The Lion’s Tale May 9, 2011 Leo Junior/Senior High School Volume LIII Issue XIV Harding students experience Lion pride By Keanna Gary Back in January when essential. The high expectation a positive way. The purpose Leo were asked to complete a Opinion editor Leo Principal Neal Brown III of students and staff members is of these teams is to help with survey regarding the upcoming first found out that Harding was important too, according to Brown. communication between the two school year with the new Paul closing, he started planning for There are transition teams schools and to try to introduce Harding students. Students at Students from Paul the transition. In order to make at both schools. These transition the Paul Harding students to Leo PCA and Paul Harding High Harding High School and Prince the transition of Paul Harding teams are made up of selected before they are actually enrolled School took the same survey. That Chapman Academy (PCA) visited students into Leo as smooth students and staff members for the 2011-2012 school year. same day, the transition teams of Leo Jr./Sr. High School on April 21. as possible, communication is who represent their school in On April 14, students at Harding and Leo collaborated. Although the surveys were the same, the concerns were different. The main concerns of PCA and Paul Harding students dealt with issues about transportation and acceptance. They expressed concerns that they will have trouble with making friends, adapting to a new environment and being seen as “ghetto.” Leo students’ expressed concerns with having enough space in the building. They are worried about lack of lockers and oversized classes. The shortage of food and seating during lunch period is also something students fear. Next year, new lockers are going to be added in the Spanish hallway on the wall with no lockers. As far as class sizes, they won’t be much larger than they currently are. The average class size for the middle school is 26 students while the high school averages 25 students, according to Brown. The reason Brown created these surveys and asked students from all three schools to take them was so that he had an idea of the thoughts of students. They also help him to analyze the situation and give him suggestions on how to approach it. PHOTO BY BROOKE MARKHAM A Harding student learns about the Family and Consumer Sciences classes from junior Cheyenne Warner and sophomores Alyssa West and Shelby Brinkley. See Harding, page 2 Students raise money Attention Students will be offering sports physi- The cost is $10 per student with cals to Leo student-athletes. The Doctor Heller donating 100 Dr. Matt Heller and his dates are May 18-19 from 8am- percent of the money raised to for Japanese relief group of doctors and nurses 12pm in the junior high gym. the Leo Athletic Department. By Grace Crain had been raised to 12,600 and Sports editor more than 14,700 people were Jared Sauder awarded honor listed as missing,” according to “The New York Times” online. On March 11 a “It is times like these, sadly magnitude 9.0 earthquake Sauder named 3A Coach of the Year enough, when fellow citizens struck off the coast of Japan, unite and bring the focus back to By Rachel Burtnett which resulted in a devastating others,” said SSH president and Editor-in-chief tsunami. Leo Jr./Sr. High School senior Laurel Dispenza. “The SSH students have been raising club does this through raising Leo Junior/Senior High money to donate to Japan’s aid. money for different organizations School history teacher and head According to Student and disasters like these.” varsity football coach Jared Sharing Hearts (SSH) sponsor All of the money being Sauder was named Colts/NFL Rosemary Brown, the club is raised by students will be sent Coach of the Week on Nov. 6, raising money by participating to the Lion’s Club International 2010. Recently, his honor was in loose change walks around along with the Cedar Creek extended to 3A Coach of the Year. the community. As a thank you Lion’s Club donations. One “Coach Sauder works for the donations, students are hundred percent of the donations really hard,” said senior William handing out origami cranes, will go towards relief for the Peter Schenkel IV. “He has a lot which are the Japanese symbol victims of the earthquake and of respect for his players and gets for long life, good health, PHOTO BY MADISON CARROLL tsunami, according to Brown. excellent results on the field.” prosperity, and more recently Along with Leo students According to Sauder, Sauder congratulates his team after the Lion’s first Regional Championship. peace, according to earthlink.net. and the Lions Club International, Paul Condry of the Indiana Along with the “Our