Homecoming Canvas

By: Shane Noblit

The homecoming canvas have been created by none other than are beloved teacher Mr. Grier and Madison High School students. They were a themed canvas painted for the chosen theme of each homecoming.

The Alice in Wonderland themed homecoming was given this canvas (posted below). It was a twisted form of the somewhat harmless Disney version of Alice in wonderland. The homecoming was a big hit and the theme was very well liked.

Among the other canvas’ here at the school, this canvas was the most eye popping with its very different style of art and its colorful palette. To explain Alice in Wonderland its the story of a girl who disappears down a rabbit hole to a fantastic place full of bizarre adventures. Charles Dodgson, a mathematician at Christ Church, Oxford, first told his surreal story to the daughters of dean Henry Liddell as they rowed down the Thames. After the boating trip, 10-year-old Alice Liddell badgered Dodgson to write it down and Alice in Wonderland - under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll - was born. The heroine follows a talking white rabbit, meets the Queen of Hearts and plays croquet using flamingos as mallets.

Since the 1960's there has been a trend for readers to identify an underlying drug theme in the book. The Cheshire Cat disappears leaving only the enigmatic grin behind, Alice drinks potions and eats pieces of mushroom to change her physical state, the caterpillar smokes an elaborate water pipe. The whole atmosphere of the story is so profoundly disjointed from reality - surely drugs must have had an influence? After all this was the era of legal opium use.

Cooking Fever

By: Alyssa Molnar

To start off the week the cooking classes enjoyed an episode of Master Chef which they have been slowly watching throughout the year. Tuesday they prepped for the pizza’s they’d be making on Wednesday. Wednesday the classes didn’t work in their normal groups. Instead every individual student made their own personal pizza. You got to choose to have up to two topping on your pizza and they turned out amazing.

On Thursday Mrs.Clark helped the students get ready and prep for the cinnamon rolls they would be making on Friday. Also on Thursday the class did some book work and other little things. To end the weak the students got back into their groups to make delicious cinnamon rolls.

Cinnamon rolls recipe:

For the dough…

• 1 cup of warm milk (about 115 degrees F)
• 2 ½ teaspoons of instant dry yeast (i like red star platinum baking yeast)
• 2 large eggs at room temperature
• ⅓ cup melted butter
• 4 ½ cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• ½ cup granulated sugar

For the filling…

• ½ cup butter almost melted
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
• ½ cup heavy cream (for pouring over the risen rolls)

For the frosting…

• 6 ounces of cream cheese (softened)
• ⅓ cup of butter (softened)
• 2 cups of powdered sugar
• ½ tablespoon of maple extract (or vanilla)

The student really enjoyed having a delicious treat to snack on for their Friday and would love to make more desserts in the future.

Alexis Nicoson

By: Cali Henry

Alexis Nicoson is a senior at Madison High School. She's the president of key club and student council.

Alexis Nicoson is in varsity tennis, and she’s also a four year member of Madison high school’s band. Alexis has also been in key club for three years with one year international, along with four years in student council.

While Alexis Nicoson is still in high school she wants to score a five on her AP bio and AP states exams which are happening in May. She also wants to receive two-hundred hours of community service for key club.

Alexis’s favorite moments attending Madison high school is going to Disney with the band her freshman year and also, winning against brush in tennis with a tie breaker the second time they played them.

After attending Madison High School, Alexis wants to  either attend at Ohio State or Ohio Northern with a major in biology, to eventually go to med school and become a pediatric surgeon.

Alexis favorite movie is “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days”. Her favorite classes are AP biology and APUSH. She’s a big fan of the Cleveland Browns and her favorite actor is Matthew Mcconaughey. Alexis favorite shows include “The Office” and “Grey’s Anatomy”. She also loves to play her favorite sport which is tennis.

Alexis is recognized by being the president of key club and also the president of student council. Alexis is a very kind person and cares for others.

OMEA Contest 2019

By: Amelia Marlow

This Saturday (March 9), the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Choir, Women's Choir and
Eclectica will be attending contest at the 2019 OMEA Large Group Adjudicated Event, where they'll
perform in front of judges for a rating.

Concert Choir will perform in Class B at 9:00 am and sing "Bonse Aba" (sung in an African language
called Bemba), "Inscription of Hope" and "Take Me to the Water." Eclectica will present in Class A at
10:10 am with "Sing for Joy," "Sing Me to Heaven" and "Witness." Women's Choir will share "Je Je
Vous Diray (I'll Say it Anyway)" (sung in French), "Good Night, Dear Heart" and "Skip to My Lou" in
Class A at 11:00 am.

