Sylvania Northview, Volume 89, Issue 8 nvstudentprints.com @nvstudentprints
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
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NEWS
Northview visited by speaker, Will Lucas Leadership Academy students were encouraged by Lucas to start working for their dreams now.
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OPINIONS
The stereotype of a spring break body. How does working for a spring break body alter selfconfidence? Read about it on page 5.
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FEATURES
Need something to do in the month of April?
Find out what is going on around Northview on page 8 and start planning.
SPORTS
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Dance team finishes top 3 in all three State events. Read about their journey and how they made NV history, page 11.
Donkey basketball a hit once again Junior class invites teachers, students to raise prom funds English teacher Brittany Cymbolin gets ready to score at junior class fundraiser, donkey basketball.
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Matt Bishop Staff Writer
The Junior Class Government held Donkey Basketball for the second straight year on February 25. The event was a fundraiser to raise money for the junior class Prom next year. Students, parents, and faculty piled into the gymnasium to watch players ride on donkeys while attempting to play basketball. The event consisted of three games. The first two were students against faculty and the third game was between two teams of students. The students won the first game against the faculty with a score of 8-4. Junior Parker Stephens scored the first basket of the night and led the students to a victory. Other student players included senior Maddie Cole,
junior Trent Croci, and junior Mohamed Afifi. The teacher team consisted of history teacher Dan Dubiel, science teacher Andy Roth, gym teacher Jill Urbaniak, Spanish teacher Lindsey Jurski, science teacher Meredith Diehl, English teacher Brittany Cymbolin, social studies teacher Steve Kwiatkowski and journalism teacher Sarah Huey. While the teachers put up a good fight, the students ended up on top. “The best part of playing was trying to get on the donkey and stay on long enough to make a shot,” Stephens said. “It was also fun to get to play against some of my teachers.” The second game was a battle from the start. At the end of the first half, senior Zack Galecki made a 3-pointer as the buzzer went off and received an ovation from the crowd. This shot ended up being the difference in the game as the students won 13-10.
“Donkey basketball was great. I loved coming back for a second year in a row,” Galecki said. “I got the same donkey as last year and it still hated me.” The third game was between both student teams and was the highest scoring game with a score of 15-9. Junior Mollee Williamson led all scorers with a total of eight points in all three games and Roth led the faculty with seven points. “Donkey Basketball was a really good way for us to raise money for Prom, and it was fun at the same time,” Junior Class Representative Liz Hildebrandt said. Highlights from the games include Galecki’s donkey repeatedly tossing him on the ground and Ms. Huey chasing after her donkey who kept running towards the locker rooms attempting to escape. Buckeye Donkey Ball is an organization out of Columbus, Ohio that travels around hosting shows similar to the one at NV.
NHS organization for danceGOLD underway Geeta Rao Editor in Chief
In preparation for the school’s first ever dance marathon, National Honor Society has been hard at work. For the week of March 9, the NHS seniors participated in a spirit week to raise awareness for the date pledge money was due March 18. Seniors wore groutfits on Monday to draw attention to the cause and wore danceGOLD t-shirts on Tuesday to display the different teams participants will be split into. On Wednesday, NHS members wore sports jerseys to display a team effort and on Thursday they did a throwback to different dancing decades. On Friday, NHS members wore pajamas, according to Vice President Emma Eding. “It was really great seeing everyone dressed up for danceGOLD’s spirit week. I am happy that so many of our members are pumped for danceGOLD,” Eding said. The group is prepared for registration day on March
18 when the registration committee for danceGOLD collected pledges before school, during lunches, and after school, according to committee head Noah Froelich. Based on the number of people registered for the event, the committee of six heads and the NHS officers will plan activities, dancing time, and break time for the day of danceGOLD, April 25. Currently, the activities committee has prospective activities that include ping pong, Just Dance, basketball, and a teacher-student volleyball tournament. The committee has been trying to accommodate all interests to draw attention for people to register and raise money for the event. “We have a lot of diverse activities planned. We have everything to satisfy music lovers, sports lovers, and game lovers,” said committee member Cody Pomeroy. After an informational meeting on February 10, students interested in danceGOLD had a little over a month to raise money for the event. An amount of $25 gets students registered for the event and students could receive a dance-
GOLD t-shirt in their team color for raising $50. “danceGOLD is going to be an awesome event for a good cause. All proceeds will benefit the Victory Center and it will be a good event for the whole student body to be a part of,” said NHS member Mary Solomon. Other prize options included water bottles, gift cards, long sleeve t-shirts, sweatpants, spirit jerseys, and hockey laced sweatshirts. If a student raised $350 or more, they will be entered into a drawing for a brand new iPad mini. Students will know what team they are placed on about a week or two after they register. From there, team captains, which are NHS officers, will organize team meetings to strategize and have team bonding moments. “I cannot wait to meet my danceGOLD team! I have heard so many awesome things about Southview’s Dance for a Chance, so I am super excited for Northview to have its very own dance-a-thon,” Eding said.
Junior National Honor Society Seniors girls donate prospects meet, prepare for to Daughter Project application process beginning Andrew Headman News Editor
Baylee Gryca Staff Writer
HOWALD Read about Katelyn McKown’s State tournament experience, page 11
National Honor Society is in the process of selecting the new members for the 2016 school year. In order to be considered for NHS, students must have maintained a 3.6 GPA beginning with freshman year. These students were given a letter that gave them the information regarding a mandatory meeting they had to attend in order to be considered for the group. The dedicated candidates came to school early at 8:45 on a two hour delay morning. At this meeting, run by NHS adviser Darla Omey and current NHS officers, President Geeta Rao, Vice President Emma Eding, Secretary Claire Goecke, and Trea-
surer Taylor Messinger, the NHS application process was further explained. There are four pillars that constitute NHS, and those are scholarship, service, leadership, and character. The expectations of being an NHS member were also explained. After the meeting was over, the lengthy application process began. “I’m always excited this time of year and I’m really looking forward to meeting our new members. I love to see their enthusiasm to join and become new leaders in the school,” Mrs. Omey said. The application consists of an essay, leadership involvement, and service involvement. Students had two weeks to complete the application. “I did the assignments in parts and not all at once. Because I managed my time, the application process wasn’t too stressful or time consuming,” junior Rylee Garrow said.
This spring, The University of Toledo’s Catholic Students Association put on a prom dress drive in Sylvania. The drive was for local girls who are looking to save some money on a prom dress. Northview participated in this over the week of February 20. All the donations needed to be turned in by February 20. Many senior girls participated in donating their gently used dresses, according to senior class advisor Sue Briddell. Along with the dresses they also were looking for accessories that could be donated like bracelets, necklaces, and shoes. The TCSA also was collecting money that would be donated for the Daughter Project. The TCSA raffled off prom essentials like certificates for manicures, pedicures, make-up, and hair. This event took place on February 30. NV did not have that much time to get the information out to the students to get more participation. They hope that next year they will have enough time to get the word out, so next year will be more of a success, according to Mrs. Briddell.