11th Period Journalism Final Project

GABBY KRENITSKY’S 2021
JOURNALISM PROJECTS

TABLE
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FEAURE ARTICLE~ PAGE 2
GET TO KNOW TANGY!~ PAGE 3-4
NEWS TRHOUGHOUT THE YEAR~ PAGE 5-6
OPINION PIECES~ PAGE 7-8
PICTURE PROJECTS~ PAGE 9-13
HOLIDAYS~ PAGE 14-15
END OF YEAR REVIEWS~ PAGE 16-17

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURE

Does Hybrid Mess with Sleep Schedules?

Hybrid changing sleep schedules
Gabby Krenitsky
Feature
12 March 2021

This school year has been a very strange and confusing year for everyone. From going online to going hybrid, many can agree
that sleep hasn’t been the easiest to keep in check. It’s been very challenging for many students and teachers to resist staying
up at night watching their favorite tv show or catching up on work, especially with the current hybrid schedule many schools
are running on.

One of the many things keeping both students and teachers up at night is their devices and the blue light emitted from them.
“While light of any kind can suppress the secretion of melatonin, blue light at night does so more powerfully,” said Harvard
Health
This means that any student or teacher watching their phones while trying to go to sleep won’t have much luck. The blue light
only makes it more challenging. Olentangy Math Teacher Amy Dieterle can agree.
“Having your phone on and the blue light actually wakes people up instead of helping them sleep better,” Dieterle said.
This relates to hybrid because since school is on and off throughout the week, even more temptation to stay up late will be pres-
ent.
“They feel they have a luxury to do it, which they could but it’s just not smart to do,” Dieterle said.
The hybrid schedule makes it easier to be tempted to stay up on days where students don’t have to show up to school. Since the
school days are every other day, students feel that they only have to worry about sleep when they have school the next morning.
Staying up late one night and going to bed early the next night is a schedule that isn’t easy to get on. Usually, if one stays up
late for a night or two even after a full week of going to sleep early, their sleep schedule can get thrown off. Medical News Today
agrees.
“Staying up very late disrupts the body’s natural sleep-wake cycle, which can affect a person’s mental functioning and energy
levels the next day,” Medical News Today said.
Staying up late like this affects how people function and their ability to sleep the next night.
There has most certainly been a noticeable difference between age groups when it comes to struggling with sleep schedules.
Gage Renton, a third grader at Heritage Elementary School hasn’t been terribly affected by the hybrid plan. He said he will some-
times stay up later on nights that he doesn’t have school, but his bed time is usually around eight to eight-thirty. This means that
Renton doesn’t really have trouble falling asleep early, which is great for his sleep schedule and energy levels. The difference is,
Renton is in third grade. Since he’s much younger than a highschool student. His parents don’t have to be as flexible with him. It’s
most likely easier for the young student to get his homework done faster than some older students, meaning that he can easily go
to bed early and not worry about any unfinished work. His parents can have a much
more put together schedule that Renton has to follow. It can be challenging for parents who have older students though. There’s
more distractions, homework and other things that could keep schedules filled up. These teens are also more independent than
what a third grader may be. They can get themselves ready for bed and ready for school and make their own decisions based on
what’s best for them. With hybrid though, older students may find it more challenging to be able to sleep correctly. With no specif-
ic bedtime, one may stay up late because there’s no school to worry about the next day. The pattern of going to bed late one night
and going to bed early the next can really hurt a sleep schedule. That’s why the younger ones with specific bedtimes, even if there
isn’t any school, will have an easier time keeping their sleep schedule nice and steady.
Hybrid also has been causing trouble with procrastination. Since students have online school half of the time, the homework
given in real class can get put off.
“When they’re on their off days, they’re sleeping until one p.m. and it’s a bad cycle. So that means they’re starting stuff at one
p.m. Well maybe they haven’t planned their stuff well so then they’re doing the work until one a.m. that they put off,” said Dieterle.
Students may think to start something later in the day, but the project will appear bigger than expected. This can lead students
to staying up later in the evening to finish the assignment because they are waiting too long to do it. This schedule has appeared
to become misleading, making many students believe that their online days are just days off. This leads them to think that they can
just wait to do homework until the last second. Many students may lose motivation in their work or get bored, so they put it off.
“I feel like we’re not as productive or motivated as we used to be when we were on less of a chaotic schedule,” said special edu-
cation teacher Lori Conley.
When school goes back to normal, many of the students and teachers feel that they will be more motivated to get their work
done. They’ll be on an overall better schedule and more put together.
“I’m very excited to go back to full time. I feel that we all will have more motivation to finish up the school year on a strong note
and students will start to get much better sleep” said Conley.
Both students and teachers are ready to get off of this chaotic year. They’re exhausted and
want to get back to a comfortable and easy to control sleep schedule so they can feel more refreshed during the day. It’s about
time everyone gets back to full time school so they can have a much easier time getting on a steady sleep schedule.

