By Allison Koth Interesting, memorable, stressful, fun, exciting, tough, rewarding, exciting. The seventh and eighth grade girl’s basketball team and coaches used these words to describe their basketball season. “I had a lot of fun,” said Layla Young, an eighth grade basketball player. “I think it went well,” said Ava Deimling, an eighth grade basketball player. The A team had a great season with a … Continue reading A Season Full of Memories
By: Chiara Dunson, Amrutha Juluri and Rebekah Tesfaye “She is nice and caring,” said 8th grader Jonathan Elftman. Mrs.Neidlein-Dial is the eighth-grade Social Studies teacher. She has been teaching for twenty years, and this is her fifteenth year at Seven Hills. Mrs. Neidlein-Dial originally came from Weingarten, Germany, and lived there until she was nineteen. She has three sisters and had a mom who was … Continue reading A Lifelong Learner
By: Noor Arif, Poni Larson, and Kendall Niehaus The boys’ basketball season was different for every team. All the teams had their strengths and weaknesses. According to basketball player Kent Buckley, “We struggled to keep up with more physically dominant opponents.” The B team struggled with turnovers and the C team struggled with defending. The A team consisted of 9 players: Kent Buckley, Logan Washington, … Continue reading “Not a One-Man Show”
By: Stella Mosby “What’s most important for me are the welfare of students and faculty,” Mr. Waskowitz said in an interview. As principal of Seven Hills middle school Waskowitz does many things for our school to feel “safe, comfortable and cared for.” He has lots of jobs as a principal. His main priority is making this school better every day. He has been a principal … Continue reading Principal, Teacher and Friend
By Allison Koth and Stella Mosby Mental health in athletes is very overlooked in the sports industry. It’s hard to take care of all the work you are given if there are other activities or school work. Student-athletes have to deal with a lot of stress juggling sports and school. “It can be very stressful doing homework after school when basketball runs late,” said eighth … Continue reading Balancing School and Sports
By: Chiara Dunson, Amrutha Juluri, and Rebekah Tesfaye All photos taken by Mr. English On Sunday, January 29th, the Seven Hills Middle school held the third annual STEAM fair. There were forty-fifty eighth and seventh-grade volunteers. Faculty and parent volunteers helped set up stations and kept the fair running smoothly. “I think they learned a lot about different topics, and from what I saw, they … Continue reading “Science In Action”
By: Noor Arif, Kendall Niehaus, and Poni Larson Mrs. Reutener isn’t just “the front desk lady”. In reality, she is very fundamental to our school’s success. If you don’t know Mrs. Reutener, she works as the administrative assistant at our middle school. She handles a lot of everyday tasks, from attendance to scheduling Mr. Waskowitz’s meetings and so much more. “Each day is different,” Mrs. Reutener … Continue reading “Each Day is Different”
By Sylvie Gumlaw, Winnie Brennan, and Tess Nelson So far, Mrs. Cruts has described her experience at Seven Hills as “pretty slick.” She is new to the Seven Hills community, and she teaches Algebra to eighth graders and high schoolers at Seven Hills. Mrs. Cruts knew she wanted to be a teacher because she “always liked tutoring and teaching.” Growing up, she always helped her … Continue reading More Than A Teacher
By Avery Clayton and Anika Kakar “This is just something that I love to do,” Ms Tucker said in an interview about her work at Seven Hills. “I enjoy it because I love kids, and I try to make sure that what I do I try to keep everybody as safe as I possibly can.” Have you ever seen the Seven Hills school security guard … Continue reading School Safety with Ms. Tucker
By: Campbell Coyne and Ariana Chaudhry Mrs. Haskins has been the seventh grade Pre-Algebra and Algebra 1A teacher for 23 years at Seven Hills, and she’s not looking to retire any time soon. She found her love for math early on in high school. “When I was in high school I was very fortunate to have the same math teacher for three years and I … Continue reading “Teachers Have Multiple Roles and Multiple Hats”
