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8th grader Lauren Iosue at
HMS says, “A downside to
being involved in so many
extra curricular activities is
that I sometimes don't get as
much sleep and I lose time to
spend with friends.” Although there are
some struggles, she
continues to do what
she loves to do and
stays active. According to the
Association for Mid-
dle Level Education, some of
the benefits of being involved
in school sports include im-
provement of physical fitness,
enhancement of social growth
and maturation, improvement
of socialization, self-esteem,
self-perception, and psycho-
logical well being. It is also a task for students to get their homework done in
addition to all of their other
activities. Keegan Farrell, eighth
grader at HMS says, “ I nor-
mally set aside 2 hours every
night to do homework when I
have school sports.” Randi Saito says, “I try to
do my homework late at night
when all of my activities are
done for the day.” Although it may seem as if
extracurricular activities af-
fect academics negatively, but
there are many benefits that
these activities give to aca-demics.
By: Marissa Pannett
Balancing extra curricular
activities and academics is a
struggle for many kids across
the world. How do these kids
do it all? Balancing homework, hanging
out with friends, and
being involved in ex-
tracurricular activities
is a big task, but it can
be beneficial. How can having a
packed schedule be benefi-
cial? According to the
Livestrong Foundation’s arti-
cle, “The Impact of Sports on
Middle School Students”,
students who participate in
one or more school sports
have a Grade Point Average
(GPA) of 3.151 while stu-
dents who don’t participate in sports had an average GPA of
2.4. This article also states
that middle school sports al-
low students
to work as a
team. Randi Saito,
an eighth
grader from
Heritage Mid-
dle School
(HMS) says,
“I like to be
involved in so
many extra-
curricular
activities, such as sports, be-cause I get to meet and work
with a lot of new people.” Another article by Laura
Altobelli, “Does Participation
in Sports Negatively Affect
Academics”, says that some
student athletes do well under
pressure, that is caused by
academics, due to their tightly
packed schedules. The article
also states that research shows
that children who are in-
volved in sports have better
concentration skills than those
who aren’t involved.
There are also requirements
to go along with playing
sports. The Ohio School Ath-
letic Association has a GPA requirement of 1.5 in order to
be eligible to participate in
school sports. Having this
require-
ment
makes
students
put aca-
demics
before
athletics
as the
schools
promote
students
to do. There is no doubt that bal-ancing schools and extracur-
ricular activities is a struggle
for many.
Students who participate in one or more
school sports have a Grade Point Average
(GPA) of 3.151 while students who don’t par-
ticipate in sports had an average GPA of 2.4.
Having no free time; can it be beneficial?
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
H I L L I A R D C I T Y
S C H O O L S
THE PAW PRINT M A R C H 2 1 , 2 0 1 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
Eighth grader Randi Saito studying.
Photo Taken by: Marissa Pannett
President
Obama’s second
term
2
What are Ren-
aissance cards?
3
New Innovative
Learning Center
4
Snapchat trou-
bles
5
Wacky Scholar-
ships
6
Spring Sports at
Heritage
7
What's New in
2013
10
High School
courses
10
Social Network-
ing
12
Texting and
Driving
13
Volunteering 14
New PARCC
test
14
Alice in Won-
derland
16
School Uniforms 18
Spring break
plans
19
P A G E 2
By Janaki Nair The United States, also known as “the greatest nation on Earth”, is in the midst of problems. The country is
buried in a growing debt and at a risk of nuclear attacks. After the presiden-tial election of No-vember of 2012, President Barack Obama encourages
Americans to look forward to the good changes that will be happening soon. As millions of citi-zens turned on their televisions for the State of the Union
address on February 12th, 2013, they ex-pected some explanation for what the President’s next step was. President Obama proposed his plan for the next four years.One of the most im-portant and highly anticipated topics
mentioned was gun control. After the Sandy Hook shooting back in December of 2012, the nation was swept with overwhelming grief. The issue is that many citizens strongly believe in the Second Amendment, so the government has to make laws
which balances out the safety of the people and the belief in the Second Amendment. Prakash Balakrishnan, one of the many people who were shocked by the recent shooting, suggests, “Make background checks mandatory, so guns won’t fall into the wrong hands.
Also, ban access to military style gun for ordinary people, which can cause a lot of damage in a short amount of time.” President Obama says in his address, “Senators -- senators of both parties are working together on tough new
laws to prevent anyone from buying
guns for resale to criminals. Police chiefs are asking our help to get weap-ons of war and massive ammunition magazines off our streets, because
these police chiefs, they're tired of see-ing their guys and gals being outgunned. Each of these pro-posals deserves a vote in Con-gress.” However, eighth grader, Amna Tahir obliges, “guns don't kill
people, people kill people.” America is also at the threat of the spread of nuclear weapons. “Provocations of the sort we saw last night will only further iso-late them, as we stand by our allies,“ The President’s solution is to, “strengthen our own mis-
sile defense, and lead the world in taking firm action in response
to these threats.” The United States is asking Russia to reduce the nuclear arsenal and to help prevent these dan-gerous weapons from falling in the wrong hands. As a strong country, it is
possible to have a positive influence on other countries from using these weap-ons. Cyberattacks are another issue that needs to be addressed. There is po-tential for hackers from
foreign countries to “sabotage our power grid, our financial insti-tutions, our air traffic control systems”. Presi-dent Obama recently signed a new order to protect the national secu-
rity. President Obama advises, “We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy.” While gun control, nuclear weapons
and cyber attacks are all matters of na-
tional security and extremely impor-tant, another issue facing our current administration is the looming budget. President Obama said, “Congress
passed a law saying that if both par-ties couldn't agree on a plan to reach our deficit goal, about a trillion dol-lars' worth of budget cuts would automatically go into effect this year.” The problem is that the cuts could possibly affect military per-
formance and the funds for scientific research. Furthermore, education reform is another important topic being dis-cussed. The President proposes to work with the states and help make high-quality education to every child in America. The government has al-
ready made college more affordable for students, but the costs are still high. Shruthi Kandalai, an eighth grader at Heritage Middle School, “Instead of paying fees for textbooks, they could lend out Kindles or other e-readers
with our textbooks and we could download them, instead of carrying
five pound books up and down the stairs between
periods. Anyways if we lose the textbook it’s like $50 to $150, so why not put it into e-
readers where you can’t lose the text-
books. Or, they could maybe just have them as online,” Also, Adun Obisesan says, “Adding a study hall would be very helpful,
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President Obama Courtesy of albhert-mohler.com
The American Flag
Courtesy of imageenvision.com
