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Book Club brings stories and friends together

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   By Amaiya Green

Students who enjoy reading in the high school might also enjoy joining Book Club to discuss, review books and more.

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Book club is more than sitting around discussing books all day: students are able to meet other students interested in the same books as them, creating a connection and possibly a long-lasting friendship.

Students are exposed to many new books and have access to young adult literature with a wide range of genres.  

Students are also able to read books that might not have been officially published to the public, and once doing so, they can give their honest feedback on books directly to the publishers.

 

The Teens Top Ten is a national contest where teens nominate their favorite book of the year.

hs book club prize winner ian laing

Stow’s high school and public library are one of 20 schools and libraries across the country that can submit nominations at the Teens Top Ten (TTT).

 

Club members read and write brief reviews on the books they would like to nominate for Teens Top Ten.

During the school year, Book Club meets one Thursday of every month in the high school library, or the public library during the summer,  to discuss and give feedback to each other on books they read.

During book club meets students are given free food and drinks to enjoy while discussing books.

 At the end of each year there is a special raffle that goes on where students have a change to keep any of the books that were reviewed. They also give away other prizes, including autographed books.

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Book Club is a very exciting club to do for those who enjoy reading for fun but also gives students a change to bond over something they like.

 

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Seniors receive letters they wrote to themselves from sixth grade

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Seniors Olivia Stark and Hanna McCauley open the letters they wrote themselves in sixth grade.

By Jurnee Starks

When I had first received the letter I had no idea what it was initially. At first, I thought I got in trouble, but then Mrs. Burmeister reassured me that it was just a letter I wrote in sixth grade.

 I was anxious to see what I had written since I do not remember much from sixth grade. I remember that sixth grade was fun for me, overall. The first thing I saw when I opened the letter was, “You already know you are amazing.”

That sentence alone made me cry in the attendance office. After reading the letter some more, I remembered how unique I was. I could not continue 

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Senior Jayden Stovall enjoyed reading his letter and laughed at his sixth-grade self.

reading because I felt like I would cry.  My letter talked about my goals, the things I loved and the things I wanted to achieve–some of those goals were achieved and some of them I did not.

In the letter I said I was going to be a singer and how that was going to be my job forever and how I loved chicken fingers (which I still do).

Overall I can say when it came to my letter I was really devoted to the idea of me being a singer and dancer walking on the red carpet.

Luckily Mrs. wyant was there and wanted pictures of people opening their letters, getting their reactions from them. So I picked from a pile of letters that was not very big. I chose a few people I knew personally and brought them to the guidance office to see if they would be willing to open their letters in front of me.

Senior Jayden Stovall was the first person to come in, and like everyone else, he believed he was in trouble when he first walked in. I reassured Stoval and the rest of them that they were not.

I asked Jayden how he felt when he first saw the letter and read it and he said, “I was shocked and totally forgot I wrote the letter.”

I asked what some of the funny parts were and he said, “Little me writing not to have unprotected sex.”

I later asked him what he did not expect from his letter, and his response was his handwriting and how it was so bad. He did not remember writing the letter at all, so this was a total surprise to him, along with me.

Overall , after reading the letter, it brought me reassurance and hope because ever since I was little, I always in a way knew what I wanted to do, and I also knew who I was at a young age, so it made me happy to see what I said. I still want to be the person I knew I always wanted to be–even in sixth grade.

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Students receive pop cans for Valentine’s Day

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IMG_7812By Abby Kuhns

    Student Council hosts another Send A Soda event this year for Valentine’s Day.

    Regular Coke, Vanilla Coke, Cherry Coke and Root Beer are sold for one dollar. Pop was sold February 5 through 12 at lunches.

    Student council had to prepare the sheets, sell at lunches, buy the soda and deliver the sodas on February 14.

    Students in the school enjoy sending a pop to their friends and significant others.

   “I think it is a fun, little surprise receiving a soda and a message from my friends,” sophomore Jenna Anderson said.

    In total, there were nearly 180 sodas sold this year. Student council members received requests to sell lemonade because some people do not like pop.

    Send A Soda committee decided it would be beneficial to sell Minute Maid Lemonade for next year. Student council members also feel adding lemonade would potentially boost sales.

   Overall, Stuco believes sales and deliveries went smoothly this year.

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Cheer girls end their season this weekend in Green

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By Lauren Rayman

    The Stow-Munroe Falls High School competition cheer team is wrapping up their season Sunday, February 18 at Green High School.

    On Sunday, the team will be competing in the Green Cheer Competition for the second year. They will be competing against three other teams: Minerva High School, Jackson High School and Lake High School.

    “We went to this one and Chardon last year, and this year we’re just more interested in the schools that are competing at Green. We think it’s higher competition,” junior Michaela Light said.

    The team has competed in three other competitions this year and have improved at each one.

    Their season started in November at the Suburban League Cheer Competition at Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School, where the girls placed fourth out of seven teams.

    At Hoover High School in December, they earned first place in the super varsity division and won second place in January at Jackson High School for the Jackson Cheer Competition.

    The team’s routine was choreographed in August, and they have been working to improve it ever since. This usually includes staying after practice for a little longer to work on the routine.

     “We’ve been practicing since our last competition. We usually have practice on Mondays after school for an extra hour after our tumbling practice, and we’ve been doing that in between competitions,” Light said.

    Seeing as it is the last competition of the season, the girls want to make it a memorable one and end the season on a high note.

    “We’ve been working since August, and this is our last one, so hopefully it’s good,” Light said.

    The high school’s cheer competition team is looking forward to their last competition and hope to improve even more next year.