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Issued November 7, 2013 Powered by VigeoMedia
Trading places on the field
pages 4-7
A Letter from the Principal
KM Students, Parents and Community,
During the 2012-2013 school year, in
partnership with VigeoMedia, Kettle Moraine High
School launched a new structure of school
publication: a digital magazine that not only shares
the latest happenings at KM, but immerses interested students in all aspects of the
work that goes into such a production. The feedback was tremendous, with people
throughout our community having 24/7 access to this collection of school news,
student spotlights and more.
It is with great excitement that the first edition of the 2013-14 digital version
of the KM Voice is here, and I am confident that this year’s editorial team and
contributors will continue to grow and develop our digital magazine in our second
year of production.
Lastly, please encourage your friends, family, neighbors and relatives to Opt-In
and select KM Voice to automatically receive our magazine electronically, helping
our team’s goal of increasing the readership of those in our community.
We look forward to great things happening at Kettle Moraine High School during
the 2013-14 school year, and we are excited that the KM Voice will be there to share
the memories with all of us.
Go Lasers!
Mr. Jeffrey A. Walters
KMHS Principal
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Highlights
4
Homecoming
Many Kettle Moraine’s agents dressed
Contents up during homecoming week to show
Letter from the Principal 2 their school spirit.
Homecoming 4
10
The Night That Changed It All 8 New Faculty
New Faculty 10 This year Kettle Moraine High School
welcomes thirteen new teachers.
Drama Club 16
Student Senate 20 24
Welcome to Night Vale
Laser Robotics 22 A highly popular podcast, chronicles
local events in the titular town.
Welcome to Nightvale 24
KM Global 28 32
Ceramics
Aikido 30 Recently, the district has made a
push to make all of its spaces more
Ceramics 32
collaborative and versatile.
Product of Copy Editor | Timm Boyle Kettle Moraine Editorial Team:
Media Production Specialist | Brian Saxe Jacob Cavaiani
and John Weyer Christine Nyce
Design | Michelle Klauke Jenna Mann
Production | Michelle Klauke and
John Weyer Design and Production:
VIGEOMEDIA Contact Us:
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Homecoming Timeline
Monday: Ugly Sweater Day Friday: Blue and Gold, Pep Rally,
On Monday, hideousness was Laser Lympics, Parade, Football Game
everywhere for Ugly Sweater Day. On Friday, blue and gold was everywhere
as KM’s agents demonstrated their school
Tuesday: Color Wars, Powderpuff,
spirit. Each grade was well represented for
Capture the Flag
the Laser Lympics competition at the Pep
On Tuesday, The Freshman agents Rally. Between the marching band and the
defeated the Sophomore agents in the club, class and community floats, Kettle
new Capture the Flag showdown, and the Moraine’s best was showcased at the
Senior Bond women were victorious in the Homecoming parade. Afterwards, the
Powderpuff football game. football team experienced a tough loss to
Wednesday: Decade Day Catholic Memorial in overtime, 14-21.
On Wednesday, the second half of the Saturday: Dance
20th century was well represented for Kettle Moraine’s agents responded
Decade Day as each grade battled for spirit well to changes at the dance: random
points. breathalyzers, permission slips and
Thursday: Fake an Injury Day different ticket selling procedures. The
On Thursday, much of the KM student dance, organized and planned by Student
body arrived crippled and bruised for Fake Senate, was a huge success!
an Injury Day.
Many of Kettle Moraine’s agents dressed
up during Homecoming Week to show
their school spirit and to win spirit points
for their respective grades. Overall, the
Seniors won the competition, followed by
the Freshmen, Juniors and Sophomores.
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2013
Homecom
ing
Week
Imagine how it would feel two lovers stereotypically quarter flipped end over end,
if“Heads, we get married; standing on a bridge gleaming in the night, my
tails, we break up.” overlooking a murmuring mind flashed back to how
I looked down at her, her river. The moon watched us this had all come to be.
gray eyes staring back up at from overhead, a lone “Hey Aaron, come on
me. I had looked into those witness for what was about over!’’
eyes for hours and hours. To to happen.
