Girl’s Tennis Season

Girl’s Tennis Season

Ana Shore

Last week, the Varsity Girl’s Tennis Team ended their short season. The girls finished with an amazing 9-3 record and were in second place in the league! Sadly, they did not win their first match of team sectionals against CBA. However, Lydia Brown and Brooke White qualified for individual sectionals at first doubles and Christine Han and Victoria Shevchuk qualified for individual sectionals at second doubles. Neither pair made it past their first match at Cortland, although they tried their best! Congratulations to all the girls on their hard work!

PSAT Tips!

PSAT Tips

Mel Videto

In order to get into a good college, it’s a smart choice to take the SAT. But before that, you might want to take the PSAT. PSAT stands for the Preliminary Scholastic Achievement Test and is practice for the SAT. The PSAT will prepare you for the real thing by sharpening your test taking skills and giving you a glimpse of what to expect in the SAT. What you are about to read are tips for taking the PSAT but they can also apply to regular tests in school.

The PSAT is divided into multiple sections based on writing, critical reading, and math. The goal is to answer as many questions as accurately as you can within the allotted time, which is usually anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes per section. In the writing section, you are expected to correct grammar and punctuation. Carefully read the question and fix any mistakes. In the critical reading section, there are passages to read and then questions based off of what you read. Make sure to read the passage thoroughly and go back and look at the passage when answering the questions. The passages can be on any topic from the jazz era to the science of the brain, so there is no preparing yourself for the specific passage you will encounter on test day. Just take your time when reading the passage so that you comprehend it, flying through but not understanding it will only hurt you in the long run.

In the math section, you will have multiple choice questions as well as short answer questions. You will be provided with a limited list of formulas, some of which you might not even need. Try to answer each question correctly and quickly. Since it is multiple choice, you will have the answer right in front of you. You just need to recognize it. Try to plug the answers in for the appropriate problems. As for the short answer, or grid-in problems, you will not have any answers to compare to. A major tip for this is to carefully write your grid-in answers. Don't forget to write in any decimals or slashes for fractions. If you are having trouble on a question, try to write something in the answer box anyways because you won’t be penalized for a wrong answer on a grid-in question.

The difficulty level usually increases as the questions go on in each section. It is important to skip the harder or later questions if you have no clue, rather than skip an easy one that you might be able to solve with some more time. If you dwell on a hard question, you may end up wasting time and throwing yourself off as you scramble to finish the test. Remember, the PSAT is only practice for the SAT, but still try to do your best as quickly and efficiently as possible. Good luck!

Game Night Follow-up

Game Night Follow-up

This past Friday, October 3rd, SADD hosted their annual game night! SADD was please with the turnout, about forty people attended Game Night and had a lot of fun. There were games such as Candyland, Clue, Just Dance Broadway Edition, Super Smash Bros, Chutes and Ladders, and much more! As for snacks, there was soda, candy, and nachos. If you couldn’t make it this year, try to come next year and support the club!

Homer Tennis Matches

Homer Tennis Matches

Ana Shore

                                                  

On September 22nd, the Homer Girl’s Tennis Team played a long match against Marcellus. Even though the weather was questionable, the rain held off and Homer fought hard for three hours. In the end however, Homer ended up losing to Marcellus, 2-5.  First singles lost 0-6 and 0-6, second singles lost 3-6 and 3-6,  and third singles lost 5-7 and 5-7. First doubles lost 4-6 and 2-6 and second doubles lost 4-6 and 5-7. Third and fourth double players were able to pull some wins for the team with Maddie Jennings and Ana Shore winning 6-1 and 6-4 and Marissa Sackett and Rachel Crompton winning 6-3 and 7-5. Wednesday and Thursday the Trojans went on to win matches against Cortland and Mexico, securing Homer’s spot in team sectionals.          

SADD Movie Night - Cloverfield! 10/17

SADD Movie Night

Skyler Powers

SADD is holding its 9th annual Movie Night on October 17th at 7 p.m. at the Homer High School.  SADD will be showing the movie, Cloverfield in the High School’s library.  The admission is $2 and those over the age of 13 are welcome.  There will also be candy, popcorn, and drinks for sale at the event.  SADD does many events throughout October to provide alternative activities for teens at Homer High School as part of their OKsoberfest, which raises alcohol safety awareness.  

