- by Nick Andrews

- byAustin Newman

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New Technology Connecting Teachers and StudentsWhat’s

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October 2014Volume 56, Issue 1

Index:News: 1Sports: 2-3Feature:4-5Middle school: 6Elementary: 7 Opinion: 8 Art: 9Senior Spotlight: 10-12

In the past couple of years, the Fair Grove School District has made major ad-ditions in the technology department. This, of course is to help keep up with to-day’s high-tech lifestyle, and the constant changes being made in the way kids learn today. “Within the past few years, we’ve added Wi-Fi campus wide, over 300+ Chromebooks school wide, 75 new laptops for teacher and student use, along with increased Bandwidth, Server Capacities, updated our fire-wall, and also started the use of Google Apps,” explains Technology Coordinator Dee O’Dell. “In the high school alone we’ve added 75+ Chrome-books, along with carts of Chromebooks in the library, for teachers to check out for their students,” states High School Principal Mike Bell. Adding all of this new

technology should improve stu-dents learning abilities and bring new ways of learning to class-rooms throughout the school. “As far as how this new tech. helps the learning experience, I think it prepares students for col-

lege, and the real world itself. It gives you further tools and skills for going into the workforce or college, and gives teachers a new

range of techniques for teaching in the classroom,” acknowledges Bell. The Chromebooks are current-ly used in many classes; includ-ing Newspaper, various math and English courses. Students

use these to research projects, and even graph charts in math. Currently in newspaper, stu-dents use them to write their sto-

ries and share them via Google Docs, a much faster process than what has been used in the pre-vious years. “With all this new technology, it’s allowing teach-ers and students to share infor-mation quicker and better, and also use stuff that we are used to using,” says O’Dell. Of course acquiring all of this new technology wasn’t free, as Bell explains, “Our Board of Ed-ucation did a lot to help us obtain all of this, and they made sure that students would have this new equipment to help improve the learning experience.” The district also completed a 50/50 grant, which also helped towards funding. Schools across the state and across the nation are doing their best to keep up with the latest and greatest gadgets in today’s technology bound society. Even with many changes in teaching in the past few years, students and teachers alike could still see many more changes in tomor-row’s way of learning.

The Fair Grove R-X School District was home to a flurry of activities on the week of September 5th, and was even crazier than normal. Why? The first week of September was Home-coming week. This year’s Homecoming theme was The Best Day of My Life, and featured a beach/tropi-cal themed dance, and spirit days like Tourist Tuesday, and Winterwear Wednesday. Six girls also had to do some additional shopping for a dress, on top of what

was needed for spirit week. This years homecoming court feature freshman prin-cess Hallie New-man, sophomore princess Camie Sims, and junior princess Shelby Wallace. 2013 queen, McK-ayla Coddington also returned, to hand the crown over to this years queen. The candidates for queen were

The Best Day of My Life

Haileigh Houston, Skylar Kensinger, and Britney Lawless use the new chromebooks for a project in Mr. Florez’s Class-Photo by Austin Newman

princess Makalie Woody, prin-cess Lucy Newkirk, and the 2014

h o m e c o m i n g queen, Kayli C o d d i n g t o n . “I’m really excited to have been selected by my peers as homecom-ing queen. It means a lot,” says Codding-ton “It made it even more

Dylan Lucas and Austin Squires kiss homecomingqueen, Kayli Coddington

-Photo by Kayla Bearden

special that I got to receive the crown from my cousin McKayla. I’m just so hon-ored that my peers would think so highly of me.” The game followed the coronation with the eagles playing the Pleasant Hope Pirates. The eagles got off to an early lead, and put the game in the win column with a final score of 26-14. The eagles had a total of 207 yards over 53 plays.

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Fair Grove Volleyball Serves into New Year

XC Runners Compete in Meets Throughout SWMO The 2014 Fair Grove cross country team began competing in meets the last week of August through the beginning of Sep-tember. Cross country runners compete in meets all throughout southwest Missouri. They com-pete in small towns, large towns, hilly courses and flat courses. So far, the team has had two meets; one at El Dorado Springs and the Southwest Cross Country Coaches Association meet in Springfield. The SWCCA meet is a large meet, therefore, the place you receive allocates to the class size of your school. At the El Dorado high school meet, Lucy Newkirk (12) and Mikah Garoutte (12) placed in the top 15 to receive a medal. Newkirk and Garoutte would again place at the SWCCA meet, along with Kayla Bruemmer. (11) Coach Carroll, a history teach-er at Fair Grove and the cross country coach, is excited for this year’s team. Carroll, enter-ing his 5th year as cross country coach, will have 15 runners out

this year. The team will consist of seven girls along with eight boys. “The runners ran 3.1 miles every meet (a 5K),” says coach Carroll. “Practices vary every day. Sometimes we will do dis-tance running, another we will

focus on speed, and some days we’ll do a little bit of both,” emphasizes Carroll. Gus Irvine (12th), Lucy Newkirk (12th) and Mikah Garoutte (12th) are the key runners this year. Mikah Garoutte, a senior run-ner, has been doing cross coun-try for two years now Garoutte says, “I wanted to be involved in something and I liked running,”

“Cross country definitely helps you stay fit but you’re sore all the time. There isn’t one day dur-ing the fall where my legs aren’t sore,” Garoutte states. Some of Garoutte’s favorite memories in-clude going to state junior year and running in Jefferson City. Her best meet to date came from last year’s district meet. She fin-ished 9th overall, with a time of 23;02. Cole Clark, a sophomore run-ner who has been on the team since middle school, enjoys run-ning with the cross country team. Clark, unlike most people, eats cheese before he runs. “I drink a lot of water too. I have to stay hydrated before and during the run,” explains Clark. Clark also says that his mom made him start doing cross country. “My favorite thing about cross coun-try is wearing short shorts. My favorite memory is running with Lindsey Padgett last year,” says Clark. Cross country have 7 meets left this season, not including district, sectional or state meets.

Boys Soccer Off to Good Start

Dalton Adamson competes in a meet at Strafford

-Photo By Claire Foster

Brian Carroll looks to dribble around a defender in a recent game vs.