I turned my head, narrowly
a stranger, they were the eyes Abby moved the quarter to avoiding a waiter carrying a
of any ordinary girl. her right hand, and rested it platter of appetizers. Across
But not for me. I knew that on the crevice between her the dance floor stood my
just beneath the surface, thumb and pointer finger. She friend, Ross, looking proud in
those eyes were burning with glanced up at me, trying to his new cadet’s uniform. The
a passion and a desire, a love find some kind of answer in buttons shined as the roving
so powerful nothing in the my expression. strobe lights whirled around
world could come close to it. “You know why we have the room, chatter buzzing
“Aaron, did you hear me?’’ to do this,’’ she began. Her amid the swirling bodies.
voice was strong despite the I weaved in and out of
I snapped out of my trance, fact that both of our bodies
my mind focusing on the the crowd, my strong body
were incredibly tense. “If you brushing aside countless
situation in front of me. come back or not is entirely others after weeks of
“Yes,’’ I replied, my voice a up to chance. It’s only fair to grueling training. My own
whisper. I looked down past both of us if we make this cadets’ uniform caught the
her eyes, past her face. My decision by chance, too.’’ eyes of many, and whenever
gaze rested on the palm of I merely gestured at the eye contact was made, there
her left hand, where a shiny coin, trying my best to was always some sense of
silver quarter gleamed in control the emotions that had gratitude. Whether it was a
the moonlight. All around us begun to boil inside me. tip of the head or the
were the sounds of insects slightest smile, these people
and birds and the rush of With a deep breath that
understood the sacrifice I
moving water. We were alone had the slightest hint of a was willing to make.
on this warm summer night, tremble, Abby flicked the coin
into the air. As the shining
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The Night That Changed It All
by Andy Behling
As I scanned across the “I’m Aaron,’’ I said quickly, The coin hit the bridge with
crowd attempting to find holding out my hand. a single sharp ring, clear as
Ross, I made eye contact She reached out her own, a bell. Abby and I never took
with a pair of grey eyes. I and I cupped it lightly in our eyes off of each other.
didn’t remember stopping. mine. And finally, simultaneously,
All I remembered was the we both let out a single gasp
single desire in my mind “Abby.’’
and fell into each others’
to look into those eyes. I The coin whirled through arms.
changed direction, moving the air, flipping end over
towards the mysterious end above us. Time seemed That’s the thing about
figure, our gazes never to have slowed to a crawl flipping a coin.
breaking. as Abby and I stood there For that brief second when
We met at the center of the watching our final fate. it’s in the air, you realize what
dance floor. She was wearing The coin reached its peak, it is you truly want.
a stunning white dress that and slowly began to plummet
barely touched the floor. Her back to the stone surface of
long brunette hair was the bridge. As it crossed my
elaborately braided down face, I met Abby’s eyes. Our
her right shoulder, and on gazes held, unable to break
her face was the most eye contact.
dazzling smile I had ever
seen. It lighted up the room
more than any disco ball or
“You know why we have to do this,’’
colored lamp, and there was she began. Her voice was strong
such a sense of purity in it. despite the fact that both of our
“Hi,’’ she said shyly, her bodies were incredibly tense. “If you
smile never wavering. come back or not is entirely up to
“Hey,’’ I replied, my own chance. It’s only fair to both of us if we
smile forming. She was so make this decision by chance, too.’’
beautiful. I couldn’t take my
eyes off of her.
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This year, Kettle Moraine English exciting in Mrs. Fleming’s
High School welcomes thir- Mrs. Fleming earned life? She’s pregnant with her
teen new teachers, two new her bachelor’s degree at first child!
counselors, one new secre- Gustavus Adolphus College Ms. Sweet majored in
tary and one new supervisor! in St. Peter, Minn., where English Education with a
she majored in Business and broadfield Language Arts
Art
Management, and double- (drama, theatre and journal-
minored in English and ism) from UW-Stevens Point.
