April 2012 Volume 11, Issue 3

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Winter sports wrap-up 5

Congratulations, it’s a RealCare baby! 2

Movie reviews 7

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out her story on page 4!”

An energetic performance! By Grant Lauver

Every day, for three straight months, the whole cast of “Seussical the Musical” prepared for a show that would get every-one’s attention. When those long months ended, I walked in on March 9th and felt the excitement rise over me and everyone else in the cast. The next two nights, March 10th and 11th were a blur to me, but to everyone else that watched the show, it was a memory they will never forget. Everyone in the audience was anticipating and waiting for the show to begin. Before you knew it, the curtains opened and the first scene began (“Oh, the Thinks you can Think”). It was a very energetic song that got everyone’s attention from the start! As the show went on everyone wanted to see Horton save the Who’s! Though “Horton hears a Who” was the main storyline, there were many Dr. Seuss stories incorporated in this show such as, “Cat in the Hat”, “The Lorax”, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!”, “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish”, “Horton Hatches the Egg”, “McElliots Pool”, “Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories”, “Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?”, “The Butter Battle book”, and MANY more. A few new faces popped up this year, some of whom include, Taylor Bingaman, Bailey Albert, Hannah Dalpiaz, Rachel

Lauver, Collin Lauver, Fayth Stepharrison, Rachel Little, Collen Lesher, Keenan Weimer, Hayden Eubanks, and Megan Maynard. And let’s not forget about “Thing One” and “Thing Two”! I asked Hayden Eubanks, who played “thing one”, “What are you going to miss most of all after the show?” Hayden responded, “Well I met

so many new people and now that it is ending, I’m going to miss them all!” Also, special thanks are in order to the Pit Band and the Stage Crew, we were able to put on a magnificent show! As the show ended everyone who watched the show, and was apart of the show, was very proud that weekend.

But even though there was so much excitement, there was a lot of sadness too for the seniors. Seniors included Meghan Troup who played “Cat in the Hat”, Anni Morrow “Gertrude McFuzz”, Megan Maynard who was a Who, Jessie Kiner “Mrs. Mayor”, Alichia Abaya “Sour Kangaroo”, DJ Rumbaug, Trenton Stroup and Christian Woodard who were in the pit, Barbra Dressler, Matt Bix-ler, and Kyle Beaver who were in Stage crew. A huge congratula-tion is in order to all of the seniors! “Seussical” was a terrific show! Congratulations to the

All the thinks you can think when you think about Seuss By: Nikki Brookhart

Cat in the Hat, Horton, Thing One and Thing Two, and the Sour Kangaroo! What a wonderful world of Seuss. A first time production of Seussical the Musical at Greenwood High School. And I got the exclusive interview from the wackiest two in the entire play! Thing One and Thing Two, here is your curtain call!

Hayden Eubanks (Thing One) and Keenan Weimer (Thing Two)

1. Sum up your role in one word.

HE: “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”

KW: “Amazing!”

2. What are you looking forward to the most with your part?

HE: “Running around the stage and being a Thing. They were always my favorite characters in Dr. Seuss books.”

KW: Basically, my part involves moving a bunch of stuff and run-ning around, so it’s going to be an exciting role to play.”

3. What is your favorite part of the costume?

HE: The costume is all one piece, so I’d have to say all of it. But I do look amazing in that one piece.”

KW: “The blue afro. Definitely the afro.”

