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$25,000 FLIGHT INTO THE FUTURE

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WINGS MADE OF MONEY: Principal Damien Pattenaude expresses satisfaction from the great reward Renton High School has just received. Smiling at the Boeing 777 jet airline, later he expressed sentiments that we’ve came together as a school and how far we’d have to go. On Wednesday, Dec. 4 2009 Renton High School received the John D. Warner Excellence in Education award. | Onna Giddens | News Editor Flying high, Renton High School received an unrestricted $25,000 grant on Wednesday, Dec. 4 from the Boeing Company. The letter awarding the money was in an envelope attached to the wing of a model Boeing 777 jet airline, which was in a large, wrapped box.

The school received the $25,000 John D. Warner Excellence in Education award mostly for modeling our school motto: Pride, Tradition and Excellence.

“I think it’s an honor for Renton High School students and staff, and it’s a reflection of the hard work that our staff has done to improve students achievements, Principal Damien Pattenaude said. “We’ve had tremendous success with improved literacy.”

The announcement was made at a

mandatory meeting for all faculty in the school library on Wednesday, December 4 at 2:30 pm. Principal Damien Pattenaude gave a quick introduction to the Renton School District superintendent, who introduced Tim Nowlis, who gave the award.

We were chosen for several reasons: rising academic scores, community support for improving our students’ learning environment, and the leadership qualities of our staff and teachers.

Students and staff are pleased and excited about being recognized.

“I’m glad because it will improve our school,” junior Amada Leung said. “It makes me feel proud to be an Indian.”

Football Coach Terry Metcalf feels proud too. “I feel very good about it,” he said. “We fit the criteria to be the best and we were awarded it. It says a lot about Renton High School and our quest for

excellence in education.”

“It’s letting all the people outside of RHS know about all of the great things going on inside of Renton High School,” Pattenaude said.

Everyone has their own opinion regarding how the money should be spent.

Professional Devolvement Specialist Kjell Rowe agreed with many other students and staff in saying that the money should be invested in our students so that we can continue to improve our test scores and graduations rates, by buying up to date technology and new gym equipment.

“It’s important to remember that we still have a lot of work to do,” Pattenaude continued. “Just because we received this award does mot mean we have arrived.

We need to maintain what we’re doing well and focus on those areas that need improvement.”

ESL classes help language learning students transition | Irene Muller | Story Development Editor Did you know that English is a first language for only 1 billion of over 6 billion people in the world? That’s 5 billion opportunities for a language barrier to stand in the way of commerce, education, and friendship. Lucky for us, Renton High School’s ESL teachers are working hard every day to soften those barriers and make our school a more culturally integrated place.

“My students are just like those in any other class,” long-time ESL teacher Robert Conway said. While the classrooms may all be located in one corner of one hallway, the students who benefit from them are everywhere.

“There are classes all the way from beginning, just a few months in the country, to advanced, which is a few years,” Conway said. Students learn vocabulary and grammar, as well as how and when to use them.

The program is “slowly moving from ESL to ELL,” Conway said. English as a Second Language makes a different native language sound like a handicap, while English Language Learner more accurately communicates that students are merely learning another language, the way students outside the program are learning Spanish or Japanese.

While it is a little more necessary as a life-skill for many incoming students from other countries and cultures, it is still not an effort to replace their heritage with that of the United States. Renton’s English-learning program is one of the many culturally supportive programs offered here.

‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ tryouts coming up in Janurary |Onna Giddens |News Editor Auditions for William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be held in the IPAC on Jan, 14 with call-backs happening on Jan. 15.

The play features three interlocking plots connected by a celebration of the wedding of Duke Theseus of Athens and the Amazonian queen, Hippolyta, and set simultaneously in the woodland, and in the realm of Fairyland, under the moon.

Actors are asked to prepare a oneminute Shakespearian monologue to be read for auditions.

For more information, visit drama teacher Matthew Milton in Room 164.

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Bites.

Big props to Shawn Tramble... ... He scored in the top 3% of more than 160,000 Black Americans who took the PSAT. He was deemed an Outstanding Participant in the National Achievers Scholarship Program. Congratulations.

Paulette Manson... ... Is the Renton Rotary Teacher of the Month of November; she was selected due to her transformation of the art program.

Congratulation Paulette Parent Conferences... ... Are on Monday, Nov. 23 from 1:30 to 4:30 ASB... ... Is putting together a food drive. The advisory who gets the most points will get a pizza party, while grade levels as a whole are competing for money for their class.

