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Cimarron High School Cimarron, Kansas 67835 January 2011 Vol. 8, No. 4
New Year’s resolutions easy to make, but hard to keep
By Nicole Marshall
The New Year is coming up quickly
and everyone has New Year’s resolutions
buzzing around in their brains.
For select students and faculty at CHS,
resolutions can be easy to come up with,
but not always the easiest to keep.
“I don’t have the best track record
when it comes to keeping resolutions,”
senior Michaela Kelsay said.
Though keeping resolutions can be
challenging, some find it easy to keep at
least some of their resolutions.
“My resolution two years ago was
quite a success,” English teacher Lynne
Hewes said. “I made the resolution not to
go to Wal Mart for an entire year. I heard
of a woman who had written a book called
Year Without China, in which she made the
resolution never to buy anything that was
made in China. In this book, this woman
had to buy her children $500 tennis shoes
because they were the only ones she could
find that weren’t made in China. But her
idea inspired me.”
For junior Kourtn
e y
Herkelman, her resol
u -
tion
a
few
a man with a plan: J u n i o r
Jason Maddox keeps his New Year’s
resolutions. (Courtesy photo)
years ago was a bit different.
“I quit drinking pop and eating chocolate
as a New Year’s resolution, and it
worked out really well,” Herkelman said.
“I was trying to make healthier habits. It
was hard, because I had to force myself to
not drink pop or eat chocolate. Eventually,
it got easier.”
Some resolutions may start for one
year and very well could carry into the
next. Junior Jason Maddox is going
through this process.
“My New Year’s resolution started in
2009,” Maddox said. “I planned to save
$500 by the end of this year so I can
put a down payment on a car.”
Many people have had successful
resolutions throughout various
years. However, there
have been many people
who have heard of peers
and co-workers who have
made odd resolutions.
“A friend of mine decided that they
weren’t going to drink milk for an entire
year just to try it,” Maddox said. “They
weren’t lactose intolerant either.”
A friend of Hewes told another
o d d
resolution.
“My friend decided
her resolution would
be that she could only
watch foreign films for
an entire year,” said
Hewes.
Another thing about resolutions
is there are certain ones out
there that are just a bit harder to
keep.
“I don’t think I would be
able to quit buying clothes for an
entire year,” Kelsay said.
Some resolutions are even
about school.
“I find it very hard to stay motivated
to read and meet my A.R.
goal,” Herkelman said.
Then, of course, there are
resolutions about family.
“I wouldn’t be able to be
nice to my sisters for an entire,”
senior Cassi Glaze said.
Family and friends are close
to the same circle, and sometimes it’s hard
to keep each straight.
“I find it difficult to stay out of trouble
when I hang out with my friends,” sophomore
Robert Hoskinson said.
New Year’s resolutions are difficult to
maintain, but you never know where you
can get the inspiration to come
up with a resolution.
“I was inspired by my aunt to make
my resolution,” Herkelman said.
Other students’ were simply selfinspired.
“I made my resolution because the
clothes I had at the beginning of the year
By Nicole Marshall
Think of the hardest question you’ve
ever been asked. What happens when that
question could win you a trip to the state
geography bee Local fourth grader Jackson
Johnson has triumphed over his classmates
in winning the Cimarron Grade School Geography
Bee.
This was the first year that the geography
bee has taken place.
The geography bee starts out in each
fourth, fifth, and sixth grade classrooms, and
the winners then compete in the school bee,
and the county bee is held in the gifted room
at the grade school.
best
intentions:
Michaela Kelsey,
senior says she
doesn’t have the
best track record
when it comes
to keeping her
New Year’s
resolutions.
(Courtesy
photo)
don’t fit the way they used to,” Glaze said.
“That’s why I decided that I wanted to lose
weight and eat healthier.”
Maddox, too, was self-inspired.
“My brain came up with the idea for
my resolution,” he said. “It was also a partial
idea from my parents so I could put a
down payment on a vehicle for myself.”
Jackson Johnson ready for next step in Geography Bee
“You’re asked questions about the study
of the world,” Johnson said.
Though the questions can be difficult, it
depends on which one you’re asked.
