Aquinas Catholic 3420 MN Rd David City, NE 68632 The Crown Prints (402) 367-3175 February 13, 2020 Volume 59; Issue 4 ‘Anchored’ during Catholic Schools Week By Jayci Roh Concerts, speakers and activities, Oh my! school bulletin thanking the thirteen par- talk to the students in each of their reli- Aquinas Catholic High and Middle School ishes for their support. gion classes on Tuesday, as well. students participated in Catholic Schools Monday was “Student Appreciation Wednesday was “Celebrating the United Week recently. Guests and activities sur- Day,” and students kicked off the week States” Students could wear red, white and prised students, making this week fun for with a concert performed by Midland blue. Students competed in a trivia contest all. College musicians, including 2018 Aqui- by finding stars placed around the school The Aquinas Student Council organized nas alumnus Will Yindrick. Students had a and answering questions to win a prize. Catholic Schools Week. Student council jean day, movie, games and an open gym. On Thursday students were “Celebrat- president senior Braden Smith deals with Sophomore Shae Junck looked forward to ing Vocations.” Students signed a thank many different tasks before, during, and af- “Student Appreciation Day” because the you banner for all priests in the school. ter Catholic Schools Week. “I work with Ms. students “had the movie day with games They also had a pajama day and a free will Brown and the rest of the student council to and didn’t have classes.” donation to help towards Fr. Allen Phan’s create ideas that would be appropriate and On Tuesday the students took a trip to medical expenses. Phan is currently tak- fun for the week,” Smith said. St. Mary’s to have Mass with not only the ing treatment to fight cancer. “We try to incorporate everything that elementary students, but Bishop Robert W. Friday the students had the day off, and goes along with Catholic schools. We have Finn, as well. Finn substituted for Bishop faculty members took a trip to St. Grego- days for parishes, students, parents, country James D. Conley who is on leave. The stu- ry’s Seminary in Seward for a special day and as well as our patron saint, St. Thomas dents returned from Mass to find donuts of recollection. The administration treated Aquinas,” Smith said. The week started on and juice from the home and school asso- the faculty to a special lunch afterwards. Sunday with a message on the back of the ciation. Several Marian sisters came out to

Senior Katie Thompson commentates during the Catholic School’s Week Mass. The Mass Seniors Zach Pandorf, Sean Kovar, Braden Smith and junior Keegan Lavicky served during the was held on the feast day of St. Thomas Aqui- Catholic School’s Week Mass. St. Mary’s elementary students also participated in the Mass by of- nas. Aquinas students joined St. Mary’s ele- fering gifts that respresent Aquinas and St. Mary’s schools. The Mass is an annual tradition for mentary students for the only combined Mass students during Catholic School Week. Photo by J. Brown. of the school year. Photo by J. Brown. Page 2 Anchored Feb. 13, 2019 Students ‘march’ for life in Washington By Payton Davis “Hey Pence! Hey Trump! Let’s protect The March always takes place on the Fri- blows people away,” Chromy said. Forty- that baby bump!” Once again this year, day of the annual anniversary of the 1973 four Aquinas students attended the March. hundreds of thousands of pro-life advo- Roe v. Wade decision, in which the United Each year, local pro-life supporters also cates from across the nation traveled to States Supreme Court legalized abortion in gather in mid-January in Lincoln, NE for Washington D.C. to March for Life late in America. the annual Walk for Life. “[The Walk] starts January. Students from the Diocese of Lincoln off with a Mass at St, Mary’s and then a ral- Many students from Aquinas embarked went to the National Mall after Mass, which ly, and after the rally everyone walks for life. on this annual long bus ride to Washington was the starting point for the March for Then there is a speaker,” junior Julia Nemec D.C. “[The trip] is usually about 24 hours Life, where hundreds of thousands of peo- said. Nemec attended the Walk for Life be- long with stops, and as far as stops, it’s usu- ple were gathered for the pro-life rally. At cause “every human life matters, no matter ally about every 4 hours,” said Spiritual Di- the rally, President Donald Trump became the circumstance.” rector Mrs. Beth Nemec. the first president in United States history Julia Nemec believes young people can The first day the students were in Wash- to give an in-person speech at the March make a difference for the pro-life move- ington, they celebrated Mass and toured the for Life. ment. “For people who are pro-choice, capitol city. “[The attendees] visited the Na- Chromy, who was a first time March for I think it is eye opening to see someone tional Shrine of the Immaculate Concep- Life participant, believes the March changes young standing up for the pro-life cause,” tion, had Mass together, and then groups a person’s heart. “Just seeing so many peo- Julia Nemec said. had the opportunity to visit many museums ple rallied together around a cause really and memorials,” Nemec said. Junior Rylan Chromy said his favorite place to visit was the Smithsonian Museum of Natural His- tory. The second day of the pro-life pilgrim- age consisted of Mass at St. Mathew’s cathe- dral, followed by the actual March for Life.

