Victoria’s Secrets – January edition
Victoria Harshaw
January 31, 2012
This issue of Victoria’s Secrets will include weird weather. Since January feels like spring one day and winter the next. The winter of 1932 in the US was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid Dirty snow melts faster than clean. In ten minutes, a hurricane releases... Read more »
Student section themes
January 31, 2012
You might have noticed something different about this year’s student section. Thanks to Justine Powls, Victoria Harshaw, and Connor Gooderl, they have created student section themes. There is a new theme for every basketball home game. Themes in the past have been Men in Black, Taking Care of Business,... Read more »
Mansion creates thrills for students
Sam Riley, Retrospect Editor
November 7, 2011
Walking up the driveway like molasses in the winter, your heart beating out of your chest, and out of the darkness you see a silhouette of an old man. Sound like a familiar situation? You probably already know exactly what I’m talking about, right? You guessed it- the Davis Mansion. Halloween is almost... Read more »
Child abuse needs to end
October 4, 2011
Hitting, yelling, kicking, neglecting, ignoring and starving. Those are all just a few examples of sexual, physical and mental child abuse. Child abuse is something that occurs very secretively but sometimes very obviously. People just need to be more educated about it. HHS Ag. Teacher, Mr. Larison is... Read more »
Victoria’s Secrets: September Edition
Victoria Harshaw
September 30, 2011
As you all know there is a Homecoming King and Queen at Holton High, but do you know much about the real Kings and queens all around the world? Queen Elizabeth the first ate so many sweets that her teeth rotted away and turned black. As she grew older, mirrors were kept away from her so she couldn’t... Read more »
Jordan Beightel, Yearbook Editor
September 30, 2011
Wandering through the first floor hallway, students at Holton High are beginning to see a new face. A new teacher, but also a new student, in a sense; Annie Brock. Fresh out of college, this is Brock’s first time being a teacher, and according to the students at Holton high, she’s a hit. “She makes... Read more »
Not enough sleep affects life
Nicole Darveaux, News Editor
September 30, 2011
The human body is like a machine; the more it works, the more rest it needs. Statistics show that teens work their best when they’ve had at least 9 hours of sleep. Are you getting enough sleep? “I usually go to bed around 11:30p.m. It just depends on how tired I am after football games and practices.”... Read more »
Food class sets off to other countries
Dalton Beightel, Asst. Online Editor
September 30, 2011
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a…food festival? As the year kicks off, so does Amy Oldehoefts’ Nutrition and Wellness classes. The first project was a food festival. The student picked groups to work with. The groups then had to pick a country and research its cultures. “We started studying... Read more »
Alex Bontrager: part time student
September 30, 2011
We all like to get good grades, and feel good about our schoolwork, right? Well, Alex Bontrager, age 13, isn’t an exception! This intelligent 8th grader scored a 22 on her SAT quiz last year, and is already into the high school as a ‘part time’ student. Bontrager takes two honor freshman level... Read more »
FFA dominates tests
September 23, 2011
The Holton FFA Freshmen dominated the FFA Leadership Information Test at the NE District FFA Greenhand Leadership Conference on Thursday, Sept. 22. There were 18 schools present with over 350 students. Thirty-eight freshman ag students competed. According to FFA Advisor Jason Larison, “ They... Read more »
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