“The question I won on for our class was
‘What are the lights in the north called’ The
answer was Aurora Borealis,” said Johnson.
The county geography bee took place
on December 3. The competitors won’t be
notified until March 2011 of who won.
“I hope to make it to the National Geography
Bee,” Johnson said. “You get to
go to the Galapagos Islands, win $1000 in
scholarship money, and receive a $500 cash
reward.”

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The
Bluejay Post
January 2011
Opinions
Papa D’s, you won’t be disappointed
ByJosaiah Kremeier
A new pizza place owned by a familiar
face has recently opened in downtown
Cimarron. Papa D’s, a family restaurant
owned and operated by resident Darrin
Addison, offers customers dine in, carry
out, or delivery made fresh pizza, calzones,
and other Italian dishes.
I had the delightful opportunity to try
out the pizza and even get a tour of the
kitchen where the food was made. My love
for pizza made me jump on the offer and I
must say I was not disappointed.
Upon entering Papa D’s, you’ll first
notice the pool table, usually surrounded
by people playing the tricky game, to your
right.
Then the smell of fresh pizza kicks you
in the face and you could care less about the
meticulous game. An employee takes your
order, you get your drinks, and sit down to
wait for the delicious meal to come.
A good friend of mine and I ordered
a large cheese pizza and two drinks. The
price was a little more than my stingy pockets
would allow me on most occasions; but
the food was well worth it.
The pizza came out some fifteen
minutes later smelling amazing. It tasted
just as great.
The thin and soft crust was covered
with a great tasting sauce and a pile of
delicious cheese, all melted and warm in
an obvious freshly baked meal. I ate my
half of the pie and washed it down with a
few glasses of cold Dr. Pepper.
Overall, the pizza was superb, the
service was good, the price, though well
worth it, was a little costly.
So if you want made fresh pizza, and
are willing to pay a little extra for it, visit
Papa D’s.
Food:
Service:
Cost:
Editorial Board: Although our
editorials are written by individuals, the
thoughts and ideas conveyed are those of
The Bluejay Post editorial board.
Letter to the Editor:
Dear Bluejay Post staff,
I totally love the Bluejay Post
online. I enjoy reading and keeping
up with some of the students.
Thanks,
Norma Pando
Show me how you ‘Burlesque’
By Nicole Marshall
Beware, moviegoers! A new movie
is taking victims left and right.
Burlesque is a film that was released
on November 24 and is taking the movie
world by storm.
The movie stars Cher, Christina
Aguilera, Cam Gigandet, Stanley Tucci,
and Kristen Bell.
It starts off with Ali (Aguilera) in a
small town in Iowa. She sets her sights
on Los Angeles, where she hopes to be
able to sing. With her impeccable talent,
nothing happens right off the bat
until one evening when she is walking
in downtown L.A. and she stumbles
upon a brightly lit neon sign screaming
Burlesque Lounge.
Ali enters and is met by the most
amazing sight, the wonderful Burlesque
dancers owning the stage. Then the ever
wonderful, Tess (Cher) belts out “Welcome
to Burlesque.”
Ali begins flirting with the bartender
Jack (Gigandet), asking playfully, “Who
do I have to flirt with to get from here
(the bar) to up there (the stage)”
At first, Tess, who is the owner of
Burlesque Lounge, rejects Ali. But,
eventually, she gets her audition and
does the number that Tess chooses. She
blows her away and Ali is in.
She starts performing and Tess is
pleased with her choice. But a close
friend of Tess’s, Nikki (Bell) becomes
beyond jealous. In the middle of one of
Ali’s numbers, Nikki informs the music
coordinator that Tess needs to speak
with him. Nikki then pulls out Ali’s
microphone as she lip-synchs the songs
the way she’s supposed to. Tess informs
her loyal assistant Sean (Tucci) to lower
the curtain. Ali, however, seizes the
moment and sings…blowing everyone
in the entire club away.
Not to give much more away, go
and see the film. It is well worth every
penny and will really shock you into
oblivion.
