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
Valen Yeager

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer

Senior Valen Yeager is a four-year member of The Prowler staff.  He is a staff writer.

All content by Valen Yeager
Foreign exchange students Marta Merida and Angela Valdo Perez stand with their presentation after the Interact Club meeting. The students made a presentation about their home country, Spain, and how the country compares to the United States.

Interact Club students exchange experiences

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
May 11, 2019
April showers bring May headlines

April showers bring May headlines

Jacob Hunt, Hayeon Choi, Addie Ellison, Mary Jane Gagliano, James Hindy, and Valen Yeager
May 3, 2019
Junior Quinn Biddle starts up his motorcycle in front of his technology class. Biddle got a chance to drive his motorcycle to school so that he may show his accomplishment to the class.

Technology project roars to life

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
April 19, 2019
Guest speaker Colin Martin presents the importance of communication and networking with their implications in the free enterprise system. Martin even offered his own information for students to begin their network.

Interact Club learns secret to success

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
April 12, 2019
Cast of “Back to the ‘80s” react to the long-awaited results of the Shuler Hensley Awards. The production failed to place in the nominations, but their reaction quickly turned to determination as the students look forward to next year.

‘Back to the ‘80s’ falls short of repeat Shuler success

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
March 29, 2019
Students in HOSA, FCCLA, world languages, and economics competed all over the state, earning multiple awards, recognitions, and honors.

Busy weekend showcases Panther excellence

Jacob Hunt, James Hindy, and Valen Yeager
March 20, 2019
Weird holidays meet weird headlines

Weird holidays meet weird headlines

Jacob Hunt, Hayeon Choi, Addie Ellison, Mary Jane Gagliano, James Hindy, and Valen Yeager
March 15, 2019
Students in Interact Club participate in the networking activity game “elevator speech.” This game involves the participants talking to and making new connections with others around the room.

Interact Club practices networking skills

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
March 8, 2019
A wrap-up before winter break

A wrap-up before winter break

Valen Yeager, Hayeon Choi, Addie Ellison, Mary Jane Gagliano, Nick Hardin, James Hindy, and Kathleen Stephens
February 15, 2019

Security system for the Starrs

Jacob Hunt, Hayeon Choi, Mary Jane Gagliano, James Hindy, Kathleen Stephens, and Valen Yeager
February 10, 2019
Several student’s take a look at several different volumes of MUSINGS, the school’s literary-art magazine. MUSINGS is currently accepting submissions for this year’s magazine.

More MUSINGS needed

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
February 6, 2019
Headlines leading up to the Super Bowl

Headlines leading up to the Super Bowl

Jacob Hunt, Hayeon Choi, Addie Ellison, Mary Jane Gagliano, James Hindy, and Valen Yeager
February 4, 2019
Last week, realtors from around the county toured the Starr’s Mill campus to get a better idea of the school and what is has to offer. The realtors gathered information that they may then utilize to “sell” the area to prospective clients.

School for sale

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
January 25, 2019
Starr’s Mill alumni Cara Clements has had a career in pageantry involving her winning Miss Greater Stone Mountain 2017, Miss Rome, and Miss Starr’s Mill Outstanding Teen 2017. Clements spreads the message of her campaign through outlets such as her podcast and her new book, “the self-care journal.”

From the stage to the page

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
December 16, 2018
News to start the Christmas season

News to start the Christmas season

Jacob Hunt and Valen Yeager
November 30, 2018
Terrific headlines before the turkey holiday

Terrific headlines before the turkey holiday

James Hindy, Jacob Hunt, Grace Maneein, Kathleen Stephens, Mary Jane Gagliano, and Valen Yeager
November 17, 2018
English teacher Jillian Bowen reading “Hamlet” alongside her students. Bowen was nominated as teacher of the year for Starr’s Mill and will compete in county teacher of the year in April.

Move over Jack, Jill is on top of the hill

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
November 16, 2018
Spooky stories for Halloween week

Spooky stories for Halloween week

Jacob Hunt, James Hindy, Grace Maneein, Kathleen Stephens, and Valen Yeager
November 3, 2018
Newk’s Eatery has arrived in Peachtree City, serving everything from pizza to sandwiches and desserts . Newk’s Eatery, located at 100 Line Creek Circle in Peachtree City, will open on Oct. 29.

