A publication by the students of Maquoketa Valley High School

Issue 15January 12, 2018

Students score well on national testby McKenzie Lansing MaquoketaValley strives to findnew ways to prepare students for the fu-ture. This year they offered a new college class, taught by Mrs. Moenck, called Pre- Employability Strategies. This class helps students with various skills they will use in the workforce. Already, students have cre-ated a resume, cover letter, reference list, and learned various soft skills and inter-view skills. In December the students of the class took about a three hour test called the NCRC which was spread throughout three days. NCRC stands for National Career ReadinessCertificate.Theassessmenttestsa student’s “real- world” skills using every-day math and reading situations. This test can be valuable because it can predict how students will perform in the workforce. The test was free for students to take and many careerpathwaysfindituseful. By taking this ACT WorkKeys assessment, students will walk away with a certificate that tells employers abouttheir skills and abilities in several areas. The subjects the students test over are as

follows: applied mathematics, workplace documents (reading and comprehending written documents such as emails, mem-os, policies, websites, regulations, etc.), and graphic literacy (interpreting graphs, forms,diagrams,floorplans,charts,orderforms, etc.). After each test students re-ceive a score of how well they understand each topic. A score six or higher is consid-eredaPlatinum,fiveisaGold,fourwouldbe Silver, and three is a Bronze. The low-est score of the three tests determines the overall score. Some employers will look at thelevelofthecertificateduringthehiringprocess. The current Pre-Employability Strategies class has seven students. Over-all, two students received a Platinum, one received a Gold, three students receivedSilver scores, and one student received an overall Bronze. Digging a little deeper, in the Applied Math category the class had: fourPlatinumscores,oneGold,twoSilverand no Bronze. In the Workplace Docu-ments (Reading) the class received: two Platinum, two Gold, two Silver, and one

Bronze. In theGraphicLiteracy (Analyz-ing Data) the class had: four Platinum, threeGold, andnoSilver orBronze.Theaverage overall score in Delaware County is a Silver. Therefore, six of the seven stu-dents received an overall score at or above average for our county. Our students es-pecially excelled in the Graphic LiteracywhereallstudentsscoredaGoldorabove,which is very impressive. Mrs. Moenck stated, “Students took the NCRC very seriously and a friend-ly competitiveness took over the classroom in the weeks before the assessments, push-ing the students to do their best work.” She also had information about the proctor of the test, “Our proctor, Holly Maurer from NICC, mentioned that our students at MV were some of the most pre-pared and enthusiastic testers that she has worked with during the NCRC process.” Mrs. Moenck continued, “I am very proud of these students, the work that they have put forth, and their overall success!” The proctor, Holly Maurer, is allowing students toretakespecifictestsiftheywishtodoso.

Large group conference speech at Lisbon tomorrow

Large group speech participants will compete for a conference championship tomorrow at Lisbon. Next Saturday is districts at Cascade.Left: Ms. Crumpton works with a fresh-men radio news group.Above: The freshmen readers theater group rehearses with Mrs. Grant.

Boys fight in close battles, defeat CV Christianby McKenzie Lansing Happy New Year Wildcat fans! Since school is back in full swing, so is the boys’ basketball season! Before leaving for break, the boys travelled to Calamus- Wheatland. Unfortunately, they lost a close gamewithafinalscoreof57-48,awinforCalamus-Wheatland. Leading in points was TysonTucker, shooting over twenty times and scoring 15 points. Trevor Elgin followed closebehindTucker,scoring14pointsfortheteam.BrianHeimsscored7pointsforthe team. Our rebound leaders were Tyson Tucker, Heath Gibbs, Brenden Hogan,and Trevor Elgin. Tucker picked up 10 re-bounds.Gibbs had a total of 6 rebounds.Elgin and Hogan each had 5 rebounds. Leadinginbothassistsandstealswas Trevor Elgin. Trevor had 2 assists and 3 total steals. Brian Heims had a nice mak-ing 100% of his two point shots. Elgin also had a nice night from the free throw line,making4ofhis4shots.Theteamasa whole did a much better job from the free throwline,making66.7%ofshots. Before break ended, the boys played this Monday at East Buchanan. Again battling hard against the Buccaneers butfallingwithafinalscoreof58-47. Leading in points was TysonTucker, with 15 total points. Trevor Elgin followed with 12 points. Brian Heims and AndrewHoltzeachscored6points. Our leaders in rebounds were Ty-son Tucker, Cole Willenbring, Trevor El-gin, Heath Gibbs and Brian Heims, eachpickingup4rebounds. Tyson Tucker had a nice night at the free throw line making over 50% of his shots.Tuckeralsoledinassistswith7total.Trevorledinstealswith4. The boys will competed at home last Friday against Prince of Peace. After an extremely close game, the boys fell to theIrishinthelastfewsecondswithafinalscoreof52-54. “I thought the game went well. We had a really nice third quarter and a lot of looks in the paint,” stated Coach Dun-lap. “We took the lead three times in the firstquarterbutwestruggledinthesecondquarter which hurt us. We had too many turnovers and fouls, which we really can’t control fouls. We outrebounded Prince of Peace which is good.”

