Raven CorderMaroon Echoes Reporter According to prepscholar.com, there are many ways you can prep before a test. This is because many students often get nervous because of tests. Trying to stay calm and keeping yourself healthy can help you with your nerves.
Practice: Taking practice tests can help you know how and what will be on the test so that there is no surprises, and make sure you take the entire practice test. It also helps you figure out what you need extra help with. Another thing is quiz yourself. Quizzing yourself can help you a lot. Good hygiene: Take a long shower or relaxing bath the night before, and go to bed at a decent time are the first steps to help you. It will also help your body physically adjust to the coming stress. Keeping you calm and giving you confidence in yourself plays a huge part in being successful in everything you do. Reading is important: Reading the instructions thoroughly on the test will help the test taking progress a little easier. If you look at the test while taking it, find patterns. Looking at the questions and answers can help you might not be as nervous. Review the basics: You have learned a lot of things during your school career, so you might forget the basic knowledge. This can help you review and gain this knowledge back. Making note cards and quizzing yourself can be a huge help. Create a quizlet! Stay positive: On the test day, get yourself hyped up. Keep all negative thoughts away. Make sure you read every question and answer the best you can. Practicing all of these tips and this will help you, just stay calm and you will do great!
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Issabelle SanchezMaroon Echoes Reporter On October 12th, The Panther Marching Band competed in the 28th annual Clark County Parade of Champions Marching Band Competition in Kahoka, Missouri. Following the marching band performance, they pleased the judges with a very delightful field show. After a lot of hard work and practice this year the band won first place in their division!
The Mt. Pleasant Marching Band won first place in 4A and won all caption awards in 4A plus two overall caption awards among all school sizes - Best Color Guard and Best Drum Majors. If you thought you have missed a very eventful marching band season don’t be down because this weekend the band will also be headed to Mucastine for the State Marching Band Competition. The band is very excited to perform their “Children of Apollo” that they have been working on and perfecting all season. Liam HalawithMaroon Echoes Editor. At the Mt. Pleasant Community School Board meeting Monday night, the board considered a motion granting permission to the new Mt. Pleasant FFA organization to go on an overnight trip to the FFA National Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana between October 29th and November 2nd.
The trip will consist of many tours and workshops: Day 1 they will visit the convention’s Career and College expo, where students can see all of the different agriculture-related careers and possible college degree options. At the end of the day, they will tour a local dairy farm. Day 2, they will go to Louisville and tour Churchill Downs a horse track, Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum, and Amos Hills classic lumber mill, that night they will tour Hunter’s honey farm. On Day 3 they will attend sessions at the National Convention in Lucas Oil Stadium, the home of the Indianapolis Colts. Their FFA advisor Mr. Jones says, “I can only preach so much about FFA, but they never really grasp it until they can experience how huge FFA is for themselves.” Jones says that FFA is now the largest student-led organization in the nation with 700,000 members. Jones himself has never been to the national convention and is looking forward to seeing it for himself. He hopes that this will become a yearly trip for many years to come. Students in attendance will be Jackson Schimelphenig, Grace Scheetz, and Mitchell Moothart. On the trip they will share accommodations and tours with Mediapolis, Calamus, Wheatland, Danville, and Lone Tree schools. The students are scheduled to give a presentation to the school board on how their trip went when they return home. Liam HalawithMaroon Echoes News A little more than the usual activities occurred during last Friday night’s game against Solon.
