The Black and Gold Volume II: Issue 18 May 19, 2023

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May 19, 2023 | Volume II: Issue 18

THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWS SOURCE OF BUCHANAN COUNTY R-IV

Newspaper Staff

2023 GRADUATION

BY: MARSHALL JONES

On Sunday, May 13, the school held this year’s graduation for the Senior class of 2023. The event was filled with memories, tears, flowers, and diplomas.

The day was also filled with excitement. Senior Chris Weinmann reflected on the experience, noting that, ”Graduating is a new feeling I'm just glad we can go out and do great things This is small compared to the things we are about to encounter, so I'm just blessed for this day.”

Some graduating students are ready to go right into the workforce. Wyatt Miller says that, ”I’m looking forward to starting my life, getting into the real world, and making money.”

Others are heading to college this fall. Olivia Fisher says she is “ excited because I start college in 3 weeks. I am going to Cleveland University in Kansas City, and I'm studying to be an Occupational Therapist.

Congratulations to all of the Seniors, and we hope that you all achieve great things, whether you're off to college, trade school, military, or the workforce. We are looking forward to seeing the next group of seniors next year.

Helaina Geoffroy | Marshall Jones | Abigail Miller | Anna Sampson | Tricia Simpson

Class of

SPOTLIGHT ON THE SENIORS

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

BY: THE NEWSPAPER STAFF

Dear De Kalb and Rushville Schools and Community,

Over the past two years, the news staff for The Black and Gold have been lucky enough to gain the support of not only the students, but the community around us as well. We have also been lucky enough to gain not one, but two new cameras through fundraising and helping run the concession stands. The thing we are most thankful for is the grace and patience that the staff, teachers, and students have shown us while we try to navigate new cameras and constantly interrupt class to document the latest news in our school. Thank you so much, De Kalb and Rushville, for supporting us and allowing us to learn and grow. We are so excited to come back next year and keep doing what we do best.

Sincerely,

The News Crew

"My favorite memory was when me and Rylie brought a cat into the school".

"When Alex accidentally went to the boys' bathroom at North Nodoway."

"Allofthetimes Wardlow roastedChris."

"Screaming at Brody during lunch over crazy eights".

STUDENT-STAFF VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT CELEBRATES SENIORS' LAST SCHOOL DAY

BY: HELAINA GEOFFROY

On Friday, May 5, the whole school went into the gym for a High School volleyball game. The High School and the staff got to participate.

The game was put on by Ms. Cagle and the Student Council. They had to create the bracket and form the roster, as well as assign refs, announcers, and someone to run the clock. “My main role was to develop the timetable to make sure we had the right amount of time for each game and wouldn't go too long or too short from the time students were released," says Ms. Cagle.

The volleyball game went well. Everyone who wanted to play had the chance to. “Many thanks to Gracie Hanshaw for developing the bracket, to Rylie Johnson for helping decide the game match-ups, and to Tori Hawk and Shyann Nowak for getting the roster of players for each class." Mr. Wildhaber (Dubs) says, “It went really well, I think all of the games were competitive and enjoyable to watch." Students were also glad about how it turned out. “It went well because I carried the team," says Junior Carl-J Ranada.

The olleyball game was a great way to help end the year for all students. “I hope to continue this tradition next year and for years to come as I believe the students and faculty had a great time during this year's volleyball tournament. That and it was fun to add in a new event as a 'senior send-off' before this year's group of seniors graduated,” says Ms. Cagle.

PHOTO CREDIT: HELAINA GEOFFROY

PHOTO CREDIT: HELAINA GEOFFROY

DE KALB TRACK STUDENTS HEAD TO STATE

BY: EMMA PITTS

six De Kalb students are going to Columbia, Missouri, this Friday and Saturday for the State Track Meet.

They qualified for State based on their performance at Sectionals. The qualifying events for Sectional events were the 4x2 relay, the 4x4 relay, the 400 meter days, and the 100 meter hurdles.

Lainie Vogan, Kalyn Hartman, Ava Donaldson, and Gracie Hanshaw will be competing in the 4x2 relay. Kalyn Hartman, Lainie Vogan, Harlie Hall, and Gracie Hanshaw will be competing in the 4x4 relay. Gracie Hanshaw will be running the 400 meter dash, and Lainie Vogan is going to run the 100m hurdles and triple jump.