New term, new changes
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
By Audrey Cowen The Renaissance program is a na-tionwide program to help encourage students to increase academic per-
formance. Those who meet the re-quirements receive coupons, free or dis-counted admission to dances and ath-letic events, and
even are allowed to skip an exam! At Heritage, stu-dents with a 3.5-3.99 GPA, no un-excused absences and no disciplinary referrals receive a blue card. A gold card is awarded to students who meet
the same criteria, except with a 4.0 GPA. These cards provide many benefits
for the students who earn them. Stu-dents who hold either card receive a front of the line pass on Fridays (and on Wednesdays for those with
gold cards) and a home-work pass (two for gold card holders)
each grad-ing period, along with
dis-counts
and coupons when available. Michael Daubenmier, the 8th grade guidance counselor, hopes
that the Renaissance cards encour-age students to “try a little bit harder,” because they “reward the
and I’d also like there to be online and physical textbooks for every class.” The President says, “Tonight, I ask Congress to change the
Higher Education Act, so that affordability and value are included in determining which colleges receive certain types of federal aid. And tomorrow, my Administration will release a new "College Scorecard" that parents and students can use to compare schools based on a simple criteria: where you can get the most bang for your educational buck.” A good education is the foundation of a strong de-
mocracy. Kaitlynne Chapman, a student at the same middle school, says, “I personally think that having a 30 minute study hall would help a lot.” Another eighth grader, Lily He claims, “The school board should try to improve their communication with the teach-ers and parents” Many families wait anxiously at home while American
troops fight in Afghanistan. The President plans to bring back all troops by 2014. Different extremist groups, such as Al Qaeda, are beginning to grow in the Middle East. Amer-ica’s plan is to help developing countries, like Somalia and Libya, to have their own security. “I will continue to engage Congress to ensure not only that
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Renaissance program rewards students’ academic achievement
our targeting, detention and prosecution of terrorists re-mains consistent with our laws and system of checks and balances, but that our efforts are even more transparent to
the American people and to the world.” In addition, America’s borders in the south are becoming more protected as the number illegal immigrants decrease. “Real reform means establishing a responsible pathway to earned citizenship – a path that includes passing a back-ground check, paying taxes and a meaningful penalty, learning English, and going to the back of the line behind the folks trying to come here legally.” The President is
also attempting to cut the waiting period and to make im-migration more efficient. President Obama is also trying to lower energy costs and to encourage research for technology to help fuels burn cleaner. “So tonight, I propose we use some of our oil and gas revenues to fund an Energy Security Trust that will drive new research and technology to shift our cars and
trucks off oil for good. I'm also issuing a new goal for America: Let's cut in half the energy wasted by our homes and businesses over the next 20 years.” The President is getting ready to take on another term and to fulfill the needs of the American citizens. “Our govern-ment shouldn't make promises we cannot keep, but we must keep the promises we've already made.”
kids who are doing well.” Darby also has a Renaissance pro-gram, though it is slightly different. The gold cards are called white cards,
and to be eligible for a blue card, the GPA requirement is lowered to 3.25-3.99. As students transition to high school, the rewards get bigger, and students get better incentives, accord-ing to Mr. Daubenmier.
Some of the advantages gained by cardholders include discounts or free admission to dances, admission to home athletic events, and parking privileges. They also are allowed to exempt one exam (two for those who receive white cards). For more information on benefits of
the Renaissance programs, visit Darby’s Renaissance site or Heri-tage’s Renaissance website.
Information compiled from HMS guidance office.
P A G E 4
The four plug-ins offered at
the ILC are
Young Professionals-
“Authentic learning
opportunities”- Through the
opportunities
of career
mentorship,
Academy
INC, and
Academy
EDU, students gain real-
world experience in a
desired field of occupation.
College Jump Start-
“Experience higher education”-A two year
commitment that allows
students to
earn 33-34
college
credits. Some
of the courses
offered
include English,
Psychology, Health and
Statistics.
Imagination-
“Creatively explore
learning”- Allows students
to take classes involving
creating and editing music
(Academy
Vibe) or
learning the
language and
culture of
another
country (Going Global).
Personal Success-
“Experience school in a
personalized way” -Helps
students who want learning
personalized for them. They
can chose to learn online, be
in small groups, or get one-
on-one
instruction
from
teachers.
New Innovative Learning Center coming to HCSD
Are you plugged in? By Randi Saito and Aud-rey Cowen
Next fall, Hilliard
City Schools will begin offering a chance for stu-
dents to excel in today’s
modern world. This build-
ing will offer students ex-tended experiences out-
side of the traditional
classroom setting. The
Innovative
Learning
Center (ILC) will
be available
to Hilliard
students K-12 to pro-
vide learn-
ing experi-
ences unique to Hilliard City
Schools. Many people may
wonder why the ILC is necessary, as Hilliard is
already an education
leader in Ohio. However, due to the rapidly chang-
ing business world we
live in, as well as other
districts providing new opportunities to their stu-
dents, Hilliard students
need to have more advan-
tages to be able to com-pete for higher level jobs.
The Innovative Learning
Center provides these nec-
essary experiences to put Hilliard students at the top
of the game.
To take advantage of the ILC, students can
“plug in” to one of four
different networks, in-
cluding Personal Success, Young Professionals,
College Jump Start, and
Imagination. Several of the plug-ins at the ILC will
allow students to earn
college credits through dual enrollment. The
credits
will be
avail-able
through
Colum-
bus State
Com-
munity
College at a
highly reduced rate. The ILC offers
many different non-
traditional choices for
students. For example, a
recording studio will be available for use by stu-
dents after school, as well
as those enrolled in a new
course, Rock Band. A coffee shop, run by high
school business students,
will be available for oth-
ers to purchase coffee and pastries. Near the coffee
shop, booths will be open
with a flat screen TV for students to plug laptops
into. Brent Wise, Di-
rector of Innovation and
Extended Learning, says that “fishtank” rooms will be
available for use via reserva-
tion. The rooms include a 60”
TV where students could plug in a laptop to work on a
group activity collabora-
tively. Another room, with a
bookshelf full of textbooks, will give students the chance
to study and do homework,
even if they forget their mate-rials at schools.
According to Holly
Fissel, District Extensions
Counselor, tutoring will be available, ranging from high
schoolers or teachers helping
younger students to a virtual
tutor from somewhere like Ohio State University.
Fissel says that the
best thing students can get
out of the ILC “is the oppor-tunity to enrich and grow in
the learning as well as have
hands-on experiences in ca-reer fields.”
