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The first issue of the 2011-2012 year of the Mill Stream.TRANSCRIPT
mill stream
09.15.2011
www.mill-stream.orgJenna Larsoneditor-in-chief
Navar Watsonproduction editor
Ainee Jeongdesign editor
Sidney Huberbusiness manager
Jace Hodsonfeatures editor
Madi McNewopinions editor
Kendra Foleysports editor
Abraham Echarryphotography editor
Drew Musselmancirculation manager
Anna Kreutzweb master
Alejandra Coarweb editor
Brooke DennyShaun McNallyphotographers
Adam Reedartist/cartoonist
Sophia BorzabadiAnthony BurkhalterKennethia ChappleMacy CobbKeegan FisherStephen FreemanCarlie JordanSkye ParksKelsey PenceAlex Shelleywriters
Krista Shieldsadviser
2011-2012Mill Stream Staff
v42.118111 Cumberland Rd. Noblesville IN, 46060
Photo by S. McNally
(Left to right) Sophomores Elijah Harris, Trevor Allen, junior Jordan Owen, sophomores Jourdyn Terrell and David Barthel play along to the beat of Mr. Jeremy Livingston’s warm-up drill. Livingston works with Ball State’s drum line when he isn’t helping at NHS.
The beating of a heartKelsey [email protected]
Story continued on page 6
The crack of a snare against the stark quiet of the cafeteria linoleum sinks into the ears of a group of students. It can be heard loud and clear every Friday morning as the drum line marches the hall to get students in the spirit for the football game.
Three-fourths of the percussion class marches throughout the school halls behind band director Mr. Stacey White. The early morning perfor-mances all started from the requests made by coach Mr. Lance Scheib and principal Mrs. Annetta Petty.
Calling all NHS students:new cell policy
Page 4
Mrs. Petty becomes
curriculum director
Page 5
Teenagers evolvePage 2
Football team scoresPage 7
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[the way we see it] Mill Stream staff editorial
Teenagers hear about it all the time; it’s something older generations gripe about frequently in their free time. Today’s gen-eration, Generation “Y”, has been labeled an assortment of things: negligent, unintelli-gent, egotistical, overindulged...the endless list could go on, but stop. Lay off the labels, wipe those bifocals clean and look a little deeper past the surface.
Teens, myself included, are not per-fectionists nor do we claim ourselves to be; nevertheless, we’re not as bad as portrayed to be. We’re not that lazy, and we don’t spend all hours of the day thinking about ourselves.
Actually, our time has become increas-ingly dedicated to working, both in and out of the classroom.
Evolution is this tiny thing studied in nearly every science classroom for a while now.
Charles Darwin, this curious guy who lived back in the 1800s, thought that living
organisms developed and changed over time. He wrote a book, published it, and now we talk about it quite a bit.
The same notion applies to technology. Computers, Internet, and smart phones have evolved i m m e n s e ly since their births; teens today have lucked out with these gadgets. Un-like generations before us, we are gifted with smart phones and Internet practically wherever we go.
It is not laziness allowing teenagers to have information just seconds away; it’s just
the evolution of technology. Parents and grandparents spent hours in li-braries researching a subject that’s just one of a million links on Wikipe-dia nowadays. We google questions and recieve answers in seconds. It’s available, obtainable and fast.
So what do teenagers do with their free time? The answer isn’t al-ways video games, despite the com-mon stereotype.
According the Bureau of La-bor Statistics, the number of people volunteering between the ages of 16 through 24 is slowly rising to nearly 22 percent of the population. That’s doubled from about 20 years ago, and growing still.
Just look at NHS’s Key Club, which seems to be populating constantly and breaking down that whole ‘egotistical’ idea.
Best Buddies is also full of teenagers eager to help along with the newest addition, Stu-dents Against Cancer.
While the recession has boosted the un-employment rate scarily high, many teens are juggling a part time job and school.
According to Indiana’s Department of Labor, a 17-year-old can work up to 40 hours per school week, with parental permission.
With that schedule, plus a challenging course load at school, only a handful of idle hours could possibly be squeezed in.
Granted, this is generalizing. Just like every generation before or after, there are bums. Bums who bum on the couch and bum through high school and eventually bum through life.
But let’s put the bums in their own cat-egory, and give Generation “Y” some credit where deserved.
Generation “Y” evolvesComic by A. Reed
Anna [email protected]
Most humans, if not all, have the tendency to reflect on past recollections and take the time to reminisce—reminisce about a time when things seemed simpler and better. And then they wonder why they never appreciated the memory at the time of its occurrence. It’s a rather sad thing, really, and they find themselves wishing they could somehow go back and relive the nostalgia.
Eventually, one comes to the question of “why did things ever have to change?” Un-fortunately, the reality is that things will always change. Events begin, and events end. People come, and people go. And perhaps the hardest part of change is the adjustment that comes afterward.
Students at NHS have experienced a great deal of change that came with the start of the 2011-2012 school year. At the end of last year, a mass of NHS teachers and coaches left, and therefore a flood of new ones came in to take their place.
With the new teachers came new philosophies, new standards, and students have had to adapt to the styles of grading and lecturing that the new teacher would present.
In some instances, a few of the school’s extracurricular clubs have become “up in the air” due to the unexpected departure of their coaches and sponsors, leaving an enormous responsibility upon the student members of the club. The NHS Improv Club and Speech Team, for example, lost their coach last year, and the students now have to take on the task of making sure that the thing they love most stays in effect here at the high school.
Oftentimes, students will finally give up. They’ll lose hope or “throw in the towel.” They think back to what life was like before the change and immediately conclude that things will never be the same again.
The Mill Stream urges NHS students (and teachers) to never give up, despite whatever change they may endure. Giving up is often a result of laziness. What students fail to real-ize is that adjustment may simply be a second chance, an opportunity in disguise.
Thomas Edison once said, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
Students, victims affected by change, do not recognize or consider new opportunities because of their disguise, but as daunting as the disguise may be, there is always worth behind the work.
The Mill Stream staff advises students to take the responsibility to mend the situation and make it better than what it was. Don't let your friendships fail or let your team fall apart. Find hope in what can be done, and don't let fear hold you back.
Peppers spice it up
When it comes to bands that have been around for over a decade, it is easy to expect the same sound through every album. Sure they experiment, but in the background, the familiar guitar riffs and catchy vocals still hold strong.
On the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ new album “I’m With You,” however, it can be difficult to hear the familiarity. The band’s trademark rock/funk sound fades away in this album, which resulted in a pleasant, if confusing, surprise.
The first song on the album, “The Adven-tures of Rain Dance Maggie,” is pretty stan-dard Chili Peppers. The funk guitar sound is prevalent throughout and the riffs are catchy. The sound is nice, and it’s something that de-serves an increase in volume when listening to it on the radio.
Despite a standard kick-off to the album, things very quickly shift into new territory. Unfortunately, this did not always go in the right direction. A few of the songs were repeti-tive, and some of the vocals take a turn for the bizarre, including rap in “Look Around” and “Even You, Brutus?,” a revamped 80s sound in “Goodbye Hurray,” and the downright unex-plainable in “Factory of Faith.”
While props need to be given to the band for being experimental, the overall collabora-tion didn’t flow, and it was easy to tell what worked and what didn’t, especially with the Pepper’s iconic albums of the past to compare to.