If you’re not a firm believer in movies
lately, this one will help you change
your mind. It is more of a chick flick, but
come on, guys, what’s more wonderful
then girls dancing around in skimpy little
outfits A football game on television
Not even close!
So get off your couches, put your
chips back in the cupboard, and “show
me how you Burlesque!”
To see us in color and online, go
to the school website (www.cimarronschools.net)
and click on the Bluejay
Post link.
-NM
Editor
Bluejay Post Staff
2010-2011
Editor: Nicole Marshall
Sports Editor: Tyler Siek
Cartoonist: Josaiah Kremeier
Editorial Board: Josaiah Kremeier
Advisor: Lynne Hewes
January 2011
Volume 8, Number 4

Sports 3
The Bluejay Post
January 2011
Bluejays’ winter season in full swing
By Tyler M. Siek
Wrestling
The Cimarron Bluejays’ winter sports
seasons are in full swing. The CHS wrestling
team is recently coming off a fifth
place finish at the two-day Ulysses Tournament.
Individual medalists for the varsity
team were Tyler White, winning at 285,
and Brady Barrett, taking second at 160
pounds. In JV Austin Flores got second
at 285, while Jason Maddox took third at
215.
The wrestling team was the first
team to see action this year as they hosted
a home duel on November 30, facing
Thomas Moore Prep and Holcomb.
They followed the duel up with a
tournament in Hoxie on December 4.
Girls’ Basketball
The ‘Lady Jays season is off to a hot
start as the team reached a record of 3-1
and a second place finish at the Bluejay
Invitational.
In the first game of the season, the girls
traveled to Ulysses to face the Lady Tiger
basketball team. The Lady ‘Jays pecked
through their opponent to get their first
victory of the year.
On Monday following the Ulysses
game, the Bluejay Invitational was hosted
in Cimarron.
In their first round game, the Lady
‘Jays demolished the Healy Eagles by 59
points in a 79-20 victory.
Second round action had the ladies
playing the Meade Buffaloes. The ‘Jays
had a slightly closer game this time as the
Buffs stuck around the whole night. The
Lady ‘Jays, however, prevailed to take their
third victory in a row and a championship
birth.
In the championship game, the Satanta
Indians put on a shooting clinic as it
seemed the team was unable to miss. In the
end the Lady ‘Jays were bettered by seven
points and were forced to settle for second
place.
Boys’ Basketball
Third quarter woes seem to be the
story at the moment for the CHS men’s
team.
The Bluejays traveled to Ulysses with
the girls’ team on December 3. After a
decently played first quarter, the Tigers
put the game away, winning in a final of
69-26.
Next, in the Bluejay Invitational, the
boys faced Satanta. Despite shooting a
poor 20 percent from the field, the team
played tenacious defense and pulled out a
38-14 victory.
In the second round, the Bluejays
faced the defending Invitational champions
and current 1A state runner-up, South Gray.
After a well-played first half the team was
down only by four (24-20). The boys were
only able to score three points in the third
and fell in the end.
In the third and fourth place game
against Sublette the story was much the
same.
The Bluejays trailed by only one at
half this time, yet ended up falling again
after scoring only one point in the third
quarter.
1. SWOOSH! Lady ‘Jay Freshman Ashtynn Burns shoots a free throw during the free
throw contest of the Bluejay Invitational. Burns won the event. (Courtesy photo)
2. OUCH: Sophomore Wrestler Aidan Shaughnessy works his opponent into a pin at a
duel match hosted by Cimarron. (Courtesy photo)
3. BALL FAKE: Sophomore Alex Neuschafer pump-fakes his man into the air before
sinking a base-line shot in the Bluejay Invitational game against South Gray. (Marshall
photo)
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The
Bluejay Post
January 2011
Features
Work, work, work!
Getting paid:
Pros and cons of the working student
By Josaiah Kremeier
Jobs: many people have
them; many don’t. Some people
hate them; some can’t get enough
of them.
So what is it that makes us
want a job Is it the root of all
evil: money
Or is it the simple fact that
we’re so bored that the only thing
we can think of doing is getting
a job
“I like working,” says Senior
Tayler Schartz, an employee at
Southwest Hardware. “It gives
me something to do, and if I
didn’t have a job I wouldn’t be
able to have my Jeep or my
phone.”