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Trumpets and triumph: an interview with band director, Mr. Watts By Trenten Stroup

After another long and productive Pit Band rehearsal, I decided to stop by Mr. Watts’ office. Luckily for me, Mr. Watts was available for an interview. From the past to the future, I asked Mr. Watts some questions relating to his experiences with larger bands to the set list for next year’s Pep Rally. Here are the results. What is the most useful piece of advice that you could give to any person looking to play an instrument? “Listen to as much music as possible and all different genres. Young people simply don’t listen to enough variety and they need to expand. You get a better feel for the type of music you have to play if you know what exactly you are playing. Buy recordings and listen to as much as possible. Do you think the band program will be better in three years time? “Assume that we continue to get the funding that we need to flourish, in three years, we’ll see more numbers and a lot more enthusiasm. Skills have improved more and we will be able to play more challenging music.” You [The band] are about to lose roughly eight students next year due to graduation. Do you think some of the kids from the elementary school and middle school can fill their shoes or has Greenwood taken a mighty blow? “The students are irreplaceable. They’re all unique with their own personalities and their own strengths. We have to try our best to bring the kids up and put together the best band we can. No senior should feel like they’re being replaced. There will never be another Trenten Stroup or DJ Rumbaugh.” [Mr. Watts then goes on to talk about how the band will continue to be strong and the next wave of kids coming up will continue to keep the band alive. However, I am not able to quote anything he said there as I mistakenly forgot to write it down]#

We currently have a Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Marching Band, and a Pit Orchestra here at Green-wood. Is there any type of band that you are slightly in-terested in forming, given you had all power of the band program? [Thinks for a moment] “I would like to have a Pep band to play at least one basketball game a year. Provided that we can gather a large group with good instrumentation and good players, I would like to have a Pep band play during time-outs and half-times. If the students and faculty liked the idea, maybe we’d be

able to play three or four games a year. I don’t know. It’s some-thing that I’d be interested in.” What is it like going from directing a large band ensemble to the comparatively small group we have at this school? “The bands weren’t that much larger; they were just set up differently. The sixth grade band would have about fifty kids. Then the seventh and eighth grade band would have like forty kids. I like it here much better though. There is much more par-ent support and more trust among the band community and be-tween the parents and [myself].” Are you satisfied with the size of the band or would you be happier adding another . . . say. . . 20 kids to the band? “I’m happy with the current band, but my goal is to show up to a parade someday with 100 students. It’s a long term goal, but hopefully I can get enough students between grades six and twelve to bring 100.” If we could add one instrument to the band (jazz or wind ensemble) that Greenwood doesn’t already own, what would it be? [after thinking for a long time] “A bass clarinet because we need more bass for our band. In general, we have a lot of good musicians who could play it. We could replace a lot of our instruments, but the bass clarinet we have now is out of commis-sion permanently. We could really use a new one.” Can we get a sneak peak at the set list you want next year for the Pep Rally? What kind of awesomeness can you bring to the stand? “I like to work with the students on that collaboratively. I’ll talk it over with them, just to get a feel for what they like and what they’re tired of. For example, we could play “Seven Nation Army” again next year or maybe the students are sick of that by now. Something I’m interested in,

however, is a rendition of Sheryl Crow’s “Soak Up the Sun” by Tom Wallace. I’m also working on an arrangement for the song “Get Busy”. It was this Jamaican Rock feel and it’s just really funky. Of course, we’ll probably play “Skin, I’m In” and “Phunk with my Heart” again as well if the stu-dents want to do that too.”

For the month of February, Miss Slingerland’s Parenting and Childhood Development class is

challenged to experience the lifestyle of a teen mom. Every student receives a RealCare baby and acts as its caregiver for an entire weekend! Each baby comes with a car seat and diaper bag so the stu-dents are able to take the baby with them wherever they have to go. When the baby cries, they are responsible for figuring out what the baby needs at the time, which can be feeding, burping, rocking, or changing a diaper. Each student receives an ID bracelet that is unique to each baby that must be scanned for the baby to recognize it is being taken care of. After the bracelet is swiped, they have only two minutes to care for the baby before missed care is recorded, and yes it affects their final grade! Meagan Lebkicher got the privilege of being one of the first students to try out motherhood. Meagan says “I experienced many new outlooks on daily life. While I was out in public with Brooklyn, I was looked down upon by others until they realized she was a simulated doll.” Not only did it change the way people looked at her, but also the way she views her freedoms of being a teen. “I realized that I am not quite ready to be on someone else’s sleep schedule and I am sure this was just a tiny taste of being a real teen mom” she stated. There is a lesson to be learned for the whole class!

