CHARGINGFISHERS JR.HIGHFORWARD MAGAZINE 1 JOURNALISM MAGAZINE SPRING 2019 ISSUE 2 FISHERS CHARGING FORWARD Semester 2 2019 Welcome Editor-in-Chief: Kennedy Terhune News Editor: Lydia Lytle 3 Feature Editor: Katy Delaney Features Review Editor: Noah Halteman 4-24 Sports Editor: Colin Honeman News Editorial: Lily Williams 25-36 Extras Editor: Akheil Paul Reviews Reporters: 37-44 Lily Williams Sports Hillary Hata 44-49 Orianna Young Braedon Matthews Editorial Noah Halteman 50-56 Shea Owens Puzzles, Comics & Colin Honeman Clubs Omar Tabar 57 Kennedy Terhune Lydia Lytle Advice Sarah Thompson 58-59 Katy Delaney Achievements Adam Reed 60 Jacob Klus Brady Schmidt Horoscopes Akheil Paul 60 Class Spotlight Principal: Crystal Thorpe CONTENTS 60 Fishers Jr. High School Advisor: 13257 Cumberland Road Kristy Kokoska Fishers, IN 46038 2 Welcome to the Land of the Chargers By Katy Delaney and Lily Williams Welcome to Fishers Junior High School, home of the Chargers. Our school opened in 1999. Our principal is Dr. Thorpe and our assistant principal is Mr. Butts. Fishers Junior High serves around 960 kids in grades 7 and 8 in Fishers, Indiana. Our school’s mission is to provide educational opportunities to ensure the success of each and every student to become a responsible citizen and to positively influence an ever-changing world community. This information was found on the school’s website, fjh.hseschools.org. Our school has a couple of sayings that help the students through the school day. One of them is, “The choices you make today shape your world tomorrow.” Another one is to display your Charger P.R.I.D.E. and take charge of your success. P.R.I.D.E. is an acronym that we use at FJH. P stands for personal responsibility, R stands for respect towards others, I stands for integrity, D stands for discipline and self-control, and last but not least, E stands for engagement. There are many “extra” classes that students at FJH can take along with the required core classes. Some of these classes are exclusively for eighth graders. Some of those classes include; Journalism, Yearbook, Film Theory, Peer Tutor, and a few others. There are also a couple of classes that a seventh grader can take as well as eighth graders. These include; F.A.C.S. (Family and Consumer Science), Band, Art, Choir, and Orchestra. Fishers Junior High has phenomenal performing arts programs. These programs are Art, Band, Orchestra, and Choir. The band is directed by Mr. Lehman and Mr. Dessent. The Choir is directed by Mrs. Baney. Orchestra is directed by Mrs. Cornet. Art has a few different teachers. They are Ms. Adda, Mrs. Wade and Mrs. Strawhacker. Students can also participate in extracurricular performing arts programs like Jazz Band, Pep Band, Strolling Strings, Fall Play (odd years), Fall Musical (even years) and Dance Company. Eighth graders also have an extra class that they can take. That would be a world language. Students can choose between French, German, and Spanish. Madame Hennessy is the French teacher. The German teacher is Frau Roberts. Last but not least, the Spanish teachers are Señora Compton and Señorita Grundmann. Learning a language is a great opportunity that all students should consider. Languages can be fun, and there are multiple field trips and events throughout the year that language students can be a part of. There is a special field trip for seventh graders only. That field trip is Camp Tecumseh. Camp Tecumseh is a three day field trip. Students stay in log cabins at night and during the day, they are out exploring the camp. They can go canoeing, rock climbing, hiking, and many more! Before bed, there is storytelling, skits, and square dancing! Camp is such a fun experience for all kids who go. We asked eighth grader, Akheil Paul, “What was your favorite camp activity?” He said, “My favorite activity at camp was canoeing.” We asked seventh grader, Jessa Medalen, “What is your advice to the campers next year?” She said, “My advice to campers next year would be to keep an open mind and enjoy camp as much as you can.” Bothe Akheil and Jessa rated Camp Tecumseh a 9 out of 10. Our school also has lots of fun clubs from Best Buddies to Chess Club. If your interested in dissections, than you join Dissection Club. But if dissections and guts aren’t your thing, then you can always join Scrapbook and Card Club. If you’re into relaxing and just taking your mind off of school, you could join Yoga Club. Also, if your not flexible and you still want to get your mind off of school, you can always join Writing Club. There are so many more clubs that our school has, and if we don’t have