December, 2018 Volume 8, Issue 3

The Paw Print

Nana Sarfo-Bonsu

A matchmaker’s quest to pair up potential lovers ends with an ironic twist. Hello Dolly is the upcoming spring musical, and auditions are right around the corner. Maybe you’re one of those people who is definitely audi-tioning or maybe you are thinking about it. Maybe you who don’t see yourself performing. Regardless, Mrs. Perry, the theater director, has the answers. What you need to know, according to Mrs. Perry is that confidence plays a big role in performance. Since this is a musical, characters in the play are often “vibrant” with “big personalities,” so being able to play funny, bold characters will definitely help you out. Add that with good singing

abilities and you’re all set. Even when you do not get the part you want, it doesn’t mean that you can’t be a part of the play. Mrs. Perry said that she always tries to find a way for students to get in-volved somehow. A lot of people might feel scared of the theater and are afraid to try it, said Mrs. Perry. Mackenzie Turner, a senior who has performed in plays at CCS, explains how nerve wracking performing can be, especially in front of your peers, but then goes on to say how that “once you get on stage doing what you love, you forget about all that.” Auditions for the spring musical are December 17 at 3:30 p.m. Mrs. Perry encourages students to come in and audi-tion because it really is worth it.

The Lego Robotics team competed on Saturday, Dec. 1, at Edwin H. Green Intermediate School. This is the first year CCS has had a team in several years. The team was judged in three categories and placed in the “middle of the road” according to coach Tim Burkett. The three categories were Robot Design, Project, and Core Values. There was also a competition as the robots actually completed tasks. According to assistant coach, Mr. Hensley, the team did well considering it was their first year and they met less than some other teams. He said, “We think that was a good achievement. We started a little late and they didn’t have time to prepare for the core values judging.” Mr. Burkett was given the Coaches’ Awards at the competi-tion. This award goes to the “coach or mentor whose leader-ship and guidance is clearly evident and best exemplifies the FIRST LEGO League Core Values.” Members of the green team are eighth graders Jack Diebold, Solomon Davis, Carter Woollard, seventh grad-ers Noah Meyers and Caleb Petros, and sixth grader Caleb Glenn. Members of the blue team are eighth graders Abbey Brown and Bryson Sayles, seventh grader Matthew Quarry, and sixth graders Brooklyn Porter, Benjamin Theile, and Joseph Hughes. Seniors Nathan Smearsoll and Caleb Musson have also helped to mentor the team.

Musical auditions set for next weekHello, Dolly!

New Lego Robotics team competes

Carter Woollard watches his robot compete in the First Lego League cometition. (photo courtesty of Mrs. Clark)

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Data released by the U.S Census shows that about one in four high school students are employed. Here’s the problem. Some of these jobs require a lot out of their employees. Kings Island, which employs some students from CCS, hands out shifts that can require your whole day. Lindsey Carney, a senior, said she has worked up to a 13 hour shift on a Saturday. Hallie Page, also a senior, works up to 35 hours a week at Chick-Fil-A with frequent 12-hour shifts. Another senior, Mattheu Minelli, works at Showcase Cinema and says he also works almost 35 hours a week on school weeks. Josh Lawless, another senior, works over 34 hours a week as well. Working while attending high school can help students pay for their own needs or even help their families out. Many parents require their kids to pay

for senior lunch, for Chick-fil-a, for going out with friends, or even senior trip. Some students work to help out their families and even help pay for their CCS tuition. But how many students really need to be working these crazy jobs that require so much time? Some jobs interfere with students getting their school work done, which can hurt them in the long run. And isn’t the point of school so you can get a good job in your future? We are not saying that you should not work a job, but if it starts to interrupt your schoolwork, that’s where to draw the line. So what can we do to fix this? We need to get rid of the expectation that all students should work jobs. Students shouldn’t have to feel pres-sured to get a job by their friends if they do not need to work in the first place.

