student news from the panther nation • edited by Katelyn Jennings October 21, 2012 CA Participates in WAPT Food Drive by Patrick Smith Mrs. Cauthen, Mrs. Pitre, and Mrs. Sheffield teamed up with the Ambassadors Club to help fight hunger in Mississippi by hosting a canned food drive. In order to sprout com- petition among the school, the winning sophomore class was awarded with a donut and orange juice party during break. After just one week of collecting cans, the Ambassadors Club raised 1,555 cans. WAPT even in- terviewed the CA cheerleaders about the competition against Benton. Although CA lost the can collection to Benton Academy by a mere 200 cans, the Panther football team won the football game! Thanks to everyone who donated cans to the Mississippi Food Network! High School Student Spotlight by Jacob Feduccia Sophomore Olivia Shelton loves being a varsity cheerleader and everything that goes with it. Her least favorite class is Rosetta Stone because she doesn’t understand Spanish. She also has a younger sister at CA. “I like her being here, but I never see her,” Shelton says. Elementary Student Spotlight by Cole Goza Sixth grader Ava Dicker- son plans to be a veter- inarian when she grows up. Ava runs on the high school cross country team even though she is still in elementary. This is the first year Ava has had to switch classes, and she doesn’t like it. She says that “switching classes is confusing.” Her favorite day to dress up for homecoming week was nerd vs. prep day. Elementary Gets Cookin’ by Sarah Thomason The first and second graders are in for a real treat this school year, literally. For the first time at Canton Academy, the Elementary has a cooking class. The elementary cooking class is taught by Mrs. Sunny. Mrs. Sunny is experienced. She owned a catering business in Jackson. When Mrs. Sunny was asked what they have been making, she answered, “We are cooking through the alphabet A through Z. We pick a different letter to cook with each time.” Because it is October, most of their treats are Hal- loween themed such as, Freaky Fingers and Grillish Gills. When asked, second graders Taylor McCain and Reese Willis said their favorite food made so far, they both agreed it was Clarice’s Crispy crack- ers, which are cracker decorated “Under the Sea” theme. Mrs. Sunny has big plans for her cooking class. Her future plans include teaching table man- ners and having each student have a recipe book by the end of the year. Pinking it out! This issue is printed on pink paper in honor and support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month! There’s an App for Us by Daniel Murphy The Canton Academy app is available on both the Android and the iPhone operating systems. Its goal is to make the website more accessible and convenient to mobile users. Currently there have been a total of 159 people that have downloaded it, all from iPhone users. In the future the school wants to make the app more user-friendly and to add a prayer request tab. There is also a plan to add a sports score board. It is much more convenient to visit the website through this app, rather than go through the website on your phone. Coach McCain says, “The possibilities are endless.” Don’t forget to send any and all feed back to either Coach McCain or as an iTunes review. Student Council Goes to Convention by Sarah Lightheart The Student Council was able to go to a convention held at Hinds Community College and hear from two speakers. The first speaker spoke on his son’s hardships, what he’d gone through being a soilder, almost losing an arm, and how even through these trials, he is still being a leader and an example of Christ. The second speaker spoke of a few qualities that a true leader should have. They will learn what the service project is at the big student council convention in the spring. When asked what he learned senior Daniel Smith said, “Being a lead- er is going against the grain and doing what is right. It is interesting and good to learn ways to step up and be a leader, and this is something I strive to be.” Annual has a Workshop by Mrs. Martin Sitting in an auditorium all day with area high school students learning about journalism today and creating an award winning year- book may not seem like fun to many, but for CA Annual staffers, it was just that. They traveled to Madison Central for a program hosted by the MS Scholastic Press Associa- tion. Everyone’s favorite speaker was Blaze Hayes. “He was awesome. I was so excited to get my Blaze Buck!” said Junior Editor Tori McDonald.