News Brief: Harrington’s class to study Shakespeare
Sufana Hamid, Reporter
February 18, 2020
Keri Harrington’s class will be reading “Romeo and Juliet” on Tuesday Feb. 18. Students will experience reading old English. They will read one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays. “We’re very excited to experience Shakespeare's world and language,” English teacher Harrington said....
News Brief: Ninth grade sweetheart kick-off
Danielle Bardelang, Reporter
February 14, 2020
Ninth grade is currently preparing for their annual sweetheart dance that will be held on Friday Feb. 21 from 7-9 p.m. “The Sweethearts is going to be an amazing experience; seeing all the people I grew up going to school with at our first high school dance is extremely exciting,” ninth grader ...
News Brief: String spectacular approaching
Maddie Cowfer, Reporter
February 13, 2020
The 2020 String Spectacular will be Thursday Feb. 20 at the high school auditorium. Students interested in coming to watch will have to pay a small fee to get in. “The String Spectacular is going to be a very good concert just because it involves elementary schools, junior high and high school,...
News Brief: Spring Sport Physicals
Eli Costanzo, Reporter
February 12, 2020
The month of February has arrived with sports physicals on the rise on a Thursday, Feb. 20 at the field house at 2:45 p.m.. These physicals will be offered for all athletes interested in spring sports. “It’s a good opportunity for athletes to take advantage to get their physicals here. It’s fre...
Student council holds two Sweetheart Dances
Maddie Cowfer, Reporter
February 10, 2020
During this month for the first time, there will be two Sweethearts Dances which are separated by eighth and ninth grade. The eighth-grade dance was on Saturday, Feb. 8 and the ninth grade dance is on Friday, Feb. 21. Due to the current eighth-graders moving to the high school next year the sch...
News Brief: Students write to lawmakers
Mykenzi Doran, Reporter
February 10, 2020
John Bloughs’ ninth grade honors classes are writing letters to lawmakers based on the topic they chose for their current events journal at the beginning of the year. “To give my kids the opportunity to be a part of the legislative process first hand. Generally, 30-40 percent of students will get a re...
Students tackle scheduling for coming year
Paris Lawson, Reporter
February 7, 2020
It is the time of year when students in both ninth and eighth graders are scheduling their classes for the upcoming year. This year though, both eighth and ninth grade are doing scheduling for classes they will be taking in the new high school. There are a lot of kids in school, and there are also a lot of v...
News Brief: Eighth grade Sweethearts is coming up
Myah Lear, Reporter
February 7, 2020
The eighth grade Sweethearts Dance will be on Saturday, Feb. 8. “I think that it is something that is very necessary because we want the eighth graders to have everything that the ninth graders get to have,” Elizabeth Bronson said. The Dance will be from 7 to 9 p.m. This will be a semi-formal...
News Brief: Buy candy grams in main lobby
Cassidy Klock, Reporter
February 5, 2020
Feb. 3 through Feb. 7, student council will be selling candy grams for $1 in the main lobby. The candy grams consist of little bags of hershey kisses, and will be hand delivered to the person of your choice. “We started it last year as a fun way to boost morale and let kids show kindness to o...
Livewire nominated as Crown finalist
Paris Lawson, Reporter
December 20, 2019
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association has nominated the Livewire student newspaper for a crown award. This isn’t the first time the newspaper has been nominated. This time though, the Livewire is the only junior high or middle school to be nominated for a Gold or Silver Crown award in the country. “It’...
AAJHS welcomes new club
Danielle Bardelang, Reporter
December 6, 2019
The Scholastic Scrimmage team was welcomed into the list of AAJHS clubs this past November. The team is a club where members work together to answer academic questions based on science, literature, history, geography, government and mathematics. Wes Rogers advises the team and prepares members t...
Kiera’s dream concert scheduled for this weekend
Sufana Hamid, Reporter
December 6, 2019
On Dec. 8 at 3 p.m, the youth orchestra will perform a concert honoring Kiera Chirdon, an orchestra student who passed away in her sophomore year. The concert takes place at the Mishler Theater. “I think it’s a great way of getting a lot of donations and money for the organizations. I think...