The Rock It NEWS Rose Hill High School 104 N. Rose Hill Road Rose Hill, Kansas, 67133 Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Volume 12 Issue 10 Student voice of RHHS No place for Wildcats to hide homecoming night Camille Mitchell National Honor Society gives back again Members of the National Honor Society try their hardest to plan events, projects, or activities for the school each month. Their efforts are directed toward giving to others. Differences are made both on and off of campus. Certain members are assigned different months and are responsible for planning the event for that month. “People don’t really see everything that we do in NHS. We have eight dif- ferent groups that are assigned a month and that group has to organize something to do for that month,” said senior points Paige Johnston chair Molly Ellison. For the month of January, seniors Heather Scholtz, Mikayla Fisher, Danae Nusz, and juniors Jesse Allen and TJ Slade came up with the idea of giving back to the school custodians. The group put together gift baskets full of popcorn and candy along with movie tickets for each custodian. “We wanted to make them feel appre- ciated for doing everything they do for us, because not everyone would always choose them to give a thank you gift to. It was just a simple way to show them we care,” said Nusz. NHS hopes to plan a field trip to the Arc of Sedgwick County this semester to do some community service work. Along with more events to come, NHS will continue to give back and thank the people that make a difference for our school. “As a second semester senior, I am looking forward to some of the things coming up in NHS. For many of us, these next few months will be some of the last opportunities we get to make a difference in our school and commu- nity,” said senior NHS member Andrea Burghardt. This year’s winter homecoming dance is going to be held on the night of Friday, February 10. The cost is four dollars, and out of school dates must be signed up in the of- fice. At the basketball game, the Rock- ets will be playing the rival Mulvane Wildcats. Sophomore Class President Dani- elle Mount said, “This year’s winter homecoming theme is cities. Seniors chose Rome, juniors chose Holly- wood, sophomores chose Honolulu and freshmen chose New York. Every year students decorate their hallways to match the theme.” Students will decorate the hallways on Wednesday, February 8 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. All students are wel- come to decorate the halls. Mount said, “Every hallway must include a wildcat in the sense of ‘there’s no place to hide’. The saying there’s no place to hide means Wild- cats cannot hide from the Rockets. Homecoming will be on February 10, with a dance after the game. Homecoming events will include 3 on 3-basketball competition and a Just Dance competition. Permission slips are in the office.” Senior Stuco member Nathan Stitcher said, “I have been in Stucco for two years, and honestly I have never decorated for homecoming. I’m probably not going to decorate this year either. I can’t choose to decorate. I usually have something going on like sports. The spirit day I’m looking forward to the most is ‘Hit the Slopes’ day.” Stuco sponsor Ray Boese said, “The theme is different towns or different cities around the United States. There’s no place for the Wildcats to hide in Rocket territory. When we do our hall decorations it’ll be called ‘no place to hide’.” The spirit days are: Monday “Hit the Slopes” where students dress as if they are going skiing; Tuesday is “Down Under” (Australia/Cowboy), and students will dress as either Australians or cowboys. Thursday is “Dress as Your Hall” where seniors will dress as if they were in Rome, juniors as if they were in Hollywood, sophomores as if they were in Honolulu, and freshmen as if they were in New York. Finally, Friday is “Red & White Day.” All spirit days are counted for OCC points, and spirit shirts count double on Red & White day. See page 4 for results of the Scholastic Art Show.
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TheRock-ItNEWS Rose Hill High School 104 N. Rose Hill Road Rose Hill, Kansas, 67133
Wednesday, February 1, 2012Volume 12 Issue 10 Student voice of RHHS
No place for Wildcats to hide homecoming nightCamille Mitchell
National Honor Society gives back againMembers of the National Honor
Society try their hardest to plan events, projects, or activities for the school each month. Their efforts are directed toward giving to others. Differences are made both on and off of campus.
Certain members are assigned different months and are responsible for planning the event for that month.
“People don’t really see everything that we do in NHS. We have eight dif-ferent groups that are assigned a month and that group has to organize something to do for that month,” said senior points
Paige Johnstonchair Molly Ellison.