Congratulations, it’s a RealCare baby!

By Kennedy Hilbolt

Photo courtesy of Chris Hodge

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Anni Morrow Anni Morrow is a high school senior at Greenwood. Anni enjoys shopping and watching her favorite Phillies player Cole Hamels play baseball. Anni also enjoys spending time with her dog Breck. Along with her fun-loving personality, Anni’s ambition to succeed is evident. In her free time, Anni enjoys reading classic literature. Currently she is reading Gone with the Wind. She also likes drinking chai tea. Anni describes her-self as being relaxed but fiery if someone gets in her way. When she is in the shower she fears her house will start burning down and she will have to run outside in a towel. One of her favorite songs is “Just a Feeling” by Maroon 5 because it speaks to her

soul. Anni was selected as the Jay Irwin Outstanding female 2010; she believes this is her greatest accomplishment because there was a lot of a criterion to be selected. After graduation Anni wants to save the people of Africa as a doctor. Her advice to the under-classmen is to learn to respect people and enjoy the time you have in high school; don’t take it for granted.

Samantha Strong

Samantha is an eighth grader at Greenwood High School.

During my interview with Sam I learned that she is a very bright girl. Sam manages to maintain excellent grades while being in-volved with Central Pennsylvania Youth Ministries and excelling musically in band. She is currently learning how to play the piano. One of her favorite songs is “When I Look at You” by Miley Cyrus because she connects the lyrics to Christianity. Despite the fact that she is only in eighth grade, Sam has big plans for the future. In high school Sam wants to take more science classes because she wants to be a vet and she wants to go to HACC to prepare for college. Sam likes that she can impact people to make good deci-sions and share with people through music to get them involved in something good.

And the spotlight is on... By Zoe Novota

Select Students in grades 7-12 are hard at work getting ready to make the musical a success! Those students aren’t sing-ing to the music, though, they’re playing the music. This select ensemble is called the “Pit Orchestra.” Mr. Watts, the director, has students, faculty, and com-munity members playing in his ensemble. Alex Pennay (11) and Brittni Linn (8) are on flute, Tori Hostler (7) is on clarinet III, Samantha Strong (8) is on alto saxophone, Douglas Rumbaugh (12) is on trumpet I, Austin Funkhouser (8) and Jessica Taylor (8) are playing trumpet II, Christian Woodard (12) is on trombone, Avery Funkhouser (10) is playing the keyboard II part, Brad Fore-man (11) is on percussion I, and Trenten Stroup (12) is on per-cussion II. That’s just the students. The only faculty member par-ticipating this year is sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Sandy Derr. Mrs. Derr is playing keyboard I. There are also some community mem-bers in the ensemble this year. Elanor Boyer is on clarinet I, Lois Yingling on clarinet II, Brad Eargle on tenor saxophone, Andrea

Jezewski is playing trombone, and Nick Allison is on bass and electric guitars. This year’s pit will join the cast and crew for the first time on Saturday, March 3. The members are dedicated this year, and this was a noted strong point according to Mr. Watts. The group also has some weak points according to the conductor. The pit has some issue with their knowledge of scales and the key signatures in the music. When i asked Mr. Watts about the pits progress this year, he said the group’s progress is, “slower than last year, but the music is harder, and there’s is a lot more music (than last year)” When I asked about the feeling around the group during rehearsal, I was told that the students have been heard saying the music is “good music, but challenging.”

“Biggest Blame Fool” is the hardest song for the group, and “The One Feathered Tail of Miss Gertrude McFuzz” is the easiest to play. When asked about the hardest part of the proc-ess for Mr. Watts as a conductor, he stated that, “getting through the first couple weeks,” is the hardest part for him. Then I asked about the easiest part for him, he said, “working with these stu-dents.” Everyone knows that the cast practices daily from 3-5. The pit, on the other hand, does not. They practice Mondays and Wednesdays from 3-5. However, 2-3 hours of practice on the members’ own time is expected every week. A lot of people have a burning question about the pit. Are they going to be ready for opening night? When i asked Mr. Watts about this popular ques-tion, his only response was, “Absolutely!”