LeadinginpointswasTrevorEl-gin with 21 points. Tyson Tucker followed with11points.Colescored7pointstotal. Coach Dunlap stated,“Because we had a lot of easy looks in the paint but wedidn’tfinish,ifwehadacouplemoreofthose, we would’ve won the game. We had a lot of nice three point looks that went in and out. If we put some of those down we would’ve won the game.” Leading in rebounds was TrevorElgin, Tyson Tucker, Cole Willenbring, andHeathGibbs.Elgin had a total of 10rebounds.Tuckerhad7rebounds.Willen-bringandGibbseachpickedup4rebounds. Leading in steals was ColeWil-lenbring and Trevor Elgin, each with 2 total.Andrewhad3assists.TrevorELginalso made over half of his 3 point shots. “I thought Trevor Elgin and Ty-son Tucker had a really good game. Trevor had a double- double which is excellent,” Coach Dunlap commented. “Andrew Holtz is playing like we need him too. He is being more aggressive offensively and getting to the rim more, but we still need him to shoot more.” Next, the boys had a game on Tuesday at Springville against Cedar Val-ley Christian. They had a close first halfand eventually won with a final score of58-41. “As a team we almost tripled them inrebounds.Weshotalmost70%fromthefree throw line,” said Coach Dunlap.

LeadinginpointswasTrevorEl-gin,HeathGibbs,andTysonTucker.Trev-or scored a total of 31 points. Heath scored 10 points total. Tyson scored 8 points for the team. Leading in rebounds was TysonTucker, Trevor Elgin, Heath Gibbs, andCole Willenbring. Tyson, Heath, and Trev-or had 10 rebounds each. Cole followed with4rebounds. Trevor Elgin had an excellent night, making 12 of his 18 two- point shots as well as making 5 of 8 of his three point shots. He also led in steals with Heath Gibbs,eachhaving2steals.ColeWillen-bring had an outstanding 5 assists. As a team, they did better for free throws, mak-ing 9 of 13 shots. “Trevor Elgin had an outstand-ing game. He had a double- double and he scored 31 points which is pretty unheard of. He also had 10 rebounds and shot 5 for 8 from the three point line which is outstand-ing especially from that far away,” com-mented Coach Dunlap. “We got the firstdouble-double out of Heath for the season which is great. Tyson was also one bucket away from also having a double-double. Tyson was sick so he didn’t play as much as he usually does but he had a really nice second half and had ten rebounds.” The boys play tonight against Marquette Catholic at home. Come out and support the Cats for Pink Out!

Andrew Holtz looks to make a pass during the Prince of Peace game last Friday night. (photo by Lesa Parmely)

Name: Macy HoegerSport: Basketball

What position do you play? Post

What do you enjoy most about playing bas-ketball? I like being around my teammates and the intensity of the games.

What’s something about the sport that others may not know about? Practices can be fun. They aren’t always so serious and intense.

What’s been a favorite basketball memory? On our way to Wartburg this summer, we got pulled over by a cop for doingaChinesefiredrillatastopsign.

Who’s your basketball role model? Brianna Mensen

Name: Trevor ElginSport: Basketball

What position do you play? Usu-ally the shooting guard or the small forward.

What do you enjoy most about playing basket-ball? The compet-itive mentality that you have to have to be successful.

What’s something about the sport that others may not know about?Thefirstbasketball hoops were peach baskets.

What’s been a favorite basketball memory? Anytime Heath and Tyson argue during a game.

Who’s your basketball role model?Splinter“SpinandShoot”Krapfl

—In the games in the last week, Elgin has had a double double and scored 31 points

in a single game.