Students will be
bused to the ILC, as there are
enough busses throughout the day to form a “bus loop,” ac-
cording to Fissel. The ILC is located at
5323 Cemetery Road, at the former central office.
For more informa-
tion, visit the ILC website or
the High School Program of Studies (section E).
T H E P A W P R I N T
After winter break, new ILC
posters were hung up around
the school. Picture courtesy of
Randi Saito
*Unless otherwise
noted, all pictures cour-
tesy of the Hilliard City
Schools ILC webpage
Instant picture messaging tricks teens of today
P A G E 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
By Eni Nini and Katie Imwalle
An instant picture phe-
nomenon is surging through the
teen world today. This popular
app, Snapchat, allows you to send
a picture for a set number of sec-
onds. After your time runs out,
the picture has disappeared... or
so you think.
Snapchat is a new way to
share special moments with your
friends. It was created by a Stan-
ford student, Evan Spiegel, and
his recently graduated business
partner in 2011. Snap a quick sel-
fie, and
tap to
add a
caption
or
draw-
ing,
and
you’re
set to
send.
The
benefit
of Snapchat is that it is only
viewable by the receiver for a
number of sec-
onds, which is
set by the sender,
but the creators
of Snapchat do
not guarantee
that this content
will be deleted.
Accord-
ing to the Snap-
chat website, the
receiver has the
ability to screen-
shot the photo if
he or she is fast
enough, and
what they do with that screen-
shot is out of your hands. What
you thought could never be
viewed again is now per-
manently on someone
else’s phone, unless the
contact makes the decision
to delete it themselves.
The promise of photos
with no evidence can eas-
ily lure teens into more risky
behavior than what is normal.
The last thing a teenager would
want to do is to make a silly
mistake that ends up as
a compromising photo
or an embarrassing text
that spreads over social
networks, and could
potentially have long-
term consequences.
Hilliard Heritage tech-
nology teacher Jennifer
Feeney says “If the app
is used appropriately it
is fine, but the photos
can still be captured. It
gives a false sense of
security.”
When young people are
constantly being warned not to
post inappropriate things online,
Snapchat offers a degree of free-
dom by letting users share im-
ages without
much fear of
reprisal.
Snapchat
users may
think there will be no conse-
quences, but their mistakes may
come back to haunt them.
next issue.
If you wish to submit a
comic, please turn it in to Mrs.
Garnett by April 19.
Do you enjoy drawing? Do
you have a good sense of humor? If
so, today is your lucky day!
The Paw Print is looking for a
comic artist to
produce a
comic to be
featured in the
Please make entries
school appropriate. All com-
ics submitted by the dead-
line will be considered and
reviewed by
the students
editors.
Attention all artists!
Courtesy of the Snapchat
website.
Courtesy of the Snap-
chat website, the ghost
Chillah is the mascot for
the icon.
Snapchat is accessi-
ble on iPhone and An-
droid, information
compiled from Google.
P A G E 6
Scholarships more abundant than ever By Mariah Midgley
Are you particularly good
with duct tape? Do you make an
amazing apple pie? These things -
and so much more- can get you
free money for college!
There are plenty of schol-
arships available in the Hilliard
City School system, as well as at
a national level. A scholarship is
an amount of money that is used
to pay for college, and they are,
other than the occasional applica-
tion fee, absolutely free! Some of
these scholarships are: Hilliard
Optimist, Hollyfest Scholarship,
and National Merit.
Hilliard Optimist is an
organization that holds activities
for students in the Hilliard City
School system. If a
student is in their sen-
ior year, and has been
in a Hilliard Optimist
activity, then they can
apply for this scholar-
ship. Applications can
be picked up in the
guidance office of
Darby, Davidson, and
Bradley. Two winners
from each school get $20,000 of
scholarship money.
Hollyfest is an organiza-
tion that randomly gives $8,000
to a graduate of each Hilliard City
high school, yearly. Hollyfest also
gives $2,000 to a student from
each high school based on aca-
demic excellence, financial need,
and the involvement in extracur-
riculars. Also, $2,000 is given to a
student attending Tolles, each
year. Hollyfest is funded by a
yearly dinner auction that is open
to everyone.
You can find out more
about these scholarships at http://
www.com/scholarships, http://
www.hilliardchamber.org/
scholarship.asp, and http://
nationalmerit.org/nmsp.php.
In 11th grade, students can
either take the Preliminary Scho-
lastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) or the
National Merit Scholarship Quali-
fying Test (NMSQT),
to qualify for the na-
tional merit scholar-
ship. After this test is
taken, the scores are
given to scholarship
organizations nation-
wide, so students are
automatically open to
other scholarships
from different univer-
sities! About 16,000
of the test-takers are semi-finalists
for the national merit scholarship.
The semi-finalists enter applica-
tions, and 15,000 get to be final-
ists. The finalists write essays and
are chosen by their high aca-
demics and extracurricular ac-
tivities. 8,300 finalists win a
scholarship.
Scholarship organiza-
tions don’t just look for good
grades. They also look at extra-
curriculars, community service,
and a student’s character. I in-
terviewed Tom Woodford, Hil-
liard’s college and career ad-
ministrator, to find out more.
So what are scholarships look-
ing for?
“Scholarships look at
your high school transcript,”
says Woodford, “any high
school classes. Students should
have good character, no disci-
plinary issues, good grades, vol-
unteering, and leadership. There
are scholarships for living in
Franklin County, like Battelle;
the Joyce scholarship is for stu-
dents who go to Ohio State Uni-
versity or Notre Dame.”
There are many ways to
look for scholarships. “$60,000
goes to each high school for
scholarships; you can look in
your school’s guidance office.
Colleges themselves give out
scholarships after you enroll.
There are also websites like
FastWeb.com and Scholar-
ships.com.”
T H E P A W P R I N T
Wacky Scholarships! For some interesting, strange, and funny scholarships, go
to pages 8 and 9
A sample of a scholarship
certificate. Thank-you
www.bedfordrec.com
Spring sports: more than just for competition
P A G E 7 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
By Eni Nini Looking for a way to make
friends and have a fun time? Joining
a spring sports team is the perfect
way to interact with others while also being active. There is a wide variety of
sports Heri-
tage offers to students in the
spring, 7th and
8th grade boys’ baseball,
boys’ and
girls’ lacrosse,
7th and 8th grade girls’
softball, boys’
tennis, boys’
volleyball and track and field.
