ABC Interview with SPPS Superintendent Gothard

ABC Interview with SPPS Superintendent Gothard  

Winter Sports Preview 2020-2021

 by John Pucci -  Humboldt Athletics 

While all fall sports with the exception of Volleyball have ended, many athletes are gearing up for their winter season. 

     This winter, Humboldt and OWL athletes will have the option to participate in girls and boys basketball and wrestling, while the boys swim team will try to match the great season the girls had this fall. Our PI/CI adapted teams will continue to meet virtually. Many athletes are excited about the chance to participate in winter sports, and the Hawks are primed to have competitive seasons with multiple teams. 

PHOTO: Ryan Prisch, and coach Brad Novacheck (Credit: SPPS - Fair Use) 

Girls Basketball Preview

     To begin with, Head coach and Humboldt alum Tyler Chavez returns all but one starter on the girls basketball team. Point guard Ilianese DeLaRosa and shooting guard Makalya Mapp return to headline the Hawks Offense, while Underclassman Jocelyn Mann looks to be the defensive stopper for the team. The Girls earned the number two seed in a competitive section last winter and have high expectations for this upcoming season. 

Boys Basketball Preview

The Boys basketball team had the opposite happen, as almost the entire roster graduated in 2020. With that said, coach Garcia is confident in this season’s group. He returns Leading scorer Brian Williams, and combo Guard Keith Pabon to bring some leadership to the group. In addition, a surprise Senior transfer in Xavier Garcia will help sure up the Hawks line-up, as he was St. Croix Lutheran’s top man last season. Watch for the boys basketball team to put quite a few teams on upset alert this winter. 

Wrestling 

Boys wrestling looks to continue to be a constant St. Paul Powerhouse this winter. Lead by coach Brad Novacheck, the Hawks return a strong roster headlined by three ranked wrestlers in Crown Htoo, Kyaw Htway and Po Si Si. Watch for Senior Pa Ha to possibly fill the shoes of heavyweight graduate Ryan Prisch, a notable graduate for the Hawks. The Hawks wrestlers will call the Open World Learning Campus home for this winter, and have already laid out their mats. Coach Novacheck was eager to move the seemingly heavy mats and get everything set up on Friday. “Nothing sounds more fun to me than hauling mats around on a Friday morning - I could do this all day,” said coach Novacheck. 

Boys Swimming

Boys swimming looks to build off the success that the girls had this fall, with coach Caitlyn Gill leading both squads. While the boys team lacks some of the experience that the girls have, a few swimmers stood out last winter, and look to make a bigger splash this time around. Senior Eh Ler Moo was a first time swimmer last winter, but really took to the sport earning an all-conference honorable mention. He returns alongside team captain Elliot McNally, who was as smooth as could be in the water last season. Watch for these two to have a breakout season this time around. While our PI/CI athletes and coaches are sad that they cannot compete in person this winter, we as a Hawk community are very thankful and proud of coaches Vibar, Bohland and Long for keeping the teams connected digitally. 

Thanks for all that you do!

Volleyball, Volleyball - Humboldt Volleyball!

 Photos by principal Steven Aeilts  

 Senior night for volleyball 

Girls Volleyball 2020!

The Dark Room (Scholarly Tales from the Flipside - Horror 101)

Introduction: This story is provided compliments of the Flipside’s after-school program called “Horror 101: Reading and Writing Horror for Fun!” This story is one in a collection of short stories and illustrations written by SPPS middle school and high school scholars  from the upcoming iBook, “Tales from the Flipside: Horror.” Participating schools: Humboldt, Murray, American Indian Magnet (AIM), Highland Park, Farnsworth, and Washington Tech. 

By  Chang P. 

     I had just finished my chores at 9:56pm, this wasn't an unusual time
for me, lately I've been up late doing homework and chores. I took off my glasses and set them on my nightstand. The dark was the scariest place for me, I often have paranoia that I'm not alone and that something is watching me. I'm scared of falling asleep, in my dreams there are monsters that stare at me, I feel as if they know all my flaws and imperfections. In the silence of the stares, my mind goes crazy with the thoughts of all my insecurity crossing my mind and floating through the empty space which appears to be my bedroom. My dream repeated like this every night with the monsters getting closer and closer each time. I closed my eyes and turned on my low piano music to clear my mind of any bad thoughts, my eyes drifting into a deep sleep. I woke up in my dream, the monsters closer than ever before. My room felt cold and dull, I could see the glowing white of their pupils and long horns. Something was different this time, I heard mumbling, the silence that was usually there was no more. One of the monsters was talking to the other, it was quite faint but I could hear the suspicious conversation... 

   "She is going to find out” one said 

"Don't worry, tomorrow it will all be over, she will be one of us" said the other. 

     I could faintly see the scales and ridges of the first monster, their skin was dark red and had razor sharp teeth. My mind stopped and wondered what they meant by she is going to be one of us soon, am I she? I closed my eyes in the dream and eventually fell back to a peaceful sleep. 

     The next day I woke up in sweat like the others. Most days I didn't even want to wake up, people at school scared me but it's better than staying in this dark room. I got up, brushed my teeth and headed to my parent's room to tell them I was going to catch the bus. As I approached the door Something was off, it was pure silence. This was strange considering my mom always hums while she gets ready for work. I creeped the door open and saw nothing in there. I looked around for my mom's jacket or purse but everything was gone. "Maybe she left for work” I thought as I was about to leave the room I saw an unfamiliar notebook open, it was my Mother’s based on the loopy handwriting. Being as noisy as I am I took a little peek, at first it appeared empty but as I flipped through I saw drawings in the middle of the book, as if they were meant to be hidden. The drawings were of a creature much like the one I saw in my dream. But also it was different, the creature was younger and smaller. As I flipped through the pages I saw drawings of an empty room. My hands started to shake as I realized what was happening. 

