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shenandoah valley high school inside this issue the torch damato everyone has their own little inspiration a person that they look up to that makes them want to succeed in life like they did shenandoah valley students brandon swantek john sczcyglak william moyer and christopher palubinsky get there inspiration from anthony peter damato a war hero that jumped in front of a grenade to save his companions these four students visited his grave while on a trip to hawaii in february they were fascinated by it being there so far away from home there is a very important trophy that is named after damato for football the boys are motivated to win back the trophy from the mahanoy golden bears which has the trophy damato puts hope in this town for everyone and shows us that people from anywhere can succeed and do great things he was rewarded with the congressional medal of honor and defiantly deserves it as he inspires us all and puts a little hope in this small town computer fair 1 drama club bath salts vending machines 2 2 3 debate team 4 junior spring queen 5 libyan war after eight long days president obama will address the american people on the fact that he wants to enter the libyan civil war on the side of the rebels never in the history of televi picture credit republicanherald.com sion has a president ever waited so long as to address the nation on his decision whether it s the result of his low profile or just general war fatigue on the home front u.s public sup port for entering into the libyan war has never been lower since then obama has also seen his approval rating drop.

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p ag e 2 pa high school computer fair on march 18th students from schools all over schuylkill county got together to participate in the computer fair the fair was held at schuylkill technology center south campus many students participated from schools such as north schuylkill mahanoy area etc shenandoah valley had 8 representatives of which all received an award the awards included shaina graff 1st place for information based webdesign jonathan anderson-dixon and rob richards 1st place for digital video timmy hixson 2nd place for computer fair logo sarah hixson janelle and marissa sczcyglak 2nd place for pamphlet and 3rd place for a multimedia presentation brett adkins 3rd place for a multimedia presentation the students not only had to prepare their projects but also needed to make a poster board explaining the point and the process of their projects there was also a lot of paper work involved and a narrative summary of your project was also required upon arriving at the school the students set up their projects in their designated areas within their designated area the students set up their poster all informational papers needed to qualify and a laptop that has their project show on it after they have set up their projects they were sent to certain rooms to view presentations pertaining to technology while the projects were judged after the results were finalized there was a small ceremony where all the winners were given their ribbons certificates and trophies the trophies that were awarded to out shenandoah valley students are being held in the trophy cabinet outside of the high school office on display by shaina graff debate team it has taken a little longer than other schools but shenandoah has at last formed our own debate team and it has surpassed its expectations a good amount of brilliant minds have joined and thus far it has been exciting and active as one of the speakers i feel it is a great addition to a school that contains so many people that want to speak their opinions the debate team was formed a little bit more than three months ago mr elchisak and ms buriak hold it weekly specifically every friday during advisory period in the beginning we practiced and wrote arguments for our debates in the auditorium it started to inconvenience other teachers and understanding this we ve relocated to mr elchisak s classroom it started off with only a handful of members and has expanded to include students from various grades and academic levels this variety proves to be incredibly useful our arguments are more valid when they critiqued thoroughly through all of these different perspectives everyone involved agrees on one key point when we debate though keep an open mind due to the rapid changes in the debate team it has been hard to do much but brainstorm ideas we ve only had one debate that didn t quite run that smoothly i d like to blame our lack of experience however lots of planning has been made for our future debates we intend on having dozens more and go through all sorts of issues intense and mild colorful and bland global and local join our debate team today and see for yourself t he torch

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p ag e 3 bath salts a new drug known as bath salts has become very popular and increasingly terrifying bath salts are not regular bath salts that you put into your tub why are they called that because that way it s harder for the government to specifically name them illegal nobody knows exactly what is in these bath salts because there is no way to test for these substances you can find them in minimarts and smoke shops sold by various brand names by doing this it makes it harder for the state or town to say they are illegal drugs experiences you will face if you take bath salts are agitation paranoia hallucinations chest pain and suicidal thoughts they don t know if bath salts are addictive but they do know it causes cravings states are working very hard to shut down the sales of these so called bath salts all they know is that they need to get rid of them and fast vending machines in school for many years shenandoah valley has had vending machines in school but recently they have taken them out to provide better health for students personally i think this is both a good and a bad idea i agree that there are many students with health issues in this school that should be eating a lot healthier then they are and not candy bars from the snack machine this is why i think that it is a good idea to get rid of them but another thing is there are many students that are in after school activities and students become hungry especially when the students eat lunch very early in the day i think to resolve this problem instead of getting rid of the machines and causing a new problem they can simply put healthier food in the machines such as 100 calorie packs crackers fiber bars and other things that are healthier to eat this way everyone wins the students get a snack before their practice meeting or club and the faculty gets much healthier students drama club best orchestra the drama club will be participat best overall production ing in the sovereign majestic best lobby awards this year the sovereign along with many others last year the majestic awards are a ceremony shenandoah valley drama club was nomifor all of the local drama clubs to nated for 13 awards they won 2 awards enter for the chance to win including best supporting actor and best awards such as orchestra the drama club is excited for best actor/actress this year their second entrance into the best supporting actor/actress award ceremony because they are prac ticing very hard for them mr rooney the co-director is running practices every day to help the drama club succeed further if you are interested in attending the award ceremony contact mr rooney for information.

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junior spring queen spring is here and the warm weather is on its way shenandoah valley high school is wondering who will be this years junior spring queen there are 10 candidates and 1 speaker chosen for this years run the candidates are victoria gottshall jessica gottshall joie strong brooke mcgee corey pronio rose ulicny shawna stevens yolanda welikonich alicia laurusevage and tori dziedziak the speaker is shaina graff on april 21st there will be an assembly in the auditorium to pick the queen and the princess during this assembly there will be skits and other fun things done by the candidates and their escorts candidates and their escorts victoria gottshall john s joie strong brandon swantek jessica gottshall curtis rooney brooke mcgee josh d corey pronio billy moyer rose ulicny greg reeser shawna stevens mike paul yolanda welikonich marc t alicia laursevage jeffrey n tori dziedziak mike sands shaina graff jarrett hank

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