TIGER PRIDE Homecoming Queen Crowned

 TIGER PRIDE
EDITION ONE NOVEMBER 2009
Homecoming Queen Crowned
By: Alex Spivey
Every year a new Homecoming Queen is crowed. The
queen is picked out of the homecoming court. The crowning of
the queen happens during the halftime at the homecoming game.
The homecoming court
consisted of representatives from
each grade. For the ninth grade Abbey Lanier and Ja’Sannea Brown
Class Competitions
By: Alex Spivey
During homecoming week all of
the classes at Metter high school
compete in fun games during
their lunch break. The contests
were chubby bunny, alka-seltzer, doughnut eating contest,
and the hot wing eating contest.
The chubby bunny was
held on Tuesday Oct. 13. This
means you have to put as many
marshmallows in your mouth
as you can. During first lunch,
Erin Boykin, a sophomore, came
out with the win. Second lunch,
Devin Dekle won for the juniors.
Wednesday, the alka-seltzer contest
was held. This competition requires
It’s been tradition that Metter has
a Homecoming Parade every year.
This year Metter played against the
Jenkins County Eagles. Since we
were playing Jenkins, the theme
was “Blast the Eagles”. The parade
occurred on Oct. 18th from 4:00-
represented. Tenth grade’s representatives were Avery Koth and
Mary Grace Smith. Emily Mcneely and Macie Franklin were the
representatives for the eleventh
grade. The senior homecoming
queen representatives were Courtney Johnson, Alex Hendricks, Jordan Johnson, Kayla Durden, Katie Roberts, and Faith Coleman.
Alex Hendricks was crowned Metter High School 2009 Homecoming Queen.
you to place an alka-seltzer tablet
on your tongue and hold sprite in
your mouth. The junior and senior representatives came out with
a tie. The result for second lunch
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1: Homecoming Queen
2: Homcoming Parade Cont., Red Ribbon Week, Powder
Puff
3: Teen Maze, Tiger Brigade
4: Features
5: New Faces to MHS
6: FAB
7: Poetry Contest Winners
8: Sports
9: Sports
10: Editorials
11: Tiger Break
12: Thank you from Tiger
Pride Staff, A Note from the
Editors
was Ja’Sannea Brown coming
out with a win for the freshman.
Thursday, the doughnut eating
contest was held. This means
you have to eat as many doughnuts as you can in 60 seconds.
Shakendra Holloway won it for
the sophomores in first lunch.
Blake Johnson won it for the
seniors during second lunch.
Friday the last and final day of
competitions the hot wing contest was held. This competition
requires you to eat ten hot wings
as fast as you can. First lunch, Jasmine Brown won it for the sophomores. Blake Johnson won it for
the seniors during second lunch.
Metter Homecoming Parade
By: Brandon Thornhill
5:30 p.m. It started at the Board
Of Education and ended at the Jet
food store. The parade is held to fill
everyone who experiences it with
hope and excitement for the game.
The police started the parade
off by driving by with the sirens
blaring...
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Homecoming Parade, Continued
Following the police were
the cadets of JROTC who sang
as they marched on by. Later
on, the band followed, playing
loud and proud. There were also
many different businesses and
organizations involved in the
parade such as the NAACP, BiLo, and the local recreation department.
People lined the streets
just to see the Homecoming Parade. There were people from
the library all the way around
to the Jet to see the floats and
cars and horses. Everyone start-
Red Ribbon Week at
MHS
By: Anna Jackson
Every year the students at
Metter High School participate in
Red Ribbon week. During this week,
starting on October 23rd and ending
on October 30th, high school students
of all grades follow different types of
themes to show they are drug free.
On Friday, the students
dressed in Tiger colors for spirit
day. The following Monday was
called be a warrior against drugs
in which everyone wore camouflage. Sock it to drugs took place
on Tuesday. Students had to wear
the craziest socks they owned. In
support of Red Ribbon Week, MHS
students dressed in all red. This
activity was called Paint the Town
Red and took place on Wednesday.
Thursday was pretty busy. It not
only had the theme of dressing up
but also a teen maze. The guys wore
ties and the girls wore bows to tie
down drugs. Teen Maze consisted
of different stages that showed the
ed screaming as the fire trucks
topped with our own Metter Tigers and cheerleaders passed.