People tend to get a job
strictly to have some spending
or for car payments, phone bills,
clothes, etc.
“I save my money for vacations,
pay my phone bill, and
help out my parents,” says Senior
Damaris Herrera, who works as
a CNA at the Cimarron Nursing
Home.
It seems more and more
these days that teens are “paying
their own way”, so to speak.
Which sounds difficult when you consider
what minimum wage pays.
“I get paid minimum wage, $7.25,”
says Shartz. “It’s probably not enough,
considering I do just about everything and
I work my butt off.”
Some students who work in a specialized
field have found they make more
money than the students who have your
standard job.
“I get paid $8.35,” says Herrera, “but
it’s not enough for the work we do. We get
paid $11.00 in Dodge [City].”
Juggling a job and school doesn’t
sound like such an easy task, but for some
people it can be pulled off with ease.
“It’s easy for me,” says Shartz. “I don’t
work on days we have school, but if there
is a bunch of homework over the weekend
it can get a bit tougher.”
Parents are notorious for making their
children do things they don’t want to do,
whether its for the good of the child or
not.
Junior Katie Herkerlman, a fountain
clerk at Clark’s Pharmacy, says, “My parents
want me to learn responsibility that I
will use when I am out on my own.”
No one has ever said, with great responsibility
comes great misfortune, but
someone should have.
HELPING THE ONES WHO NEED IT: Senior Damaris Herrera, a CNA at the Cimarron Nursing Home,
comforts the elderly. (Courtesy photo)
“A guy once [made a mess] on my
uniform and shoes,” says Herrera. “I had
no extra clothes and I couldn’t go home
and change.”
Herkerlman has her own unfortunate
WHAT WILL IT BE Senior Eva Giebler
takes a food order at Clark’s Pharmacy.
(Courtesy photo)
Takin’ Orders
experience.
“On my first day at work while making
a shake, I put a big hole in the cup. Ice
cream went everywhere,” she said.
WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH
THAT Senior Cassi Glaze, a waitress
at The Blue Jay, takes a customer’s order
over the phone. (Courtesy photo)

Features 5
The Bluejay Post
January 2011
Flashback
CHS teachers relive past jobs, how they got where they are now
By Tyler M. Siek
People oftentimes change
their careers multiple
times. Statistics say
that the average
citizen of the U.S.
will hold 10.8
jobs between
the ages of
18 and 42.
Teachers
at CHS are
the same
way. They
weren’t
born
teachers.
Many have
held different
jobs over the
years.
Most teachers
at CHS worked
numerous jobs before
they became teachers here.
Teresa Payne, word processing
teacher, worked as a fountain clerk at the
infamous Clark Pharmacy
during high school. She
also worked at Cimarron
Insurance in the custom
harvest department during her
latter high school and college
years.
Technology Coordinator
Wes Johnson was a jack-ofall-trades.
Johnson was a
Volkswagon mechanic for
three years while in college,
and also worked as a mental
health professional at a state
mental institution in Fort
Supply, Oklahoma, before
becoming our band director
from 1971-2000.
Denis Hornung worked
at a post office and as a brick
tender before coming to CHS
to teach.
While Librarian Assistant
Katherine Stefan was in high
school and college, she worked on a
sheep ranch, on a kill floor, and for a
company that packed people’s things
when they moved.
Paula Thompson, seventh grade
and freshman English teacher, worked
at Clark Pharmacy in high school while
she also helped her father rogue fields.
She also worked an overnight shift at a
convenience store, worked at Arrowhead
West, and was a lifeguard at Saint Mary
of the Plains College in Dodge City.
“When I was a lifeguard, I had to
stay outside the door
to the swimming
pool and
the
sisters would
call me if they
needed help,”
Thompson
said. “Students
used to bribe me
to let them see a
nun swimming in
the pool.”
Some teachers
at CHS
are not from
Cimarron or even
the surrounding area.
Johnson lived and worked
in Oklahoma, and Stefan lived
in Montana growing up.
