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To start off the new school year, faculty made it clear that some policies have been changed. Some of the policies altered in-clude the zero policy, finals policy, cell phone, and lanyard policies.

Zero Policy “We believe the new policy will hold students to a higher level of ac-countability, not allowing students to put off assignments that need to be finished in order to complete classroom objectives,” said Mr. Mike Bell, High School principal. Instead of receiving a zero, stu-dents will now receive an “I” for incompleted work along with a let-ter sent home to their parents to be signed and returned. Students will then have two weeks to complete the assignment earning a minimum of 70%. After two weeks, the high-

est the student can earn is a 60%. Other consequences include; a phone call to the parents, study hall before or after school, not being able to go to or participate in extra curricular activities, and academic recovery to complete the unfinished assignments.

Finals Policy In previous years, students were able to opt out of finals if they had above an 80% and good attendance. This year students will have to take all of their finals with a few excep-tions. With attendance between 95 and 100%, a 3.0 gpa, and good be-havior, students will be able to opt out of one core or non core final as long as they are making over an 80% or higher in the class they chose to exclude. “In order to more efficiently pro-vide students with academic rigor and prepare students for state re-

New School Year Brings New Policies

Students in Mrs. Sandra Robin-son’s Digital Communications class are teaming up with the Eagles Eye news staff to create The Eagle Spotlight, a weekly media newscast which will be aired during lunch once a week. The news will then be broadcast before school daily in the High School gym lobby. When asked if she thought The Eagle Spotlight would increase stu-dent involvement, Mrs. Robinson said “I certainly hope so, because it’s a great way to present what’s happening. I envision the kids of Fair Grove listening and paying attention better when the news is

spread from their own peers.” Mrs. Robinson’s class will be in charge of filming and editing The Eagle Spotlight’s clips and broadcasts with the help of the The Eagle’s Eye newspaper staff. “The project will be rough at first, but once we get the hang of it and ev-erything is put together, it should be fine,” said Brandi Baker (12) Media Producer of The Eagle Spotlight. The Eagle’s Eye will now be distributed on newsstands, which will be found around town in local businesses and in the Middle and Elementary School lobbies. When asked why the switch to newsstands, Mrs. Wahlquist said. “In an effort to reduce spending, we decided not to

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course tests, the ACT test, and college exams, we felt it was important to pro-vide our students with opportunities with prac-tice. Under the new policy, every student that graduates from Fair Grove High School will have had the experience of taking a compre-hensive final exam, which we hope will better prepare them for the fu-ture,” Mr. Bell said.

Cell Phone School officials are also cracking down harder on cell phone and lan-yard policies. Students may not use cell phones during school. If a staff member sees or hears the phone, it

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Also, lan- yards must be worn around the neck at all times. If stu-dents forget their ID they have until the end of first hour to correct it. ID’s may not be defaced, written on, or damaged; if this occurs, then the student must buy a new one for $5. If students reach a balance of negative ten dollars, then they will report to ISS. These policies are a zero tolerance, no exceptions.

mail out, but to distribute the news-papers in a different way. Since we are trying to be more efficient with our spending, it didn’t make sense to mail out over 3,000 copies when we can use newstands and virtually eliminate the distribution cost.” How will the new methods affect the readers? Misty Waters (12), Co-Editor of the Eagles Eye Newspaper said, “We might have fewer people [in our audience] because we used to mail papers to Fair Grove’s sur-rounding districts (Buffalo, Elk-land, and Strafford) and they will no longer be receiving The Eagle Eye via mail. We may also reach new readers now that the papers are available to the general public.”

Digital Communications, Newspaper Staff Offer Media AnnouncementsThe Eagle’s Eye will no longer be

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Future Farm leaders: Agriculture students travelled to Washington, D.C. to par-ticipate in a leadership conference. Pictured from left: Megan Mayfield (12), Keitha McKinnis (12), Garrett Edwards (11), Mikayla Snider (10), Nathan Bass (11) and Tay-lor Rogers (12). -photo courtesy Mrs. Rachel Hunter

“FFA provides the students with skills for the fu-ture such as leadership, responsibility, public speak-ing, and other work place readiness skills,” said FFA advisor Ms. Rachel Hunter. FFA promotes premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through vocational agriculture classes, and Super-vised Agricultural Experience (SAE). Some events that the members participated in this year that promote leadership were Washington Leadership Conference, Chapter officer retreat, the State Fair, and the Ozark Empire Fair. Terry Clayton (12) took first place overall in tractor reservation at the Ozark Empire Fair. Keitha McKinnis (11) and Amber Hinton (11) both received

blue ribbons in numerous horticulture events. President Loren Smith (12) said, ”My favorite event would probably have to be the Officer Retreat, because we all had a lot of fun and made some great memories.” Some people enjoy being in FFA for other reasons than to help build leadership skills. Dakota Nelson (11) sad, “The event that I look forward to the most is Farmfest, because you get to take a day out of school and go see this year’s new equipment.” “I joined FFA this year to learn more about agri-culture and be around my friends,” Chad Anderjaska (9) said.