Thankfully, the songs that did work were extremely successful, and the sound was un-like anything the band has ever done. Some of the more unique songs on the album includ-
ed the cryptic “Monarchy of Roses,” the Afri-can-inspired “Ethi-opia,” the strangely catchy “Dance Dance Dance,” and the innu-endo-filled “Did I Let You Know.” With such a distinct tone, these songs immediately stand out after the first listen.
The remaining songs on the album are my personal fa-vorites—a mash-up of tones and lyrical styles that keep the Pepper’s distinct sound while also experi-menting with new ones. Songs such as “Brendon’s Death Song” and “Meet me at the Corner” serve as the more somber songs on the album with powerful lyrics and instrumentals. Other favorites included the pop-style simplistic ditty “Happiness Loves Company,” the almost impossible to pin down “Annie Wants a Baby,” and the song with a tragic story “Police Sta-tion.”
On the whole, “I’m With You” ex-poses the experimental side of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the listener can easily pick out which ones they believe are successes or failures. Each song has a distinct style and no two are similar.
Even for those who wouldn’t name the Pep-pers as a favorite band, this eclectic album definitely deserves a listen.
Wait a second—is this even possible? Could there possibly
be a mythical fourth novel in one of the best trilogies writ-
ten on this side of the 21st century?
It was pretty darn thrilling to see Cas-
sandra Clare’s City of Fallen Angels. After
just finishing the satisfying third
novel in Clare’s City of Bones
series, and thinking it
was the last book of the
trilogy, this novel obvi-
ously came as something
of a surprise. Not all sur-
prises are won-derful.
To be frank, this novel could have
stayed on the shelf. Though Clare writes
beautifully and cre-ates an alternate reality
any real supernatural fan would love to actu-
ally dive into, readers can only take so much before
wanting to toss the book
into the nearest recycling bin.Clare’s City series creates a world in
which mundanes (ordinary humans) live unaware of the demon world that surrounds them, and Shadowhunters have the responsibility of killing said demons.
While the plot sounds intrigu-ing, there are only so many make-out scenes, groundless arguments, threats, and long-winded flashbacks one can endure. Interesting moments in the novel do exist, and the sub-plots (like vampire Simon trying to avoid the murderers who stalk him) flour-ish, but these things can’t make up for the fact that Fallen Angels lacks a real link to the series’ first three novels. City of Bones, City of Ashes, and City of Glass had an interconnectedness that made the story flow, and Fallen An-gels feels like the odd book out.
Perhaps fans of the series could ar-gue that there couldn’t possible ever be too much of a good thing.
However, in the case of Fallen An-gels, this is far from the truth.
This novel has opened up a cold case and has dragged out the series past its welcome.
Where the third novel, City of Glass, wrapped up the series nicely and left just the right amount of answers and mystery, Fallen Angels brings up un-necessary plot lines and pointless questions.
So anyone reading this series? Stop at the amazing third novel and happiness will follow.
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Eavesdroppingat its funniest
“I almost slipped on a pickle on the way here.”- Athletic Hallway
“I have to pee like a candle.”- Media Center
“I think we left off at the trespassed air of the glacial parrots.”- Spanish V
“It’s like we real-ize Great Britain is cheating on us and we break up with them over Home-coming.”- ACP U.S. History
“I’m going to name my kid ‘Supreme Being.’”- Junior Hallway
“I’m writing down ‘research goose-bump stubble.’ I think I’ll know what I’m talking about.”- Foreign Language Hallway
“We need a swag circle.”- Discrete Math
“Load up the little yellow Twinkies.”- Jr./Sr. Cafeteria
“She works in the line of Narnian Se-curity.”- Computer Lab
We’ve all seen it…or, at the very least, heard of it: that crazy show on TLC where women walk out of a grocery store with carts filled to the top with food and hygiene items galore, while paying next to nothing. Yes, I’m talking about Extreme Couponing.
At first view, I was convinced the people featured on the series were com-pletely mentally unstable. It was like saving money was their drugged-out, adrenaline-filled addiction, and they just couldn’t stop. I found it disgusting that one woman walked into a store and bought a whole basket, over 50 bottles, of mustard just because it was free, even though her husband plainly stated that nobody in the family would use it. It’s not like she had any plans to donate her surplus, either; it was destined to lay in waste in her perfectly stacked stock-pile.
Eventually, though, after catching a few episodes, I felt that it might be beneficial, as a perpetually broke teenager, to look into this couponing hobby.
I started with a well-known blog that lays out weekly deals at stores, along with the right coupons to use for maximum savings: www.hip-2save.com. After I scrolled through endless pages, I was hooked. My in-nocent research began to fuel a frenzy.
For a few weeks, I bought the Indy Star on Sundays for the Smart-Source insert. I would clip and file and deal-hunt. Then, Internet coupons
were added to the mix. I would search and select and print.By the end of summer, my little sister (my partner in couponing crime)
and I had amassed quite an impressive collection of soaps, shampoos, and toothpastes, some of the easiest things to score for free. Our entire bathroom cabinet is still filled with extra toiletries, from $.18 razors to $.50 shaving cream.
So how, one may wonder, does my family’s stockpile keep from launch-ing into a speech on the importance of charity like the ones on TLC’s show make me feel compelled to recite? Well, that’s simple. My stockpile fea-tures only items that my family will use in the next year. And anything excessive that I got for free, such as my collection of eight bottles of Visine and four Febreze wall plug-ins, I’m planning on donating to Third Phase or the Salvation Army once I can add a few more goodies, like toothpaste and hair care products (which, rest assured, I’m working on).
Most of the Extreme Couponing gals, however, keep their ridiculous multitude of hundreds of boxes of cereal and sticks of deodorant to them-selves, even though they know they’ll never use them. Their collections are selfish, not smart; that’s the difference.
Although very few things can match the thrill from scoring five free bottles of Honest Tea at CVS or some free clearanced Sally Hansen nail polish at Target, it’s still important to have priorities. Spending time with family on Sunday should still take precedence over rushing to every drug store in town for cheap toothpaste. And if I ever reach the insane level of planning and execution achieved on Extreme Couponing, I’ll be donating everything I can’t use. Who knows? Maybe it could lead to something big. A drop in the bucket from every couponer out there could mean the end to world hunger, but we’ll never know unless we’re all willing to help get there…one insert at a time.
Couponing is an addiction
Alejandra [email protected]
Jace [email protected]
Peppers spice it up Fallen Angels falls flat
Jenna [email protected]
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he m
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fican
t of t
hese
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the
fac
t th
at M
rs. A
nnet
ta P
etty
w
ill n
o lo
nger
be
the
prin
cipa
l her
e at
NH
S.“I
’ve
know
n he
r for
29
year
s. W
e st
arte
d ou
t as
Eng
lish
teac
hers
to-
geth
er, t
hen
she
wen
t to
the
depa
rt-
men
t cha
ir, th
en p
rinc
ipal
,” E
nglis
h te
ache
r Mr.
Gre
g R
icha
rds s
aid.
Man
y pe
ople
kn
ow
just
ho
w
influ
entia
l Pe
tty
has
been
as
prin
-ci
pal.