The trucks turned on the sirens
and went on by. Also, Freight
Train did the Freight Train
Whistle©™ in the speakerphone.
After the parade, everybody went to get ready for the
game. The floats were judged
and the Freshmen were very
happy as they won the title of
best float. People’s spirits were
high and many wondered, after
a parade like this, what surprises
would the game hold.
consequences of careless actions
and lasted all throughout the day.
On the last day of Red Ribbon Week, Friday, we had to dress
up like a character from a book.
For every student that dressed up
to show they were drug free, their
names were drawn later that afternoon for the three top cat cards. The
twelve winners were announced
in the afternoon announcements
and fifty prizes were also sent out.
Overall, Red Ribbon Week was a
success and had many participants.
Powder Puff
Football Game
By: Alex Spivey
On Thursday, October 15, 2009,
Metter High School had their annual powder puff football game.
The students at MHS participated
in this event out of the many during homecoming week. All of the
powder puff activities were held
at the high school football field.
All of the upper- and lower- classmen participated in this event. The
freshmen played the juniors and
the sophomores played the seniors.
The school played these events
for fun. This also gives the girls
a chance to play football and the
boys a chance to be cheerleaders.
Last year’s results were upsetting
for the lower classmen. The freshman lost to the juniors. The sophomores also lost to the seniors. This
year’s results were a little better, the
freshmen lost to the juniors but beat
the sophomores. The seniors were
the dominant players and beat the
sophomores and tied the juniors.
MHS Students Experience Teen Maze
On Thursday, October
29, 2009, Metter High School’s
ninth, tenth, and eleventh graders had a chance to experience
the critical consequences of
making bad decisions. Metter
High School’s underclassmen
wove their way through a frightening realistic maze of life called
Teen Maze. The students that
participated experienced bad
situations caused by bad choices
such as pregnancy, catching an
STD (sexually transmitted disease), jail/prison time, and death.
However, participating students
also experienced good situations
such as graduating from high
school and getting a career.
“This pregnancy thing
is not good,” says Matt Conner,
a junior at Metter High School.
Matt experienced the unfortunate simulation of teen pregnancy. At the end of the maze, he
by: Allison Clemons
learned that it is not good to have
sex before marriage because the
consequences may result in a baby;
possibly deformed and/or
premature.
Teen Maze is a challenge
for teenagers to graduate and earn
a career without getting caught by
pregnancy or STDs. Through the
maze, each student will learn how
alcohol and drugs could lead to depression, jail time, babies, diseases,
or death.
“Teen Maze is good for the
students because it makes them
aware of consequences and making bad decisions,” says MHS principal John Jordan, “We are trying
our best to educate the students and
heighten awareness of destructive
decisions. My hopes are that by
exposing students to semi-realities
of destructive decisions, they will
learn to make better choices.”
Teen Maze, sponsored by
many businesses of Candler County, is hoping to lower the rates of
STDs and teen pregnancy by informing teenagers of the consequences of making certain decisions. Metter High School also
thanks the businesses who supported and contributed to the success of
Teen Maze.
Tiger Brigade
by:Kaitlyn Stokes
This year was a new
experience for the Metter Tiger
Brigade. Under the guidance
of Mr. Walden (Band Director),
Ms. O’Connor (Assistant Band
Director), and Mrs. Mullins
(Guard Instructor), the band
attended and performed at the
football games as well as other
events. They performed during
each game during halftime. This
year’s show was the performance
of “Tribute to an American Icon:
Michael Jackson”. The band
played well known songs including Jackson’s biggest hit, “Thriller”.
The Metter Tiger Brigade
also attended Georgia Southern’s
Band Day on September 19, 2009. This day consisted of bands from
around the area coming together
to learn new songs and, for the
guard, routines. At halftime of
the Georgia Southern vs. Western
Carolina game, the bands performed with the GSU band. “Performing with GSU
was very fun. It gave us an oppor-
tunity to show off our skills, “says
Starr Howard, the Tiger Brigade’s
xylophonist.
