Academics Writing CSMA BOC '22

FLOATING THROUGH THE

weeks

back to class

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nside of the third and fourth weeks of the school year, students of all grades focused in on getting their work done. Kids learned how to do a lab in chemistry where they saw effects of different compounds on a flame, presented in front of their class for moth projects, and recorded data for Physics.

Many of the tasks were difficult projects, and hard to get the guts to do, but the students still pushed through.

Freshmen faced the task of coming into high school after a year of online school.

Janae Wachendorf, freshman, is happy about the academics and how they are going this far into the year.

“The classes are a little difficult, especially after COVID. The teachers definitely help reassure us, but I’ve gotten used to everything back in school,” Wachendorf said.

Although a lot of students think that classes are harder, they like the trade off of getting to see all of their friends. Junior Regan Pell is glad to be in a normal learning environment.

“It’s been different adjusting to everything. The approach to academics is very different than it was before,” Pell said. Students have adjusted back and forth between different styles of learning.

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Even though everything feels kind of hard right now, it’s going to be really rewarding.

Skye Justice, senior

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BLOWN AWAY Charlie Mulvihill is a sophomore in the Yearbook class.

Mulvihill blew bubbles at the Photo Olympics while a friend was took pictures and learned to use the camera. “It was really fun, and I’m glad that I got to learn how to use the cameras for the rest of the year,” Mulvihill said. photo by k. payne

SMILE FOR THE CAMERA Freshmen Piper Bartels and Annabella Alley try to get an Oreo cookie from the top of their head to their mouths without using anything but their pretty smiles and funny faces. “It was really hard to keep it off the ground but I had a lot of fun shooting pictures for the yearbook and bonding with my new classmates,” Bartels said. photo by c. prieto

TRYING SOMETHING NEW

Practicing for Muscle Match, junior Nic Hudson works on his volleyball skills. He and his friends had a healthy competition, blocking, spiking, and jumping. “I love Muscle Match practice, it’s a good time to hang out with my friends and I get to learn a new sport,” Hudson said. photo by l. yenter.

CARRYING THE WIN

Juniors Liam O’Connor and Myles Jordan practice for the Muscle Match game. O’Connor focused on perfecting his serve. “They tried to have us do rotations, but most of the time it was just spiking. I enjoyed it,” O’Connor said. photo by l. yenter

page by c. mulvihill

MOTIVATED

STAYING

CARLY POTTER, sophmore “I’m motivated by just the satisfaction of getting work done most of the time.

I think that there is less inspiration and just more pressure overall.” photo by p.

ISABELLA HESS, sophomore “I think that as a team, it’s important to make strong bonds to help us be more productive. Eating Oreos was the bonus.” photo by k. kuehn

bartels

REFINING THE CRAFT Junior Cora Spencer, freshman Annabella Alley, and other yearbook staff members attend to the annual creativity conference at the PACE Center in Parker on September 9th. “We were just bouncing ideas off of each other, and it didn’t take more than 30 minutes to find something everyone liked,” Spencer said. photo courtesy of l. thompson

HANNAH BANFIELD, senior “My coach Blake Wageman really inspires me because she shows me how to be a really strong woman through her actions and not just words.” photo by l. wilson

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“It’s harder to be motivated since I’m so close to the end of high school. I have the motivation to spend time with classmates.

BEHIND ARMS

During Chemistry, Micah Walls does a lab testing with different compounds and flames. Walls enjoyed getting back to his lab and doing a hands on expirement. “It was pretty cool. I like doing the labs in chemistry. They’re really fun,” Walls said. photo by i. hess

Cheyenne Prieto, senior

UP IN FLAMES

In her Chemistry class, sophomore, Alexandra Carpenter does a flame lab with different substances. The flame lab changed the color of the flame from the different compounds and was one of the first of the year back in a full in-person learning environment. “Getting to see the color change from different chemicals and seeing mini explosions was super cool,” Carpenter said. photo by i. hess

August 30 - September 10

Yearbook Class Chemistry Muscle Match Practice

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