Life in the pit By Hannah Dalpiaz

Photo courtesy of Zoe Novota

How often do you walk past the wooden bench across from Mr. Folk’s room? Probably at least two or three times a day. But have you ever noticed the plaques hanging above that bench? Or who they are for? They represent memories of several of Greenwood’s lost students. We are going to take a look at Jenny Gallegos, a young lady with a beautiful personality and a smile that could warm up anyone’s day. First I talked to Mr. Folk, a former teacher of Jenny’s. He said, “I had Jenny when she was in tenth grade. She was a very good writer, but especially fond of poetry”. When talking about her personality he said, “She had a very bubbly, warm personal-ity. She was always smiling, no matter whether she was having a good day or a bad day.” He then went on to talk about the affect she had on her classmates. “Jenny had a very positive outlook on life, which wore off on others.” The affect she made on Mr. Folk

was also evident. The usual jokester English teacher was replaced by a more somber, down to earth man. Although she left this world much too early, she had touched many lives. Jenny Gallegos is probably most known for her memorial award, given each year by SOS, the peer helpers of Greenwood. Jenny was a peer helper herself. To be a peer helper, she showed certain qualities and characteristics. Mr. Troutman, the SOS coor-dinator, said, “A peer helper must be caring and compassionate. They must show empathy, and always be ready to help people. A peer helper is a real ‘people person’.” The Jenny Gallegos award is given in her honor every year, to a student who exemplifies these characteristics.

Jenny Gallegos was a kind person, looking to make the world a better place. While it is sad that Greenwood lost such a fine student and person, we should continue to celebrate her memory. Take time out of your day to do the right thing, like Jenny. If someone is having a bad day, make them laugh, like Jenny. She may be gone from this world, but her spirit continues to live on through the students.

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Breaking the limit: the Greenwood rocket team By Douglas Rumbaugh

Gone but not forgotten: remembering Jenny Gallegos By Joseph Sheaffer

On February 5, 2012, a small group of students from Greenwood gathered in Mr. Everett’s classroom for the one mo-ment towards which they had striven for the past months. Start-ing in late August, the junior high members and senior advisor had worked innumerable hours in the effort to achieve one goal--launching an egg laden rocket to exactly 800 feet into the air in 42-47 seconds without breaking the precious cargo. And, after a rocky start to the day, they succeeded. For each foot of distance displaced the rocket is from

800 feet, one point is added, and for each sec-ond above or below the range, 3 points are added. On the final launch of the day, the “Golden Opportunity” ascended to a height of 789 feet and made first contact with the ground (or, rather, the tree) in 47 seconds. This earned

the team the incredible score of 11, virtually assuring them a place among the top 100 teams in the national competition in May, and perhaps

even a spot in the top ten (an optimistic, though not impossible, prediction by Mr. Everett).

The team’s rocket reached for the heavens six times on that day, four for qualification purposes. The first qualified flight received a score of 48, respectable but insufficient. After a highly successful test flight, the second qualification flight was disquali-fied due to the breakage of the eggs (the rocket bounced off the school roof and landed in the parking lot). The third test flight saw disaster, as only one engine of the two meant to power the

rocket ignited. Fortunately, this did not count as a qualifier be-cause the rocket did not reach at least 100 feet. The fourth and final qualified flight of the day received a score of 11, after land-ing on a low hanging tree branch suspended over the road, and secured the team a place in Greenwood history.