For the month of January, seniors Heather Scholtz, Mikayla Fisher, Danae Nusz, and juniors Jesse Allen and TJ Slade came up with the idea of giving back to the school custodians.
The group put together gift baskets full of popcorn and candy along with movie tickets for each custodian.
“We wanted to make them feel appre-ciated for doing everything they do for us, because not everyone would always choose them to give a thank you gift to. It was just a simple way to show them we care,” said Nusz.
NHS hopes to plan a field trip to the Arc of Sedgwick County this semester to do some community service work. Along with more events to come, NHS will continue to give back and thank the people that make a difference for our school.
“As a second semester senior, I am looking forward to some of the things coming up in NHS. For many of us, these next few months will be some of the last opportunities we get to make a difference in our school and commu-nity,” said senior NHS member Andrea Burghardt.
This year’s winter homecoming dance is going to be held on the night of Friday, February 10. The cost is four dollars, and out of school dates must be signed up in the of-fice.
At the basketball game, the Rock-ets will be playing the rival Mulvane Wildcats.
Sophomore Class President Dani-elle Mount said, “This year’s winter homecoming theme is cities. Seniors chose Rome, juniors chose Holly-wood, sophomores chose Honolulu and freshmen chose New York. Every year students decorate their hallways to match the theme.”
Students will decorate the hallways on Wednesday, February 8 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. All students are wel-come to decorate the halls.
Mount said, “Every hallway must
include a wildcat in the sense of ‘there’s no place to hide’. The saying there’s no place to hide means Wild-cats cannot hide from the Rockets. Homecoming will be on February 10, with a dance after the game. Homecoming events will include 3 on 3-basketball competition and a Just Dance competition. Permission slips are in the office.”
Senior Stuco member Nathan Stitcher said, “I have been in Stucco for two years, and honestly I have never decorated for homecoming. I’m probably not going to decorate this year either. I can’t choose to decorate. I usually have something going on like sports. The spirit day I’m looking forward to the most is ‘Hit the Slopes’ day.”
Stuco sponsor Ray Boese said, “The theme is different towns or
different cities around the United States. There’s no place for the Wildcats to hide in Rocket territory. When we do our hall decorations it’ll be called ‘no place to hide’.”
The spirit days are: Monday “Hit the Slopes” where students dress as if they are going skiing; Tuesday is “Down Under” (Australia/Cowboy), and students will dress as either Australians or cowboys.
Thursday is “Dress as Your Hall” where seniors will dress as if they were in Rome, juniors as if they were in Hollywood, sophomores as if they were in Honolulu, and freshmen as if they were in New York.
Finally, Friday is “Red & White Day.”
All spirit days are counted for OCC points, and spirit shirts count double on Red & White day.
See page 4 for results of the Scholastic Art Show.
Wednesday,February 1, 20122 Editorial
Katie GilbertConstructive criticism welcome; whining, not so muchFinding someone else’s mistake is
always exciting; it feels good to catch something the professionals missed. Even when those “professionals” are just high school students and the article is in the school newspaper.
As the editor, I hear from everybody when a mistake is made. And that is all I hear. “Oh, so-and-so made a mistake,” or, “Somebody spelled my name wrong,” or any other mistakes. It is incredibly frustrating because we do the best with what we get, and no one is ever going to write everything perfect. No amount of peer editing will fix that.
Part of the problem seems to be that people do not realize how much work actually goes into writing an article. All the grammar rules for English? Yeah, we have those plus a stylebook to remember. And articles are kind of like research papers with much shorter deadlines.
Reporters have to use quotes from at least three people, which is a lot harder than it sounds. Teachers resent having their students taken during the middle of class, and for some classes, it is impos-sible to get a student out for an interview at any time.
If a reporter cannot interview a student during the newspaper class time, she (All our reporters this year are girls. Josh takes pictures.) has to get out of a differ-ent class, which is not easy.
Interviewing teachers, coaches and ad-ministrators is even harder. The reporter has to conduct the interview when the other person has time. That means ar-ranging ahead of time to interview teach-ers during their plan periods, after asking to leave whatever class the reporter is
supposed to be in. Or giving up lunch time and interrupting the teacher’s lunch, which they do not usually appreciate.