“Overall they have had a pretty great season,” says Coach Reagan. “It's always exciting to watch them compete well and qualify for state, after the effort they've put in all season.”

Go Tigers!

~HaydenBlack

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Pictured: Gracie Hanshaw & Lainie Vogan

Photo Credit: Abigail Miller

Pictured: Carl Ranada

BASEBALL SEASON COMES TO AN END

BY: MARSHALL JONES

As this year's baseball season comes to an end, all the players have to be reflecting on this season and thinking about the next one.

Junior Jayden Schneider says, ”I think our last district game went well. We played as a team and we were able to get hits. There was room for us to improve. I plan on playing baseball next year. It's fun and you get to hang out with friends”. When asked what his goal was, he said,” to win at least one game which I do think is possible. We had a lot of new guys which was hard, but since we’ve been working as a team, it should be easier“.

Coach Aaron Matthews says that.” This season started out rough with a bunch of young, new guys. We improved throughout the year and we made good stats during the course of the year." When asked what his hopes for next season are, he said that,” I hope all the boys we had this year come back this year and hopefully have a successful season”.

Good job for working so hard this year and we look forward to seeing you all in next year’s season.

Pictured: Aaron Matthews

Photo Credit: Marshall Jones

Pictured: Jayden Schneider

Photo Credit: Marshall jones

DE KALB STAFF AND STUDENTS SPEAK ABOUT ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH

BY: JOSIE LONG AND COLE KOVAC

Some people worldwide and around De Kalb are celebrating Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month is celebrated through May. We use this month to recognize the achievements of Asian/Pacific Islanders. The reason May is Asian Heritage Month is that the first Japanese person to emigrate to the United States was on May 7, 1843, and the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad was on May 10, 1869.

BY: MARSHALL JONES

Mr. Wildhaber is half-Japanese and was born in Okinawa while his father was stationed there. He didn’t have any current traditions, but his mother wants the same preservation of life that their culture does. One struggle he stated is stereotypes. One of the stereotypes he shared is being seen as “smart.” It is a compliment to be called smart, but because it is a stereotype it is bad. He feels it is good to have an Asian/Pacific Islander month because it’s a good time to not only learn about culture but about history.

Carl, a junior, is Filipino and he doesn’t have any traditions currently that have to do with his culture. He says he has no struggles with having Asian/Pacific Islander heritage, but he thinks it’s cool having a month about his heritage.

Chris, a senior, is South Korean, and he his brother immigrated to the United States. He said he has no struggle with having Asian heritage and is doing perfectly fine. He doesn’t have any traditions that have to do with his heritage. Chris said, “I’m not really part of it, I’m just Asain.” He thinks having a month dedicated to it is unique. He’s glad he is what he is He likes that people can be different and still be accepted.

Josie, an 8th grader, is also South Korean. Her mother was born in South Korea, and immigrated to the US when she was very young. She said she doesn’t have any traditions, and finds Asian Heritage month pretty cool. She feels that having that recognition is important for cultural reasons She doesn’t really find any struggles. She said, “I'm just genetically different!”

PICTURED: MR. WILDHABER PHOTO CREDIT: ANNA SAMPSON

DE KALB STUDENTS ENJOY MUSHROOM HUNTING

BY: MICHAEL PITTS

De Kalb students like to go mushroom hunting because it is a fun thing to do and a chance to get exercise. Mushrooms are also tasty.

During this mushroom season, 7th grader Kale Cassity found an average 5 or 6 pounds. He can sell morel mushrooms for upwards to 20 dollars a pound, which is decent money.

7th grader Connor Eastbourn also enjoys mushroom hunting. He says, “It was a good season. I found a lot of mushrooms, and I look forward to hunting again next year.”

What To Watch

Yet, all of the movies connect. The first movie takes place in Woodsboro, California, where there is a "normal" group of six friends. When the first murder occurs, it happens to be the main character's mother, Maureen. The killings only started after Billy Loomis (one of the two killers) found out that Maureen was having an affair with his dad (Hank), causing his parents to split up. A year after Maureen's murder, Billy and a friend go on a murder spree Sydney, the final girl who appears in 5 of 6 of the movies, goes head to head with ghostface

Scream 6 takes place in New York City, one year after the Woodsboro killings that take place in Scream 5, 27 years after the original killings. Sam Carpenter (Billy Loomis’s child after an affair) and Tara Carpenter (Sam’s younger half-sister) moved to New York City with the other two survivors from Scream 5, Chad and Mindy MeeksMartin (The Core Four). The Core Four, their new friends, and survivors from past movies begin to be stalked and killed by a new ghostface.

