Volume XXIII, Issue V ● January 2015 Life Skills Markets Crafts for Holidays School It is Christmas time here at Fleet- or 2 for $5.00 flakes that are $2.00 each. They also are wood, and students in Life Skills are making • SOCK SNOWMEN: $6.00 each, or donating $1.00 to Relay for Life for each wonderful crafts for the holiday! SOCK SNOWMEN FAMILY: $15.00 one. When participants buy a double snow- Life Skills are students in Fleet- each flake, they are $4.00, and they are giving a wood who are developing the essential pro- • HOUSE PLANTS: $0.50 to $2.00 $2.00 donation to Relay for Life! ficiencies needed to navigate daily life. Like • ORNAMENTS: $2.00 each “The students are enjoying making every other student in Fleetwood, Life Skills • TONGUE DEPRESSOR SNOW- the crafts and selling them. They are taking students are all uniquely different. MEN: $1.00 each pride in what they are doing and being part These students are making a lot of • WREATHS: $1.00 each of the school. Many of them have come crafts for the holidays to provide for their • CANDY CANES: $1.00 each into the room excited because they have families, school staff, and students. This • SMALL SPOOL ANGELS: $2.00 received complements about their work,” includes sock snowmen, towel angels, house each, or 2 for $3.00 teacher Michelle Buser said. plants, Breast Cancer Awareness-themed • LARGE SPOOL ANGELS: $3.00 “I think it is a great opportunity decorations, a double snowflake, and differ- each, or 2 for $5.00. for the kids and for our community,” assis- ent kinds of Christmas ornaments. tant principal Thomas Salpino said. Students are also promoting Breast PRICES FOR THE CRAFTS: Cancer Awareness this Christmas. You can • DISH TOWEL ANGELS: $3.00 each buy wreaths that are $2.00 each and snow- By Alyssa Brandt FAHS Visits USHMM School

The field trip to the Holocaust killed as well. It wasn’t just Jewish people; Weiss said. museum on 11 November 2014 was a spe- it was much more,” history teacher Todd By Laura Seidel cial day. It was enlightening and moving for the students who went. The day was dedicated to the recognition that people were dehumanized by this tragedy. It is important to understand this topic so that people can prevent this occurrence from happening again. Inside the museum, there are many floors to explore. Ninety-one survi- vors came to the museum and gave their firsthand, chilling experiences. These survi- vors were not paid. The museum possesses over twelve thousand artifacts and 49,000,000 pages of documentation. Peo- ple from all over the world come to visit to experience the museum firsthand. Two million visitors tour it annu- ally. The museum opened to the public for the first time on 26 April 1986. One room in the museum is dedicated to the victims’ shoes. There are over four thousand dis- played shoes in the Permanent Exhibition. Polish sculptor, Mieczyslaw Stobierski Copyright © 2009 by Albert Herring (1914-1998) made a plaster model of the gas chambers at the crematorium in Ausch- witz Birkenau. This model contains three thousand individually sculpted figures and Elie Wiesel said, is more than twenty feet in length. Speak- ers, movies, books, models, quotes, pic- “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into tures, and other precious artifacts from this one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that tragedy can all be found in the museum. smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned The students who went on this into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky. Never shall I forget those flames trip were able to explore the museum with their groups. which consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which “The museum was very well done. deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments All of the sequences followed in order, and which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I it gave the students a good understanding forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.” of the crime done to humanity. I liked the identification cards that they gave us in the This quote appears in the Permanent Exhibition of the United States Holocaust Me- beginning. One thing a lot of people forget morial Museum. about is that twenty million Russians were Page Two January 2015 Are You Addicted To Your Phone? Science/Technology 2014 Fleetwood Hall Of

