May 2013 Issue

Recently, SGA officials were elected for the 2013-2014 calen-dar school year. Elected officials discuss reasonings behind their campaign, how they prepared and their new responsibilities.

New SGA LeadersElected p. 9

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Seniors Perform Final Choir Concert p. 19

Seniors Dress For Graduation p. 23Graduation is quickly approaching and seniors must prepare to be appropriately dressed. Graduation will be held on Sat. June 8 at 9 AM.

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The year is coming to a close and the senior choir members are singing their final songs. The spring concert was held on May 16 and was followed with competition on May 17.

RoyalNewsKhalil Sanders was recently accepted

to New York University school of dance. Sanders plans to build a career

as a professional dancer. Photo contributed by Khalil Sanders.

Senior Pursues Dream p. 7

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What would you do

to be accepted into

a group? How

far would you

go to be part of

a community? Would you risk your

life? On April 20, seven Virginia State

University (VSU) students were being

initiated into a non-sanctioned club

called Men of Honor. Their challenge

was to cross the Appomattox River. The

river’s current swept them downriver

and 2 students tragically died.

Marvell Edmonson and Jauwan

Holmes, both 19 year old freshmen at

VSU, were victims of hazing. Hazing,

as defined by Merriam Webster’s

Dictionary, is an initiation process

involving harassment. Hazing can be

found anywhere from high schools to

colleges to military installations. The

desire of a new member to be part of

an exclusive organization keeps this

dangerous and outdated ritual alive. It

is very commonly used in initiations for

fraternities and sororities.

Most universities and colleges do

not support hazing. Unfortunately,

it still occurs. Hazing activities are

generally considered to be physically

abusive, hazardous, or sexually

violating. Major forms of hazing are

sleep deprivation, personal servitude,

wearing humiliating outfits in public,

binge drinking, and other alcohol

related abuse.

Hazing is a complex problem that

involves power and social status within

a group. That is why it is so hard for

new members to use their common

sense. A website, hazingprevention.org,

lists a few simple questions a person

can ask themselves to help identify

a situation as hazing for example. . .

If someone were injured would I feel

comfortable being investigated by the

insurance carrier?

Hazing is still prevalent in US

colleges. It is something that everyone

needs to be aware of and realize the

consequences of. Before consenting to

join a Greek organization, know their

expectations and make smart decisions.

American Justice System Lacks Conviction

H ow to gauge the severity of a crime and its subsequent punishment has been a topic of discussion

for generations. The death penalty is always a second tier political discussion because of its controversial nature. All of the disagreement over the American justice system seems to have resulted in a system that under-punishes some criminals and over-punishes others. It looks as if we have developed the mindset that minors need to be shown tough punishment in order to “fix” them. We are ignoring the fact that if minors are treated like serious criminals, they will begin to act like serious criminals. Misdemeanors are still heavily in focus, despite other, more heinous crimes that should require more attention. Focusing more on public safety issues and less on civil litigation, drug possession, and juvenile law would solve many of the problems we have. We are treating terrorists with a relatively soft hand. Our enemies scoff at our justice system because, in many cases, we treat them as equals of US citizens. The Boston Bomber is actually being tried as a US citizen and not as an enemy combatant. We have even had widespread political complaint about the treatment of prisoners of war at Guantonomo Bay. Americans need to understand that unless we adopt a more vigilant attitude about terrorism, jihadists will not be deterred from committing more atrocities on American soil. They need to be afraid of us. The key to reconciling our punishments for different levels of crime is tied completely to our sociological attitudes. Political correctness is at the core of these problems. Too many are afraid of being labeled as racist. We need to put these notions aside in favor of an approach that befits the war crimes of terrorists.

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T he Virginia Department of Education mandates that all students in Virginia Public Schools learn information based on the Standards of Learning. At the end of the year, students are required to take a SOL standardized test. It is believed that these tests

provide information on each specific student’s level of achieve-ment. According to the Virginia Department of Education, a SOL establishes minimum expectations for what students should know and be able to test on by the end of the year. A five-year study done by the University of Maryland shows that teachers have been pressured to teach by the test, rather than thoroughly educating students outside of the confines of a set curriculum. This results in educators not teaching higher level thinking, because they only want students to regurgitate information needed for the SOL test. Another reason they teach strictly by the SOLs is because they want to increase their stu-dent’s scores because it will make them look like better teach-ers. Another problem with SOL standardized tests is that the tests can only assess students on one aspect, and that is the informa-tion learned in the class. The late education researcher, Gerald W. Bracey, believes that the tests cannot measure aspects of hu-man intelligence such as creativity, critical thinking, resilience, motivation, persistence, self-discipline, etc. These are the skills that students learn in schools and that are useful in their future. Standardized tests such as the SOL tests can cause severe stress in younger students. Education researcher Gregory J. Cizek believes that these tests can cause unnecessary stress for young children that could be harmful to them. As students become older, it is likely that they will not take these tests seriously. This is because the SOL test has no affect on the student’s grade in the class. Forcing students to take a pass/fail test with little reward and little punishment (with unlimited time, I might add), gives students absolutely no moti-vation to do well. It will not help. Nor will continually lowering standards. We need to find a new way to measure academic performance that is more comprehensive.

Do SOLs accurately indicate performance? The Virginia Board of Education has recently been discussing alternatives to the Standards of Learning and the tests that accompany them. What do you think?

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I n 1990, approximately one third of Virginia sixth grad-ers failed the Literacy Passport Test, which measured basic literacy. This was not an isolated incident; in the following years, there was no marked improvement in students’ scores. It was widely agreed that educa-

tional reform was needed. The answer came in the SOL tests, first implemented in 1998. At the time, 2% of Virginia schools had a high enough passing rate to become accredited. The standards at which teachers had been held to did not measure up to the stan-dards set by the state. The SOLs brought immediate im-provement. The following year, the accreditation rate rose to 6.5% and continued to climb. In 2011, 96% of the nearly two thousand schools in Virginia achieved accreditation. A school’s accreditation relies on the scores of its stu-dents. There must be a 70% to 75% pass rate in every subject for a school to remain an accredited school. This ensures that the student, the teacher, and the school will take edu-cation seriously. Without SOLs, a school could deliberately soften their standards and pass students that are not quali-fied to avoid having to teach individually. The SOLs make this impossible. The SOLs prepare students for testing they will experi-ence when they take their PSATs and SATs as well as college exams. Before the SOLs were implemented, seniors only had to pass a sixth-grade level exam to graduate. As a result, nearly a quarter of college freshmen were forced to ask for remedial help to keep up with college-level curriculum. The SOL also has marked advantages over written exams. In the 2012-2013 year, all SOLs will be taken on computers, which will produce faster scores and more accurate data than hand-checked tests, running less risk of being marked inaccurately. Despite arguments that the SOLs curb creativity, all stan-dardized testing must follow an exact format for a test to be truly fair. If students prepare adequately, there is no question of the equality and effectiveness of the SOL tests.

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making the grade

B+ Mother Nature not fully committing to the idea of warm weather.

A On Jun. 8th, the senior class will graduate, leaving the high school completely devoid of happiness.

DAP Testing and SOLS are over, as are the stresses of studying for them.

A+The 2012-2013 school year is finally coming to a close, much to the delight of students and teachers.

Making the Grade is the staff’s report card for student interest topics.

65%

35%

believe that SOLs do not assess student learning

believe that SOLs assess (to some degree) student learning

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Seniors Graduate in JuneGraduation will be held at the track on Saturday, Jun. 8. It will start at 9:00 AM. Seniors will have to undergo the rules and regulations of graduation in order to walk.

Honors Night Takes PlaceOn May 20, the PTA Honors Night was held in the auditorium at 7:00 PM. Its purpose is to recognize those that are accepted into organizations and/or are honor roll students.

Mother’s Day

Students performed DraculaOn May 2-4, the musical Dracula was performed by a student cast in the audi-torium.

Final Exams Creep UpWith the year winding down, final exams are on the way. Jun. 10-15 is the week that non-seniors have exams. Senior exams start May 31, the week before graduation.

Memorial DayOn May 12, Mother’s Day was cel-ebrated. The purpose of this holiday is to honor motherhood in the United States. It became an official holiday in 1914, by the work of Anna Jarvis. On this day, mothers typically receive cards, candy, and flowers.

This holiday, on May 27, is to honor those who have died in battle within the American military. Its origin is from the Civil War era but it did not become an official holiday until 1971. On this day, people around the United States honor deceased soldiers and may even hold family gatherings in celebration. For many, this day marks the beginning of summer.

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Senior Pursues DreamSenior Khalil Sanders will attend school of performing arts to attain goal of becoming a professional dancer


Senior Khalil Saunders stretches before he begins his performance. He has been dancing since his childhood and plans to be professional. Photo contributed by Khalil Sanders.

