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  • Spin Club twirls their way to victory

    Thursday, April 05, 2012 By: Priscilla Polizzi, Staff Writer

    Spin Club is a fairly new club in our school; it started two years ago. The club replaced color guard. They had to change color guard to Spin Club because Color Guard had been cut from the budget beca

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  • Beauty and the Beast was a great hit

    Thursday, April 05, 2012 By: Priscilla Polizzi, Staff Writer

    The play Beauty and the Beast performed by Marcus Whitman’s visual and performing arts was an amazing and exciting play to watch. The actors all put on a great show and put forth great effort to make

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  • Awareness campaign reaches Marcus Whitman

    Thursday, April 05, 2012 By: Mark Combs, Staff Writer

    New York was given the gift of spring early this year; the birds were singing, and the children were laughing. The breeze was relaxing, and the sun was warm. While everyone was enjoying the amazing we

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  • Maple Festival hits Rushville

    Thursday, April 05, 2012 By: Ryan Johnson, Staff Writer

    The Loomis Barn once again participated in the statewide Maple Festival. The free event was held on March 17th and 18th from 9am to 3pm. This event was the perfect opportunity for people to enjoy the

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  • Fishermen grab their poles early this year

    Thursday, April 05, 2012 By: Graysen Betts, Photo Editor

    In previous years, the fishing season does not begin until middle of April, or sometimes even in May. This year is like no any, as everything is coming early due to the warm weather. The weather has b

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  • Fairytale brunch was magical

    Thursday, April 05, 2012 By: Sage Daugherty, Layout Editor

    The Marcus Whitman Visual and Performing Arts’ production of Beauty and the Beast debuted on the Whitman stage March 16th, 17th and 18th. It was a huge hit, and as an added bonus to the show, the Dram

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  • Boy’s varsity baseball plans to strike out their competition

    Thursday, April 05, 2012 By: Cassidie Smith, Staff Writer

    Baseball has been America’s past time for many years and Marcus Whitman’s own baseball team is carrying on this tradition. This year, they have 12 athletes participating, all at various levels of skil

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  • Young team has high expectations

    Thursday, April 05, 2012 By: Melissa Peck, Staff Writer

    In years past the varsity boys’ tennis team has been very successful. The boys have won consecutive titles and hope for another year like that. This year there are quite a few new members who have ste

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  • We’re going to knock this Softball season out of the park

    Thursday, April 05, 2012 By: Sadie Burgess, Staff Writer

    After talking with Mr. Morley, this softball season looks promising. This year, there are fewer players, but it’s nice he said, because it makes them easier to work with and they are a small, very tig

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  • Our goal is to stop your goal

    Thursday, April 05, 2012 By: Jessica Mussaw, Staff Writer

    Boys’ lacrosse 2012 will be a great season, filled with friends, hard work and dedication. Taylor Kinne is a senior on the team and is looking forward to a great positive season. He stated, "this seas

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The Whitman Word Marcus Whitman High School Rushville, NY
Issue Date: Monday, April 16, 2012 Issue: Volume 5, Issue 7 Last Update: Monday, April 16, 2012
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For the past several weeks, the Leadership Class has been organizing efforts to win, for the third year in a row, the 98 PXY High School Challenge and Whitman won for the third year in a row! The perf
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The American Heart Association has been trying to include school district’s physical education departments in its Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser because this allows the teacher to discuss and teach th
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Students who plan or want to be a teacher in the future have the opportunity to be in the club Future Educators Association, also known as F.E.A. One thing that the students in the club get to exper
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On March 10th 2012, the Leadership class slept outside for an entire tonight to raise money for Habitat for Humanity, which is an organization designed to help build houses and to provide shelter for
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Taking first place in any event is a special accomplishment, but when it’s on a national stage the victory is that much more monumental. Marcus Whitman was well represented in the heart of Vermont at
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Every year, seniors get the privilege of having a formal dance in order to celebrate as a class and break the winter blues. This year Senior Ball was held at Belhurst Castle along Seneca Lake and had
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In physical education people normally think of playing some kind of sport or running or working, out but right now P.E. is all about dancing. Yes that’s right dancing. Dancing is not everyone’s favo
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And so it began earlier in March, the planning for the 15th annual Gong show, hosted by Ms. Underwood. This year, she had anticipated that the show will be bigger and better than ever, having over 15
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