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January 13, 2006 - Volume 34, Issue 7
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Prom preparations gain
early start,
students plan apparel for occasion
By Shawna Dawson, sr.
Reporter
Every year, the junior class rushes around to raise money for
prom. So far, the juniors have worked the concession stand at the football
games, as well as selling magazine subscriptions to raise funds to go toward
their cause.
Each student was required to sell at least 15 magazines to be able to participate
in prom. Those who did not meet the criteria had to pay ten dollars for every
unsold magazine. The biggest seller in the junior class was Casey Womelsdorf.
Over the course of the past months, the prom committee has held several meetings
in order to select a prom theme. The committee selected three themes and presented
them to their class to pick which one they wanted so that would fit into the
budget. ‘Paris’ was chosen as the theme this year by the junior
class. Prom glasses have already been ordered and the committee is planning
on coming in during spring break to put everything together.
While some girls already have their prom dresses, many others
are looking at a wide variety of places to get their shopping done.
“Most of us will go to Jean Scene,” said Mandie Lewis, jr.
Photo by Chelsy Wright
Well, this one is nice.
Juniors Angie Whitaker, Tarryn Young, and Michele Rickner
discuss possible prom decoration themes with class sponsor Dorothy Neely.
The class ultimately decided upon ‘Paris’ as the theme, although
any definite plans for after-prom are not available. Parents involved with
the after-prom committee, however, have gone to extra lengths by passing
out a survey to all junior and senior students in order to gather their input
on what would make this year’s after-prom amazing.
The guys
are also starting their apparel planning, with trips to either Rainbows End
in Humboldt or Saturdays in Iola.
“I think prom is going to be great because I am single, and I do not
have to do anything. But I am going to get my tuxedo at Saturdays,” said
Mark Valentine, jr.
Chad Phillips and Dustin Corban, jrs., both contended that Rainbows End was
the best place to go to get a tuxedo.
Parents who have joined the after-prom committee are also fundraising. On
January 23 and 26 the parents are going to set up concession stands at the
middle school basketball games. For all the varsity basketball games they
are going to hold a 50/50 raffle, as well as working the February 27 Sweetheart
game concession stand. A chili feed is also being planned for February 18.
The parents put together a survey that was completed earlier this week to
gather information on what students would like to do for after-prom.
The GALS Annual Prom Dress Sale will be held at the Humboldt Public Library
on February 3 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and February 4 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
There
will be more information about the Annual Prom Dress Sale available at a
later date.
Financial Aid Night to assist seniors
By Melany Megenity, so.
Reporter
Humboldt High School will be holding a Financial Aid Night that
will be held on January 12 in the high school cafeteria. All seniors and their
parents are urged to attend. It is free and many colleges want the forms for
the FAFSA to be filled out accurately. This will help to provide parents with
an idea for funding for their student’s college selections.
Teachers, including counselor Jason Feeback, will be talking to seniors and
their parents about Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The
teachers will be helping the parents fill out the FAFSA forms that a lot of
colleges require. By doing this, the parents and students will gain a better
understanding of FAFSA and how to fill out their forms in a simpler fashion.
College Goal Sunday 2006 will be held on February 12 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Student Financial Aid Professionals from Student Financial Aid Administrators
will be volunteering to help those who attend with questions at any of the
following 20 Kansas sites: Concordia, Dodge City, Emporia, Garden City, Goodland,
Great Bend, Hutchinson, Iola, Junction City, Kansas City, Lawrence, Leavenworth,
Olathe, Overland Park, Pittsburg, Salina, Topeka, or Wichita. Two five hundred
dollar scholarship drawings will be made at each of the 20 sites listed above.
For any updates or list of site locations the website to visit is http://www.collegegoal.org.
Scholars take fourth at Uniontown
By Derrick Onnen, sr.
Reporter
On January 5, the Scholars’ Bowl team traveled to Uniontown
and competed to receive fourth place out of sixteen teams.
“I was really pleased with how the kids performed. We are still a very
young team. The fact that we are still consistently doing well makes me very
optimistic for our upcoming years,” said Hailey Schoendaller, coach.
Katie Hauser, jr., and Emily Hauser, so., have been consistent until this
tournament as the team’s leading scorers. However, this time Daniel
Weilert, so., carried the team.
“We did exceptionally well, and I hope that we only continue to improve
in following tournaments,” said Weilert.
Weilert led Humboldt scorers with 15 questions answered correctly, but he
was closely followed by Katie Hauser with 12 correct answers. Emily Hauser
answered eight questions, while Todd Hauser, fr., helped with the scoring,
as he answered five questions. Paul Vernon, sr., also attended, but he “had
an off night,” according the Schoendaller, and did not answer any questions.
Humboldt won six of their nine matches. The scores of the matches are as follows;
win against Altoona-Midway with 50-15, loss against Anderson County with 30-40,
win against Southeast with 70-10, win against Marmaton Valley with 30-10,
win against Pleasanton with 40-30, win against against Southern Coffey County
with 60-10, win against St. Paul with 50-30.
In the finals, the team lost to Pittsburg with a score of 40-90 and then lost
to Chanute with 30-60 in the consolation third place round. Anderson County
went on to win first place in the tournament.
“I was disappointed that we did not place higher, but the teams we lost
to were larger schools. Against schools our own size, we did really well,”
said Katie Hauser.
Forensic students gain back veteran
coach
By Melanie Weilert and Erica Greve, srs.
Editor-in-Chief and Feature Editor
Although Gracie Newman, language arts instructor and forensics
coach, took a break from coaching the performing arts last year, she has returned
to lead a fresh group of students.
“Yet again, I am working with a great bunch of kids. I have had fun
as a coach in the past, and I am looking forward to another great season,”
said Newman.
Students that have shown interest in participating in forensics so far are
as follows; Erica Greve, sr., Melanie Weilert, sr., Blair Umholtz, sr., Jason
Kaufman, jr., Josh Poovey, jr., Chelsy Wright, jr., Emily Hauser, so., Tessa
Coronado, so., Hali Dawson, so., Dalton Shannon, so., Daniel Weilert, so.,
Shelley Herder, fr., and Todd Hauser, fr.
While many students involved with forensics have signed up for various events,
including duet and humorous solo, speech events have had a very low sign up
response.
“I think that forensics is a very wonderful opportunity for people to
work on their communication skills. But, people should really sign up for
speech events, because it excercises their minds and helps them to become
more creative as writers,” said Hauser.
Students are still being encouraged to join forensics, as there are many events
that still need to be filled.
The first meet of the season that Humboldt plans to participate in will be
held on January 28 at Neodesha. Other meets include Eureka on February 4 and
possibly Santa Fe Trail on February 11. League will be held on March 4 at
Caney Valley.
Forensics practice times and dates, as well as information about meets, are
available in Newman’s classroom.
Photo by Kim Isbell
University of Kansas
honors top senior students.
The top five students of the graduating senior
class were selected to be honored by the
University of Kansas at a banquet for their scholastic achievements. In no
specific order, the
students are Mallory Mueller, Lynsee Wilson, Owen Heisler, Erica Greve, and
Melanie Weilert.
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