Contributing reporters Carlie Hess and Avamel Yurtola
Our school competes almost monthly in competitive science events while travelling all over Arizona. These events can range from making bottle rockets, planes and towers, to taking tests, or even solving crimes. What is this you might ask. Well, this is Imagine Prep Middle School Science Olympiad. Science Olympiad is currently a daily zero hour class, while last year it was an after school activity, with meetings once a week. This new class is coached by Imagine Prep Science Teachers Heather Polk and Kevin Lancaster. Staff writer Kiersten Moss The clanking of metal loudly echoed through the room. The voices of middle schoolers yelling “End taxation!” rang throughout the hallways. The smell of warm baked goods gave a sense of hunger. That’s what it was like at Imagine Prep’s first Colonial Night. Colonial Night was on Dec. 1. It was made possible by the seventh-graders at Imagine Prep. The event went from 5-7p.m., but ended at 6 p.m. due to the event’s success. Five classrooms in the middle school and high school hallways were decorated to look like different settings in colonial times. The rooms were transformed into a farm, library, bakery, blacksmith, town square and classroom. Staff writer Cayla Vaughan
From knowing grade point averages (GPA’s), to understanding certain requirements in order to enter college, or even studying and preparing for the SAT or ACT many high school students feel they need to be better prepared for college. Freshmen, however, feel the least prepared. Freshman Kat Daniel gave insight on how Imagine can help benefit students of all ages. “Yes, this school is about preparing us for college and life, why not prepare us sooner rather than later when we are juniors,” Daniel said. “Freshmen need these opportunities too.” |