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Arden Estep

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor

Arden Estep is participating in journalism at McIntosh High School for her third year in a row. Last year, she enjoyed being the Opinions and Editorials editor, but this year she has taken on a new title as the Features Editor. Arden is the Treasurer of the Young Libertarians Club, a member of the Spanish Club, and a writer for the Kedron Living magazine.  In addition, she has a part-time job at a local restaurant. Arden is optimistic for her academic career and hopes that she can manage her schedule well without losing too much sleep or crying too many tears her junior year.

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Drone Team Competition

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor May 21, 2019

McIntosh Aeronautics, also known as the drone team, will be traveling to Statham, Ga. on Saturday, May 25 and competing against seven other teams. Of these eight teams, the top two will advance on to nationals...

Senior Cailey Hardman poses in the courtyard while wearing her senior shirt.

Senior Legacy- Cailey Hardman

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor May 21, 2019

1-  How have you made McIntosh a better place, what was your contribution to campus? (sports, personal relationship, etc.) In school, I participate in my advanced graphic design class. I’ve made...

Senior Alissa Dannehl displays her contribution to the school newspaper: The Flushington Post.

Senior Legacy: Alissa Dannehl

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor May 21, 2019

1-  How have you made McIntosh a better place, what was your contribution to campus? (sports, personal relationship, etc.) I was the Vice President of the PTSO. I helped incoming freshmen and their...

April Music Critiques

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor May 6, 2019

April has witnessed the releases of many different albums from a variety of different artists. After new music put out in March from artists such as Solange, The Japanese House, and Rich the Kid, April...

Estep’s January Music Critiques

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Feb 13, 2019

January has been kicked off with the release of Gnash’s We, Toro y Moi’s Outer Peace, and James Blake’s Assume Form. These albums haven’t generated as much talk as other recently released albums,...

Chiefettes showcase their skills on stage.

Chiefettes Compete in Nationals

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Feb 13, 2019

The Chiefettes dance team traveled to The Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida during the first week of February between Thursday, Jan. 31 and Tuesday, Feb. 5 to compete in the annual Universal...

Golf cart parking spaces created.

Parking Perils

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Feb 7, 2019

Students have ditched chilly morning cart rides for more comfortable rides in their cars- even though the risk of parking without a pass presents itself. Now that the weather has become progressively more...

Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Schwingshakl smiles broadly.

Irma Schwingshakl awarded with Teacher of the Year title

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Feb 1, 2019

Each year the GA Professional Standards Commission asks each Regional Educational Service Agencies (RESA) to select a Teacher Alternative Preparation Program (TAPP) teacher who is exemplary in the program...

OPINION: Estep’s December Music Critiques

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Dec 18, 2018

‘Tis the season to celebrate new music! As the year comes to a close, all the 2018 albums that have been released can be reflected upon. Over the course of the year, new music has been put forth by Kali...

Swim Team members pose for a group photo in their Christmas attire.

Swim Team Splashes into the Christmas Spirit

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Dec 13, 2018

The McIntosh swim team hosted their secret Santa gift exchange on Thursday, Nov. 6. The party was held at first-year swim team member’s house, Harrison Baro. It was held as a potluck and the members...

Estep’s Music Critiques

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Dec 6, 2018

The past monrth has hosted more than just the releases of largely-anticipated movies including Bohemian Rhapsody, Fantastic Beasts, and The Grinch. This month has also claimed a large deal of musical success...

Estep’s October Music Critiques

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Nov 16, 2018

October has been vastly successful in terms of new music and growing artists. To name just a few, Soulja Boy, Azizi Gibson, Sheck Wes, and Twenty One Pilots have all come forward with new albums this month....

Students watch intently as classmate Rebecca Zack unwraps her scarf.

10th Annual “Scarfsgiving” Celebration

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Nov 16, 2018

The annual AP Language tradition of “Scarfsgiving” was held Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. Shery Kearney’s AP Lang students enjoyed exchanging scarves that encompassed their peers’ personalities. The...

Estep’s September Music Critiques

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Oct 21, 2018

As a whole, 2018 has produced some exceptional albums. In January, Børns released Blue Madonna, Migos came out with Culture II, then February followed with MGMT’s Little Dark Age, and The Weeknd dropped...

