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It’s rare to find Jonathon Stone without a smile on his face. His enthusiasm and positive attitude are contagious. It’s no surprise that he excels at an East Central College Student Ambassador – giving tours and sharing his knowledge with potential students.
“His ability to connect with prospective students and parents has been an invaluable resource to East Central College,” explained Sara Marler, East Central College Admissions Representative. “Jonathon is highly praised by those he works with and is always humble about the praise he receives. He has been an excellent representative of East Central College.” His hard work and dedication to the college is why he was chosen as the 2018 Outstanding Student Award winner at the 47th Annual Spring Commencement. “Jonathon brings joy to my days,” said Shelli Allen, Vice President of Student Affairs. “The youth, energy and positivity that he brings into the workplace infects all of us. He shows up on time each day, ready to take on whatever new or different tasks await.” The Outstanding Student Award is the highest award given to an East Central College graduate. It is awarded to one student who embodies academic excellence and contributes to the life of the campus community. The honoree is selected by a vote of the faculty and staff who thoughtfully consider academic achievements as well as extracurricular involvement. To be considered for the honor, an ECC student must have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Participation in campus and community activities are also considered. In addition to his role as a Student Ambassador, Jonathon was also a member of the Student Government Association and Phi Theta Kappa. Outside of East Central College, Jonathon was passionate about helping others. He volunteers with Franklin County Young Life, a Christian outreach program for adolescents, where he listens to the stories of young people and learns about their joys, triumphs, heartaches and setbacks. Jonathon graduated with Highest Honors, and will continue his education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis where he plans to study business marketing and participate in the U.S. Air Force ROTC program. By: Olivia Williams
National Honor Society, NHS, hosted its last meeting of the 2017-2018 school year on Friday, May 11. They celebrated finishing the school year with an annual Ice Cream Social held at the city park. Members of NHS brought various toppings and other sweet treats for everyone to enjoy. These toppings included whipped cream, candy, and chocolate syrup. Mrs. Oelrichs, the NHS sponsor, provided the members with vanilla and chocolate ice cream. This event is held each year to celebrate various things, such as welcoming the new inductees this year and saying goodbye to the seniors who are graduating. The Ice Cream Social is a nice way for members to end the school year and get to know the new members for the club. Before the Ice Cream Social, Grace Soete was asked what she was most looking forward to. She simply stated, “Free ice cream. Duh.” Kamryn Poe said she was looking forward to all the delicious toppings that would be at the Ice Cream Social. Kenzie Bauer said, “Anyone who knows me knows my favorite food is ice cream. And to get to eat and spend time with the other members is going to be fun.” The NHS members had a wonderful time in the park, eating ice cream and spending the last few days of school with their classmates. They were all in agreement that this was a great way to wrap up the school year. By: Grace Soete
On Tuesday, May 8th, the Spring band concert took place at New Haven High School. Grades 5-12 played 3-4 songs and received several different medals. The elementary grades could win awards for “Most Valuable Player”, “Most Improved Section”, and “Most Valuable Section”. The high school students were recognized for their performance in marching band, pep band, district, conference, state band, and the students who lettered. After the high school band performed 2 songs, the seniors had a chance to say a few words to sum up their accomplishments and memories throughout the 8 years of band. This was also the time Mrs. Koch announced the winners of the Carol Bounds Music Boosters scholarship, Michelle Bahena, and the John Philip Sousa award, Liz Hughes. After each grade performed their own songs, all of the grades combined to play a “master blaster” song. Mrs. Koch stated, “I think it's good to get the younger kids to sit and play next to the older kids for experience. It is also cool to hear how big of a sound we get when we all play together.” Overall, Mrs. Koch commented, “I thought it was maybe one of our strongest concerts, maybe the best we've ever given, since I’ve been here. All the grades did very well. They all exceeded my expectations for the year.” Senior Michelle