Every October ABC Family puts on the 13 Nights of Halloween special. For the 13 days leading up to Halloween, they play classic Halloween movies and other family favorites to get everyone pumped for the upcoming holiday. Each year they mix it up a bit and add some new selections onto their list of Halloween favorites.
Some of the classic Halloween movies they play include “Hocus Pocus”, “Corpse Bride”, “Casper”, “The Addams Family”, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Sleepy Hollow”.
These are some of the best Halloween movies that you can’t go through October without watching. Of course if you miss them the first time, they will be played more than once over the 13 days.
Not only do they show the classic family movies but they also throw in some scary ones for the festive people who love the scary part of Halloween. Some of these movies include “Dark Shadows”, “Poltergeist” and “Poltergeist II: The Other Side”.
Along with those they also show some of the favorite movies series for a night in binge-watching the television. Some you can catch are the “Harry Potter” series, the “Hunger Games” series and the “Batman” series.
Last but not least, they have some good shows for the kids. They show “Frankenweenie”, “Toy Story of TERROR!”, “Matilda”, “Monster’s University” and “Paranorman”.
To really get into the holiday spirit you can catch all these movies along with a few others on ABC Family from Oct. 19-31.
SHS celebrated Homecoming from Sept. 28 to Oct. 2.
Student Council members chose the dress up days for the week.
“I liked the dress up days. My favorite day was movie duo day. I dressed up as Ken and Kayla Albright dressed up as Barbie,” said sophomore Matt Hill.
The week started off with color day; freshmen wore red, sophomores wore yellow, juniors wore green, seniors wore blue and staff wore purple clothing. Then followed Disney day on Tuesday, with a variety of costumes including Star Wars characters and princesses. Movie duo/twin day was on Wednesday, hippie day on Thursday and Spirit day on Friday.
“My favorite dress-up day was spirit day because everyone always goes all out,” said junior Faith Floro.
“My favorite part about Homecoming week was wearing my cape on spirit day,” said sophomore Luke Jensen.
The pep rally was on Friday afternoon during fourth and eighth periods. It started off with the cheerleaders performing their state routine to the students.
“You could definitely say we put a lot of hard work into our state routine that we performed at the pep rally. It was more than I could’ve asked for,” said senior Homecoming queen Ashli Hellman.
The pep rally also included a donut eating competition for some staff members. Science teacher Aaron Edinger, dressed up as character “Eddie Spaghetti,” held a game a competition in which students from each class competed by searching the crowd for twelve cents, pocket lint and black no-show socks.
Multiple mini-games were performed by members of each sports team. Senior volleyball players served volleyballs into oversized sweatpants worn by golf team members. Senior soccer players wore pantyhose with a tennis ball at the bottom in a competition to see who could knock down a row of powerade bottles the fastest.
Following the pep rally, students proceeded to go outside to destroy an old car.
Friday night had two Homecoming events. The first was the Homecoming football game. The team won against University 47-7.
“The band has really been growing since school started and this week we really got to prove what we were made of, especially on Friday night,” said Jensen.
The bonfire followed shortly after the football game. At the bonfire, the band played, the cheerleaders cheered to the students and students from the sports teams spoke for their team.
“I really liked the bonfire this year because it wasn’t rainy this year and the fire was big,” said Floro.
The week came to a close with the red carpet themed Homecoming dance on Saturday night from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Juniors Amanda Scherbarth, Katlyn LaPorte, Kelsey Adams and Carlie Rosa and seniors Amber Finlayson and Ashli Hellman participate in Color Day.
Junior Jessica Holloway dresses up as “Jessie” from “Toy Story” for Disney Day.
Aaron Edinger dresses up as “Alan” from “The Hangover”, for Duo Day.
Junior Luis Rojas is in the groove for hippie day.
Junior Taylor Huss shows off her tiger spirit in her homemade tutu.
Teachers face off against students in a game of tug-of-war.
Soccer players are challenged to knock over Powerade bottles with a baseball and pantyhose.
Administrative staff go against senior softball players in a toilet paper and dribbling competition.
The teacher of the month for October is the one and only Aaron Edinger. Edinger teaches biology, anatomy, science research and physical sciences and is currently an assistant coach for the football team. He has been teaching for five years.
Edinger was born on April 28 and is 33 years old. He and his wife Valerie have four kids: Everett, Capri, Corbin and Vincent. Everett is seven years old, Capri is six, Corbin is four and Vincent is two. He really enjoys coaching sports and driving or riding horses.
Edinger graduated from Eaton High School in 2001. He was a year round athlete in high school, playing football, wrestling and track. He attended and graduated from UNC in 2005. He continued his football career in college.