Catholic schools week (Continued from page one) Student council also bought donuts for the faculty to say “thank you” according to student council moderator Ms. Jean A. Brown. Following the actual week, coupons for a free popcorn were given out to parents as a special treat. The coupons were used at the Feb. 11 ballgames. Brown oversees all the student council events. According to Brown the council tries to make each year’s Catholic School’s Week different and enjoyable. “I want to do different activities, so it doesn’t get boring. We did a movie and trivia game this year. It is important for students to have views of different vocations, so the Marian Sisters came out for a day this year.” “I think it is important as Catholics to be on the lookout for avenues to help others when possible. This year we raised nearly $400 for the Genesis House. Additionally, the students raised nearly $2000 to help Fr. Fr. Michael Stec and students from Aquinas stand in front of the Basilica of the National Phan with medical expenses,” Brown said. Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. The National Shrine is the The Genesis House is a local shelter for largest Catholic church in the United States and in North America. Photo by B. Bravo. women in need. Page 3 Student Life feb 13, 2020

Furthering education with ‘AP’ classes Students take advantage of college level coursework. By Kolby Baer Furthering education in high school be- biology to the students at Aquinas many tion list,” Buresh said. Mr. David McMahon yond the required curriculum is a good way years ago. She teaches one AP biology is the Aquinas Catholic School’s principal to prepare students for college. To this end, class for the 2019-2020 school year. Reiter and registers students for their classes. senior Maria Buresh and sophomore Grace and Buresh are members of the class. Due to scheduling concerns and avail- Reiter decided to take an advanced place- When taking a college level course, ability of teachers at Aquinas, AP biology ment (AP) class. there is much more material for students is currently the only AP class being offered. An AP class is a course one can take to go over and study compared to a stan- Reiter and Buresh would like to have more in high school that will be reviewing and dard high school level course. “[Studying] if there was offered. “History, if offered, col- studying the material identical to a college is not too much of a worry for me,” Buresh lege math, and some more science would level course. “[An AP class] is an advanced said. “[AP biology] is a lot of studying, but be good,” Reiter said. “Any other AP classes class that will help further my education,” it’s easy for me. It’s definitely harder than would be nice,” Buresh added. Buresh said. my high school class,” Reiter added. According to Nolan, the size of the class “There is way more content and college Signing up for AP classes happens varies from year to year. “[Enrollment] is level requirements equivalent to a college through the same process as other classes, usually two to eleven students per class. lecture,” volunteer educator Mrs. Anna using the class registration list. “I talked to This year, I have six in AP biology,” Nolan Nolan said. Nolan volunteered to teach AP McMahon last year for the class registra- said. Prom dress code wears ‘new style’ By Natalie Eller The 2020 Aquinas prom dress code will dance. The idea of sending in pictures line. If a young lady brings an outside date, have new “style” for the Aquinas students. of dresses for approval came from Pius X he also has to follow the school’s policies as Girls will need to pre-approve their dress and from other schools’ websites where well, such as being cleaned shaven. before attending the event. dress code polices are enforced accord- This year the Aquinas high school ing to Pokorny. girls are experiencing a new way of mak- The girls should show their dress in ing sure their dresses meet the dress code advance to the dance, but the adminis- policy. The current policy states dresses tration will work with anyone up to the should not have nothing cut too low in the day of prom to make sure everyone can front or mesh covered cutouts. The back go. Pokorny and Mrs. Deb Svec will be of a dress can be cut down to where the approving the dresses. belly button is on the front side. Nothing With the current styles, many chal- should cut out