1/25/2019 0 Comments One Act TheatricsBy: Samantha Bostrom
The One-Act Play Contest will take place Saturday, January 26th in the Pine City High School auditorium. Hinckley-Finlayson’s one act cast will perform at 11:00 AM. It is a free event and all are welcome to attend. The cast has been hard at work, bringing the scripts to life as they participate in each practice. Some students at HFHS will be their first audience during their dress rehearsal Friday January 25th. Wishing the cast members good luck and hoping to hear lots more upon their return.
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1/25/2019 0 Comments A Tuesday Tailgateby Anders Prater
Next Tuesday, January 29th the Varsity boys and girls basketball teams are hosting the Ogilvie Lions for a doubleheader. The Varsity Girls will take on the Lions in the big gym at 5:45 followed by the Boys Varsity at 7:15. The Lady Jags [both JV and Varsity] lost in close games earlier in the season when they traveled to Oglivie. The Girls Varsity has improved significantly since they last saw Ogilvie on December 1st, they are hoping to use their depth and speed to take down the Lions this time around. The Jags regularly play ten different girls and have a very balanced scoring attack (three different Jaguar girls scored in the double digits in their most previous game). If they can continue to play like they have the last few games and contain Oglivies three-point shooters they have a great shot at taking home the win. The last time the Varsity Boys took on the Lions they beat them handily. In their second meeting of the season, the Jaguars are looking to bring the same intensity they did in their first game of the season and take home another big conference win. Before all of the action begins the staff from the Hinckley-Finlayson school district are having a tailgating party in hopes of bringing in large numbers to support the Basketball teams. With an extra large crowd and home court advantage the Jaguars have a great chance of bringing home four wins on Tuesday night. By Kenidy Cessna Jacob Grice, a freshman, an academically successful student, and a hard working athlete. Jacob is a well known student at HFHS thanks to his family before him and his grandpa Mr. Grice who is still teaching here, at Hinckley-Finlayson. Last Saturday Jacob had a C-team tournament at Pine City, he said he had a good day and his focus and drive is what pushed him to do his best. He plays three sports football, basketball, and baseball.
Jacob is an honor roll student and helps other where it is needed, he volunteers at his church such as helping out with dinners. Over Christmas break Jacob went on a Caribbean cruise and came back with little jars of sand for each of his friends, that goes to show how he thinks of others. He has big goals to accomplish this year and has intentions to do his best. One of his mottos is “If you like it, work hard and get better.” Grice is pumped for the new school year and the opportunities sports and his academics will bring him throughout his high school career. By Abby Painovich
Last Saturday evening, the Hinckley Finlayson Honor Band went to Pine City High School where they would perform among the leaders in high school band from schools all over the great river conference. These schools included Aitkin, Braham, East Central, Isle, Ogilvie, Onamia, Pine City, Rush City, and of course, Hinckley-Finlayson. The students from HFHS that went to honors were Holly Sybrant, Conor Romans, Adam Borash, Sam Borash, Courtney Hart, Jana Leger, Jalia Alarcon and Howie Hodena. To be chosen to participate in honor band is a great accomplishment. These students have been involved in band for years, and have been putting in the work to grow as musicians. On Saturday they performed some very hard-to-master songs. A few of these include; Westside Story- a timeless piece that presents its greatest challenges in the many parts necessary to perform it, Rippling Watercolors- a smooth piece know for it’s water-like smoothness to the ears and Liadov Fanfare- an uptempo and uplifting piece that’s bold notes create an exciting environment within the auditorium. Congratulations to all the students that were chosen to perform on Saturday, and we at the Jaguar Journal, wish the best of luck in your future musical careers. 1/11/2019 0 Comments Bird Box: Thinking Outside the BoxBy Samantha Bostrom On December 13th of 2018, Netflix released another original movie that is sparking inspiration, understanding, and idiocy amongst hundreds of people all over the country.
A rapper who played a roll in the Bird Box film, Machine Gun Kelly (MGK) gave his thoughts on the recent thriller sweeping the nation “[W]hen [I] read the script [I] remember thinking ‘Birdbox‘ was a metaphor for what’s going on in the real world. And it really is. Don’t take off ur “blindfold” and become like all the ugliness around us. it’ll kill u. stay focused on your own [thing].” When more and more people began voicing their opinions about the controversial film, no one was preparing for the next internet trend. A challenge has emerged out of the depths of Youtube and it has coined the name Bird Box Challenge. So many videos have already been uploaded by teens and YouTubers alike, they take part in a 24-hour session of being blindfolded while partaking in normal everyday routines, or a shorter amount of time if the challenger chooses. Just searching the words “bird box challenge” Google search engines will give you at least 10,600,000 links to videos of people young and old taking part in this problem, and the worst part is they do not even realize the dangers of the so called challenge. Similar to the “In my feelings challenge” inspired by famous rapper Drake, no one knew the dangers of the challenge until more and more teens attempting it got hurt. Taking part in the Bird Box Challenge does not change your popularity status or your relevancy to the “it” crowd, it merely adds you to the sea of millions endangering themselves in the pursuit of becoming famous for a day and forgotten the next. Netflix has tweeted and pleaded that they take no responsibility for these actions, as they had no intention of people getting hurt, in fact, the film seems to have done the opposite of its purpose. by: Anderson Prater
The Hinckley-Finlayson Robotics team, also known as the Jag-o-botics started their first week of practice on Saturday, January 5th. Saturday was the first day of their six week building period; they attended the FIRST conference in Duluth where they learned about this years theme (Deep Space) as well as received parts for their robot. The FIRST Robotics challenge this year revolves around deep space, the contest involves loading "Cargo" (Rubber Kickballs) into rocket ships and moving "Hatch panels (Flat Three-foot discs). I asked the head of robotics, Mr. Ranger, what they were doing this year to get ready for the FIRST robotics competition. He told me that they are practicing every week Monday through Thursday after school and Saturdays. Given that the building period starting less than a week ago Mr. Ranger couldn't give me too many specifics about the actual build of the robot because they are just beginning to design it. As the season goes on they hope the jag-o-botics name will grow, as well as the team. Mr. Ranger said, "At the first practice we had about 15 people and we are expecting to pick up more as the season goes on. We are pretty heavy with seniors this year so I am hoping we can get some 9th and 10th graders later in the year." Mr. Ranger told me about all the new things that the robotics club is hoping to do this year to generate interest. The team is hoping to have an alumni night so that people who were in robotics and have since graduated can come back and drive around this year's robot and talk to this years team. The robotics team is also looking to expand their reach to younger kids, they are trying to host a junior high night which will introduce junior highers to the idea of robotics and let them see the robot in action. They are also looking forward to driving the robot around at the elementary school. Hopefully, the Jag-o-botics team has a successful build this year and they can expand their name even further to produce some interest with the younger generations. 1/10/2019 0 Comments Was it always Snowmen and Scarves?By Kenidy Cessna In the late 1800s the majority of winter wasn’t spent building snowmen and pushing ice off your windshield with a ice scraper. Back then it meant a lot of work had to be done, from keeping your home warm to keeping your family safe. In Minnesota around the 1860s there were different people with different problems and different ways to solve them. Roughly .3% of the populations then was African American, 2.5% of them were native Americans, and 97% were white settlers and Hispanic immigrants.