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Senior Khalil Sanders takes a few deep breaths, attempting to calm himself as he stretches in prepara-tion for the performance ahead. As he starts to dance, all his anxiety melts away, replaced with a happi-ness and peace that only dance can give him.

Dancing is a common pastime for many stu-dents, but only a handful of them plan to make a life-long career out of it. Sanders is one of those few.

“I’ve been dancing since the age of seven,” Sand-ers said.

He began to dance after viewing a performance by a friend of the family.

“My mom had a friend who danced, and we went to a show and saw him dancing. That’s where I got my inspiration from,” Sanders said. “I also took gymnastics for three years, which also helped me get into dance.”

Sanders does not limit himself to one category of dance. In fact, he takes five different types.

“I take ballet, jazz, modern, lyrical, and tap at Genia Johnson Dance Company in Colonial Heights, where I’ve been dancing for a year or so,” Sanders said. “My favorite is lyrical. It lets me show more feel-ing.”

Dancing is something that Sanders has made a long-standing commitment to.

“I dance every day,” Sanders said. “I spend about two hours a day dancing, but I spend at least four hours dancing on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.”

Sanders’ also plans to center his future com-pletely around dancing.

“I am attending MYU in the fall for dance,” Sand-ers said, “It’s going to be my main focus.”

Although he is looking forward to attending MYU, he does have some anxiety about the transi-tion.

“I am a little nervous because the dance there is so intense. I actually have to leave early because we have to train beforehand. Also, I’m used to taking five

classes a week, but when I go to MYU, I’ll be taking twelve classes a week,” Sanders said. “It’ll definitely take some getting used to.”

One thing that Sanders is not so nervous about is performing in front of large groups of people.

“The most people I’ve performed in front of is somewhere between 100 and 200,” Sanders said. “It didn’t make me nervous because I had performed in front of big crowds so many times already that once I was on stage, it just came naturally to me.”

Sanders sees dancing not only as a pastime, but also as a way to get rid of stress.

“It’s a great way to express myself,” Sanders said, “Getting new moves down, preparing, stretching, do-ing my jumps, leaps, and turns...it just feels great. If I’m down on school, or having any other problems, I dance. It’s like a pain reliever.”

His goal is to dance as long as he can, including after his college years.

“I plan on being professional for ten to fifteen years, and afterwards I’d like to have my own danc-ing studio. That’s my long term goal. I’ll dance until I get older and can’t dance anymore, and then I’ll teach,” Sanders said.

As a student, Sanders has had no shortage of dancing opportunities; one of them being the recent production of the school play, House of Dracula.

“This year I choreographed the play,” Saunders said. “It was very different than other performances I’ve done. I’ve never choreographed for a group be-fore, compared to how I usually choreograph just for myself. It was different than what I’m used to, but I liked it.”

Another opportunity came from Kings Domin-ion. “I’ll be performing at Kings Dominion from June 18th through the 21st,” Sanders said. ”I’m actually get-ting paid to do it.”

To Sanders, it does not matter where he goes; as long as he is dancing, he’s content.

“I just love it,” he said, “I can’t see myself not danc-ing.”


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Elected SGA Officers Prepare For New Year


Kenneth Kidd, President Trey West, Treasurer & Secretary

Cindy King, Vice President Taylor Stevenson, Public Relations

Q1. What made you want to run for your posi-tion? “Ever since I have been little, I have wanted to president of the United States of America, and I thought this would be a good practice run for that.”

Q2. What did you do to help your campaign? “I hung up a bunch of flyers, and also four really big posters. On the voting days, I handed out candy during the lunch blocks.”

Q3. What are some of your new responsibili-ties? “Now I am in charge of the SGA. I lead ev-ery meeting, as well as lead the executive board meetings.”

Q4. Is there anything that makes you nervous? “I have to run all of the meetings, and lead the direction they have to go in using the Parliamentary Procedure. I just have to get the ball rolling in each of the meetings, and I feel like that could be difficult.”

Q5. What are some of the advantages? Disad-vantages? “I get a special parking spot, and I get to speak at graduation. I have to dedicate a lot of time to the SGA, and sometimes it can take away from other school activi-ties. But I’m ready!”

Q1. What made you want to run for your posi-tion?

“I tried for Vice President because I was

on executive board last year, and I really

wanted to be there again. I also love being

a part of SGA!”

Q2. What did you do to help your campaign?

“I put up flyers and talked to all my fellow

students before voting took place.”

Q3. What are some of your new responsibili-

ties?

“I am currently sophomore representative,

which means I keep my fellow sopho-

mores informed on what is going on with

SGA.”

Q4. Is there anything that makes you nervous?

“I am exceptionally nervous about hav-

ing to run the meetings if the president is

absent for one of them.”

Q5. What are some of the advantages? Disad-vantages?

“ One advantage of being vice president

is getting to sit at the head table during

the meetings. Another is really getting

to become involved with everything the

SGA does. I honestly cannot think of any

disadvantages!”

Q1. What made you want to run for your position? “I have been in SGA for several years, and I have not had a position until now.”

Q2. What did you do to help your campaign? “I did not do a lot of intense campaign-ing, but I spread it around by word of mouth. Many people had already heard that I was running.”

Q3. What are some of your new responsibili-ties? “I am supposed to advise the president, take notes during the meetings, and be aware.”

Q4. Is there anything that makes you ner-vous? “Just failing to do what I need to do; I want to try and make the school better, so that when I graduate, I am able to look back and see a better high school. I would be disappointed to see that I had not made as much of an impact on anyone, or the high school itself, as I had wanted.”

Q5. What are some of the advantages? Disad-vantages? “The position I am in is a part of a small-er executive board which allows me to meet more frequently with the board. I cannot think of anything that could be a disadvantage.”

Q1. What made you want to run for your posi-tion?

“I saw Chelsea Saunders as the represen-

tative and I really liked what she was do-

ing. I thought it would be a cool job to hold.”

Q2. What did you do to help your campaign?

“Although I was running unopposed, I

spread the word around to my classmates.

Q3. What are some of your new responsibili-ties?

“I plan to keep the student body more

involved in the SGA’s plans, such as fund-

raisers or events. I want to make a closer

relationship between the student body and

the SGA.”

Q4. Is there anything that makes you nervous?

“I have to help run the meetings, and I also

have to live up to Chelsea Saunder’s great

work as Public Relations Officer.”

Q5. What are some of the advantages? Disad-vantages?

“It’s a higher office, and I get to plan and

make the agenda for the SGA meetings.

Also, I get a reserved parking spot in front

of F wing, and that is really nice. It is a lot of

work; I’m responsible for more. It really is worth it, though.”

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BELOW: the Frankensteins’, Ygor,

Frau Lurker, talbot, isabel, and Cabbage

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relationship to the audience.

aBOVE:Junior Nicholas alexander, who plays the character Ygor, cowers from a suspended spider operated by french teacher, madame Edmundson.

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I, Sierra Alexander, leave behind to my fellow underclassman good luck and a little advice… be prepared for everything coming your way. Make sure you hang out with the right people and for the love of all things holy DO NOT GET SUSPENDED. I also leave my gratitude and thanks to my teachers for helping me get this far and encouraging me to go farther.

I, Alexus Allen, leave my cheer life and experience to all my cheer girls, who have completed me. My love to Savanna, Alyssa, Starr, Amanda, Brooke, Kayla, and Alex. My laughs to Brian Fullman, Tiana Kelly, and Cariel Melton. Finally, my memories to all the wonderful people of Prince George. Farewell.

I, Joy Arakelian, leave my pain during workouts, all of the peanut butter sandwiches in the world, and my sweet frog punch card to Becky Shumar. My high fructose corn syrup and my hair to Tyneshia Griffin. My math skills and amazing sense of humor to Carolina Bae. My charming good looks to Evan Mitchell. My “JOY” to PGHS.

I, Kathie Ayala, leave EJ Lawrence my softgrunge and rock salt.

I, Destiny Banks, leave my joy, my memories, and laughter to Re’Kaiyla McBride. I leave my passion, skill, and love for Color Guard to Jasmyn Coldwell. To the 2013 Marching Royals I leave my drive to succeed.

I, tanner Barlow, leave Matt Burgess my spot as one of the wrestling captains and Karlie Nicol my love and friendship.

I, Dwayne Baucum, leave the track team and the football team my heart and a part of me. I also leave my homies and my squad the throne. ROADHOUSE.

I, Valerie Belcher, leave Team Taylor our handshakes; Mandi, Courtney and Caitlyn the senior privileges on the soccer team; Chaelin, my advanced algebra skills; and I leave my cap and gown to the class of 2014.

