Behind the Earbuds

By Lucy Kiefert, Samantha Johnson, and Nancy Siguenza • January 23, 2018

Round Table reporters Lucy Kiefert, Samantha Johnson and Nancy Siguenza take to the halls of Middletown High School to gain insight on the effects of listening to music in school. For a playlist of all songs included in the piece, click here. DISCLAIMER: There is a song in this playlist labeled as explicit, but it contains no vulgarity.

About the Contributors

Lucy Kiefert, Entertainment managing editor

Lucy Kiefert is a senior at Middletown High School who will complete her fourth and fifth semester of journalism this year. When she is not writing for the Round Table website or helping out with the daily broadcast, she can be found practicing her bass or scouring record stores for new music. Though Lucy wants to stay local immediately following high school, she hopes to move to a city in the near future and maintain journalistic writing as a skill she continually hones, as she plans to do with her music.

Samantha Johnson, Fun Feature section editor

Samantha Johnson is a senior at Middletown High School. She has been in journalism two semester previous to this year. She has enjoyed her time in the class and hopes to take what she has learned into the rest of her life and career. Outside of school, Samantha is a singer-songwriter and she performs her music around the Frederick area. She writes, sings, produces, and records all of her music.

Nancy Siguenza, Features staff

Nancy Siguenza is a junior at Middletown High School. She is currently in her second semester of journalism. She plans to continue taking journalism throughout high school. Nancy plays lacrosse for MHS and is planning on playing the sport while attending a four-year college and majoring in business.

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