The rocket team is made up almost entirely of junior high students and freshmen and was funded by a NASA grant for such an age group. Keenan Wiemer, Hayden Eubanks, Samantha Strong, Britney Lynn, Kate somthing, and Eric something made up the main body of the team. In addition to these members, senior Douglas Rumbaugh served as a senior “advisor” and helped to coor-

dinate the event with advisor Mr. Everett. His role will be greatly increased during the national competition, when he will serve in place of Mr. Everett on the day of the launch due to TARC rules. Although their place in the top 100 can be virtually as-sured, the team will not know for certain of their ranking until April 5, 2012. Until then, all we can do is keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best—safe in the knowledge that either way, Greenwood High School is now home to a highly skilled group of rocket scientists!

Photo courtesy of Mr. Everett

Photo courtesy of Mr. Everett

Photo courtesy of Joseph Sheaffer

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Winter sports wrap-up By AJ Seigel

Salene Shaffer’s passion for field hockey paid off. On

February 2, 2012, Salene Shaffer signed to play Division 1 field hockey for Providence College, Rhode Island, under a scholarship. “It’s a big decision to move far away. I will miss seeing my friends and family,” explains Shaffer, “but when I was there it just felt right and that’s why I chose Providence.” Shaffer had also said that she was excited to meet new people and to live in Rhode Island. This fall, Shaffer will be a new addition to the Friars field hockey team. She is currently undecided on her major but be-lieves she would like to do something with business. “If Mr. Houser wouldn’t have pushed us as hard as he did, we wouldn’t have been successful,” says Shaffer, “He’s the reason I’ve gotten the opportunity to play Division 1.” Congratulations, Salene Shaffer, and good luck this fall.

Shaffer becomes a Providence Friar By AJ Seigel

The Greenwood Lady Wildcats were ranked fifth in the district and played Berks Christian in the first round. Greenwood won 59 to Berks Christians 20. Greenwood then moved on to play Harrisburg Christian in the second round and Greenwood lost 38 to 45. Overall the girls had a great season with a 15-9 record. The Greenwood boy’s basketball team made it to dis-tricts, ranking 1, and they made it to States. After beating Camp

Hill the Greenwood boys would move on to play New Hope Acad-

emy at the Giant Center for the District III Championship title. The end result of the game was with the win Greenwood of 48 over New Hope’s 37. Greenwood was crowned the District III Champions. Greenwood then went to play Lourdes and Faith Christian Academy in States. The Greenwood boys had a terrific season ending with and overall 22 wins and only 3 loses. All photos courtesy of pennlive.com

Boys Basketball Greenwood 55 East Juniata 41 Win

Greenwood 59 LCC 43 Win

Greenwood 54 Millersburg 33 Win

Greenwood 52 Newport 36 Win

Greenwood 61 Halifax 38 Win

Greenwood 48 Lewisburg 54 Loss

Greenwood 64 Mount Calvary 50 Win

Greenwood 58 Camp Hill 33 Win

Greenwood 48 New Hope 37 Win

Greenwood 64 Lourdes 39 Win

Greenwood 50 Faith Christian Academy 54 Loss

Girls Basketball Greenwood 53 Upper Dauphin 36 Win

Greenwood 44 East Juniata 33 Win

Greenwood 40 William Penn 47 Loss

Greenwood 57 Millersburg 47 Win

Greenwood 67 Newport 34 Win

Greenwood 51 Halifax 46 Win Greenwood 59 Berks Christians 20 Win

Greenwood 38 Harrisburg Christian 45 Loss

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S.O.S. news: save your pennies for Pennies for Patients By Abby Carter

The beloved Greenwood organization (Students Offering Support) more commonly known as S.O.S. is in charge of many philanthropies. Collecting pennies for patients for the Leuke-mia/Lymphoma Society happens to be one of their favorites. On April 10 the students who belong to S.O.S. will place collections

boxes in homerooms and on April 27, they will donate all the collected money to the Society. Along with the collection boxes, S.O.S. is also planning a teen night for middle school students scheduled

for May 4. When asked how she felt about raising money for the cause,

Meghan Troup said, “I feel honored to raise money for a good cause, it’s terrible that people have to live a life like that.” Last year, the group rose over $500 for the cause, with the collection

