What It Feels Like To Be In Love

Kristina Esdale, Editor-in-Chief
May 15, 2017
Filed under What It Feels Like

Love is hard to describe. I never dated in high school. I only ever dated when I got to college, and even then it was still meaningless to me. Sure, I would like a girl and enjoy her company, but I had never loved a girl I’d dated. I’d never experienced anything beyond the love you feel for ...

Sequoit to Sequoit: Performing Arts V. Visual Arts

Paige Hope and Chloe Grass
May 12, 2017
Filed under Perspectives

The Performing Arts // Paige Hope Ever since I was little, I’ve loved entertaining people. I always tried to make my older sisters laugh, whether that be with impressions, jokes or stories. My best friend and I wrote songs, skits and puppet shows, performing them for our neighbors. I always jumped...

Level the Playing Field

Tom Tom Staff
May 12, 2017
Filed under Editorials

As the school year comes to a close, many seniors are trying to figure out if they have achieved the honor of receiving cum laude. Cum laude is a Latin term that means, “with honor.” Usually, it refers to college students who graduate with high academic achievements; however, a variation was esta...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Look Before You Leap

Kristina Esdale and Jason Wood
May 12, 2017
Filed under Editor's Note, Tom Tom

The title of Editor-in-Chief is one that holds a lot of opportunities for success, but equally as many opportunities for failure. While it may seem as if being the boss only earns you privileges, more often than not, it only earns us criticism. When you’re expected to be the best of the best, failure...

The Origin Of The Coloring Book

Jessica Lamberty, Tom Tom Staff
May 4, 2017
Filed under Columns and Blogs, Uncategorized

Every book is different. The traditional coloring book contains a story line and the pages are meant to stay in order. Some books have perforated edges so they can be removed as individual pages. British artist Joshua Reynolds, Swiss educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi and his student Friedrich Fr�...

What It Feels Like To Act The Part

Anne Wagner, Tom Tom Staff
April 27, 2017
Filed under Sports, What It Feels Like

Softball has been in my family for many generations, so I was bound to be involved in it one way or another. My dad coached college softball, my mom was an assistant coach in college, my sister played travel and high school ball and my uncle is even in the Illinois Hall of Fame for coaching with over 500...

TOM TOM TRIES: Soccer

Emma DeJong and Rachel Beckman
April 26, 2017
Filed under Tom Tom Tries

Rachel Beckman I have never played soccer before, besides the casual passing along the shoreline at the beach and family party backyard games. When I was asked to participate in the Tom Tom Tries event, I was pretty laid back in response, saying that I would love to be a part of the Varsity girls�...

SEQUOIT TO SEQUOIT: Iron Man Vs. Specialist

John Petty and Monica Wilhelm
April 26, 2017
Filed under Perspectives, Sports

John Petty Being an Iron Man is more than just a title. Playing multiple sports holds meaning to this Sequoit and his family. Playing three sports to me is less about the sports by themselves, but more so what they represent. Ever since I was little, my dad had me playing and trying new things all...

ONE|SEQUOIT: Josh Sidare

Rebekah Cartlidge, Digital Director
April 26, 2017
Filed under ONE|SEQUOIT, Tom Tom

EDITORS NOTE: Achilles Heel

Kristina Esdale, Editor-in-Chief
April 26, 2017
Filed under Editor's Note

When I think of my ideal self, I don’t have any weaknesses. I think that goes to say for everyone else, too. When I think of being weak, I think of being insecure. I think of being the kind of person that gets pushed around and walked all over. But most of all, I can’t help but imagine what my poten...

An Open Letter to Seniors

Kyle Whitely, Tom Tom Staff
April 11, 2017
Filed under Columns and Blogs, Open Letters

While senior year can be a long list of lasts, it also harbors a long list of bests. From the last first day of school to the final time one wears their school colors at graduation, senior year can be the best out of the “greatest years." Our minds are so focused on the goal of finishing we often ...

Simple Ways to a Healthy Garden

Chloe Moritz, Tom Tom Staff
April 7, 2017
Filed under Columns and Blogs, Environmental

Spring has arrived, and with it comes the annual gardens that many like to plant. However, April showers are not the only way to keep them thriving. One way to keep a garden looking healthy is by using the right food and fertilizer. A healthy and natural form of fertilizer that can be used for a garden...