The first day
of spring
sports tryouts are on Mon-
day, March
4th, and con-tinued on
Tuesday,
March 5. 7th
and 8th grade boys’ baseball teams are coached by Brett Maniaci and
Brandon Longwell. Boys’ and girls’
lacrosse teams are coached by Zac
Colvin and Tenise Hawk. 7th and 8th grade girls’ softball teams are
coached by Billy Martin and Brian
Hart. Boys’ tennis teams are
coached by Jane Mabry. Track and field is coached by Laura Miller,
Karen Lipp, and Matt Byerly. Boys’
volleyball teams are coached by Stephanie Dietrich. All sports are
led by disciplined and energetic
coaches ready to help you perform
your best. Sports are a great way to
make friends and to meet more
people. New and inexperienced
athletes are allowed and wel-comed on all teams. Track and
field athletes, both 7th and 8th
grade girls and boys, are forced to practice together. While re-
maining serious and attentive to
your coaches, you can also make
new friends. Another benefit of spring sports is the exercise and
activity. It is a fun and great way
to get in shape. Track and field does not require students to tryout. If an
athlete turns in his or her forms
on time and shows up for prac-tices, they automatically make
the team. For all other spring
sports on the other hand, tryouts
are required. Eighth grader and baseball
player Tai Bloch says, “Baseball
is a fun way to make new friends
while also sharpening your skills in the sport. It also increases your
social status and builds dedication
on some-
thing other than school.
You have
the stress of losing
which im-
pacts the
whole school.” He contin-
ues to play
baseball, one of the
many spring
sports of-
fered at Heritage,
this year
because it builds char-
acter from
all the pres-
sure put on the athletes and the teamwork required to win the
game. Eighth grader and track
and field runner Katie Imwalle says, “It was a really fun time. I
met some of my best friends dur-
ing track and field. Even though
some of the workouts made you want to quit, it was worth it.” She
encourages younger students to
play spring sports because there is nothing to lose, but everything to
gain.
Pictured above is the Hilliard Heritage Baseball team, one of the many spring
sports offered at Heritage. Photo was compiled from one of the players.
P A G E 8
Wacky Scholarships!
Tall Clubs International If a woman is under 21, 5’10”,
about to enter college in the following
fall, and can
find a Tall
Club Interna-
tional mem-
ber to sup-
port them;
they can ap-
ply for a
scholarship!
A man can
also apply if
he meets the
same requirements, but is 6’2”.
Do you have naturally red hair?
There are a number of scholarships for
this, some of which can be found at http://
www.scholarship-programs.net/red-hair/
T H E P A W P R I N T
Is your last name Zolp? You can get your tuition
fully paid at Loyola University! However, you
can’t just change your last name...
Left: A giraffe sporting
glasses and a diploma.
Courtesy of etsy.com
Below: The name “Zolp”
over the Loyola University
seal.
Credit to stickyegg.com.
Do you have asthma? Students with
asthma can apply in one of
the divisions of the AAFA
in their
area for
a $500
Above: An asthma in-
haler.
Thank-you com-
mons.wikimedia.org
Below: A troll doll with
red hair in graduation
garb. From ioffer.com
P A G E 9 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
Frederick and Mary F.
Buckley Scholarship People who are
left handed can apply for
this scholarship! How-
ever, you actually have to
have good academics and
extracurriculars.
Connecticut Guild Of Pup-
petry If students are talented with
puppets, they can apply for a schol-
arship. Details can be found at fast-
web.com.
Duck Brand Duct
Tape
Students can win
a $6,000 scholarship for
making the best pair of
boy-girl prom outfits...
out of duct tape that is.
The Culinary Institute of Amer-
ica
Every year, there’s an apple pie
baking contest, and the winner gets a
whopping $25,000 in scholarships!
A person writing with their left hand.
Found at bonesandheart.woodpress.com/
A clip art apple pie.
Thanks to webclipart.com
A boy and girl in duct
tape prom outfits.
From prestonhollowpeo-
ple.com
A picture of Disney’s Pinocchio.
Courtesy of dailyfilmdose.com
P A G E 1 0
Many benefits brought about by high school courses at Heritage
What’s new in 2013 By: Katie Imwalle
A meteorite exploding in
Russia, the Pope re-
signing, new and up-
coming singers, and
new movies such as
Warm Bodies, Safe
Haven and Beautiful
Creatures. These
events and highlights
are just a sneak peek
into 2013 and all that
the public has to look
forward to.
On February
15, 2013, a 10,000 ton
meteor that was 17 feet across
shot across the sky and exploded
in the air over Russia. The explo-
sion damaged more than 4,500
buildings and injured about 1,000
people, mostly by shards of glass
and smaller parts of the meteor.
This meteor is the largest to strike
earth since the Tunguska blast in
Siberia in 1908.
Only a few days later,
Pope Benedict XVI resigned.
The pope, who is turning 86 in
April states, "that my
strengths, due to an ad-
vanced age, are no
longer suited to an ade-
quate exercise of the
Petrine ministry." So
how will they elect a
new Pope? All the Cardi-
nals will gather in
the Sistine Chapel.
They will write
down the name of
who they feel
should be Pope
and then the ballots will
be burned. If a winner is
selected, the smoke will
burn white. If no winner
is selected, the smoke
will burn black. They re-
peat until a winner is
chosen. On March 13,
2013, a winner was se-
lected in the afternoon. Pope
Francis I is the new Pope.
Been to the movies
lately? If so, you might have
seen Warm Bodies, Safe Ha-
ven, Beautiful Creatures, or
other great movies. Eighth
grader Eni Nini says, “This
year I saw Skyfall, and I really
enjoyed it. It was really sus-
penseful and I really like
James Bond.” Upcoming
movies include
Monsters Uni-
versity, the se-
quel to Monsters
Inc., Catching
Fire, second in
the Hunger
Games series by
Suzanne Collins,
and Iron Man 3.
“I’m really ex-
cited for Catch-
ing Fire to come
out,” Nini says,
“I liked the book
and Hunger Games was a
really good movie.”
classes for eighth graders of-
fered at Heritage Middle School
(HMS) include Honors Science
9 and Geometry. Electives for
students include Spanish,
French, and German 1, as well
as Advanced Art, Personal De-
cisions, Advanced Symphonic
Band, Advanced Choir 8, Ad-
vanced Concert Orchestra, and
Advanced Physical Education.
Students have the opportunity
to earn up to eight high school
credits during their time in
middle school.
Other high school core
classes for eighth graders of-
fered at Heritage Middle
School (HMS) include Honors
Science 9 and Geometry.
