School News
Latin Day blasts middle schoolers into the past
By Victoria Ameden
Latin Day is a day where high schoolers who take Latin introduce the language and history to kids from middle school and encourage them to take it in high school. Students create historical reenactment stations to teach visitors about various aspects of Roman culture such as festivals, gladiators and food.
I had the privilege to attend Latin Day and see all the stations and displays set up in the LMC. Everyone’s costumes were amazing and fit their roles well. As a student who does not take Latin, I found the stations to be very organized and informative. I could see that all of the high school students were very involved and engaged in Latin Day. Both the middle schoolers and high schoolers seemed to be very engaged in the performances. Everyone who attended Latin Day left entertained and with plenty of knowledge of the Latin language and culture.
Seniors share advice for underclassmen
By Victoria Ameden
Katelyn Nicotera is captain of varsity ice hockey and varsity lacrosse, and varsity field hockey’s goalie!
Katelyn’s favorite memory is “Senior Cruise— it was so much fun, the boat was really nice and it was just so fun to be with friends!”
Her advice for underclassmen is to “go get extra help when you need it! And if you get a bad grade, just learn from it. Try to work on your mistakes so you become a better student and person!"
Mia Remington is the co-president of Model UN, co-president of National Honor Society and Chinese National Honors Society, and a member of MHS Soundwaves.
Mia’s favorite memory is the Senior Cruise. She said “the grade came together for a memorable night.”
Her best piece of advice for underclassmen is, “Develop your time management skills! Utilize Google Balancer and schedule out your days to stay on top of everything!”
James O’Loughlin is a member of MHS Soundwaves and in MHS’s Theatre Society, where he recently played the Lead Role of Danny Zuko in the play “Grease.”
His favorite memory is Junior Prom— “it was lots of fun; best memories.”
James’s advice for underclassmen is to “pick your classes every year based on what you want to do and where you feel you can do your best— and not based on what other people want!”
Mikayla Malmquist is co-captain for varsity field hockey and co-president of Marine Club.
Mikayla’s remembers: “Fall has been the highlight of every year, especially because it’s Field hockey season. But this year it was even better because of the Senior Cruise! It was so fun!”
Her advice for underclassmen: “Don’t take honors or AP classes just because you think it will look good for college. Take the class where you can be successful! Try not to overdo it or stress out too much.”
Roman Schoenfeld plays varsity football and is a co-president of National Latin Society.
Roman’s favorite memory is junior prom— “It was a really fun night with all my friends.”
His advice for underclassmen is to “stay on top of your schoolwork because it can pile up really fast especially when you get to be an upperclassman.”
Nathan Malvese plays varsity football and does spring track and is a member of cooking club.
His advice to underclassmen: “don’t be a little baby and just do the work that you have to do because if you don’t you will be overwhelmed.”
His “ favorite memory by far is winning the Thanksgiving Day game and then being interviewed by the newspaper” [this newspaper was not us]. He loves football because he loves being surrounded by people.
Busted in Punxy?! Can we get on stage?
Guest Contributor: Karen Shaffer
Mark Twain famously shared his perspective…twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did.
So after ten years of asking his parents to take him to Groundhog Day on Feb. 2nd in Punxatawney PA, junior Austin Shaffer went to dance the Pennsylvania Polka at 4am, wear a top hat, see pre-dawn fireworks and thoroughly enjoy Phil’s grand entrance.
The furry little weather prognosticator did not see his shadow nor did the day repeat itself. Austin got on stage, past the initially upset top hat gents and eventually right next to Phil.
Props to Twain, reminding us to adventure, throw off the bowlines, pursue your fun moments, leave the safe harbor.
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Seniors Excited to Project
By Victoria Ameden
Recently, staff reporter Victoria Ameden interviewed some seniors about to begin their senior project.
Declan Frazier
Declan is painting the shed by the practice field for his senior project. He chose this project because he thought it would be an interesting opportunity and that it would be a nice way he could give back to the school. He wanted to make the shed look a little better than it does currently and this would let people see Medfield football/school spirit. Declan would recommend people do a senior project because “it’s fun and lets you do something for the school that you're personally interested in.”
Ellayna Geraigery
Ellayna is making a two-episode true crime documentary about the first ever recorded murder in Medfield and the most recent recorded murder in Medfield. They knew they wanted to do a senior project since they first heard about it as a freshman. Ellayna loves history and wanted to do something similar to a podcast or movie so they found a way to incorporate both things into their senior project. They really just wants to entertain people with their senior project and hopes others find it interesting. They said that “it’s important to think about every aspect of a senior project and if you know you want to do a senior project to get it figured out by the beginning of senior year.” However, Ellayna thinks that it is really fun and that underclassmen should definitely consider doing it as long as they plan out what they're going to do.
Katie Turner
Katie is making a mural of influential women in STEM in the science hallway. She has always looked up to women in STEM and thinks a lot of them have been forgotten and it’s important to recognize them and their accomplishments. She thinks it would be really cool for kids to be able to walk by and see a mural of all these women and hopefully be inspired by it. Katie notes that she will have to balance her senior project with AP classes but a lot of seniors who have done it in the past loved it and she’s really excited to start.