The Tiger Brigade also
attended the Costal Classic band
competition in Effingham. They
performed their show as well as
watched the other bands from
around the region. The Tiger Brigade placed fourth in their level. The percussion section of the band
was awarded a Superior, the highest scoring, for their hard work. Drum Major Jamaal Green was
also awarded with an Excellent.
This season has been a
good season for the Metter Tiger
Brigade and preparations for next
season are already under way.
Features
Candler County’s Teacher of the Year
Mrs. Courtney Alligood was named Metter
High School’s Teacher of
the Year and the Candler
County Teacher of the Year!
Mrs. Alligood is one out
of four educators awarded
at the annual Teacher of
the Year Banquet on Tuesday, November 10th. The
recipient of Candler County
Teacher of the Year was announced by none other than
Dr. Tom Bigwood, Candler
County Superintendent.
Mrs. Alligood will now
continue on to compete
By: Jamaal Green
for other honors within this state. Mrs. Alligood will also have many
opportunities to share with other
educators from all over the state
who have received the same honor. Congratulations to Mrs. Courtney
Alligood! Mr. Sean Patrick
Mr. Sean Patrick
is the new History student teacher
for Mr. Doolittle. He is currently
enrolled in Georgia Southern University and is majoring in History
Education. As a second job, he is
currently coaching football at ECI
and he has been an assistant coach
there for four years. He grew up
with two sisters, one currently a senior and the other a sophomore attending ECI, and he says that they
got along very well (unlike most
sibling relationships these days).
Mr. Patrick said that during his teen
years, he didn’t have a teen idol,
but he did have someone he looked
up to: his father. He also said that
his biggest fear growing up was
the dark. During his high school
By: Jamaal Green
years, he attended Swainsboro
High School. His favorite teacher
was actually the assistant principal,
but he got along with all of them
pretty good. When asked about a
huge thing that happened when he
was in school, he recalls being in
tenth grade when the 9/11 incident
occurred in 2001. His first real job
was working at a plant in Swainsboro (Swainsboro Electroplating).
Mr.Patrick says it was very hot and
nasty, and he didn’t like getting
dirty. He is currently married to
his high school sweetheart and they
have been together for four years. He will listen to any type of music
except country. Whatever mood he
is in can change his style of music. On T.V. he will watch anything that
is about sports, and his favorite
video games are games that involve
football. By now we can probably
tell he is a huge football fanatic. He
also loves them U.G.A Dawg’s. He
will be leaving us here at MHS December 4, 2009. So he can continue
his journey on becoming a teacher
as he wanted to when he was in
Twinnie Tai and Brenda Bezerra
New faces to Metter High School
By: Jamaal Green
Twinnie Tai is one of our
newest members of MHS. She has
come all the way from Hong Kong,
China to be with us. Her intentions on coming here is to further
her education in college so she can
help her father, Yuen-Hung Tai,
and her mother, Ying-Han Chan.
She is an extraordinary teenager
who has many friends whom she
likes to hang out with including her
best friend Natalie. Twinnie thinks
that she is a very mature girl who
By: Twinnie Tai
Brenda Bezerra, a gorgeous,
sweet, funny, talented Brazilian
sixteen year old young lady, is Metter High School’s newest exchange
student from Brazil. She is currently staying with Mr. David Koneman, Mrs. Sabrina Koneman and
their daughter Caitlyn Koneman.
They also house another exchange
student, Twinnie Tai, who is from
Hong Kong. Brenda lives with both
of her parents in Brazil. She also
has an elder sister in her family,
who is currently 20 years old. Her
sister is studying college classes in
Brazil. Brenda was encouraged to
join this exchange program because
she wants to improve her English.