Communications. After an This year, she is teaching
11-year career as a English 9, Honors English 9
pharmaceutical sales rep, and Creative Writing I. She
she went back to school to enjoys connecting with
get her master’s in Education her students and helping
from Alverno College. She is literature come alive for
Mr. Langenecker studied still finishing the program,
at Cardinal Stritch College them. Currently she is
but she is licensed. This year, teaching Shakespeare, which
(now University), where she is teaching Honors
he majored in Fine Arts. is scary for many. She com-
English 9, three sections of bats that by incorporating fun
He specialized in paint- Honors English 10 and
ing, sculpture, drawing and activities to relate the text to
Creative Writing I. She everyday life. Did you know
photography. Before coming enjoys the interaction and
to Kettle Moraine, he taught that Ms. Sweet studied in
relationships with students London for five months? She
in the Elmbrook and New and seeing them get excited
Berlin school districts. This met one of the greatest Brit-
about what they are reading ish actors of all time, Sir Ian
year, he is teaching Photo or writing. She is co-advising
Tech, Sculpture and Drawing Academic Decathlon with Ms. McKellen, while living there.
from Life. Before teaching, he Kornowski. Mrs. Fleming’s Counseling
was a fulltime artist work- hobbies are reading, walk- Mr. Galván attended
ing for theaters such as First ing her dog, spending time National Louis University. He
Stage. He will be involved in with her husband and family, majored in Education and
KM’s upcoming musicals and swimming, and writing music Art with a focus in Spanish
plays. and singing. Something and English, completing this
10 Kettle Moraine THE VOICE Digital Magazine l Issued November 7, 2013New Faculty
By: Jacob Cavaiani
work in three years. Later, here because there are fewer students through their chal-
he attended UW-Madison, counselors with the same lenges in high school. Did
where he earned his master’s amount of students to work you know that Ms. McKonly
degree in Multicultural with. He says that the fast ran a marathon? Besides
Studies in just one year. pace is helping him to grow spending time with her dog,
Following that, he accepted professionally again. Outside running is one of her hobbies
a Counseling position at of school, he enjoys being outside of school.
Highland Park High School in outdoors by playing disc golf.
Illinois, the high school from At any given time, he car- Math
which he graduated. How- ries 40 discs in his car! Mr. Ms. Wardecke went to
ever, he had to obtain another Galván is the counselor for Kimberly High School near
master’s degree – this one students with last names A Appleton, where she was
in counseling. He worked in through Ha. the valedictorian of her
the counseling department graduating class. For college,
Ms. McKonly received she majored in Math and
fulltime, studied fulltime and her undergraduate degree
coached fulltime. After six Secondary Education with an
from UW-Lacrosse in Sociol- emphasis in Math from
years, Mr. Galván returned ogy. She minored in inter-
to Madison, where he pur- UW-Milwaukee. She also
personal Communication. minored in Computer
sued a Ph.D. in Curriculum She acquired her master’s
and Instruction and Literacy. Science. Last year, she taught
in Educational Psychology at Veritas High School in
During that time, Mr. Galván with an emphasis in school
taught teacher education Milwaukee. This year, she is
counseling at UW-Milwaukee. teaching Algebra 2, Geom-
courses to future teachers. She has counseled at school etry and all of the Computer
He was also an advisor to in Kenosha and Virginia. She Science classes. She enjoys
the university in its diversity was a counselor at Mukwo-
programs, completing it in being in the classroom with
nago for the past five years. students everyday. Her favor-
2006. Following that, he was During the day she is busy
a counselor at Verona High ite moments of teaching are
meeting with students, when someone finally gets it
School and Madison West teachers and administrators. or gets really excited about
High School. Now he is at Mrs. McKonly gets excited
Kettle Moraine! Mr. Galván it. She is a social person and
about the talents students loves being around other
feels that he is challenged have. She enjoys helping
Issued November 7, 2013 l Kettle Moraine THE VOICE Digital Magazine 11people. Teaching is a way for Did you know that Mrs. Wolf school, he enjoys fishing and
her to pursue her passions is working towards her black playing golf.
and teach people something belt in Taekwondo? Outside
that she loves. She is the as- of school, she enjoys read- Science
sistant coach for the WNKM ing, running and Taekwondo.
boys and girls swim teams.
