By Amaiya Green

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

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.

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.

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.

By 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.

By Maria Leonino

    Student Council hosted their annual Dodgeball Tournament last night in the high school gym. Ten teams participated, and all of the proceeds were donated to the Sears Strong Campaign for high school student Justin Sears, who was diagnosed with cancer in December.

    The winning team was awarded with a t-shirt. Winners included Parker Dinger, Colin Sellers, Collin Lang, Declan Ange, Michael Marinaro, Corey Hunt, Alex Cramer and Nathan Hallam.

    Chip Ruggles was the head of the dodgeball committee, and he had been working on the event for about a month. He had help from his committee members Caleb Edmondson, Maddie Merlene, Grace Laber and Julia Csernyik

    “We had a lot of time between after break and now, so we took it slow, did everything we needed to do and made sure everything was in order. We weren’t rushed at all so that helped,” Ruggles said.

    This year was Ruggles’ first time running the tournament, and in order to prepare he followed a list of requirements the people last year made. Overall, he feels pretty good about how the tournament went.

    Edmondson brought up the fact that advertising was at times hard because some kids do not want to pay money to play.

    “The biggest thing was advertising and getting people to sign up. It costs money, and kids don’t want to pay money, but 90% of the proceeds are going towards Sears Strong,” Edmondson said.

    In order to prep for the event, Ruggles and his committee had to get in touch with Drama Club for music, schedule a time for the gym, get the dodgeballs, make flyers and make the bracket, which was a hard task.

    “The roadblocks we had was making the bracket because a lot of teams rush and barely get their rosters in on time, or sometimes even later. We had a day to make the bracket, so that was tough to figure out,” Ruggles said.

    Overall, Ruggles found the tournament and amount of people to sign up a success. The students enjoyed a night of playing dodgeball with their friends for a good cause.

By Maria Leonino / Staff Writer

    Student Council hosted the annual Winter Formal dance February 10 in the high school gym. The theme was “Under the Sea,” and the commons was decked out in all types of blues and greens.

    For decorations, the lockers were covered with black paper. Nets were hung up with different types of fish that were multicolored to add to the sea effect.

    Two banners covered the trophy cases, and they were decorated with bubbles. Centerpieces included candles and leis serving as a beachy feel.

    One unique feature was a mini arch entering the commons. Lights were hung around the white painted arch, and blue gossamer was wrapped around it.

    The staircases served as a waterfall. Blue and green gossamer wrapped around the railings, while white poms of gossamer filled the space at the bottom.

    Winter Formal is not as popular as Homecoming, but many students attended. Formal is less fancy, but people still dress up and look nice.

    Over the years ticket sales for dances have gone up, which is a positive because more people are becoming involved with the school events. Many students enjoy school dances because they can relax and be with their friends.

    Something Student Council has added this year is a Spring Fling dance. By popular demand, students voted for a casual dance.

    For the venue, Student Council is working towards an outdoor event, and of course making the dance less formal. Overall, many students seem to enjoy the dances and will likely continue to attend.