Hagen Hi-Lites
Table of Contents
Retirements 1
Librarians 2
Crazy Jobs 3
TSA 4
Reviews 5
Blurt 6
Midget Matters 7
Candids 8
Bees 9
BBB 10
Sports 11
Candids 12
1
How many years have you been working at Hagen? I believe it has been 9 wonderful years for me at Hagen.
What is your history of teaching jobs before coming here? I have been in the District as a counselor for 20 years. Prior
to coming to Dickinson, I taught K-12 music in Halliday, ND; Columbus, ND; and Silver Lake, MN.
What learning experience manufactured at Hagen gives you the most satisfaction? I love it when kids, who while they
were here at Hagen, thought I was expecting too much of them, then came back later to tell me they are going to col-lege or they’ve got a good job and are successful. It gives me great joy to see students become more than they
thought they could be because someone else believed they could.
What changes have you witnessed in education from the time you started your career in education until now? Obviously,
technology is huge. The curriculum expectations are greater every year. Students are expected to know more by 8th grade than, I think, I was expected to know when I graduated from high school.
What will you miss the most? The kids! Of all the things in education that have changed, the one constant is the kids.
Having worked at all grade levels, I can honestly say my favorite age group is junior high. I have high expectations for
our students, and I know that sometimes that doesn’t translate to “I like them,” but I truly do. I carry them home in my heart every night.
What will you be doing after life at Hagen? My husband and I have purchased a home in Texas for our retirement. We
will be spending the winters in Texas and the summers back here in North Dakota.
I started working at Hagen Jr. High 15 years ago. The first job was as the assistant principal for 3 years, I then moved to Dickinson
High School as the activities director for 4 years, then back to Hagen as the principal for 8 years.
Before moving to Dickinson, I taught physical education for 8 years in Montana, 4 years in Miles City at Pine Hills School for
Boys, which is the state youth correctional school, and 4 years in Savage. I then moved to Belfield, ND and was the high school
principal for 4 years.
The experience that has given me the most satisfaction is the opportunity I had to work with great teaching staffs and students as
we developed learning opportunities for students by developing curriculum and programs that help all students to achieve educa-
tionally.
I have witnessed many changes over my 27 years in education; the biggest changes were in technology and the internet, and the
second biggest change was in state testing and federal programs.
The thing I will miss the most is the daily interaction with the students and staff at Hagen Jr. High.
The next opportunity I will encounter will be working in an office that provides oil field services to North Dakota and other
nearby states. Mrs. Hansen:
Mr. Braunagel:
I went and asked 100 students how long and when we should have
school. A lot of you are actually quite happy with our average school
day, which actually surprised me. So, how long should we have school?
Here are the results.
How Much School Should We Have?
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Student Librarians
Student Librarians are an important part of the every day life at Hagen. They are needed in the library to
sort, collect, organize, and many other duties called upon them to help Mrs. Fisher. They are:
Back row: (l to r) Preston Borsheim, Zachary Wolfe, Dylan Gonser, Payton Berg, Zach Keller, Shane
Baltzell, Mareno Mahto, Vickie Craig
Middle row: (l to r) Ethan Guzman, Austin Karsky, Christopher Dean, Caleigh Devenport, Kelton Over-
ton, Zach Overton
Front row: (l to r) Jennifer Johnson, Teryn Beyers,
Remmi Love, Hannah Nantt, Paige Yon, Bryce
Smith, Skylar Dockter
Not pictures: Brandon Leger, Chelsea Ferguson,
Ryan Clark, Cassidy Kelly
“That’s what I call a job.”
Don’t feel like you have to restrict yourself to being a doctor, lawyer, or an astronaut.
Check out these crazy occupations.
Knife Thrower’s Assistant
Okay, this definitely wins the award for the scariest. But it’s real. Professional knife
throwers need a human target in their act. If you got the guts, that someone could be
you.
Smell Checkers
Like having your head in armpits all day? Than this could be the job
for you. It’s the responsibility of lab researchers to do smell checks to
make sure deodorants are doing their jobs.
Elephant Tender
Like elephants? Like the circus? Like huge piles of poop? If so, we’ve
found your dream job. Elephant tenders take care of animals behind
the scenes - that involves shoveling a lot of elephant poo. Not only is it
gross, but get an elephant foot to the head and you’re a pancake.
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Mega Words
Want to impress your friends with really,
really, really, really, really, really, really, long
words and know what they mean, too?
Misodoctakleidist
(Someone who hates playing piano)
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
(Fear of long words)
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
(Monster in a lake in Massachusetts)
Humuhumunukunukuuapua’a
(A Hawaiian fish)( The fish is shorter than the
name.)
