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Freshman-Sophomore Show on Thursday Night
Belleville West Little Theatre presents its annual freshman-sophomore show this Thursday, November 20, at 7:00 p.m. This year’s production is The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet, a comic mash-up of Dr. Seuss and William Shakespeare. Tickets are $3 for students and $6 for adults.
Speech Team Celebrates Second Big Win
At the Harrisburg Speech Tournament on November 15, the BW Speech and Acting Team took first place. They finished the tournament with more than double the points of the second-place team.
Individual awards went to the following students at the varsity level:
Donnie Bland — first place in Special Occasion Speaking
Bethany Dain — first place in Extemporaneous Speaking
Bethany Dain — first place in Informative Speaking
Sam Geiger — first place in Original Oratory
Bailey Guinn — first place in Dramatic Interpretation
Tyler Herron — first place in Humorous Interpretation
Tyler Herron — first place in Original Comedy
Janae Robinson and Nathan Hirst — first place in Humorous Duet Acting
Cassidy Farrar — second place in Radio Speaking
Hannah Higgins — second place in Special Occasion Speaking
Henry Hold and Tiffani Volkman — second place in Dramatic Duet Acting
Cassie Severino — second place in Prose Reading
Tiffani Volkman — second place in Dramatic Interpretation
Jacob Becker — third place in Extemporaneous Speaking
Jake Bernstein — third place in Special Occasion Speaking
Donnie Bland and Henry Holm — third place in Humorous Duet Acting
Sam Geiger — third place in Radio Speaking
Brooke Ingram — third place in Oratorical Declamation
Jordan Thompson and Romeo Spells — third place in Dramatic Duet Acting
Jake Bernstein — fourth place in Informative Speaking
Anabel Gonzales — fourth place in Oratorical Declamation
Nathan Hirst — fourth place in Humorous Interpretation
Jordan Thompson — fourth place in Prose Reading
Georgi Warren — fourth place in Extemporaneous Speaking
Mara Reed — fifth place in Original Oratory
Aliyah Smith — fifth place in Dramatic Interpretation
Noah Dintelman — sixth place in Informative Speaking
Alan Estrada — sixth place in Impromptu Speaking
Anabel Gonzales — sixth place in Original Oratory
Janae Robinson — sixth place in Original Comedy
Cassie Severino — sixth place in Poetry Reading
Alayna Wells — sixth place in Oratorical Declamation
Individual awards went to the following students at the junior varsity level:
Ishaq Choudhury — first place in Special Occasion Speaking
Cassidy Farrar — first place in Poetry Reading
Sarah Hayden — first place in Radio Speaking
Brittany Huddleston and Jordyn Schlesinger — first place in Dramatic Duet Acting
Avery Reed — first place in Informative Speaking
Romeo Spells — first place in Oratorical Declamation
Georgi Warren — first place in Original Oratory
Alayna Wells — first place in Prose Reading
Olivia Howard — second place in Poetry Reading
Avery Reed — second place in Radio Speaking
Bethany Stauder and Emily Feazel — second place in Humorous Duet Acting
The team is coached by Mr. Adam Jenkins, Mr. Russ Reidelberger, and Ms. Julie Schloesser.
BW Book Club Meets this Week
The Belleville West Book Club will hold its next discussion this Wednesday, November 19. The group will meet from 5-6 p.m. at The Abbey on West Main Street. Any student who has read this month’s selection, Into the Beautiful North, is welcome to participate. (Copies of the book are available for check-out at the circulation desk in the BW Library.) Group members will choose the book for the January discussion at this meeting.
INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH by Luis Alberto Urrea
Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US when she was young. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn’t the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village—they’ve all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men—her own “Siete Magníficos”—to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over. Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, Into the Beautiful North is the story of an irresistible young woman’s quest to find herself on both sides of the fence.
Special Screening of MOCKINGJAY for BW Students
Belleville West students and family members can enjoy a special screening of Mockingjay, Part One (the third installment of the popular Hunger Games series) at the Lincoln Theater in downtown Belleville.
This special BW showing will be held the day the movie opens—Friday, November 21, at 4:20 p.m.
Students can purchase tickets in the BW Library from now through Wednesday, November 19. Tickets are $5 each and may be purchased for Belleville West students, friends, and family members. Tickets are limited, so interested students should stop in the library this week.
Speech Team Starts Season with Big Win
The Belleville West Speech and Acting Team opened its season with a decisive victory at the Normal West tournament on November 8. The team finished the tournament 60 points ahead of the second-place school.