Athletes of the WeekGirls continue to show prowess

by Kara Orcutt After a couple weeks without any games, the Wildcats were eager to get back to playing! The girls kicked off the new year by traveling to Winthrop to take on East Buchanan Jan. 2. The Wildcats took the floorreadytogo,gettingupearlyovertheBucs,21-12afterthefirstquarter.Stayingstrong through thefirst half, theWildcatsstayed on top, leading into halftime with a score of 38-22. The Wildcats weren’t done yet either! After the half, the girls were able to put up 22 more points, 11 from each quarter,contributingtoafinalscoreof60-42. Helping the Wildcats to their suc-cess was Sam Wall with 23 points, and Payton Reis with 11 points. The leading rebounder for the night was Macy Hoeger with 9, and following right behind here was Maddy Anderegg with 8. The JV Wildcats also got away withanotherwin,finishing59-15.Whatagreat way to start off the new year! Last Friday, theWildcats hostedPrince of Peace Irish. The Wildcats came out to an unusual slow start, and it took awhile for the girls to get up to speed! Leadingintohalftime,thescorewas30-15withyourWildcatsontop!Luckily,afterafew words of encouragement from Coach Moenck, the girls came out stronger than ever, putting up 50 points in the second half, to POP’s 12.Thefinal score for the

Madison Imler fends off a Prince of Peace defender Friday night. (photos by Lesa Parmely)

nightwas80-27. LeadingscoreronFridaywasSamWall with 25 points and following her was Macy Hoeger with 10 points. The leading rebounder for the night was Emerson Whit-tenbaughwith7,withBrookeWilsonandSam Wall tied behind her with six a peice! Tuesday’s stats of MV’s win over Cedar Valley Christian will be posted in next week’s issue. Tonight, the Wildcats will take on Bellevue Marquette in the 9th Annual Pink OutGame!Comeshowyoursupport,andremembertowearPINK!!GoCats!

Emerson Whittenbaugh keeps all eyes on making the play against Prince of Peace.

Wrestlers compete at home (twice), Bellevueby Chance Downs Last Saturday the MaquoketaValley Wrestling Team held their annual “Wildcat Duals”. With no shortage of com-petition, the Cats hosted multiple 1A and 2A teams including; Beckman Catholic, Midland, Wilton, Starmont and Center Point-Urbana. Coach Andrews said he was hap-py overall with how the day went. “We are dealing with a number of injuries right now and have been having guys wrestle up in order to help our team out. We ran into some very tough teams and that should do nothing but help us as we move closer to the postseason.” The Wildcats started the day off versus Starmont. The boys ended up beat-ingtheStars45to20.Thosewhoreceiveda win were: Robert Hildebrand with a fall at 5:20andMitchSmithwithadecision5-4.Those who received forfeits were: Parker Sternhagen, Tim Harmon, Chance Downs, Carter Stahlberg, and Michael Feldmann. The Wildcats moved on to face the eventual Dual Team Champions - Beck-man.Thoughtheyputupagoodfight.TheWildcatslost54to21.Thosewhoreceiveda fall were Canyon Richardson at 2:19 and Tim Harmon at 3:38. Parker Sternhagen also won by decision 4-3. Michael Feld-mann received a forfeit. MV then wrestled Wilton. The WildcatsfelltotheBeavers62to9.MitchSmith won by decision 13-10. Chance Downs received a forfeit. After a short intermission, the Wildcats took to the mat against the Mid-land Eagles. Evan Elgin won by fall at 1:15 and Michael Feldmann won a close nailbiter, 4-3 in double overtime.CanyonRichardson, Chance Downs, Robert Hil-debrand, Mitch Smith, Carter Stahlberg, Carter Kruse and Parker Sternhagen all re-ceived forfeits. Maquoketa Valley rounded out the day versus Center Point-Urbana. The Wildcats lost in a close race to the Stor-minPointersinafinaldualscoreof45to33.ChanceDownswonbyfallat2:56andMitch Smith won by decision 9-2. Robert Hildebrand, Carter Stahlberg, Dylan Hap-pel and Michael Feldmann received for-feits. This past Monday the Maquoketa Valley Wrestling Team traveled to Bellevue to face the Bellevue Comets and the Star-mont Stars in a non-conference dual meet.