The Wind Ensemble plays "The Billboard March," "Beyond the Higher Skies" and "For the Fallen"
at 1:20 pm in Class B. The last performance is by Symphonic Band and they will show
"Counterbalance," "The Lost Temple" and "Aces of the Air" at 2:50 pm in Class C.

At contest, each group will perform for three judges. The judges will quietly talk into microphones
about how each band or choir handle their pieces and write comments on paper. After they're done,
the groups will be ushered into a sight reading room where they'll be given a sheet of music. Each
performer gets four minutes to study the music. After the four minutes is up, the band or choir director
will have another four minutes to talk about the piece, conduct it and count rhythms. After four more
minutes, the group plays the music for judges. When the sight reading process is done, the
performers will return to their homeroom and wait for their rating. The rating is between one and five,
with one being the highest and five being the lowest.

Good luck band and choirs!

New Beginnings

By: Jordan Pasalaqua

The 2019 Girls Softball team will have a whole new lineup this year because there will only be seven varsity returners. Last year we graduated 5 seniors that were all starters for the Lady Blue Streaks. Head Coach Art Rose picked up five new players to complete his new team. He picked up junior Sarah Stenger and Tehya Reed, Sophomores Alyssa Lavdis and Chloe Wakim and finally Freshman Karla White.

The team seems to be really strong this year but they still have a lot of things to work together on as a whole. The girls are already in week 3 of the season and they will be traveling to Youngstown next weekend on Saturday March 16th possibly playing in two scrimmages. They will be playing Magnificat for their first game and then they will possibly be playing Champion or Canfield as their second game.

On March 23rd the girls will be traveling to Goodpasture Stadium to play two games against Hoover High School, the girls did lose to them two years ago in the regionals game but defeated them in last years scrimmages.

Coach Art Rose has a very strong batting lineup this year with many power hitters to get runs across the board. Right now he is working on who he wants to put on the field because he has many girls who can play multiple positions. The girls have been working a lot with foot work at practices so they can be quicker getting to the ball and turning double plays. Art has very high expectations for the team this year and is ready for the games.

Dancing for Gold

By: Dominique Palker

The Madison High School Dance team has a competition this weekend, Sunday, March 10th, at Lake Erie College. The four girls are excited and ready to go, all ready to place first and bring home another trophy. At the girls last competition at Findlay High School, the girls brought home first place in both of their team events, Pom and Hip Hop. At the Lake Erie competition they are performing their Pom dance.

Rylie Moran, the only sophomore on the team, said, “It's going to be exciting, but I'm not ready to wake up early”. Rylie was on the dance team last year, and plans on continuing with it next year. Rylie is also in Track, she does 4 by 4 and long jump. She also enjoys riding horses with her mom. Hailey Willis, junior on the dance team, is also excited about the competition. She said that she’s ready for her last performance of the year. Hailey doesn't play any other sports but, she goes to Auburn Career Center for half of her school day.

Since this is the girls last competition they want to make it count and make it one to never forget. They all plan on dancing next year and bring home more trophies. They hopefully are going to do more competitions close to home so that more people can come and support our girls. Since there are no seniors this year the girls will all continue to get better together and make next year count the most.

Looking Forward

By: Dawn Brassow

On Tuesday, February 19th the Junior Varsity Boys basketball team traveled
to Mayfield Heights to play against the Brush Arcs. The boys opened the
game with a fast pace starting off with a  good strong lead of 6 to 0.
Despite a strong fight to win the boys lost 58 to 73 due to a lack of
aggressiveness and defense, the Brush Arcs to gain a strong lead.

After taking the loss, the team knows what to work on, defense and being
aggressive on the court. The Blue Streaks are going to push themselves as
hard as they can at practice this week and when they play Perry they are
going to put everything they have on the court. The Junior Varsity team
has a winning recorded this year. The boys have had a great season so
far.

The team will be playing their last game this Friday, February 22nd, against
rivals the Perry Pirates. This is very important game to the boys, they want
to finish this season hard and win the last game of their against our school
rival. They are expecting a large crowd for this game, the team is going to
need to as much energy as possible from the crowd to keep the game alive.
The Perry game is always a big game to all sports in Madison because they
are our rivals. As the last game of the season beating Perry would be a
great way to end the season. The team wants as many people as possible
at this game, let’s make this crowd the biggest yet this season.