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By Jamie Kentgen There is one major change to the upcoming school year 2013-2014; that is a nine period day. At Jacobs, there have been many different schedule arrangements: block scheduling, eight period day, and now the nine period day. In past years, Jacobs has had block scheduling, where each class was 90 minutes long, […]

By Jamie Kentgen As summer is coming around the corner, students are putting their focus towards their summer plans and goals. During the summer, families take the opportunity to travel to different places; many popular locations include San Diego, Washington, D.C., New York City, Orlando, and the number one spot, Chicago. This summer, Chicago has […]

By Genevieve Goelz Spanish, German, and French Club all have something in common; they all look forward to celebrating the end of the year with a restaurant field trip. This year, the German Club celebrated the retirement of the club’s sponsor, Frau Katzenmayer. “We had a surprise party for Frau on the last meeting of […]

By Cassie McCullar There are mixed feelings on the matter of what school is like without the senior class being here for the last week, while the freshmen, sophomores and juniors still have to go. For the most part, the different outlooks mostly differ between the class years. This might happen because of the different […]

By Cassie McCullar Remember the District 300 teacher strike from earlier this year? Well there was more talked about in those meetings besides how much the teachers are going to be paid. The class sizes are going to be cracked down on starting in the beginning of the 2013 to 2014 school year. The average […]

By Kayla Muehleman Students recently have been falling behind tremendously in their credits, and some have just given up on their high school education. Students are beginning to debate on whether there is a difference between a high school diploma and a GED. There are a lot of similarities and differences between the two that […]

By Kayla Muehleman Spring break topped off the last week of March into the first few days of April. While everyone was off at the warm beaches in Florida, California and many other nice and luxurious places, the weather in Illinois was a little iffy. “I was in Florida all week for spring break and […]

By Maggie Loose It’s that time of year again when the weather warms up and the students try to chill out. The ACT is the main focus for juniors and it never fails to freak them out, with that in mind ACT 36 is here to help. The course was designed to help students in […]

By Cassie McCullar PROM? This 4 letter question is one of the most common ways that a guy will ask a girl to prom. Although this is usually most common, it’s not the only way. Some guys, instead of just saying “will you go to prom with me,” will go all out to impress the […]

By Alyssa Pfeffer With graduation just a few short weeks away, the class of 2013 is preparing for what life will be like beyond the halls of Jacobs. However, the home stretch is clearly the hardest, since senioritis has swept through the senior class faster than one can say “congrats grad.” “Senioritis is the natural […]