The Eyrie - May 10, 2019

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EYRIE Volume 38, Issue 5

NEWS MAY 10, 2019

NEWS

OPINION

FEATURE

A&E

SPORTS 02 THE EYRIE

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• Senior Outing • NHS Induction

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• Jason Yearout’s short film

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• State ACT Scores • Advice Column

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• What is the point of Finals?

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• Finals Tips

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• Boy Focus: Christian Peterson

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• Artsy Teachers

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• Contest Results • Solo and Ensemble Results

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• CAD classes making phone cases • Student goes to Germany

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• Video Game Review

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• Soccer Briefs • Baseball

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• Tennis

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• Phojo Feature

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• Newspaper Trip to NSPA

MAY 10, 2019 NEWS

DECA takes Orlando By: Megan Stoerman

DECA students geared up for the national competition in Orlando, FL, on April 27-30.

DECA, which stands for Distributive Education Clubs of America, is an organization with chapters in high schools and colleges all across the country. DECA prepares students for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management through participation in competitions.

Anabelle Daugherty and Ashley Gregg, juniors, brought their startup business, Helping Hands, to the national competition. Helping Hands is an app that is designed to help unite the hearing and deaf communities together through better communication.

Even though DECA can be fun, Gregg says the most challenging part is presenting in front of the judges because it is “really nerve-racking.”

Students at school enjoy DECA and Daugherty’s favorite part has been participating in “state this year and all of the fun moments with [her] partner.”

Robotics competes By: Maddie Black The robotics team competed at one competition this year. Wesley Coats, junior, said that “overall the robot had its highs and lows.”

During the competition the team had to change up the strategy and from there on the robot was on defense.

Carolyn Wilson, junior, said that “it was able to drive and it was a good defender.”

The robot was overweight going into the competition , but the team was able to cut it down in order to compete.

Rebecca Porter, junior, won the dean list award.

This award allowed her to go to Houston for the world championships.

“Overall while competition didn’t go our way, the team grew substantial in terms of members and sponsors, “ says Coats.

Forensics wrapping up year By: Mark Elliott

Forensics is a competitive speaking and debate, that many students take part in around the world.

Olathe South’s forsensics teacher is Jo Ball.

All of the things she and her players do are practice their events, work on word choice, the competetors movement when they transition to the next opponent, and work on their vocal points.

The way the matches

work are head to head against another competitor.

A judge declares a winner and loser. The competetors are ranked for proliminarys, and ranked in finals. So far this year South’s forensics team had 22 individual state qualifying, and over 75 total.

Two people are attending Nationals in Dallas to compete against the best high school debaters across the country. At South, all grade levels are in the same

class. This is productive as upperclassman can give advice to the underclassman.

Ball says “I am confident the children will improve with each competition and this program will continue to be a great place at this school” Ball is focused on making all of her players better speakers and btter at what they do. Going into competotions Ball says “competitions

don’t make me scared, I have been doing this a very long time.” Ball is only concerned about development and supporting her players throughout the season.

Though the season has not yet concluded, Ball is confident that they will finish the season in a strong fashion. However, it certainly has been a successful year regardless of the future outcomes.

Read more on eyrieonline.org

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NEWS MAY 10, 2019

Seniors go to PowerPlay By: Tristan Allen

Seniors attended a senior outing on April 29, the first school day after prom, to PowerPlay Family Entertainment Center in Shawnee, Kan. Traditionally, seniors use the first school day after prom as a “senior skip day,” which is not endorsed by the school. Seniors still skipped regardless both this year and before, which brings up the question of why the school does this in the first place.

“The former administration thought it was the best of both worlds,” Laurie Plankers, senior class sponsor and English teacher, said. The senior outing provides “fun activity” instead of

regular classroom instruction that some seniors would ditch while still creating a safe environment for students that need it.

To pay for the outing, the senior class used funds generated from homecoming earlier in the school year. Students were also asked to pitch in money as well.

On the day of the senior outing, seniors had to show up to school and meet in the auditorium at 9:30 a.m., where they heard some remarks from the faculty. Outside of the auditorium were lists of students, who were sorted into buses to go to PowerPlay.

Not all seniors were enthused about having to take the bus to PowerPlay, and would rather have driven themselves.

However, seniors were not allowed to drive themselves because it created a liability issue.

“We can’t have anybody getting hurt going or coming back,” Plankers said.

In order to go to PowerPlay, seniors had to turn in a permission slip during Falcon 50 April 22-24. They also had to turn in a form from PowerPlay to ride the Go Karts.

While there, students were treated

to unlimited access to traditional arcade games, a laser maze where participants tried to reach an objective in a room without setting off lasers, laser tag, bowling, bumper cars, a “Tilt-a-Whirl” where riders were spun around for a few minutes and a pizza buffet.

“It was fun. I realy enjoyed it,” Shaun Carier, said. “I am glad I went.”

Not all seniors went to PowerPlay, and instead chose to participate in a non-school sanctioned “senior skip day.” Grace Folsom, senior, was one of these people.

“I wanted to sleep in,” Folsom said.

She also wanted to do something other than PowerPlay. She went to Ginger Sue’s, a breakfast restaurant, for brunch with her friends and stayed in bed that day.

OATC student goes to contest By: Tristan Allen

“I felt like I achieved a lot because last year I was a first year student,” Robinson said.

Luke Robinson, senior, won first He entered the same contest last place in his contest at the SkillsUSA year when he also won first place. contest in Hutchison, Kan. from “I had an idea on how I could April 24-26. make it better,” Robinson said.

SkillsUSA is, according to their Since he won first, he will be website, “a partnership of students, going to Louisville, Ky. for the teachers and industry working national competition. Last summer at together” to help students excel in the national competition, he placed technical education. ninth.

The contest Robinson entered, In addition to winning first in Chapter Display, saw him build Contest Display, Robinson placed a structure that represents his third in the Job Interview contest and organization, the Olathe Advanced 13th in the Auto Refinishing contest.

Technical Center (OATC).

Damien Tolbert, senior, and Caleb Robinson’s entry was a hexagon Fraizer, a senior from Olathe North, box representing the several also participated in the contest.,Purse programs OATC offers. He placed (pers), n. a small bag or receptacle first out of three participants.

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MAY 10, 2019

NEWS

Theatre performs spring shows By: Megan Stoerman Theatre shows were in full bloom as three total productions graced the stage as the flowers began to blossom this spring.

Both 12 Angry Jurors and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee were on stage at the school in April, and Clue: On Stage was just this past week, May 2-4.

The production 12 Angry Jurors surrounds a court case about a murder as 12 jurors try and come to an agreement.

This production was all female and highlighted women’s power in government and court.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling was about a group of six preteens’ fight to be champion of the annual spelling bee as their own personalities and stories were revealed.

Clue: On Stage is based on the film

and board game which is about characters who try and figure out the suspect behind a murder.

All of these shows required great effort and teamwork by David Hastings, theatre teacher, Amy Hastings, Chisholm Trail Middle School theatre teacher, and a slew of students.

