South Alumni

This page is dedicated to everyone who has ever spent class time in Room 210. News and information about those wonderful people will be featured on this page.

SKYE SMITH MAKES

ALL-DISTRICT CHOIR

Joplin High School freshman Skye Smith was one of six JHS students to qualify for the All-District choir Saturday, Sept. 9, at Cassville.

HADDAD, HOWERTON EXCEL

AT COLLEGE HEIGHTS

Former South Middle School students Kristin Haddad and Hayley Howerton have done well during their first year at College Heights Christian School.

Kristin is playing on the Cougar softball team, which started the season with a 2-2 record, while Hayley has been named to the cheerleading squad.

Kristin was in Room 210 during the 2003-2004 school year, while Hayley was here during 2004-2005.

HADDAD TO ATTEND LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

Joplin High School freshman Kristin Haddad, formerly a South student, is scheduled to attend LeadAmerica's 2005 Congressional Student Leadership Conference in Washington, D. C. this summer.

The conference allows students to learn first-hand about what goes into decision-making through briefings and discussions with national and international leaders.

HAMM CHOSEN FOR LEADERSHIP CONGRESS

Lindsey Hamm, a Joplin High School freshman and South alumni, has been chosen to attend the annual National Student Leadership Congress in Washington, D. C.

During the six-day Congress, she will go through training activities with an emphasis on leadership through community service. She will also visit historic and cultural sites.

The following poem, written by Brittany Harmon, now a freshman at Joplin High School, was featured in the recently-printed "Anthology of Eighth Grade Poetry," a national publication. The book is in the South Middle School library.

INVISIBLE

By Brittany Harmon

All hope is gone from a remarkable mind.

A heart is broken by all the unkind.

Her life is destroyed

she can never shine.

Her opinionated words go unspoken,

everyone assumes she is just fine.

She's losing her dreams

Every passing moment, one is gone.

No one listens to her screams

not in the evening nor at dawn.

She wants to make them realize

that she's more than just a stranger.

She's a friend that's in disguise.

Come closer, there is no danger.

Just please apologize

for all the hurt that you have caused

When you kept on walking and never paused

to listen to what she had to say.

She will remember that moment every day

no matter how hard you try

she will never forget

the times you made her cry

and the times she thought that was it

that it was better just to die

instead of throwing a miserable fit.

Oh and by the way,

there is one more thing she wanted me to say.

It was that she loves you

and always will

regardless of what you do

Even though your feelings towards her still

are fantasy and will never be true.

ALUMNI POETRY CORNER

This section of the South Alumni page will feature poems written by Room 210 Alumni.

A SPECIAL NAME

By Ashlee Webb

I think of everything we went though,

everything we shared

and I try to hold back my tears.

Your name is on my heart

and your words in my head

knowing that you meant the last few

makes me weak

I relive every moment we shared

and every word that we said

And I realize that our love has died

like that of a rose

I cry almost every night

and think of your precious face

everyday I pick up the phone to call,

but put it down again for fear that you will answer.

Why can't we just talk?

It's not like I am your enemy

your name is everywhere,

in every song on every show

in every book and magazine,

but mostly your name is in my heart.

You are my special name and I love you still.

