ty of healthy meals and
talk with SNN’s Malachi
Photo Credit: Malachi Shepherd

Oct./Nov

. 2020

Volume 2
	
Issue 2

STEELER Nation News

Homecoming Court 2020	Inside this Issue

Focus on
Academics
	2
	
Teacher Spotlight
	3
	
HOCO Court /
	4-5
	
TV Viewing
	6
	
Mental Health /
	7
	
Halloween
	8

From left back row: Junior High Representatives: Zameere Thomas, Jiada Brodie, Court members: Xavier Footman, Jacara Green, Gary Satterwhite, Mariah Hopson, Jaden Harrison, Kathleen Dean, Jailen Roye, Toni Austin, Brice Butler, Kamira Brown, Christian Harley, Front Row: Elementary Representatives: Jamale
Odem, Symira Footman, Sahavana Davey, Dwayne Jordan.
HOT Topic: School lunches
By MALACHI SHEPHERD		As a SSN reporter, I	proteins and carbs that they need for reached out to Mr. Tuchek	a balanced diet.
to ask him about our school	In February 2010, First Lady, lunches here at Farrell Area       Michelle Obama, introduced the School District. Mr. Tuchek        "Let's Move" Act. This initiative, along has been working at Farrell       with the "Healthy, Hunger-free Kids" for 17 years. He and his             Act, played a huge role in reducing staff manage and main-              the sugar and ensuring appropriate tain all standard food                  nutrients were considered in the de-services district-wide.
Mr. Tuchek has 15 em-ployees here at Farrell.
“I have amazing co-workers,” Mr. Tuchek commented. He said his
cooks, Head Cook, Mavis
Mrs. Karen Korab and Mr.          two Chefs are awesome Joe Tuchek take a moment to and Crissina Hilton. Dai-

ly, their job is to make
answers to many student
Shepherd. Mr. Tuchek gives	sure everybody here at	Freshman, Malikye Green, enjoys a meal inquiries. SNN thanks	Farrell gets offered a varie-	sherbet dessert.
the FASD food service staff!	gets the right amount of	Continued on page 3

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STEELER Nation News Staff Writers/ Photographers

Arianna Blanchard Amirah Coleman Isaac Cruikshanks Jacara Green Jaden Harrison Anthony Jackson, 10 Jordan Jones Kenaii King Malachi Shepherd Michelle Stubbs

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FHS Students Strive for Success in the Classroom Students hands-on in Chem Lab

Photo credit: Mrs. Guth
Photo credit: Mrs. Guth
Juniors, Tyree Odem, Julian Scarborough, Naveah King (above), Sanaa Brodie, Jaylie Green (right, top), Santana Bankston, Sanaa Brodie, Ma-kayla Hall and Cyncere Harden-Mann (right, middle), Anthony Jackson and Omar Stewart (bottom, right), experiment and record findings.

Photo credit: Mrs. Fischer
Mrs. Guth explains that students are examining the differ-ence between physical and chemical changes: Changing the state or shape of matter is an example of a physical change. Physical chang-es alter the form of a substance, but not its chemical composition or identity. Crushing a can and tearing paper are examples of physical changes. In a chemical change, however, the molecules in a sub-stance combine or break apart to form a new substance. Burning wood and rusting iron are examples of chemical changes. Matter can be described based on its physical and chemical properties. In this lab, students will describe four substances based on their properties and the changes they undergo.

English students: presentational style

Mr. Dye’s English Classes study the elements of sensory poetry and authored the examples below:

Senior, Honor’s English student, Jailen Roye, gets into character for his presentation of The Franklin. Mrs. Smith’s students are tasked with this project as part of their study of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.

By NATHAN DAVEY
The lights shining on the field on night games The turf, grass
The loud dugouts
All the jokes and laughs in the dugout The speed and gum spiting
The fresh spikes out the box for game day The clinking of the spikes hiting the concrete in the dugout
The sound of bats clinking on the fence on each other
The sound of the ball hiting the leather glove The new uniforms
The new caps
The loud fireworks at the end

By OSIRIS WILLIAMS The times we stay

And the times we go It blows in the wind
And the fluffy white snow

We love to play
We have the most joy Inside yes we stay
And we play with our toys

We run down the stair to open the presents All of the fun in the morning like day
It is night time the moon like a crescent In the morning in the snow yes we play

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one of them! In response, Mr.
for a healthy salad for lunch.
Teacher Spotlight: Mrs. Roberson By ISAAC CRUIKSHANKS

