Issue 6, Volume 13
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6th grade studies<br />
astronomy and Rube<br />
Goldberg<br />
7th graders dissect frogs<br />
8th grade students look<br />
back at their time at Clay<br />
Baseball<br />
Softball<br />
Track<br />
Dance Marathon<br />
Pep Assembly<br />
Mr. Stewart wins teacher of<br />
the year
Shoot for the stars!<br />
Story by Leila Antony and Renee Johnson<br />
The sixth graders in Mr. Steven Sturgis’<br />
science classes stroll into the room, awaiting<br />
the new astronomy unit. The students are<br />
introduced to the information by being<br />
provided with lessons from the textbook<br />
and tactile activities. Provided with the<br />
tasks, students can recall information in<br />
depth, that deals with astronomy.<br />
The textbook method implants the<br />
important information such as: the phases<br />
of the moon, lunar eclipses, tides, and<br />
earth’s tilt.<br />
“The size of the moon compared to the<br />
vast rest of the universe makes it appear<br />
small,” Sturgis said.<br />
He recently introduced the creature<br />
project.<br />
“Students must use their knowledge to<br />
build an animal that could survive on<br />
multiple planets,” Sturgis said. When they<br />
present, they must explain which<br />
components they added that will make it<br />
live.<br />
The project had to include a description<br />
of its physical features, through visible and<br />
creative aspects.<br />
A suspenseful announcement was made<br />
in the beginning of the unit. Rumor had it<br />
that a special activity would be occurring at<br />
the end of the unit in the main hallway.<br />
Today, students finally got to see the<br />
infamous telescope.<br />
The sixth graders waited in line, ready to<br />
explore. They took turns trying to find the<br />
moon; it was perched on the ceiling’s ledge.<br />
Overall, the teacher’s preparation<br />
beforehand enhanced the experience for the<br />
curious kids. Now the students are able to<br />
walk away, satisfied with their<br />
accomplishments.<br />
Background art by Madilyn Delgado<br />
What Was Your Biggest Accomplishment This Year?<br />
“My biggest<br />
accomplishment was<br />
meeting all my new<br />
friends.”<br />
-Cami Basler<br />
By Marlie Tofaute, Joanna Thornburg<br />
“My biggest<br />
accomplishment was<br />
getting good grades.”<br />
- Jet Hamblen<br />
“My biggest<br />
accomplishment this<br />
year was being able to<br />
make it through sixth<br />
grade.”<br />
-Reagean Nagel<br />
“My biggest<br />
accomplishment was<br />
making more friends.”<br />
- Adam Golden<br />
“My biggest<br />
accomplishment was<br />
getting the Clay Way<br />
award in third quarter.”<br />
- Mackenzie Edwards
Favorite classes from their<br />
seventh grade year<br />
We interviewed the entire seventh grade class to find out<br />
what their favorite classes were!<br />
Seventh graders finish the year strong with summer break ahead<br />
Social Studies<br />
Seventh grade social studies are studying up on the<br />
Vietnam War. They have been doing activities and<br />
watching videos about it. Sophie Estabrook, in Mr.<br />
Patane’s class said, “We are currently studying the<br />
Vietnam War and we’ve been doing a lot of different<br />
activities to help us prepare for our big test!”<br />
Wellness<br />
Seventh grade gym classes are learning to play lacrosse and get<br />
their skill levels up so that in later years if they like it enough<br />
they can play! Ashlyn Brown said she loved learning the sport<br />
and how nice it is to be able to experience so many varieties of<br />
sports.<br />
Science<br />
In the seventh grade science unit they are currently working<br />
on a egg experiment to show the ways of the membrane.<br />
Seventh grader, Vance Menapace, said, “We are learning about<br />
cells, so we are soaking eggs in different types of liquids to see<br />
how it relates to cells.” The students will also be doing the<br />
annual worm and frog dissections.<br />
Math<br />
In seventh grade math, the students are doing angles and<br />
sides. They have been doing a lot of activities to help them<br />
learn more about it. Seventh grader, Jonathan Stroh, said “We<br />
are currently learning about sides and angles. We have been<br />
doing really fun activities to help us prepare for the next test<br />
or quiz that is coming up.”<br />
Language Arts<br />
Currently in seventh grade language arts, the students in Mrs.<br />
Shoemaker’s class have been working on their science-fiction/<br />
fantasy stories. Aniyah Sea, seventh grader, said, “We are currently<br />
working on our sci-fi/fantasy stories. We read sci-fi or fantasy<br />
book that could help make our stories better!” The seventh<br />
graders have had a lot of story inspiration.
