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Volume 34 Issue 2 feburary 2018

Northwestern High School + Grace Church + Indoor Waterpark = Kalahari 2018
By: Makayla Stormer (Sophomore)
On January 5th through January 7th, students from Northwestern High School attended the Kalahari Retreat with Grace Church. This year marked the 13th year of this conference which brings together the fun at the Kalahari waterpark, the excitement of a large group atmosphere, and challenging sessions with national speakers and dynamic worship with Liberty Worship Collective. Hundreds of students attended this life-changing retreat with Grace Church with 20 ninth through twelfth graders from our school. The best part is that hundreds of students made a decision to follow Jesus for the first time.
In 2017, over 2,600 students and youth leaders from all over Ohio and Indiana attended last year’s retreat with over 150 students who accepted Jesus Christ for the first time (30 of them were from Grace Church last year.)
Some of our students have their input on this year’s Kalahari Retreat. They include Lariah Severs (freshman), Claire Bond (sophomore), Weslea Arthur (junior), and Zaine Garver (sophomore). Some of their favorite memories include the sessions, the waterpark, and spending time with their friends. Over 50 leaders and volunteers gave up their time to help out in this year’s retreat and they would love to share their input with you. One of these individuals was Billy Starkey, director of Grace Students and creative director of Kalahari Retreat. He says, “In a day and age where culture is counter to Jesus and students are walking away from the faith at an alarming rate, Kalahari is one of the primary ways that our church stands in the gap to say, “not on our watch!” We aren’t giving up on the next generation and neither should you.”
Be sure to mark your calendars for next year’s Kalahari Retreat: January 4th through January 6th
If you have questions, want to register, or if you are a senior and would love to serve on this awesome life-changing retreat next year, contact Billy Starkey at bstarkey@woostergrace.org. We would love to have you join us for next year’s retreat!!

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In This Issue:
Are your after-school activities affecting your grades?
Northwestern’s spring play is announced!
Students of The Month for November, December, and January are announced!
Is Beef Jerky really good for you?
A new student shares her experience with us!
An article about a student’s experience with a twin sister!
The Toronto Raptors are rising up this NBA season!
Sneak peek on an upcoming photo contest for our last issue of the 2017-2018 school year!
Tide Pods are affecting health on teens with viral challenge!
Husky Spotlight on Haerang Park!
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Out Of School Activities May Be Affecting Your Grades, Good and Bad
By: Kamy Tope (Junior)

Studies show that a series of out of school activities may be affecting what your grades turn out to be.
In this graph, it shows that students who are partying, watching TV, or spend all of their time on some type of social media platform are getting lower percentages/grades on their homework. However, you may think that if someone studies and does their homework every night would have better grades, but surprisingly, they don’t. The data of the graph above shows that students that are either socializing with friends, exercising for sports, or working are doing better in school through higher percentages on their homework.
It’s unexpected, at least for me, that kids that are spending time with friends, participating in after school sports, or working for hours at a time are getting better grades in school than the students actually studying for their homework are. I would have expected that group of activities would make it so you would be doing not so well during school than the students working on school work more often. You’d be distracting yourself from the things you learned that day, and possibly forget it, and more things to do, including homework, could be a lot to balance.
The reason that students participating in more, and getting higher grades is because, kids studying are under so much stress and they’re straining their minds for seven hours straight during school, and then continuing to do that after school, for who knows how long. Then there’s students who aren’t doing that. They’re letting their minds take a break and they’re hanging out with friends, or exercising their bodies, or learning new social skills and earning a pay.
Moral of the story is: Students need to rest their minds after school from studying and homework, and have some fun. Not by sitting on a couch, consuming toxic beverages or substances and staying out late, or sitting on your phone for hours, but by going out with friends and exercising.

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Moving from Lebanon, a city school, moving to Northwestern, a small country school. While it can be a big adjustment as a junior, some things never change. It's still a normal high school setting. You have jocks, theatre, music, and any other category you can think of. In a smaller setting, I don't feel it is as separated at a school with a 1000+ people. Some of the classes and programs here are more put-together and even cooler. Moving here has given me great opportunities. I am now apart of FFA, which allows me to learn about agriculture and make friends at events or meetings with the same interests. I joined the wrestling team, which I love. Wrestling makes it difficult, but being a girl really raises the bar. I love wrestling so all the bumps along the way are worth it. This has allowed me to meet other girl wrestlers and colleges with girls teams, which I will further look into. As of right now, I will continue wrestling to my senior year. Although I left great friendships behind, I have made some pretty great new ones here. I'm looking forward to a great high school experience!