of the sides (no side mesh). lenges exist to find a dress that meets the The dress can have a slit but only to be policy. Girls are encouraged to get the mid-thigh. dress they want and get it altered so it Pokorny said dealing with the dress code meets the school’s policy. Junior seam- in the past has comes down to the mod- stress Addie Zook will be giving girls erator at the dance in the past. However, ideas on how to alter a dress that does since the moderator has many other things not meet the code. Zook is also avaluable to consider at the event, girls have to now to do alterations for students. send in a picture of their dress or bring it Senior Gabrielle Oborny said, “I think in prior to the day of prom. Senior Class it’s good to have [a dress code policy] be- moderator Mrs. Teresa Pokorny said, “We cause girls should be modest.” Oborny have the same policy. The only modifica- added it is harder to find a dress that ful- tion is how we’re going to enforce it.” fills the dress code policy completely. Senior Collin Hain and sophmore Grace Re- The administration wants everyone to be Additionally, if a young man brings iter ready themselves for the Grand March able to go to dances, so this new format is an outside date to prom, the date has to at the 2019 junior-senior prom. Junior and a way of making sure dresses are approved send in pictures of her dress to make sure seniors girls will need to have their dresses pre-approved for the 2020 prom, which will be and not having to worry the night of the it follows the school’s policy by the dead- held on March 28. 2020. Photo by J. Brown Page 4 Activities Feb. 13, 2020 Aquinas singers selected for Doane Vocalists gain valuable experience in their craft. By Libby Aschoff got accepted. Three out of the four stu- ter all of that practice.” Talented students of Aquinas never set- dents auditioned for all-state musical at Not only do the honor choir attendees tle. Four passionate singers missed the first Midland. Chromy, Yindrick, and Aschoff get to take time outside of school to do what day back from Christmas break to attend earned roles in the all-state musical in past they love, but they get to learn more about the Doane Honor Choir. summers. their passion as well. “In certain pieces of Early in January, seniors Libby Aschoff “It’s just cool to be able to put together music, things that would typically be con- and Caden Kozisek, and juniors Rylan a full concert in two days and sound phe- sidered bad for one style of music were en- Chromy and Jude Yindrick attended Doane nomenal,” Chromy said. The students had couraged in others,” Yindrick explained. Honor Choir. The honor choir has been a the opportunity to work with other talent- Yindrick and Chromy’s favorite piece long tradition at Doane. “When I was a se- ed high school students, as well as college- to perform for Doane Honor Choir was nior in high school, my choir director just level directors. The Boy Who Picked Up His Feet to Fly told me I made it into Doane Honor Choir. Chromy felt the schedule in prepara- by Joshua Shank. This song was written to So, I’ve known about this choir since high tion for the concert was challenging. “You sound like a children’s storybook or poem. school,” choir director Mr. Gabe Haberman start with a warm-up. Then you go into an The style of the piece was very upbeat and said. hour-long rehearsal, followed by a short dream-like. “It was fast, fun, and had a lot of Near the end of November, Haberman break. Then you repeat that for an entire interesting harmonies,” Yindrick said.Hab- took the liberty of nominating several stu- day.” erman’s favorite piece was “Somlandelah” by dents to attend this choir. Haberman ex- Despite the challenge, Yindrick ex- the Soweto Gospel Choir. “The music was plained most students that audition for and plains there are other things that make an taught by an echo approach, and Aschoff make an all-state activity are accepted into honor choir fun. “It’s exciting to reunite was featured as an improvisational soloist.” Doane Honor Choir. with friends from other schools as well as Yindrick’s advice to students consid- All four Aquinas singers auditioned for meet some new people. Then you all work ering auditioning for these honor choirs is all-state choir back in October. Aschoff together and hear all the parts together af- simply, “Do it. It’s fun.” Earning the wings for the future