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Nativity BVM High School
Volume 12 , Issue 2
October 2014
By Jake Parobek
The class of 2015
dominated Nativity’s
annual Spirit Day on
Thursday, Oct. 9.
“When we walked
into Spirit Day as fresh-
men we wanted to win
so badly,” said senior
Kenny Rossi. “Now that
it has happened, it feels
surreal.”
History was made
this year while the sen-
iors shattered the stand-
ing record for total
points scored and made
a record of 134 points.
From the start Spirit
Week is praised by all
students because it’s the
best time of year com-
ing together to compete
in a series of events
against all of the clas-
ses.
From the Senior Cit-
izens to the Junior Jun-
gle and lower classmen
Super Sophomores and
newcomers the Fresh
and the Furious, which
this was their first Spirit
Day.
The outcome of
Spirit Day is always a
surprise, but the seniors
came out with the victo-
ry followed by the jun-
iors and then sopho-
mores, lastly the fresh-
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Lawton’s Hill Full of Spirit Election 2014 2
SAT stress 2
Exchange
profiles
3
Freshmen adjust 3
Halloween 4
Movie review 4
Sports 5
Athlete of the
Month
6
College decisions 7
Chill Out 7
INSIDE
Man Arrested for Courthouse Threat
By Aileen Chang
Nativity BVM
High School
locked down on
Friday, Oct., 3,
due to a “terrorist
group” threaten-
ing to shoot
school students if
the Schuylkill
County Court
House was not
closed by noon.
Pottsville po-
lice said they now
have Todd Doh-
ner in custody for
the two threaten-
ing calls. The po-
lice also believed
that the reason he
made the phone
calls is because
he didn’t want to
pay fines.
Nativity was
locked down
around noon right
after the school
got a phone call
from the police.
Parents were wor-
ried and con-
cerned about the
situation, alt-
hough school ad-
ministrators said
it was safe and
there was no need
for the parents to
come to pick up
their children.
Still, some
parents came to
Nativity to pick
up their kids.
(See Page 3)
7th grade
visitation
Oct. 29
Report cards Oct. 31
1st Friday Nov. 7
Parent-
Teacher
Conferences
Nov. 10
Veteran’s Day program
Nov. 12
Liturgy Nov. 13
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Seniors celebrate their Spirit Day victory Thursday,
Oct. 9, after setting a record for points scored with
134. The juniors finished second, followed by the
sophomores and the freshmen.
From Page 1
men. It being their first Spirit Day,
the class of 2018 put forth a valiant
effort, surprising the competition
finishing first for one of the races.
The most important qualities
for this week besides winning
Spirit Day are having the best hall-
way decorations and class shirt
over all the classes. Each class
decorates their hallway, which is
judged by the teachers.
Each day was given a theme
and the students dressed up ac-
cording to the theme.
The Spirit Week dress-up days
included Freaks and Geeks Day,
Twin Day, Wild West Day, then
Spirit Day followed by Nativity
wear to end the outfits for the
week.
The festivities began again as
the votes were tallied Chris Wol-
lyung and Maura McDonald won
homecoming King and Queen dur-
ing halftime at Nativity’s home-
coming game against Carson Long
on Friday afternoon.
During the week, homecoming
candidates completed King’s
presentations, during which they
battled each other through dance
skits and various challenges. Also
the Queen candidates made their
homecoming videos, reminiscing
on high school memories through a
video and various questions and to
do show and tell of something that
means the most to them. These
videos brought the crowd to tears
thinking back on all the good
memories they have had over the
four years that are sadly coming to
an end.
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SAT causes stress for students
By Lizzy Winter
On Tuesday, Nov.
4 students that are 18
years old will be hit-
ting the election polls
to vote for the first
time.
It is important to be
properly informed as a
young adult so you can
vote for the best candi-
date that will better the
country in the future.
This new responsibility
is taken for granted by
many adults as it is
hard to persuade them
to take the initiative
and vote.
According the Cen-
ter for Research and
Information on Civic
Learning and Engage-
ment at Tufts Universi-
ty, only half of people
ranging in ages from
18-29 voted. This in-
flux of young voters
will help our country
as they introduce new
ways of thinking and
understanding if they
participate by voting.
Some teens feel
there is no need to vote
when in reality they
really can make a dif-
ference in the election.
“I believe voting is
important because even
though we are young,
our votes do make a
difference in the end,”
said senior Sean Greco.
