The Magruder Messenger March 21, 2014 Volume XXXXIV, Issue 3 In memory A call for Edison: of Joe cyber inventing civility the future BY MARIA AMARO BY BETH KAMUYU The Edison pro- Montgomery gram at Thomas Edison County’s superintendent High School provides Joshua Starr wrote an students with 18 dif- open letter to parents It is important to think twice before posting on social media ferent career programs. during a wintry day when sites. (Photo: Eric Helgesen) Students fill out an ap- Senior Joe Henrikson passed a couple of students con- plication for the Edison tacted him on twitter ask- away during winter break. The letter was a way to inform Starr says “[he Program and are selected ing him to close school so Magruder community remem- parents of what children has] spoken at length by the review committee. they can get their home- bers him on P2 (photo: Jostens) can do in the cyber world about the importance of The program is available work done and sleep in. without supervision. social emotional learn- to rising freshmen and The Superinten- It is both the par- ing, giving our students juniors. dent found some of the ent’s and the teacher’s the skills they need to The school looks INDEX tweets “clever, funny, and responsibilities to make navigate their lives in a for students who are pas- respectful,” but many of News sure students are aware healthy, positive way.” sionate about a certain the tweets were offensive of the dangers of post- career. and went as far as threat- ing things on the internet ening his family. This Cyber cilivilty without thinking of the Edison continued on P5 made him want to take continued on P2 consequences. action, and writing the Page 2 Features Hairspray is in Community responds demand to proposed change of BY CHRIS MARTIN bell times Page 4-5 Concerns voiced at meeting by Features parents, students, staff BY EMILY GOO Not too long ago That contributes Montgomery County to their lack of motivation Public Schools (MCPS) and attentiveness during Page 6-7 considered changes to school hours. Although it school starting and end seems like the change in Sports times. Their goal is to bell times may be favor- Tyler Goldsborough, Erin Panken, Fletcher Olson. (Photo: Kather- help high school students able and advantageous, ine Ortega) to get more nightly sleep. MCPS has held commu- Recent studies by The nity forums in favor of Hairspray, opening television, as she leads a Bell Times Work Group receiving feedback from in March, is this year’s campaign against segre- have shown that teens the community. Page 8 Spring musical. When it gation in a time rife with need an average of 8.5 to The community was announced, people prejudice. 9.5 hours of sleep, but forum that took place wondered for many rea- The show fea- on average, students only was at Richard Mont- Opinions sons how we would be tures many songs that sleep 7.6 hours of sleep. gomery High School. The able to pull it off. How- you may have heard once The lack of sleep may be large presence of parents, ever, the crew has been before (even if you were due to extracurricular teachers, staff, and stu- able to put those troubles unaware where they were activities, jobs, and heavy dents was highly unan- away and power through. from). The most famous workloads that they have ticipated. Many people Hairspray tells hit is “You Can’t Stop to tend to after school. were interested in bring- Page 9 the story of love, change, The Beat.” Performed at Surveys taken by ing about their opinions fame, and hair-care the climax of the show, it current MCPS students, to the floor, as well as Arts products using 1960s brings a raging torrent of report that on average voicing their concern for Baltimore as a backdrop. rhythm, song, and dance, high school students get young students rang- It follows Tracy Turnblad promising to sweep the about 7 hours of sleep or ing from kindergarten to (played at magruder by audience off their feet. less. Researchers have middle school students. Senior Erin Panken), proved that insufficient a young girl with some sleep correlates with teen Page 12 radical new ideas for Hairspray continued on P12 obesity and depression. Bell times continued on P2 2 News for the purpose of reviewing video games and care business by the name of “Joe the Mower” In memoriam of making short films about whatever seemed to starting from square one and onward. grasp his fancy. Joe was never afraid to think big. In His more in-depth film was named his mind the sky was the limit, but not even Joe Henrikson “Project New World” for which he got many that could stop him. He was actively thinking BY PETER ROUSTON huzzahs from his friends. of pursuing creating a colony on the moon on He not only liked to film videos for You- which he was in charge. Last December 27, 2013, two days Tube, he even wrote scripts for some of his vid- In a word, he was a “visionary,” said following Christmas, beloved senior Joe Hen- eos like “Terra,” “Project New World,” and one senior Nicky Laios. He was quite ambitious, rikson passed away suddenly and untimely to he never got to film by the name of the “Roma somewhat of a dreamer and outright inspiring. the surprise of the students of Magruder High Files.” He planned to “finance a house in the Midwest, School. He was a fan of folk music, so much so have a simple job, save money little by little.” He was “wise beyond his years,” said that he had even written a few singles with the Mrs. Middendorf and Joes’ third period English Teacher Mary Middendorf. chords by his friend Nicky Laios. class of last semester have decided to leave his Joe was an amateur cartoonist and He loved the out of doors and wide open spac- seat open for him. great artist overall. es, like the corn country of Nebraska. Mrs. Middendorf said, “His seat has He had even illustrated his notes, said He was to be studying engineering at the Uni- been left open so he cannot be forgotten.” English teacher Michael Kline. versity of Nebraska in the Fall after graduating. Students, teachers, and family still think of He also loved making videos with his Joe was a much like a young entre- him and that trademark smile of his every day. friends Nicky Laios and Stefan Van der Eijk preneur, going so far as to build his own lawn As technology contin ues to evolve, young children are getting more exposure to the Bell times Cyber civility internet without understanding how much effect continued from P1 continued from P1 a post can have on someone. Parents were worried for their What people write or how they respond to Some questions to ask yourself before children’s safety, with middle school a post on the internet says a lot about the kind of posting something online: Is what you are post- students coming home earlier than person they are and how they think. A person’s ing worth letting other people? Will it hurt high school students. Also, if MCPS are involvement to certain things on the internet can anybody? Will it come back to ruin you? If so, it to change the start times, that may af- affect them later in life either in a good or bad is always best to stay away from posting certain fect elementary school student’s sleep- way depending on what career they choose to comments or questions, or just stay away from ing pattern. take on. the internet until you are calm. Another concern shared by both students and parents is the availability and convenience of attending extra- curricular activities. By ending school The namesake of MHS: Col. Zadok later, it may not be as convenient for BY PETER ROUSTON high school students to participate in the after school activities. By partaking On the road by the name of Muncaster ogy volunteer from the Archaeological Society of in extracurricular activities, students Mill Road stands a proud and regal structure of Maryland Potomac chapter. are gaining experiences and broad- near epic proportions. This place has the name He was also a member of the Maryland Com- ening their resume, something that of Magruder High School. mittee of Correspondence. He was a part of the colleges take highly into consideration Many people know some things about foundation for independence and freedom in during the admission process. Colonel Zadok Magruder, but not everyone Maryland. Throughout the forum, parents, knows the whole story. In 1749, he married Rachel Pottinger students, and teachers talked about Starting off with the basics, the colonel Bowie and had fathered 11 children, eight of the possible disadvantages and advan- was a revolutionary war era patriot and farmer. whom were girls and three of whom were boys. tages if MCPS adopted the proposal He was born in Prince George’s County in 1729. One of his sons eventually became a doc- in the change of bell times. All of the He inherited 600 acres near Norbeck in tor after attending the University of Maryland in issues brought up definitely changed the year 1745 and eventually after about five 1825. some of the minds of the people who years finally completed the construction of “The This same son bought a 308 acre farm by were for changing the bell times. Over- Ridge” in Redland where its population was the name of Oakley down the road a stretch in all, the forum brought new perspec- about 50 people.