By Braden Smith Flying a plane... it is as easy as riding a Moravec said there have been scary expe- tion will be his college major. Moravec is bike, right? Senior Wyatt Moravec begs to riences. “The first time I practiced stalling, looking at the University of Nebraska-Oma- differ. Moravec takes flying lessons with a I overcorrected, and the plane dropped ha and the University of Nebraska-Kearney possible career path in mind. 300 feet three seconds.” Moravec noted to study. Moravec noted the factor in decid- Moravec’s interest was sparked when it is very important to trust your flight in- ing which school he will attend will be cost he was looking for what job areas have a structor. of his education. shortage of people. Moravec said, “Airline Moravec aims to turn these lessons pilots were one of the top results.” Moravec into a potential career. Moravec said avia- Senior Wyatt Moravec shares was intrigued by the idea and “flew” with it. a book with a student at St. A family friend of Moravec took him on a Mary’s Catholic School. The plane ride, and he was blown away. seniors visit the students Moravec started taking flying lessons at the elementary school in Lincoln, Nebraska with flight instructor several times each quarter. Mr. Pat Macinteer. His lessons are about Moravec is involved in vari- twice a week and take anywhere between ous extra curricular activi- an hour and a half to two hours. Moravec ties throughout the school year, including choir and has spent time learning to fly a Cessna 172, show choir. Additionally, a four-passenger aircraft. Moravec said, Moravec recently started to “There definitely is a rush [flying]. It’s take flying lessons several about as close to absolute freedom that I times each week, weather have ever felt. The anticipation ramps up permitting. Moravec hopes the adrenaline.” to earn his pilot’s licence According to Moravec flying a plane and go on to become a pro- is much harder than it looks, and he has fessional pilot. Photo by T. learned many lessons in his experience. Pokorny. Page 5 Features Feb.13 2020 Cooking for the masses What’s your favorite By Payton Davis Aquinas lunch? Order Up! The Aquinas hot lunch pro- meal planning,” White said. The cooks must gram is a favorite part of many students’ overcome challenges every day to make Senior Konner day, but few know what the cooks must do sure students are able to eat lunch. Adamy: “My favorite to prepare their meal. Some students have certain times dur- was orange chicken, The head cook at Aquinas Mrs. Jennifer ing the school year that they enjoy certain but now its chicken White became a cook in an inspiring way. meals. Eighth grader Jackson Timoney said bacon ranch wraps. “I was in remission from my first bout with he appreciates “chili and cinnamon rolls My least favorite is cancer, and I was ready to do something during the winter.” Timoney also believes meatless Alfredo. challenging, but fun,” White said. White students have enough time to finish their learned how to cook “through years of pre- meals. “We usually have enough time to get paring meals” for her own family and hopes seconds,” Timoney said. she brings the same “family” aspect to the The hot lunch is especially appealing to Language arts hot lunch program. the wrestlers during wrestling season. Ju- teacher Mr. Mat- Although the life of a cook may appear nior wrestler Nolan Eller said, “All you see thew Grady: “My easy to some, challenging issues present is people eating [the school lunch] and you favorite is crispitos; themselves in preparing lunches. “Every want to eat the food, too.” However, some My least favor- day is different, and some days are more conveniences are in place for wrestlers in ite we don’t have challenging than others. Just like at home, the cafeteria. Eller said, “It’s a good idea [to anymore. They were you can feel like you are in a rut with your have microwaves in the lunchroom] be- called beef blasters. cause the wrestlers can warm up food.” The sauce was too sweet.” Students become firefighters Social studies By Shae Junck teacher Mrs. Ann Two of Aquinas High School’s students dents have maintenance days and go on Heerman: “My favor- help the David City community as student calls. On maintenance days, they help to ites are spaghetti, volunteer firefighters. Sophomore Jaxon clean the fire station and equipment. When chicken and rice, and Ondracek and freshman