I, Jeffrey Benson, leave my heart with Sarah Fitch and leave some good luck to the rest of my friends who are still going to be here.

I, Nathan Britt, leave Kenneth Kidd my bow ties and speeches, Trey West my position as secretary-treasurer, and Mandi Cummings VSCA Region One. Best wishes to the Class of 2014 and an expectation of great success.

I, Shawn Broughton, leave Prince George basketball team with high goals.

I, Bray’n Brown, leave the trumpet section to Jacqueline Thomas. My love, my joy, my passion for band to Kiasia Towns. My willingness to fight for what I want and my strength to Katherine Szozda. I also leave my love and passion to the 2013 Marching Royals. I, Caitlynn Brown, leave Maribel Ramirez-Chance and Chevanne Teeters all of our loving memories. Love you guys. Everyone in 1 block choir, our memories and laughs, Mrs. Face, all of our jokes, Bristol Brown, all the stupid moments we have. I love you sis! Lastly, Mrs.Roberst, all the classwork I never turned in.

I, Faven Butler, leave my gratitude to all my teachers and amazing guidance counselors, my ambition to the Beta Club, my hugs to Deborah Gardner, my sillyness to Tiana Kelly, the best of wishes to little Nicole Daly, and my love of journalism to Newspaper! And to the rest, enjoy every moment! I, Samuel Butler, leave my teachers, some of my boys that represent the class of 2014, and the memories I made here for the past 3 years. I, JonRyan Campbell, leave the varsity basketball manager position to my brother Logan, my band skills to Mr. Warnock, my volleyball skills to Riley, and my school spirit and dedication to the rising seniors.

I, taylor Carpenter, leave Gimli my axe. To Josh and Adam, all the rock salt and silver. To the Marching Band I leave my blood, sweat, and tears. To Drumoine, what beat I have left. To Japanese Club, I leave all my love. To JT and Miranda, Bad Wolf. To Watson, this is my note. I, Cody Casey, leave my laziness here so I won’t have it when I go to college.

I, Kathy Caudle, leave my art work to anyone to be inspired and motivated by it.

I, Kristine Cherry, leave behind my awkwardness. I need friends in college. No, but I wish luck to my sister. I know how much you loooove this school. And to my track girlies, well, simply good luck, haha I love you guys. Thanks to everyone for all the laughs and good times.

I, tyaunna Cleveland, leave Renee Whitener, Madison Kirkland, Jasmine Copeland, and Kadeesha my love and smile. I love them like family and hope they have as much fun senior year as I did. Malik Keaton, Mike Dickerson, La’kevin Moxey I leave my charm and love. I love yall and yall need all the charm y’all can get. I’m going to miss y’all.

I, tyra Coleman, leave Vivian Lam and Chris Carrol some words of wisdoms: study hard and have fun, participate in everything you possibly can!

I, Kaneesha Collins, leave Dark Knight and Rufus all my jokes and playful name calling.

I, hannah Conner, leave my craziness to Cindy King, my intelligence to Kaitlyn Roberts, my memories to Nathan Williams, my ditziness to Haley Eure, my sense of humor to Deisha Carter, and my happiness to Camille Holiday, and I’m leaving Mandy Almarode to protect the people of the George.w

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I, Bradley Cooper, leave my heart to my beautiful and amazing girlfriend, Seran Triscari. My National Honor Society Presidency and my Model United Nations Club Vice Presidency to responsible and dedicated leaders, who will devote countless hours to assist Mrs. Rhodes and Mrs. Thornton next year. Bryant Marks, Dalton Blystone, and Mitchell Smith the best of luck next volleyball season.

I, Bryan Crespo, leave my aura of beauty and amazingness for all of you to bask in its glory.

I, Amber Cross, leave all the school drama to the class of 2014.

I, Alexandra Crowder, leave Antonio my back pain and all rights to complain about said back pain, and my 6th block programming class my meager age of empire skills in order to maybe bear Dr. Moore (but probably not). To the two people who recognized my Homesick sweatshirt, I leave all my luck- aaall of it.

I, Brooke Dancy, leave my driving skills and sarcasm to Blier Smith, my laughs and keekee to Madison Hagee, my love for singing country music in the car to Kyle Powroznick, my lack of feelings to Eric Wells and my hard work and my love for calculus to Mr. Darby.

I, Douglas K. Davis II, leave my shoes to Dillion Franz, my wisdom to Trent Jackson, Eric Wells, and Breyon Stith, my athleticism to Cedric Wright, my coolness to Starr Lespier and Taylor Stevenson, my school spirit to Chandler Shirer and Mandy Almarode, and my heart to Mandi Cummings.

I, Shelby Derrick, leave all my make-up, scarves, jewelry, and nail polish to Raven Ulrich. I also leave all my memories with my senior classmates. To Taylor Uronga I leave my awesome memories in 11th grade Ecology, don’t forget about those huge butterflies! To my childhood friend, Kayla Hill, I leave my love and forever friendship. And I leave PGHS with memories of me.

I, Ian Douglas, leave Dalton Blystone a year to get taller for college. Marina Stricklin nothing…at all. Mitchell Smith Rogaine for that bald spot. Kyle Powroznick my inability to get to school on time. I leave the A41 parking space to the first person to get it. And for the rest of you, good luck.

I, Michael Doukas, leave Dakota Martin my TNT biome (complete with “rah-vines”); Ryan Blumenschine my camera; Logan Paulson my “manoderant/sunscreen/bug spray”; Madison Rakes the best server of Windows ever; Henry Fisher my wolf named Dolphin; Mrs. Mahaffey my tickets; Mrs. Andersen something pragmatic; Mr. Darby my documentation of sasquatch; Mrs. Eliades my upside down cake; and everybody else my love for wolves.

I, Andrew Driskill, leave my stank to Josh Lundie and the entire rising sophomore class.

I, Josh Elpers, leave Ms. Hale to the class of 2014 as the best teacher of government.

I, Shelby Emerson, leave Vicki, Hope, Cody, and Steve my lunch table. Allison Dahon my breakfast table and the drama, Dale Moore my parking spot, and last but not least Mr. Havard the great memories and appreciation for the past 3 years.

I, Kaleigh Engel, leave all our jokes to T.J. Pittman, my ability to annoy Mr. Warnock to Ryan Priggy in percussion class, and my comfortable desk in Mrs. Brown’s class to whoever may sleep there next.

I, Jordan Everett, leave to my many friends the hope to carry on, in spite of adversity. You may go through many ups and downs in life, but know you can and will make it through. Don’t give up. I also leave behind the love of laughter and the love of happiness.

I, Quetasia Faulcon, leave my best friend’s brother, Nate, my amazing Cher vocals, Danielle my delightful front page, Edishae the main office and Mr. Waugaman all the great and stressful memories of 5th period.

I, Kaitlyn Fazio, leave all our great memories in fourth block to Brianna McKay and Madison Martin, my parking pass to Deisha Carter, my “love” for accounting to Vivian Lam, all the lessons that I have learned throughout these three years to the new sophomores, juniors and seniors. And to the class of 2014, cherish every moment.

I, Anthony Fennick, leave my unused absences to Terrell Spady, cause he needs them. I leave my extra supplies to Mr. Witt, because he never has any. I leave my extra lunch money to Deborah Gardner. I also leave all my books to Mr. Owens because he reads a lot and all my good memories and laughs to Ms. Romig because she sure needs them.

I, Sydney Fernandez, leave love and peace to all new coming seniors.

I, Patricia Forehand, leave nothing but my old textbooks and seats in various classrooms to whomever may receive them after I graduate. I leave my atrocious habit of walking tremendously and ridiculously fast to whomever wishes to do so. I leave my seat on the school bus to whoever wants it, and that is all I wish to leave.

I, Katelynn Fowler, leave Mrs. Webb with the fun, loving memory of “The Webb” and Mr. Hettinger the luck with leading the basketball team to total domination next year.

I, Andrew thomas Frazier, leave my dignity and honor to everyone who wants it. Good luck!!!! PGHS students #flyhigh…I love you Alayna.

I, Richard Gelina, leave all the fabulous memories I have had with my friends. I leave my love for English with Isaac Bland, my boredom in class to Will Inge, and my sleepiness in school to Anthony Green. I leave my senioritis to all juniors and I leave my little bit of sanity left to all the teachers here at Prince George High School.

I, takaiya Geter, leave upcoming seniors the best and cherish it because it will go by fast.

I, De’Alva Glaspie, leave my happiness and strength to Jasmine Lackey. I leave my strength and power to love someone to Edishae. Finally, I leave the next senior class the strength to continue on and finish the last mile.