     The drawings, the monsters, the sleep paralysis and cold rooms. These weren't drawings and the creatures weren't just monsters or a part of a dream. It was my parents' plot to turn me into one of them, a demon.

Register Now for Winter Sports (Humboldt Athletics)

Today is the first day to register for winter sports, and we will continue to accept registrations until 12/14. 

CLICK HERE TODAY TO REGISTER! 

HAWK PRIDE WEEK starts today!

Huge shout out to @Toni Radcliff, for creating this video & to all the staff who participated in kicking off our Virtual Spirit Week! 🙂 Enjoy the video below - share with your students - and celebrate Hawk PRIDE this week & always!

Humboldt/OWL Athletics Fall 2020 Update (November 2020)

Submitted by John Pucci Humboldt/OWL Athletics Fall 2020

(Photo: Steve Aeilts, 2020)

     St. Paul, Minn...Weeks ago at the start of the season, Coach Damon Liberatore was preaching growth and development throughout the season. He spoke about how each week he hoped his team would elevate their game, and continue to become more and more competitive in the always tough Saint Paul City Conference. It appears they have done just that. Early in the season, the Hawks dropped a match 3-0 to Harding High School; a consistently tough conference opponent. Coach Liberatore continued to find the positives and identify areas of growth within his squad as they geared up for a rematch scheduled for 11/4/20. The Hawks definitely carried themselves with a noticeably different mentality prior to the match. Not only did they want to win, but they felt that they were going to win. 

As the match began, it was clear coach Liberatore had prepared his team with not only the right mentality, but the correct tactics to dominate the match. The Hawks won the first two rounds of the match handily. Stunned, the Knights of Harding High School rallied for a tough third round that could have gone either way, and snuck out a point, but the Hawks remained un-phased. They entered the fourth round with the belief that they would earn that final point and secure the win, and they did just that. In defeating Harding, the Hawks have proven that they can compete with just about everyone in this conference, and finally have the confidence, composure and mentality to do so. Seeing how proud they were after their victory was exciting, but seeing their drive to earn another victory in their next match was inspiring. The Hawks’ next match will be against Johnson on the road on 11/6. 

Goodluck Volleyball!

Football - Fall 2020

   The Hawks football team has shown a lot of development in the past few weeks. While the Hawks dropped a tightly contested match to Harding, and faced likely conference champion Como Park last week, their mentality and goals have not changed. Even Coach Flores, a seasoned Humboldt veteran as both a player and coach is optimistic for the remaining two games of the season; St. Paul Johnson and St. Paul Highland Park. The Hawks face off with Johnson on Friday, 11/6/20. While the Governors of Johnson High School had a strong season in 2019, Coach Flores felt confident in the practices leading up to the game. “they’ve (Johnson) struggled against the same teams we’ve struggled against. I think with the way we’ve been practicing, we stand a good chance of winning”. The Mental toughness that not only Coach Flores, but his assistants which include fellow Humboldt Alum Tyler Chavez is contagious amongst the team. The Hawks’ match against Johnson will be held on 11/6/20 at Harding High School. The match is slated to kick off at 5:00 PM. Best of luck to our Football athletes!

Humboldt Scholars participate in "WE SCARE HUNGER!"

 

Photos submitted by Mr. Matt Osborne, AD - HHS

This year, Humboldt High School scholars took part in the ‘We Scare Hunger” food drive and collected items to be distributed to those in need. The HHS team scared away hunger by raising awareness on the issue of food insecurity. Scholars rallied friends to collect food for local food banks. Next year you can help create a world where no one goes hungry. Find out more about WE SCARE HUNGER here. 

Scholar Perspectives: How COVID-19 has changed my life and everybody's life around me

 By Lavon W.  - Editorial Opinion Columnist

How coronavirus changed my life…

 

A few months ago (March 2020),  there were reports on the news of Coronavirus cases rising.  Everybody wasn’t really worried about it until the summertime when coronavirus has spread to Saint Paul Minnesota.

 

That's when everybody started worrying more people started passing and thousands died Covid-19 has been a really big problem for the US it’s almost like a real life apocalypse.

Since then, the world has been a lot different. We have to wear mask In stores and outdoors. The pandemic has changed my life. I can’t really go to school anymore and I can’t walk into stores without a mask and you can’t see your friends. 

I think it has been a bigger problem with the Board of Education though there are some kids who struggle doing virtual learning there’s some kids who are good at it and there’s some kids who just want to go to school so they don’t do the work and there’s some kids who goof off and can’t focus. 

The coronavirus doesn’t just disappear it might go off the radar but nothing just disappears so I suggest we continue washing our hands and wear a mask to keep ourselves season everybody around us safe and make the world a clean and COVID-19 free environment.

Everyone should just be able to walk around not getting sick but I guess that’s what happens when you’re in the middle of a global pandemic. Now you can’t even go to fast food places without a mask. 

FFA Halloween costume contest winners 2020

The FFA members chose the winners today.

Submitted by Ms. Andrea Nthole

1st place Anaya W.

2nd place Fatima L.

3rd place Ashok P.