Honorificabilitudinitatibus
(Having honor)
Dog Food Tester
Simon Allison is a senior food technologist.
She eats pet food for a living. Just like any
other food, pet foods need to be tested. She
even claims to enjoy the taste.
Fruit Colorer
Fruit is often picked before it’s ripe, so by
the time it gets to your local supermarket,
it’s just reaching its peak. To make the fruit
look good, a colorer sprays it with chemicals
to make it look appetizing.
TSA (Technology Student Association)
The name applies something fancy and complicated. In truth, it’s
more of a technology club. You ready yourself for different events, which
in a whole, come together in a state conference. If you’re lucky, you get to
move to the national conferences.
As a student in TSA, we all meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays for
work days where we all work on our different events or sections of the
competition in Mr. Van’s room. On Wednesdays, Mr. Van has demos on different
events.
Some examples of events are Multimedia Production, Website Design, Prepared Speech, and
Digital Photography (among other events). They’re all fun but also hard work. We don’t slack off at
TSA work days. We hope to represent Hagen well!
The conference for state is on March 26 & 27 in Mandan. Keep your fingers crossed for the
Hagen team! Maybe we will make it to the national conferences.
-Brooke Anton
Hagen Dance The fourth Hagen dance of 2012 was
held on the February 10th, 2012. Ms. Fields and
Mr. Peters both DJ’d the dance. They played all
kinds of music, ranging from the new 2000’s
music that most of us are familiar with, to
1980’s/1990’s music from our parents’ genera-
tion. They played slow songs and not so slow
songs. Most people came and enjoyed the
dance, paying only $4 per person.
So, most of us enjoy the dances, right?
We get to hang out with friends in a setting
we’re not use to. (Well, for the seventh graders,
this is their first year of dances.) We mostly ap-
preciate the chance to come to dances, right?
Well, do you ever think what goes into making a
dance happen? Most of us don’t. It takes work
from Mrs. Pritchard, our chaperones, Ms. Fields
and Mr. Peters, and that’s just naming a few of
the people who make the dance happen. Why
don’t you take some time to stop and thank the
teachers who make this happen? They’ll be
happy you did, I promise.
-Brooke Anton
Student Kitchen Helpers
The above students were a big help to the kitchen
staff when it comes to the distribution of food.
Front row: Brandon Allred
Middle row: (l to r) Lane Soiseth, Michael Allred,
Stetson Pederson, Matthew Whitworth, Taylor Beck
Back row: (l to r) Zachary Stockert, Michael Jaynes,
Michael Berg, Teryn Beyers, Elizabeth Lampl
Reviews
BUSINESS NAME
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (Eclipse Novella)
The Short Second Life of Bree Tan-
ner is a book written from the
Eclipse novel, The Twilight Saga. It’s
about a vampire from a newborn
army and her life, from the day she
was created, to her death. It is a
short and sweet novel that gives you
a new inside look into the Twilight
sage that you normally don’t get. It’s
really refreshing and new. It gives
you a new opinion on Eclipse.
Just go read it, but only if you have
Seen the Twilight movies and kind of
enjoyed them. If not, don’t read
them. You’ve been warned.
-Brooke Anton
TV Competitions
I’m doing this article on two TV competitions I watch: Face Off and Ink Master.
Face Off is a show about the process
of applying theatrical makeup. This show is
on its second season. It shows different me-
diums of theatrical makeup. The contestants
are judged on how well the makeup is ap-
plied and how well their makeup reflects the
weekly challenge. Its sixth episode aired on
February 15th. The judges of Face Off are
Ve Neil, Glen Hetrick, and Patrick Tatopou-
los. It airs every Wednesday at 8:00 on SC/
FY.
The second is Ink Masters. This
show’s about tattooing. This show is on its
first season. They’re judged on line work
and coloring and how close their tattoos are
to the weekly challenge, etc. The judges of
this show are Dave Navarro, Chris Nunez,
and Oliver Peck. This show’s fifth episode
aired on Tuesday, February 14th. It airs
weekly on Spike Tuesday at 8:00.
The Hunger Games– the movie
Comparing the book to the movie:
The movie left out the gore of the book, but
the movie had as much thrill and action as
the book had. The characters were spot on.
You could feel the relationships between
each other. Josh Hutchinson portrayed
Peta really well. It was well defined as how
the Hunger Games came to be. It was an
overall great movie and is recommended to
go see. Rated out of 5; it gets a 4.5
By Braden Current
Other opinions: some of the JH kids who
went to the movie said the book was much
more detailed. The kids who didn’t read the
book said it was a great movie and couldn’t
wait to read the book. Pita was character-
ized a bit differently than the expectations
in the book. The character was a bit shorter
than they had visualized from reading the
book. All that were questioned said they
couldn’t wait for the sequel.