I, Nick Glasscock, leave my heart and soul to the Prince George basketball team! I will try my hardest to make it to every game possible in the years to come. You boys better not let me down. I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN.

I, Darian Glover, leave my ID card to da school.

I, Chanel Green, leave all my love to my little brother Malik. I hope you survive in this school and show them how the Greens work, and my little sister Jonique, I leave my attitude and

smartness to you. Sydney Shippy and Brianna McKay, I’m leaving my crazy ways to you guys, and Cariel Melton I’m leaving my loudness to you. Love Always, Chanel Green.

I, Sidney Paige Greenwood, leave memories, good times, hard working skills, dreaming and pursuing dreams, help through tough times and my prayers to everyone’s future.

I, Calvin Grubbs, leave my sister Destiny Grubbs, all my love, and for the ladies that didn’t know me, too bad, if y’all had known me, you would have loved me.

I, Olivia haase, leave Dillon all my love, with the hope that you visit me at college. I also leave him my terrible jokes, because that man is funny. I leave my favorite teacher, Mr. Pelter, all my sassiness--stay sassy Mr. P!

I, Jodi hackett, leave Maddy Martin my junk in the trunk and our friendship. I leave Trevor Myers our memories from beach week 2012. I leave Whitney Clements all of our childhood memories.. I leave Justice Webb our lazy days. I leave Alyssa, Savanna, and Meredith all my juicy gossip. And lastly I leave Dalton all my food.

I, Cody hanshew, leave my loudness and “to the window dance” to Sade Ferguson, my love for leadership to Madame “Eddy,” my door displays to Mrs. AKA “mom” Eliades, the words “Dignified Event” to Mrs. Smallwood and lastly my passion for the theatre to Mr. Phillips and the Junior Class PG players, take care of the stage you guys, I love you all.

I, Corrine harris, leave half of my ambition to my sister Danielle Harris my “guy talks” and wise advice to Alexandra Woods. My high kicks to Madison Kirkland and my amazing rhythm to Renee Whitener. I also leave my fun and friendly spirit to PGHS. My passionate writing to Mrs. Britt. Summer reading to Mrs. Andersen. My heart to Mrs. Rhodes.

I, Danielle harris, leave the many pens and pencils in which I have lost over the years. I also leave my knowledge of many things. That’s about it. Have a good day.

I, Markeisha harris, leave my love to Bradley Murray, my loudness to Markeisha Johnson, and my cockiness to Treyon Patterson. I love you guys, good luck next year.

I, Michaela harrison, leave the class of 2014 my luck! I promise your senior year will fly by. Don’t let anything get in the way of your dreams. XOXO

I, Pamela harsh, leave Whitney Hunter all of my uneaten snacks, Alex Kaufman my calculation, tea, and #2 spot, Hope Thomas my skills in writing and my shoes, Ben Thompson all of my monster tags, McKenna Kerrick my unused paper and pencils, Nick Alexander my textbooks, PGHS all of the good memories!

I, A’marah hawkins, leave the passion and love I have for music to EJ Lawrence and Sade Ferguson, the soprano section to all the upcoming seniors “good luck!”, My skills in shot put and discus to the new girls. I thank all of my teachers, Mr. Jones and Mrs. Davis for inspiring me to be an educator. Lastly, my projects and independece to PG.

I, Emily heald, leave Vivian Lam my knowledge and acceptance to the fact that things aren’t always going to work out in your favor, but keep your head held high and get through your next year of high school. I love you, and I’ll miss you my little Asian. <3

I, tiffany heard, leave my hopes of getting a one to my


Richard Bland College Shaneka King

Patricia ForehandSara Eggleston

Kenneth Harris IIITakaiya Geter Brian Johnson

Taylor CarpenterDaniel Derr

Sierra AlexanderTanner BarlowDanielle Harris

Bryan CrespoSteven BradshawKaitlyn GantnerRyan Drewery Valerie BelcherKristen RowseyJosh Woodacre

Alysia MartinTyler Thompson

Kayla HillKatelyn Moody

Sarah HowardHunter Geren Korrina Smith

Chelsea SaundersKristine Cherry

Elizabeth HopkinsRuche Patel

Kristen Schwalm Alexus Allen

Ellen Scudder Dominique Walker

Larissa RoeleveldKelsie Melson

Hunter Cannon Olivia Willoughby

Bragg Russell Andrew FrazierKaitlyn SnoverSarah Horning

John tyler Community College

Shelby Emerson Brittani McKinley

Brandon PackJohn Firment David BelvinsJoseph Paul

Kathy Cau dle Sam MarshallAshley Shaver

James Madison UniversityQuetasia FaulconMorgan Parrish

Amanda Majewski Sarah Beth Howard Jordan Thompson

Norfolk State Luzard Henry

Imani UrquhartDwayne BaucumDaZhane’ MylerJahmyah Garrett

University of VirginiaRachel Pugh

Kris HarrisonMalik Vaughan

Old Dominion UniversityDrew Kennedy Timothy Tripp

Tayla SmithBrooke Dancy

Samantha Jennings Justice Evans

Douglas Davis IISamuel Butler

Michael KanneyAaliyah Johnson

Tyaunna Cleveland

Radford UniversityJonRyan Campbell

Melanie Muniz

University of RichmondKelsey Koser

Nicholas Taylor

Randolph-Macon College

Melissa Tomlin

Virginia techBailey Williams

Brooke McdermottMegan Johnson

Liberty University Brevard Williams

Aleigh EngelAllison Crawford

Maura Liveley

Virginia State UniversityJordan Johnson

Shannon VandevanderDarian Glover

Markeisha Harris Xavier Daniels Jeffery Ramsey

Virginia Commonwealth University

Parth PatelRidhi Patel

Matthew SchneckJasmine RaglandKiana McCorkle

Dallas SmithAngela PoredaFaven Butler

Caitlin PoppellDemontrel Burse

Caleb JohsnonNathan Britt

the College of William and Mary

Longwood UniversityKathie Ayala Jacob SpainIan Douglas

Danielle DuncanCody HanshewPamela Harsh

Courtney Perkinson

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Christopher Scott George Mason UniversityAbria Humphries

Joy ArakelianHailey Heylinger

South University (Virginia Campus)

Caleigh Atkins

Eastern Mennonite UniversityAmanda Terry

L.C. Bird technology SchoolJeffrey Benson

Christopher Newport University

Leah JohnsonRebecca Soon

GCPI Institute of Medical technology

Kristal Rhoten

J. Sargeant ReynoldsMercedes Weber

Virginia CollegeLindsay Phillingane

Olivia Haase

Mars hill College

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Kendra WiliamsNorth Carolina

Wesleyan CollegeJennefer Woodlief

North Carolina State UniversityBradley Cooper

North Carolina A&tState University

A’Marah Hawkins

DigiPen Institute of technologyAlexandra Crowder

Oaksterdam University Andrew Driskill

University of texasMarisela Zuloaga

Winston-Salem State UniversityDe’Alva Glaspie

trade School Josh Elpers

Joanna MayesZachary Relford

Solomon Baskfield

Stratford University Emily Heald

Class of 2013 Destinations

ECPI UniversityKierra Lanier

Caitlynn Brown

Chowan UniversityTyree Smith


Spelman CollegeJasmine O. Jones

Savannah College of Art and Design

Michael DoukasGeorgia Institute

of technologyBrent McDaniel

Paul MitchellSydeny Fernandez

Jack Semrau

Albany State UniversityChelsey Wilson

United States Military AcademyJohn Shumar

Long Island UniversityAnthony Carter

New York University Khalil Sanders

Bentley UniversityChloe Alexander

University of ConnecticutRaiquan Clarke

howard University Michaela Harrison

Pennsylvania State University Sidney Greenwood

Jhada Powers

Raven UlrichShanreka Ligon

Tyler MooreKaitlyn FazioJerrod Reed

Joseph HamiltonRonald Parker

Genevieve Pawlowski-Perez

Andrew StockellburgHunter Hackett

Trevor HargraveAziza Tilley

Chastin CollierMartino Revell

Jerrod ReedAnthony Fennick

Richard Gelina

Nestor QuinonesJustus Akers

Matthew LucasDraikharn TylerBrian Kreemer

Rashawn WilliamsTrequan Roberts

Christopher TrimarcoTiffany HeardAlexes Riggins

Universal technical Institute Jacob Dickey

Andrew Beechler

Michigan State UniversityMyron Davis III

Full Sail University Mark RobertsDale Mullins

Florida State UniversityShawn Broughton

University of South FloridaEbony Moss

Motorcycle Mechanics InstituteNick VaughanSkyler Bryant

Itt technical InstituteZachary Matthews

Ohio Valley UniversityKaci Anderson

Work Force Alissa Temple

Thomas WinfieldWilliam Hipes

Class of 2013 Destinations

South Carolina State UniversityMichael Stakhouse

Woodrow Wilson UniversityShavon McDonald

University of AlabamaCurtis Williams

For an interactive map of the destinations scan this code.

wonderful marching band. I know you guys can do it. And I leave any doubts, regrets, and failures behind me for others to overcome. I’ve had my fair share, and I’m ready for my high school chapter to be closed, and my future success to begin.