Out with the old, in with the Newk’s

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
October 25, 2018
The 1492 news

The 1492 news

Jacob Hunt, Addie Ellison, Mary Jane Gagliano, James Hindy, and Valen Yeager
October 6, 2018
Starr’s Mill cheer flyer stands tall with her leg in the air. The team competed last weekend at Starr’s Mill, but chose to remove itself from scoring.

Starting strong, striving for success

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
October 5, 2018
Members of the varsity academic team focus while a fellow teammate asks questions during practice. The Starr’s Mill academic team will participate in its first competition on Sept. 26 at Fayette County High School.

Returning head coach, new lineup

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
September 18, 2018
Hectic headlines highlight the week

Hectic headlines highlight the week

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
August 31, 2018
Gillies dressed up and ready to go on the first Wednesday of school. Dress for Success Wednesdays are a new tradition to the Mill and all students are both welcomed and encouraged to participate.

Students dress their best to strive for success

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
August 23, 2018
Prowler Editor-in-Chief Rilee Stapleton earned two awards during the annual Honors Night ceremony held on May 7. The evening included various colleges and organizations awarding scholarships, departments announcing their top students, and the administration honoring the top members of this year's graduating class.

Honors Night recognizes student success

Valen Yeager, News co-Editor
May 21, 2018
A Fortnight player dives down to the island at the beginning of a game. Fortnite is an incredibly popular free-for-all game that combines portability and exciting gameplay.

Alright boys, where we droppin’?

Valen Yeager, News co-Editor
April 27, 2018
Hectic headlines heading into Milestones

Hectic headlines heading into Milestones

Jacob Hunt, Sophia Bender, Liza Eubanks, Ashton Long, Mitchell Smith, and Valen Yeager
April 20, 2018
Career, technical, and agricultural education

Career, technical, and agricultural education

Valen Yeager, News co-Editor
April 11, 2018
Headlines to end hard-hitting news month

Headlines to end hard-hitting news month

Jacob Hunt, Saijleen Chawla, Hayeon Choi, Caylee Cicero, Ian Fertig, and Valen Yeager
March 31, 2018
Headlines for the start of spring

Headlines for the start of spring

Valen Yeager, Sophia Bender, Saijleen Chawla, Caylee Cicero, Liza Eubanks, and Jacob Hunt
March 23, 2018
Walk into the week of news

Walk into the week of news

Valen Yeager, Luke Bennett, Hayeon Choi, Dana Gould, and Jacob Hunt
March 17, 2018
Slow school week meets huge headlines

Slow school week meets huge headlines

Jacob Hunt, Valen Yeager, Sophia Bender, Saijleen Chawla, Ashley Irizarry, and Kyle Soto
March 9, 2018

Shenanigans!

Valen Yeager, News co-Editor
March 9, 2018
Students work on an assignment on school laptops. Beginning next school year, all students will receive their own laptop to bring to school and work on in their classes.

Starr’s Mill next in line for laptop upgrade

Valen Yeager, News co-Editor
March 7, 2018
Hard-hitting headlines begin hard month for students

Hard-hitting headlines begin hard month for students

Jacob Hunt, Valen Yeager, Caylee Cicero, Liza Eubanks, Ian Fertig, and Ashley Irizarry
March 2, 2018
Fred Harrington outside of the attendance office with the parking lot golf cart. Harrington just started his job as parking lot attendant after working with the school for more than 10 years.

Starr’s Mill welcomes new parking lot attendant

Valen Yeager, News co-Editor
February 19, 2018
Post-Super Bowl week brings super headlines

Post-Super Bowl week brings super headlines

Jacob Hunt, Dana Gould, Sophia Bender, Kyle Soto, Ian Fertig, and Valen Yeager
February 9, 2018
Groundhog calls it -- six more weeks of headlines

Groundhog calls it — six more weeks of headlines

Jacob Hunt, Valen Yeager, Hayeon Choi, Caylee Cicero, Ian Fertig, and Brock Spence
February 3, 2018
Chaos throughout the universe

Chaos throughout the universe

Jacob Hunt, Valen Yeager, Sophia Bender, Liza Eubanks, and Ian Fertig
January 15, 2018
Denise Hopper

Denise Hopper

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
December 8, 2017
Return from break, return of headlines

Return from break, return of headlines

Valen Yeager, Sophia Bender, Caylee Cicero, Liza Eubanks, Ian Fertig, and Ashley Irizarry
December 2, 2017
A negative news week

A negative news week

Jacob Hunt, Valen Yeager, Sophia Bender, Ian Fertig, Ashley Irizarry, and Brock Spence
November 17, 2017
One of the Samsung wireless fast chargers that charges a phone without a cord. Wireless chargers like these are likely to fly off of the shelves during Black Friday next week, but they may not be worth the money.