It seems that par-
ents and teachers are
constantly telling
young people that they
are the people who will
be running the country
once the older genera-
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Seize Opportunity to Improve Pa.
By Pauline Yoo
and Molly Purcell
The stress of SAT makes high
school students want to rip their
hair out.
It is the most important test of
your life. The test determines what
colleges will accept you.
Some people say the stress
doesn’t come until the test is right
in front of you.
“I’ll be ready as I’ll ever be,”
senior Derrick Hamilton said. “I
enjoy the SATs. They’re kind of
fun.”
But for others the stress comes
weeks before they even take the
test.
There is nothing like taking a
four hour test on a Saturday morn-
ing.
If you are taking the SATs this
year, keep calm. It is not the end
of the world.
“I feel like I’m taking a test,”
Hamilton said. “I don’t know how
I feel, and I never really get nerv-
ous at tests.”
Students can take classes to
prepare for the SAT. Penn State
Schuylkill offer classes for $299
for the entire course or $159 for
individual subjects for 6 weeks”
“I just basically practiced for
stuff that might appear in the
SATs,” Hamilton added.
Some people are fortunate and
prepared enough to get a high
score the first time they take it, but
for the people less fortunate, they
can take the SATs several times.
Though the test may be a bit
pricey, it is a good thing that stu-
dents can take it as many times as
they want to get a better score.
In the end, do not be so
stressed about the SATs. Just en-
joy the ride.
Spirit Week
Election ‘14
Page 3 Skylines
By Gonzalo March
and Miguel Sahui
Each addition of Sky-
lines will provide a
glimpse into the lives of
Nativity students.
Daniel Diamant
AGE: 16
COUNTRY: Denmark
BIRTDAY: August 5th
1998
Why did you want come
to United States? To get a great experi-
ence and to improve my
English.
In your time that you
have stayed in United
States, what it is the best
experience you live? Watching a football
game.
If you should choose one
thing of United States
that you have not in
your country? What do
you choose? The prices are really
low here compared to
Denmark, I would defi-
nitely like to have that.
Which is your favorite
sport? Why? The last two years I
have been watching a lot
of football because I like
the action.
Before I asked you that
thing you will choose for
your country, but what
thing do you choose of
your country that you
think it is better for
here? Free medical care.
Could you say me in
three words which is
your feeling about live
almost one year outside
of your country? Exciting and different.
If you can to decide at
what part of United
States go, What did you
decide? Why?
New York, because I
have been I the united
states 3 times before and
that was my favorite
place.
What do you like to do
in your free time? I like to play sports
and hang out with friends.
Gonzalo March
Country: Spain/Madrid
Birthday: 01/08/1996
Why did you come to the
United States? I came here to im-
prove my English, be-
cause the next year I will
be starting college and my
college requires me to
have very good English.
What’s your favorite
thing about your coun-
try? The food and the
beaches.
What sports do you
practice?
Right now I’m practic-
ing football, but in Spain I
practice rugby.
Would you like to visit
all U.S and why? I don’t know whether
all us, but yes for example
New York and California
in general.
Do you have a slogan?
Impossible is just a
word, so work hard to get
your goals
What’s your favorite
thing of the U.S?
I don’t know because
haven’t met all the things,
so I’m not really sure.
Would you like to come
back to the United
States?
Yes, of course. I hope
I live around here in a few
years.
Personality Profile: Daniel Diamant & Gonzalo March
(Continue from Page 1)
Saint Clair was also under a
lockdown and dismissed early;
Pottsville Area School District
and Schuylkill Haven Area
were on lockdown and extra
security was provided.
Lockdown
By Molly Purcell
Every year brand new fresh-
men come in anxious and curious
about what will come their way in
high school.
After a few weeks of walking the
same halls and seeing the same peo-
ple, freshmen begin to adjust to the
lifestyle of high school.
Freshman Madison Clarke said
“I was nervous I would be late for
class.”
But she got used to the schedule
and everyone in the hallway between
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Freshmen Adjust to High School
Page 4 Skylines
By Liz Shappell
The R- rated movie
Annabelle came to thea-
ters Friday, Oct. 3. It was
directed by Mr. John R.
Leonetti, produced by
Messrs. Peter Safran,
James Wan and Tony
DeRosa-Grund, with writ-
er Mr. Gary Dauberman.
The movie took second in
the box office behind Da-
vid Fincher’s R- rated
adult drama, Gone Girl.
This horrifying movie
is based upon a real-life
doll named Annabelle and
the demons held within it.
Throughout the movie the
doll appears to change
appearance and look more
disturbing to the human
eye.
