Talk of the Hill Vol. 2 Issue 9

TALK OF THE HILL 2

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Spring Hill VS. The Spring Hill Bears have been playing lots of basketball in the past few weeks. Even though there have been some losses, the bears are excited to contiune their season.

Their next game is Friday at Acorn! Come support the Bears! *Sport Pictures On Page 12

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What is something new you want to try this year?

Snorkeling and being nicer The New Year's celebration has been around for how long?

The majority said 5,000 The first New Year's celebration wasn’t in January but in…

The majority said March In Denmark a well-known New Year tradition is…

The majority said jumping into an ice-cold lake

Truck Of The Hill

This week we have Maverick Mills maroon four-wheel drive 2023 GMC Sierra 1500. He likes that it drives a lot smoother than the Jeep he had.

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Whatley's Words Principal's Corner

Table Of Contents

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6 7/8 10 11 In the Spotlight: Writer's Block Staff

Around the town Movie Review Comic

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New to the Crew

what's up the hill

Senior Spotlight Little Bear Updates

Community

Friday Night Lights

Busy Bears

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Whatley Words of Wisdom:

Principal’s Corner:

We are off to a good start with the new year and a new semester. We have a big semester planned for the Spring of 2024. Our CTE programs will be used for the Regional Showcase through our coop. We will have visitors on campus on Feb. 28th to show what all our CTE students are learning and making. We also have testing going on later in the semester with the new platform, going away from ACT Aspire, and going to ATLAS. Our students are doing an excellent job in the classrooms and showing great improvement. Being a Spring Hill Bear is so exciting and having the teachers we have makes this possible. All our teachers are invested and are setting goals and expectations for our students to reach. Go Bears!!!

Recipe Chicken Fajita Casserole This chicken fajita casserole combines classic fajita veggies and chicken thighs with corn tortillas and spices in one skillet for an easy dinner. Chicken thighs are tender and flavorful, but chicken breast or leftover chicken will work well too. Serve this easy casserole topped with your favorite fixings, like sour cream, avocado, salsa and/or chopped tomato.

Active time: 25 mins Total time: 45 Servings: 4 Ingredients: 3 tablespoons avocado oil 1 large red bell pepper, sliced 1 large yellow bell pepper, sliced 1 medium onion, halved and sliced 4 teaspoons chili powder 2 ½ teaspoons ground cumin 1 ¼ teaspoons garlic powder ¾ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon ground pepper 2 ½ cups sliced cooked chicken thighs 1 tablespoon lime juice 6 (6-inch) corn tortillas, halved and cut into 1-inch strips 1 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro Directions: - Preheat the oven to 400°F. -Heat oil in a large ovenproof skillet over medium heat. Add red and yellow peppers and onion; cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Stir chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, salt and pepper together in a small bowl. Set aside 1 teaspoon spice mixture and sprinkle the remaining spices over the vegetables. Continue cooking and stirring until softened, about 4 minutes more.

- Combine cooked chicken and the reserved spice mix in a medium bowl; add to the skillet. Cook, stirring, until the chicken is warmed, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lime juice. Gently stir in tortilla strips. Sprinkle it with cheese. Transfer to the oven and bake until the casserole is hot and the cheese is melted, 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle with cilantro.

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New To The Crew

Matilde Antonelli is a foreign exchange student here at Spring Hill this year. She is from Italy but says she is loving her time here in the U.S..

Her favorite thing about Spring Hill is the football games. She says the main thing she misses about her home country is her friends.

The main thing she is looking forward to is to see the graduation at the end of the year. Matilde said she has one sibling and that is her brother.

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Club Updates FCCLA is hosting a Sadie Hawkins Dance. See a FCCLA member or officer for a ticket .

FFA, FBLA, FCCLA will be attending a banquet on Thursday given by Hempstead 4H. FBLA just had their first competition and will be attending their Spring conference soon.

FBLA will be having a Valentine’s Day Fundraiser. Check with members or Mrs. Smith TSA is getting ready for their state competition coming up in the next couple of months.

SNOW DAYS

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In The Spotlight staff

Alicia dowell

Alicia Dowell is in her second year teaching at Spring Hill School. The reason she chose to teach here is because she wanted to keep her daughter in a good school and she was looking for a change from what she was doing before becoming a teacher. She has been a part of the staff here at Spring Hill since 2017 and became a teacher last year. Mrs. Dowell has one biological daughter named Freya. But, she has a host of other kids also. She is married to her husband Jeremy and they have been married for 18 years. Her favorite thing about Spring Hill is how everyone here works together and makes it a great environment. She loves to spend her time reading and taking pictures of interesting things in Arkansas.

