Chancellor High School, Fredericksburg, VA The Lightning Bolt Celebrating 26 Years of Thunderous News at Lightning Speed! Volume 26, Issue 5 | January 2014 “We Bring the Thunder to Chancellor” Features- Top 10 People of 2013 Opinion- World The Cup vs. Olympics Charger Sports- Basketball Basketball Update team leaps to new News- Larkin, heights in coach of the the new Year year. Cover By Megan Church & Neil Schubel Editoral The Lightning Bolt 6300 Harrison Road of 2014, you will find a wide not least, the Features sec- By Meghan Hannifin Fredericksburg, VA 22407 variety of topics to read about! tion provides a preview of the Editor-in-Chief [email protected]. Take a peek at the News sec- upcoming spring musical and va.us We’re back, Chargers! After tion to read about the latest our take on a list of 2013’s a two-week break, school is Red Box shows, All County most interesting or influential back in session, alarm clocks Band, and recent school clos- people. Volume 26 are back to their unkind 6 AM ings. The Sports section fea- So welcome back, every- Issue 5 routines, and cars are back tures winter updates and a one! I hope you had a terrific in the parking lot. Which, of not-to-be-missed article on break, and you enjoy the first course, also means that The Mr. Larkin’s coaching award. 2014 issue of The Lightning Lightning Bolt is back in circu- In the Opinion section, you will Bolt! EDITOR-IN-CHIEF lation! find the second installment of Meghan Hannifin In this very special first issue our new food column. Last but Layout editors Behavior Expectations Joshua turbyfill Matthew swartz Joshua Turbyfill ed at Courtland and Massap- students who show good be- Layout Editor onax, and it showed that there havior. There will be weekly NEWS EDITOR were 2,000 less discipline re- drawings for various prizes Christopher Heimink “We are going to be teaching ferrals in the county for that that students can win. The the behavior and coming to- year.” school will still be having No gether as a school to change a Current features of this pro- Tardy Parties, but those will OPINION EDITOR culture,” states Vice Principle gram include the No Tardy be separate from the weekly Neil Schubel Ms. Lauderdale. Chancellor Party, where people who are drawings. High School’s “Behavior Ex- not tardy can go to a party “[Behavior Expectations] FEATURES EDITOR pectations” program is brand during Morning Charge and show promise and we do plan new and is currently being hang out with their friends and to keep this program for quite Megan church implemented. The committee eat candy. “We are taking some time,” states Lauder- that is in charge of this pro- baby steps. It’s a new pro- dale. SPORTS EDITOR gram consists of Lauderdale, gram, so it will take time to get Kaityln Keisling “We are going to the results we want,” states Lauderdale. be teaching the The “Behavior Ma- Administrative trix” gives teachers manager behavior and a guideline to follow Ashley Prosser Coming together as for various discipline Good Luck problems. These ADVISER a school to change problems are split up to the Class Ms. Gattie a culture,” into major and mi- nor infractions. An- of 2014 other aspect about The Journalism students at Chancellor High School publish The Lightning Bolt, the only official newspaper on campus. The purpose of the newspa- Ms. Clokes, Mr. Armentrout, the Behavior Matrix is a map The per is to factually inform and entertain its readers. As an established open forum for the student body, truth will be the staff’s major goal. It is the Mr. Crooks, Mr. Cumming- that marks where the most responsibility of each staffer to adhere to the journalism code of ethics as set by the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi. The code ham, and Mr. Kilmartin. The problematic areas are on Lightning Bolt states that a journalist can not accept gifts, favors or privileges that could compromise their integrity. All material published will be the result of committee received docu- the school grounds. Each of brainstorm sessions by the staff. Subjects stimulating to the majority of the staff student body will be used. The editorial board, which is comprised of all ments from the state regard- these areas is compared to newspaper staff members will determine the priority of the stories and the overall design of publication. The advisor serves to give students a better ing the behavior expectations the levels of responsibility, re- understanding of the functions and ethics of a free press. The advisor thanks our does not serve as a censure. Student editors will decide the material to system, claiming that these