Stover-Photo By Britney Lawless

- by Preston Padgett

- by Kyle Cavanaugh

- by Haley Stallings

After an impressive 29-9 sea-son and a trip to the final four, Fair Grove volleyball is look-ing to get right back from where they left off. The Lady Eagles have been working hard in prac-tice for about four weeks now, and they are ready to see their hard work pay off. “After com-ing off a final four season it’s hard not to set a goal to go back,” says head coach Tonya Peck. Their first stop on the road to the final four is winning con-ference, then Districts. Teams know that it takes hard work to make it back to the final four, but with hard work and dedication anything is possible. Fair Grove played their first game of the season against Clever on August 29th: it was

a close game going into 3 sets but Fair Grove pulled it

out in the end, winning the final set, 25 to 18. “ Well, we had moments, the first game was pretty good, and then the 3rd game like about the last 8 points they

really picked it up and started playing” says coach Peck. The starters, Emily Der-rick (Middle front), Victoria

Fishback (left, and right side), Jorden Stacey (all time setter), Haley Stallings (libero), Hallie Merisotes (right front), Lydia Page (left back and middle front), Kelli Oplotnik (left front), along with the other returning var-

sity players are looking forward to having an-other good year ahead of them. With high expectations, Jorden Stac-ey said, “I’m excited to see what our team can ac-complish this

year.” “I’m hoping to get to the same place we did last year!” On Tuesday September 16th the girls played Springfield Cath-olic they went into 2 sets winning both of them 25-10 and 25-22, they also play on Thursday Sep-tember 18th against Miller, they played two sets winning both of them 25-10 and 25-13 that puts the Fair Grove Lady Eagles at a record of 13-5.

The Lady Eagles prepare for a offensive return in the game vs. Clever

-Photo By Lucas Alsup

Jorden Stacey (7) looks to set the ball to her teamate vs. Catholic

-Photo By Gabrielle Roberts

The 2014 soccer season is looking very promising for the Fair Grove Eagles soccer team. Coach Florez is relying heav-ily on the key players that have proved themselves in the past few games. Right now the eagles are lead in goals by Newkirk and Padgett, they both have a total of ten for the season. Leading in assists is also Padgett. Padgett has had over 50 career goals and is look-ing to accumulate at least 60 by the end of his high school career. Newkirk might be new to Fair Grove but he is not new to the game of soccer. He has played soccer for 12 years prior to com-ing to Fair Grove. Sebastian is also looking to be a leader in the stat book. Currently leading the team defensively are juniors Kyle Ca-vanaugh, and Lucas Alsup, and sophomore Evan Fullerton. Kyle Cavanaugh and Lucas Alsup are both returners that are expected to lead the team on defense. Ful-lerton is a 6’6” basketball player that is new to the game of soccer.

He has been the starting goalie for the Eagles and has improved drastically since the summer. Fullerton explains, “I would like to be one of the best goalies in the area by the end of my high school career.” The team is off to a good start, with a 6-4 record, and 14 games remaining in their schedule. Se-nior, Preston Padgett said that the most exciting of all wins was the win against Laquey. Padgett shares, “ It was awesome be-cause last year they beat us so it was nice to turn the tables on them.” With another take on the win, Florez explains, “Laquey has beat us the last couple of years, it feels good to play a borderline perfect game because that’s what it takes to beat them.” The Eagles started off their season traveling to compete in the Marshfield tournament. They beat Osage 4-1, lost 2-1 to Marshfield, and lost 4-1 to Leba-non. The Eagles then played Marshfield and took the game 3-1. In the Fair Grove tourna-

ment the boys beat Riverton 5-1, lost to Aurora 3-0, and beat Laquey 2-1. The Eagles took second in the tournament. The Eagles then beat Thomas Jeffer-son 6-2 and Stover 6-3. The boys are scheduled to play Tuesday September 23 at New Covenant and Wednesday September 24. Both games will begin at 4:30 pm The Eagles are looking to continue their current success not only in the rest of their regu-lar season but also in the post-season. Coach Florez shares, “We would like to get a good seed in our tournament, battle with people, play hard, and play with some of them.” Postseason districts will begin the week of October 27th.

Coach Vorrhis (To the left) and Coach Kesler (To the right)

-Photo By Kayla Bearden

Page 3Fair Grove

High School

Football Team’s Hard Work Paying Off- by Lucas Alsup

Softball Season Moves to Spring - by Claire Foster

The softball season has been moved to spring this year. Along with this change come several new circumstances that Fair Grove High School has not had to deal with before. While this change is a chance to bring in new talent from the girls who play volleyball and softball, it will also steal some of the old talent for the girls that must now choose between soccer and softball. Stacy Beckley softball coach, recognizes this, stating, “The girls can’t do both and it is disappointing but there is no good way to avoid it.” Katelyne Cloyd (12th) dislikes the season change because it interferes with the soccer season, and now she will no longer be able to play softball. “I’m going to miss my teammates the most. The soft-ball players are just so crazy and fun to be around,” commented Cloyd. “It’s really hard to choose be-tween two sports you like… play whichever sport you have more of a passion for and enjoy play-ing,” advised Taylor Bell (9th) to other players who are in a situ-ation similar to that of Katelyne Cloyd and Taylor Battenfield (10th). “In recent seasons half our games we have lost because of challenging bigger schools,” Coach Beckley notes. Most of the bigger schools stayed with the fall season, which will bring big changes to the competition the girls will face. Now that not

every school made the switch, this alone will cut out nearly ten of the girls season games. In reaction to this Coach Beck-ley is filling those gaps in the season with teams from smaller schools. “It was really a conference decision. The coaches and athletic directors of the Mid Lakes Conference were very involved. All schools within our conference, with the excep-tion of Pleasant Hope, decided to make it a two year trial,” stated John Link, Fair Grove Public Schools superintendent. Link also explained that a ma-jority of the schools wanted to get away from the volleyball season so there would be an op-portunity to participate in both softball and volleyball. Fair Grove is the only school in the conference that also has soccer, so unfortunately girls still have to decide between two or three sports. “I like it for the fact we get volleyball girls but I don’t like the type of season, with all of the snow and rain. I’d rather play in the fall,” Beckley ex-plains. The way Lorin Weaver (10th) sees it, “It will bring more players in.” The common ground for most of the players is that with the volleyball play-ers in the mix, that means new talent. Overall, of the girls re-main optimistic about the up-coming season.

The 2014 football team has kicked off the year with three new coaches.There is a new head coach, Coach Vorrhis, but in addition to him there are two new assistant coaches, Coach Guiot and Coach Kesler. Coming from a big school like Glendale, the small town atmosphere is a new scene for Coach Kesler and Coach Vorrhis. Both coaches like that Fair Grove is a small town and school. Coach Vorrhis said, “This is a school I want my little girls to go to. There are good teachers and good students.” Coach Guiot, while being new

to Fair Grove, is also a first year coach. He recently graduated from SBU. Along with liking the

small town and the school, Vor-rhis says he has high expectations for his team. He believes the boys will come out to work hard and enjoy the game. Coach Kesler

commented, ”With the change from O’Neal it has sparked a new interest in the players.” Both coaches want to help the play-ers to enjoy their season, while they are working hard. Having three new coaches means there are changes for the team. Dal-ton Cloyd said the first change

the coaches made was a new of-fensive line. He believes that it will help the team. With High expectations of the new offense, Cloyd stated, “We expect to have a lot better season.” This also comes after stating the coaches have motivated the players and have helped them to enjoy both practices and games. Joe Caudle contributed that with the coach-es bringing in new things it has motivated and excited the team. Caudle also says, “They’ve brought the whole team together, so we will work together better and we will have a better sea-son.” Caudle added, “I believe that they have put the in front of us, now we just have to buy in to what they are doing and we will have a better season.”

