------​ ​​ ​ The North Easter

------​ ​ ​ ​ North East, Maryland — October 2017 — Volume #6 Issue #1 Free ​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Editor-in-Chief: Jackson Leith ​ ​ ​ ​ ______

Artoberfest and All around it was a fun week! Everyone ​ ​ We can’t forget about Drama Club, who Homecoming added some creativity with painting your was so excited for the pep rally that was own pumpkins! The Art Club also had held on Thursday. People were also By Emily Wilson and Autumn Justus ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ excited for the homecoming football Smell the apple cider in the air from the something for the kids in their Kids Corner game. Sadly, we lost the homecoming Seniors, hear the laughter of children from with painting and tye dye. The English the Kids Corner, and enjoy the singing and Department added their own touch with game. Artoberfest was a great turnout, strumming of friends from the talent show. giving out free gently used books, and the for there were so many different booths You've guessed it-Artoberfest came and it Senior Class Council was selling delicious and everyone all together just had a great went amazingly. From Drama Club to the apple cider donuts from Milburn Orchards. time. The homecoming dance was just as Technology Student Association, everyone great as all the other events that took was there and having fun, not only raising The RAOK Club set up their photo booth with place homecoming week. funds but giving people a good time and fun and festive props so you could take ​ ​ ​ ​ great food. Mr. Amma added a new part to pictures with friends. With the NEHS Trivia this year's fest by creating a booth to show booth, great performances by the band and off the chain and scale mail. From body the talent show, this year’s Artoberfest was a Coming Soon at NEHS: armour to the Maryland flag, he made it all. huge success! The TSA showed off NEHS keychains, ​ ​ 11/07 End ​ o​ f Mark​i​ng ​P​ eriod 1 Also, Homecoming was a busy week here at ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ designed with the colors of the school, that 11/07 Drug Prevention Seminar North East High School. The themes for spirit ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ they made right here with the school’s own 11/16 All County Chorus Concert week this year were as follows: Monday was ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 3-D printers. The Gay-Straight Alliance 11/22 Start of Thanksgiving Break were showing their support for others in twin day, Tuesday was character day, ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 11/26 End of Thanksgiving Break the community with people writing names Wednesday was holiday day, Thursday was ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ on slips of paper to make a tolerance chain. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ class color day, and Friday was celebrate blue and white day. The yearbook club got a

lot of amazing pictures during homecoming week.

In this Issue: ● Art​o​ berfest​ ​and ​ ​ Homecoming ● Fall Sports ​ ​ ● Welcome Back ​ ​ ● Halloween! ● TSA ● Chorus ● Student Elections ​ ​

Fall Sports By Kasey Barrow ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ The past month has been a very exciting Two other teams in particular have had very championship, regional championship, and a ​ time for the football team and the fans. successful seasons. The Field Hockey team county sweep. Best of luck to all the North September 22nd marked the team’s first win finished their regular season play with a East teams competing in the postseason, of 2017 and ended a 26-game losing streak. record of 7-5. Their win against Havre De especially the Corollary Tennis team as they The 34-6 win against Joppatowne led to four Grace on September 25th led them to a five advance to the state finals this week! ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ more wins against Patterson Mill, First State game winning streak. The Girl’s Soccer team, Team Records ​ ​ Military Academy, Bo Manor and Perryville. led by an experienced group of seniors, has Field Hockey 7-5 The team has advanced to an overall record of earned 9 regular season wins. Captains ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​ Boys Soccer 6-4-1 5-4. Make sure to come out and support North Jacqulyn Falkenstein, Emma Haggerty, and ​ ​ ​ ​​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​ Girls Soccer 9-3 East as they take on Rising Sun in their last Caroline Roberts, led the team to a division ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Football 5-4 game of the 2017 season. ​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Volleyball 1-9 ​ ​​ ​​ ​​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​

