The student-run online newspaper for Starr's Mill High School

The Prowler
The student-run online newspaper for Starr's Mill High School

The Prowler
The student-run online newspaper for Starr's Mill High School

The Prowler
Cecily Shaber

Cecily Shaber, Editor-in-Chief

This is junior Cecily Shaber’s third year with The Prowler. She is Editor-in-Chief.

All content by Cecily Shaber
Pinch of Positivity

Pinch of Positivity

Cecily Shaber, Editor-in-Chief
May 16, 2023
Winner, winner, KIC dinner

Winner, winner, KIC dinner

Cecily Shaber, Adeline Harper, Jae Ardoin, Ashton Lewandowski, Mateya Petrova, and Agnes Sorensen
May 15, 2023
Head 2 Head

Head 2 Head

Cecily Shaber and Mateya Petrova
May 4, 2023

Pursue high-level education in a safe, community-based environment

Cecily Shaber, Editor-in-Chief
May 4, 2023
Senior Tito Alofe and math teacher J.B. Campbell pose for a photo after being named state STAR winners. The STAR program began in 1959. Alofe is the first state winner to hail from Fayette County.

Alofe first ever STAR state winner from Fayette County

Cecily Shaber, Editor-in-Chief
May 4, 2023
KICs and EOCs

KICs and EOCs

Cecily Shaber, Adebola Adepoju, Micah Freeman, Mateya Petrova, and Agnes Sorensen
April 28, 2023
Real Talk

Real Talk

Cecily Shaber and Agnes Sorensen
April 25, 2023
Read KICs instead of that test prep guide

Read KICs instead of that test prep guide

Cecily Shaber, Adeline Harper, Madi Handley, Mateya Petrova, Agnes Sorensen, and Adaleigh Weber
April 21, 2023
Who needs a headline? These are KICs

Who needs a headline? These are KICs

Cecily Shaber, Katie Johnson, Drew McCarthy, Jae Ardoin, Jenson Mahr, and Mateya Petrova
April 14, 2023
Hopping into KICs

Hopping into KICs

Cecily Shaber, Katie Johnson, Drew McCarthy, Jessica Doyle, Micah Freeman, and Agnes Sorensen
March 31, 2023
KICs take to the stage

KICs take to the stage

Cecily Shaber, Katie Johnson, Drew McCarthy, Jenson Mahr, and Mateya Petrova
March 24, 2023
Head 2 Head

Head 2 Head

Cecily Shaber and Micah Freeman
March 17, 2023

Racing takes the win

Cecily Shaber, Editor-in-Chief
March 17, 2023
KICs for a four-day weekend

KICs for a four-day weekend

Cecily Shaber, Adeline Harper, Crista Alarcon, Madi Handley, and Ashton Lewandowski
March 17, 2023
“Wing$” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis is the ultimate hype song. It is part of the 2012 album “The Heist.”

Quick Hit with Cecily Shaber

Cecily Shaber, Editor-in-Chief
March 14, 2023
Rainy but regenerative KICs

Rainy but regenerative KICs

Cecily Shaber, Drew McCarthy, Ella Bissonnette, Jenson Mahr, Mateya Petrova, and Agnes Sorensen
March 10, 2023
Marching through KICs

Marching through KICs

Cecily Shaber, Adeline Harper, Michael Carrillo, Mateya Petrova, Agnes Sorensen, and Adaleigh Weber
March 3, 2023
Sophomore Ella Long has been selected as the 12th Farmers Insurance Player of the Week for the winter sports season. Long was chosen by athletic director Shane Ratliff for her leadership and her constructive feedback.

Ella Long

Cecily Shaber, Editor-in-Chief
February 27, 2023
I heart KICs

I heart KICs

Cecily Shaber, Drew McCarthy, Micah Freeman, Ashton Lewandowski, Jenson Mahr, and Adaleigh Weber
February 17, 2023
Sophomore Scott Stevens has been selected as the 11th Farmers Insurance Player of the Week for the winter sports season. Stevens was chosen by head coach Josh Reeves for being a team player.

[Photo] Scott Stevens

Ella Bissonnette, Staff Writer
February 17, 2023
Real Talk

Real Talk

Cecily Shaber and Jae Ardoin
February 15, 2023
Read these KICs

Read these KICs

Cecily Shaber, Katie Johnson, Crista Alarcon, Jae Ardoin, Ella Bissonnette, and Michael Carrillo
February 11, 2023
Junior Adeline Harper advanced out of the county level GHP interviews in strings. Harper credits the school orchestra teachers and her private teachers for her success.

Adeline Harper

Cecily Shaber, Editor-in-Chief
February 10, 2023
Junior Rush Maples advanced out of the county level GHP interviews in mathematics. Maples credits his teachers and his father, who is an engineer, for his success.