Edinger’s favorite color is blue. His favorite food is steak. His favorite sports are football and wrestling. His favorite TV show is the Walking Dead and he really enjoys the movies Brave Heart and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Despite being a science teacher, his favorite subject is history.
Edinger’s favorite teaching memory was his first year teaching middle school science when he realized he needed to be more particular with his wording when he told them to put the, “balls in their sacks” rather than telling them to put the round objects in the bags.
“I hadn’t realized what I said until the whole class was laughing,” said Edinger.
Edinger aspires to give back to others the same as he has received. Part of his giving back is running Young Life, a Christian ministry that provides a fun, safe and accepting environment for high school students.
Edinger is a very popular teacher among the students at SHS.
“I like the way he teaches. He is easy going and really understanding. I don’t really even consider him as a teacher because he builds that bond with you as a student,” said junior Yadira Galvan.
“He is a good coach, he is motivating and always positive and if we ever make mistakes he helps us fix them,” said junior Gama Soto.
It’s a new school year, and with it, SHS is the host of two new exchange students.
Please welcome Sevil Mamedovi and Malte Kuessner!
Sevil comes from the small city of Marneuli in Georgia, and Malte from Willich-Anrath, Germany. Their arrival here marked their first time in the United States. Both came here for brand new experiences; Sevil saying she is here to meet new people and cultures and Malte remarking that one of his favorite subjects in school was English.
As for their exchange programs, both of their hometowns are similar to Sterling. Malte says that the flat landscape and abundance of friendliness and pickup trucks is not unlike Willich-Anrath.
School, however, is a different experience altogether for them. For instance, Sevil states that American schools are not similar at all to those in Georgia. Here in the U.S. you move about the school, rather than stay in one classroom, and get more variety of choices in classes.
Sevil says she is glad for this, especially now that it gives her a chance to try new classes, like theatre. Sevil thoroughly enjoys this elective.
“Mr. Johnson is an awesome and amazing teacher,” she said.
Malte, on the other hand, is sort of a renaissance man when it comes to hobbies and says he tries to enjoy everything. Several of his joys include hunting, fishing, skiing and bicycling. He also joined the soccer team, which is yet another new experience to add to his list.
Both Malte and Sevil have expressed some challenges in school when it comes to English, but their aforementioned joys along with helpful, understanding teachers have so far made that transition easier.
Overall, their experiences have gone greatly, with both Malte and Sevil emphasizing an excitement to find something new, whether it is knowledge or potential friends.
Now, Sterling Tigers, let’s make sure this stays that way. Let us continue to show them a good time, so that our exchange students may leave the U.S. with bright, positive memories that will stick with them for many years to come.
Malte plays center mid for the JV soccer team.
Sevil takes a break from rehearsing lines in her theater class.
How many times do we have to read or hear about a child contemplating suicide because of the torment of bullying? How many families live daily with a child who is considering suicide because of being bullied? Where is our outrage?
The relationship between bullying and suicide is complex.
The ugly truth is this topic makes people uncomfortable. That is why it needs to be talked about a lot more. Students deserve to be protected from bullying.
According to stopbullying.gov, 20 percent of students in the United States in grades 9-12 experience bullying. 30 percent of young people admit to have bullied others in surveys. A little over 70 percent of school staff have witnessed bullying and 71 percent of students say they have seen bullying take place in their schools. 57 percent of the time when bystanders intervene, bullying stops within 10 seconds. These are only a few statistics about bullying in a high school environment.
The most common types of bullying include verbal, social, physical, and cyber; though it can be broken down into many different forms.
In movies, the stereotypical bully shoves the nerd into a locker or steals people’s lunch money. In reality, that isn’t really the typical bully. In fact, it isn’t very common to see physical bullying anymore. More often we see verbal, social and cyber bullying taking place.
I see most bullying take place over the Internet. The most popular place I’ve noticed recently is Yik Yak, an app originally made for college students that allows people to anonymously create and view posts within a five mile radius. Of course, being anonymous, it is the “perfect place” to make a rude comment about another person. Nobody knows who wrote it, right?
I’m sick and tired of seeing bullying and people putting others down just to give themselves a better self-esteem or to look “cool”. I’m tired of reading articles about kids committing suicide because they were tormented so badly that they felt the need to inflict harm or death upon themselves.
High school can either be the best or worst years of a person’s life. How do you get a kick out of making someone feel horrible and have a bad day? We need to be picking each other up, not kicking one another down. The change starts with you.
If you are a victim or know somebody who is bullied or suicidal, please talk to somebody who can help.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1 (800) 273-8255
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