I, Chris Morphintime henry, leave all my blood, sweat, and hard work to the PGHS football, and my party blessings to Sean Moran, Devin Rose, David Fisher and Brandon Fair. Party on bros, and Kristina Ingram and Kennisha Helms =). March 16th Follow @kiddmorphintime.

I, Breon herbert, leave my everything!

I, Kayla hill, leave to my field hockey girls the strength and the will power to push through and beat Thomas Dale! Because WE ARE CHAMPIONS! And to my PG Players I leave my anxiety and the best of luck for VTA and VHSL. To EJ and Adam I leave the stage and total control over all aspects. I will miss you.

I, Brandon hilliard, leave Darion Meeling my soccer skills and my steez.

I, William hipe, leave all my knowledge and senior items to my girlfriend Katelyn Keyser. I leave everything I have to her.

I, Elizabeth hopkins, leave all my strength and discipline along with my positive attitudes to my yearbookies. I leave my spelling errors to Ms. Heath to remember me forever.

I, Sarah horning, leave all my love and hope to Eric Hersh, all my encouragement to the upcoming seniors, and lover for all Prince George sports teams. Good luck everyone!

I, Sarah Beth howard, leave my love and knowledge of music to those who value it most. I ask for my dedication to the band and marching band and drum major duties to be passed on to the one most willing to work hard and succeed. I also leave Mr. Warnock and Ms. B a clean music library.

I, Abria humphries, leave EJ Lawrence my patience for choir, Marina Stricklin strength to get through senior year, and Brian Fullman my smart water. I leave PGHS peace and happiness.

I, Jasmine Jefferson, leave the volleyball my height, the track team my speed. Rochelle, my courage.

I, Samantha Jennings, leave my love for the stage to Sarah, JT, Sader, and Nick, take care of it guys. I leave our long car ride talks, morning hallway walks, stressing over plays, and singing/jumping around to One Direction to Shark Bait. And our “moments in French” go to Rheannan and Kelly. Good luck 2014 (:

I, Brian Johnson, leave all my love to the beautiful girls in the school, even if I don’t know you I still love you. If you didn’t get the chance to meet me, that’s too bad because I’m pretty awesome if I do say so myself.

I, Caleb Johnson, leave to Luke, my parking space. To the football team, high expectations. To Mr. Darby, a high-five. To the SGA, awesome class reports. Finally to all, a big smile and farewell.

I, Cynthia Johnson, leave my late night study sessions to the sophomore. . .there will be many more. I leave my knowledge to all the juniors in Mr. Warren’s class…you will need it. I leave my attitude to Ashley Perkins and all my love and support to all my juniors and sophomores to keep moving forward.

I, Megan Johnson, leave my love of performing to PG Players. To Danielle Marshall, I leave mischievous/stalker adventures. And to my beautiful sister, Blair Johnson, I leave the best high school experience possible. I leave to you memories of car rides filled with tears of laughter and joy. I love you sis, can’t wait to see what you do!

I, Michael Kanney, leave the soccer team and 400 my style and grace. I love y’all boys. 4lifeee

I, Drew Kennedy, leave my sense of humor to Joey Runion, my Crimson Tide and football talents to Kyle Powroznick, my tastes in fashion to Mandi Cummings, my appreciation in women to Mandy Almarode, and my rebellious attitude to the rising senior and junior classes.

I, Amanda Majewski, leave Mandi Cummings my #5 soccer jersey, Courtney Taylor my Editor-In-Chief position, and I leave you both my leadership skills. I also leave JoJo Taylor my competitiveness and will to win, and Erica Skiddle our senior lunch table. Love always!

I, Alysia Martin, leave the color guard in the hands of Jasmyn Caldwell as the new captain. I leave the clarinet I never played to Mr. Warnock. All of my snickers and Dr. Pepper to Mr. Carr. All of the lunch conversations go to Kassie Galvin. I leave all of my love to the members of the marching band.

I, JoAnna Mayes, leave my happiness to William Inge, my knowledge to Isaac Bland, and my inspiration for music to my choir class.

I, Kiana Catherine McCorkle, leave my sister Aleah McCorkle, my twin Jasmine King, my love, my wisdom, my care, my support on you guys. I believe you both can make a difference and can touch people’s hearts like you did mine. Make the best of your years here at PGHS!!! I love you both dearly.

I, Shavon McDonald, leave this for the students who will become seniors next year. Future seniors, never disrespect the teachers and the staff in Prince George High School because they are here to help you and the students that plan to attend here must be very committed to be seniors.

I, Shondavia McPhail, leave peace, love, and happiness to all the little babies.

I, Kelsie Melson, leave to my loving brother, Jacob Melson, my parking space, my obnoxious tendencies and my loud mouth. To Jasmine King, my little sister, I leave the drive to be the best you can be and to make it through your senior year! To all of PGHS, good luck and to graduates, congratulations!

I, Katelyn Moody, leave my parking spot, my locker and hallway memories to my sister Madison Moody. Good luck! I leave my stage and passion for acting to Danielle Marshall and the PG Players, I leave my dedication to all my teachers, some more than others! And my love to Prince George High, because this is where I became a Royal!

I, Ebony Moss, leave all my short authority to Breyon Stith, all my government work and a dash of salt to Tri Brown, and lastly my freckles to my beloved junior Chanel Guidry!

I, DaZhane Myler, leave my passion and basketball skills to the Lady Royals basketball team, my shoe knowledge to Ariel Stephenson, and I also leave my sense of humor and all of my love to my babies Diamond Tyler, Cariel, JaQuon, Kadera, Dominique, Nate, Keanna, A.J. Cheeks, Cedric, Deja Tinch, etc. I wish you all the best of

luck next year. I love y’all :)

I, Brandon Pack, leave my love, hospitality and hope to my friends, Rachel Moore and Brooke Canterbury, as well as my cousins Jenna, Samantha, Sarah and Erica. Be prosperous and somewhat intelligent.

I, Ronald Parker (Moe), leave my memories to my B lunch table Ira, West, TJ, AJ, Brandon, and Devin. All the funny jokes y’all do at each other, all the laughter and the funniest memories. I thank you guys for a great year. Have a great summer.

I, Parth Patel, leave Tanner Thompson the commitment not to give up, Ryan Minar my swag lifestyles, Joey Reierson the positive outlook on life, Daniel Moore my running shoes, so he may get the body he always dreamed of, and to Mr. Newbold the power of a racehorse so he may continue guiding students in the right direction.

I, Ridhi Patel, leave Jasmine Lackey my best friend my love, friendship, and all the memories we shared for the last nine years, to Deborah Gardner the job of putting letters in Tiana’s locker, and Tiana Kelly my photo editor position and our joke from last year (P. lady). :p and to Danielle Marshall and Christina Buckles all the craziness of newspaper.

I, Genevieve Perez, leave Darriona, the joy of always being beautiful and full of laughter. SPITZERS, the bonds of family and love.

I, Courntey Perkinson, leave my captian spot on dance team to Sydney Lilly, all of my blonde and forgetful moments to Rheannan Traylor, the food in Mrs. Poe’s office to Courntey Taylor, the trust and love that Richard and I have to Kelly Harvey and Joseph, and I leave the dance team to Kelly, Sam, Renee, Madison, Sydney, and Deisha. Once a Royalette always a Royalette!

I, Caitlin Poppell, leave the Kenneth and Caitlin corridor, my patience and sense of humor to Kenneth Kidd. I leave Ms. Heath with a calm feeling because someone understands her pain and great thanks and appreciation foe teaching me so much. I leave my best wishes to a great and successful senior year for the class of 2014.

I, Rachel Pugh, leave Lindsay my sanity as she takes APUSH, Becky the pictures of my face that will always be set as John’s phone background, and the Royalettes Dance Team my poms, my tops and my love.

I, Jasmine Ragland, leave my style to Dominique Gray and my never ending friendship to De’Ja Lightfoot. May your senior year turn up just as much or even more than mine.