When the interview is over, the reporter has to sift through all the “um” and “ah”ing to find something useful. Oh, and quotes cannot be changed, so if someone sounds stupid, the reporter can-not use that quote. Most people respond to questions with one- or two word answers. The most common answers are “yes” and “no” and nothing else. Not useful.
Now about those deadlines. For re-search papers, students get time in class to research, time to make all those note cards, time for the rough draft, peer ed-iting, teacher editing, and then finally the final draft. We get one week, tops. Usually, it is less because the paper has to be laid out, printed, and sent to central office for printing the day before its publication date.
Oh, and it has to be approved by Principal Haydock before it
can be printed. The administrators have meetings most of the day on Thursdays, which means that to have the paper out on Friday, it has to be finished by Wednesday. Which means that all articles have to be turned in a week before pub-lication.
It feels really good to have someone approach me and compliment the paper, a specific article. It makes all the work and time worth it. In this issue, we are publishing our first letter to the editor for this year. If you have comments or suggestions, or even want to point out a mistake, feel free to submit them to Mr. Gilbert for publication.
The article about [Angela] Ma, a graduating senior with a 4.0 GPA caught my eye when I was conversing with Mr. Barger and looked down to see a familiar face. I started to read this article to see what this familiar face was in the Rock-It paper for. I had thought, “How strange for a student such as Ma to be in the paper.” So I had to read it. I had read half the article when the bell rang and it was time to change classes. I then went straight to the office to get my own copy and finish reading the story of Ma that intrigued me. I then read she was content
with being herself, a quiet peer left in the corner in the shadows to be with herself. This made me think, “What a strange article. I’ve never read anything in the Rock-It paper that didn’t have to do with sports of kids in sports.” I then brought the article forth to Mrs. Paine’s attention and suggested that she read the article. Which got me thinking, “Why must a kid be in sports to be recognized? Why can’t we give the lime light to kids in the shadows?” Recognize the kids that have no abilities for sports, kids with brains, or a talent to dance or sing, or a talent to
write or play an instrument beautifully. We must bring our kids out of the shad-ows and recognize them.
– Junior Bree Daily
Dear Bree, Thank you for your letter. It is our
intention to make sure that all students who deserve recognition receive it. If you have any suggestions, feel free to write to us.
Sincerely,Rock-It News staff
Rock-It News staff accepts letters to the editor
Wednesday,February 1, 2012
The Rock-It News is the official student publication of Rose Hill High School. The newspaper will be published 14 times during the school year of 2011-2012. The Rock-It News is produced by the journalism students in Newspaper, Yearbook, and Video Production classes. Journalism teacher Butch Gilbert is the advisor. The school’s phone number is 316-776-3360: Mr. Gilbert’s email address is [email protected]. Anyone interested in advertising in the Rock-It News should contact Mr. Gilbert and he will designate a student to contact the potential advertiser. Current students who make up the staff of the newspaper include: • Editor-in-Chief, Opinion Editor, and Layout Editor - Katie Gilbert, senior • Assistant Editor - Paige Johnston, senior • Feature Editor, Assistant Layout Editor - Caylee Sprague, junior • News Editor, Reporter - McKenzie Randall, senior • Sports Editor, Reporter, Photographer - Samantha Shepherd, senior • Assistant Sports Editor, Reporter - Amber Anderson, senior • Assistant News Editor, Advertising Manager - Kelsey Loecke, senior • Feature Writer, Reporter, Photographer - Nicole Dinwiddie, senior • Reporter, Photographer - Josh Jones, senior • Reporter, Photographer - Camille Mitchell, sophomore • Feature Writer, Reporter - Meredith Bartley, freshman • Cartoonist - Alysha Phillips, junior • Feature Writer, Reporter - Colby Woods, sophomore • Feature Writer, Reporter - Chandler Boese sophomore
3 News
Kelsey LoeckeMcKenzie Randall
Stuco holds annual King of Hearts
For the month of Janu-ary, Katelynn Slade and Andrew Trimble won the senior citizenship award. Winning this award means the students get their own parking spot closer to the school and also a chance to win a scholarship at the end of the year.