D. Hastings said that his favorite part of the whole process for the production 12 Angry Jurors, a reader’s theatre production, was the “new style of theatre” and “putting acting into reading.”

Seeing all of the “energy behind it” and all of the commitment was D.Hastings favorite part of producing Clue: On Stage.

Max Pardo, sophomore’s, favorite part of producing The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee was “being able to work with all of [his] friends.”

If Pardo could have changed his experience with The 25th Annual Putnam

County Spelling Bee he would have like to have been able to “rehearse in the space before the show.”

Overall, the hardest part of preparing for Clue: On Stage according to Chealsie Crum, senior, was the “small area [they had] to work with” because the cast was not able to rehearse in the Black Box Theatre due to other projects taking place in the space.

Cast members really enjoyed the characters that they played and Crum thoroughly enjoyed playing Miss Scarlet in Clue: On Stage because she is “very sassy” and has lots of dirty jokes.

Crum also likes playing Miss Scarlet because of how she is “the smartest one there.”

Along the whole process of Clue: On Stage Crum has admired Jack Cannell, freshman, who plays Wadsworth, because of how hard he worked and how it was “refreshing to see a freshman giving it [their] all.”

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NEWS MAY 10, 2019

Jason Yearout’s short By: Aly Gad At two films and counting, Jason Yearout is directing his way through senior year.

Jason Yearout, senior, has written and directed two short films throughout this past year. One is called Letters, his personal favorite.

“Letters was my first and a very personal story to me, since it was mine,”said Yearout.

Yearout loosely bases the dynamic story on the events that inspired him to come out to his parents.

His second film was titled Gotta Get Up, which was featured in the weekly announcements. This one was inspired “by how much the Olathe School District blows,” Yearout said.

When filming, he isn’t completely isolated.

He says he is very lucky to have made so many friends that have been willing to help him out with things like acting and camera work.

Time varies when it comes to his films.

Gotta Get Up took three days, Letters took a few weeks, and his current project has taken about a month so far.

Yearout points out that he needs some more self confidence before he directs anymore films and plans to write a lot more, adding that he kind of hates directing.

“In general I think society could use more queer stories, and I’ll never stop telling stories,” said Yearout.

“Write, rewrite, cry, rewrite, cast, recast, cry, film, film more because you forgot to film everything the first time, edit.”

- Yearout, regarding his film making process

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MAY 10, 2019 NEWS

Spanish speakers rising in numbers By: Amanda Turvey

As more and more students seem to be taking German as a language course instead of Spanish, it leaves the question is Spanish dying?

The short answer is no. Although the presence of German is very large throughout the student body, the Spanish language is actually growing and the amount of Spanish speakers continues to rise throughout the United States.

“Spanish is very important to the future of our nation as it lessens

the language barriers between cultures and exposes us to different cultural experiences,” sophomore Selena Umana said.

The growth of a different language in society allows for a rise in the amount of bilingual people which helps the Hispanic community and allows them to communicate easier.

Many immigrants who have crossed have not had the resources to learn a different language because not many English as a Second Language classes are advertised.

ESL is an important program that

is hosted for free at many different churches and night schools but because of the lack of advertisement or individuals lack free time that is needed to take the class, many immigrant parents aren’t able to speak English to workers they see at stores when they need help.

“My mother struggles to speak english because she didn’t have the time to take an ESL class as she was too busy raising me, but I know she would have benefitted from taking the course,” sophomore Brittani Portillo said.

English teachers debating over teaching literature By: Emily Gray & Alex Burbidge

Required reading in high school has been a tradition as long as high school itself has been around.

However, with newer teachers entering the school with their own style of teaching, it is not uncommon to hear about certain teachers not requiring students to read what have been dubbed the “classics.”

Some may find this unfair to the students who still have to read, while others may think that teachers should get rid of the practice altogether.

One strategy that many students employ is to not read the book at all and instead resort to skimming the book or using online summary tools such as SparkNotes or Schmoop.

However, teachers advise against this, as “sometimes the workarounds take longer than actually reading,” according to Laurie Plankers, English teacher.

Additionally, Kayla Bevers, English teacher, said that the lessons students are supposed to learn

are lost “in the same was that something would be lost of you only read a summary of Avengers: Infinity War.” Daniel Kennard, English teacher, still has students read books in his class, but he sometimes gives then a choice of what book they can read.

Kennard believes that students can gain many things depending on the book, including “learning about life, human nature, ignorance, folly, love, war, etc., is the ultimate goal and benefit of reading novels and stories in the classic literature,” as Kennard said.

Kennard also believes that classics are the classics because of the questions and ideas that they raise about society.

He points out that, “They are classic because they transcend the time period they were written in and continue to create beneficial discussions and reflection in the people who read them and that’s a good thing for society,” Kennard stated.

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OPINION MAY 10, 2019

Self-care is benefical to health “

” With finals and end-of-year events going on, I’m feeling really stressed. It doesn’t help that I’m graduating soon and I still don’t know what I want to do. What are some ways that I can deal with anxiety?”

—Sister Stressed

Dear Sister Stressed, First of all, you don’t have to know what you want to do for the rest of your life in high school. Choosing your future career is a big decision, and making it as a child can be risky.

Community college is a great option for those who aren’t sure about what they want to do. You can get your general education classes out of the way for a decent price while exploring other career options.

Find something that calms you down. It could be a hobby, a sport, or a club at school. Putting your energy into something you enjoy can relieve a lot of pressure.

Music is one of the best ways to destress. Learning a musical instrument helps stimulate your brain and distract you from problems that you overstress about. Listening to music that you like releases dopamine in your brain that gives you a happy feeling.

Don’t be afraid to ask for help. There are so many resources available for those who have anxiety. The school counselers are always willing to talk to you about personal issues, and they can give you guidance on how to approach life after high school.

Many people, especially students, believe in the common misconception that going to therapy is “shameful.”

You don’t need to have a mental illness to recieve help from a mental health professional.

There are also many free resources you can use to de-stress. Headspace is a great meditation app that millions use to calm down. The app Calm leads you through breathing and other exercises to relieve anxiety.

Regular self-care is extremely important. Taking time to do basic tasks such as drinking water and showering is sometimes forgotten when stress takes over. Setting simple reminders on your phone can help you remember to do these things.

Taking a nap, running yourself a bath, eating comfort food, and watching your favorite show or movie are some of the many ways you can care for yourself.

Balance is key. While self-care is necessary for mental health, being productive and getting school work done is also important. Keeping a calendar on your phone or even a bullet journal can help organize events and assignments you have to do. Bullet journaling can also be very theraputic.

You can find themes and ideas that you like on Pinterest and Tumblr.

Remember, time heals all wounds.

High school doesn’t last forever, and the stress that goes with it fades away after you graduate. Wtih aging comes maturity and learning to better deal with your problems.

I wish you the best in the rest of your high school career, and I hope you take my advice to heart.