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Mearhoff high school math or science. Now, Mear- days this year instead of 180, teachers
Personality Profile hoff teaches AP1 physics, honors physical have to cut out important curriculum which
Gabby Krenitsky science and physics, and he adores it. could be helpful for the students in the
11/18/2020 future. Mearhoff was even told he doesn’t
Along with the decision of what subject have to teach all of the curriculum usually
Marty Mearhoff, one of the science to teach, Mearhoff also had to decide what required, since some teachers struggle to
teachers at Olentangy High School, age group to teach. even teach the information in 180 days.
has plenty of different thoughts Mearhoff disagrees with this though.
and insights on his career. While talking “Based on my own self-assessment, I
about his background leading up to why don’t think I’d be very good with elementa- “We were hired by the district to teach
he started teaching, Mearhoff also provid- ry school kids,” Mearhoff said jokingly. “No the curriculum that the board of education
ed some thoughts on how he feels he can I’m just kidding! I’m just kidding!” he said approved and we have approximately 180
do his job right and be the best teacher with a laugh. days to do it,” Mearhoff said.
one can be. He then talked about what
hybrid has been like for him, and how it Mearhoff does feel high school is the He now feels teachers should try to find
has most certainly been a challenge, mean- best age group for him though. This is be- a way to teach the curriculum in 90 days
ing it can’t be any easier for students and cause he wants to help students who have the best they can, because that’s what the
other teachers. a special love for math and science find students need to know. Because of this,
their paths and decide their careers. By Mearhoff decided to have his tests online
When Mearhoff was a child, did he doing so, Mearhoff has to work hard every over weekends or weekdays while the
see himself doing what he does now? His day to make a plan on what he is going to students are at home. He also cut out test
immediate response was “Oh no!” That teach. Instead of complaining about this or corrections. This was a challenging task
was then followed by a chuckle. Mearhoff looking at it in a negative way, he takes it for him to do, but it provides plenty more
said some of his dream jobs as a young as a learning experience, as well as his day days to teach the curriculum. Mearhoff
boy included being a professional baseball to day occurrences in the classroom. does feel his students are losing a learning
player, a firefighter, doctor or lawyer. As he experience from this. He feels as though it
grew older, his job choices most definitely “Everyday is going to be better than is stressful to have to take a test in 45 min-
changed, but he always had a passion for yesterday. I’m going to be better tomorrow utes without notes. However, he thinks this
math. than I am today based on what I learned is the best way to learn how to deal with
today because everyday I’m learning,” stress and to take tests more efficiently.
“I really wasn’t thinking about a job per Mearhoff said. Mearhoff just hopes to be back to a normal
say, but what I was thinking about was school schedule soon.
how much I enjoyed math. I really liked According to Mearhoff, he brings this
math,” Mearhoff said. attitude to school everyday in order to Overall, Mearhoff is a self-proclaimed
make an impact on his students. hard working person. He uses tactics to
Math was always his favorite subject. come into school every day with a good
Mearhoff is able to remember every one Although Mearhoff works hard every- attitude and determination to work hard so
of his math teachers since seventh grade. day to teach his students all about science, his students can have fun and learn lots.
Because of this, he knew he had to do there is something getting in the way. It’s He thinks even in these tough times, it’s
something involving math and science, so the current hybrid schedule the school is helpful to have teachers who do their best
in his senior year, he decided to major in running on. Mearhoff said it was actually to help their students get through school
math. Mearhoff then got into the engineer- very challenging to deal with hybrid, but a little bit easier. That’s what Mearhoff is
ing and operations crowd and absolutely the issue isn’t the amount of work the stu- trying to accomplish!
loved it. So much so, when his kids went dents and teachers have. The actual issue
to college, he decided he wanted to teach is the teachers now have a very limited
time to teach important information in the
courses. Because students only go for 90

