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The Crimson Crier

The Student News Source of Sparkman High School

The Crimson Crier

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The winners pose after being awarded with their checks at Hunstville Hospital.

Senior selected for athlete of the year

By Nick Arnold, Managing Editor May 18, 2016

Every year, Huntsville Hospital selects one athlete of the year, and this year’s athlete was senior Anna Fiorucci. The athlete of the year is selected from all of the athlete of the week winners throughout...

Senior awards banquet

Senior awards banquet

By Nick Arnold, Managing Editor May 3, 2016

The senior awards banquet is an annual tradition that involves honoring seniors for the amount of scholarship offers they have received from all of the schools they applied to. The senior award banquet...

The remake of the Disney classic has excited and pleased many fans so far.

New Jungle Book movie brings feelings of nostalgia

By Nick Arnold, Layout editor April 22, 2016

Every person has experienced that nostalgic feeling of watching a movie or listening to a song that reminds them of their childhood. This is the feeling the new movie “The Jungle Book” brings to those...

The Indoor Percussion preforms their new 2016 show.

Indoor Percussion practice pays off

By Nick Arnold, Layout Editor March 25, 2016

For the past three years, the indoor percussion has been traveling to Dayton, Ohio in order to compete in the biggest competition they can. The Winter Guard International gathers indoor percussion groups...

Photo courtesy to Dennis Victory

Varsity basketball goes out with a bang

By Nick Arnold, Managing Editor February 25, 2016

On Fri. Feb, 19, the varsity boys basketball team played their first game of the 2016 Alabama High School Athletic Association regionals against Oak Mountain High School. The boys prepared for this...

Class experiences a new Huntsville attraction

Class experiences a new Huntsville attraction

By Nick Arnold, Layout Editor January 27, 2016

You are locked in a room with six other people, and the way you came in is the only way out. Most would think of this as a dream or nightmare. In this situation, it is real, and it is a game. The idea...

SGA hosts canned food drive, helps community

SGA hosts canned food drive, helps community

By Nick Arnold, Managing Editor December 7, 2015

Every year, SGA sponsors on a canned food drive in order to collect food for Christmas Charities Year Round in the Huntsville area. This year the school has impressed SGA by collecting the most cans...

Local schools take part in canned food drive

Local schools take part in canned food drive

By Nick Arnold, Layout Editor November 24, 2015

Recently, local elementary schools Endeavor Elementary and Harvest Elementary took part in a community canned food drive in order to collect for Crosswinds United Methodist Church’s food pantry. Together,...

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Band ends season on high note

By Nick Arnold, Layout Editor November 20, 2015

Every year, the marching band competes in competitions all over the southeast, and this year was not any different. While the band has done well in competition in past years, this year has set a new...

On July 29, students and parents form lines to receive important back-to-school information.

Sparkman Day success, despite chaos stigma

By Nick Arnold, Managing Editor August 11, 2015

Every year students are invited back to school to wait in long lines and pick up their much-anticipated schedules, yet some things never change; except for the title of the expo. Although Sparkman Senator...

Lit mag sold out, looking to buy more

Lit mag sold out, looking to buy more

By Nick Arnold, Layout Editor May 15, 2015

In less than a week, the literary magazine staff sold out of the 2015 Silhouette magazine. Literary magazine is one of the three student run publications that is offered at school. Each year the class...

Runners go to state despite lack of equipment

Runners go to state despite lack of equipment

By Nick Arnold, Layout Editor May 8, 2015

All of the major sports have a specific place where they practice for their games, but the lesser-known, seemingly unpopular sports, such as track and field, are forced to use the minimal amount of equipment...

Student defies gender expectations

Student defies gender expectations

By Nick Arnold, Layout Editor April 9, 2015

Lifting weights, pumping iron and working out are all things generally thought of as solely masculine activities. Junior Shelby Dorner is joining the world of body building to prove this stereotype wrong. “My...

Wind ensemble blows over competition

By Nick Arnold, Layout Editor December 19, 2014

Once a year, music directors of Alabama gather at the Alabama Music Educators Association Music Conference to watch students of all different age groups perform. As one of these music directors, band...

Oktoberfest offers taste of Germany

Oktoberfest offers taste of Germany

By Nick Arnold, Layout Editor October 3, 2014

Rides, German food and beer, these are the tell-tale signs that Oktoberfest is here. Oktoberfest, an event created to celebrate the wedding of Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese, has become a tradition...

Don't isolate yourself, and be sure to participate in class!

Sophomores get survival advice for the year

By Nick Arnold, Layout Editor August 12, 2014

High school can sometimes be difficult for students, especially when you are the low guy on the totem pole. Here are five tips that will help students survive sophomore year: • Get involved: If you...

Environment Club members hand out food and water at the walkathon.

Environment club hosts walkathon

By Nick Arnold, Reporter May 16, 2014

Earth Day is an occasion that comes around once a year to encourage people to help improve the environment. On May 9, 2014, the environment club hosted a fundraiser during third block. The fundraiser...

Photo taken by ian Keel

Students see military robots in action

By Nick Arnold, Reporter April 11, 2014

Robots, thought to be a thing of the future, exist today to help the U.S. Army and NASA. The groups brought the robots to the library for students to observe. The Army has been using robots for years...

Assistant Principal Tandy Shumate introduces state dignitaries.

Students hear talk on dangers of alcohol

By Nick Arnold, Reporter February 21, 2014

With prom around the corner, the administration arranged for the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC) to speak to the student body. Five speakers spoke on a variety of topics relating to...

Beginning choir performs "My Favorite Things" for a group of parents.

Beginning choir performs "My Favorite Things" for a group of parents.

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