She
has
a kn
ack
for
gett
ing
to k
now
her
stu
dent
s an
d te
ache
rs
pers
onal
ly.
“I th
ink
she
mak
es a
n ho
nest
ef-
fort
to g
et to
kno
w s
tude
nts.
She’
ll sa
y ‘h
i’ to
me b
y na
me.
She
’ll cl
ip a
ll ne
wsp
aper
art
icle
s of
me
and
send
th
em t
o m
e an
d w
rite
sw
eet
note
s lik
e ‘g
ood
job.
’ Sh
e’s
just
re
ally
sw
eet,”
seni
or P
hoeb
e D
avis
said
.Ef
fect
ive
Oct
ober
firs
t, Pe
tty’
s ne
w jo
b as
cur
ricu
lum
dir
ecto
r will
pu
ll he
r aw
ay fr
om N
HS.
Her
new
jo
b en
tails
rev
iew
ing
and
revi
sing
cl
asse
s, an
alyz
ing
stan
dard
s, co
or-
dina
ting
stat
e te
st p
roce
dure
s, an
d as
sist
ing
with
sch
ool i
mpr
ovem
ent
effo
rts.
“Alth
ough
I
will
st
ill
spen
d so
me
time
at N
HS,
I w
ill n
ot b
e as
in
volv
ed w
ith s
tude
nts
as I
hav
e be
en in
the
pas
t. Fr
ankl
y, t
hat w
as
the
mos
t diffi
cult
cons
ider
atio
n as
I m
ade m
y de
cisi
on w
heth
er to
acce
pt
the
chan
ge o
f pos
ition
: I k
now
that
I w
ill m
iss
wor
king
with
stu
dent
s, se
eing
the
m i
n th
e ha
lls, e
njoy
ing
danc
es, a
nd so
fort
h,”
Pett
y sa
id.
Mr.
Jeff
Brya
nt w
ill b
e re
plac
ing
Pett
y as
NH
S’ i
nter
im p
rinc
ipal
. Li
ke P
etty
, Bry
ant w
as a
lso
an E
ng-
lish
teac
her
at N
HS.
He
then
wen
t on
to
be t
he a
ssis
tant
pri
ncip
al a
t N
HS
for s
ix y
ears
and
at t
he F
resh
-m
an C
ampu
s for
mor
e th
an a
yea
r.“I
n sh
ort,
he h
as b
een
in m
any
diffe
rent
and
im
port
ant
role
s at
N
HS,
so
his
expe
rien
ces
give
him
the
know
ledg
e an
d sk
ills
he n
eeds
in
ord
er t
o le
ad t
he s
choo
l,” P
etty
sa
id. Ev
en th
ough
NH
S w
ill b
e cha
ng-
ing
prin
cipa
ls, i
t doe
s no
t loo
k lik
e th
ere
will
be
any
maj
or c
hang
es in
th
e fu
ture
. Pet
ty a
nd B
ryan
t sh
are
man
y of
the
sam
e go
als
for
NH
S,
and
Brya
nt w
ill b
e co
ntin
uing
wha
t Pe
tty
has s
tart
ed h
ere.
“Mr.
Brya
nt
and
I sh
are
the
sam
e go
als
for
the
scho
ol a
nd b
e-lie
fs a
bout
how
to e
ffect
ivel
y m
an-
age
a la
rge,
com
plic
ated
scho
ol. H
is
will
be
the
voic
e an
d th
e fa
ce, b
ut
the
mes
sage
will
rem
ain
muc
h th
e sa
me,”
Pet
ty sa
id.
Brya
nt a
gree
s.“I
hav
e an
inv
este
d in
tere
st i
n se
eing
the
man
y th
ings
tha
t w
e ha
ve g
oing
on
at N
HS
succ
eed.
Mrs
. Pe
tty
has
done
a g
reat
job
lead
ing
NH
S....
I h
ave
no in
tere
st, n
or d
o I
see
any
need
, in
mak
ing
a lo
t of b
ig
chan
ges,”
Bry
ant s
aid.
Whi
le d
aily
rout
ines
will
rem
ain
the
sam
e, th
e fa
ct th
at P
etty
will
no
long
er b
e ar
ound
is
sadd
enin
g fo
r so
me
stud
ents
and
teac
hers
.“I
thin
k so
me
kids
will
be
upse
t. Sh
e’s j
ust
so p
erso
nabl
e. N
o pr
in-
cipa
l I’v
e ha
d ha
s pu
t effo
rt in
to it
lik
e sh
e do
es, a
nd I
don
’t kn
ow i
f an
y ot
her
prin
cipa
l ca
n do
tha
t,”
Dav
is sa
id.
Oth
ers
rem
embe
r th
e si
mpl
e th
ings
tha
t Mrs
. Pet
ty h
ad to
offe
r th
em.
“I a
lway
s en
joy
her
wry
sen
se
of h
umor
. It
mat
ches
min
e. I
will
m
iss
her
inte
llect
, her
hum
or, a
nd
her f
rien
dshi
p. O
nce
som
eone
goe
s to
cen
tral
offi
ce, y
ou ju
st d
on’t
see
them
any
mor
e....
I’ll m
iss
just
talk
-in
g in
the
hal
lway
or
drop
ping
by
her
offic
e to
tal
k lik
e ol
d fr
iend
s,”
Ric
hard
s sai
d.
Mrs
. Pet
ty m
oves
on
up Pho
to b
y M
. McN
ew
Mrs
. Ann
etta
Pet
ty ta
lks
with
Jun
ior M
itch
Dun
can
durin
g lu
nch
abou
t the
ann
ounc
e-m
ents
. Com
mun
icat
ions
cla
sses
wer
e ch
ange
d w
hen
Mr.
Joe
Ake
rs re
plac
ed M
r. M
att
Lane
as
the
anno
uncm
ents
adv
iser
.
New
cel
l pho
ne p
olic
y cr
eate
s a b
uzz
Turn
to p
age
18 in
the
stu
dent
han
d-bo
ok. S
kim
thr
ough
the
man
y bu
llete
d po
ints
of t
he d
ress
code
and
find
the
sec-
tion
dubb
ed “
Elec
tron
ic D
evic
es.”
Fou
nd
it? I
n th
is s
ectio
n ex
ists
the
cur
rent
cel
l ph
one
polic
y of
NH
S.A
s m
any
NH
S st
uden
ts m
ay a
lrea
dy
have
hea
rd, t
here
is
a sl
ight
ly n
ew c
ell
phon
e po
licy
in p
lace
for
thi
s 20
11-2
012
scho
ol y
ear.
Then
how
com
e th
ere
aren
’t sp
ecifi
cs a
bout
it m
entio
ned
in t
his
sec-
tion
of t
he s
tude
nt h
andb
ook?
Is
ther
e re
ally
a n
ew p
olic
y?“N
o,”
assi
stan
t pr
inci
pal
Mr.
Dan
Sw
affo
rd sa
id. “
It’s a
bet
ter g
uide
line.”
This
new
gui
delin
e al
low
s stu
dent
s to
have
thei
r pho
nes o
ut d
urin
g pa
ssin
g pe
-ri
ods a
nd ev
en so
met
imes
dur
ing
clas
s to
the
disc
retio
n of
the
teac
her;
esse
ntia
lly,
stud
ents
are
per
mitt
ed t
o us
e th
eir
cell
phon
es d
urin
g “n
on-c
lass
tim
es.”