Grace Hawk Hawk love Tennessee, but she is also much more responsibility and are
Feature: Personality Profile very passionate about sports. She considered an adult. She says that
Jessica Roads really enjoys trap shooting. Trap there’s a better atmosphere and you
17 September 2020 shooting is where a little thing called can really figure out who you are as
a clay pigeon is shot out, and the ath- a person. It really brings you out of
Grace Hawk, a tenth grader at lete has to shoot it. It requires a ton your shell and gives you this new
Olentangy High school, is quite of accuracy and good aim. Hawk also confidence that really just makes you
the country gal. Her heart be- helps out with the school volleyball feel amazing. Stropki said that Hawk
longs to Tennessee, and the amazing team. When asked what she wants to is a very passionate person and that
activities that come with it. do when she grows up Hawk said, she always knows how to pick you
up when you feel down. Hawk said
“My favorite place to go is Tennes- “I’m really into sports and I want that high school has really helped her
see. I love it there! Absolutely love it to do sports management. I’d prefer out with her personality and that it’s
there,” said Hawk. working with football players.” been just such an amazing experi-
ence so far.
Her friend, Paige Stropki, a Hawk said that her dream was
sophomore at OHS, even said that her to live in Tennessee and become a To finish off, Hawk was asked
favorite place to travel with Hawk is sports manager when she graduates. about how she was affected during
Nashville. Florida was another favorite She also said that Miami, Florida, quarantine. She said not much really
spot. One of Hawk’s favorite things which is where she would like to go happened. It was hard to not see her
to do in Tennessee is going on riding to school, wouldn’t be a bad place to friends and stay away from everyone.
trips, but not the kind with a horse. work either! Although she did think it helped her
This type of riding is with an ATV that see the true colors of a lot of friends.
you drive up a mountain. Hawk then discussed her feelings She’s really glad that things are going
about school. When she was asked back to normal though, especially
“You basically just go down there what was the best- sports. She said she misses football
and you ride all day and just go ever happened to her she simply Friday nights, but she’s just glad to
sightseeing and it’s super fun,” Hawk replied high school. Hawk said, know that they’re back on the field.
said.
“Everything’s just so much better
She said that the views are beau- from middle school to high school.”
tiful and it’s an amazing activity to do
while visiting. She feels that the transition is
just really nice because you have so
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WORLDWIDE NEWS THROUG

Wilbur the French bulldog- turned mayor by NBC News. People can use this event to take a
break from all of the political stress and put some joy
Wilbur the French Bulldog was elected Mayor in their day.
of Rabbit Hash, located in Boone County,
Kentucky. The furry friend even broke the This occurrence doesn’t affect Ohio directly, but
record for most votes, getting 13,143 out of 22,985 it can affect our emotions. It’s very challenging for
total votes. The people decide which candidate to vote one to scroll through the news looking for some-
based on how much each animal wants their belly thing small to brighten their day and it’s hard to
scratched! find anything because it’s filled with all the negative,
screaming headlines. This event affected me because I
This election is more than just picking a man’s best learned about an amazing new tradition that uses the
friend to become mayor. It actually raises a great deal money donated from it to make the small little town a
of money to help the small town grow and improve. better place. It really brightened my whole day look-
Wilbur’s election alone raised $6,165. One can vote ing at the happy pup- turned mayor Wilbur! It now
from anywhere for $1.00 to give Rabbit Hash some gives people a whole new conversation topic that’s
love! This is a great way to step away from all the unique and interesting! Finally, the elections in Rabbit
presidential election occurring and de-stress by read- Hash help to spread some hope and positivity around
ing about Wilbur and his four-legged friends’ race to the U.S., no matter the situation.
win Mayor of Rabbit Hash. “Although it’s not political
at all, it always coincides with the presidential elec-
tion,” says Amy Noland, Wilbur’s owner, in an article