-by Ben Bass

“Students can network with other students across the country with a common interest. WLC helps students build character and leadership skills to become a valuable member of society,” Mr. Matt Crutcher, adviser said. On June 6, FFA members Taylor Arnott (12), Nathan Bass (11), Garrett Edwards (11), Keitha McKinnis (11), Megan Mayfield (12), and Mikayla Snider (10), left Fair Grove for the Washington Leadership Conference (WLC) with Mr. Matt Crutcher and Mrs. Rachel Hunter, advisers. The visited Lexington, Ken-tucky, and Virginia Beach, Vir-ginia before arriving in Wash-ington, D.C. on June 8. During the conference, stu-dents went to many leadership sessions focused on how to be-come an authentic leader. All students developed a Living to Serve Plan (LTSP). These plans focused on needs that students are passionate about so that they can help their community. Each student participated in “community groups” in which they had smaller leadership ses-sions where they could really fo-cus on their specific plans.

“My favorite part of WLC was when we had a community group meeting called, “Finding the Need” and we watched vid-eos of what happens every day all over the world. We saw how many people are starving all over the world and how those people need our help, because it only takes one person to make a huge difference,” said McKinnis. Other than leadership ses-sions, students got to experience the city of Washington D.C. by going on a night tour of monu-ments. On this tour students got to see monuments such as the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, World War II Me-morial, Vietnam Memorial, and the Iwo Jima Monument. On June 10, students also went to Coffee with Claire. At this session they got to talk with Claire McCaskill and then toured the Capitol building. On June 11 students went to Arling-ton National Cemetery. “I will remember the chang-ing of the guard at Arlington National Cemetery the most,” Snider said. On the final day at Wash-ington D.C., each “community group” had a different service

project they performed that day. Some were cleaning up a middle school, working at a food pan-try, setting up a benefit music festival, and picking kale for the homeless. After the service project, the students went to the Reagan Center, the White House, and some Smithsonian museums. To close out the con-ference that night, they had a dance. On June 13, they left Wash-ington D.C. and headed to Get-tysburg, Pennsylvania for a tour of the city. They arrived back on June 14. “I have been to quite a few leadership conferences that fo-cused on a lot of the same things. WLC was different; they focused on serving others. I learned that being a leader is not only setting an example for others but truly serving others to the best of your ability. Understanding your purpose and using it to serve others makes a true, authentic leader. Not only learning about being a leader, but seeing sites that rep-resented some of the best lead-ers in America’s history really impacted me and will stay with me forever, ” said Mayfield.

-by Megan Mayfield

FFA Students Travel To Leadership Conference

Preparing For New School YearStudents Gather Awards This Summer

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“Wood”n’t ya knoW: Some of the Industrial Technology winners in last spring’s contest are pictured. Front row (left to right), Nathan Reyes (9), Jordan Robertson (8), Caleb Miller (9), Darein Blanton (9), Gage Webb (9), Mr. Luke Libby. Back Row Left to Right, Zachary Smith (10), Joshua Lilley (10), McKenzie Morrow (‘10), Shaelyn Rhoades (11), Tara Predmore (11), Dalton Long (11). All qualified for State. “It’s a huge accomplishment just to qualify for state,” said Mr. Libby, Industrial Technology teacher. (Grades

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The Fair Grove High School choir took a trip to Chicago for a state wide competition May 6-9. There were two groups that competed. In order for them to be able to participate in this competition they had to send in a CD of their spring concert from last year over the summer. One was what they call a “mixed group” or “mixed cho-rus” which is made up of girls

and boys. The mixed groups consisted of Cameron Crews (11), Chris Deeds (11) Joellen Doyle (12), and Nickoal White (11). They sang Rocking My Soul. There was also to be a girl’s group that sang which was Jo-ellen Doyle (12), Morgan Marler (10), and Nickoal White (11). Each individual that went on this trip participated in several fundraisers. They successfully

raised enough money to pay for the bus with these fundraisers. They sang and worked in Panera Bread’s lobby. There were also raffle tickets that were sold. They captured first place in girls chorus and mixed chorus competitions. They also had the chance to go to some of Chicago’s well known tourist attractions.(Grades reflect current school year)

Choir Takes Windy City-by Lindsey Harmon

Qualified for the State Industrial Technology Contest, and received a Blue Ribbon and Medal for their achievement

Spring 2010 Industrial Technology Southwest District Results

Four teachers joined the 2010-2011 Fair Grove High School staff. The new teachers are Ms. Darcy Hall, Mr. Joseph Florez, and Mr. Corey Lile and Mr. Jer-emy Faubion. Ms. Hall teaches Foods, Child Development and Personal Fi-nance classes. She said that her reasoning for becoming a teacher is because “teaching is my pas-

sion.” Ms. Hall was a student teacher at Fair Grove last year. She said being a student teacher here “really helped to prepare me and it was nice to see familiar

faces when school started.” Ms Hall said she really enjoys being part of Fair Grove. She said that she really likes Odd Fellows and that the students here are great. Mr. Joseph Florez has joined the Communication Department. “The school year has started off great. Everyone has been re-

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Eagles Welcome Four To Staff

ally nice and helpful, and they even point me in the right di-rection when I get lost,” said Mr. Florez. Mr. Florez grew up in

