Recognizing the work of two outstanding seniorsBy Zoe EngraciaKNIGHT LIFE

With the clock tickingand the weather chang-ing, so must theKnights of the Month.Liam O’Neill andChloe Kwon, twoexceptional seniors,are November’s Knightsof the Month.

Liam O’Neill is active inthe community. He hashelped in nursing facilities,created fairs, and managedthe assembly of 100 freshmenstudents in an effort to cleanLake Havasu City. He instructstudents from the ages 3 to 15in parkour, a sportsimilar togymnastics but done in an out-side environment atThunderbolt Middle Schooland Universal Gymnastics.

Aside from community involve-ment, he has been a member ofNHS, the LHHS Math Club, and theInternational Tour Group Club lastyear.

He draws inspiration from hisyounger brother Shane, who over-came a difficult bullying experi-ence. “He has illustrated to me thatstanding up for what you believe incan only lead to advancement.”

Ms. Merrifield said that she hasseen Liam grow into the man that

he is now through the course of histime in high school.

After high school, O’Neillplans to attend ASU’s Barrett

honors college to major inBiological Sciences. He

has already beenaccepted at NAU andASU, and has won theProvost’s Award at

ASU, a $32,000 scholar-ship.

For his lastyear at

LHHS, hehopes toestablish

long-last-ing

f r i e n d -ships with

t h epeo-p l e

he hasgrown up

with. “When I start thenew chapter of my lifeat a university, I will bemeeting new peoplewith different person-alities leaving the peo-ple I know now behind.”

Chloe Kwon is this month’s LadyKnight. Kwon not only holds a posi-tion as captain for Varsity Soccerfrom freshman to junior year, butshe is also secretary for Math Club,treasurer for We the People, and a

member of NHS and Close Up.A person who has made a huge

impact in her life is her best friend,Laura Stanovich.

She also named Ms. Merrifieldand Mrs. Locatis as influences, bothof whom have “helped tremen-dously with educational goals hereat LHHS.”

“Chloe is quiet but she’s alwayshappy whenever she walks intoclass,” said Ms. Merrifield, JuniorsEnglish teacher.

For life beyond high school,Kwon has already been accepted to

ASU and has applied to Barrettsas well, to major in Biomedical

Engineering. She has also received a

scholarship to ASU for$32,000.

She hopes to end theyear with as many memo-ries as possible and finishwith a 4.0 GPA.

Midway through senioryear, senioritis has alreadyhit her, where she “procras-tinates late into the night.”

After graduation, shewill miss the friendly

atmosphere that her teachersand friends have provided for herthrough the last four years of highschool.

With the months progressing, itwon’t be long until these twoKnights graduate and be on theirway to recognizing their dreams.

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Knights of the Month

Photos by Mykaela Smith

Chloe Kwon

Liam O’Neill

Photo by Haley Cooper

Key Club members Riley Jandrew and Andrea Somishka encourage LHHS soph-more Kalob Dewolf to pledge in promotion of anti-bullying on December 30th.

Campaigning againstbullying continuesBy Haley CooperKNIGHT LIFE

With another month passed by, it’s time to recap on November’s anti-bullying events.On November 28, 29, and 30, Key Club had a table outsideduring lunches with contractsto read and ribbons for the students to sign.

If a student signed the ribbon, they promised to not take part in participating or pro-moting any sort of bullying. After signing, the students received a “puff ball”(colorednylon balls) that promoted anti-bullying. The contracts that were signed will be hung inthe concourse of the school to show off the students’ promises.

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From left to right, Shirley Ries, Bob Shaver, Hal Ries,Mrs. Miner, Lenny Veary stand together to show off thebraille books donated by Lions Club to LHHS.

By Tabitha Rees and Zoe EngraciaKNIGHT LIFE

Jewels to the anti-bullying week. It was a little bit country and a little bit “mock”rock and roll. While the girls had Pajama Jam, the boys did have one interestingbacon-eating contest.

Jousts to the low attendance at the Club Mixer. Free food, information about all theclubs at school, and entertainment? What else does it take to get students to show up?

Jewels for the students who finally, FINALLY put more clothes on because of thechange of weather.

Jousts to those girls who still think short-shorts are fine as long as there’s boots.

Jewels to the students who either voted or worked at the election polls this pastNovember. You’re never too young to do your civic duty.

Jousts to everyone who vowed to move to Canada if the election did not go theirway. Canada? Really? Where is your loyalty?

Jewels to Thanksgiving break. It’s nice to have a few days to breathe, and catch upon sleep before every class starts to review for finals.

Jousts to school jackets. It’s an old argument by now, but it’s still depressing to haveto put on the district’s outerwear when your coolest, most comfortable hoodie is call-ing your name.

Also Jousts to students who think they can get away with wearing their own jack-ets. There’s so many better things to do with six hours than detention.

Jewels to Alena Gladwin and April Wixom for participating one last time in theMacy’s Day Parade. We watched that on TV! Go band students!

By Wesley SmithKNIGHT LIFE

School is based on literature. Every class has some sort ofliterature based reference. However some can only readbraille books, which are not readily available.

Blind students cannot read a regular printed book. Theyhave to learn the writing system called braille or have anoth-er person read to them. LHHS has at least one student thatuses the braille writing system.

“Back when this individual was in elementary school, Ihelped teach this student braille at Nautilus,” said TerryTrinko, librarian at LHHS.

After elementary school this student did not have anybraille books at school to read. That was before the LionsClub donated three books to the high school for the student:part of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling.

“The books were so expensive that we could not get themfor the student. Now that we have themdonated, the studentcan start reading whenever they like,” said Trinko.

Lions Club donates

braille text to LHHS

Fall Jewels and JoustsThe temperature has cooled down, so let’s look back atthe positives and negatives of October and November.

A holiday spin on theFine Arts DepartmentBy Kathleen Rabideauand Daisy PicazoKNIGHT LIFE

With Christmas bellsringing and holiday spiritsrising, the teens in the FineArts Department arepreparing to make this hol-iday season a jolly one.Whether they’re celebrat-ing the holiday season orimproving the school, thedepartment is extremelybusy.

Art: Art students erasedthe mural in the entranceto C hall, wiping away allremnants of the Savannah,the African plains, thepainting represented. Inreplacement of the mural,the art club is hoping tocreate another wall paint-ing that wraps around theentrance to C-hall.

Also as a side project,

they will be recreating oneof Salvador Dali’s (aSpanish surrealist painterfamous for painting softwatches and meltedclocks).

Band: Practice makesperfect for the HavasuInstrumental MusicDepartment. Their nextconcert, HollywoodKnights, will be held inFebruary.

Choir: Recently, theywent to an all-day,statewide show choir sum-mit near Phoenix.Approximately sixteen stu-dents teamed up with othervocal students from aroundthe state.

The task was to producea show full of choral num-bers with full choreographyby the end of the day. Afterall of that, the choir per-formed on December 1 in

the Parade of Lights on theKon-tiki boat from SunsetTours.

And finally, to wrap upthe semester, December 11at 7:30 pm, students will besinging in their annualchoir concert.

Admissions are free (butdonations are alwaysaccepted) and the public iswelcomed.

Musical Theater: Thisfirst-time class for LHHS iscasting for their two pro-ductions “13” and “RedHot & Cole”. “The classseems to be super excitedfor both shows as each stu-dent plays a part whether itbe cast or crew,” saidStephanie Geuy,Department head of FineArts.

Check our Facebookpage for future updates onthe Fine Arts department.