Lions Pride

By Shelby Hodge

Lions pride is an after school club. Students mainly join because they want something to do, others because they have to with no ride home. The students are allowed in the gym, they can play games, and go to the library. They are served a snack and then they are free time.

Winter Dance Postponed

By Cameron Ringer

YVC

By: Clintasha Westbrook

            Ms. Stevens, co-sponsor, said she enjoys working with the kids of YVC. She also said they have a good time.

National Junior Honor Society

By: Ciera Sanwick 

Fundraiser

by Hannah Ramsgard

              Precious Harbour, 8, sold 11 items for the school fundraiser in the two weeks time given. She was striving to earn a DSI, but she understood that even if she were given a month, that is a very large number of items to sell. Her new goal was to sell 30 items.

The Gifted Programs

By:Traneay Harris

Mrs.Figueroa, head of the gifted programs, offers wide variety of programs to stimulate the minds of the young students as they enter the front door. The gifted students are taught above and beyond the things taugt to other students, soame are proud to be called the gifted students. "The gifted group just keeps getting larger and larger every year," said Figueroa.

Students Of The Month

By: Hanna Venclauskas

It's not even that hard to do, just do work and try hard. Then the reward will to become student of the month. PTO holds Star Student of the Month, one for each of the 11 departments.

Teachers Celebrate Christmas

 By Alex Christensen

It's that time of year again when everyone is getting ready for their perfect Christmas. Teachers do various different things. Some celebrate Christmas Eve with family and then Christmas day with another family.

New Student Teacher

By Shelby Hodge

Art got a helping hand as, Ms. Stark helped Ms. Sherman. She said her experience with the students was very positive. “Everything here just seems to fall into place,”said Stark.

The New Staff

By Mik'Asia Strickland

Ms. Wallman a new teacher to the building grew up on a farm south from Lincoln. She attended Norris High School in Firth, Nebraska. In High School Wallman was an average student, but she was very well involved. Her favorite subject in High School was family and Consumer and also science.

Inspirations within Teachers

By Austin Jackson

        The definition of inspiration is a thing or someone who inspires. The definition of inspires is to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence. In short an inspiration gives a person the momentum to do something. The school has many inspiring teachers.

Why should we have it

by Clintasha Westbrook 

   Why are kids always saying, “She’s/ he’s rude, she/he has no manners, she/he don’t know me with his/her negative attitude.” Well you have to give respect to get respect. It it’s not hard, so why do some people make it?

 Cold School busses

By: Cooper Loth

If you ride a school bus then you know that when it’s cold, it’s not cool. When I get on a bus I would like to be able to take my coat off and not be cold. It’s not cool that I’m sitting there shivering on the bus. It should be warming me up, not making me freeze.

School Rules

By McKenzie Nienaber

There are many school rules I'm not used to. Lunch is very different, you can't get up to throw away your trash, you have to wait till a teacher comes and takes it to put it in a garbage can. Also, when you sit down at lunch you have to sit with the people in the same class as you.

GO Team GO!!

By Precious Gaspard

Under the direction of Mrs.Harckleroad, the reading teacher, cheer squad is joined together. Forty-seven girls tried out only twenty-three made the squad. Harckleroad said that when she was younger she cheered as well. That inspired her to take the time and teach them all of the cheers and help come up with dances.

 Girls Volleyball

by Kaitlyn Faurot

Boys Football Season

by Jessa Royer

 Football season started the first week of school, many guys tried out and only 53 made it all the way through. Tristin Taylor, 8, said that there are many responsibilities that come along with playing football, but overall it’s a good sport. He plays outside of school for the Omaha Bobcats.

I Can Transform Ya

by David Knight 

Chris Brown has done it again releasing another hit song in I Can Transform Ya. Featuring Lil Wayne and Swizz Beats. The song is kind of going toward the transformer robot side probably from all the success of the current transformer movies.

A Christmas Carol

by Hannah Ramsgard

A Christmas Carol  is a classic story with the Scrooge and the three spirits. I think they did a good job of actually going along with the story and not adding in their own extra features like other movies from books or stage shows have done. I see too many good books and plays becoming something they’re not on a screen.

A Gift of a Friend

By Danielle Young

A person with musical talent wrote and sang this heart-swelling song, Demi Lovato. And the song she wrote is titled Gift of a Friend. I've gotta tell you it's a great song.

 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

By Lucas Hinton

Have you ever stepped outside during a cloudy day and saw a huge 15ft hot dog plummeting down at you with a very high velocity? If not I suggest seeing the latest 3D movie, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. This is based on the children's book with the same title.