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NOVEMBER 18, 2008 INSIDE THE ISSUE Page 2 :

Bomb Threats Journalism Grows Other Energy Crisis Prescription Abuse

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Cell Phones Election Results Gas Prices Counselors

Center Spread : Homecoming

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R.I.P. America Reading Smoking Ban Anti-Patriotism

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Cardinal Basketball Athlete of the Month Football Wrap-Up Fall Sports Wrap-Up

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Clubs Beater of the Month Reading (cntd)

EDITORS Nate Peltonen Editor in Chief

Michael Wells News

Mara Krumbein Center Spread

Lance Leque Sports

Gretta Steiner Layout & Design

CONTRIBUTERS Chelsea Behringer Gaelan Evans Josh Fugate Jon Giblin Chelsea Gray Calli Hoyt Tyler Sommerfeldt Marion Thomas Hilary Zabel

ONDY FREE PRESS VOLUME XL, ISSUE 2

Everything Today is Thoroughly Modern

Chelsea Gray

November 6th, 2008 at 7 kids. If the majority of the cast is p.m. the students of Fond du Lac boys they will select a musical High School opened the cur- with a lot of male parts. If there tains for this year’s production are a lot of good dancers in the of Thoroughly Modern Millie. cast, they will pick a show that If you didn’t get the involves a lot of dancing. Dancchance to attend, Thorough- ing is the way our directors went ly Modern Millie is a clas- this year when selecting the music story placed in the 1920s. sical Thoroughly Modern Millie. When asked about the dance “This year’s musical was filled with new things, and numbers in this year’s show, a lot of funny parts,” Julia Mrs. McVeigh said, “We have Clementi stated when asked a small amount of dancers on about this year’s musical. the stage at one time. HopeClementi played the role of fully this will create cleaner Ms. Dorothy who happened to dances. I’m also hoping that be Millie’s friends who taught some of the dance numbers creher many lessons along the way. ate a show stopping atmosphere.” Aside from dancing, this show Students started practicing for tryouts in July, had tryouts is also full of great acting. Two of the main in August leads, and startC a r l y ed having Preissner, regular playing practices Millie, before and Kyle school beBaldauf, gan. The playing cast then J i m m y, continued proved to practheir acttice everying skills day after to the finschool est degree from 3:30 during p.m. until tryouts. 5:30 p.m., Although until early s o m e Novemmusicals ber when have their practices fair share were exof drama tended behind from 3:45 the scenes p.m. unJulia Clementi and Matt Baltz on stage Kirsten til they were finished run- Reddy, who played the role of Ms. ning through the show. Flanary, feels very confident that Why Thoroughly Modern this years cast is getting along. Millie? Well, every year the “The cast atmosphere is really musical is based off of how the working out. When I was a freshdirectors feel it will cater to the men I would have never asked

to hang out with the seniors. This year, the freshmen don’t even ask. They just tag along.” All summer long kids trying out for the musical were taking lessons in both dancing and singing to prepare for this years

State Fair, which was not as well known throughout Fond du Lac. “It depends on how we publicize the show. As a teacher I would also like to add that I see the kids being more excited about this show than any other year. They may not

Some of the cast dance away in the biggest number

tryouts. Most kids didn’t know what to expect when it came time to check the callback list. Most kids were inquiring, what makes on good enough to get a lead? “We look for people that can project without a microphone. Once we hear the voices and find good fits for the characters we create a callback list. There was no doubt in our mind that Carlee was the perfect fit for Millie,” McVeigh stated when asked about this year’s leads. In the same breath McVeigh smiled and said, “I feel very confident with the way we casted the show this year.” Fond du Lac High School has always seemed to have a rather large audience for our musical productions. Even last year’s audience was large when we put on the production

like the way things are going, but they most defiantly seem excited about the show,” McVeigh said. Of course, every good musical has a good set of directors working behind the scenes. This year’s directors Cory Schneider, Sarah McVeigh and Deborah Zwicky have proven their skills as directors. Every year Mr. Schneider takes on this musical. And every year everyone is impressed. In McVeigh’s words, “Simply because he crosses his t’s and dots his I’s, he is the key point of making the show happen.”

NEWS Bomb Threats at Fondy?

Mara Krumbien

We’ve all heard a variety of stories about bomb threats. They’ve been written on pieces of paper, planners, bathroom walls, and wall by the bubbler. Some have even been placed on myspace, left on answering machines, or even just by word of mouth. The number of bomb threats has decreased over the last few years at Fond du Lac High School, but there is always one question that sticks out when a bomb threat is made: “Why do students make bomb threats?” We all have our opinions on why teenagers do these crazy stunts. Mr. Sitter said, “I think for the most part it’s just an attention seeking, look at me, haha I’m funny ordeal. Some kids might generally be angry and don’t know how to handle it.” Other reasons could be to seek attention and/or guidance, and that some students just want to be delinquent. Another issue comes up with the student body too. We don’t get to know about every single bomb threat unless someone who knows slips up. Everybody has their own opinion on whether we should get to know or not. When asked if students should know about every single bomb threat, Ethan King, a senior, said,

“No, because if we were told about every one we wouldn’t take them as seriously. It would be like the boy who cried wolf.” Some people have different views on that because there is a chance that it is real. We have some more cautious people in this school, such as Erich Beyersdorf, a junior. He feels opposite of Ethan. Beyersdorf answered, “Yes, because there is a possibility that it is credible.” Then, we have people with the same yes or no answer, but with different explanations and reasons for their answers. Some may think it’s not important and some may just be thinking if it’s helpful or not. Mr. Sitter of the social studies pod said, “No, I don’t see how it benefits anybody.” He doesn’t think the same way as Ethan, but he still doesn’t think we should know about every one. He’s looking out for the best interest of the students. Others aren’t even entirely decided on it, because it is a pressing issue. Is it truly important that we know or not? Melinda Gozdziewski, a senior, is somewhat in between. “I think we should because it’s our school, but yet it doesn’t matter because there’s so many of them,” she reasoned.

