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Inside this issue:

Page 2 8th Grade FB

Page 3 7th Grade FB

Page 4 8th Grade VB

Page 5 7th Grade VB

Page 6 Cross Country

Page 7 Halloween

Page 8 Band/Choir

Page 9 Library/Robotics

Page 10-13 Teacher Interviews

Page 14 Editorials

15-17 Candids

Luna, Bryan

Mathern, Krew

Moore, Michael

Moser, Hunter

Myran, Hunter

Owens, Shiloh

Pachak, Jacob

Personne, Nathan

Polk, Chandler

Ritter, Hunter

Schatz, Caden

Schmolke, Levi

Selinger, Braden

Steiner, Brady

Stone, Grayden

Theurer, Tanner

Vance, Devyn

Wilkinson, Mason

Wilson, Hunter

Zubke, Christopher

Archuletta, Jessie

Bechtold, Dawson

Beyers, Chaz

Brunk, Tristen

Carroll, Daniel

Cherwinski, Hallie

Childs, Rawlie

Currie, Robert

Davis, Issa

Dutchak, Dawson

Emter, Derek

Erhart, Hunter

Farnsworth, Bailee

Fleck, Dakota

Hoenke, Conner

Irwin, Tod

Kitzan, Dalton

Kraft, Brant

Lambert, Jason

Larsen, Kail

Levorsen, Aiden

Losses:

A Team: 4 games

B Team: 5 games

Wins:

A Team: 2 games

B Team: 1 game

Aguirre, Aksel

Anderson, Hunter

Benfiet, Kyler

Berger, Justin

Chavez, Ki-Jhana

Cooper, Lance

Ellis, Dylan

Flowers, Demetri

Gartner, Kacen

Haider, Austin

Jahner, Alexander

Johnson, Brendan

Keltner, Kael

Kleinsasser, Corey

Kleinsasser, Ethan

Kraft, Brock

Kruse, Nelson

Kuntz, Nick

Meschke, Matthew,

Meschke, Matthew

Moe, Jonathan

Murphy, Declan

Murphy, Jackson

Nelson, Cody

Paintner, Matthew

Ramos, Mario

Shepard, Cody

Smith, Kyler

Sorensen, Jonathan

Soto, Rogileo

Stroud, Bronson

Swearson, Kyle

Wanner, Chandler

Wariner, Brady

Wilson, Drake

Zeller, Keaten

Anchondo, Kalista

Binstock, Brittany

Braun, Abby

Brown, Megan

Brown, Mikaela

Coley, Gabrielle

Connaughton, Lillyanna

Dukart, Micah

Enderud, Erica

Fischer, Lauren

Godlevsky, Heather

Hauck, Hailey

Huber, Carley

Hughes, Madison

Hughes, Oakley

Jordheim, Lexi

Kainz, Morgan

Kenjalo, Emily—Hope Christian

Kessel, Alyssa

Knipp, Cora

Koun, Nyegai

Linster, Raegen

Mason, Melissa

McChesney, Marley

Mortensen, Mariah

Nelson, Morgan

Nyman, Lidija

Olson, Alexis

Roquet, Bailey

Schneider, Kierra—Home school

Shepard, Kylee

Showalter, Kylee

Spaulding, Isabella

Stagl, Breanne

Steiner, Ryann

Tysver, Makayla

VanBerkom, Tricia

Walls, Reese

Wegner, Amy—Hope Christian

Wehri, Emily

Weiler, Mckenna

Wood, Allison

Zastoupil, Kacie

Great job to all those in

volleyball!