Springfield, went to college at Missouri State, and taught last year at Hillcrest. Mr. Florez is also coaching the middle school soccer team. “One thing I really appreci-ate about Fair Grove is that it is one big community. Everyone supports and is rooting for each other, ” Mr. Florez said. Mr. Corey Lile is the new band teacher at Fair Grove, and teaches grades 5-12. Mr. Lile said his rea-soning for coming to Fair Grove is his family is originally from here; it’s a good size school; the faculty’s nice and it’s a pleasant atmosphere. Lile started teaching in Wil-lard and then moved to Aurora, but then came to Fair Grove. He said he decided to become a

band teacher because of his high school band and choir director, which made him want to pass on the tradition. Mr. Jer-emy Faubion is joining the high school teaching staff after two years in the middle school. Before coming to Fair Grove, Mr. Faubion taught at Eldorado Springs for 4 years and Cass-ville for 7 years. “There hasn’t been many adjustments because I mainly teach freshmen and I taught them in 7th grade,” said Mr. Faubion. Mr. Fau-bion will take over the high school boys b a s k e t b a l l team and the junior high f o o t b a l l team, and will be a varsity football assistant coach.

In the 2010-2011 school year, the Fair Grove school district will implement a new recy-cling program that is estimat-ed to accumulate a savings of around $6,000. The program is headed by the school’s finance coordi-nator, Lisa Bernet, and head custodian, Andy Garcia, and is has already been put into action both inside and outside the class-room. This year the teach-ers of the Fair Grove school dis-trict will be allowed only one trash can accompanied by two recycling boxes for classroom waste. “Teachers are basically be-ing forced to recycle,” said Missy Hoskins, a custodian at Fair Grove High School, “They’re really cutting back this year.”

Recycling:We’re Talking Trash-by Brittney Hinton

Other measures, such as the reduction of trash pick-ups in the summer months, and the locking of dumpsters to elimi-nate the dumping of non-school related trash, are being taken to save the district money. “By reducing the amount of times per week trash is picked up, and by making sure all fac-

ulty, staff, s t u d e n t s , and patrons of the school are recy-cling, we will be able to reduce the number of d u m p s t e r s s e r v i c e d , and cut our trash bill,”

said Mrs. Bernet. Recycling centers are placed in several areas around the school, including the lunch rooms. These centers are for the recycling of paper and plas-tic items; however, unclean plastic containers and items containing dairy products can-

-by Dakota Sylcox and Wes Hannaford

August 2010 Vol. 5 Issue 1.

Eagle’s Eye is published monthly by Fair Grove High School students,

132 N. Main, Fair Grove, MO, 65648

Chief Editorial Board: Sami Glass, Kylie Peterson, Katie Richardson,

Misty Waters, and Megan MayfieldReporters and Photographers:

Alaina Arner, Benn Bass, Erin Clemens, Matt Fender, Lisa Francisco, Sami Glass, Mariah Haef-

ner, Wes Hannaford, Lindsey HarmonBrittney Hinton, Nick Hughes, Dylan Louderbaugh,

Megan Luce-Province, Megan Mayfield, Jenny McGinnis, Kylie Peterson, Katie Richardson, Lind-say Slone, Loren Smith, Dustin Stafford, Dakota Sylcox, Beth Talley, Misty Waters, Jesse White

Adviser: Michelle Wahlquist, wahlquistm@fairgrove.k12.mo.us

The Eagle’s Eye is the official newspaper of Fair Grove Schools. It is published monthly during the academic school year by the Fair Grove R-10 School District, produced by Fair Grove High School students, and printed by Nowata

Printing. John Link, Superintendent of Schools; Mike Bell, High School Principal;Charity Hollan, Middle School Princi-

pal; and Kelly Sutherland, Elementary Principal.High School.....................759-2554 (ext. 400) Middle School..................759-2556 (ext. 300) Elementary......................759-2555 (ext. 200) Superintendent................759-2233 (ext. 100)Nurse..............................759-5558 (ext. 203) Weather...........................759-2555 (option 1)

a day at the Park: Mrs. Jenny Pierson, high school art teacher and art club sponsor, took members of the art club to the city park. They helped break ground on their art sculptures which will be constructed to be focal points of the park. -photo by Cole Hughes

BreakingGround For Art

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Students welcomed in a new year with a little fun in the sun. August 19th after the first day of school, students were invited to join the Student Council team and various other clubs to cel-ebrate the new school year and give students an idea of which clubs they would like to join. “I liked the jumpy things the most,” said Kendra Hoskins (10). At the bash, students could take part in games like Q-tip fighting, hacky sack throw, and trash can. Also students could look at the informational booths clubs set up. “I would like to join SADD,” said Jacob Maggard (9). Students could also enjoy refreshments provided by Stuco

(Student Council) and hot dogs grilled by Mr. Luke Libby and FFA (Future Farmers of Ameri-ca) Members. The Back-to-School Bash was a new event this year according to Ms. Shelley Findley, Stuco sponsor said. “We were not sure how many students would come because

Stu-co Hosts Back-to- School Bash-by Sami Glass and Lisa Friansisco

Club Corner-by Katie Richardson and Jesse White

NHSSponsors: Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. HickmanPresident: Katie RichardsonClub Cost: $10• Must be invited to join the club.• Juniors and Seniors only.Upcoming Events: March of Dimes booth at the Fall Festival, Induction Ceremony on November 5th at 7p.m.