Kicking Off 2014 with New Coaches - by Britney Lawless

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Fair Grove pulled through on the first Friday night of the sea-son, to gain their first win over Buffalo. The game was defi-nitely one that fans of both schools were looking for-ward to. The end score of the game was Fair Grove 33 and Buffalo 7. The Fair Grove de-fense battled throughout the whole game, giv-ing up just one early touchdown. The Eagles kept their heads up and prevented the Bison from scoring during the entire second half. The defense was solid and recovered numerous fumbles to gain the ball back, and seven points were scored in the first half of the game by Fair Grove. In the second half, Brayden Lumley ran the ball in for two of the Eagles’ touchdowns. He scored one in the first quarter and one in the fourth. Aside from a few slip-ups, the Eagles offense was one to watch. The boys managed to score 33 points during the game. During the second half, their offense commanded the field and scored

26 points with ease. Wyle Pot-ter scored the first touchdown of the second half to get the Eagles back in the lead.

Jackson Davis had an intercep-tion that he took back to the end zone for 6 more Eagle points. The strategies of Fair Grove’s new head coach, Bill Voorhis, proved to work for the Eagles.

The boys played with a com-pletely new style that Friday night. “We run a spread offense now,” says Kyle Colvard,” It uti-lizes our athletic players.” The team next played the Sky-line Tigers. Wyle Potter states,” It was a tough game. It truly tested us.” The game was a loss for the Eagles. The score-board clocked out with a final score of Fair Grove: 0 and Sky-line: 37. The team also beat Pleas-ant Hope on September 5. It

was homecoming night for Fair Grove. The Eagles pulled ahead of the Pirates with a score of 26-14. On September 12, the football team faced Springfield Catholic. The Fair Grove Eagles lost to the Fightin’ Irish the year before, but made quite a return with an-other 2014 victory. The Eagles’ defense fought through the cold temperature and held the Irish on their own side of the field for a majority of the first half. “The game was a good step towards the winning season that we’re looking for,” claims Joe Caudle, who had two early in-terceptions. Dylan Lucas ran the

ball in for two of the Eagles’ scoring plays. Lumley, managed to score two touchdowns himself, and Austin Fodge got one. The ending score of Fair Grove:

33 Springfield Catholic: 11 After a 37-16 loss to Stock-ton, the Eagles next matchups are September 27th again Straf-ford at home and October 3rd at Marionville.

The team runs out of the locker room is the game against Pleasant Hope

-Photo By Kayla Bearden

Sophomore Brayden Lumley attempts to run past a defender

-Photo By Kayla Bearden

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Page 4 - FeatureFair Grove High School

This year there are three new faculty members in the high school. Mr. Van Cleave was brought in to replace Mrs. Brizendine, Ms. Deckard took Mrs. Holland’s position in the high school, and Mr. Green took over for Coach O’Neal. Mr. Van Cleave originally taught 7th grade math and problem solving in the middle school and he took over teach-ing the geometry, college alge-bra and pre-calculus classes in the high school. He said that this year he is looking forward to getting to know all the stu-dents and faculty in the high school and also added “(I am looking forward to) helping kids learn, because math is hard.” His favorite thing about moving up to the high school is that high school students re-

quire less discipline and his ad-vice for his students is to believe in themselves, they can do math. One of those students is Cassidy Low. She said Mr. Van Cleave’s teaching style has changed great-ly from when he was the substi-tute for Mrs. Talberts’ class in eighth grade and she is very ex-cited about this. Ms. Deckard moved to Fair Grove from Hollister. She is teaching speech and theater in the middle school and high school. “I graduated from here and that feeling of coming home is pretty great,” stated Ms. Deck-ard. Ms. Deckard also said the reason she likes teaching speech and theater is because she is pas-sionate about these subjects and she likes getting kids passionate about the subjects areas as well. One student that this will affect

New Staff Comes to the High School

Wyle Potter, a senior this year, is nationally ranked in the Amer-ican Powerlifting Association (APA). He is currently ranked second in the raw powerlifting division in the APA. The division is for those who do not use gloves, or any other item that could help the lifter. He competed in the 175-181lb weight class. The APA is a weight lifting o rg a n i z a t i o n where people who have a passion for lifting can join and compete with others that share the same interest. This sport re-quires technique and strength to be successful in it. Potter did bet-ter than most competitors during his last meet. Potter stated, “I worked [-out hard] everyday.” Potter is in the weight room getting stronger all the time. He doesn’t go a day without working out at least once, sometimes twice. His exact numbers for each category are as follows: Bench- 315 lbs, Squat- 440 lbs, Deadlift- 455 lbs. Dead-lift, a lift not as well known, is a lift where you bend down whilst keeping your back straightened,

and lifting the weight to knee level and then releasing the bar from your grip. However, Pot-ter’s hard work doesn’t end in the weight room. A large part of what he does is in his diet. He

says that he doesn’t drink soda and eats little junk food. Also, he drinks a lot of muscle milk which is full of protein. Potter lifts to keep in

shape, but its more than just that. Although

that’s a big part of it, there’s more to the sport than that for him. He enjoys it and thinks that lifting weights is fun. He also likes the fact that it keeps him active and gives him something to work at. Potter says that if he keeps his GPA at a 2.5 or higher then he will get a full ride scholarship for powerlifting at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mis-souri. Potter will continue to lift for the remainder of his time at Fair Grove High School and hopefully will get the opportu-nity to carry on his passion at Lindenwood next fall.

