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Fenton InPrint Online

The student news site of Fenton High School

Fenton InPrint Online

The student news site of Fenton High School

Fenton InPrint Online

“We have our show for IB Theatre this weekend, the Laramie Project, we had to go home early and all after school events were cancelled and it will be pulled off well, but with so many snow days and so many people sick, we get really stressed out. We have to relearn staging and reteach staging, we have to sub for people that are gone, but I have to keep my head strong. I have to trust that my cast and class can work on their lines outside of school, and try to be two steps ahead of the game even though we are two steps behind. I am casted Trish Steger and narrator. Everyone has a narrator line or two. I’m Romaine Patterson’s older sister. Trish is very upset about what happened to Matthew Shepard, but she has to be there for her sister and the rest of the community. I think that it’s important to learn a part because you are playing a different character that’s not you, but you learn more about yourself and the difference between you and someone else. You learn about humanity and how people function within society. In this show particularly I have learned to listen to other opinions on both sides of the spectrum, whether its politics, or just personal beliefs. Through the past couple of years I have learned to be more confident with myself, even if it’s scary to do, just go out and do it. The first step in being confident is to look and your fears and ask yourself why you fear it, how you can overcome it. When it comes to said fear, I count to three and do it. I have huge stage fright and any time I go on stage I do my breathing exercises, I stretch, then I count ‘one, two, three’ and go on.”

People of Fenton: Senior Devin Wallen

McKenzie Lookebill, Online Editor in Chief February 1, 2018

“IB Theatre puts a lot of work into the plays we do. Not even just IB Theatre, but the arts in general don’t get a lot of recognition for the work that they do. It’s nice that when we do IB shows, there’s a certain standard we are set to unlike a student show. Tonight I have rehearsal until 9 p.m., I spend a lot of time on theater for people to be like ‘not anyone can do that’. It feels really satisfying to see that people take it seriously. I think that theater has shaped who I am in general, freshman year I took a drama class and I took it because I was awful at public speaking. I still didn’t really do anything in the class, but I have opened up a lot about myself, I don’t care as much about speaking in public. Even though the things we cover in theater are movements I am already passionate about, but getting to do a show like the Laramie project where it covers it and I get to educate other people with it is really cool. It is hard to get people of listen to you when you are just talking about something, so you throw in a show with a learning aspect you are teaching and entertaining. It’s nice to have that forefront to block people off but also have them learn at the same time.”

People of Fenton: Senior Grace Shaw

McKenzie Lookebill, Online Editor in Chief January 30, 2018

IB and AP students decide not to take final tests for post-secondary schooling credit

Gracie Warda, Writer March 23, 2017

As spring approaches, Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) students are preparing for final tests. These tests can earn college credit and help to determine an overall score in...

Annual spring All School Musical canceled

Ellie Vasbinder, Writer March 20, 2017

Each spring, students of all grades are given an opportunity to participate in a school musical. This year however, for personal reasons which should remain unnamed, the school musical has been canceled. “I’m...

Brad Wrights Varsity Vocal students wait to welcome the school board as they enter the lobby of the high school.

Administrative Board meets representatives from scholastic programs

Jillian Ferry, Website Editor February 9, 2017

While the new Superintendent Dr. Adam Hartley is trying to learn as much as he can about what the district has to offer, there were three new members elected to the Board of Education. Hartley saw it important...

Acting as Scout in the IB theater’s production of To Kill A Mockingbird, senior Jessica Sieradski listens to her father, Atticus, played by Frisco Alvarado.

IB Theatre “To Kill A Mockingbird” play casts Dramatic Arts students

Delaney Bryson, Writer January 30, 2017

Although “To Kill A Mockingbird” is being produced by the members of IB Theatre, students who are not in the class will also be taking part. Cast in the roles of Boo Radley and Calpurnia, sophomore...

International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement courses allow the possibility of college credit

McKenzie Lookebill, Arts & Entertainment Editor January 5, 2017

Scrolling through classes on Powerschool, there are numerous options for incoming juniors. There are numerous college prep courses offered by the school, but other than traditional classes there are options...

IB and Key Club members get school-wide support for bottle drive

IB and Key Club members get school-wide support for bottle drive

Lauren Koscielniak, Writer November 15, 2016

Full IB students and Key Club members are working together to collect plastic bottles and cans as a fundraiser to donate food to the Fenton community for the holidays. Students decided to put posters...

Students voice their opinions to school board members

Jennifer Eisenbeis, Writer April 27, 2015

Because of the need to reduce the budget, the school board has decided on three possible items in the school to cut: IB, block scheduling, and SRT. Junior representative Mckenzie Mead scheduled a meeting...

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