In a year-round school system, students and teachers get a three week break at the end of every nine weeks, instead of having one long break.

In year-round school, instead of having one long break, they have multiple shorter breaks put in throughout the year. Some people think that this would help provide a better education for students because they would not have to re-learn all the information after returning from a shorter break, but it would still provide students with enough time outside of school.

But with all that being said, there are still many reasons why summer vacation is better than having year-round school. With a year-round system schools would have to spend a lot more money on utility bill while the school is operating. Also maintenance is a bigger issue in year-round school because students are in school all year.

Most teachers and students would prefer having a summer vacation instead of a year-round system. The teachers prefer summer vacation because they don’t like having to pack their things up in their room every nine weeks, and students like to have a long vacation instead of having to go to school all year-round.

On Wednesday, of Arkansas-Fort Smith after five months. “It was not an easy decision because West-
minster College was a great place, but it wasn’t big enough,” Gunsch said. He also added, “It has a strong business school.”
Arndt is excited about playing college ball next year but also has his fears.
“I am most nervous about screwing up on the first day, but I am most excited about the level of com- petition,” Arndt said.
The competition is not the only thing that will be different at Trinity. The level of the game will be increasing as well.
“I think the speed of the game will be the biggest difference but also the environments that I am going to play in,” Arndt said.
Nick Clark agrees with Arndt, “the speed of play will be a lot faster and most of the time I will spend practicing is going to be a lot more demand- ing.” Clark will be attending Northeastern State Uni- versity (NSU) next fall.
Elliott will be playing alongside Clark next
year for the Riverhawks football team. Although it was a difficult decision for Clark
as well, taking him about a year to decide, a few things were the deciding factors that made NSU stand out more than others.
“I went to their recruit camp last summer and I liked everything that I saw,” and also likes that “NSU competes at a higher level,” Clark said.
Also, back in February, eight seniors signed all to different colleges. Keaton Forrest will be attending Eastern Oklahoma State College, Dan Arthur will be attending Hill City, John Lynch to play at Fort Scott, Inky Ajanaku will be going to Stanford, Cat Roth to Oklahoma Baptist University, Miranda Balezentis is going to Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Joey Zurawik to Texas Tech, and Donovan Walton to Oral Roberts University.
All in all, the senior class is made up of lots of stu- dent athletes who are ready to continue sharing their talents with others.
“I’m excited to be able to continue play- ing the sport that I love most for another four years,” Clark said.
Breezeway Staff Writer cally at the next level. Nick Clark, Caleb Gunsch, and
Frankie Arndt will be attending various schools next year. Branden Elliott did not participate in the April signing, however, he committed to playing football next year.
Frankie Arndt signed with Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas for football. Out of the senior class, he is the only one attending Trinity University in the fall.
“I decided to go there because of the reputation of the college and the academics,” Arndt said.
He also had other offers but finally came to the conclusion that, “Trinity would be my best fit.”
Caleb Gunsch also considered different schools, but the size of the school seemed to be the deciding factor. He liked Westminster College but thought that the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith was the better choice due to its size. He finally chose the University
April 11, three se- niors decided to continue on athleti-

White Owl, located on Cherry Street, is an exceptional restaurant. Any person should be excited to eat there.

“It’s really chill over there. It’s hip and for young adults,” senior Phillip Perez said.

Right when we walked in, we were already given a table and settled into a comfortable environment.

“The music is fantastic. Old, familiar, and contemporary,” senior Genevieve Humphrey said.

Though most positive food reviews say that the food was good, trust me when I recommend the food they serve at White Owl. The food was home made and scrumptious. It tasted fresh and not microwaved.

“It was amazing. I had a grilled zucchini panini. It had mozzarella and pesto that really brought out the grilled taste. I also had fries that were delicious. They were not over or undercooked. They were thin and home made,” Humphrey said.

Senior Tommy Culver had a pesto pizza.

“It was extremely fresh. Everything about it was fresh. The crust was paper thin and had a good crunch to it. It had a great ratio of sauce to cheese. Though it seemed small, it was a good amount because I was full,” Culver said.

Perez enjoyed fish and chips.

“They were first class. Crispy and flaky on the outside and juicy on the inside,” Perez said.

More was done at the White Owl than just sitting at a table and eating food. During our visit to this restaurant, we were able to play pool while eating. We played while waiting for our food, and then our waitress just took our food to our game and told us we can eat while we play.

“It was a fun game of pool because we weren’t pressured,” Perez said.

Humphrey agrees with Perez that pool is a good idea at this restaurant.

“It was a lot of fun to play while we ate. Sometimes weird encounters of awkward silence go on during dinner. But playing pool was something to do,” Humphrey said.

The overall look of White Owl is different than most restaurants. We enjoyed our dinner in a loft.

“The loft was really cool. The bar was downstairs, but we ate in the restaurant upstairs next to the arcade games and billiards. It gave a hip atmosphere,” Culver said.

Perez was thoroughly impressed with the whole idea of the restaurant.

“It’s a very different environment. Thankfully, we all ordered finger food, so we could eat while we played,” Perez said.

The service at the White Owl is top notch.

“The service was good and really friendly. They were conscientious,” Culver said.

“They weren’t annoying by refilling our water all the time,” Perez said.