10points: small foods ex: cup of noodles, Jell-O packets, powder milk 20 points canned foods: example soups fruits, veggies, canned meat, 30 Points boxed foods, bagged food, baby foods ex: rice, cereal, dessert mix, bars Food will be picked up from each advisory Nov. 19. Advisories are responsible for counting their own points. The food drive started Nov. 9; students have until Nov. 27 to collect points. Catch the giving spirit and bring some food to help a family out in need.

Key Club... ... Is a community service club and it helps develop leadership skills in those who participate in it. It’s run by the students and for the students. Just ask Key Club President Amy Chow. If you want to become more active in your community then Key Club is the way to go. Meetings are held every Wednesday in Room 367 at 2:15 till 2:30.

Robert Conway is the Key Club advisor.

ASL Club... ... Is for learning more about deaf culture.

The club will be having social meetings with other high school ASL clubs, competing in competitions, and going to deaf community events. The club will be meeting every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. If you have any questions or are interested in joining the ASL Club, please contact Jessica Phillips in Room 161.

FBLA... ...“You can become the Bill Gates of Today!

That’s our Motto,” FBLA Treasurer Sueanne Phan said. FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) is a proactive club to help out with public speaking skills and making your own business. “It’s a really fun club to join and we welcome everyone,” Phan said.

Meetings are the first Thursday of every month at 2:15pm in Eric Hougan’s room.

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Mariko Tabile and Mary Nguyen examine the “Support Our Troops” wall before leaving school, Nov 13. “My cousin is in the army so our family is really supportive of all the troops. We send letters to our family, and we also have a bumper sticker on the back of our car that says ‘Support Our Troops.’” Tabile said. The support our troops poster is located in the commons.

Freshmen fly high with Ignite

Appeals process null and void

Feeling down?

Look up to the nurse

“I would consider class of 2013 one of the luckiest classes in Renton High School,”executive mentor Billy Nong said.

“We didn’t have anyone to help our transition from middle school to high school.”

Ignite is an effective program that takes upper classmen students (sophomores, juniors, and seniors) and places them with freshmen to help their first year in high school be successful and exciting.

This club consists of over 40 mentors with 11 executive mentors: Briona Harrington, Max Dang, Louis Brown, Jaron Dickson, Jennifer Hoang, Vinnie Nguyen, Billy Nong, Anna Vu, Darrell Lagmay, Scott Saephan, and Suanne Pham.

Ignite Mentors meet every Friday morning to train and learn their lesson for the following Wednesday. Mentors meet with their freshman mentees every Wednesday during Power Hour. Students are very interactive with the mentors.

Twelve absences will no longer determine if you lose credit or not. The district changed the rule this school year.

“I think we should have kept to the same policy, but I’m always up for change. Change is good,” Attendance Angela Spates said, “but the old way set a standard.”

For those of who don’t know what appeals were: When a student officially lost credit, an appeal was her last resort for credit retrieval. She stood before a panel of teachers and persuaded them to grant her the credit.

However, lacking a legitimate reason as to why her credit should be granted, the faculty might have chosen to revoke said credit. After an agonizing wait of 1-3 days an administrator personally delivered the news.

As of this year, this system is no longer in place and does apply to RHS students.

You enter a white room with two beds and health posters everywhere. Then you see health pamphlets, a box of tissues on the counter top and a garbage can next to the counter. This is our school nurses’ office, a place for injured and, sometimes, excuse- or reason-ridden students.

“I’m tired because I didn’t get enough sleep or I’m hungry, or I have a pain,” Nurse Joanie Lyke said, recalling some of the reasons students have for visiting.

The nurse strives to help students to the best of her ability. It’s not Children’s or Swedish, but it is a place you will be safe and sound, whether you need an ice pack or even a place to talk.

“I feel it’s good that students should have someone to talk to whether it’s their parents, counselor or grandparents,” Lyke said.

| Louis Brown | Staff Reporter

| Olivia Fry | Photography Editor

| Rochelle Mascey | Portraits Editor

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GOT MY VANS ON |Rochelle Mascey |Protraits Editor

Dean Wohlers, Freshman

Loriescha Dowell-Holloway, Sophomore

Trenique Catlepp, Junior

Josef Antonio, Senior

Price / store: $50/ Industrial Ride Shop

Price / store: $60/ A store in Tulalip

Price / store: $41/ Zumiez

Price / store: $5/ Value Village

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“Purple is my favorite color and while I was in the store these really caught my eye.”

“My favorite color is red and I needed some more red shoes.”

“This is the filthiest color of Vans I’ve ever seen.”

“Uh because I’m used to wearing vans and I like the way they feel and fit.

“I haven’t owned a pair of vans before.”

“Vans are sexy, who doesn’t wear Vans.”

