NOCTILUCA May 2018

FEATURES Appleton, Wisconsin May 2018 Vol. XXIII

Issue IV

Page 5

By Henry Ptacek North Literary Magazine ‘Borealis’ shines light on local writers and artists

would let us to talk about the lit mag. Between the four of us, we made it 41 classes over the course of the week. We gave lit- tle 5 minute presentations about what the literary magazine is, why you should submit and how to submit. In addition to these class vis- its, we made handouts and post- ers, and spoke to anyone who would listen about the lit mag. After that, we just had to wait and hope for submissions. We ended up exceeding my goal of 80 submissions. We were so incredibly excited and impressed to see all of the amazing and moving poetry, art, writing and photographs of the students of Appleton North. Getting the actual submis- sions was the hard part, from there it was just about designing and printing the magazine itself. N: What are you most ex- cited about as it pertains to the Literary Magazine? O: I’m super excited to get this in people’s hands. The mag- azine is filled with some really fantastic pieces of art and writ- ing. The body of works is every- thing from political to personal and I’m so pumped to be able to share the magazine with staff and students. university is able to provide judging for High School and Middle school groups look- ing to pick up another per- spective. Every year, high school bands within WSMA jurisdiction are required to get judged in order for their school to be able to partici- pate in WSMA activities. Band director James Thal- dorf was looking forward to take the band to Carroll for multiple reasons: for one, he was excited for the Honors Band to be able to listen to bands from around Wiscon- sin. In the past, it had been bands in the Fox Cities that North has clinictioned with. Further, Mr. Thaldorf was just excited to make a day out of it for the band, not to men- tion it was simply because it was going to be a worthwhile clinician.

In the end I decided to do it because I didn’t want this year to be the year that The Borealis died. So Mr. Ramponi, Mr. Ed- monds, my small teamof editors and I met to discuss fundraising, as funds were still our number one roadblock. We decided to sell chocolate covered straw- berries in the commons during Lovestruck Week. My editors, Carl Zuleger, Trinity Olson, Tashia Ulman, and I all dedi- cated our lunch hours to selling these strawberries. I made over 400 chocolate strawberries in my kitchen that week. They sold so well that most days we were out by the end of 4th hour. That took care of the funding issue. The next challenge was getting word out to the school about the magazine. In previous editions of The Borealis, I felt underwhelmed by the amount of content I saw. I mean, we are living in the age of Instagram, how could last year’s edition only include three photographs? I knew the issue was that not enough students knew about the literary magazine, how to sub- mit or what they could submit. Last year’s edition had around 40 submissions, I made it my goal to get 80 this year. My editors and I spent a week visiting every class that

Magazine this year?

Olivia Molter: For the past two years I’ve seen very tal- ented and motivated students put together the literary maga- zine. Both times, though, I saw so much potential and room for improvement. This year when I realized no one was in line to put it together, I volunteered. I think the literary magazine is such a wonderful opportunity for students and teachers to be able to share the work they oth- erwise don’t have many chances to showcase. I hope it motivates and inspires people to keep on creating and writing. N: How did you make this years Literary Magazine hap- pen? O: The first thing I was wor- ried about was funding. Printing out-of-house is expensive but I wanted to make sure that we would be putting out a quality product that students would be proud to say their work was part of. This year unfortunately like past years the magazine didn’t receive funding. At that point I wasn’t sure if I wanted to move forward with the publication be- cause, again, I just really wanted to make sure what I would be putting out would be a quality product. the plethora of successful P7 clubs across the United States. When asked about the club’s goals, Westmoreland stated that the club hoped to give “guid- ance to people [through] their faith and to help people in [their] school.” The supportive, Christian-based group spreads positivity every Thursday after school until four o’clock. The club is open to anyone seeking support or a way to increase positivity and hope in their lives. P7 offers a safe, spiritual environment surrounded with considerate individuals. A nor- mal club meeting usually con- sists of a snack, a quick discus- sion on how everyone is doing, prayer time, a lesson, and some- times games and team-building activities. Interested in learning more about P7? You can contact Gabrielle Westmoreland or stop by room 1318 after school on a Thursday to explore the oppor- tunities the club has to offer.

Literature: de- fined as written works, especially those considered of superior or last- ing artistic merit. This establishes the foundation of the Appleton North Lit- erary Magazine, in particular the former half of the defini- tion, “works of last- ing artistic merit.” North students Carl Zuleger, Olivia Molter, Tashia Ul- man and Trinity Ol- son lead the charge, for this years “Lit Mag”. The literary

the name that the editing staff is keen to keep. To campaign for content the editors took a week of their time to go into class- rooms and introduce the project. All of this campaigning paid off, the Literary Magazine received 80-90 submissions. More than double what the magazine re- ceived last year. All of these ac- complishments were achieved without school funding. Olivia answered questions about this years artistic endeavors. The Noctiluca: What made you want to start up the Literary magazine contains photogra- phy, drawings, poetry, stories, graphics and anything that can be classified as art. Showcasing the art ofAppletonNorth is what the Lit Mag is all about. The Lit- erary Magazine is largely up to the responsibility of the students to create. Olivia Molter spear- headed the project this year, us- ing her own love for art to get students involved. The ritual of student leadership resurfaced two years ago with the revital- ized magazine, the Borealis, New club Project7 sparks religious involvement

North’s Honors band visits Carroll University

By Henry Ptacek

Project 7 in their club element including snacks and meaning- ful discussion. Photo courtesy of Gabby Westmoreland

On April 13th the Apple- ton North Honors Band en- tered to play in a constructive clinic at Carroll University. Carroll University worked in conjunction with WSMA to create a judged performance so that bands from around Wisconsin could learn. Clini- cian Darrell Brown worked with the band for a one hour segment of time, touching topics of environment, ar- ticulation and much more. Bands from around Wiscon- sin traveled to Waukesha to share this experience. In con- junction with WSMA Carroll

There are clubs present in al- most every state, and each orga- nization works to advocate the same mission statement: “Un- lock faith, unleash truth, elevate Christ, serve others.” The Noctiluca sat down with the club’s president, junior Gabrielle Westmoreland to gain insight on the new club.Accord- ing to Westmoreland, Project7, or P7, is a Bible study club that preaches “lessons on how to live your life for God and be the best Christian you can be.” Westmo- reland got the idea to start a P7 club at Appleton North through her church and was inspired by

By Maddi Waters

Project7 is a club that works on allowing people to embrace their spirituality and getting them involved in our commu- nity. Project7 notices that I/E periods can fill rapidly with club meetings and homework help, so P7 can be the perfect new group for someone with a busy schedule to join. The title “Proj- ect7” refers to a project leading to completion in Christ through- out the seven years of middle and highschool. Project7 is a student-led or- ganization that is spreading rap- idly across the United States.