Mrs. Roberson has been teaching at	planning a trip to Africa, which is a dream Farrell Area School District for 17 years. Surpris- trip for her. She is planning on going to Ken-ingly, she has not had any other teaching posi-	ya on a mission’s trip with her church next tions, besides a substitute position at Clarion	summer.
University, where she also went to college.	Some of her favorite FHS memories While at Clarion, she majored in                               come from chaperoning lock-ins over her Secondary English, which she has wanted to          years here. Unfortunately, the school lock-teach since she was a little kid. She never really Ins might be different because of Covid reg-considered any other career path than teach-        ulations.
ing.		Mrs. Roberson finds the current Her goal is to inspire kids to be moti-       school year rather challenging, for example,
vated like she was when she was in school. Her     interaction between students and teachers favorite part of her job is being able to interact     is limited with social distancing measures. with and inspire kids. The key to success in her	Also, masks make it harder to read people's class is paying attention and keeping yourself	moods and feelings. She feels that making organized. She also believes that grades are	connections with Virtual Students is particu-ultimately the responsibility of the student and larly dificult, and as a result it is challenging that it is important that they take ownership of to provide them with motivation as she does them.	daily with her in-person students. She be-
In her free time, she enjoys spending	lieves we will get through it if we rely on her time with her kids, does Bible studies, swims	favorite phrase “I can do all things through and likes music. She likes traveling and she is	God that strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13.

Photo credit: Jacara Green
Mrs. Roberson poses in front of her word wall. Thanks Mrs. Rob-erson!

School Lunches continued from page 1
Photo Credit: Malachi Shepherd	Farrell feel that we do not get enough food and are hungry again around mid-morning. Mr. Tuchek responded that the district goes through a program called C.E.P, which stands for Community Eligibility Provision. This program allows for students to eat for free. Also, Mr. Tuchek says he is willing to sit down with a few students so that they can choose fruit and vegetable selections that they prefer. Additionally, he is ordering new items for the students to try.
Sophomore, Sihe Keller, opts
Mr. Tuchek says that he is aware that there is, at times, an issue with food waste. Mr. Tuchek responded that there are regulations and time limits set and they have to dispose of items following this requirement. For the part of the students, he encourages and wants all students to take advantage of the free breakfasts and lunches as most schools/students don’t get entirely free meals. Here at FASD, we have nutritious, varied options, even if it is not always your favorite, it is still a privilege.
sign of school lunch menus.
Michelle Obama’s reforms affect a
lot of schools and our school is
I asked a couple students here at Farrell their opin-ion on our school lunches. Sophomore, Harold Hooten, com-mented that he loves Thursdays, because of the pasta. Sihe Keller commented that he loves Taco Tuesday. These seem to be common favorites among many students.
Tuchek commented, “We had to
put a plan in place and follow that
plan in order for our kids to eat
healthy.”
Respectfully, I comment-
ed that many students here at
Several students commented that the food is often cold when they sit down to eat it. Mr. Tuchek explains that the food that comes to the school is precooked, so the cafeteria staff heats it up as per the instructions. Again, they are mostly following guidelines and regulations set for them and students should do their best to consume food shortly after picking it up as it does cool off quickly.

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Photo Credit: Malachi Shepherd

Freshman, Jakai Burris, finishes off his meal with a sherbet.

Photo Credit: Malachi Shepherd

Sophomore, Kylon Wilson, enjoys a Salisbury Steak and sides for lunch.

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Toni Austin, Jacara
Mariah Hopson and
Butler, Xavier Footman,
Roye
Jiada Brodie
Jamale Odem, Symira Footman,
Farrell High School HOCO 2020

Photo credit: Clark Studios
Male Senior Attendants:
2020 Homecoming Court announced...

Female Senior Attendants: Green, Kathleen Dean,

Kamira Brown

Christian Hartley, Brice

Harr son and Jailen
Garyi Satterwhite, Jaden

Junior High Representatives: Zameere Thomas and

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Elementary School Representatives:

Dwayne Jorden and Sahavana Davey

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The Farrell Steelers defeated
this season. The team came out victori-
against Greenville. The first time he
by one point with the final score of 20-
The starting offensive line con-
ior, Ja man Holden 6’2 290 lbs, Sopho-
and has an average height of 6’2 and a
weight of 300 lbs. They outweigh New
Wilmington's dominant line by over 30
As a back to back state
As linemen it's their responsibil-

		
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Farrell High School HOCO 202

Brice Butler and Jacara Green named Homecoming King and Queen

“When I heard my name announced, my heart jumped into my throat and I looked to my grand-mother, who had tears in her eyes. I could feel the

warmth and support from friends and family and it made me feel over-whelmed with emotion.” -Jacara Green

Emandalay Johnson and Eric Bell announce the game to livestream viewers.

