Author of the very popular “Ascendance Series,” as well as the trilogies “The Traitor’s Game” and “Mark of the Thief” and several standalone historical fiction novels, Jennifer Nielsen is...
By Jillian Peralta, Woodbridge Middle School
• May 9, 2024
8 hours a day. 5 days a week. But it’s actually even more than that. Teachers are constantly on their feet. Planning, teaching, helping students, and grading. Sometimes they are so focused on their...
Remember the repeated bounce of a rubber basketball, or the endless circling of yellow tether balls around steel poles, or that repetitive click as the jump rope smacks and drags across the concrete. These...
The world is brimming with an array of diverse dances, each with its own unique beauty, all the way from the fiery passion of flamenco to the graceful movements of ballet. One such dance that stands out...
“A mother, once teary-eyed, shared with me at parent-teacher conferences that I was the father-like figure her son was missing.”
This is a very good example of the stereotypes that people think...
Mr. Nemecek is beloved on Day Creek’s campus. He’s one of those cool, funny teachers that kids hope to have when they get their schedules in the fall. He is known for the fun and energy he brings to...
By Amy Fick, Cannon Falls High School
• January 11, 2024
“Welcome to a transformative journey through the educational landscape, where artificial intelligence converges with learning at Cannon Valley Schools. In this exploration, we delve into the innovative...
By Nathan Marchese, Angeline Academy of Innovation
• January 9, 2024
"Spider-Man 2" for the PlayStation 5 swings into action, capturing the essence of everyone's favorite web-slinger in a spectacular gaming experience. Developed by Insomniac Games, the sequel to the highly...
By Lydia Schimansky, Altoona Area Junior High School
• December 8, 2023
Whenever we think of our teachers, our first thought usually isn’t their college life. But, not surprisingly, many of them were former college athletes in their days. They weren’t always the person...
By Sydney N., Day Creek Intermediate School
• November 10, 2023
North Vietnam intended to have all of Vietnam and to govern it under communism. South Vietnam had another plan. So did the United States and other free countries of the world that feared communist expansion....
By Kaitlin L., Day Creek Intermediate School
• October 18, 2023
Everyone knows what it’s like to be a student, being in the classroom for hours on end, dealing with constant studying and homework.
But what about the kids whose lives have always revolved around...
Have you ever heard of Brown v. The Board of Education? This landmark decision by the US Supreme Court, labeled segregation in schools unconstitutional. Yet even after the ruling, non-white students still...
In October 2022, a new AI concept exploded on various platforms–generating more than two million images and over 10 million daily users. What was it?
This artificial intelligence program is a digital...
By JD K., Day Creek Intermediate School
• September 22, 2023
Gran Turismo earned a meager 61% on the Tomatometer from professional critics.
But what do they know?
The public got it right, rating the film with a well-deserved 98% through the Audience Score....
By Brooklyn B. and Brooklynn H.
• September 19, 2023
Have you ever been told that “failure is not an option?”
This simple phrase has been Day Creek’s motto since the school’s inception in 2004. The original principal and staff instituted it the...
By Conner Ryan, Altoona Area Junior High School
• May 26, 2023
Imagine waking up at 6:45 a.m, going to school until 2:40 p.m., going home for just long enough to finish homework, then to track practice, working out, practicing basketball at home and finally getting...
By Nikki K., Day Creek Intermediate School
• May 25, 2023
Have you ever seen someone using AirPods in class? Have you ever used AirPods in class? Although they’re generally not allowed, many students argue that they should be. Can the privilege of this technology...
By Conner Ryan, Altoona Area Junior High School
• May 16, 2023
Imagine waking up at 6 a.m., going to school, then directly to a track meet until 8 p.m., and finally getting home just to practice basketball and work on homework until 11:45 p.m. This is the routine...
By Victoria G., Day Creek Intermediate School
• May 2, 2023
Read this article and you get a reward!
If this was the app Habitica, it would definitely be true.
Many students of all ages wish for a world where chores and work would simply disappear. It may...
By River Y., Chloe L., and Nikki K.
• April 24, 2023
i-Ready. CAASPP. Two names the majority of Day Creek students dread to hear. It is the season of standardized testing, a time of long hours on a computer, forced silence, and teachers milling about watching...
By Mikaela Pyatte, John Sevier Middle School
• March 29, 2023
Editor's note: The names of the juveniles in this article have been changed to protect their privacy.