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Editor in Chief - Lindsey CarneyOpinions Editor - Mackenzie TurnerFeatures Editors - Nana Sarfu-Bonsu and Emily ChapinSports Editor - Cole MartinCopy Editors - Casey Anderson, Cody Anderson, and Zach SchlakeReporters - Aidan Boyd, Grace Custer, Col-lin Fritz, Kaitlyn Fritz, and Ashley KochisAdviser - Mrs. Susan Zaffiro

Staff editorial

Collin FritzPaw Print Columnist

One of the biggest topics among students and staff

at Cincinnati Christian is the rules and regulations of the school’s dress code. Some people hate it, others don’t mind it. Personally, I fall into the second category. Our school’s current dress code, in my opinion, is one of the most open, lenient guidelines for student attire than any other dress-code-enforcing school is practicing in their

district. I never even thought about spending the two dollars to participate in Wardrobe Wednesday. The last time I participated in Wardrobe Wednesday was five years ago so I could wear clothes I could easily put on with my right arm in a cast. It always confused me why students were so against the dress code we have in place, especially since I’ve seen what students wear at public schools where dress code isn’t enforced. Yes, I agree that some teachers can get way too persnickety when it comes to what students are wearing, but they

aren’t doing it for the sole purpose of marking a card or of writing someone up. To me, following a dress code is possibly the easiest rule to follow at school and one that a student can easily prevent from breaking. It’s really not that hard to put on clothes that match the code’s guidelines and also isn’t worth arguing about in the slightest. Dress code is a very minor school rule that has unneily become one of the most controversial topics in the book.

Dress code: wear or tear?

Are high school students working too many hours?

In my view

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Grace Custer

What’s new at the movies during this Christmas season? There are many new movies coming out in December: Mary Poppins Re-turns on December 19, Aquaman on December 13, Welcome to Marwen, American Renegades 12/21, and Bum-blebee, all on December 21, Holmes and Watson on Christmas Day, and Stan and Ollie on December 28. In the movie Mary Poppins Returns, Mary Poppins returns to London to visit now-adult Jane and her brother, Michael, to help them rediscover the joy they knew as children.

Aquaman is about Aquaman step-ping up to lead his underwater king-dom of Atlantis, and defending it against a threat. The movie Welcome to Marwen is about a man (played by Steve Car-rell) who loses his memories after a vicious attack and uses his imagina-tion to get it back by piecing together things from his old life in his mind. The movies American Renegades is about Navy SEALs who discover gold at the bottom of a lake. The soldiers go rogue to recover the treasure and return it to its rightful owners. Bumblebee is the latest Transformer movie about Bumblebee the autobot

seeking refuge in a junkyard. He is discovered by an 18-year-old girl named Charlie who quickly learns that this is no ordinary Volkswagen. Holmes and Watson is about Detec-tive Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson joining forces to investigate a murder at Buckingham Palace, soon learning that they only have four days to solve the case or the queen will become the next victim. Stan and Ollie is about comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy who set out to perform live shows for their fans. The tour is a hit, but long-buried tension and Hardy’s health start to threaten their friendship.

Movies to see over Christmas break

from the

Paw Print staff

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Christmas is my absolute favorite time of year. I say this in complete seriousness. I prepare for this holiday MONTHS in advance. Decorations, Christmas music, baking, present planning, the whole nine yards. But as much as I love this time of year, there is always an unsurpassed amount of stress that comes with it. Amidst all the holiday cheer, there are finals, work priorities, mountains of homework, the list goes on. If you are anything like me, you have a million tabs open in your head at all times and you feel forced to go a million miles an hour.

Overwhelmed? Trust me, I know what it feels like to be overwhelmed. I know what it is like to dread the days ahead, no mat-ter the time of year it is. I am torn between my job, my education, my social life; and as a result, my busy schedule often leads to my spiritual life having the smallest piece. When I sit back and take a look at the mountain of stress in my life, I am reminded of how God is sitting with me in the midst of it. Christ-mastime is full of fun and cheer (and cookies), but ultimately the focus needs to be on Jesus. It is easy to get lost in being overwhelmed, but God wants you to give that stress and that anxiety to him. 2 Corinthians 1:8-11 says, “For we do not want you to be igno-rant, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life

itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.” While this verse does not have anything to do with Christmas, it has helped me deal with my stress.

