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February News.Pmd Singer Amy Whinehouse See who wrote you a actually checks into rehab. love line... - Entertainment 14 - Special Features 10 Issue 4 Thursday, February 14, 2008 www.neshaminy.k12.pa.us/playwickian/ The Students’ Newspaper of Neshaminy High School 2001 Old Lincoln Highway Langhorne, Pa. 19047 Fire occurs in D-Hall Everything’s ‘Thoroughly Modern’ On Jan. 21, the D-Wing experi- enced a small fire provoked by previous events. A contractor drilled too far into the roof while preparing to destruct the metal power shop just three days earlier. That night, rain fell and the room was flooded causing water damage in vari- ous places including the roof. The heat- bonding tool became overheated while re- pairing the damage and caught fire. The builder extinguished the fire with his jacket and within five minutes the fire was com- pletely out. D-Wing was completely evacuated and no one was injured. Yellow Ribbon Week On Feb. 4, Neshaminy’s SADD/ SAVE organized a full week for students to celebrate life. After the touching assembly with Dale and Dar Emme last October, the clubs decided to organize daily events throughout the week of Feb. 4-8 to promote the yellow ribbon organization. On Monday, students celebrated Information Day; Tuesday was No Pressue Pajama Day when students could literally roll out of bed and attend school. Wednes- day, students and staff were given the op- portunity to buy white and yellow roses. Thursday was Compliment Day, where flat- tery and stickers were awarded simulta- neously. Finally, Friday was a Wear Yellow Day, where many students showed their will- ingness to be a part of the program and show their appreciation. Overall, the program was success- Chelsea Drummel struts her stuff as Millie Dillmount shortly after arriving in New York City. Photo/Becca Jacob ful and has been for the past year, helping many students overcome their fears of talk- From Feb. 13 to 16 at 7 p.m., was the time of the crazy women who want when you’re on stage and no one can ing to others about their problems. Neshaminy’s music department bobbed their hair, raised their skirts and judge you,” dancer Kristina Kucey said entered the workforce. about the fast paced tap numbers. Yearbook wins award will present its annual musical, The Neshaminy version of this The show centers around a flapper Teacher Joseph Geddes along “Thoroughly Modern Mille,” a show takes place Feb. 13, 14, 15 and 16 at named Millie Dillmount, played by Megan with this year’s yearbook staff have re- jazz-inspired Broadway sensation 7 p.m. There are two performances at 1:30 Magee, Kaitlyn Waterson, Chelsea Drumel, ceived The American Scholastic Press p.m.and 7 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets are $7 and Jackie Wiatrowski, who leaves her Association Award. with a comedic twist. and can be purchased at the door. home in Selena, Kansas in the hopes of “It’s nice to be recognized by a na- The show starts off with a beige- making a life in the “Big Apple.” tional organization for the work of your By Becca Jacob clad company that takes to the streets of She soon realizes that her path to students,” Geddes said. “It lets Neshaminy News Editor New York City. Jazzy melodies mixed with self-discovery will be a bumpy one when students know that the yearbook they’re flashy, fast-paced dance breaks make up this soon after she gets off the train she is receiving is of high caliber and truly rep- “Thoroughly Modern Millie” is a happy-go-lucky twenties musical. mugged and left with nothing more then a resentative of Neshaminy’s tradition of musical comedy based on a 1967 film. The This musical is different from mu- shoe on her foot and the clothes on her back. excellence.” upbeat jazz-filled musical takes place in the sicals many because it has two big tap num- ‘roaring ‘20’s when women were changing bers. “I like the fact that we get to tap this the norms of New York City society. This year because you get to act as weird as you see THOROUGHLY on page 2 Superintendent explores new career option Crazy statistics you won’t belive in After two years with the sions with the current school board, “which the new by the numbers section - 3 Neshaminy School District, Kadri led both sides to conclude that he should seek another position.” emerges a finalist in a Michigan- Neshaminy School Board Presi- area school district. dent Richard Eccles declined the opportu- Is the new by the law BMI test a good nity to comment on the situation. thing? - 6 By Jillian MacMath However, William Spitz, a school Editor In Chief board member, openly discussed the possi- bility of Kadri leaving with the “Bucks FBLA prepares to succed at finals - 8 Neshaminy Superintendent, Paul County Courier Times.” According to Kadri, is currently