Sports: Let’s talk linemen

By ANTHONY JACKSON	Junior, Preston Williams 6’2, 385lbs, Jun-three out of the four teams they played	more,iMalachi Shepherd 6’3, 215lbs, and ous twice against Sharpsville and Green-     Sophomore, Anthony Jackson 6’6, 28lbs, ville, with the scores of 41-0 and 51-7,
against Sharpsville, and 47-7 and 30-8,
post on 10/8/20.
Steelers played Wilmington, theytlost by     pounds per Bob Greensburg on his Twitter 21 points with the final score of 41-20.
played Wilmington they came up short
The second time the team	championship winning team, the coaches know what it looks like and the sacrifices
offensive and defensive linemen are
The coaches know how to select the big-
and defensive lines.
21. This impressive attempt is thanks to	it takes to be a state championship team. the effort the big boys gave up front. The gest, most dominant and aggressive play-dominant and physical by moving and	ers on the team to be part of the offensive making running gaps to let the running
physical the opposing team may be, the
Steelers lineman always come ready to
perform at 100%.
backs run through. No matter how big or ity to set the tone. They practice and work the hardest because they have to play the hardest in a game. As a defensive linemen they have to be vigilant and focused every
linemen stepping up to this role.
sists of Senior, Gary Satterwhite 6’2, 290 play. A winning season depends on the lbs, Senior, Cameron Burris 6’0, 300 lbs,

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Photo Credit: Camfilmz

Steelers’ defensive line (from left), Kien Wade, Anthony Jackson, Preston Williams, Gary Satterwhite III, and Omar Stewart (#5) checks the backfield.

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us…. also MANIPULATE
S us…”

What are YOU watching? BY JADEN HARRISON	BY: KENAII KING

Have you ever watched the comedy show Wild ‘N Out? The show started on July 28, 2005, on MTV. The starring producer since that date is Nick Can-non, and the hit show still currently plays on MTV. In general, teenagers love the comedy television show because it shows funny rap games and battles. They have games for approxi-mately sixteen contestants that star in the show and in some games they get the fans on the stage to join in
on the fun. Most times, they have celebrities join on the show (mostly rappers) and they perform at the end for their fans.
The reason it has the most energy and popularity is because the stars on the show bring the positive energy to the stage. Who doesn't like jokes, comedy, and a happy atmos-phere? The atmosphere makes the viewer want to be, and even feel like they are a part of the group. They create a relationship. They treat each other like family on and off the stage. Most of them actually have rap careers and comedy shows when they are not having a performing day.
A big part that makes this show popular is the rap battles, teamwork, and the jokes. Now how do they do that? They make a list of even teams and mini games then a guest performance. This can be any musician, any professional player or comedian, any guest star. This part is actually rehearsed be-fore the actual show so that positioning, lighting and sound goes smoothly during the shoot.
The main stars in the show are Chico beans, Karlous Miller and Emmauel Hudson. The upcoming stars are DC Young Fly and Justine Valentine. When they have their rap battles, the crowd goes wild because they know it is going to be a good match up and it is a toss up who will win the final game “Wild Style.” In “Wild Style,” an instrumental type of beat is given to freestyle on and that is where all the stars can show off the fun-niest freestyle to win the rest of the game. DC Young is regularly victorious, proving that he is a favorite. The best matchup is Chi-co Beans vs. Karlous Miller because they have the same flow and are both very old school.
If you have not already, check out this program, you will not be disappointed!

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“The technology that CONNECTS

	thesocialdilemma.com

The Social Dilemma is a documentary on Netflix that ex-plains how screen time and so-cial media affect the lives of peo-ple today, with an emphasis on young people. Have you ever stayed up all night because you are on Tik Tok, YouTube, Snap-chat, or some other social media app? You may find some of the information in this film and arti-cle helpful.
This documentary shows us first hand accounts from the em-ployees of Instagram, Twitter,
Facebook and others. It reveals their thoughts and reflec-tions on the different features that were developed during their tenure with those companies. The documentary attempts to persuade the viewer that we do not need our phones to survive, on the contrary, they are actually tearing down the society that they claim to be improving.
The Social Dilemma explains throughout the inter-views, that social media is a virus, a virus that leads people to believe anything that makes sense. In the documentary, for example, for months President Donald J. Trump had told sev-eral untruths during the months of January until March, con-cerning the Covid pandemic and many people believed what he was saying because it made sense. Although social media can support the spread of dishonesty, some things on social media can also be accurate. The film continues to explain to us that social media is not always negative. Some people use it to stay connected to family and friends, to find the weath-er, understand Covid information, and/or election updates.
Keep in mind that many people do believe that this film may be overreacting and exaggerating. Australian blog-ger, Tim Denning says that “The movie, The Social Dilemma, is a complete overreaction.” Denning also states that social media should not be blamed for the fact that people don't want to be social. He claims that books are stealing our attention away from human interaction anyways.

