administered in RLA, Math,

Social Studies, and Science.

Test results will provide infor-

mation about student’s aca-

demic strengths and areas

that need improvement. Par-

ents will receive a report of a

student’s performance in the

fall of 2013. Teachers and

principals use the test data

from WESTEST 2 to develop

structures that support and

improve student performance.

This information was provided

by the West Virginia Depart-

ment of Education. James B.

Phares, Ed.D. State Superin-

tendent of Schools.

By Kassidy Erin

The purpose of the West Vir-

ginia Educational Standards

Test 2 (WESTEST 2) is to pro-

vide information about student

performance levels. This test

measures and identifies stu-

dent strength and weaknesses

in reading/language arts,

mathematics, and science

based on the WV 21st Century

Content Standards and Objec-

tives (CSOs) and in social stud-

ies based on the WV Next Gen-

eration CSOs. The develop-

ment of the CSOs was led by

the West Virginia Department

of Education (WVDE) Office of

Instruction and participation

from the office of Assessment

and Accountability, Office of

Special Programs, Extended

and Early Learning, and educa-

tors from around the state.

Students enrolled in grades 3-

11 participate in the WESTEST

2. Testing occurred for SH

students during the week of

May 13. One test per day was

By Kassidy Erin

June 4 will be the last day of

school for students who are

exempt from 2nd semester

exams. Students who are not

exempt will take their exams

on June 5 and 6 with June 7

being a make-up day. The

schedule will be as follows:

Wed. June 5– 1st Block Or-

ange Exam; 2nd Block Orange

Exam; 3rd Block Study Period;

4th Block Exam. Thurs. June 6

will be 1st Block Black Exam;

2nd Block Black Exam; 3rd

Block Exam; and 4th Block

Study Period. Fri. June 7 is

Make-Up Day. No exams will

be given early unless prior

written permission comes

directly from Mr. Lopez or Mr.

McKeen. No one will be per-

mitted to take all exams in one

day. If a student misses on

June 5, he or she will take

exams on June 7.

W E S T E S T 2 S p r i n g 2 0 1 3

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

WESTEST 2 May

13-16/Arena

Scheduling

Prom 2013

NHS Inductions

Track 2013

Band Festival

Seniors A-Z

Senior Awards

June Semester

Exams

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Prom 2013 2

NHS Inductions 2

Band Festival 2

Track 3

Seniors from A-Z 4

Senior Collage 5

Farewell Mr. Lopez 6

2 0 1 3 : J u n e S e m e s t e r E x a m s

S O U T H H A R R I S O N

H A W K S

The Hawkeye

May 2013 Senior Edition Volume 1, Issue 5

By Andrew Fincham

South Harrison High School

held their annual Prom at the

4-H Center beside Rt. 19 on

May 11th, 2013. The Prom

was paid for and decorated

by the Junior class of South

Harrison High School. The

Junior class designed and

decorated the building very

well. The decorations were

based off the theme, “An

Enchanted Fairytale.”

While at the dance, there

was a wide variety of music

and snacks. (S/O to Mr.

Skiviat for pouring drinks!)

The night started off very

quickly, many of the people

attending the dance were

there an hour or so before it

even started. Many of the

senior and junior class offi-

cers attended the dance the

earliest, which is a great way

to show support of your

class.

In the middle of the dance,

the DJ introduced the Prom

Court of 2013. After brief

introductions, the court

chose their queen; it was

senior Darryan Ward. Her

King was senior Spencer

Shriver. The dance ended at

11:00 pm, and overall was a

big success. Everyone who

attended the dance received

a party favor as well.

that also preformed

were Preston,

Monongalia, Marion,

and Taylor. The songs

the band preformed

were Blue Ridge Saga

and Among the

By Andrew Fincham

The South Harrison

High School concert

band preformed at

the Region 10 band

festival on April 26,

2013. Some counties

Clouds. After a per-

formance done well,

the concert band re-

ceived a 2, which is

an excellent rating.

Mary Kate Riffle, Samantha

Scott, RaeAnn Secrist,

Spencer Shriver, Justin Tal-

bott, Owen Yoke and Rachel

Weekley participated in the

evening’s activities which

included the processional,

welcome, Pledge of Alle-

giance, qualities of candi-

dates, new member induc-

tions, closing remarks and the

alma mater. The NHS wel-

comed spring inductees Caleb

Abraham, Andrew Anderson,

Chandler Bolyard, Amber

Carder, Kaitlyn Jones, Abigail

Lightner, Blake Louk, Faith

Stout, Brook Turner, and

Audriana Whitehair. Being a

member of the NHS is a true

academic honor and permits

students to represent them-

selves as well as their school

in a leadership role while in

high school.

By Katie Wilfong

The South Harrison National

Honor Society held their

spring induction last month

on Tues. April 9 at 7 p.m.

