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SELF-DEFENSE BAND CONTESTS Junior learns karate Band program attends for self-defense two different purposes marching festivals Page 6 Page 12 THE VOL. 94 NO. 3 • HAYS HIGH SCHOOL UIDO 2300 E. 13th ST. • HAYS, KAN. 67601 G www.hayshighguidon.comNOVEMBER 14, 2019 N SCHOOL LIFE HONOR STUDENTS National Honor Society Education Election hosts ceremony, inducts USD 489 completes summer renovations 38 new juniors, seniors By Alicia Feyerherm value to the students.” By Michaela Austin Hays High Guidon After the guest speaker, Hays High Guidon NHS officers explained On Nov. 5, the communi- National Honor Soci- the principles of NHS ty voted for four new mem- ety Induction was held and lit candles represent- bers to be a part of the USD at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. ing the four fundamen- 489 Board of Education. 6 in the Lecture Hall. tal virtues of the society: There was a total of nine The ceremony be- Character, Scholarship, candidates who ran for the gan with the Hays High Leadership and Service. position. The candidates Quartet, comprised of The inductees recited included Paul Adams, juniors Alisara Arial, the NHS pledge and then Cole Engel, Alex Herman, Tom Drabkin, Ash- walked across the stage. ley Vilaysing and soph- Lori Ann Hertel, Jessica Each inductee signed the omore Sydney Witt- Moffitt, Luke Oborny, NHS book and received korn, performing. Craig Pallister, Allen Park a certificate and pin. Following their perfor- and Tammy Wellbrock. The new members of mance, NHS president The four new mem- NHS include the following: Nathan Erbert welcomed bers are Hertel, Pallis- Seniors: everyone and introduced ter, Park and Wellbrock. Sierra Bryant the guest speaker Tisa Hertel received a total Ethan Klausmeyer Mason, president of Fort of 1,317 votes, Pallis- Kaylor Meyers Hays State University. ter received 1,689 votes, Madison Weber NHS co-sponsor Kayla Park received 1,913 votes Rylan Weigel Brown said there has and Wellbrock received Ashley Wilson ALLISON HILLEBRAND / The Guidon been a variety of different the most votes of 2,535. guest speakers through- Just like any board, The Board of Education hosted a public debate on Oct. 15, where commu- Juniors out the years of induction. there are certain expec- nity members were able to listen to the candidates present their sides and Alexandra Aldrich “We’ve had school tations for its members. to ask questions prior to the elections on Nov. 5. Alisara Arial board members speak be- “First, any school board Allison Brooks fore, previous Fort Hays is a fundamental and bers understand the work and help accomplish the school board members Anna Brull presidents have spoken,” vital part of any great before them and will do things we see important to to have an open mind Alicia Feyerherm Brown said. “We just try school district,” Superin- the work with the intent providing a great educa- to listening and learn- Sophia Garrison to pick someone who has tendent Ron Wilson said. to make things better, tional experience for kids ing about what has Madison Geerdes a standing in the com- “My hope is that all the build trust and credibil- in USD 489. I think it’s munity and can offer new school board mem- ity within our community also important for the new • See “Education” pg. 2 • See “Induction” pg. 2 ART COMPETITION Two students participate in graphic design competition By Allison Brooks Leiker and Lexe Pfannen- Hays High Guidon stiel were all selected to participate in the competi- Over time, the National tion. Aeronautics and Space “I was honored and re- Administration (NASA) ally rather surprised when has become an iconic orga- I found out I was selected nization, so for its 60th an- to be a participant,” Er- niversary, Wichita State bert said. University organized a On Saturday, Oct. day of presentations and 19, Erbert and Pfannen- competitions. stiel traveled to the WSU One of the competitions campus to present to post- they hosted was a graphic ers that they designed. design poster contest. Stu- Neither of the students dents were tasked with placed in the top three, designing a poster that but they both expressed represented what they be- that they had a positive lieved to be the greatest experience at the event. NASA mission to date. “Competing in and be- To participate in this ing a part of the NASA competition, students contest was both and first had to write a para- honor and a unique expe- graph about how they rience that I am thankful would design the poster for,” Erbert said. if they had the chance. Erbert and Pfannenstiel PAIGE POLIFKA-DENSON/ The Guidon After that, 10 stu- have both been a part of dents who wrote para- the graphic design pro- Senior Nathan Erbert works on his project for the NASA graphic design competition through Wichita graphs were chosen to gram throughout their State University. compete in the actual de- high school experience. sign