Maroon and Grey Today Shippensburg Area Senior High School April and May 2016 INDEX La Ville des Lumières (The City of Lights) By Hailey Bryett and Caitlin Porter SASHS students and guests dressed to the nines the night of May 7th. Prom was held at the Beistle Company once again. Decorations by Colton Staver at Pencil Me In Planners were featured for the first time ever and music was provided by Phantom Shadow. At the dance, you Life Skills Prom– Pg. 3 could find lots of twinkling lights and Eiffel Towers all throughout the venue. The catering was offered by Chartwell’s and included a variety of appetizers, small entrees, and mini French desserts. Many of the students who attended prom thought it to be one of the best ones yet. The decorations, food, music, and photo booth were all a great hit. There was a lot of table space for the ones who were not into dancing and would rather socialize or take a quick water break with their friends. This year at prom, there was a screen that showed the music videos of the song that was being played and the students really seemed to like that. Around 8:30, the prom court was brought out onto the stage. As the anticipation rose to hear who the winners would be, the students SASHS Exchange began to chant. Seniors Miranda Rhodes and Jacob Kriner were Students– Pg. 5 crowned Prom Queen and King, both very well-deserving. Miranda has been through a lot of hardship in the past couple of months of her The 2016 Prom King, Jacob Kriner, senior year. She has struggled with the loss of her father, Doug. She and Prom Queen, Miranda Rhodes. mentioned that her crowning was a surprise. “I was excited about prom already, and then that just made it even better. And I know my dad Congratulations! would have been proud. And that makes me excited knowing he would have been excited too,” Miranda said. Her king, Jacob, said he was very happy for her, despite feeling “blasé” about his own crowning. He then went on to say, “I sel- dom do things, so to have done something is pretty cool.” We decided to get someone’s opinion who was “experienced” in the prom aspect. When asked if she was impressed by prom this year, senior Chelsea Pyne said, “I was actually! I’ve been to prom all four years and hands Color Run– Pg. 7 down, this was the best one I have ever been to.” The themes have varied throughout the past four years. 2016 Prom Court posing for a picture SASHS has hosted “A Night in Vegas,” “Hollywood,” after the crowning took place. “The Great Gatsby,” and finally, “A Night in Paris.” The decorations this year blew everyone away. Colton Staver from Pencil Me In Planners is a SASHS alumni from the class of 2013 and runs this business with his mother, Tammy (Butler) Sontag. It is located in downtown Carlisle. Tammy owns a bridal shop, Tamzen’s Bridal at Butler Manor, and Colton is an event planner and decorator. He also offered corsage/boutonniere packages this year. It was a great deal and he even delivered to your house the morning of prom. The credit for this year’s prom can be given to the junior class prom committee, and their advisors, Mrs. Mowers and Senora Kauffman. They worked hard all year long to make the night the best it could be; it definitely paid off. All their hard work and time was noticed by everyone in attendance. Without them, the 2016 prom would not have gotten such good ratings. Everyone involved did a wonderful job and made this year’s prom one that will not be forgotten. Senior Braxton Shetter shows off his moves to the group of students who formed a circle Artrageous– Pg. 11 around him. Feature Story pg. 2 ‘Tis the Season for Promposals By: Caitlin Porter and Hailey Bryett After much hard work and sweat in the military, a nice break came for SASHS alumni Derrick Duncan. Ava Franklin Who says your prom date has to be a boy? Jalyn asked him to prom in a patriotic way. Gossard and Chloe Daywalt were okay with just a girl’s night out. With this yummy promposal, both girls scored a friend date and a good time at prom! “May 7 would be lit with you. Prom?” Kara Collingsworth and Nate Lohr lit the night up at this year’s prom. Whoever thinks romance is dead is wrong. Scarlett Lehman came home to a romantic surprise from her boyfriend, Hunter Martin. This promposal was like one right out of a movie. When the photo of Shaine Rotz’s promposal to Nguveren Zume went viral, people had a lot to say. That didn’t stop the two friends from having a blast though. They shrugged it off and enjoyed prom just like everyone else! School Life pg. 3 A Special King Crowned on a Special