“I was very pleased how the guys respond-ed after our first meet versus Starmont,”stated Coach Andrews. “We hit some ad-versityinthefirstmeetinregardstolosingmatches that we shouldn’t have, but came back in the 2nd meet and fought from whis-tle to whistle and came out victorious.” The Wildcats started their night against Starmont and once again defeated theStars,42to24.Hildebrandwonbyfallat 1:32. Downs, Carter Stahlberg, Feldma-nn, Chance Kemp, Aden Atwell, and Har-mon all received forfeits. After a short break the Wildcats finished thenightagainstBellevuewithawin 54 to 24. Those who received a fallwere:CarterKruseat0:34,Happelat1:51,Harmonat1:25,Downsat1:17, andHil-debrandat1:49.Thosewhowonbydeci-sionwere:Smith5-4andElgin9-3.Thosewho received a forfeit were: Stahlberg, Feldmann and Atwell. This past Tuesday, the Maquoketa Valley Wrestling Team played host to Mon-ticello and Anamosa in the Wildcats second dual of the week. As the host, the Wildcats started off with a bye. Soon to follow, was the Anamosa Raiders versus the Wildcats. The Cats sprang into action and captured thefirstdual51to24.Thosewhoreceivedafallwere:Kempat0:49,Downsat3:44,Hildebrandat3:36,Stahlbergat1:15,andElgin at 2:13. Smith won his match by de-cision7-3.DHappelwonhismatchbyin-jury-default.FeldmannandLanereceiveda forfeit. The Wildcats wrapped up the night in a very close dual against the Mon-ticello Panthers. The Panthers came out strong, but it was the Wildcats who came up victorious in the end with a winning

Freshman Tim Harmon turns his Beckman opponent upside down at the home duals tournament Jan. 6. Har-mon pinned him. (photo by Lesa Parmely)

score of 45 to 36. Thosewho received afall were: Atwell at 1:03, Smith at 3:03, and Elgin at 5:35. Feldmann won his match 2-1. Harmon, Downs, Stahlberg and Carter Kruse all received forfeits. Coach Andrews had this to say about his team’s performance. “I was very happy with how we came out and per-formed. We had a bunch of guys step up and wrestle up in a bunch of weight classes to filloutalineup.Wehavealotofunselfishindividuals on this team. To see this team come out victorious against solid competi-tion with the adversity we have faced says a lot about the individuals on this team.” Due to inclement weather, the WildcatsdidnotwrestleatLisbonThurs-day night. They next wrestle at a home meet Jan. 18.

Come be a part of the Highway

20 Dance Are you looking for a great way to spend your Saturday night? Join us at the Highway 20 Dance in conjunction with West Delaware and Beckman on January 27 from nine tomidnight.Therewill bedancing with the DJ Randy Demmer, card games, cake walk, photo booth, and many more things for you to enjoy your night! Tickets will be sold Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday by FFA members during lunch the week before the dance. Tickets will be $5 in advance or $8 at the door. We look forward to seeing you there!

FFA Soup SupperLooking for a delicious home cooked meal without having to make anything? Come to the FFA Soup Supper on Jan. 16 in conjunc-

tion with the basketball game! The menu will include chili, cream of broccoli, chicken noodle, maidrites, and a variety of desserts.

Adults will cost $6 and children ages 6-12 will cost $3. We will be serving from 4 to 8. Come hungry!

Reaching new heights

The dance team members entertained the crowd and showed their athleticism last Friday night at the basketball games. (photos by Lesa Parmely)

Pep band adds exactly that

Mr. Ford put his playing and directing skills in action last Friday night as the pep band played at the home basketball games last week.

Meet the Freshmen

Dylan, Miquel, Parker & AbbieTypist: Hannah Lahr

Name: Abbie Sheehy Siblings: Audrey and Ali Sheehy Activities you plan to be in: softball, track, cross country, and choir Favorite subject: Spanish Career Aspirations: veterinarian Hobbies: watching movies and hanging with friends Somethingcoolaboutyou:Ilikefishingand hanging with cousins.

Name: Parker SternhagenSiblings: Alyssa Activities you plan to be in: football, base-ball, wrestling, and track Favorite subject: Spanish Career aspirations: biomedical engineerHobbies: playing sports

Name:DylanLaneSiblings:VictoriaLane,CarterHeidt,andRogan HeidtActivities you plan to be in: wrestling and baseballFavorite subject: P.E. Career aspirations: I don’t know yet. Hobbies: Fishing and camping

Name: Miguel Enrique Bojorquez Siblings: a sister Activities you plan to be in: football, bas-ketball, baseball, speech, band, and soccer Favorite Subject: Spanish Career Aspirations: mechanical engineer Hobbies: playing sports Something cool about you: I’m Hispanic.

by Brooklyn Sands

This cutie lives in the town of Earlville. She has one older brother and one younger sister. She used to be on the dance team.