Paul is talking about a situation beyond his control, one that is too big for him, one that he could not handle. However, instead of attempt-ing to fix his situation himself, he acknowledges that it is out of his control. Paul knows that God will deliver him, because He has before.

Ever Feel Like Paul? Some of you may feel like Paul this holiday season. There are a mil-lion things on your plate, you’re in over your head, you feel like you’re drowning. Maybe it feels like there is no hope at all. But remember what Paul did. Paul gave his circumstances to God, so that God could sort out the stress. Perhaps God is bringing you through these trials, through this stress, so you can finally realize how badly you need to trust in Him.

God has a pattern of using adverse circumstances to make His people truly trust in Him. God did this with Paul. God did this with Job. God did this David. The list goes on. Only God has the power to save us from the deadly peril that Paul describes in Corinthians. Yes, you will have to cope with a lot of stress in the future. There are going to be time of hopelessness and doubt, but that does not mean that God isn’t going to deliver you from it.

Be like Paul and use those stressful circumstances to trust in God. Live in confidence that Jesus will give you the strength to overcome every situation that comes.

A Timely Reminder This passage reminds me of Christ-mas because it acknowledges that God has the power to raise people from the dead. It acknowledges that Jesus is our only hope. It acknowl-edges that Jesus is our deliverer.

Isn’t Christmas when this all be-gan? God looked at us, a broken and lost people, and He gave us Jesus. This changed everything. Jesus means that we have the power to overcome every trial and tribulation, find strength in weak-ness, and have everlasting life with God. Let this time of year not be focused on stress or external forces, rather, let your heart and mind be directed to the joy, peace, and hope that Jesus brought when He was born.

Paw Print Devotion

Surviving Christmas stress

“God has a pattern of using adverse

circumstances to make His people truly trust

in Him.”

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Meet the talented Eddie Luckey The “random student column” is based on the idea that every student has a story to tell. This month, the Paw Print staff randomly selected Ed-die Luckey to interview.

Mackenzie TurnerPaw Print Columnist

Meet ninth grade CCS student Eddie Luckey! Eddie Luckey has attended CCS for 11 and a half years, and lives with his mom, dad, and sister. His sister does not attend CCS. Eddie is an incredibly talented individual and he has played on the Landmark football team for the last three years, and even went to Atlanta to play in the national championship this year! The Landmark football team took second place there (see story on page 12). Eddie also did his first year of track last year as a junior high student and

ended up winning the MVC league in long jumping with an astounding 18.1 feet! He plans to do track again this year as well. One amazing honor that Eddie had last year was laying the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery during the annual 8th grade trip to Washington DC. “It was great!” Eddie said. “It was a lot of pressure to not mess up, but I knew how big of an opportunity it was. I was super excited! I’m glad I was selected to do it!” I also deemed it necessary to ask Eddie how many puns he gets about his last name. The answer was, “A lot!” He also said that “they’re still funny sometimes, but I guess 15 years of puns gets kind of old.”

Stay tuned for our next edition, where we will pick another random student to feature in the Paw Print!

Eddie at Homecoming. Eddie has been at CCS for 11 and a half years.

Eddie plays cornerback for the Landmark Eagles football team that competed in the homeschool nationals last month.

Eddie placed first in the MVC in long jump as an eigth grader.

Christmas posters that come to life

Lindsey Carney

Virtual Reality is not something new to the world. It has been around for a while now. In the App Store and Play Store, there is an app called HP Reveal which was once known as Aurasma. HP Reveal is HP Autonomy’s augmented reality platform. The creators changed the name as part of their rebranding effort. The Paw Print has decided to use HP Reveal on this page. If you download the app, you will be able you hover over the pictures on this page and see a video from the movie.