“Ever since I was
a little kid, I can
remember wanting to
be a band director.”
- Wes Johnson
Teachers at CHS have had jobs that
they’ve enjoyed, as well as jobs that they
could not stand. “My worst
job experience was teaching at Ingalls,”
Payne said. “It was my first job out of
college and I taught math.”
While Payne’s worst job experience
was a former teaching job, others came
about in high school and college. Mrs.
Stefan’s bad experience came while
working at a kill floor in college.
“The kill floor I worked at was for a
professor in college. I was sticking hogs
and blood splattered all over my face and
nobody told me,” said
Stefan.
Thompson’s worst job
experience was roguing
fields for her father in
high school.
Giving up a job
that you don’t
necessarily like
can be fairly
easy and
require minimal thought.
“I got married and
moved to Cimarron,”
Payne said of escaping her
disastrous job in Ingalls.
Some have always
known what they wanted to
do as adults. Johnson could
remember always wanting to
go into music.
“...this was the perfect
opportunity for me to
have the same schedule
as my kids, as far as
hours of the day and
vacations.”
-Katherine Stefan
“Ever
since
I was
a little
kid,
I can
remember wanting to be
a band director,” he
said.
When
Stefan had the
opportunity
to come to
Cimarron
and work
in the
school,
she just
couldn’t
turn it
down.
“I was
a stay-athome
mom
for several
years when my
kids were little,
and when I decided
to go back to work, this
was the perfect opportunity
for me to have the same schedule as
my kids, as far as hours of the day and
vacations,” she said.
Working other jobs before becoming
a teacher can teach a person many things
a b o u t work and about life
as well.
Payne
said
of
jobs
she
held
before working
at CHS, “I had to learn to deal with all
types of people.”
Johnson also said that dealing with
people was one of the top skills he
learned before he was came to CHS.
Stefan, however, has learned things about
people while working here at CHS.
“I’ve learned patience,” she
said. “I’ve learned to have a start fresh
everyday attitude. You never know when
someone is having a bad day.”
Thompson has learned a
multitude of things while
working as a teacher, as
well as in her other
jobs.
She said,
“I’ve learned about
responsibility,
organization,
paying close
attention to
detail, and
perseverance.
The teachers
at CHS are all
committed to their
jobs. They voiced
that, after a long,
rough day at work,
they wouldn’t want to
have any other job.
Thompson, however,
did joke, “I’ve thought about
being a Walmart greeter because it
seems like a low-stress job.”

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The
Bluejay Post
January 2011
Contest
If a new year begins, how do you
THE RESULTS ARE IN! It was very
difficult choosing the top winners. There
were very good entries!
As noted,
1st prize was $10 gift certificate
for concession stand and
2nd prize was $5 gift certificate
for concession stand.
Congratulations, winners!
Here is the beginning of the story
to refresh your memories of the grueling
tale of Marcus McClain:
--Nicole Marshall
And the
winners are...
1st prize:
Kaitlin
Flores
2nd prize:
Bluelake
Pritchett
Marcus McClain was your everyday
kind of a guy. No job, no hopes, and
from the looks of it, no future.
Marcus was currently living in his
brother’s basement, due only to the fact he
couldn’t move out cause that would mean
he had a job, which he didn’t.
The end of the year was coming
up and Marcus knew he had to do something
different with his life. He needed a
big change; something life-altering that
would help him start his life over. He was
a 24-year-old man still living with his little
brother and his brother’s wife. He needed
a new year’s resolution that would help
change not only his own life, but also the
lives’ of others around him.
Marcus would lie around in his
brother’s small chateau and think to himself,
I wish a thousand dollars would be put
on my porch tonight. Then, every night,
Marcus would check the porch, only to be
met by disappointment.
Marcus lounged with his two
A Sudden Transformation
By Kaitlin Flores
Then one day a miracle happened. Marcus had been watching that
last of one of the Star Wars movies when the doorbell rang. His brother had
told him NEVER to answer the door unless he was home, seeing as how it
wasn’t Marcus’s house, and he had no right to answer the door.