In addition to eating and playing pool, we were able to enjoy playing the few arcade games they provided. However, with food and games, money is always an issue.

“It’s a little pricey for a high school budget, but the option to play games made things more appealing,” Culver said.

I recommend the White Owl to everyone. Even for those that live in South Tulsa like I do, the drive is definitely worth it. The food is phenomenal for comfort food and the atmosphere is different and fun.

“It’s a great place to get away from stress and just relax,” Humphrey said.

Change is just a part of life. Though sometimes it’s hard to get into a new routine, change can be a good thing. Bishop Kelley has definitely grown and changed since it first began. New traditions have been made and new buildings have been built. In many ways, Bishop Kelley has changed for the better since 1960. In this 2011-12 school year, we have received a lot of changes. Some teachers have left and new teachers have arrived. New clubs have been added to the list of clubs held here at Bishop Kelley.
For this article however, the main change I am going to be talking about is homeroom. I believe that homeroom is not a change for the better. This is something I really wish I didn’t have to go through during my senior year. I used to look forward to Thursdays because it meant that the week was almost over. However, because of homeroom being added every Thursday during this school year, I really dislike Thursdays. There’s just something about homeroom that throws off my whole schedule.
At first, I was okay with homeroom. I took advantage of homeroom as a time to do homework and I liked having this opportunity. Then, homeroom just got annoying. I wanted to leave class already. I was already in the room for an hour and 25 minutes. The part about homeroom that really irks me is the fact that it messes up the lunch schedule completely. I have been one of those students that are not fortunate enough to be stuck in second and third lunch throughout the year. Students that have these two lunches have no luck during Thursdays. It’s no fun at all to go to class, then go to lunch, then go back to class. Honestly, it’s the worst feeling in the world to me. It may be due to the fact that I have a math class during that time and I just don’t want to leave the world of numbers for 35 minutes then have to come back to continue the lesson. I don’t understand the concept of having class, lunch, and then more class. “I really hate homeroom; it messes up my day,” senior Adam Edmiston said.
I may be complaining about a first world problem, but I really just do not appreciate my lunch schedule being messed up. I just get grumpy. There may be students that have been granted wonderful luck and have had first or fourth lunch throughout the year and haven’t had to deal with the horrible lunch schedule that falls upon Thursday. However, it is still a burden to go through those 15 useless minutes.
Senior Angela Thoman agrees.
“I’m just tired of homeroom at this point,” Thoman said.
I do understand the purpose of homeroom. It is a certain time to do voting and surveys without interrupting class time. However, it is not like we do this every single Thursday. And voting and schedules do not seriously take up 15 minutes of our time. I don’t have a problem with one homeroom a month. But having to go through the messed up lunch schedule every week just isn’t fun for me at all.

Michael: I was at a loss for words, really. I always thought I would know what it might feel like, but when it happened I can’t describe what it felt like. It didn’t hit me until I was driving home that morning.

Haley: My friends kept “calling it” telling me I was gonna win but, I hated it. I thought they were gonna jinx me or something. There were so many quality girls of the month that I really had no idea who would win, but I was at a loss for words and was so happy.

What is it like now that you hold the title of Mr. & Miss Kelley?

Michael: People say congrats to  me but, other than that is hasn’t really changed much. It’s pretty cool, only 53 guys have won it, and to be in the same group as therm truly is a blessing.

Haley: My dad was Mr. Deer Creek so it was cool to also be crowned Miss Kelley. I am very honored to be in the ranks with previous Miss Kelley’s Sarah Hashemi and Eleanor Humphrey.

I took eight sky blue balloons and put a letter of her name on each balloon. Then I gave one balloon to each of her friends. As she was walking to her 3rd block class, her friends walked up and gave her the balloons. As she was walking into class, I began to sing her favorite Korean song, “Magic Castle,” to her. Then her best friend, who doesn’t go to Bishop Kelley, popped out and surprised her. After I finished singing, I asked her “Na Reng prom ga jul lae, Chaewoon?” Which means “Will you go to prom with me, chaewoon?” I had to learn Korean in order to do this I am Vietnamese.

“On April 10 I asked the lovely Claire Kelley to prom. The weekend before Phillip Perez, Austin Lawhorn, Max Sanders, and I shot a music video on the Bishop Kelley campus to the song “Boyfriend” by Big Time Rush. This is a song that Claire told me earlier that month she liked because it was so catchy. At the beginning of the video I have Max Sanders talking about the “Impossible Card Task” to disguise the video at first. But, then I come running into the camera shot asking Max if he has seen, ‘the girl I have been wanting to ask to prom’ on campus. This begins our journey across campus searching for her. We sing the song on our adventure in several places. After the song ends we walk up towards the S-Building and I ‘remember’ that she is in her Trig class and in the video I open the door. At this time the video ends and I walk into the room with Phillip and Austin and ‘find’ her. Then we sing her the chorus of the song and switch the word ‘boyfriend’ to ‘prom date.’ Then I asked her and gave her a hug after she said ‘yes!’”

I asked Christina Pynn to prom by setting up a black light in her room with flowers on her bed, glow stars spread across the room, and a hanging sign that read “Star light Star bright, first star you’ll see tonight, I wish you may, I wish you might,be my date for our senior prom night?”