Haley Buskulic
his year, students will open their yearbooks to a big change: the yearbooks are in color… FULL color.
“The yearbooks will be in mid-May, if all the dead lines are done on time,” said yearbook advisor John Zielinski. “If there are any left over yearbooks at delivery time, they will cost 55 dollars.”
The people in charge of yearbook are  Zielinski and his yearbook staff. His sixth yearbook staff consists of sophomores, juniors, and seniors. In the class the students are assigned pages …

Brandon Salazar
Everett’s Taekwondo class will be performing a marathon called “Kicks for kids” where they will perform Taekwondo techniques to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network this May.
Taekwondo students will be asking for pledges. They have been doing this for the past five years and hope to keep on doing this for more years to come. They will be performing this marathon in the activity room.
“We hope to raise up to five thousand through six thousand dollars,” said Master fourth degree black …

AlecXis Glass
Online Editor
Many seniors have older siblings who remember graduating at the Breslin Center. The Breslin is a large venue with more than one level, so their parents could easily see them walk across the stage. Being in a Big Ten arena made many feel they had accomplished something great. According to the Lansing School District, there are no plans to return to the Breslin Center any time soon.
A contract has been signed with the Lansing Center for the 2012 graduation. Building head secretaries, principals, assistant superintendents and superintendents have …

Victoria Smith
Reporter
With the girl’s soccer season starting soon they are working hard to prepare for it. The soccer team did a lot better last season than they have in previous years.
“We actually did really good”, said Sierra Shepard. “We were close to a 500”.
Shepard explained that a 500 is winning half of the games and losing half of the games.
To continue improvement the soccer team started conditioning earlier. Conditioning will include running to get in shape and weight lifting to get stronger.
Goals for the upcoming season are of course to …

Morgan White-Villanueva
Reporter
Everett is recognizing students with good citizenship with a party.  Students eligible for the party are students with 1s and 2s in citizenship in five or more classes.
“We are hosting a house party,” said assistant principal Carl Word.  “Celebrating and recognizing kids with good citizenship.”
The Viking Vanguard is a group of students with good citizenship in five or more classes. So far this year, 650 students have made the Viking Vanguard. There is still time to make the next list. For the most …

Sarah Warriner
Reporter
The sophomores finally got their class officers of 2014 set. The class officers are Andrea Fisher as president, Jhalycia Smith as treasurer, Michaela Keck as Secretary, Haliey Cleveland as Vice President, and TaPara Simmons as a big contributor to the sophomore class. Even though they may not be set on what they will be doing for fundraising, they do have some idea’s that they are considering.
“We’re thinking about running bake sales, doing assemblies for students to get a chance to do pies to the face for donations, selling t-shirts …

Alexus Root
Reporter
The 6th hour bell rings and you are ready to get out of school, go home, and EAT.
You are rushing to the bus and you get caught by the smell of cookies and cupcakes. You turn back and there is a table full of goodies. There is no need to wait until you get home, a cupcake or a cookie is a dollar right here and now! Most people don’t even know who’s selling it or where the money goes, they just know it’s some cheap sweets for sale.
Money …

Victoria Smith
Reporter
The Vikings Give Back recently helped at Volunteers of America. Participating in this community service opportunity were class officers Raven Odom and Amanda Robertson and seniors Pedro Alvarez, AlecXis Glass, Jasmine Jones, Stanley Pates and Robert Warren.
Vikings Give Back is a relatively new club it was started this school year and helping out with it is guidance counselor Ms. West. The club objective is to help in the community as much as possible.
During their trip to Volunteers of America they served food to the less fortunate.
“It humbles you and …

Victoria Smith
Reporter
After the cheerleading coach quit in the middle of football season and the team was left without a coach, Robin Smith didn’t hesitate to step up and take the open position.
Robin Smith has worked in the Lansing School District for eight years. Many students know her as Mrs. Smith from her being a substitute teacher in the district. In the 2008-09 school year she worked at Everett in the student center as a parent teacher coordinator. For the last three years she has worked with the 21st Century after …

Estefania Santamaria
Reporter
Wouldn’t it be nice to own a Kindle or Nook? For those who like to read, these e-readers are at the top of their wish lists. And if your one of those people then this is something you want to know. With the help of the L.E.A.F Grant that Special Ed Teacher Regina Bluemlien and Librarian Teacher Renee Lyons wrote, there is a chance to win one of those prizes.
During the first half of the 2nd semester Bluemlien and Lyons will be conducting a Read-a-Thon. The goal is to …