Fair Grove Student Nationally Ranked in

Weightlifting

Fair Grove Flight Crew Gets Peppy Fair Grove High School’s Pep Club is centered around supporting our school in a fun way and cheering for our sports teams during their games. This year, the Fair Grove Flight Crew tried something new by assign-ing individual positions for a select few members. These posi-tions include a president (Mitch-ell Johnson), a vice-president (Bailey Weaver), a secretary (Cierra Lenox), a treasurer (Kelli Oplotnik), a faux officer (Kyle Colvard), a cheer representative (Maddie Robinson), and three chant leaders (Kyle Cavanaugh, Claire Foster, and Alex Schnei-der). Having these positions in-tact will allow people to know exactly what they need to do and what their individual responsi-

bilities are to ensure Pep Club has a great turnout for this school year. Robinson, who holds the po-sition of the cheer representative for Pep Club, is also a cheerlead-er for the Fair Grove cheer squad. “I’m able to direct and help the club with chants and cheers we do throughout games,” Robin-son said. This way, the Pep Club gets more involved in cheering on their sports teams and fellow classmates. President of Pep Club, John-son, is especially looking forward to later in the year once people become more and more involved in coming out and supporting the teams. “Senior and Señor night have become a tradition it seems so we’ll definitely have those as themes come basketball season,” Johnson said about up-

coming themes for Flight Crew members to take part in. In ad-dition to that, for Senior Night during the football game against Strafford on the 26th, the theme will be “PreSchool Days: Bring-ing Back the Memories of the 2000’s.” At recent games, like our homecoming football game against Pleasant Hope, the theme was “GloNight” where everyone came with their glow in the dark glasses and bracelets. Also, an “Ancient Greece” theme took place at a recent volleyball game where the members of club wore togas and cheered the volleyball team on. This year’s Pep Club t-shirts are also now available for stu-dents to purchase for $11, as well as the popular Stic Pics that feature the faces of athletes and coaches.

- by Carolyn Hardin

- by Anthony Campanelli

is Emily Derrick, who is taking Ms. Deckard’s stagecraft class this year. She said, “I am really excited about building sets. I think it will be a lot of fun.” Mr Green taught middle school history last year but he is now taking over the assistant principal position in the high school as well as some athlet-ic director duties. Mr. Green commented, “ (I like being in the high school because) I get to see all of the kids every sin-gle day.” He also added that he wants to impact the high school by providing good leadership and make sure it is a good en-vironment to learn in. With the staffing changes Mr. Bell commented, “I think they (new faculty) bring a lot of experi-ence and new ideas from their past experiences. I think it will

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High School

This years marching band, composed of 76 members, will be taking the field performing their show “Battle of the Broth-ers.” Drum major Jordan Baskin says that with the music and drill, this is one of the harder s h o w s they have done. The show is about a battle be-tween the three main brothers in greek my-thology. The first movement is devoted to Poseidon. The second movement is devoted to Hades, and the third movement is de-voted to Zeus. At the very end of the third movement there is a big battle within the music. To get the show performance ready the band has a week of

camp in the summer and early morning practices everyday at 7a.m. “Some mornings it’s rough to get up, but in the end I think it will be worth it,” mentions

Baskin. She also said that the ear-ly morning practices are the only way the eighth graders can participate. The section leaders have to go through two weeks of

band camp, one week before the full band, so they can be prepared to help their section better. This year’s section leaders are Emily Jones (flutes), Hannah Mallard and Allison Murrill (clarinets), Austen Rector (saxophones), Kayla Bruemmer and Courtney Patten (high brass), Jaycob Kirt-link and Mattie Cobban (low

Marching Band Tunes Into a New Year

For this season, “Fair Grove High School Cheerleaders team goals are to accomplish success-ful stunt groups along with an excellent homecoming perfor-mance during the football and basketball season,” stat-ed Mrs. Brown. Senior Morgan McCart says, “I am looking forward to the Strafford game the most because they are re-ally competitive with them.” They also compete with them with the canned food drive. “The cheerleaders come to-gether and count every single pound and ounce that is col-lected for our food drive,” ex-plained Mrs. Brown. Another thing the cheerleaders do to help raise money include; “The Helping Handsprings” which is where, at a home game they raise money for how many back handsprings can be accom-plished from each cheerleader participating. All the money raised goes to a family in need. “ It is a really good way to bring our community together and

help each other out,” stated Mrs. Brown. Last year was the team’s first year with their new coach Mrs. Brown. “I feel that the girls are

more committed and are more cohesive as a team,” stated senior Lacey March. The Lady Eagles have done a lot to prepare for this season. Starting at the beginning of the summer they worked on building and trying new stunts as well as their homecoming routine. They have also been go-ing to weights twice a week and practicing twice a week for two to three hours a day. “We will be getting new uni-

High School Cheerleaders Coming in with a BANG!

forms this year, we are suppose to get new ones every four years and I’m excited we are getting new ones my senior year,” said Morgan McCart. This year there

are a few new girls, Juniors Skylar Powers and Shelby Wallace, and Sophomore Hannah Mallard. Mrs Brown said that she is going to be looking toward the three se-niors Morgan, Lacey, and Maddie to lead the team this year. They worked really hard last year, but this year is go-ing to be even better. “They will be doing a lot of tum-

bling and doing all the exciting and thrilling stuff that the crowd likes because that is what gets them going,” said Lacey March. The last three games were home games against: Buffalo, Skyline and Pleasant Hope. Mrs Brown stated that the girls performed their homecoming routine during the halftime of the Fair Grove Vs. Pleasant hope game.

brass), and Kaily Beckner and Austin Masters (percussion). The band performs at all of the home football games as well as competitions throughout the fall. They have three competitions this year. On October 4th they have the Valhalla competition at Parkview. On October 11th they have the Ozarko competition at MSU, and on October 18th they have the Reeds Spring competi-tion. Baskin states, “I am look-ing forward to Ozarko the most because its the biggest competi-tion we go to and it gives us the chance to compete with some bigger and better bands.” The bands journey doesn’t end there though. In May of 2015 the band will be headed to Washington D.C. for their every other year band trip. They will be selling beef jerky sticks and chocolate bars, along with working stands at the fall festival and MSU games to fundraise for the trip.

- by Kayla Bearden

- by Morgan McCart

Varsity cheerleaders at the homecoming football game

-Photo by Kayla Bearden

The Flight Crew cheers on their football team at the home-coming game

-Photo by Kayla Bearden

Wyle Potter, a senior, is nationally ranked in the APA-Photo by Kyle Cavanaugh

Mr. Van Cleave Ms. Deckard Mr. Green

The Marching Band plays during the homecoming game vs. Pleasant Hope-Photo by Kayla Bearden

- by Katelyne Cloyd 2014-2015 Newspaper Staff!