Losses:

A1: lost 7 matches

A2: lost eight matches

B1: lost eight matches

B2: lost nine matches

Wins:

A1: won two games

A2: won two matches

B1: won one matches

B2: won no matches

Tournaments:

A1:took 4th

A2: took 4th

B1: took 6th

B2: took 6th 8th Grade

Volleyball

Kellie williamson

Abby Jacobs

Emoly Kostelecky

Bailee Stevens

Kylie Zastoupil

Managers

08- Madison Eckelberg

25- Lauren Gangl

04- Maddy Hanel

10- Lauren Jorda

01- Gabrielle Jung

03- Kamryn Kuntz

02- Kennedy Kuntz

34- Dayna Zubke

13- Amber Hutzenbiler

39- Dakota Jones

36- Mariah Jurgens

17- Addie Kuehl

12- Kaitlyn Martin

12- Kaitlyn Martin

32- Jordan Wanner

23- Janessa Welder

09- Jennifer Whitworth

01- Mya Elkin

26- Andrea Garcia

35- Kami Jamgochian

07- Leah Kes-sel

38- Kaitlyn Kolling

14--Isabel Lobez

06- Hallie Rodarte

7th Grade

Volleyball

Great job to those in cross country!

Cross country took 2nd out of all their meets!

Great job!

Check out the website:

www.dsutheatreanddance .com

for theatre and dance productions.

Bracelets for Thanksgiving

Have you made any plans for Thanksgiving, yet? Want to join in the festivities? Over the years,

some people, as well as companies, have donated to make Thanksgiving possible. Help support our

local community by buying Anti-Bullying bracelets and Respect Your Teacher bracelets for one dol-

lar. All proceeds will go to this Thanksgiving dinner event. Daisha Cecil will be selling the bracelets

during 4th period.

Thank you to Mr. Smutzler and the photography

club for providing the pictures for this

year’s Hagen Hi-Lites.

Great job to the 8th graders who had a concert on October

24, 2013! The songs were great. Some of them had a fun

beat, while others had that musical sway. Mr. Dykema did a

great job directing, making sure everybody was doing what

they should. Keep up the good work ! The 7th grade con-

cert was held on October 29th, with good performances by

the choir and the band.

It’s harvest time! It’s pumpkin time! Brittany Binstock was our winner in the Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Her entry

was a cupcake representing one of her favorite books, Close to Famous by Joan Bauer. Nice going Brittany!

The public library is looking for teens interested in participating in their Teen Advisory Group. This group is open to all

who are interested. Get involved! Hang-out! Contribute! Be heard! Have fun! By being involved

you can earn volunteer hours, recommend books and movies for the library, help plan teen programs and events, and

help out in other ways at the public library. See Mrs. Fisher or Mrs. Olson for a brochure and more information on this

program.

Some faculty members were cleaning closets and discovered some stacks of former yearbooks. We are currently selling

these brand new books in the library to earn a little extra for new books. If you are interested in the following years:

1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, or 2007, these yearbooks are for sale for $5.00 each.

Another way to help us earn ‘book money’ is to remember that whenever you shop Amazon.com; you can also earn

money for our school; if you remember to enter the Amazon website by going through the link on the Hagen homepage.

This is an easy, painless way of helping our school; so please remember this especially during the coming holiday shop-

ping season.

Tell your students to regularly stop in and check out the brand new titles that we get in our library throughout the year!

The Robotics team

entered a tourna-

ment on Saturday,

October 26th.

They placed 3rd in

the marketing divi-

sion. The team in-

cluded: Kyler Smith,

Ayden Rome, Alli

Molbert, and Marin

Schuetzler.

Srta.Williams

Srta.Williams is the Spanish teacher for 8th

grade, and her classroom is located at Berg. She

teaches 1st, 2

nd, and 3

rd periods. She also teaches

Spanish at Dickinson High School in the after-

noon. She is a very fun and outgoing teacher. She

loves to wear skirts and dresses and also very

pretty!

Where have you lived throughout your whole

life?

I was born in Minnesota and was raised in Colo-

rado until I was 9. Then I moved to Dickinson with

my mom and her boyfriend. I have lived here since

1990 and from 1900 to 2000 I spent summers

with my dad in Minnesota.

When y0u were a kid, what did you want to be?

Anesthesiologist (the person that gives you sleep-

ing drugs before surgery) and a Zoo Keeper.