BIRTHDAYS

Sept. 1- Bennett Eldred

Sept. 3- Trey Powell

Sept. 5- Kaycie Trumbore

Sept. 7- Micah Fort

Sept. 9- Chrystal Harris

Sept. 10- Molly Bates, Jennifer Heath

Sept. 11- Sean McNally

Sept. 12- Jordyn McCutcheon

Sept. 16- Skye Smith, Ryan Keller

Sept. 17- Mandi DeKruif

Sept. 18- Jordan Harmon

Sept. 19- Dante Robertson

Sept. 22- Kayla Lesmeister, Kourtney Lesmeister, Deedria Woods

Sept. 23- Lizeth Rojo

Sept. 24- Lindsey Hamm, Josh Wise

Sept. 25- Joseph Hill

Sept. 26- Callie Onstot, Leea Ewing

Sept. 27- Chelsea Coombes, Cody Coffman

Oct. 1- Jason Putnam, James Blackwood

Oct. 2- Marissa Dewane, Jessica Hill

Oct. 3- Kim Hylton

Oct. 8- Jennifer Holland

Oct. 9- Sarah Chituck

Oct. 11- Jacob Hock

Oct. 12- Kelsey Sanders

Oct. 16- Daniel Friskey

Oct. 17- Lauren Prince

Oct. 20- Wes Clemons

Oct. 22- Taylor Six

Oct. 24- Shyann Saenz

Oct. 26- Rebecca Morris, Stephanie Maynez, Bethany Reed

Oct. 28- Jade Morey, Amanda Sturgis

Oct. 29- Zach Bradley, Juan Rodriguez-Polen

Oct. 30- Heather Heinlein

Nov. 1- Mariah Hibbard

Nov. 2- Charlie Carver

Nov. 5- John Crossley, Vanessa Webb

Nov. 6- Jennifer Tyler

Nov. 7- Kayla McAlister, Erin McTaggart

Nov. 9- Haylee Coleman

Nov. 11- Brittany Harmon

Nov. 12- Juan Ochoa, Zara Taylor

Nov. 13- Derek Word, Stephanie Laramore, Steffan Mock

Nov. 15- Jonathan Loftin, Megan Reese

Nov. 18- Raymond Silva, John Harmon

Nov. 21- Shannon Striegel, Ginny Schaeffer

Nov. 23- Austin Karns

Nov. 24- Chrissy Thurman

Nov. 26- Jerelle Hicks, Staci Hoofnagle

Nov. 29- Shea Lacey

ALUMNI POETRY CORNER

TAKE HEED

By AUTUMN MAULLER

You don't know it, but I often escape to the top of a tree,

To watch as the sun sinks slowly behind the hills.

As the bright light of day fades into the calming darkness of night,

The stars appear and the sky suddenly fills.

There's a calming sensation that fills your heart

as this event takes place.

A slight moment when the world no longer exists.

And you're filled with a feeling of grace.

It's a feeling I often long for,

Yet don't always find

for it can only be achieved

through true peace of mind.

So if you ever get a chance to experience this feeling.

Take heed, and cherish it.

For it can linger for days,

or it can stay only for a little bit.

IT'S DISTURBING

By AUTUMN MAULLER

It's disturbing how sometimes, your best just isn't good enough.

How you try your hardest, but it's just too tough.

It's disturbing to know, you're not as good as you thought.

That you could never catch up, no matter how hard you fought.

It's disturbing how you don't know what people think.

What image they see of you, every time they blink.

It's disturbing how people judge, on just the first glance.

How what just one person says, can keep you from experiencing the dance.

It's disturbing how people, take others opinions to heart.

How only one harsh remark, can tear you apart.

It's disturbing how people know nothing about you.

Yet they patronize you, and treat you the way they do.

It's disturbing how some have more than they ever wanted.

And then those who can't get what they need are taunted.

It's disturbing how these things all take place, yet nothing's ever done.

You could take a stand and do something, but wait, that might ruin your fun.

Only a small few get to sing.

And that's just disturbing.

ONLY IF

By MELISSA SUMMERS

When I hear your name I think.
when someone starts talking about you I think.
I just cant get you out of my mind.
I have so many question.
but no way to ask them.
No way to express how I feel.
I just cant help it.
It's so hard to get your name out of my head.
It's hard to express my feeling
'cause you might laugh at me
I just need more info.
more time to ask my questions.
Only if...
Only if you knew

I DO

By MELISSA SUMMERS

I do.

Those are the words you say

when they mean

they'll be with you

for the rest of your life

through sickness and health,

death do us part.

Do people keep their promises? No!

Today you see parents getting divorced.

Maybe one person didn't keep their promise.

Maybe they both didn't keep it.

It doesn't matter. They broke their promise.

So why do we say the words

if we are not going to keep them.

If you are not going to keep your promise,

then please don't take my heart out

on the day you say you want a divorce.

So if you're not going to keep your promise

then don't say

I DO!

I DO!