ALL COLOR YEARBOOK

What a fantastic idea! This year’s high school yearbook is now ALL color! The yearbook staff has been working very hard to make this happen for the 2011 seniors of Wilcox County High School.

There is though, one glitch in the making of this yearbook. To acquire an all color yearbook, Mrs. McCall had to make the decision of cutting out 12 pages. Her yearbook staff, however, was more than excited about the whole thing being in color.

Now that the page number has changed, the yearbook staff has decided to completely change the layout. “It’s almost the same every year!” says yearbook staff senior member Amanda Warren, “Its time for a change!”

There are so many ideas boiling in their heads. They can’t wait for the chance to be able to put it all together.

Yearbooks go on sale in October. The selling price starts at $36 and goes up a dollar every month after that. Students and teachers have your money ready!

MamaMia!

What’s the best pizza around town? From the looks of it, it comes from a small little guy, about 5’2”, with dark brown hair. Have you figured it out yet?

Matt Iglesias, has been making his own pizzas since he was the age of 12. His inspiration came from different people, but mostly his parents. One day he made a pizza and his parents told him he should start a business selling pizzas. This is where his career took off.

“I have a blast!” says Iglesias. When asked if he likes what he is doing he replies laughing, “I wouldn’t get in the kitchen and slave over the stove if I didn’t like it.”

At one time he has used a clay oven that he has in his house but now he uses an electric oven. “Iglesias goes out and buys the ingredients and throws it all together to make a great supper for me and my family,” said one of his customers.

Along with the taste, his prices are not so bad either. A large is 14 dollars and a medium is 10 dollars. Wondering if he has the little boxes Pizza Hut puts your pizza in? The answer is yes. He special orders them and has them sent in from California.

Next time you want a pizza just call up your neighborhood Pizza Hut, Matt Iglesias.

WCHS Dress Code

“I have to tuck my shirt in?!” exclaim the new students of Wilcox County High School. They are not used to the strict dress code Wilcox County has placed in its school system. It’s not that shocking for kids and young adults who have attended these schools for years. The students are accustomed to these rules. New students may not have had to tuck their shirts in or worry about what they buy for the following school year.

Dress code is  strict at Wilcox schools. All shirts, whether worn by boys or girls, must be tucked in. No flip-flops; students are required to wear sandals or shoes with heel strap(s). What about holes in pants? Don’t even try the authorities with it. Tank tops are a big no-no. Capris, absolutely have to be worn below the knee caps. Sweat pants are prohibited. Boys wearing earrings is also unacceptable. What has this school system come to? What are they protecting the students from with all of these rules about how they dress?

When asked why the students are not allowed to wear holes in their pants to WCHS, Mr. Daniels, assistant principal of WCHS, replied, “Students might come to school with a hole in their crotch.” The school board has placed this dress code in for the respect of the students. They do not want to get to lenient and then kids start taking advantage of it. “If we were to let the students wear holes in their pants, you never know where the range of that hole is going to be the next time,” stated Coach Davis, principle of WCHS.

“It gets old,” says long attending student Jade Green. “It’s hard to try and get cute clothes that I really want to wear that I have to tuck in. Shorts and dresses are hard to find that comes below our knees.” New students are not the only ones that have a problem with the dress code; looks like students that have been going to Wilcox schools for their whole school career feel the same way as the new students. “It’s just a stress, really,” says new student Amanda Warren. “I hate having to spend 2 minutes to tuck my shirt in after I go to the bathroom. I am not a morning person so I also hate having to tuck in my shirt before I leave my house. Personally, I don’t think that having a dress code is going to protect us from what the school board is scared of. If someone wants to bring something to school they can put it anywhere; in their pants, socks, shoes, and book bags. They just need to be worried about more than just a tucked in shirt or a hole in my pants.”

Mrs. McCall, art teacher of WCMS/HS, says, “I think it’s reasonable.” Teachers feel like it protects them from drugs and weapons. “How do I know a student will not bring something to school to hurt us all?” replies an anonymous teacher at WCHS. Looks like the students are gone be stuck with what they call “crazy.”