Chasity Nelson
Reporter
When senior counselor Erin Falsetta was laid off, questions flew. Students wondered where she was and if she was coming back, and when she returned students and staff were ecstatic.
Falsetta is a well known guidance counselor who works with seniors in their class placement, college plans, and post life plans. When Falsetta was laid off she says she worried about the students a lot, being that she deals with all of the senior plans.
“I worried a lot about the students, especially seniors. Graduation depends on the counselor,” said Falsetta.
After …

Victoria Smith
Reporter
Walking into class the first day of school, most students expect to meet their new teacher. On their first day this year, dance students met a substitute teacher, who explained that a permanent teacher had not yet been hired.
Students who were expecting to continue their training with dance teacher Heather Vaughn-Southard were surprised that she was no longer at Everett.
“I was shocked and a little upset,” said senior Velnique Bowman.
Bowman, along with several other students, are in a class called Company, for advanced dance students. The Company was created …

“Art Attack!”, Everett’s new literary magazine, was published this week. Submissions came from students in English and art classes, as well as from staff.
“Art Attack!”, Everett’s new literary magazine, was published this week.

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Keri Hilson visited Everett High School in Lansing, MI for their 2011 prom and performed a 30 minute concert, as well as crowned the prom king and queen. The visit was the result of Everett junior Crystal Nguyen’s entry in Seventeen magazine’s “Ultimate Prom” contest.

Photos from Prom 2011, including the concert by Keri Hilson, have been posted. More will be added soon. Check them out here.

Everett’s spring musical, “Dream Girls,” is loosely based on the story of the successful Motown Records act, Diana Ross and The Supremes. It showcases the drama and struggle they went through to reach their dream.
Many Everett students had high expectations for the opening night, Wednesday, March 16.
“I feel the cast will do good because of all the hard work they’ve put in the production,” said senior Clinton Warfield.
On opening night the “Dream Girls” cast looked nervous. The cast looked the part, but some Everett students who watched the play felt …

By Xia Thao
After the ground-breaking mounting of “Rent: School Edition” last year, the drama department is again preparing to stage another popular Broadway musical: “Dreamgirls.”
Thanks to a $10,700 Thoman Grant that theatre tech teacher Jim Allen pursued and won, the show will include four theatre professionals.
Allen said the road to receiving the grant wasn’t an easy one.
“I got the grant by crawling on my belly and begging for it,” said Allen.
After all the work put into winning the grant, he had to renew it this year in …

By Nikayla Williams
 
Dance teacher Heather Southard returns to Everett.

“I missed the energy and spirit of Everett students,” Southard.
She said her favorite part of the job is finding a way to keep dance in student’s lives after high school.
Commitment, structure, and consistency are what it is going to take to get the program back on track and Southard has very high expectations and plans in store for the dance program.
Southard said she has a very distinct vision of where she would like things to go and would like to create …

Photos from the Class of 2010 Commencement are available at our Flickr page! Check it out!

As of today, texting while driving is illegal in 22 states and that number keeps growing. This new law was first proposed when texting and driving became an issue, for especially teen drivers.
“Driving and texting is really dangerous. I know some people who do it, and [I don’t like] what they do,” said Junior Tou Her.
According to http://www.goodhandscommunity.org/ Michigan now will enforce the law starting July 1, 2010, this law will ban text messaging and e-mailing while driving. The fines for the offence are expected to be $100 for first …