SADDSponsors: Mr. Foster, Mrs. PeckPresident: Lydia MarshClub Cost: $10• Kickoff party is September 3rd.Upcoming Events: First meeting is Wednesday, September 1st.Book ClubSponsors: Mrs. Lemon*Information to be announced at a later date*

FCCLASponsors: Ms. HallPresident: Katie RichardsonClub Cost: $14• Regional Workshop in Republic, on September 15.• Branson Meeting at Silver Dollar City on October 13

FBLASponsors: Mrs. RobinsonPresident: Katie ThomasClub Cost: $10Upcoming Events:• Blood Drive on October 14.• First Dane on September 10th.• Adopt-A-Highway

FFASponsors: Mr. Crutcher, Mrs. HunterPresident: Loren SmithClub Cost: $15Upcoming Events:• Selling tickets for chest drawing at the Fall Festival. • Tailgate parties every home game.

TSASponsor: Mr. Libby*Information to be announced at a later date*Art ClubSponsor: Mrs. PiersonPresident: Joe BaconClub Cost: $5Upcoming Events: • Guest Alumni Artist Lecture *date to be announced*• St. Louis City Museum and Art Museum. *date to be announced*

FTASponsors: Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. StaffordPresident: Katie ThomasClub Cost: $10*Information to be announced at a later date*

this is the first year we tried something like this. I was happy with the number of kids who par-ticipated in the activities like the inflatables,” said Ms. Findley. Will the High school have an-other event like this next year? Ms. Findley said, “Yes, we hope to have something similar at the beginning of the school year.”

“There is something very satisfying about having family memories in print,” said Mrs. Colleen Appel. Mrs. Appel is offering a class for families of middle school students. At least one par-ent must participate in order for the family to participate. Families will create portfolios of fam-ily memories. The portfolios will then be shared at the Fall Festival in 2011. Meet-ings start on Sept. 30 from 7-8:30 pm. Pick up applications at Open House. Writing for Families was made possi-ble by the grant given to the school by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.

-by Bethany Talley

Kick-Off Party

Writing for Families: The Story of Our Lives

Welcome back: Mr. Luke Libby fries up burgers. Brock Derrick and Josh Lilley, (10) play in the bungee run. Ash-ley Slater and Brigett Breckner (10) joust it out. -photo by Sami Glass

Fair grove will be saying good-bye to five teaches that will be retiring. Among these teachers are the FACS teacher Ms. Jeanne Luziach, History teacher Mr. Tim Leeper, Middle and High School nurse Ms. Mandy Hardecke, Spe-cial Ed. Aid teacher Ms. Mary Wilcox, Juanita Murphy, and El-ementary nurse Shery Emhoff. “I know its hard to believe but I’m going to miss the students the most,” said Ms. Jeanne Luz-iach High School FACS teacher. She has taught for 31 years at Fair Grove. “I have had the op-portunity to experience many things,” said Luziach. She has

traveled with FCCLA to many places, some include Washing-ton, San Diego, San Antonio, and Orlando. “I think I’m going to miss being around the students and teachers,” said Mr. Tim Leeper. His plans after retirement include helping his dad farm, and spend time with his grand son in Texas. “My favorite memory is when the baseball field was dedicated to Me,” said Leeper. He is going to kick back and relax before mak-ing any major plans after retire-ment. “The reason I’m here is be-cause of the kids, but I will miss

the staff as well,” said Ms. Mandy Hardecke. She has been the nurse for Fair Grove for 13 years. “My favorite memory was when all the kids in the gym cheered for Me,” said Hardecke. “I want the stu-dents to know that I will always be there for them if they should ever need Me,” said Hardecke. “It’s all been good, the kids, the staff been great too,” said Juanita Murphy. Murphy has worked as a cook for 9 years and has subbed for 15 years. “I’m coming back in the fall part time. I was eligible for retirement, [I retired] so they wouldn’t have to let anyone go,” said Murphy. Her plans after re-tirement are to garden, tend to her fruit trees and flower garden, and to sew quilts also. Murphy said, “I’ve really enjoyed working with everyone.” Fair Grove is a great place to raise your kids.,” said Shery Em-hoff Elementary nurse. She has been a nurse here for 26 years. “Kids would come in wet and I’d offer them clothes and they would say, ‘no, their not cute enough.’ Well this isn’t Walmart,” said Emhoff. After retirement at Fair

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Fair Grove school and com-munity isn’t a greedy gloop giv-ing 84 pints of blood on May 6, Hosted by Fair Grove FBLA in the High School gym. “I am very proud of Fair Grove School and the community sur-rounding these precious children in a time of need,” said Sandra Robinson FBLA director. Ninety-three people do-nated Thursday, May 6, which is double the people seen while Fair Grove has hosted the blood drive. There were 27 1st time donors. They also broke a record on the amount of pints collected.

Last year’s (2009) record was 68 pints-this year (2010) we got 84. “The blood drive went great many people attended and it saved lot’s of lives” said Amanda Long senior at Fair Grove. There were 8 registered to give double red; which is when you give 2 pints of blood instead of 1, but only 6 were eligible to give. “The blood drive went very well I appreciate the fact that it gives high schoolers the opportu-nity to give blood when they nor-mally wouldn’t by themselves.” said Brandy Woods, junior at Fair Grove.