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The North Easter ​ ​ ​ ​ By Taylor Krauss Welcome Back ​ ​ ​ ​ Welcome back​ ​ students​ and​​ ​​ staff to the 2017-2018 school year! To start the year off right, let’s give Mr. Middlemiss a warm North East welcome! For returning students you all know Mr. Artinger retired, and Mr. Middlemiss is taking his place! Who’s excited for all the games, pep rallies, tailgates, and other events? This year there are many exciting events for students, staff, and family to attend. During the school hours we all say “2:40 where are you at?”. In the meantime, enjoy time with peers and new teachers. Are you ready for extracurriculars to start back up again? Some may think no but some think oh yea! This year is going to be a new start for some, a beginning to an end, and just moving in the right direction for most. For all students let's make this the best school year we ever had. This school year is going to be an amazing year with all the exciting things on the horizon. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ By Noah Compher Halloween! ​ ​ ​ ​ Halloween is used​ ​​ as a celebration that is observed in a number of countries on the 31st of October. It used to be the scary holiday for children to go trick-or-treating in the night where they dress up in Halloween costumes, go from house to house, and ask for tasty treats such as candy or goodies. Halloween has been throughout the history since back to ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. The Celts who had lived long ago in 2,000 years celebrated their new year in the area that is now the countries of Europe which is Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France. Halloween has been fun, but yet scary since haunted attractions were designed to freak out the patrons. Most attractions which included haunted houses, corn mazes and hayrides. We will all know how scary our holiday will look like and not to get too spooked by anything that comes our way!

By Jacob Graham and Trey Cline TSA ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ The​ ​​ TSA or the Technology Student Association is one of the many clubs in our school. They recently had their elections for student leadership roles. There is a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, reporter, and sergeant at arms. We had the chance to take their thought and feelings about the club and their positions. First we have Debbie Sturgis, the new president of TSA. Debbie is glad that she was elected, and she promises the members that she will not let them down or slack off from the job. Next is Joshua Prematta, the new vice president. Josh is looking forward to helping in any way he can and is looking forward to competitions and their future. Third is Maria Hadden, the new secretary. She hopes that TSA will continue to grow and people will realize how much fun it is. Fourth is Trey Cline, the new treasurer. He hopes that the thought of robotics club will go away as TSA is rising and becoming more well known. Fifth is Nathaniel Pettit the new reporter. He said, “my hope for the future is to further our influence throughout the school, county, and hopefully the state.” Last but not least is Alex Irwin the new sergeant at arms. He says that this club has leadership of great magnitude. I wish them good luck for their future, and I hope that they will continue to grow and do well at their competitions. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ By Alyssa Gentry Chorus ​ ​ ​ ​ The chorus​ ​​ group is getting ready for a great year! The chorus is practicing their new song and they already have there concert dates and are ready to perform for you. The choir is really fun! They practice songs and it is really easy. If you are someone who loves to sing, you should join the choir and have a great time! Chorus is for everyone, so feel free to join. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ If you are in chorus, you should check out the All County Chorus. Have fun and go perform for the judges. I’m sure you will be great! The All County Chorus will go to the trip and perform for the judges as they score you. Sound fun? Try it out! ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ By Jackson Leith Student Elections ​ ​ ​ ​ On September ​ 2​ 2nd, 2017, the el​ e​​ ctions for North East High School ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Student Government were held. Students from all grades were able ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ to vote for their own class officers. The results of the election were: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Freshman Class Sophomore Class ​ ​ ​ ​ President Jackson Butenewicz President Kayla Russell ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Vice President Angelina Battaglia Vice President Caroline Roberts ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Secretary Sierra Pierce Secretary Jade Tabbs ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Treasurer Mia Cudmore Treasurer ​ ​ ​ ​ Junior Class Senior Class ​ ​ ​ ​ President Emily Funk President Grant Handley ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Vice President Kylie Alexander Vice President Connor Rowe ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Secretary Sarah Beitler Secretary Maya Allen ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Treasurer Kaiya Meggett Treasurer Alison Little ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Congratulations to those elected for the 2017-2018 Student ​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Class Government! ​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​ ​ ​

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