Electives for students include
Spanish, French, and German
By Emma Adams
How does a student finish
his or her freshman year in eighth
grade and graduate early? With
classes like Algebra 1, Creating
America, Honors English 9, and
Spanish 1, Hilliard students can po-
tentially earn credit they would not
normally earn until high school.
Other high school core
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1, as well as Advanced Art, Per-
sonal Decisions, Advanced
Symphonic
Band, Ad-
vanced Choir
8, Advanced
Concert Or-
chestra, and
Advanced
Physical Edu-
cation. Stu-
dents have the
opportunity to
earn up to eight
high school
credits during
their time in
middle school.
Algebra
1 is the only
high school
class seventh
graders can take, and there are
requirements to be eligible to
take it. According to the Middle
School Program of Studies, to
take Algebra 1 in seventh grade,
a student must have success-
fully completed Pre-Algebra as
a sixth grader or scored a 245
on the winter Measure of Aca-
demic Progress (MAP) math
test. They have many more op-
tions as eighth graders, includ-
ing some new middle school
courses being added for the
2013-2014 school years.
One of these new
courses is Chinese 1, which is
scheduled with Honors English
9 and taken at the Innovative
Learning Center (ILC). Infor-
mation and Communication
Technology (ICT 21), a re-
quired course for graduation
that is normally taken during
freshman year, is also going to
be offered to next year’s eighth
graders.
Other non-high
school credit
courses that
will be new to
Hilliard City
Schools next
year are His-
tory of Rock
and Roll, Hail
to the Chief (a
course about
the President
and Washing-
ton, D.C.), and a
pre-engineering
class called
Magic of Elec-
trons.
According to
Durham Public Schools in
North Carolina, there are many
advantages to taking high
school classes in middle
school. Students
may have more
time to take Ad-
vanced Place-
ment (AP)
classes in high
school. Some AP
courses in Hil-
liard include Bi-
ology, Physics,
Calculus, US
History, Psychol-
ogy, Statistics,
and English. Stu-
dents may also
be able to take
dual enrollment college
classes. They will earn credits
towards high school graduation
and may even graduate early, if
they have enough credits.
When taking multiple ad-
vanced classes, students may think
that they may have more homework
and not enough time for sports or
extracurricular activities. Or, with
all the activities he or she may be
taking part in, a student may decide
to skip or forget to do his or her
homework.
“I play a lot of sports, I’m
playing four in the spring;” says
eighth grader Lauren Iosue.
“Sometimes I have to do home-
work, and sometimes I have to go to
sports practice.” Lauren currently
takes five high school classes: Ge-
ometry, Honors Science 9, Creating
America, Spanish 1, and Honors
English 9.
Despite all the advantages to
taking these courses, is there more
pressure and competition in ad-
vanced high school courses?
“I don’t really think so.”
says Christian Hill, another eighth
grader at HMS.
“Being advanced is
the level that I’m at.
Why should there
be pressure in an
advanced class if
there isn’t in a regu-
lar class?” Christian
currently takes
Honors English 9,
Creating America,
Algebra 1, and
Spanish 1.
“If you try your
best, then it’ll help
you;” Lauren ad-
vises students on how to succeed in
high school classes. “I study, do my
best, listen in class, and then I do
well.”
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ages. Students can graduate
early if they obtain enough
credits to graduate by their jun-
ior year.
Image courtesy of Hilliard Home
Access Center. A sampling of which
high school courses can be taken in
middle school.
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Post now, regret later By: Caity Robertson
You’re at a party, in
the spur of the moment, you
take a risky photo that is crazy
and inappropriate. You like that
photo, and in one click, you
share the photo with
everyone
on Face-
book. But
is that
photo really
just on your
personal
page? Its
on the
internet for
the whole
world to
see. That
photo, no matter how many
times you pressed delete, will
follow you your whole life. This picture could be seen by
your future employer 10 years
from now. This above scenario
might be fiction, but in many
teens lives it is a very true real-
ity.
Roy Walker, Director of the
Human Resource Department in
Hilliard City Schools District
says, “Before hiring anyone for
a position, the department per-
forms in-depth, research on the
potential employee. This proc-
ess includes looking at Face-
book pages, Linked-In pages
and simply Googling their
name.” Social networking
sites like Facebook, Twitter,
Youtube and Linked-In are not
private information, no matter
how long ago you posted some-
thing.
Walker says, “If your
page is not private or secure
then it is fair game for anyone
to look at.” It may not even take
10 years for something you post
to haunt you.
One local business,
which wants to remain anony-
mous, recently reprimanded an
employee for posting a personal
opinion on Facebook.
This opin-
ion was
about his
place of
employ-
ment.
When ini-
tially post-
ing his
thoughts,
he be-
lieved that
only his
friends would view the post, but a
co-worker reported the incident to
their boss within an hour of the posting. A lot of young people
today don’t realize how vulner-
able they are on
information
they post on
social media.
“Many
children nowa-
days think that
the websites are
secure” says
Walker, “But
they are not.
The statuses and
pictures they
post now, will
always follow them.”
Marc, from the Human
Resources Department at the Co-
lumbus Library, gave some help-
ful advice to teens about what
they should do now, to help them
later, “Teens need to think about
the picture or status that they are
posting and if it is appropriate for
others to see, because some pri-
vate information should stay with
just close friends and family. Also,
no student should ever share about
politics and religion on social net-
working sites because later in life
someone could read it and not agree
with your beliefs. And lastly, when a teen is at the time to be getting a job
or going to college they should make
a new email for just business related
information, so if any future employ-
ers happen to look at your email all
they see is business appropriate
things. And that will make you more
accountable.”Many people ask, “Is
this a violation of your rights?”
Walker says, “It is a violation, only
if you have to ask for their personal
password before looking.”
Currently, in the state of Ohio, it is
legal for future employers to obtain
your password to look at your infor-
mation of these social networking
sites. However, right now a con-gressman in the state of Ohio named,
Eric Kerney and a New York Con-
gressman,
Elliot
Engel, are
in the
process of
getting a
bill
passed to
make this
illegal all
over the
country.
It is al-
ready
illegal in 6 states in
the United States.
Someone might only be a teenager
now, but everything can and will
follow a person through life-no mat-
ter how old. So next time you second
guess yourself about what you're
posting, don't post it for the whole
world to see.
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No more texts, no more wrecks!
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By: Trynn Fanfulik Texting and driving has
caused over 35,000 deaths all over the world, and is causing the injury
and deaths of teens daily. Many won-
der how this epidemic can be
stopped.
