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Dec

07

2023

Ford’s Mustang GT Series Review

Reviews

Mustang is a world renown car brand with many great car series. My personal favorite is the Mustang GT series. It has many cars but which one should you buy? I'm here to answer that! First up, let’s talk about the engine. The engine that powers all Mustang GTs since 2011 is called the Coyote. It is a 5 liter 302 cubic inch engine that can make 420-482 from stock and can handle 4 digit horsepower reliably. This engine is also used in the f150s. The Coyote makes a good track, drag racing, or work engine because of the light…

Dec

07

2023

New To Teaching

MS Corner

Have you ever heard of Emma Harter? If you haven’t, it’s probably because she is new to teaching. You will see Harter around the halls mostly in the 7th grade hallway. She is a history teacher. She was a student teacher for Rebecca Castelino and learned a lot of stuff from helping teach with Castelino. Harter, at a young age, wanted to be working with kids and both of her parents are teachers. When working as a student teacher, Harter got to teach first hand as Castelino’s student teacher. Harter said she wouldn’t be here without Castelino. Castelino went to…

Dec

06

2023

Is Watching Live Sports Good For You?

Health & Wellness

Have you ever seen someone watching a sport on TV? You might think they are lazy,but it can actually help with higher levels of life satisfaction and lower levels of loneliness. According to https://www.advisory.com/ , people who watched live sports self-reported high scores on life satisfaction and lower scores on loneliness as compared to people who didn’t watch live sports. The survey was conducted in England and included 7,209 people between the ages of 16 to 85. They asked them about their well-being and if they watch live sports. Why this is good is because if you feel loneliness you…

Dec

05

2023

Math Teacher Celebrates 35 Years

MS Corner

Laurie Torrence is an 8th grade teacher at Federal Hocking Middle School. Torrence has taught at Federal Hocking schools for 35 years. She started off as a student teacher, then went to a high school teacher, and is now teaching 8th grade. Torrence’s love for teaching grew in 7th grade when her 7th grade math teacher introduced algebra to her. Torrences love for math grew when she was 12 years old. Her inspiration is her middle school math teacher Mrs. Delong. Torrence said the Federal Hocking Middle School principal, Sonya White, reminds her a lot about Delong, so White has…

Nov

30

2023

Space: The Infinite Vacuum

Odds 'N Ends

Space, the large and endless void - full of many cool and terrifying things, like large galaxies, quasars, neutron stars, black holes, and many other terrifying things. But the real question is, is the universe really infinite? Many scientists go and say that the universe is forever expanding while others say that it may expand to a limit then become a small bubble then redoing the cycle of the big bang. Meaning that the universe would just restart. If this event happens and is true how would it go down? Would it just be like an implosion or would everything…

Nov

29

2023

Long Covid

Health & Wellness

There is a good chance that you, or someone you know has had Covid-19 or Coronavirus. It has many different effects ranging from person to person. Some people may only have felt like they had a cold while others may have even died from it. Others are still suffering with something they call “Long Covid”. Long Covid is defined as when a person has experienced their symptoms longer than the average person and it causes a wide range of health issues. It occurs more often when people have experienced severe Covid and their body isn't fighting off the infection. These…

Nov

28

2023

A Familiar Face?

MS Corner

Trystan Peyton is a new teacher at Federal Hocking Middle School. Peyton teaches sixth grade math and this is his first year teaching at Federal Hocking, even though Peyton has been around FH for six years due to coaching and pre-service hours. He loves FH because of its community. Peyton has taught for three years in total. He taught eighth grade at Meigs for two years. Peyton wishes to go back to teaching eighth grade because it can be quite difficult to keep younger students engaged and on task. Peyton also coaches girls basketball for Federal Hocking, and has done…

Nov

20

2023

How the Internet Began

Tech & Gaming

The internet now has spread and become a very massive thing that most people know about. When it was made almost no one had an idea it existed. Only richer people could get their hands on a computer that could run the internet so almost no one had entered and seen the internet. What was it like? The internet started as a way for government researchers to communicate and send details and plans to other researchers. The one part of the internet called the dark web was originally used for the U.S. military to communicate and send plans to each…

Nov

17

2023

Fighting for Freedom

MS Corner

On Nov. 9, 2023, Federal Hocking Middle School invited veterans into the school to honor them for their service. The assembly started off with the Federal Hocking Marching Lancers playing the “Star Spangled Banner.'' After they played the national anthem, students played “America the Beautiful.” The band’s director, Julia Brewer, was absent at the assembly so Raen Ridgway and Luke Marcum lead the band in the playing of the songs. “It could have been a lot better. But at least we [the band] didn’t crash and burn,” Morella Ridgway, who plays bass clarinet for the marching band, said in…

Nov

16

2023

Blue Beetle Movie Review (NO SPOILERS)

Reviews

In 2018 Blue Beetle was announced as a live action movie for the superhero Blue Beetle but is it good? Let's find out. Blue Beetle was set to be released on HBO Max in the summer of 2023. In December 2021 DC had announced that Blue Beetle would get a world wide theatrical release for summer of 2023. The movie was released on August 18th 2023 and in the first 5 days it made 43 million dollars worldwide. That may sound good but the movie and the promotions cost over 104 million dollars and the movie only made 43 million…