Florida Lifts All Coronavirus Restrictions- by Gabby is trying to start the economy back up and make busi-
Krenitsky nesses lucrative again. Most residents are thrilled to
have some normalcy back and hope that this will allow
On September, 25, 2020, Florida Governor Ron small businesses to once again thrive. Releasing restric-
DeSantis, announced that the once hotspot for tions will also drive the tourism industry which accounts
Covid-19 will release all restrictions and require- for millions of dollars each year in Florida. Although
ments of the businesses and residents in the state. At a majority of people are happy about this, some are
this time, and since March, Florida has had to operate concerned a second wave will once again hit. Governor
under a limited capacity for restaurants and bars. Like DeSantis is keeping positive and letting his constituents
all other areas in the United States, residents in Florida know that since opening the state the second wave does
had to wear masks or face a fine. This new order from not seem to be coming any time soon.
Governor DeSantis stated, “Every business has the right
to operate.” A few Southern Counties are hoping that Since I personally do not live in Florida it is difficult
they are exempt from the order since their numbers are to see the connection between me and this current
still rising. Southern Florida is hoping to still be able to event. However, since restrictions are at an all time
enforce the mask in public rule along with limited hours high in Ohio, seeing a state such as Florida open up and
and capacity in restaurants. welcome normal life again is encouraging. If Florida’s
numbers stay low with no real fluctuation, Ohio may fol-
Although Florida is a bit of a drive from Ohio, this im- low and allow for full capacity in restaurants, no masks
pacts the entire United States. Florida has had 700,000 and full time school. I see this as a small step to getting
cases of the virus to date. Out of those high numbers, things back on track. Also, who doesn’t love visiting
14,000 residents have died. Florida is the 3rd highest Mickey Mouse without a mask in that hot, humid Florida
state in cases falling shortly behind California and Texas. heat? Let’s let Florida test the waters for us and see how
Individuals being hospitalized in Florida from the virus safe it is to open the rest of the country.
are down 76% since September 25. Governor DeSantis

GH THE YEAR OLENTANGY

Principal Rob Griffiths
Olentangy Highschool
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Covid Safety at Olentangy to other students. Olentangy is doing its best
News Story to make sure students and staff feel as comfort-
January 21st 2021 able as possible. And for those not feeling con-
fident returning to school, continued distance
Olentangy Staff Discusses Safety from learning is an option.
COVID-19 in School
“For me, the custodians are doing a great
The Nurse and Principal of Olentangy dis- job cleaning rooms. Teachers and kids [are also
cuss the safety of the school with the cur- doing a great job with cleaning rooms]. They’re
rent COVID-19 situation, and how they feel all being cleaned so they’re doing a great job.
their students and staff are safe while there. I’m 100% comfortable. I don’t feel like I’m at risk
There are many procedures that the school is of coming here and getting it,” Griffiths said.
enforcing to keep students and staff healthy
and comfortable. Some may appear to be more Both McCray and Griffiths feel safe and
important than others. comfortable in this building. They also think
students around school are doing their part
“Wearing masks. If you’re wearing you’re well.
doing your best to protect everybody,” Princi-
pal Rob Griffifths said. The kids have been doing a great job
taking the covid precautions seriously. It’s not
Wearing masks helps to keep one’s germs about you, but it’s about somebody else. The
from spreading around even when it is challeng- students really took that into consideration
ing to stay six feet apart from each other. It is coming into school, Griffifths said.
important for both school staff and students Overall, all of Olentangy has been working hard
to wear masks enabling schools to go back full to keep eachother safe and healthy during this
time. Pandemic, and it’s been paying off!