Bahena reflected, “It was really memorable, especially with the touch Liz’s speech gave. I was super excited to have been awarded the Carol Bounds Music Booster scholarship because ever since I was younger I admired the seniors that were awarded it. I was also proud of Liz for being awarded the John Philip Sousa award.” Claire Meyer, junior, commented, “Overall I thought it was good. It was cool to hear the progression of the grades throughout the years. It'll be very weird without the seniors next year because we've been playing with them for a while now.” Congratulations to Mrs. Koch and all of the band students for another successful year! By: Ella Kuhlmann On Friday, May 4th, the New Haven 8th graders went to the Four Rivers Career Center in Washington, Missouri. The went there to learn about classes for future career building skills that the center teaches to students who are Juniors and Seniors in high school. They got there by riding the bus with Mrs. Roth and Mrs. Anderson. Several classrooms and shops were visited by the students, who were led in the tour by students from the Career Center. The 8th graders could have seen people working on a new pavilion for the Clearview Elementary school. They could have seen a contest that the Building Construction Class competed in and won. They could also have learned about options of getting into future career classes. The career resources also provides valuable assistance to students who have disabilities by providing them assistance in making the transition to career and technical programs. The 8th graders learned about what requirements they would need in order to take classes for future careers. At the end of the visit, many expressed interest in participating in the classes they had learned about at the Career Center. By: Jake Wilson
On Monday, April 30, the Shamrocks put up a good fight, but in the end came up short, falling to Cuba 4-3. The Shamrocks kept it close throughout the game, but the Wildcats always had an answer. Facing the Cuba pitchers, senior Ryan Blankenship went 1 for 3 with a run batted in and a stolen base. Fellow senior Owen Buchheit also went 1 for 3 with a run batted in. Senior Owen Buchheit commented, “I still continue to see improvement game-by-game. We kept it close, but we just came up short. We did get a couple of key bunts down, and made some other textbook plays. We just have to stay consistent and crank up the intensity.” Buchheit got the start on the mound for the Shamrocks, throwing 5 ⅓ innings, giving up 3 hits, and striking out 5. Junior Christian Paterson threw 1 ⅔ innings, giving up 1 hit, while striking out 2. Sophomore Jay Eichelberger stated, “We kept it close the whole way through. It definitely was a winnable game. We just have to make the easy plays and stay consistent throughout.” While the Shamrocks’ final regular season games concluded, the Shamrocks will begin district play Saturday, May 12, in Louisiana against Crossroads. Good luck, boys! By: Callie Weatherly
Mrs. Kelsey Anderson is the current business, marketing, accounting, and keyboarding teacher as well as the supervisor of FBLA. She is also one of the class sponsors for the class of 2019. Mrs. Anderson graduated from Hermann High School. She got her Bachelor’s from Missouri State University, and from there she went to University of Central Missouri for her Master’s degree. Regarding her decision to teach, Mrs. Anderson explained, “I graduated Missouri State with a Bachelor’s in Communication and started working after graduation at a company that worked with school districts and another where I worked with college campuses. My job with these employers had many different roles, however I gravitated to the training aspect in each of them. After several years of feeling unsatisfied with my job, I decided that I wanted to return and obtain my Master’s to teach high school business and therefore went back to University of Central Missouri to do just that.” We are all glad she came to join the NHHS staff, which she has been a part of for 2 years. However, most are wondering about her pregnancy. Mrs. Anderson reports that her baby is due on the 21st of this month. Although, she and her husband do not know the gender. When asked why they decided to keep the gender unknown, Mrs. Anderson explained, “Tyler and I both wanted it to be a surprise as we felt like it would be one of the greatest surprises we could ever have. We are getting very antsy, though, at this point.” When you see pregnancy on TV, it is often depicted with very bright and high expectations of perfect, no-issues-whatsoever pregnancies, and the mothers just magically know everything. However, according to Mrs. Anderson, that is not accurate. Mrs. Anderson said on the topic of expectations, “Honestly, I didn't know what to expect. I went into it without a lot of expectations, just because I know from so many