I, Jeffery Ramsey, leave to Eric, Trent and Cedric I do, I does, I am 400 #4Lifeee. To the basketball team “Hard work beats talent” #ROYALPRIDE

I, Alexes Riggins, leave my baby cousin, Robert O’Sean Cavitt my good looks popularity lol I’m going to miss Baby, can’t wait until you cross that stage. Be a good little Boy boy while I’m gone. And I love you Jaquon Moore, Malik Green, Jerron Ramsey, Karla, and everyone else. P.S.: Y’all hold the school down =)

I, Mark Roberts, leave Libby Cherry my patience, my energy, my will to power through the day, and the knowledge I gained from the failures and obstacles I had to overcome so her senior year goes by smoothly. I may not be here physically, but I will be here to guide her as I’ve promised.

I, Bragg Russell, leave the ETW Ring to Connor Livesay and Joey

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the failures and obstacles I had to overcome so her senior year goes by smoothly. I may not be here physically, but I will be here to guide her as I’ve promised.

I, Bragg Russell, leave the ETW Ring to Connor Livesay and Joey Runion.

I, Khalil Sanders, leave Eva Seidel my sassy attitude. Best friends for life. Danielle Marshall choreographer for theatre productions.

I, Matthew Schneck, leave the magnificent Student Government Assocation to Kenneth Kidd; my captains band to Mitchell Smith; my GPA to Taylor Stevenson; my weave to Mr. Darby; and most importantly, my heart to Mr. Nelson.

I, Kristen Schwalm, leave the soccer team all my hard work and dedication, Devan Fishburne Trnsports, Mr. Waugaman all those random ridiculous talks, Courtney our twinning moments, and to all students at PGHS I leave all the experiences and memories of high school and my best wishes for the future.

I, Chris Scott, leave all of my success and will to win to Drill Team and Color Guard. The entertainment I bring to practice to Jazlyn Crawely and Dominique Gaines. My march and performance level to Justin Austin. Last but not least my perseverance goes to Raven Evans, Diana Jackson and Keasha Clairmont.

I, Ellen Scudder, leave my position as Drum Major to the next lucky soul. The back seat of the bus on band trips to Kasia Szozda. The lunch table to Ryan Minar and Chase Hewitt. And finally, my undying love for Garrett Holt!!

I, Ashley Shaver, leave my little brother, Nicholas Shaver my love, guidance, help advice and confidence for him as he will start to attend Prince George High School next year.

I, John Shumar, leave Becky Shumar my love, best wishes, motivation, and handshakes, Alex Smith my frisbee and water bottle, Lindsay Pugh my joy of books, Courtney Taylor my love to hate and mean looks, Mandi Cummings my sandwiches to punch and finally Jennifer all the quiet moments we had together.

I, Dallas Smith, leave JoJo my baby and Chinese stop light driver, Mandi my dancing TWERK SOME’ GIRL, Chandler my weird laughs and imagination. Mandy my soccer moves and basketball drills, Joey my hugs, Kyle all the baby tadpoles, the girls soccer team my love for high school soccer, Mckenna my closet and fun nights, and Courtney my workouts.

I, Korrina Smith, leave my love for PGTV to all of next year’s producers, trnwired to Lindsay Pugh-I know you will do great. Lastly, to Courtney Taylor I leave. . . Nothing.

I, tayla Smith, leave all my great memories; laughs, smiles and tears on and off the court to each Lady Royal Basketball team member. I leave all my 4H Camp memories and daily lunch table meetings to Courtney Biggs and Deja Tinch. And I leave my constant smile and a little piece of my heart to Makayla Scott. Oh, and I leave my swag to Keanna Pender.

I, Kaitlyn Snover, leave my brother, Jacob, the expectations to do as well as, or better, than I did. And to Anthony, EJ, and Marina, I leave all of the useless knowledge I’ve gained throughout this year.

I, Rebecca Soon, leave a challenge for the Dance Team: Dance because you want to, not because you have to and always be as FIERCE as possible :) My love and encouragement to Brody Rotzoll. My vote for Mandy Almarode as most school spirited! My hugs to Ryan Minar every time he PR’s!:) My laugh and my Asian accent to Kyle Powroznik. All of my ice in my freezer to Alexandria Woods.

My footprints.

I, Jacob Spain, leave my setters spot to Dalton and my seat in Anotomy and Physiology to no one.

I, Kahlil Spencer, leave my laziness to Chad Owens (because you can never be too lazy)

I, Michael Stackhouse III, leave behind a tip, you should get Mrs. Webb as your teacher, she is awesome seniors, be smart, don’t make any dumb mistakes, go to prom. I love my 5th block, best class I have ever had, best friend ever, Aaliyah Johnson, I love you.

I, Andrew Stockellburg, leave its been a long run.

I, DeAndre Strickland, leave my skills in basketball to my twin brother Cedic Wright. Show out next year!!

I, Alissa temple, leave my passion to learn to those who follow. My drive to graduate is left to the students with the same goal.

I, Amanda terry, leave my loudness to Jessica Chaisson and Jessica Rogers for them to do with as they please. I also leave my outgoingness and leadership to my sister Mariah Terry. And may she use them to enjoy her high school career.

I, Jordan thompson, leave my captainship of the Varsity Cheers team and lunch table to Erica Skiddle, my brand rep. position at Justice to Darcie Warren, my sleepovers, car rides, cheer practices, beach trips, and tennis skills to Jessie Honaker, my yearbook skills to the 2014 yearbook staff, and my producer position of PGTV to Jasmine Lackey. Best of luck everyone!

I, Aziza K. tilley, leave my laughter to Erica H, my sassyness to Mr. Pelter, my jokes to Lindsay M, my great parties to Madison H, my morning frappes to Virginia C, my smile to Erica, attitude problems to Rachel, and my bullying to Jessie. Lastly, I want all of my love to go to “my future.”

I, Angela todd, leave my laziness to Chad Owen (Not that you need any).

I, Melissa tomlin, leave my cross country captain position to all the upcoming girl seniors, my great workout ideas to Alex Smith, my complaining skill to Evan Mitchell, all the long tennis games to Jasmine Lackey, my yearbookie love to the yearbook staff, and the best of luck to cross country and tennis team.

I, tim tripp, leave Alex Wiseman my math smart, Kyle Powroznick my good looking Jeep, and to the rest of the junior class the good luck to graduate.

I, Alex turpin, leave Jeremiah Hardee my sense of humor and my vegetarian methods, also I leave all future basketball players my winning spirit. I leave my height to all the short students that wish they were taller.

I, Shannon Vandevander, leave love and many dances to Adam Casey and Gimli. To the Marching Royals, hard work, dedication and hope. To Frau, Mr. Warnock, Dr. Moore and Mr. Havard all my thanks.

I, Demetrious Vaughan, leave these five simple words: Never quit, Never be afraid. That’s all you need. Nothing more nothing less.

I, Malik Vaughn, leave my laziness to Chad Owen; My Battalion to the rising class of LET 4s; My grades to Dominque Gaines; My calmness to Justin Austin; To Jazlyne Crawley I leave my WGT (insider). To Corey Greenwood I leave my driving skills. To the cadets, I leave hope for future success and to my teachers I give

thanks for preparing me for success.

I, Dominique Walker, leave Malik Green my ignorance to annoy teachers and get out of homework and classwork. I leave Malik Keaton patience to deal with MB next year. I leave the teachers all the make up work I did not do.

I, Zach Walsh, leave my awesome sleeping skills and random sayings.

I, Mercedes Weber, leave to my best friend Miles Kenney, I leave you my fun. I want you to have the best year of your life next year like I did during my senior year. You’ll always be my best friend Miles Lee Kenney. Love ya kid.

I, Ashley Wilkes, leave the token-ism to Sade Ferguson and EJ Lawrence. I leave our senior lunch table to Tri brown. I also leave my whining and the struggle to next years’ advance choir.

I, Bailey Williams, leave my frisbee to Alex Smith and Will Bonnell; and ice pack for Kyle Powroznik when I trucked him at football. . . twice; my speed to the football and track team, and an apple pie to Jay Sean Skrine.

I, Brevard Williams, leave my gratitude, my heart, my soul, my smile, my humor, my love, and my future goals of being successful. I love everyone of PGHS. Follow me @BigVard on twitter to be on my journey and instagram @brevard12.

I, Kendra Williams, leave my final high school memories to Prince George High School! I shared my love for music with the Marching Royals and I leave my clarinet section to Ariel Stephenson! Love y’all!

I, Olivia Willoughby, leave all of my love with the three people that I care about most in the world. I hope you all never give up on life! One more thing, I love you Burby and I hope that no matter what the future brings, we stay strong and committed.

I, Dorian K. Windley, leave my sense of humor to Diamond Tyler ‘cause she’s always telling jokes that aren’t funny. I want to leave my inside voice to Cariel Melton, because she’s always talking like we’re on a field. I would like to leave my style and looks to Jaquon Moore, Lord knows he needs it. To all my teachers who taught me so much, my love.

