Joshua’s food has saved students from school lunches for years. Recently, the restaurant decided to shake things up a little bit by adding a brand new buffet.

This Wednesday and Thursday, March 18-19, Joshua’s will be holding a seafood buffet. This will be the restaurants first seafood buffet in its’ history.

Stow high school’s restaurant, Joshua’s, has been known for its’ phenomenal food and numerous buffets throughout the year. They have had holiday buffets, harvest buffets, super bowl buffets and international buffets. For the first time they are including a seafood buffet that will replace the harvest buffet they previously had.

The buffet costs $15 a person and is open to reservation only so you must make plans in advance. The menu includes many seafood items such as shrimp, crab and swordfish.

Tracey Lee and Shelley Giangaspero run the restaurant. Lee is the culinary arts instructor and Giangaspero is the chef instructor.

“We decided to do the seafood buffet this year to give students the opportunity to learn about different culinary techniques. It’s in the curriculum and since it is world language week we figured there’s no better time,” said Lee.

The buffet helps level one students work with people from other countries in order to get the food they need. Level 2 students learn where the food comes from and where it is better to get the food. This is a learning opportunity for students involved with Joshua’s to make great food.

“Joshua’s buffets have always been good, if this is anything like there other buffets, it’ll be great,” freshman Olivia Stark said.

The cost of $15 can deter students from going to the buffet however.

“The cost for the buffet is actually inexpensive compared to the quality of the food that will be prepared,” Lee said.

Students have the chance to look up more information about the restaurant on the Joshua’s facebook page. Joshua’s seafood buffet is moving along nicely and deserves a visit.

Photos by Nina Harris.

Beaded dresses, gemstone dresses, strapless and sweetheart neck dresses, short and long, puffy, mermaid and straight; it all was modeled at DECA’s Prom fashion show last Friday. Black and white jackets and pants, yellow, red, hot pink, teal, green, blue, white, and black ties and vests. Red, blue, black suspenders and bow ties, top hats and canes; yes, it was all modeled as well.

On Friday March 6, the Business and Merchandise Career Program, “DECA,” hosted, prepared, and modeled a Prom Fashion show.

This fashion show was put on with the help of Kent Roosevelt’s Cosmetology Program, Mary-Kay Cosmetics, David’s Bridal and Tuxedo Function.

All the gowns modeled were from David’s Bridal and all tuxes were from Tuxedo Junction.

This fashion show was held during third and most of fourth period. Tickets were sold during lunch on Wednesday through early Friday. Tickets were $2 each.

All seniors received a yellow line marked on their tickets. This yellow mark was put on the tickets for the ones drawing to be aware and knowledgeable of it. All seniors were to be given a special reward, if drawn. The special senior rewards were a prom ticket or a senior banquet ticket. Others received gift cards to restaurants around Stow, such as the ice cream shop Handle’s.

The fashion show was held in the auditorium seat sections closets to the stage.

It was not just classmates modeling prom dresses. There were also several acts put on.

Senior Rachel Huber performed the opening act by baton twirling to “Great Gatsby.” Huber baton twirled starting with only one baton then progressed to two and ended with three.

Then after her performance, the first run of selected couples walked out and modeled their prom fashions. After that, the second act was performed by Jalen Hooks, who sang.

As the next group of dresses and tuxedos were modeled, the third act was preparing to go on stage. Austin Raleigh rapped a song he wrote himself. Although he was a little nervous and re-performed at the end of the night, everyone cheered for him to come back on stage immediately after the modeling from David’s Bridal and Tuxedo Junction was done.

The fourth act was sang by the amazing Kayla Thompson. Thompson sang “Listen” by Beyonce. After her performance the finale runway walk was done and the finale dresses were modeled.

Then there was a finale act put on by Ashley Ostrowski , President of DECA and the person who was in charge of the fashion show. She also modeled dresses throughout the fashion show. She performed a lyrical dance.

The group of girls and boys in DECA whom modeled the dresses and tuxes on the runway were Alayna Bechtel, Ashley Ostrowski, Rebecca McClelland, Gino DeMarino, Abby Haynes, Jake Dohar, Nina Capatosto, Blake Stevens, Zach Taylor, Tyler Bonina, Tyler Hallam, Jalen Hooks, Tyler Bonina, Rachel Johnson, Alliah Awad, Summer Passeos and Chrissie Vaughan.

The two DECA teachers in charge, Lisa Mowls and Carrie Harris were honored and presented flowers.

No it is not National Honor’s Society–it is Science National Honor’s Society.

During the summer of 2014, senior Mia Hamilton visited Brown University, where she spoke with people who gave her the idea of starting  a Science National Society at there school for students who are fascinated with science and math.

Hamilton started a petition around school to see if people would be interested in joining the program. Hamilton received good feedback from students and decided to take it to science teacher, Beth Schoonover.

They set up meetings, which will be held on Mondays, with the students who were interested.

Three weeks ago, a professor from Hiram University visited one of their meetings to give insight about science.

“Hopefully we can take trips to NASA and give exposure to jobs in science,” Schoonover said.

Juniors and seniors will be able to join this group as long as they meet the same requirements as NHS.

Senior Blaise Marchetti said, “I am in Science Olympiad and Academic Challenge and trying to expand my knowledge of paths I can take in research.”

Mali is a West-African country that stretches into the Sahara Desert and is about three times the size of California. With a population of more than 14 million people, it has many of the same problems that many third world countries have to deal with. Including the fact that half its population lives below the international poverty line, living on $1.25 a day.

Dr. Scott Lacy, who was named the Stow Munroe Falls High School Class of 1989 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient, was a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, and he also did work for his dissertation there. Dr. Lacy’s connection to the area was so strong that he created a social organization called African Sky which provides financial relief in Mali.

In an effort to reach out to the poor families in Mali, the school’s DECA, Interact Club, foreign language clubs, and school-wide activities are raising money to build a “Stow School” in Mali. With a goal of raising $14,000, DECA, Interact and foreign language clubs have reached $8,000 of the $14,000 target. Because education is key in escaping poverty, the $14,000 will be used to build a school for the children of Mali.

“We love fundraising for such a great cause,” senior Gino DeMarino said. “Dr. Lacy is an awesome guy who has great intentions and ambitions for the people of Mali. They are lucky to have him on their side.”

A total of 10 schools are being built in Mali by African Sky, and more than 1,000 lives will be affected by these efforts. Each school will serve approximately 100 students annually. The Interact Club is selling t-shirts to support the building of the school in Mali. Short-sleeved shirts are $10 and long-sleeved shirts are $14, with all proceeds from the t-shirts going toward the building fund.

Every December, DECA hosts a Mali-ball tournament in which teams compete in a volleyball elimination tournament bracket using an exercise ball. Mali-ball has become a DECA tradition for three years now. Mali-ball has teams of five people and the cost to play is $5 per person. The winners receive gift cards and the event is held the Friday before Christmas break.

“Dr. Lacy loved coming out to Mali-ball and watching and speaking to all the teams who participated and donated to this organization to build the Stow School,” Demarino said.

According to africansky.org, the impact of fundraising events like Mali-ball can be very powerful.

“African Sky’s energy is contagious, and its actions are far reaching, as is evident by the schools being built and the money being raised. We’ll never know how far some of those ripples reach, but we know they’re there and that they’ve made a positive impact on a life. It makes your heart sing,” Dr. Lacy’s mother, Christine Lacy, said on the organization’s website.

For more information on African Sky and how to contribute, visit africansky.org.