During the summer, she Physical Education / Health
spends time at her cottage in Mr. Yarbrough majored in
northern Wisconsin, tubing, Exercise and Sports Sci-
wakeboarding and skiing. ence at UW-Lacrosse. He
She also loves “normal” hob- completed
bies: reading and hanging out his Health
with her family and friends. certification Ms. Basthemer majored
She is also involved with her at Carroll in Broadfield Science and
church. College. Secondary Education from
Teaching UW- Superior. She has taught
Mrs. Wolf earned her since 2004, at Ripon High School for one
degree in Teaching and Me- he has worked in the Brook- year, Tomah High School for
chanical Engineering from field, Menomonee Falls and one year and Saint Francis
UW-Milwaukee. Prior to Waukesha school districts. High School for two years.
Kettle Moraine, she taught at This year, he is teaching This year, she is teaching
Mukwonago High School for Sophomore Physical Edu- five sections of Physics. She
five years and Nathan Hale cation and Health. He likes enjoys the “aha” moments,
High School for five years. seeing students grow and de- when the students finally
This year, she is teaching velop over the course of high understand something and
Project Lead The Way Digital school years. Mr. Yarbrough see it click. Ms. Basthemer
Electronics, Pre-Calculus and was a college national cham- loves seeing everyone every-
Honors Algebra 2. She loves pion and six-time All-Amer- day. She says that she would
math and having fun with her ican in the 400-meter dash. get bored sitting behind a
students. She is the STEM He is currently coaching desk all day. In college, she
(Science, Technology, Engi- football and will be coaching played on the golf team and
neering and Mathematics) track in the spring. Outside of was a member of the dance
coordinator for the district.
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By: Jacob Cavaiani
team. Follow her on Twitter! coach. Mr. J. Bestor attended certification. A few years
@kmphysics. Marian University, where he later, he earned his master’s
Ms. Jewell majored in double majored in Education degree in Educational Lead-
Secondary Education at and Broadfield Social Stud- ership from Cardinal Stritch
UW-Madison. She went to ies. This year, he is teaching University. Prior to Kettle
Pewaukee High School. She Modern World History, U.S. Moraine, he taught at an
student taught at Middleton History and Current Events. alternative facility, Lad Lake,
High School. This year, she He is also an assistant boys for 11 years and at Hamilton
is teaching Biology-Ecology basketball coach under the High School for two years.
and Molecular Biology. She direction of his older brother, This year, he is teaching at
likes building relationships head coach Mr. Brad Bestor. the Alternative School in the
with her students and shar- Mr. J Bestor knew that he morning, and he is a support
ing her passion of Science wanted to be a teacher since teacher in two biology class-
through teaching. Ms. Jewell eighth grade. Did you know es in the afternoon at KMHS.
loves doing puzzles. Some- that he taught for one year at Mr. Jones’ passion is helping
times her dining room table the Fond du Lac County Cor- students become success-
becomes a puzzle table! She rectional Facility? Outside of ful. Mr. Jones’ hobbies are
describes herself as a sucker school, he enjoys traveling, hunting, fishing, ice fishing
for Netflix. Right now she is listening to music and being and other outdoor activities.
going through the Science active. Did you know that Mr. Jones
documentaries. In her spare plays a variety of musical in-
SWD struments? The list includes
time, she enjoys spending Mr. Jones attended Palmy-
time with her family and guitar, trumpet, baritone,
ra-Eagle High School. That is bass guitar, harmonica and
puppies. the same school Mr. Walters accordion.
Social Studies attended, and Mr. Jones was
Mrs. Wilde also attended
Mr. Justin Bestor comes to one grade under him. After Palmyra-Eagle High School.
