A reminder to all seniors last day is Friday the 20^th. The seniors get out on that day and I can’t think of a single senior that is not excited to be nearly done with school. Senioritis is kicking in, and it may be hard for seniors to concentrate. Hang in their seniors; your time is almost done.

What do you Think About the New Schedule?

Steven Marks- “Steven Marks likes the new schedule because you get more sleep.”

Devin Lafoon- “My girl, Ms. Demm-Free is going to miss advisory.”

Jacob Sikorski- I think that we should stay with blocks, but only some classes (like band) would be skinnies.” “Start school later.”

Joey Elliott- “I would love that change as it would allow for more students to get that extra amount of sleep needed.” “Also, the freshman’s blocks would be better for a decent schedule.”

Bret McKinney- “I like it!”

Noah Gumpert- “I am a fan of it because the school days are shorter which means more time to sleep in!”

Justin Kreiter- “It is a good change.”

Brandon Fleetwood- “We will get better grades ‘cause we can sleep longer.”

Numerous dancers attended the auditions on Friday, but only 25 made the cut after Saturday; then on Sunday the number dwindled to only 18-and McKenna was one of them. In fact, there were really only 8 new spots available because 10 of the dancers were returning team members.

Like many other sports, there is no off-season for the dance and drill team. They start practice right away this summer, and McKenna even has to miss graduation because off a team commitment.

So now, as North Scott students and alumni head up to Iowa City to watch the Hawkeyes, be sure to look for one of our own, McKenna Rollinger, out on the field entertaining the crowd during halftime.

This year’s Baccalaureate service will be held May 15^th in the Auditorium.

The next meeting for planning the service is May 1^st at 5pm at Faith Lutheran Church in Eldridge.

Baccalaureate is a non-denominational religious celebration of seniors’ graduation and oftentimes provides seniors the opportunity to give a testimony about their faith, read their favorite Biblical quote or even play an instrument or sing a song.

If you are interested in participating please contact Julia Jones at 285-4596 or jjones@stannslonggrove.org or you could talk to Kelli Golinghorst.

Please come and be a part of this tradition, absolutely everyone is welcome!

As many of us know Osama Bin Laden, was shot and killed on Sunday, May first.  The main controversy over this is the release of the pictures of Osama’s dead body.  Many people want to see these released.  People have many reasons for demanding the images; to show we killed a man, who planned and killed thousands, killed a man who planned 9/11, killed a horrible terrorist leader.  This are valid reasons, but it can be see in the wrong light, other countries could see it as being cocky, or parading the image of a dead leader, and this could irritate groups or countries to the point or retaliation.  So if the pictures are released it needs to be done smartly and sensitively, so maybe the way to do it would be to wait a few months to a year.  This will allow for a cool down period for the U.S. and the rest of the world, hopefully in this time people will be less sensitive and less hateful, making the release of his dead body’s picture’s not as big of a deal.

What Do You Think About the 1 to 1 Initiative?

Ms. Nikolopoulos- “I’m very excited because I think it would change how students learn and it will prepare them for the future.”

Steven Marks and Allen Penney- “I don’t like it because freshman shouldn’t get better things then upper classmen.”

Mr. Hawley- “I love it because we live in the age of technology, students are used to technology and their minds work with technology and I embrace that, I also want to level the playing field, what I mean by that is that all students will have access to modern technology.”

Katie Jelinsky- “I think it’s a wonderful idea and I enjoy computers.”

Dalton Neeley- “I think it’ll be great for the students and a better chance to learn.”

Lindsay Blomme “Yes, I think it is a good idea because it can help us learn more and do more projects.”