Senior Katelynn Slade was awarded this honor because she works hard, comes to school everyday, makes good grades and is involved in many school activities.
“I was surprised and happy when I won this award, it’s a great honor and it’s
Two more seniors receive citizenship award
nice to have a closer parking spot,” Slade said.
Senior Andrew Trimble was awarded this award because he is a good student, friendly, and always tries his best.
“I was happy when I found out I won this award because it’s nice to be recog-nized for my hard work” Trimble said.
Seniors Katelynn Slade and Andrew Trimble are the senior citizens for the month of January. Photo by Josh Jones.
For the past couple of years Stuco has been having a King of Hearts event on Valentines Day. King of Hearts is where girls get a necklace and if she talks to a boy she must give him her necklace.
The first necklace girls get for free and after that if they want to keep playing they have to buy more necklaces. The necklaces are twenty-five cents and girls are allowed to buy as many as they want.
Sophomore Camille Mitchell said, “[King of Hearts] is a lot of fun, but it was really hard. All the guys try to talk to the girls in the hallway... If I remember right I gave mine away right after I got it because I always talk to people in the hallways and I forgot that we weren’t supposed to talk to guys.”
This game is on hold during class periods and will only be played during passing periods and lunch.
This game is played again on St. Patrick’s Day only it’s the boys with the necklaces and the girls that try to get them.
Near the end of the day Stuco will go to each class and count the necklaces each boy has and the one with the most is the King of Hearts!
Wednesday,February 1, 2012
Olivia Hull: Toast - Gold KeyConner Kenneson: Me - Silver KeyHaley Lakous: Love Blossoms Here
- Honorable MentionBeverly Marsteller: Apple Core Salt
Shakers - Gold KeyKimberlee Naillieux: The Road Not
Taken- Silver Key, Frogs- Gold Key, Hold On- Gold Key, Little Christian- Honorable mention
Kalyn Pfaff: Bomb - Silver Key, Tripodic Teapot - Silver Key, Cream and Sugar set - Gold Key
Alysha Phillips: The Gray- Gold Key Marina Reh: Do You See What I See? - Silver Key, Roy’s Girl- Silver Key
Libby Spencer: The Fallen Donut - Gold Key
Reed Strawn: Jim - Silver KeyCaitlin Walker:
High & Low - Silver Key, Never Ending Pitcher - Silver Key
4 Features
Many scholarship opportunities, not sports or academicsWhen the word scholarship is tossed
around, one’s mind usually goes to sports? Or academics? But those fields may not be everyone’s cup of tea. That is not a problem, because there are some unique scholarship opportunities out there!
Along with the more serious scholar-ships there are some that sound simply ridiculous, such as ones like Cute Kid of the Year Contest, Cutest Pet Contest, or American Fire Sprinkler Association Contest.
For those who were considered an adorable baby, all that is require is to submit a baby photo for a monthly chance to win this scholarship that is worth up to $25,000.
Another one on the strange side would
Colby Woods have to be the American Fire Sprinkler Association Contest. This is limited to high school seniors and the applications are only accepted online. All one has to do is read the “Fire Sprinkler Essay” and take the ten-question multiple-choice online test to possibly win the $2,000.
For all the gamers out there, there could be scholarship money even in this category. All ScholarGamers.com is asking is that the participant go online and play games selected by them, for an unlisted amount of scholarship money.
Talents can also bring the scholar-ships in, anything from vocal to writing to visual art. Scholastic Art and Writing Awards- Alliance for Young Artists and Writers is giving awards from $1,000 to $10,000 for work in visual art and writ-ing. This is open to anyone from grades
seven through twelve. RHHS is opening applications for
juniors and seniors to receive some scholarships such as Community The-atre, High School Alumni, and Jeannie Liby Memorial Scholarship. For more information about these or others, pick up a form in the counselor office.
Not all of these require fabulous skills in athletics or academics though those, of course, are awarded also. Who is to say that an odd hobby WHAT??? of would go to help tuition costs too?
Hard work brings 17 artists awardsMeredith Bartley
Twenty-six art pieces from 17 Rose Hill High School students were recently selected to be featured in the Scholastic Art Awards, an annual program recogniz-ing student artists from around the state.