-Faith

Kansas ACT Scores By: Khadija Ceesay

Studying for the ACT can be a challenge in itself, but what if you didn’t have the resources readily available or easy means of striving for the most decent score?

Student’s in lower income counties across Kansas are facing these problems within their schools.

In the KCK district, where countries like Wyandotte have the lowest income, their scores are significantly lower than those with more funding.

KCK’s average ACT score as last recorded is 16.58 with an average county-

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wide income of about $30,508 every year.

Meanwhile, districts like Blue Valley, Shawnee Mission and Olathe have average scores of 25.86, 23.95, and 23.9 with an income of $66,063.

In metro areas, Wyndotte takes the cake with an average ACT score of 18 while Johnson County holds a 24.37 score.

So what are these counties doing differently from one another?

For one, the environments of both counties are very different. Johnson County is a much safer place than that of the KCK districts which makes it eas-

ier to get around. Not everyone has this luxury.

The average family income for KCK counties is about $30,000-35,000 a year and the number of students that receive free lunch in the district in the 2018-2019 school year is 16,760 with 2,130 on reduced meals.

Not only is the budgeting of the district very poor, but the inability to successfully educate their students to achieve a higher score than average is very prominent.

The full opinion piece on school funding in Kansas can be found on the Eyrie’s website, eyrieonline.org

MAY 10, 2019 OPINION

Altering genes has risks

By Aly Gad As we progress in the exponential growth timeline of modern technology, we are met with many battles. Some roadblocks, like the limit of human ability, physics, and financial limits, etc.

Yet, a battle that is becoming more and more of a relevant problem, is the debate of how far can science go, before it becomes unethical?

Modern technology is proving capable of tampering with genetics, in areas such as immortality, or lengthening of lifespan. As well as getting involved with the genetics of someone who isn’t even born yet.

Thus the concept of designer babies was born. The idea of being able to, for lack of a better word, choose, your babies physical traits and form it to be the perfect child isn’t brand new.

The 1997 movie Gattaca experimented with this idea, and spoiler if you’ve never seen the movie, the outcome isn’t good.

The oppourtunity to lengthen your life span or activate permanent youth is appealing to most, as who wouldn’t want to live young forever?

So, is that morally right, to mess

with the flow of life and genetics and pause the circle of life? Depends, with consent of the person who’s alleles you’ll be tampering with, it is already morally correct. But when you take the consideration of some people’s belief in predestination, not really.

It’s all about perspective and context.

Not every case will be 100% ethical in everyone’s eyes, but why would we pause such a breakthrough in science for a few sensitive souls?

Though it’s a tad bit easier to deal with the genetic changing of someone who’s alive, than someone who hasn’t even had a chance at normal life yet.

Designer babies aren’t a new idea, but they are quite new when it comes to the excecution of the procedure.

In vitro fertilization (IVF) has become an increasingly common procedure in helping couples dealing with infertility problems.

The practice of IVF grants science the ability to pre-select embryos before implantation. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) allows working embryos to be tested for various genetic traits, such as sex-linked diseases.

With such ability for physiciansthrough PGD-to sort through the viable and nonviable embryos, science is also

granted a technology which they could advance to have, not only disease eradicating properties, but additional trait determining abilities.

One of the earliest and well-known cases of gene selection was in 1996, a couple preferred a girl, as their first two children were boys.

They saw doctors specicilized in IVF, this was one of the first instances of PGD in which the selection of the embryo was performed specifically for cosmetic purposes, rather addressing a medical problem.

Not only is it against nature to alter the genetics of an unborn baby, but addressing the “problems” that make us human, could cause a lot of social problems.

Humans are defined as imperfect, hence the phrase “that’s what makes us human’. We embrace our flaws and it’s common to not be some godlike child.

So take the technology available to fix any flaws parents wish to rid their child of, such as, lack of height, or freckles.

And mix that with a bunch of selfish parents and boom, now there is a new breed of blonde, blue eyed angel children.

Full Story on eyrieonline.org

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OPINION MAY 10, 2019

FINALS: Are they necessary?

By: Colton Mudloff

Finals.

Stressed students, demanding teachers, and rushed deadlines to meet the test. End of the class finals to secure the grade; it isn’t a very easy task to ace by any means.

Some students are good test takers, most don’t think they are. During finals season, there is immense pressure to perform well.

Finals, or an end of the year project, are anywhere between ten to fifteen percent of a students’ grade. Finals are used by teachers to test a student on their cumulative knowledge in that field. There is a good argument to be made for a student being exempt from a final test or project if that student has performed exceptionally and earned a high mark in that class.

This argument is not a new one, in fact, some schools in the nation still allow students to skip a final test if they have a 93 percent in the class.

“Sometimes [finals] aren’t a realistic snapshot of a students’ knowledge,” said math teacher Anne Otroszko.

When Otroszko was in high school, she was able to opt out of finals if her cumulative grade was 93 percent or higher. This is a good value to keep as it rewards students who have maintained good grades throughout the year. Allowing these high-scoring

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students to opt out of a test is good.

These students may otherwise struggle with the final as it is not “a realistic snapshot of a students’” performance in a class.

As it is now, finals are decent percent of a students’ grade, depending on the teacher. This could determine whether a student passes a class, fails and misses a credit, or meets their own personal goals.

It is to be too farfetched for a student to recall or even part of the information that is presented to them throughout the year as that is a long time for anyone to remember detailed information.

An in-class review, whether brief or in-depth, it not an adequate way to prepare students as the information load is much too great. In the same way that a study guide alone cannot fully prepare a student for a unit test, an end of the year review is only enough to jog one’s memory, but not enough to fully prepare a student for a thorough assessment of information that the student forgot shortly after moving on to the next lesson.

A project or other form of assessment less based on cumulative knowledge that a student has retained is a more favorable option to combat the issue of subject-based memory. Such a project should test the students’ skills in a given subject, not a challenging test that can tank a student’s grade when it matters most.

MAY 10, 2019 OPINION

DeVos proposes large budget cuts to special education funds By: Khadija Ceesay

Betsy DeVos, the current Secretary of Education, proposed a deal to cut $18 million from the special education funding to organizations across the country, specifically for the Special Olympics.

She has recieved heavy critisicm for the proposal because it is said to reduce education funding by 10 percent even though it has yet to be approved by Congress and there has been evidence of Congress’ disapproval of the Trump administration’s funding cuts.

Cutting the funds to something so significant to society that benefits those who are not able to help themselves is troubling.

The Education Department has proposed significant cuts such as $5 million from the American Printing House for the Blind, and $13 million from Gallaudet University, a private school for the deaf.

But how will she be able to achieve this proposal with such heavy support for the Special Olympics from both citizens and the federal government?

It is crucial that the country keeps its budget in mind whenever dealing with important issues such as funding, but it is also important to keep in mind how many people will be greatly effected by such a drastic change.

Nearly 272,000 children will be affected, according to representative Mark Pocan who is a Wisconsin democrat.