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On Friday, March 24th, the school sponsored student organi-zation Students Against Destruc-tive Decisions (better known as S.A.D.D.) held its annual S.A.D.D. Olympics. The organization of-fers students a group of teachers and students who organize events for the students to hang out in a safe, drug-free environment. The organization challenges teams of students to compete in challenges that range from eating strange con-coctions of food to a relay where two students run a lap around the gym in a single pair of underwear (above the clothes, of course). Even though the challenges

may seem strange, they do have a point, as the group’s sponsor and high school science teacher Jon Foster explains, “we use these events to encourage students to make smart choices at prom, for instance the underwear challenge is to remind the students to keep in their own underwear and the food challenges work around sim-ilar themes.” The event was held the Friday before prom, and is at-tended by the entire school. S.A.D.D. President Hannah Marsh (12) said, “one of my fa-vorite events was when the teams had to pour chocolate syrup into another team mate’s mouth while

wearing drunk goggles.” “It was a lot of fun, gross, but a pretty neat experience,” said par-ticipant Melady Yang (11). The event does not mark the end of S.A.D.D.’s events this year. On May 20th, S.A.D.D. will have their annual Year End Party on campus at Fair Grove High School. “We’ll have inflatable, snow cones, ice cream, and a cage soccer tournament,” said Foster, “it gives us a chance to encourage the students to stick with the deci-sions they made during the year to stay away from drugs, alcohol and other poor choices.” (Grades reflect last school year.)

S.A.D.D. Challenges Students In Odd Ways

District Bids Farewell to Six Retirees

Grove, Emhoff plans to work at Odd Fellows Cafe in Fair Grove. She also would like to enjoy her grandchildren, and bake. “Fair Grove has been a great place to work. No com-

plaints. PTO should be recog-nized, they have really advanced our nurses’ office. They help got equipment, clothes, nurses to workshops, and were strong for the school. PTO are hardwork-ing people that care. I can’t thank them enough,” Said Emhoff. The six retirees have collec-tively given 150 years of service to the Fair Grove school system. They will all be greatly missed.

tractor teachin’: Left to Right, Tim Leeper, Mary Wilcox, SheryEmhoff, Juanita Murphy, and Jeanne Luziach gather around their retirement cake, during their Fair Grove school hosted party in the Middle School commons.photo by: M. Wahlquist

WORKING hARD: Mandy Hardecke at her desk.photo by: Sami Glass

-by Katie Richardson

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The Fair Grove High School Personal Finance department was hard at work discovering the art of personal finance. Three personal finance teams traveled to regional in Springfield at Missouri State University on April 15, ironically enough – tax day, to compete in three levels of personal finance testing. There were only 20 teams from schools across Southwest Missouri. All rounds consisted of 15 mul-tiple choice questions that focused on spending, money management, credit, and investing. Participants

had 25 minutes to answer. Jimmy White (12) said that it is important for students to get involved in learning more about personal finance because “we can learn how to better man-age our funds and be more responsible with money as we look into begin-ning our fu-ture.” The top

team from Fair Grove placed 8th in 20 teams. Personal finance classes also showed off their personal finance skills by answering 40 questions

online in the National Finance Capability Challenge sponsored by the U.S. Department of Trea-sury and the U.S. Department of Education. This is an awards

program that encourages high school students to improve their financial futures. Over 76,000 students across the nation par-ticipated in this online challenge. The average na-

tional score was a 70%. Twenty-six Fair Grove students took the test with an average score of 77%, that is 7% above the national av-erage. Damien Blanton (12), Brit-tany Hinton (11), Phillip Humric-house (12), Courtney Park (12), DJ Pilkinton (‘10), and Alicia Smith (‘10) all placed in the top 20% of the nation. These six will receive national recognition on the U.S. Department of Treasury web site along with a certificate of achievement. (Grades reflect this school year.)

Financing for the Future

President: Christin Hartman

Vice President: Katlyn Hoskins

Secretary: Katie Richardson

Stu-Co For 2010-2011 School Year

Student Body

Student Council sENIOR Class

President: Melissa HoskinsVice President: Dylan LouderbaughSecretary: Megan Mayfield

Representative: Jacy Shaw

Member at Large: Joellen Doyle

sophomore Class

President: Kristen OplotnikVice President: Samantha OrrSecretary: Dustin DuekerRepresentative: Cysco Merisotes

Junior Class

President: Melanie FodgeVice President: Laddie MillerSecretary: Anthony MillerRepresentative: Amber Hinton

Freshmen ClassPresident: Megan WahlquistVice President: Alyssa OrrSecretary: Nathan ReyesRepresentative: Khalid Elam

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“This group of young men has really been a plea-sure to coach. We overcame several obstacles that were out of our control to have a very successful season. We finished with 14 wins and 12 losses. This is a team I will always remember and be thank-ful I had the opportunity to coach,” said 2010 head baseball coach Tim Leeper. In the second round of districts, the Eagles played Morrisville on Tuesday, May 18; the Eagles lost 8-10.“It was a tough loss, and I am going to miss playing with the graduated seniors. We as a team tried our best,” said Jared Green (11). Monday May 17, the Eagles started its districts opening the first game at Ash Grove against Miller. The Eagles won 8-4.