Do teens think of the consequences of texting and driving? We always
hear about the deaths of teens or
teens getting injured in an accident,
and when they're asked what hap-
pened they actually admit to texting and driving, but we’re still texting
and driving today. Why? When I asked my mother,
Sherri Fanfulik, this question she
says, “Teens still do it all around the
world because they don’t think it
could be them that gets into an acci-dent.”
Texting while driving causes
1,600,000 deaths per year, 330,000
injuries per year, 25% of car crashes are due
to texting and driving,
and approximately 11
teens die everyday due to texting and driving.
Eighth grade
HMS student, Arishah Khan believes that “the
age limit shouldn’t be
raised because sixteen
is a good age for driv-ing limits, they should
have enough responsi-
bility.” Do they? If
they do and are given
that much responsibility why would
they throw it all away to answer just
one text message? Arishah Khan’s opinion on
texting and driving is that “Nobody
of any age should do it because it’s dangerous, no matter what the age
is!” What are some of the ef-
fects of texting and driving? Tex-ting and driving can
cause accidents, tickets,
losing your license,
missing turns, injuries for themselves and
other people, and possi-
bly could lead to death. If the world strongly
advises against texting
and driving, and we all
know what the risks are, why do we still do
it? Arishah says, “Teens still
text and drive because they think they can handle all the risks and
pressure that come with it.” In 2011, at least 23% of
collisions involved
cell phones
being the cause. The
average text
takes the
driver's eyes off the
road for
nearly 5
seconds, when driv-
ing at 55
mph, that’s
enough time to
travel the length of a football field!
In Ohio, the law states that teens are not allowed to use any elec-
tronic device while driving to talk,
text, or email. The first violation
will result in a $150 fine and sixty days of a suspended li-
cense. If caught a second time
it’s a $300 fine and your license
suspended for one whole year! Is answer-
ing that one
text, call, or
email really worth all of
that?
A texting driver is twenty-three times
more likely
to crash then a non-
texting driver would. So how
could we prevent people from texting and driving? Don’t be
tempted! Turn off your cell
phone when you're in the car, if
you have a text or call that you need to answer pull off the road
and answer it safely. If you think
you’ll be tempted put your cell
phone in a place where you can’t reach it.
Take control of your cell
phone, don’t let it control you.
You are the only one who de-cides if you send a text, read a
text, or answer the phone while
driving. Do the right thing, ei-ther pull over and answer it
safely or wait until you reach
your destination to answer it.
It’s not worth losing everything for that one message. That one
message can destroy everything
in a matter of seconds; nobody
realizes that until that’s them in that accident.
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Picture courtesy of the
Hilliard City schools
program of studies. Ser-
vice Learning is one of
three new capstone ex-
periences available for
high school students.
State test preps to slam students
Should volunteering be a requirement for graduation?
By: Randi Saito Four credits of lan-
guage arts, three
credits of mathemat-
ics, science, and so-cial studies, half a
credit of health and
physical education,
but not one require-ment to help out in
the community.
The Hilliard City School District does
not require seniors to
complete community
service in order to graduate. Recently,
the school district
was ranked number one
out of 832 other schools for value added. It is
evident that the students
are excelling in the
state, but now we need to get students involved
in making the world a
better place. For high school stu-
dents, the new senior
capstone “Service
Learning” will be avail-able and it provides a
great way for students to
be involved. With a pre-
requisite of 30 hours of service and the comple-
tion of a few more
courses, students will be
able to participate in many different volunteer-
ing opportunities. How-
ever, the particular cap-stone is not a require-
ment, but an option.
According to University
of Nevada area extension specialist Molly Latham,
“Youth who volunteer
just one hour or more a
week are 50% less likely to abuse alcohol, ciga-
rettes, become pregnant,
or engage other destruc-
tive behavior.” In December of last
year, the National Insti-
tute on Drug Abuse re-ported that 6.5% of 8th
graders used marijuana in
the past month with num-
bers rising. Community service requirements for
students in Hilliard would
ensure that they participate
in the community as well as avoid participating in cor-
rupt activities.
Audrey Cowen, an 8th
grade student at Hilliard Heritage Middle school,
thinks that students should
be required to perform community service in order
to graduate. “It gives stu-
dents perspective and en-
courages them to give back for what they have gotten.”
The benefits of
community service are
clear, and Hilliard students have been able to gain so
much from the schools and
community. Isn’t it time
that they start giving back? Visiting the nursing home,
donating items to the food
pantry, volunteering to help feed the poor. There are so
many ways to help, how
will you?
roughly the amount of
time in minutes of their
age. For example, a 6th
grader would have an
attention span of 12
minutes. But how
By Nathan Halbisen
According to The
Teaching Center at the
Washington University, a
person’s attention span is
would you feel about
kids trying to stay fo-
cused for up to a full
day on a single test?
The Partner-
ship for Assessment of
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Readiness for College and Ca-
reers (PARCC) is currently
made up of 22 states, including
Ohio. These twenty-two states
are currently in work of creat-
ing a common set of K-12 as-
sessments in English and math
geared towards college prepar-
edness. The twenty-two states
working together
to create this test
is completely
separate from the
government, or
state-funded.
These assessments
are currently being
designed to be
tougher than the
Measures of Aca-
demic Progress
(MAP) and the
Ohio Achievement
Assessment
(OAA).
The PARCC
test itself is made up of two
sections, both on a computer, in
which it includes a multiple
choice section that is similar to
the MAP test, and a short an-
swer response based off of the
OAA. Even though this test is
not being required by the fed-
eral government, the goal, as
stated earlier, is to prepare stu-
dents for college and ready
them for tough decisions in life.
While it cannot be stated accu-
rately at this point in the test’s
creation, it is currently being
considered a better way to meas-
ure a child’s success across the
nation by the same standards. In
other-words, Ohio students will
not be tested harder than students
in Virginia, for example.
However, there are some
students opposed to this change.
When asked about
PARCC, one student, who wished
to remain anonymous, said, “I
don’t ever want to take these
tests. My brain would be fried and
there is no way I can focus for
that long.”
While the tests are de-
signed to be tougher, there is no
need to panic.
“The tests may seem hec-
tic and chaotic, but as with any
new implement of any kind, there
will always be a struggle to adjust
to the new format,” said Michael
Daubenmier, the 8th grade guid-
ance counselor at the Heritage
Middle School, when asked about
it. “Although it may take two to
three years before the assessments
start producing accurate results
that test administrators can use,
there is no need to cram in all
those study hours to prepare for
these tests.”
Students today
can prepare for
this change by
going out and
taking the
sample tests
included on
the PARCC
webpage or by
spending more
time studying
while still bal-
ancing home-
work with ac-
tivities.