New at Northwestern
By: Malibu Hess (Junior)

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Review of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
By: Devin Whisman (Senior)

The Last Jedi, the 8th movie in the new Star Wars saga by Rian Johnson. The movie was released on December 14 of 2017 to critical acclaim. With the movie receiving a 90% fresh rating on rotten Tomatoes and a 7.6/10 on IMDb. The movie picks up after the end of “The Force Awakens” and answers many questions that the movie left hanging some with satisfying conclusion some not so much. The movie introduced new and old characters back onto the big screen. The returning cast were phenomenal at their roles, especially Adam Driver as Kylo Ren and Daisy Ridley as Rey. With the new characters being either hit or miss. The first order and the resistance have new toys to play with and we finally get to see what the first order has to offer in terms of full fire power such as the AT-M6, The First Order AT-ST, and Kylo’s Tie Silencer. As usual the special effects and audio quality were stand out things about the film. The special effect combined with the practical effects such as the creatures like the Porg or Crystal fox things are stunning to look at. The movie is not only intense but has moments of laughs and joy. Overall the movie is a worthy Successor to the Force Awakens and I can’t wait to see if there’s an episode 9.

FFA Spirit Week!

Tuesday February 20th: Hat Day
Wednesday February 21st: Red, White, and Blue Day (Greenhand Ceremony)
Thursday February 22nd: Blue and Gold Day
Friday February 23rd: Farmer Day (Annual FFA Assembly)
All spirit days will count for spirit points for their class. An FFA Officer will be there during lunches to fill their FFA Assembly sign-up sheets during the week. The class who fills up their sign-up sheet first receives points for their class. Students can earn points by dressing up like the assigned theme for that day. Points will also be rewarded when students in their class participate in the FFA Assembly. The game ranks are: 1st place with 5 points, 2nd place with 3 points, 3rd place with 2 points, and 4th place with 1 point. The class with the most points throughout FFA Week, will receive a prize the following week. If you have any questions about FFA Week, see any FFA officer, Mr. Myers, or Mrs. Tegtmeier.

Upcoming Events

2/16: No School
2/19: No School (Presidents Day)
2/20-2/23: FFA Spirit Week
2/23:FFA Assembly
2/21: Greenhand Ceremony
3/3: Band Spaghetti Supper and Concert
3/10: Ruritan Pancake Day
3/26-3/30: No School (Spring Break)

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The Toronto Raptors are on the Rise
By: Jake Hjerpe (Junior)

The Toronto Raptors of the NBA’s Eastern conference are on the rise. So far into the 2017-2018 NBA season the Toronto Raptors are sitting at 28-11, good for second 3 games behind the Boston Celtics for first in the Eastern conference. They are led by all-star shooting guard Demar Derozan and all-star point guard Kyle Lowry. There rest of their lineup is solid with rookie standout small forward OG Anunoby, power forward Serge Ibaka, and center Jonas Valanciunas. They are said to be one more all-star away from being potentially the East’s top team. The Raptors are so far playing much better than expected and could be a real contender for the Eastern Conference championship, where they fell to the Cavaliers in 6 games in 2016. The real difference this year is the all around great play from the two stars Derozan and Lowry, mixed with the solid play from Ibaka and Valanciunas, and the emergence of the rookie OG Anunoby. The Raptors bench have also given them a boost this season as one of the better benches of the NBA. The Raptors are a legit contender this year and are to be taken seriously.

New Spring Play at NHS is revealed
By: Makayla Stormer (Sophomore)
During the 2017-18 school year, the Northwestern High School drama club has given us two incredible performances so far. “The Addams Family”, which was shown November 17th-19th, has given the audience a chance to meet the iconic characters and learned that everybody is different and unique and to not judge them based on their differences. “The Marvelous Playbill”, which was performed on January 19th to the public and on January 23rd for the One Act Play Festival, has given the audience a feel of Spain and throughout the play, the characters get a chance to see Chanfalla’s (Aaron Eicher) new play. This year, the one act play has won a Superior rating and Aaron Eicher was this year’s All-County cast member for 2018. Great job to all cast members and a big congrats to Aaron for being this year’s all-county cast member for Northwestern High School.
This year, NHS will have a spring play this year under new direction. This year’s spring play will be directed by Mr. W Martin and Becky Hershey will be the assistant director. Mrs. Crabtree will not be able to direct this year’s spring play because she will having another child on the way. More information and the review of the spring play will be announced soon in the next issue, so stay tuned!!
During the 2017-18 school year, the Northwestern High School drama club has given us two incredible performances so far. “The Addams Family”, which was shown November 17th-19th, has given the audience a chance to meet the iconic characters and learned that everybody is different and unique and to not judge them based on their differences. “The Marvelous Playbill”, which was performed on January 19th to the public and on January 23rd for the One Act Play Festival, has given the audience a feel of Spain and throughout the play, the characters get a chance to see Chanfalla’s (Aaron Eicher) new play. This year, the one act play has won a Superior rating and Aaron Eicher was this year’s All-County cast member for 2018. Great job to all cast members and a big congrats to Aaron for being this year’s all-county cast member for Northwestern High School.
This year, NHS will have a spring play this year under new direction. This year’s spring play will be directed by Mr. W Martin and Becky Hershey will be the assistant director. Mrs. Crabtree will not be able to direct this year’s spring play because she will having another child on the way. More information and the review of the spring play will be announced soon in the next issue, so stay tuned!!