Annabelle is disposed
of several times but seems
to always find its way
back into the scene with
no known explanation.
This disturbing doll is the
reason behind the haunt-
ing events that happen to
the family that are in pos-
session of Annabelle.
During the movie, the
doll is primarily after the
clean soul of baby Leah.
This demented figure per-
forms such actions as hav-
ing books fly at the baby,
have a truck hit the baby
carriage and make the
child’s mother, Mia, think
as if her child is dead. The
suspense in the movie An-
nabelle will have viewers
on the edge of their seat
until the very end. This
movie also keeps viewers
accumulating questions in
the back of their minds.
Annabelle has an ex-
cellent beginning and a
twisted ending nobody
will want to miss.
There is a brief story
behind the movie. The
Annabelle doll was named
after a young girl by the
name of Annabelle Hig-
gins. The real Annabelle
resembles that of a Rag-
gedy Ann doll. Makers of
the movie said they had
changed the dolls appear-
ance in order to make it
more “scary.”
This doll was given to
a nurse by the name of
Donna in 1970. She had
lived with her two room-
mates and in time they all
started to notice the doll
was not “normal.” It start-
ed changing rooms and
leaving little notes written
on parchment paper. The
funny thing was parch-
ment paper was never
kept in the small apart-
ment.
One night the doll was
found with a red sub-
stance leaking from it,
Donna clams it might
have been blood. The doll
changed position of its
arms and legs from the
way it was left, even
rooms, unexplainable. Af-
ter these disturbing events
took place one too many
times, the doll was handed
over to a Mr. and Mrs. Ed
and Lorraine Warren. To
this day, Annabelle the
doll resides with the War-
rens in a thick glass case
with a cross above it la-
beled: WARNING, POS-
ITIVELY DO NOT
OPEN.
Movie Review: Annabelle Film ‘to Watch’
Preparing for Halloween
By Sasha Pharaim
and Nam Kawtemdee
Halloween is coming soon.
Most students in Nativity
B.V.M High School are look for-
ward to Halloween.
Every exchange students is ex-
cited for first time about Halloween
in USA.
Aileen Chang, Taiwan
Do you have Halloween in your
country?
Yes.
How is different between Hal-
loween in your country and Hal-
loween in USA?
The street is decorative and
teachers would hand out candies.
Though kids in Taiwan don’t do
trick or treating.
Do you excite for first time about
Halloween in USA?
Yes. My host mom bought me a
costume for Halloween.
Becky Petlansky, senior
Do you have good memory about
Halloween when you were young
Explain.
I always went trick or treating
with my mom and brother and ate a
lot of candy.
Do you have plan for Halloween in
this year ?
I’ll hand out candy.
Halloween
Movie Review
**** stars
Page 5 Skylines
By Kenny Rossi
Nativity’s 3-5 start to
the year is not ideal, but a
high powered offense has
kept the Green Wave in
the playoff conversation.
An offense guided by
senior quarterback Domi-
nic Piccioni has been on
point this season. Piccioni
is accompanied by talent-
ed skill players which
include Jeff Yordy, Chris
Moser, and Gino DiNico-
la all seniors.
Senior quarterback
Dominic Piccioni
eclipsed the 1,000 yard
passing mark for the sea-
son; he now has 1,048
yards passing yards on
the year and looks to add
to that total in the team’s
last two games.
Piccioni talked about
the keys to the offense
this year.
“Our ability as an of-
fense to find the weak-
ness in the defense is key
to our success, also run-
ning the offense that was
built for us is very im-
portant.”
| Senior wide out Jeff
Yordy especially has tak-
en advantage of good
play at the quarterback
position this year for the
Green Wave, he has over
688 yards receiving and
has 11 receiving touch-
downs which leads the
area.
Senior linebacker Gi-
no DiNicola talked about
the effect a great offense
on a defense
“An explosive offense
helps keep our defense on
track and lets us settle
down. Knowing your of-
fense can score gives the
defense the ability to be
aggressive and make
plays. ”
The Green Wave’s
lone loss within the All
American conference
came at the hands of
powerhouse Pius X by a
score of 64-22.
The last two contests
for the Green Wave will
be at home. The first
game will be against the
Bucktail Bucks for the
second time this season
on Oct 18. The Green
Wave on Halloween will
revisit one of its fiercest
rivalries Minersville for
senior recognition night
on Oct 31.
The playoff door still
remains open, the Green
Wave will now have to
win their last two contests
to have an opportunity for
a playoff berth.