“I was worried that we wouldn’t do as good…that we were going to be less than last year. But we did better than I thought we would,” said art teacher Ward Hilgers.
Junior Alysha Phillips, whose paint-ing “The Gray” received the top award of a Gold Key, was very proud of her accomplishment. “Seeing something in an art room upon completion is pretty
cool. But seeing it on display in some entirely different place because it won something? Now tell me that isn’t the best feeling in the world,”
said Phillips.Phillips is very happy with the award
she received. “This was the first tra-ditional piece I have ever entered into competition–a painting at that. To have it win even a key, gold at that, certainly fills my ‘awesome quota’ for life.”
Several other students filled their “awesome quota” as well, as Rose Hill received twelve Gold Keys, eleven Silver Keys, and three Honorable Mentions. “It’s a juried show, so you must be selected in order to even be in the show,” said Hilgers. This means that Rose Hill is a cut above most schools, getting twenty-six pieces in and the most Gold Keys of 20 nearby schools.
The Scholastic Art Awards are held to “motivate young artists to be better,” said Hilgers. “By comparing yourself to not just the best art students in your school but the best art students in the state, in the nation, your standards rise and go way beyond what they’d normally be.”
Amber Anderson: Rawr- Gold KeyAmber Baker: I Heart You - Gold Key,
Jekyll and Hyde - Silver KeyKylea Cundiff: InkAddict - Gold KeyMadison Hoefer: Rock Vs. Metal -
Junior Alysha Phillips experimented with Van Gogh’s method of painting for this work. “It was exciting getting to use his particular technique.” – Phillips. Photo by Mr. Hilgers.
“This piece is completely spontaneous. I started from a lump of clay and nowhere to go. –senior Madison Hoefer. Photo by Mr. Hilgers.
Wednesday,February 1, 20125 Sports
Amber Anderson
Amber AndersonRockets defeat Circle, Douglass, and Maize South
Swim team beats record in 400 freestyle relayThe boys swim team competed in the
Winfield invitational. The meet was held on January 14th. The team also attended the Heights meet held at the Wichita Swim Club on January 21st.
At the Winfield meet sophomore Matt Baden took 18th place in the 50 yd free-style with a time of 27.20.
Baden was followed by senior Chris-tian Naillieux in 21st place with a time of 27.93. In 26th place was senior Nathan Stitcher with a time of 29.88.
Rose Hill also competed in many other races including the 200 yd freestyle relay and the 200 yd medley relay.
They placed very well with 12th place in both relays. With an outstanding time of 2:14.47 in the 200 yd medley relay and a 1:51.41 in the 200 yd freestyle relay.
Both relay teams consisted of Nail-lieux, Stitcher, Baden, and freshman
Brady Mounts. When at the Heights Invitational
Mounts swam the 100 yd backstroke in a time of 1:15.69 and placed 30th overall.
Naillieux also was a 30th place finisher in the 50 Yd freestyle with a faster time than the week before 26.81.
A new personal best time was set in the 400 yd freestyle relay for the rockets.
On the relay team were Baden, Mounts, Stitcher, and Naillieux. They finished with a time of 4:07.75 and were 14th place.
Rose Hill Rocket Varsity men’s bas-ketball team recently triumphed over the Circle Thunderbirds, Douglass Bulldogs, and the Maize South Mavericks.
They also gave their best effort against the Haven Wild-cats and Andale Indians, but fell just short of vic-tory.
Tuesday Jan. 24, the Rockets played against the Thunderbirds to earn another win for the team. The final score
was 46-26 with a Rocket victory. Junior Varsity also defeated the Thunderbirds with a final score of 50-34.
The freshman team scored 49 points, beating Circle, who only scored 47 points. After conquering Circle, junior TJ Slade said, “Throughout the season I feel like our basketball team has gotten stronger and I think we’re getting better everyday.”
The varsity team took park in the Halstead Invitational on Jan. 16, 19, and 21. They played the Wildcats on that Saturday and the final score was a close 45-50 loss.