“Vans aren’t only the most comfortable shoes but they’re also the cheapest and you could buy like 3 pairs of Vans instead of like one top brand shoe like Nikes, so I think it’s like deals on wheels.

“My dad wanted to take me and my sister shopping there.”

“Oh cause I was already in Zumiez getting a t-shirt and I saw the Vans and I had to get them.”

“Umm well I used to skateboard in vans and it was just a smooth ride when I skateboarded.”

“I just wanted them because I like the style and I like hi-top shoes.”

“Cause I have big feet and slip-ons and authentic ones don’t fit. They fit perfect.”

Story: “Well once I was walking in a construction site and I was wearing my favorite pair. Then I walked in a mud spot and my shoe was filled with mud.”

Story: “When I was at the store, vans are usually $40 to $50 and the lady who worked there told me I could get 10% off if I bought the socks and I still ended up paying $60 because the socks were $10 and the shoes were $50.

So I should’ve just paid $60 for just the shoes. Well at least I got some socks too.”

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“I don’t know, actually they’re the only shoes I find comfortable and they still look good with my skinny jeans.”

Story: “It was my cousin Zianiyah and a couple of my other cousins. We were in the car and I heard the song “You’re a jerk. And my cousin’s were like: “You don’t know how to jerk? And I said no can you teach me how to jerk. So the first time I learned how to jerk I was wearing those shoes. And I didn’t feel left out when I went to the party.”

“Why I like slip-on Vans are they don’t have laces and you can utlize your laziness. You can put on flip flops but they won’t be as comfortable as a pair of Vans.”

Story: “I was running outside and it was raining and as I was running my foot slipped out of my shoe and I kept running, not realizing that my shoe came off. I kept running and I ran in a puddle then I looked back and my shoe was completely soaked, that’s how comfortable Vans are.”

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LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT STYLES AND PEOPLE | RANDOM STUDENTS POLLED

RHSPS360!

SWAG [swag] -Noun

1. “What makes you who you are.” [Kyle Yoon] 2. “The way you walk, talk and carry yourself and appearance.” [Deidre Johnson] 3. “Your self confidence and they way you present yourself and dig what you wear.”[Tasha Jackson] Kyle Yoon, Freshman “I like to wear a plain white T-shirt and some jeans on a daily basis.”

Charlie Nguyen, Freshman “I like to wear anything with Vans.”

Tasha Jackson, Sophomore “The weather inspires me to wear what I wear everyday.”

| Angel Gabuat |Opinions Editor

Welcome players to RHSPS360! The #1 Video game in all of King County (not really). Before entering the game you must go through the tutorial, the process in which tips are given to you about the game, this is called “orientation”.

Level 1

After going through tutorial and gathering as much information as your memory card can contain, you will begin the first level a.k.a “freshman”. After learning the basic of the map and getting to know your teammates (fellow classmates), you will then progress to level 2, “sophomores”.

Level 2

This level will help you get to know people in the video game, if your teammates haven’t betrayed you, (for example: ask to be your lab partner, then steal all your ideas and works to claim it as their own), keep them safe, they’re just as valuable as your lives and could help you later on in the long run. Stay clear from mindless zombies wandering the halls, they’re well known for distracting you and your guild (class). Some zombies may look familiar, like old friends of some sort, well that’s because they are. After all, where else would the disloyal teammates go? Always focus on missions to earn gold (if this were high school these would be a reference toward “credits”, good thing it’s not though). When obtaining a certain amount of gold (it really is a reference for credits), you shall reach level 3-”junior”.

Level 3

Once you have reached this level you shall have gathered enough gear (best works) throughout the levels to put together enough information to journey and defeat the boss, once obtaining a different amount of gold coins you will move on to the final level. Level 4: “senior”.

Joseph Powell, Senior “My swag is L.O., original, HyPHy. I get my swag from my lifestyle. It’s me & I’m Amanda Hlaing, confident.

Sophomore “Plain and simple, barely any design. Skinny jeans, tight shirts, flats, Vans, and Jordans.” |Thao Nguyen | A&E Editor

Level 4

Begin training and organizing to defeat the Boss (culminating portfolio) in order to win and find freedom. With the powers of informative knowledge, the culminating portfolio will be an easy victory.

Thus winning your final reward, the key to freedom, your HSD(high school diploma). Get ready to begin player, and good luck.

Deidre Johnson, Senior “If I’m really feeling myself, I’ll wear skinnies or leggings with a cute shirt.”

Jakari Armstrong, Sophomore “My swag is A’ight. Some Air Christian Naylor, forces/Jordans. Some pants with design on Junior pockets. A polo shirt “It all came from a long time ago, with a jacket, with some hyphy glasses I came out of the with the lenses popped womb like this. My out, with a beanie cap swag, it’s L.O.” or fitted hat.”

