Scotland : The U.K.’s northern-most country Style: Despite popular belief, kilts are not the only thing worn in Scot-land. In Scotland it rains, a lot, so many people wear rain-coats over sweaters, over shirts, basical-ly layers are safer. Most everyone carries an umbrella with them, as well as an extra pair of shoes to change into, from rainboots.
Scotland has a very similar, casual style to America: jeans, t-shirt, and tennis shoes. Kilts are really only worn during special occa-sions like weddings. Food: Breakfast in Scotland can range from full Scottish
breakfast of link sau-sage, bacon, eggs, tat-tie scone (potato scone), fried mush-rooms, grilled toma-toes, buttered toast, and the ever favored black pudding to a bowl of porridge with dried fruits and milk, or Kippers (cold smoked herring) with a cup of tea or coffee, or all of the above in one meal.
A popular lunch or dinner meal is stovies (a stew with onions,
potatoes, chicken, beef, and lamb), served with oatcakes and pickled beetroots. A traditional dessert in Scotland is a buttery, crumbly cookie called shortbread.
Education: The education system in Scotland is organized by primary schools then by years.
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Volume 67, Issue 4 October 9, 2015
By Ashton Goette
Today:
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM:
NHS Wisconsin Edu-cation Fair
7:00 PM:
Homecom-ing Varsity Football Game @ NHS
Saturday:
Varsity Volleyball
Conference @ Chetek
Monday:
ACT Aspire testing (9th Graders)
3:30 PM: MS Girl’s
Basketball game @ NMS
Tuesday:
ACT Aspire Testing 3:30: Drama
Sub-District Competi-tion @ NHS
5:00 PM: Varsity
Cross Country meet @ Chetek HS
5:00 PM: School
Board Meeting @ NHS
5:30 PM: CT & JV Volleyball Quad @ Spooner HS
Wednesday:
ACT Aspire Testing
NHS Blood Drive
Thursday:
ACT Aspire Testing
5:45 PM: Varsity
Volleyball Confer-ence
6:00 PM: MS Girl’s
Basketball game @ NMS
6:00 PM: Freshman football game @ NHS
Pg. 3 Drama Crew
Pg. 3 Senior Prof’s
Pg. 6 Homecoming
‘Scotland’
Contin-ued Pg. 2
Due to recent events,
The Octagon staff has been asked to high-light Northwestern’s policy on dangerous weapons. Please read and be advised of the following information. As stated in the Stu-dent Handbook, “No one shall go armed with or store a danger-ous weapon or look-a-like weapon in or on school property, in school vehicles or any
school bus or school related activities.” Ac-cording to this word-ing, regardless of what your before and after school activities may entail, any and all dan-gerous weapons* are strictly prohibited. However, the Ma-ple School Board’s policy states, “The Board of Education prohibits students from possessing, stor-ing, makstor-ing, or us-ing a weapon in any setting that is under
the control and super-vision of the District for the purpose of school activities ap-proved and authorized by the District includ-ing but not limited to, property leased, owned, or contracted for by the District, a school-sponsored event, or in a District vehicle, to the extent permitted by law.” The board policy
‘Weapons’
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By Ashton Goette
nursery school at age 4 or 5, and then begin their primary 1 schooling at age 5 or 6 and finish with primary 7 schooling at age 11 or 12.
After completion of primary school, students attend secondary school for a compulsory four years with an optional two years following. Stu-dents enter secondary school at age 12 or 13. Most students finish required schooling at the age of 18 or 19, like most students in the U.S. The student to teacher ratio for primary school is about 17 students per teacher, and 13 students per teacher in secondary school.
There are 15 universi-ties in Scotland, four of them being the “ancient universities” that date back to before 1600. The oldest is St. Andrews, then Glasgow, Aberdeen,
land is a paradise to bicyclers, hikers, and anyone who wants to explore rugged, scenic ter-rain, it offers stun-ning views, exten-sive hiking trails, and the opportunity to see various wild-life along the way! Originated in the 15th century, golf is the most important sport in Scotland. There are courses where ever the land and population will allow. Second to golf is archery; many people go to designated instructors and facilities to practice, and compete. Football (soccer) is popular in Scotland, as is most of Europe, and is seen as one of the more laid back pastimes, along with sailing, kayaking, windsurfing, and fishing. Transportation: Pop-ularity of transportation in Scotland ranks as
fol-lows: railways, roads, buses, walking/biking, water, and air transporta-tion.