Austin Newman – Editor of Newpaper / Page Editor: Sports Nick Andrews – Co-Editor of Website / Page Editor: News

Purple Team Katelyne Cloyd – Ad Sales

Claire Foster – Page Editor: Feature Kayla Bearden – Facebook Manager

Anthony Campanelli – Senior Spotlight Gabrielle Roberts – Asst. Elementary / Asst. Copy Editor

Emilie Armstrong – Columnist / Asst. Website Kyle Cavanaugh – Asst. Senior Spotlight

Jorden Stacey – Asst. Middle School Lucas Alsup – Asst. Opinion

White Team Carolyn Hardin – Page Editor: Opinion

Preston Padgett – Co-Editor of Website / Twitter manager Jordan Robertson – Page Editor: Middle School

Morgan McCart – Page Editor: Elementary Sydney Demaske – Copy Editor

Haileigh Houston – Asst. Social Media Britney Lawless – Asst. Feature

Skylar Kensinger – Asst. Ad Sales Alyssa Everett – Asst. News

Haley Stallings – Asst. Sports

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The Eagle’s Eye is the official newspaper of the Fair Grove Schools. It is published throughout the academic

school year by the Fair Grove R-10 School District news-paper staff. This year the newspaper class is taught by

Joseph Florez.

School Administrators Dr. John Link, Superintendent of Schools

Mr. Mike Bell, High School PrincipalMr. Chris Stallings, Middle School Principal

Mrs. Charity Hollan, Elementary School PrincipalHigh School......................759-2554 (ext. 400)

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This year in the Fair Grove Mid-dle School there will be a total of eight clubs. These clubs i n c l u d e : Math Club, Yu - G i - O h Club, Chess Club, Stream Team, N.J.H.S, Character Council, Student Ambassadors, and the Scholars Bowl Club. Most of these clubs are open to everyone however, some of them are composed of students that are hand selected by teachers. N.J.H.S. stands for national junior honor society and it is hand selected by a group of five teachers. This club encourages students to make a difference by volunteering their free time to get in service hours for their com-munity. In past years N.J.H.S. has made the Fair Grove talent show possible, which has al-ways been very successful, and the backpack program, which

Clubs Creating Community

Coming off an undefeated season last year, the 8th grade Lady Eagles are ready for the 2014 volleyball season. Michelle Cannefax, assistant coach, says, “Last year the 7th and 8th grade teams were undefeated, but this year we are going to break down the fundamentals and individual skills before we work on team skills.” The 8th grade team brings back all returnees with the ex-ception of new comer Sydney Hill. Alana Findley (8) says, “I’m glad that I get to play with the same group of girls this year that I did last year.” To prepare for this season, the team played together in two different sum-mer leagues held at Fair Grove and Rogersville. Middle hitter Harley Maxwell (8) states, “I am most excited to play Marshfield because they are a bigger school

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Middle School Welcomes New Teachers

The Fair Grove Mid-dle School 2014-2015 school year started on August 14th with a few new additions to their teaching staff. These additions in-clude Blake Brown, Abby Daigle, Lindsey Martin, Bill Voorhis, and Shane Kesler. The middle school also recently gained a new principal, Chris Stallings, at the be-ginning of the last school year. B l a k e Brown is currently the new sev-enth grade math teacher in the middle school. This is Brown’s first year as a teacher not only at Fair Grove School District, but his first year of teaching at any school district. Brown describes Fair Grove as being a kind of “comfort zone.” He grew up in Pleasant Hope and came into the district having an idea of how the community of Fair Grove functions and Brown isn't the only one who enjoys the small town community feel of Fair Grove.“I have little girls and I want them at this type of school,” Bill Voorhis states while dis-cussing the different factors that lead him to choose Fair Grove Schools. Voorhis is not only the new seventh and eighth grade

social studies teacher, he is also the new high school

football coach. This is not Coach Voorhis first year, he previously taught weights and coached football in Springfield at Glendale High School.Another new addition to

The middle school volleyball team huddles up to pre-pare for the game-Photo by Skylar Kensing

and good competition.” The 7th grade team is ready to start games right away. Most girls have played together on The Force, a club team made up of mostly Fair Grove girls. They played with the 8th grade team at both leagues this summer and began practice right as school started. Mirantha Holliman (7) says, “We are a close team and I’m looking forward to doing se-cret pals.” Strafford, being Fair Grove’s rival team, is the game 7th grader Maddie Clark is look-ing forward to.Michelle Cannefax explained, “I am expecting to see positive at-titudes and hard work from all of

the girls this season.” The Lady Eagles started off their seasons with wins from both 7th grade and 8th team at Ash Grove Thurs-day the 11th. They also swept the Fair Grove Tournament Saturday the 13th, winning two first place trophies. The Lady Eagles also recently added Springfield Cath-olic to their schedule this year. Other games this season con-sist of many Conference teams such as Stockton, Marionville, Strafford, Skyline, and Pleasant Hope. Brystol Bates exclaims, “We are a well rounded team, and I am excited for the season!”

the teaching staff includes Lind-say Martin, Abby Daigle, and Shane Kesler. Lindsay Martin is the new seventh and eighth grade science teacher. She took over Mrs. Alsup’s position after she retired at the end of last year. This is Ms. Martins first year teaching a core subject, she pre-viously taught physical educa-tion at a smaller private school. Abby Daigle is the new special ed teacher and Shane Kesler cur-rently teaches sixth, seventh, and eighth grade boys physical edu-cation class.“I had a practicum with Coach O’Neal and I coached with Coach Voorhis at Glendale,” adds Kesler when explaining why he choose Fair Grove. Kes-ler, along with many other teach-ers, enjoys the community of Fair Grove. Along with commu-nity, Kesler enjoys that the staff is made up of fairly young indi-viduals that he describes as, “not as intimidating as other schools.” With these new additions to the teaching staff, Fair Grove Mid-dle School has entered the 2014-2015 school year smoothly.

helps tons of kids in our com-munity to never leave hungry. A past member of N.J.H.S., Lacey March, shares, “It was very fulfilling and taught me the

value in service and community.” Another hand

selected club is character coun-cil. Holly Lemon is one of the few selected for character coun-cil. Holly states that character council plans school events and meets every morning during ad-visory. Holly said, “ What I en-joy most of this club is getting together with friends to help out our school”. This will be Holly’s first year in character council. The last hand selected club is the student ambassadors. This group is selected while students are in the fifth grade. Landon Baker is an active student am-bassador. Landon shares that the student ambassadors meet once a month, help out with Thanks-

giving dinner, and help new stu-dents feel welcome. Landon has been involved with the ambassa-dors for four years. Out of these four years Landon shares that his favorite memory was whenever Cydney played an old grandma in one of their bullying skits.The other clubs are open to any-one that is willing to invest their time. The most recent of addition is Yu-Gi-Oh club. This is a club that was formed by students, one in particular that helped bring this club to life is Ryan Peterson. Peterson explains that the most enjoyable thing about Yu-Gi-Oh club for him is just being able to hang out with friends and play Yu-Gi-Oh. Stream team, Math Club, Chess Club, and Book Club have been established for many years now. These are clubs that are open for anyone to join. The middle school principal Chris Stallings explains, “ Clubs are important because it gives kids the opportunity to get involved in school. Students who make connections at school are much more likely to be successful in academics.”

