The Leopard Paw Print

OCTOBER 2015
Lincoln Junior High
Leopard Paw Print
Volume 3
Issue 1
BWHS is Here!
Bentonville West High School is the new high school being built in Centerton. It is
scheduled to open August 2016. The principal of BWHS is Jonathon Guthrie, former Lincoln Junior
High School principal. Mr. Guthrie has worked for the Bentonville school district since 2006. He
says that in order for a school to function properly, it’s about finding the right teachers. "Great
teachers make great schools. Studies show it's all about the teachers and then obviously about the
students, but for me it's about getting the right teachers in place,” Guthrie said. He states that
when starting a new school it is important for everyone to work together. "This is your building. It's
your school. We're going to work together. We all have the same goal here, which is when those
students leave Bentonville West High School, and when they graduate we want them to be able to
walk into any college, any work place, and be ready to roll,” says Mr. Guthrie. Around 1,300 ninth,
tenth, and eleventh graders will begin the fall 2016 school year at BWHS.
Building Progression
February 2015
July 2015
10519 Gamble Rd, Centerton, AR 72719
Article By: Brigham Hill
Strings in School
Eighth Grade Orchestra’s Cool
Eighth Grade orchestra this year is going amazingly. All of the orchestra students are
practicing hard for their first concert this year. For eighth grade they have three total concerts plus
they have to go to a competition in Branson this spring. Many of the orchestra players are excited for
the trip to Branson. The trip will help a lot of players get to know what happens if they want to
audition for All-Region in the future or just playing competitions in general.
The orchestra auditioned for the all-region competition this past Halloween. All-Region is a
competition between students that come together to form an inter-school orchestra. This year the
orchestra includes students from some brass and percussion instrumentalists. Erik Mains said that
he “hoped to make All-Region because it is a lot of fun and it feels great to win.” Brigham Hill knew
that it would be a lot of fun to get up and perform!
In order to perform in the orchestra those auditioning first performed an audition piece for a
panel of blind judges in a closed audition. After two weeks of practice, members of the All-Region
orchestra spent two days at an All-Region clinic and performed for an audience that day.
All-Region Orchestra Members from LJHS
7th Grade:
Kathryn Zettle
Megan Dial
Joshua Bruce
Cole Wright
Hailey Douglass
Charlie Agacian
Jacob Hinds
Dallian Jones
Brett Shadduck
Hans Edlund
Anna Claire Roberts
8th Grade:
Orchestra members Brigham Hill, Jonathan Hawks, Erik
Mains, and Ethan Martinez pose for a picture.
Eric Mains
Brigham Hill
Conner Hayes
Article By: Erik Mains & Ethan Martinez
Robots at Lincoln
There is a club at Lincoln Junior High
that does something truly unique, and that club
is the robotics team! They build and program
their own robots. Then they compete with
them.
Lynnzie Hart is on the robotics team
Bri Scallion working on a part of the team’s BEST
because she has “always been intrigued by
robot.
technology and wanted to learn how to code.
I’ve always thought robot fighting was cool too.” The team worked on their robot, Leslie, for
the BEST competition. That took place on October 17th in Fort Smith.
The team built the robot “by using the design process and experimenting to see what
worked,” Maddison Solis explained. They met a total of 16 hours a week to prepare for the
competition. They met for two hours every day after school and for six hours every
Saturday. Bri Scallion said that all of the hard work would pay off in the end “because it’s
fun.” Bri also said that “when you build your robot, you get to meet your teammates, and
hanging out with them is fun! It also teaches you skills that people will pay high money for in
the end. So, basically yes, robotics is totally worth it in the end.”
Robotics Team
Lynnzie Hart
Nathan Dayfingil
Matt Suedel
Bri Scallion
Sergio Garza
Louis Plaisance
Maddison Solis
Marianna Melinkova
Maggie Hemmer
Tim Suedel
Ethan Forman
Nicholas DeVilliera
Todd Neal
Chase Peterson
Coach, Mr. Roberts
Cayden Lewis
Brett Shaddick
Kieran Groom
Jayden Heilig
Article By: Jaylin Kern
Fall Choir Events
Fall is here. The crisp air and falling leaves are tell tale signs of it. Along with it comes the
annual fall choir concert. The fall concert was on October 13 at 6:30. Advanced choir students and
a few select choir student from Washington, Lincoln, and Fulbright Junior High choirs met at
Gracepoint church to perform. The choirs rehearsed with guest directors before the concert. All of
the students had been practicing All-Region music in their schools before, but the directors united
the schools and gave astounding performances.