Due to its small size, Scotland has a variety of railways that will take you every-which-way across the country. Most commonly stu-dents use the railways, roads, and busses to get school; some also walk or ride bikes.
Special Feature: Scot-land is another one of the various European
coun-Donan Castle.
The original Eilean Donan Castle was built in the 13th century for defense against the Vi-kings; its active history eventually resulted it the castle having to be re-stored in the years be-tween 1919 and 1932, including the addition of the bridge to create easi-er access to the castle. The castle is also fa-mous for appearing in several Hollywood mov-ies including Highlander
(1986).
Another famous Castle is the Edinburgh Castle, which has prevailed the skyline over Edinburgh (capital of Scotland) for centuries. What makes this castle so unique is the fact that it is perched on the top of an extinct volcano!
Goodbye!
Want to learn to fight? Stage Fighting Club, which meets on Fridays
during B lunch in the choir room, is one of NHS’s newest clubs. Led by Kelby Werner and Tyler Davis (and kept reigned in by Mr. Goodlet), this club is for anyone who wants to fake a good fight scene and scare the bejesus out of many a concerned par-ent or teacher.
Though it would be best to keep your eyes peeled for a fight scene in the hallways because you never know when a scene will be performed, the goal is a bit more prestigious than that. “We strive to create a
scene at the end of the year that will encompass everything we learn.” -Kelby.
The team will select a genre of fight, which could be anything from an old western style or a traditional stabbing. When it’s ready it will be performed at an assem-bly. (Practices may also occur in passing time!) If you’re interested, show up to the very first meeting today during B lunch! To make the big-gest scene possible, many participants are needed. Please come! This is pretty important
considering there are, at the moment, a total of four members.
Editor: Jay Gaare
Staff Members: Cora Jarman Cassie Harvey
Miranda Maki Ashton Goette
Lilli Kovaleski
Advisor: Mrs. Thompson 10/10
Devin Naumann Trenton Wheeler
10/12
Emily Albright Amanda Lumberg Hope Nordrum
10/14
Dyllan Tribbey
10/15
Kristine Britton Samantha Hoegen
Happy
Birthday!
By Lilli Kovaleski"Good morning, son. You look like death warmed over."
"I AM death warmed over. I've got something contagious."
If the above exchange best describes you when you get sick during the school year, please take heed to the following. It has come to my re-cent attention that more and more students are still going to school even
though they are sick and know that they are conta-gious.
While their dedication to not doing absent work is admirable, it creates problems for the rest of us. Namely, we get sick, too, thanks to the large-scale petri dish that we call a public school being full of various viruses and whatnot, as a friend of mine likes to say. Now, I am doing this
to be like a PSA, be-cause I think that hope-fully we can reduce the number of people who are getting sick to a more tolerable level. First and foremost, if you are sick, and have a fever, do not come to school.
A fever is considered to be a highly contagious stage of whatever is ail-ing you, and besides, usually the symptomatic light-headedness and feeling of weakness in your body is typically not going to allow you to stay on top of your aca-demic game like you had hoped.
Secondly, if you are aware that you are conta-gious but not with a fe-ver, avoid going to school. I realize
some-thing like a cold is still going to get you down and make you contagious for a while, so hence the avoid as opposed to the do not go phrasing. Now, if you are sick, and you heeded this ad-vice and stayed home, I want to thank you on be-half of the school body. Now, this is the im-portant step: recuperate and get better as fast as possible. Instead of just sitting there doing noth-ing, there are a couple of things that can help you get well faster.
First, drink a lot of fluids. Water, orange juice, tea, whatever trig-gers your fancy, it doesn't matter, just drink.