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Fair Grove has introduced a number of new teachers this year

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Seth Parfitt and Brody Daniels playing Yu-Gi-Oh in their club

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The 1st and 2nd grade mighty mites team practicing their blocking skills.

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For the 2014-15 school year, the elementary has wel-comed four new teachers. The new teachers are Susan Gal-laci and Ashley Tucker (first grade), Amanda Lampe (fourth grade), and Michelle Sparling (response to intervention). For Susan Gallaci, Fair Grove is the third school she has had the opportunity to teach at. She taught for two years in Balton, Illinois, and for eight years in Collinsville, Illinois. She wanted to teach elementary because she loves the age and she wanted to teach different subjects. “I love see-ing where they are when they come in at the beginning of a year, and where they end. The growth that they have, thats the coolest part,” says Mrs. Gallaci when explaining what her favorite part of teaching is. Fair Grove reminds her of the town she grew up in, Grafton, Illinois. This is Ashley Tucker’s first year of teaching. She has just graduated from Drury. She loves the Fair Grove commu-nity because everyone cares about everyone. She wanted to teach first grade because she loves the age and says “...first grade is such a big year for their growth. They are such a fun age group.” Mrs. Tucker loves being around kids be-cause they are always happy, she comments, “...even when it’s not the best day they are

smiling.” Amanda Lampe taught fourth grade for five years at Republic before moving to Fair Grove. She states that fourth graders love to learn and have such a great perspec-tive on the world, “They are old enough to express that and young enough to be positive with their views.” Her favorite thing about teaching is what she calls the “aha moment.” She states, “I love the moment when a student understands something I have been teach-ing and they have been work-ing on.” Mrs. Lampe loves Fair Grove because its such a great community and every-one is so inviting and helpful. In May 2013 Michelle Spar-ling graduated from Evangel University. Mrs. Sparling is an RTI (Response to Interven-tion). What an RTI does is help the students that are struggling with reading, writing, or math. They help the students get back on track to the level they should be. She choose to be an RTI instructor because she loves having one on one time with the students. Mrs. Spar-ling comments, “Teaching is a passion I have and seeing a student finally understand is one of the best moments.” The teachers were hired last spring, go through an inter-view process, and present a teaching video, a portfo-lio, and lesson plans.

Mighty Mites, the elemen-tary and middle school foot-ball program, kicked off their season with their first practice on September 2nd. Each team is divided up by grade level and coached by parent volunteers. The Mighty Mites program will con-tinue until mid October for players in first grade and up until they reach the age of 13 when they become ineligible. “I get to tackle peo-ple and have fun out there…” said 3rd grader Johnny Daughtry while expressing his excite-ment of the upcoming season. For Johnny, and many otherkids his age, this will not be the first expe-rience on the field. The Fair Grove Mighty Mites program is initially introduced to kids in first grade allowing them to learn the basic fundamentals at a younger age.“I’m most excited about tack-ling,” 1st grader Sawyer Burks

states. He, among many other excited first graders, will be able to participate in their first football team experience with Mighty Mites. All schedules for games will be provided by team coaches

and can be found online on the Mighty Mites website.To improve the experience for all players, the Mighty Mites program offers assistance in pro-viding the correct equipment for each player. With a fee of $30, equipment can be rented by a

player from the Mighty Mites program for the duration of one season. This equipment includes shoulder pads, a helmet, and a mouth guard. Each player is responsible for providing their own cleats that meet the require-

ments. To ensure a safe season for every individ-ual player, a completed physical form is also nec-essary before they are al-lowed to participate in a game. Mighty Mites provides a program that the el-ementary, middle school, and high school students can all benefit from. The eligible elementary and middle school students can sign up to participate on a team with practices

and games while the high school student football players can sign up to referee games on Thursday nights. Mighty Mites has been around for more than 50 years, teaching students the basic fun-damentals needed to be success-ful in future football programs.

Fair Grove Football Takes Flight in the Elementary and Middle School

Elementary Begins Year With

Four New Teachers - byJordan Robertson

Grandparents Day was Fri-day, September 19. The Kinder-garten through 2nd grade session went from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and 3rd and 4th grades went from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. On Grand-parents Day, the kids appreciate their grand-parents and show them what they have made for them. The kids can give their grandparent a cookie and anything they have made for them. Future Teachers of America (FTA), helped out with Grandparents Day. Sierra Riggs, a member of FTA, has worked Grandparents Day before.

She said members of FTA help the grandparents to the cor-rect classroom and anywhere

else they need to go. When the grandparents ar-rived, they were seated in the gym to watch a program. After

A Grand Grandparents-Day in the Elementary

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the program ended, the grand-parents took a tour of the class-rooms. After the tour, they took

a picture with their grandchild and then visited the Book Fair. After the Book Fair, the grandparents es-corted the children back to their class-rooms. Kinley Peck, a kinder-gartener, said, “I like when I get books [at the Book Fair].” They showed their grand-parents around the li-brary and what books they wanted to buy.

Shelly Crawford, a grandparent, said that her favorite part of that day was the program.

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You and I both know that if you’re eating a really good snack, you can’t keep that thought unexpressed. Your very first thought isn’t, “this is a re-ally good snack,” it’s “all of my friends should know I’m eat-ing this snack.” There’s no way you should be the only one to know how good that Hot Pocket is, all of your Twitter follow-ers would love to know too. It makes your heart feel good and your Hot Pocket experi-ence even better when you find out that you got three retweets. Life without social media is like life without air. If you’ve ever gotten grounded or lost your phone or gone a day with a dead phone, once you get it back, your life revolves around scrolling through hours of news feed and checking endless noti-fications. Or if you’re like me, it’s looking at what other people are doing because you got no notifications and reading about other peoples lives is what yours has come to. There are some people that are all like, “I don’t need social media to live.” Well this is a direct message to you if you have said that once in your life: 1.) You are missing out. 2.) you probably don’t have many friends. And 3.) There are some amazing cat videos on Face-

Anti-Social Media Movie Review: The Fault in Our Stars “You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you,” says John Green, the author of the New York Times Number One Bestseller book The Fault in Our Stars. And that quote is true about this movie, as well as life. Having read the book, I already knew the ending, and yet, I still went anyway. Why? Because I wanted to know if the Time mag-azine’s Book of the Year would turn out to be an award winning movie and go on to be loved and remembered for generations or if it would be a complete flop and leave fans of the book ut-terly disappointed. I am pleased to say that it was the first option. This movie follows the life of the narrator, Hazel Grace Lan-caster. Hazel Grace is a teenager who is diagnosed with cancer at a young age. After almost dying, she is introduced to a “miracle drug” called Phalanxifor. This drug keeps her stage 4 Thyroid cancer at bay. After she begins to suffer from depression about

