Lights, Camera, PBIS

As we settle into the second semester of the school year the idea of PBIS becomes a major focus for the students and teachers at MHS. PBIS, or also known as positive behavior in schools, was brought into the high school to create a better environment for everyone. Mr. Kramer is the advisor for these ideas in hopes to make the high school a more inviting and better place. The efforts to do so are based on the students who are willing to take time out of their day to make the school better and bring more respect with it as well. This week to get more school spirit and students involved, the best way was to make it a spirit week. On Tuesday it was hat day, Wednesday was twin day, Thursday was favorite sports day, finally on Friday is blustreak spirit day with an assembly to follow. Whoever participates in the themes has the chance to pie Principal Whaley in the face at the assembly. The assembly is not the only excitement that has to deal with PBIS, a group of students were chosen to make a video to demonstrate good PBIS behavior. The students involved were: Jacob Glass, Justus Albert, Lexi Fleischer, Nyla Chandler, Chania Crawford, Hunter Nadzan, Zach Waterman, Jillian Jeschenig, CJ Kessler, Fabi Ruiz Diaz, Ryan Bowers, and director Adam Grierson. Seven small videos were made by these students in different settings of the school to portray the positive attitude to bring into the school. When asked how Chania felt about the video she said, “Personally, I felt very honored to be part of this PBIS video because I hope it will make the school a better place, and I hope everyone enjoys the video, and has the same hopes as me.” For about four days, the students were taken out of their lunches and partially for some classes to spend as much time as the could on the video. The video ends with small snippets of every teacher in Madison High School that shoutout one student that they believe supports PBIS the best.

By: Lexi Fleischer

Eleventh Grade Honors English Class

Madison high schools 11th grade honors class with Ms. Maiorana is kicking off into high gear! Students are currently working on their summer reading projects. At the beginning of the school year they were required to turn in their summer reading essays, and are now expanding their essays into a well written out five paragraph essay. After our summer reading project we get to pick our novels ,approved by the teacher, and complete an essay on it. The english class has many exciting projects planned for the year. Eleventh grade student, Alexis Fleischer, says, “ The project I am most excited for this year is to read the How to Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, I heard it’s a very good book from multiple people, and I can’t wait to see what Ms. Maiorana plans for us to do”.
There are many students in the English class eager to expand their english skills. The first day of school the students got to make their own we are poems to do group bonding and learn more about their classmates! They were assigned partners by rows and had to find things that they had in common in order to make the poem. It was a great way for students to get to know each other, that may not have previously known each other or known much about each other. The students then got to present their poems with the class. It was interesting to hear what people found in common and put in their poems!

By: Chania Crawford

MESHing It All Together

Math teacher, Mrs. Meshingpoosh, teaches precalc, algebra, and advanced algebra. She is always making sure there is good and high spirits in the classroom. Mrs. Mesh is very supportive of her students and enjoys attending sporting events at the school. She has taught at Madison High School for 20 years and is also an alumni, she graduated from the 1990 class. Mrs. Mesh attended Edinboro University for her undergrad math education, Gannon University for her masters degree, and finally Cleveland State for her principals certification. Her more in depth personality is very spunky, Mrs. Mesh has many hobbies and likes to spend her free time reading, playing pokemonGo, travel, cooking, and gardening. Mesh’s favorite sport team is the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. She does not have a particular favorite famous person but mainly they are players from a sport team, if it has to be narrowed down to one it is definitely Kevin Love. She describes herself as a tv junkie and as of right now she likes to watch the show Jack Ryan that she found on Amazon, although that is not the only show she watches. The best season in her opinion is fall and wish it could be like that all year round. When I asked her what her favorite famous quote was she had no hesitation in telling me, “you are never too young to invest in yourself- Always pay yourself first.” Mrs. Mesh is an amazing teacher and her students and coworkers will definitely agree that she brings a smile to everyone's face.