‘The “Plague”’
Continued Pg. 4
Submitted By Former Octagon Staff Member: Evan Simmons
Most people know famous actors and ac-tresses, but who’s ever heard of a famous cos-tume manager or lighting technician?
How successful would a performer be if their costume as ‘rich businessman’ had a rip in it or the audience couldn’t see them be-cause the lights were co-ordinated poorly? Thankfully, there are people whose job in a production is to back up those actors. NHS has some of the best back-up around: Bailey Evans,
Jay Gaare, Molly Niv-en, Cody Waters, and Evan Simmons. Bailey Evans, kind-ly referred to as the Costume Overlord, Queen of All Things Yelling, and/or Stu-dent Dictator, keeps things running smoothly in the cos-tume department and directs a very fun play called “Cheaters” to be performed on The Night of One Acts, November 12.
Jay Gaare is also a Student Dictator, but for a competition play enti-tled “Rope.” In addition, as if the pressures of
looming competitions (beginning October 13!) were not enough, Jay is Makeup Mastermind and King of All Things Yell-ing.
While neither a queen
nor a king, Molly Niven should be declared the Dressing Design and De-cision Duchess for her By Cora Jarman
The set, lights, costume, and makeup crew of Rope.
‘Drama’s Crew’
Continued Pg. 4
Yes, out of context, I am driving you to drinking, but in this case, it's for the greater good.
By drinking a lot of fluids, you will be in a sense flushing your sys-tem of whatever cold or flu you have. Trust me, this one comes from my doctor.
Also, another thing that applies to hopefully a more select few only is to actually get some sleep. Yes, you heard
me.
Believe it or not, stay-ing up until who-knows-when in the morning does not help you get better. So, before you go to bed, turn off the phone, plug it in some-where else, and make sure it is out of reach. Even if you are only "checking a text or two," the white or blue light from the screen has been scientifically proven to act as a stimulant through your eyes, which keeps you awake longer.
So, unless your phone has something like a red filter or candlelight to be softer on your eyes, just don't have your phone near you.
Another thing to do is to stay in bed. Don't go strain yourself with phys-ical activity. It's not go-ing to help.
Stay in bed, sleep if you can, otherwise read or watch Netflix or something. Seriously. Because the inactivity allows your body to con-centrate on other things, such as making you not
sick. It's that simple. So, in review, if you are able to spread sick-ness, stay home. At the risk of sounding like cold war-propaganda, it's for the betterment of the school body.
So, instead of fighting it and still going to school, which really doesn't work, stay home, rest up, and drink some fluids. And again, every-one else is secretly thanking you, because they don't want to be sick.
amazing work with the costumes in previous and current productions. Al-tering and mending doz-ens of costumes is its own daunting task, but Molly goes beyond by creating full and elabo-rate costumes from scratch, too.
Coordinating the
spe-cial effects is Cody Wa-ters, the go-to guy for light and sound ques-tions.
He performs much of his magic from that sleek little booth at the back of the school auditorium. Currently Cody, the Lordship of Light, is training a new group of people to take over his kingdom when he
gradu-ates and is also assisting the set crew in gathering all the physical pieces needed for the success of each production.
Evan Simmons would be labeled the Superior Set Supervisor, or Set Dictator for Life if the set and prop crew hadn’t already invented a catch-ier name for themselves: Stage Ninjas.
From that, I would gather that Evan’s most creative title as overseer of all set and prop tasks is Ninja Master.
So there you have it: the best student crews a performer could ask for. Now if only we could remember all of their ti-tles . . .
then goes on to say, “This prohibition does not apply to cased, un-loaded firearms in a locked vehicle driven or parked in any part of school grounds used as a parking facility, and am-munition for such fire-arms.”
Because of the
contra-Maple Board of Educa-tion, the weapons policy is up for review during the next board meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2015.
Until the policy is re-viewed, it is advised that all students and staff of Northwestern High School, do not bring
dan-on school property. Policy exceptions in-clude: weapons under the control of law enforce-ment personnel.
