WHITEOAK
JR./SR. HIGH
SCHOOL
November 4, 2016
Volume 13, Issue 8
Weekly Wildcat
Lunch Menu
Pork BBQ Rib
WG Bun
Tater Tots
Broccoli/Ranch
Fruit Milk
11/7
Cheeseburger
WG Bun
Baked Fries
Celery/Ranch
Fruit Milk
11/8
Grilled Chicken
WG Bun
Green Beans
Tomato Slice
Fruit Milk
11/9
Giovanni’s Pizza
WG Pizza
Romaine Salad
Tomatoes Cocoa Bar
Fruit Milk
11/10
Taco Salad/WG Chips
Lettuce
Cheese
Refried Beans
Carrots/Ranch
Fruit Milk
11/11
Senior Spotlights—Brandon Lowe & Tyler Rhoads
Brandon Lowe is the son of
Bonnie and Chris Lowe.
After high school Brandon
plans on going to Hobart
School of Welding. His
favorite teacher at Whiteoak is Mr. Arledge because he's fun and he's a
good teacher. His favorite
memory is playing baseball for Mr. Veidt. Brandon doesn't have a bad
memory at Whiteoak HS.
—Written by Abby Goolsby
Dates to Remember—
11/4—Fall Carnival—Bright
Elementary 6-8 p.m.
11/4—Registration deadline
for December 10 ACT
1/7—Fall Sport Banquet—
WHS—6:00 p.m.
11/9—Picture Retakes
11/11—Veterans Day
Assembly—9:00 a.m.
11/11—Spirit Wear Orders
Due to WHS Office
11/18—Hoxworth Blood Drive
11/19—Deadline to join WHS
Pep Club
11/19—Meet the Teams-5 p.m.
ACT Quizlet
Miss Hahn has developed
a QUIZLET to help you
study for the vocabulary
for the ACT test. If you
would like it, please go to
her room and she will air
drop it to you—
if you help her!
Hoxworth Blood Drive
Is “Out For Blood”
Friday, November 18, 2016, Whiteoak High
School will be having a Blood drive from
8:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m. & 12:15 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
To schedule your appointment
see Ms. Dietz.
Tyler Rhoads is the son of
Beckie Rhoads. Tyler’s
plan after high school is to
get a job. His favorite
teacher is Mr. Arledge.
His favorite memory is
when he and Logan
reigned terror on Morgan
Thompson, and his worst
memory was when he had
to stop doing it.
—Written by Lexi Jones
Whiteoak Veterans Day Program
The staff and students of
Whiteoak Jr. /Sr. High School
would like to invite all veterans and their
families to a ceremony in their honor on
Veterans Day, November 11, 2016
8 a.m.—Breakfast
9 a.m.—Program
Please call Janie if you can join us:
442-2241
Thank you for your service!
One Blood Donation Can Save 3 Lives!
Tech News—
On Thursday Oct 27 2016, Apple unveiled two new MacBook
Pro laptops. Both the new 13-inch and 15-inch models will be
offered in silver and space gray. They have a Touch Bar that
replaces the row of function keys found on laptops, as well as
a Touch ID fingerprint scanner incorporated into the power
button. They sport a Force Touch trackpad that's twice the
size of the trackpad in previous models. They also got rid of
the USB ports in favor of USB C ports. To use the accessories
you have in USB, you will need the adaptor which is not included.
—Written by Robby Wickline
Weird National Days
11/5—Doughnut Day
11/6—Nachos Day
11/7—Bittersweet Chocolate
with Almonds Day
11/8—Cappuccino Day
11/9—Scrapple Day
11/10—Vanilla Cupcake Day
11/11—Sundae Day
Guess Who:
Height:: 5’7”
Sports: BB, CC,
Track
Eye: Brown
Hair: Brown
Grade: 8th
Clubs: None
Top 10 Most
Expensive Dogs
1. Lowchen
2. Rottweiler
3. Samoyed
4. German Shepherd
5. Canadian Eskimo Dog
6. Tibetan Mastiff
7. Chinese Crested
Hairless
8. Akita
9. Pharaoh Hound
10. Chow Chow
Birthdays
11/05
11/06
11/06
11/06
11/07
11/08
11/09
11/09
11/11
Michael Rhodes
Jaycie Parr
Kaitlyn Clark
Raelynn Ruble
Kiera Cox
David Bass
Robby Wickline
Karlie Taylor
Hunter Ruckel
Quote of the Week
“We should all start to love
before we get too old. Fear is
stupid. So are regrets.