Brain TeaserDid you know?by Mason LubbenHow did the beaver sign onto the com-puter?

Answer:HeLOGGEDin!

by Emma McDowell Another year has come and gone, and it’s time to look to the future! • The Truman Show and The Parent

Trap will be turning 20 years old this year.

• There will also be a supermoon on January 30.

• The 2018 Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

• A 50-year-old time capsule will be opened in Amarillo, Texas.

• Starting in May, superfans of the Ti-tanic can dive down into the wreckage for the price of $100,000.

• Also in May, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be having their royal wedding.

• Justin Timberlake will be performing for the third time at the super bowl halftime show.

• This year, a startup company in Cali-fornia aims to land a spacecraft on the moon. Interestingly, the passengers of the craft will not be astronauts.

• Three Kardashian-Jenner babies will be born.

• Incredibles 2willhittheatres14yearsafter the original.

Best Buds

McKenzie Lansing, Amanda Engelken, & Gracie Gellerson

by Rejji SmithWhen did you first become friends?Mckenzie - Amanda and I have been friendssince5thgradeandGraciejoinedour gang last year.What is your favorite thing to do to-gether?McKenzie-YellingatBetty(GPSonAmanda’s phone) for taking us the wrong direction or going to all the sports events together and spending all our money to support our teams. Amanda - Yell at Betty for taking us the wrong way, eating wings, and eating Ken-zie’s food.Gracie-Pre-gamejamsessions,eatingwings, and letting off confetti poppers at football games. What is one of your funniest memories of each other?McKenzie - Went to Daddy’s Home 2 and basically got kicked out of Culver’s.Amanda-WhenGraciepeedintheditchafter the Tipton gameGracie-Wereadthedriver’smanualforAmanda’s car for 15 minutes to see if her car had Bluetooth... it did not.

Birthday Shoutouts! by Chance DownsIt’s never too early or too late to tell a fellow classmate Happy Birthday!This week’s birthdays are: AdamGoedken,JakeHosmer,SamWall,EmmaGray-1/16EmersonWhittenbaugh-1/17KieshaStelken-1/18MariaCole-1/19

by Emma McDowellI Love You, Man -IwasbrowsingNetflixone night, looking for something new to watch, and then I found I Love You, Man. This 2009 movie goes pretty unrecognized despite having a solid cast and witty lines. It stars Paul Rudd and Jason Segel as two guys just being dudes. After meeting each other they start to develop a friendship over rock bands and guy stuff. Maybe it was the fact that I was watching it when I was half asleep, but there were some hilarious moments. As a movie, it’s so happy and upbeat. I Love You, Man is the perfect movie to watch in order to unwind fromfinals.

Netflix & Chill

Comedy Corner—compiled by McKenzie LansingWhy do we make New Year’s resolutions to exercise more? Because last year’s didn’t work out.

What do sandwiches do at midnight on December 31st? They toast to a New Year.

On New Year’s Eve make sure to have your left leg in the air so then you start the new year on the right foot.

What does the Hershey’s chocolate company do at midnight? Kiss the year good-bye.

What did the skeleton say when he left the New Year’s Eve party? “Have a hippy New Year!”

What’s your new year’s resolution?

By Kelly WinterAlex McCusker - not to complain as muchFaith Hunt - become a better skier Emma Hill - to be more friendly to othersZac Digman - make money!Mr. Huegel - to be more aware of living in the momentAllie Knipper - eat healthierEvan Hoefer - get out of my braceIzabel Niehaus - exercise more (haha :)Mrs. Spellerberg - lose weightLydiaHelle-laughmoreGarrettLahr-getfirstinapullDerek Mensen - buy a computer

Who’s that Cutie?

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT MVthe week of January 15, 2018

MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 20181.NOSCHOOL-TeacherWorkDay 2. TRC HS Band Festival at Spring-ville-2:00PM(BusLeaves@11:00AM)-Concert7:00PM 3. Junior High Boys Basketball - HOME (MS Multi-Purpose Room) - Cascade-4:00PM4.HSFFAMonthlyMeeting-MVRoom#309-7:00PM TUESDAY,JANUARY16,2018 1. 3rd Quarter Begins 2. MV FFA Soup Supper - HS Cafete-ria-4:00PMuntil8:00PM3.HSJV/VG&BBasketball-HOME-Springville-JVat4:30PM/Vsat6:00PM WEDNESDAY,JANUARY17,2018 1. Report Cards Sent Home to All Elementary Parents THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018 1.Deadlinefor6th,7th&8thGradesto be in Power School - Noon 2. Junior High Boys Basketball - HOME (MS Multipurpose Room) -Edge-wood/Colesburg-4:00PM3.HSJV/VarsityWrestling-HOME(Parents’Night)-(withE.B./E.C./Lisbon)-6:00PM

