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(Interview with Kristina Merritt) “Being a mom, nobody tells you if you're doing it right.” Kristina Merritt, a high school math teacher at Kennedy shares, while talking about her home and school life. Living with her husband Adam, not to mention her three boys; Brody (8), Cade (4), and Knox (7 months). Life at home can be a bit overwhelming. Some days it can be hard to be a mother. Merritt is a high school math teacher on the weekdays. She deals with kids all day and only gets a break from 1:16- 2:08 and even then, she takes time to help her students. Being a geometry teacher can be difficult sometimes. Geometry can sometimes be considered one of the ‘hardest’ math classes which means, Merritt must have her work cut out for her. At the end of the day Merritt just wants to go home and hang out with her family. However, it isn't always easy to switch out of ‘teacher mode’. “I wanna be a mom at home, not still [a] teacher.” Merritt says. She doesn't like to bring ...

Kennedy Cougar’s varsity volleyball team took on the Johnston Dragons on Oct. 23 and didn’t go down without a fight. The match went on for five sets, Kennedy won two sets and Johnston won three. “It was a heated game.” Shayla Dralle, a junior on Kennedy’s varsity team shared. The whole game went on for two and a half hours and was completed at 9:20pm with a two-hour drive back. The match was called the ‘Regional Semi-Finals’ and if they won this won they would have gone to the ‘Semi-Finals’. This was the Cougars final game of the season and was very back and forth.   Dralle also shares that the “refs weren’t making good calls” and it got pretty emotional.             In first match, the Johnston Dragons won the first set, 20-25. In the second match Kennedy made a come back with a score ending in 25-22. The Cougars also won their third set with the score of 25-22. Only needing one more win to make it to the semi-finals Kenne...