Parkston High SchoolParkston, SD

www.parkston.k12.sd.us

Parkston High SchoolParkston, SD

www.parkston.k12.sd.usTrojan Tribune12/17/2018

Issue 3

Wednesday, December 19 Friday, December 21Thursday, December 20

Orange 1, Normal Class

Orange 4, FINAL TEST

SRB

Orange 3, FINAL TEST

Blue1, FINAL TEST

Blue 2, FINAL TEST

SRB

Blue 3, FINAL TEST

Orange 1, FINAL TEST

11:30-1:00Blue 4 FINAL TEST

SRB9:50-10:55

Everybody eats lunch11:00-11:25

Trojan Trojan Tribune Tribune

HOSA students sponsored a blood drive on November 16. Members Nate Boettcher and Braydon Hurley man the check-in table for the donors.

HOSA chapter spon-sors local blood drive

SD History Class vote mirrors state resultsBy Brandon Manley

During election day this year, the Parkston high school had its own public election run by Mr. Freeman’s South Dakota history class, and the re-sults pretty much matched up with the statewide election results. The school mostly voted for Re-publicans with some votes for Democrats mixed in the voting for public offices like Governor and US Representative. The school, like the state as a whole, voted in favor of Amendment 24, to ban out of state contributions to ballot question com-mittees. In the local election most of the repub-lican candidates who won in the statewide elec-tion, also won locally. Amendment Z was the only amendment to win in the state election limiting each proposed constitutional amendment to only one topic.

Fina

l Tes

t S

ched

ule

An Event Journal-A Personal Perspective

Students attend State FFA Convention in spite of bad weatherBy Alivia Stirling

The original plan was to leave on Sunday, December 2 to attend the FFA State convention in Pierre. But since the weather was bad and the roads were icy, we left on Monday at 5:00AM which was horrible, We powered through it, how-ever, because our test was at nine.

It felt like we were driving for ten hours but we finally got there and got changed. We took our test and when we were done, we had to wait until 1:30 when it was our turn to compete. To fill the time, we walked around looking at the area, and bothering Mr. England. Eventually, he told us to go win free stuff at the displays for the confer-ence—so we did. We played a matching game to win cool things like hats and sweatshirts. By then it was noon and we were hungry, so we went to eat at McDonald’s.

We went back and walked around some more and tried some other games. At 1:00, we were called to compete because they were ahead of schedule. That was the longest fifteen minutes of my life, and when we got done we talked about what we had done wrong. By that time, everyone was ready to leave, so we did.

We took enough time to see the Christmas trees and the capital decorations. We ate again, this time at Dairy Queen, after which we went to see the statue Dignity before we headed for home.

FCCLA initiates mentor-ing projectBy Sydney Wear

Students who enjoy children and want to help others have signed up with a mentoring pro-gram sponsored by FCCLA. Local members Jo Boettcher, Lizzy Kinneberg, Maggie Baumgart, are promoting the program. A meeting was held on November 12 in Mrs. Geldermans room right after school for general information.

Tuesday November 27, people from Dakota Wesleyan University held a training during SRB for all junior high and high school students who are participating in the buddy mentoring program with the elementary. The training is required for all participants.

Personnel from DWU present a training session for PHS students who are intereseted in mentoring an elementary student.

Several Parkston junior and senior high students took time to create holiday decorations for the residents of Avera Bormann Manor. The students made Christmas trees from magazines with spray paint and decorations.Each month this year, the students are creating seasonal cards, crafts, and decorations to provide cheer for the Avera Bormann residents. Supplies for the crafts (no-longer-needed sewing trims, sequins, beads, ribbons, etc.) have been gener-ously donated by Parkston community members. Some of the Supplies were also purchased with funds provided by Thrivent Financial. Donations of no-longer-needed craft items (anything crafty!) are welcome and can be left at the high school office.

Students spread the holiday cheer

HappyHolidays!

Mr. Englin and the FFA members take in a few sights during some convention down time.