Seventh grade design houses<br />
This is the seventh grade science project where they are trying their best to save money and energy on a house<br />
Anika Hays<br />
1. it was interesting<br />
2. -3,000<br />
3. 80,000<br />
4. solar panels<br />
5. 5 days<br />
Questions<br />
1. What did you like about the project?<br />
2. How much energy did you save?<br />
3. How much money did you save?<br />
4. What were specific things that helped<br />
you on your project?<br />
5. How long did it take you to completely<br />
finish your project?<br />
ZJ Housholder<br />
1. That we got to<br />
build our own house<br />
2. -600<br />
3. 249,000<br />
4. Solar panels<br />
5. 4 days<br />
Caden Overbey<br />
1. That you got to<br />
personalize your own<br />
house<br />
2. -24,500<br />
3. 246,600<br />
4. Solar panels<br />
5. 1 day<br />
Infographic By Dylan Riley, Cole Hudson<br />
The Anatomy of a Frog<br />
The seventh graders work on the annual frog dissection<br />
In seventh grade science they are currently<br />
doing frog dissection.<br />
“I am excited to see the cells inside the<br />
frog,” Sofia Gilliam, seventh grade, said.<br />
Many students were nervous and excited<br />
for this opportunity.<br />
“The hardest part was taking the stomach<br />
out and breaking the arms. Most students<br />
s t r u g g l e d with that,” Sage Moore,<br />
seventh grade<br />
said.<br />
In Mrs. Krause's class, before they could<br />
even start the live dissection, student worked<br />
on a simulated version on the computer.<br />
Many students were unsure if they even<br />
wanted to touch the frogs.<br />
In the end, they enjoyed it because they got<br />
the chance to look at the insides of the frog.<br />
This was definitely an experience the kids will<br />
look back on.
Looking back on the eighth grade year<br />
8th Grade Bird Houses<br />
Story by Leila Antony<br />
In four class periods, it is amazing<br />
what eighth graders<br />
produced.<br />
Concentrated students<br />
took their time to pour every<br />
ounce of passion into the artwork. The eighth<br />
graders were assigned to construct a birdhouse<br />
and each added a personal touch, which made<br />
them all unique.<br />
For Ms. Gwen D’Addario’s eighth grade<br />
fourth quarter ceramic art class, students<br />
started from scratch to build clay birdhouses.<br />
They had to cut clay to slabs, wedge and<br />
knead it to remove air bubbles, roll it out to make<br />
it smooth, use templates to cut out designs, and<br />
build the birdhouse.<br />
Reagan Vandermark and Emily Biltimier,<br />
eighth grade, selected this class to create<br />
challenging projects like these.<br />
Vandermark said, “My favorite part of making<br />
the birdhouses is drawing out a plan and watching<br />
it slowly come together, because it shows that you<br />
can do anything if you work hard.”<br />
With success and a finished product,<br />
comes time and dedication. Biltimier<br />
said that the hardest part for her was<br />
combining the slabs. She explained<br />
how it was difficult to keep it<br />
balanced and sturdy, but patience<br />
was the key.<br />
The birdhouses will be featured in<br />
the outdoor classroom and will be<br />
used as a home for the birds that<br />
live near Clay.<br />
Other birdhouses will be displayed<br />
in the cases near the art rooms<br />
and in the main hallway.<br />
With around twenty<br />
students in the class, it<br />
gives Mrs. D’Addario an opportunity to have oneon-one<br />
teaching time.<br />
“Art class is a place where I can express myself<br />
and get closer with classmates, so I like having a<br />
small class. My table has turned into, like, my<br />
second family,” Biltimier said.<br />
Not only does art class teach art fundamentals,<br />
but it is an environment where kids can<br />
l e a r n to use their creativity.<br />
Vandermark said that looked<br />
forward to going to class<br />
because they don’t have to<br />
follow an example. “It’s up<br />
to us whether we add<br />
stripes or polka dots<br />
or paint it pink and blue<br />
because the fun part is<br />
seeing how different it is<br />
from the others.”<br />
Eighth graders take on spring sports<br />
Story By Megan Harding and<br />
Jaci Scherb<br />
Bang! The gun goes off and<br />
the runners make their way<br />
around the track.<br />
Ting! The bat hits the ball<br />
it’s making it’s way into the air<br />
to disappear into the sun.<br />
“I enjoy running track<br />
because I can run with my<br />
friends,” Reagan VanDermark<br />
said. Eighth graders are excited<br />
to be a team with their friends.<br />
“Track is a great way for<br />
friends to get together doing<br />
things they like to do. I love to<br />
run but it makes it better that I<br />
can do it with my friends,”<br />
VanDermark said.<br />
Sports are a great way for<br />
students to be active and<br />
participate in school<br />
activities with friends.<br />
Spring sports at Clay<br />
include track, baseball,<br />
and softball.<br />
“No matter how hard you<br />
push yourself, you can never<br />
stop improving,” Charlie Moss,<br />
a member of the baseball team,<br />
said.<br />
Sports aren’t only an activity<br />
people enjoy and do for fun, it’s<br />
motivation to work your hardest<br />
and never give up no matter<br />
what.<br />
“I like getting to play with<br />
new people, building<br />
friendships with the<br />
team, and working<br />
together while playing a<br />
sport we all love,”<br />
Sophia Derziotis, a<br />
member of the<br />
softball team said.<br />
Sports at Clay are all<br />
about working together<br />
and being a part of<br />
something great.
