Bulldogs @ Cardinal Ritter
-The Bulldogs took on Cardinal Ritter on Friday, August 19. The bulldogs won with a score of 40 to 12.
Bulldogs @ Edgewood
-The Bulldogs took on Edgewood on Friday, August 26. Once again, the Bulldogs won with a score of 42 to 10
Bulldogs @ Linton
-The Bulldogs lost 52-27.
Bulldogs vs. Triton Central
-First home game of the season. Homecoming!
-Bulldogs lost 41-10
Monrovia’s Student Government (SGA) has been working toward bettering our school for years, this association is composed of our best students to represent our school. The officers for the 2022-2023 school year are President Dorothy Dimmack, Vice President Whitney Willett, Secretary Jillian Kriech, and Treasurer Heather Taylor. Our officers have been working to choose our 2022-2023 senior class details such as shirt, color, flower, and quote. They have come up with Periwinkle as the senior class color and the Lotus as the senior class flower.
The Senior Lounge was also put in place for the senior students of 2022-2023 to have a relaxing place to work, read, study, talk, and nap during free periods of their day. Once the Senior Lounge is finished, the officers will hold a Grand Opening. Our officers are also working their hardest on achieving outside seating as well as some other projects soon to come!
Girl’s Leadership Association of Monrovia (GLAM) is a club for Monrovia’s girls who want to acquire leadership skills. This year of 2022-2023 is lead by presidents El Williams and Jada Kaufman. Their secretaries are Avery Robertson and Jillian Kriech, with the marketing manager Genevieve Malone. The GLAM club will be presenting this year’s Homecoming Dance with the theme of ‘Golden Gala’. They are in need of donations from GLAM members for supplies for this dance. Anything is appreciated! Tickets will be sold during A and C lunches during the week of September 6th.
Candidates for Princess:
Sienna Alexander
Audrey Haught
Avery Newlin
Macy Thrasher
Candidates for Prince:
Tucker Rahn
Tristan Hinshaw
Brendan Frank
Jake Hampton
Candidates for Queen:
Jillian Freeman
Jillian Kriech
Genevieve Malone
Faith Cox
Candidates for King:
Julian Zhou
Tyler Romer
Adam Bales
Riley Corona
The 2022 Homecoming Prince and Princess are Sienna Alexander and Tucker Rahn. And the 2022 Homecoming King and Queen are Faith Cox and Tyler Romer.
Sunshine Club gets students more involved with teachers in our school. It is a program where the student chooses a teacher, the teacher does not know who the student is, and throughout the year they exchange gifts back-and-forth and the teacher tries to guess who their student is. Last year was the first year sunshine club did an in person reveal. See Mrs. Zhou for more details!
The athletes on the Cross Country team are always improving. Most of the runners are experienced and have run in years prior. However it is Aubree Pierson (Fr) and Abby Dunagan’s (Jr) first year running Cross Country. All 14 runners are definitely better now than they were a month ago, at the beginning of the season. Almost every runner has set a new PR (personal record) for themselves just in the few meets they’ve had.
Riverton Parke Invitational
Boys:
-Colton Smith (Fr) finished 10th
-Jackson McPherson (Fr) and Dawson Peters (Sr) weren’t too far behind.
-Boys were 4th out of 16 teams.
Mooresville Invitational
Boys:
-Tucker Rahn (Jr) finished 10th
-Dawson Peters (Sr) finished 12th
Girls:
-Sam Kluemper (So) finished 9th
-Lily Cox (So) finished 16th
The Brigade participated in the Columbus North Invitational on Saturday, September 10th. They received first place with distinction in percussion, visual, and general effect.
The Brigade participated in the Greenwood Invitational on Saturday, September 17th. Receiving a first place trophy with distinction in guard, percussion, music, visual, and effect.
The Brigade will perform at Avon high school on Saturday, September 24th at 3:30 P.M.
Should athletes be treated differently by teachers? If you were to ask a group of high school athletes this question, most could assume they’d all say yes. However, if you were to ask the same question to a group of nonathletes, we could assume they’d be against it. Why? Well, some may say that athletes already are treated differently, but is that in a positive or negative way? And are they treated differently because they are just more well known or because they participate in more activities?
“According to a West Milford athlete, ‘coaches expect too much of players in terms of ability. They’re also not always accommodating that players have lives outside of their sport.’” (https://thehighlandecho.com/2018/11/high-school-athletes-overworked/) If a coach expects too much, should a teacher expect less, to ‘balance it out’? This athlete, as well as many other athletes, claim to be overworked. Most athletes leave their house in the morning before school and don't return until sometime in the late evening. Some go to school and then a 2 hour practice, sometimes another 2 hour practice if they play multiple sports, and if that athlete has a job, there is no free time or time to study/ do schoolwork. So say that a student who has 4 hours of sports practices and a job or other responsibilities, etc. only has to do half of the math problems as the average student. But another athlete, on the same team, plays just one sport. That athlete goes to school and then practice and is home by 6:00. What is to differentiate the average student from an average athlete from an overworked student athlete?
Wait, but aren’t sports optional? Yes, they are. So is there any exception or room for excuses if the student took on this much voluntarily? If a student athlete is drowning in schoolwork and their grades are starting to drop, are their athletics to blame? Do sports have a direct impact on the individual’s academic performance? A study at the University of Rochester shows that “exercise increases blood flow to the brain and helps the body build more connections between nerves, leading to increased concentration, enhanced memory, stimulated creativity, and better-developed problem solving skills. In short, playing sports helps your brain grow and makes it work better.” (https://www.rochester.edu/team/benefits-of-sports-to-students/) So, should students get blamed for spending too much time focused on sports when it seems that they may actually be improving their educational functioning?
What are your thoughts on how student athletes vs. non-athletic students are treated in the classroom? We’d love to hear your opinion!
Ritter
-The girls beat Ritter with a score of 5-1.
-Emery Newlin scored 3
-Nellie Standeford scored 2
South Vermilion
-The girls won with a score of 16-0
-Two hat tricks from Emery and Avery Newlin
-Goals from Chelsea Wallace, Whitney Willett, Sam Kluemper, Deja Weston, Joslyn Young, Nellie Standeford, Allie Swafford, Maddie Newlin, Josie Hause, and Paige Milton.
Cascade
-The girls beat Cascade 6-1
Edgewood
-The lady bulldogs beat Edgewood 7-0
Terre Haute South
-The lady bulldogs beat Terre Haute with a score of 4-2
North Putnam
-The lady bulldogs beat North Putnam with a score of 9-0
