Cobra Strike

With homecoming behind us, I wanted to take a bit of time in this weeks Cobra Strike to peel back the curtain and pay attention to the men and women behind the events that took place last week.

We also have a few new items in store this week that I will talk about a bit and a few extra shoutouts.

Thats enough talking from me, let's get to it.

Let's go make a difference.

Derek E. Smith

The powder puff was a lot of fun for everyone that was at the game. The ladies did great and got some fun competition going. What you miss at the game is how much Brandi Fritz and the cheerleaders did in order to get the whole thing going. They coordinated getting the shirts designed and we even had a bit of a scare on those as they didn't even come in until the day of the game. They had to coordinate the rules and the teams. If you saw Brandi during the game, she was constantly on the move making sure all the parts were in place. Additionally, Mr. Howard and Mr. Melvin volunteered their time as the referees for the game. In the booth, Mrs. Sides, Mr. Alley ran the clock and gave us some first rate announcing while JW did some great spotting.

For those of you that couldn't come to the game, Kryndon, Kyson, and Sam did a live stream of the game that must be watched to be appreciated. https://youtu.be/ESzqLLttim8

Students were treated to shaved ice Tuesday. Mr. Andrews donated his time, and product to the high school and Mr & Mrs. Alley helped serve. Mr. Andrews donated this to us without any request or acceptance of payment in return. He is a phenomenal person and educator that truly loves this school and everyone involved in it.

Before school even started, Mr. Baldridge came to me and asked what I thought about doing a "hump day," event during homecoming where he would bring in his petting zoo. We were all for it and Mr. Howard and I secretly worked with Mr. B to see if Buckjaw could do a real hump day event in the high school. While he was cautiously optimistic that it could happen, Mr. B agreed on the condition that he could make the final decision if Buckjaw was ready for that or not. What none of you saw in this event was that Mr. B had been bringing in Buckjaw every Saturday since early August to work with him and train him to be ready for this. Right up until the day of, Mr. B didn't know how he would react and had contingencies in place in case we needed them. However, Buckjaw showed off like a champion and loved every minute of the love he was getting. i still say we needed to give him the candy bar out of the vending machine.

Mr. B couldn't have done the petting zoo alone. It took a small army of helpers. In addition to his amazing wife Connie, he also had the help of Dawson, Michaela, Kade, Titan, and Tatum.

No one had any idea how the car bash was going to work. "Would the students want to hit a car?" "Will anyone even be willing to donate a car?" Both of those questions were answered in the best way possible. We had not one but two cars donated to us by Devin White and Dave Peters. Additionally, Ron Kirk's garage volunteered to help us make them safe by removing the glass and head lights and delivered them to us.

Things like this shows me how much the community loves this school and everything around it. Thanks to all the bashers, StuCo with the help of Mrs. Morris (you are going to see her name a lot in this weeks Cobra Strike) were able to raise a great deal of funds toward the stencil for our football field.

The biggest question I got all week was, "What do we do at a bonfire?"

My answer was pretty simple, come and enjoy each others company at a big fire. That is exactly what happened. A great crowd of students, staff, alumni and community came to enjoy the fire, some music, and each others company. I was worried about making this more of an event next year, but the response I got was that this was exactly what our students needed so thats what we are going to do from now on.

All of this could not have been done if not for Mr. Keehn and his wildlife classes. He found us the perfect spot for the bonfire to take place and built it into the perfect permanent home of the bonfire looking forward. He put together everything we needed to build the bonfire as well as standing by with water tank and shovel to keep the fire from getting out of hand.

Look at that amazing homecoming court. Congratulations to the court and extra congratulation to the homecoming King: Julien Butto, and Queen: Rebekah Huftles may your reign be just and fair.

Additionally, congratulations to the extra moving parts for this event, Mrs. Morris was coordinating this event for the past month to make sure it ran smoothly. This year, we also decided it would be nice if a fellow student received the opportunity to read off the candidates, and while she was incredibly nervous about it, Haddlea Kilpatrick did an amazing job announcing the candidates and the winners.

While you are looking at a great picture of the homecoming King and Queen having a dance, you are not realizing that Mrs. Morris is currently precariously perched on the concession stand window trying to get the perfect picture of the moment. You are also not witnessing how much she had been running around like crazy all week setting up this event and making it an amazing homecoming dance. You also don't notice that she stayed past the last student to clean up after the dance. She and the Student Council did a great job on this dance and it showed in how much fun the students were having. It was so much fun we wound up extending the dance to let the kids enjoy the night.

Monday:

MS CC@ Home 4:00 pm

Tuesday:

V/JV Volleyball Tri @ McLouth 5:00 pm

Wednesday:

Juniors and Seniors Work Keys Testing

Thursday:

HS/MS CC @ Sabetha 4:00 pm

HS V/JV VB Quad @ Home 5:00 pm

Friday:

Varsity FB @ Troy 7:00 pm

Merry and Sheila for their awesome janitorial work. They take great care of our facilities and do it with a smile on their faces! It is a joy to see them every day!

Mr. Childs does a beautiful job with kids in his woodshop. He is kind, patient, and really cares about his students. He also has some awesome school spirit!

Kammy is "Cobra Spirit girl"

Mrs. Alley's Kindness awards are a great way for us to show how great our students can be. The following received the award this week.

Devyn Montgomery

Sofia Ivy

Avery Robbins

Kavan Carlson

Devin Mock

Kyson Proffitt

Kryndon Proffitt

Constance Kautz-Johansen

Julian Butto

Tucker Buskirk

Mickenzie Schlodder

Nicole DeVader

Katie Keithline

Michaela Hutfles

Titan Eisenbarth

Dawson Cochren

Kade Holliday

Isaak Karns

While you all are aware of my military career, there are few things that mean more to me that the American flag and the National Anthem. It is impossible for a veteran to properly explain what it means to stand and honor those who have come before us and served this country and remember those that did not come home. It was an honor to be among those that came out on the field to be part of this weeks flag ceremony.

Email: derek.smith@jhcobras.net
Website: jhcobras.net
Location: 12692 266th Rd Holton, KS 66436
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