King’s Island Trip<br />
Story by Elyse Timpe<br />
Squeeeeek the brakes of the bus squeal as a big<br />
herd of excited performing arts kids come out with<br />
bags and pillows ready to leave and compete at<br />
Music in the Park.<br />
The performing arts kids who went to Kings<br />
Island had a busy two days ahead of them.<br />
“After everyone is done competing at Music in<br />
the Parks at Loveland Middle School, we are then<br />
going to a riverboat dinner in Kentucky and then<br />
Saturday we are going to the park all day,” Carissa<br />
Dilley said.<br />
Lorelei Kohl said that they are riding charter<br />
buses. She looked forward to the King’s Island trip.<br />
“The rides I am most excited to ride is The<br />
Diamondback and The Beast,” Conley said.<br />
For the performances, the orchestra performed<br />
three songs, “Shaker Fantasia,” “Dance<br />
Rhythmico,” and “Shepard’s Hey.”<br />
Choir performed “Lightning,” and “Soon I Will<br />
be Done.”<br />
The band played three songs as well: “Cyclone,”<br />
“The Bottom Line,” and “Triumphant Fanfare”<br />
being two of them.<br />
All of the performing arts practiced for this<br />
competition.<br />
“We really want to win first place and Creekside<br />
will be there so we need to remember all of the little<br />
things and that is what will make the difference<br />
between first and second place,” Dilley said.<br />
Science students build spaghetti bridges<br />
Simon says: Mr. Simon eighth grade<br />
science teacher gives tips for eighth<br />
graders working on their spaghetti<br />
bridges.<br />
1. Don’t procrastinate<br />
2. Start early<br />
3. Have fun<br />
What was your favorite<br />
part of the D.C. trip?<br />
“Being with my friends and visiting all of the historical monuments.”<br />
~ Riley Calvin<br />
“Getting to see the nation’s capital and all of the interesting monuments.”<br />
~ Michael Wolf<br />
“My favorite part was the bus ride there and back with my friends.<br />
~ Leila Antony
SW NG NG<br />
into the<br />
SEASON<br />
The Clay boys baseball teams attempted<br />
to have an impactful season this year and<br />
represent their school with good<br />
sportsmanship and wins<br />
8th grade baseball team hopes to improve from last year’s seventh grade season<br />
Story by Griffin Hadley, Yash Jain, and<br />
T<br />
Mitchell Heneberry<br />
The lead-off hitter steps up to the<br />
plate, he repeatedly tapped the plate<br />
with his bat and waits for the incoming<br />
pitch. The pitcher runs through his<br />
motions, releases the ball at a high<br />
velocity, and “WHACK” the ball makes<br />
contact with the bat and soars into the<br />
outfield. This is how the 8th<br />
grade squad would like to hit<br />
at every at bat.<br />
This season the boys hope<br />
to improve after having a<br />
losing record last spring<br />
as seventh graders. After<br />
two games, they were off<br />
to a 0-2 start which isn’t<br />
an ideal record to begin<br />
the season but Coach<br />
Derek Dial thinks they<br />
can break the slump.<br />
“I still believe that<br />
through hard work in<br />
practice we'll come out of the slump<br />
real soon. We are making mental<br />
mistakes and not getting bats going, but<br />
think we will prevail,” Dial said.<br />
Danny Rhoad, an eighth grader who<br />
was on the team last season, has been<br />
playing baseball since kindergarten. He<br />
enjoyed playing for Clay last season but<br />
also thinks that they can improve the<br />
record this year.<br />
“I feel like we have great talent on<br />
the team, and once we start flowing and<br />
get our confidence up I think we can<br />
improve from last year,” Rhoad said.<br />
Alex Richter, another eighth<br />
grader who was on the seventh grade<br />
team, sees improvement in this year’s<br />
team from last. He believes that this<br />
year they have a better coach and the<br />
team is working hard at practice to<br />
improve.<br />
Richter and Rhoad both believe<br />
the team has good chemistry<br />
because they all played together<br />
last season and only added one new<br />
member this season.<br />
“I feel like we all know each other<br />
really well, and we are all good friends. I<br />
hope the friendship will transfer onto<br />
the baseball field and help the team<br />
succeed,” Rhoad said.<br />
Coach Dial said the team’s strength<br />
are hitting but it still needs to improve.<br />
Dial also said that the team’s<br />
communication needed to improve in<br />
