A full week and lots of news here at the Braves Messenger HQ. We take a look at first quarter success, Mrs. Richards AP Environmental Science class projects, the Lesotho Nutrition Initiative and a preview of Boys and Girls Basketball.

Welcome back Braves friends…we take a look at the 6th Community Breakfast, ask some random questions and check in with the cross country team and coach Monda. Have a great weekend!

By: Maddy Weaver & Mataya Stokes

What encourages bonding more than a team trip? During a recent trip to Toledo, the ladies of the Whetstone volleyball team gained each others’ trust and became closer with one another, making them feel more like a team.

The team arrived in Toledo on Friday, September 7th and stayed until Sunday, September 9th. On Saturday, the team won their game against Emmanuel Christian.

“I think the trip was more about bonding than playing because at the end of the day if we were to drive up to Toledo to play one game it wouldn’t be worth it,” says Lillian Keener, one of the volleyball players.

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The Braves Messenger is back just in time to get you up to speed with the Braves way! We talk to the homecoming court, find out all about our new theater teacher Mr. Ray and get caught up with the Boys Soccer team!

 

By Gwen Biggs

Thousands of high schools across the nation walked out of class this past Wednesday to protest gun violence and promote the need for stricter gun laws. This event was a historic display of disapproval of the lack of legislative progression on the government’s part.

Throughout the United States, each walkout lasted 17 minutes long, including 17 seconds of silence for the fallen victims of the nations most recent tragic shooting, Parkland High School in Florida, where gunman left seventeen dead.

The protest opened with students silently standing, holding up posters with victims names, and the movements slogan “#ENOUGH.” Brianna V. and Micah D. sang along to Anna Absalom on the piano, playing “Shine,” a song survivors of the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School’s drama club wrote in the wake of the shooting.

Rayshon Walker recited a poem he wrote, titled “Enough is Enough,” expressing his opinions on the far too common school shootings. He wrote, “Sandy Hook, Columbine, Parkland and more weigh on the souls of more than one can hold. Spirits have been stolen and the substance of humanity decreased. Change starts with you and it starts with me. Enough is enough.”

“Enough is Enough” soon became the motto of Whetstone’s open mic, utilized to speak out against gun violence and assert opinions from a variety of viewpoints.

Many stated their intolerance with the deficiency of action on stricter gun laws and the fact that our generation must step up and educate ourselves in order to make substantial change.

A newsletter was passed out later that week informing students how to register to vote, and alternative ways to make a change.

If you want to get involved and do not know where to start, test “RESIST” to 50409 to write and deliver a message to your representative in Congress in under two minutes.

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