Tuesday: Preview weekly calendar. Share posted news ideas. Read "Jimmy's World" by Janet Cook. Read Chapter 4: "Sources for News" and complete study guide/vocabulary exercises. For homework,
- Study for quiz on Chapter 4.
- Begin researching your news-in-brief topic.
Thursday: Take quiz on Chapter 4: "Sources for News." Spend time in class reading and discussing
The Richmond Times-Dispatch. Discuss your progress in researching your news-in-brief article.
- Read a newspaper this weekend.
- Complete your news-in-brief and post it on the bulletin board. The article should have a direct lead, be 2-3 paragraphs long, and be no more than 100 words.
- (No--Read Chapter 5: "Interviewing" and complete study guide/vocabulary exercises.)
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Deadbeats, an entirely student-run group passionate about singing at MLWGS, recently auditioned interested individuals for membership into the club. The group sings a capella, or "without background music".
"I was sick during the audition, and my voice cracked while singing, but everyone was very supportive and nobody judged me. I really appreciate that atmosphere," said Taylor Hawkins ('15). Hawkins auditioned this year and made it into this club of 32 members. Co-presidents Maria Wadman ('13)and Abbey O'Farrell ('12) run the club, which is sponsored by Mr. Karl von Klein.
Hawkins auditioned with the song "Cabaret" from the musical of the same name, "Cabaret". She sings the part of alto. When asked about how she feels as a member, Hawkins said, "It is one of the most fun environments, and students have a lot of say in the matters of Deadbeats." The group meets in the music room after school on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.
A group of MLWGS 12th grade British lit and AP English Lit students, led by Ms. Surat, attended Henley Street Theater’s production of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice on Thursday, September 29.
Students departed the school around 10:00 AM on the 29th, and travelled via bus to the SPARC Center for the Performing Arts on North Hamilton Street, where they saw the play, which was directed by local director James Ricks, who will also be working with A Midsummer Night’s Dream director Foster Solomon in an upcoming production of Troilus and Cressida.
The play was well received by students.
“Not many people nowadays can sit through a full-length [Shakespeare play] without nodding off at some point,” says Eliza Scheibe, a member of Ms. Surat’s AP English lit class who attended the play. “But… it was so well acted that the audience didn’t need a line-by-line No Fear translation of the text…There were moments when…my friends and I were about to fall out of our seats laughing.”
In order to promote class spirit and pride, MLWGS held a Spirit Week from October 10-14, in which all students were encouraged to dress up according to the daily theme of each respective day.
“I loved it! In middle school, I was always the only one to dress up, so seeing other people go all out too made me really happy” said Galen Green (’15) when asked about her experience of Spirit Week. Though the senior class won the first three days of Spirit Week, Thursday October 13 (Pajama Day) came as a surprise to many freshmen when their class won with a total of 151 points. The other themes during the week were 60/70/80’s Day, Nerd Day, Class Color Day, and Green/White Day.
Although MLWGS has held a Spirit Week before, this year was the first where points were awarded to each individual grade by the number of students who dressed up daily. “It definitely made many more people participate” said Pooja Gandhi (’12) when asked about this competition between the four grades.
“Spirit week should definitely be a tradition because it's really fun and it lets people that don't participate in sports do spirit days also” said Daisy Banta (’14) when asked if this tradition should continue for following years to come.
With its uproarious cheering, brawling Sesame Street characters, and of course, intense class competition, the first pep rally of the 2011-12 school year kicked off on Wednesday, Oct 12 just after PSATs. Even the rain, which forced all events to take place indoors in the gym, could not stop the Fall Pep Rally from accomplishing its goal of boosting school spirit.
"I think it went very well," said Mariel Jorgensen (’12), Co-President of the SCA, "especially when compared to last year. It was the very fair scoring system that allowed everyone to focus on themselves instead of others."
Many students and teachers alike agree that last year's pep rally proved disastrous. The then sophomore class won, causing much negativity and controversy as to exactly how this could have happened and rumors about possible bias amongst the administration.
“Our goal was to make it clear why the class that won was really the class that won.” At the end of spirit week, the senior class emerged victorious with a total of 785 points. Juniors came in second with a total of 542.5 points. In a twist, the freshman class topped the sophomores with a score of 325 to 292.5, respectively.
“Sometimes the freshmen are duds, but sometimes they come out strong. It’s definitely not unheard of for freshmen to beat another class, but this year’s class is the most spirited by far that I’ve seen,” said Mariel. Indeed, the class of 2015 does seem quite excited by having beaten at least one class.
“Oh we deserved it [winning],” said Haley Gibson ( ’15), “The sophomores are just bitter since last year they got the lowest score in MLWGS history.” Yet, freshmen do not seem nearly as enthralled about the means they had to use to win, specifically the cheers created by their class sponsor, Mr. Waller.
The cheers, involving rooting for the other classes and the hokey pokey have gotten a mixed, though mainly negative response. Although some have called them “pretty good”, many say that they are “in need of improvement” or even flat out “dorky”. However, one particular freshman sums it all up quite nicely.
“It thought they were awesome, ha-ha!” said Nick Row (’15), “Just kidding.”
Following tradition, the MLWGS drama club is producing a Shakespearian play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this fall in the auditorium. However, this year brings new changes.
“I think it will be known as one of the best shows,” said Elizabeth Ballou (’15) Foster Soloman has stepped in as the “fantastic new director”, and rumors abound. When asked to confirm the rumor of a decade theme, Elizabeth Ballou (’15) refused to comment. She did, however, mention the great cast, and wonderful chemistry between the lead characters.
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