it, I’m so sure that we could make it. On top of clubs, we also have sports. Our school offers sports from basketball to golf. Although our school doesn’t have common sports like soccer and baseball, the sports that we do offer are great. The coaches are very good at their job and really good at coaching. The students on the teams seem to really enjoy the teams. Junior high is a great time to try new sports. In the end, our school is a great place. We offer so many clubs and sports. Our staff is helpful and friendly. We have a great time at Fishers Junior High. At Fishers Junior High we always feel welcome and safe. This environment is great for kids of all different backgrounds and we have a great time. The sign in front of our school, Fishers Junior High. Photo: Connorpainting.com 3 CHARGING FORWARD Semester 2 2019 Where We Came From By Hillary Hata The Fishers railroad station was removed in 2018 to make way for a new police station. Photo: fishres.in.us Ever wondered how Fishers became Fishers? The city started off with very few people, but it has grown drastically over the last 20 years. In addition to countless single family homes, many businesses have also made Fishers their home. We started off as a large portion of land sold to Salathial Fisher in 1872. The town was originally named Fisher’s Switch, but it soon changed to what is now, Fishers. One of the first settlers of Fishers was William Conner. William Conner played a major part in the area’s development. He had founded Hamilton County, Indiana. Conner was also once the only white male living in Delaware Township. He controlled a trading system; the trading system brought in more residents to Fishers. This trading system is now known as Conner Prairie. Another reason for the Fishers population growth was because Indiana changed its capital from Corydon to Indianapolis in 1825. Our proximity to Indianapolis made it more attractive to both people and business. Because of the growth, a man named John Flinch established the area’s first school. Fo Fishers received lots of development activities. The Geist reservoir was made in 1943. The reservoir was made because of the water supply in Fishers. The reservoir was made in hopes to fix this problem. Hamil- ton Southeastern High School was built in the 1960s. While the zoning and master plan was made in 1972. The zoning plan was made to decide whether or not a certain company would be allowed to develop here. While the master plan decides what the town does, this could be for community growth or for local goals. In 1973, Inter- state 69 was finished. All of these establishments played a major role in the growth of the Fishers population. In 1996, there were only four Elementary schools, a middle school, a junior high, and a high school. But in 2006-2007, Fishers High School opened up adding a much needed second high school to the Hamilton South- eastern district. Fishers High School is currently ranked #1,050 in national schools and #9 in Indiana school. These rankings are based on performance on state-required tests. The student body from Fishers has grown both intellectually and population. Initially beginning as a patch of empty land, Fishers has come a long way. During our growth as a town and now city, we have done many things with all of the building, developments, multiple schools and housing. We also have earned many rewards over the past years. In 2011, Fishers earned #1 in Top 10 Cities for Families FEATURE in U.S.. With the population growing, hopefully there will be may more rewards to come. 4 The map shown is a map and chart of the Hamilton Southeastern School District redistricting plan. Photo: hse.k12.in.us A Relaxing Redistricting Process By: Lily Williams Redistricting? This is the reaction many parents and students had when finding out that the Hamilton Southeastern school district was going to start redistricting. When you think of redistrict you think, as a student there’s a chance you’ll have to move schools which means making new friends and not being with your current friends. In this redistricting process, that is the case, but they have multiple good reasons as to why they are doing this. So, if we are redistricting, why are we doing it now when we just did it two years ago. This is one question or concern many parents have. The school district doesn’t have much of a choice because as we may not notice, our school district is continuing to rapidly grow. As the school district continues to grow we have to find a way to accommodate these students.The only way they can do that is by redistricting and building new schools.