DeVos has tried to pass off the fact that the Special Olympics has already been getting enough support to keep it afloat if cuts do go into action.

If cuts for Special Olympics go into effect, the money should be used towards other special education programs such as paying paraprofessionals in schools and funding specialized care in homes.

“There are dozens of worthy nonprofits that support students and adults with disabilities that don’t get a dime of federal grant money,” said Pocan.

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NEWS MAY 10, 2019

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MAY 10, 2019 FEATURE

C e l e b r a t e

Seniors hold grad parties towards end of school year By: Tristan Allen

Graduation is coming, and so are the resulting parties of seniors celebrating the fact that they graduated or will graduate high school, among other reasons. “[I’m holding one] to get that money,” Alaina Urman said. She is holding a party with Kirsten Jackson, Emily Cords and Lacie Martin. Jackson’s reason for holding a party varied. “[I wanted] to have a chance to have everyone from high school together,” Jackson said.

At grad parties, seniors usually put out food for their attendees.

There are many different kinds of foods that seniors plan on having both store bought and homemade.

Cannon Gottschalk claims he will spend around $150 “making tacos” for his grad party.

Bailey Stephan plans on spending around $100 bringing food from Hy-Vee and getting ingredients for her mother to make pasta salad.

Jackson and Urman, alongside Emily Cords and Lacie Martin, seniors, plan on having donuts, sandwiches and cotton candy at their grad party.

In order to spread the word about their parties, seniors usually design an invitation to share online and to print out to share with friends and family.

These invitations were sent out to family, friends and teachers.

Stephan, for example, said she spent $40 for 80 invitations, which she mailed out to friends and family.

The most popular date for “grad parties” appears to be May 11. Gottschalk is one of several

seniors holding a grad party on this day.

“I wanted [my grad party] to be before graduation,” Gottschalk said. Seniors graduate on May 18, so the May 11 date would fall exactly a week before.

Other seniors predicted May 11 to be a popular date. For example, Urman planned her party early because of this.

“We wanted to go early to avoid a crowded schedule,” Jackson said.

In order to have these parties, seniors need to find spaces to hold them in. While others hold them at their own houses, Stephan plans on renting a room at the Olathe Community Center for her graduation party. She estimates this would cost around $400. She also estimated she would spend around $150 on decorations on a party she sees as her “last goodbye.”

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FEATURE MAY 10, 2019

How does

Christian Peterson

engineer his success in senior year?

Christian Peterson, senior, said that planning for college is “very exciting” and cannot believe how close he is to graduating. Peterson says that his “mind is blown” every time he thinks about graduation. However, it “feels like we’ve been here for an eternity and by now were just physically and emotionally drained,” said Peterson.

Peterson is a part of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), Robotics, and Orchestra. He also works at Dairy Queen part time during the school year and volunteers at his church as the media operator.

He says that building a resume is an important part of taking the next step in life.

“Having experience with responsibilities and working with others will prepare me for the responsibilities and relationships I will have in college and beyond” said Pe-

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terson.

“Volunteering is a good habit to establish early in life and helping your community is a good way to spend your free time,” said Peterson Peterson plans on attending Iowa State University in the fall to major in mechanical engineering and minor in Spanish.

“They have a very credible engineering college and I have enough money in scholarships that it isn’t too expensive,” says Peterson.

He stays organized by using a monthly/weekly planner that he keeps colorcoordinated and up-to-date.

“I keep track of all my homework, extracurricular activities, job, and family events in it, so I am always prepared,” said Peterson.

He tries to stay on top of everything, so he does not fall behind in any of his five AP classes.

Some of his favorite class-

es he has taken are CAD one and two, Orchestra, Astronomy, Baking, pre-calc, AP Calculus and English with Mrs. Bevers.

In his free time, he likes to spend time with his girlfriend and family. “If I’m really lucky, I can watch some Friends or go see a movie” and when the its warmer outside he like “to ride his bike, and maybe relax in a hammock and listen to music,” said Peterson.

When he was younger Peterson wanted to be a train engineer, astronaut, or work for Disney.

“It’s nice to know that now I have a chance to make at least one of those dreams come true,” said Peterson.

“Stay on top of things, enjoy your time here, too, get involved, make friends, and most of all, stay positive because there is a light at the end of the tunnel,” said Peterson.

MAY 10, 2019 FEATURE

What keeps

Meadow Eddleman

dancing through senior year?

For most people, dancing is only something done in the privacy of their own home, but for Meadow Eddleman it is a way to express yourself.

“When I was three I took a kid’s ballet class like many little girls do but after running around stage at recital, I didn’t dance the next year,” Eddleman said.

Eddleman first started dancing continuously after she saw the drill team dance in grade 6.

“In sixth grade, I saw the dance at my middle school and decided to start taking classes. Then in seventh grade I made the dance team and have continued to dance throughout high school,” Eddleman stated. She is also involved in DECA, NHS, the school store, and PCA. Eddlesman would like to be on the drill team in college.

Afterhigh school, Eddlemn plans on attending Missouri State University where she

will be studying biology with hopes of becoming a genetic counselor.

A genetic counselor helps patients evaluate and understand a person’s risk of getting an inheirited medical condition.

Usually, in order to become a genetic counselor, a bachelor’s degree in biology, social science, or a related field is needed, then specialized training is required.

She is currently taking AP Biology and AP Stats which are helping prepare her for her life after high school.

AP Biology is helping set her up for her genetic counselor dream.

Eddleman’s hobbies include bullet journaling, listening to music/making playlists, and editing videos/pictures.

Her favorite quite is “gratitude turns what we have into enough.”

In sixth grade, I “ saw the dance at my middle school and decided to start taking classes.

Then in seventh grade I made the dance team and have continued to dance throughout high school” —Meadow Eddleman, senior

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FEATURE MAY 10, 2019

Crafty Characters A

side from t e a c h i n g design classes, Taylor Schwartz, FACS teacher, personalizes bomber jackets for all kinds of clients.

She sews them herself and sometimes does embroidery to give it an even better design.

Once, she created an amazing set of bomber jackets for the bridesmaids of the daughter of Mrs. Plankers, English teacher, when she had her wedding.

Schwartz began her love for sewing when she took a class in middle school and thought “Hey, I kinda like sewing and I’m kinda good at it.” After that she has continued to take the classes to improve her skill.

The name of her brand is called T-Taylor, with a play on being an actual tailor and her name.

She says her favorite thing about it is “that I can take what a client would want and ask them questions and then turn them into something that’s actually wearable and usable.”

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hen he isn’t teaching books like 1984, Daniel Kennard, CP English teacher, is taking to his Instagram account to post pictures of his art.

He started off by making album covers that were based on pictures he’s taken throughout his day.

He filters and edits them to create his ideal album.

The creativity of different album covers from artists that he enjoys is what sparked his interest in creating them for himself.

“A few years ago, I actually created a fake band and wanted to write a retrospective on them as a piece of fiction.”

He finds it very fun and would rather be doing that then scrolling through social media or watching netflix because this way, his mind is still active.

