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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…

Nov

16

2023

The Face Behind the Teacher

MS Corner

Jaclyn Casey is from Poland, Ohio and is now a 6th grade teacher at Federal Hocking Middle School. She worked as a principal for the last three years, before that she was a teacher at WOUB. She took a break from teaching for a long time; she stopped in 2005 to travel, and came back to the classroom this year. She lives at home with her husband who works at the Lancaster Prison as a sergeant and her three dogs. All five of her kids are grown. One of her kids Meredith had a still born baby about three years…

Nov

14

2023

The Life of Tabler: A Mother at Heart

MS Corner

Caring, loving and motherly: these are three words that describe Bobbi Jo Tabler, the guidance counselor at Federal Hocking Middle School. If there is a staff member that's truly being guided by their heart, it's Tabler. From a young age she knew she wanted to be a mom and decided to be an educator to then be around youth and help care for others. “Through teaching, I’ve learned that my heart is more with relationships, making connections, talking with students. It (teaching) just felt right. Teaching is not the only profession Tabler considered. Growing up, she was an avid basketball…