End-of-Level Stress Relievers

End-of-Level Stress Relievers

by Tristan Cowles

Staff Writer, The Dixie Blog

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When students hear the word test, they think of scantrons, tight stomachs, number two pencils, and the anxiety of getting the correct answer.


Over the years of taking end of level tests I have learned some tips that can help raise scores and lower the stress.
 
The first one that I seemed to notice was eating a decent breakfast, or eating breakfast at all. Not eating in the morning is a habit that students may have, but should reconsider changing the day of the test.
 
When you’re hungry during a test and haven’t eaten all day, you won’t be able to concentrate on the materials or the questions being asked.
 
Talking to some students I have learned to read the answer choices first, then read the question, then read the answers again.
 
This is mostly used when it is necessary to read a passage or story before answering what you know about what you just read.

Dixie Alumni

Dixie Alumni

by Samantha Aldrich

Editor, The Sports Hangar

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Talking to the many different people that have graduated from Dixie High was very interesting. When cracking open the white pages of the phone book and calling random numbers, it's crazy to see and talk to all the people who have gone through this amazing school. 


Hearing all of the memories and stories that go along with them is the best part! Especially when talking to 13 people for half an hour is all that was accomplished. When interviewing a lady by the name of Nicole Johnson I asked her if she ever went to Dixie or not. “I never personally went to Dixie, but I did have a cousin around the same age that went there. I went to Pine View. It was always really fun going to all of the sporting events and seeing her across
the court or field on Dixie's side. I always secretly wanted to be in her shoes.” 


Dixie has changed a lot within the hundred years of being established. Everything from traditions, statistics for sports, activities, number of people and classes, the list goes on and on. 


While looking through the phone book, my eye caught the name of Jason Williams. Jason went to Dixie High School years ago and recognizes now how much it has changed since then. “Back in my day there weren'ta lot of people at my school, but the population now of Dixie High has changed so much. It's a pretty big school.” 


How were Dixie's athletics and classes different from now? “All of our teams were pretty good and we had some of the same classes,” said Williams. “But nothing like graphics or ceramics or computer technology. Most of all the work we did was written too.” 


That just shows how much Dixie has evolved and how advanced it has become. Just like it's loved now, Dixie has been loved in the past and it will continue in the future.

April Fool's

April Fool's

by Heidi Harris

Staff Writer, The Dixie Blog

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April Fool's Day is a holiday that many countries celebrate all around the world. It isn’t a national holiday but many countries still celebrate by playing all kinds of jokes to everyone around them.


Some countries only allow jokes until noon; but if done after noon, people are called an “April Fool” and are taunted.
 
Then there are places such as the US who do the jokes all day long.
 
April is coming soon, and some people are planning on who and what they are planning for their pranks this year but there are all kinds of ways to play jokes on someone.
 
Mallorie Jewkes, a junior, says that she has never been April fooled but she has April fooled people herself with some of the old classics such as, “Toothpaste in Oreos!”

Useless April Fool's Day

Useless April Fool's Day

by Sara Jewkes

Staff Writer, The Dixie Blog
Flyer Flash: Opinion

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I remember watching The Parent Trap,with Lindsey Lohan, as a kid and when they are both at the same summer camp. My favorite part from that movie was when Haley pulled a huge prank on Annie with the water balloons, honey, and whipped cream all over the room.


I think of April Fools when I watch that scene, and how I would absolutely hate it if someone pulled a prank like that on me. I’ve never really had a prank pulled on me like that but I have never liked April Fools because of the pranking and jokes pulled on that day.


Every year I get the same prank done to me over and over again. Toothpaste on oreos or just the same old jokes. Why do we have April Fool’s Day?