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Think

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Creative students think outside the box
Hidden talents within students each week after school.
were discovered and refined in certain "It's very time consuming
departments of the school. Music, because if I make one mistake when I'm
drama, art, industrial tech, and particu- building something, the entire thing is
lar English classes were outlets for ruined," Donovan said.
students who had the desire to en- Some students balanced many
hance their creativity. activities at once. Senior Melissa
"I 've had a passion for writing Smigelsky was involved in choir,
and drawing for as long as I can forensics, newspaper, and the fall
remember. I was thrilled that Millard musical.
North offered so many different classes "I practice nine hours per week
I was interested in," junior Kathleen for the fall musical alone ... not counting
Clark said. the time spent practicing on my own. It
Those who were involved in takes a lot of effort to be one of the
these classes generally got along well best. Sometimes you catch yourself
with each other. They spent countless wanting to settle for mediocre, but that
hours struggling to achieve perfection level is not acceptable," Smigelsky said.
in their works, and sometimes either All the time and effort thrown in
failed or achieved success together. to conquer students' goals were almost
"Everyone in the music and always rewarded in the end. Whether
drama departments have close ties they hit the really high notes in a song,
because we all have so much in carried out a memorable performance
common ," sophomore Mallory Sleight onstage, sketched a beautiful work of
said. art, created a flawless picture frame, or
wrote an imaginative story, each
student portrayed creativity at its best.

Social studies teacher Maureen Konwinski
cuts out laminated characteri stics for her
lB students to use in a group quiz on the
politcal spectrum on liberal a nd
conve rvative groups in Mexico.
Konwinski said that when she teaches by
using hands-on acitivities, her students
grasp th e concept better.
photo by Rachel Fischer

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