boxes and the volleyball tournament that they hosted. S.O.S. is hoping for an even bigger turn out this year. All the money raised for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Soci-ety goes towards researching and treatment advancements for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and myeloma. The pa-tient service program also receives donations in attempt to make living with a disease smoother. The service program covers medi-cal expenses and household finances for people with one of the diseases. The S.O.S. believes that the Leukemia/Lymphoma Soci-ety is a worthy cause and is deserving of donations. S.O.S. mem-ber Tara Barnard commented, “I believe the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society is worthy because no one deserves a life with leukemia.” If you would like to help the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society, bring your donations to school and drop them in the marked boxes in your homerooms from April 10 to April 27. www.lls.org www.schoolandyouth.org

Photo courtesy of Zoe Novota

Photo courtesy of Chris Hodge

Mrs. Deimler has been working her at Greenwood for some time as the art teacher. She does her part in getting the students involved in art here at the school by extra projects such as the 50 foot Mural at Care and Share, creating a musical mural and large 3- dimensional forms. Also some students have worked

on extra projects during school for the Elementary Read Across America Day. Mrs. Deimler tries to take advantage of every extra opportunity for students to create, problem solve, be successful, and accomplish great works. She does this because involving and exposing people to art is very important. Mrs. Deimler says that art displays people have the opportunity to visually interpret art-works, learn about famous artist and styles throughout history.

When I asked Mrs. Deimler how she felt about how some schools are dropping their art programs she said that in art classes, students develop problem solving skills to problems that have more than one correct answer, make decisions, and realize that each decision effects the end result.There are multiple skills that will help us students be successful in life, and through skills we learn in art could help us, such as, interpreting, creating, ex-pressing ideas, communicating, designing, analyzing, and problem solving.

Out of curiosity, I asked Mrs. Deimler that if she could do just one thing to get everyone involved in art and have them par-ticipate, what would it be? She would like to have all the students and staff member contribute their own ideas to a very large mu-ral. Why? Each person would crate, problem solve, accomplish, and create a finished work of their own choice.

I also asked Mrs. Deimler how much of an impact she thought that art has on the world today. She thought a quote by Mary Grandpre (Illustrator of all seven Harry Potter books best) best fitted this question.

“The telling of a story with pictures is an integral part of all of our daily lives. Illustration is with us 24/7 in some way, shape or form. It reflects and reports on our world and it’s cul-

tures and events. It documents changes in politics and history, theatre and the arts, what we consume, where we travel, what we watch, what we listen to, and what we read.”

The story behind the art By Taylor Winters

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“Captain America: The First Avenger” By Meghan Troup

In 1941, comics of this superhero swept across the na-tion. In 2011, the superhero was remade and revisited in the movie, Captain America: The First Avenger. This movie is cen-tered on Steve Rogers (played by Chris Evans), a scrawny teen-ager who wants to join the military, but is rejected four times for various health deficiencies. He is finally able to enlist, and is con-ditioned to be the perfect soldier through a government project. The experiment is successful, and little Steve Rogers is trans-formed into a ripped and massive man with super strength. He

recruits other soldiers to infiltrate Nazi Germany and stop the terrorist officer, Johann Schmidt (played by Hugo Weaving), who may have found an extremely powerful weapon that could be used to take over the world. From there, everything turns into big guns, weird lasers, and creepy red faces. This is a great action movie, but if that’s not what you like, I think a muscular Chris Evans is worth taking an extra look at. http://impawards.com/2011/captain_america_the_first_avenger_ver6.html

If you asked me on Friday how excited I was to go see the movie, The Vow, the answer would’ve been somewhere between a 3 and 4 on a scale of 1 to 10. Yes, approximately 399 in our school were ecstatic about the movie, but I couldn’t say I was very happy to go see it. Now, however, my opinion has changed. The Vow is a romantic drama, based on a real story, about a couple, Paige and Leo (played by Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum), who get in a car accident. Paige

recovers from the car accident, but looses all of her memory concerning her husband. Leo, therefore, must try to win her love all over again while she struggles to regain her memory. This movie was surprisingly not as clichéd as I thought it would be. The characters were played very well, and the story seemed more original than other dramas than I have seen. If you haven’t seen it already, I would recommend watching it.