Along with the albums, he also enjoys painting and writing.

He credits it as something he can do with his son too.

outside of school includin Cook, who’s mother gardeners, took on t ago when she first She plants flowers and vege “I just love being outside. I fee Roberts, who is mor involving art, said she “If I know we have a displa and there is a project tha it because there’s no time was something she’s alw thought it would be the She likes to do anything tha her artistic side. Roberts c “good jumping off point” a to cultivate the inspirati Her favorite thing ab library visually appea encourage them to visit When the space looks good, that she is always looking fo

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he beautiful displays that decorate the library has always brought nice compliments to the librarians who work each month to craft them.

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MAY 10, 2019 FEATURE

Flying to DC By: Hannah Holliday

After winning the school and state levels, Ceesay moved on to represent Kansas at the national Poetry Out Loud (POL) competition held in Washington D.C. with her sponsor, Cynthia Roth, English teacher.

The competition took place on May 2. Ceesay made the top nine of the entire nation. Ceesay has won $1000 for herself and $500 for the school library.

The competition was livestreamed and had viewers from around the globe.

When she heard her name called as the winner for the state round, Ceesay was “very nervous and scared” because she “had to do it all over again” and “make a good name for Kansas.”

While in Washington D.C., Ceesay also recieved the opportunity to meet Sharice Davids, Congresswoman, tour many different sites such as the Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, the Newseum, and visit a portion of the Berlin Wall.

Ceesay had three poems in her repertoire this year: Bleeding Heart

by Carmen Giminez Smith, Epitaph by

to read poetry Katherine Phillips, and Dead Butterfly

by Ellen Bass.

Winning is not ev“ erything. Just love your

poems!

—Khadija Ceesay, senior

Ceesay chose her poems based on “how funny, emotional and meaningful” they are. She enjoys having variety and diversity into her poems.

Many people helped Ceesay to prepare these poems: Vicki Kohl, retired English and journalism teacher; Cynthia Roth, English teacher; and Catherine Smith, retired English teacher. These teachers helped her to “put her all into the poems.”

Ceesay also writes her own poems, though she does not often perform them. Writing poems has been

an important part of her life since she was 11 years old. She recommends it because “it helps to release [her] stress into paper.”

Ceesay performs often, so she has developed ways to deal with performance anxiety. It helps her to take her glasses off when she performs.

According to Ceesay “it’s much easier to perform to an audience of blurries than people.”

While she practices, her emotions are “way stronger” than when she performs.

Ceesay tries to “convey [the poem’s] message to every audience that has never heard [her] before.”

To any student doing Poetry Out Loud in the future, Ceesay says to remember: “Winning is not everything. The point of POL is to be honest with the audience and help them understand the underlying meaning of your pieces. Poetry is very interpretational so you have the advantage. Just love your poems!”

Caption - Khadija Ceesay, senior, and Ms. Cynthia Roth pose for a photo with Congresswoman Sharice Davids. Ceesay and Roth traveled to DC for the Poetry Out Loud competition earlier this month and met the Congresswoman for coffee one morning.

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FEATURE MAY 10, 2019

CAD class designs cases, toys By: McKinley Schrader

The Computer Aided Design (CAD) classes participated in a project to create a phone case. The product of this projects consisted of many different creative designs for phone cases.

Students were instructed to create different designs and make sure they protected the phone, and had some extra function, such as a stand on the back of the case.

Students in the CAD classes were urged to “be intuitive and creative with [their] designs,” said Samuel Stoeck, sophomore.

Many of the designs had some kind of accessory on the back of the case. Stoeck’s design included a “pocket like compartment on the back,” he said.

The phone cases were designed on paper, then moved to programs such as AutoCAD Inventor.

The students were graded for a test grade of 100 points on the project. “It was kind of like an end of unit test,” Stoeck said.

Some students in the class enjoyed the project, “It was a lot of fun and made us think in a different way than we normally would,” Stoeck said. On the other hand, some didn’t.

“Some of [the students] grumbled about

it the whole time,” Stoeck said. “Some of the designs were unique and I actually would buy them,” Stoeck said, “on the other hand, a lot of them were bland.”

After they were finished designing their phone cases, students were presented with another challege. They were asked to design wooden toys that are to be printed using room 810’s 3D printer.

Using the same parameters as the phone case project, another caveat was added: instead of requiring one moving, working mechanism, the toy requires three.

Students are designing toys ranging from moving vehicles such as toy cars and helicopters to less complex contraptions such as a jack-in-the-box and a waving caterpillar toy.

The project will be worth 99% of the sudents’ fourth quarter grade according to Jason Smith, CAD teacher. Students will then have a final worth 10% of the semester grade, which goes over everything they learned over the course of the class.

Students wish to do the prject again as well, “I hope we do this project again, it was quite enjoyable,” Stoeck said.

Scholarship student going to Germany By: Colton Mudloff

Some people who enjoy to travel may end up visiting Germany, but that will never be like the experience a Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) student will have. Through the CBYX program, just 250 American students per year are selected to study abroad in Germany. One of these hardworking students is Jenna Bergeron, junior, who is excited for what is to come.

“I’ve come so far in the program; I am super glad to be chosen,” said Bergeron.

The trip is a sponsorship between the United States and Germany to introduce students to new culture and people.

Bergeron has set personal goals for the trip.

“I’m really looking forward to learning more about the language and

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the culture of Germany during my stay,” said Bergeron.

The living arrangements set up within the program are meant to expose Bergeron to what it is like to be a German student.

“I’m staying with a host family who I haven’t met, yet I’m excited to experience everything alongside them,” said Bergeron.

Bergeron remarked that the program was quite difficult to complete.

“I started writing the essays back in September and, with the help of Dr. Seeger, finished all six essays and the two letters to my future host family,” said Bergeron. She will know her host family in two to four months and will be off to Germany in August.

“I will miss my parents and friends, but I am looking forward to new experiences,” Bergeron said.

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ENF P 5%

By the Numbers (school wide)

59%

ISFJ

ISF J 5%

ENT J 3%

ESF P 3%

ENF J 5%

INF J 40%

INT J 8%

INF P 13%

41%

INFJ

17%

INFJ

0%

66%

ESF J 18%

Music Students

34%

Extraver t 43%

Introver t 57%

ESTJ ESTP

English Students

INFP

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A & E MAY 10, 2019

Play these games!

Kirby Star Allies By: Hannah Holliday

Fans of Kirby adore Kirby Star Allies, a platform game played from a side-on perspective. The game came out on the Nintendo Switch console in 2018, much to the deight of long-time Kirby fans that haven’t gotten a Kirby game for a console other than the DS since Kirby and the Rainbow Curse came out on Wii U in 2015.

While Kirby games tend to be geared towards beginner players, Kirby Star

Allies has levels in the main storyline that are extremely difficult. Though beating some bosses is difficult, it is possible to build skill over time, especially as more characters are introduced.