Cloverfield is a 2008 Science-Fiction Action movie directed by Matt Reeves.  The movie is filmed in a “found footage” style and focuses on a small group of people who are caught in New York City in the midst of an unexpected monster attack.  They are forced to fight for their lives with danger lurking around every corner and are desperate to escape the city before it is too late.  

Come out to SADD’s Movie Night and support their efforts in making the lives of teens healthier and safer.  

Varsity Girls Soccer

On Thursday, October 2nd, Homer Varsity Girls Soccer played an away game at CBA. Kim Dieroff, a center midfielder, scored in the first half. During the second half, CBA scored on a dead ball. With the score 1-1, the game went into overtime. CBA scored the first half of overtime, which lasted ten minutes. During the second half, no goals were made until center midfielder Carolyne Yonta scored in last 56 seconds. The intense game created tensions among the fans, and the final score was 2-2.

Spirit Week Fashion Advice

Fashion Advice

Mel Videto

Want some fashion tips for Spirit Week this year? Well, read up on some of my advice so you can put the spirit in Spirit Week and help support your school!

Fashion Disaster (Monday, October 6th)

Well, this is pretty straight forward. Any colors that don’t match or that you wouldn’t normally wear together is exactly what you want for this day. Take any color from the color wheel and match it up with the color opposite it. This means that they compliments each color. Red, for example, is the opposite of green. Put those together and you get a wacky Christmas look! Or take purple and pair it with yellow for a flashy look. However, you don’t have to wear opposite clothes. If you really want to clash, take two colors on the color wheel that are next to each other and wear them. Examples would be red and pink, orange and yellow, green and blue. Just take anything bright or colorful and wear it!

Textures and patterns can also screw up your outfit (on purpose, of course). Ladies, you can take a burnout-textured shirt and match it with striped leggings or cardigan. Or take plaid and put that on top of your favorite patterned leggings. I think that layers work well and can work with any look that you want to go with. Here, we want a disaster. Perhaps throw in a cardigan or vest over an already crazy look. Guys, maybe you want to wear man leggings under your favorite shorts? Or perhaps wear a long sleeve under a short sleeve or muscle tank? Or hike you socks up over your shorts? Anything crazy is acceptable!

Let’s talk pants. For the girls (or guys if you wish), feel free to go all-out with the crazy leggings and match it with a patterned shirt. Or even wear shorts with any kind of leggings under them for layered look. Dawn the necklaces and heavy jewelry! Get out those crazy high knee socks and put them over jeans! The crazier you look, the better. Remember to put the disaster in fashion disaster!

Twin Day (Tuesday, October 7th)

For twin day, you obviously want to find a person or two to match with. While you can plan on just wearing the same jeans and perhaps a shirt that you both happen to have, why not consider dressing it up a little bit? We can take fragments of advice from fashion disaster day to make your outfit more tasteful and exciting. Why not go with matching knee socks or leggings? Feel free to swap a shoe so you and your partner can go around school with one flip flop and one Ugg boot each. Remember, twin day doesn’t have to be just about matching, you can dress it up!

Patriot Day (Wednesday, October 8th)

Okay, we all know what this means. Dawn your red, white, and blue clothing! For some people, wearing red and white tops with regular old blue jeans is enough, but for those of you who want to show more school spirit, there is a lot more that you can do. You could paint your nails American colors or even make you eye shadow red, white, or blue! Find a shirt with our flag on it or if you have a belt, necklace, bracelet, or even sticker, wear it for Patriot Day!

#Throwback Thursday (Thursday, October 9th)

For this day, you can dress as someone from any past decade. You can do anything from the  20s to 90s! Or even from way before! Use this day to dress as extravagantly as you wish. Dig out those old leg warmers or don the rainbow colors. Don’t hold back - throw it all back to last Thursday, whether that’s from last week or last century!

Bleed Blue (Friday, October 10th)

We can all guess what we should wear for this day, but some people may just decide to wear jeans. While that’s enough, you can also layer the blue with some more blue! Paint the nails blue or wear blue socks. Any blue jewelry works as well. Or, since this blue day is mostly to represent our school, why not match it up with some white? White tank top with a blue cardigan? Or just have your whole outfit be blue! Aspire to look like a blueberry!

Have fun dressing up!