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Students of The Month
Northwestern High School has recently announced the Students of the Month for November, December, and January. The words for those months were Responsibility, Caring, and Enthusiasm. The staff at “The Herald” would like to congratulate the following students on this hard-working achievement.
November-
Freshmen: Valerie Imhoff and Jason Markley
Sophomores: Shelby Anderson and Taylor Fetherolf
Juniors: Isacc Franks and Malibu Hess
Seniors: Parker Smith and Mykenzie Snyder
December-
9th Grade: Samantha Barnette and Will Schaad
10th Grade: Kaitlyn Praisler and Zev McBane
11th Grade: Beth Kanzeg and Janes McLaurin
12th Grade: Lindsey Asbury and Jordan Gilbert
January-
9th: CiCi Hershey and Gabe Buchholz
10th: Sasha McConahay and Jacob Williamson
11th: Danielle Ballinger and Lucas Triplett
12th: Margaret Linder and Robert Lechner
If you see any of the following students, be sure to congratulate them on this accomplishment. If you weren't chosen, you might be in our last group of Students of the Month for the 2017-18 school year. We will announce the last group of Students of the Month for the 2017-18 school year in the next issue of “The Herald”

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Husky Spotlight on Haerang Park!!

The NHS students and staff welcomed a new foreign exchange student in January. Her name is Haerang Park and she comes from South Korea. She is a sophomore this year and she will attending NHS for the rest of the school year and halfway through the 2018-2019 school year as a junior. Haerang is living with her guardians, Galen and Cassandra Sader from Wooster. If you haven’t had a chance to meet her, the staff at “The Herald” asked her some questions and she was kind enough to tell us about herself. Make sure to introduce yourself, give her a warm welcome, and let her know that she is a part of the Husky family!
Hey Haerang!
Birthday?: March 1st
Favorite Thing about USA?: Hamburgers and going to New York
When did you joined the US? January 3rd, 2018
Phobia: Ghosts
Pets: Dog
Hobbies: Piano, Drawing, Social Media, and Sleeping
Words of Wisdom: Don’t give up
Accomplishment: Doing American Homework
Movie: 1987
Restaurant: KFC
Recently Read: American History
Hero: Mom
Best thing about NHS: Everyone is nice
Favorite thing about NHS: Ceramics and Lunch

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The Twins
By: Gabriela Cordeiro (Junior)

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Everybody always ask how it is having a twin sister/brother, and now I’m going to tell some curiosities of it. Let’s start that there are two types of twins, twins can be either monozygotic ("identical") or dizygotic ("fraternal"), so no even you having a twin sister/brother it won’t mean that they’re going to be completely identical. Here some weird facts that can happen with twins: they can say the same thing at the same time, they can be thinking at the same time, it already happened with me and my twin sister that we had the same dream and yes it is really weird but cool at the same time, identical twins don’t have identical fingerprints, mirror image identical twins have reverse asymmetric features, mother of twins may live longer, twins interact with each other in the womb some twins can feel and taste what the other one does, and I don’t know why but a lot of twins create their own languages. Just like many other things that twins can do or have it those are the most common questions I get. Yes, I know that because a lot of people ask me and my sister this all the time even we’re not identical. I have a twin sister and she is 2 minutes older than me. It sounds weird to say but yeah, it’s really cool to have someone that it’s likely you or just like you (in appearance) because you can mess people head sometimes even not being so cool for the person, and you know that you’re always going to have someone to count with no matter what she/he is always going to support you.

Snow Days
By: Lindsay Boak (Sophomore)
Northwestern has had many snow days lately and we are running out quickly. As of now, Northwestern has one snow day remaining that they can use before they have to make up school. Along with the snow days, Northwestern has also been having lots of two hour delays that have resulted in students having shorter days and less class time to make up grades and leaves teachers with less time to put grades in. With Northwestern being a great school, they gave the students another day to the nine weeks so that they could change their grades and be able to improve them. Being able to extend the nine weeks isn’t normally a thing you would expect a school to do, but we have such a supportive staff that is easy to work with that and they were nice enough to give us the extra time that was needed. Two hour delays do make school days more enjoyable because students get to wake up later on in the day and they seem a lot happier in a better mood.

