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A Word from the principalRoger Ellis

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While walking down the hall this past Friday, I was stopped by Mrs. Jackson. She was saying how well the new school newspaper was going and that there was room for just one more article. I knew by the look on her face that I was going to be involved somehow. She also states, “Yours! You know, the one from the principal.” We all know by now that when Mrs. Jackson gives you an assignment, your response is, “Yes, ma’am!” This time I was going to stand my ground. There was to be no article from me! Everyone knows that I run the school and have the final decision. So I said, “How many words?” Besides coming to school five days a week for 180 days, taking test allowing you to graduate, and finally after four years, walking across the stage and receiving your high school diploma. . .What is high school all about? High school is all about the journey,

a journey that every student must go through. It is stretching the boundaries, seeing what you have an interest in, what you are good at, and maybe what you want to do with the rest of your life. It is about pushing the limits physically, mentally, and sometimes socially. What we hope for students is that you receive a common core of values and the ability to use them wisely. High school is about getting involved. Nothing specific. . .just get involved. Whether it is band, athletics, Ag, Youth for a Positive Change, yearbook, FCCLA, the Rowdy Crowd, cheerleading, or just a cause that you believe in. Our challenge to you is to do something to make TBHS and the community a bet-ter place to learn and live. The important things usually are not easy. If you believe in something, then it is up to you to fight for it. Don’t complain to yourself and your parents expecting change from that. Take an active role, gather your facts. . .whether voting for a particular candidate or a bond

Youth for a Positive Change (YPC) is a newly formed organization at the high school. The purpose of this organization is to help students to combat and recognize bullying and to help make students aware of destructive decision-making. These destructive decisions could be underage drinking, drug use, or suicide. YPC members are trying to create a positive change in their school and community. Since this is a new organization to Tom Bean,

the YPC members have new projects planned. The community will also benefit from this organizaton as members will be helping at the animal shelter and raking leaves at the homes of the elderly. If you would like to join Youth for a Positive Change, speak with Mrs. Royal or one of the officers for membership information. Being a member of YPC is an powerful and effective way to make a difference in your community. Sign up today!

Youth for a Positive ChangeLuna McMeen, Alexa Newman & Cheyenne Mobbs

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52%of adolescences have consumed alcohol by 8th Grade

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issue to build a new school, or something smaller. Standing on the outside and com-plaining about an issue does not resolve it; it just makes you mad about the issue. At least, when you get involved and fight for something, you get the satisfaction of knowing that you at least tried. Study and learn about the topics that you care about. Once you have done that, one of three things can happen: One, you will understand why the rule is there; Two, you may see ways to improve the rule and/or the situation; finally, you may be able to change the rule. Bring facts, not feelings to the table. Be able to discuss your opinions and why you think there should be change. And last, change is easier when there is a solution brought to the table. Anybody can complain about anything at any time. Having the solution is the key to being persuasive and getting the change that you want.My solution was writing this article. Her answer was, “500!”

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The award-winning Mighty Tomcat Band is on the road to UIL–but not without a few pit-stops! On October 1, they competed in their first competition of the year, the NETEX Marching Invitational, and came home with a Division II rating. The band’s show this year is called Rhap-sodic Adventures and consists of “Hungarian Rhapsody,” “Rhapsody in Blue,” and the clas-sic Queen ballad “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Right now, the band is working on “cleaning the drill” and adding “visuals”—fancy motions that add interest to the show. The band welcomed in a new assistant band director, David Bilyeu, who is a 2011 Baylor University graduate. Mr. Bilyeu teaches the beginning brass classes and Advanced Band at the middle school.

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Ashlyn Royal

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Dwayne Bruce

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Emily Ellis

Organizational LeaderAlexa Newman

Band OfficersSarah Henderson & Triston Bannister

Drum Majors Nathan Shipman & Caroline Henderson

Brass CaptainsAlex Gilmore & Bethany Davidson

Woodwind CaptainsMadi Gordon

Drumline CaptainEmily Ellis

Underclassman RepresentativeTripp Fritts

Uniform ManagerCorey Barber

Equipment ManagerJake Stephens

Librarian

Saturday, October 13Princeton Marching Contest

Princeton High School

Wednesday, October 17UIL Regional Marching Contest

Plano East High School

What’s FCA? The Fellowship of Christian Ath-letes is an organization that encourages the values of integrity, serving, teamwork, and ex-cellence. The Tom Bean Chapter meets every Wednesday at break. Membership is open to all TBHS student who want to come listen to the message and chow down on some honey buns. We asked Lauren Khoury what FCA means to her, “It gives me a chance to come together with other athletes and listen to the word of God and talk about what it means to us.” If FCA sounds like something you’d like to be a part of, there are no sign up sheets, no reg-istration forms, no dues to pay, just show up, participate in the message and prayer, and eat some honey buns.