I, thomas Winfield, leave all my text books to all my wonderful teachers.

I, Jennefer Woodlief, leave my annoyance with Chase Hewett, “broster” Ryan Gosling compliment to Ryan Minar, Cousinly love with Garrett Holt, Noobness with Will Bonnell, and my thanks to Brooke Ward.

I, Marisela Christian Zuloaga, leave my senioritis to Tamaka Pope. My student to student Vice President position to Autrelle Jones. My skip days to Isiah Byrd. My love to Dominique Gains. My fruit roll-ups to Chaz Jenkins. Our 4th block conversations to Sierra Stanley. My love and thanks to Ms. Simmons, Mr. Pelter and Mr. Havard. Good luck class of 2014, congrats 2013!

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Notes fill the auditorium for one last time as the choir sings the spring concert. Choir teacher Jessica Barkley has given the senior choir performers a

special assignment this year, a piece to per-form on their own.

The spring concert was on Thurs., May 16th at 7:00 pm, followed by their competition on Fri., May 17th.

The intermediate and beginning choir sung the songs “The Water is Wide” and “Gas-tranomical Fuge”. The advanced choir sung “Cantate Domino,” “You are the New Day,” “Acapella Overtures,” and other songs. Con-cert choirs sung the songs “Amanti Costanti,” “Tres Contos Nativos,” and “Dos Indios Krao”.

Before the performance, seniors ex-plained how the last concert brings many emotions to it.

“I am excited, but at the same time as it gets closer to the concert it will start becom-ing bittersweet,” senior A’Marah Hawkins said.

The beginning featured an introduction to the seniors in dedication to them, followed

by them singing the song, “For Good” from the play Wicked. With the pressure of it just being the senior’s own song performance, there was a lot of preparations into making sure the nerves went away.

“To prepare, I listen to the song we will be singing, I get a lot of sleep the day before, and I try not to talk as much the day of,” senior Jamaal Gooden said.

There are also other things Gooden does to get in the mind-set of giving his best per-formance.

“You should go into a quiet room and meditate,” Gooden said.

At the beginning of the year, the class was without a teacher, leaving the students to have to teach themselves. Now that it is towards the end of the year, there is still an appreciation throughout the students that Barkley has taught so many things to all of her students.

“One of my favorite memories was hav-ing Ms. Barkley come in for the first time and knowing we finally had a teacher,” Hawkins said.

Other students had different memories from before this year that they will always remember.

“My spring sophomore year was my favorite choir memory. We fought a lot but even though we fought, you could not tell in our music that we argued a lot that year,” se-nior Jahmyah Garrett said.

Because of the fact that the seniors will be leaving behind many of their responsibili-ties to the underclassmen, there is a lot of ad-

vice to be given to those underclassmen that will be rising juniors and seniors for the fol-lowing years.

“My advice would be to have fun. Do not let choir stress you out or control your every-day attitudes. Do not let the drama of choir get to you,” Hawkins said.

Garrett also had a few words of encour-agement to fellow classmates.

”Keep in mind that choir is supposed to be fun, and if you lose that feeling, it will take the joy out of the music,” Garrett said.

In addition to the fact that it was the last time these seniors performed at the school as students, it was also the last time that the seniors performed with Barkley.

“Everyday brings new and fun memo-ries,” Barkley said. “I get a lot of laughs when it has to do with the students being goofy,”

After choir had given their last perfor-mance, the festival had left the students ex-hausted.

“We were all very tired after festival and we got great comments from the judges,” Barkley said.

Barkley thought that the students gave their best performance to date.

“Best of luck in the future and keep on singing,” Barkley said.

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Choir Performs Spring ConcertGatsby Grabs teachers’ Attention

The Great Gatsby is a novel that is read by English classes across the nation and has

once again been made into an extravagant, drama-filled cinematic production. The remake of this clas-sic tale of despera-tion and obsession with love and money character-izes the 1920s with modern glitz and glam as well as a soundtrack that remixes today’s electronic sound with a cabaret style effect.

This remake of The Great Gatsby was extremely successful in con-veying the strong emotions of the characters in this novel that really drags you into the fictional world of the East and West Eggs. By the end of the movie, one comes away with a better understanding of Jay Gatsby’s character and truly caring mind-set because of Leonardo DiCaprio’s flawless portrayal of him.

Through Tobey McGuire’s por-trayal of Nick, movie-goers develop a more clear understanding of the contrastingly horrible superficiality of characters away from Gatsby, by his on-the-nose perception of the other characters, such as Daisy, Tom and Myrtle by how easily relation-ships are broken and their aloofness to the damage they create.

The Great Gatsby essentially tells a story that pushes the belief that two wrongs don’t make a right and that one minor lie can lead to a web that creates irrevocable damage which puts this novel at the top of English teachers’ must read lists.

Overall, the new movie was ba-sically the same as the book and the 1974 version of the movie. There was nothing very different in this version except for the music. The new movie was more up to date and appeal-ing to the eye but it did not bring anything new to the table. However, it was okay because it was such a great and enjoyable movie. I would definitely recommend seeing this movie.

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With this year com-ing to an end and this being my last Gamer’s Corner article ever, I

have decided to list my personal top five games in the hopes of maybe giving some inspiration or even just showing what I judge other games based on. So, without further ado, here are my top five favorite games.

5.) Silent Hill 2 (Survival Horror)

I’m going to put a disclaimer here and say that Silent Hill 3 is actually my favorite of the series. However, Silent Hill 2 is criti-cally acclaimed and also stands alone, so if you’re going to play one it might as well be this one.

Unlike most horror games, Silent Hill has never boasted a lot of jump scares. It always feels as though the monsters are right next to you the entire game, rubbing up against you but never attacking until you least expect it. The true terror of any Si-lent Hill - the lonely, foggy atmosphere,and the fact that everyone in the town plus you have some serious mental scars - is ex-tremely evident in this game.

An oldie but a goody, Silent Hill 2 is a legitimately frightening game that I can’t recommend to people who have weak stomachs. The combat is a bit clunky, and the voice acting ranges between hammy and not-trying-hard-enough (Angela has a strange warbling that is grating but sort of works), but it’s a really great game regard-less. Avoid the HD Collection at all costs.

4.) Ace Attorney Series (Puzzle/Visual Novel)

Perhaps the best thing about this game is the love and care that the localiza-tion team put into it. The dialogue is funny (if dated at times), the characters are sin-cere, the writing is fabulously translated from Japanese to English, and it handles tragic events beautifully. As hilarious as it can be, it can flop to tragedy quickly and harshly and it handles it very well where other games would struggle.

The cases might not make sense sometimes, but that hardly detracts from

the overall game. Check it out, if you have the chance.

3.)The Walking Dead (Point-and-Click/Horror)

To be clear, this is referring to the Telltale version, not the newer Activision one. The Walking Dead is a series that will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you want to curl up in a ball and just sit there for a while.

The characters are extremely memo-rable, especially the main ones - history professor Lee and young , optimistic Cle-mentine both feel genuine and you hate to see them get hurting any way. The rest of the cast is less memorable, but still man-ages to leave an impact. If you are looking for a zombie game with hardcore action and zombie killing fun, this really is not the game for you. It is slow-paced and focuses pretty strictly on narrative and the bonds between people during the apocalypse. Still, there is a reason why it won Game of the Year, and you will be hooked onto ev-ery single moment of this amazing game up until the shocking ending.

2.) Portal Series (First-Person Puzzler)Honestly, the true beauty of Portal

only comes through once you have played it. It is hilarious, dark, and extremely in-novative. Admittedly the puzzles are not as hard as they are disorienting, but let’s be honest - you do not play Portal for the

puzzles, not really.Pretty much everyone has heard of

“the cake is a lie” and Cave Johnson’s “lem-ons” speech, but there is so much more in these games that it is surprising that more people have not played them.

Clever, intuitive, and easy to play (but not so easy to solve the puzzles, do not worry), the Portal series should be picked up and played by everyone.

1.) Mass Effect Trilogy (RPG/Third-Person Shooter/Strategy/Games You Play When You Want To Cry)

Mass Effect boasts a massive, well developed universe (there are about nine novels worth of text in these games) with memorable characters who you may or may not like but are all well written and well-acted. You find yourself getting at-tached to these characters, and the games rip out your heart every time it takes them away for one reason or another.

With the final DLC out, it’s finally time to put Commander Shepard to rest. They’re working on a Mass Effect 4, but is it really worth it at this point? Mass Effect ended with Shepard for me, and it will always be a journey that I do not regret taking.

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the invaders on Homecoming weekend.

Across the gridiron, there is a sea of blue

and white. It is 2015, and Prince George is

about to face down L.C. Bird.