Juuls: the popular device sweeping high schools nationwide.

Juuling: What’s the Buzz?

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Oct 21, 2018

Over the past few months, the nation has seen an alarming increase in the use of electronic cigarettes amongst our youth. Juuls are the trendy vapes that resemble flash drives and can be conveniently charged...

Students of McIntosh: Style Icons

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Aug 31, 2018

McIntosh has a wide array of students, differing in backgrounds, personalities, and culture, which ultimately means a wide array of fashion choices among the student body. Two specific students who...

Junior Kara Harbin and sophomore Sammy Post visit Netherworld.

Students Welcome Fall

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Nov 1, 2017

Now that the temperature has dropped down to the forties and fifties in the mornings, McIntosh students have, in turn, dropped their golf cart covers. Students can be seen driving their carts to school...

Sophomore, News Editor, Mackenzie Rose (left) and Junior, Editor In Chief, Kamryn Torr (right)

Character Day

Kamryn Torr, Editor In Chief Sep 27, 2017

Sophomore, News Editor, Mackenzie Rose (left) and Junior, Editor In Chief, Kamryn Torr (right)

Line for free Chick-fil-A reaches out the door.

Students Head to Chick-fil-A for Free Chick-n-Minis

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Sep 12, 2017

What encourages countless McIntosh students to set their alarms early, scramble to find a parking spot, and wait in a line that extends out through the door? The answer is Chick-fil-A, of course. Every...

Students receive yearbooks

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor May 22, 2017

Students received their 2017 yearbooks on Tuesday, May 16. The yearbook features summer, fall, winter, and spring activities revolving around the McIntosh Chiefs. Yearbook students and the teacher, Ms....

Members of Spanish Club gather for final meeting

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor May 15, 2017

Students of Spanish club gathered together for their final meeting this school year on May 9. Students kicked off the meeting with a piñata filled with various Spanish candies like chocolate wafers and...

Biology students dissect and examine marine organisms

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor May 12, 2017

As the freshmen biology classes continue to learn more about different species, they are treated with the opportunities of partaking in classroom dissections of various animals such as starfish, crayfish,...

Spanish students display their art for extra credit.

Students in Spanish class replicate famous paintings

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor May 2, 2017

Ms. Maria Ramsey has given her students the opportunity to earn 10 extra credit points towards the test category if they paint a canvas from a provided list of Hispanic artists' works. This list...

Students prepare for milestones

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Apr 21, 2017

With milestones test next week, students have taken action by preparing for these tests in various ways.  Freshman Juliana Pickard suggests going over a little bit of material from previous chapters...

Freshmen Kayla Rose achieves athlete of the week

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Apr 19, 2017

Freshmen Kayla Rose was awarded the title of athlete of the week on Friday, Mar. 31 . As spring break followed that Friday, her name was displayed on the board outside the school throughout the week...

Senior Lee Newton and Junior Jayna Lobl enjoy some of their favorite foods for Food Friday during Foreign Language Week.

Classes celebrate National Foreign Language Week

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Apr 12, 2017

All photos were taken by SeKoixa Gonzalez. For National Foreign Language Week, Mar. 27-31, all foreign language classrooms participated in week-long festivities. These festivities included decorating...

McIntosh students Ana Flores, Claire Oliver, and Raquel Baston enjoy the first day of spring with free treats.

Students celebrate spring with free Dairy Queen

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Mar 29, 2017

On the first day of spring, March 20, Dairy Queen generously decided to celebrate the warmer weather by giving free vanilla ice cream cones to their customers. They collected donations for the Children's...

Students go to Your Pie to celebrate Pi Day

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Mar 21, 2017

Your Pie decided to celebrate Pi Day with discounted pizza on March 14. Typically pizza pies sell for $8, but the restaurant charged $3.14 (the number for Pi) for their pizza pies with a limit of...

Freshmen Emma McKay, Raquel Baston, and Amy Negrete enjoy their time spent at LGPE.

Chorus students attend LGPE

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Mar 13, 2017

Cantabile, Bella Voce, and Chiefs choir students traveled to downtown Griffin, Georgia, to attend Large Group Performance Evaluation on Tuesday, March 7. On Wednesday, March 8, Bel Canto and Choralettes...