order to find success<br />
this season.<br />
“In practice, we’ve<br />
been doing a lot of<br />
hitting and situational<br />
awareness. Once the<br />
team gets these skills<br />
down pat Dial thinks<br />
that they can do great<br />
t hi n g s t h is<br />
spring.”<br />
Above: Owen Jackson jogs to first after being<br />
hit by a pitch. Photo by Nathan Ferrell<br />
Stepping up to the p ate! Clay Trojan Baseball Schedules for the 2017 regular season
Remembering the Outfielders...<br />
Story by Judd Shillings, Matthew<br />
Gardner, Nathan Ferrell<br />
T<br />
he pitcher throws the<br />
ball at breakneck speed.<br />
The batter swings and<br />
the ball flies into right<br />
field. The second baseman starts<br />
running towards it before the<br />
outfielder rushes in and catches it.<br />
The outfielder catches another fly<br />
ball.<br />
Outfielders are often not as<br />
popular as good batters or infielders<br />
in leagues like the MLB even though<br />
they do just as much work as the<br />
infielders. When people think of<br />
baseball most think of batters and<br />
pitchers. Outfielders practice just as<br />
hard and always do their best to dive<br />
for a ball in games.<br />
There are three spots that the<br />
outfielders are at. Right, Left, and<br />
Center fields. In each of these areas,<br />
the outfielders goal is the same.<br />
Do not let the ball get past.<br />
Connor Padjen, seventh grade<br />
outfielder, describes it like this. “I<br />
think it’s like a last line of defense<br />
because you can’t let the ball go past<br />
and go to the fence because a runner<br />
could get like as close as second.”<br />
That is the outfielders number<br />
one goal: stop the ball from hitting<br />
the fence and letting somebody run<br />
to second.<br />
The most important thing for an<br />
outfielder is to not “let the ball get<br />
past you,” according to Jagger<br />
Albert, an eighth grade outfielder. He<br />
plays right and left field. But if you<br />
only think that outfielders are good<br />
for catching the ball then you are<br />
mistaken. Hagan Miller, seventh<br />
grade, said, “It can help with<br />
backing up the infield with support<br />
and it allows reassurance for the<br />
pitchers so they don't have to worry<br />
as much about striking out the<br />
batter.”<br />
It gives the pitcher a chance to<br />
not constantly throw the ball as fast<br />
as they can. Coach Derek Dial said<br />
“they use their skill sets and speed to<br />
catch balls that go into the outfield.”<br />
Outfielders are, surprisingly, the<br />
ones who save the game. Miller said<br />
he catches the ball two times every<br />
game. Padjen said he catches it nine<br />
out of ten times.<br />
Throughout the innings<br />
these outfielders do<br />
their best to prevent<br />
runs from being<br />
scored. They dive for<br />
the ball and do many<br />
other things for their<br />
team that can help to<br />
lead their team to<br />
victory.<br />
Outfielders practice<br />
really hard for their<br />
games.<br />
“Usually coach will<br />
hit pop flies and stuff<br />
and randomly hit it so we have to try<br />
and catch it and cut it off so players<br />
can’t get another base,” Miller said.<br />
Outfielders practice just as hard as<br />
infielders, even though they aren’t as<br />
recognized for it.<br />
Outfielders are a vital part of the<br />
team that are just as valuable as a<br />
pitcher or a first baseman and do just<br />
as many things. They help the team<br />
and deserve to be recognized just as<br />
much as any pitcher.<br />
Right: Jonathan Stroh looks to the plate for the next pitch to be<br />
called by the catcher. Photo by Matthew Gardener<br />
Below: Coach Dereck Dial calls a meeting at the mound with<br />
the infield. Photo by Nathan Ferrell<br />
From Left to Right: Top Row; Coach Gary Boggs, Grant Bricking, Jonathan Stroh,<br />
Jimmy Garnes, Connor Padjen, Coach Ryan Snyder. Middle Row; Daniel Cunningham,<br />
Caden Overbey, James Ross, Xander George, Drake Shelbourne. Bottom Row; Alex<br />
Russo, Ben Holdcraft, Hagen Miller, Griffin Wolf, Ryan Pauley, Robert Sapienza<br />
From Left to Right: Top Row; Joel Nixon, Mitchell Henneberry, Jackson Micheels, Wil<br />
Leary, Billy Kepler, Coach Mike Meyer, Coach Derek Dial. Middle Row; Spencer Wilt,<br />
Owen Jackson, Reed Anderson, Evan Neukam, Collin McNair. Front Row; Danny<br />
Rhoad, Jacob Lange, Jagger Albert, Charlie Moss, Alex Richter, and Nicholas Mitchell.