Kettle Moraine from Mishicot high school, Mr. Jones stud- She received her undergradu-
High School, where he was ied at UW-Whitewater, where
he majored in Geography. He ate degree from UW-White-
a Social Studies teacher, the water. Her master’s degree
varsity basketball coach and then returned to Whitewater from Marian University is in
the assistant varsity baseball to get his Special Education Educational Leadership. Prior
Issued November 7, 2013 l Kettle Moraine THE VOICE Digital Magazine 13New Faculty
By: Jacob Cavaiani
to Kettle Moraine, she taught stitute taught in Sheboygan one of the secretaries at the
at Bradley Tech High School for a semester and taught front window. She enjoys
for 17 years and Nathan Hale at Watertown High School being around high school
High School for one year. for 18 years. She likes the students. Outside of school,
This year, she is supporting change so far. She teaches Ms. Jones enjoys watch-
students in Composition I, seventh grade Spanish at the ing sports in general, and
American Literature and middle school in the morn- she also likes to watch the
Government. Mrs. Wilde ing and Spanish 3 at the Packers play, and her sons
enjoys the relationships with high school in the afternoon. wrestle.
students and parents. Did Señora Allen’s sons go to Mr. Pfeiffer attended
you know that Mrs. Wilde the middle school, and she Arrowhead High School. He
went skydiving once? Out- enjoys being with them went to Gustavus Adolphus
side of school, she is kept there. Teaching is a fun and College, majoring in Physical
busy by her sons’ activities. rewarding job that she says Education and Health. Prior
She also enjoys scrapbook- keeps her young. Did you to Kettle Moraine, he taught
ing. know that Señora Allen was in Evansville, Wis., for one
an exchange student in high year, Sussex Hamilton
World Language school, living in Spain for
Señora Allen attended High School for four years,
the summer in between her Waukesha Public Schools
Carroll College (now Univer- junior and senior years? She
sity), where she majored in for 14 years and Sheboygan
had such an amazing experi- South High School for 15
Spanish and International ence that she went back to
Relations. After that, she years. Then he retired. This
study at the University of year, he is the head football
went back to school to get Madrid. Outside of school,
her Secondary Education coach, a supervisor and the
she enjoys running her kids strength training coordina-
Certification. She also has around, cooking and baking.
her master’s in Educational tor. He enjoys being around
Leadership and Curriculum Support Staff kids and molding them to
and Instruction from Cardi- Ms. Jones comes to Ket- become good community
nal Stritch University. Prior tle Moraine from Nebraska, adults. Mr. Pfeiffer loves to
to coming to Kettle Moraine, where she was a secretary golf. He has a boxer named
Señora Allen long-term sub- at a middle school. She is Boomer and two children
who are in medical school.
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Issued November 7, 2013 l Kettle Moraine THE VOICE Digital Magazine 19Student Senate
I stand by as a peer is kicked. I stand by as a peer is choked. I stand by as a peer is told his very
existence on this planet is worth no more than a feeling of loss and pain. I stand by as he laughs,
laughs at his own disgrace. I stand by as he takes every hook – another to the face. I stand by and
watch as his stomach knots and his head bows in shame.
His mother and father weep, press their faces into arms. Knowing their arms will never be enough
to mend and hold that little boy they once knew so well. I stand by as my peer becomes “nothing”; a
shell.
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in the Oconomowoc Arts Center as we watched several young kids walk through a life of sorrow.
Though a triumphant story, Lee Hirsch did an exemplary job of expressing a disheartening point of
view on bullying that many will never otherwise witness than in his documentary, “BULLY”.
Every scene is like looking through the open eyes of a disrupted and broken soul. There is an
emptiness about each student in the film that calls you to act with every passing minute. A big point
that was made is that you are not alone. You have the ability to rise above what holds you back and
change your perspective completely.
A father in the film, whose son had committed suicide a short time before the film was compiled,
was shown speaking with youth everywhere, introducing truth that “...whether you are the bully
or the victim, you are loved.” And who really is the victim or bully in a situation where everyone is
fighting for the upper hand?
We all know that doing the right thing is hardly the easiest. Fitting in doesn’t have to feel like
changing yourself; it should be a right of acceptance. Hirsch has taught thousands of people that
everybody has a place in this world, and everyone is worth something.
