Sullivan – Joshua’s

    A new school year beginning means more cooking at Joshua’s, the high school’s signature restaurant.

    Joshua’s opened in the last week of August, but only serving coffee and treats like pumpkin chocolate bread and muffins.

    Since last year, the price for a small cup of coffee has raised to $1.50 and a large has increased to $2.00, but that will not stop students and staff from supporting the high school business.

    Coffee prices have gone up since the restaurant sources the drink from Bent Tree Coffee in Kent, which has become more expensive.

    Most things will remain the same from last year, such as only being open on Thursdays and Fridays and the ordering system.

    “We still need to train all of our students how to prepare the food, so we will not be serving lunch until around Halloween,” Theresa Ursetti said.

    Many forget that Joshua’s is also a career program, and most of the food made is produced by high school students from Stow and other schools in the district compact.

    Since Joshua’s is only open twice a week, most students who enjoy the restaurant try to take advantage of the better quality food as much as possible.

    “I really like to eat at Joshua’s because I think it is a lot better than school food,” Junior Esther Jin said.

    With the short time that they are open through the week, Joshua’s tries to make the most out of the hours they can welcome students and staff.

    Every Friday is “AC/DC Friday” which is simply just a Friday where the band’s music is played throughout the restaurant.

    “We just like to have AC/DC Fridays because it is just a fun twist to make the day a little better,” Ursetti said.

    Although Joshua’s is not serving food until late October, the restaurant has already been used to host an array of staff meetings this year.

    A perk to having a restaurant in the high school is that it makes a favorable place to host banquets, meetings and other events even if it is not yet serving food.

    Late October is approaching and Joshua’s staff looks forward to cooking for the school and making it an excellent year.

By Hanna Bartels

Stow Welcomes Two New Cheer Coaches!

    As summer begins to wind down and the leaves start turning, the Stow cheerleaders are leaping into the football season with two new coaches! This year, Stow is welcoming Amy Kania and Kelly Swenson to the team and the cheerleaders already have great things to say about the coaches!

    This year, Coach Amy would like to see each cheerleader learn something new and achieve their own personal goals.  As for the competition team, she would like to see the team have a confident, clean routine with hopes of placing well. She would also like to have team cohesion to keep a fun and positive learning environment throughout the season.

    Coach Amy enjoyed her time as a cheerleader and says that her coaches were always her best mentors. She hopes to be a role model and mentor to her athletes. “Cheerleading gave me life long friendships and I hope these girls can experience the same,” she says.

    “Both coaches have shown great respect towards our team our team and want nothing but the best of us,” Marissa Mosko, a sophomore cheerleader says. She explains, “They will also take the time to work with us and spend that extra time going over important material, working on tumbling skills, and perfecting our routines.”

    She says that her favorite thing about Coach Amy is how she prioritizes taking time to get to know each of the cheerleaders. In addition, Coach Amy participates in the cheerleader’s tumbling classes and will give her own person tips and tricks for tumbling.

    Mosko feels as though the team sees Coach Amy as more of a helpful teammate and friend, rather than just a coach. She admires her “ability to get along with teenagers and her passion for cheerleading.”

    Her favorite things about Coach Kelly is how she uses her experience with dance to give tips to the girls on stretching and new dances. She exposes the girls to “new and improved things.”

   Sophomore cheerleader, Lindsay Riggs, says that her favorite thing about Coach Amy is “her energy” and how she “always brightens everyone’s day when she comes to practice with a smile on her face.” Her favorite thing about Coach Kelly is “her creativity”. “She is constantly helping us come up with new material and is always willing to help out,” says Riggs.

    She says that the Coach Amy and Coach Kelly  have helped all of the girls become better cheerleaders through their critiques and that the team has improved as a whole. “Kelly and Amy also bring great energy to this team,” says Riggs.

Riggs says that the new coaches are both great additions and will only helm the team grow!

    She explains that Stow’s cheer team has made friendships with all of the coaches. “We got to know Kelly and Amy throughout the Summer when we went to cheer camp as well as conditioning practices that the team attended. They fit right into the Stow Cheer Family,”  says Riggs.

    This year, the cheer team is sure to be stronger and more skilled than before. The coaches are working the cheerleaders hard and are making big improvements in the team. With Coach Kelly’s long history in dance and Coach Amy’s long history in cheer, the team is excited for a great season!

Ostrowski-New Students

    There are many new kids that came from another school, from Freshman year to senior year.

    Molly Haas, a new junior in our school came from Walsh Jesuit High School. Haas’s mom loves that she is going to Stow because she went herself.

    Gabriel Hardman is a new sophomore at our school. Hardmen came from Cuyahoga Falls High School.

    Tao Kim is a new freshmen at our school. He didn’t come, far but he came from kent middle school.

    Both Hardman and Haas know people that go to Stow, and have made plenty of friends here too. They say most people have been very welcoming.

    Kim did not know anyone when he came to stow but he has made heaps of new friends.

    “ I left my school for sports and an overall better environment,” Hardman said.

    Hardman plays lacrosse and wrestling. He usually plays football too but he is out because of an injury with an enlarged spleen. Haas plays volleyball for the girls team.

    Kim left Kent to be at Stow because it is much closer to his house than the kent high school because he lives close to the border of kent and stow.

    Kim does not play any sports, however he is in band, where he plays tenor sax.

    “ I came to Stow mainly because of volleyball, and also I know so many people here and have always thought about coming,” Haas said.

    Haas had an easy transition to stow because she lives in stow and as she said she knows people who go here.

    Neither Kim nor Hardman live in Stow. Kim lives in Kent while Hardman lives in Cuyahoga Falls.

    Hardman was not nervous at all to come to Stow because of all the people he already know. He also didn’t need to go to the freshmen day because he already knew where his classes where.

    “Yes I was a little nervous, because it was a new huge environment but I also knew so many people here which made it better,” Haas said.

    Haas said that freshmen day was pretty helpful with finding her class, but either way she would have been perfectly fine.

    Kim said that he was not nervous to actually come to stow but being new and not knowing really anyone scared him.  

    Kim thought the freshmen day was very helpful with finding his, classes now.

     Both Haas and Hardman are taking more advanced classes then there grade because of the classes they took at Walsh and Falls.

    “ Id say it is about the same here as Kent, but I feel better here in Stow,” Kim said.

    Kim though many of the things the students do in Kent we do here at Stow. He also though the atmosphere is better here.  

    The new students are doing great and feel great about being here at Stow.