undergoing an interview phillyburbs.com, “Mr. Kadri has the support process for another superintendent position of the overwhelming majority of the Maple Point promotes their hidden writ- in the Plymouth-Canton School District in Neshaminy community, including staff, stu- ing talents - 9 Michigan to replace retiring superintendent dents, parents and residents,” Spitz said, Jim Ryan. through e-mail. Now weeks into the process, Kadri “But there are a small number of is one of two remaining candidates. The influential people who clearly do not sup- Students write messages in this years port him and who have made it impossible Love Lines - 10 other finalist is Craig Fiegel superintendent of Evergreen Park Elementary School Dis- for him to be successful here. Because of trict 124 in Illinois, a district of 1,900 stu- that, I am saddened, but not surprised that dents as compared to Neshaminy’s 9,200 he is looking elsewhere.” Kadri is one of two finalist in Michigan’s Foreign film causes controversy - 13 students. Plymouth-Canton’s district in- Both candidates have now com- Plymouth-Canton School District’s search for cludes nearly 19,000 students. pleted the second round of interviews, which a new superintendent. According to hometownlife.com, included an “open-process” interview, Photo/Courtesy of neshaminy.k12.pa.us where public and press were permitted to Wrestling qualifies for SOL crown - 17 Kadri applied for the position after discus- see KADRI on page 2 Page 2 The Playwickian News February 14, 2008 Safe school survey results released to public Last year, students and staff took ment, students following the rules, and stu- parent involvement,” Karnell said. “Parents information collected in the survey is a part in a school safety survey. On dents solving problems nonviolently. should only step in when needed.” phase plan; they are currently in phase one, Jan. 9, the results were released “Teachers don’t know about the “Parents should be involved more information sharing. This phase involves things that go on in this school,” junior or else they wouldn’t know what’s going on the distribution of SSARB data to adminis- to the public. Branden Karnell said about the issues of for most kids don’t tell their parents any- trators and staff. The next phase is title un- rule breaking and violence. thing,” junior Michelle Jones said. derstanding, which offers staff the oppor- By Becca Jacob “Many teachers are neutral about The Committee for Positive tunity to reflect on the data and provide feed News Editor violence, because they don’t come across Schools believes that the confidential nature back to committee co-chairs. it on a day-to-day basis and probably aren’t of this document and the data it contains The last three phases are planning, On Jan. 9, the Committee for Posi- aware of how often it occurs,” Bader, a should be respected. It is vital that they have implementation and evaluation. They in- tive Schools released the Safe Schools As- chemistry teacher, suggested. the opportunity to review and reflect on this clude building level teams to draft a plan of sessment Resource Bank (SSARB) Survey Senior Matt Snyder took the same data within our system. At this point in time action and evaluate the implementation of Results. Some of this committee includes view as Karnell. “I don’t think students it is only appropriate to share this data this plan and make adjustments as neces- Neshaminy staff members Louise Boyd, follow the rules; most kids don’t care. They among high school staff. sary. Geeta Heble, Michael Hoy, Richard Kane, don’t see some of the rules as important,” The committee’s response to the Florence Lutterschmidt, Steve McAloon, he said. “Everyone uses their cell phones Jaqueline Rattigan, and Betsy Worthen. in class; they pay more attention to their Last year, 1,399 Neshaminy stu- cell phones than they do the teacher.” dents and 123 staff members filled out an “The reason teachers are neutral is online Safe Schools Assessment Resource because we believe there are procedures Bank survey. Participants rated various and organizations set up to deal with this school safety-based questions on a five-point problem,” math teacher Loven replied af- scale from “Strongly Agree” to “Strongly ter viewing the results. “Because of peer Disagree.” mediation, I don’t believe we feel that we The survey was created by the Di- need to solve this problem individually, but vision of Educational Research and Service we should allow pre-organized groups to at the University of Montana. Areas of sug- solve it.” gested concern included drug and alcohol The results say that the conse- use, politeness of the student body, and stu- quences for breaking rules are fairly en- dent respect toward staff and bullying.
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