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Not only are the seniors anxious to graduate, but so is every other student yearning for the summer and getting ready for next year.  Students prepare for finals as the teachers dread inventory.

“I’m Preparing for football next year.” says, soon to be sophomore, Kevin Eli.

Next year’s junior, Taylor Bair, says, “Prom, and I’m preparing for college.”

Lani Mataia, who is going to be a senior next year, says, ” I am preparing for awesomeness, senoritas, senior prank and college.”

Graduating senior Sawyer Bivens says, “Other than college, I prepare for making money and not getting killed.”

There you have it, from all sides, what students prepare for as the school year is coming to the end.

Shall we count down the days until the end ladies & gentlemen. On may 26th, 2011 Meeker high scholars will be released for summer vacation. So counting every day until then we have exactley thirty one days and four hours, while only counting school days we have 23. However summer doesn’t officially start until June Twenty-First. We have exactly fifty-five days thirteen hours and fourteen minutes. So be sure to keep checking the cowboy round up for updates on the countdown.

The last day of school for Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors is May 26th!

Not counting today, April 5th, there are 36 days left of the 2010-2011 school year! This means that we have 36 days to make our grades as awesome as possible!!!

Monday, April 4th, marked the first day of the fourth quarter. Third and fourth quarter grades are combined at the end of the year to form the grades that will go on your transcripts.

Let’s all make sure that we’re in school, on time, and ready to finish out this year strong!

The Meeker girls basketball team traveled to Oak Creek Tuesday, February 22 to see who would be competing in regionals. Previously on Febuary 12, SoRoCo had traveled to Meeker, and defeated the girls 61-43.

Tuesday, the Cowboys came ready for a fight. In the first quarter the Rams kept up their game and stayed in the lead, but by the second quarter the Cowboys started showing SoRoCo the kind of team they really were. By the second half, Meeker caught back up and took the lead. Leading by ten they went into the fourth quarter with high spirits. SoRoCo not giving up began to catch up but slowly the clock began to run out. Two points down, on a failed last second shot, SoRoCo lost 57-55. Meeker redeemed themselves and are now off to districts!

As of late, more and more students at Meeker High School have either been absent or showed up later in the day. It seems as if students perceive certain classes as less important than others, and do not think that they have to show up or even do the work.

Showing up to class is a huge part of your grade, if you’re not in class, you can’t learn the material. If you don’t learn the material, you can’t do the homework assignments. Of course, homework assignments not being turned in makes your grade drop. All these missing assignments followed by a test over the material that you didn’t learn, leads to a pretty disgraceful grade.

Now that being said, there are times when you simply cannot make it to school. It may be that you’re sick, have a doctor’s appointment, or something else that you can’t control. However, there are plenty of times that students can make it to school, but choose not to.

When you’re in high school, I think that you have good enough judgement to decide when you should and shouldn’t miss school, but you need to start making the right choice!

The interview with the Freshmen Class President, Aly Ridings, went well, but was very mysterious. The interview started with the question: What were you thinking when you were nominated? She answered by saying ” Don’t lose when nominated so we can have a good group.” Ms. Ridings must have been worried about the student council and who was in it. Next was the question:  Why do you think you were nominated? She answered after asking Mrs. Urenda the question saying that she had good leadership skills. This is where it gets weird, she was asked the question  How do you plan to run this school year? She answered “Very carefully. ” Then she quickly turned and walked away. Did she have other plans for the school year that she could not share with the press? What were these plans? Aly is been claimed by many people that she would be a good president. Even people who are not in the freshmen class think that she will be a good president. But what is she hiding?

Ever been curious about zombies? Well, if your a student at the University of Baltimore, wonder no more as they now offer a class solely about zombies. The class will be taught by Arnold Blumberg, author of Zombiemania: 80 Movies To Die For, which takes a look at one of the most popular horror movie subcultures of all time, zombies. According to the Baltimore Sun, the students in English 333 will watch 16 different zombie movies, and read zombie comic books. Also, as an alternative to taking their final, students can write a script or draw storyboards for a would-be zombie film. However, the University of Baltimore isn’t the first school to have a course on zombies, schools such as Columbia College in Chicago, and Simpson College in Iowa have also offered classes about the undead. It may seem like a joke, but the class, while learning about zombies, will also learn how literature and mass media work. So, if you need info about the undead, there is a place for you!

The MHS Art Show is here again! It will be held at the Meeker Recreation Center today, May 5 and tomorrow, May 6. It is open all day long on both days, however, there is a reception on May 5, from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM. There will be live entertainment during the reception, as well as refreshments for you to enjoy! Please join us at this wonderful event!