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Superintendent by Day, Rockstar at Night

Superintendent by Day, Rockstar at Night

By: Mikyai Scott Have you met the famous Dr. George Wood? Well if so, you should know he’s a pretty cool guy.  Wood has been at Federal Hocking for 28 years before he retired for six years, he missed the environment and staff so decided to come back and doesn’t regret a moment of it. Wood claims that he enjoyed building the four period schedule with staff and has some other good memories from Federal Hocking to look back on.  When asked about the hardest part of being a superintendent, he claims it is balancing the budget.  “When I was…
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Summer Time

Summer Time

A bunch of people love the summer, right?  Shawn Farthing is a 9th grader and has a pretty open summer. “I don’t have any plans yet. Go to the gym, the rec center, and not be a couch potato.”   English teacher Katelynn Jarrell is excited. “I am going to a music festival in July, then a couple vacations with friends.  Going to be outside hiking.” Sophomore Brayden Holland is going on vacation in four weeks to Florida, spending time with family, playing games, hanging out with friends, and going to the pool, and also venturing to the rec center.”…
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Senioritis

Senioritis

Have you ever been a senior ready to graduate? Have you ever been so eager to get out of school? Well many seniors at Federal Hocking High School are. The seniors are eager to get out of high school and go to college or find the career they want to begin. Many are in internships related to their future career such as early education, veterinarian offices, construction, or anywhere they are interested in working at to get a feel of how that job works.  About half of Fed Hock seniors are located at FHHS and the other half are at…
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A Little Piece of Heaven

A Little Piece of Heaven

Nicknamed Winner Woods, the Lois Busch Winner Nature Preserve was established by the Athens Conservancy this spring. I would even call it a little piece of heaven right next door. With 106 sprawling acres of tall Oak trees and tiny Pawpaw trees, the land was donated from the Winner family as a way to honor the benefactor’s late mother, Lois Busch Winner. The land has been in the family for over 100 years, but the family wanted the people to experience the land’s beauty just as they had, first hand. Athens Conservancy Board member Aimee Delach really loved that the…
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