One Team. One Goal.<br />
8th grade Softball<br />
Story and page by Lily Szuhaj and Isabella Fallahi<br />
“Your eyes just lock with the ball, and you feel<br />
ready to go. You’re just in a zone where nothing else<br />
matters but hitting that ball as far as you can.”<br />
These are Megan Nichols thoughts put into words<br />
as she steps up to bat, but any athlete would know that<br />
the focus and pressure are beyond any level of<br />
understanding where words cannot describe how you<br />
feel when it’s “go time.”<br />
Luckily, the stress and pressure reduces with the<br />
help and support of the team.<br />
All of these girls share a close bond win or lose,<br />
they are there for one another.<br />
The girls think of themselves as one big family.<br />
While the girls are commonly known as Kinnett,<br />
Worland, Nichols, and more, on the field the girls have<br />
nicknames for each other, for example they call Megan<br />
Nichols Meggie Penny.<br />
The girls also share several inside jokes with one<br />
another and yell them from the dugout sometimes.<br />
“You can hear teammates from the dugout cheering<br />
you on,” Nichols said about her teammates.<br />
While the support from one another lowers a lot of<br />
the game-time pressures and stress many of the players<br />
have different ways to get ready for the game.<br />
Nichols said, “Before away games, we sing on the<br />
bus,” and “Before each game. We get in a circle and say<br />
something we can work on.”<br />
These things really help them to calm their nerves<br />
before games.<br />
As a team, their bond is so strong that together they<br />
all share strengths and weaknesses.<br />
“A weakness we all have is that when we are losing,<br />
we get in our heads so we won’t be able to win. We<br />
need to be more motivated, even when we are losing<br />
and we can’t give up hope.” Kinnett said.<br />
Maddie Worland said, “One of our strengths is<br />
working together since we are all so close,”<br />
These girls consider themselves one big family all<br />
brought together by one sport.<br />
Teammate Megan Nichols gets ready to bat while<br />
fellow team members discusses game plan.<br />
Abbey Grogan, Sophia Derziotis, Betsy Freudenthal, Elizabeth Kinnett Gaby Gilbert, Allie<br />
Painter, Megan Nichols, Mallory Young, Marly Ginn, Izzy Woodward, Madison Nelson,<br />
Caroline Roop, Bella Adair, Tylee Ellingwood, and Maddie Worland<br />
Maddie Worland hits the ball.<br />
Sophia Derziotis, Megan Nichols, Allie Painter, Liz<br />
Kinnett, and Maddie Worland group huddle on the<br />
field.<br />
Number 33 Allie Painter is ready to bat!
