Assistant band director Bert Groover’s favorite book is “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card. “I like the fantasy of it all, the being in space, the traveling in space, and the detail he provided with his character,” Groover said. “Ender’s Game” is about a young boy named Ender Wiggin who was recruited to go to a training academy that floated in orbit above the Earth. In this battle school he attends, he and his teammates train...

Sophomore Jesiah Lloyd is listening to “Leave the door open” by Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak.  The song was released on March 5, 2021, as a debut song for the power duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak known as Silk Sonic. “Leave the door open” debuted at No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Top 100 and peaked at No. 1. Within its first week, it recorded 27,000 downloads and 23.5 million streams.  “I like his style, his type of music, and...