- by Emilie Armstrong - by Nick Andrewsdying, her mother forces her to go to a local support group for kids with cancer. This support group takes place in a church basement dubbed “the literal

heart of Jesus” by the support group leader, Patrick. That support group is where we meet the other two main char-acters Isaac,

and Augustus Waters. Isaac is a friend of Hazel’s who is go-ing blind. It is he who brings Augustus to the support group, and as a result, helps create the relationship that ensues. From the moment they meet, Hazel Grace and Augustus Wa-ters have a special connection. They quickly become friends, and soon, they begin to do ev-erything together. From talking about Hazel’s favorite book, An Imperial Affliction, written by Peter Van Houten, to eat-ing crappy Dutch sandwiches on a sculpture of human bones. The acting is phenomenal with younger roles being played by up-and-comers like Shailene Woodley (Hazel Grace), Ansel

Elgort (Augustus Waters), and Nat Wolff (Isaac). This movie also features some older ac-tors and actresses like Laura Dern (Frannie), Sam Trammell (Michael), and Willem Dafoe (Peter Van Houten). These ac-tors and actresses give a perfect portrayal of the publication that delighted so many fans. They do an excellent job of truly connecting with and becoming their characters. We see them transform and change their act-ing style throughout the movie, to truly show the develop-ment of the characters and plot. For those of you (like myself) that have read the book, I would recommend seeing it. This mov-ie stays very true to the plot of the book with only slight tweaks being made. I think that the di-rector and screenplay writers did an excellent job of convey-ing the raw emotion and tone of the book, while still making it flow and work cinematically. Full of scenes that will make you laugh, and scenes that will break your heart, this movie is perfect for audiences of all ages and walks of life. Just be sure that when you go, you bring some tissues. Okay? Okay.

book you’ll never get to enjoy. There are so many different types of social media. There’s an app for everyone’s person-ality. If you like visually see-ing what people are doing, get an Instagram, that app is like a photo party. If you aren’t into looking at selfie city, people with their boyfriends, or the lat-est #WomanCrushWednesday, try Facebook. Sometimes (if you’re lucky enough) you can catch a Facebook fight that is 40 or 50 comments long. Just sit down with some popcorn and you’re golden Ponyboy. Speaking of Facebook, you know how many games there are!? You can own your own farm. A digital farm, how neat is that? You can’t have that much fun reading books or do-ing something educational. Psh. Okay, if you aren’t into any of that super fun stuff (you must be a pessimist or something if the sound of a digital farm doesn’t make you excited) you can get all of the social medias combined with the almighty Twitter. You can see cat videos AND enjoy some subtweets here and there. Sports scores come easy and song lyrics are plentiful. Social media has good things and bad things but it will benefit everything in your life.

When you think of food in Fair Grove, you think of the scarce choices we have in town. Of course, I love our choices, I’m just saying there are very few. But in the recent weeks, that list saw a new addition: Cool Your Jets, a fitting name for what the restaurant provides. Although its main focus is an ice cream parlor, the new restau-rant also provides Baked Burg-ers, Biscuits and Gravy, freshly made Lasagna and various other breakfast and lunch foods. Located at the top of the hill (98 S. Main Street), I decided to head in and see what this new Ice Cream Parlor was all about. Cool Your Jets offers a unique 50’s themed environment that adds a “cool” twist to your expe-rience. The jukebox in the back, and the glass bottled soda’s

available up front, really help tie it all together. Now I know, some people could care less about the environment offered in a res-taurant, but I liked the touch. It felt basically like another Steak n’ Shake, except Cool Your Jets has baked burgers, compared to steak burgers. Now you might question the title “Baked Burger,” because Burgers are usually grilled, right? I mean, maybe not all of them, but in this case, it didn’t matter! This had everything I look for in a good Burger. Good cheese, right amount of bun to hamburger ratio… etc. (Oops, too many food details, this is just making me hungry again.) I found this filled me up pretty well. And by the way, if this was some place in Springfield, I’d say this still scored pretty well

on my scales As for the chocolate milk-shake, wow! (Yeah, I know. Out of all the flavors they offer, I chose chocolate, judge me). I’m a plain ol’ chocolate kind of guy, and this milkshake met my stan-dards. The addition of chocolate syrup to finish off the shake, was a perfect touch, and added just the right amount of flavor (Side note: I also enjoyed a Strawberry Fanta with the shake, and wow. Like, that’s all I can say is wow. It was perfectly chilled, and went excellent with the shake.) And for $3.75, it was definitely a grade A milkshake. I really enjoyed my experi-ence at Cool Your Jets, and plan on visiting the ice cream parlor many times in the future. Overall restaurant experience: 8/10

Restaurant Review: Cool Your Jets - byAustin Newman

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Years at Fair Grove: 2 yearsBest Pals: No best pals thay are all “special”Plans After Graduation: Go to OTC and maybe MSU and get a degree in Graphic DesignFavorite high school event: Sports games because I love the pretzels at the concessionsPersonal Motto: Life is not just about surviving the storm, it’s about

learning to dance in the rainFavorite Dessert: Twix or WatchamacallitWhat is your favorite year in high school and why?: Senior year because it’s almost over

Years at Fair Grove: 5ishBest Pals: Zephyr, Chey, Carolyn, Makalie, Brittany, and everyone elseFavorite Movie: Grease, A walk to Re-member, LucyWho is your hero?: My dad. He taught me that anyone can change with the help of Jesus ChristWhat was your favorite year of high school, why?: My junior year is my favorite year because Zephyr made everyday worth comingOne goal you would like to accomplish: Graduate, im-pact others livesPersonal Motto: Be nice to everyone, you never know what they have been through

Years at Fair Grove:13Best Pals: 2014-15 Cheer squad, Nicole, Morgan, My boys, TanTanExtracurriculars: Cheer, Track, NHS, FBLA, SADD, Choir, pep clubFavorite Season: SummerPlaces you would like to visit: Greece, Paris, Rome, Madrid Hobbies/Interests: Singing really horribly in he car, laughing during awkward situations, shoppingFavorite desert: Cheesecake

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Plans After Graduation: Go to college and practice psychology around the worldPersonal Motto: Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage, just 20

seconds of embarrassing braveryWho is your hero?: My mom, through everything she has always been there for me Favorite animal: ElephantPlaces you would like to visit : Africa and Germany

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Years at Fair Grove: 13Best Pals: I love everyonePlans After Graduation: Go to college, become a teacher, and travel the worldFavorite Animal: Unicorns