Do you have any goals that you have yet to ac-

complish?

I want to get my Master’s Degree in psychology

and move away from North Dakota and live in a

Spanish speaking country for a while.

Do you enjoy teaching? Why or why not?

I love teaching because my heart is with the kids,

plus Spanish is such a good subject to help ex-

pand and grow brain connections to lots of other

things. I sometimes do not enjoy teaching when I

have to correct 108 tests that I made and as-

signed! Ultimately, school counseling may be in

my future. I used to teach psychology and that

was the best!

Do you prefer Spanish or English for a speaking

language?

Well, I learned in a classroom like my students do. I

am more comfortable speaking English, but I

would prefer to be fully immersed in Spanish and

use it daily.

Do you like Hagen (including the staff and the

students)? Why or why not?

I enjoy my Hagen family. I was welcomed with a

smile. I have excellent peers (other teachers) who

help me with any questions I have. They have

been very supportive. The teaching team at

Hagen sincerely cares about their students. The

kiddos are always a treat, the energy and fun they

bring to my day cannot be matched.

Where are you from? Grand Forks ND Why did you come to Dickinson? Rodeo School. I wanted to follow my brother’s

footsteps. What made you want to be a teacher? My father said that I had to declare a major or he

wouldn’t pay for my college! Why did you choose to teach history? Because it doesn’t change. What’s your favorite pizza topping? Hawaiian or Artichoke hearts. If you could have one superpower, what would it

be and why? Flying powers. Then I could get places faster, be-

cause I’m a very impatient driver! Suppose you had an extra arm…What would you

use it for? To carry my Wal-Mart bags!

Mrs. Emard 8th Grade

History

Why did you want to become a

teacher?

To help students learn!

Where did you go to college?

Dickinson State University.

If you had an extra arm what

would you use it for?

To keep kids in line.

Why did you choose to teach Jun-

ior High students?

Junior High students are the most fun!

What is your favorite thing about

teaching here?

Getting to work with great students

and staff.

Who influenced you to become a

teacher?

Some of the best teachers I had when I was in

school.

If there was a zombie apocalypse,

where would you hide?

At Hagen, no one would look there.

“How long have you been a

teacher?”

“I have been a teacher 16 years, plus

my first year here.”

“What do you like to do for free

time?”

“I like to read, run, and hang out

with my family.”

“Why did you decide to become a

teacher?”

“I was very interested in science.”

“If you had 1 word to describe your

life what would it be?”

“FANTASTIC!”

~Where are you from? :

Portland, Oregon

~Why did you come to Dickinson? :

I was laid off, so I went back to school to get my teaching degree at DSU because my parents lived in Killdeer at the time.

~Why did you choose to teach JH students? :

It’s my favorite grade and they are mature but AWESOME!

~If you had an extra arm, what would you use it for and why? :

I’d use it to hold my coffee or water at all times, so I would never be parched.

What is your favorite book?

Arcadia by: Lauren Groff

By Destiny Simonson

and Autumn Paluck

Mrs. Dacar Mrs. Dacar is the 7

th grade math teacher at

Hagen Jr. High. She has been teaching for 14

years. She previously taught at DSU, Stanton, ND,

and Golden Valley. She went to college at DSU

and UND. She grew up in a house of teachers

and it apparently rubbed off on her. In high

school, her favorite subject was math, so she de-

cided that’s what she wanted to teach. In her free

time, she likes to read, quilt, spend time with her

family, and watch movies.

By Marin Schuetzler

We are lucky to have Mrs. Foreman as her

first teaching assignment. She went to col-

lege at York College in New York and re-

ceived her bachelor’s at Black Hills State Uni-

versity in Spearfish, SD. Her second grade

teacher, Mrs. Turgeon, encouraged her pas-

sion for writing, which in turn, led her to the

love of books and school in general. Mrs.

Foreman would love it if her students would

find the same passion that she did as a stu-

dent.