SportsGymnastics season beginsBy Zoey Harrison

The gymnastics team was off to a slow start for the fi rst meet, fi nishing 3rd place out of three teams. Some of the athletes had their doubts and some of them knew that they were going to do well. They went in and did their best.

They plan to work harder to be ready and prepared for their next meet. They didn’t let the poor showing get them down, and are fi red up and ready for their next competition.

Boys B-ball off to good startby Tyrese Friederich

The Trojan boys basketball team took on TDA in Armour, December 11. The boys struggled to find their rhythm throughout the first half. After half-time, however, the boys found their groove and moved from a two point deficit at the half, to an 18-point cushion when it mattered, at the end of the 4th quarter to bring home a 63-45 win.

The Parkston Trojans Boys Basketball team kicked off their season on Saturday, December 8. They faced off against the Avon Pirates. It was a short game as the Trojans took a demanding lead against the Pirates early on in the game. As the game went on the Trojans lead continued to in-crease. When the final buzzer went off the final score was 85-33.

Girls hit the BB courtBy Bennett McIntosh

The Lady Trojans started their season off with a win against the Tea Area Titans. The JV set the pace with the first game in the night by run-ning the court to win by a handful of points. The Varsity game was close all throughout. The Lady Trojans fought in the fourth quarter and pulled a lead but a Titan shot and scored to bring the game to overtime. The Lady Trojans played four more minutes of hard basketball and came out with a victory.

The Lady Trojans traveled to Alexandria to play their second game of the season against the Hanson Beaverettes on Monday December 10. They played hard and came out with a 53-37 vic-tory.

Tonight, the Lady Trojans play the TDA Nighthawks at home and the Winner Warriors in Winner on Friday.

The girls team take their positions to block a shot from the Titans.

The Pirates are poised to pass the ball into play, as the Trojans are plot a turnover.

Free throw point or rebound, the Trojans are ready for action.

By Slayton Neugebauer

The first wrestling practice was November 13, with the preseason potluck being November 12. At the potluck head coach James Boehmer talked about this season’s expectations, 6th graders prac-ticing with the high school team, and the Ethan school becoming a new part of the program.

This year’s lineup includes: four seniors–Lu-cas Bietz, Rocky Berg, Slayton Neugebauer, and Mica Johnson; two juniors–Riley Weber and Cord-ell Murtha; two sophomores–Landon Sudbeck and Logan Heidinger; three freshmen–Jerry Kohler, Noah Mahoney, and Lane Johnson; two 8th Grad-ers–Porter Neugebauer and Cael Ryther; and one 7th Grader–Riley Neugebauer. The sixth graders this year are Kaden Holzbauer, Kash Neugebauer, Gabe Neugebauer, Kolter Kramer, Elliot Leisch-ner, Carter Sommer, Zack VanZee, Gavin Braun, and Nick Paulson.

The first scheduled tournament was the Kim-

ball/White Lake Invite on December 1. Unfortu-nately, due to bad weather the tournament was canceled. The weather was much better for the Howard tournament. It turned out to be a good starting tournament for the wrestling team, which came in with a second place team finish. The Tro-jans’ Lucas Bietz(170) and Rocky Berg(138) re-ceived a 1st place finish. The 2nd place finishers were Riley Weber(113), Noah Mahoney(132), and Slayton Neugebauer(195). Landon Sudbeck(120) placed 3rd and Porter Neugebauer(106) and Jer-emiah Kohler(160) earned 4th place.

The opponents of the first Triangular of the year were Kimball/White Lake/Platte/Geddes and Burke/Gregory. The Wrestling Triangular took place in Platte. The Trojans lost the first dual against Burke/Gregory 54-25. The second dual was lost 43-34 due to a few matches going against the Trojans’ favor.

Wrestling season begins at the Howard Tourney

The rest of the team intensely concentrated on the action of their teammate.

Rocky Berg keeps the upper hand as he powers through to first-place. Slayton Neugebauer is intense as he positions himself for the best advantage.

Lane Johnson in close quarters. Landon Sudbeck has the situation under control.