Sam Hilger have they go on calls, they help the adult fire- the ham patties. trained for these community duties. fighters with whatever task is at hand. [the cooks] are doing Ondracek has been a student volunteer Hilger and Ondracek sometimes face a great job.” firefighter for less than a year, and Hilger challenges in being a student volunteer fire- has been one for a little over a year. “I want- fighter. Hilger feels the most challenging ed to become a student volunteer firefighter part of being a student volunteer firefighter to help out and have another after school is “attending everything.” Sophomore Jaxon activity,” Hilger said. Both Hilger and On- Ondracek: “My favor- dracek plan on being firefighters in the fu- ite is orange chicken, ture. and my least fa- Hilger’s father, Mr. Matt Hilger is the fire vorite is the grilled chief in David City, and his grandfather Mr. cheese and tomato Bob Hilger is an emergency medical tech- soup. Bring back the nician (EMT). Ondracek’s step-father Mr. orange chicken.” Brad Sloup, is also part of the volunteer fire department in David City. To become a student volunteer fire- Junior Nathan Al- fighter, the two students needed training. bracht: “My favorite “The main training is learning the basic is shrimp poppers understanding of the trucks and what’s on and mac and cheese. them.” Hilger said. The young firefighters My least favorite also train during practice house burns. Ad- Freshman Sam Hilger works on Spanish num- is the potato soup. ditionally, they also have fire practice and bers in class. Hilger supplements his educa- I would like longer EMT practice every Monday. tion at Aquinas Catholic Schools with special lunch periods.” Being a student volunteer firefighter training as a volunteer firefighter for the Da- comes with many responsibilities. The stu- vid City community. Photo by J. Brown Page 6 Sports Feb. 13, 2020 Lady Monarchs attack the late season

By Kolby Baer New girls’ basketball head coach Mr. Na- play very hard.” tive in every single game, regardless of the than Wall started his first year of coaching The Lady Monarchs traveled to Twin Riv- opponent,” Wall added. this season for Aquinas Catholic Schools. er for an away game. The girls were trium- For the 2019-2020 season, the Lady Mon- Upper-class leadership have helped to posi- phant against the Twin River Titans, with archs go up against Bishop Neumann, Cen- tively influence mid-season games for the the final score being 45 - 37. “We got off to a tennial, Cross County, and Shelby-Rising 2019-2020 basketball season. great start in this game, leading 18 - 5 after City for their districts. The Centennial Conference played its an- the first quarter,” Wall said. nual tournament late in January. The girls The girls were scheduled to play against played two games in the tournament. In the Grand Island Central Catholic, but due to first game, the girls played Lincoln Chris- weather complications, the game was can- tian, losing 28 - 60. In the second game, the celed. Lady Monarchs faced Kearney Catholic for Varsity girls also traveled to Hastings St. the second time this season. They battled Cecilia. The girls lost 21 - 56. “We could through to overtime and won 44 - 41. have improved throughout the game. We Recently, the girls varsity basketball lacked communication, and we were miss- team ventured over to Clarkson Leigh for ing people,” senior guard Jadyn Siroky said. a match-up. The team lost by three points, The girls played a big regular season game rendering the score 36 - 39. “The areas we against Kearney Catholic at Aquinas. The lacked in were just being able to finish and team lost to Kearney Catholic 38 - 45. our defense could have improved,” junior According to Emswiler and Siroky, a team guard Bethany Emswiler said. goal for the season is to get past districts. The team also recently played Pierce Blue “We think we will win sub districts if we jays at an Aquinas home game. The girl’s play as a team and to the best of our abili- Senior guard Jadyn Siroky defeats a Wahoo of- beat Pierce 47 - 40. “This is the first game ties,” Emswiler said. “Our goal was to play fensive player storming up the court. Four se- we lacked intensity,” Wall said. “We were and practice as hard as we can each and niors, including Siroky, serve as team captains completely flat the first half and just didn’t every single day, along with being competi- this season. Photo by N. Eller