On behalf of everyone in Student Senate, be kind, and never forget that you are worth more than
words will ever describe.
Emily Merian
Class of 2014
“...whether you are
the bully or the victim,
you are loved.”
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covering events relevant to Okay, so Welcome to mentary, and flipped it into
our community and student Night Vale isn’t about a town an entirely different realm
life, we decided the only quite like Wales, Wis. Maybe by setting it in a town where
logical choice for our first something more along conspiracy theories are both
review of the year is a radio the lines of a town where true and a part of normal life.
program with a similar focus. Stephen King and M. Night Take this news bulletin from
Welcome to Night Vale, Shymalan serve as mayor Episode One, for example:
a highly popular podcast, and sheriff, respectively. This “The city council announc-
chronicles local events in the makes for deliciously dark es the opening of a new dog
titular town. The program humor and episodes that vary park at the corner of Earl and
covers bland local events in tone from apocalyptic to Summerset near the Ralph’s.
such as strange lights in the joyous, but are never predict- They would like to remind
sky over the Arby’s, vague able. Night Vale has taken the everyone that dogs are not
yet menacing government standard community radio allowed in the dog park.
agencies and the vast civili- People are not allowed in the
dog park. It is possible you
will see hooded figures in the
dog park. Do not approach
them. Do not approach the
dog park. The fence is electri-
fied and highly dangerous.
Try not to look at the dog
park, and especially do not
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It goes on in that same
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following has kept the qual-
24 Kettle Moraine THE VOICE Digital Magazine l Issued November 7, 2013Welcome to Night Vale
by Christine Nyce
drifted away. But only window into the small
not with Night desert community.
Vale. Let me tell Unlike a book, we do not
you, I am abso- receive a smooth chronol-
lutely hooked, and ogy of events, but instead
so is the podcast’s are granted only sporadic
devoted fan base. updates on the major play-
They have latched ers. Night Vale posits, quite
on, creating vol- in contrast to our Instagram
umes of stories and Snapchat happy mentali-
and artwork based ty, that you don’t have to see,
on characters they let alone fully understand,
will never even what is going on in order to
see. enjoy something. You need
That’s why I only to check in, twice a
think Night Vale is month, and hear about the
not only a really horrors of street cleaning
good podcast, but day.
something totally Night Vale is so success-
unlike media we ful because it combines the
are used to. It familiar with the bizarre, the
ity high. Writers Joseph commits wholeheartedly to
Fink and Jeffrey Cranor have comfortable with the morbid,
the idea that a complex, fas- the fascinating with the un-
been holding strong for over cinating world can exist, and
a year, constantly reinvent- known and a small town with
yet be mostly unknown to its the constant threat of alien
ing and growing their lovely audience. Unlike a television
little town. Previously, I have invasion.
program or movie, we will
struggled with really enjoy- never see Carlos the scien- Welcome to Night Vale can
ing and actually sticking with tist, the giant glow cloud or be found for free on iTunes
podcasts. I have listened to the Apache Tracker, let alone and new episodes are
an episode or two, and even- Cecil, the reporter who nar- released on the first and 15th
tually lost interest or simply rates the program and is our of every month.
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VIGEOMEDIAnot earlier, every single day. assignments are uploaded
Most people in Global have online and have a due date
at least one class in the high of midnight. KM Global
school that they have to go to obviously has some kind of
everyday. global aspect associated with
Other classes that it (thus the name).
students take through Global This global perspective is
are taught in a different worked into something we
format. Instead of having have called seminar. Seminar
As almost everyone knows French fifth period every day, lasts two periods and is held
by now, Kettle Moraine High a student may have it fifth once a week. It is when all
School is host to two very period on Mondays and Global students are together
unique charter schools: KM Fridays. We still have assign- and learn about something
Perform and KM Global. ments due on the other days, going on in the country or the
Both of these schools offer we just don’t meet in a world. For example, we de-
students a unique learning classroom setting all the bated the healthcare system
environment that is a change time. Instead, any other in America, the government
from the traditional high
school. For students who are
not in one of these schools,
they may seem a little
strange. As a student in one
of those charter schools, KM
Global, I think it is important
to share a bit of information
regarding the program.