Here is how to use it:1. Download the app2. Sign up for the account using your school email3. Go to the search bar and search for CCSpawprint4. Follow the page5. Once you follow that page, go to the bottom of the screen there is a button that is a blue circle with a square in the

middle that looks like the picture right here ->6. Click on that button7. Hover over the picture of the movie8. Watch the picture come to life

Instructions on using augmented reality and downloading the app

Christmas posters that come to life

If you need help getting the augmented (virtual) reality to work you can see Mrs. Rice or Lindsey Carney for help.

When Christmas time comes around, many families gather around the T.V. and watch the classic movies that have been around forever. To some families, this is a tradition for them. The Paw Print gathered up some classic movies for you guys. With the help of augmented reality, the pictures come to life and you can watch the movie trailer.

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National Days of DecemberSun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat

1Pie DayEat a Red Apple

2 Mutt Day

3Roof Over Your Head

4Cookie DaySock Day

5Ninja Day

6Microwave Oven

7Cotton Candy Day

8Pretend To Be A Time Trav-eler

9Pastry Day

10Human Rights

11App Day

12Gingerbread House-day

13Cocoa Day Violin Day

14Salesperson

15Wear Your Pearls

16Chocolate Covered Anything

17Maple Syrup Day

18Answer the Telephone Like Buddy the Elf Day

19Hard Candy Day

20Re-gifting Day

21Ugly Christmas Sweater

22Date Nut Bread

23Roots Day

24Christmas Eve

25Christmas

26Thank-you Note Day

27Fruitcake Day

28Chocolate CandyCard Playing Day

29Tick Tock Day

30Bacon Day

31Make Up Your Mind

Nana Sarfo-BonsuPaw Print Columnist

Ever felt the need to dress up like a ninja and fight crime, sit in your room and eat a mountain of chocolate, or walk around wearing an ever-so-ugly Christmas sweater, but felt ashamed about it? Well, fear no more because now you have the perfect excuse! You’ll finally be able to wear your ugly Christmas sweater with pride! Every day in December, there is a national holiday that some people might not even know about. They are typically not on most calendars, but these “holidays” still exist, and you can celebrate them in your own fun and creative way. For instance, on December 18 is Answer-your-phone-like-

Buddy-the-Elf day. Imagine that! That would sure bring in some of laughs, and a add a touch of Christmas cheer before it even begins. If you’re a huge foodie like me, you’ll be excited about all the yummy “food” days you’ll be able to celebrate such as Pie Day, Cookie Day, Chocolate-Covered-Anything Day, Bacon Day, Pastry Day, and Cotton Candy Day! To cele-brate cookie day for instance, you could learn how to make some of your very own tasty cookies and share them with your family and friends, or you could buy them in your lo-cal grocery store. It’s all up to you. It wouldn’t hurt to try at least one of them. Just have fun with it. You could even write a thank you note on Thank You Note Day, which is right after Christmas. Happy Holidays Everyone!

Christmas isn’t the only thing to celebrate

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Ashley KochisPaw Print Columnist

Christmas time reminds me of two things: how grateful I am that Jesus came to earth, and cookies. Since this is a cooking column, I will focus mostly on the cookies. Ever since I was a little girl, baking cookies has always been one of my favorite ways to spend the holiday season. In this edition of “The Kochis Kitchen” I will share a recipe that is very near and dear to my heart. My mom’s Oreo cookies are my absolute favorite Christ-

mas cookies. As a little girl, I distinctly remember eating most of the cookie dough from the fridge while my mom wasn’t looking. Luckily it did not land me on the naughty list. When my mom used to make this recipe, she would crush each individual cookie into a fine grain. But now, in the golden age of technology and kitchen gadgets, I get to use a food processor, which is a tad bit more exciting. Also, this time around, my mom was the one who ate the batter. Oh, how the tables have turned. Here is the recipe, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

