Growl vol. 89 • issue 7 • 3/27/15
Mexico High School Mexico School District 59 The Mascot 2015
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Students to Premier Short Film at KC Film Fest
photo courtesy of Sadie Frazier
From left, Abby Gooch, Sam Dalton, and Sadie Frazier at the local premier of “Chad.” The film is premiering nationally at the Kansas City Film Festival on April 17.
MEXICO - A film written and produced by several Mexico High School students will premier at the upcoming Kansas City Film Festival. The short film, entitled “Chad,” was the result of a two-week camp hosted by Presser Perorming Arts Center last summer. The camp is a young filmmakers workshop taught by Sam Dalton, an actor and instructor at Watkins College of Art and Design in Nashville, Tenn. “It is a romantic comedy with kind of a twisted angle,” explained MHS senior Sadie Frazier who has been part of the camp for the last four year. “This is definitely the best film that the film workshop has produced and we only had four returning people out of a total of nine,” said Frazier. Senior Abby Gooch has also been part of the camp for the last four years and she is not surprised. “I felt like it was a quality film, so I’m not surprised but I’m very excited!” The Kansas City Film Festival will be held April 16-19 at Cinemark on the Plaza. “Chad” will be screened at 3:40 p.m., Friday, April 17. MHS students involved in the project include Frazier, seniors Austin Pattillo, Abby Gooch, Scott Martin and Isaac Prior; sophomore Austin Sing and freshman Connor Frazier. For information on the festival, visit www.kcfilmfest.org. For information on the film camp held each summer at Presser visit www.presserpac.org.
Students Advocate for the Arts as part of Fine Arts Ed Day Six Mexico High School students travelled to Jefferson City to meet with representatives and advocate for arts in education. The students, freshman Nicholas Cortez, sophomores Elizabeth Kasubke, Grace Troesser and Hayden Foreman, and juniors Carly Abbott and Christiana Jordan are part of the Show-
Me Arts organization sponsored at MHS by instrumental music instructor Robert Cortez. The students attended a summit on Wednesday, March 10, addressing the importance of arts in education with peers, school administrators and legislators.
Pictured right, Elizabeth Kasubke and Nicholas Cortez engage in dialogue with district 43 state representative Jay Houghton. Students spent the day in Jefferson City for Fine Arts Education day speaking to legislators about the importance of arts to students and teachers.
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Pop Surrealism Cat, a painting by senior Heidi Schaper, took Best of Show in the thirteenth annual Area High Schools Art Exhibition at Moberly Area Community College.
Schaper Takes Best of Show at MACC Mexico High School senior Heidi Schaper was awarded Best of Show at the Area High Schools Art Exhibition at Moberly Area Community College at the beginning of the month. “I spent a lot of time looking up a lot of pop surrealism and I really wanted to do something like that,” explained Schaper. “Then I woke up at 3 a.m. in the morning one day and had the idea for the candy background.” The piece is influenced by the work of Naoto
Hatori. Other MHS students that were honored at the show included: Painting third place: Josh Kelly, City of Color Best Drawing B&W: Micah Gwinn, Charcoal Portrait Best Ceramics: Olivia Kerr, Frederick Ferdinand the Third Ceramics second place: Allie Heckman, Sea Turtle (Clay Whistle) Missouri Senate Art Exhibit District 10: second place Micah Gwinn
MHS Musicians Show Well at District Music Festival
photo courtesy Robert Cortez
Both the Mexico High School Dixie Gray Band and the Chamber Choir hit all the right notes when it came to state competition. The band, under the direction of Mr. Robert Cortez, received a I rating as did the choir, under the direction of Ms. Julie Pappas. Both groups performed on March 20 at MHS as part of the music festival.
On Saturday, March 21, students from Mexico High School performed in the District Music Festival. The following students earned an “EXEMPLARY (1)” rating, and will advance to the state music festival in Columbia on Thursday, April 30: Callie Cox, Vocal Solo • continued on page 6 •