The Other Energy Crisis

Gaelan Evans

One of the growing fads in America is energy drinks. They’re everywhere and it seems like ten more come out everyday. The energy drink companies are some of biggest sponsors at sporting events and almost everyone has tried one. They’re the new drug for teens. Be it the student trying to finish that paper late at night, or the gamer who is trying to win his/her 40-hourswithout-sleep gaming spree. Some of the biggest names, for those of you that don’t know, are Monster, Rockstar, NoS, Bawls and Red Bull. Companies like Bawls, actually give out free energy drinks to LAN parties if the participants send pictures afterward. Red Bull does this as well, in the Red Bull van that may be seen sometimes driving around. Lately, energy drink companies are creating coffee energy drinks, including Monster, who has eight kinds of coffee drinks, Rockstar, and now America’s favorite coffee shop, Starbucks, is jumping on 2 The Fondy Free Press

the bandwagon and has started producing coffee energy drinks. So not only do you get your normal dose of caffeine, but a heavy dose of guarana, L-carantine, taurine, ginseng, and about a pound of sugar. It’s these ingredients that are in energy drinks that can be potentially dangerous to one’s health. Do to the large amount of chemicals and supplements in energy drinks, that while in small amounts and in moderated amounts of time, can be okay. But the large amount normally consumed in a short period of time, can cause things like disruption of electrolytes, nausea, vomiting, and heart beat irregularities. They also limit the amount of water the body can absorb, which can quickly dehydrate during exercise. So remember, even though energy drinks are awesome, the can be unhealthy, so it’s okay enjoy energy drinks, just don’t live on them.

Construction

Marion Thomas

Some people believe that we do know about every one, which some people may, but it is not announced over the loudspeaker every time for everyone to hear. So, what’s the reason that we aren’t notified every single time? Mr. Wiltzius said, “If it’s identified as a threat, a credible threat, we communicate it with the students and community.” But how do we decide if a bomb threat is credible or not? We can’t get into the student’s head and rely on just our instincts, because one day there may be a student that is serious. Whenever a bomb threat is made, everybody in the school is threatened. How can we deem it credible or not? Mr. Wiltzius answered, “We do an investigation collaborating with the police department and interview as many people as possible.” Really, is it worth it? Making a bomb threat is an expellable offense. One could risk his or her entire education just because he or she got angry or needed guidance. This is not the way to go about it. If someone needs guidance, go to somebody and tell them. Nobody should put others at risk. We can trust certain people around us to talk about our problems. Nobody in this school should feel threatened.

Construction on roads in town has been going on here for a long time here in Fond du Lac. When will it end? Who knows but the workers themselves. The construction that is being done has put many people on the edge. Getting to work and getting home can be hard. Eric Reed, 17 yr. old junior, has said, “I have seen a lot of construction work around town. It’s hard to deal with”. It doesn’t affect some of the students seeing that construction isn’t being done in there neck of the woods. Construction however is taking over the main streets. Dirt, sand, and must are contaminating the air. Roads that were demolished for a very long time now have smooth finishing’s. The end results

Drug use has been a consistently concerning problem for parents with adolescent children. Illicit substances can make their way to teens not just by way of drug dealers, but by the child’s friends and even their parents. Prescription drugs like pain killers (Oxycontin, Vicodin, Demerol), depressants (Valium, Xanax, Nembutal), and stimulants (Ritalin, Dexedrine, Adderall) are all very legal and very dangerous. Children have been known to steal these drugs from their parents’ or relatives’ medicine cabinets and distribute them to their friends or whoever they wish. Some students may bring these drugs to school to sell or use them while in school. This is an issue at all high schools including Fondy High. “Yeah, I think it’s a growing problem. I think that’s really due to more kids being diagnosed and treated with these prescriptions,” claimed Fondy High As-

sistant Principal Mr. Meznarich. Students that have gotten caught may suffer heavy consequences in both the short term and long term. “I was expelled from school for two years, referred to the district attorney and had six months probation,” said a Fondy High student (who shall remain anonymous) who was convicted of taking Vicodin and selling it to two other students last school year. “During my probation, I had to go to an AODA (Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse) program and had a nine o’clock curfew every night. I also had plenty of drug tests,” the student also mentioned. To get accepted back into our school the student had to abide by a list of requirements after completing his probation. “The principals can search me, my car and my locker randomly. They can also hold random drug tests. If I fail the tests, I get expelled with no hearing. That goes as well if I break any other normal school

are great; it is just very time consuming. A lot of machinery has been left here and there; it’s very dangerous for young children. Signs are being posted to warn us of nearby danger. It should be known that workers are working very hard to repair our torn streets. They work throughout the day to ensure that our streets are as smooth as a baby’s bottom. So whenever you get frustrated with the construction work or workers, know that by the end, when all is repaired, it was well worth it.

Prescription Drug Abuse: In Our Own Halls? Michael V. Wells rules,” the student explained. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, prescription drugs are only second to marijuana in terms common use among teens. But while marijuana use among teens continues to decline each year, prescription drug use is steadily climbing. “I believe prescription drugs will continue to be more and more of a problem than any other illegal drugs,” commented Mr. Meznarich. “There was a lot at the time that I got in trouble and there is still prescription drug use in our school,” claims that same student who got was expelled last year. When asked about what he would like to say to students in our school who are involved such activities, the student responded, “I would not advise doing them. Be careful who you get involved with because it could really mess up your future.”

November 18, 2008

Cell Phones: to be or not to be? Nate Peltonen Cell phone use in schools is one of the most highly controversial issues administrations face today. On one hand it is the information age, the technology age, an age where people are always connected, literally. Cell phones are a necessary convenience for teenagers in this day and age. Cell phones provide a constant link between a person and his or her peers. Cell phones can be used for safety purposes in times of crisis at a school, as a daily planner to document assignments and project due dates, or even as a calculator for a math class. Students are constantly checking their phones for new messages. Maybe if they saw that they had a homework assignment due every time they glanced at their phones, students would actually do their assignments. According to Kari Wagner, an FHS senior, “I think the cell phone policy is mostly okay, but I think that they should allow cell phones in the commons, during study halls and lunch periods.” On the other hand the argument against cell phone use in schools is a formidable one. While cell

phones are convenient, they do tend to interrupt class like when annoying ring tones suddenly go off in the middle of a lecture. Also text messages have been used for cheating on tests and cameras have been used to take embarrassing photographs of kids changing in locker rooms. There have also been a growing number of incidents where students have used cell phones to call in bomb threats. Another point against cell phone use is the fact that they are used to spread rumors and notify students of fights. According to Ken Trump on www.schoolsecurity.org, the president of National School Safety and Security Services, “We are now dealing with ‘Generation Text’ instead of ‘Generation X’. The rumors typically become greater than the issue, problem, or incident itself.” The issue of cell phone use in school is a complex and multifaceted problem with strong arguments stemming from both sides. At this point in time, cell phones are not allowed in the vast majority of schools, including FHS, but who knows what the future holds.