Tide Pods go viral with new challenge for teens!
By: Natalie Mareno (Sophomore)

Tide Pods are the new sweet treat for teens. Teens have been trying a new challenge called the Tide Pod Challenge and it’s killing teens who dare to take the challenge. We need to stop this now because it keeps killing teens all over. Since Northwestern is such a great school program , our responsible principal got ahead of the situation before any fatalities have happened. Our school always wants students to have great behavior in and out of school and cares so deeply about the students. Tide pods, if you didn’t know, are laundry detergent pods that contain chemicals meant to clean your clothes that shouldn’t be ingested. When students ingest the pods, it can cause very fatal reactions. When teens ingest these Tide pods many times, they can be hospitalized. These Tide pods are so intriguing to children due to their bright colors and strong scents. According to Washington Post “There have been 37 reported cases among teens, half of them intentional. Overall Tide Pods and the damages they can cause are not worth ingesting and dieing over.”

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Wrestling Team Finishes Strong
After a rare year in wrestling history in which no wrestlers qualified for the state wrestling, Northwestern sent three participants to this year’s tournament, the most since 2014. Dylan Martin (106), Cael Rowland (132), and Derick Du Vall (160) all qualified for the tournament with Cael Rowland placing 8th.
The tournament held at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, includes the top four placers from the four districts in the state of Ohio. Derick placed second, Cael third, and Dylan fourth in the Northeast Division III district. Dylan Martin became the first sophomore to qualify for state since Kile Schaefer in 2013, and Cael Rowland became the first underclassman state placer since Kile Schaefer in 2014. Derick Du Vall ended his career with a 114-36 record, placing himself 16th for the most wins in program history. Derick is looking to continue his wrestling campaign at Adrian College in Michigan or Ohio Northern University in Ohio.
Also finishing the end of his freshman year was Wyatt Arthur. Wyatt placed fourth at sectionals, earning a
trip to the district tournament at 120 lbs. The team placed 8th at districts out of approximately 60 teams. Excellent work gentleman!

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On our next issue…
Our last group of Students of the Month for the 2017-2018 school year!
Senior Spotlight!
Upcoming Events for Summer Break!
Student Plans for the 2018-2019 school year!
New staff members share their first year reflection!
Seniors reflect on their high school careers at Northwestern!
And many more student-written articles!
Northwestern’s STEM Preschool
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Call Northwestern Elementary at 419-846-3519 to learn more and enroll for the 2018-2019 school year today!!

The Herald is holding a photo challenge for our last issue of the school year!!

For the next issue, we are asking you to submit your school-appropriate school spirit and athletic photos. Submit your photos on your Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram pages using #NorthwesternPhotoBattle. The categories include: Best Freshman Photo, Best Sophomore Photo, Best Junior Photo, Best Senior Photo, Best Staff Member Photo, and Honorable Mentions. The winning submissions will be included in our next issue “The Herald”. After we choose the best photo from all catagories, the student body and staff members will vote for the best photos in each grade, best staff photo, and the overall grand prize winner of the 1st annual Northwestern Photo Battle. The grand prize will be announced soon. The deadline to submit photos is March 23rd. See Mr. W Martin or any staff member of “The Herald” for more information or if you have questions.

Good Luck and Have Fun with your photos!! (please make your photos school appropriate)
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Native American descendants of the Incas may have invented beef jerky. They used special preparation methods to preserve meats for the winter and times when hunting could not provide enough meat. Today, beef jerky producers cure it with salt and heat and often use spices to make different flavors. The nutritional composition of beef jerky provides several diet benefits. A 1-ounce piece of beef jerky provides 9.4 grams of protein. Protein breaks down in the intestines into amino acids, which your body uses to build tissues and enzymes involved in the functioning of all body systems. So that means you can get stronger and get more muscle, who doesn't someone that may not want it? Your body requires fat for reducing inflammation and supporting the health of your brain. One ounce of beef jerky contains 116 calories. Which is 7.3 grams of fat for the average size piece of beef jerky. Everyone needs fats and oils to keep the body running the way it should. So by just giving two simple examples of what things are in beef jerky, you can now see why beef jerky can be so beneficial to the body and when you eat the right diet.

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Is Beef Jerky good for you?
By: Carter Mellicant (Junior)

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