P AGE 6
Social Things People Notice
I asked my home base if there was
anything they saw that was popular
around the school.
Here’s what the majority said:
Ugg slippers
breast cancer bracelets saying “I love
boobies”
8th grader Dustin Lunstad’s
hemp bracelets and necklaces.
holey jeans
boots that button
fancy duct tape on the planners and
binders
By Taylor McConnell
Did you know?
At this point in time, Hagen has students
from 19 different states and 1 foreign
country.
Hagen has 4 sets of twins.
Thank you, Miss
Fields, for letting us
use some of your year-
book candids through-
out the year.
Congratulations to Brittany Heim for
being awarded the title of Teen Miss
Dickinson.
Interests:
Gel flip flops: girls
Crackle nail polish: girls
Designer jeans, shirts etc.: girls/boys
The Mohawk: usually guys
Hair extensions: girls
Come at Me Bro T-shirt: girls/boys
Moccasins: girls/boys (mostly girls)
Different colored socks: some guys, most girls
Comments: Thank you all for commenting in your
home base jars about whether or not you liked
some things or you wanted more. There was one
suggestion in a container we found: I would like to
see more activities when we can’t go outside and
are in the gym.
Don’t forget to check out the Hagen Hi-Lites in
color on the Hagen JH School website. You can
also look at the archived issues.
Dates to look forward to: (no school)
April 6th
April 9th
April 20th
May 24th
P AGE 7
(This article does not intend to point fingers or
ridicule a group. The point of view does not
represent this paper or necessarily the author.
This article is merely a conversational piece.)
Teen Abuse
Did you know studies show more teens are
killed in a year by alcohol then by all illegal drugs
combined?
Alcohol is very dangerous to those under
21. Until about the age of 21, one’s body and brain
are still developing. Drinking alcohol prohibits the
growth of brain cells causing memory loss. Other
effects are: becoming inattentive, greater risk of
cancer, high blood pressure, and lower resistance
to disease. The younger one starts drinking, the
more likely it is that they will have a drinking
problem in the future. Drinking while under the
age or at 21 affects the understanding of right and
wrong. Without the ability to move or think
clearly, one can do stupid and unsafe, even lethal
things. Over 5,000 underage people die each year
because of drinking related instances. This in-
cludes homicides, car crashes, suicides, and
drowning. If you or someone you know needs
help, please talk to an adult or someone you love
and respect. You don’t have to be a statistic.
Midget Matters
Our guest writer is Elizabeth Yoder.
Elizabeth wrote an extra credit paper for Mr.
Smutzler’s science class entitled, “The Book
About Something About Absolutely Nothing.”
This article is just part of something bigger.
Thank you for contributing to the newspaper.
“I have a great blonde joke. (no offense) There
was a blonde who went to a lumber yard. She
asked the man, “You wouldn’t happen to have
any wood, would ya?” Haha! Now there are
people shoving wood into her car. “Is this a 2
by 4?” The guy says, “Si.” She asks, “See
what?” Another man comes by to explain to
her how si means yes. She then drives away.
She gets to her house and measures the wood
she recently purchased. She returns to the
store demanding new wood. After repeating
this once again. She demands the wood be
measured and cut in front of her. They do so
only to find her misunderstanding. They try to
explain to the blonde how a 2 by 4 really is not
2 inches by 4 inches. She did not realize that
a 2 by 4 is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.
This poem by Jen Johnson was submitted
last year during her poem unit in language arts
class.
Emotions of a Steep Highway
You may feel regret of yourself
Lifeless, meaningless
But stay abroad
Feelings can arise
Writer’s Corner
A Bee C
Skylar Dockter wanted to do something
extra, but she’s not into math, and she’s not into
science. So what was there to do? Thankfully, she
discovered the spelling bee. She and 8ish* other
people from Hagen practiced and practiced and
practiced! But how do you practice to spell? Do
you read and re-read the dictionary? Do you
Google big words and memorize those? “I get lists
of words that might be on the test and study
those. The lists change sometimes, but you just
have to focus,” says Skylar. Well, that focus paid
off because Skylar is going to Nationals in Wash-
ington, D.C. For those of you who don’t watch
the Scripts National Spelling Bee every year with
your family, you probably don’t know how excit-
ing and important this is. Before Skylar can actu-
ally compete, she must finish a written word
round. She actually had to do written and oral
tests at every Bee that she went to. At the State
Spelling Bee in Bismarck, she finished 1st in the
written round and second in the oral. What does
Skylar think of going to Washington? “It’ll be
harder because every state is there, but it’s been
really fun and a great learning experience for me.”