Juvenile delinquency, the frequent breaking of laws by a minor, is a major problem across the United...
As Black History Month came to an end, many people around the country were encouraged to take a real look at African-American history and culture. Perhaps they also reflected on more recent tragic events...
Ring! The bell goes off at 8 AM. Time for another day at school. While walking down the hall, some notice a student in a wheelchair and wonder, Where do they go for class?
A wide variety of students...
A new AI program has caught the attention of the general public, trending on Twitter and reaching 1 million users within five days of its release, at the same time increasing its holding organization’s...
By Sienna G., Sienna S., and Alice L.
• January 31, 2023
Spirit days have always been a fun and exciting time for Day Creek Intermediate students. Kids show their creativity while matching the school's enthusiastic energy of a fun school-wide theme. Some even...
Imagine working through countless challenges, until finally, out of hundreds of competitors, you receive news that you’ve been chosen for the final competition in the world. This trial will test your...
Makayla S. was walking to class to work on a journalism assignment, when her adviser called her over to chat. He showed her a recent unexpected email that could be a unique stepping stone into Makayla’s...
Have you noticed the new food waste barrels that popped up in our school cafeteria before Thanksgiving break? They are the result of a new law here in California that’s made them a common sight in schools...
By Sydney Gentry, John Sevier Middle School
• January 5, 2023
Like a relic from a bygone era, most middle school students don’t know much about drive-in theaters. They may soon never have the chance to visit a drive-in due to housing developments, smaller families,...
A new app has entered the social media circle, collecting over $3 million with 1 million active daily users in three months. What is this new competitor?
Directed towards adolescents, Nikita Bier, Isaiah...
By Editorial Staff, John Sevier Middle School
• December 2, 2022
A new, controversial Tennessee law aims to remove books from school libraries across the state if parents don’t approve of them. This law’s goal is to remove “age-inappropriate” content from school...
The rate of absences before Thanksgiving Break was growing in the weeks leading up to the break.
Although not all of the absences were marked as being related to the flu or even sickness, many of them...
By Sienna S., Sienna G., and Alice L.
• November 16, 2022
Avah is a Stage 4 cancer survivor. She is also a curly-haired, jovial 6th grade student. Just two years ago, doctors informed Avah that she had Stage 4 nephroblastoma, a cancer that attacked her kidneys....
You have two minutes to read this article. Hurry up.
This would definitely be the case if BeReal were in charge of the Howl.
After many years living under the social media dominance of Instagram,...
On a typical day, Vanmayi B., a seventh-grade student at Day Creek Intermediate, prays before going to bed. Vanmayi was raised Hindu, but gradually accepted beliefs from other religions.
“I personally...
By Berkley Morris, Ava Allbritton, Peyton Griffith, and Bralin McCartney
• November 2, 2022
Up until Thursday afternoon, Duncan Middle School students had no idea that the lockdown drills they practiced may potentially save their lives.
Although Duncan Middle School students and teachers practice...
By Alli Valentine, John Sevier Middle School
• May 17, 2022
Football is a very popular sport that most everyone enjoys to watch or even play. Research has shown that football poses some dangers to kids who decide to play the game when they are young. Although most...
By Ella Smith, John Sevier Middle School
• May 16, 2022
There’s a shortage of substitutes in Kingsport City Schools. Like many schools across the nation, KCS has a hard time finding people who want to work as substitutes. There isn’t just one reason people...
By Kaylee Hughes, John Sevier Middle School
• May 10, 2022
Drones have made a big impact on society. The military uses them to fight wars. Amazon and other companies have begun to use them for deliveries. Many people love flying drones as a hobby, but there are...
By Amrick Christian, John Sevier Middle School
• May 9, 2022
The story of “El Loco Taco” is inspiring. The local restaurant rose from humble beginnings as a food truck to one of the most popular Mexican restaurants in Kingsport.
Daniel Lopez is the son of...
Sarah Elizabeth Matheny- D’Errico. The strongest woman I know, and will ever know. She fought every day until she could no longer. All she wanted was to come back to my dad, brother, and me to live normally...
The past two years introduced a struggle unlike any other for students across Day Creek’s campus. While everyone seems to have a story connected to Covid, few may have considered the impact on our special...
By Meena Pradeep, Clague Middle School
• April 21, 2022
Janelle Cummins is an illustrator and designer who currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Cummins is from Barbados and is a first-generation immigrant. Cummins has worked with big...