Tues May 11, the baseball team traveled to Green-field to play the Wildcats. The Eagles lost 3-4. May 6-8 the Eagles played in the Miller Baseball Tournament. In the first round they played Joplin McCauley and won 4-1. In the semi-finals the Ea-gles lost to Southwest 0-10, but they bounced back for a third place win against Exeter, 14-2. “We came back after a loss to Southwest and played well against Exeter, I thought we played good as a team overall in the tournament,” said ju-nior Jared Byrd. On Tuesday May 4, the Eagles hosted the Ford-land Eagles for a regular season game. The Eagles won, 12-2. (Grades reflect 2009-2010 school year)

Leaving it on the FieLd

something to cheer about: The Eagle Cheerleaders grab second place in regional competition this summer. They will travel to State competition in November.. -photo courtesy Mrs. Cheryl Houk

On July 24, the Fair Grove High School Cheerleaders com-peted in the regional competition for the first time in seven years. The competition, which was held in the Willard High School gymnasium, was a new expe-rience for the squad and the coaches alike. “It was exciting because it was our first time taking a team to regionals, but it was also over-whelming.” coach Cheryl Houk said, “[Regionals] was very nerve wracking,” said Melanie Fodge (11). The squad has 13 mem-bers, including five seniors. “The girls are a very versa-tile group. We worked on a lot of skills to make sure every one

could to the other’s job, if neces-sary.” said Houk. “They’re all great at working hard and getting the job done with smiles on their faces,” add-ed senior Christin Hartman. Fair Grove competed in the 3A Division, placing second, with Springfield Catholic taking first and Clever placing third. “It was really great to be out in front of everyone with our fans cheer-ing us on.” said Hartman. “When we got out on the mat, the feeling was amazing,” said Fodge. The cheerleaders will compete at the state competition Novem-ber 19-20 at the Hearnes Center in Columbia, MO.

Cheerleaders Take Second at Regionals

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Katlyn Hoskins (Captain)Jacy Shaw (Co-Captain)

Brigett BrecknerStephanie Buckner

Mariah ClarkAlea Cooper

Melanie FodgeChristin HartmanMelissa HoskinsLogan Kensinger

Jessi MallardLdia March

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taking it to the courts: Andonae Magdziarz (10) passes the ball in practice. The volleyball team began its practices on Aug. 16. The squad boasts 24 players grades 9-12. -photo by M. Wahlquist

The new volleyball season is un-der way and it has everyone excit-ed. Coach Tonya Peck stated, “We are all very anxious for this year to get started, we should have a very competitive and solid season.” The team lost three key seniors from last year’s team. But, they are re-turning nine varsity players, four of which were starters last year. Katie Thomas (12) doesn’t think losing the seniors will affect the team that much, “They were really good, but I think we can overcome it by being smart and aggressive on the court.” The girls have had a very busy summer. During June and July the ladies hit the weight room hard and buffed up for the upcoming season. They also had two vol-leyball camps in July. The varsity

team attended the Pitt State Uni-versity camp and a Licking vol-leyball camp. Brooke Stafford (11) believes that these camps will pay off in the long run, “I think we will be really good this year because we improved 130% at Pitt State camp!” The Eagles toughened up their schedule this year by adding Rog-ersville and Willard to an already hard schedule. Coach Peck says, “Playing Willard and Rogersville will be tough games, but they are always fun because we are the un-derdog.” The girls are looking to improve on a 31-4-3 record from last year, which could be a very difficult task. The Eagles kick off the season August 26th at 6:30 p.m. with the bubblegum scrimmage. They’re first season game is September 2nd at 6 p.m. at home against Clever.

Vo l l e y b a l l Team Anxious to Start Season

The Lady Eagles opened the season with Ash Grove on August 23. Though they didn’t win they had a very strong first four in-nings, with Katlyn Hoskins (12), Allie O’Neal (11), and Mikayla Buckner (11) leading off the team offensively. Hoskins was two for three with two runs and one walk, O’Neal went three for four with three runs, one walk, and one stolen bases, and Buckner went three for five with one run. The game ended with a final score of 9-12.

The team played its second game against, last year’s final four qual-ifiers, Walnut Grove on August 26. McKayla Coddington (9) and Calley Robertson (12) both had great nights, with Robertson getting one for three, and Cod-dington getting a one for two on batting. The second game ended with a score of 0-5. “Everybody is work-ing hard, making adjustments, and we are looking forward to a very successful season,” said Assistant Coach Rachel Hunter. Hunter, who is new to the program this year, has already been an asset to

sliding into home: The Lady Eagles fell in their season opener to Skyline. Freshman Katie Kothenbeutel slides into home. -photo by Brittney Hinton

Play Ball!

Baseball Swings Into The Seasonthe team. “I love the energy Coach Hunter brings to the team. She is very enthusiastic and is definite-ly a keeper. She completes our team,” said Head Coach Stacy Beckley. Along with a new assistant coach, there are several new faces on the field, including six freshmen and a senior transfer, Jessica Routh. Returning this year are five sophomores and four juniors. Leading the team this year are three seniors: Hoskins, Kelsey Coddington, and Robertson.