The PARCC
assessment will
not affect students until the 2014-
2015 school year, around the time
when the current 8th graders be-
come sophomores and the 7th
graders at Heritage become fresh-
man.
For more information on
or about the PARCC assessment,
students and adults can go to the
PARCC homepage, visit the Ohio
Department of Education’s home
site (ODE), or ask your guidance
counselor for any other informa-
tion you may need.
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Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland By Aidan Hatcher
As the ever so curious Al-
ice, from the classic Alice in
Wonderland, ventures in Wonder-
land, she meets some crazy, funny
and even threatening characters
along the way. On Friday and Sat-
urday, March 1st and 2nd, Hil-
liard Heritage Middle School rec-
reated the classical tale of Alice in
Wonderland. They did wonderful
on their performance, so a thumbs
up to them! On Wednesday, February
27, 2013, the cast and crew got a
loud applause from their friends
and peers of Heritage Middle
School. Wednesday was the day
they performed the musical Alice
in Wonderland. Rachel Fox
played the curious, spirited,
minded Alice who -of course- fol-
lowed the white rabbit
(Christian Hill) down a
hole. When she ate the
cookie that made her big,
Hailey Scott took her
place; and when Alice
drunk from a mysterious
bottle that shrunk her,
Lauren Busch played the
part. The musical opens
with Alice and her big
sister Mathilda reading
about history. Alice is
easily distracted. When
she looks around her,
she sees what everybody is doing.
While reading, Mathilda doesn’t
notice that Alice has fallen asleep
and Alice starts dreaming of what
it would be like if the flowers
could talk
and sing
the ani-
mals wore
watches
and waist-
coats. A
man in a
suit
(Christian Hill) ran around saying
he was late and while Alice was
dreaming, he turned into the
White Rabbit and a servant to the
Queen of Hearts (Kathryn
McCarty). The White Rabbit
dropped in from time to time al-
ways saying he was late. Alice
trailed behind him wondering
where he’s going. The mysterious
three Cheshire Cats Baylee Jo
Walling (#1), Sarah Muntzing
(#2), Summer Gasaway (#3) nar-
rated the story of Alice
and advised her to go the
queen’s way instead of
her own. While on her
way she met; Tweedle
Dum (Ben Jones),
Tweedle Dee (Justin
Knueppel), Rose (Sarah
Krumpe), Lily (Lauren
Taylor), Petunia (Ashley
Sankey), Daisy (Lauren
Rodgers), Violet
(Michaela O'Brien), Cat-
erpillar (Marisol Alli-
son), Dodo Bird (Sean Hollowell),
Mad Hatter (Rachel Schoeff) and
the March Hare (Caydn Wright).
They all joined in song as Alice
woke up and realized it was just a T H E P A W P R I N T
Characters Alice-Rachel Fox
Small Alice– Lauren Busch
Tall Alice– Hailey Scott
Mathlida– Lauren DeWees
Cheshire Cat(s)- Baylee Jo Walling
(#1), Sarah Muntzing (#2), Summer
Gasaway (#3)
White Rabbit– Christian Hill
Tweedle Dum– Ben Jones
Tweedle Dee– Justin Knueppel
Queen of Hearts– Kathryn McCarty
King of Hearts– Matthew Connell
Rose– Sarah Krumpe
Lily– Lauren Taylor
Petunia– Ashley Sankey
Daisy– Lauren Rodgers
Violet– Michaeala O’ Brien
Caterpillar– Marisol Allison
Dodo Bird– Sean Hollowell
Mad Hatter– Rachel Schoeff
March Hare– Caydn Wright
Door Knob– Aurie Turner
Chorus– Georgia Bretz, Autumn
Daniels, Chrustina DiGioia, Cara
Crowley, Jenna Lake, Aileen Matos,
Tarissa Mitchell, Shannon See,
Kaylee Travis
Crew Production Assitant– Allison Rhoads
Asst. Stage Manager– Karoline Bet-
teridge
Lights Crew Chief– Catie Jordan
Light Crew– Samantha Conners,
Aaron Haugh
Sound Crew Chief– Nic Vincenty
Sound Crew– Kelsey Palagano, Whit-
ney Cope
Backstage Crew– Tori Pfaff, Kala
Mills, Arisha Khan, Will Patton,
Aaron Haugh
Publicity Crew– Nate Reiner, Safaa
Nabi, Sabaa Nabi, McKenzie
McClain, Alana George, Gabby
Prickett, Tanga Major, and Nate Ad-
kins
All the characters from
Alice in Wonderland.
Courtesy of Wikipedia
Cover for Alice’s Ad-
ventures in Wonder-
land
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dream and there was nothing
to be afraid of. Alice in Wonderland
was originally written in 1865
by English author Reverend
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
and Lewis Carroll. He origi-
nally named it Alice's Adven-
tures in Wonderland. The
story originated from Rever-
end Charles telling the story
to three little girls on a boat
ride and he was asked to write
it down. the story also has
some character symbol-
ism. In The Annotated Alice,
Martin Gardner provides back-
ground information for the charac-
ters. The members of the boating
party that first heard Carroll's tale
show up in Chapter 3 ("A Caucus-
Race and a Long Tale"). Alice Lid-
dell herself is there, while Carroll is
caricatured as the Dodo (because
Dodgson stuttered when he spoke,
he sometimes pronounced his last
name as Dodo-Dodgson). There are
also some chapters and quotes that
didn’t make the disney movie or
our musical. ike the white rabbit
serves the duchess instead of the
queen, that mad hatter asked why is
a raven like a writing desk and a
mouse talks about William the
Conquer. John Tenniel illustrated
the first copies of the book Al-
ice’s Adventures in Wonder-
land. The sequel to Alice Adven-
tures in Wonderland is “Through
the Looking Glass.” The book
was published November 26,
1865. Over all the musical was
excellent. The fabulous crew and
staff put so much effort into creat-
ing the best musical Heritage has
ever seen. They succeeded at the
job.
Q: So what was the experience like?
A: It felt the same. I’m used to get characters with
fun personalities.
Q: Why did try out for the play?
A: Mrs. Mendenhall said no regrets and I have no
regrets. and I don’t really have the opportunity to
perform in front of my peers. I missed a dance
competition but that’s okay because I have other
chances.
Q: Did you get the part you wanted?
A: Yes. I knew that the caterpillar was going to be
fun. I either wanted to be the queen of hearts, the
mad hatter or the caterpillar.
Q: How did you memorize your lines?
A: It was like naturally reading to me, it get’s
stuck in my head. I memorized everybody’s lines.