However, typical Marcus was feeling down in the dumps and let all
of his brother’s words slip from his mind. Slowly, he rose off of the ‘70s style
couch and trudged up the staircase. Immediately, he could see through the
stained glass door.
A strange man who looked to be in his thirties was standing front and
center with a big card in his hands. Behind the man stood a big TV camera.
“What is the meaning of this” thought Marcus.
He didn’t remember entering any sort of contest, but, then again his
memory wasn’t so bright nowadays. With a burst of excitement, Marcus bounded
from his spot on the first of the stairs to the front door. Marcus then swung the
door open and was about to say, “Hello” when a burst of confetti exploded in
his face and a catchy tune began to play.
“Hello, Anthony McClain,” said the strange man. “We are here to
present you with a one million dollar check from the Sports Pro magazine contest
you entered quite recently! Your story about the Lakers was truly amazing! We
would like not only to give you this check but also offer you a full time job at
Sports Pro Headquarters in New York City!”
Marcus stood, dumbfounded, with his jaw dropping open and a bit
of drool dripping from the side of his mouth. He knew his brother Anthony
had been writing for a magazine and was, in fact, looking for a new job. But
he couldn’t help but remember that catchy saying, “Finders keepers, losers
weepers!”
It was Anthony’s fault that he wasn’t here to answer the door. So
Marcus would now get the joy of the prize!
Without a moment’s hesitation, Marcus said, “Anthony recently
moved to Zimbabwe and has put me in charge of all his previous investments.
I am Marcus, the man you are now looking for to give your prize to.”
Marcus couldn’t believe it, but the strange man actually bought it!
He informed Marcus that a limo would be by to pick him up bright and early
the next day and from his house he would be flown to New York City to start
his new life!
Everything sounded like perfection to Marcus. Now all he had to do was
figure out a way to get rid of that pesky brother of his.
nephews and tried to think of ways he could
get a job without having to do too much
work. He often found himself daydreaming
about rolling around in hordes of cash;
but then his nephew, spitting up on his face
again, would quickly pull him back to reality.
Then one day…

Winners
The Bluejay Post
January 2011
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think you can your change yourself
The Reward
By Bluelake Pritchett
Then one day, while Marcus checked the porch, his wish seemed
to finally come true. For there on the porch was a large stack of hundred
dollars bills, all neatly packed together.
Attached to the top bill was a note written with prefect handwriting,
which read, Forgive me, Mister McClain, I was caught up with
work before I could get to your wishes. This should cover all the times
you wished for money. You friend always, W.
Marcus brought the money into the house and headed straight
down to the basement with it in his hands—both had to be used to carry
it.
When he finally got back down to his little room, he shoved the
piles of energy drinks and Twinkie packages onto the floor and proceeded
to count out the money: $314,000…Marcus turned that figure over in
his mind several times over; that was exactly two thousand for each day
he wished.
Marcus re-counted three more times, and still came up with that
amount
Ḟor now, he completely forgot to even question where this
money came from, or who W was, for right now he was currently laughing
to himself, now having more money in his room than his brother
and wife did.
However, his laugh slowly died down as another thought came
into his mind: What would he do with it Marcus had to think about
what to even do now that he actually had money.
The next day, Marcus decided to bury the money—at least, for
now. It was buried in the front yard right by the tree. After this was
done, Marcus kept checking to make sure it was still buried, only to be
met with panic late that night when he saw there, where he buried the
money, was now a gaping hole.
Marcus went over to the hole when he heard a voice down it.
“Hello there, Marcus,” the voice spoke with perfect grace.
“Who’s this” Marcus asked, bending down close to the hole.
“Why it’s just me, W. I’ve come to give you the rest of your
reward.”
Once that was said, a large, albino snake leapt out of the hole,
latching its fangs dead onto Marcus’ face.

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The
Bluejay Post
January 2011
The Principal’s Perspective
Cutting Activities & Athletics
There is an old saying that is very
popular that says, “Activities and athletics
are the other half of education.”
Specifically, it is often those extra-curricular
activities that teach students how to
endure in the face of adversity, cooperative,
compete with grace, and the like.