One of the best known cultures in the Hinckley area is the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. The Ojibwe people always began their day by praying to the East. They are very religious and spiritual people, they never took from the earth without giving back. In the winter the Ojibwe would trade furs, beadwork and such for tools like cooking utensils and objects used for hunting, with these tools the men would go ice fishing and pick holes through the ice with them. During winter was the only time for story telling. One of the most favorite times of the day for the elders and children was at night when they would tell stories and give out maple syrup candies. While the Ojibwe told their stories, the European settlers were bringing wood into the stove to keep warm. The settlers learned quite a bit and adopted some of the Ojibwes' techniques such as where to find food and how to keep heat. These winters were very different than the ones they had seen before they arrived. Winters are still cold and Jack Frost still comes to nip at your nose every year, but we’ve evolved the way we live to make it easier and more efficient for ourselves. Nowadays we have snow pants, wool socks, winter coats, and scarves that we don’t have to trade fur for. Some may say the winters have changed and that may be true but all who battled through the winters in the 1800s had it hard and they persevered through it all. By Kenidy Cessna Sally Nelson is a junior at HFHS and is a great student and participant at the high school. She is a member of Speech Club and has worked very hard to get to where she’s at now. Sally has been in cheer since her freshman year in most seasons and has been theater since seventh grade along with Speech. Before joining Speech Sally has a hard time speaking in front of others, later Sally met Josie Barstad and says she’s a big reason for her success.
“There's a lot of reading and writing that has to happen on my own time. Normally i'll stay after school one day a week during speech season to work on one of the stories from the book for my category with Frau, the speech coach. During that time with Frau, i'll get used to reading a passage in front of someone and perfecting my intros. I've put in countless hours trying to figure out what an author meant to portray in a story to be able to get that across in a short introduction to the passage.” says Sally. She encourages others to keep pursuing their goals and put forth effort even in the toughest times. Congratulations on your achievements Sally! 1/4/2019 0 Comments Pennies for PatientsBy Abby Painovich
Pennies for Patients is program that is run through the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society that aims to raise money for research towards these illnesses and to ultimately find a cure. This organization depends on students, teachers, and community members to provide that funding. And Hinckley Finlayson High School just happens to have all of those so Pennies for Patients have come to our school, giving us an opportunity to help out. We here at Hinckley Finlayson have participated in the Pennies for Patients fundraiser in past years. It lasts about four weeks, ending on January 30th. Furthermore, our staff always finds a way to make it more fun. This year, on each Wednesday of the fundraiser, there will be school wide dress up day. Here is the link to dress up days this month. Last year, as a high school we raised a total of $904.60 which was then matched with a by a donation of $1000, thus creating a total of $1904.60. However, this year we are looking to maintain that amount and so the school-wide goal is to raise $700. While this may seem a little daunting, this is only $100 per grade, and it is true that every penny counts. See a nickel on your walk to school? Put it in your pocket and add it to the collection bin in your homeroom class. Or maybe you get a dollar in change from the a la carte line. Put that in the bin and be that extra dollar that helps our school meet our goal. But what is all money going towards, exactly? All of the money that the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society collects goes towards life-saving research for cancer patients. It goes towards children who have been diagnosed with and illness that creates a massive burden on their childhood. And with every penny you donate, you are giving these children more and more hope. All students are encouraged to donate whatever they can in this school wide effort to help find a cure. For more information about the Hinckley Finlayson fundraiser, click here. By Kenidy Cessna Abby Painovich, a senior who plays a very active role in her community has committed to a college where she will play on a D3 hockey team at Saint Mary’s University. Abby has played hockey since she was little and currently plays on Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels varsity team. While she stays active during the winter she was also on the Girls Cross Country Team that won conference, then in the springtime she’ll be hitting those home runs on the softball field.
While Abby and her family celebrate her accomplishments in her high school career she’s still working hard in school and helping others. Panovich is not only a senior with great accomplishments but she is also a part of the Jaguar Journal, she’s a great leader and takes initiative where it’s needed. We’ll be sad to see her go next year. Congratulations and good luck Abby! |
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