Wire(less than expected)

Valen Yeager, News co-Editor
November 17, 2017
Ghoulish happenings and headlines

Ghoulish happenings and headlines

Jacob Hunt, Valen Yeager, Ian Fertig, and Brock Spence
November 5, 2017
A Red Ribbon Week to remember

A Red Ribbon Week to remember

Valen Yeager, Jacob Hunt, Dana Gould, Liza Eubanks, Ian Fertig, and Brock Spence
October 29, 2017
News after a weekend of success

News after a weekend of success

Dana Gould, Liza Eubanks, Brock Spence, and Valen Yeager
October 22, 2017
Weeping news from around the world

Weeping news from around the world

Valen Yeager, Ben Barkley, Sophia Bender, and Ian Fertig
October 8, 2017
A promotional picture for the Harlem Wizards basketball team. The Wizards will face off against the Fayette Force team comprised of students, teachers, and many other members from the around the community.

Harlem Wizards to face off against the Fayette Force

Valen Yeager, News co-Editor
September 27, 2017
A banner hangs in the media center advertising next week’s banned books competition. The competition is open to the whole school. Prizes will include gift cards and even credit toward media center purchases.

Jump on the ‘banned’ wagon

Valen Yeager, News co-Editor
September 22, 2017
Homecoming week headlines

Homecoming week headlines

Ian Fertig, Jacob Hunt, Ashley Irizarry, and Valen Yeager
September 12, 2017
Hurricane Harvey heads the week's headlines

Hurricane Harvey heads the week’s headlines

Ben Barkley, Jacob Hunt, Brock Spence, and Valen Yeager
September 4, 2017
A dark week in news

A dark week in news

Ben Barkley, Sophia Bender, Jacob Hunt, Brock Spence, and Valen Yeager
August 26, 2017
Starr’s Mill technology teacher Jonathan Winkjer holds the official certificate verifying that Starr’s Mill is now in the Guinness Book of World Records. Around two years ago, the Starr’s Mill technology department succeeded in taking the world record for the longest chain of pipe cleaners.

Starr’s Mill cleans its way into the record books

Valen Yeager, News co-Editor
August 21, 2017
News around the world...and beyond

News around the world…and beyond

Caylee Cicero, Ian Fertig, Jacob Hunt, and Valen Yeager
August 18, 2017
U.S. history teacher Jon Gloer at the Close Up hall of fame induction. Gloer became the fourth person ever to be inducted, and the first from Georgia.

History teacher inducted into Close Up hall of fame

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
May 4, 2017
A killer week in the news

A killer week in the news

Jacob Hunt and Valen Yeager
April 24, 2017
Both economics teams and their sponsor Mark Decourcy stand in front of the Federal Reserve in Atlanta. The Econ Challenge was held there last week. The Starr’s Mill’s teams placed fourth in one division and seventh in another.

Starr’s Mill’s seniors battle it out at annual Econ Challenge

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
March 31, 2017
Mittens the cat happily sits inside a cardboard box, but the actual Schrodinger’s Cat experiment is completely theoretical.

[Photo] I am, and I am not

Abri Hausman, Staff Writer
March 29, 2017
A field trip through the headlines

A field trip through the headlines

Jacob Hunt and Valen Yeager
March 27, 2017
Beware the Ides of the news!

Beware the Ides of the news!

Jacob Hunt and Valen Yeager
March 20, 2017
Beautiful and beastly headlines

Beautiful and beastly headlines

Yuri-Grace Ohashi and Valen Yeager
March 13, 2017
News marches on

News marches on

Kyle Soto and Valen Yeager
March 6, 2017
The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Academic team poses for a picture at the regional competition where they placed third out of 20 teams.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Academic Team qualifies for nationals

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
February 28, 2017
A news week full of politics and Star Wars

A news week full of politics and Star Wars

Valen Yeager and Ashton Long
February 11, 2017
Stream City founder James O’Brien broadcasts from a Panther basketball game. O’Brien’s favorite part about broadcasting is “being able to relay the excitement of the fans in a close ballgame,” O’Brien said.