Like most of the typical Brazil-
is very respectful to everyone and
anyone. Twinnie goes to Christian
Alliance S.C. Chan Memorial College which is a high school in Hong
Kong. She had to wear a uniform at
her school. Her favorite subject in
china was History. Coincidentally,
Twinnie’s history teacher was her
favorite teacher, Ms.To. Ms. To is
her favorite teacher because she is
willing to help others with whatever they need help with. Also, if
Ms. To heard a cell phone ring in
class, she would just say turn your
phone off and put it away; not take
it away like other teachers. Twinnie
got to school by walking and taking
the subway. Twinnie’s favorite game
is basketball. However, since she
has been here in the United States,
softball and volleyball is also fa-
vorite sports. I asked Twinnie if she
remembered any major things happening before she left china, and
she say’s that she recalled H1N1
shutting her whole school and
church down for a week. She plans
on going to college here in America
at either SCAD or GSU. Twinnie
is undecided on what she would
like to major in, but she did want
to be a Psychologist. But since
her stay in America, Twinnie eyes
have been opened to much, much
more. Her interests are Trucks,
Damin Rice (an Irish singer), and
Jason Mraz. Her favorite TV show
is “Gossip Girl”. Twinnie is a very
talented person and will do great
things in her future. Metter High
School is lucky to have such a
wonderful attribution.
ian girls, Brenda likes going to the
beach during her free time, going
to parties, dancing, and listening
to music. Besides knowing how to
dance the traditional Brazil dancing, she also knows how to dance
ballet and tap dance. Brenda also
loves eating. Her favorite American
food is Zaxby’s chicken. She also
loves eating Ranch dressing with
every kind of food and snacking on
Subway’s cookies.
“Most of the schools in Brazil
are private and we need to wear a
uniform to go to school.” Brenda
said. Brenda’s school in Brazil
starts at 7:20 A.M. Students don’t
have lunch during school time, and
they leave school at 12:50 P.M. Students in Brazil take all of their
subjects at one time, and students
in different grades study in the
same classroom (which is very
different from American schools).
Brenda thinks her American parents are more protective than her
Brazilian parents are. They have
many more apartments in Brazil
than America does, and she lives
in an apartment with her parents. Transportation in Brazil is different
than that of the USA. They use taxi
cabs more than we do here in little
‘ole Metter. However, the personal
cars in Brazil are like those here in
America. There are a lot of things
in common between Brazil and
USA such as clothes and music.
Brenda would like to study college
here, but it mainly depends on her
parents’ decision. Anyway, let’s
welcome Brenda to Metter High
School! ! ! !
Advice from you peers whenever you need it. Created by: Florleticia Mauricio, Allison Clemons , and Brandon
Thornhill: the FABulous three.
club, but I also
want to be dedicated to all of the
clubs I join. What
should I do?
- Confused
F.A.B.,
I need help. This
is a big school with a lot
of cool people I don’t
know. I want to get to
know them, but I’m not
sure how. How can I make
friends quickly without
being weird?
-
Lonely
Dear Lonely,
Okay you want
to make new friends and
you just aren’t sure what
to do. It’s actually pretty
easy. Almost everyone
wants to meet other people
and feel understood. If you feel a
little afraid, build yourself up in
advance. Tell yourself that everyone likes me and I like everyone
else. Just go for it. Worst case is
that you have smiled at someone.
If they reject you, just move on
to the next person. Also, letting
others know that you think they’re
funny makes them feel good and
shows them you’re interested in
what they think. It also shows
you have a good sense of humor,
which is one of the things people
look for in friends.
-
Allison
F.A.B.,
When someone is laughing, I look around to see who and
what they are laughing at. When
I can’t find something funny, it
makes me uneasy. If someone behind
you is laughing, are they laughing at
you?
-
Paranoid
Dear Paranoid,
Not necessarily. It depends on
their actions. If they roll their eyes at
you or look you up and down, then
it is very likely that their laughing at
you. Other than that, they are problem just laughing at an inside joke, or
maybe someone else behind you did
something stupid or ridiculous that was
funny to them. Don’t worry about it.
Only you know if there is something
funny about the way you act or look.
Don’t worry about what others say
because they know nothing about you.
-
Flor
F.A.B.,
I want to join more than one
Dear Confused,
If I was you,
I would just join
the one club that
I wanted to go to
most. In my opinion, joining two
club 1s or 2s is
probably a bad idea
because you either
have to choose
between the two clubs or cut
time from the clubs (which isn’t
good considering club time is
very short as it is). Don’t stress
yourslef. Choose one club to go
to every other Friday.
