Hardest working women at Beaver Local: Juanita Barber

Juanita Barber has been a janitor at Beaver Local for the last thirty-three years. Juanita said that she could’ve retired three years ago but she decided to stay and work because she loves her job.

When asked why she became a custodian, she said, “I chose this job because it was convenient and it pays well for me while I was working on putting three children through Geneva college and that this day job provides time for me to spend time with my grandchildren.” Juanita said that she enjoys her job so much because of being around the children. She said that even the bad behavior ones still make her job better.

Juanita also said that this is her dream job. Her daily duties include cleaning, delivering mail and packages, helping the teachers along with many other things. She said that her job is enjoyable because of the people she works around with, she said, “the teachers are very nice and easily to get along with.” Juanita said that she would not change her job and she is happy with working as Beaver Locals hardest working woman. Mr.Lower said, “she is always willing to go above and beyond to help with anything here at the school. In my time here, Juanita has helped me prepare for many events and helped me get some things accomplished in a short period of time working under pressure. Her efforts are greatly appreciated!”

Autism Awareness

The whole month of April is celebrated towards autism awareness. April 2nd is known as Autism Awareness Day, but the disorder is celebrated the whole month of April. Autism is a serious developmental disorder that impairs the ability to communicate and interact. Some individuals are impacted more severely by autism, while some people’s autism is more manageable.

Mrs. B Hall has been an important individual at promoting autism awareness in the Beaver Local School District. She and others have helped to present signs on walls and doors all around the school giving a people an idea that this month should represent autism. The color for autism awareness is blue, and people should be encouraged to wear blue. This condition has no cure, but more people should be informed of this disorder.
The students who are in Mrs. B Hall’s class have been going around at lunch to offer people to buy puzzle pieces for fifty cents where they can put their name on them. All of the money collected from the fundraiser will go straight to autism awareness.

All around us are people who’ve been diagnosed with autism but live in the functioning real world. According to data, 1 in 58 people are diagnosed with autism and more people should be aware of this disease.

Check out the video below from Autism Speaks for more information on Autism Spectrum Disorder:

Beavers Get High ACT Scores

Sophomore’s Vince Hoppel and Logan Kronstain both scored ACT scores in the 30’s. Vince is a sophomore boy at our school who participates in band and choir year round while doing swim as a sport in the winter. Hoppel said, “I’ve never taken ACT prep or any practice tests, I kind of just went in there and winged it.” He scored a 33 with a perfect on the reading portion. He has never taken the ACT before, he planned on taking it once to get the idea of it but he scored another higher than expected. Hoppel said, “I didn’t even study.” Vince is a very intelligent young man with earning straight A’s and managing a 4.0 GPA while being involved with outside school activities.

Logan Kronstain is also a sophomore boy at our school who scored a 30 on his ACT. Logan is also participating in choir and band all year. Kronstain said, “I didn’t study or prepare for the test, it was basically a test run.” Logan has never taken the ACT or ACT prep that would prepare him for the class. Logan manages to have a 3.9 GPA while participating in extracurricular activities.

Lady Beavers Beat Saint Clairsville

On Wednesday night the girls basketball team played the semi final sectional game at home against Saint Clairsville. They protected the Beaver Dome and won 58-42. This wasn’t like any other typical winning celebration, because this is the first sectional game the girls basketball team has won since 2007 which is ten years. The girls have prepared for this game for the whole season. They wanted to make history, and indeed they did.

Senior Madison Roberts had a double-double on Wednesday night. She managed to rack up 16 points and 10 rebounds. Also Freshman Jenna Ricardo also had 16 points along with her dynamic duo Madison Roberts. The two girls have been chosen for the district 5 games while Roberts was also chosen for the OVAC all star game. The head coach, Stephanie Coie called them the dynamic duo. The girls are all around good athletes, but together they are even better and more successful.

Senior starter Lexi Merriman tacked on 6 points and 3 rebounds. While sophomore Madison ours had 9 points and 4 rebounds from coming off the bench. Junior starting point guard Kierra Taylor had 5 points and 3 assists before her accident at the end of the third quarter. Taylor got tangled up with another player and hurt her ankle. She was in so much pain she could not return to the court but came to the bench with ice towards the middle of the 4th quarter. Taylor will not return for the girls sectional final game held at Home on Saturday against Minerva at 7pm.

The Beaver Local Girls’ Basketball Team

The Beaver Local girls basketball team this year has been a season full of achievements, improvement, hard work and success. Last year their girls record at the end of the season was 12-12 and they did not make it through the first round of sectionals. But, so far this year the girls have a record of 13-5, which is a winning season and much improved from last year. The girls have two more regular season games. The girls were fourth in the OVAC and played first seed Parkersburg south and lost. They also played for first place in the Buckeye Tournament, sadly they did not return home with a win. They fought hard in overtime and worked very hard and proved a lot of people wrong.

Captain and three letterman, Madison Roberts said, “2 years ago people said that we’d be lucky to 1 game but now we are in a winning season and made it to the Buckeye 8 finals, 4th in OVAC, and at one point were eighth in the state of Ohio.” Coach Stephanie Coie, Coach Elizabeth Connor, Bill Croxall and Kim Gourley are part of the success that strives the girls to be so successful. Senior night was played against United Local High School, and the girls so proudly came out with a win. Roberts said, “the key to our success is the hard work, coaches, goals and that we all our best friends and treat each other like family.” This season the girls have proven all of their doubters wrong and made history that has not been made in a long time for the beaver local girls basketball program. The girls later this season will enter the first round of sectionals. Roberts said, “I think we have a really good chance at the first round, I believe that we will come out with a win and be sectional champs, which hasn’t happened in a long time.” The three captains of the team are Madison Roberts, Emily Beck and Lexi Merriman. The amount of effort, dedication and leadership they put in fuels the team’s success. Along with their success on the court, most people on the team academic success is just as good or even better. Being a student athlete is not easy but these girls are very focused and have bright futures ahead of them.