By: Lexi Fleischer

Taking Down The Beavers

The boys basketball team has started off their season strong with a 9-2 record so far, most recently they played Riverside on January 10th. After a hard-fought game, Coach Gustin helped the boys gain another win. This game was important because of the rivalry between the two schools, but also because senior Chris Blauman scored his 1000th point. When I talked to him about the game I asked what he thought led to this win and he said, “It helped that we didn’t give up and we played hard. Justus had a big three in overtime that put us ahead and secured the win which was very important.” I also talked to some people that were at the game and sophomore Lexi Fleischer told me that Chris Blauman gave a really good hype speech in a huddle that got all the guys and the student section pumped up. This was a big conference win for the boys, senior Jacob Land said, “This win shows that our team can come together even when it gets tough and get the win”. Also, senior Ryan Bowers has been cleared after his ACL injury this past summer so he will start playing again in their next games. The top three performers for this game were Chris Blauman, who had 19 points, Justus Albert, who had 11 points and a go-ahead 3 in overtime, and JD Galovic, who had 15 points. The next game is at home against Mayfield on January 17th at 7pm, hope to see everyone there!

By: Jillian Jeschenig

All About The Past

Social Studies is an important course to take because it teaches you how to make important decisions in life. There are many lessons to be learned throughout history. Here at MHS, we offer classes such as PFL, Human Behavior, World History Global Studies, U.S. Government CP and Ap, U.S. History CP and AP, Western Civ., and finally Current Events. Every student that attended MHS is required to take PFl and Current Events at some point throughout their four years here. In order to graduate, students must have earned and received at least four social students credits. Social Studies helps inform young people to make reasonable decisions that may or may not affect the people around them. Teachers that teach social studies at MHS include; Mr. Titman, Mrs. Replogle, Mr. and Mrs. Gilligan, Mr. Dragas, Mr. Wightman, and Mr. Moran. Last year was my first year at MHS and I had Mr. Titman as my PFL teacher. Taking PFL has taught me how to manage my money and also how to invest my money. Mr. Titman is a great teacher that cares about his students not just inside the classroom, but outside as well. This year I had Mrs. Replogle as my U.S. Government teacher. Mrs. Replogle is a great teacher with a great attitude. She is able to teach kids and get them in the right mindset for learning. Another social studies teacher I had was Mr. Gilligan. I took Current Events and learned so much about what was going on in the present life. Social Students teaches you all about the past.

By: Alyssa Lavdis

Catching Up with the Jv Girls’ Basketball Team

The Madison girls’ Jv basketball team kept up the tremendous hard work over winter break. They had some great wins over break. The girls were undefeated over break. Their first win over break was against Lakeside. On December 18th, they played against Brush, and the final score was 45-25. They played home on the 21st of December facing Howland Highschool 38-22. After winning continuously these girls still began to work hard for their next game by hoping to keep the victory streak going. Madison played against Harvey coming out with another successful game 36-19. As winter break started to come to an end the girls had another game which was their most dominant game over break 56-18 against South. The Madison girls jv team is currently 11-2. They have been putting in such great work since their season has started. Due to their hard effort into this sport that they love they’ve had been receiving some impressive results with all their wins. This team has great determination to strive this season, and has shown that they will not give up after a loss, they’ll come out stronger the next game. It shows true teamwork that these girls are continuously working together to not just improve themselves, but the entire team as a whole. They are able to handle working under pressure on the court or helping the team bounce back whether the situation is good or bad by always communicating well with each other. Tomorrow the girls will face North high school home at 12:30. Come out, and show all of your support for our girls!

By: Lexi Aiello

Ecology 2020

There is a wide variety of science programs in Madison High School. One of these sources includes ecology.  Ecology is the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and their physical surroundings. It includes both biotic and abiotic components. Mr. Pira teaches this course along with ecology two. Some areas he covers in this course includes a holistic and interdisciplinary comprehension of biology, chemistry, physics, and physical geology to forge key concepts, principles, and theories within environmental science. In this class students are able to develop critical thinking skills as they examine man’s historic interactions with his environment in the context of local and global economies and cultures according to Mr.Pira. Throughout the course students are also able to explore and learn about the functions of various ecosystems such as, forrest, grasslands deserts, tundras and freshwater ecosystems. Students get a hands on learning experience as they practice with professionals from local organizations. Once the students get this first hand experience with local ecosystems, they will be introduced to the scientific language and skill sets required to dissect and assemble environmentals systems world round, paying particular attention to the relations between matter and energy within systems. Overall this course is conducted through field experiences supported by lectures, labs, projects and seminars. A balance between the different learning skills gives students to look at different things with different perspectives. This helps students find a learning strategy that helps them best as well as trying new things that they may have not done yet. If you're looking for a class that helps you expand knowledge in a unique way, ecology is the one for you.

By: Nyla Chandler