-
Brandon
F. A. B. is Tiger Pride’s
newest advice column. Every
question in this column is real
and anonymous. If you need
any advice and wish to contact
F. A. B., you can send your
questions to tigerpride@metter.
org or you can contact Allison
Clemons. Every queston WILL
be anonymous. Thank you for
all your support.
- Allison, Brandon, Flo
Poetry Competition Winners
1st place:
Slavemaster Smile
Your smile is addicting.
I’m so weak that it’s sickening.
Just when I think that I might win,
You smile again and draw me in.
So, I’m trapped….. Like an animal,
In the cold, hungry, alone, and on
the edge.
Leaning blindly, my toes are on a
ledge.
Falling now with my eyes closed,
And just when I’m ready to go,
You’re there again, Smiling, I’m a
slave.
Entangled-how must I behave?
Should I smile too? And belong to
you?
Or should I frown free, and become something new.
By: Elijah Baxter
A WORD FROM
Christina, Brett, and Flo
There were many poetry entrees for this newspaper
and we would like to thank those
we entered. Every poem had it’s
own design from broken hearts to
cheerful days. We appreciate your
participation in this edition of the
newspaper. We are also glad to
present the top three most favored
poems by the judges for this edition. Prizes were given to these
poems that were exceptional to
our readers. Hopefully, you agree
as you read the words of others.
Thank you!
2nd Place:
3rd Place:
Saved
Red Popsicle
He never knew a mother’s love.
He has no coat, he has no gloves.
As I sit there and feed the doves,
I ask my savior up above.
There’s purple.
There’s pink.
There’s blue.
There’s orange.
He sleeps alone on the roadside.
I would feel guilty if he died.
He is not loved, he is denied.
I knew he feels great pain inside.
The kids run around
All happy and far from broken.
Though there’s one
And she’s over there beyond.
I know that he is all alone.
Would it be right to take him
home?
Give me a sign; throw me a bone.
I want to melt my heart of stone.
Sitting alone
Sitting and crying
Sitting there thinking about
dying
There is an orphan in the street,
Who has no shoes upon his feet.
He has no home or food to eat.
No shelter from the snow and
sleet.
I want to learn to love again.
Leaving him would be a sin.
I want to make this child my
friend.
I’ve made up my mind, I will save
him.
By: Brandon Thornhill
The juice drips down,
Slowly and colorful.
Whereas the plastic paper
Still with holds the rest of the
frozen ice.
From a distance you can tell
She’s had her share.
There was red everywhere.
In the end, when all children
left,
She stayed not evening moving.
They check on her, for the first
time in a while.
Finding that it wasn’t a popsicle,
She didn’t have her share.
She took her life
Because she figured it wasn’t
fair.
By: Starr Howard
Football
By: Ben Powell
As soon as school started,
so did the football season. It was
the time of year that high school
football fans gathered as their
home team either won or lost
an exciting game. As Metter’s
football season kicked off, everyone had high hopes that this
year, we would have a winning
season and save our reputation. As you know, the past couple
of years we haven’t really had
a good season and everybody
was in high hopes when we beat
Portal in the first game. Unfortunately, it went downhill from
there as the season ended with
a total of three wins and seven
losses. It may have started out
bad, but it ended with a bang
when the Tigers played their last
game in a rematch against Portal, which was a very exciting
game.
Ever since we beat the
Wildcats in the first game, their
(Portal) game play began to improve and they posed a threat
against the Tigers. By the time
the first half was over, the Tigers
were lagging behind with a score
of 26-7, but in the last minute of
the fourth quarter, they managed
to score a last minute touchdown
turning the score into 34-32. After the end of the sea-
Sports
son, Coach Hill is already looking
towards the future. “Next year’s
team looks promising, because
this year’s team only consisted of
five seniors, but with 21 returning juniors, we might have a better season next year.” Coach Hill
has also stated that he is fixing to
begin Metter’s off season conditioning program to prepare for the
next year. As the next year comes
around, so does another exciting
year of football. Hopefully, our
team will be able to improve and
have several splendid wins. Season Scores
Portal 23-13(W)
Claxton
14-35(L)
Johnson Co 20-52(L)
Calvary Day 7-20(L)
Montgomery 26-24(W)
Wheeler Co 35-0(W)
Jenkins Co 7-20(L)
ECI 13-45(L)
Treutlen
27-40(L)
Portal 33-32(W)
Wins Losses
4
6
Competition Cheerleading
By: Logan Wilson
Here at Metter High School, we
have Competitive Cheerleading. Our
Cheerleaders have come a long way! They traveled to SEB and went against
many different high schools in the
region. Senior Cheerleader, Faith Cole-
man, said “The challenge
is good, and has definitely
taught me to be patient with
people.” Metter High School
had a great end of their Competitive Season. Our Cheerleaders got 3rd in Region. Good Job Girls!