team [led me past five seasons. Sauder lead other organizations in Fort Wayne Football Digest nominated him devastation from March 11, to get the award],” said his team to the school’s second are raising money and supporting for this award. A committee from almost one month later on April Sauder. “and also having a sectional championship and the victims in Japan. On May the Indiana Football Digest chose 7, Japan was hit by a strong successful season and winning first regional championship 14-15, the Japanese American the winners of the award. Sauder aftershock “with a preliminary the school’s first Regional.” this season. The Lions’ victory Association of Indiana, the Fort attended a banquet in Indianapolis magnitude of 7.4” that set off Sauder has been the streak ended at semi-state. in mid-March where coaches and tsunami warnings. On this head coach for the Lions since players from around the state date the “official death toll See Japan, page 2 2006 and has accumulated a were recognized for their honors. winning record of 38-18 over the See Sauder, page 2 PG. 8 PG. 11 PG. 14 Discover what it feels like to adjust to a whole Learn how the track teams’ seasons are going and Read the different Spring Break experiences of vari- different culture. hear about their goals and records. ous Leo students. TCID:PP 2 News The Lion’s Tale May 9, 2011 year brings. It helped to At the meeting intermingle. Ideas were thrown The transition teams HARDING give Paul Harding and PCA between the Harding and around such as roller skating, will meet again in May students a picture of what their Leo transition teams on April a mixer at Leo Jr./Sr. High and discuss future plans to The visit of the Paul Harding new school and classmates are 14, members talked about School, a sporting event with try to make the transition and PCA students was just going to be like and get students planning a social activity to get an ice cream social or a picnic smooth and comfortable for a glance of what next school from all three schools involved. the students of both schools to at the Leo-Cedarville Park. all the students involved. City gets transportation plans on track Fort Wayne, along with other cities in Indiana, aspires to restore outdated train system to make the Gateway Project work for them. They think it is an essential step to returning Amtrak to Fort Wayne. The Gateway Project is scheduled to be completed in 2012. Once this happens NIPRA would like to see some additional funding for fixing up the tracks between Fort Wayne and Chicago. Paddock believes that the return of Amtrak would be a great thing for Fort Wayne. It is estimated that Fort Wayne would see up to 500 new jobs and possibly even several thousands throughout the state of Indiana. Many good things would come from having a train in Fort Wayne, such as new restaurants, hotels, and more businesses that want to relocate.. According to Paddock, he thinks that trains are a very important leg of transportation. Trains are something that are needed and that Fort Wayne has been without for over twenty years now. They would be more cost efficient Two possible routes for the track run through Fort Wayne. PHOTO PROVIDED BY GEOFF PADDOCK and safer than automobiles. “I think more people By Graham Powers speed rail, there was $8 billion to restore old train tracks Amtrak line, according to would travel by train if it A&E editor of federal money on the table in Lake County and Porter Paddock. This would not were in Fort Wayne,” said to spend for the entire country. County areas, known bring a speeding bullet train senior Kacy Schinerer. With a huge proposal last year as the Gateway Project. through Fort Wayne but might With a poll taken at Indiana applied for $2.8 billion But with a “no” possibly be the first step. Leo High School 93 percent Many states are and was turned down. The for any money from the “It was disappointing,” of students said that they now “all aboard” for a plan was to connect Chicago to federal government, Fort said Paddock, NIPRA board would rather take a train large national high-speed Cleveland with a stop in Fort Wayne, specifically NIPRA member, “but we knew that we to Chicago than drive. The rail push, but Indiana Wayne according to Paddock. (Northeast Indiana Passenger had a very ambitious proposal biggest reason provided was could be left at the station. Instead Indiana was Rail Association) has now that the Indiana Department of the cost of gas these days, With a big plan to granted only $71 million redirected itself and is Transportation had submitted.” and that it would make for connect the country with high- in federal stimulus money trying to bring back the old NIPRA is now trying a fun day trip experience.