of my friends that everyone's pregnancy is so different. I really tried to just take everything in and ask questions along the way if I had them. I'm extremely lucky in that I have had great support from family and friends along the way that have been through this and they have really been able to answer any questions I have had.” Mrs. Anderson has said she is most excited about being able to see and hold her child, and see her husband, Tyler, hold their child. On the topic of hearing any horror stories, Mrs. Anderson explained, “No one needs to hear the horror stories of others. Besides, once that little baby is in your arms, I heard it is all worth it!” We are all excited for you, Mrs. Anderson! Congratulations! Games will include a library scavenger hunt and rock 'n roll bingo. Switchback, the band, will play '60s, '70s, and '80s music.  By: Lexi Oetterer
Mrs. Katie Borcherding, art teacher at New Haven High, was asked by the Chamber of Commerce to create a selfie station as one of the activities for people to do at the Miller’s Landing Day Memorial on Saturday, May 5th. For this project, Mrs. Borcherding, along with Abby Grater, decided to remake a scene from a historic New Haven photo of the Tilda Clara. Mrs. Borcherding was asked why she was doing this project, and she replied, “I think it is important for the students to work with the community.” Mrs. Borcherding, along with some of the students at New Haven High (including Abby Grater, Savanna Hanna, Lexy Sidwell, Cecelia Malone, and Christian Paterson), has been working for the past three weeks to create the photo booth. The Chamber of Commerce is picking up the finished project at 3:00 P.M. on Friday, May 4th. Mrs. Borcherding was asked about how she felt about the finished project, and she said, “I like it. I think the design is really fun. It took us a long time to decide what to do, but the recreation of a historic New Haven photo I think was a really good idea.” The students who helped work on the project were asked what they felt about the project as a whole. Junior Christian Paterson replied, “It’s all right, and I think it’s cool.” Junior Cecelia Malone said, “I like it a lot-- I think it's a very creative way to get people to recognize the memorial.” All photos are taken, edited, and uploaded by New Haven High School Yearbook and TV/Studio students. All sales benefit the NHHS graphic arts lab.
 The team pictured is the "Slinging Slashers". Their best launch was 135 m, breaking the previous record of 118 m set by last year's class.
The second place team was the "It'll Do Crew" (Owen Buchheit, Alden Peraino, Emma Engelbrecht, Kate Ruediger, James Eplin). Their best launch today was 20.3 meters. The class is taught by Mrs. Wendy Oelrichs. This afternoons baseball game between New Haven and Silex has been moved from Silex to New Haven due to field conditions. The start time remains at 5:00. It will be varsity only -- no jv. Please help us to spread the word to parents and fans.
By: Kenzie Bauer and Lacie Grater
At 4:50 A.M. on Saturday, April 14th, the senior class rolled out of New Haven to start their journey to New York. The seniors were gone from the 14th and returned home on Saturday, April 21st. The major stops the seniors took on their journey were the Biltmore Estates in North Carolina and the University of Virginia, Monticello (Thomas Jefferson’s historic home), and Mount Vernon in Virginia. The seniors then traveled to Washington D.C., including sites like the Arlington Cemetery, the White House, the Capitol, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, and the Monument Tour. They next visited Philadelphia and toured Independence Hall. Their last city to visit was New York City, where they saw Central Park, Top of the Rock, Wicked on Broadway, the 9/11 Tour, Madison Square Garden, the NBC Tour, the Empire State Building, and the Flight 93 Memorial. After New York, they finally returned home. Natalie Hoerstkamp was asked what her favorite part of the trip was. Natalie replied, “I really enjoyed looking over New York at night at the Empire State Building.” Liz Hughes was asked if there was one thing she wished the class would have done, what would it be? Liz said, “One thing I would have really enjoyed would have been being able to take a tour of the White House.” Jake Wilson attended a New York Yankees baseball game. Jake commented, “It was a really nice opportunity and a really fun experience, given the fact that I’ve only been to Busch Stadium.” When asked what the seniors learned while on this trip, a few seniors responded. Aiden Bailey stated, “there are 400,000 people buried in Arlington Cemetery.” Emily Knoppe noted, “Something I learned from this trip was that Mount Vernon is not, in fact, a mountain.” Liz Hughes stated, “I learned many new things, but one thing that specifically stuck out to me is a question that I asked a security