Places you would like to visit: Vienna, Austria, Australia, Canada, India, pretty much everywhereWhat was your favorite year of high school and why?: So far this yearFavorite Sport: Cheer-it is a sport Extracurriculars: Cheer, NHS, FCCLA, FBLA, SADD, FTA

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Years at Fair Grove: All 13Best Pals: Austin, Alex, Carolyn, Gus, Cassidy, Dylan L, Mikah, Preston, Wyle, Brandon, Dylan A Extracurriculars: Soccer, SADD, FBLA, NHS, Newspaper, Jolt, Stuco, Book ClubWho is your hero?: My parents, for teaching me how to act and live my life, and for always loving me unconditionallyOne goal you would like to accomplish: One day, I would like to become a published author

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Years at Fair Grove: 13Best Pals: Lorin Weaver, Matia Hartley, and Kaily BecknerPlans After Graduation: Go to college at MSUFavorite high school event: Cheering with the pep clubPersonal Motto: All it takes is all you’ve got

Favorite Dessert: Sour Skittles Places you would like to visit: Rome, Australia, and Paris Hobbies/interests: Netflix and hanging out with friendsExtracurriculars: FFA, SADD, FBLA, NHS, Pep Club, Basketball, Soccer

Years at Fair Grove: 13Best Pals: You know who you areFavorite Movie:The Great Gatsby Favorite Season: AutumnWho is your hero?: My parents be-cause they believe in me more than I doWhat was your favorite year of high school, why?: Senior year because of the freedom and ability to see the light at the end of the tunnelOne goal you would like to accomplish: Fluently speak another language by the time I’m 25Personal Motto: It’s not going to be easy, it’s going to be worth it

Years at Fair Grove: 13Best Pals: They know who they areExtracurriculars: FFA, NHS, 4-H, Church youth group Favorite school memory: National Convention freshman yearHobbies/Interests: Riding horses, Showing dogs, ReadingFavorite Season: WinterFavorite Animal: ManateesPlaces you would like to visit: Australia, Norway, Yellowstone

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Years at Fair Grove: 13Best Pals: Dalton Adamson, Gus Irvine, Chad Garoutte, Lydia Page, Lynsey Rector, and Jessica CobbanPlans After Graduation: Go to collegePersonal Motto: Plant ideas and grow success Who is your hero?: Mr. Libby because every day I learn something new.Favorite Dessert: Ice CreamFavorite place you have visited: Washington State, Mt. RushmoreFavorite Sport: Bowling

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Years at Fair Grove: 8Best Pals: Helge Mouses, Dylan my “best” friend, Meags, Jiycob, Hannah, Lucas, Elias, Clyde Puff, Adam The Great King Bobcat, the rest of the bandPlans After Graduation: Go to Mizzou with Hallie, not be hobos, graduate Med school and live happily ever afterFavorite Animal: Elephant

Places you would like to visit: France, Key West, Ba-hamas, anywhere tropicalWhat was your favorite year of high school and why?: The last part of Freshman year, because Florida was awesome. Extracurriculars: Band, Choir, Stuco, FCCLA, NHS, SADD, Book Club, FBLA

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Years at Fair Grove: 9Best Pals: Anthony Argenta, Kayli, Maddie, Mikah, all the guard girls and One DirectionExtracurriculars: Color Guard, Cross country, Skiing Who is your hero?: Jesus because he died for my sins. Favorite Sport: NetflixingOne goal you would like to accomplish: Get accepted into HogwartsFavorite High School Event: Football homecome-ing or the fall festival paradeFavorite Dessert: Midnight Milkyways

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Years at Fair Grove: 7th-12thBest Pals: Madeline WellsExtracurriculars: Cello, Piano, Band, FBLA, SADD, Jolt, NHS, Newspaper, SoccerWho is your hero?: Whoever the female version of Chuck Norris is, she is way underappreciatedWhat was your favorite year of High School, Why?: Junior year, because I was an upperclassman, but I didn’t have the, “Holy cow I can’t pretend I’m an adult because I have to actually be one,” feeling that I do right now One goal you would like to accomplish: Get my fake di-ploma on the stage of High Street Baptist church on the 15th of May

Years at Fair Grove: 13Best Pals: Anthrax, Austin Squires, Nicole KlugPlans After Graduation: Go to college and start a biker gang with Anthony CampanelliPersonal Motto: Some days wouldn’t be special if it wasn’t for rain. Joy wouldn’t feel so good if it wasn’t for pain- 50 CentFavorite movie: The Big LebowskiFavorite Season: FallFavorite high school event: Choir trip to Florida freshman yearHobbies/interests: Guitar, music, and hanging out with my friends, Anthony and Austin

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Years at Fair Grove: 13Best Pals: Cross country team and everyone else you know who you are!Personal Motto: “For God has not given us a spirit of Fear and timidit, but of power, love ,and self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1One goal you would like to accomplish: Get my doctorate in maybe psychology.Extracurriculars: Cross country, SADD, NHSFavorite Movie: PocahontasFavorite Season: Spring because I love green

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Years at Fair Grove: 8 yearsBest Pals: John Huffman, Dalton Adamson, Agustus Irvine, Evan Barry, Bobcat, All the football players (even the freshmen)Extracurriculars: Football, Track and Field, SADD, FBLA, Jolt, Math Team, Scholars Bowl

Who is your hero and why?: The Lord. He lived the perfect life and gave it to us. Favorite high school event: This years homecoming be-cause I got to help us win itFavorite school memory:Singing Happy Birthday to Mr. Foster at Silver Dollar City

Years at Fair-Grove: 3 Best Pals: Y’all know who ya are!Extracurriculars: SADD, Stuco, FCCLA, Pep ClubWho is your hero?: My dad because he encourages me to strive for what I wantWhat was your favorite year of High School, Why?: Senior year because, why not? #summer2k14 Favorite dessert: Cheesecake (yum!) Favorite Sport: Is shopping a sport?Favorite Movie: Can anyone really answer this ques-tion...

Years at Fair Grove: All 13 of em!Plans After Graduation: Attend some college, somewhere in the US and become some kind of ER surgeon at some hospital helping some sick and injured people and helping societyWho is your hero?: Ralph Wiggum, he just seems like he knows what’s going onPersonal Motto: Gotta live now and in the moment, or not at all Extracurriculars: Stuco, Pep club, Speech and Theatre, FBLA, NHS, Cross Country, SADDHobbies/Interests: Water Skiing, Wakeboarding and nothing like good ol gaming with my pals Official positions held throughout high school: Too many of em to keep track of! Places you would like to visit: Tokyo, Japan, anywhere in Greece, and Venace, Italy

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