“With
the
inc
reas
ed n
umbe
r of
kid
s w
ith s
mar
t ph
ones
and
[an
incr
ease
] in
cl
assr
oom
app
licat
ions
, w
e w
ante
d to
ac
com
mod
ate
that
,” S
waf
ford
sai
d. “
We
belie
ve t
hat
unle
ss t
hey
[pho
nes]
cre
ate
a di
srup
tion
in th
e cl
assr
oom
, the
n th
ey
shou
ldn’
t be
an is
sue.”
Swaf
ford
exp
lain
s th
at t
his
guid
e-lin
e ca
lls f
or m
ore
resp
onsi
bilit
y fr
om
the
stud
ents
. W
hile
the
gui
delin
e ha
s be
com
e m
ore
leni
ent,
viol
atio
ns a
re s
till
viol
atio
ns, a
nd st
uden
ts sh
ould
still
take
ca
re o
f w
hen
they
dec
ide
to w
hip
out
thei
r pho
nes.
“The
bes
t use
is to
not
hav
e it
[a c
ell
phon
e] o
ut d
urin
g cl
ass
at a
ll,”
Swaf
ford
sa
id. “
Not
ver
y m
any
stud
ents
act
ually
[p
artic
ipat
e in
the
new
gui
delin
e re
gard
-in
g pa
ssin
g pe
riod
s]. It
’s ki
nd o
f sur
pris
-in
g.” In
the
sam
e w
ay,
soph
omor
e A
pple
G
ray
thin
ks t
hat
this
yea
r’s n
ew c
ell
phon
e po
licy
“has
n’t c
hang
ed m
uch”
be-
twee
n st
uden
ts a
nd th
eir
cell
phon
e us
e du
ring
the
sch
ool
day.
Sen
ior
Mon
ica
Lam
iran
d ag
rees
that
the
new
cell
phon
e gu
idel
ine
hasn
’t se
emed
to
mak
e a
big
impa
ct a
mon
g th
e st
uden
ts.
“I h
ones
tly d
on’t
feel
like
it’s
beco
me
any
diffe
rent
tha
n la
st y
ear,”
Lam
iran
d
said
. “It
feel
s pre
tty
muc
h th
e sa
me.”
On
the
othe
r ha
nd, s
opho
mor
e H
an-
nah
Gro
ves fi
nds t
he n
ew g
uide
line
to b
e a
nota
ble
impr
ovem
ent f
or th
e N
HS
stu-
dent
com
mun
ity.
“I th
ink
it’s
good
, bec
ause
in th
e re
al
wor
ld, w
e’re
goin
g to
hav
e to
use
our
cell
phon
es a
lot,”
Gro
ves s
aid.
“It’
s a re
al a
s-pe
ct o
f life
.”O
ther
stu
dent
s, in
clud
ing
soph
omor
e C
amer
on G
ill,
are
not
disp
leas
ed w
ith
the
new
gui
delin
e, b
ut a
t the
sam
e tim
e,
do n
ot fu
lly e
mbr
ace
it. In
stea
d, h
e fin
ds
a m
uch
mor
e le
nien
t po
licy
rout
e to
be
idea
l. “I
wis
h w
e co
uld
use
them
[c
ell
phon
es] a
ll th
e tim
e,” G
ill sa
id.
In t
he e
yes
of s
choo
l adm
inis
trat
ion,
G
ill’s
wis
h m
ay b
e on
the
ext
rem
e si
de.
The
Nat
iona
l Sch
ool S
afet
y an
d Se
curi
ty
Serv
ices
defi
nite
ly w
ould
dis
appr
ove
of
his w
ish.
“We
have
opp
osed
pol
icie
s al
low
-in
g or
enc
oura
ging
stu
dent
s to
hav
e ce
ll ph
ones
in s
choo
l…th
ey a
re d
isru
ptiv
e to
th
e edu
catio
nal e
nvir
onm
ent,”
thei
r web
-si
te e
xpla
ins.
“We
do a
gree
tha
t the
use
of
suc
h de
vice
s is
mor
e fo
r co
nven
ienc
e pu
rpos
es t
oday
tha
n it
may
hav
e be
en
10 o
r m
ore
year
s ag
o. B
ut w
hile
som
e bo
ards
an
d/or
ad
min
istr
ator
s...c
hang
e po
licie
s...w
e st
ill g
ener
ally
adv
ise
them
no
t to
do so
.”
The
Nob
lesv
ille
scho
ol b
oard
may
be
one
of th
ese
“boa
rds”
tow
ards
whi
ch th
e Se
rvic
es
has
expr
esse
d di
sagr
eem
ent,
but
like
man
y ot
her
new
ins
tallm
ents
st
uden
ts m
ay h
ave
notic
ed th
is se
mes
ter,
this
gui
delin
e w
ill r
emai
n un
til f
urth
er
notic
e.“I
t [th
e ne
w g
uide
line]
can
be
a pr
ob-
lem
, or i
t cou
ld n
ot b
e a
prob
lem
,” S
waf
-fo
rd s
aid.
“Th
e re
spon
sibi
lity
is w
ith th
e st
uden
ts.”
Ain
ee J
eon
gje
ong.
ain
ee@
gmai
l.com
Ken
dra
Fo
ley
fole
y.ck
end
ra@
gm
ail.
com
Tra
iner
s te
nd to
NH
S
(abo
ve)
Soph
omor
e M
alai
sha
Nic
hols
on
prov
ides
the
JV fo
otba
ll te
am w
ith
plen
ty o
f ice
-co
ld w
ater
. A
fter a
n in
-te
nse
gam
e,
it’s
grea
tly
appr
ecia
ted
by th
e te
am.
(abo
ve) A
t the
boy
s’ s
occe
r ga
me
on A
ugus
t 31,
juni
or
Kai
tlyn
Wrig
ht ta
pes
seni
or
Lars
Wer
ner’s
leg.
Thi
s is
K
aitly
n’s
seco
nd y
ear a
s a
trai
ner. (r
ight
) “M
y fr
iend
and
I w
ante
d to
be
trai
ners
so
we
coul
d pa
rtic
ipat
e of
a s
choo
l te
am fo
r our
sen
ior y
ear,”
sa
id s
enio
r Abb
ey M
ay.
Ever
y ye
ar, s
tude
nts h
ave
new
cla
sses
, new
teac
hers
, and
new
sche
dule
s to
deal
with
. Thi
s yea
r, th
ere
are
16 n
ew te
ache
rs st
artin
g at
NH
S.M
rs. L
ori M
cGav
ic, N
HS
Span
ish
teac
her,
star
ted
teac
hing
at N
HS
this
yea
r afte
r an
abse
nce
of e
ight
yea
rs fr
om th
e pu
blic
scho
ol sy
stem
.“M
y ‘tr
ue’ p
revi
ous p
ositi
on w
as a
stay
-at-h
ome
mom
,” M
cGav
ic sa
id, “
My
tran
sitio
n ba
ck to
teac
hing
has
bro
ught
a lo
t of c
hang
es to
our
fam
ily.
