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The Student News Source of Sparkman High School

The Crimson Crier

The Student News Source of Sparkman High School

The Crimson Crier

All content by Jonathan Hatchett
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The Comeback Kids: new movies

By Jonathan Hatchett, Copy Editor May 18, 2016

Coming to theaters this summer are choice films picked with the previous generation in mind. The Oscars in the coming year may be filled with a slew of (gasp) remakes. It is true, the movie industry is...

God Bless America: New Marvel movie brings substantial revenue

By Jonathan Hatchett, Reporter May 9, 2016

The government is putting a leash on the Avengers, the aftermaths of their battles too great for the common man to deal with both physically and emotionally. When tragedy strikes again, the team has to...

JROTC carries competition

JROTC carries competition

By Jonathan Hatchett, Copy Editor May 3, 2016

The JROTC attended the Annual Raider Challenge held at the University of North Alabama over the weekend of April 23-25. Two teams of eight were sent to compete in 10 events set up to test the young cadets...

Proper steps to restaurant etiquette

Proper steps to restaurant etiquette

By Jonathan Hatchett, Copy Editor March 31, 2016

You walk in and hear the clinking of dishes, smell the various aromas and see the heavily decorated layout of the establishment. A restaurant. It is not your first and it will not be your last. So the...

14,600 mile journey sparks new interests, livelihood

14,600 mile journey sparks new interests, livelihood

By Jonathan Hatchett, Copy Editor December 15, 2015

Bump. Whirr. Click. Shift. Shunk. “We’re here.” This new life seemed ill-fitting for city girl and junior Joann Tran. All the trees and the green grass and the birds chirping. Nonetheless, she...

National competition awards student second

National competition awards student second

By Jonathan Hatchett, Copy Editor September 3, 2015

In early July, Sparkman’s own senior Beth Fowler ventured to Chicago, Illinois and was awarded second in the nation in women’s bowling. “We were there on July 7 [through the] 12 of this past...

Jonathan Hatchett and Chris Little discuss his summer experience.

Student’s future at West Point looks up

By Jonathan Hatchett, Copy Editor August 13, 2015

Following in the footsteps of Robert E. Lee, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ulysses S. Grant and the lesser noted George Custer, comes senior Chris Little. What these figures saw at one point in their lives as...

"Homework may count for a small portion of a grade in some instances, but in every instance it adds up. "

Pros and cons of homework

By Jonathan Hatchett and Molly Short February 9, 2015

Pro: Homework may not be the most enjoyable thing in the world, but everything in life cannot be dipped in amusement and sprinkled with entertainment. Homework itself is a means to help students further...

Take it to the mat

By Jonathan Hatchett, Reporter December 15, 2014

This past weekend, the wrestling team brought home the gold in the Huntsville High Invitational. Fifteen people from schools in and around the northern Alabama area competed, but only our own...

Students participate in uncommon sport

By Jonathan Hatchett and September 24, 2014

A sport like fencing is not respectfully appreciated in today’s society, the art form lost in a timeline of combustion-powered weapons. The elegant nature of it seems only to ward off certain classes...

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