Did you know? Did you hear? Ms. Fisher is engaged to her fiancé, Ryan Sullivan. She got engaged on Halloween last year and they are planning to have a small wedding with only close friends and family.

They first met when Ms. Fisher’s cousin moved out from Pennsylvania in 2008. They met up in Lincoln. Her cousin brought along a friend, which was Ryan. They became great friends.

The proposal was, let’s just say, sweet. It took place on Halloween last year when her cousins family came to her house trick or treating. The little girl gave Ms. Fisher a piece of candy, that had a note enclosed in it. When she read the note, she turned around and Ryan was on one knee and asked the question. Of course, she said yes.

Congratulations Ms. Fisher!!!

Have you heard yet? Mr. Meter is transferring to East High School! He has accepted a job teaching freshman and sophomore math. Which, more specifically, is algebra and geometry.

Mr. Meter teaches seventh and eighth grade math here at Dawes. He has been teaching here for two years and has made great relationships with students and staff, so he will miss them dearly. However, he does think that the teacher taking over his position, will jump in and do her best. This is her first time teaching, so she will probably do very well.

Mr. Meter is sad to be leaving Dawes because he has made some great relationships here at Dawes with numerous students and teachers.

We hope that Mr. Meter will have a great time at East and be able to succeed with this new chapter in his life.

Article By: Cecilia Chada

This summer Ann went to an Educational Talent Search (ETS) summer camp and did some activities and classes. Ann didn’t go on any vacations but she went all over California on the Kim Kardashian game and became an A-lister. Ann’s first week of school was fantastic because she got to communicate with other people again. So far her favorite subject would be Algebra. She is most looking forward to school sports this year. Ann likes all her new teachers because they are fun. She also started a new blog on tumblr this summer.

Mackenzy Ehlers is 14 year old 8th grader at Dawes Middle School and is currently getting ready for transition for 9th grade at East High School. Mackenzy is extra excited to be enrolled at East because she was notified earlier after trying out for cheer that she made the team.

While interviewing Mackenzy I asked her a few questions like: how she would describe herself in one word. She answered with “Smiley.”. So i proceeded to ask what makes her smile. “Friends, Family, The things that I do with them.”

I also asked her to picture herself in 5 years she stated ” I would be out of high school so probably in college…” College seems like a great choice and I believe that Mackenzy can succeed in anything she can put her mind to.

Do you know who Anthony Irby is? He’s a 8th grade student at Dawes Middle School. I asked him a few questions so everyone can get to know him.

What is something you like?

” I like free food and fishing. I also like to building stuff and destroying it afterwards.”

What is something you don’t like?

” I don’t like the fish I catch. I don’t like the NESA  schedules. All the class periods are messed up. Plus the school lunches could use improvement.”

What are some of your hobbies?

He says, “I like to play football. I also like to go camping and fishing. Sometimes I just like to hang out.”

I also asked if he would say one thing to everyone in the school, he said “It is what it is man, it is what it is.”

A picture of Anthony Irby

Mr.Baney is a student teacher in Mrs.Vandarwarka’s room, he will be student teaching until May 15. Mr.Baney is from Benkelman, NE. He went to High School at Dundy County Stratton. He played football, basketball, baseball, ran track, and was on the swim team.

After high school he went to Nebraska Wesleyan. He played football at Wesleyan for four years. He majored in secondary education.
Mr.Baney got engaged last August, and is planning on getting married next April. Mr.Baney’s interests are; reading comic books, watching and playing sports, and watching scary movies.

The   7^th and 8^th grade science teacher here at Dawes, Mr. N Miller, was interviewed about what he thought about his classes, students, and his classes as a whole so far this year. He

was asked if all of his classes so far were showing good efforts or attitude towards him. He responded, “I have been delightfully surprised. Meaning I am proud overall with what my students have been showing me, making me very proud of all of them.” Then he was asked how he felt about first time students of his. “I’m pretty excited. Because that’s another opportunity to get to know other people and to see how hard they will work this year. Also to build a relationship with them”, he replied. Then he said this about his 2^nd year students, “It’s really enjoyable to have them back. Because I know a lot about them and their background, also how they are in a classroom. And they also know about me and how I work.” He is planning to do fun things for all of his classes. An he is looking forward to a great year!

Article by:Morgan Strodtman

I interviewed Amina Arnautovic and one of Dawe’s new students Craven Vella. These too had a very laid back summer. They spent time with family and friends, but Amina was excited to come back to school to see all the old faces from last year. Craven had an okay first week of school getting to know new people and making friends. Amina had a fun week too. She spent her week catching up with friends she didn’t see during the summer. Amina’s favorite class so far is English with Mrs. Larson. She enjoys this class because many of her friends are in that class with her. Craven enjoys physical education with Mr. Miller because he likes to get out of the regular class room and get some exercise, he also likes that he has this class with his friends. Amina’s favorite teacher so far is Mr. Tuttle because he is funny and always makes class exciting and entertaining.