..in the
end he realizes that his life is
nothing without his wife.
Continued…
By: Heather Adams
So many people struggle
through life,
They try to be something
they’re not;
Just make an effort to
be yourself,
At least that’s what I
was taught.
The more you try to be
someone else,
The more confused you will be;
At times you will find yourself
asking yourself,
My gosh, is this really me?
Sometimes we try to please
our friends,
Our family members and all;
The more we try to keep up
the pretence,
The harder and faster we fall.
We try so hard to put on a front,
And the mask we wear hides
our eye,
The fear and failure thoughts in
our minds; Remain hidden
beneath all the lies.
Then one day the truth comes
marching out,
And your soul is finally free,
Then you can say to the ones
you love;
This is the genuine me.
If I’ve learned one lesson in life,
It’s to place that mask on the shelf;
And instead of trying to be
someone else,
I’ll try harder to just be myself.
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On Friday, March 2,
2012, the tiny village
of Moscow, Ohio
was ripped apart by
a tornado. The
tornado measured at
an EF3 on the
Enhanced Fujita
Scale, meaning that
winds reached
between 136 and
165 mph. 70% of the
town was destroyed.
One woman in
Moscow was killed,
and two people in
Bethel were also
killed during the
series of tornados
that struck the tristate that day.
Families huddled in basements,
bathrooms, hallways and any other
place where they could find safety
while debris tore through the air and
structures were leveled. Many homes
were destroyed. The event left dozens
of families homeless, but they hope to
rebuild their lives and start again. In
total, 353 buildings were impacted by
the tornados across the region, 68 of
which were destroyed, causing an
estimated $6 million worth of damage.
Moscow, Ohio was the
most impacted by the
nine tornados that
struck the area on
March 2nd.
Since then, people across the tri-state have been working
together to mend the lives of those who lost everything in the
disaster. Food, clothes and toiletry items have all been
donated to these families. Many people both part of the
community and outside the
community have been
working hard to clean
up the mess that was left
behind by the tornado.
GNews Staff
By: Hannah Mount
Continued…
By: Hannah Mount
Where do you feel art is going?
I think it’s going places; it’s how
people express them self.
Why is your work so ugly or so
pretty?
Art is always ugly or pretty in its
own way; it’s what makes it unique.
Do you feel good in art like
you’re an advanced student?
Yes, I am an advanced student
When you mess up do you start
over or do you make it blend in
somehow?
Blend, mistakes are good
sometimes.
How did you get in to art?
It’s a way to cope.
Why do you like art?
I can express myself though an outlet that I like.
Do you feel that your art is better than most people’s? Why or why not?
No, because some people put more time in it than I do. I just do it for fun.
What helps you get though the rough spot of art?
I usually scan the Internet and get ideas from there.
There will always be some
form of stress in our lives. There is
really nothing we can do about it,
right? Well that would be wrong
there are lots of things we can do
about it, it’s just a matter of
motivating ourselves enough to do
anything about it.
Some days we may feel like
there isn’t enough time in the day
to get anything done, or that every
step we take forward is knocked
back three. Everyone feels that
way sometimes, and if anyone
says they haven’t, I would ask
what kind of happy medicine they
are on.
There are quite a few ways
that people are able to deal with
stress, for example they identify or
find out what exactly is stressing
them out. A stress journal can help
you identify the regular stressors in
your life and the way you deal with
them. Each time you feel stressed;
keep track of it in your journal.
As you keep a daily log, you
will begin to see patterns and
common themes.
People use multiple unhealthy
way to cope with stress like
smoking and drinking, but they
don’t know that these ways of
coping actually only cause more
problems than what they are worth,
for example smoking raises your
blood pressure and causes
multiple types of cancer. Drinking
will actually damage your frontal
lobe. This next page has some
healthier tips to help with stress.
Avoid the stressor
 Learn how to say no.