Gas Prices FallJosh Fugate

With gas finally falling below senior at Fondy High said about three dollars again, many people finding new sources of energy. seem to be happy to drive their If our oil supply is really that cars. But everyone remembers just low, it would pay to find somea few short weeks ago thing new now before when gas was above we run out, or we are four dollars a gallon. just going to have No ones sure how to drill the oil in our long gas prices are country and live with going to be this low, the consequences. which brings up the “Well if it’s cheaper question, “should our we should. That would government step in be the logical thing to and do something to do. We advance so regulate gas prices?” much everyday we will “Yeah, oil comfind something new to panies are greedy,” replace it,” Melanie Melanie Schneider, a Schneider said about senior at Fondy High drilling in our country. said, saying that all “Everyone has their oil companies care own opinion on what about is the money we should do about they make off us. gas, but if we don’t If our government keep prices down no doesn’t want to step one will be able to in and regulate the gas afford it. If we don’t prices, they should find something new, invest in finding new we will run out and sources of energy for we won’t have cars. day to day life. Too No one is sure of the many people were afsolution but somefected by the gas to thing needs to be done. let it happen again. “Yeah we are go- Gas Prices in FDL 11/17/08 ing to be needing it in the near future,” B.J. Cizek a November 18, 2008

NEWS The Election Results With the possibility of this election giving us the first black president and Congress to have 60 democrats, this was one of the biggest elections in U.S. history. The Democrats had a big opportunity this election to have 60 in Congress. This would allow them to call no filibuster. A filibuster is when someone would go talk about nothing related to the bill to put off voting. The democrats fell just short of 60 seats with this election. “I think that everything should be split 50/50, giving no chance to a unanimous vote to a single side,” Justin Schrank, a senior, said about the possibility of Congress having 60 democrats. Although the Democrats fell just short of the magic 60, the White House was won by a Democrat, Barack Obama. Obama is the first black president in U.S. history. The biggest concern to many

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people surrounding this election was our financial crisis. When asked if he thought that Obama could fix this crisis, Erich Beyersdorf, a junior, said “No, I don’t think either of the candidates would be able to fix the crisis.” Both candidates, McCain and Obama, gave their ideas for what would be the best for this country. Obama says he is going to give tax breaks to the working class where McCain was going to give tax breaks to big companies. Many other policies were promised to the people by both candidates. “They would be good if he could get them all to work,” an anonymous student said when asked if the policies promised during Obama’s campaign were good for our country. The financial crisis was a big difference maker in this election, but the people were also worried about many things.

“The fact with the lower value of the dollar should be compensated with a higher minimum wage, and we should heavily tax corporations that send jobs overseas,” said Justin Schrank about what other problems Obama should address in his term. Not only are people worried about the well being of our country, some don’t trust politicians. A few people are worried if Obama will follow through on his word. “Yes, I think he will follow through, starting in February he is starting to bring troops home,” Erich Beyersdorf stated about Obama going through with what he says. Now that the election is over, we will have to wait and see what happens in the U.S. Whether it is better or worse, this was a historical election with the election of our first black president.

Due to the leaving of Mrs. Pagel Of course stepping into a school and Mrs. Pahnke we have had to as large as Fondy can be quite make some definite adjustments intimidating. Fortunately; both this year at Fond du Lac High counselors were treated as though School. Mr. Lynch and Mrs. Hes- they have been here forever. selbarth have been working hard “Students, staff, and parthis school year to show they ents have all been welcomcan fill the shoes of the two most ing,” stated Mr. Lynch. impacting counselors in the hisOn the other hand Ms. Hesseltory of Fond du Lac High School. barth is just beginning to learn They’re started the year by run- the ropes here at the high school. ning programs and inspiring us “I’m so used to big cities. Things with fresh new ideas. Mrs. Hesselbarth started off her teaching career in Brooklyn, New York as a Spanish teacher. She then proceeded back to Wisconsin to do social work at the local Madison high school. Mr. Lynch on the other hand has been a counselor for nine years. He Mr. Lynch and Mrs. Hesselbarth our new counselors started off at Oshkosh West where he and some here are defiantly slower paced various students created a cartoon and much more easy going,” said club. He then moved to Minne- Hesselbarth as she explained sota where he worked for the next to us about her jobs in Madifour years until coming to Fondy. son and Brooklyn, New York.

It’s tough to start working at a new place and balance between improving things in the school, and over stepping the “boundaries.” They are both in agreement that as a school we need to find a better way to communicate with the students. Mr. Lynch has even been asking fellow students to see how they feel about not knowing what’s going on. “We need to make ties to what the students want and need.” Lynch stated when asked about suggestions he’s received. Mr. Lynch and Mrs. Hesselbarth are both more than happy to be at Fondy High. They would both like you to know that they are here to help. Not just with scheduling, but with personal issues as well. With the help of Mr. Lynch and Mrs. Hesselbarth our school will make some defiant changes. Some that will stick and some that won’t. Of course you never know if something will improve unless you try and fail.

Counselors ComeChelsea to Fondy High Behringer & Chelsea Gray

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HOMECOMING

HOMECOMING Origin of Homecoming

Lance LeQue

Homecoming. We celebrate it every year…but why? Well, when in doubt…Wikipedia has the answer. This is what it says: “Homecoming is an annual tradition of the United States. People, towns, high schools and colleges come together, usually in late September or early October, to welcome back former residents and alumni. It is built around a central event, such as a banquet or a game of American football, soccer, basketball, or ice hockey. When celebrated by schools, the activities vary widely. However, they usually consist of a football game played on the school’s home football field, activities for students and alumni, a parade featuring the school’s marching band and sports teams, and the coronation of a Homecoming Queen (and at many schools, a Homecoming King).” Ok, so that’s WHY we celebrate this “homecoming” deal, but how did it all start? Who could’ve thought of something so successful? Some more research on Wikipedia answered both of those questions. The University of Missouri and University of Illinois are both known to have started the tradition of homecoming. In 1909, Baylor University organized an alumni event with the focus point being a varsity sports matchup; however, it didn’t materialize until six years later. As a result, Illinois and Missouri are generally given credit for the annual event. The University of Indiana also held its first annual “Home-Coming” event the same year, but Missouri has received the most credit, as it was recognized by the NCAA, Trivial Pursuit and Jeopardy as being the birthplace of the tradition. Illinois credits Clarence F. Williams and W. Elmer Ekblaw, two senior members of the class of 1910, with establishing the tradition of homecoming at their school. The idea came to them while they were discussing pos-

