HAPPY NEW YEAR, SPARTANS!

It’s 2010! The SPARTAN SPEAR-IT digital staff is gearing up for an awesome semester of GACS coverage. We invite you to join us in covering our school. Send us your news leads, photos, videos, and podcasts.

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Students share New Year’s Resolutions

WITH EVERY January 1^st comes a special tradition called New Year’s resolutions. This is when people set goals to keep while the New Year progresses. Usually adults make New Year’s resolutions to get a new job or a promotion, ask that special someone on a date, or just to lose a few extra pounds.

But this idea of setting resolutions for the upcoming year has spilled to the youth of our time. Children and teenagers are now making goals for themselves to get better grades in school, to stay organized in school, or even to ask that special someone on a date.

Journalist Joshan Smith, went around the junior high and elementary buildings at GACS to interviewe students about their New Year’s resolutions. Here are some of the responses:

Fourth grade elementary student  Brandon Runkel stated that in the New Year he wants to “stop eating all the chocolate I want.”

Fifth grade student Jennae Alexander states that in the New Year she hopes to “stop biting my fingernails.”

Eighth grade student, Anthony Mistretta, states that in the New Year he wants to “only drink sodas on the weekend.”

Seventh graders Mycah Boland, Kristina Reynolds, Becca Dusek, Rachel Samaras and eighth grader Jessica Dusek states that in the New Year they all want to “make a good grades in Latin.”

We can all learn from these young students about how they are applying themselves to become better people in life. The caution is not to set yourself up for disappointment. Try to choose one or two manageable resolutions. Start small.

NFL Update : The Saints Are Marching In

If you haven’t been watching the highlights, seen the scores, or looked at the TV lately, you probably don’t know that the New Orleans Saints are playing like a playoff team. But if you have been keeping up, you know that this could really be the year that the New Orleans Saints could have its first Super Bowl win in franchise history.

The Saints are undefeated and rolling. The offense is firing on all cylinders; Drew Brees is having a MVP season, and the team is first in Points per Game (PPG) and Yards per Game (YPG). As a Falcons fan, I am worried because Atlanta must play them twice this year and it’s going to be a struggle. Next week the Saints meet the Falcons in the Super Dome and it’s a must-win for the Falcons.  Major flaws in the Falcon defense is a concern of fans.

In the game against the Dallas Cowboys, the Falcon’s secondary was lit up by Tony Romo, and it’s only going to get worse unless Atlanta can make some adjustments. The Saints defense is playing phenomenally well and might be able to shut down our running game, putting all the pressure on Matt Ryan.

If the Saints win this game, it puts them three games ahead of the Falcons, which would be devastating to Atlanta. If the Falcons win, it would be a big confidence booster to them but won’t be fatal for the Saints, still being six and one.

After looking at the remainder of the Saints’ schedule, it appears that there is not much competition left for them. After killing the Giants two weeks ago, the Cowboys may not be much competition for them although they cannot be overlooked. Their only tough games are the Patriots, and the Falcons twice, but that’s it. The are looking to capitalize.

New Orleans’ dominant offense and solid defense is what has posted the win’s in their column. If they can keep this up, they will go all the way.

Chelsea’s Blog: First Day of School

MONDAY morning, six a.m., and there’s a ringing in my ears. I’m pretty sure I must have moaned pretty loudly and unpleasantly at that point. After reluctantly crawling out of the bed, I groomed myself and put on my uniform. Ready to go, I hit the road and spent the next thirty minutes fighting morning rush hour.

My homeroom class is the farthest building from the parking lot, so that was a nice, little walk. Once arriving at the building, I was greeted by a few “good mornings” and countless confused stares.

“Are you new here,” asked several uniformed girls.

“Yes, I’m Chelsea, what are y’alls’ names?”

That’s pretty much how my day went. There are seven classes in my schedule, not including the tri-weekly chapel services and midday lunch period. I never know what time it is that I’m supposed to be somewhere. It’s not “what’s your 9:30 class?” … it’s “who do you have for second period?”  My life has ceased to be ruled by the clock and the lovely bell has taken over my every move.

The bell rings all the time. It signals everything and anything, and teachers kind of flinch when it rings mid-sentence. I always get a chuckle out of that. Seriously though, this thing RINGS and you can’t miss it. All I need to do is figure out what note it sounds, and by the end of the year, I’ll have perfect pitch.

My blog will continue on a regular basis. Please follow me in my journey as a new student at GACS!