Seventh grade<br />
Takes the Field<br />
Story by Savannah Murdza<br />
The Lady Trojans seventh grade<br />
softball team are locking into the season<br />
and working their hardest to pull off the<br />
best season yet!<br />
The Ladies are practicing hard and<br />
achieving their goals to win.<br />
Seventh graders Sydney Rickel and<br />
Chloe Rogers talked about all of their<br />
favorite pre-game rituals.<br />
Rogers said before each game they<br />
go onto the field and grab a partner to<br />
run with.<br />
Rickel then said that they also stretch<br />
and perform outfield drills to further<br />
warm up.<br />
The two girls said their favorite thing<br />
to do before a game, the ‘One, Two,<br />
Three Trojan’ count off.<br />
‘’There is no better feeling then<br />
starting off a game right and then<br />
performing just how we practiced.<br />
Calling the ‘One, Two, Three, Trojans!’<br />
makes us feel even more excited and<br />
prepared,’’ Rickel said<br />
As the Trojans progress, they find<br />
the strength to push through the difficult<br />
games.<br />
Although the seventh grade softball<br />
team lost the first four games of the<br />
season, they continued to find the<br />
strength to work hard and hope for<br />
better outcomes during the coming<br />
games!.<br />
Eighth grader Liz Kinnet is up<br />
to bat<br />
Top row: Assistant Coach Michelle Zellat, Annie<br />
Thompson , Madeline Tuttle , Abigail Siddens , Chloe<br />
Rogers, Head Coach Cynthia Wemeth<br />
Second row: Estella Aadson, Sydney Rickle, Emily<br />
Whittington, Dayton Schnase. Julienne Everett Front<br />
row: Emmy Brown, Mia Straatman, Malorie Palmer,<br />
Sophie Estabrook, Haley Mille<br />
Eighth grader Bella Adair<br />
Story by Jenna Springirth<br />
This season, our Lady Trojans are<br />
ready to pitch up a win for Clays seventh<br />
grade softball team. The new softball<br />
team is proud to be part of Clay’s softball<br />
team. They are practicing every week to<br />
perfect their hitting and pitching.<br />
The team hopes to leave better than<br />
they arrived.<br />
To get there, the Lady Trojans focus<br />
much of their time on practice and before<br />
game drills.<br />
“Before a game, we do dynamic<br />
stretching as a team, run around the field<br />
if it’s a home game. The team will also<br />
practice throwing, pitching, and batting to<br />
get warmed up before a big game,”<br />
Emmy Brown, a seventh grader, said.<br />
Joining a team sport at Clay is a great<br />
way to make new friends and try<br />
something new.<br />
This team has been heading in a<br />
positive direction to impress their<br />
competition.<br />
Sydney Rickel and Chloe Rodgers<br />
said, ”Before games, I get excited to show<br />
off what I can do.”<br />
This team has put all of their<br />
dedication to work hard and play hard for<br />
this season.<br />
Bella Adair<br />
Marly Ginn is up to bat.<br />
Allie Painter is up to bat.<br />
Maddie Worland(4), Allie Painter(33), Mallory Young(23).
A<br />
idan Simoneau,<br />
eighth grade,<br />
m o v e d t o<br />
Indiana all the<br />
way from<br />
Canada. When<br />
he joined the track team as a seventh<br />
grader, he was a JV runner for the<br />
800m. He had a 60s 400m time as a<br />
seventh grader. His time did not<br />
make the 400m team.<br />
As time went on, the football and<br />
hockey player gradually became<br />
stronger and faster.<br />
When eighth grade came along,<br />
his mock meet 400m time was a 56s<br />
(fastest time in the race). Simoneau’s<br />
dramatic improvement got him onto<br />
the varsity number one spot for the<br />
100m, 200m, and 4x100m.<br />
Simoneau confidently walks up to<br />
the starting line for his 100m dash<br />
against Creekside. In the lane next to<br />
him, Donovan Duffy who has placed<br />
in top national events and one of the<br />
fastest middle schoolers in the<br />
Midwest was getting his starting<br />
blocks ready. The runners got onto<br />
their knees, scoot their feet back onto<br />
the blocks, and got set silently and<br />
anxiously waiting for the starting<br />
gun.<br />
“Runners on your mark, set,<br />
Boom!” The starting gun fires and<br />
the varsity runners are off in the 100<br />
