Quarantine Contest

The Saber Slate is hosting a Quarantine Video Contest! What you need to do is submit a video of something that you’ve learned/a game you’ve come up with/something weird but cool /something to pass the time/basically anything fun! The videos will be posted on the Saber Slate to give each other fun ideas of what we can do while being quarantined and to continue to stay connected as a community. Plus, there will be prizes for the best three videos submitted! It wouldn’t be a contest without prizes. See the information below for more details.

 

GOAL:

Inspire each other with fun and interesting things to do while being quarantined, to continue to create a sense of community (even when we’re not all in the same building), and to inspire some friendly competition.

 

TIMELINE:

The competition will last from Monday, March 23 at 8:00 am through Sunday, April 5 at 11:59 pm. But the Saber Slate is accepting responses right now if you want to get yours done early.

 

STUDENT PRIZES:

For the student and their Gold Block:

1st Place = Jimmy Johns Sandwich/Pizza Party 

2nd Place = Pizza Party/Jimmy Johns Sandwich

3rd Place = Donuts

 

Winners will be determined by Mr. Hein, Mr. Nettesheim, and the editors of the Saber Slate. The aforementioned people are not eligible to win prizes.

Videos will be judged based on creativity, engagement, effort, and Saber Pride.

 

FACULTY WINNER:

There will be a student vote to determine the best video uploaded from a staff member!

 

ELIGIBILITY:

  • Must be a current FHS student
  • One submission per student
  • Videos must be under 3 minutes in length
  • Videos must be school appropriate
    • Only school appropriate videos will be considered for the competition. Anything that is deemed not school appropriate will be disqualified.
  • Videos should be done individually
    • Thus the point of quarantine
    • Videos containing more than 1 student (except for the case of siblings) will be disqualified

 

SUBMISSIONS:

Submissions must be received via this form. Videos can be uploaded on YouTube or Google Drive or any other website. Copy and paste the link into the form. Videos must be public or accessible by link. If the video cannot be viewed by the judges, the submission will be disqualified. 

 

VIDEO IDEAS:

  • A fun game you came up with
  • New dance
  • A time-lapse of an art project
  • Playing instrument
  • Singing
  • A trick shot
  • Cooking something
  • A cool trick you can do
  • A cool trick you taught your dog to do
  • A Rube Goldberg machine
  • Something learned in a foreign language
  • A historical reenactment
  • A slam poem you wrote
  • A comedic play
  • Basically anything fun or interesting

 

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to email Delaney Hayes, Amenah Syed, or Mr. Nettesheim.

Good luck and have fun!

City of Franklin – Planned Changes and Future

City of Franklin – Planned Changes and Future

 

The City of Franklin will soon be undergoing various changes in the near future, some of which are very controversial. City and state architects and planners have deemed it necessary to construct an additional interstate highway through the City of Franklin, dubbed the Franklin Megahighway. The planned highway will replace the antiquated Interstate 94. It will connect the cities of southeastern Wisconsin to Milwaukee and Chicago.

 

Due to the construction of this highway, the City of Franklin is required to demolish half of its neighborhoods and businesses to make way. This includes the development underway at the Rock ski slope, and the ski slope itself. City planners plan to demolish the site in order to make way for a major interchange. This is a necessary loss for the city, but will contribute majorly to the economy and future development around the new highway.

The proposed highway will have 12 lanes both sides with dedicated lanes for bus lines and carpools. Parts of the highway will be double-deckered as well: the first highway of its kind in Wisconsin. This will allow for better traffic flow and distribution along the highway, and allow motorists to reach their destinations faster and more efficiently around the state. With this fortunate new development soon to be underway, Franklin will see a new future. However, there have been protests of opposition by the organization People Opposing Odd Planning. There has been about $65,000 in damages to City of Franklin construction vehicles and concrete factories. Thus, groundbreaking of the Franklin Megahighway has been delayed to 2020.

Due to the construction of this new major highway, city planners and government officials have deemed it necessary for the City of Franklin to be annexed by Oak Creek, an effort for continued prosperity and happiness. Because of this, it will be easier for the city to support the new highway. It will also boost our economy. The school districts will also combine, making a total of two high schools and middle schools, and a lot of elementary schools.

The combining of our two great cities will make the expanded City of Oak Creek a major powerhouse of Wisconsin. It will even become the home to a new major sports team, according to the Journal Sentinel. The planned “Sports District” of Oak Creek will be built where Franklin High School currently is. It will contain a standard size football and baseball field, and a multi-use arena for basketball, indoor soccer, or hockey.

Final closure of Franklin High School will be in 2020. Remaining Franklin High School students will be redistributed to brand new high schools, Oak Creek East and Oak Creek West High Schools, which are to be constructed in the months before Franklin High School’s closure. OC East High School will be a renovated version of the existing Oak Creek High School. OC West will be constructed at the intersection of Drexel Avenue and Lover’s Lane Road. The already constructed Target and Pick n’ Save buildings will be repurposed as the high school, and surrounding businesses will be converted into administrative offices. The Franklin Sabers will effectively become a part of the Oak Creek East Knights and Oak Creek West Knights, respectively.

All in all, the future of Franklin is looking very bright. There will be lots of major changes happening and it all might be strange at first. However, this is a new beginning for our town. Plus, with becoming a part of Oak Creek, our economy will prosper, and our children will have an amazing new place to live, play, and learn.

Please note this article is part of Saber Slate’s Satire Week and is not meant to be taken seriously. If you are confused by this, we suggest you look up the definition of satire.