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THE LITITZ, PA., RECORD EXPRESSA16 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2011

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The Warrior beat News and Features written by Warwick High School Students

When the Warwick MarchingBand took the feld in Cavalcadecompetition at Conrad WeiserHigh School, they had a slightlybigger look.

This past Saturday they weresporting new eathers in theircaps much larger eathers atthat.

Early last week, boxes o new

plumes were delivered, and thesenew 14-inchers dwar the oldeight-inch ones. The black andgold plumes are worn by most o the marching instrumentalists onthe feld to add height and dramato their uni orms.

It certainly impacts our visualo the show. They add fnesse andthey make our group look biggeroverall, giving us a more dramaticlook, said Warwick MarchingBand Director Matt Wol e.

So ar this season, Warwick Marching Band is unde eated inthe American division o theCavalcade o Bands Competition.And, theyve scored higher thanmany larger bands.

Wol e is very pleased with thestudents overall per ormancesand progress and looks orward tothe next ew weeks in competition.

With only three shows le t inthis Cavalcade season, includingchampionships, he says Warwick is not letting anything to chance. The plumes are one additionalvisual tool, but other dramaticchanges will be made to their suc-cess ul show, JOY, to make theband even more competitive as thecompetition gets tougher at theend.

Well be adding a new fnalending and will per orm it in ournext-to-last competition show. Thestudents can defnitely play thisshow by now; were just workingon consistency rom an individuallevel. Well just make some visualimprovements and change it up atthe end to give it our best shot.

New eathersin their caps

Warwick band gets bigger as itheads into fnal weeks o competition

Senior clarinet section-leader Nate Kimmey (le t) sports the new14-inch plume on his hat, while senior trumpet section-leader KaraMiller dons the old plume or contrast. The new plumes add visualimpact to their already success ul show, JOY.

Warwick High School enjoyed a hal -day o school Oct. 14, the dayo the homecoming ootball game, during which senior Cristina Maymiwas crowned queen at hal time. During that a ternoon, un activitieswere held in the school gym as part o the celebration. These photosrepresent this years homecoming.

Homecominghal -day

at Warwick Photos by Preston Whitcra t

Warwick School District invitesand encourages all parents o school-age students, and all mem-bers o the public, to attend a reepublic education orum on Tues-day, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. in the War-wick Middle School Auditorium.

This orum will be an extensiono the regularly scheduled War-wick School Board Committee o the Whole meeting normally heldin the district o ce board room

What you need to knowWarwick presents orum on hot topics in education

the frst Tuesday o each month. The district is hosting this frst

in a series o orums to highlightdistrict successes, discuss currentlegislative issues that could impacteducation, and share the poten-tial fnancial implications as theyrelate to the Warwick School Dis-trict and our school community.Learn more about how you canhelp advocate to make a di erencein public education.

Warwick School District hasa lot or which to be proud, mostimportantly our educational pro-gram and the resulting studentachievement. Discussion topicswill include the many ways ourcommunity and schools are work-ing together (a new alumni asso-ciation and an alternative undingprogram). In ormation about leg-islation, vouchers and Act 1 willalso be available.

This Friday, Oct. 28, is the secondaluminum can recycling day o the2011-12 school year.

Students are reminded to bring in

their smashed, clean aluminum cans

on the ourth Friday o each monthto be placed in their schools recyclingtoter.

Warwick School District began re-

cycling aluminum cans in March o last school year. Its a great way tohelp the environment, and a districtvolunteer will gather the cans rom thetoters and cash them in to beneft War-wick schools.

All district school buildings nowhave outdoor recycling trash toters(bins) available to receive your alumi-num cans. For those o you interestedin helping your school recycle alumi-num, please empty the cans complete-ly, rinse, and atten the cans rom topto bottom (a smashed can will havethe top o the can directly on top o thebottom).

With a recycling rate o 57.4 per-cent, aluminum cans are the most re-cycled o all beverage containers. Alu-minum cans are infnitely recyclable

and can be recycled into new cans andput back on store shelves in as ew as60 days. And can recycling beneftsthe environment in ways that extendbeyond just minimizing landfll waste.For example, producing a can with re-cycled content requires 95 percent lessenergy than making that same can outo raw material. This in turn conservesenergy, reduces greenhouse gas emis-sions and saves money.

Remember, the ourth Friday o each month is Aluminum Can Recy-cling Day. Help your school and com-munity be more green while makingsome green or your schoo l!

Aluminum can recycle day this Friday

Warwick Middle School will launch a new be-ore-school program this Friday at 7 a.m.All Pro Dads will be held our times through-

out the school year in the schools ca eteria. Thesession will eature a break ast and in ormation-al talk on strengthening the atherhood/mother-hood relationship with their children. This pro-gram is similar to those held monthly at severalWarwick elementary schools.

The Pro Dads program was launched in 1997with the help o Tony Dungy, ormer head coacho the Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts.It is an innovative program structured arounda ootball theme, which has more than 50 NFLplayers, coaches and alumni supporters. ProDads currently has over 1,200 chapters in 48states and in eight countries, with more than40,000 athers and their kids gathering on a

regular basis to discuss topics like peer pressure,goal setting, and caring or the less ortunate.

Warwick Middle School Principal MichaelSmith will lead the schools program and will bethe eatured guest speaker or this frst gather-ing. Smith will speak about Being Humble.

Contact the Warwick Middle School (626-3701) i you have any questions, or wish to reg-ister.

All Pro Dads coming to WMS or break ast

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