Cierra Mitchell, Staff Writer
February 14, 2018
Filed under Point/Counterpoint
Good behavior trips have taken place at John Sevier Middle School for about four years. The trips happened every quarter. These trips have been spoiling students, and now they are mad that the school administration has taken them...
Lebette Long, Entertainment Editor
November 13, 2017
Filed under Point/Counterpoint
Musicals are a hotly discussed topic in recent years. Musicals are extremely popular nowadays considering the way that they can make the audience feel and how popular broadway musicals have become. Musicals like the huge hit “Hamilton”...
Nouria Edwards, Staff Writer
April 5, 2017
Filed under Point/Counterpoint, Voices
In 2014, twenty high school students from McKay High School in Salem, Oregon, were suspended for re-tweeting gossip. This is far from the only example of a national trend. Many have questioned the severity of this kind of consequence...
Harrison Barnes, Co-Editor in Chief
January 12, 2017
Filed under Point/Counterpoint
It seems as if students always complain about being too tired in the mornings, and that school should start later.
School starts at 7:45 a.m. and ends at 2:45 p.m. at John Sevier Middle School. A lot of Sevier students do extracurricular...
Symone Leeper, Staff Writer
January 11, 2017
Filed under Point/Counterpoint
Due to several problems early school start times cause, a debate has arisen across the county about whether school should start later. Clearly, the time has come for students to stand up and take action to help get schools to...
Logan Giles, Staff Writer
November 3, 2016
Filed under Point/Counterpoint
Last year, Sevier Middle School started a program called the “Red Boot Coalition”. Students get together once per week during reading time and talk about how they are feeling and what is going on in their lives.
The program...
George Armentrout, Staff Writer
February 3, 2016
Filed under News, Point/Counterpoint, Voices
So you’re sitting in class, taking another common assessment; the joy. Since they change constantly, the only thing that is “common” about them is that every student views them as a pain. Has anyone ever actually sat down...
Elizabeth Morelock, Staff Writer
February 2, 2016
Filed under News, Point/Counterpoint, Voices
A popular saying states “everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid”.
All year, teachers prepare students for a test that takes...
