Mr. Larry Frease, a beloved custodian at Central High School for many years, passed away this past week. Larry always had a genuine smile and gentle hello for every one of us, and the Cobbler community will miss him greatly. In honor of Larry, The Pine Needle would like to publish his obituary, borrowed from Kirk Funeral Home. Larry P. Frease, 62, of Rapid City, … Continue reading Cobblers’ Friendliest Custodian Passes Away
by: Ashlee Sell Every year the students at Central High School sign up for classes for the upcoming year. Students are more likely to sign up for classes that they know most about and that interest them. For many classes students don’t know exactly what goes on behind the doors. There are many different kinds of English classes here at Central, some are myth and … Continue reading Scheduling Leaves Lots of Questions about What Is What
What should the prom poster look like? Students from Stevens and Central have submitted their mock-ups for selection, and here The Pine Needle presents the three finalists. Each of them can be adjusted and touched-up before final printing, so if you see something that looks great but you know it might need a bit of tweaking, you can still vote for it. Voting will be … Continue reading Prom Poster Voting
Central High School has announced its 51st Annual Cobbler Capers talent show. Performances are on Thursday, February 24th and Friday, February 25th with both shows starting at 7:30pm in the Central High Theater. Seating is reserved and tickets will go on sale in the Central activities office beginning on Tuesday, February 22 at 7:15am. All tickets are $5. To celebrate, The Pine Needle brings you … Continue reading Cobbler Capers Tickets Going on Sale Soon
by: Nikki Purington Do you enjoy organizing, sitting in an office, and dealing with trials? Why not become a paralegal? Becky Purington has been a certified paralegal for eleven years. She absolutely enjoys what she does. Becky had to go to college for two years, then had to test to become certified, which was not easy. Certification tests take eight timed hours. The test is … Continue reading Career Possibilities: Paralegal
by: Chelsie Huseby Are you a person that wants to get into the administrative field? If so, try looking into becoming a new business specialist. A new business specialist works for a whole sale brokerage that works for insurance agents. These agents call and provide information for their clients and the new business specialist finds the best product for the client. Then, once they’ve found … Continue reading Career Possibilities: New Business Specialist
If anyone forgot about Valentine’s Day at Central High School they were soon reminded by the love songs that echoed through the empty ceilings. Beginning first block, the Choir Club brought singing Valentines to a number of students, entering classes and breaking into tunes selected and purchased by a special admirer. Alexa, a sophomore, admitted to turning bright red, but she smiled as she said … Continue reading Choir Club Fills the Air with Song
by: Kate Vickmark Have you forgotten to get something for your loved ones for Valentines day? Well here’s your chance to fix that! Coming up this week Central High school Choir Club will be selling Singing Valentines in the commons during third block. They will be selling songs for all music tastes, from Bruno Mars’ “Just the Way You Are” to The Beatles “All My … Continue reading Singing Valentines from the Choir Club
by: Aileen Napoli Partnership Rapid City directors recently attended a dropout conference where the majority of adults spoke about the issues surrounding many communities. The directors were very unsatisfied with the conference because they only heard what the adults had to say. Though distraught, a brilliant idea sparked their minds and they immediately contacted Jackie Swanson to be part of it. When asked about how … Continue reading Solutions a Positive Response to Students’ Needs
by: Jacob Mobley As many know, taking creative writing as a senior can be one of the most fun classes of students’ high school careers. From their final video projects to the many stories they must write, these students enjoy the class, which always makes for a productive learning environment. Earlier this semester, students from Mr. Lore’s Creative Writing class traveled to Wilson Elementary School … Continue reading Students Write Stories for Children
The Pine Needle is featuring two of the stories created during the fall semester of Mr. Lore’s creative writing class. Featured here is Ericka Grimm’s “Gerald the Dragon.” Also at The Pine Needle you can read Lacy Payne’s “Spot the Tiger.” Thanks to Ericka and Lacy for granting us permission to feature them. Continue reading Gerald the Dragon: A Children’s Story
The Pine Needle is featuring two of the stories created during the fall semester of Mr. Lore’s creative writing class. Featured here is Lacy Payne’s “Spot the Tiger.” Also at The Pine Needle you can read Ericka Grimm’s “Gerald the Dragon.” Thanks to Lacy and Ericka for granting us permission to feature them. Continue reading Spot the Tiger: A Children’s Story
As the temperatures dip below zero, Lacy Payne sent us a shot many folks are longing to see in real life–flowers. Lacy showed this shot at the 2010 Lakota Nation Art Show, and she says of the photo: “This picture is meant to represent waking up in the morning. I turned down the saturation because I wanted the feeling to be that moment when you … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Awakening
by: C/CPT Kelsey Harty Every first Saturday of December, the cadets and their dates of Central High School, Army JROTC, get together for one night of dinner, awards, dancing, and fun! This year the 15th annual JROTC military ball was held on December 4, 2010. Arrival was at five o’clock and the events started at six o’clock, but of course cadets started filling the room … Continue reading JROTC Military Ball a Success
Central HS Room B122 hosted its annual Family Christmas Feast on Thursday. Each year, students invite family members (moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas, brothers & sisters, etc.) to come and share our Christmas dinner with all the fixin’s: turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, dressing, pies – the works. We plan our menu, go grocery shopping, and make all the food right here in our room. Maybe your … Continue reading Students Host a Holiday Feast
Sara Raney took this photo at Jolly Lane. Of the photo, she said she wanted it to be “very vibrant and I wanted the attention to be on the wagon wheel, so I tried to make it ‘pop’ out.” She chose the name Old Beauty “because the the wagons were able to let people travel the country and see the beauty of it.” If you … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Old Beauty
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