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Homecoming Game

sible ways of contributing to This year’s homecoming their alma mater. Their idea re- football game was quite the sulted in Illinois’ first homecom- “slobber knocker.” The Cardiing event on October 15, 1910 nals (2-4) played the Appleton – the football game against the East Patriots (2-4), and the winUniversity of Chicago. It also ner kept their playoff hopes included various alumni re- alive. The rest of the loser’s unions, initiations, and banquets. season would be meaningless. The history of the Missouri The bleachers were packed with Homecoming goes back to 1911, Fondy parents, students, fans and when the Tigers first played the alumni. Every week at the footKansas Jayball game, there’s hawks in a theme. This football. particular week, To renew sticking true to the excitement traditional homein the 10coming theme, year rivalry, was Fondy Pride. their athFrom knee high letic direcred socks to bright tor, Chester red face paint, the L. Brewer stands were full of invited all pride and ready to a l u m n i go, all to see their to “come boys one last time home” for at home this year the footand the Cards ball game. didn’t disappoint. Along with Winning the the football homecoming game, the game was not only celebration important to the included students, it was a parade also very imporand pep tant to the players. rally with For some of the a bonfire. seniors like Kevin The event Fitzgerald, Taylor was a sucSchuler, and Sam cess, with Whealon it was Katie Ward in 80’s spirit! n e a r l y more important 10,000 alumni coming home than ever because is was their last to take part in the celebra- game at legendary Fruth Field. tion and watch the Tigers and Michael Stephany, a junior, Jayhawks play to a 3-3 tie. commented on what he was The Missouri homecom- feeling before the game. “Your ing model, with its parade and adrenaline starts pumping, espepep rally centered on a large cially for the homecoming game”. football game has been recog- The guys went through their nized at most colleges and high normal routine when they arschools across the United States. rived at Fruth Field – walk So there you have it, folks. through plays, stretch; everything You can thank the University of and anything to get prepared. Missouri for your annual fun and Coach Lehman later impressed games every October. Without the team by pulling out some them, there wouldn’t be a dance, older footage of Cardinal footspirit week, or even TP’ing. ball. It was the highlight video of the 2004 season. It was interesting to see the old players, some of whom are the older brothers of current players. Coach Lehman showed some footage of the preseason and of their first game Left: Molly Vanbommel, that season. Coincidentally it Tom Seidel, and Alexa was also against Appleton East. Schneider, Senior court To say the least, the video was (not pictured: Stephen inspiring with the camera focused Bauer) upon former Coach Dressler who was almost always shown giving some sort of speech. The team, now focused and emotionally prepared, trotted onto the field to begin warming up.

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It was a cool October night, but mistake, and thanks to a huge run Fondy was ready to heat things up. by Groeschel, they led 35-27. With the rip of the CardiThe momentum had clearly nal banner, the team came leaned towards the Cardinals’ storming onto the field. sideline at this point, and FonThe game began out slow, but dy went into the fourth quarthe pace picked up eventually. ter with an eight point lead. Scoring started in the mid-first The crowd was just as pumped quarter, with an Appleton East as the players were, and what touchdown, however, the point looked like a mosh pit had after attempt (PAT) failed. Af- formed right around the beter a short motivational speech ginning of the fourth quarter. by Coach Lehman, the offense Fondy added on the finishwas ready to take the field. ing touches to a big win with A little more than three min- a 30-yard sprint from Bauer, utes after his speech, the Cards and a 30-yard pass from Rescored on a 15-yard TD pass imer. With 7:13 left in the quarfrom Tucker Reimer to Joe ter, the Cardinals led 48-27. Bertram. Parker Hanson’s PAT The night was twice as speput the Cardinals up 7-6 with cial for the seniors, and the 3:20 left in the first quarter. coaches made sure every seThe second quarter was action nior saw the field at some point. packed as the teams traded scores The Cardinals had survived anshortly after the other. Fondy threw other week, and kept their playoff the first punch as Miles Groeschel hopes alive. Appleton East’s searan for a 3-yard TD. Another son was all but over, as their last PAT by Hanson (who was 7-7 on two games would be meaningless. the night) made it 14-6, Fondy. With two games left, the CarAbout three minutes lat- dinals still have a slim shot at the er, however, East scored an- postseason, but with a tough match other touchdown, and af- up this coming week at Kaukauna, ter a 2-point conversion, the and another road game at Menasha, score was again tied, 14-14. Fondy sure will have to do work. Another three minutes passed, and the Cardinals put six more points on the board thanks to Steven Bauer’s 5-yard run. Another point after from Hanson and the Cards were back up top, 21-14. Fondy’s special teams, who have done a great job this season put the Patriots deep in their own Joe Bertram running through field position, but a long drive allowed East to tie the game with less than a minute left in the quarter. Fondy would just run the remainder of the time out, and the score was tied 21-21 at the half. After the halftime adjustments, and the inspirational speeches, the Cards were fired up for the second half. At almost the same time as in the first quarter, this time the Cardinals scored first on a Tucker Reimer 1-yard run. With Hanson’s kick, Fondy led 28-21. Again, two minutes later, East scored, but missed the PAT and the Cards held their lead, 28-27. Fondy took advantage of East’s November 18, 2008