Wrestling earns school’s first dual state title

championship this past weekend. Now the In first place at the Schuyler invite was team comes to the end of the season with sophomore Christopher Nickolite and ju- high hopes for district action. nior Zach Zitek . Second place medalist The state dual tournament took place Kavan, sophomore Hunter Vandenberg, ju- in Kearney. The Monarchs defeated Logan nior Nolan Eller, and seniors Nolan Schultz View, 42-27, Raymond Central 62-9 and and Ben Kment. Sophomore Marcus Eick- Valentine 39-31 to earn the championship. emier, juniors Cameron Schrad and Noah The tournament came down to the final Scott were the third-place medalists. In match with freshman 113 lbs. Zander Ka- fourth place was junior Coy Mysenburg van defeating his Valentine opponent 2-0. and senior Owen Schramm. In fifth place Previous to the state duals the Aquinas was sophomore Reilly Miller. wrestling team brought home the gold at The annual Butler County triangular the conference tournament, for the third with David City Public and East Butler took year running. All the wrestlers placed in place in mid-January. Aquinas won against top three at the tournament. both East Butler and David City Public. Senior Ben Kment wins his match at the annu- The wrestling team also gathered on Emory said “[The team] did really well. al Butler County Triangular. Kment wrestled the mat, raising their first-place trophy at We had a lot of guys step up. Nickolite and in the 170 weight class. Photo by J. Roh. the end of the Schuyler Invite. “We had all Kment both stepped up a weight class and thirteen varsity wrestlers receive a medal. won against their opponents.” Vandenberg By Shae Junck [Schuyler] was a smaller meet due to the added, “We fought really hard, and ended Go Big Black! The Aquinas wrestling weather, but there was a lot of class B teams; up with an unexpected win.” team earned the school’s first state dual we were the only class C team” Emory said. Page 7 Sports Feb. 13, 2020 ‘Hoop Dreams’ for the Monarchs District competition looms close after hot and cold season. By Keegan Lavicky Swish! The Monarch varsity boys’ basket- quarters, only being down 10 after the third. The Pierce Blue Jays defeated the Mon- ball team approaches the end of the regular Ultimately we just ran out of gas.” archs with a final score of 35-41. Junior season. The Monarchs will close out the The skeleton squad also travelled to Hast- Payton Davis said, “We definitely didn’t regular season with a gruesome schedule. ing’s St. Cecilia and left with a victory 34- play the best we could as a team, and ulti- Recently the Monarchs travelled to Grand 13. Smith said, “We played really good. We mately that cost us the game.” Wiess added Island Central Catholic (GICC) for a game were extremely shorthanded and played that Pierce played a tenacious switching that was rescheduled because of weather is- incredible defense only allowing 13 points.” man-to-man defense. sues. The Crusaders defeated the Monarchs The Blue hawks avenged their loss against The Monarchs knocked off the Clark- with a final score of 63-43. Senior guard the Monarchs during the Centennial Con- son-Leigh with a final score of 49-47. Wi- Braden Smith said, “[GICC] played really ference tournament, defeating the Mon- ess said, “We had guys step up in Payton’s good defense and has shooters everywhere. archs with a score of 30-43. (Davis) absence because he was ill.” Smith I thought we got better by playing a tough The Monarchs had a mid-season over- added that the game was a good battle and team.” time thriller against the Twin River Titans. a good road win. A shorthanded squad faced the number Head Coach Mr. Trevor Wiess said, “We The Monarchs will face a tough rest of the four rated team in class C-1 in Kearney didn’t shoot the greatest, but I thought we regular season according to Wiess. They Catholic. With five varsity players gone to executed well at the end.” Wiess added will battle three teams with division one the March for Life in Washington, DC, the junior Payton Davis hit two clutch free power points. Wiess said, “We could play Monarchs lost to the Stars 76-48. Smith throws to send the game to overtime. The well and win the last five games, or we could said, “We played really well through three final score of the game was 43-41. paly well and lose the last five games.”