Offense Key to Green Wave’s Success
Football
Nativity Boys’ Soccer Makes Playoffs By Edson Castillo
and Yu Yamahara
Nativity boys’ soccer team
made it to the Schuylkill League
playoffs, with a second place finish
in the division.
The Hilltoppers went 11-2-1.
Most of the people in the school
weren’t expecting that the team
would go to the playoffs in the be-
ginning of the season, but for the
collaboration of Mr. Hamilton and
the agreements from the Shenando-
ah Valley High School to let the
students play on the nativity soccer
team and made the team better.
The last time the Hilltoppers
made it to the playoffs was in 2009.
They were the division champions
in the Schuylkill league. The coach
was Mr. McCormack.
Nativity played against Blue
Mountain in the playoffs. Blue
Mountain won against Nativity 2-1
in overtime.
Nativity’s Ignacio Martinez
scored a goal in the 22nd minute
first half. Nativity played well and
pressured the Eagles well.
Nativity was up 1-0 until the 70
minutes of the second half. They
scored a goal in the 72nd minute
and they made it a tie1-1.
At the end of the second half,
the last 10 seconds Blue Mountain
had a great chance to score. Nativi-
ty's defender Yu Yamahara, Cullen
Hoppel and keeper Eric Nelson
blocked three shots in a row.
The teams went to extra
minutes. Then in the early extra
minutes, Blue Mountain scored the
golden goal and Nativity lost.
After this great game the play-
ers were very upset and sad. But
from this loss and sadness experi-
ence help the team to be motivated
to win the districts.
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Continued from Page 3
tion is gone. Students are
also told to start to take
more notice in things like
politics and the govern-
ment of our country.
Greco said he plans to
vote this year.
“I have voted since I
tuned 18 last year,” Greco
said, “because I like the
idea of being and making
a difference in the country
and our state.”
However, more now
than ever, teens are out of
touch with the govern-
ment and how it works.
Teens should pay at-
tention to the issues fac-
ing their country, state
and local governments
and educate themselves
on those issues. The can-
didates and their views on
those issues will affect
their lives in the future.
Voting in any election
keeps one up to date with
what is going on and
gives one the ability to
change the state or coun-
try.
Some young adults
seem to forget that the
issues being debated
about now also will affect
them in the future.
One issue that is con-
stantly being discussed in
America’s government is
whether or not the Armed
Force should be overseas
in war. The majority of
people fighting in these
wars are young men and
women. These people are
being deployed into com-
bat every day, and every
day the nation is losing
more lives.
Turning 18 comes
with many new responsi-
bilities for high school
students. Participating in
the election process as a
voter can make an impact
for the country both now
and in the future.
Voting Important for Causing Change
ATHLETE OF THE MONTH: Jocelyn Holobetz, Volleyball
Each month, the staff of Sky-
lines will select an Athlete of the
Month at Nativity.
This month’s athlete is junior
volleyball player Jocelyn Holo-
betz.
Holobetz has helped lead the
Green Wave to the Schuylkill
League Division IV championship
and a berth in the Schuylkill
League finals. Nativity will also
participate in the District 11 Class
A tournament.
Athlete of the Month
Name: Jocelyn Holobetz
Age: 16
Hometown: Kaska
Coach: Mrs. Jenn Daubert
Parents’ names: Michael and
Angela Holobetz
Years played: 9
Favorite subject: Accounting
Favorite position: Left side
How does it feel growing
such a close bond with your
teammates?
It was so easy to get close to
my team, I love being able to
hang out with them outside of
practice.
Do you plan on playing volley-
ball in college? Yes, I plan on playing volley-
ball in college.
- Compiled by Matilyn
Houser
Athlete of the
Month
“I believe voting is important be-
cause even though we are young,
our votes do make a difference in
the end.”
Sean Greco, senior
Page 7 Skylines
By Pauline Yoo
Entering the South
Main Street of Shenando-
ah, a new ice cream shop
called Chill Out was built
for everyone to enjoy.
The shop is open from
11 a.m. to 9 p.m. from
Sunday to Thursday and
11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays
and Saturdays.
Chill Out opened
Sept. 25, newly construct-
ed on the site that used to
sell and repair old cars.
The shop sells home-
made hard ice cream that
customers can choose to
have in a dish or a cone.
If you are feeling
bold, have it on a special-
ty cone like the pretzel or
a chocolate chip cone. A
variety of flavors, from
the original vanilla to the
seasonal pumpkin will
make one’s taste buds tin-
gle.