Girls of the Gridiron

Homecoming Antics

Calli Hoyt

Coming back to school on Mon- the fired up seniors and sophoday, October 6, there was a differ- mores entered to get their shot. Kevin Fitzgerald told his team, ent feel. There was excitement as all the students were looking for- “Pain is weakness leaving the ward to what this week had to offer. body,” to get his team fired up. At the end of the game, however, As the spirit days flew by, Thursday night approached. It it was the sophomores who pulled it out with a 16-12 vicwas the night the tory over the seniors. girls finally got For the sophomores, to take their step Liz Thome and Raout onto the footchel Schmitz showed ball field to play. great performances. The first game of As for the seniors, the night was beMorgan Donoven tween the Juniors and Ksyusha Sokoand the Freshmen. lova tried their best. The games were refAfter the first round ereed by Ms. Buchgames were over the holz, Mr. Wiltzius, real match-up began Mr. Meznarich, with the juniors taking and Mr. Gonzalez. on the sophomores. Brad Evans, one The student section in of the Junior girls’ the stands was cheercoaches, said that he ing for their class, and told his team, “We everyone could sense won everything tothat it would be a battle. day up to this point, The clock started and we’re not and by the end of the changing that now.” first half it was 0-0. The freshmen The clocked startshowed great effort. Such perfor- Abbey Schneider running downfield ed up again and the tough mances were turned in by Shavannah Talberts, competition continued. The Becca Biddick and Stacia Miller. end of the game came and As the clock wound down to its thet were still tied at zero all. Overtime began. Around 4 minfinal seconds, it was the Junior girls who won with a final score of 16-0. utes into it, the sophomores interSome of the spectators said cepted pass, caught by Liz Thome, it was because of the Junior’s and ran it down the field to score. After a long and intense choice to run the ball, and the excellence of the defense that battle, it was the sophomores pulled it off. The juniors and who would be taking home the freshman walked off the field as victory. The sophomores can now call themselves the Girls of the Gridiron Champions.

Many of the students here at Fondy high look forward to homecoming. Be it the chance to dress up and go to the dance, to show their spirit at the game or to go and prank all their friends. Every year it is a guarantee that toilet paper will be seen strewn through out the city, Froot Loops will cover front lawns, and some unlucky people may find their vehicle, house, front trees or whatever, covered in saran wrap. A student, anonymous, was asked what they do for homecoming, and replied,îThursday night I went to girls of the gridiron, and then I TP’d the school, which you know, was pretty funî ..... ìon Friday I participated in float building, I think the seniors got second place, but I wouldn’t know ‘cause I ended up marching in the band.

And then I went to the game, but only ended up staying for half because I had to perform, and then me and my friends left to go ‘decorating’, ‘cause we decorate the city, with you know, toilet paper. It was pretty fun. And then on Saturday I went to the dance, and the dance was awesome this year.î Unfortunately in the last two to three years, things have gone from harmless fun to more serious vandalism. Things like forking, egging and spray painting have become more and more prominent. Along with these, the writing on the windows has become a large problem. We wrote on the windows, but I heard there were some inappropriate things. That made me upset, ‘cause they’re going to ruin it for everyone else, and that’s not fair....î

Spirit Week

Gaelan Evans

During an interview with head principal, Mr. Wiltzius, he expressed that the writing on the windows wouldn’t be such a big problem, if the writing actually had to do with homecoming. But he goes on to say that most of what has been being written is simply derogatory, profane and an overall lack of the school spirit which homecoming is based on. He believes that part of the situation is somewhat an administrative error, in the way that the actions taken were not handled correctly. He also talked about future actions that will be taken to hopefully prevent these school related vandalisms. These include student teacher conferences about how to prevent vandalism, and a more spirited aim and greater respect for the school and its patrons.

Tyler Sommerfeldt

Spirit week is meant to get everybody excited about homecoming. The 2008-2009 Spirit week did an excellent job of that. Fond du Lac has always been proud of the pride we have had whether it is at pep assemblies or sports events. Throughout the week students dressed in their appropriate outfits to go along with the theme, and also there were other events such as girls of the grid iron, the pep assembly, float building, the football game, and of course the homecoming dance itself to get all of the students ready for a good time and year. A junior here at Fondy, Brian Kemp, said, “The point of spirit week is to unify the student body and to get everybody jacked up about the football game, and the homecoming dance, and it did just that.”

Talking about homecoming week brings up the question, “Why aren’t there more events like this during the school year?” Mike Hebert talks about the situation. “If we have more weeks like spirit week, then it wouldn’t be as exciting, because it only comes around once a year and gives me something to look forward to.” Some teachers say that having a series of spirit week would be hard for students to focus on school work with so many activities going on, which can bring up another topic. Homecoming is a memory that can be very important to most students. You don’t want to forget it. So show your school spirit and represent your class. Fondy pride is everything, we are sure about that.

Matt Baltz with great spirit

Kari Wagner with the ball

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Mike August, Howard Zhou, Joe Diedrichs great spectators

How low can you go?

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VIEWS

R.I.P. AmericaNate Peltonen

that their vote counts on Election Day, and that the democratic process will prevail. Hopefully this election the votes actually will count and the true winner will end up the president elect. We all have now realized that George W. Bush screwed our country up. Horribly. We are now at war with Iraq and Afghanistan. Both of these countries have cost us absurd amounts of money, plunging our country into an ever-worsening financial cris. The sort of crisis that America hasn’t dealt with since, oh I don’t know, The Great Depression. Social Security is going down the toilet, along with an unheard of number of jobs that used to belong to Americans, and now belong to foreign countries. The dollar bill, formerly the most valuable currency on Earth, is now the laughing stock of foreign financial markets. Maybe I’m being too negative, though. These last eight years have seen an increase in American obesity and a higher dependence on foreign oil so not everything has gone wrong (wink, wink). I guess what I’m trying to say is that no matter who wins this election, be it Obama or McCain, we, the American people, are still totally up a creek. The outlook for the American future is a bleak one, and it’s up to us to fix it. Nate Peltonen for president?

Smoking Ban Mara Krumbein

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really going to want to do that? They won’t, but they still will because they feel the need to smoke. That may pose a problem, too. Police are busy enough keeping people in line late at night at the bars, but then there’s crowds of drunken people out on the sidewalk, too. That may be potentially dangerous for passerbies, because the smokers will be crowding the sidewalk as they’re trying to walk past. People may say smoke hurts the people around you, but is it really worse than all the chemicals and pollution in the air we breathe? There are different ways to resolve this conflict. For example, maybe we should let the bar/restaurant owners decide if smoking is allowed. At least some of the community would get a say then, instead of having seven people decide for a 45,000+ population. Smoker or non-smoker, this ban is inflicting on people’s rights. Agree or disagree, people need to step up and re-assess the situation.

