Student Spotlight
Mac Magiera is a senior at Boone Grove High School. He is involved in track, soccer, baseball and wrestling. His favorite sport is wrestling because it helps him control his temper and to be physically and mentally tough.
Magiera is also the Vice President of French Club, President of Games Club, President of Garden Club, involved in Student Council, Drama Club, and Vice President of NHS. An interesting fact about Magiera is that he’s had the same lucky number since elementary school and has been that number in every sport he’s played.
He also has a very funny personality, he’s always coming up with cheesy jokes to say during intermissions at plays. Mageria plans on going to Valparaiso University for business management. He’s so ahead of the game that he’s actually taking classes there now. He believes that students should get started on college as soon as possible, even while in high school.
“Be involved in everything possible. You’ll get to meet a lot of new people, plus it looks really good on college applications,” Magiera said.
Teacher Spotlight
Katherine Lawrence is one of the history teachers at Boone Grove High School. Lawrence spent most of her life in Northwest Indiana and went to college at IUPUI in Indy before finishing her schooling here at Valparaiso University.
“I had some incredible teachers that changed and saved my life growing up. I have always enjoyed being around kids and this was a logical career path for that," Lawrence said. "I would be able to do what I love while talking about things that I love. I also hoped to give back to kids the way that teachers gave to me growing up. History is just the bomb. There is always something to learn and there are always new things being discovered.”
Lawrence is a fun, inspirational teacher that every student has come to love. Even students who have never had her as a teacher, considering this is her first year, have said she’s amazing.
Lawrence has lived in the Region her whole life, so working at Boone Grove was the most obvious choice.
She said, “It is a very different environment from where I went to high school and where I did my student teaching which I find myself adapting to incredibly well. The other staff and students are incredible and I love how innovative this school system is.”
Lawrence really likes teaching U.S. History, she loves learning about our country because she finds the history unique compared to the rest of the world. Lawrence is the co-sponsor of Natural Helpers with Mr. Isch. An interesting fact is that Ms. Lawrence has been to 35 states and 4 countries, including a choir tour to Italy!
Current Events
Boone Grove recently had their prom at DuneLand Falls. The Juniors put on an amazing evening and gave two different gifts to their guests. The night was amazing and everyone had a really good time.
Mr. Russell, the freshman English teacher, was the DJ for the night and kept the crowd dancing all evening. The Drama Club held a Photo Shoot for their upcoming Musical, Emma. The director also made a trailer using footage from the shoot to give a little insight on the production and what to look forward to.
Future Events
The spring plays will be during the first weekend in May and they are slowly coming together. This last week the drama club has been working nonstop to get the finishing touches on the production. The actors are super excited since this will be the seniors last play. Also, the director is planning to do a senior night on Sunday to honor the students who have dedicated their years to drama.
Choir is also planning their annual Six Flags Trip. The students go and work with another director and perform for them. Then afterwards the students spend the rest of the day at Six Flags and just have an amazing day.
Porter Lake Elementary is holding a Spring Carnival Fundraiser for the kids on May 11th. They are still looking for people to volunteer and are hoping for it to be a huge success.
Finally, Graduation is right around the corner. One month left and our Seniors will be moving onto bigger and better things. The senior funds are going towards decorating the gym and the gift, which is yet to be decided.