However, as with any organization,
schools need to examine the ‘cost’ associated
with extra-curricular activities. This
is especially true when funding for schools
has been reduced.
This last week, I read an interesting
article titled “Cutting Activity Programs
Only Hurts Students” in a recent issue of
High School Today (October, 2010.) With
your permission, I would like to share
several quotes from this article.
During the 1990s, extensive research
concluded that participating in high school
activity programs directly related to a
student’s success in school. In fact, the
National Center for Educational Statistics
released a report in June 1995, stating,
“…it is clear that participation and success
are strongly associated as evidenced
by participant’s better attendance, higher
levels of achievement, and aspirations to
higher levels of education.”
Another 1995 study concluded,
“…there is a significant difference between
Counselor’s Corner
the grade-point averages of those involved
in extra-curricular activities and those not
involved in extracurricular activities.”
The College Entrance Examination
Board concluded, “Our study provides
compelling evidence from the SAT, a national
high-stakes test, that participation in
extracurricular activities provides all students
– including students from disadvantaged
backgrounds, minorities, and those
with otherwise less-than-distinguished
academic achievements in high school – a
measureable and meaningful gain in their
college admissions test scores.”
“Because extra-curricular school
activities improve a student’s overall
academic performance, socioeconomically
disadvantaged teens are more likely to find
school a positive place to be; therefore,
they stay involved in the educational process.
Most of all, extracurricular school
activities challenge individuals to explore
– creating curious, lifelong learners.
Students actually desire to continue their
education.”
The article concludes, “Yes, cutting
extracurricular activities might be a simple
approach to balancing the budget, but it
certainly the wrong one.”
Mr. Brown
CHS Principal
Have you ever really taken a step back and thought about what frendship
means The basic definition of friendship is “ Having a close personal companion:
having mutual respect for someone.” If you ask a small child, their definition would be
a friend is someone to play with a recess. A JH student would say it is someone who
they can talk to and “has their back” An adult may say that a friend is someone you can
call when you need help.
As a young person, I always thought a friend was someone to hang out with,
someone who would keep my secrets no mattter what or would stand up for me when
needed. To be friends, I thought that you had to agree on everything and like all the
same things.
Now as a grown up, my thoughts on friendship have changed and matured. I am
blessed that I have “girlfriends” that I can call on at a moments notice when something
is going wrong or I need a shoulder to cry on. We do not always agree on everything
and I have learned that it is okay if we do not like all the same things. Life would be
boring if we all acted exactly the same! Being a true friend is difficult and for the most
part no one has ever taught us how to be friends with others, so I offer this help.
How can you be a friend to someone:
1. Spend time together
2. Listen to each other
3. Keep your promises
4. Do not talk behind their backs or make up rumors
5. Be honest with each other
6. Be helpful
7. Be trustworthy
8. Encourage and support each other
9. Lastly, laugh often
I leave you with this quote, “A friend is someone who knows all about you,
and still likes you.”----Elbert Hubbard
--Mrs. Millershaski
CHS Counselor
Administrative News
Students of the Month,
December 2010
Each month, the faculty honors students who have exhibited exemplary conduct,
helpfulness, and enthusiastic involvement as “Students of the Month.”
“Crystal Wade is a very hard worker
whoalways has a smile on her face. She
cares about doing a good job in school
and in sports.”
--Mr. Littlejohn
“Andi Ogles is very deserving of Student
of the Month for December. She’s
always respectful, ready to learn, willing
to help, and darn cute. She’s a joy to
have in class.”
--Mrs. Thompson
“Bryan Durham demonstrates the true
character of an aspiring young man. He’s hard
working, respetful, caring, and intuitive.”
--Mrs. Wehkamp
HONOR STUDENTS REPRESENT CIMARRON: CHS Honor Band students (front row)
Avery Burns, Kaitlyn Rempel, Taylor Siek, Abby Thompson, Jackie Byer, (back row) Isaac
Stanley, Nick Franzitta, and Garrison LeRock auditioned for Southwest Area Honor Band in
November. Thompson, Remple, and LeRock will continue with auditions for the State-Level
Honor Band. (Courtesy photo)