Raiders
Above: Metter High School’s
Raider team competes at Hephzibah.
The Raider team traveled
to Hephzibah, Georgia on Saturday, September 26, 2009 for a
Raider meet. The Raider team is
a JROTC team composed of male and
female JROTC Cadets. Along with
the everyday Physical Training, Team
members work on individual events
such as the Rope Bridge, Cross Country Rescue, Team Run, and the Army
One-Act Play Competition
By: Allison Clemons
The Metter High School
drama department competed at
the Region Literary One-Act Play
Competition for the first time on
November 6, 2009 for the first
time in about twelve years.
The drama department traveled
to Southeastern Tech in Vidalia
to compete with eleven other
schools. Metter High School received seventh place for the oneact play, Conversation Therapy by
Bradley Hayward.
“The cast and crew
worked very hard,” says director Felicia Odum, “Seventh place
was really an accomplishment
because this was the first time we
competed at this particular literary event.” The drama department
also performed their one-act play
for the community at the Wilcox Auditorium on November 12, 2009.
Conversation Therapy is about
a high school conversation therapy
room turning into a zoo when a group
of crazy students attempts to save
their beloved teacher’s position. They
try everything they can to save her
job, but over the course of the play it
becomes apparent why they’re all in
therapy in the first place.
Mrs. Felicia Odum patiently
guided the cast along with the help of
Stephanie Comny, the student director.
The cast of Conversation Therapy includes Allison Clemons as Ms. Whittle, Janice Thomas as Mindy, Andrew
Smith as Cort, Nick Tallent as Woody,
Valerie Trevino as Lily, Alexa Fanny
as Jayne, Elijah Baxter as Kyle, Kayla
Dailey as Betty, Dashia Scott as Netty,
PT test. The workload of an
average Raider Team member
will prepare them for the many
competitions against Raider
Teams of other High Schools,
Prep Schools, and Private
Schools.
“The Raider Team gives
you the skills you’re going to
need in life,” says First Sergeant
Hector Vazquez. Raider members strive for team work, discipline, strategy, and mental, as
well as, physical strength. These
skills are important for each
member as they work together
to compete with other schools.
Raider competitions are
unlike any other high school
sporting event. Schools do not
compete against other schools
according to class. The 2009
Raider Season has been overall
excellent with Metter winning
second place four times and first
place once out of five competitions. Metter won first place at
Hephzibah and took home with
them the Marauder Cup.
Metter’s Raider team
includes Michael Vedder, Aaztrid Gonzalez, Andew Smith,
Stephanie Conmy, Nathan
Wolfe, Jamar Williams, Ronnie
Harden, Malik Newbill, Brianna
Lancaster, Julio Salazar, Kayla
Gonzalez, Shakiel Marlin,
Blake Bankey, Aliesha Tillman,
Nancy Nevarez, Jaime Olarte,
Martha Perez, Javier Escalona,
and Jose Martinez.
Editorials
Red Ribbon Week
by:Starr Howard
“Don’t smoke or you’ll croak”
If you’ve heard or seen that
before it was probably on your
way to a class on the five hundred
hall. On that hall, students from
this semesters health class has
posted clear updates on drugs.
There are many that state straight
forwardly what kind of things
would happen to you if you were
to do such an irresponsible thing.
How could you destroy your life
and not think twice about it?