One of the biggest mis-
conceptions about the Global
is that we don’t ever have to
come to school. Personally,
I am at school at 7 a.m., if
28 Kettle Moraine THE VOICE Digital Magazine l Issued November 7, 2013KM Global
By: Carrie Schultz
shutdown and the Syrian
conflict. We also get to talk
to people from all over the
world, including someone
from Egypt who was involved
in the protests.
Probably the biggest
aspect of Global is the
research projects we do each
semester. They are not just
book reports or a shallow
overview of a topic. They
require hours upon hours of
research, planning, interview-
ing and field work.
Last year, I did a project
that investigated the rela-
tionship between the brain,
music and emotions. I read
books and articles, used a lot interviewing a lot of experts mean it’s better or worse
of charts and diagrams, and and travelers about their than another school, though.
I conducted my own experi- opinions and experiences on Instead of offering a broad
ment that I wrote a 26-page the topic. These projects are range of different classes to
formal report on. This project great ways to get a really a large group of students,
taught me about cognitive in-depth look at a topic, Global offers learning with a
neuroscience and psychol- sharpen research skills and global perspective, a change
ogy, as well as scientific meet professionals in the in traditional learning, and a
research methods. field. flexible, personalized
This year, I’m examining KM Global is definitely curriculum.
why critical languages are so different from an average
important to learn. I plan on high school. That doesn’t
Issued November 7, 2013 l Kettle Moraine THE VOICE Digital Magazine 29Aikido
By: Cara Schultz
Have you ever wanted to be a Padawan Leah Cason, a sophomore student who
like in Star Wars? If you join Aikido, your attends after-school Aikido, says, “I really
dream will come true. like that Aikido does not focus on pushing
down and hurting people. It is more uplift-
Aikido is a Japanese martial art that ing and helps guide the person. Also, it’s
focuses on harmonizing life’s energy. You like being a part of one big family.”
can learn how to use a staff and a wooden
sword, and to roll like a ninja! After school If you would like to join this amazing
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays martial art and be a part of the Aikido fam-
from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. in Room 212, you ily, please contact Mr. Weber in Room 317
will get the opportunity to exercise, re-
lax from the stress of the day, meet new
people and have fun.
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Check back regularly to see if you or anyone you know is featured in one of our magazines.I have been a student in work has changed vastly. house students from three
Kettle Moraine High School’s With the development of my different schools (Perform,
ceramics classes for the past work, I have also had the Global and Traditional) dur-
three years. I have engaged unique opportunity to see ing all hours of the day. So,
in classes from beginners the evolution of the ceramics over the summer, the wall
Ceramics I to the loosely space. between the ceramics room
structured Ceramics III. Over Recently, the district has and another classroom was
the years, I have learned the made a push to make all of opened up to allow for more
basics of ceramics, like what its spaces more collabora- light from the window and a
makes up clay (crushed tive and versatile. It is im- larger workspace. Two new
granite) to what it means for portant that students are kilns and some much needed
clay to be bone dry (the clay able work together and be storage space have also
has no more moisture, but original in open spaces. The dramatically enhanced the
has yet to be fired). new KM Ceramics space room.
I have had the opportu- reflects just that. With the It is definitely still a work in
nity to interact with other massive increase in students progress, but the beneficial
students and try new tech- enrolled in ceramics classes effects of this new environ-
niques, and the chance to see (nearly 200), it was time for a ment can already be seen in
my work develop a character change. the teamwork and problem
all its own. From pinch pots The small, artificially lit solving found in every
to massive wall pieces, my room was just not suited to ceramics class.
32 Kettle Moraine THE VOICE Digital Magazine l Issued November 7, 2013Breaking the Mold
By: Greta Kaufman
Issued November 7, 2013 l Kettle Moraine THE VOICE Digital Magazine 33You can also read