In the past few years, phone addic- Researchers believe that, if people tions have become more popular. While have a device in their hands that is the same Fame Inducts Nick Hope walking down the street, most people will be weight and shape of an iphone, it will give Sports looking down at their phones. them the feeling as if they have their mobile Even at dinner and family meals, it device by their side at all time. Nick Hope, along with two other has become ‘normal’ to be on the cellphone Studies show more than half of the students, was chosen to be a part of the instead of conversing with everyone at the population has anxiety when they do not 2014 Fleetwood Hall of Fame. Nick started table. have their cellphone at their side. Ingmar playing soccer at the age of six and has been Designer companies have come up Larsen is one of the producers of the no- playing for eleven years. He plays defender with a new way to wean people off of their Phone. for Fleetwood Area High School. cellphones. It is called the noPhone. Larsen says they are still figuring "I’ve grown to love the game, and The noPhone is a plastic device out how to make this more effective for the the people who I play with help me to even that has no purpose at all except to help future. love it more,” Hope said. people with their phone addiction. “I always have my phone on me Hope made Varsity his sophomore noPhone cannot connect to the and use it for everything” senior Lizzay year of high school, which gave him more Internet, make calls, or merge with Blue- Faust said. opportunities to help him get used to play- tooth. As odd as it sounds, many people ing at such a high and qualified level. He have phone addictions. Sev- worked hard in soccer to help his team win a enty-one percent of people title this year. Hope loves how physically say they check their phone demanding soccer is because it helps him within an hour of waking up, become a better player. and 56% of people say they "I think I was chosen because I check their phone an hour was one of many people that helped our before going to sleep. team advance in playoffs this year. Along “I use my phone with others, I helped defend against some for a lot of things, so I don’t tough opponents,” Hope said. know what I’d do without Hope plays for FC Revolution it,” senior Gary Gabriel said. after the school season ends. Nick wants to More people are continue playing soccer or track throughout spending time looking at college. their phone than they are “He is easily the most hard- socializing with each other. working, humble, and kind person I know. By Mia Nowotarski I’m not even saying that as his girlfriend but opposing team has fast offense. as his teammate in track. He also encourages "He is crazy fast and a solid de- everyone, cheers everyone on, and never fender,” junior Gina Esposto said. complains about anything,” sophomore Ha- This year, Hope and his team split ley Miller said. the division title with Twin Valley and fin- Students to Feast in Nick’s biggest supporter is his dad; ished first in the District. They also reached he comes to every game to cheer him on State Semi Finals, which was the farthest the and is there for him through thick and thin. team has come since winning the state Nick’s favorite thing about soccer is chasing championship in 2009 Philly with the Bard down “breakaways.” But he thinks the most challenging thing about soccer is when the By Emily Moyer Arts/Entertainment Although it is nearly a month away, and actresses come back out on the stage students at FAHS are getting hyped about and are able to talk to the students. They are the field trip with Mr. Walter on 10 April able to answer any questions that the stu- QB Koenig Collects Fleetwood 2015. The play is A Mid-Summer Night’s dents may have about the play. They talk Dream. It is being performed by the Phila- about things such as their experiences, their Football Records delphia Shakespeare Theatre from seven in lives, and the way they feel while acting. the morning until three in the afternoon. “I am looking forward to seeing Profile The cost is thirty-five dollars, all-inclusive, the play and eating at the different breakfast except for breakfast. places,” junior Megan Burkert said. Zachary Wyatt Koenig is When students arrive in Philadelph- “I’m looking forward to the food," a senior at Fleetwood Area High ia, there will be multiple places where they freshman Ethan Smith said. School. Koenig resides in Ham- can purchase breakfast. There will be a pizza “I’m looking forward to eating at burg, Pennsylvania, but attends party on the way home, during which Eng- the breakfast places," junior Tianna Tracy Fleetwood Area High School. lish teacher Marc Walter will be kind enough said. “Zachary is a cute to buy pizza, bags of chips, and drinks for all “I wish I could be going! That kid. He’s a great quarterback,” of the students attending the trip. There are would be so much fun!” science teacher senior Brody Cargen said. a total of eighty-four students attending and Matthew Biniek said. Koenig is a two-year six chaperones supervising the students. This If students are not able to go this varsity starter for the Fleetwood will completely fill the two school buses go- year on the field trip, there is always next Tigers Football team. In his soph- ing on the trip. year and the year after, depending on the omore season, he was given the “My favorite part about the field grade level. ball in week 9 against Blue Moun- trip is watching the student’s reactions. It’s “I never have gone on this field trip tain to prepare him to play quar- amazing how the intimate setting can control before; however, I wish I could have experi- terback at the varsity level the people’s reactions," Walter said. enced the different breakfast places for following year. In his first career “The field trip was fun. The actors food," senior Emily Majewski said. start in the third quarter, he suf- are in your face and really close up," junior fered a broken collarbone in the Joshua Campbell said. game. After the play is over, the actors By Laura Seidel “Zach was just as surprised as we were that his collarbone was bro- ken. We knew something bad was wrong when he realized he could- n’t move his arm,” senior Tyler Emge said. Koenig has recently bro- ken multiple school records. Throughout his last four years. The dude can throw; he can two-year career, he holds the following rec- run; he can do it all,” Emge said. ords: completion percentage in a game “I’ve only been to a few games this (80%), completion percentage in a season year, but, from the looks of it, Zach has (56%), most completions in a game (22), great vision of the field and a great feel of passing yards in a single season (2,132), where his receivers are on the field when he touchdown passes in a season (25), career drops back to pass, whether it’s a quick pass touchdown passes (36), longest rushing or a designed three-step drop. His read op- touchdown in a game (86 yards), and total tion is great as well,” senior Mike Osenbach touchdowns in a season (31). said. “Zach’s the best quarterback I’ve had the privilege of playing with over the By Frank Talarico Page Three January 2015 FAHS Attends D.C. FAHS Students Obsessed