Rocket points were scored by seniors Kyle Anderson, Austin Shaffer, Luke Willson, and Jacob Sutton, junior Wyatt Clark, sophomores Garrett Forsberg and Quentin Heidt, and freshman Alek Santo.
During the second game of the tourna-ment against the Bulldogs, Rockets won with a score of 61-58.
Anderson, Willson, Shaffer, Sutton, Slade, Forsberg, Clark, and sophomore
Gabe Nickel were the scoring players. Beginning the tournament, the Rockets
were defeated by the Indians with a final score of 42-53. Points were made by Willson, Sutton, Anderson, Slade, Fors-berg, and sophomore Brett Waddell.
On Saturday Jan. 14, the junior varsity team participated in a tournament against the Derby Panthers and Andover Central Trojans.
The Rockets gave it their all, but were unable to defeat the Trojans and ended the game with a score of 51-58.
In the first game, the Panthers could not overcome the strong Rockets and the game closed with a 57-45 Rose Hill victory.
Varsity and Junior Varsity teams both earned a win against the Maize South Mavericks on Friday Jan. 13. The varsity team finished the game with a 68-54. Ju-nior varsity also defeated the Mavericks with a final score of 75-50.
Freshmen players tried hard, but were not a match for the touch Mavericks.
Junior TJ Slade charges toward victory over the Circle Thunderbirds. Photo by Lisa Slade.
Sam ShepherdRockets dominate Maize South Mavericks
Sam ShepherdRocket wrestlers succeed at Eureka tournamentJanuary 21 the Rocket wrestling team
had a tournament in Eureka. During this tournament in 195 weight class senior Eastin Dockers got 1st place ending with a record of 3-0.
In the 126 weight class sophomore Jake Wilson got 1st place ending with a record of 3-0. In the 113 weight class junior Kyren Fernandez got 4th place with a record of 2-2.
In the 120 weight class sophomore
Kyle Loecke got 6th place with a record of 2-3. In the weight class of 106 fresh-man Hunter Black got 6th place ending with a record of 2-1. The Rockets got 8th place out of 21 teams.
January 19th the Rocket wrestling team had a meet in Buhler. In the 106 weight class Black won by a fall over with a score of 6-0.
In the 113 weight class Fernandez won with a sore or 12-0. In the 126 weight
January 13 the Lady Rockets played against Maize South. In the first quar-ter the Rockets scored 12 points while Maize scored 16.
In the second quarter the Rockets scored nine while Maize scored 21. In the second half the Rockets scored 31 points while Maize scored 27 points.
The game ended Maize 64 Rockets 52. Baskets made this game were by seniors Kayla Justice 14, Emily Harris 13, Lakynn Myers 2, Savanna Anchutz 2, juniors Alia Khalidi 2, Jessica Rushing 2, sophomores Autumn Lipscomb 10, Kylie Simpson 2, and freshman Kynnedy Myers 5.
“I think that we’re all trying as hard as we can we just need to work a little
more as a team and we can accomplish anything,” said Harris.
January 10 the Rockets played at Augusta. During the quarter the Rockets scored 22 points while Augusta scored 17.
In the second half the Rocket scored nine while Augusta scored 13. In the second half the Rockets scored 23 points while Augusta scored 13 points. The game ended Rockets 54 Augusta 43.
Baskets scored during this game were by Justice 23, Myers 11, Harris 8, Rush-ing 6, Khalidi 2, Lipscomb 2, Simpson 2.
“I think we have a tough road ahead of us but I think that if we pull together as a team we can start to come back,” said Justice.
class Wilson won with a score of 15-4. In the 132 weight class freshman Clay-
ton Colborn won with a score of 21-4. In the 152 weight class junior Jon Graham won with a score of 27-15.
In the 160 weight class senior Bryce Long won with a score of 30-15. In the 220 weight class Dockers won with a score of 34-30.
Senior Eastin Dockers pins his opponent on his way to second place at the Fredonia tournament. Photo by Hayley Canfield and Shelby Simmons.
February 1 football players re-ceived their championship rings from Josten’s representative. According to Head Football Coach Greg Slade, 60 rings were delivered. Photo by Josh Jones.