-by Dustin Stafford

-by Loren Smith

taking it to the courts: Around 280 Fair Grove family and friends supported the Singing Eagles as they performed Take Me Out To The Ball Game at the St. Louis Cardinals Game against the L.A. Dodgers. -photo M. Wahlquist 2010-2011 Marching Band

10 August 31, 2010 2010 seniors

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Years at Fair Grove: Forever and a dayBest Pals: You know who you are! Extracurriculars: Softball, Color Guard, SADD, NHS, and JOLTPlans After Graduation: Attend col-lege at SBU and become an Elementa-ry teacher. Then get married and have a family. Who is your hero?: My parents because they have always been there for me and helped and supported me through everything

What was your favorite year of high school, why?: My sophomore year because I went to the Alamo Bowl with the band and I had the best roomies ever!Hobbies/Interests: Hanging out with friends, shopping, and going to church youth group.

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Years at Fair Grove: 12 yearsBest Pals: Calley, Will, Justin, Caleb, Collin, Dylan K, Anthony, Jesse Hock, Logan High, Nate Schaefer, Mike Joyce, Daylon Baugher, Matt Loyd, Scott Personal Motto: “Be honest and fair to myself and oth-ers. Compassion and godliness in my heart.” Who is your hero: My dad. Color that best describes you and why: Turquoise be-cause it’s like the sky and changes to light and dark.One goal you would like to accomplish: Finish college and become successful Favorite High School Event: Football, beating Strafford and Mountain View Liberty 2 years in a row

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Years at Fair Grove: K-12Best Pals: Alex Pering, Grace Ivey, Abby Willis Extracurriculars: Softball, Culture Club, NHS, FBLAPlans After Graduation: Go to college, get a job Personal Motto: “When the going gets rough, the rough get going.”One goal you would like to accomplish:

To be successful tin life and have fun doing soFavorite Type of Music: Pop and Rock Hobbies/Interest: Read! Read! Read! I read a book a day. It’s one of my favorite thing to do.

McKenzie Morrow

Years at Fair Grove: Every dang oneBest Pals: Abby Willis, Kacie McGill, Britney Lumley, Justin DeFreece, Nate Schaefer, Emily Bledsoe, Laddie Miller, Brandy Woods, Alex Pering, and McKenzie Mor-row Plans After Graduation: Go to Mizzou and major in pre-med, then go to a med school on a coastPersonal Motto: “It’s better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.”

Who is your hero?: My Grammi Color that best describes you and why: Yellow; it symbolizes opti-misim, hope, and happiness.Favorite High School Event: uhm...Graduation

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Years at Fair Grove: 12Best Pals: You know who you are! Personal Motto: Don’t judge a book by it’s coverWho is your hero?: My mom, dad, and sister One goal you would like to accom-plish: Be successful in lifeFavorite Type of Music: Country! Favorite Place You Have Visited: Doug and Nancy’s

Favorite High School Event: Graduation

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Next issue is Sept. 29...Lead the Way!

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Years at Fair Grove: 6 yearsBest Pals: They know who they are and I love you all!Plans After Graduation: Go to California and when I get back...College...then who knows!Favorite Movie: The Little RascalsWho is your hero?: I have many heros in my life! Thanks for everything you are amazing! Color that best describes you and why: Yellow, because I’m the brightest crayon in the box.Favorite Type of Music: All of it! Liter-ally!Favorite place you have visited: The ocean

Alicia Jeanette Smith

Years at Fair Grove: 7 to 8 yearsBest Pals: Adrian, I love you. Leslie, Monica, Melady, Nick H., Bruce, Amanda Felix, Paul and more.. Personal Motto: “Every person you touch, you leave a finger-print, be careful, what your fingerprint leaves behind.”Who is your hero?: My mama, she’s my guardian angel.Famous person you would like to meet: John TravoltaWhat was your favorite year of high school,why?: There are so many great memories in high school but I’m going to say senior year!

Hobbies/Interests: Hanging with my chikas, exercising, going to the ocean and having a great time.

Marky Lynn White

Years at Fair Grove: 13 yearsBest Pals: Everybody they know who they are! Extracurriculars: Student Body President, FBLA Vice PresidentPersonal Motto: “Whatever happens happens learn from it and move on.” Favorite Superhero: Batman Favorite Movie: The HangoverFamous Person you would like to meet: Marilyn

MonroeFavorite Season: Fall Who is your hero?: My mom and grandpa be-cause they are so strong and always there for me Hobbies/Interests: Hangin with my friends and family having a good time. Favorite High School

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2010 Commencement Ceremony

On May 14, Fair Grove presented the graduating class of 2010 at the High Street Baptist Church. Mrs. Cynthia Sparks opened the Graduation with the processional. Following the processional the Na-tional Anthem was sung by the Fair Grove Choir girls, Teasha Clayton (12), Cheyanne Dickens (12), Rita Hedgepeth (12), Joellen Doyle (11), and Morgan Marler (9). Salutatorians, McKenzie Morrow and Sierra Kensinger, and senior class president, Ethan Mallory, each gave a

speech. “It’s the small beau-tiful things we should c h e r i s h , but the rest we should just let go,” said Sierra Kens ing -er in her speech. The two girls re-c a l l e d s c h o o l

memories. Morrow remembered, “In middle school on the last day, we stole cake from the teacher’s lounge and stuffed our faces with it.” Mallory recited an acrostic poem of the word “Fair Grove”. Stephanie Easterly said, “Ethan’s speech was funny, creative, and something I’ll re-member over the years.” Fair Grove Choir girls sang an-other song Until We Sing Again, writ-ten by Greg Gilpin. Clayton said, “I felt nervous, scared, and sad. It was going to be the last time I sing with my friends.” “Speak loudly and wave your spir-it stick,” said student body president,