Day By Ireland Hastings and Wade Mills May 4th was a day planned for the special needs students from Shippens- burg and surrounding schools to attend the annual Life Skills Prom at the West Shore Evangelical Free Church in Mechanicsburg. Five Shippensburg students went along as buddies with the special needs class. This is always an exciting day for both the special needs students and their buddies. Shippensburg has attended the Life Skills Prom for seven years and there are approximately 120 students who attend overall. The theme of the prom was New York City, which included NYC decorations as well as a video of Times Square. When asked how the day went, special needs teacher Mrs. Amy Brandt said, “I thought it went excellent.” Everyone had a ton of fun dancing the day The special needs class who attended the life skills prom. away to many classic hits and there was a lot of laughter and smiles. Around 11 o’clock, seniors from every school were announced while escorting their classmates for prom court. Shippensburg seniors in- clude: Cameron Rebok, SunLee Adams, Tiffany Bass, and Sheva Fried. The queen was a beauti- ful young lady from another school, but the king was from our very own high school. SASHS own Cameron Rebok was announced prom king and he wore the crown with pride. He was so happy to be chosen king. Cameron said, “It was an awesome feeling!” At noon everyone sat down to enjoy a meal that was prepared and served by volunteers. After lunch and dessert, the music was turned back up and the dance floor was full again. After dancing for another hour or so, Shippensburg’s students headed home. Conversations and laughter filled the bus as the special needs students and their buddies talked about their day. When asked about her favorite part of the day, Tiffany Bass said, “Everything!” Wade Mills, SunLee Adams, and Dustin Goshorn posing for a picture at the prom. Seniors SunLee Adams, Cameron Rebok, Tiffany Bass, and Sheva Fried being announced on prom court. Cameron was chosen as prom king! Continued from Pg. 5, From Seoul to Ship To people that I met in this school. Thank you for helping me here. I’m really sorry that I can’t put everyone name here, I would like to ask, but I didn’t have enough time and I was too shy to ask name. I had a great school year with you guys. I go back to Korea on June, 3rd. After I go back, I would miss life here. Just contact me when you have a time. I’m on Facebook. I’ll be talkative person when using my phone. Thanks everyone. Have a good day! Hunter Vazquez, Sydney Butts, Elijah Hoffert, Shane A. Davidson, Courtney Webber, Emily Rosenberry, Sophia Damore, Ryan Carr, My Nong, Dextin Koser, Logan Shauf, Taylor Frohm, Jaden Reed, Adam R. Spencer, Kylie Reed, Emily Rosenberry, Brielynn Marie Walters, Denny Santana, Emily Elizabeth Ott, Taylor Jones, Ethan Davidson, Noah Chavez, Michael Sechrist, Corbin Bowman, Jackson Swartz, Christian Boarts, Chris Neil, Benjamin Rossman, Rafahel Gonzalez, Noah Clevenger, Cody Heckman, Reuben Giles, Logan Glass, Jacob Keyes, Orry Kramer, Alex Beecher, Reuben Giles, Michael Williams, Nick Patterson, Josh Varner, Brian Besore, Nate Lohr, Brady Kuhn, Tyler McSherry, Colby Holtry, Kelby Taylor, Trevor Ott, Baileigh Hoover, Quintin Besecker, Galen Oberholzer, Quentin McMichael, Noah Mathna, Ezra Lee, Dillon Labonte, Mrs. Myers, Mrs. Brubaker, Mrs. Dubbs, Ms. Jaworski, Mr. Meixell, Mr. Peters, Mr. Powell, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Mancino, Mr. Kongkeatikul, Mr. Maag School Life pg. 4 The Best Day Ever! By Ireland Hastings and Clayton Stine Friday, May 13th was a special day filled with fun, laughter, competition and smiles. Special needs students from all SASD schools participated in many activities at the annual Special Olympics Day. Special Olympics was started by a previous Shippensburg physical education teacher, Mr. Bill Lloyd, over twenty years ago for all special needs students in the town. This day is held on the high school track or in the high school gym, depending on the weather. SASHS students volunteer to be buddies of an athlete for the day while they compete in various races. Athletes are assigned certain events like the 50 meter walk and dash, the 100 meter walk and dash, wheelchair races, 200 meter dash, standing long jump and the softball throw. While an athlete and their buddy are waiting for an event, there are other activities to get involved in. There is bowling, shooting the basketball, throwing the football, soccer, kicking the football and corn hole, as well as just walking the track.