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HAPPY hosts annual Kindness Week – Thursday & Friday

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By Morgan Walko

The Kindness Week events continued on Thursday and Friday of this week. HAPPY put together two more events for the last two days.

Thurs., April 29, students were encouraged to wear their “Live and Let Live” gear. They could add their fingerprint to the Live and Let Live mural outside the auditorium during their lunch period.

HAPPY members were giving out hugs and Hershey Kisses as well. They did this during the three lunch periods.

On Fri., April 30, post-it notes were posted around the school. These post-it notes had positive messages and advice written on them.

In addition to the post-it notes, it was also a Stow spirit day. Students wore their stow gear and attended the pep rally to end kindness week.

HAPPY put together many events to make others feel good throughout the week. Kindness Week was successful and made many students feel happy.

Read what happened Monday through Wednesday here.

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Girls Track and Field run away with victory

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By Lindsey Houck

The girls track and field team has enjoyed their success the last couple of seasons and hope to keep the trend going. The official start to their season will be at the Don Faix Invitational hosted at Crestwood High School on Apr. 4.

“Our team this season looks really strong already. We have some awesome talent coming in from a few freshmen, and our upperclassmen are truly much stronger than they have been in our past seasons. I’m really excited for this upcoming sea- son,” sophomore Kayla Thompson said.

With losing a couple important seniors, the girls are still confident in leading the team to victory once again with a help of returning athletes.

Among those athletes is senior Sam Shaver, the defending Northeast Ohio Conference River Division MVP. Shaver qualified for states in not only the 200, but also qualified for nationals in the 800 relay and sprint medley relay. She also holds four school records total in individual and relay events.

Another key returner is senior Tiffany Pryce, who has qualified for states in hurdles in past years. She is also a two-time national qualifier in the sprint medley relay and shuttle hurdles relay.

Added to the mix is junior Jessie Stout and sophomore Kayla Thompson. Stout has quali- fied for nationals in the long jump and 800 re- lay, while Thompson was a national qualifier in the sprint medley relay last season.

“My goal this season is to help the team get our 6th NOC win, and I hope we can get as many people we can to states and nationals,” Thompson said.

In the past five years, the Lady Bulldogs have won the River Division championship in the NOCs. This may be the final year for the NOCs, but the girls are looking to claim one last title.

Returning seniors along with Pryce and Shaver are Abigail Dunn, Allison Brewer, Caitlin Helfeldt, Cassidy Wood, Courtney Bradford, Kelly Vantrease, Mara Diewert and Shelby Brown.

Stow has finished second overall in the Division I district meet for the last two years and have compiled a dual meet record of 55-11, with the help of head coach Aaron Morris.

“I am looking forward to another undefeated season and hoping our team places first at districts,” sophomore Chrissy DeMarino said.

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Student council collect dresses for foster care

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Written by Morgan Walko

Student Council held their first formal dress drive on the week of March 16. They accepted dresses from whoever was interested in donating.

They accepted old, gently used formal dresses. The school was mainly interested in homecoming and prom dresses that will no longer be worn.

A rack was placed outside of the front office. Students hung their dresses on the rack at any time for the whole week.

Dresses of any size were accepted throughout the week. The dresses should not have any rips, tears or problems of any sort. They needed to be suitable for other people to wear at formal dances.

The donated dresses will be used for a good cause. They will be donated to girls in foster care. These girls are not able to afford a formal dress for school dances.

Student Council hopes to collect many dresses for the girls. Since they are not usually able to have formal dresses, they want to be able to have a wide variety for them to choose from.

Student Council will collect all of the dresses and send them to the children in foster care at the end of the week.