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Senior guard Braden Smith looks for his opening in a re- cent contest against Scotus Central Catholic. The Centan- nial Conference named Smith to the all-conference hon- morable mention tournament team. Photo by S.Junck Page 8 Review Feb. 13, 2020

Little Women ‘bigger’ than ever before

By Blanca Bravo filmed in Concord, Massachusetts, the town where Alcott grew up and where her Title: Little Women novel takes place. Other filming locations Writer-director: Greta were Boston, Lancaster and Harvard, Mas- Gerwig sachusetts. Studios: Columbia Pictures With a budget of $40 million, Greta and Sony Pictures Enter- Gerwig’s movie has made $98,805,632 in tainment domestic box office revenues. Additionally, Release Date: December the movie has made $64,100,000 in inter- 25, 2019 (USA) national box office. Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Little Women has been a big success Emma Watson, Florence and has received many positive critiques. Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura The American Film Institute chose Little Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Women as one of the top 10 films of the Tracy Letts, Bob Oden- year. The film has won sixty-two awards kirk, James Norton, Louis and has received one hundred seventy-one Garrel, Chris Cooper, and award nominations, including six Oscar Meryl Streep. nominations. Synopsis:

Little Women was not CrownPrints just a “little” success. Greta The Crown Prints is published six Gerwig brought Louisa times a year to inform, educate, and May Alcott’s classic novel entertain the Aquinas community. Little Women back to the- We urge letters to the editor. Let- aters, with the sixth feature ters should be given to Ms. Jean A. movie adaptation. Brown in Room 16. Letters must be The story develops in signed; however, anonymity, if re- New England in the decade quested, will be granted if deemed of 1860 during the Ameri- necessary. can Civil War. The storyline proposed to Jo several years earlier but was narrates the life of the March sisters, four rejected. The two sisters have to figure out Issue Editors: Braden Smith & sisters with very different personalities and a way to have a good relationship, despite Keegan Lavicky passions. As they grow up, the girls fight for their differences. Staff: Morgan Littlefield, Jayci what they want, having to go against their Their oldest sister, Meg, would love to Roh, Braden Smith, Keegan Lav- economic and social situation and learn be in the elegant world in which wealthy icky, Elizabeth Aschoff, Payton about the importance of family and love. women live. However, she stands by her Davis, Shae Junck, Natalie Eller, The movie has a non-linear timeline family through their bad economic situa- Gracyn Wollmer, Kolby Baer, starting with the introduction of the March tion, until she marries a schoolteacher and Blanca Bravo sisters in their adulthood when Jo March becomes a wonderful mother. Advisor: Ms. Jean A. Brown makes her living in New York as a writer Beth, who is the youngest sister, is a Principal: Mr. David McMahon and flashes back and forth through the shy, gifted pianist that struggles with a hor- Chief Administrative Officer: Fr. years. Jo is Alcott’s alter ego. rible illness. This illness will make the fam- Sean Timmerman While Jo is passionate about writing, ily stronger. her younger sister Amy enjoys painting. Jo While their mother works to support The Crown Prints is a monthly pub- tries to fight the ideas people have of wom- her daughters, Mr. March is a volunteer lication produced by the journalism en and Amy aspires to marry a rich man chaplain in the Union Army during the department at Aquinas High School, and accomplish the standards that are set Civil War. He stays in touch with his fam- David City, Nebraska 68632. for women. ily through letters, until he goes back home While Amy is in Paris studying art, at the end of the movie. she gets engaged to Theodore, the man who Multiple scenes of the movie were