To
be h
ones
t, th
e fir
st fe
w w
eeks
wer
e di
fficu
lt, b
ut n
ow th
at w
e ar
e in
mor
e of
a sc
hedu
le, i
t is g
ettin
g ea
sier
.”
Prio
r to
bein
g a
stay
-at-h
ome
mom
, McG
avic
taug
ht S
pani
sh a
t Kok
omo
Hig
h Sc
hool
for fi
ve y
ears
.Pr
inci
pal A
nnet
ta P
etty
say
s tha
t the
sch
ool n
eede
d to
hir
e so
man
y ne
w te
ache
rs th
is y
ear d
ue to
ove
rcro
wde
d cl
assr
oom
s, hi
gher
num
bers
in e
n-ro
llmen
t for
the
2011
-201
2 sc
hool
yea
r, an
d a
larg
e nu
mbe
r of t
each
ers t
hat r
etir
ed a
t the
end
of t
he 2
010-
2011
scho
ol y
ear.
“The
sch
ool d
istr
ict’s
fina
nces
beg
an to
reco
ver i
n th
e m
iddl
e of
201
1, w
hen
mon
ey fr
om th
e 20
10 o
pera
ting
fund
refe
rend
um b
egan
to a
rriv
e fr
om
the
stat
e,” P
etty
sai
d, “
This
add
ition
al $
5 m
illio
n al
low
ed th
e sc
hool
dis
tric
t to
repl
ace
seve
ral t
each
ing
posi
tions
that
wer
e cu
t pri
or to
the
2010
-201
1 sc
hool
yea
r, in
clud
ing
man
y at
NH
S. S
o ou
r sc
hool
dis
tric
t is
in d
ecen
t fina
ncia
l sha
pe, d
espi
te th
e sl
uggi
sh e
cono
my,
bec
ause
vot
ers
appr
oved
the
oper
atin
g fu
nd re
fere
ndum
.”
Mrs
. Che
lsea
Fre
ytag
, res
ourc
e te
ache
r, sa
id th
at sh
e ha
s enj
oyed
teac
hing
her
e so
far.
“The
facu
lty a
re a
ll fr
iend
ly a
nd h
elpf
ul.
The
stud
ents
are
har
dwor
king
and
wel
l beh
aved
. The
scho
ol h
as a
ver
y po
sitiv
e cl
imat
e,” F
reyt
ag sa
id.
Mrs
. Hea
ther
Sto
rey,
NH
S En
glis
h te
ache
r, m
oved
from
Nob
lesv
ille
Mid
dle
Scho
ol th
is y
ear.
“I re
ally
enj
oyed
teac
hing
at N
MS,
so
I kne
w I
wan
ted
to s
tay
in N
oble
svill
e sc
hool
s. I w
as s
o ex
cite
d to
hav
e th
e op
port
unity
to te
ach
high
sch
ool
whe
n th
e po
sitio
n op
ened
her
e,” S
tore
y sa
id.
Tea
cher
s st
art a
new
sch
ool y
ear
Dre
w M
uss
elm
anm
uss
elm
an.d
rew
@g
mai
l.co
m
As t
he en
tire s
choo
l kno
ws,
ther
e ha
ve b
een
som
e m
ajor
cha
nges
tak-
ing
plac
e th
is s
choo
l yea
r. A
who
le
new
sci
ence
win
g ha
s be
en a
dded
, m
any
clas
ses
have
got
ten
new
mo-
bile
lab
s an
d iP
ads,
and
to t
op i
t al
l of
f, st
affin
g ch
ange
s ar
e be
ing
mad
e. T
he m
ost s
igni
fican
t of t
hese
is
the
fac
t th
at M
rs. A
nnet
ta P
etty
w
ill n
o lo
nger
be
the
prin
cipa
l her
e at
NH
S.“I
’ve
know
n he
r for
29
year
s. W
e st
arte
d ou
t as
Eng
lish
teac
hers
to-
geth
er, t
hen
she
wen
t to
the
depa
rt-
men
t cha
ir, th
en p
rinc
ipal
,” E
nglis
h te
ache
r Mr.
Gre
g R
icha
rds s
aid.
Man
y pe
ople
kn
ow
just
ho
w
influ
entia
l Pe
tty
has
been
as
prin
-ci
pal.
She
has
a kn
ack
for
gett
ing
to k
now
her
stu
dent
s an
d te
ache
rs
pers
onal
ly.
“I th
ink
she
mak
es a
n ho
nest
ef-
fort
to g
et to
kno
w s
tude
nts.
She’
ll sa
y ‘h
i’ to
me b
y na
me.
She
’ll cl
ip a
ll ne
wsp
aper
art
icle
s of
me
and
send
th
em t
o m
e an
d w
rite
sw
eet
note
s lik
e ‘g
ood
job.
’ Sh
e’s
just
re
ally
sw
eet,”
seni
or P
hoeb
e D
avis
said
.Ef
fect
ive
Oct
ober
firs
t, Pe
tty’
s ne
w jo
b as
cur
ricu
lum
dir
ecto
r will
pu
ll he
r aw
ay fr
om N
HS.
Her
new
jo
b en
tails
rev
iew
ing
and
revi
sing
cl
asse
s, an
alyz
ing
stan
dard
s, co
or-
dina
ting
stat
e te
st p
roce
dure
s, an
d as
sist
ing
with
sch
ool i
mpr
ovem
ent
effo
rts.
“Alth
ough
I
will
st
ill
spen
d so
me
time
at N
HS,
I w
ill n
ot b
e as
in
volv
ed w
ith s
tude
nts
as I
hav
e be
en in
the
pas
t. Fr
ankl
y, t
hat w
as
the
mos
t diffi
cult
cons
ider
atio
n as
I m
ade m
y de
cisi
on w
heth
er to
acce
pt
the
chan
ge o
f pos
ition
: I k
now
that
I w
ill m
iss
wor
king
with
stu
dent
s, se
eing
the
m i
n th
e ha
lls, e
njoy
ing
danc
es, a
nd so
fort
h,”
Pett
y sa
id.
Mr.
Jeff
Brya
nt w
ill b
e re
plac
ing
Pett
y as
NH
S’ i
nter
im p
rinc
ipal
. Li
ke P
etty
, Bry
ant w
as a
lso
an E
ng-
lish
teac
her
at N
HS.
He
then
wen
t on
to
be t
he a
ssis
tant
pri
ncip
al a
t N
HS
for s
ix y
ears
and
at t
he F
resh
-m
an C
ampu
s for
mor
e th
an a
yea
r.“I
n sh
ort,
he h
as b
een
in m
any
diffe
rent
and
im
port
ant
role
s at
N
HS,
so
his
expe
rien
ces
give
him
the
know
ledg
e an
d sk
ills
he n
eeds
in
ord
er t
o le
ad t
he s
choo
l,” P
etty
sa
id. Ev
en th
ough
NH
S w
ill b
e cha
ng-
ing
prin
cipa
ls, i
t doe
s no
t loo
k lik
e th
ere
will
be
any
maj
or c
hang
es in
th
e fu
ture
. Pet
ty a
nd B
ryan
t sh
are
man
y of
the
sam
e go
als
for
NH
S,
and
Brya
nt w
ill b
e co
ntin
uing
wha
t Pe
tty
has s
tart
ed h
ere.
“Mr.