Chill Out serves sun-
daes, ice cream floats and
milkshakes. However,
they do not carry gelato,
which seems abnormal.
Chill Out also offers food
such as chicken wings,
mac & cheese and even
salads.
Prices vary depending
on the size and item pur-
chased. Hard ice cream is
$.50 pricier than their soft
serve and ranges from a
shooter costing $.50 to a
large that costs $3.25.
Large sundaes cost $4 and
the specialty sundae is
another $.50. The food
menu prices are reasona-
ble.
The shop will be
closed in Nov. and will
reopen in April.
Check out their Face-
book page at Chill Out
Ice Cream Parlor and
Snack Shop.
The phone number is
(570) 590-5388. The shop
offers plenty of seating
inside and are also reno-
vating an area right next
to the shop for customers
to enjoy their treat out-
side.
RESTAURANT REVIEW: Chill Out
Review
Seniors Await College Decisions By Kenny Rossi
Transcripts, College Applica-
tions, Scholarships, Essays, Inter-
views, and daily meetings with
Mrs. Stasulli define your life in the
early part of your senior year.
All these factors come with
deadlines and requirements that
need to be met. They all add stress
to the beginning of your senior
year.
| Senior Gino DiNicola talked
about this stress.
“Just knowing where I will go
and where I will call home for four
years and maybe even longer stress-
es me out,” DiNicola said. “It a big
life decision. We just all hope it’s
the right one.”
Senior Collin McGovern talked
about how he is stressed this year.
“The whole application process
is stressful, especially if you’re ap-
plying to multiple schools, “
McGovern said. “It takes up a lot of
your time.”
Acceptance letters have been
received by some lucky seniors, but
for others the suspense builds.
Am I getting in? Should I apply
somewhere else? Do I want to go to
college?
These questions riddle seniors
until that magic letter comes in the
mailbox.
Senior Chris Wollyung talked
about receiving his acceptance let-
ters from York College and
Bloomsburg University.
“I’ve been accepted to two
schools,” Wollyung said. “It’s such
a relief to be accepted so early, and
I already feel senioritis setting in.”
Until the day that letter comes
most of the class of 2015 will be
seating on the edge of their chairs
hoping for a acceptance letters to
come.
“Just knowing where I will go and where I will
call home for four years and maybe even longer
stresses me out. It a big life decision. We just all
hope it’s the right one.”
Gino DiNicola, senior
One Lawton’s Hill Pottsville, PA 17901
Phone: 570-622-8110 Fax: 570-622-0454
E-mail: nativity@infionline.net Website: www.nativitybvm.net
Value Then
Value Now
Values Forever
Freshmen Continue Adjusting to High School
Skylines Staff
Edwin Chan
Matilyn Houser
Jittraporn Kaw-
temdee
Gonzalo March Diaz
Jacob Parobek
Edson Pedro Castillo
Anantaya Phairam
Molly Purcell
Kenny Rossi
Elizabeth Shappell
Elizabeth Winter
Yu Yamahara
Pauline Yoo
Mr. Kevin Keating,
Advisor
Continued from Page 3
classes. Eventually
Clarke walked on the
right side of the hallway.
Clarke also said
“joining soccer helped
because I knew more
girls.”
Although Julia Klem-
bara wasn’t as nervous as
Clarke was, she said “I
was just scared that I
wasn’t going to get to my
locker. But as the days
went on, I got used to it.”
It’s normal to be nervous
starting at a new school
with so many people that
you do not know.
Playing a sport helps
you meet people and
talking to upper classmen
calms your nerves.
Upperclassmen have
all been there before and
they can give you advice
on how to take in the
teachers, the tests and the
homework, the activities,
and the other students in
the school, and you will
get the hang of things.
Lounging Around
Members of the senior class, including from left,
Gino DiNicola, Dominic Piccioni, Jeff Yordy, Emily
Fanelli, Mandy Wills, Max Tran and Chris Wol-
lyung lounge on the gymnasium floor while await-
ing the Spirit Relay during Spirit Day held Thurs-
day, Oct. 9. The senior class came with away with
the victory, setting a record with 134 points.
Seniors Jacob Parobek, Jeff Yordy, Emily Fanelli, Aaron Davidson, Chris
Moser, Collin McGovern, Becky Petlansky, Molly Purcell, Lauren Palko,
Maura McDonald and Alyssa Hager prepare for a relay event during Spirit
Day on Thursday, Oct. 9.