 Avoid people who stress you out
 Take control of your
environment
 Avoid hot-button topics
 Pare down to your to-do list
Adapt to the stressor
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Reframe problems
Look at the big picture
Adjust your standards
Focus on the positive
Alter the situation
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Express how you feel
Be willing to compromise
Be more assertive
Manage your time better
Accept the things you
cannot change
 Don’t try to control the
uncontrollable
 Look for the upside
 Share your feelings
 Learn to forgive
Horoscopes
By: Cody Burton
d
y Cody Burton
It isn’t the easiest thing to
You’re full of wisdom yet you
You get told every day that
please everyone this month.
choose not to share it with your
you’re an amazing person, but
Everything is crazy and you feel
peers. Don’t be afraid to
you feel less than the average
like you will never get a break.
influence your friends;
person by going through the
However you know that once the
sometimes you are more of a
emotions you are capable of
month passes everything will
positive influence than you think.
sustaining your conflicts. Being
return to normal with a few new
additions. You’re beginning to
forget things due to something
always being on your mind.
Almost as if you have forgotten
to turn off the lights when you
leave the room, it’s just a waste
otherwise.
You don’t realize how much
people admire you… some
could possibly see you as a role
model. You can keep your hopes
high when there is nothing to
gain from them. Keeping people
cheery keeps you happy.
so organized you’re able to keep
your work efforts up without
even having to try your best,
although you do your best every
day just by doing what you feel
is right. Following the footsteps
of someone great you have
become a fantastic person.
Hyper and enthusiastic this
Not everything seems to be as
Getting yourself together is
month your work efforts have
bad as you make it: Only when
harder on you than it is for
been doubled be willing to work
you drag everything out does it
others. You feel like you’re
to get your list of things to do
seem so terrible. When it comes
letting everyone down by being
out of the way, so you are able
time for you to do what needs to
lazy and uncoordinated. Your
to go do what you please.
be done you tend to put it off
sense of pride has dropped but
until the last moment when
you feel that if you play your
everything has to be done. Don’t
cards right then you will be able
stress yourself out by waiting
to turn your life around into
until you can’t wait anymore. Do
something amazing.
You feel that everything is in
order when it’s truly not. Sadly
you’ve been asked to slow down
and watch what you’re doing.
Although you don’t slow down
you correct your mistakes and
step up to keep going on.
your job or be a great student;
get your work done so that you
don’t have to worry about
yourself getting stressed out.
Setting your goal up there won’t
be easy to achieve but striving for
it will be well worth it.
Continued…
By: Cody Burton
d
y Cody Burton
You find yourself doing more
Less than average but more
Success… you have finally
every day to try to impress
successful than ever before, you
achieved what you strived for,
others when in the end all of
have done what you thought
and now you feel complete. You
your work is for nothing. You
could never be done by going the
found your hopes dropping and
feel that if you get this one
extra mile to fix your wrong
you luckily had someone build
guy/girl to care about you then
doings from the past. You have
you up. You have everything
your life will be complete. This
realized that your past follows
finished. Now achieved and
may work for the time being
you where ever you may go.
successful you got everything
possibly, but you fear it’s not
who you’re looking for. You do
what you can, but in the end all
seems to fail, and they never
notice you in the least bit. Be
yourself. You get more attention
To counteract the bad, you feel
that doing what is right will
help fix everything. Being true,
you have everything you need to
correct what you have done.
you’ve ever asked for. Don’t get
your hopes up too high because
you can only be brought down
from where you stand now. Every
day will be a toll but you just
have to keep striving for better.
this way.
Any day but today would be
Your almost as annoying as a
Finally getting through your list
your friend; you feel that you’re
morning glory… you take root
of things to do you can kick
betrayed by everyone you meet
in the strangest places and take
back. Easter is just around the
and everything you attempt to
the growth of others. You shine
corner and you’re excited to get
accomplish in life.
too bright and never seem to let
your hands dirty with the
anyone else take the chance to
coloring of eggs. Holidays are
do something amazing. Take a
everything you have asked for,
break and let others be the best
being with family and being able
that they can be. Everybody has
to share it all with the kids.
Losing your mind slowly, you
feel you will never be able to
get yourself together, and it’s
not easy but you can do
anything when you set your mind
to it. Every day is new days so
don’t let the feeling of one
affect another. Grow up and get
through what you have to…
something amazing that they
can do, so why not allow the
people who don’t often show
themselves be great?
You look at the little ones and
see yourself hunting for eggs in
the park. It’s always a blast to
remember what you had.
GEORGETOWN HIGH SCHOOL
VOLUME #5
SEPTEMBER 2011
ISSUE #1