Vol. 9 Issue 4
Kingswood Regional High School, Wolfeboro NH
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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Knight Light
Shines
On : Trevor Murray
19 Trevors and Counting
by Patrick Coughlin
Which Trevor Murray do
you know? The music Trevor?
The science Trevor? The math
Trevor? Perhaps the Poetry Out
Loud Trevor who placed second
in the state finals Monday night.
Whichever Trevor you may know,
you won’t soon be forgetting
him.
Trevor plays the saxophone
and piano and sings a lot. He
identifies several “sub-Trevors”
for different types of music, and
courtesy photo
Murray Makes State House His House
With his powerful second-place finish in Concord Monday
night, Trevor Murray joined the 106 most elite Poetry Out
Loud students in the country.
has even auditioned for all-state,
both with instruments and vocals.
Planning to minor in music at
college, Murray also hopes to
continue participating in shows,
since he’s passionate about theater
and acting. “But nothing too big,”
he says.
Trevor is also passionate
about science, currently studying
biology and neuroscience, the
latter his proposed major in
college. He definitely does not
care for cosmopolitan (or even
urban) colleges. But he does
want a school where he can play
rugby.
At this point, Quiz Bowl
is his main sport. He’s been
participating in it for three years
and is now the co-captain. He’s
also the co–captain of the math
team, with Sam Mason, and calls
it “a really fun group of people.”
Murray hopes it will take off again
in the next few years. Nonetheless,
Quiz Bowl, he believes, tops it.
A gifted writer, Trevor is
taking a year off from Write
Club and Wheelbug, the literary
magazine, to allow acting Trevor
to prosper. Already this year, he
has had a starring role in Grease,
playing Kenickie. Currently,
he has the male lead of “Why”
in “Star-Crossed Lovers,”
Kingswood’s entry to the state
theater one-act competition.
Last month, Murray was
named the high school Poetry
Out Loud champion. He chose the
poem “Kubla Khan” as one of the
two required for the competition,
saying it’s “one of those poems…
[that] has so much imagery and so
much power to it.” That poem and
two others carried him through the
regional semifinals and the state
finals in Concord.
A self-described nerd,
Trevor takes four AP classes and
does live-action role playing. He
justifies it as “acting exercises, a
good way to meet people,” and
says “it builds confidence.”
He wasn’t always so
confident, and regrets his lack
of participation in freshman year
and not being more involved in
general.
Success is his prime
motivation these days. He was
just accepted by Bowdoin on
Monday, he announced, and is
waiting to hear from Dartmouth.
“I want my life to matter, to
impact someone for the better,”
he says. When told “You’re only
human,” he wonders, “Am I?”
Knight Life Staff
Photography – Asa
Stockton
Reporting – Tom Berry,
Chris Brooks, Patrick
Coughlin, Asa Stockton
Advisor – G. M. Lang
Vol. 9 Issue 4
The Knight Life
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Chick Expects Strong Season on Diamond
by Tom Berry
Coach Dan Chick will be looking
for some stellar pitching this season and
will be putting a lot of faith in the arm
of senior pitcher Kelsey Libby.
“We’ll hit very well and defense
should be solid, so what it’s going to
come down to is can our pitchers keep
us in games,” said Coach Chick, “We
lost last year’s starter, Emily Perkins,
but I expect Kelsey to step up.”
Libby won’t be alone, though. She
will be helped out in part by a strong
group of sophomores that includes
two talented pitchers, Allie Campbell
and Emily Edson, who logged a lot
of extremely valuable innings on JV
last year and now will be looking to
contribute in a big way in their first year
on varsity.
Libby will also get more support
from a potentially deadly lineup filled
with talented senior returnees like Leah
Kenison-Marvin, Brittany Roy, Alley
Ripley, Megan Pollini, and Brittany
Drapeau.
“We hit pretty well last year and I
fully expect us to continue that,” said
Chick.
Despite the talent on the team, the
road to the playoffs will not be an easy
one, as they’ll be playing a lot of very
good programs, including top-tier teams
such as Portsmouth, Coe Brown, and
St. Thomas.
The key to getting through this
gauntlet of teams, according to Chick,
will be taking the season one game at a
time and only focusing on what’s next:
“Good things will happen if we take care
of business in that one-game-at-a-time
mentality.”
Gotcher Back!
photo Asa Stockton
Sophomore Casey Sargent will back up
pitcher Kelsey Libby at second base.
Teaching the teachers
Tech Club Keeps Teachers on Task
photo Asa Stockton
Touch and Go Technology
Media assistant and Tech Club
advisor Jo Williams proudly displays
one of the library’s new iPads.
by Chris Brooks
Among the newest of clubs at
Kingswood, the Computer Technology
Club has been working hard to make
a name for itself, educating teachers
and staff about the new technology our
school has acquired.
“I think the greatest accomplishments
for this year are getting teachers to
know who we are and what we do,”
said club Communications manager
Shawn Roseen. “Now that we have an
established group, they can come to us
for help.”
The club consists of five members:
Andrew McCall, president and founder;
Jonathan Grant, chief technician; Dhruv
Patel, vice president; Tim Jarvis,
technician; and Roseen. They are
confident that, between the five of them,
they have the skills to take on a variety
of computer issues.
“With our wide range of skills and
problem-solving techniques, we know
what it takes to look at a computer
problem and see what it is going to take
to fix it,” said McCall.
The club has recently been working
with teachers learning to operate different
functions on their new iPads- and other
tools they plan to use in the classroom.
“They have met with the teachers
and the staff, they’ve taught them about
Google Apps, they’ve taught them about
the iPads,” said Jo William, advisor
for the club, listing the most recent
tasks the club has taken on. “They
make individual appointments with the
teachers during school hours when they
can.”
At the moment, the Tech Club is
confident in their ability to continue
helping staff, but as to the future of the
club, they are excited to see the direction
it will take.