Stream City brings Panther sports home

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
February 6, 2017
Presidents and precedents in the news

Presidents and precedents in the news

Yuri-Grace Ohashi and Valen Yeager
January 31, 2017
Historic week in the news

Historic week in the news

Jacob Hunt and Valen Yeager
January 22, 2017
News from 'Friday the 13th'

News from ‘Friday the 13th’

Yuri-Grace Ohashi, Mitchell Smith, and Valen Yeager
January 14, 2017
The Starr’s Mill varsity Academic Team shows off their new trophy after their competition at Griffin High School where they won first place. After this competition, the team is heading to the state playoffs at Flowery Branch High School.

Academic Team wins region, qualifies for State

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
December 17, 2016
Political takeover in the news

Political takeover in the news

Yuri-Grace Ohashi, Mitchell Smith, and Valen Yeager
December 5, 2016
Students work to sort and pack boxes for Operation Christmas Child. Boxes like these are sent to locations around the world to give supplies and toys to children in need.

Spanish Club gives a Feliz Navidad to those in need

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
November 19, 2016
Wild week in news

Wild week in news

Yuri-Grace Ohashi, Jacob Hunt, and Valen Yeager
November 14, 2016
Halloween week makes history

Halloween week makes history

Yuri-Grace Ohashi, Spencer Dawson, and Valen Yeager
November 6, 2016
Down and dirty news

Down and dirty news

Yuri-Grace Ohashi, Jacob Hunt, and Valen Yeager
October 30, 2016
Politics and warfare and typhoons, oh my!

Politics and warfare and typhoons, oh my!

Walker Allen, Jacob Hunt, and Valen Yeager
October 24, 2016
Senior National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists Maddison Laney and Aubrey Bennett pose alongside Principal Allen Leonard.

Two seniors named National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
October 14, 2016
Firsts in news, last of September

Firsts in news, last of September

Yuri-Grace Ohashi, Lucie Belvin, Jacob Hunt, and Valen Yeager
October 3, 2016
Homecoming week headlines

Homecoming week headlines

Yuri-Grace Ohashi, Lucie Belvin, and Valen Yeager
September 24, 2016
News covers crowns to crude

News covers crowns to crude

Yuri-Grace Ohashi, Jacob Hunt, and Valen Yeager
September 20, 2016
Shayne Thompson

Shayne Thompson

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
September 10, 2016
Ready to be collected from the school, the Mill’s outdated computer monitors, mice, and modules await their removal. Fayette County plans to move away from stationary computer equipment and toward a long-term, mobile set up.

Out with the old, in with the new

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
August 30, 2016
Substitute teacher Mike Stacey works on World War Two models in his free time. Pictured is a World War Two battleship and aircraft carrier that he built for the Commemorative Air Force museum that is being displayed at the Peachtree City Airport.

Getting to know Mike Stacey

Valen Yeager, Staff writer
May 22, 2016
Math Department

Math Department

Valen Yeager, Staff writer
May 22, 2016
Media specialist Leigh Anne Hanie checks out a book to a student. Students come to the media center everyday to check out books and use the resources available to them, including computer pods and reference sites.

Media Center

Valen Yeager, Staff writer
April 19, 2016
A man samples the Samsung Gear virtual reality headset at the DC Startup Showcase demonstrating the Biz Potential of Virtual Reality. This kind of virtual reality headset has become a favorite for consumers, and this technology is taking hold of the business world.

Virtual reality has real potential

Valen Yeager, Staff writer
March 25, 2016

Hoverbored?

Valen Yeager, Staff writer
February 9, 2016
Kimberly Henkel

Kimberly Henkel

Valen Yeager, Staff Writer
December 18, 2015
Oct. 24, 2015 - Students unroll the pipe cleaners and tape them down to the track so that the pipe cleaners stay in place.

Starr’s Mill breaks world record for longest chain of pipe cleaners

Valen Yeager, Staff writer
December 1, 2015
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