Roots, another favorite, and Gone with the Wind, to name a few. Unfortunately, college came along and so began my five year reading drought. Drought (noun): an extended shortage.Oh, make no mistake, I read in college. But there was little pleasure in any of it, even the English course reading. And, after I graduated and began teaching, I was too overwhelmed to read for the first year. But then in 1986, my second year teaching, it happened. Pat Conroy’ s The Prince of Tides came out and a colleague said, “You have to read this book.” I could hardly put it down. My love affair was renewed. Of course, some of you are saying, “That’s you. You’re an English

Mrs. Berka teacher.” Admittedly, that is initially why I wanted to teach English. However, now I really don’t enjoy teaching literature. I would rather teach writing and grammar. Over the years I think that I have grown to dislike teaching literature because I don’t like what it does to the great story. More accurately, perhaps, I am often conflicted about teaching literature. On the one hand, as a reading and story lover, I hate picking fiction apart, forcing my students to find the symbolism and foreshadowing. I often feel like I am ruining a good story. On the other hand, I know that kids need to develop the ability to become critical thinkers. And honestly, I do get pretty excited when I see kids read The Continued on back page...

Anti-Patriotism The Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde once said, “Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.” Well I have a quote for Mr. Wilde: “You stink, Oscar. This is America, baby!” Although I realize that Oscar Wilde wasn’t American and never lived in America, he does pinpoint two of the things that are most detrimental to the success of our own beloved U. S. A.: creative writing (pretty detrimental) and anti-patriotism (so detrimental!). Patriotism is the number one foundation of our republic (number two: hotdogs). The second we let any nay-saying, justice-mongering, anti-supersizing hooligans take the upper hand, we lose all that is great about this country. The most prevalent no-goodniks on my list (my “No-goodniks List”) of dangers to American ideals are the proponents of “antianimal cruelty”. In my humble

opinion, it’s my right as a human to be as cruel as I want to any sort of animal (opposable thumbs= power!). This concept doesn’t just pertain to physical acts of abuse, but verbal as well. If I want to call my dog a “stinky jerk” I have that right under the First Amendment! I believe the Bill of Rights also says I can bludgeon him to death with a bust of Socrates if he does his “business” on the dining room rug (amendment made possible by McGuffrey V. Snuffles). Another group that continues to be a threat to all good, patriotic Americans is what I like to call the “Voter Overreach Front” (or the V. O. F.). These people want to get all able Americans to vote. Now, this sounds nice, but do we really want carnival people (“Carnies”), homeless people (“Smellies”), unhappy people (“Grumpies”), and old people (“Wrinklies”) voting for impor-

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tant things? Answer: No (that saved you a lot of time that you could have wasted on thinking for yourself, so you are welcome). These groups are just the beginning of an endless, growing list of anti-patriots. They are enemies of some of the best cornerstones of our American culture: violence and exclusion (our “bread and butter”). Where would we be if we did not decimate this great land’s native peoples, persecute strangers for not following our valiant orthodoxies, or reshape other people’s traditions into one amorphous blob of beautiful American culture? So, if you live in the old U. S. of A. in these divisive times, try to think more like me and less like you. This promotes unity and prosperity, which is a whole lot easier than that “peace, love, and understanding” stuff.

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A new citywide ordinance was passed on Wednesday, October 22nd, at about 11:00 pm. Starting in early 2009, there will be no smoking in any public place. This ban is taking it way too far. It’s completely infringing on people’s rights. Restaurants, for example, have separate smoking areas and are well ventilated. The smoke from those areas never reaches into the non-smoking area, so what’s the problem? If certain members of the staff have a problem with the smoke, then they can just work in the non-smoking section. Also, as Faros does, restaurants can have certain times during the day in which smoking is not allowed at all, courtesy of children especially. As for bars, this is a little more extreme. Some bars may lose a lot of business because many people go to bars to drink and smoke. The only reason it may not be so bad is if people are willing to go outside to smoke. But with this weather, how many people are

Okay, I have to confess that there were a couple of days this fall when I really didn’t feel like being here. I know, I know. Some of you are thinking, She can’t feel that way! We students can feel that way; we’re kids, but she’s a teacher! Or, if she feels that way, at least she shouldn’t admit to it! But I did and I am! Why? I was in the middle of a great story, and all I wanted to do was read! My love affair with reading really began, I believe, with Charlotte’s Web. Next, it was the Little House on the Prairie series. Then all the Nancy Drew books. In middle school I loved Go Ask Alice, and in high school it was The Color Purple, a book that remains one of my all time favorites,

So M G i rr ra ke y nd ’s pa !

I am sick of politics. Seriously, if I get one more frickin’ phone call from the Democratic or Republican party, I’m moving to Russia. At least there you don’t have a choice who to vote for. Of course, I am writing this before the election is determined so I don’t know who’s won yet. Oh darn. All I’ve heard in these past two months from potential voters is the same thing. “It’s all about choosing the lesser of two evils.” Is that seriously what American politics has come to? Sadly, it has. I mean obviously John McCain has gotten pretty senile if he chose Sara Palin for his running mate. And on the other hand Barack Obama must be ridiculous if he thinks people are actually going to respond to someone whose last name sounds like Osama, and whose middle name is Hussein. I think any reasonable American can agree that Sara Palin is an insult to intelligent women everywhere, and that Joe Biden’s hair plugs are, well, they speak for themselves. But I guess the bar has been set pretty low in recent years for the American political standard. I mean when you have the most homosexual republican sex scandals ever, and a democratic Congress that doesn’t get anything done, it is pretty easy to be skeptical. At the end of the day, Americans can fall back on the fact

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SPORTS Cardinals Ready For Basketball Last year’s basketball season ended in disappointment when the Fond du Lac Cardinals took a hard loss in the first round playoffs against Oshkosh West. It takes some time to recover after playing and losing to one of your rivals. Now that Fondy has lost Coach Diener after 24 years of coaching the successful Cardinals, Coach Adam Zakos has come to the stage, and stepped up to be the new Fond du Lac Varsity basketball coach. Coach Zakos, a teacher at Woodworth played for the Fondy Cardinals a few years back and has been around basketball and the Cardinals for almost his entire life. Now that the 2008-2009 season is beginning, Coach Zakos is heading into his third season. Some say following such a great coach like Coach Diener will be a disadvantage for Coach Zakos, but he has been doing quite well his first two years and says “To win this year, we are going to have to give everything we have and never leave anything on the court.” Open gyms and weight lifting have been going on for months to get the boys in shape. For the second year in a row a conditioning program name Speed has been training the boys for weeks. Some varsity and junior varsity players have been playing Fondy volleyball to keep up their quickness and vertical. Nick Ford, the four-year varsity point guard is ready to take con-

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trol this year. “I think were ready for this season, and we are going to be able to hold our own,” Nick said. The Cardinals are looking to be prepared for anything this year. The Cardinals basketball team has been known for their great basketball, coaching, and especially defense in the past years. In fact in the last 20 years, no city has won more championships in our conference than the Fondy Cardinals, Brayden Wendt after a hard conditioning and don’t forget that we have Travis Diener representing Fondy in the National Basketball Association (NBA). No matter where the Cardinals play, from Goodrich to Fondy High, the Fondy Cardinal basketball teams have been represented well, and hope to do the same in the future. Go Fondy Cardinal basketball!