The 4th annual Mt. Pleasant Chilli and Soup Contest consisting of soup eating and creative abilities, combines into a wonderful fundraiser for the district. The contest is a plus for chilly football fans and this year benefited the Mt. Pleasant Community Middle School. The middle school will receive all the funds raised at the event via a $1 donation to get a ticket to vote at multiple soup stations. This year’s recipient has started a student program dubbed “Panther Clubs”. “It’s a program aimed at connecting students with their peers and their community,” says Mr. Nathan Lange, Middle School Principal. They have clubs such as Drama Club, Social Media Club, Fishing Club, Book Club, Bowling Club and more. To create a club the students have to come up with a purpose and find a teacher advisor. These clubs take place on Friday’s where school lets out at the regular time they go from 1:45 to 3:15. Many middle school students voiced their opinions about the club options on posters posted on the walls at Mapleleaf last Friday. One student says, “They make school fun.” Another student says, “It gives me time to rest my brain.” Overall, students love the clubs and say they can’t wait for them to meet each week. Among the Soup and Chilli contestants there is the winning team Lincoln Elementary with a mad scientist themed booth serving creole and chicken tortilla soup; the team from Walmart served Angie’s secret recipe; also in attendance is the MPCHS Culinary Arts and FFA Programs serving a taco soup; and last but not least the Mt. Pleasant Middle School with a booth about “Panther Clubs” and a tub of chili to help raise money. Congratulations to the Lincoln Elementary Mad Scientists for winning the Best Soup and Best Presentation awards! Thank you to all the cooks and football fans who braved the cold to sample some warm home cooking. See you next year! Preston StephensMaroon Echoes Columnist This Article is an editorial on student stress, while it uses facts it is the opinion of the author not the Maroon Echoes. Being a high school student can get expensive, both monetarily and mentally. After leaving middle school, with very little pressure to succeed, we are forced into a world where classes count towards college and students can feel overwhelmed. It’s a time in a person's life when massive changes can happen to their routine. To fulfill a students' needs for money and learn valuable adult skills, oftentimes they get jobs.When students get their first job in high school, it is usually a learning experience. Rarely do people stay at their first job for more than a year. After having a job and making some money, smart students will try to research what careers they would like to pursue because they don’t want to be a cashier or stock for the rest of their life.
Balancing school and a job can be tough. School alone is hard for people, especially if you are in sports or regularly have homework. Neither of which will give you an excuse for not doing homework. Teachers rarely accept after-school employment as an excuse for late work. Working daily and going to school daily can quickly become overwhelming. Freetime and breaks are necessary to maintain mental health. Studies have shown that if people don't take breaks from stress it can cause serious health issues.Students in high school that overwork have worse grades than students that don't work at all. Most students work low education, low-income jobs, this can help teach them to get a better education to improve the quality of jobs that will be available. If a student goes to a high school that offers a financial class, having a job and learning about money has value that will pay off in the class. Another positive side; learning how to budget is something that all people should know how to do before they turn 18 and are required to be independent. According to Brookings University, Having summer jobs can keep high school students out of trouble, studies have shown that having a summer job lowers crime rate/violence. Marshall Fluharty Maroon Echoes Reporter. Climate Change is a general term for a lot of things; the destruction of the ozone layer, ocean levels rising, glaciers melting, pollution, etc. It’s causing our planet to change and deteriorate. According to Scientific America magazine, the planet will be beyond repair by 2036. Climate change effects 71% of the worlds’ population, according to psmag.org. Climate change is affecting many, and this rally shows that some people want to do something about it.
Children as young as three and four years old attended the climate rally in nearby Iowa City, holding signs for the cause and singing songs about loving the Earth. Students from MPCHS went, including Mrs. Beasly, a Foreign Language teacher at our high school and her daughter, Jude Beasly, a junior include Oliva Larson(Junior), Caroline Richmen(Senior), Maggie Cristoforo(senior), Elizabeth Parry(senior), and Alexis Wixom(Senior) went to the rally to fight for the chance to save our earth. “It was exciting to be there in the presence of Greta Thunberg and other attendies, but it was also sad, that so many young people had to come and fight for a problem they didn’t cause,” said Mrs. Bealsy when speaking about her experience at the rally. “People were surprised at the size of the rally, no one was expecting it to be as large as it was.” “It was full of diverse people, everyone was so kind and welcoming to us.” The rally only lasted a few hours, but it was a very impactful moment for everyone involved. Greta Thunberg spoke during the rally. She gives an empowering speech to all those involved. “Teenagers and children shouldn’t have to take responsibility, but right now, the world leaders are acting like children. Somebody needs to be the adult in the room.” Says Thunberg, speaking of how our world leaders are avoiding the conversation of our Earth, and how the younger generations must act because the older ones are not. Hailley GrahamMaroon Echoes Reporter The Mount Pleasant FFA chapter received their first class set of competition jackets this week. The jackets are a requirement to compete in competitions, ceremonies, and officially sanctioned events.