Denning, T. (2020, September 22). The Movie "The Social Dilemma" Is a Complete Overreaction. Retrieved October 23, 2020, from https://medium.com/the-post-grad-survival-guide/the-movie-the-social-dilemma-is-a-complete-overreaction-c5f552ae769b

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health problems because of being locked up in
minutes out of your day to stop by and check
and weight change.
showing symptoms, you need to be sure to
Geting help for somebody else can
Focus on Mental Wellness, now more than ever “You don’t have to struggle in SILENCE. You can be UN-SILENT.” - Demi Lavato

By MICHELLE STUBBS

World Mental Health Day is an interna-tional day celebrated to bring awareness to glob-al mental health education and awareness. It is celebrated in numerous countries around the world. The very first celebration was in 1992, at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, which is a global mental health organiza-tion with members from many other countries around the world. For the first two years of the celebration, there was no set theme. The main reason for the celebration is to raise awareness for mental health issues around the world. The celebration takes place on the 10th of October every year.

This year’s World Mental Health Day fell on the 10th of October and came at a time when most of our daily lives had drastically changed, for better or more so, for the worse, due to COVID-19. It has brought many challenges into our lives that have taken a severe toll on large portions of the population around the globe. Workers, students, and everyday citizens

have struggled from many different mental	looking to see change in their atitude, emo-their houses in quarantine for months on end.     tional outbursts, sleeping problems, appetite People have struggled with having the most
If you are personally suffering from
any mental illness or notice someone else
amount of anxiety and depression and other mental health issues that they've ever experi-enced before in their lives. People have been
of the one before, and people who have never
suffered from mental health problems are
starting to suffer due to this pandemic.
feeling lonely, felt like everyday was a repeat	tell a trusted adult or call a suicide prevention hotline as soon as possible. It is very crucial to seek help. Even if you are not 100% positive that someone is suffering from mental illness,
It is mportant to keep track of th
you should always initiate action. The longer mental healthi of your loved ones. You can e	you stay silent, the worse the illness can get.
never know what someone is going through in
simply just sending a simple text or taking 20
their lives. You can save someone's life by	save their life. If you are suffering from men-tal illness, geting help is just as important.
ness. Your feelings are valid and matter.
up on them. One's physical health and well-	Never dismiss your own feelings as a weak-being can be affected by their mental health.
They can lose or gain a considerable amount of weight in a short time period. You can no-tice if someone's mental health is suffering by

Technology Takeover: student survey results revealed!

Do you think technology has taken
over? Have you watched “The Social Dilem-
ma”? If not, this movie touches on many top-
ics about iPhone usage and social media.
“face to face” friends, while 37% said
that they spend more time with “virtual
friends.” Participants were asked how
soon after they wake up do they interact
with a cell phone and 66.7% replied after
By JORDAN JONES	said that they spend more time with	and mental health. The results reveal that six people feel that on a scale from 1-5 that it affects them at a 1 (not at all toxic), eight oth-ers say a 2 (a small amount), twelve students say 3 (an average amount), another fourteen
the lives of teenagers of whom, a staggering
we socialize and interact with the world from
a few minutes, 13.7% said not until they
within seconds.
Students answered another
most likely to spend the most time on,
swered 5 (very toxic). We have also asked stu-
ways our phone can affect our daily lives and
Apps such as Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram,	say 4 (can be quite toxic), and eleven an-Twitter, etc... are a common obsession within got to school and 17.6% students said	dents, in a checkbox question (multiple an-50% feel they are addicted to mobile devices.	swers permitted), if they are aware of certain There has been a huge difference in the way      question that asked which Apps are you	social lives. 42 students checked off that they
before technology until now. Oftentimes,
people fail to realize how much of an impact
technology has on our everyday lives, both
positive and negative.
A survey was sent to Farrell Area High School
the majority of students answered
Youtube, 37% said TikTok, 36% answered
Snapchat and the third most used was
Instagram which was 35%. Despite the
long hours spent on a phone, 60.8% said
know cell phones can alter moods just through activity, 38 checked off kids are particularly vulnerable to smartphone addiction, and 33 said they know that overuse of smartphones can increase stress. This is good that students
that they spend more time with “face to
face” friends, while 37% said that they
easier for it to be avoided.
As a final question, we asked if stu-
students that asked 12 questions about how	are aware of these things mainly because it is students are using cell phones. We got over
focused on three main themes: time spent,
content and awareness about effects of
screen time.
The first question asked was how
much time do you spend on your phone each
day. The majority of students answered 5-10
This shows the kind of engagement that
students have with their cellphones.
Social Media affects the mind
in plenty of different ways, it is very im-
portant to make sure you watch what
influences you and also what you put
50 responses to analyze this topic. Questions spend more time with “virtual friends.”	dents would be interested in learning ways to limit their own screen time, learn why limiting screen time is important, or learn about the negative effects of too much screen time. A majority, 60% of students said that this topic would be of interest to them. This is a promis-
5 hours and 1.9% answered 2-5 hours. De-
would be open to learning more about this
hours each day, a quarter of students said 10- out there. Students responded on a line- ing percentage because it shows that students