Individual awards in the varsity division went to:
Bethany Dain — first place in Extemporaneous Speaking
Bethany Dain — first place in Informative Speaking
Sam Geiger — first place in Original Oratory
Bailey Guinn — first place in Poetry Reading
Hannah Higgins — first place in Special Occasion Speaking
Janae Robinson & Nathan Hirst — first place in Humorous Duet Acting
Donnie Bland – second place in Special Occasion Speaking
Sam Geiger — second place in Radio Speaking
Donnie Bland & Henry Holm — third place in Humorous Duet Acting
Alayna Wells — third place in Oratorical Declamation
Tyler Herron — fourth place in Original Comedy
Brooke Ingram — fourth place in Oratorical Declamation
Brooke Ingram and Lauren Richey — fourth place in Dramatic Duet Acting
Jake Bernstein — fifth place in Informative Speaking
Jake Bernstein — fifth place in Special Occasion Speaking
Mikayla Scott — fifth place in Impromptu Speaking
Georgi Warren — fifth place in Original Oratory
Ishaq Choudhury — sixth place in Special Occasion Speaking
Bailey Guinn — sixth place in Dramatic Interpretation
Lauren Richey — sixth place in Poetry Reading
Janae Robinson — sixth place in Original Comedy
Tyler Herron — seventh place in Humorous Interpretation
Brittany Huddleston and Jordyn Schlesinger — seventh place in Dramatic Duet Acting
Avery Reed — seventh place in Informative Speaking
Individual awards in the junior varsity division went to:
Cassidy Farrar — first place in Poetry Reading
Mara Reed — first place in Original Oratory
Jordan Thompson — second place in Prose Reading
Kelly Kulig — third place in Dramatic Interpretation
Emily Feazel and Bethany Stauder — fourth place in Humorous Duet Acting
Olivia Howard — fourth place in Poetry Reading
Tiffani Volkman — fourth place in Dramatic Interpretation
Tiffani Volkman — fifth place in Radio Speaking
The team is coached by Mr. Adam Jenkins, Mr. Russ Reidelberger, Ms. Julie Schloesser, and Ms. Leigh Reidelberger. (Photo above courtesy of Ms. Reidelberger.)
Trivia Night Raises Funds for English Scholarship, Student Newspaper
The thirteenth annual Belleville West Trivia Night, held on November 1, raised funds for the BW English Department Scholarship and the BW student newspaper. The sponsors thank all the community members and students who participated in the event, the Hy News staff members who worked at the event, the teachers who assisted throughout the night (Ms. Bielong, Mr. Garland, and Ms. Schloesser), and the local businesses that donated door prizes. Thanks for a successful night!
Belleville West Readers Pick Up the Pace
Belleville West reads! The BW English Department challenged the freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior classes to each read one million pages of pleasure reading during this school year. During the second triad, each class read more pages than during the first triad.
At the end of the second triad, the SOPHOMORE CLASS has climbed to the top, with 457,998 pages of pleasure reading. (The sophomore class also read the most pages in the triad, with 279,046 pages in the second triad alone.) These sophomore classes read the most pages during the second triad:
Mr. Jenkins—sixth hour: 1298 pages per student
Mr. Jenkins—second hour: 949 pages per student
Mr. Johnson—first hour: 792 pages per student
Ms. Schloesser—fourth hour: 709 pages per student
Mr. Johnson—second hour: 640 pages per student
Ms. Schloesser—sixth hour: 599 pages per student
Ms. Story—seventh hour: 581 pages per student
Ms. Lewis—second hour: 559 pages per student
At the end of the second triad, the SENIOR CLASS has slipped to second place overall, with 417,421 pages of pleasure reading. (The senior class read the third most pages in the second triad, with 227,218 pages.) These senior classes read the most pages during the second triad:
Mr. Jenkins—fourth hour: 875 pages per student
Ms. Lewis—seventh hour: 838 pages per student
Ms. Story—sixth hour: 710 pages per student
Mr. Jenkins—seventh hour: 609 pages per student
Ms. Thurnau—seventh hour: 543 pages per student
Mr. Lodle—sixth hour: 522 pages per student
Mr. Lodle—fifth hour: 510 pages per student
Mr. Schobert—sixth hour: 502 pages per student
At the end of the third triad, the FRESHMAN CLASS has improved to third place overall, with 392,632 pages of pleasure reading. (The freshman class read the second most pages in the second triad, with 258,030 pages.) These freshman classes read the most pages during the second triad:
Mr. Garland—sixth hour: 860 pages per student
Ms. Thurnau—third hour: 754 pages per student
Mr. Garland—first hour: 752 pages per student
Ms. Thurnau—sixth hour: 714 pages per student
Ms. Hunter—first hour: 651 pages per student
Ms. Ursani—second hour: 626 pages per student
Dr. Etter—seventh hour: 619 pages per student
Ms. Ursani—first hour: 607 pages per student
At the end of the second triad, the JUNIOR CLASS has slipped to fourth place overall, with 367,830 pages of pleasure reading. (The junior class read the fewest pages in the second triad, with just 206,662 pages.) These junior classes read the most pages during the second triad:
Mr. Spriggs—third hour: 664 pages per student
Mr. Brunner—first hour: 631 pages per student
Ms. Story—second hour: 627 pages per student
Mr. Brunner—second hour: 593 pages per student
Mr. Brunner—sixth hour: 580 pages per student
Ms. Story—fourth hour: 521 pages per student
Ms. Chalmers—seventh hour: 508 pages per student
Mr. Spriggs—fifth hour: 506 pages per student
How about your English teachers? In the second triad, each English teacher read an average of 885 pages of pleasure reading.
So far, each class has read more than one-third of one million pages! What will happen in the third triad? Can the sophomores maintain the lead? Can the seniors regain their edge? Can the juniors climb out of fourth place? Can the freshmen reach even higher?
Visit the library, find some good books, and keep reading!
Annual Children’s Play Auditions This Week
Auditions for the 2015 children’s play, The Wizard of Oz, will be held this Wednesday, November 5, from 3:30-6:00 p.m. in room A111. Audition packets are available in room B327 and in room B232. The audition packet includes several short readings from the script and several short vocal selections. Students in all grade levels are encouraged to audition for the play.
Celebrate the National Day of Writing
The National Council of Teachers of English observes a National Day of Writing each October 20. Students in BW English classes will participate in the National Day of Writing with three-minute fiction, six-word memoirs, letters about literature, and other writing activities.