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National Honor Society is an organization that recognizes outstanding high school students who have demonstrated excel-lence in the areas of Scholarship, Leader-ship, Service, and Character. Students who have earned membership into this elite group are honored for their achievements and are “challenged to develop further through active involvement in school ac-tivities and community service.”

This year NHS inducted 21 new members. Sep-tember 24, proud family members and faculty watch their children and students pledged their commit-ment to the an-

chor values of the National Honor Society. New members received a certificate of membership and a membership card. NHS held their yearly blood drive on October 4. This year’s drive was dedicated to help Tomcat student Justin Morrison’s mom, Carolee Smith, and Advisor Cathy Harris’s brother. Texoma Regional Blood Center conducted the drive, collecting a total of 48 pints of blood which will benefit 144 patients. Students, parents, faculty and community member came together to donate a tremendous gift to the hospital communities in our area.

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PARLIAMENTARIAN

Sarah Langford

Advisor

Cathy Harris

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The duties of the class officers are vital for the classes’ benefit. The president is charged with spearheading class activities and being the leadership example of the school. The vice president decides the best course and carries out the class activities. The secretary keeps the records of all meetings and is in charge of organizing the events. The treasurer is responsible for the money received and spent in class events.All the class officers are extremely honored to be elected by their classmates as Sopho-more Class President Lauren Khoury de-

clares, “I think it will be a good experience and it means a great deal to me that my fel-low classmates trust me with this position.” Senior Class Treasurer Brandon Bramer echoes, “It means a lot, I’ve always wanted

to be an officer, especially in my senior year.” Sophomore Class Secretary Madi Gordon ends with “I can’t wait until we, as

officers, start to make a difference in our class as a whole.” It’s clear that we have a great year ahead of us and congratulations 2012-2013 class officers!

Class Officers Elected. . .now we’re ready “to make a difference”

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October 22 Fall Picture Retakes

October 22-26 Red Ribbon Week

October 27 Fall Festival

November 5 Car & Bike Show

November 7 Senior Round-up

October 15Bullying Prevention Assembly

October 17PSAT

Regional Marching Band ContestPrinceton, Texas

October 26 Radios Program

October 30 Leadership Assembly

October 31 Progress Reports

November 19-23Thanksgiving Holiday

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Students of the Monthrespect • honor • responsibility • caring • truth • humility •

trustworthiness • fairness • self-control • citizenship • honest • reliability • dignity • tolerance • courtesy •

Colton Curd is the September student of the month. Colton was born in Dallas Texas, on July 6, 1996, and is the son of Amy and Christopher Curd. Starting his early years of education in McKinney, Texas, he and his family moved to Tom Bean in the sixth grade. He enjoys football and shot-put, and outside of school, he spends time with his brothers, Dillon and Wyatt. His hobbies include reading, hunting, skeet shooting, and showing chickens through the FFA. When he graduates Colton plans to attend Texas A&M, study-ing criminal justice and psychology. Colton hopes one day to have a career as a criminal profiler.

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OctoberHannah Burns is the daughter of Chimene Nicholas and Robby and Lora Burns. She currently serves as the International Thespian Society president, Youth for a Positive Change president, and is a member of Fellow-ship of Christian Athletes and National Honor Society. Acting, singing, dancing, and cheerleading are the ac-tivities that she loves, but Hannah shared that what

she enjoys most in life is hanging out with loved ones and going to church. After graduation in May, Hannah plans to attend college and pos-sibly pursue a theatrical career. Hannah’s main goal for her life is to live as fully as she can for God and His purpose.

The Culinary Arts class is made up of a group of students who enjoy cooking sa-vory dishes and learning the art of presentation. This group of five prepared a Mexican Fiesta luncheon for the high school faculty. Many ooohs & ahhhs could be heard around the workroom lunch table on Friday, October 12.Pictured: Mrs. Sharon Stephens, Candace Johnson, Joseph Phillips, Taylor Haston, Aimee Adcock, and Ben Harris.

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In Floral Design, students learn about six different flowers each week and use what they’ve learned to complete a proj-ect. So far this year students have studied the history of Flo-ral Design and made an arrangement from one of the time periods studied.On Wednesday, September 19, the Floral Design students took a field trip to Spe-cial Occasions Florist in Sherman where they were able to watch a professional designer create a floral masterpiece and also the budding designers put togeth-er their own small arrangement. After leaving, they traveled to Hobby Lobby to purchase items for their upcoming

project, mums for TBHS homecoming. With Halloween approaching quickly, the Floral Design students are preparing to begin creating candy bouquets for the festive holiday. All projects that are completed on or

around holidays will be given to the stu-dents’ sponsors.Sponsorships Tom Bean ISD teachers and other facul-ty members wanting to receive holiday crafts made by the High School Floral Design students can become sponsors by giving $25 to Mrs. Chapman and will get a handmade holiday gift for each up-coming holiday.