2008 Fondy Football Wrap-Up

Lance LeQue

With two weeks left in the season, the Cardinals (2-4, at the time) were fighting for their postseason hopes and dreams. Two road trips to Kaukauna and Menasha would decide whether or not the Cards would make it. A long season can take its toll on not only someone’s body, but their mind and spirit as well. Injuries are almost impossible to avoid, whether they’re minor, or season-ending. It happened to the Cardinals, this year. In week 4 against Kimberly, junior cornerback Eric King came out of the game early. He was hit in the side, and it was sore, but didn’t think anything was serious. It turns out that his spleen had burst, and he was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery. For the second straight season, his season ended early. Senior wide receiver Brandon Deich tore a ligament in his leg late in the season, to “end his career”. Nonetheless, practices during the week of the Kaukauna game were intense. The guys were focused on nothing but the Terrors, (7-1, at the time) who had already secured their playoff spot. The Cardinals played in their second straight homecoming game, this time it was Kaukauna’s celebration. The trip up to Bayorgen Field was like no other. The players were dead quiet. Only one thing was on everyone’s mind: ‘W’. The Cardinals were out to an early lead, 14-0, but Kaukauna managed to catch up, and pull

Athlete Of The Month & Fall Wrap-Up The athlete of the month for October is boys cross country runner Josiah Swanson. Swanson recently managed to qualify for state, the only male cross country runner to do so, this year. Swanson finished with a time of 16:47 for 52nd place at the state meet in Wisconsin Rapids. “With a half-mile to go, he was in 30th place,” coach Dennis told the Fond du Lac Reporter. “He was exactly where he needed up. But in the last two minutes, he was passed by 20 people. He’s a little disappointed, but he knows he has two more years, and he’ll do a lot better next year and the year after.” The Fondy Free Press would also like to recognize the rest of the boys cross country team, as well as the boys soccer, boys volleyball, girls tennis, girls cross country, girls volleyball, girls swimming, and girls golf teams. November 18, 2008

The girls tennis team made their very first appearance at state this year, but unfortunately was eliminated in the first round of competitions. The girls cross country team scored 317 points for 14th place at state. Junior Marki Klapperich ran 15:47 for 57th place to lead the Cardinals. Tiffany Masters was 101st in 16:09. “One surprise was Tiffany Masters, a freshman on our girls team,” Dennis said. “She was our No. 6 and 7 runner all season, and she ended up being our No. 2 runner. For someone to move up that far on the biggest stage of the season was pretty remarkable.” Brittany Vezina was 112th in 16:16, and Emily Garton was a step behind in 16:18 for 115th. Maggie Halfman was 131st in 16:24, Jenna Goebel

was 132nd in 16:24, and Jenny Strong was 174th in 17:12. Vezina and Goebel are the only two seniors who ran for Fondy. With only one senior on the team, the future for the girls volleyball team looks bright. Sophomore hitter Kayla Pickart earned second-team honors in the Fox Valley Association. Freshman setter Emily Riese earned honorable mention. Senior libero Kelly Mand earned honorable mention. The Cards finished 4-5 and tied for sixth place in the 10-team league. The girls swimming team finished in 6th place at the FVA meet at the Aquatic Center. Sophomore Elise Drewsen took third in the 200-yard freestyle in 2 minutes, 3 seconds, and fifth in the 100 free in 55.5 seconds, second all-time at Fondy. Fondy’s next best finish came in the 200 medley relay in which the

Cardinals swam in 1:58.5 for fifth. That team consisted of Drewsen, Kelly Faber, Lauren Rosser and Maggie Nett. The team dropped more than a second off their previous best time and is only .2 seconds away from a school record. The 400 free relay team of Nett, Rosser, Drewsen and Anna Boatman also took fifth (3:54.5). It was that team’s best time of the season. The girls’ golf team went through a tough year, but the team is very young, and their future also looks very bright. Freshman Bianca Mendez earned honorable mention in the FVA. The boys’ volleyball team recently won its first-ever WIAA playoff game defeating Germantown in four games. However, they lost to Nicolet, the 9th ranked team in the state, in the sectional final. A relatively young team, next year should

away with the lead. It was the Cardinals’ turn to play catch up, which they did, but fell short, and Kaukauna won the battle. It was a commendable effort. The hearts of the Cardinals had been broken. Tears were being shed in the end zone during Coach Lehman’s post-game talk with the players. “It’s a shame,” said senior lineman Brent Simmons. “We seniors didn’t get the opportunity to experience the post-season in our high school careers as football players. Some will join other sports and be successful, but for us, this is it. We’re done.” With nothing but pride and the love of the game left to play for, Fondy was determined to end the season on a good note. Fondy started out on the right track at a frigid Calder Stadium in Menasha, scoring on a long touchdown run. Menasha however scored on their next drive, and tied the game at seven. The Cardinals were next to score, again on a long TD run. Menasha tied the game back up, though, and at halftime it was all even. After the half, the Cardinals scored twice, both on long TD’s runs, but failed to complete a two-point conversion attempt. The score was 26-14 when the coaches started putting in the seniors for some hard-earned, well-deserved playing time. It was the last time that most of them would ever play football.

Lance LeQue be just as successful as this one. Five players, four of them seniors, from the boys soccer team are listed on the FVA all-conference team. Senior Bryce Bartelt made first team as a midfielder, and Thomas Seidel earned first team honors as a defender. Matthew Cardinal made the second team as a defender, and Lucas Baker earned honorable mention as a forward. The last player to be recognized is sophomore midfielder Brent Winkler who also earned honorable mention. Congratulations to every team, and lets’hope for the best next year!

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FONDY FREE PRESS EXTRA G.S.A.