Rush Maples

Cecily Shaber, Editor-in-Chief
February 10, 2023
Junior Katie Rausch advanced out of the county level GHP interviews in physics. Rausch credits her previous science and English teachers, as well as current physics teacher Nicholas Gillies, for her success.

Katie Rausch

Cecily Shaber, Editor-in-Chief
February 10, 2023
Junior Charlie Rosenberger advanced out of the county level GHP interviews in theater. Rosenberger credits drama teacher Lauren Kuykendall for his success.

Charlie Rosenberger

Cecily Shaber, Editor-in-Chief
February 10, 2023
Junior Ginger Swayne advanced out of the county GHP interviews in biology. Swayne credits her teachers and her mom, who is an internal medicine doctor, for her success.

Ginger Swayne

Cecily Shaber, Editor-in-Chief
February 10, 2023
KICin' and chillin'

KICin’ and chillin’

Cecily Shaber, Crista Alarcon, Jae Ardoin, Michael Carrillo, and Agnes Sorensen
February 6, 2023
KICs more hectic than the start of spring semester

KICs more hectic than the start of spring semester

Cecily Shaber, Katie Johnson, Jae Ardoin, Jessica Doyle, Mateya Petrova, and Agnes Sorensen
January 27, 2023
KICs to replace your short-lived resolutions

KICs to replace your short-lived resolutions

Cecily Shaber, Adebola Adepoju, Ella Bissonnette, Jenson Mahr, and Mateya Petrova
January 22, 2023
Junior Makoa Serapion has been selected as the seventh Farmers Insurance Player of the Week for the winter sports season. Serapion was chosen by head coach John Steiner for the excitement and intensity he brings to the team.

Makoa Serapion

Cecily Shaber, Editor-in-Chief
January 20, 2023
Golden Apple - Susan King

Golden Apple – Susan King

Cecily Shaber, Editor-in-Chief
January 19, 2023
New year, new news

New year, new news

Cecily Shaber, Katie Johnson, Crista Alarcon, Micah Freeman, Ashton Lewandowski, and Agnes Sorensen
January 17, 2023
Lauren Daigle’s “O Come O Come Emmanuel” was released in her 2016 album “Behold.” The artist puts a twist on the Christmas classic with a new mysterious beat.

Quick Hit with Cecily Shaber

Cecily Shaber, Editor
December 6, 2022
It’s beginning to look a lot like KICs

It’s beginning to look a lot like KICs

Cecily Shaber, Adebola Adepoju, Crista Alarcon, Jae Ardoin, and Michael Carrillo
December 4, 2022
Pinch of Positivity

Pinch of Positivity

Cecily Shaber, Editor
November 21, 2022
Still thankful for KICs

Still thankful for KICs

Cecily Shaber, Crista Alarcon, Jae Ardoin, Madi Handley, Jenson Mahr, and Agnes Sorensen
November 18, 2022
Real Talk

Real Talk

Cecily Shaber and Agnes Sorensen
November 9, 2022
The first of several school threats caused parents to keep their children home from school on October 3. Since then, several changes to school communications and procedures have been made.

Changes made following recent threats

Cecily Shaber and Adebola Adepoju
October 26, 2022
Fire alarm mounted on a wall. Fire drills are practiced too often, while the more important lockdown drills are neglected.

Opinion: Rehearsing for the wrong disaster

Cecily Shaber, Editor
October 24, 2022
October 21, 2022 - Science Fair work spread out on the ground. Freshmen who are in gifted science classes are required to complete a project for the competition.

Starr Gazing

Katie Johnson, Cecily Shaber, Jae Ardoin, Jessica Doyle, and Jenson Mahr
October 21, 2022
Chillin' out with KICs

Chillin’ out with KICs

Caroline Hubbard, Cecily Shaber, Adebola Adepoju, Michael Carrillo, Micah Freeman, and Agnes Sorensen
October 21, 2022
Exoplanet orbits a foreign sun. The Astronomy Society is hosting a webinar about exoplanets on October 23.

Astronomy Society hosting exoplanet webinar

Cecily Shaber, Editor
October 20, 2022
Eagle Scout Adeline Harper shakes hands with an Eagle Scout Board of Review member. Harper, along with two fellow troopmates, was Fayette County’s first female scout to achieve the rank of Eagle.

Fayette County boasts first female Eagle Scout

Cecily Shaber, Editor
October 7, 2022
Panther Perspectives

Panther Perspectives

Cecily Shaber, Ella Bissonnette, Micah Freeman, and Jax Rainey
September 29, 2022
Senior Alyssa Daigle is listening to “Mercury” by Steve Lacy. Maracas hold an alternative beat in this song that explores the difficulty of a romantic relationship.

Panther Tracks

Cecily Shaber, Editor
September 29, 2022
Dancing with the Pantherettes pose on stage. At the end of the show, all the participants went on stage to perform the closing dance for the annual fundraising event.