Will there be a Scream 7? Who knows? But with this franchise, anything is possible You can stream all of the Scream movies on Paramount Plus.

PICTURED: KALE CASSITY

PHOTO CREDIT: ANNA SAMPSON

A NEW SUPERHERO HAS APPEARED AT DEKALB

BY: SAM GEOFFROY

The new superhero has shown his face this week in Dekalb and his name is hatman. Hatman's alter ego is Connor Eastbern. all he does is put on a stack of hats to become Hatman.

Conner says hatman has three superpowers. He can use the hats to fly and to trough at people. Also hatman can run really fast. He was created when conner first put a stack of hats on his head.

Conner has about 50 hats and he says “I have a hat for every day of the year” but more just for every week. On the real side, conner is a person that tries his best. He has done track and field. Overall he is a funny kid.

PHOTO CREDIT: MRS. MILLER

PICTURED: HAT MAN

WHAT TO PLAY

BY: MARSHALL JONES

Dead Island 2 is a 2023 action role-playing game published by Deep Silver and developed by Dambuster Studios. It is a sequel to the previous game Dead Island and the third game in the Dead Island series. The game has single and multiplayer modes. The game starts about 15 years after Dead Island. In the game, the United States government and US military are forced to put Los Angeles under a quarantine due to a stronger form of the outbreak. The games ratings are 75% on Metacritic, 75% on OpenCritic, and about 92% of Ggoogle users like this game. I would recommend this game to anyone who likes fighting zombies and gore. I would give the game an 8/10.

WHAT TO READ

BY: ABIGAIL MILLER

If you're ever wondering about a Track event or even when the next FFA event is, you should take a look at the school newspaper, The Black and Gold. The school newspaper is an amazing way to get information on things happening in the community and to learn some more about fellow students and other important things happening in the world . The Black and Gold also has fun stories on random events as well.

Kayln Hartman:

She wants to be a voice for the student body and improve homecoming, court warming, and bonfire.

Rawley Mydland:

He wants more tiger spirit and is ready to make De Kalb great again and he also wants to support the community more. "I Feel Like I'm gonna turn super saiyan".

Presli Punzo:

She will record notes properly and will contribute and use her experience to help the students of De Kalb.

STUCO President

STUCO Vice President

STUCO Secretary

STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS

Ceci Sherlock:

She will contribute by making fundraisers and coming up with new opportunity's to raise money.

STUCO Parliamentary

Jayden Schneider:

He will make STUCO members do their part and work as a team while also making sure they follow STUCO laws.

STUCO Treasury

TERRIFIC TIGERS

7th Grade: Samuel Helton

Favorite Cartoon Character: Spongebob

Favorite Breakfast Food: French Toast

Favorite Summer Activity: Travel bball

Favorite Chips: Blue Doritos

8th Grade: Kelsey Chatman

Favorite Cartoon Character: Rapunzel

Favorite Breakfast Food: Biscuits and Gravy

Favorite Summer Activity: SidexSide

Favorite Chips: Garden Salsa Sun chips

8th Grade: Kyleigh Black

Favorite Cartoon Character: Spongebob

Favorite Breakfast Food: Bacon

Favorite Summer Activity: Swimming

Favorite Chips: Red Doritos

TERRIFIC TIGERS

11th Grade: Harlie Hall

Favorite Cartoon Character: Belle

Favorite Breakfast Food: Biscuits and Gravy

Favorite Summer Activity: Swimming

Favorite Chips: Red Doritos

END OF SCHOOL FUN

TEACHERS SAY THEIR GOODBYES!