Brya
nt
and
I sh
are
the
sam
e go
als
for
the
scho
ol a
nd b
e-lie
fs a
bout
how
to e
ffect
ivel
y m
an-
age
a la
rge,
com
plic
ated
scho
ol. H
is
will
be
the
voic
e an
d th
e fa
ce, b
ut
the
mes
sage
will
rem
ain
muc
h th
e sa
me,”
Pet
ty sa
id.
Brya
nt a
gree
s.“I
hav
e an
inv
este
d in
tere
st i
n se
eing
the
man
y th
ings
tha
t w
e ha
ve g
oing
on
at N
HS
succ
eed.
Mrs
. Pe
tty
has
done
a g
reat
job
lead
ing
NH
S....
I h
ave
no in
tere
st, n
or d
o I
see
any
need
, in
mak
ing
a lo
t of b
ig
chan
ges,”
Bry
ant s
aid.
Whi
le d
aily
rout
ines
will
rem
ain
the
sam
e, th
e fa
ct th
at P
etty
will
no
long
er b
e ar
ound
is
sadd
enin
g fo
r so
me
stud
ents
and
teac
hers
.“I
thin
k so
me
kids
will
be
upse
t. Sh
e’s j
ust
so p
erso
nabl
e. N
o pr
in-
cipa
l I’v
e ha
d ha
s pu
t effo
rt in
to it
lik
e sh
e do
es, a
nd I
don
’t kn
ow i
f an
y ot
her
prin
cipa
l ca
n do
tha
t,”
Dav
is sa
id.
Oth
ers
rem
embe
r th
e si
mpl
e th
ings
tha
t Mrs
. Pet
ty h
ad to
offe
r th
em.
“I a
lway
s en
joy
her
wry
sen
se
of h
umor
. It
mat
ches
min
e. I
will
m
iss
her
inte
llect
, her
hum
or, a
nd
her f
rien
dshi
p. O
nce
som
eone
goe
s to
cen
tral
offi
ce, y
ou ju
st d
on’t
see
them
any
mor
e....
I’ll m
iss
just
talk
-in
g in
the
hal
lway
or
drop
ping
by
her
offic
e to
tal
k lik
e ol
d fr
iend
s,”
Ric
hard
s sai
d.Tu
rn to
pag
e 18
in t
he s
tude
nt h
and-
book
. Ski
m t
hrou
gh t
he m
any
bulle
ted
poin
ts o
f the
dre
ss co
de a
nd fi
nd th
e se
c-tio
n du
bbed
“El
ectr
onic
Dev
ices
.” F
ound
it?
In
this
sec
tion
exis
ts t
he c
urre
nt c
ell
phon
e po
licy
of N
HS.
As
man
y N
HS
stud
ents
may
alr
eady
ha
ve h
eard
, the
re i
s a
slig
htly
new
cel
l ph
one
polic
y in
pla
ce f
or t
his
2011
-201
2 sc
hool
yea
r. Th
en h
ow c
ome
ther
e ar
en’t
spec
ifics
abo
ut it
men
tione
d in
thi
s se
c-tio
n of
the
stu
dent
han
dboo
k? I
s th
ere
real
ly a
new
pol
icy?
“No,
” as
sist
ant
prin
cipa
l M
r. D
an
Swaf
ford
said
. “It’
s a b
ette
r gui
delin
e.”Th
is n
ew g
uide
line
allo
ws s
tude
nts t
o ha
ve th
eir p
hone
s out
dur
ing
pass
ing
pe-
riod
s and
even
som
etim
es d
urin
g cl
ass t
o th
e di
scre
tion
of th
e te
ache
r; es
sent
ially
, st
uden
ts a
re p
erm
itted
to
use
thei
r ce
ll ph
ones
dur
ing
“non
-cla
ss ti
mes
.”“W
ith t
he i
ncre
ased
num
ber
of k
ids
with
sm
art
phon
es a
nd [a
n in
crea
se]
in
clas
sroo
m a
pplic
atio
ns,
we
wan
ted
to
acco
mm
odat
e th
at,”
Sw
affo
rd s
aid.
“W
e be
lieve
tha
t un
less
the
y [p
hone
s] c
reat
e a
disr
uptio
n in
the
clas
sroo
m, t
hen
they
sh
ould
n’t b
e an
issu
e.”Sw
affo
rd e
xpla
ins
that
thi
s gu
ide-
line
calls
for
mor
e re
spon
sibi
lity
from
th
e st
uden
ts.
Whi
le t
he g
uide
line
has
beco
me
mor
e le
nien
t, vi
olat
ions
are
stil
l vi
olat
ions
, and
stud
ents
shou
ld st
ill ta
ke
care
of
whe
n th
ey d
ecid
e to
whi
p ou
t th
eir p
hone
s.“T
he b
est u
se is
to n
ot h
ave
it [a
cel
l ph
one]
out
dur
ing
clas
s at
all,
” Sw
affo
rd
said
. “N
ot v
ery
man
y st
uden
ts a
ctua
lly
[par
ticip
ate
in th
e ne
w g
uide
line
rega
rd-
ing
pass
ing
peri
ods].
It’s
kind
of s
urpr
is-
ing.
” In t
he s
ame
way
, so
phom
ore
App
le
Gra
y th
inks
tha
t th
is y
ear’s
new
cel
l ph
one
polic
y “h
asn’
t cha
nged
muc
h” b
e-tw
een
stud
ents
and
thei
r ce
ll ph
one
use
duri
ng t
he s
choo
l da
y. S
enio
r M
onic
a La
mir
and
agre
es th
at th
e ne
w ce
ll ph
one
guid
elin
e ha
sn’t
seem
ed t
o m
ake
a bi
g im
pact
am
ong
the
stud
ents
.“I
hon
estly
don
’t fe
el li
ke it
’s be
com
e an
y di
ffere
nt t
han
last
yea
r,” L
amir
and
said
. “It
feel
s pre
tty
muc
h th
e sa
me.”
On
the
othe
r ha
nd, s
opho
mor
e H
an-
nah
Gro
ves fi
nds t
he n
ew g
uide
line
to b
e a
nota
ble
impr
ovem
ent f
or th
e N
HS
stu-
dent
com
mun
ity.
“I th
ink
it’s
good
, bec
ause
in th
e re
al
wor
ld, w
e’re
goin
g to
hav
e to
use
our
cell
phon
es a
lot,”
Gro
ves s
aid.
“It’
s a re
al a
s-pe
ct o
f life
.”O
ther
stu
dent
s, in
clud
ing
soph
omor
e C
amer
on G
ill,
are
not
disp
leas
ed w
ith
the
new
gui
delin
e, b
ut a
t the
sam
e tim
e,
do n
ot fu
lly e
mbr
ace
it. In
stea
d, h
e fin
ds
a m
uch
mor
e le
nien
t po
licy
rout
e to
be
idea
l. “I
wis
h w
e co
uld
use
them
[c
ell
phon
es] a
ll th
e tim
e,” G
ill sa
id.
In t
he e
yes
of s
choo
l adm
inis
trat
ion,
G
ill’s
wis
h m
ay b
e on
the
ext
rem
e si
de.
The
Nat
iona
l Sch
ool S
afet
y an
d Se
curi
ty
Serv
ices
defi
nite
ly w
ould
dis
appr
ove
of
his w
ish.
