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Ionic demonstration. Mr. Steele, a chemistry teacher, uses his ClearTouch board to teach. Throughout the school, a variety of styles lives within the teachers.

Pedagogy is more than a Membean word

Naisha Roy, Copy Editor October 29, 2019

Visual, Tactile, Auditory. Every student has taken one of those learning style quizzes that tells them which way they learn best. But what about teachers? According to Anthony F. Grasha’s book Teaching...

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Spooky season. Halloween is an annual tradition in the United States and many people purchase expensive costumes, increasing sales  for costume stores. However, Party City is not the only place to purchase a costume; DIY costumes are an easy way to save money and still have a killer costume!

Easy Halloween Costumes – A guide for students, by students

Naisha Roy, Shree Delwadia, and Maggie Craig October 27, 2019

Whether it's visiting a haunted house with friends, trick-or-treating around the neighborhood or having a party, Halloween is a holiday for every age. While most teens don't typically go around door-to-door...

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Celebrating a win. Varsity team enjoys another win and celebrates with the team. The 2019 Varsity team worked hard throughout the season which was shown through their wins.

2019 Varsity Volleyball season wraps up

Dione Geiling and Kate Haas October 22, 2019

South’s varsity volleyball closed its 2019 season after finishing in the first round of state championships October 19th at Brookwood High School. Their season contained ups and downs with a 16-16 record....

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After a long day of work students drop their collecting in the bin out back.

South goes green with the recycling program

Chris Bunker, Photo Editor October 22, 2019

The recycling program at South Forsyth High School has been around for 10 years, cleaning the school’s environment and providing an enriching activity for the school’s autism classes. This program...

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The line up. Children and students enjoyed German delicacies at South Forsyth's Oktoberfest celebration. The community wide event was an important and lucrative fundraiser for the German program and provided tasty German foods to the young children that attended.

The German Oktoberfest Comes to South

Kelsey Watson, Staff Writer October 21, 2019

Willkommen auf Oktoberfest! South Forsyth High School’s German Club hosted their annual Oktoberfest on October 18th in the plaza after school where they sold traditional German foods paired with other...

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South's language learners. Ethan Barrilleaux, RJ Craig,
Haven Somerson, Katherine Yang, Christopher Efobi, Vanessa Garcia Urbana, Esther Kim, Jocelyn Somerson, Alex Van Alstyne, Grace Van Alstyne, and Dhriti Pentela compete in the Clemson poetry declamation competition. They embrace their learned languages by representing South Forsyth High School  in a contest amongst other southeastern schools.

A world full of languages

Maggie Craig, Editor-In-Chief October 21, 2019

On Saturday, October 19th, over 400 students from the southeastern United States, including 11 students from South Forsyth, competed against each other in a world language poetry declamation contest hosted...

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Taylor Swift’s new album, “Lover” brings her back into the light with her most romantic album yet.

Kelsey Watson, Staff Writer October 21, 2019

Taylor Swift's newest album Lover reflects her newfound positivity and takes a more personal look at her relationship with Joe Alwyn, her "lover," and herself. Her writing feels lighter, and after hiding...

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Junior Emma Knezevich, Freshman Carina Lefkovits, Senior Kelsey Watson, and Senior Sydney Goncalves wave signs together at the Cumming Fairgrounds. The money raised went to the gymnastics team.

New Recruits Help Out at the SFHS Gymnastics Team Fundraiser

Kelsey Watson, Staff Writer October 20, 2019

On October 7th the South Forsyth High School gymnastics team held their biggest fundraiser at the Cumming Fair. Each year the gymnastics team makes over $400 parking cars at Wells Fargo for five dollars.  The...

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Netflix at South. Freshman Aribah Tely enjoys her lunch while watching the new Netflix film, Tall Girl. The movie entertains its adolescent audience, but its content is known to be controversial.

To all the Netflix movies I’ve watched before

Maggie Craig and Naisha Roy October 18, 2019

 Netflix is good for many things such as binge watching and post-breakup comfort, but reflecting the accuracy of high schools isn’t one of them. Jocks shoving nerds into lockers, popular kids stuffing...

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School Spirit. This year South celebrated its homecoming bigger and better than ever. Along with the annual traditions of homecoming week, the school also invited back its alumni to help celebrate its 30th anniversary.

SOFO HOCO: War Eagle spirit

Homecoming is an annual tradition at South Forsyth High School that many students and staff look forward to. Because of South's 30th anniversary, homecoming week was full of more spirit than ever before....

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A dramatic break up song. On August 21, 2019 Australian band, 5 Seconds of Summer, released the second single in their fourth album. The band was featured in a song, Who Do You Love by The Chainsmokers in February. That was followed by their first single on their fourth album Easier.

5 Seconds of Summer bring Halloween vibes to their new song Teeth

Kayleigh Emberton, Senior Editor October 8, 2019

5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS) is a pop-rock group of four Australian boys from Sydney, New South Wales. Lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Luke Hemmings, lead guitarist Michael Clifford, bassist Calum Hood,...

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Saving lives. South Suicide Prevention Day educated students, advising them to unite together to overcome the challenges of mental illness. Several symbols such as a heartbeat, semicolon, and yellow ribbon were advertised to show the value of continuing life.

More than just yellow shirts

As waves of orange and yellow flood the hallways of South Forsyth High School, the students bond together over a theme none should have to face alone.
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