“The Vow” By Meghan Troup

The reading corner

By Emily Carvell Delirium By Lauren Oliver Lena Haloway lives in Portland, Maine. She was born shortly after the government cut off all country and city borders

to the outside world; no one gets in, and no one gets out. She is content to stay in her government-managed society, eagerly waiting for the 95 days to pass until her birthday, and the day she will be cured forever against a disease that the government says will lead to the country’s downfall, a disease classi-fied as amor deliria nervosa, a.k.a., love. She is glad that she will have all the important decisions (like

who she will marry, how many kids she will have, and what job she will have) will be decided for her, until the day the unthink-able happens: She falls in love.

Slowly but surely, she is drawn to Alex’s world, a world of freedom and passion that lies beyond the electrified borders of her tightly controlled city, a place where people run free and un-cured, free to think and choose for themselves. Her family mem-bers are eager for her to have the procedure and keep what is left of their family’s reputation intact, constantly plagued by the fact that her mother “committed suicide”, parting only with three forbidden words (I love you) to her youngest daughter, having

had the cure forced upon her three separate times to no avail. With two months left before she becomes someone else

forever, Lena has a choice to make: Submit to something that has already been decided, or fight for what she believes in.

I thought that this book is a spectacular work. I really got pulled in, and I really enjoyed the style it was written in. I liked how the author made a strong case in the book for love be-ing a disease, showing how people in the story could possibly have been sucked into something that to us seems totally ridicu-lous. I found that I was comparing myself to the main character all throughout the story. I couldn’t imagine having so little free-dom and so much restriction. The internet is closely monitored, and websites that are even the slightest bit out of line are imme-diately removed. The government flashes in and out of telephone conversations, making sure no one is plotting escape or an upris-ing, and even interaction between people below the age of 18 is closely monitored. I was fascinated with the detail that went into the story: the curfew, the interviews everyone had to take to get matched after the cure, the way the cure is administered, the way every border is tightly controlled, how people rebel and have secret parties in abandoned buildings and barns…I could go on. The

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detail amazed me, and I think that was one of my favorite parts of the story. Every question you had was answered, and any-thing that was left hanging will be answered in the next book, Pandemonium.

The Vampire Academy By Rachelle Meade

The Vampire Academy is a passionate tale of vampires, half-breeds, and forbidden love. Rose Hathaway, the main char-acter, and her best friend Lissa Dragomir, had been on the run for two years before they were caught and taken back to St. Vladi-mir’s Academy, located in the deep forests of Montana. Rose, a dhampir (half vampire, half human) will continue with her guard-ian training and Lissa, a moroi princess (the living vampires) will

continue with her vampire and political educa-tion. But even protected in the academy’s walls, they aren’t truly safe from those they ran from before. Because Rose lived for two years without any kind of training, she must take extra training

sessions before and after class. During these classes, Rose works with Dimitri Belicov, a dham-pir guardian with an astounding reputation. After several practices, Rose realizes that she has

fallen for him, but keeps it to herself because a romance between them would be forbidden because they would be guarding the same moroi from the strigoi (the dead vampires) after Rose graduates.

This is the first book in a six book series, and they only get better as they go along. I enjoyed this book more than I have any other in a long time. It’s full of action, adventure, twists and turns, and romance. The thing I enjoyed the most about this book was that I could totally relate to the characters on an emotional level so that I felt their emotions and their struggles alongside them, and while there are vampires in the story, they simply help the story line along. There is no Twilight vampire drama; a vampire isn’t even the main character. No, this is a story of action and forbidden love, through and through, and I very highly recommend this book to lovers of romance and vampires alike. The Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

The Princess Academy is a story about a young girl named Miri who lives in a mountain village on Mount Eskel in a time still ruled by kings and queens. The villagers make their living quarrying a stone called linder that can only be found on

Mount Eskel. As soon as their parents think they are ready, the children of the village learn to work in the quarry as well; all ex-cept for Miri. Although she is sometimes resentful of being forced to stay at home, believing that it is because she is so much smaller than everyone else her age, she accepts her role at home and makes the most of it. The villagers all live a simple life, each content with the role they are given.

