Friday, December 9, 2016 5 News

High school of business class gives back

By Andrew Butterworth
Staff Writer
Many teenagers think of Christmas as a
time to receive gifts, wear ugly sweaters
and even just to get away from school for
two weeks.
But the majority forget that there are
many families who live in our community
that are not as fortunate.
The business program has once again
launched their annual community outreach
project for the holidays. This year the pro-
gram is actually presenting two different
projects run by teachers Amanda deFays
and Paula Hinchliffe. These yearly holiday
outreach events have been a staple of the
high school of business program since its
inception.
On Dec. 3 the program hosted a Kids-
Kare Holiday Workshop in which families
not as fortunate as you are. This is whats
special about the holidays; making a differ-
ence, deFayes said.
The business program is also hosting
their traditional holiday donation drive.
Through all of December, deFays and her
students will sacrifice their own time and
work for this project. The students are do-
nating toys, clothes, food, wrapping paper
and many more things. People outside of
the progam also donate food items and
toys to help this cause.
All of the students really like to help
me out with all of this. They even have
friends and family from the school or other
schools donate all the things we need to
make this possible, deFayes said.
Then when everything is ready to go, the
students and deFayes take a day to wrap
up all the gifts and prepare meals for the
families. This year, it will take place on Dec.
18 at the high school. Eagle photo by Maria Andrews

from all over the community could come
to make custom holiday crafts and enjoy
festive snacks.
Its such a good feeling helping out a
family or donating gifts to a child that is
Anyone is more than welcomed to join At the KidsKare Holiday Workshop, children could go to many stations like the
and help us out that day, deFayes said. one pictured above to create their own personal gifts that could be given to friends
If interested in assisting please see de- and family during the holiday season.
Fayes in room B208.

Academic challenge is undefeated so far

By Ryan Haymaker
Staff Writer
For years, GlenOak has been recognized
highly for their athletics and great sport teams.
They have always been great competitors and
have won a numerous amount of Federal League
Championships, but underneath the scenes there
is another group of competitors, that fight not
with brutal force, but with their unbelievable intel-
ligence.
The Academic Challenge team has been show-
ing off some of GlenOaks most intelligent stu-
dents, and they have done a great job so far this
year competing against other schools.
Both the Varsity team and JV team have beaten
Marlington, Sandy Valley, Jackson, Perry, New
Philadelphia and McKinley so far this year.
The team is expected to go far and even possi-
bly win in their division.
I believe that we do stand a chance at winning
the league, senior Paige Hamsher said. We
have done well thus far, and although our match-
es against Lake and Hoover will be difficult, I think
we have the potential to claim the title this year.
The goal for the team is to carry their momen-
tum all the way throughout the season, and to
keep their winning streak for both levels of com-
petition.
We are currently undefeated and we have
never finished a season where both Varsity and JV
were undefeated, but we are on our way of mak-
ing history this year, senior Matthew Hallas said.
One of the main reasons as to why the team is
doing so great this year is because of the amount
of experience that is on the team. Many of the
members have been apart of this club for multiple
years. Hamsher, who is one of the top competi-
tors on the team, has been competing in Academ-
ic Challenge since middle school.
The team is growing in numbers every year, and
there are many different reasons to join.
I joined my freshman year because being able
to use that formally useless knowledge in a match
is very rewarding, Hallas said.
On March 19, the Academic Challenge team
will be visiting the Channel 5 News Studios in
Downtown Cleveland for their biannual competi-
tion on television, although the airing date isnt
until later April.
Only three students actually compete on the
show, but coach Matt Brown will be bringing
along the whole team and possibly any students
that want to watch and cheer on their fellow
classmates competition. Hamsher who was on
the show when she was a sophomore, will be the
only returning team mate
Going on T.V. was nerve wracking the last
time that we did it, Hamsher said. Overall it was
a fun experience, and I think it will be this year
too. I feel like it will be a nice ending to my senior
year.
We are currently undefeated
and we have never finished a
season where both Varsity and
JV were undefeated, but we
are on our way of making his-
tory this year,
senior Matthew Hallas said.