“I think it’s potentially possible fourth
quarter, but I think we have a greater chance of
coming back full time in August,” school nurse
Jane McCray said.

Although returning to school full time can
be exciting, this may cause discomfort and fear

OPINION

CHROMOSONES COME INTO PLAY

Transgenders In Sports anced for biological females when competing in sports.
Sports Opinion Piece From WLWT5 reporter Kelly Rippin, “House Bill 61 and
7 March, 2021 Senate Bill 132 have been dubbed the “Save Women’s
By Gabby Krenitsky Sports Acts” by their authors. They were introduced by
Rep. Jena Powell, R-Laura, and Sen. Kristina Roegner,
Teen track star, Terry Miller, crushed her competi- R-Hudson, respectively. These bills state that biological-
tion and set new records at CIAC’s State Open track ly born males that now identify as females must prove
and field competition held June 2018, according to they have no physical advantage over biologically born
U.K.’s Daily Mail. Miller was born biologically male. The females or have undergone at least one year of hormone
twist is she was competing against biological females. treatments. “
In fact, coming in second place was Andraya Yearwood.
Yearwood was also born biologically male and identi- No matter how long or how hard biological females
fies as female along with Miller. These two transgender train, they can still not overcome muscles, lung capacity
women took podium spots away from biological females and physical strength of biological males. This is not in
because of their physical advantages from being born any way saying women are lesser, it is simply sharing
male. what science has said all along, men and women have
different structures, giving them different advantages
According to best Practice for Youth Sport, “Adult and disadvantages.
males have more overall muscle mass and less body fat
than females, even in trained samples. Male athletes Caitlyn Jenner, Transgender woman, California Gov-
average 4% to 12% body fat compared to 12% to 23% in ernor candidate, Olympic Champion and an activist for
female athletes. Males develop larger skeletal muscles, transgender people everywhere said the following in an
as well as larger hearts and lungs and a greater number email to campaign donors and obtained by the Today
of red blood cells (which absorb oxygen for an aerobic Show,
advantage). Without question, males and females differ
on plenty of physical characteristics that influence sport ”I was one of the greatest athletes in the world, but
performance.” had I competed in the female decathlon in the 1976
Summer Olympics, I would have blown my opponents
This is purely science. If we take all emotions out of out of the water. Bottom line: it would NOT have been
this argument, then these two athletes have bigger ad- fair to the other female athletes from all around the
vantages over their biologically born female competitors world to compete against me.”
when it comes to genetics. College scholarships, titles
and awards should not be given to anyone with scientif- Physical competitions between biological men and
ically unfair advantages. This science cannot be argued biological women are unfair and discredits years of hard
against. Both Miller and Yearwood were born with XY work that female athletes are putting in every day. For
chromosomes and physical characteristics of males. Just example, I am a cheerleader. I spend up to 12 hours
because they identify as women and society accepts weekly in gyms developing skills and technique. Biolog-
them as women does not mean they ical males can spend half that time working similar skills
do not have the chemical makeup of males. Trans- and because of their structure and muscular build, can
gender females born biologically male cannot surpass me in all tumbling skills. If transgender females
physically grow fetuses, give birth, menstruate or competed against me, her tumbling would be higher,
breastfeed because their bodies do not allow them to stronger and faster because of her dna. Yes, these ath-
even with medical intervention. Science, in this situa- letes would also have to work hard for those skills, but
tion, should most certainly trump emotions. If trans- they would have bigger leg muscles to achieve tumbling
gender females are believed to not have any physical passes with more force and power.
advantage in female sports, then why do we not argue
about men’s sports? Why do we not hear about trans- We need to stop overlooking facts about genetics ex-
gender males dominating in male sports? Because when isting even after biological males transition to females.
going against males, transgender females do not have Stop trying to take away the hard work and dedication
physical advantages anymore. biological females have put into their athletic success
for large amounts of time. Fair and equal is not fair or
Ohio is trying to pass bills to make rules more bal- equal when you are evaluating male dna versus female
dna in athletic situations.

