Edgewood High School, El Corral, 2014

Description:	Thompson places in top15Bv Jenny Borers Kylie Teague and JordanJVlalevAnti-bullying issomething seniorCiara Thompson standsfor, giving her a platformfor the Indiana Teen USAPageant. Thompsonwanted to expand herstrengths and add tothem. It took 3 familymembers to help ^0^4Thompsonarrange andprioritize for thepageant.Education is veryimportant to her andalong with many APclasses, show choir,soccer and cheerleading,she had to learn toorganize her scheduleand continue to put herclasses first.Thompson chose torepresent anti-bullyingx because she was^ I once bullied herself.Kids and parentsneed to be educatedI on how to properlyI handle the situation,Thompson saidaccording to EdgewoodHigh Schools newspaper,The Hoofbeat. She wascrowned semifinalist,finishing in the top 15 outof 103 contestants.Being irLpageantsWill help buildcharacter JDr. Thompson^Ciaras momBv Kvl/e Teague and JordanMalevI think its actuallyreally cool thatSmithville isplaying ourfootball games onTV. It reallyshows us to theworld and letspeople who cantmake it to thegame be able tosee it,sophomore AlexPittsford said.When Im onthe field I neverreally thinkabout being onTV. I evenforget that theyare recordingit, junior RhettBlake said.I personally thinkSmithville did a greatjob with the quality ofthe games. Theyeven have instantreplays and give acopy of the game tothe team. Its a greatway to get studentsinvolved in TVproduction, headcoach Bland said.We record thegames on ourschool DVR andhave the guyswatch themsometimes. Itssomethingdifferent that noother school hasand you get adifferent angle ofthe game,assistant coachRosenburgh said.I see this asan advantagefor our schoolbecause thepeople thatarent able tocome to thegames canwatch it anytime theywant, seniorCody Drakesaid.
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