~Marilyn Monroe
Height: 4’8”
Sports: Soccer, CC,
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Clubs: None
Grade: 7th
Height: 6’
Sports: Basketball
Eyes: Green
Hair: Blonde
Grade: 11th
Clubs: None
Joking Around
Q: What goes up and down but does
not move? A: Stairs
Q: Where should a 500 pound alien go?
A: On a diet
Q: What did one toilet say to the other?
A: You look a bit flushed.
Q: Why did the picture go to jail?
A: Because it was framed.
Q: What did one wall say to the other
wall? A: I'll meet you at the corner.
Q: What did the paper say to the
pencil? A: Write on!
Q: What do you call a boy named Lee
that no one talks to? A: Lonely
Q: What gets wetter the more it dries?
A: A towel.
Amazing Animals
Oriental Chevrotain
Question of the Week
If parents say, “Don’t take candy from strangers,”
then why do we celebrate Halloween?
“Because they’re
not in creepy vans
that say free candy”
—RJ Burbage
“Because they’re
giving it out for fun”
—Abby Keeton
“No vans,
no house”
—Zach DeAtley
Logan Cummings
Answers to Guess Who: Nick Bailey, Raelynn Ruble, Charley Skinner
This Week in History
11/7—(1492) Oldest meteorite
with known data of impact
11/8—(2002) United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Iraq
11/9—(1994) Chemical element
darmstadtium is discovered
11/10—(1989) Germans began
demolishing the Berlin Wall
11/11—(1992)Church of England
approved the ordination of female
priests
Interesting Facts
—The average person walks the equivalent of three times
around the world in a lifetime.
—In 2006 someone tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The
price got up to $3,000 before eBay shut it down.
—A waterfall in Hawaii goes up sometimes instead of down.
—You are 1% shorter in the evening than in the morning
—To produce a single pound of honey, a single bee would
have to visit 2 million flowers.
—Pirates wore earrings because they believed it improved
their eyesight.
Academic Team
The Academic team is a team of high school students who
compete against other schools in different topics of
knowledge, such as world history, geography, different categories of literature, fine arts, etc. The Whiteoak Team consists of Faith Lane, Taylor Tackett, Katie Pietropinto, Hayeden
Klump, Amber Klump, Aiden Wishart, Kaitlyn Clark, Madison
Edwards, Seth Igo, Makenzie Scott, Cody Adams, Josh
Graybeal, Gabrielle Tebo, Emily Feck, and Casey Nace.
They are advised by Mrs. Dalton. The team's first match is
Monday, November 7 @ Fayetteville.
Mr. Lanham & Mrs. Countryman
Tell It Like It Is
If a rooster laid
an egg on a roof
which way would
it roll?
—Called the “Mouse Deer”
—Smallest hoofed animal
—Has very fierce fangs
Task Force
Announcement
There will be a Task Force
meeting Wednesday,
November 9, during study hall
(9th Period) to plan the
Veterans Day Program.
If you want to attend the
planning meeting,
see Miss Hahn by November 7
for a note to get
out of study hall.
Without this note,
you will NOT be able to attend
the planning meeting.
"It would fly straight up
because roosters don't lay
eggs." —Mr. Lanham
"A rooster cannot lay an
egg." —Mrs. Countryman
Dear Destiny:
Can a shorter person “talk
down” to a taller person?
~Snow White
Dear Snow:
Figuratively yes, but physically no. The shorter person
would need a stool in order
to physically talk down to the
taller person.
~Destiny