Writers Block

Briar Ridling

Briar chose to take Journalism this school year because it seemed really fun.

This is his first year in the class. His role on the newspaper staff is a writer. He usually does the Senior Spotlight because he likes being able to interview the seniors and write about them. Briar has learned many communication skills while in Journalism and will probably take it next year. If he could pick another job, he would probably pick to write a sports article because he enjoys sports.

In the future, he would most likely not consider a job in journalism just because he does not want a sit-down job. Outside of school, Briar enjoys hanging out with Emma, fishing, and hunting.

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Madelyn Hooks is a senior at Spring Hill this year. After school she plans to attend her first 2 years here in Hope at UAHT, after she completes those 2 years she wants to transfer to Lyon College or University of Central Arkansas. Her goals for this year are to finish her senior year without having to take finals, make many more memories, and not get ISS again. In the future Madelyn plans to go to college and get her basics then go study to be a radiology technician. The thing she will miss most about Spring Hill is the lunchtime talks with all her friends and of course Mrs. Steed and Mrs. VanNorman. Her advice for underclassmen is “make sure they show up to class and do everything in your power to not take Lew's final”. She has been here at Spring Hill since the 2nd grade.

She is in FCCLA and she works at Tailgaters. Her favorite memories at Spring Hill were “ all the times in 3rd period with Kelsi or when Laney kicked the bathroom door not knowing I was behind there and hit me in the head.”

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Christian Jimenez is a senior at Springhill this year.

After he finishes high school he plans to go into the workforce as a mechanic and attend UTI. His goal for this year is to graduate and make money. His future occupation is a mechanic. The thing he will miss most about Springhill is the teachers. Christian's advice for underclassmen is “DO NOT SKIP and just go to school. It gonna come back and bite you next school year or semester”. Christian has been at Springhill since kindergarten. Aside from school Christian works at Burger King. Christian’s favorite memories were all the field days in elementary.

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Elementary Our students in Elementary have had a successful first semester! There were so many in each grade whom made either the All A Honor Roll or the All AB honor roll. We are so proud of each and everyone of our hard working students!

Pre-K Pre-K has been hard working on their skills. Ms. Fisher and Ms. Whipkey are enjoying starting our smallest Bears on their education journey. Check back on the next paper to see what they have been up to!

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U of A Hope/Texarkana Line Dance Series: All line-dance events in Hope, Arkansas.

Here you can find more information about Upcoming events in Hope like parties, concerts, meets, shows, sports, club, reunion.

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Movie Review The Hunger Games: Balladof the Songbird and the Snakes During the First Rebellion with the Districts, the patriarch of the noble Snow family, General Crassus Snow, is killed in action.

Ten years later, Crassus' eighteen-year-old son and heir, Coriolanus, is determined to restore the family's prosperity.

As the tenth annual Hunger Games approaches, he is one of 24 mentors, each assigned an individual tribute. Due to low viewership, Games author Casca Highbottom advises the mentors to ensure they focus on their tribute entertaining the viewers rather than winning the Games

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Community

Bear Spotlight Blakelee Adams scored 32 points against Fordyce. Congratulations Blakelee!!mYou can catch her and the Lady Bears on Friday night in Acorn! GO BEARS!!!

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Contributers Kelsi Korenek- Editor in Chief Kaegan Burke Ellery Ward Ethan Kidd Kyliegh Pierson Josh Hilton Briar Ridling

Kenzie Thompson Kassidy Beasley Makenzie Mackey Emma Rhodes Corbin Overton

Alicia Dowell-Advisor

Home of the Bears!

VISION Spring Hill High School strives to provide an enthusiastic and engaging educational environment designed around preparing students to become college and career ready and productive members of society.

MISSION Develop self-motivated learners by teaching students organization skills and creating support networks to enhance their problem-solving abilities.

Provide rigorous academic challenges including concurrent credit courses.

Expose students to a variety of career options.

Motivate students by providing uplifting teachers and visuallyinviting classrooms.

Teach students the necessary life skills to become productive citizens.

Spring Hill School District 633 Spring Lake Rd Phone: 870-777-8236 Fax: 870-777-9200 Spring Hill Elementary 870-722-7420 Spring Hill High School 870-722-7430

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