Also on Saturday, October 24, the choir students left Lincoln at 6:30am to go to Siloam
Springs High School for All-Region tryouts. There were over 1,000 students that tried out! Among
these there were only a limited few who were accepted to participate in the music-laden clinic.
Lincoln had the most students make the All-Region Choir out of all the other area junior highs with
26 students making the choir and 11 students making the alternate list. Those who were accepted
into All-Region will be performing on November 7th at Springdale High school.
The choir is not done yet! In the near future the students will be performing at the
December 8th Holiday concert. Don’t miss out on the holiday concert.
Article By: Amelia Gutche
Waiting For Auditions
New Face up in this Place
Getting to know Mrs. Wicker
Shannon Wicker is the new choir teacher who taught at Ardis Ann Middle school before joining the
Leopards.
Favorites:
Season: Whatever season it is!
Song: Amazing Grace
Color: Turquoise/Mint
Artist: Ryan Shirley (her sister)
Composer: Beethoven
Other Facts:
Pets: One cat “Norman”
and one goldfish “Goldie”
Years Teaching: 10th year this year
College: Henderson state (Arkadelphia) for bachelor degree
and currently working on masters at the University of Central Arkansas
Article By: Amelia Gutche
Those from LJHS who received some of the highest positions at All-Region Choir auditions were:
2nd chair Tenor 1- Zac Curtis, 6th chair Soprano 2- Madylin McClemore, 8th chair Soprano 1- Ella Seidel,
and 8th chair Tenor 2- Canaan Brown.
LJHS FALL STYLES
At Lincoln Jr. High School there are many
different styles that appeal to the eyes. There
are styles like emo/dark, sporty, the trend
setters, comfy, preppy, and so many others.
Lupita Sanchez’s style can't be
put into words. Fashion is
really important to her. She
really likes to focus on having
a Streetwear/skater cultureThere are some people
vibe which includes baggy
who have a trendy style
jeans and oversized, vintage
and who are very modest.
tees . Yet she enjoys looking
Jonathan Hawks is a very
girly by rocking feminine,
contemporary young adult.
He has been to Africa and women designer pieces. Lupita also enjoys
traveling and having a city mindset; she loves
thinks hippos are ugly
when up-close. He said his it. Her go-to outfit really depends on her mood
go-to outfit is skinny jeans and the day. She usually goes for black
trousers, a tucked in t-shirt, vans or air 1's, and
and a t-shirt with a sweater. The accessories
that are essential to him are his glasses and his tops it off with a windbreaker. Her favorite
accessory is her silver hoop earrings; they're
Lokai bracelet. Jonathan’s fashion icons are
Lupita's favorite. Instead of having a fashion
Marc Jacobs and Troye Sivan.
icon, Lupita loves finding new trends.
Hayden Deal is one of the
Taitum Meyer is a girl
most preppy dressed kids at
who has a love/hate
LJHS. Hayden is hilarious and
relationship with a class
he seems like he knows what
called math and always
he is doing with his life and
says "ohhhh" really
with his closet. His go-to outfit
loudly. Taitum has more
is a dark blue Vineyards Vines
of a rocker 90's look with
vest with a light blue Vineyard
moderate style mixed in
Vines button-up shirt. He pairs
there. Taitum is pictured
this with nice reddish/ pinkish
on the right wearing a
shorts. He could never live without his vest. His
jean jacket. Taitum says her go-to outfit is black fashion icons are the people who design for the
vans, dark washed jeans, and a Victoria Secret Vineyard Vines company.
PINK shirt. One accessory she can't live
without is her opal ring that she wears every
day. Her fashion icon is Kylie Jenner.
Article by: Majestic Driskell
Journalism Team
Jackson Cruz
Jalin Kern
Majestic Driskell
Erik Mains
Ivy Edmondson
Ethan Martinez
Lauren Elkins
Sydney Morris
Amelia Gutche
Sophia Price
Jonathan Hawks
Alexys Wallis
Brigham Hill
Cade Webb