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The Mohawk Post The Voice of Millis High School Same Tradition, New Twists: Spirit Week and Homecoming by Emily M iga, Co-Editor After a long Columbus Day weekend, students came back to school on Tuesday, October 9th for the beginning of spirit week. The first day, everyone dressed up in pajamas and started the week off great! The day consisted of “Can Jam” during lunch, with representatives from each grade competing against one another. Other lunchtime activities through the week were hula hooping and apple bobbing. Wednesday was U.S.A. day, so students and faculty dressed in red, white, and blue to represent their country. The following day, Thursday, was the day that students showed pride for their grade. Each grade is assigned a color to wear: freshman wore blue, sophomores wore white, juniors in maroon, and seniors were decked out in all black. The final day, Friday, the whole student body came together to represent the Millis Mohawks. That afternoon, another Millis tradition was continued: the pep rally. This year was different. For the first time, the pep rally was held outside on the football field instead of in the gym. It was a beautiful fall day in Massachusetts. The pep rally was led by seniors and their advisor, Mr. Kraby. After the athletic teams were announced, the court came out. Then students presented their class banners to the rest of the school. Each grade competed in different activities such as relay races and ended the day in tug of war. The seniors won Spirit Week. At the end of the day, everyone was ready for the Homecoming Friday night football game. Homecoming Court Keeps it Classy by Emily Miga, Co-Edit o r On Friday, October 13, the 2017 Homecoming Court was announced during the pep rally. The court included Margaux D’Aprile, Pauliny Smith, Lydia Flaherty, and Taylor Davis. Millis had a tie for Homecoming Queen for the first time in many years: Jenny Krauss and Aje Sharpe. The escorts were Ben Clark, Kyle Lopez, Josh Price, Dennis Puopolo, Tim Smith and Nathan Wong. That night the court was presented during half-time at the Homecoming football game against Dover-Sherborn high school. Millis won by a landslide of 31-6. The next night was the homecoming dance. Millis students ended Spirit Week with a fun time dancing and hanging out with their friends. Queen Aje Sharpe escorted by Kyle Lopez In This Issue: Homecoming and Spirit Week…………………...1 Video Game Review: Fire Emblem Echoes…...6 Club Updates……………….………………….....2 Book Review: Forever by Judy Blume...……...6 Youth and Government………………….………..3 Music Review: After Laughter by Paramore…..6 SADD’s Distracted Driving Day………………....3 Photos from Faculty Talent Show……………..7 Soccer…………………...………………………..4 Wrabel visit to MHS…………………...……...7 Cross Country…………………….………..…….4 October Fun Facts………………………...…..8 Screening of “What Tomorrow Brings”.................4 Comic………………………………...…….....8 Joseph and Messias earn Eagle Scout Honor…….4 Games………………………………..…….....8 The Freshman Experience in Millis……………...5 Calendar………………………………..……..8 Top Internet Sites………………………………...5 MHS 21st Century Career Coordinator..……..8 Mr. Kraby Rocks! Books by YouTubers…………………………….5 Unless otherwise noted, all photographs in this edition are by Adriana Arguijo Gutierrez Fall 2017 The Mohawk Post Page 2 of 8 School Clubs and Extracurriculars Chem Club Calls on Clyde Brown by Kate Sp a ngenber g If you love learning about science, then you should consider joining the Chemistry Club. This club meets in room 109 on D days and is focused on expanding knowledge and awareness about chemistry and other varying sciences. To connect with younger students, last year, this club teamed up with a group of third graders at the Clyde F. Brown elementary school.. There they did four activities in honor of National Chemistry Week at CFB and then six more activities here in the high school. This year, thanks to the help of Club Presidents Rebecca Azir and Grace Steeves, the club is continuing their work with the third grade as well as inviting fourth grade. The Chem Club took over the 3rd and 4th grade wings for lots of fun learning. In third grade, they focused on weather concepts, such as erosion, making rain and fog, and visualizing air masses that create weather fronts. With the fourth grade, they insulated organisms, found out the impact of limited habitat resources, and learned about camouflage of a species, or varying food obtaining abilities of a species. This is a great communal way of getting students interested in science early on and the Chem Club hopes to continue doing this. The Chem Club helps students at CFB with their research and experiments. Special thanks to Mrs. Copice for pictures and information Drama Club Rehearses Comedy by Lauren T a ylor The Millis High School Drama Club is presenting its yearly show. This year the group is performing Pat Cook’s You Can’t Beat The House, which will be in the High School auditorium on November 17th and 18th. This comedy is about two burglars attempting to rob a house that’s up for sale. The storyline is easy to follow and fun to watch, and it’s filled with many memorable characters. The cast includes a number of seniors: Justin Matthews as Howie, Noah Day as Merle, Paul Tapia as The Great Zenobia, Robin Oliver as Officer Milo Larraby, Annalisa Molinaro as Glenda, and Josh Price as Conrad. The whole cast is very excited to put on this performance, and Mrs. Bartley would love to see a full audience. So come see our production of You Can’t Beat The House on the 17th and 18th of November! (On a personal note: there have been many good reviews of this show, but I didn’t know much about it myself. I had always been curious about this group,as I have been involved in several musical productions throughout the years., So I chose this year to join the theatre group once and for all!) Open Art Studio: All Are Welcome by Shaza K han If you enjoy painting, drawing, crafting,