By Melissa Krainer, Altoona Area Junior High School
• April 15, 2022
She started playing when she was five. He’s been teaching for 20 years. Now she’s the head softball coach and he’s the assistant.
Their names? Alyssa Fasolo and Scott Berardinelli.
Fasolo’s...
By Ashley Han, Clague Middle School
• April 12, 2022
The smart, the diligent, the successful. The “Model Minority.”
Stereotypes like these have been thrown around to Asian Americans, both in jest and in complete seriousness.
These stereotypes are...
By Kylie A., Day Creek Intermediate School
• April 11, 2022
Pixar’s new 2022 film Turning Red has brought audiences a myriad of emotions. This coming-of-age film directed by Domee Shi was cast with actors Rosalie Chang, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Sandra Oh, Addie...
By Emily L., Day Creek Intermediate School
• April 5, 2022
Imagine getting the email of a lifetime. You are going to the Olympics. Then during a softball game, tragedy strikes. You tore your ACL, a couple of months before you are planning to take the biggest athletic...
By Abigail B., Day Creek Intermediate School
• April 4, 2022
Tragedy struck the night of February 1, 2022. 20-year-old Specialist Alex Joseph (AJ) Ram of the US Army was pronounced dead while deployed in Syria. Soldiers die in the service of our country nearly every...
Martin Luther King Junior. Harriet Tubman. Rosa Parks. Barack Obama. Medgar Evers. These are just a few of the many African Americans who have made a significant impact on the country. Black people haven’t...
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![With the AISD rank and GPA discrepancies, some students had significant changes to their stats. College and career counselor Camille Nix worked with students to appeal their college decisions if they got rejected from schools depending on their previous stats before getting updated. Students worked with Nix to update schools on their new stats in order to fully get their appropriate decisions. “Those who already were accepted [won’t be affected], but it could factor in if a student appeals their initial decision,” Principal Andy Baxa said.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53674616658_18d367e00f_o-1200x676.jpg)
![Junior Mia Milicevic practices her forehand at tennis practice with the WJ girls tennis team. “Sometimes I don’t like [tennis] because you’re alone but most of the time, I do like it for that reason because it really is just you out there. I do experience being part of a team at WJ but in tournaments and when I’m playing outside of school, I like that rush when I win a point because I did it all by myself, Milicevic said. (Courtesy Mia Milicevic)](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/c54807e1-6ab6-4b0b-9c65-bfa256bc7587.jpg)
![The Jaguar student section sits down while the girls basketball team plays in the Great Eight game at the Denver Coliseum against Valor Christian High School Feb. 29. Many students who participated in the boys basketball student section prior to the girls basketball game left before half-time. I think it [the student section] plays a huge role because we actually had a decent crowd at a ranch game. I think that was the only time we had like a student section. And the energy was just awesome, varsity pointing and shooting guard Brooke Harding ‘25 said. I dont expect much from them [the Golden Boys] at all. But the fact that they left at the Elite Eight game when they were already there is honestly mind blowing to me.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_7517-e1716250578550-900x1200.jpeg)
![BACKGROUND IN THE BUSINESS: Dressed by junior designer Kaitlyn Gerrie, senior Chamila Muñoz took to the “Dreamland” runway this past weekend. While it was her first time participating in the McCallum fashion show, Muñoz isn’t new to the modeling world.
I modeled here and there when I was a lot younger, maybe five or six [years old] for some jewelry brands and small businesses, but not much in recent years,” Muñoz said.
Muñoz had hoped to participate in last year’s show but couldn’t due to scheduling conflicts. For her senior year, though, she couldn’t let the opportunity pass her by.
“It’s [modeling] something I haven’t done in a while so I was excited to step out of my comfort zone in a way,” Muñoz said. “I always love trying new things and being able to show off designs of my schoolmates is such an honor.”
The preparation process for the show was hectic, leaving the final reveal of Gerrie’s design until days before the show, but the moment Muñoz tried on the outfit, all the stress for both designer and model melted away.
“I didn’t get to try on my outfit until the day before, but the look on Kaitlyn’s face when she saw what she had worked so hard to make actually on a model was just so special,” Muñoz said. “I know it meant so much to her. But then she handed me a blindfold and told me I’d be walking with it on, so that was pretty wild.”
Caption by Francie Wilhelm.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53535098892_130167352f_o-1200x800.jpg)