Holiday traditions around the worldGermany By Kellie Ripp

A big part of Christmas celebrations in Germany is Advent; there are several different types of Advent calendars used in homes. Ad-vent begins four Sundays be-fore Christmas and ends on Christmas eve. Families also have advent wreaths with four candles in the wreath. One candle of which is lighted every Sunday in the Advent season until Christmas.

Another tradition is on December 6, when families celebrate Saint Nicholas Day. Christmas trees are also im-portant in Germany. They first were used in the Mid-dle Ages. If there are young children living in a house, the trees are normally deco-rated secretly by the mother. The tradition is that the tree is brought to the house on Christmas Eve and then they will exchange gifts.

In the evenings dur-ing the Christmas season families will read the Bible and sing Christmas songs like, “O Tannenbaum” (Oh Christmas Tree) and “Stille Nacht” (Silent Night). Germany is known for its Christmas Markets, in the markets there is all sorts of seasonal foods and holiday decorations.

Germans believe in ‘das Christkind’ (The Christ Child) but they don’t think of the child as Jesus but in-stead as a young girl with ‘Christ like’ qualities. Many of these traditions are familiar as they traveled with German immigrants to the US over the past century.

England By Baylee Schoenfelder

England is very cold, wet, and fog-gy around Christmas time. They decorate

their homes with holly, ivy, and other evergreens and hang a “kissing bough” constructed from mistletoe. Dur-ing the holidays, carolers go from house to house at night ringing hand bells and sing-ing Christmas songs. Some of England’s most popular Christmas songs include “The Holly and the Ivy,” and “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.” People will reward the carolers with treats, such as small pies filled with nuts and dried fruits.

The night before Christmas, every-one gathers around the tree and someone will tell a favorite story: “A Christmas Carol.” Then, the Christmas story is told, and children write a letter to Father Christ-mas (Santa Claus) with their wishes. They will toss their letters into the fire so their wishes can go up the chimney. After the children fall asleep, Father Christmas will come for a quick visit. He wears a long red robe, carries a sack of toys, and arrives on his sleigh pulled by reindeer. He will fill all the children’s stockings with candies

and small toys. On Christmas Day, they open their presents in the

morning. Everyone will sit down to the midday feast and will have a colorful Christmas cracker by their plate. A Christmas cracker is a paper-covered tube. When the end tabs are pulled, there is a loud crack and out spills trinkets, and a riddle to read aloud to every-one at the table. After dinner the family will gather in the living room to listen to the Queen of England deliver a message over the radio or television.

By Victoria Hopper

French holiday traditions often include foods. one of the best known is bûche de Noël a chocolate sponge cake in the shape of a log. The meal is savored by the French and so they try to have at least one holi-day meal that stretches for six hours. Not surprisingly, les Treize, is a tradition of having thirteen desserts to symbolize Christ and his twelve apostles at the last supper. Everyone has to at least taste each dessert to have good luck in the upcoming year.

Marche de Noel, or Christmas markets, are very popular in France, some of the hand-made delicacies include foie gras (duck or goose liver that has extra fat) and confit de canard (duck fried in fat). Christ-kindelsmarik, is the most famous and oldest Christmas market in France. You can find it in Strasbourg, in Al-sace, with many French products to be sold as gifts

There are also traditional decorations. The table, for example, commonly has three red candles and is very elegantly laid out. Père Noël is the French ver-sion of Santa Claus and he fills the shoes French chil-dren leave by the fireplace (instead of stockings) with small presents and treats.

France

By McKenzie Faas

On Christmas Eve, children especially boys go singing “kalanda,” which is caroling on the street as they play triangles and drums. They sometimes carry model boats decorated with nuts painted in gold. Car-rying a boat is a very old custom in the Greek Islands. If the children sing well, they may be given money and things to eat like nuts, sweets, and dried figs. Christ-mas trees are also popular in Greece.