Every two years, redistricting meet-

ings are held with all of the athletic direc-

tors in the Virginia High School League

(VHSL) to address the constant changes

in the various school populations and the

athletic ability of the schools.

“Currently, VA is divided into four re-

gions, with Prince George residing in the

Central District,” Football Coach Bruce Car-

roll said. “Each region sent eight teams

to the playoffs, except the Central Region

only sent four.”

A Redistricting and Reclassification

(R&R) Committee comprised of one repre-

sentative from each region and the super-

intendent chairperson meets in odd-num-

bered school years to formulate the next

two-year plan. This new plan will move to

a conference format, and will replace the

three-class system with a six-class system.

“Now, there will not be districts, but

conferences,” Carroll said. “Virginia will

be split into two regions, the north and the

south, and each will send sixteen teams to

the playoffs.”

The new six-class system will put

Prince George into the 5A-South in the 12th

Conference, along with Matoaca, Meadow-

brook, L.C. Bird, Clover Hill and Manches-

ter.

“Each district had its own population

standards for which class a school was put

into,” Carroll said. “However, the North-

west might have the cut off for singe A at

300 students, while the Northern District’s

cut off, due to larger population concentra-

tion, might be around 700. Pairing those

two schools in the same class was not fair.”

With this in mind, VHSL has taken

strides to even the playing field. Regional

tournaments will be grouped based on an

almost exact population. However, there

is a flaw to this plan.

“The problem with this plan was that it

only considered one sport; football,” Carroll

said. “No other sports were considered.”

Carroll is not alone in seeing this de-

tail.

“We argued as non-football sports to

just reconfigure football, be done with it,

and let all the other sports continue what

they are doing,” said girls soccer coach

Kendell Warren.

“Wrestling will not have districts, and

our regional tournaments will be larger

than our state tournament,” wrestling

coach David Thomas said.

Warren sees the new changes as an

adjustment that all future coaches will

have to make in terms of game preparation

and player recognition.

“As a coach, I’ll have to adapt to new

coaches in the conference,” Warren said.

“Another problem is the trouble of trying to

pick a best player. They want us to pick

the best player of our new conference, but

this will be a lot harder as opposed to when

I had to choose from our district, because

I have not watched all of my conference

player’s play.”

Another concern is the elimination of

Prince George’s natural rivals.

“The players are going to play who-

ever is in front of them, but there might not

be as much passion when playing L.C. Bird

as there would be when playing Thomas

Dale,” Warren said. “This is the same with

the fans. There are fans who have been

watching the Hopewell v. PG game for

twenty-five years.”

This plan will not go into effect until the

next two year cycle. Sport teams already

have their district schedules planned, but

will slowly begin to integrate the teams of

their new conferences. Even then, Prince

George will still play past Central District

teams.

“Sometimes it just comes down to

money; Mr. Russell is still going to want

us to play Hopewell and Dale because the

fans are willing to come down and watch

the game,” Warren said.

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How long have you been playing baseball?“I have been playing since I started playing T-ball. I was four years old.”

What position do you play?“I play first base.”

What do you enjoy about the sport? “I enjoy the spring weather and being able to play the game.”

What do you find the most challenging about the sport?“It is challenging to just learn new things because the more you age the more you learn.”

How do you balance your school, baseball and social life?“School and baseball are for the week and my social life is for the weekend.”

Do you get nervous before a game?“No, I do not get nervous. I try to relax so that I will play better.”

What professional baseball player do you look up to? Why?“Derek Jeter because I love the Yankees.”


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the trn staff interviewed all seniors in government classes to see who was voted top athlete of the year.there was a total of 287 votes cast for male athlete of the Year. male runner-Up- Caleb Johnson.there was a total of 283 votes cast for Female athlete of the Year. Female runner-Up: Dazhane’ myler. Photos by ian Kelty.


Athletes of the YearDallas Smith Brandon Hilliard

How long have you been playing soccer for the school?“I have been playing for the school since eighth grade.”

What is your most memorable moment from this year?“My most memorable moment was beating Thomas Dale. We have such a talented soccer team. I am so glad to be a part of this team. We finally accomplished what we deserved.”

What makes this year special for you?“This year is really special because it is my senior year. The team has really earned our spots as district champs. We play as a team and win as a team. My senior year would not be the same without any of my teammates!”

What does it feel like to be athlete of the year?“It feels good that my peers selected me as athlete of the year. There are so many good athletes here at PG and I am just blessed to have a great, talented team to play soccer with and

support me.”

What are your plans for after high school?“I will be attending VCU to play soccer for them.”

How long have you been playing soccer for the school?“I have been playing for the school for three years.”

What is your most memorable moment from this year?“Even though it was just a scrimmage, the bicycle kick goal I scored against Clover Hill is probably my most memorable moment this season.”

What makes this year special for you?“Being a captain and being in the district tourna-ment and becoming super close with my team-mates.”

What does it feel like to be athlete of the year?“I am very thankful and honored to be Prince George High School athlete of the year. It is a great feeling to know that my peers have cho-sen me as athlete of the year.”

What are your plans for after high school?“I am going to attend Richard Bland College and then transfer to VCU. I believe this soccer season will be my final year of soccer.”

What are your plans for after high school?“I will be attending VCU to play soccer for them.”

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Girls teams take Over District

Varsity boys baseball ended the season in a three way tie for first place in the district with Dinwiddie and matoaca. On mon., may 20, matoaca defeated Prince george 4-0.

Whether sprint-ing for home plate, putting away a game winning vol-ley, or attack-ing an oppos-ing striker,

this season the Royals varsity girls soccer, ten-nis, and softball teams showed their fight dur-ing the spring sports season to earn first place rankings.

The girls varsity soccer team scored a Cen-tral District title for the first time since 1993, and in doing so earned two upset victories over their slightly favored rival, Thomas Dale, for the first time since 1996. The key to the teams success on the soccer field has been staying fo-cused during practice, which has become the most efficient way that they prepare for games.

“A lot of our players have a lot of skill and we don’t goof off during practice,” sophomore stopper Chaelin Magruder said. “We know when to have fun and when to be serious.”

According to Magruder the team has had to make some sacrifices with having some members of the team stepping into positions they wouldn’t normally play because its best for the team. Making sacrifices for the team is a big part of head varsity soccer coach, Kendell Warren’s, philosophy.

“We look at it as ‘if you want to help the team, you have to make sacrifices’,” Warren said.

The sacrifices are often out weighed by the constant motivation to be the best each girl has.

“[What motivates me is] the want to be the best, Warren pushes us every day, and we want to win for each other,” junior outside mid Mandi Cummings said.

The girls soccer team’s record in the first half of the season was an impeccable unde-

feated record, but a mid-season loss to Thomas Dale looked to be a momentum stopper. The girls soccer team had to rebound in much the same way that the varsity softball team had to bounce back from heart breaking loses to Matoaca and Dinwiddie. After these loses the team’s experience came out and the girls be-gan to set their sights on avenging the upsets they faced.

“We focused and picked up our intensity level no matter who we were playing,” sopho-more pitcher Casey Abernathy said.

The softball team used both in district and out of district games to work on key skills that would help them achieve a comeback as well as an undefeated record in the district for the second half of the season.

“I feel like we deserved it because we worked really hard and started focusing on one goal,” Abernathy said.

They say its hard to win a title the first time, but the defense of that title is the hardest road an athlete has to face in his or her career. This lesson is something that the softball and girls’ tennis teams have learned in their triumphant attempts in defending the team titles they earned in 2012.

For the girls tennis team, 2013 meant de-fending the legacy set by the teams before them. The Prince George girls tennis team has over 20 team titles in the last 30 years to its name, and with experienced leaders and coaches hopes to continue the streak in 2014. The team fought off tough opposition from the Dinwiddie Generals, including a tense late-night match that had to be postponed, but the Royals still snuck out a 5-4 victory to maintain an undefeated record that has lasted since 2011.

“I think it is an awesome feeling because it shows how all our hard work paid off,” senior number one and three time defending singles district champion Melissa Tomlin said.

As the time when conferences replace districts comes near, the Prince George girls soccer, tennis, and softball teams have firmly placed their names in the history books.

Devan Fishburne

trn writer

Senior ginny miller proceeds through her windup in an attempt to throw a

strike in a home game. miller has been playing at the varsity level for 4 years.

Photo by ian Kelty.

Varsity girls softball ended the season in a three way tie for first place in the district with Dinwiddie and matoaca. On thurs., may 16, Dinwiddie defeated Prince george 5-2.

Junior runner alex Smith was fractions of a second away from breaking the school outdoor track mile record of four minutes and twenty-four seconds. Smith finished second place in the race.

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