Week of Nov. 9 – 13
November 16, 2015
Longhorn LoCo students volunteered at Schnucks by ringing bells to help raise money for the Salvation Army and struggling families in need on Nov. 8.
During Colleen O’Toole’s seventh hour chemistry class, students had ketchup races to test viscosity. [Maddie Cooke, 9]
Gopro got sued by Polaroid for making almost an exact replica of their cube camera. [Maddie Cooke, 9]
Improv team had a bonding dinner at captain Kathryn Harter’s house Thursday, Nov. 5. [Maddie Cooke, 9]
Girls Cross Country placed 10th at the state meet, and boys placed 13th on Nov. 6. [Natalie Butler, 9]
Scholar Bowl received 2nd at state at Oakville novice tournament. [Kacie Bergh, 10]
Athletes planning on continuing their sport in college signed their letter of intent on Wednesday in the library. Click here to read more. [Maddie Schoessel, 10]
Diwali, a Hindu holiday, began on Wednesday, Nov. 11. [Nell Jaskowiak, 9]
Crime and Law created a mock trial on Nov. 12. Junior Carson Smith “killed” a man and junior Clayton Green had to prove his innocence. [Demi Ferretti, 11]
Biology students dissected worms on Nov. 12. [Sarah O’Beirne, 12]
Ellen DeGeneres celebrated her 2,000th show on Thursday, Nov. 12. [Bella Hatzigeurgiou, 9]
ASL I students learned how to use a video phone on Friday, Nov. 13, to chat with other hearing impaired students and people. [Christian Gholson, 12]
On November 13, Busch Stadium was transformed into a soccer field for the 2018 World Cup qualifier game for U.S.A. [Justin Cupps, 9]
Poms performed with Jerseyville high school at the Ambush game at St. Charles Family Arena on Saturday, Nov. 14. [Claire Dreller, 12]
Senior Hassan Baig asked junior Tyler Hannegan to be the Hockey team manager. Click here to see the video.
Nov. 12, freshman Harry Skordos and junior Amanda Manwill got a soccer experience with Landon Donovan at West High; click here to watch the video.