An older and more traditional decoration, how-ever, is a shallow wooden bowl with a piece of wire along the rim. A sprig of basil wrapped around a wood-en cross hangs from the wire. Once a day someone, usually the mother of the family will, dip the cross and basil into some holy water and uses it to sprinkle water in each of the rooms in the house. It is believed to keep away mischievous spirits called the “Kallikantzaroi.”

The Kallikantzaroi are meant to appear only dur-ing the 12 day period from Christmas to Epiphany. They are said to come from the middle of earth and get into houses through chim-neys. The Kal-likantzaroi do things like put-ting out fires and make milk sour. Having a fire burning through the twelve days of Christmas is also meant to keep the Kalli-kantzaroi away.

Greece

By Morgan Faas

Christmas in Sweden is celebrated throughout December and traditionally until St. Knut’s Day on January 13. Just like America there’s a Christmas Eve, on December 24, the day before Christmas. Lucia Day is celebrated on Advent, December 13. The Christmas celebrations in Sweden usually start with the first Ad-vent in the end of November, although in stores, things for Christmas might go on sale earlier, usually after All Saints Day.

December 13, is Lucia where most of the children and adults dress up and have processions in preschool, school, and companies. The third and fourth Advent is usually the most important for many families as many

preparations are done. Baking and cooking are common activities. Many preschools and school Christmas vacations start between De-cember 17 to 22, and many work places begin vacations on December 20 to 23.

The tradition of the Christmas tree began in Germany in the 16th century, and spread to Sweden. During the 17th and 18th centuries the Christmas tree started to be dressed with can-dles. The first Swedish trees were generally decorated with live candles and treats such as fruit and candy. The foods served in Sweden during Christmas time are usually foods such as sausage, and lots of food with salts.

Sweden

By Richie Espinoza

Every fourth Thursday of November, as a nation, we celebrate Thanksgiving. The holiday honors the day that the pilgrims arrived to this country on the May-flower. The colony was a group of Puritans who were looking to get away from the Church of England. The members of the Plymouth Colony arrived and no-ticed that there were native inhabitants here called the Wampanoag tribe.

The Plymouth Colony wasn’t prepared for the winter, and the Wampanoag were dying from disease. So in March, 1621, members of both the colony and the tribe agreed to a peace treaty to protect each other from other tribes. So the 1621 harvest feast that took place has generally been considered the first Thanks-giving even though the harvest feast was just a routine English harvest celebration. Two hundred fifty years later, in 1863, Abraham Lincoln officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.

Thanksgiving

By Hallie Newton

Evergreen fir trees have traditionally been used to celebrate the winter festivals for thou-sands of years. Pagans used branches of the tree to decorate their homes during the winter solstice; it made them think of the coming of spring. The Romans used fir trees to decorate their temples at the festival of Saturnalia. Christians use it as a sign of everlasting life with God.

No one is quite sure when these trees were first used. The tradition began almost 1000 years ago in Northern Europe. In the early church calen-dar, December 24, was known as Adam and Eve’s Day. The tree represented the Garden of Eden.

Christmas Trees used to be decorated with ed-ible things, like covered apples and gingerbread. Glassmakers then made small ornaments similar to the decorations today. In 1605 a German test reads, “At Christmas they set up fir trees in the parlours of Strasbourg and hang thereon roses cut out of many-colored paper, apple, wafers, gold foil, sweets, etc.” The figure of baby Jesus was placed on top of the tree.

In time, people started to put up a figure of an angel/fairy that told the shepherds about the birth of Jesus, or they would put up a star like the Wise Men followed. In Victorian times, people would decorate the tree with candles to represent stars.

Christmas TreesBy Angel Shaw

As you grew up you probably remember put-ting a Christmas stocking up above your fireplace or somewhere similar. The origin of Christmas stock-ings goes all the way back at least to the 1800s.

One very famous legend has it that a very poor family with three young girls, left their stockings to dry hanging by the fireplace. The night before Christ-mas, Saint Nicholas threw three bags of coins down the chimney knowing the family was poor and had not money to pay dowries for the daughters. The children woke up on Christmas morning finding the bags of coins in their stockings.

Christmas Stockings