ar scale the extent to which cell phones
spite the long hours spent on a phone, 60.8% can be toxic to one’s physical, emotional topic.

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Haunted Halloween Happenings
By JACARA GREEN	Today we have Halloween, but cele-	gan singing and smiled with big black teeth. The Close your	brate much differently.	boy who was with the woman began running
eyes and imagine Antho-	Today, we celebrate Hal-	around like a little monkey, which compelled
ny Jackson, 6’7, 300 lbs,	loween and the fall season in gen-	everyone to start running. 10th grader, Malachi wearing all black, run-	eral. We go on haunted hay rides,	Shepherd, ran so fast that he fell on his face and ning full speed towards	haunted houses, go to corn mazes,	bowled over several friends. The creepy maze you, and you are NOT on	and even do different Halloween	woman eventually gave up her chase and all
the football field! Hard	parties where we dress up. One	appeared to resume to normal. Although I was to say what was scarier,	such experience was the haunted	scared of being trampled over, we made it out him or the haunted	house referred to above, “13 Acres	with only a clown encounter and some eerie house! Trying to have	of Fear.” This haunted house was	screaming.
some innocent fun at 13	previously called “Ghost Lake, 13	History.com Editors. “Halloween 2020.” History.com, Acres of Fear, he	Levels of Fear,” however, this year	A&E Television Networks, 18 Nov. 2009,
rammed his shoulder into my chest,	due to Covid 19, that indoor haunted house pushed me over and continued running	was suspended. Years prior, if you wanted like I was a skinny twig hanging loosely	to get through all 13 levels, you would have from a dying tree. I fell on the ground,	had to get through 13 different houses. turned around, covered my face and start-                        This year at “13 Acres of Fear,” my ed screaming. Even though I had a brush	experience was fun yet upseting. Partici-burn on my knee, and got trampled over, I	pants walk through the middle of the woods had a great time.	with yellow “caution” tape directing which
Every October 31st, we cele-	way to go to get out of the maze. Groups brate a holiday favored by children and	start out feeling secure as they are walking
tion originat d with the ancient Celtic
through the woods together and seemingly
Haynes, and Jacara Green with (former FHS
many teens,ecalled Halloween. The tradi-	safe. A few seconds later an unfamiliar wom-	Students, (left, back) Tamera Slater, Maria
festival of Samhain. This was a celebra-	an and her son mysteriously joined the group.
tion when people had bonfires and wore	Maze goers are led to believe that she is a	students) Nikyah Jefferson and Milan Ste-
ror.
costumes so they could scare away	person going through the maze. Abruptly, she phens pose before entering 13 Acres of Hor-ghosts. November 1, marked the end of	turned around, looked at the group, and be-
summer and the beginning of harvest.

(Right) FHS teachers, (from left), Mr. Lewis, Sra. Torres, Mrs. Ar-mour, Mrs. Smith, Ms. Grills, Mrs. Munnal, Mrs. Guth, Mrs. Latzoo get into subject specific character!

Jada Jackson, Eric Bell, Marcus Green, Makhya Burns (above) and Ka-taiya Millhouse, Ma-khya Wells-Odem, Jor-dan Jones (right) par-take in annual FCS pumpkin carving, treats.

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