“We
have
opp
osed
pol
icie
s al
low
-in
g or
enc
oura
ging
stu
dent
s to
hav
e ce
ll ph
ones
in s
choo
l…th
ey a
re d
isru
ptiv
e to
th
e edu
catio
nal e
nvir
onm
ent,”
thei
r web
-si
te e
xpla
ins.
“We
do a
gree
tha
t the
use
of
suc
h de
vice
s is
mor
e fo
r co
nven
ienc
e pu
rpos
es t
oday
tha
n it
may
hav
e be
en
10 o
r m
ore
year
s ag
o. B
ut w
hile
som
e bo
ards
an
d/or
ad
min
istr
ator
s...c
hang
e po
licie
s...w
e st
ill g
ener
ally
adv
ise
them
no
t to
do so
.”
The
Nob
lesv
ille
scho
ol b
oard
may
be
one
of th
ese
“boa
rds”
tow
ards
whi
ch th
e Se
rvic
es
has
expr
esse
d di
sagr
eem
ent,
but
like
man
y ot
her
new
ins
tallm
ents
st
uden
ts m
ay h
ave
notic
ed th
is se
mes
ter,
this
gui
delin
e w
ill r
emai
n un
til f
urth
er
notic
e.“I
t [th
e ne
w g
uide
line]
can
be
a pr
ob-
lem
, or i
t cou
ld n
ot b
e a
prob
lem
,” S
waf
-fo
rd s
aid.
“Th
e re
spon
sibi
lity
is w
ith th
e st
uden
ts.”
Pho
to b
y D
. Mus
selm
an
Mrs
. Lor
i McG
avic
teac
hes
her
Span
ish
clas
s on
a F
riday
afte
r-no
on. A
fter e
ight
yea
rs o
f bei
ng
a st
ay-a
t-hom
e m
om, M
cGav
ic is
st
artin
g he
r firs
t yea
r as
an N
HS
teac
her.
Plug
ging
into
new
tech
nolo
gyS
op
hia
Bo
rzab
adi
sop
hia
.bo
rzab
adi@
gm
ail.
com
The
first
day
of s
choo
l usu
ally
bri
ngs t
o m
ind
im-
ages
of
hand
-me-
dow
n te
xtbo
oks
and
cris
p, b
rand
-ne
w w
orkb
ooks
. For
yea
rs, N
oble
svill
e H
igh
Scho
ol
has
bala
nced
suc
h bo
oks
with
mod
ern
tech
nolo
gy.
But t
his y
ear,
thin
gs h
ave
chan
ged.
“We’r
e us
ing
iPad
2s
in m
y C
hem
istr
y cl
ass
and
usin
g la
ptop
s in
the
rest
of m
y cl
asse
s,” s
opho
mor
e Be
than
y G
ordo
n sa
id.
With
the
sudd
en s
witc
h to
new
tech
nolo
gy, s
ome
stud
ents
are
find
ing
that
the
y ha
ve to
cha
nge
thei
r st
udy
habi
ts.
“I th
ink
it’s h
arde
r bec
ause
[loo
king
at]
the
scre
en
star
ts to
hur
t my
eyes
, and
I ge
t tir
ed. I
don
’t w
ant t
o fin
ish
my
hom
ewor
k,”
Gor
don
said
. O
ther
s fe
el d
iffer
ently
in
rega
rd t
o th
e ne
w a
d-ju
stm
ents
.“I
’d ra
ther
hav
e th
e ne
w te
chno
logy
so
I can
look
bo
oks
up o
nlin
e an
d no
t ha
ve t
o ca
rry
hom
e th
e bo
oks,”
soph
omor
e O
yun
Chi
ngis
said
.W
ith th
e ne
w c
hang
es, s
tude
nts
and
teac
hers
are
ea
sily
not
ing
the
corr
espo
ndin
g ad
vant
ages
.“[
The
new
tech
nolo
gy] i
s exc
iting
. It’s
eas
ier t
o ge
t [c
lass
wor
k an
d ho
mew
ork]
don
e,” C
hing
is sa
id.
Whi
le C
hing
is fi
nds
the
new
tech
nolo
gy fu
n an
d ea
sily
ada
ptab
le, o
ther
stud
ents
feel
diff
eren
tly.
“[U
sing
the
new
tech
nolo
gy] s
eem
s to
take
long
er.
The
com
pute
rs ca
n be
dis
trac
ting
and
hard
er to
wor
k w
ith,”
Gor
don
said
.In
add
ition
to r
evis
ions
of s
tudy
hab
its, t
each
ers
have
to c
hang
e th
eir
less
on p
lans
to w
ork
with
the
co
mpu
ters
and
oth
er te
chno
logy
.
“With
add
ed c
ompu
ters
, th
e st
uden
ts c
an r
e-se
arch
or
veri
fy a
topi
c, vi
ew a
n an
imat
ion,
or
per-
form
a v
isua
l lab
with
in th
e cl
assr
oom
,” M
rs. K
rist
i Ja
nson
said
.W
hile
Jan
son
cons
ider
s th
e ne
w t
echn
olog
y “a
tr
ue a
sset
to
the
clas
sroo
m,”
she
stil
l w
ill h
ave
to
chan
ge s
ome
aspe
cts
of h
er c
lass
room
that
she
onc
e co
nsid
ered
the
norm
.“T
he
scie
nce
depa
rtm
ent
adop
ted
one-
to-o
ne
com
pute
rs a
nd tw
o se
ts o
f iPa
ds…
At t
imes
thou
gh, I
ju
st n
eed
the
stud
ents
to re
fere
nce
a pa
ragr
aph
in th
e m
iddl
e of
cla
ss. A
boo
k on
the
shel
f wou
ld b
e m
uch
easi
er t
han
gett
ing
the
com
pute
rs o
ut to
mak
e th
at
refe
renc
e,” Ja
nson
said
. In
stea
d of
taki
ng a
sid
e, it
’s lik
ely
that
som
e pe
o-pl
e w
ill fi
nd a
mid
dle
grou
nd.
“I th
ink
that
I w
ill b
e be
st a
ppre
ciat
ed [a
s a te
ach-
er] h
avin
g bo
th te
chno
logy
and
a cl
ass s
et o
f boo
ks in
th
e cl
assr
oom
,” Ja
nson
said
.St
uden
ts li
ke G
ordo
n fe
el th
e sa
me
way
.“I
wou
ld li
ke to
use
bot
h bo
oks
and
com
pute
rs...
but
mos
tly b
ooks
, it
wou
ld h
elp
me
stud
y be
tter,”
G
ordo
n sa
id.
Tech
nolo
gy ca
n be
bes
t des
crib
ed a
s mul
tifac
eted
. It
argu
ably
has
its
adv
anta
ges
and
disa
dvan
tage
s. Fo
r th
e 20
11-2
012
scho
ol y
ear,
stud
ents
will
sur
ely
expe
rien
ce b
oth.
Pho
to b
y S
. McN
ally
For most high school students, summer is a time of fun and relaxation under the sun.
Seniors Nick Walker and Wes Hadley spent their summer in the sun; however, while people in Noblesville were boating on the lake and sleeping in late, these two were enduring the heat at basic training for the National Guard in Fort Benning, Georgia.
