Featured Seniors
Lauren Deere
By Chase Cuteralli
Lauren Deere is the daughter of Jason and Beth Deere.
She is a gymnast, as well as a member of National Honor Society, Leo Club, student council, and the Rock Church Youth Group.
Her favorite memory at Marysville High School is hard to pin down, and she doesn’t “have just one.”
“My favorite things I have gotten to experience are going to homecoming and prom with all of my closest friends,” she said.
Upon graduation, she said she’ll miss going to games with her friends and seeing all of the people she has been with every day for the past 12 years. She plans to attend Indiana Wesleyan University next fall to major in elementary education.
Walker Heard
By Chase Cuteralli
Walker Heard is the son of Jason and Teri Heard.
He is the captain of the football and wrestling teams at Marysville High School, and he participates in student council. In his spare time, he enjoys hunting and cutting firewood.
His favorite memory from high school is his senior homecoming in October.
When he plans to leave to wrestle at West Virginia University, he said he’ll miss his friends and family the most.
He said he’s thankful for his girlfriend, Meredith Kiss.
Joel Sheeley
By Chase Cuteralli
Joel Sheeley is the son of David and Rachel Sheeley.
He is a varsity soccer and tennis player as well as an alto saxophone instrumentalist for the show choir combo. In his free time, he enjoys playing both traditional and disc golf.
His favorite memory of high school is when school got canceled on the first day back from summer vacation.
When he leaves Marysville High School, he will miss getting to share almost every moment with his best friends. Additionally, he thanks Marysville High School for all the opportunities he and all students have been given.
He plans to attend a four-year university to study sports management.
Megan Cunningham
By Chase Cuteralli
Megan Cunningham is the daughter of Ed and Jodi Cunningham.
She is the vice president of Leo Club and is a member of NC4K, FCCLA and Rho Kappa, as well as participating in track and field. She also volunteers at Memorial Physical Therapy.
Her favorite memory from the past four years is pancake day in her accounting class.
After graduation, she will miss all of the “awesome teachers” at Marysville High School and plans to attend a four-year college to study pre-physical therapy.
MHS choir sets performance schedule for winter season
By Megan Melish
December is a big month for Marysville’s choral program.
The ensemble, directed by Jacob Newland and Adrien McGuire, is preparing a list of songs to perform. The group’s performances will include unique holiday music, songs from cultures around the world and classic Christmas carols.
On Dec. 8, the ensemble will perform with the Cardinal Health Orchestra at the Marysville High School auditorium at 7:30 p.m. to benefit the Union County Care Train. The winter concert will feature the entire program and is set for 7 p.m. on Dec. 13, also in the auditorium.
All shows are free and open to the public.
English students visit Mansfield prison after reading “Shawshank Redemption” book
By Maya Badhwar
Marysville High School’s English 12 class visited the Mansfield Reformatory after recently reading the book “Rita Hayworth and the Shankshaw Redemption” by Stephen King.
Students read the book and were instructed on how to analyze the themes described. When students watched the movie, they were prepared to draw on the themes from the movie, and see the similarities between the director’s portrayal of the book and the author’s portrayal.
The book was turned into a movie, which was filmed at the Mansfield Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. After reading the book, the students embarked on a field trip to the prison.
When the students went to the Mansfield Reformatory, their tour guide described not only the history of the prison but also the details behind the shooting of the movie.
Now, the students are continuing the experience by learning more about prisons in America and drawing parallels to their experience.
The Mansfield Reformatory was built in the late 1800s but was ultimately ordered to be closed in the 1990s. Although a new building was built to house inmates, the original building where the movie was shot still stands. It is now a tourist attraction.
Vape trend addressed by NHS, staff members
By Reyna Green
The 2018-2019 Rho Kappa National Honor Society at Marysville High School has spent the last few weeks working on an anti-JUULing campaign to raise awareness to the student body about it.
These e-cigarettes, such as JUUL, are designed to help long-term smokers quit smoking traditional cigarettes. The JUUL pod contains salt-based nicotine and leaf-based tobacco products.
JUUL products are intended for adults older than 21 years old.
Recently, at a Marysville school board meeting, officials reported they are ramping up their education efforts to inform parents and students about JUUL and other vape products.
One of the goals of this campaign is to extinguish the belief that JUULing is acceptable. The group wants to make sure minors avoid smoking this new e-cigarette.
It is believed that students think these e-cigarettes do not contain nicotine or tobacco, but that is false.
The Rho Kappa division at Marysville High School hopes to bring awareness to students to end smoking.
FCCLA plans fundraiser, events
By Isabelle Shroyer
Marysville High School’s (MHS) FCCLA club has the rest of its year in events planned.
Each month, the club does a different project. October featured Special Olympics Bowling and November had a staff breakfast fundraiser for the WIC program.
December will feature the Care Train, or MHS Paw Tree. January will have assisted living bingo. February and March will have an event for WIC baby quilts. April is slated to have gift bags and boo-boo bunnies for Children’s Hospital. Finally, May will have the end of year awards.
The club also participates in other projects throughout the year.
MHS’s FCCLA club is comprised of about 30 students. Any student who has taken a course in family and consumer sciences in middle school through senior year is eligible for active membership at MHS.
Once the state and national dues are paid, the student is a member. The club meets once a month to review plans for that month’s community service project.
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a national student organization.
Holiday spirit week planned
By Megan Melish
Student council is bringing the holiday spirit into Marysville High School and the Marysville Early College High School with its festive spirit week planned for the week of the 14th.
Merry Monday will fill both high schools with red and green; holiday pajama day is scheduled for Tuesday; and Wednesday will be themed around Santa’s workshop and seasonal socks.
On Thursday, students will don their ugliest sweaters. Finally, Dec. 14 will be Frozen Friday, where students will wear blue and white and celebrate their schools for the end of 2018.
NHS sets up Paw Tree
By Chase Cutarelli
Snow, ice and Christmas lights are here to ring in the season, and Marysville High School’s National Honor Society (NHS) is giving back to those in need.
With the NHS Paw Tree, students and staff can pick an anonymous student and purchase a gift for them. It’s a way to make sure everyone, regardless of income, has something to open over the holidays.
Additionally, the annual poinsettia fundraiser is taking place, and the wintry flowers will be delivered Dec. 3 to those who ordered them.