On Tuesday, December 4 the junior varsity boys basketball team played Superior in their first home game of the season. After running neck and neck the entire game, the Jeffs prevailed 40-39. “Our biggest strength on the court is that we play together and unselfish,” Joshua Robertson ’21 said. “We …
Author: Nichole Harris
Boys basketball has high hopes for season
Winter sports officially began at the beginning of November, and for boys basketball conditioning started on the fifth. After two weeks of hard work and getting into the season, the team knows where they want to be by the end of it. This season is the first year for the …
South Pacific passes flame of tradition
Every year as the annual fall production begins, traditions are carried on. Seniors sign the boards at the end of the night, prayers are shared, and fan mail is delivered. However, out of all the traditions the theater production has to offer, probably the most well known is the passing …
Band entertains Cedarwood residents
The morning of Wednesday November 14, the high school band travelled to Cedarwood Assisted Living to perform for the residents there. “I enjoy going to play music at the nursing homes because it’s likely some of them used to be in band when they were in high school,” Hailie Nicholson …
Spanish class utilizes visual learning techniques
On Friday, November 9, Señora Johnson’s Spanish I class celebrated the idea of visual learning with a class activity to help the students better understand Spanish prepositions. Students were given cards with different prepositions written on them and had to find a creative way to demonstrate the preposition to the …
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Rise of popularity in e-cigarettes raises red flags
As students, we often think we are invincible. We don’t see consequences as things that can actually hurt us, and even when we’re making tough choices and decisions we inadvertently assume we’ll be okay. However, it’s important for us to be reminded that we are not indestructible and some things …
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Husker fans need to chill out with Frost
Whether someone is a Husker football fan or not, if they have been living in Nebraska for the past 10 months they have more than likely heard the name: Scott Frost. The former starting quarterback for Tom’s Osborne’s 1997 championship team made his return to Nebraska for this year’s season. …
Boys have no reason to be scared
In the months following the beginning of the #metoo movement, started by Tarana Burke, there has been some upset from the straight male community. For those who have never assaulted or harassed another human being, there is nothing to worry about. I’ve seen Facebook posts shared that talk about how …
Do what is right for you
Ever since we were in elementary school, we were told we would go to college after high school and then into the workforce. As seven year olds, this goal seemed so far away. But now that the time is here for us to make these decisions, some of us are …
Red lipstick gives me confidence
As many may know, I was a cheerleader the past three years, and last year a new rule was introduced that required us to wear red lipstick when cheering. Eventually it mellowed out to the point where we just had to wear some color on our lips since red lipstick …