So when a royal carriage comes with the last traders of the season saying that the priests declared the prince’s bride will come from Mount Eskel, things get shaken up on the mountain. All eligible girls are made to go to an academy that will give them the education they need to be presentable when the time comes for the prince to choose his bride. Miri is resentful of this at first, thinking of ways that she could escape her tutor who is quick to punish and the endless glares of the other girls after she gets them in trouble for speaking out. But when it is made clear that the girl that wins will be able to give herself and her family a bet-ter life, she begins to hope that she could become the princess so that she could prove to her father that she can be worth some-thing. But when bandits come hunting in the middle of the night,

hoping to kidnap the future princess, everything changes. Miri must lead the other girls to freedom if she can, and use a power unique to the mountain dwellers if anyone hopes to get out alive. I truly enjoyed this book. It is a nice change of pace from all the werewolves and vampires that rule fiction lately. It is a historical fiction book, and has the comforting feel of an old fairy tale, but one of the things that made this story so en-joyable was that it isn’t your typical fairy tale. You can’t look at it and say, “Once up on a time, the girl worked hard to achieve something and got the guy in the end. The End.” No, this story isn’t predictable, and the twists and turns were what kept it interesting. It was enough to pull you in, but it wasn’t so much that it seemed unbelievable. You could really relate to the character and her struggles as a teen-

ager, how she felt awkward around her friend, how she felt like she didn’t fit in because she was different. It had a theme that could easily be applied to our modern day struggles as teenagers, and girls could read this and think, “I’m not as different as I thought I was. There are others out there that feel just like me.” This is a book about female empowerment and the struggles of being a teenage girl, and I think it is an excellent book that all young girls should have the chance to read.

Sources used: google images, amazon.com

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Art of youth By Keenan Weimer

Youth Art day is a day in which local students

show off their talents in categories including Dance, Literature, Visual Arts and Music. This year it will be host at Susquenita, and Greenwood wishes to be bringing home a lot of first and second places this year. These Participants from our School have talents in these Classes. Participants are listed below:

Writing: Bailey Albert Tara Barnard Taylor Bingaman Jackie Bollinger Dory Brown Olivia Carlton Emily Fisher

Katy Galer Adam Harrison Chris Hodge John McDonald Kristen Ryberg Kody Seiders Joe Sheaffer Erica Shotsberger Pottery:

Brandon Girard Mackenzie Tharp Ashley Foose Rachael Little Olivia Kuhns

Crafts: Jordan Burkepile Brandon Girard

Sculpture: Jackie Bollinger Lauren Dressler Ashley Foose Mackenzie Tharp Lexie Urich

Drawling: Olivia Kuhns Keenan Weimer Mackenzie McCoy Rachel Shaffer Jeffery Woods

Photography Fayth Stephson

Pastels and charcoals Marie Barnard

Sewing: Barbara Dressler

Music Douglas Rumbaugh (acc Jessie Kiner)

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Lead Editor: Joe Sheaffer

Editors: Douglas Rumbaugh and Tren-ten Stroup

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Photographers: Alicha Abaya and Zoe Novota

Public Relations: Nikki Brookhart

Advisor: Ms. Mary-Catherine Burton

Claws and Paws

CLAWS TO no snow days

CLAWS TO poor parking

CLAWS TO stomach bug

PAWS TO warm weather

PAWS TO musical cast, crew, and pit band

PAWS TO baby Mitchell

The Paw Print encourages students to submit

works of literature and art for future publication. If you have an art piece or work of literature that

you would love to have published, please see Miss Burton. You may see your work in the next

edition of The Paw Print!