The journey of these two young men be-gan with weekend drills in Fort Benjamin Harrison and as the 2010-11 school year came to an end.
“You don’t really know what to expect going into it; you hear stories about how it sucks, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be,” Hadley said. “Before I left, I didn’t know it was possible to sleep stand-ing up, but I found out that it definitely is.”
On television, and in the movies, mili-tary training is depicted with the image of a large, mean, grumpy man demanding that his private drop down and give him a mil-lion push ups.
However, there were highlights. “What I remember the most was getting
up at 3 A.M. every day and seeing my good buddy Wes get smoked and do pushups on the daily by his drill Sargent,” Walker said.
Hadley also found humor in Walker’s observation.
Hadley said, “While I was working, Nick Walker ate ice cream with drill sargeant ‘Killmore’ Gillmore.”
A bit of rivalry developed between the two students as Walker’s platoon gained the title of Honor Platoon, which was awarded to them for winning the most challenges, in particular, their physical training test scores, which measure how many push-ups and sit-ups a private can do in two minutes, and also measure their two-mile time.
“Let me explain how they won, my pla-toon, second platoon, the best platoon, had one PT [physical training] failure, but his platoon, which had 10 people fail their PT test, did not lose points like they were sup-posed to. If they had averaged it out right, my platoon would have been Honor Pla-toon,” Hadley said.
Despite the speculation on who really deserved to eat ice cream with his drill ser-geants, the two seemed to be on the same page about their experiences with laughs and smiles.
There was definitely male camaraderie present at basic training with 211 total male recruits.
At the beginning of white phase, which is the beginning of the second three weeks, Walker encountered an accident with the weights.
“I was clocked in the head with a dumb-bell and had to get two staples in my head,” he said. “That was the first time I saw a woman in three weeks.”
This incident made the company unable to exercise with weights.
“I was the company joke for a while,” ex-plained Walker. “Everyone that would want to use weights would come up to me and be mad.”
At first, Walker and Hadley enlisted in the National Guard for lucrative personal benefits.
“I joined for college benefits,” Hadley said.
“I think it is definitely a great branch for high school students to join, if they’re look-ing for a way to get their college paid for,” Walker said.
In a world where a lot of things revolve around the idea of personal benefit, it is not shocking that teenagers would look for a program such as the National Guard for a way to earn extra cash, as well as have their college paid for.
Returning home from Fort Benning, Nick and Wes both lost 20 pounds, gained about 150 new friends on Facebook, and gained new insight into a world of physical conditioning.
“I’ve been running every morning before school,” Hadley said.
Strength also comes mentally as Walker explained.
“It was the mental aspect that was really the worst part,” Walker said.
This mental aspect seems to be deter-mining factor in how Walker, nicknamed “Thunder Thighs,” and Wes, nicknamed “Turtle,” have responded to their time so far in the National Guard.
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A day in the life of:Nick Walker and Wes Hadley
The beating of a heart(Continued from cover)“We walk out with the football team, as
kind of an escort,” White said. “Mrs. Petty is a real big supporter of the band and percus-sion department. She comes to our contests every year. She really gets excited about it.”
The teachers are not the only ones who are excited.
Junior Bri Anderson believes this year’s drum line is going to be superior to other years.
“It seems like the drummers have stepped up their game, but maybe that is just raw talent peeking through,” Anderson said.
Sophomore Deejay Vore is in second year of drum line on bass. According to Vore, the loud, intense beats vibrating off of the drums are what he lives for.
“It’s tiring at times, but it’s worth it. I like bonding with the guys, too, of course,” Vore said.
Sophomores Kyle Dunn, Craig Jones and David Barthel are among some of his friends that participate in the battery. The three have been practicing together since sixth grade but hope to improve their first high school competition results in the pre-liminaries of last year.
“Well, we, of course, want to do better than previous years, but otherwise we want to win competitions and better our own
personal skills as well,” Vore said. Their first competition will not take
place until this winter. Until then, the group will be performing in area events, like the Homecoming parade.
“For Homecoming we are switching it up a bit. You just have to be there,” White said.
According to White, the drum line is re-ally starting to permeate into the student’s expectations of what a band should be. He noted that it is not secondary to the band be-cause it makes a noticeable difference if the drum line is not present. To students like Vore, it is more than a noteworthy change.
“Drum line is all based on the heart. We spend all of our energy on something that’s based on the beat of your heart,” Vore said.
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Photo by K. Pence
Photo by K. Pence
Sophomore Deejay Vore marches in line with his fellow drummers. Vore also performs every Friday morning in the hallways before school.
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Now Playing1. Evil Knievel2. Crunk It3. Hawaii Five-O4. Incantation5. Salsa
Beat it! Band director Stacey White leads the percussion department at the football game on mass band night. The crowd still cheered on the drummers through the pouring rain.
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Imagine being at the starting line, anticipating the sound of the gun, and nothing but heart-beats, for when the bang of the gun sounds, it̀ s a fight to get up to the lead pack.
The Noblesville Millers girls cross country team is off to a great start this season. Maintain-ing their number two rank in the state, they also have two of their very own in the top ten runners in the state. Senior Helen Will-man is one of those girls, hold-ing the honor of being ranked at number one.
“You need to be very motivat-ed and determined. You have to be just as strong mentally as you do physically,” Willman said.
The terrain of a course can vary from flat and grassy to wet and muddy, with hills as far as the eyes can see. Pushing through the pain takes a mental toll as well as a physical toll on the body.
“ I wouldn’t say there is really a big physical toll on the body, as long as you exercise properly and be careful while doing it, you shouldn’t have any problems,” Coach Dennis Scheele said.
“I have confidence in my-self and keep a positive attitude throughout the race, even if I`m behind,” Willman said. “ I train and run everyday to make sure I compete at my best; I also have to focus before a race to get myself in the right mindset.”
“During practice, [Helen] works on getting up hills to get a higher workout,” junior Rachel Kacer said.
“I`m ranked first right now. It̀ s a really big accomplishment,” Willman said. “Last year I was ranked seventh I`m really hop-ing to win or be close.”
“This year I would like to get our team into the state meet and come in at least second to get our rings, claim the conference title and the honor that goes with it as well as conference; worst case, I’d like to be within the top five teams at state.” Scheele said.
“Our goals for this year are to make it to state with our top twelve runners, as a team,” Kac-er said.
“Its more about the experi-ences and team bonding, I’m just the driver that brings the team together,” Scheele said. “As a team we go camping and we just got back from our overnight trip, it makes exercising fun.”
Ladies run into actionMcKiernnanmash-up
(Left) Hand Off- Sophomore T.C. McKiernnan turns to hand the ball off to junior Jimmy Sharp. This play was the beginning of a string of plays that lead the Millers to
their winning touchdown on Sept. 9.
(Right) Touchdown Celebration- Sopho-more TC McKiernnan ran the ball from the quarterback pocket to score a touch-down. After scoring the team did a touch
down celebration, then recieved the ball for the two point conversion to make the final score 22 to 19.
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Photos by B. Denny
(Right) Sack Stop- Holding his footing, sopho-more T.C. McKiernnan holds off the Lafayette Jeff corner back from sacking him. McKiern-nan was able to escape the tackle and throw the football to recieve yardage for a first down.
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