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

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

by: Jazzy Potter Jackie Swanson is a new Teacher at Central. She started teaching the third grade 34 years ago in 1976 at Cclee Elementary, in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Her interest in teaching started as a sophomore in college. She was going to school to be a civil engineer. While going to school she also attended the Cathedral and helped teach Sunday school for second … Continue reading Mrs. Swanson Moves to Central

  by: Jacob Mobley The Cobbler Christmas tree competition has been going on for years. Groups around the school from drama to the lunch ladies create and decorate inventive Christmas trees that are displayed in the library. Students get a chance to give their library fund money to the tree that they like the most, and donations are accepted also. The funds this year will go to … Continue reading Cobbler Christmas Trees Fund a Great Cause

Central High School Room B122 celebrated Veteran’s Day, November 11, in a very memorable manner that not only honored our nation’s veterans on their special day, but provided an opportunity for a valuable learning experience as well. As part of an in-class art project, paraprofessional Carole Brown designed a project wherein they created hand-made Veteran’s Day cards with the intent of distributing the cards to … Continue reading Students Honor Veterans with Cards & Visits

by: Kenny Umenthum With the help of the National Honor Society and other students, the student council organized a successful food drive on Halloween afternoon. Students met in the east parking lot in full Cobbler regalia and split up the food collection duties between the neighborhoods. Then they collected the food in pillow cases and pickup beds from friendly citizens. After two hours of hard … Continue reading Students Round Up 1/2 Ton of Food

by: Samuel Carroll Early Saturday morning (Oct. 30), several Central students embarked on the pilgrimage to Rapid City Christian for the Knowledge Bowl meet. After a written round where Central 1 received .4 fewer points than Stevens 1, the oral competition started. Central asserted its dominance yet again by holding the first place room the entire meet. Perhaps the most comical moment came when three … Continue reading Knowledge Bowl Team Wins Again