They also include items pre-approved by a principal as part of a class or individual presentation under adult
used for the purpose and in the manner approved (working firearms, ex-cept those protected at all times by a cable or trig-ger lock, and live ammu-nition will never be ap-proved); as well as theat-rical props used in appro-priate settings.
Have a great weekend! Remember that the homecoming game is
to-night at 7:00 PM, here at NHS.
*“dangerous weapons” as defined by the Northwestern Student handbook: “Any object or item used or designed to inflict bodily harm and/or intimidate other persons or property damage, and endangering
the health and safety of persons present on school property, in school vehicles, school busses, or at school-related activities. Examples include but are not limited to firearms, guns of any type including BB-guns, air and gas-powered guns, knives, razors, chains, clubs, electric weapons, knuckles, martial
arts weapons, ammunition, explosives, and pepper spray, etc.”
‘The “Plague”’
Continued
Q: What is one piece of advice for next year's seniors?
A: Spend time with your friends, don’t stress and take things day by day.
Q: What’s your favorite zoo animal?
A: Ostrich.
Q: How did you find out Santa isn’t real?
A: I saw the barcodes on my presents and put it to-gether.
What’s the most embar-rassing thing you’ve done in high school? A: I got pantsed freshman year.
Q: What’s your fa-vorite high school memory?
A: Making it on Duluth/ Superior’s “Bad Parking” page on Facebook.
What’s the craziest stunt/prank you’ve ever pulled?
A: In freshman year I told Mrs. McGrath that I had rabies and she believed me.
Q: Write a small thank you to any teacher, par-ent, friend, or staff mem-ber that has helped you in these past four years. A: Thank you to Mr. Teal. I only had one class with you and you had a student teacher but that’s okay. Q: What is one piece of
advice for next year's seniors?
A: Stay true to yourself
and try to expand your
knowledge beyond
school. Learn something about our Earth and the people on it.
Q: What’s your favor-ite zoo animal?
A: I don’t believe any
animal should be in a zoo. So, my favorite is whatever animal that is free and happy.
Q: If everything went perfectly after high school, what would you be doing?
A: Living in the woods,
carefree with my dog and whoever else wants to experience real life.
Q: How many times have you pulled the seniority card? Give an example.
A: So many! “Be quiet.”
“No, I don’t have to
lis-ten to you.” “I’m a sen-ior. Be. Quiet.”
Q: Write a small thank you to any teacher, parent, friend, or staff member that has helped you in these past four years.
A: Thank you to Mr.
Bob Coleman for being there for me throughout my high school journey! You have helped shape me into the person I am today in more ways than one. You have always been there and it means more than you know.
Q: What did you strug-gle with most as a freshman?
A: Accepting myself.
Q: If you could have one mythical creature as a pet, what would it be?
A: A dragon because
they are just all around awesome. They can breathe fire and fly, and on top of it all have cool claws. So I think that would be it.
Q: What is one piece of advice for next year's seniors?
A: Make the best out of it [your senior year]. Do what you want with your future, not what others want you to do. Your op-tions are endless.
Q: How did you find out Santa isn’t real?
A: Cassie Harvey in Fourth Grade: “Ella, Santa isn’t real. My dad has the same Walmart wrapping paper for the Santa gift in his closet.”
Q: If everything went perfectly after high school, what would you be doing?
A: Traveling the world. Life isn’t meant to be lived in a single place.
Q: What’s your favorite high school memory?
A: There are too many to narrow it down, but the fact that I spent all four years by my best friend’s side and there was never a dull moment. Thanks Cass.
Q: What did you strug-gle with most as a fresh-man?
A: Nothing, freshman year was by far the best year.
Q: Write a small thank you to any teacher, par-ent, friend, or staff mem-ber that has helped you in these past four years. A: Thank you Coach Jani-go, before and during high school. You’ve really helped me as a person and have always supported me.
Q: If you could have one mythical creature as a pet, what would it be? A: Unicorn, not even a doubt. It should be every-body’s.
From left to right: Cassie Harvey, Ella Gordon, and Chaede Vig