Mrs. Dee Cayton, NHS Adviser

and the current members

who include Jesse Anderson,

Tyler Ashcraft, Chris Burgess,

Gaige Evans, Luke Gaines,

Sydney Jacobs, Logan Kirby,

Brianna Owens, Sarah Petitto,

April Quinn, Lucas Randolph,

Give me a beat! The SHHS Band plays “Hail Hawks” during a Track “send-off”

rally.

E n c h a n t e d F a i r y t a l e

B a n d F e s t i v a l

P a g e 2

N H S S p r i n g i n d u c t i o n s

“Thought is the

blossom;

language the

bud, action the

fruit behind it.

-Ralph Waldo

Emerson

Queen Darryan Ward and King Spencer

Shriver (pictured above)

T h e H a w k e y e

suffered a great loss to Notre Dame on Thursday, May 9 which tossed them out of a chance at regionals. In total they lost 17 games and won 10 games. Head Coach Frank Tate commented “we are young and we are building for the future.” He also added “there are 16 returning ball players for next season.”

By Jordan Martin

The 19 players on the baseball team of 2013 had a decent season of base-ball. In their last couple weeks of the season they played about 3 teams and they lost- but previous to that, they were doing okay. Sectionals allowed the team to remain hopeful; however, the Hawks

had to win two more games and then they get to go to states! These past few weeks had been very excit-ing and nerve-wracking for both baseball and softball teams here at SHHS. How-ever, last Thursday they played their game at Moore-field and lost 8-0. And now the softball season this year is over. It wasn’t a bad year

after all. They did their best and tried their hardest. Un-fortunately, SHHS’s softball team did not make it to states like they had hoped to, but they had a very good season despite some set-backs.

By Emilee Underwood

SHHS softball has had a pretty good softball season this year. They have 12 play-ers on their team. Two weeks ago they had a good game against Notre Dame. They won 13-0 in Sectionals and had been practicing hard all last week to prepare for their big game against Tygart's Valley. They only

S o u t h H a r r i s o n T r a c k n e w s

B a s e b a l l – B a t t e r U p !

S o f t b a l l – S e a s o n s t o c o m e

P a g e 3 V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 5

“We tried our hardest

but sadly we didn't get

to go to states. There

is always next year

though and I’m

already anticipating

next year!”

-Jordan Martin

By Jacob Guthall Darryan Ward. The track team went

to Keyser for regional's Thursday,

May 9th. The following qualified for

states: Girls 4x8 team, Girls 4x4

team, and Boys 4x2 team.

Austin Barker and Garrett Wilkins

qualified for the mile run; Austin

Barker in the high jump, and Asa

Ricketts in the 200m. Congratulations

to all the boys and girls track teams

for the trip to states and their great

improvement over the course of the

season. Coach Pancoast was im-

pressed with the girls’ improvement

overall.

The South Harrison High School

track team has many coaches and

those coaches are Mrs. Felicia Pan-

coast , Mr. Stanley Colman, Mr. Jim

Dawson, and Miss Brianna Jett. There

are also many student participants

boys and girls of all ages. Starting

with the freshmen. Freshmen boys are

Chase Jenkins and Austin Barker.

Sophomore boys are Asa Ricketts,

Chance Reed, Dylan Blake, and

Garrett Wilkins. Dylan Blake is said

to be the most improved from last

years team. The lone junior track

member is Kendra Myers. The two

senior girls are Mary Kate Riffle and

2012-13 Lady Hawk Softball

Team: Coach Underwood, Brit-

tany Stover, Jessica Puddister, Liz

Todd, Head Coach Karson Barn-hart. Row 2: Emilee Underwood,

Miranda Jett, Hanna Burnside,

Jaclyn Folmsbee, Hannah Mick, Jordan Martin. Row 1: Whitney

James, Rachel Goff, and Lora

McDonald.

2012-13 Hawks Baseball Team: Ian Riggleman, Tyler

Childers, Gaige Evans, Justin Fridley, Cory Messenger.

Row 2: Coach Richards, Johnny Lipscomb, Cory Fox,

Josh West, Braeden Hurst, Rocco Gallo, Andrew Lopez,

Head Coach Tate. Row 1: Jacob Montgomery, Jessy

Miller, Neil Lindsay, Tyson Jarrett, Nate Fernandez, Zach

Bowman, Hunter Moore.

2012-13 Hawks Track Team: Coach Jett, Head

Coach Pancoast, Kate Dye, Cierra Merrill, Darryan

Ward, Mary Kate Riffle, Kendra Myers, Jessica

Ice, Coach Coleman. Row 2: Coach Dawson,

Jesse Anderson, Owen Yoke, Chance Reed, Chase

Jenkins. Row 1: Asa Ricketts, Austin Gresser,

Garrett Wilkins, and Dylan Blake.

Photos by Sam Santilli Photography

By MacKenzie Lucas

The Senior Class

of South Harrison High School

announces its

Commencement Exercises

Friday evening,

May 24, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

Class Motto

“We make a living by what we get,

we make a life by what we give.”