portion of the contest. Pfannenstiel plans on sity after graduating high design in his future. am considering for the fu- creativity to make a living Senior Nathan Er- studying graphic design at school, and Erbert is con- “Graphic design is defi- ture,” Erbert said. “Being would be a blessing.” bert and juniors Antoni Fort Hays State Univer- sidering pursuing graphic nitely something that I able to use my passion for [email protected] NEWS THE GUIDON • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2019 • 2 YOUR VIEW INDUCTION/Students inducted into NHS chapter Did you apply for National Honor • FROM PAGE 1 Society? Kilee Hale “Yes, because it seemed Audrey Irvin like a good opportunity.” Ginny Ke —junior Cristina Leos Hope Kisner “I applied for National Caitlin Leiker Honor Society because I Cristina Leos really enjoy volunteering, McKena McBride and NHS is a great way Emelia Morley to get service hours.” Marrissa Raynesford —junior Anna Brull Grace Redetzke Brooklyn Schaffer “I didn’t because I Dalyn Schwarz didn’t know it was a Claire Shippy thing.” —junior Gabe Rupp Allison Shubert Stanna Summer “I didn’t apply because Kaitlyn Suppes I wouldn’t have made it in Devin Taliaferro the first place.” Ashely Vilaysing —senior Lucas Pfannen- Lauren Wagner stiel Alexis White Madalyn William “I’m always striving Monique William for the best since I’m in Fernando Zarate Anime Club, so I plan on applying next year.” Kassandra Zimmer —sophomore Jesse Legleiter To apply for the soci- ety, prospective members “I did apply because it must have and main- sounded like a good idea.” tain a 3.5 GPA or higher. —junior Macey Speier Students also must have participated in at least ALLISON HILLEBRAND/The Guidon “I don’t know what two community service that is really.” projects since the be- —senior Conner Smith Junior Marrissa Raynesford signs the induction book to join the June Reynolds National Honor Soci- ginning of ninth grade, ety chapter. Raynesford was one of 38 new NHS inductees who were recognized on Nov. 5. “I applied because of participated in at least the scholarship opportu- one school co-curricular nities.” activity or organization service hours is required.” a lot of time,” Weber said. When the applica- cation again will get the —junior Stanna Summers and held at least one po- The application can be Over 100 students tions are given to the fac- same email and added to sition of responsibility. time consuming, but senior qualified to apply. Out of ulty panel to review, all the same Canvas page,” Those students also must Madison Weber found her those, 66 completed the pro- names are removed to Brown said. “We try to What would you have no record of civil of- NHS application very cess, and 38 were accepted. make the process anony- keep the application pret- like to see the fenses, cheating, dishon- helpful when applying for “There’s no set num- mous. The review and ty much the same year esty or skipping classes. colleges and scholarships. ber that we induct each rate each application on to year. That way if they Board of Education “I applied because it “A lot of the informa- year because the number a scale of one to five, with didn’t apply this year improve? looks good on resumes tion they ask is the same of people who are eligible one being very poor and want to next year, and you also get recog- on scholarships and other to apply and the number of and five being the best. they can, and those who “Probably the band nized at graduation for applications compared to people who do apply vary Juniors will have the op- applied this year, and room ceiling because we being part of the society,” the NHS resume, so I’ve each year, but there is nor- portunity to apply next year we gave them recom- are missing so many tiles, senior Ashley Wilson said. been able to copy and mally a natural dividing as seniors, as long as they mendations on things to and it’s constantly leak- “National Honor Society paste some of the things I line between applications meet the requirements. improve upon, then they ing. It doesn’t seem to be also gives you different listed on my NHS resume that are really strong “We will run GPAs can kind of be expect- priority, and that’s kind of stupid.” volunteer opportunities onto my other applica- and those that need some again next year, and who- ing that same process.” – junior Cami Moore since a certain number of tions, which has saved me more work,” Brown said. ever meets that qualifi- [email protected] “The softball fields.” – sophomore McKinley Wamser EDUCATION/Community votes for Board of Education members “We should totally fix to understand that they 489, we’ve really fall- Krannawitter agreed that January, we will have lots the band room.” • FROM PAGE 1 – junior Alexis White must work as a team to en behind greatly with there are some things to to do in establishing our been established as accomplish things for our the schools we compete improve on at Hays High.