The Kochis KitchenAshley-approved recipes for you to try

Ingredients: 1. 1 package of Oreo cookies, crushed2. 8 ounces of cream cheese, softened3. 1 package of white almond bark4. 1 package of chocolate almond bark

Oreo cookie truffles

Directions:1. Using a blender or a hand-held mixer, mix the Oreos and the

cream cheese together2. Chill dough for an hour, then roll into balls. If the chilled batter

is still quite sticky after you have rolled into balls, chill again for 15 minutes

3. Melt ¾ of the white almond bark4. Using a toothpick, stab an Oreo ball and dip it into the melted

white almond bark5. Allow the balls to harden on wax paper, it should take roughly

15 minutes6. Once the Oreo balls are no longer sticky, drizzle them with

melted chocolate and white almond bark Mr. Kochis enjoys Ashley’s homemade treats. (photos - and cookies - by Ashley Kochis)

Sports The Paw Print Page 10

Aidan Boyd

The boys basketball team is pushing for the fifth year title of Grey Division district champs in the MVC. Last year, they had an abrupt ending with a loss in the first game of the tournament. This year, their goals are set much higher and the players think those goals are much more in reach because of CCS moving back to Division Four. With returning players like the four seniors Riley Reutener, Miguel Ringer, Cole Martin, Jalon Percy, and junior Cameron Rog-ers, they hope to set the team in motion to have a great season. New varsity players include K.J Swain, a transfer sophomore from Hamilton, Logan Woods, a

freshman, and Devin McKinnon, who suffered a torn meniscus last year, but is healthy this year. These new players plan to add to the team in big ways. The Cougars began their season on November 30 with a tough loss to Badin, coming up two points short. The final score was 61-63. The boys followed up by blowing out Lockland by 32 points. They have a couple more home games coming up that they are ex-pecting to win. CCS is hosting a tourna-ment over Christmas break on December 28-29. Carl Woods returns as head coach this year. Assistant coaches are Brian Oates and

Kevin McKinnon.

Grace Custer

New year, new season. Big changes in the girls basketball program this season with new coaches bringing new ideas and motivation to the team. This year the girls basketball team got two new coaches, Head Coach Terrence Mitchell and Coach Rogers, along with two returning coaches, Coach Sarah Peters and Coach Derrick Byndon. Sophomore Kaitlyn Fritz said the new coach has a goal for the team this year to be more unified. Kaitlyn also said that among the new additions to the team there are four or five new freshmen which will make up for the players they lost last year. Coach Mitchell said, “We are going to have a young team this year.” He added, “We lost our top three scor-ers and some senior leadership from a year ago. But, I do see enough promise with this group of girls that we could

compete for an MVC scarlet Division Championship this season.” He said he wants to see CCS players more en-gaged as to what it means to be a student-athlete at CCS, by playing at higher levels and leaving a legacy for those coming behind them to play in the program. The team has 14 players this year. Sophomore Briahna Bush said that with only that many players the team may not have enough players to have two teams. Briahna also said, “I hope more people come out because it’s going to be a really good season this year!” Coach Mitchell also plans to unify the teams more. He wants to bring together the elementary, junior high, and high school teams as one unit. He said some of the things that they do at the high school are what he wants to see in the elementary and junior high programs. To bring the teams together, he said that he plans on have the high school players be more engaged in elementary and junior high programs by assisting at practices and games.

CCS BasketballBoys team: The Drive for Five

Girls team: New coach, big changes

Freshman Logan Woods looks to steal from a Badin player at the season’s opening game. (Photo courtesy of Korinna Glenn)

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Cole Martin

The 2018-2019 bowling season is up and rolling. Games began on the last week of November as the boys team came up short against Colerain in their first match. But only two days later, the Cougars defeated Summit Country Day by a little over 100 pins. The younger players are showing some promise, although the team does have some rebuilding to do after losing important, contributing seniors of last year’s class. These alumni include Hayden Steele, Michael Yost, and Tyler Parker. In practice, Coach Peters finds himself focusing more on the newer players of the team to polish their skills so that the team is well-rounded and ready to compete for their fourth consecutive MVC title. Senior Collin Fritz led the Cougars in their first game, averaging a 205. Collin personally hopes to break some of his own records throughout the season. He claims that he wants this season to be more enjoyable and says he will not let himself dwell over anything going wrong in his perfor-mance. The boys are feeling a mix of some pressure to get an-other conference title, but more so a confidence boost since they’ve won it three years in a row.

