NOCTILUCA June 2016

FEATURES Appleton, Wisconsin June 2016 Vol. XXI

Issue III

Page 8

Freshman sees North’s rival on the home front

By Sarah Fleming

zen Day only had people dressed like seniors, but none of them acted like a real senior citizen. North apparently also has a cleaner cafeteria and bath- rooms and more of a variety of academic choices than at Kimberly, according to Mungie. “At Kimberly, you do not go in the rest room!” A big difference between Kimberly and North is that Kimberly does not have Chromebooks, but they do use Apple and Dell technol- ogy. Being a freshman this year, I could not imagine going through high school without my trusty-ish Chromebook at my side. However, according to Ol- ivia Mungie, Kimberly does not block websites like Facebook, Pinterest, or oth- er social media types. Mungie also thinks Kim- berly has a better overall at- mosphere. “The people (at Kimberly) are so welcoming and accepting, they make you feel like you have been there your entire life, where- as here I have noticed peo- ple are very clique- oriented and not as quick to make new friends or accept you as you are.” One similarity be- tween North and Kimberly is the live announcements at Kimberly happen every Fri- day just like here at North. But unlike North, Kimberly

doesn’t have everyone’s fa- vorite janitor, Rodney, en- couraging them to fly with the eagles even if they are hooting with the owls over the weekends. I couldn’t imagine going to high school without Rod- ney to give me solids and to alert me when the school store is selling cookies, or to loudly sing me Happy Birthday during lunch so that everyone knows it’s my birthday. Another addition to the live announcements that Kimberly lacks is Mr. Lightning. Although it’s not a traditional mascot, Mr. Lightning, aka, Mitch Widule, helps with the pep rallies and attends sporting events like football games to lead chants. In conclusion, Kimberly and North are very dif- ferent. I had no idea what block scheduling was or that it was still used before I asked Jack what Kimber- ly was like. I just assumed that all high schools had the same scheduling as North. Both my cousin and I will have different high school experiences, but in some ways, they will be very similar. I will be look- ing forward to the day when I can rub it in my cousin's face that Appleton North defeated Kimberly on our new turf field.

Everyone knows that Kimberly and North are big rivals. When Kimberly and North are facing off on the football field, there is al- ways a big turn out. For most Appleton North students, the rivalry only af- fects them in school. In my family, the Kimberly and Appleton North rivalry is everywhere. My sister and I both live in the Appleton North school zone. She has since graduated while I am just starting my high school journey. On the other side of my family, are four children who have graduated from Kimberly. My cousin, Jack, has an older sister who graduated from Kimberly last year. Like me, Jack is also a freshman, except he goes to Kimberly, Appleton North’s rival high school. Jack and I will have the most different high school experiences possible. For a start, he joined the fresh- men football team, whereas I am extremely unathletic. For the sake of high school experiences, I joined tennis and curling, both non-cut sports. However, that’s not the only thing that makes our high school experiences different. Kimberly doesn’t have 48-minute-ish classes, they have 90-minute class- es. Kimberly uses a system called block scheduling, so instead of periods, they have blocks 1, 2, 3 and 4. Block 3 is split up into 3 mini blocks that last 45 minutes long, called blocks A, B, and C. During those mini blocks, you would have a lunch period, band or choir, or another class. In between the blocks, Kimberly students have 10 entire minutes of passing time, and every Wednesday is a late start day. Olivia Mungie, a sopho- more, spent her freshman year at Kimberly, so I asked her what she thought of block scheduling. “I prefer North's class schedule to Kimberly's block schedul- ing,” said Mungie, “It can be very exhausting and bor-

Sarah Fleming currently attends Appleton North while her cousin Jack is a freshman at Kimberly. Photo courtesy of Sarah Fleming

ing!”

you missed it, they dressed up in ugly sweaters, drew wrinkles on their faces, used canes, walkers, and wheel- chairs, heckled students at passing time, formed a hu- man wall in the hallways and walked as slow as pos- sible, making everyone late to their classes, and to top it off, formed a “riot” in the main stairway, causing all hallway flow to stop com- pletely so they could chant and fall down at the same time. Kimberly’s Senior Citi-

Because of their block scheduling, Kimberly stu- dents get more homework. “Instead of one lesson a day, there were three lessons a day and three days of home- work due the next. I found that the block schedule in- creases the intensity of the class,” Mungie said. Kimberly doesn’t have an IE time either, which means that they have to do clubs or talk to teachers af- ter school instead of during school. Another difference is that Kimberly does not have any finals week no matter what year in school you are. Kimberly is most known for their football and has many “football traditions.” These traditions include “wearing jerseys that have never known a loss,” and “winning state champion- ships,” according to my uncle. Kimberlymay have a bet- ter football team, but North has better school spirit. According to Jack, Kim- berly’s homecoming week was “kinda disappointing.” North’s homecoming week was anything but, especially during Senior Citizen Day. As a freshman who had not experienced Senior Citizen Day until this year, it was insane how much effort the seniors put into it. In case

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