If you are interested in the spelling bee or learning
more about spelling bees talk to Mrs. Thom or
Mrs. Tooz. Skylar placed 10th out of 104
contestants. Congratulations to the Queen Bee.
State Competition
The Geography Bee list
Talon Staudinger
Wyatt Kainz
Jackson Smith
Elizabeth Yoder
Milla George
Katie Reily
Christopher Dean
Ethan Guzman
Dylan Ollila
Elizabeth Pavlicek
Bryce Smith
Dylan Gonser
Tionna Harrington
Every Tuesday and Wednesday after
school, the geography bee participants
would meet in Mr. O’s room to get ready for
the bee. It was like the Around the World,
but with geography questions. You had five
seconds to answer after the question was
asked. You could only ask for three repeats
the entire game, so they had to use them
wisely. At the end of the first round, Mr. O
and Miss Fields took the kids with the most
points. The kids that were chosen moved on
to the final round. In the final round, you
can only get three questions wrong. At the
end of the final round the last person sitting
is the winner.
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We consisted of 5 teams.
Here is our A1 team members and record.
Tanner Ouellette
Aanen Moody
Shawn Steffan
Cameron Jorda
Braden Current
Chase Ballard
Jordan Meidinger
Our A1 team had 11 wins and 3 losses
A2’s
Mike Herauf
Isaac Egli
Eli Jung
Braxton Selle
Dillon Brown
Cory Zastoupil
Dane Haugen
Our A2 team had 8 wins and 5 losses
B1’s
Isaiah Fisher
Phoenix Johson
Erik Odegaard
Hunter Schatz
Logan Aman
Kaiden Steckler
Our B1’s had a record of 6 wins and 7 losses
B2’s
Eldon Davis
Felipe Aguirre
Tre Nichols
Casey Binstock
Preston Borsheim
5 wins/ 3 losses
C’s
Kacey Kjos
Jamal Small
Cole Steffan
Bryce Smith
Braden Praus
Jacobie Maas
Ryan Schaefer
Jimmy Mckay
Parker Anderson
Cole Fichter
Our C team record was 1 win and 8 losses
8th Grade Boys Basketball
Seth Anderson
Shane Baltzell
Tanner Binstock
Brett Brown
Cody Cooper
Tanner Davidson
Drew Heiser
Kenneth Huffstutler III
Wyatt Kainz
Alix Kelly
Jacob Kostelecky
Christopher Kubas
Stetson Pedersen
Colin Roller
Matthew Schaefer
Jeffrey Schmitt
Lane Soiseth
Talon Staudinger
Bryce Timmerman
Andruw Wuerflein
Coaches- John Tuchscherer, Jason Kraft
Managers- Megan Hushka, Andrea Mehrer, Sarah Nelson
A1 record: 9-6
A2 record: 5-11
B1 record: 0-10
7th Grade
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Top Left: Tate Martel, Michael McChesney, Josh Stengel, Alex
Anderson, Trevan Hopfauf
Middle: Jaden Bachmeier, Tyler Kostelecky, Cameron Jorda,
Kaymen Kitchen
Kneeling: Michael Herauf, Jerzy Martin
Top Left: Kelsey Calhoun, Amaya Johnson, Caleigh Devenport,
Codie Myers, Breanna Chamberlain, LeAnne Brydl
Middle: Lexi Reager, Hallie Hoffer, Abby Wandler, MaKayla
Ryland, Remmi Love, Paige Schweitzer
HERE ’S WHAT ’S UP UNDER THE SEA !
BY SUZANNA MOBERG The Williston-Dickinson Girls High School
Swimming has drawn to a close. After almost
three months of swimming, swimming, and
more swimming, our team finished 5th at the
State swim meet. There were a total of 8 girls
on our Dickinson team: Abigail Moberg, Suz-
anna Moberg, Leah Grove, Ketti Ringwall,
Sarah Strube, Lauren Sneddon, and Alexa
Martel. (Alexa and Lauren were our seniors
this year, and will be missed next season!)
The Dickinson Dolphin’s Club season is
also coming to an end. We’ve been practicing
since November, so it has been four long
months! The state swim meet was in Grand
Forks from March 16-18. We had a great ex-
perience and hope next year will be even bet-
ter.
Back row: Zachary Keller, Evan Wilkie, Talon
Staudinger, Taylor McConnell, Elizabeth Pavlicek
Front row: advisor-Mrs. Thom, Suzanna Moberg,
Robert Bradley, Brooke Anton
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