Her family consists of her husband, a mit-

ten cat, (a cat with 6 toes on each paw), and

a hunting dog.

How long have you been a

teacher?

7 years (This is my 8th)

Where have you taught before or

is this your first year?

Surrey and Starkweather, both in ND

What college did you go to?

I have a BS from NDSU in Fargo

and a BS from Minot State University. I

am finishing my Masters in Science Edu-

cation at Minot State.

Why did you decide to be a

teacher?

I enjoy working with kids and love

science. After trying a few different

“careers,” I found teaching science is

what I enjoy most.

Is the subject you are teaching

your favorite subject in high

school?

I liked science in High School, but did-

n’t have a favorite subject.

What do you like to do in your free

time?

I enjoy hunting, fishing, camping,

riding my horse, and hanging out

with my friends.

ms.leslie

8th Grade

Science

Teacher

By: Daisha

Cecil

Mrs. Aman has been in education for

a whopping 31 years. Good going Mrs.

Aman! She received her BS in elemen-

tary education at DSU and her Masters in

special education at the University of

Mary. She also has credentials in: Title 1

Coordinator , Special Education Admini-

stration, and an Elementary Principal.

Mrs. Aman has been teaching in quite a

few places. She has taught in Richard-

ton, the Oliver Mercer Special Education

unit in Hazen serving Beulah, Gap,

Golden Valley, Dodge, and Halliday. She

most recently has been the Co-Director

and Literacy Coordinator for Oliver Mer-

cer Special Education. She has been one

busy lady. If Mrs. Aman could change

anything in education it would be to

give each individual student the oppor-

tunity and resources they need to suc-

ceed academically. I asked her if any

teacher she had when going through

school had inspired he and she said, “My

high school business teacher was instru-

mental in my decision to pursue a teach-

ing degree.” Her family consists of a

daughter, a son, and two grandchildren.

Thanks for coming to Hagen, Mrs. Aman.

Sextortion

We had an assembly one morning in the gym, and the assembly was about Sextoriton.

Sextortion is when someone uses a nude or provocative picture of you to blackmail you into

performing sexual acts to do something you do not want to do. Many students found this as-

sembly awkward, and that is not at all what the speakers intended. They were trying to keep

us safe from sextortion. The speakers were our counselor Mrs.Benson, our other counselor

Ms.Urlacher, and our school officer VanDoorne.

The assembly taught us many things about sextortion and how to prevent it. The

speakers made it very clear that sextortion is a very serious problem and they are trying to do

all they can to keep us safe from it!

Lillyanna Connaughton

Scars By: Lillyanna Connaughton

Have you ever scraped your knee or burned your arm so badly that it turned into a scar? If

you’ve ever gotten a scar, is it still there? Most will say, ‘’Yes.’’ Scars are permanent. It usually depends

on how bad the burn was or how deep the cut, right? Have you ever been bullied so badly that you

remember it for years or your whole life? Have you ever considered that bullying can be a scar? If

you answered yes, then you have a scar, not a visible one, but one that can stay with you forever.

When you touch a scar on your body, does it hurt? The scars we are left with from getting

bullied do hurt, though. Scars do not hurt us physically, but scars most certainly hurt us emotionally.

I have two questions; “Why do bullies bully? Why do we receive scars from being bullied?” For

the first question, I guess, there can be so many answers to that question; but it really just depends

on the person who is doing the bullying. The second question is different because there are not

many answers. The answer is this; how many times do you sit alone in your room and just think

about how badly people hurt you? How far back do you remember when your bullying started? The

scars we receive from bullying are pretty much just a remembrance from the hurt, the pain, the suf-

fering we go through as a victim of bullying.

We can never get rid of our scars, but we can prevent from getting more and seeing other

people being hurt by speaking up and telling someone. Get the word out to stop bullying! It goes on

every day, everywhere around you. Innocent people are feeling something they do not deserve.

Stopping the bullies, will stop the pain!