Concert for Valor with "Trivia Crack" Military Science/Technology Cranston, Jamie Trivia Crack has become very pop- land. These categories include science, his- Foxx, and John ular in Fleetwood Area High School. It is a tory, sports, art, entertainment, geography, Oliver. Special common sight to see students playing the and a crown. If you land on a crown or get video messages game in class, particularly when they aren't three correct answers in a row, you get a were made by supposed to be. It is a trivia game that chance to win a crown. Winning six crowns , awards players ‘crowns’ when four ques- or having the most crowns after twenty-five , tions are answered correctly in a row. It can rounds wins the game. , and be played against friends or random people. Winning the game help you to win . “My girlfriend made me get the coins. The coins help you out if you are One of game, and it's rather addicting. I’m pretty stuck on a problem. Extra time, bombs, the coolest per- good at it and enjoy [beating her badly],” double chances, and skips all do different formances was former Fleetwood student Clay Weide- things to the answers. For example, the said to be the moyer said. bomb eli minates two of the incorrect an- collaboration of In the app store, it has four-and-a- swers, and two answers are left to choose Grohl, Spring- half stars and a lot of great reviews. It first from. You get thirty seconds to pick the steen, and the came out 16 October 2014. Around the right answer, or you get it wrong. Zac Brown beginning of December, it seemed to be- By Kayla Daniels On 11 November 2014, the Band. They all rocked the Vietnam Era anti- come very popular within in Washington D.C was full of excitement. war anthem “Fortunate Son.” the school. It is trending Over 800,000 people were lined up to see Two courageous veterans were in most recent searches. the Concert for Valor, one of the biggest recognized specifically. In December of “I think it is an musical events of the year. 2006, Nathan Krissoff was killed in Iraq at addicting game. I’m posi- The concert is held every year on the age of 25. His father, Bill Krissoff, hon- tive in my wins right now, Veterans' Day to salute those who have ored him by becoming a combat surgeon in and I enjoy defeating served in our nation’s military and those Iraq and Afghanistan at age 61. A short film @frusty7,” senior Tyler who are still serving overseas. This is the highlighted the Krissoffs and their service to Rapposelli said. biggest gathering of musical star power in their country during the concert. How the game Washington, D.C., since Obama’s inaugura- All the performers and celebrities works is, you are given an tion in 2009. paid their respects to all the veterans and opponent and spin a Veterans who have attended the current military personnel that night. wheel. You get trivia ques- concert have said that it is very nice to be , as the final act, was the tions based on which cate- appreciated after all these years. There were biggest gust of wind on that Tuesday night, gory you land on. There many musicians and other celebrities there ending the show with flags fluttering. are seven different catego- to help make the event successful. Perform- “Eminem was by far my absolute ers included Eminem, , favorite. I’ve always enjoyed his music, but ries on which you can , , , Carrie Un- the fact that he agreed to do this concert to derwood, the Zac Brown Band, Jennifer honor veterans makes me love him even Hudson, Jessie J, and . more. The whole concert was such a great Meet Fleetwood Footballer “Metallica was noise then and is experience, especially getting to spend time still just noise,” History teacher Mr. Weiss with my good friend Laura, and I’m so glad said. that Mr. Herman let us go to the concert. Along with these musicians, spe- That was very kind of him,” junior Connor Mounier Salit cial appearances were made by Bob Wood- Underkofler said. Sports ruff, George Lopez, Jack Black, Bryan By Olivia Fenstermacher Mounier Salit is a ninth grader at phia Eagles, of course. Fleetwood Area High school. He moved to In his free time, he enjoys playing Fleetwood from Bally, and this is his first football with his three brothers. They play Random Profile: Andrea year in Fleetwood. He said he likes the peo- together and help Mounier practice by ple here because they are nice to him and throwing a ball around the yard and tackling very friendly. each other. Salit has been playing football ever His role model is professional foot- Lopez Gonzalez Joins the since he was eight ball player, Brian years old, and he Dawkins. plays on the junior “Brian Fleetwood Fold varsity team. He Dawkins is my all- Profile plays defensive time favorite be- tackle, center, and cause of his skill,” Recently, the keep watching over guard. He likes Salit said. Tiger Times caught up and over for the rest defense more than Before with Andrea Lopez Gon- of her life, it would offense, and he practice, he likes to zalez and asked her some be Haunted House used to play tight eat a good protein- questions to get to know Two. When asked a end and defensive filled meal. He her a little better. similar question end. tries to watch what Andrea moved about music and TV “I love he eats, so he can to Fleetwood from a shows, she said that tackling because it stay in shape for charter school in Read- rap would be her makes me feel in the season. Being ing. When asked if she only genre of music control,” Salit said. fit and staying felt comfortable in this and that “Keeping From all healthy is very new environment, An- up with the Kar- the years he has important to him. drea responded, “I like it dashians” was the been playing, he He also stretches here." best. has suffered some and makes sure he Andrea, who Andrea major injuries. He has as much water was born on 10 Septem- said that one of her had a serious con- as possible so he ber, is a Virgo. She is favorite things in the cussion once; it does not get dehy- very shy and does not world is color; her was caused by hel- drated. enjoy confrontation. favorite, however, met-to-helmet “I feel, if However, when con- would have to be contact at one of his practices. you are not