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2018 1. High School and Middle School Report Cards to be Sent Home2.HSJV/VG&BBasketballatEd/CoinEdgewood-JVat4PM/Vat6PM(BusLeavesat2:50PM) 3. Youth Wrestling Practice - HS WrestlingRoom-PreKthrough2nd:6-7PM/3rdthrough8th:7-8:15PM

SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 20181.HSDistrictLrgGrpSpeechContestin Cascade - 9 AM (Buses, Van, Subur-ban,TrailerLeaveat6:00AM) 2. MV Athletic Boosters Mini-Wildcat WrestlingTournament-HS&MSGym,HS Cafeteria - 8:00 AM 3. The FFA Highway 20 Dance (MV, W. Delaware, Beckman) - West Delaware HS - 9:00 PM until Midnight

SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 2018 1. HS Vocal to Meistersinger Festival at Wartburg College in Waverly (Van Leavesat11:00AM)

Hall Smartsby Brody Sevart

Hello, Wildcats, and con-gratulations on making it through another se-mester at MV! We have only a short amount of time together so let’s make this semester one to remember. Our contestants this week are Brittany Sabers, Josie Young, Maci Freiburger and Alex McCusker. They will be answering ques-tions about our teachers!

Which teacher recently got glasses?Brittany: Mr.DeVoreJosie: Mr.DeVoreMaci: Mr.DeVoreAlex: Mr. DeVoreAnswer: Mr. DeVore

Which teacher lived in Nebraska?Brittany: Mr. BrueningJosie: Mr. BrueningMaci: Mr. BrueningAlex: Mr. BrueningAnswer: Mr. Bruening

Who drives a red Ford Fusion?Brittany:Mrs.GrothJosie: Mrs. TempleMaci: Mrs. BolsingerAlex: Mrs. TempleAnswer: Mrs. Temple and Mr. Ford

Which teacher is retiring soon?Brittany: Mr. KJosie: Mrs. SpellerbergMaci: Mrs. SpellerbergAlex: Mrs. SpellerbergAnswer: Mrs. Spellerberg

What teacher used to teach PE?Brittany: Mrs. FeldmannJosie: Mr. HuegelMaci: Mr. HuegelAlex: Mr. CassuttAnswer: Mr. Huegel

Greatjobtoallofourcontestants.Remember to thank your teachers for a wonderful semester and make sure you are fresh going into the next one.

Name:MasonLubbenActivity: Speech“In both readers theatre and ensemble acting, Mason does an excellent job of interpreting lines and incorporating facial expressions. I appreci-ate his willingness to attack anything that I may throw his way.” —Mr. DeVoreWhat events are you in for speech? Readers Theater and Ensemble actingWhat do you enjoy most about large group speech? Being put into different scenarios and situations and acting as the person that is in those situationsWhat have you learned through your participation in speech? How to adapt and take on any challenge. Also, I’ve learned how to present to an audience.Who is your speech role model? Mr. De-Vore. He can play any character instantly.If you could judge a large group speech event, what would it be? Why? Readers Theater. There are so many great perfor-mances in this category.

Name: Emma McDowellActivity: Speech“Emma has an uncanny ability to morph into many different personalities. Once an improv starts, you never know what you’re going to get! I appreciate her ability to think on her feet. Emma also does a nice job with physicality during readers theatre.” —Mr. DeVoreWhat events are you in for speech?Readers theatre and improvWhat do you enjoy most about large group speech? Of course the best part is the group that you’re with because you’re all working together to make something memorable. Also I love going to contests and seeing others perform. It’s great to support everyone who goes out for speech because in the end we’re all just nerds pretending to be someone else. What have you learned through your participation in speech? You can get awaywithanythingwithenoughconfi-dence. And I mean anything. Who is your speech role model? Prob-ably Meryl Streep. She’s an amazing actress and I love everything she’s in. If you could judge a large group speech event, what would it be? Why? Readers Theatre.ThisyearisthefirsttimeI’vedone it and I love the event and would like to see more.

Fine Artists of the Week