Mock Trial-
January 26, 2024, the GHS Mock Trial team competed at the district competition, which was held at the Summit County Court House in Akron, Ohio. The A Team advanced to the regional competition after winning both trials. Aiden Bureck ‘25 received an award for best witness and Edgar San Jose ‘24 won an award for best attorney. They will have to win both trials at regionals in order to make it to the state competition in Columbus, Ohio.
February 16th, 2024 will be the regional competition where there are fewer schools, but it’ll be a more challenging event.
“We beat Austintown-Fitch and we beat Western Reserve who we lost to last year. Many schools like Western Reserve have Mock Trial as a class while Green only has it as a club which typically gives those schools more time to prepare and be better. It feels good to prove that we can beat the schools who might have more opportunities to win,” Julia Viola said.
Viola is a senior at GHS, who is a four year member of the GHS Mock Trial team. She spent two years as a witness and two years as an attorney.
Academic Challenge Team-
The Green High School Academic challenge team qualified for Regionals by both competing in the league championship and finishing in the top 10% of the league. The Academic challenge team went 9-1, with their one loss being to Jackson High School at the beginning of the season. The league tournament took place at Mckinley High School and consisted of 10 varsity teams from schools in the Stark, Summit, and Tuscarawas County area. During each match, the teams compete through three rounds of questions: category, alphabet, and lightning.
Senior, Edgar San Jose, is proud of his team’s work and believes the team can make it far this year.
“We are excited to see if we can make it out to state,” San Jose said.
Both JV and Varsity Qualified for the Varsity tournament. JV went 1-4 in their group, while varsity finished 4-1 and advanced to the Regional tournament.
Girls of Green Blood Drive-
Tuesday, February 13th, Girls of Green is hosting a spring blood drive. Vatalant employees will operate the blood drive which will be held in the Green High School auxiliary gym from 7:40 am to 2:30 pm. Members of Girls of Green volunteer during the day to make the process easier for Vatalant by writing passes for donating students, check donors in, check donors out, offer snacks to donors and check in on the well-being of the donors. Club Advisor Shannon Bowman urges people to participate in the blood drive.
“When you donate blood you have the potential of saving up to three different lives. Not only is it wonderful to save people, but when students donate blood, Vatalent reimburses us for scholarship money for students,” Bowman said.
Donors must be 16 years or older to participate, but a parent or guardian can sign for students who are under 16 and still want to take part.
GHS Ensemble’s Cabaret-
The GHS Ensemble’s annual Valentine’s Cabaret is being held Saturday, February 10th, 2024. Over the Moon is the official title of the showcase this year, and all songs either revolve around love or romance in some capacity. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7:00 p.m in the senior commons.
Presale Tickets are $5 for GHS students and $10 for adults, however tickets at the door will be $10 for students and $15 for adults. All ticket sales support the Acapella groups, Lowkey, Fermata Nowhere and On A Side Note, to get to Acafest at Nordonia High School on both Friday, February 16th and February 17th, 2024.
“Cabaret is a great way to support the acapella groups. During the show, there will be a 50/50 raffle with different donated baskets you can win and free homemade dessert boxes”, Clayton Breon ‘24 said.
Acafest is a two day event which features classes to improve different acapella skills and showcases on both Friday and Saturday from different acapella groups around Ohio who all auditioned to perform. Cabaret is not only a great way to support a part of GHS, but a good time for friends and family to listen to amazing performances.