Class Officers

Co-Presidents-

Tyler Ashcraft/Spencer Shriver

Vice President– Logan Kirby

Secretary– Luke Gaines

Treasurer– Sarah Petitto

Class Advisors

Mrs. Maxwell, Mrs. Pratt,

Mr. Simons, Mrs. Stutler,

Mr. Tate, & Mrs. Ward

Studious

Raeanne Secrist &

Justin Helmick

Thoughtful

Abbey Rhoades &

Lucas Randolph

Unique

Rachel Weekly &

Raymond Ruckman

Prideful

Amber Maxwell &

Patrick Gonzalez

Quiet

Kayla Knicely & Zach Nutter

Rowdy

Makayla Cunningham &

Joey Flowers

Vibrant

Amanda Murphy &

Dillon Stalnaker

Wild

Hunter Wiseman &

Trent Wanstreet

X-Man/X-Woman

Kasandra Bennett &

Tyler Hurst

Funny

Megan Kohl & Ben Aylestock

Generous

April Quinn & Eric McCoy

Helpful

Mileena Beatty & Jesse Anderson

Independent

Amanda Beerbroer & Zane Mills

Jokester

Mackenzie Fallon & Dakota Evans

Kind

Alyson Placer & Tyler Ashcraft

Loud

Brianna Owens & Kyle Irvin

Mature

Sarah Petitto & Dustin Stout

Naïve

Abbie Coe & Josh Swafford

Optimistic

RaeAnn Secrist & John Lough

Artistic

Lakin Bode & Kevin Davis

Buckwild

Heather Bush &Tyler Childers

Charming

Shala Poe & Owen Yoke

Delightful

Lexie Stump & Anthony Weaver

Energetic

Carly Fittro & Jeff Basham

S e n i o r s – C l a s s o f 2 0 1 3

S e n i o r s f r o m a t o Z c o n t i n u e d

P a g e 4

S e n i o r s f r o m A t o Z

T h e H a w k e y e

“Congratulations

to the May Senior

Students of the

Month!

Mileena Beatty and

Jesse Anderson

Youthful

Jordanna Burns &

Cole James

Zany

Makayla Cunningham &

Toby Joyce

This list does not include the Senior

Class Favorites which will be pub-

lished in the 2012-13 Talon Year-

book.

S e n i o r C o l l a g e

P a g e 5 V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 5

Photos by newspaper staff

He is no stranger to the Lincoln H.S.

Community. He was the head football

coach at LHS for nearly 10 years.

Mr. Lopez is a resident of Lumberport

and a father of four children. He is

looking forward to working in his own

community. He told the local paper

that he is excited, happy, and sad all

at the same time.

South Harrison faculty and staff are

not surprised by his decision to take

the opportunity to work in the school

system of his own community.

Students of SHHS are still processing

the fact that he will be leaving and a

new administrator will be taking his

place sometime during this summer.

South Harrison High School will have a

new principal starting this fall.

Changes like this occur all over Harri-

son County each school year.

South Harrison High School Principal

James Lopez will be taking the lead

administration position at Lincoln High

School. Harrison County Superinten-

dent, Susan Collins hopes to immedi-

ately fill the vacant principal position

at SHHS.

Mr. Lopez started at SHHS as an assis-

tant principal in 2008 and was then

named principal in 2009-10. He

taught at Gore Middle School for more

than 10 years and at Mountaineer

Middle School for several years.

This year’s juniors, Class of 2014 , will

probably be the most affected by his

departure. Many have commented

that they would have liked to have Mr.

Lopez as their principal during their

last year of high school. We say thank

you and all the best in your new posi-

tion.

Hail to thee our alma mater

Hail South Harrison High

Memories of once we were near thee

Never more shall die

Friends we are and friends we’ll always be

Until the end of time

Hail to thee our alma mater

Hail South Harrison High

There you’ve caused our joys our sorrow

While time has passed us by

Hail to thee our alma mater

Hail South Harrison High

May/June Announcements

May 6– AP Chemistry Exam

May 9—AP Literature Exam

May 10– AP Language Exam

May 11– Prom

May 13– WESTEST2 -R/LA in a.m.

May 13– Arena Scheduling in p.m.

May 14– WESTEST2– Math in a.m.

May 14– AP Government Exam

May 15– WESTEST2—Social Studies

May 15-17— Senior Exams

May 16—WESTEST2—Science in a.m.

May 16—Show Choir Concert 2:15 & 7 p.m.

May 19– Show Choir Concert 3 p.m.

May 24—SHHS Graduation 7 p.m.

May 27– Memorial Day– No School

June 3-4—Regular School Days

June 5-7– Exams

S O U T H H A R R I S O N

H A W K S

F a r e T h e e W e l l M r . J a m e s L o p e z

In Memory of all the students, faculty and staff who were once a part of the South Harrison school communities who have since passed This Memorial Day –Remember, Honor, and Cherish

WE’RE ON THE WEB WWW.SOUTHHARRISON.COM

At his desk in the main high school office,

Principal Lopez sits back and reflects on his time spent

at South Harrison High.

“Once a Hawk– Always A Hawk!”

Hawkeye