Thank a school secretary this week
Lyndie Copeland, Reporter, J1
April 25, 2013
Since 1952, the International Association of Administrative Professionals has honored office workers by sponsoring Administrative Professionals Week. According to the Department of Labor Statistics, there are approximately more than 4.1 million secretaries and administrative assistants working in the... Read more »
North Korean Threats to Continue
Rachel Bryant
April 22, 2013
Communist country North Korea has been under quite some speculation recently with their threats of sending nuclear missiles to the United States and South Korea. New leader Kim Jong Un is trying to hype up his position to show to the world what a “supreme leader” really is. North Korea and South... Read more »
FBLA students place in State Leadership Conference
Danica Haverkamp, Newspaper co-editor
April 15, 2013
FBLA is a diverse organization that promotes middle school and high school students to get involved in a variety of ways. The activity that the Holton chapter recently participated in was the State Leadership Conference. At this conference, student members had the opportunity to compete in three... Read more »
Jacob Gillie heads to regional spelling bee
Heather Gillie, J1 Reporter
March 1, 2013
On Saturday, March 2, Jacob Gillie, seventh grader, will be representing Jackson County in the Regional Spelling Bee in Topeka. Jacob was declared champion at the Jackson County Spelling Bee after correctly spelling “quiver” and “windily.” There will be 26 counties represented at the regional... Read more »
Spanish 2 Classes Show Creativity Through Media Projects
Emmy McManigal, Assistant News Editor
January 31, 2013
Ever felt too tired to get out of bed? And you’re just having one of those long mornings that everything’s going wrong? Well that’s exactly what juniors Rachel Bryant, Dalton Beightel, and Emmy McManigal made their Spanish 2 video about. The Spanish 2 classes have been working on projects over... Read more »
65 years and going strong
Morgan Kennedy
October 24, 2012
Today on October 24, 2012 marks the 65th anniversary of “United nations day “. United nations day is what you would call a “non-working“ day that was administered by the IAM, which is the Interim Administration Mission. United Nations day is celebrated throughout the world by get together’s,... Read more »
Beightel to fill Maxwell’s position
Garett Beecher
March 15, 2012
Linda Maxwell, school secretary for Holton High School is turning over a new page in her life. Maxwell plans to quit her job as a secretary for Holton High School and pursue a new career at the Denison State Bank. This leaves an opening in the Holton High School staff, which is going to be filled by... Read more »
Students apply real-world geometry skills to projects
Kaitlin Peterson, photographer
March 15, 2012
Geometry students have been working with 3D objects and finding their volumes and surface areas under the direction of student teacher Lisa Wade. Last Friday Wade gave her classes a handout saying that they must make a project having something to do with volume and surface area. Many people choose... Read more »
SAE story
January 31, 2012
What is an SAE? Most high school students would not be able to answer this question. Not even some teachers know. But if you ask a student enrolled in an agricultural course, they would all tell you the same thing. SAE stands for Supervised Agricultural Experience. So onto the next question. What is... Read more »
Working hard for Highland
January 31, 2012
Hard working. Committed. Motivated. All of these characteristics define students who take Highland Community College classes during high school. Taking and passing a Highland course during the school year doubles as a high school credit and a college credit. Austin Marriott, 12, has taken College Government... Read more »
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