guard at the White House. He told me that when the president is in the Oval Office, a marine stands outside the White House on the west side.” The seniors traveled on the subway in New York to arrive at different locations. Lauren Gerlemann was asked how her experience was and if she liked the subway. Lauren replied, “I’ve never ridden on a subway in such a big city before; however, it’s like what you see in the movies. I saw a lot of people sleeping, some girls doing their makeup, and even homeless people asking us for money. It was quite the experience, to say the least.” Emma Engelbrecht was asked if she encountered any scary experiences. Emma commented, “Yes. In Washington D.C., a group of us went to a souvenir shop. While looking around, a suspicious man walked in. We didn’t really think much of it, but when I was checking out, the cashier told me that we needed to leave because they had called the cops on this man because they believed that he was going to steal something.” Kate Ruediger was asked if she experienced anything scary. Kate replied, “I think I witnessed my first drug deal. We were eating at Shake Shack when I went to go use the bathroom. Some guy was in there before me and brought a brown bag with him. When I was about to walk in, another guy came and asked me what time it was, and I just ran away. I assumed he was supposed to go into the bathroom at a specific time to get the brown bag the previous guy had left.” Furthermore, Lacie Grater, Hannah White, and Kallie Stubblefield had an interesting first night at their hotel in Tennessee. Lacie Grater stated, “The first night we stayed at a hotel, someone knocked on our door at around one in the morning. Hannah had fallen asleep about 10 minutes before we heard the knock, so when she woke up she thought that I had fallen out of my bed. Then she realized that Kallie and I were panicked. Luckily our door was connected to one of the teachers’ rooms, and from there we called the front desk and they sent security up to check on the situation.” The class of 2018 was asked what they would tell the incoming seniors to prepare them better for next years’ trip, and many responded with helpful tips. Emily Knoppe stated, “Bring sunscreen, a warm jacket, and don't listen to sweet old ladies who try to sell you bracelets in D.C.” Emma Engelbrecht mentioned, “Always get up and go with a good attitude, because when you look back on the trip you're not going to remember how tired you were, you'll remember all the wonderful things you got to see along the way.” Aiden Bailey noted, “Stay off your phone and actually enjoy your trip.” After a successful 2018 senior trip, the senior class has memories to carry with them throughout their lives. As another trip is in the books, the future seniors are looking forward to making memories next year, as they take on senior trip 2019. By: Lydia Otten
New Haven High School students are very excited for summer break. This year, school ends on May 15th, and it is a half day. A recent survey was sent out to everybody, asking what they’re excited about for summer, their favorite part of summer, and their plans. Freshman Dori McCarty answered with, “This summer my family and I are taking a vacation to Virginia. It isn't necessarily a vacation, my dad is a blacksmith and there is a blacksmith conference every two years in a different state. Two years ago it was in Utah and this year it is in Virginia.” Senior Kenzie Bauer said she is excited for summer because she is going to “not have any stresses, to hopefully get tan, and to make memories with my friends!” Cece Malone, junior, responded with, “I'm excited for getting a tan, conditioning for Cross Country, and sleeping in.” Devin Buchheit, senior, said his favorite part of summer is “the time I get to spend with my friends and my family. I am going to be in boot camp, so I won’t be able to do that this summer, but I am going to be able to go and make new friends and see the world from the deck of a ship, the cockpit of a plane, or through the lens of a submarine.” Junior Diana Ribera’s favorite part about summer is, “I like seeing the flowers. I know it sounds funny but I like seeing different flowers planted in gardens.” Senior Emily Knoppe’s plans for summer are, “I plan on getting my learner’s permit, getting a job, and (hopefully) moving into my dorm at MSU!” Junior Callie Weatherly responded with, “I actually plan to work-- some of my family and friends call me a workaholic. I am also going to attempt to teach myself ASL (American Sign Language) as well as continue my knowledge of German. I might even begin some small home improvement projects with my family. I won't just be working and learning over the break, I do plan to hang out with my boyfriend and my friends.” Summer is not too far away. So, start making your plans! |
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