in good shape, you will not do as fronted during the interview, she was noth- pink. When asked who she was closest to in Salit's favorite football team is the well on the field,” Salit says. ing but smiles and laughter. the school, Andrea said Sharma Morales is Philadelphia Eagles. He thinks they will go Salit looks up to his coaches and Andrea would rather be hanging her best friend. Andrea said there is no one very far this year and wants them to win a really respects them. He feels that, without out with her friends in the summer sun than in the school that she is more comfortable Super Bowl. His own team is doing well with them, the team would get nowhere. He loves learning in school. Summer really speaks to sharing secrets with than Sharma. a record of 4-2. that they can be tough, but also really nice. her because of the warm sun and cool All in all, Andrea is a very nice girl Mounier started watching football “There is always room for im- nights. Music, movies, and television are with good taste in music and lots of other with his dad when he was eight. He does not provement,” Salit says. some things that this sophomore really en- good qualities. want to be a football player when he is older, joys. but he said that, if he could play for any If she had to pick one movie to By Ryan Gantz NFL football team, it would be the Philadel- By Alyssa Brandt Page Four January 2015 "Best of Me" Continues Romantic Sparks Oeuvre Arts/Entertainment FAHS Nicholas Sparks has written a nov- Longest Ride. like them though,” history teacher Todd el called The Best of Me, which was recently “I’ve read some of his books, and Weiss said. adapted into a film in October. This book is The Notebook is my favorite. I’ve also seen The Best of Me has made $33.5 German Club mainly about high school sweethearts who The Best of Me,” junior Miah Maldonado million at the box office. It stars James recently reconnected over a mutual friend’s said. Marsden, Michelle Monaghan, Luke Bracey, death, bringing them both back to their Nine of his books have been and Liana Liberato. James Marsden and Builds Bonds hometown to attend his funeral. adapted into movies, all of which have been Michelle Monaghan play Dawson and Like many of Sparks’ other books, met with excitement from his legion of fans. Amanda in their adult years. Luke Bracey The Best of Me was a big hit with people of Sparks was born on 31 December and Liana Liberato play Dawson and Aman- with Culture, all ages. Nicholas Sparks, known for his 1965. He now lives in North Carolina with da in their teenage years. It flashes back and romantic charm, has written a total of sev- his wife Cathy and five kids. He has three forth during the movie, describing their lives enteen novels in this order: The Notebook, sons, Miles, Landon, and Ryan, who has and how much they have changed. Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, autism. He also has two twin daughters, “I haven’t seen The Best of Me, Language The Rescue, A Bend in the Road, Nights in Lexi and Savannah. but my favorite movie that is based off of School Rodanthe, The Guardian, The Wedding, “I watch his movies only because his books is Safe Haven. I don’t read his True Believer, At First Sight, Dear John, my wife wants me to watch them with her. books. I don’t read at all,” sophomore Ra- German Club has been a part of The Choice, The Lucky One, The Last If you want a healthy relationship, you have yanna Celmer said. Fleetwood Area High School for many years Song, Safe Haven, The Best of Me, and The to do what the other wants to do. I didn’t By Tori Bertsch now. Frau Moll is the current advisor of the club. German Club is a group of students who meet to widen their German knowledge - throughout culture-related events. Life Skills Teaches Our Tigers Skills for This club is involved in a lot of different things throughout the year. So far this year, the club has held an Apfelstudel Embarking on the Real world baking party, attended the Reading School Liederkranzs Evening of German, presented an interactive program to the Middle School The Life Skills department is a creative thinking, resisting peer pressure, and them to realize what it is going to be like to World Languages Homeroom, and held an great opportunity for kids to learn to be assertiveness. live on their own! Advent Calendar fundraiser. Moll has some independent. The kids do many things to This class is a great opportunity for By Tori Bertsch future events planned, including another help the school. For example, they make all visit to the Middle School and a gingerbread of the cookies at lunch! They bake them, house party closer to Christmas time. and they stock them in the cafeteria. They “I’ve never been in the German do many fundraisers like making crafts to Club, but, when my mom was in high sell. school, she was president of the German Students in Life Skills learn many Club at her school, and she always talked skills that other kids would do on a daily about how fun it was. I also knew someone basis, including math and reading. They go who was in German club, and they always to a room every day to learn the basic math talked about the different things they did, and reading skills they need. Another thing like going on trips,” Fleetwood graduate they learn is how to satisfy the basic finan- Clay Weidemoyer said. cial needs of life. They talk about how much If you are interested in joining the money is needed in order to live on their German Club, anyone may come to any own. scheduled German Club meeting in room 14 In their class room, they do many after school. Anybody can join the German things in order to learn how to participate in Club, even if he or she is not studying Ger- the workforce. On a daily basis, their routine man as his or her foreign language. is sometimes similar to a work environment, “I’m in German class this year, but and the room is set up like a workshop. I’m not in the club. Everything they do In classes like this, the students looks like a lot of fun, and I’m considering learn skills such as decision-making, goal joining next year,” junior Jake Wapinsky setting, problem-solving, coping with stress, said. and coping with emotions.