[Photo] Pantherettes take the stage in annual fundraiser

Madi Handley, Staff Writer
September 28, 2022

Starr Gazing

Drew McCarthy, Cecily Shaber, Michael Carrillo, and Agnes Sorensen
September 26, 2022
Stop, drop, and KICs

Stop, drop, and KICs

Caroline Hubbard, Drew McCarthy, Cecily Shaber, Crista Alarcon, Jenson Mahr, and Mateya Petrova
September 23, 2022
Flag football player avoids an opponent trying to snag her flag. Starr’s Mill is adding a flag football team and a gymnastics team to its slate of GHSA-sponsored sports.

Starr’s Mill adding two news sports for 2022

Cecily Shaber, Editor
September 19, 2022
September 15, 2022 - Softball pinks out! In their game against Trinity, Starr’s Mill softball wore pink for Breast Cancer Awareness. Panther softball lost to Trinity 8-0.

Starr Gazing

Cecily Shaber, Ella Bissonnette, Michael Carrillo, Micah Freeman, and Ashton Lewandowski
September 16, 2022
Real Talk

Real Talk

Katie Johnson and Cecily Shaber
September 15, 2022
September 9, 2022 - Planner shows that Starr’s Mill students have Monday and Tuesday off from school. Monday was Labor Day and Tuesday was an asynchronous learning day, where students completed classwork online and enjoyed staying home.

Starr Gazing

Drew McCarthy, Cecily Shaber, Shaila Bah, Ella Bissonnette, and Mateya Petrova
September 11, 2022
God save the KICs

God save the KICs

Caroline Hubbard, Cecily Shaber, Ella Bissonnette, Micah Freeman, and Ashton Lewandowski
September 9, 2022
History teacher Susan King recently read the book “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek” by Kim Michele Richardson. The story follows the journey of the blue people of Kentucky and their role during the New Deal era.

Panther Reads

Cecily Shaber, Editor
September 2, 2022
Lounging around with KICs

Lounging around with KICs

Caroline Hubbard, Cecily Shaber, Jenson Mahr, Mateya Petrova, Jax Rainey, and Agnes Sorensen
September 2, 2022

Phineas, leader of the pack

Cecily Shaber, Editor
August 26, 2022
Head 2 Head

Head 2 Head

Caroline Hubbard and Cecily Shaber
August 26, 2022
Pinch of Positivity

Pinch of Positivity

Cecily Shaber, Editor
August 22, 2022
Kicking off KICs

Kicking off KICs

Caroline Hubbard, Katie Johnson, Drew McCarthy, Ashton Lewandowski, Jax, and Cecily Shaber
August 21, 2022
Junior Kari Smith has been selected as the second Farmers Insurance Player of the Week for the fall sports season. Smith was chosen by head coach Shayne Thompson for her ability to play well all around the court.

Kari Smith

Cecily Shaber, Editor
August 19, 2022
Panther Perspectives

Panther Perspectives

Micah Freeman, Cecily Shaber, Charlie Goins, and Mary Davis
May 23, 2022

Personhood rights transcend personal rights

Cecily Shaber, Staff Writer
May 17, 2022
Recent decisions about Abortion have sparked new opinions on this long-standing controversy. Some people are pro-life because they see abortion as ending a life, while others think it is the woman’s decision to keep carrying the child or not.

Head 2 Head

Katie Johnson and Cecily Shaber
May 17, 2022
Looking back on KICs

Looking back on KICs

Caroline Hubbard, Allyssa Daigle, Jenson Mahr, Mateya Petrova, and Cecily Shaber
May 13, 2022
Both the boys and girls tennis teams lost to Greenbrier in the second round of playoffs, ending their seasons. The boys team finished with a 10-7 record, and the girls were 11-6.

Tennis seasons end in second round of state playoffs

Cecily Shaber, Staff Writer
May 2, 2022
Keeping it catastrophic

Keeping it catastrophic

Craig Bardo, Abi Carter, Micah Freeman, Katie Johnson, Mateya Petrova, and Cecily Shaber
April 29, 2022
Boys and girls golf competed in the region championships April 18 and 19. The girls team won, while the boys placed third.

Golf teams on par for state after strong region performances

Cecily Shaber, Staff Writer
April 22, 2022
Blood, sweat, tears, and KICs

Blood, sweat, tears, and KICs

Caroline Hubbard, Abi Carter, Dylan Bayer, Jenson Mahr, Mateya Petrova, and Cecily Shaber
April 22, 2022
Vaishnavi Jayakumar

Vaishnavi Jayakumar

Cecily Shaber, Staff Writer
April 22, 2022
Shutting down KICs

Shutting down KICs

Caroline Hubbard, Katie Johnson, Kyla Kaiser, Jenson Mahr, Drew McCarthy, and Cecily Shaber
April 1, 2022
Ricki Davis

Ricki Davis

Cecily Shaber, Staff Writer
April 1, 2022
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