By: Sidney Wallin
As many of you seniors prepare for college, and many of you juniors start your college search, you may have quite a few questions about what college is REALLY like. Is college really how it is in the movies? Will finals week really make you cry? What about those nightmare roommates? Well, I’ve got some good news for you. I’ve assembled a team of experts… okay, random college kids, from a yik yak post (lesson one: college yik yak is essential). Through their advice and my own, we’ve compiled this list of things we wish we would’ve known about college. Continue reading What College Kids Wished They Knew in High School
College Insight from a Former Staff Member
By: Jason Adams
College is a time where you are finally in control of your responsibilities. You are liable for making it to your classes, and managing your time between studies and having a great time. There are several things I wish I knew before making this leap into being independent.
Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Black
By: Steven Downs
Every year teachers strive to claim the title Teacher Spotlight for a short time. They race to school before the sun touches the horizon to ready their lesson plans and beat the big guy… Mr. Kelly Martin. But among these highly spirited men and women one stands out: Mr. Black. Better known as Blacky, Mr. Black is our high school gym teacher, and is involved in many clubs and activities. He teaches everything from competitive sports and weight lifting to help keep us in shape, to health and first aid to help us better support ourselves. But it doesn’t stop there; he claims he could kill a full grown mountain lion with his bare hands. To test this, we locked him in a classroom with a mountain lion for forty-two minutes. Just kidding, although we’re sure it wouldn’t be a problem. To gain a better understanding of the inner workings of such an ambitious individual, I set off down the hallway to interview him.
The Squire 