meter dash. Duffy speeds down his<br />
lane leading the pack as Simoneau<br />
keeps up on his tail. Duffy was a hair<br />
in front of Simoneau as they crossed<br />
the finish line. Simoneau ended up<br />
with an impressive 11.7s as Duffy<br />
11.6s. Simoneau will be one of the<br />
top scorers for the team throughout<br />
this season.<br />
Another standout<br />
runner on the track<br />
team, Holden King, runs<br />
the 4x800m relay, the<br />
800m, the 1600m, the<br />
2400m, and the 4x400m<br />
relay runs. Holden is on<br />
the varsity team and he<br />
has been doing track since<br />
his 7th grade year.<br />
“My favorite part about<br />
track is competing in events<br />
and hanging out with friends,” King<br />
said about track.<br />
“Other standout runners this year<br />
include Abby Parker, James<br />
Gastineau, Colton Parker, Owen<br />
Schafer, Shoji Fujita, and many<br />
others,” King added.<br />
A girl who has stood out this<br />
year, Brooklyn Edwards, runs<br />
distance events on the track team. “I<br />
run the 4x800m relay , the 800m, and<br />
the 4x400m relay, and my favorite<br />
event is the 4x800m relay. I like track<br />
because I get to run and hang out<br />
with friends.” Edwards said.<br />
For field events, Dominic Padjen<br />
has the farthest throws for discus and<br />
shotput. He also said that his<br />
personal record is 128 ft. as of April<br />
25th. He has consistently placed 1st<br />
in his shotput and discus events<br />
throughout this season. He also runs<br />
the 200m dash, and the 4x100m relay<br />
on the varsity team.<br />
Wish these runners luck as they<br />
compete in the county meet today at<br />
Fishers High School.<br />
RUNNING<br />
Into Track Season<br />
Uredo Agado in high jump.<br />
Photo taken by Spencer Daymude<br />
Clay running the 800 meter event against Westfield<br />
Photo taken by Spencer Daymude
Girls Track Team<br />
Boys Track Team
FAREWELL EIGHTH GRADE<br />
By Joanna Thornburg and Marlie Tofaute<br />
The eighth graders surely had a full year of memories.<br />
Some went on a trip to D.C., others performed at the<br />
Palladium, others put on a production of “Bye Bye Birdie,”<br />
and everyone solved the mystery of Mrs. Fulp’s missing lunch<br />
in science. It's the end of the year, a time to reflect and laugh<br />
at all the memories made.<br />
Eighth grade student Kevin Kim, a team Visionary<br />
student, said that his favorite memory was performing at the<br />
Palladium. He said that “having the privilege of performing<br />
on a world class stage is a honor in itself." He is very proud<br />
of how he and his friends in orchestra performed.”<br />
According to Brooke Teater, a Team Legends student,<br />
her favorite memory was finding out who stole Mrs. Fulp’s<br />
lunch during science class. She said that she “couldn’t believe<br />
how seriously everyone was taking it. They even brought in a<br />
police dog and made a video.” The icing on the cake for her,<br />
was figuring out that Mr. Britcher was the thief. She<br />
especially liked that what they were doing in science<br />
parallelled what they were doing in Language Arts, since they<br />
were reading “And Then There Were None.”<br />
Anna Taylor, a team Revolutionary student, went on the<br />
D.C. Trip over Fall Break. She fondly remembers going to all<br />
of the museums and monuments. Her favorite was<br />
Monticello, where she and her friends were able hike around<br />
and look at all of the wine cellars, slave houses, and gardens.<br />
For Ally Horowitz, a team Legend student, she<br />
affectionately remembers the time she spent on the Clay stage<br />
playing the understudy role of Mrs. Macafee. She was so<br />
happy to meet new people and get to know people better.<br />
Ally was very happy she was able to do something she loved<br />
this year.<br />
While these are just some of the favorite memories<br />
students had these year, this barely scratched the surface.<br />
Everyone had a year that was full of memories, that they will<br />
cherish for years to come. All of the eighth graders said that<br />
while eighth grade was fun, they are definitely looking<br />
forward to their high school years.