Q: How often do you practice?
A: Probably 5 times a week on regular days When
it was near the dress rehearsal, I practiced 7 to 10
times.
Q: Was it all worth it in the end?
A: Yes-it was all worth it.
Marisol Allison played the Caterpillar
Q:What was it like being in the play?
A: I’m used to it because it felt natural like i was
talking to the audience. And I do competitive
dance so yeah, [it] felt natural.
Q: Did you take the play serious or did you goof
off a bit?
A: definitely serious. I’m personally not but in
cases of characters I am like on stage.
Q: Did you enjoy being in the play?
A: I loved it. I’m glad I got to be on stage and
the chance to perform. I have no regrets.
Q: is this the first play you’ve ever been in/
A: It’s my first musical. I’ve been in 6 plays.
Q: Have you ever done a play like this/
A: I have never done anything like this. I have
mostly done serious plays.
Q: why do you prefer serious?
A: When I’m play a serious part it gets me more
in character like I feel like I’m two different peo-
ple and the caterpillar is just simply me
Q & A with Marisol Allison
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School uniforms: good or bad? By: Arishah Khan
How would you feel if
you woke up in the morning
and found out that you had to
wear a school uniform until
you graduated from
high school? Statis-
tics show that 23% of
private and public
schools have school uniforms in the U.S.
Some parents
and students hate the idea of
wearing a school uniform or
having their
child not able to
express the way
the dress. One
issue with
school uniforms
is the cost for
schools and stu-
dents. The cost
of school uni-forms for girls
are $156.00 and
the cost for boys
are $140.00 on
average in the
U.S.
Nick Fin-
negan, who has
a daughter in
preschool that
wears a school
uniform, said, “Schools might
be most affected if a child couldn't afford a uniform”.
Another issue is that
school uniforms waste a lot of
class time. Some teachers say
that they spend too much time
on uniform policies. Beth Masters, who also has a son
who wears a school uniform,
says,
“One good
thing about
school uni-
forms is that everyone is
wearing that
same thing
so the kids
won’t worry
about hav-
ing certain
things that
other kids
have, and
bad thing is
that kids
can’t ex-
press them-selves.”
Masters also
said that if
she had to wear a school uni-
form, she wouldn’t like it. At
her work they don’t have to
wear uniforms.
School uniforms
cause lots of issues. For ex-
ample, many parents and stu-
dents tend to argue over the issue of school uniforms.
School uniforms don't
always help a child
have a better educa-
tion, and it doesn't
stop gang violence all
the time says Orange
City Schools after a
new report was done. Finne-
gan said that his child, Mad-
die, “likes the school uni-
forms, but she gets bored in
them”.
School uniforms should stay in private
schools; not public schools.
Masters said that
“Parents should get
the choice of making the de-
cision of letting their child
wear school uniforms, so
they know what their kids
are wearing at school, be-
cause some kids change their
outfits at school once they
get there.”
People may think uni-
forms are good, but are they really? Do uniforms help
kids have a better career and
better education? What do
you think?
T H E P A W P R I N T
The cost of school uniforms for girls
are $156.00 and the cost for boys are
$140.00 on average in the U.S.
Image from Google Images
Plans for spring break freedom
P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
By Nikki Guess
When spring break rolls
around each year, it is often seen by
teachers and students as spring
freedom. For many, it might in-
clude travel plans, but for others,
staying local is just as appealing.
There are a variety of things
happening from March 22-March
31, 2013. For sports, the Cleveland
Indians and Cincinnati Reds are
back on the field, the Blue Jackets
are finally back on the ice, and
March Madness will start soon!
Any one of these would be an ex-
citing and thrilling event for a fan
to go to with their friends and fam-
ily.
If interested in the arts, the
Ohio and Palace Theatres have
shows scheduled, and the Colum-
bus Museum of
Art has multiple
activities going on
during this time.
When
asked about why
someone might go
to the Museum,
one student an-
swered, "There are
many exhibits to
explore and learn
things from, with-
out ever getting
bored." Also, there are plenty of
restaurants around these areas for
extra fun.
If science is the interest,
COSI has many activities going
on
(such as Engineering Challenge
Science Day, Nanoscience Day,
and Family Friday Night).
There is also a place in Cleve-
land, Ohio that some have men-
tioned called the Great Lakes
Science
Center.
One person
said, "It
was a great
place to
learn about
nature, his-
tory, and
how things
work. But
overall, it
was fun
just to
spend time with the family
there."
Not intrigued by any of
these events? Here are some
general places and things that
they might find fun
are: Nationwide
Arena has a Kid
Rock concert, the
Columbus Zoo has
a new baby pen-
guin, along with
Easter activities,
the Butterflies and
Blooms are back at
the Franklin Park
Conservatory, the
Ohio Expo Center
has the annual
Aladdin Temple Shrine Cir-
cus, and Cabela's has just
opened a big new store at Po-
laris if you are into the out-
doors.
Hopefully, as your
temporary spring freedom
grows closer, some of these
activities will serve as a rea-
son to get out of the house,
spend time with friends and
family, lose the worries and
cares, and just have fun.
Opening of new Cabela’s site located
at Polaris Mall.
Picture from Google Images
Picture of a Blue Jackets game
from BlueJacketXtra Fan Site –
Columbus Blue Jacket Community
For calendar of spring
break events, look on
back of this issue
Detailed Information for Spring Break
NCAA Division 1 Women's Basketball 1st and 2nd rounds at St. John Arena 3/23 & 3/25 or 3/24 & 3/26
NCAA Men's Basketball 2nd & 3rd rounds at the University of Dayton
Blue Jackets Home games: 3/22 (Flames) & 3/31 (Ducks)
Cleveland Indians Home games: 3/22, 3/24, 3/26, 3/30 (vs. Reds)
Cincinnati Reds Home games: 3/23, 3/25, 3/27, 3/28
Ohio Theatre Columbus Symphony Orchestra - Rite of Spring 3/22, 23, & 24
Palace Theatre Broadway Musical Green Day's American Idiot 3/22- 3/24
Columbus Museum of Art go to www.columbusmuseum.org and check their calendar of events
Columbus Zoo Eggs, Paws and Claws featuring Bugs Bunny 3/29 & 3/30
Nationwide Arena Kid Rock Concert 3/23
The Ohio Expo Center Aladdin Temple Shrine Circus 3/21- 3/24
Cleveland, Ohio - I-X indoor amusement park 20 acres jam-packed with rides, games, food, and attractions. Live entertainment daily, themed week-
ends, celebrity appearances