Lindsey Carney

As the seasons change, a new sports season begins. CCS has a junior varsity and a var-sity cheer team. There are 10 girls on the varsity team. Synae Powell is the team manager. Freddie Jackson, a junior, is on the varsity squad. This is her second year. She said that “so far, we are doing really well as far as cheers and we are making good progress with the cheers. We are also making good progress in

terms of building relationships be-tween ourselves.” Explaining the difference between last year and this year, Freddie said, “Last year was sort of a trial season for a lot of the girls who are on the team. This year and we definitely learned from our mistakes.” Freddie said that she hopes to get more friendships and see more win-ning games this season. Another girl on the squad said that she decided to do cheerleading instead of the sport she was playing last year

was because she wanted to try some-thing new and do something with her friends. She also said that she is hop-ing to finish this season having made more friends. Mariah Webster, who is also a junior, is on the varsity team as well. This is her first year on the squad. She said that the reason she decided to do cheerleading this year was to try something new. Mariah added “I’m hoping that this season will allow me to gain relation-ships with the rest of the team.

CCS is what? Red hot!

Cole Martin

Since the last two years the girls team has been in the conference, they have won the league title each year. Can they get their third in a row this season, or will the girls have a downfall? According to senior Lindsey Carney, taking care of another conference title will not be an issue. Aside from alumna Cheyenne Wilson, the entire girls varsity squad will be returning this year. There are only five bowlers on this squad, so if anyone gets injured, someone from JV would have to step up. The girls beat Colerain in their first match, bowling a fantastic 2202 as a team. A win over such an immense D1 school is an impressive way to start the season off. They next matched up against Norwood and easily defeated them, with a final score of 2313-1407. CCS girls bowling remains undefeated so far, tied with Seven Hills at the top of the conference. When asked about personal goals, Lindsey said, “Since it’s my senior year, I really want to make it to state as a team or individually.” When it comes to the expectations of the team as a whole, she tells the Paw Print that they just want to have fun and always be doing their best.

CCS BowlingBoys team begins to rebuild

Girls team remains tough to beat

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Cole MartinPaw Print Columnist

The Landmark Eagles made an incredible post-season tournament run that they never even imagined. A few CCS students belong to the Eagles football team and found themselves contributing all the way to the National Championship game. “The excitement for these games was unreal,” senior Jacob Carroll tells the Paw Print. This tight-bonded group of guys wasn’t even thinking about the post-season until it came. Next thing they knew, they were com-peting for a national title against the Christ-prep Patriots, who have only lost a single game all season long. They couldn’t keep up with the Patriots, but it’s about the journey that got them there in which is special. When asked about what it was like being under such big spot-lights, Jacob said, “It was so much fun to play in front of that many people, I played the hardest I ever have in the last game because I knew it would be the last football game I’d ever play.” Senior Ben Fallat agrees with Jacob, that one of the best memories of it all was win-ning the back and forth Final Four game to advance to Nationals. Other memorable moments included playing in the National Championship, and also after their senior recognition when a group of guys found themselves getting pretty emotional. Ben added that “coming from an 0-10 team (at CCS) to this was absolutely amaz-ing.” Jacob believes that the whole team playing together is what got them as far as they got, and he thanks God for such an awesome senior season.

Photos top to bottom: Landmark Eagles at nationals, senior Jacob Carroll is ready to play, the Eagles celebrate with their trophy.(photos cour-tesy of Jacob Carroll)

Landmark football under national spotlight