Kirby Star Allies is unique because not only can the main player control Kirby, but also other characters in the game. It is possible to have up to three other characters as “friends” with Kirby at once, and the main player can switch between them. If playing multiplayer,

Ultimate Chicken Horse By: McKinley Schrader

Ultimate Chicken Horse is both a party game and a competitive game that can be fun for up to four players.

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a platformer genre game in which players attempt to reach a goal first, and if they do, they gain points. After each “round” of the game, players are given objects to place on the map to make it more difficult or easier to reach the goal.

Dead Cells

By: Colton Mudloff

Dead Cells is a good game based mostly on gameplay. The gameplay is enjoyable enough to override the general lack of story. The main character is referred to as “the Prisoner” who has no recollection of his past. Each “run” ends when either the end boss or the player is defeated.

After a run, the Prisoner’s head returns and he is once again empowered.

Destiny 2

By: Mark Elliott

Destiny, the successful, fun, and different type of game we have never seen before. A player versus player and co-op first person shooter against the computer. Destiny was a popular new game due to the fact that there weren’t many other games like it. The story is about new races from different planets all around the solar system took over the

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all four can control a different character with different abilities. These abilities make beating some bosses and puzzles easier, therefore adding another layer to the game: logic.

Logic, parkour, and combat skills are needed to fight through the bosses in the main storyline. This is where the graphics and bright colors are shown off, as well as the icredibly powerful music.

Read the full review on eyrieonline.org

Players can choose from up to 9 different animals to play as, such as a horse, chicken, raccoon, squirrel, rabbit, sheep, chameleon, elephant, and monkey. All of these animals have no advantage, and are purely cosmetic.

Additionally, players can also choose from up to 6 different hats and clothing for each animal.

The game can run on both local multiplayer and online multiplayer.

The game is available for $14.99 on PC,

Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch.

Ultimate Chicken Horse runs extremely well on all systems, and lag is minimal. The graphics fit the theme of a cartoon-esque environment for a party game.

Overall, this game deserves a 9/10.

It would be 10/10 if the servers didn’t crash every so often, and if there was a way to blacklist someone from your game lobby.

The player starts back at square one having lost their temporary upgrades and weapons, ready to start anew.

As the Prisoner, the player may work towards permanent upgrades and the discovery of new weapons, new skills, and special runes, that help the player perform better.

The levels’ designs and patterns remain so the player may master them before upping the challenge. The player may increase the challenge for future

runs by activating “boss stem cells” that change the enemy variety and difficulty.

Just recently, the game released a free update that added new levels, enemies, and items. With the new updates, even players who have not been keeping up with the game should know that it is worth the download again.

Developed and published by Motion Twin, the game is on most platforms.

human race. The Guardians defend the last city through the traveler. The traveler is what gives the gurdians powers to defeat the enemies despite being outnumbered. There are also expansions that come with raids; a six-player event where you take out an enemy who has been seeking to destroy the last city.

There were really good stories and entertaing raids with great rewards. This changed with Destiny 2.

Bungie, the video game company who created Destiny completely changed the game in Destiny 2. They changed the weapon system and basically all of the things that the community liked about Destiny.

Bungie is the main founder of the game, but they worked together on the game with Activision.

The rest of this review can be found on eyrieonline.org

MAY 10, 2019 A & E

‘Avengers: Endgame’ satisfies Marvel fans By: Tristan Allen

Marvel Studios released “Avengers: Endgame” on April 27. While the movie can be slow and confusing at times, the movie’s endgame delivers a fulfilling conclusion to over 10 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Following the events of the preceding “Avengers: Infinity War,” the Avengers back on Earth are trying to figure out how to strike back at Thanos (Josh Brolin) and undo the snap that killed half of all life in the universe.

After Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) found the Guardians of the Galaxy’s old ship with Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and the cyborg Nebula (Karen Gillan) aboard in deep space, some of the Avengers tracked Thanos down to a planet where they found him without the Infinity Stones that caused the mass murder in the first place. Thanos reveals that he used the stones to destroy them and it appears that the snap will not be undone.

At this point, the movie slows down a little bit. A flashback to five years later shows how the world is dealing with the events in the previous film. There is a lack of action in this sequence, which is unusual for Marvel movies.

Things seem to get interesting when Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) returns from the Quantum Realm. Since he was trapped there due to the fact that his crew disap-

peared as a result of the snap, Ant-Man has no idea what happened when he returns, and he does not even realize that five years had passed because to him, only five hours had passed in the Quantum Realm. Unfortunately, the following events slows the movie down again.

When the other Avengers realize this, they begin to wonder if they could travel back in time via the Quantum Realm to steal the Infinity Stones before Thanos snaps (literally). This idea is shot down

by Iron Man, who moved on with his life and started rebuilding. This stalls the movie for a few more minutes.

Eventually, the plot picks up as the Avengers attempt a time-travel heist to steal the Infinity Stones throughout several points in time, unite them into a new gauntlet and undo the snap.

While this sequence is exciting and it is fun to see the characters travel back in time throughout the movies, it can be confusing. For example, when Nebula travels back to 2014 when she was still a daughter of Thanos, he was able to see footage captured by the time-travelling Nebula because the time-travelling version was connected to the same network as the Nebula from 2014. While this was cleared up, this was confusing at the time for viewers.

The full review for “Avengers: Endgame” can be read on the Eyrie’s website at eyrieonline.org

Avengers: Endgame

89/100 “While this movie can be slow and confusing at times, the movie’s endgame delivers afulfillling conclusion to over 10 years of the MCU.” THE EYRIE 23

SPORTS MAY 10, 2019

Baseball team wraps up season By: Alex Burbidge

A new season has started for the varsity baseball team, and Josh Perkins, head coach, is as optimistic about his team as ever before. With a record of 11-8 as of May 6, the team has had several great moments so far as they enter the tail end of their campaign.

The team began the season playing in Owasso, Oklahoma. They lost to Owasso High School 9-8 in the season opener and won against Norman High School 8-3. The Owasso team is nationally ranked. “We came home 1-1, which is always good when you play teams that have been playing longer,” Perkins said. “We… played very well.”

The team won the Rob Jones Tournament as well, by defeating Blue Valley Northwest 11-6 and Olathe East in a 5-4 nailbiter on March 22 at the Olathe District Activity Center.

Winning the Rob Jones Tournament is “always a team goal,” Perkins said.

The pitching staff has “pitched well,” according to Perkins. The statistics back this up, as going into their April 23 game against Maize, the pitching staff has a 2.82 ERA. Additionally, the staff is controlling their pitch location impressively, collecting 96

photo by Alek Mackey

In a game against Olathe Northwest, Brett Kennett, senior, attempts to tag Grant Howard, senior, as Howard successfully beats a throw from Jake English, junior.

Howard was safe on the stolen base and the Ravens ran away with the game by a 7-0 score. This was the first time the varsity team had been shut out all year. strikeouts compared to only 52 walks.