Kacie McGill during her speech spin-ning off the quote “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”

Vale-d i c t o -r i a n s , K r y s t a B a k e r , Hannah M a r s h , a n d C a b e l S c h a f -fitzel all gave a s p e e c h d u r i n g the grad-u a t i o n , thanking

the community and looking back on the good times. Schaffitzel said, “ I want to thank the community, because without them we wouldn’t be the se-niors we are today.” Sharon Dodson then presented the Master Teacher of the Year award. The award went to middle school English teacher, Mrs. Donna Wilson. Mrs. Wilson said, “I was humbled, honored, and very surprised when I first learned I won the award. I thank my fellow teachers, students and ad-ministration for being so supportive and helpful over the years. I also would like to thank O’Bannon Bank for contributing to the award, they were very generous. I love working at Fair Grove schools.” One by one, graduate after gradu-ate walked upon the stage to receive their diplomas from board member, Mr. Mike Gilbert. As each student approached the stage, their baby and toddler photos were shown, with their senior picture following, while their voice clip to their loved ones played.

Valedictorian Hannah Marsh

Board Member Mike Gilbert and graduate Caleb Davis

-by Kimi Thompson

12 August 31, 2010 Sports

The final on the scoreboard at the end of four quarters read 66-0 and the first “w” was entered in the books for the Eagles as the team faced the Buffalo Bison in the opening game of the 2010 season. Senior Logan Hoskins led the Eagles in rushing yards with 13 carries for 86 yards, contributing to the Eagles’ total 293 rushing yards. Senior Ben Bass led the team with total passing yards, with 61 yards and two touchdowns, mak-ing the Eagles’ total offensive tally at 354 yards. Buffalo had 35 carries for -33 yards and went one for six for six yards. Controversy surrounded this game, as 15 of Buffalo’s players quit the team. After resolving per-sonnel issues and reinstating the players, they were still ineligible at game night, due to state guidelines regarding number of practices. When Fair Grove’s Defensive Coordinator, Coach Cody Bull was asked how the situation with Buf-

falo would affect Friday’s game, he said, “It won’t affect the way we play, still aggressive and hard hitting. We plan on stopping who ever Buffalo has on the field.” But months before this game was played out, the coaches and players were hard at work prepar-ing for the season. Head coach Jason O’Neal said, “We started preparing for this year last winter with our speed training program called Fast Eagles. This summer we had weights and con-ditioning, two weeks of camp in July, a lot of coaches meetings and a week of two-a-days.” This season looks promising for the Fair Grove Football Eagles with a well earned win over the Bison. Coach O’Neal said,“I’m confi-dent about this season; we have a lot of good players that have worked hard for this opportunity, and also I think our people know how to win and will continue doing it,” Coach O’Neal. Buffalo faces Skyline Friday, Sept. 3 and Pleasant Hope on Sept. 10, both at home.

just out oF reach: Senior Tyler “TC” Coonis stretches to reach a pass that just eludes him in the 66-0 victory over the Bison. -photo by: Bethany Talley

Fair Grove Running Eagles Run Under New Leadership

The twelve students participating in cross country this year will be running under new leadership this fall season. Coach Brendan Car-roll will coach his first season of cross country as the runners prepare for their first meet on September 4th. “I think we’re ready. It will be good for the new run-ners to gain the experience,” Carroll said when asked about the meet. The morning warm-up meet held at Strafford is the first meet of the season for many runners, and good turn out is expected. Since the second week of August, both the boys and the girls teams practiced Monday through Friday rain or shine, even surprising the coach. “I was surprised how resilient

the runners are in the heat,” Carroll said. Coach Carroll has spent plenty of time out in the heat too, even running with the teams sometimes. Running on the boys team this year is Mark Harris (12), Phil-lip Humrichouse (12), Cameron Crews (11), Jerrod Brashears (11), Cysco Merisotes (10), Zach Smith (10), and Billie Lowery (9). Running on the girls team this year is Lydia Marsh (12), Me-gan Luce-Province (12), Domi-nique Knight (11), Ashley Slater

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Fair Grove Defeats Buffalo

(10), and Leah Riggs (10). “I would like to win meets and go to State, but mainly improve steadily through out the course of the year,” Carroll said. It should be a great season for the running Eagles; the state meet is the second week in No-vember in Jefferson City. The three and one tenth mile course is one of the most dif-ficult in the nation. The Eagles say they are up to the challenge and hope that all members get a chance to run it.

-by Megan Luce-Province

hitting the Pavement: Members of the boys and girls cross country team put in the road work readying themselves for upcoming meets. photo by: Sami Glass

running For six: Senior Logan Hoskins protects the ball in one of his 13 carries. Devante Wheeler (11) comes in to help clear the way. -photo courtesy of Abby Dixon