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Homecoming should be allowed and all over our country. It’s been challenging to get the full
Editorial experience of highschool this past year for all of us, even if
Gabby Krenitsky it were to keep us protected from COVID. Seniors don’t get
April 12th, 2021 their big prom or graduation, and freshmen didn’t get to
experience all of Olentangy’s welcoming activities done for
School dances are an event we students no matter our them. It would mean so much to us to be able to have more
age look forward to. From dress shopping to dates, experiences next year. Homecoming would be one brilliant
these dances are a place to create amazing memories way to start off our next school year to show life is going to
that will last all throughout our middle and high school be normal again and we students will be able to enjoy high
career. Sadly, homecoming was cancelled this past year at school and all of its amazing experiences without having to
Olentangy Highschool, resulting in large numbers of upset fear.
students and unworn outfits. Multiple different groups had
“focos” or fake homecomings to make up for the cancel- In addition to Homecoming being an important event to
ation, but it’s clear that most can agree it’s just not the large portions of our school, it may also bring a bit of relief
same. to us. Being able to see schools comfortably having home-
coming again goes to show events are slowly but surely be-
It’s understandable as to why homecoming at Olentangy coming safe. With protection from these vaccines, students
was cancelled last year. Covid was still an alarming event all will be able to do activities much more safely. Being able to
around our world. In Ohio, there were 129,785 total cases go to homecoming could be the start of students getting
in September, and this number was rising each second. This comfortable with being around each other again, and it can
month was also when Homecoming was supposed to occur. calm down this fear of the virus. We will finally be able to
We can understand and appreciate the school’s concern just have fun and joyful memories again without having this
and desire to keep their students as safe as possible. Now little bit of worry in the back of our heads wondering where
though, vaccines are coming, and in large quantities at that. covid could be roaming.
Large numbers of teachers and parents have had access to
the vaccine. Teens are also starting to get access now too. In conclusion, we feel that homecoming should continue
Nationwide Children’s Hospital has started to host different as scheduled for next year. It will be much safer next school
COVID-19 vaccine clinics for us students. “Nationwide Chil- year to do this dance compared to last year since students
dren’s Hospital will host vaccine clinics in Franklin County can now get protected by this vaccine. It will give the new
High Schools to help provide teens age 16,17, and 18 with seniors a chance to enjoy it one last time and the new soph-
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations.” Columbus Dispatch said. As omores a chance to experience it for the first. We’ll be able
a result of this event, Governor Mike Dewine has started to spend time with each other and make amazing memories
loosening up these COVID-19 safety precautions. He also to last a lifetime. It could also possibly calm people down
encouraged Proms and Homecomings to continue, and us and realize life can start going back to normal and we can
students should be allowed to dance and get still be safe. There’s plenty of positives to having homecom-
together. More and more of us are getting protected by the ing next year, so why pass this up?
vaccine which means less dangers are being presented with
having homecoming. All this excitement and eagerness to
get protected could be a promising sign of being able to get
together again soon without having to worry about this vile
disease.

Not only is there safety in having homecoming, but it’s
also an important event to us students here at Olentangy,

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ARE YOU SMARTER

THIS PROJECT WAS CREATED TO GET
A TASTE OF BRODCASTING, AND US-
ING OUR CREATIITY TO CREATE A FUN,
INFORMATIONAL, OR PERSUASIVE
VIDEO. I, GABBY KRENITSKY, AND
AUDREY WILLIAMS DECIDED TO TAKE
THE MORE CREATIVE ROUTE BY MAKING
AN OLENTNAGY EDITION OF ARE YOU
SMARTER THAN A SEVENTH GRADER.
WE WENT AROUND ASKING DIFFERENT
TEACHERS AT OLENTANGY QUESTIONS
BASED OFF OF THE SEVENTH GRADE
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HOLIDAYS

Noelle is a movie based around Santa’s family, specifically
his daughter Noelle. Ever since she was young, she has
always been known to put joy in people’s hearts around
the North Pole. When her Father passes away it’s up to Nick
Kringle, Noelle’s brother, to train and become the next Santa
in time for Christmas. When Noelle notices that Nick is very
stressed out, she suggests he takes the weekend off to go
somewhere warm, but he disappears for longer than expect-
ed. It’s up to Noelle to find him after taking the sleigh down to
Phoenix Arizona, and save Christmas.