Maverick Hanna, junior, had arguably the best performance of the year, when he pitched a complete game shutout against Shawnee Mission South on April 2, beating the Raiders by a 3-0 score.

A more disappointing aspect

of the season is that the team is unable to play the annual game at Kauffman Stadium, home of the Kansas City Royals. The Royals require each high school’s program to sell a certain number of ticket vouchers for home games, usually a number that is very difficult to reach. “It is disappointing that we cannot play out there again,” Perkins said. “I feel bad for the players that didn’t get to participate.” The varsity team played at Kauffman Stadium last year, defeating Olathe East by a 7-5 score.

As for the sub-varsity teams, every team had a winning record; JV had an 8-6 record, C team was 13-3 and the freshman team finished undefeated 13-2, winning the city championship.

Perkins’ outlook on the rest of the season is very positive. “I think this team has a good chance to win every game we have left,” he said. “We have to stay focused and play each game and not look ahead.” photo by Alek Mackey

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Braden Buckley, senior, pitches in a game against Olathe Northwest. Buckley announced his committment to St. Louis Community College on May 1, where he is set to continue his career.

MAY 10, 2019 SPORTS

Royals find positives in season By: Alex Burbidge

With a record of 9-19 as of April 29, the Kansas City Royals find themselves 8.5 games out of first place in the American League Central. However, there have already been several bright spots that offer hope towards the future of Kansas City baseball, including the Major League debut of Kelvin Gutierrez, third baseman, the breakout of Hunter Dozier, infielder, and the impressively smooth transition to the bullpen for Ian Kennedy, pitcher.

Acquired in the deal that sent Kelvin Herrera, pitcher, to the Washington Nationals on June 18, 2018, Gutierrez was nothing short of fantastic in Triple-A Omaha, lighting the Pacific Coast League on fire with a .333 batting average and a .351 on-base percentage. In just nine games in his Major League career, Gutierrez has collected 12 hits and four runs batted in and has impressed with the glove as well, turning a nifty double play on a hot shot off the bat of Albert Pujols, Angels first baseman, on the first ball hit towards him. Gutierrez was called up to replace Lucas Duda, first baseman, who was placed on the Injured List on April 26 with a lumbar strain.

Dozier made his Major League debut in 2016, and began his career with a mere .228 batting average in his first two seasons. It appeared as though his 2019 season would have the same downward trend, as though he was hitting the ball with an average exit velocity of over 90 miles per hour, he was hitting under the Mendoza Line as late as April 12. Since then, Dozier has become the most prolific slugger in the

photo courtesy of the Associated Press

Whit Merrifield, second baseman, lays a bunt down the third base line against the Seattle Mariners. Merrifield set a franchise record with a 31- game hitting streak.

American League, with a higher OPS than players such as Mike Trout, Angels center fielder, and Joey Gallo, Rangers left fielder. Additionally, Dozier has been one of the most valuable players in baseball, with a 1.9 WAR, a .343 batting average and eight home runs on the season as of May 6. If he can continue this trend, the third baseman could lock down his starting spot at the hot corner for many years to come.

Having signed a contract for $70 million over five years before the 2016 season, Kennedy was dreadful in his first three years in the starting rotation as a Royal, owning a 4.49 ERA and winning only 19 games over that period of time. With Ned Yost, manager, looking to give his career new life, he moved Kennedy into the bullpen, where he has thus far excelled, posting a 2.76 ERA with a 1.29 WHIP.

The interesting thing is that it doesn’t appear that Kennedy has gained any velocity in his transition, as the case is with many starting pitchers moving to the bullpen. Instead, his fastball looks sharper and his offspeed pitches have been located much better than they did when he was a starter. With Yost essentially locking him into the closers’ spot, Kennedy collected his first Major League save on March 30 against the Chicago White Sox.

With other prospects such as Nicky Lopez, infielder, and Josh Staumont, pitcher, due to make their Major League debuts, this season will surely be a more exciting one than last year, which saw the Royals go 58-104.

Though there may be a small improvement record-wise, the ultimate goal is player development, which can help a team win games in future seasons.

photo courtesy of the Associated Press

Whit Merrifield, second baseman, and Adalberto Mondesi, shortstop, congratulate each other after both score on Merrifield’s two-run home run. Both are being counted on heavily by Royals fans to produce at the plate and on the field. Mondesi has been solid, leading the Major Leagues in triples, while Merrifield has five of his own.

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SPORTS MAY 10, 2019

Girls Soccer This year, Senior Night for the girls soccer program was on Apr. 16. This night is one of the most important traditions in girls’ soccer.

Senior Night is a senior recognition ceremony and is a time of celebration for all of the seniors and their time in the girls’ soccer program.

This year, 10 seniors celebrated at Senior Night Melissa Miller, the head varsity coach, says that Senior Night impacts her because she is proud about all the accomplishments the seniors have had at their time at South.

“It is a great night giving the seniors the recognition they deserve before they move on to the next

phase of their life,” Miller said.

Every senior walks down the middle of the field with flowers as their teammates line up on either side. With their parents, each girl walks down the field as their high school accomplishments are read off, along with some favorite memories. Also as they are walking, it is read where they will go to college, what they will study, and if they will play soccer or not.

Haleigh Harris was one of the seniors celebrated at Senior Night this year.

“Senior Night is important because it is the time to say goodbye to our teammates and coaches,” Harris stated.

Boys Tennis The boys tennis team have made great strides this year, building better teamwork skills with each other.

Tennis is full of exciting moments.

“The best thing about tennis is hitting hard ‘winners’ and the sense of camaraderie among us,” said Alex Oberholtzer, senior.

Although tennis is full of exciting things, it doesn’t come without its bad spots.

“Losing against [someone] you should have beaten is very frustrating,” said Obertholtzer.

The boys team has made some great accomplishments this year. The doubles teams have “been solid this year,” said Oberholtzer. Lleyton Fosha and

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Noah Murphy, juniors, also took fourth place at a tournament in Goddard.

The team also went to an all-day Sunflower League tournament on Apr. 24. Oberholtzer said he was “excited to cheer on the doubles teams.”

Brady Johnson, Connor Doane, seniors; Murphy and Fosha qualified for state.

“We definately bring an attitude to the court,” said Doane.

The senior pair, Doane and Johnson, are headed to state at the College Boulevard Activities Complex (CBAC) on May 10 and 11.

“I’m pretty pumped; we’ve been trying hard to be playing at state this weekend,” said Johnson.

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NFL draft results spark controversy By: Mark Elliot The first round of the NFL draft took place on Thursday, April 25-27. The Arizona Cardinals had the first pick in the NFL draft due to their 3-13 season in 2018. The Arizona Cardinals selected Kyler Murray, quarterback from Oklahoma. Kyler Murray is a very talented player, but this was not a good pick. The Cardinals had already drafted Josh Rosen. Josh Rosen had to play quarterback for a team with a bad offense, specifically offensive line. He is now used to the bad offensive line, when Kyler Murray is used to a good o-line at Oklahoma. Kyler Murray is also 5’10. It aslo looks bad on a franchise if they are choosing first round quarterbacks year after year. Josh Rosen also had a mentor in Sam Bradford and Kyler will now have no mentor for his rookie season.