So coincidently, Red Ribbon week decides to set its settlement here, making us understand
our possible consequences and
our future before we make stupid
decisions. Monday, kicked off “Camouflage” day. Tuesday, was “Sock it
to Drugs day”, where students wear
their craziest socks. Wednesday proceeded on to “Wear All Red” day,
where students dress in all red to show
that they’re drug free. Thursday, was
“Bows and Ties” day, where males
wore ties and the ladies hair bows or a
bow of such. Lastly, Friday ended the
week with the opportunity to share the
creativity of costumes. Students were
encouraged to come to school dressed
as a book character.
Another event during Red
Ribbon Week was on Thursday. Teen
Maze came to Metter High. Teen
Homecomming Week
by:Kaitlyn Stokes
Homecoming comes once
a year stirring up emotions of
excitement and determination
amidst the student body as well as
the faculty. During this particular
week, students gain access of more
freedom with enjoyable ways to
express themselves throughout
events. Although, these events are
a little crazy and the people dress
a bit outrageously, a majority of
the students are involved and enjoy
participating. The spread of such
joy entices people to have that
positive attitude, faith, and pride in
our Tigers to win the big game.
Everyday during Homecoming Week, there are events that
take place at the school. Because
Monday was a holiday, Tuesday
kicked off the festivities by being
Flashback Day. On that day, students came to school in outdated
clothes ranging from approximately
the 1700’s to the 1990’s. The student
that dressed according to attire in the
1700’s was certainly an eyeful of creativity. Wednesday was the day where
students hop out of bed and come to
school. Yes, that’s right; pajama day.
Thankfully all students followed the
dress code and had a splendid time in
being comfortable all day. Thursday
was the thing that all teens dread on
Maze is where students had
the privilege to get a hint of
the life they were to live if
they were to do things such as
drugs, have unprotected sex,
drink and drive, etc. This event
gave Metter High’s students a
chance to see the consequences
of their choices and define their
personal morals with the help
of several different businesses
in the community. Teen Maze
as well as the rest of the week
are good ideas to influence the
students.
regular days, or some of them
anyway; tacky day! Tacky
day was expressed throughout so many students’ creativity and personality. Though
on Friday, things went back
to normal as Metter High
showed their spirit through
spirit day. This day students
wore orange and black for the
following homecoming game
to follow after that same
night. Metter High’s students
certainly got a kick out the
previous homecoming events
These events were fun
ways to express our team
spirit. It was a week to rejuvenate the school and pump up
our Tiger football players. Our
players played a good game but
the highlight of the game was
halftime. As a member of band,
I was able to see the representatives up close as each of these
ladies was escorted down the
fifty yard line. Homecoming
week was eventful and fun.
Tiger Break
By: Anna, Flo, and Christina
Across
1. What is Mr.Jordan’s first name?
3. How many portable classrooms
are there?
4. We Strive for excellence while
making no ____.
6. What is Mr.Carlyle’s first name?
8. MHS exceeded the ____ goal
for 2008-2009.
9. The name of the Spring 2009
magazine is called ___.
Down
1. Welcome to the ____!
2. The student body is a very ____
one.
3. What is the MHS “Senior Edition” newspaper called?
5. Our ___ is striving for excellence
7. Do you know the ___ Mater?
Look for the key to this puzzle on
the next issue of Tiger Pride.
By:
Karneshia and Crystal
Based on our results from the
above pie chart, it seems that
Taylor Swift is the most popular
music artist. Brad paisley and Lil
Wayne tied for second and Gucci
Mane is third.
The students of Mrs. McLendon’s Gifted
Peer Leadership have taken the time to put together the first edition of Tiger Pride during the
2009-2010 school year. It has taken a lot of time
and patience but we’re finally finished! The process of putting this together was beneficial for
both our class and our school. We will be putting
out another edition before the end of the semester. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to
ask! Opinions are wonderful and will help with
improving the next edition! Thank you for taking the time to read the Tiger Pride Newspaper!
Above: Starr howard and Kaitlyn Stokes,
Co-Editors of Tiger Pride.
Below: The staff of Tiger Pride
Thanks,
Kaitlyn Stokes & Starr Howard
Editors of Tiger Pride
Thanks
for reading!
Watch out for our
future publication,
the school
magazine,
In The Eye!