Mansfield School Blog

A new vampire craze bites MHS

By: Chance Allen

Bella Swan, an average seventeen year old girl falls in love with a guy at her school. But he is not just any guy. He is a vampire. But he does not drink human blood. He drinks animal blood, and to avoid biting Bella, he has to go hunting before he sees her.
Many MHS students have been bitten by the Twilight craze and have been looking forward to the movie. “I  think the movie was fairly close to the book,” said freshman Hannah Sandlin.

But not all students were impressed. “I think everything about Twilight is stupid,” said freshman James Jackson. Still, most students  fell in love with the Twilight series, including the books Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.

Once students begin reading the series, they sometimes have a hard time stopping. “Once you pick up any of the books in the Twilight series,” said sophomore, Mikiah Moore, “you can’t put it down.”

Freshman Billy Estrada agreed. “I bet you almost every girl in the school has a copy of Twilight in their purse of their backpack,” he said.

Hallway habit: Caught in the act of reading on the stairs, freshman Hannah Sandlin devours the second book in the Twilight series on the stairs that lead to the pop machines by the band room. “I like all of the books in the Twilight series,” said Sandlin.

MHS athletes, coaches and community members assembled in the gym Friday, March 27, for fall awards for basketball.

Boys basketball team members take the floor before being presented with their awards.

Girls basketball team members line up before receiving their awards.

By: Billy Estrada
Local buildings around the square that had been condemned were torn down on New Year’s Day.  The square was shut down for most of one day and some of the next day. The two buildings demolished were Ma and Pa’s Kettle and a consignment shop. “I believe Mansfield has a wonderful opportunity for renewal and renovation,” Caroline McGinness, English teacher, said,  “and I believe it is a positive step for our community.” The buildings were in excess of 100 years old.
On New Year’s Eve, workers began to cut the support beams that connected the buildings to their neighbors. ”I think it is the beginning of a wonderful thing,” senior Justin Keith said. “It will improve the look of the town.”
The dilapidated building came down with ease and was all cleaned up by the following day. ”It was a little scary when the buildings came down,” Karen Estrada, local business owner, said, “but I was glad to see our building still standing.”
The east side of the square may look empty for now but the new buildings should keep an old time look. ”I think it is a good thing,” said Bob Cubellis, math teacher. “Mansfield needs a face lift, but we don’t want to forget our roots. We need change.”

The MHS band presented its annual spring concert on Friday, March 20. Performing before a large crownd of supporters, members of beginning band, jazz band, middle school band and high school band played eleven songs including “In the Mood” and “Brick Street Overture.” Soloists included Rachael Essary, Brianna Cubellis, Sierra Brown, Laine Kelley-Cain and Erin Dierksen. Additionally, a percussion trio made up of Dierksen, Julia Allen and Curtis Carnal performed.

Band and families relax after the performance

Band members discuss their performance after the concert.