The San Francisco 49ers chose defensive end Nick Bosa out of Ohio state. This was a good pick because Bosa showed great talent in college and has an older brother Joey Bosa also in the NFL who can help mentor him.

With the third pick in the NFL draft the New York Jets selected Quinnen Williams, Deffensive lineman out of Alabama. This was a very good pick because Williams had a great 4 years at Alabama and is believed by some to be the next Aaron Donald, who recieved NFL defensive player of the year in the 18-19 season. They are both interior lineman who play alike and will both have good years to come in the NFL. With the fourth pick the Raiders drafted Clenin Farell defensive end out of Clemson. This was not a very good pick because even though he is a good player, there was a lot better talent that the Radiers could have gotten such as Josh Allen, Devin White, or Dwayne Haskins.

At number 5 the Buccaneers drafted Devin White, linebacker out of LSU. This is a great pick because Devin White was the best linebacker in the draft.

At pick number 6 the New York Giants took QB Daniel Jones out of Duke.

This is a terrible pick because Daniel Jones is not even the

best QB avaible at that time, he also threw 29 picks in 2 years at Duke.

At pick 7 the Jacksonville Jaguars chose Josh Allen defensive end out of Kentucky.

This is a great pick to rebuilt the Jaguars’ dffensive front.

With pick number 8the Detroit Lions chose T.J hockenson, TE out of Iowa. This was a decent pick, but there were better tight ends avaible such as Noah Fant.

With the ninth pick the Buffalo Bills selected Ed Oliver DT out of Houston. This was a very good pick because Oliver had top 5 talent in the draft.

At pick 10 the Steelers chose Devin Bush linebacker out of Michigan. This was a decent pick as Devin Bush is a great player but linebacker was not their biggest need to help their team.

At pick 11 the Cincinnati Bengals chose Jonah Williams offensive tackle out of Alabama. This was a good pick as Jonah Williams is the best o-lineman in the draft.

At pick 12 the Green Bay Packers selected Rashan Gary defensive end out of Michigan. His was a pretty good pick as the Packers needed

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a replacement for Clay Matthews.

At pick 13 the Miami Dolphins chose Christian Wilkins defensive tackle out of Clemson. This is a decet pick as tge Dolphins needed a QB, but later got Josh Rosen from the Cardinals.

With the fourteenth pick the Atlanta Falcons chose Chris Lindstrom offensive guard out of Boston College.

This was a bad pick as Lindstrom was not the best talent avaible and the Falcons had other necessities besides offensive line.

With the fifteenth pick the Washington Redskins chose Dwayne Haskins, quarterback out of Ohio State. This was a great pick at Dwayne is controversially the best quarterback in the draft and he sliped to 15.

At pick 16 the Carolina Panthers chose Brian Burns, edge out of Florida State.

This is a decent pick as Panthers needed a wide receiver and no wide recievers had been drafted at that point.

With the seventeenth pick the New York Giants selected Dexter Lawrence. They could have gotten a better defensive talent at pick six and gotten Daniel Jones at seventeen.

get a quick look at the draft results

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PHOTO MAY 10, 2019

TOP LEFT Firefighters use a saw to get into a crashed car during the prom car crash demonstration.

PHOTO BY Shelby Johnston TOP Antoine Sanders, Brandon Plumb and Duante Davis, juniors, perform in “Clue: On Stage.”

PHOTO BY Mrs. Springer RIGHT Brandon Ryan, senior, pitches the ball to the batter.

PHOTO BY Katie Dickerson

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MAY 10, 2019 PHOTO

ABOVE At a tennis match, Will Marsh, sophomore, serves the ball to his opponent.

PHOTO BY Chris Inderhees LEFT Bennett Junkins and Maya Burke, seniors, compete in a dance off during a pep assembly.

PHOTO BY Alek Mackey

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A & E MAY 10. 2019

Eyrie staff travels to Anaheim By: Alex Burbidge

The newspaper team took a trip to Anaheim, California on April 24 to attend the National Scholastic Press Association conference. They returned on April 29.

The students who went included Khadija Ceesay and Tristan Allen, seniors; Maddie Black, junior; Alex Burbidge, Alek Mackey and Anna Palacio, sophomores, along with Heather Springer, newspaper adviser. The students were able to attend sessions that educated them and gave them tips on how to improve their writing, page design skills and photography.

In addition to the sessions, the students also got to spend time with each other, which strengthened their bond as teammates. “We got so much closer,” Palacio said. “Since we were around each other 24/7 for four days straight we have all these inside jokes together and have a deeper understanding of each other.”

The students who went also got to experience different locations in Los Angeles, including Hollywood Boulevard, the Beverly Hills sign, Santa Monica Pier, Disneyland and Downtown Disney. While sight-seeing, they

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went to souvenir shops, walked on Santa Monica Beach, rode roller coasters and had dinner together.

At the Hilton Anaheim, where the convention was held, the sessions were held throughout the day on April 27 and 28. Allen, Ceesay, Burbidge and Black went to lectures that focused on newspaper tips, while Mackey and Palacio attended photography-centric ones. “I learned a lot about lighting for cameras and leadership,” Mackey said.

Palacio added, “That’s what I focus on here at school, and what I hope to do as a professional someday.”

Burbidge and Allen competed in the national write off competition, both recieving honorable mentions.

Additionally, the trip gave some students an entirely new experience that they would not have gotten had they not gone. For Allen, this was his first-ever trip on an airplane, and he also “had In-N-Out Burger and Del Taco for the first time, which were delicious.”

The staff is planning to attend the next conference in Washington D.C., which takes place from November 21-24, 2019. Many are looking forward to it, including Black, who said, “D.C. is going to be so fun.”

MAY 10, 2019

A&E

• ACT • California • Robotics • Theatre • Avengers • DECA • Soccer • Baseball • Forensics • Tennis THE EYRIE 31

The Eyrie Staff Editor-In-Chief Tristan Allen Mara Gee

Opinion Editor Khadija Ceesay

Feature Editors

Entertainment Editor Maddie Black

Business Manager

Megan Stoerman

Faith Holliday Hannah Holliday

Sports Editor

Webpage Editor

Adviser

Reporters

Photographers

Mark Elliott Aly Gad Emily Gray Colton Mudloff Amanda Turvey

Katie Dickerson Chris Inderhees Shelby Johnston Alek Mackey Anna Palacio Sam Ricks Ashlee Troutt

McKinley Schrader

Alex Burbidge

Heather Springer

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ABOVE: Tony Monteleone and Brandon Plumb ,seniors, participate in the prom crash demonstration. Photo by Samantha Ricks BELOW: Morgan Kern, senior, steps up to bat at a softball game against Olathe West. Photo

by Katie Dickerson BOTTOM: Justin, senior, leads the pack at a track meet. Photo by Christopher Inderhees