​Mania
Anika  U.
​​Staff Reporter

Snowflake
Diego C. & Zander S.
Staff Reporter
On October 14th, 2016, I walked through the doors of Hawthorn Middle North, and I can surely say that I nearly went deaf from all of the screaming kids running around the school. You may be thinking, why would kids be running around the school and screaming? Wouldn’t they get in trouble? And yes normally they would, but not during Mania.
Mania is a very fun and entertaining event that Hawthorn North has been doing for about 10 years. Mania has a variety of amusing activities including dancing, airbrush tattoos, hayrides, human hamster balls, photobooth, an obstacle course, an inflatable climbing wall,, and much more! Not only did Mania have some super fun activities, but Student Council also supplied some delicious food and snacks to eat. From pizza to popcorn to candy, student council had enough delicious food to supply the students the whole event.
I don’t think I saw one person with a frown on their face during Mania. It really is a great event that I know everyone would enjoy.

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Newspaper Club
Nandini B.
Staff Guest Reporter

The Newspaper club is the place that you can show off your talent of writing. You can write about school happenings, share delicious reciped, voice your opinion on things, share book or movie reviews, and much more. When the articles are finished they are uploaded to our online electronic newspaper called The Talon. Mrs. Stahl is the advisor for this club, and she will give ideas for articles as well as help guide you through the writing process. We are always looking for new students to help contribute the newspaper. If you love writing, and are good at it, we would love to have you join our club.
The hype for Snowflake 2016 was real. This year, at Oak Grove Middle School, students from our school, Middle South, and, of course, Oak Grove roamed the hallways, and broke into small groups. It was a night full of activities with friends, and those who by the end of the night, you could call friends as well.
As the students arrived, we headed straight into the cafeteria for snacks, after dropping off our backpacks, and phones, oh yes phones. No phones were allowed throughout the event until the very end. This was to encourage the interaction of students as opposed to ignoring each other as they would with their phones out. Then, everybody traveled into the gym, where we got balls of assorted yarn to wear around our necks called “warm fuzzies.” Each warm fuzzy represented a compliment. We would give someone a compliment, give them a warm fuzzy, and they would tie it around their necklace. Everybody broke into small groups with their friends, but also new people from the other two schools.
After playing some icebreaker games, which were really thorough in breaking the ice, we listened to a fantastic motivational speaker who spoke of many important topics while keeping us all engaged and entertained. After his speech, we all went to have some dinner, consisting of pizza and a variety of decadent desserts. Following that, we went into our small groups again to play some more icebreakers, then listened to a very comical and informative speaker. He had the entire audience crying due to laughter after a couple of his stories.
Finally, after one more meeting with our small group, the students headed back to the gym for a dance. The lights were off, yarn was strewn about the floor, and the music was blaring as the students danced and socialized, You even had the option to eat more dessert.
Overall, Snowflake 2016 was a blast. Combined with valuable lessons and a whole lot of fun, it couldn’t have been better.

Hawthorn Hustle
Sean R.
​Staff Reporter

The Hawthorn hustle 5k, that happened on October 15, 2016 in Century Park, was an event organized by the PTO. The purpose of this event was to raise funds to support the school. They were to  run/walk “RAIN OR SHINE” according to the PTO website. There were about 300 people running and walking .  There was food, drink, and awesome music thumping as runners crossed the finish line.  Ms. Swanson said it perfectly, “The Hawthorn Hustle was a great way to bring the community together for a fun run!”  She wants to do the 5k next year. it was a very fun run around the lakes with friends family and of course teachers.

Recycling
​Anika U.
Staff Guest Reporter

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Reduce, reuse, and recycle! This is something we can do everyday! Instead of clumping up and throwing away a piece of paper into the garbage, we can throw it into the recycling bin. At our school, we have a recycling program that is monitored by Mrs. Brickman, the 7th grade science teacher. Every Friday, Mrs. Brickman’s IMS class splits into groups and each group has to collect the recycle from certain parts of the school. For example, one group could be collecting recycle from the 6th grade pod while another group is collecting recycle from miscellaneous parts of the school, like the art room or the library. So far we have collected 1550.6 pounds of recycling. The most that we have collected in one week was on December 2nd and we collected 196.1 pounds. As a student in Mrs. Brickman’s IMS class, I feel like the 6th grade pod has had the most recycling so far. Every time it’s my group’s week to collect from 6th grade, we always end up with 20 pounds if not more. However, without any of the pods we wouldn’t have had this much recycling. Keep up the good work!