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December 19th, 2025
MS Girls Basketball
Hear about the middle school boys fought hard for a win. -p. 4 MC is a bad girl
HS Girls How to Prepare Basketball for Santa
Read about how the girls brutally defeated OSHS. - p. 8
MC eats her boogers
Figure out how to properly prepare for Santa! -p. 10
MC’s bus is here
THE BLACK AND GOLD Volume 5 Issue 16 December 19th 2025
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Newspaper Staff
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Editor-in-Chief
Michaela Copeland
Assistant Editor-in-Chief Bella Beems News Editor Laci Burnett
Photo Credit: Sara Kimberley Photo Caption: Band performs for Winter Concert.
Band Performs Winter Concert By: Miley Phillips
Reporters Katlyn Boydston Grayson Moore Photographers Lauraly Lane Josephine Long Designers Ashlynn Bowen Gunner Delp Guest Writer Miley Phillips
The DeKalb High School Band held their Winter concert on Wednesday, December 17. They performed three different pieces. The first was Hymsong Varients, a piece that combined different themes. Then they played a song titled Down by the Salley Gardens. This piece was the slowest out of the three, which, despite that seeming to be simple, was the hardest piece for them to learn. Their third piece was titled A Carmen Christmas. This song tied together multiple different Christmas songs in a festive medley. The band started preparing for this concert in November. They put in work every day at school to put together the best performance they could. Junior Bella Beems said, “I feel it went amazing because everyone worked hard and it showed.” Band director Mrs. King said “The best part of our band performance was hearing how much we have improved in just the last couple days and all of the pieces coming together to form the complete picture. All of the little things we've been working on came together to complete the performance.” The next performance for the band is their contest in March. Students will also start preparing to do solos. They will have another concert in the spring to showcase all of their hard work for the community.
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