Josh Fugate

Enviromental Club

Chelsea Behringer

This year the Gay Straight Alliance has ten members. The GSA brings gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and straight people together to raise awareness and acceptance. They went to Madison for GLISTEN on Friday, November 14th. GLISTEN is a national convention to raise awareness and acceptance. Anyone interested, the meetings are Wednesday after school in Mr. Klotz’s room.

The Environmental Club meets every Tuesday in room 1550, in Mrs. Winter’s room. There are always delicious cookies and refreshments at the meetings. Everybody is welcome. Lately, the environmental club has been selling energy efficient light bulbs. So let’s all pitch in and help out the environment.

Chelsea Gray

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Math Team

Open Jam

Math team is a group of students that enjoy math. They compete at various schools in the Fox Valley. If you are interested in joining please see Mr. Smith, or Ms. Anderson. Also, on December 4th there will be a Math Association of America contest at Fond du Lac High School. If you are interested in participating please see your math teacher.

Open Jam is looking for bands to join the club. Open Jam annually performs at Goodstock and homecoming. Another performance is scheduled for sometime within a month or two. If you’re interested, please see Mr. Doeckel, the groups’ advisor, in room 2930.

Beater of the Month

Chelsea Behringer

The new beater of the month has to go to Kirsten Reddy and her Ford Taurus, which is conveniently called “The Crapper”. It is truly marvelous inside and out. Having no power steering really makes this car fun to drive. There are also a fair share of surprises while driving “the crapper”. The windshield wipers will go off randomly from time to time, and the soothing sound of the squeaky brakes will accompany her favorite song. Nothing is perfect though. Along with all of these delightful

perks, “the crapper” also comes with its fair share of blemishes. When you go to check your mirrors, you may notice that the driver’s side mirror is held up by duct tape and the passenger side mirror frame is missing. “Don’t take long trips in the winter,” Kirsten Reddy stated as she told the chilling story about her family trip to Minnesota. “The heat went out for three hours straight!” Even though Kirsten Reddy doesn’t have the best vehicle at Fondy High, she is still proud to say that she owns “the crapper”.

Youth Alive

Yearbook

FBLA

Youth Alive met Wednesday mornings in the commons. Youth Alive carries out a fellowship and discuss and study the bible, all are welcomed you don’t have to be Christian.

For every school there is a yearbook, and there are many reasons for a yearbook. The yearbook helps you remember the school year. Being a member of the yearbook committee takes dedication throughout the entire school year. It can be very tough, but has lots of benefits as well. Beth Mininger says, “Being in the yearbook is a lot of fun, because you get to be very creative.” After years of high school you go back and look though the yearbook to remember the great memories at Fondy High, think of the yearbook committee who put the yearbook together.

In FBLA members compete against other schools and do activities. They go to businesses and set up things such as donkey basketball and jingle bell walk. You can still go to the meetings at 7:35 am on Thursdays in room 1153, but you can not compete in competitions because it is past the deadline to sign up.

Hilary Zabel

Robitics

Gaelen Evans

In FBLA members compete against other schools and do activities. They go to businesses and set up things such as donkey basketball and jingle bell walk. You can still go to the meetings at 7:35 am on Thursdays in room 1153, but you can not compete in competitions because it is past the deadline to sign up.

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Hot Lunch School lunch used to give you the creeps like old, gray, moldy sandwiches, Jell-o with gray hair sticking out the sides, and four day old milk. Don’t forget the lunch ladies: mean,old, musty, breath smells bad. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the average teenage nightmare. Class after class, stomach rumbling, and what to look forward to? Mush... of coure. Lunch like that should be prohibited and is just plain gross. Jasmine Furgenson, an 18year-old, senior said, “I don’t like school lunch. They serve the same thing everyday. I would eat out if I could”. Although some students prefer to eat out, the school provides healthy chocies ev-

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eryday and some unhealthy for the average busy student. Lunch can be a fun and appetizing time. There are many chocies to choose from, all changing daily on the menu. A friendly lunch staff will help you with your pin number and questions. They’ll help you enjoy your lunch or breakfast, whatever it may be. They will make you feel right at home. Our lunch clean-up crew should provide a clean atmosphere every lunch period. They get down and dirty to make sure your lunch is clean and edible, so give them some dap, a holla, a shout out. Recognize the hard work they provide because their props are well deservied.

Reading (continued...) Catcher in the Rye and like the story; but I love the expression on their faces when they “get” all the symbolism and appreciate the book in a whole new way. Despite this, I am still sad that my efforts in the class room with literature make some kids hate books, make them hate to read. What a heartbreaker for me, a book lover. So this summer I started doing more reading about the topic of reading. Guess what I found? I found lots of evidence to support the high correlation between students who read for pleasure and their achievement levels, 8 The Fondy Free Press

in school, on tests like the SAT and ACT, and even in their jobs. Did you know that every measure that looks at reading for pleasure and its effects on standardized tests of reading ability--and science and math-- indicates that the major predictor of student success is the amount of time students spend reading? Did you know that U.S. students who are in the top 5 percent read 144 times more than their non-reading counter parts who score in the bottom 5 percent? Did you know that a study in 1992 in 27 countries revealed that there was

a steady trend upward in student achievement in the populations that engage in lots of voluntary pleasure reading? Oh, I could go on and on; there is so much data to support the benefits of reading. So what do we need? We need more kids reading because aside from the fact that, with the right book, reading is pleasurable, the data is there to support the impact reading has on student achievement in every area of the curriculum. Yet, unlike elementary and middle school where schools create time to read, we don’t. Our curriculum is loaded so full, and

we teachers feel so pressured to “get it all in.” How in the world can we “give up” time for reading? However, encouraging students to read will only help them perform better in every area of school. And if reading is that important, shouldn’t we be devoting time in school to it? Shouldn’t we say, “Hey, reading is essential to your overall success and achievement, so read”? I think so. And I know I’m not alone. Reading for pleasure is rewarding, but it is also necessary. So read. Read for enjoyment.

Jon Giblin

Book Club

Mike Wells

The Fondy High Book Club has a meeting on the third Tuesday of every month at 3:30 p.m. in Room 1220 (the English Pod). The club is run by Ms. Aspenson and they are currently finishing up Stuck in Neutral, a novel by Terry Trueman.

Everyone here at the Fondy Free Press wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

No School: 26th 27th, 28th Mrs. Berka Read to perform better on tests in every area. Read to understand the world better. Read to understand yourself better. Just read. You won’t be sorry.

November 18, 2008