Freshmen perform owl pellet dissections in the classroom.

Freshman students dissect owl pellets

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Feb 14, 2017

Freshmen biology classes dissected owl pellets on Feb. 9. In groups, students used a variety of tools to examine owl pellets to determine the various bones each pellet contained. Students were...

Freshman Claire Oliver celebrates Groundhog Day.

Georgia groundhog predicts early spring

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Feb 7, 2017

On Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, the groundhog did, in fact, see his shadow. The famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, awoke to witness his shadow. This means we can expect six...

Students share opinions on the Women’s March

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Feb 1, 2017

The Women's March occurred on January 21, the day after Trump's election. These worldwide marches and protests have sprouted since Trump's election.Women and men of all age groups and all backgrounds...

Students react to Inauguration Day

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Jan 27, 2017

President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Friday, Jan 20. He had begun drafting his inaugural speech three weeks prior. To prepare, he spent time looking over other inaugural speeches from previous...

Professional instructs freshman literature classes in the art of stage combat

Professional instructs freshman literature classes in the art of stage combat

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Jan 17, 2017

Freshman literature classes, in honor of starting to study and read "Romeo and Juliet," were able to participate in the art of stage combat on Thursday, January 12. Guest speaker and stage combat...

Students share thoughts on Mannequin Challenge

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Dec 15, 2016

The recent internet craze called the Mannequin Challenge has recently been taking over many social media platforms, such as Twitter and Instagram. The Mannequin Challenge is a video, usually filmed with...

Spanish classes have gathered donations for those in our community who are less fortunate.

Spanish Students help in holiday service project

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Dec 13, 2016

McIntosh Spanish students have traditionally participated in a holiday service project by donating presents to those who are less fortunate in our community. Again this year, donations will go to...

Freshman spends holiday in Destin, Florida

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Nov 29, 2016

Freshman Natalie Marshall said, "Over break I went fishing out on my uncle's boat in Destin, Florida, with some close family members and cousins. During our time out on the water, we spotted a group of...

Student Junior Deandre Wade sells breast cancer awareness shirts in order to raise awareness of the disease.

Students address the importance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Oct 31, 2016

October was National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an entire month dedicated to spreading awareness about this disease that impacts millions of women worldwide. The objective of National Breast...

Students give opinions on new male CoverGirl

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Oct 18, 2016

CoverGirl just came out with their first ever male representative. It was announced on Oct. 11, 2016, by Katy Perry, a popular face of CoverGirl, that James Charles, a 17-year-old makeup artist, would...

The band students play a tune as they walk by those enjoying the parade

Students give opinions of Homecoming parade

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Oct 12, 2016

The homecoming parade was held on Wednesday, Oct. 5. The parade featured athletes, various club members, Homecoming court representatives, and students involved in other school activities. The Chiefs'...

McIntosh students that will be in one act play, The Women of Lockerbie, meet Ms. Maeve Cromwell, a woman who lived in Lockerbie at the time of the crash and experienced it firsthand.

“The Women or Lockerbie” and “Check Please” to be performed by drama students

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Oct 6, 2016

Auditions for the One Act plays were held Aug. 16 and 17, with callbacks on Aug. 18. Performances will be Oct. 13 and 14. The county  competition will be held at White Water High School on Oct. 22. McIntosh...

Students’ academic success recognized

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Sep 28, 2016

McIntosh students’ academic success was recognized on Thursday, Sept. 15. Those with previous semester grade averages between 85-89, received the bronze award, which were goodies bags with various snack...

Another talent show participant, freshman Ann-Charlotte Langet, smiles broadly by the mural outside the auditorium.

Freshman shares reasons for participating in talent show

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Sep 19, 2016

McIntosh students are preparing for the talent show, which will be held in the auditorium on Friday, Sept. 23. Tickets will be sold for $7 during lunch and at the door. Freshman Ella Naugle said,...

Freshmen Maylen Meszar and Juliana Pickard have photo taken together on first day of school.

Freshmen share first-day-of-school sticker experiences

Arden Estep, Opinions Editor Aug 25, 2016

Arden Estep  The class of 2020 experienced their first day of high school on Monday, August 8. The senior class continued its tradition of placing stickers on freshmen. These stickers had a variety...

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