By Marlie Tofaute<br />
Before and After<br />
“I've learned many<br />
important life skills and<br />
how to pursue my<br />
dreams.”<br />
-Corbin King<br />
“I've learned that music<br />
has a connection to<br />
everything and it's<br />
connected with every<br />
subject not just the<br />
one.”<br />
-Josh Brinkman<br />
“I have learned that<br />
the most important<br />
part about life is<br />
working together and<br />
not making everything<br />
a competition.”<br />
-Mitch Taylor<br />
“I learned that sleep is<br />
not very good on<br />
weekdays and it's hard<br />
to get and that school<br />
isn't as hard as people<br />
say it is.”<br />
- Allie Painter<br />
A Year to Look Forward To<br />
Story By Joanna Thornburg<br />
The transition to high<br />
school is always nerve<br />
wracking, but it can also be<br />
exciting. The current eighth<br />
graders are very excited for<br />
high school for a variety of<br />
reasons.<br />
Isabel Jensen couldn't<br />
stop talking about the Intro<br />
to Engineering and Design<br />
class she will be taking next<br />
year. “I’m actually really<br />
excited about it,” she said<br />
“my brother took it and<br />
really enjoyed it, so I can’t<br />
wait.” Isabel said that since<br />
the class wasn't something<br />
that was offered in middle<br />
school, she was happy that<br />
they offered it in high<br />
school.<br />
Alex Golden, a student<br />
redistricted from Carmel<br />
Middle School, said that he<br />
was excited for the more<br />
competitive nature of the<br />
sports, and seeing old friends<br />
again. “I can’t wait!” he said.<br />
“I haven't seen some of my<br />
friends from Carmel in<br />
forever, and I’m looking<br />
forward to being a part of a<br />
more competitive sport<br />
league.”<br />
Libby Klotz is also<br />
looking forward to the<br />
electives she will be taking<br />
next year. According to<br />
Libby, the classes she is<br />
taking next year, like Jewelry<br />
and Biblical Literature, could<br />
help her figure out what<br />
career she wants to do.<br />
“Out of the thousands of<br />
electives they [Carmel High<br />
School] have,” she said. “I’m<br />
bound to find something I<br />
would want to do for the<br />
rest of my life,” she said.<br />
From meeting new<br />
people, reconnecting with<br />
old friends, and exciting new<br />
electives high school is going<br />
to be a fun time. This classes<br />
high school career is<br />
definitely something they are<br />
looking forward to, as well as<br />
something they will look<br />
back on and smile.<br />
“I have gained a love<br />
for knowledge, and I<br />
have learned a lot in<br />
being a good person<br />
and enjoying the little<br />
things in life.”<br />
- Olivia White<br />
Who’s Going Where?<br />
“I’ve learned how to see<br />
the bright side of things,<br />
and to know that there’s<br />
always positive in a<br />
negative situation.”<br />
- Katelyn Conley<br />
Carmel 435 Blue<br />
By Marlie Tofaute<br />
“I've learned how to<br />
connect with people that<br />
have the same interests as<br />
me, and be able to have<br />
more social skills with<br />
many different types of<br />
people.”<br />
- Bella Adair<br />
Guerin 22 Purple<br />
Brebeuf 4 Red<br />
Cathedral 3 Light blue<br />
University 3<br />
Yellow
D A N C E<br />
marathon
Mr. Stewart<br />
Left: Mr. Todd Stewart’s celebration cake<br />
Bottom Left: Dr. Nicholas Wahl presents<br />
Stewart with this prestigious award<br />
Right: Mr. Mark Weaver and Stewart<br />
point at the plaque of former teachers who<br />
have received this award. Weaver received<br />
the award in 2003.<br />
Bottom Right: Stewart holds up his cake<br />
after receiving the award.<br />
Seventh grade social studies teacher wins Carmel Clay Schools teacher of the year<br />
Story by Griffin Hadley, Yash<br />
Jain, and Mitchell Henneberry<br />
He has been teaching at Clay<br />
for 12 years. He is the favorite<br />
teacher of many students; past<br />
and present. His way of teaching<br />
is loved by many and proven to<br />
be effective. And this year he<br />
has been chosen for the Carmel<br />
Clay Schools teacher of the year.<br />
Who is this teacher who has<br />
done so much for Clay? Well,<br />
it’s seventh grade social studies<br />
teacher Mr. Todd Stewart.<br />
Stewart was chosen was the<br />
Carmel Clay Schools teacher of<br />
the year. This is a huge honor<br />
for him and Clay Middle School.<br />
During his 12 years here, he has<br />
enjoyed his time.<br />
One of his most memorable<br />
moments at Clay was getting his<br />
job as a teacher here.<br />
“It’s something about the<br />
excitement of getting a job and<br />
being able to do what I love.”<br />
Stewart said.<br />
His students enjoy his ways<br />
of teaching as well.<br />
“He makes social studies<br />
much more fun," Reagan<br />
Hadley, seventh grade said. "He<br />
m a k e s i t m u c h m o r e<br />
entertaining."<br />
Students from the past also<br />
remember his teachings. Matt<br />
Jones, an eighth grade student<br />
said, “The way he teaches is<br />
different and much more<br />
entertaining. he adds humor and<br />
makes it an interactive class.”<br />
Peter Suder, another student<br />
of Stewart’s also enjoys<br />
Stewart’s class greatly. He enjoys<br />
when Stewart tells stories about<br />
his travels and brings them into<br />
his teaching.<br />
Stewart said he comes from<br />
a long line of teachers and<br />
coaches and always has been<br />
exposed to education as really<br />
important.<br />
H e w i l l a l w a y s b e<br />
remembered at Clay Middle<br />
School for receiving this award.<br />
Congratulations Mr. Stewart!