They also deal with negotiating, friendships, interpersonal relationships, em- By Kayla Daniels pathy (concern for others), critical thinking,

What Are Your Plans After High School?

Shaq Cobb, 12th Sophia Hadeed, grade: “My plans Shannon Tissera, 11th grade: “After 11th grade: “I want are to go to college to study abroad in for sales and play high school, I want to go to college in Europe and double football, then leave major in interna- with a degree and New York and travel to Lbiza and tional business and be drafted into the communications.” NFL.” West Europe.”

Reilly Smith, 11th Deshawn Bree Witman, 11th grade: “I want to Brown, 10th grade: “After high go to college in grade: “I want school, I want to go to California for pedi- to go to college college, preferably atrics. After that, I Penn State. I’m hoping for track and would like to travel to do something in the field to further the world.” my career in medical or law field; I sports.” haven’t decided yet.”

By Emily Moyer

The Tiger Times is a high school news journal that is produced using funds from The Fleetwood Area School District as well as club fundraisers. All subjects and topics appearing within The Tiger Times are self-selected by student reporters themselves; howev- er, article suggestions are accepted from all students, staff, administration, and community members. Opinions and viewpoints stated in The Tiger Times are not necessarily the opinions and viewpoints of The Fleetwood Area School District, its administration, its faculty, the club advisor, or even the entirety of The Tiger Times staff. The Tiger Times is a public forum, the primary goal of which is to provide an outlet for student expression to The Fleetwood Area School District and its constituent communities. View- points and opinions that are contrary to those appearing in The Tiger Times are welcomed, but they are not guaranteed publication except by approval from the student editors. Students who are not matriculated in the journalism course or who are not among the club’s roster are still eligible to submit content for the periodical. All articles and letters selected for publication may be subject to editing for length and language consistent with the style established by student editors of The Tiger Times.