spect, and a “ready to work” be published. In accordance with community standards, profanity will systems will reduce the num- attitude that a student should not appear in the publication. Students are free to express an opinion on generous matters of public interests under the, “fair comment rule.” Under this rule, the student has the right to intelligently criticize the school and its policies. ber of discipline related refer- have at these areas of the Editorials reflect the opinion of The Lightning Bolt. Opinion stories reflect the opinion of the writer and do not represent the opinion of the faculty rals in the Commonwealth of school. sponsors for and administration of Chancellor High School. Controversial issues will be covered from both points of view. School news, as well as local, Virginia. A more exciting aspect about national and international events will also be covered. Letters to the editor are welcomed. All letters must be signed and be between 200- 300 words “[Current high schools in the program are the Charge whom without long. They may be submitted to A113 or by e-mailing chhslightningbolt@ yahoo.com. The Lightning Bolt retains the right to edit letters to comply the county that have these Cards. The Charge Cards with journalistic standards. Anonymous letters will not be published. their support we This is your school, help improve it through your opinions, praises, and types of programs are] Mas- were designed by the Art De- constructive criticisms. If voiced aloud and in large enough numbers, we can bring about change. Our ultimate goal is to print the truth and with saponax, Courtland, and now partment with a lot of help your help we can reach this goal. us,” states Lauderdale. “The from students Riley Pates could not print schools ran a data sheet after and Kiera Meershite. These our newspaper! this program was implement- Charge Cards will be given to THE LIGHTNING BOLT news 3 Red Box Alumni Frozen Closings Show By Matthew Swartz same lingering cold weather. By Meghan Hannifin improv group she is a member Layout Editor Friday of that week also had of now. a two hour delay scheduled Editor-in-Chief At this performance the The New Year has started off due to heavy rain early in the Chancellor’s improv group, group played games such as with a strange string of weath- day and the threat of sleet or Red Box, held an alumni Dubbing, where two members er hitting Chancellor. The first freezing rain. After the rain show on Thursday, Decem- acted out a scene as two oth- week back from Winter Break held steady, the delay was up- ber 19th. Members from the ers provided their voices, and was distinguished by unusual- graded into a full cancellation past few years returned to the a game where one member ly cold temperatures and a se- around 8AM. school and joined the group’s must guess special attributes ries of school closings across The weather closings have current members in a special given to other players. As this the county. caused some serious disrup- holiday perfor- was a holiday Tuesday, January 7th was tions to post break schedul- mance. Red “This year’s show, many of the first closing due to ex- ing and even pose a threat to Box typically the games in- tremely low temperatures and midterm preparations. 2014 holds alumni cluded snow- the fear of fast acting frost- has started off with some er- shows twice a Red Box is men, reindeer, bite, which students at bus ratic weather, whether or not year, with one Santa Claus, stops were especially prone it will continue past January in the winter wonderful and other fun, to. The next day also experi- remains to be seen. and one in the festive touches enced a two hour delay for the spring. and grand.” to get the audi- Anna Ross, ence, which a freshman at was also filled Virginia Tech this year, is one with Chancellor alumni, into of the former members who the holiday spirit. December’s MVP award returned for the show. She “This year’s Red Box is said that her favorite part was wonderful and grand,” Ross being able to play her favor- states. “They all have their goes to our ite improv games that she own strengths that combine to doesn’t get to play with Lo- make a great team!” Features Editor lopolis Comedy Group, the Megan Church! 4 news THE LIGHTNING BOLT All County Coaching Preformingwith having a two-part audi- Excellence By Rachel Thompson tion. For the most part they By Kaitlyn O’Gorman ketball. He even showed the Staff Reporter practiced what they were go- Staff Reporter movie Duke 91 and 92 Back to “I wanted to beat other ing to be tested on such as, Back to the varsity field hock- people pretty much.