Club Teamwork meetings take place every Wednesday after school in the Life Skills classroom, room 152, from 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. unless otherwise noted. The club is for all students who have an interest in having a good time, trying new activities, making a difference in their community and building lasting friendships.

During the upcoming months, Teammates have planned their schedule for any welcoming students who would like to join the club. If anyone is interested in the following activities, they can visit room 152 and see Mrs. Peggy Peters.

November 2: Operation Gratitude Wrap-Up

Students will collect, bag and box the candy that was donated for the troops. They will be asked to write letters or draw pictures for the troops to send along with the candy donation. Snacks will be provided.

November 9: Games Galore

Students will form teams and play the game, Hedbanz, where team members will ask yes or no questions to figure out if the cartoon on their teammates head is an animal, food or man-made object.

November 16: Team Apple or Team Pumpkin

Every fall there is a debate on which pie is better: apple or pumpkin. During this week, students will be supplied with ingredients to make apple pie and pumpkin pie crescents for their snack. They will then be asked to vote on their favorite.

November 23 will not have a session.

November 30: Holiday Ornaments

Students must be pre-registered by 11/28 for this activity, and there is a limit of 20 students.

They will make an ornament for themselves and a resident at a local assisted living.

December 7: Holiday Party

Students will celebrate the holiday season together with festive foods and holiday games as well as create gift boxes for their ornaments. Snacks will be provided and this session will end at 4 p.m. 

Club Teamwork will take a break until January 11, 2017, and it should be noted that all of the staff members there have been background checked, certified in CPR/first aid and received MUI training.

Hudson Haunted House is a very popular haunted house in Summit County. The workers do not get paid to work. It is strictly just volunteer. Admission is $10, everyone under 48 inches is $5, $1 admission from 11pm to 12am (Friday and Saturday nights only), and $5 military discount.

Each room has different whores to it, clowns, the undead, a special “Black Hole” room, and dropping spiders. Each room has about 4-6 workers ready to scare the customers. The rooms are separated by black walls and going around each 90 degree turn leads to a new horror.

However, there are some downsides to the haunted house. It takes only 5-10 minutes to get through. Since the workers are not paid, it can lead to some problems. Sophomore Kayleigh Kubalek went through the house on Friday the 14th. As she was going through one of the rooms a worker reached out to touch her and she exclaimed “Don’t touch me.” The worker she yelled at then reached out and pulled Kubalek’s hair. If you do not want to be touched then do not go to Hudson’s Haunted House.

Overall it is an okay haunted house, but if you aren’t easily scared and do not want to be touched then choose another haunted house to visit.

With the first of day of school just a memory, most students are back into a daily routine. The school district’s orchestras have been working hard every day to prepare music for the first concert of the year.

On Oct. 5, the high school, middle school and sixth grade orchestras had a combined concert at the high school, which started at 7 p.m.

The three orchestras have spent the first weeks of school preparing the chosen selections of director, Sarah Behal, to perform. Because of limited time to prepare, this concert was a preview performance, so parents, family members and other community members could see what is to come from the orchestra at future concerts this year.

The sixth grade orchestra has limited rehearsal time because they do not meet every day. They only have lessons and a large group rehearsal each week. Because of the limited time to rehearse, the students performed one song.

Their selection was “The Abandoned Funhouse,” by Brian Balmages.

Sophomore Thomas Biggs provided a piano accompaniment.

The seventh and eighth graders took the stage next with three combined pieces and one that only the eighth graders performed.

The first piece for the two grades was “Our Heroes,” by Susan Day. “Expectations,” by Larry Clark was up next for seventh and eighth graders. The last selection the two groups played together was “Storm the Gates,” by Alan Lee Silva. “Fire in the Bow,” was for the eighth graders alone.

The high school orchestra took the stage next to perform their four pieces.

“The Hanging Tree,” from “The Hunger Games” was the first selection for the high school students. The piece was written by Suzanne Collins, Jeremiah Fraites and Wesley Schultz. The piece was arranged by Larry Moore.

The next selection was “Starlight,” by Muse. The piece was written by Matthew Bellamy and arranged by Sasha Ivanov and Derek Stein.

“Rosin Eating Zombies from Outer Space,” by Richard Meyer was the third piece played.

To close the concert, the high school school orchestra performed “Shut Up and Dance,” by Walk the Moon. The selection was arranged by Larry Moore. Biggs added a little extra help to the song by playing the drums.

For anyone who missed the concert, the Lakeview, Kimpton and high school orchestras will be having an all-city orchestra concert on Tues. Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium.