by Meredith Penczek
Bullying is an everyday thing. Unfortunately, people who are bullied have few places to turn. Everyone knows how caring Mrs. McFatridge is. Now, she, her mentoring class, and the S.A.D.D. officers are starting an anti-bullying group for PCHS.
They’re kicking it off by an anti-bullying week. Each day has a designated color and meaning. This is occurring the week of January 24th. Flyers have been posted around the school announcing so, and details about it have been put in the weekly announcements.
“We will be holding a few meetings, but that’s mainly to establish our presence,” Mrs. McFatridge said when asked about the group's future plans. She also added, “it’s good for people to know that there’s a presence out there.”
The current members from Mrs. McFatridge’s mentoring are Dan Dan Chen, Shane Foos, Noel Rigdon, Tyler Roberts, Leslie Rush, Ashleigh Sanders, Rebecca Sexton, Erica Sheeran, Kurtis Shotts, Dakota Simpson, Anika Sons, and Sierra Campbell, and the officers from S.A.D.D. are Jed Powers, Morgan Englum, Erica Sheeran, Rachel Givens, and Drew Harper. These are just some of the participating in the anti-bullying group.
This is just one step towards helping the people who’ve been bullied. There’s now somewhere where they can turn. As Mrs. McFatridge preaches to her classes, “Progress, not perfection.”
Monday, January 31, 2011
PCHS Drama brings "Beauty" to stage this spring
by Kayla Foushee
The tale may be as old as time, but the musical "Beauty and the Beast" is timeless. "Beauty and the Beast" is a musical about loving someone for what’s on the inside, and teaches us that looks aren’t everything.
High school is a hard time for people. It seems like the only thing people care about are looks. "Beauty and the Beast" is a great play for a high school to do. It has a great story line about inner beauty.
“I was temporarily crazy when I chose it, but also it’s familiar. People know the songs, and it lends itself for a large cast,” said Mr. Lynch. "Beauty and the Beast" is familiar to people, and it’s easy to see why Mr.Lynch chose it for this year’s spring production.
Accoding to SurLaLune Fairy Tales, "Beauty" ran on Broadway for 5,464 perfomances between 1994 and 2007, becoming Broadway’s seventh-longest running production in history. The musical has grossed more that $1.4 billion (Mr. Lynch isn’t expecting to get quite that much) worldwide and played in thirteen countries and 115 cities. It has also become a very popular choice for high school productions.
Paris Cooperative High School puts on huge productions every spring. Everyone in the town of Paris always comes to see the plays. Mr. Lynch chooses the plays he thinks students could relate to the most. All of the plays are always bigger and better than the last.
“This production is going to be huge! Massive costumes, this play will be signifacntly different," said Mr. Lynch.
The tale may be as old as time, but the musical "Beauty and the Beast" is timeless. "Beauty and the Beast" is a musical about loving someone for what’s on the inside, and teaches us that looks aren’t everything.
High school is a hard time for people. It seems like the only thing people care about are looks. "Beauty and the Beast" is a great play for a high school to do. It has a great story line about inner beauty.
“I was temporarily crazy when I chose it, but also it’s familiar. People know the songs, and it lends itself for a large cast,” said Mr. Lynch. "Beauty and the Beast" is familiar to people, and it’s easy to see why Mr.Lynch chose it for this year’s spring production.
Accoding to SurLaLune Fairy Tales, "Beauty" ran on Broadway for 5,464 perfomances between 1994 and 2007, becoming Broadway’s seventh-longest running production in history. The musical has grossed more that $1.4 billion (Mr. Lynch isn’t expecting to get quite that much) worldwide and played in thirteen countries and 115 cities. It has also become a very popular choice for high school productions.
Paris Cooperative High School puts on huge productions every spring. Everyone in the town of Paris always comes to see the plays. Mr. Lynch chooses the plays he thinks students could relate to the most. All of the plays are always bigger and better than the last.
“This production is going to be huge! Massive costumes, this play will be signifacntly different," said Mr. Lynch.
Controversy surrounds "I Love Boobies" bracelets
by Madison Gates
You see your friends and classmates wearing them on their wrists at school every day and also to games. They’re everywhere! Everyone seems to want one and they come in all different colors, but all say one thing: “I Love Boobies.”
These are bracelets to help support breast cancer awareness. But is that the real reason that people wear them?
“I support the message but the language used on them isn’t appropriate for school,” stated Mr. Lynch, a teacher here at PCHS.
Do you think that they’re okay to wear at school? Briana Pearcy, a freshman here at PCHS, had this to say about it: “I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with them. It’s to support breast cancer. I have one.”
The Keep A Breast Foundation’s mission is to help eliminate breast cancer by exposing young people, mostly teens to methods of prevention, early detection, and support. This is a campaign to speak to young people about a subject that is often scary. For more information about the campaign, you can visit www.keep-a-breast.org.
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