While our chapter currently only owns a class set, members have the option of choosing to buy their own jackets for a fee. Member jackets can be personalized with their name embroidered on it and will be a memento of their time in FFA . FFA Advisor, Matt Jones says that the National FFA rules state how the jackets have to be worn at competitions. They have to be kept clean, students have to be professional while in their jackets, they can only be worn when it is appropriate, no more than 3 medals can be worn on the jacket at one time, and members cannot be intoxicated in their “uniform”. “Be where you meant to be and do what your meant to do.” Says Jones when asked about the rules. These jackets are also for when they go to The FFA National Conference. FFA competitions are separated into two categories. Leadership development events are known as LDEs, and they cover job interviews, prepared for public speaking, agriculture issues, forum parliamentary procedure, and many more. Career Development Events are known as CDEs cover agronomy agricultural sales, forestry, and many more professional exploration subjects. These competitions can win student scholarships. “This is a great way for a student to prepare for their future. Giving them insight into their future job choices” says Jones. Raven CorderMaroon Echoes Reporter Students need to feel safe at school. According to the CDC, so far this year, there have been approximately 74 gun-related incidents on school grounds in the United States. This has resulted in eleven deaths, forty-four injuries, and three suicides.
This trend shows that teachers and students need to be more aware of how to deal with situations of gun violence in school. Standard precautionary measures include active shooter drills and lockdown drills. Some of which we have practiced this week at school. Schools also have programs for victims who suffer through mental health issues. These programs are an attempt to curb gun violence. The same CDC report states that about three million American students have been at a school when there was a shooting. Every year, there are about 2,900 children and teenagers who are shot and killed, and there are about 15,600 more victims who have been shot and injured. The students who are exposed to this gun violence are likely to suffer from alcohol and drug abuse later in life. They also may suffer from depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder. It may also be difficult for them to be in school and they tend to fail their classes. Schools and government officials are doing their best to keep their students safe, but every class of students since the Columbine Shooting in 1999 has had to experience the fear and anxiety of potential violence. Marshall FluhartyMaroon Echoes Reporter C.E.L.L (Civic Engagement Leadership) is a class that helps skilled students use critical thinking in everyday situations and life. Taught by MPCHS Social Studies teacher Scott Stribe, students plan projects, visit with local professionals, and listen to guest speakers. With goals and brainstorming, they plan out community projects.
There are 12 students within the current class, including high school junior Olivia Larson, who has three projects planned for this semester alone. They’re group projects with a mixture of community focus and ‘For-Students' school projects. The class uses problem-solving procedures to narrow down possible solutions. They have a mood meter and blog about what they’re working on each day. This helps them reflect on current issues and promotes hard thinking while pursuing the best possible solutions. “We stand up and tell everyone our goals, and if we’re stuck we talk out our project problems to solve them as a class,” says Larson. The C.E.L.L class is currently working on ideas that include green rooftops and more study spaces for students. Larson works both in and out of school on her own personal project, a youth forum. “I love this class, it's my favorite class of the day!” Issabelle SanchezMaroon Echoes Reporter Maui is originally from New Jersey and moved to Mt. Pleasant in fourth grade. She enjoys being a Panther because the school offers classes Maui actually wants to take some, like college courses. Even though Maui loves her classes, she still wouldn't mind seeing a debate team or a life skills class open for kids who need it.
After high school, she plans on being a computer software developer because she enjoys working with and around computers. Her favorite school activity is Yearbook because it involves computers and creative arts. “Computers are advancing, we’ll need more and more of those in the future,” says Maui. Maui's biggest role model would have to be her mom. She looks up to her mom because she is strong, intelligent and earnest. “When she’s always there for me, I wouldn’t know what to do without her,” says Maui. Some of the things she stands for are equal rights, liberty, and combating global warming. Outside of school, she works at the movie theater, where she enjoys interacting with the customers. She also enjoys the movie theater amenities such as getting into movies for free. Her current favorite movie that she recently saw would have to be The Joker, she enjoyed the movie because it had a nice sense of humor. Although Maui is very busy handling school and work when she does have free time she enjoys drawing, sketching and hanging out at her nearby mall. She wished that there was different activities the town had to offer. Even Though she loves Mt. Pleasant she wouldn't mind visiting Maui, Hawaii. |
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