FLORAL DESIGN

Brrr. . .it’s cold outsideKeep a kid warm this winter by donating a new or gently used coat. Texas Laundry and Dry Cleaning will clean the garments and in conjunction with other area businesses with distribute warm, winter coats to those in need.

For more information go to www.kqdrfm.com

Coats for Kids

fictionpicksMockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Evermore by Alyson Noël

This month’s fiction picks are some of the favorite reads of freshman Kelsey Ulmer. Check out the library for other good books.

Friday, November 9 • 9:30 a.m.

Veterans Day Celebration

This Veterans Day, we honor t hose who have so bravely served our country.

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This crazy course requires us to pick up whif-

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then drop them in a basket. Oh, yes, we will be

competing with 23 other teams!

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physics to see just how great a robot a team can

build. And when this competition is over, we

won’t be finished. No, we’ll be making mouse-

traps and programming robots to do tasks on

their own. If this sounds like it’s right down

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determined• Eli McGee has designed a belt drive to move the arm.

precision• Nolan Peeples machined the pulley mo-tor mount.

ingenuity• Tucker David-son learns how to use the mini-skill saw.

dexterity• Stacy Welch and Bethany Davidson test a prototype for the claw.

research• Cheyenne Mobbs researches space elevators.

blueprints• Garrett Morris and Jarrett Thrasher deciphered wiring dia.

Garris Morris, Kaleb Patterson & Stacy WelchStaff Writers

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FCCLA is off to an impressive start this year! Members

kicked off the year with a Leadership Workshop at Caddo

High School. Six sessions were held, exploring the organi-

zation: FCCLA purpose & focus, STARR Events, and orga-

nizational guidelines.

FCCLA teamed up with FFA for a trip to the State Fair

of Texas on Tuesday, October 9. On November 3, FCCLA

and the Theatre department will join efforts for the annual

Mother & Daughter Mad Hatter Tea Party. This is an op-

portunity for mothers and daughters to dress up and to be

entertainedThe Tea Party is for young girls in their mothers,

to dress up, be entertained, and dine with magical charac-

ters. With these projects and the promise of more, FCCLA

seems to off to a fantastic start! Aimee Adcock, 11

Candace Johnson, 12

Kortney Adcock, 12

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REPORTER

HISTORIANTaylor Stephens, 10

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Spanish Club is a group of kids who meet the last Thursday of every month to celebrate the coming together of cultures. The best way to learn about something is hands-on; this is what Spanish Club students are doing. They’re exploring Spanish movies, food, music and dance. this helps the kids enhance a student’s understanding of the Hispanic culture

outside of class. In order to be in Spanish club, students must have taken at least a year of Spanish. There are nine students in the entire group and it’s still growing. According to Jor-dan Moore, a student who participates in Spanish Club, “The movies are educationally inspiring and they teach us about different cultures and all sorts of diverse people.” There are no fees to join the group. The catch phrase this year is “It’s all about the stache.”

Cheyenne Mobbs and Lee WinslettStaff Writers

SPANISH CLUB

FFA stands for Future Farmers of America, but there is a common misconception that you have to be country or show an animal to be in the FFA, but that’s not the case at all. The FFA is a huge or-ganization with a multitude of opportunities and welcomes anyone who wishes to be in the organization. The Tom Bean FFA chapter has many classes to offer with lots of active members. Examples of these classes are floral design, small animal science, welding, livestock production, problems and solutions, and PALS. These classes offer a hands-on experience and can help start the basics for developing a career in agriculture. Even if agriculture related career isn’t really what you seek to do, ag classes teach determina-tion, hardwork, and creativity. Along with the variety of classes

Lauren Khoury and Tesla PetersonStaff Writers

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offered, FFA has many competitions, shows, and conventions to attend yearly. Upcoming events include a field trip to the Texas state fair Oc-tober 9th and a LDE competition November 5th at Sherman High School. LDE stands for leadership development events; this allows FFA members to compete against each other in special compe-titions. Some of these events include chapter conducting, creed speaking, quiz, and much more. Over the summer, the 2012-2013 Tom Bean FFA officer team attended the Texas State FFA convention in Corpus Christi, Texas. The officers had a fun filled 5 days, and met many new friends from all over the state that shared the same interests as them.

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Maci Chapman

Sierra Harris

Danielle Reaves

Destiny Holleman

Lauren Khoury

Noah White

Demi Griffin

Dylan Ashlock

Thomas Harrell

Hailey Goff

Dylan Goff

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FFA welcomes all members and all that’s required is a $30 membership fee.So think about joining FFA today.