This movie is comparable to a modern day
Elf. It has that same Christmas feel and
energy, but is much more relatable to
kids today. In addition, Anna Kendrick is the
actress for Noelle. She’s been very popular
lately in movies, so it was a great touch! She
really carries that bubbly personality needed
for this role. This goes along with all of the
other actors and actresses too. They all really
portray their characters well because they
have that same type of energy. It really brings
the movie to life!

Overall, I adored this movie. It was actually pretty funny. I thought it was a great movie for all ages,
even if it appears to be a movie for younger ones. Now yes, this movie is pretty cheesy and some
people may not enjoy that. If so, then there’s plenty of other amazing Christmas movies out there!
But for the others, I would highly recommend this movie to put you in the Christmas mood, even if it’s on
in the background during some fun traditions you and your family may do! The only thing that I would
say about it is there are many scenes that appear to be very closely similar to the movie Elf, but if you
love that movie like me, then that shouldn’t be too much of a problem! The cast is also amazing. Bill Hader,
Anna Kendrick, Shirley MacLaine, Julie Hagerty, and all of the others are absolutely amazing at their jobs
and so fun to watch on screen. Putting all of this together, I would personally rate this movie 4.5/5 Candy
Canes!

HOLIDAYS

TOP 5 BEST SCHOOL MEMORIES!

1.) WINNING STATE CHAMPS FOR CHEER!
2.) THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL BEFORE WINTER BREAK

3.) GOING BACK TO SCHOOL FULL TIME!
4.) FOCO WITH MY FRIENDS

5.) GETTING KONA ICE WITH MY FRIENDS

GABBY KRENITSKY’S YEAR RATES1.) FALLING UP THE STEPS IN HEELS!

2.) MY VERY FIRST MATH TEST
3.)FINDING HAIR IN A FOOD FOR FITNESS CREATION

4.) LUNCH TABLE RANDOMLY DISSAPEARING
5.) THE SHOW IN APRIL!

TOP 5 WORST SCHOOL MEMORIES!

Dear journalism class of 2020-2021- english essay that we have to do! On top was a very generous and patient teach-
of that, I found out that I really enjoy in- er though. But when I emailed her, she
This class has most certainly been terviewing and creating stories and vid- was so kind and allowed me and other
one of my favorites throughout eos of different people. It’s so interesting students to retake the test. I then got a
this crazy year. We were able to 100%! I really appreciated how helpful
find ways to make the most of it even to hear what they have to say! I also and kind Ms. Roads has been throughout
through a global pandemic. I’ve met so learned how to comfortably share my this intense year. I can’t wait to see what
many new people during the hybrid and opinion on a topic with others through she teaches us next! For now though, I’ve
full time schedule! I’ve gained many new my writing. At the start of the year, I learned a large amount of information
skills as a writer thanks to this class. I’m felt that I couldn’t really share how I felt over journalism, and had so much
very excited to take that with me into about different events and topics, but fun in the process!
the rest of my highschool career with journalism taught me how to confidently
journalism! Next year, I will be taking the express how I see things! One thing that
yearbook class and I’m very excited for I look back on today and laugh about is
it! I absolutely love designing different the test we had to take in the first quar-
spreads, so it will be almost like a nice ter. It was the only large test that we had
break from the day for me! In addition, to take and I remember stressing
journalism helped me to learn plenty over the fact that I totally
of different editing tips and tricks that bombed it. I didn’t
will make creating great content for the realize that Ms.
yearbook a piece of cake! I also learned Roads YEAR
how to write and present in a totally new
way. I loved the styles of writing that
were presented over the course THE Permission to print from me,
of the year. It was defi- Gabby Krenitsky!
nitely better than
the same OF
old

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