By AB Cullen
As the girls tennis team began to start warm ups for their match against their big rival VES, something horrifically tragic happened… It was Friday, October 13, the day of the girls tennis team’s big match against VES. This match would determine who would be the conference champions. All of the girls were excited but also very nervous and anxious. When 2:00 came, it was time for the girls to be dismissed and go change into their red skirts and white tops. After changing, they made their way up the steps to the tennis courts where they met their coach Ryan Schlachter, who read out what the lineup was going to be. For the next hour, the girls warmed up and began to get focused in and ready for their matches. When 3:30 came around, the match was supposed to start, but VES was not here yet. “It’s ok girls, I’m sure they will be here soon,.”, Coach Schlacter said. Time passed and they still were not here, and everyone began to grow concerned after not hearing from them about why they were not here. Finally, Coach Schlachter was ready to calls off the match, when all of the sudden a strange looking space shuttle appeared out of nowhere. Startled, everyone began to run and hide. After a few minutes, a weird looking figure appeared falling from the space shuttle and as it got closer and closer everyone quickly realized it was an alien zombie. Once the alien zombie got onto the ground, he demanded everyone to come out of hiding. He explained to everyone that the VES tennis team was being held captive on the space shuttle. He demanded that one of the North Cross players come up to the space shuttle or else the VES tennis team would never be seen again. Coach Schalcter volunteered and was taken up to the shuttle by the alien zombie. A few minutes later, the space shuttle began to caome out of the sky and eventually landed in the parking lot. All of the VES players rushed off as well as Coach Schlacter, and the shuttle disappeared into thin air.
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Before new English teacher Emily Mountcastle had children, she worked part time as a SAT verbal instructor. Now she’s back full time. “I wanted to teach at North Cross because I love to teach,” Mountcastle said, “and I knew it would be a great environment of engaged students and caring faculty.” Mountcastle went to Patrick Henry High School and then James Madison University where she was an English Major and received a Master’s in Education. “I was a pretty good student, social and engaged,” she said. “I liked my teachers and worked hard in my classes.” Mountcastle taught at Patrick Henry High School for five years and she also worked with students at Roanoke Catholic and Crystal pring Elementary. “I have wanted to be a high school English teacher since I was little,” she said, “as I always looked up to my grandmother, who was a high school English teacher as well.” Veronica Weston ’26 appreciates Mountcastle. “I think Mrs. Mountcastle’s style of teaching is relaxed, but in a way where I am able to learn a lot,” Weston said. “The class has been interesting so far and she is a great English teacher. She makes the learning fun with projects and videos included in her classes. My favorite thing we have done in her class so far were the group presentations on The Crucible. These presentations really took a deep dive into the background and making of The Crucible.” Justin Jones ‘26 agrees. “I really enjoyed The Crucible project, and I think that her class is really exciting, fun, and enjoyable.” Lastly, when asked what she does in her free time Mountcaslte says: “I like to run, bike, or go to yoga. I also love to cook and bake. You can usually find me at the park with my kids though!” |
ABCMy name is Anne Bradley Cullen and this is my second year in the Journalism program. I play tennis. I really like to spend time with my dog named Derby. Archives
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