Coach Dice

Dice has worked at De Kalb for 4 years teaching Health and PE classes He also coached Football for 1 year, HS Track for 1 year, JH Track for 1 year, JH Basketball for 2 years, and Cross Country for 3 years “I would have to say my favorite memories would be all the time spent with the cross country team, the team dinners, taking them to Columbia for state, giving out all the hills, and especially DJ dumping a bucket of dirty ice water on his head to get out of running hills” When Dice leaves he is making a change and is going to teach Science in Cainsville, MO Dice’s goodbye to De Kalb is “I would like to say goodbye to everyone and a couple individually Stacy, thank you for everything you do everyday to keep the ship afloat Mrs T thank you for always being there to listen and get advice from you, I will miss talking to you everyday Dubs, I'm going to miss my golfing buddy, we will have to get a few more rounds in before I move To all the kids, I have really enjoyed the last 4 years being here I have enjoyed teaching you, coaching you, getting to know all of you, and watching as you all grow to the individuals you all are I will miss seeing, talking, and joking around with you all everyday I hope you all continue to grow to become the best person you can become As always, be safe, don't be dumb and we'll see you later!” We will miss you Dice

Ms. Reagan

Ms. Reagan has been here at De Kalb for 8 years teaching Middle and High School Spanish. She was also the Assistant HS Softball Coach for 2 years, Assistant HS Girls Basketball Coach for 4 years, Varsity Girls Basketball Coach for 4 years, and the HS Track Coach for 7 years. “I don't have one specific memory that I would say is my favorite. I've enjoyed all of the little moments along the waywatching athletes make it to the podium at state track & the excitement of breaking school records, creating funny stories in my Spanish classes, the thrill of a comeback win on the basketball court, getting to take a group of students to Costa Rica, just to name a few. My favorite part of my time here has been watching students grow and reach goals or accomplishments in and outside of the classroom!’’ When Ms. Reagan leaves, she is going to teach and coach at West Platte. Ms. Reagan’s goodbye to De Kalb is “I have loved my time here, in large part due to the great people I've been able to work with and the best students I've taught and coached - thank you! Even from afar, I will always be a tiger at heart!” We will miss you Ms. Reagan!

TEACHERS SAY THEIR GOODBYES!

Mr. Jenkins

Mr. Jenkins - Mr. Jenkins, known as Mr. J, has worked at De Kalb for 8 years teaching JH and HS science. Mr. J coached the JH Scholar Bowl for 4 years, High School Scholar Bowl for 2 years, JH Boys Track for 2 years, and a Class Sponsor for 5 years. “I've had so many fun memories through the years it is so hard to narrow it down to just one. For a specific day, I'll say when we had a half day the school play was performed for everyone and then at intermission the Muddy Paw was open with an accompanying art show where winners were selected, that was a good day”. When Mr. J leaves De Kalb he is going to be a PK-12 Assistant Principal at Northeast Nodaway R-V. Mr. J’s goodbye to De Kalb is “I just love this school so much and it's because of all the people here, past and present” We will miss you Mr J!

Mrs. Katsanou, otherwise known as Mrs. K, has worked at De Kalb for 3 years. Mrs. K was in charge of the National Honors Society for 3 years and the Drama Club for 3 years. There are too many to write, like every time a student showed me that they accomplished something that they didn't know they could do, and I could see the excitement in their eyes! But as far as fun is concerned, I remember last year's Art1 that gave me an "Intervention" for my Art hoarding that made me laugh in tears Also, any day with this year's Art2, we had a great time creating and bonding”. When Mrs. K leaves she is going to teach Art at LeBlond in St. Joseph. Mrs. K’s does not have a goodbye for De Kalb because “I hope to keep seeing everyone even after I leave. I do want to thank everyone though for being a great team for our kids. And also my "neighbor" Mrs. Drowns, my "lunch buddies" Mrs. Miller and Ms. Cagle and Mrs. T for always being there!!” We will miss you Mrs K

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Mr. Hoffman has worked at De Kalb for 1 year teaching MS and HS Math classes. He also coached MS Girls Basketball for 1 year. “My favorite memory is seeing a group of dedicated professionals display strength, courage, enthusiasm, and love as they work with students on a daily basis”. When Mr. Hoffman leaves he is going to be an AtRisk Coordinator for a Kansas School District. Mr. Hoffman’s goodbye to De Kalb is “You, my fellow Tigers, were never meant to settle for anything less than your very best. YOU ARE BETTER THAN THAT!” We will miss you Mr. Hoffman.