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Makcyla Foster, Journalism 2 Reporter
January 12, 2012
JROTC stands for a Junior Reserve Officer Training and is a course for all young people who want to be better citizens, not just for people who want to go into the military. JROTC teaches students about leadership, respect, and self reliance. This is good program for any student because it teaches... Read more »
Alex Payne, Journalism 1 Reporter
January 6, 2012
Walk into any math classroom in Spotsylvania High School, and students will be busy at work with a calculator in their hand. However, many teacher are concerned about the long-term affect using a calculator will have on their students’ critical thinking skills. Spotsylvania High School math teacher... Read more »
Jordan Gentile, Journalism 1 reporter
December 16, 2011
On Friday, December 2, Spotsylvania High School S.A.D.D discussed plans to give gifts to kids who won’t otherwise experience a typical Christmas. The S.H.S group is continuously involved in community projects. Members volunteer to help raise money for the group. Eventually, they plan to sell items... Read more »
Ally Hottle, Journalist
October 31, 2011
At Spotsy High, the DECA program is a perfect gateway into the marketing community. All the marketing classes are preparing their students for a career in marketing education. DECA itself is an association of marketing students that prepares emerging high school/college leaders... Read more »
October 4, 2011
As students in Mr. Holt’s English 10 class read the novella The House on Mango Street, they composed their own autobiographical vignettes based on the subjects and themes in the book. Mr. Holt said, “These vignettes were highly descriptive, using Show, Not Tell style. When we were done... Read more »
October 4, 2011
Ms. Robinson’s World History class is studying the Protestant reformation and discussing Luther’s 95 Theses, which was a list of the things that he wanted to “reform” in the Catholic Church. Last week, her students wrote down something they wanted to “reform” in the... Read more »
Dennis Gill, Reporter
October 4, 2011
Many students in an agriculture or business class know about the FFA, a club offered at Spotsylvania High School. This club is run by Mr. Robert Orrock and Mrs. Valerie Webb, the agricultural and career and tech teachers. “First thing [is] to help the confusion between FFA and the student organization... Read more »
Skyler Lewis, Reporter
September 28, 2011
The award-winning Spotsylvania Knights Marching Band started off the 2011-2012 school year with a bang. The marching band has a new band director, Mr. Brian Jacobs. Jacobs replaced Mr. Robert Pomerleau, who retired last year. Jacobs is trying to change the expectations of the band members and push... Read more »
Deborah Todd
February 16, 2011
Members of Spotsylvania High School’s DECA had an outstanding showing at the recent District Competition held at the Spotsylvania Towne Centre. Four students received first place medals overall and one student received a second place medal. Medalists are automatically qualified for the state competitions... Read more »
Jameka Foster, journalist
October 12, 2010
Ms. Sara Vandenbos, Agricultural Science Instructor 1. What was your favorite subject in high school? My favorite subject was Agricultural Economics as it satisfied the place of my Senior Economics credit and held real world applications. It was also taught by my favorite teacher –... Read more »
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