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QUIZ: Am I A Creeper? Or ... ?

|Irene Muller |Story Development & Packaging Editor

What’s In Your Underwear Drawer?

A) Random stuff you can’t find a place for when you’re cleaning your room.

B) Ummm, underwear? Duh. C) Socks, underwear, things you don’t want your parents to find.

D) Pictures and other people’s clothes.

Who regularly makes appearances in your dreams?

A) The Geico gecko.

B) Your sweetie.

C) Friends from school, that one person you’ve sort of had my eye on…

D) My older sister.

How do you feel about school dances?

A) You dance with all your friends, maybe go to a couple parties after. They’re alright.

B) They’re so much fun! You love dressing up and taking lots of pictures.

C) You’ll probably trip over yourself and fall at least once before the night’s over, but otherwise, they’re ok.

D) You just sit back and check out the hotties.

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Who’s On Your Speed Dial?

A) Pizza Hut, your boss, your mom, your cousin…

B) Your significant other, your best friend, your mom, your dad.

C) The usual family and closer friends, and your crush on #9 but you never have the guts to call.

D) All the cute girls/guys in your advisory, your best friend’s boyfriend, and the local taxi service.

When was the last time you cried really hard?

A) When MJ died.

B) The last time you got in a fight with your bf/gf C) The last time you made a total fool out of yourself in front of the entire school. At least, it felt like the entire school.

D) Your computer died in the middle of a WoW raid.

What Were You Doing at 2 AM? A) Sleeping. ____ year is killer.

B) On the phone with your boo still, nobody wanted to hang up first.

C) Writing a song, reading, on the phone with a friend.

D) Looking at vague acquaintances’ Facebook pictures and rating them on a scale of random hook up to life partner.

When was the last time you ran?

A) Football practice, soccer practice, or the last time you went jogging.

B) Running to class, spent too long in the hallway snuggling with your hunny.

C) After the bus this morning.

You were late. Again.

D) From the cops. Apparently there are shades on hotel windows for a reason. Who knew?

OK, It’s Saturday Night. You’re…

A) Paintballing, at the movies with some friends, catching up on homework, whatever happens, happens.

B) Baking someone a birthday cake, having The Hills marathon or snuggling with your sweetie.

C) Fixing the window screen you broke while sneaking out last weekend.

D) Staring in your cute next-door neighbor’s window.

ANSWER KEY Mostly A’s = Not interested. Who knows if you’re a creep? You’re so uninterested in dating and catching that “Special someone’s” eye that you could be a robot, for all we know.

Mostly B’s = you could probably stand to be a little MORE creepy. Well, exciting, anyway. Try something new or unexpected. There’s more to life than getting what you want and settling down.

Mostly C’s = You’re a little rough around the edge, and put your foot in your mouth in front of your crush, but you’re not too bad. Overall, you have good intentions. You’re just a little rusty on the execution.

Mostly D’s = Whoaaaaa there. Back up. You need to go find a hobby and/or a therapist. The way to a girl/boy’s heart is not through a restraining order.

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I Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me... | Karyn Johnson | Business Manager

NAME: Ken Sapalicio Former RHS student STORY: “A girl who I went out with for 3 weeks was the type to fall into puppy love. This means, you think you are in love, but you don’t know what love is yet. After I broke up with her, the only ways she could keep in touch with me was by hanging out with my friends to try and make me jealous.

This went on for two months until I ran out of friends she could go out with. She called me one night and pretended she was somebody else and told me to meet her up at the mall and it ended up being her that I see.

And then she tells me a false story that she’s pregnant.”

Anti-Stalker Tip # 1: First things first, you shouldn’t homey hop. If a girl has to pretend to be somebody else on the phone to talk to someone, it’s probably because they didn’t want to talk to you in the first place and don’t tell fake stories or false facts about yourself because they always end up biting you in the back. What goes around comes around. Be careful.

STORY: “Her parents heard of me and she told me that they liked me. She tells me that I have to meet up with them. It made me feel obligated to have to stay with her or rather take her back and then I found out a week later it’s all a lie. After I had found out, she tried to or she acted as if she was fine with it. Later, I found out she had pictures of me hanging out with my friends, I confronted her about it, and she said she just happened to be there and she thought it would be funny.”

Anti-Stalker Tip # 2: Following someone around is really creepy, but secretly taking pictures of someone is way beyond creepy; really weird and not funny at all.

Don’t do it.

STORY: “She started talking to her friend afterwards and telling them to flirt with me on the phone, while she would secretly be on the other line to see if I would flirt back. If I did, she would yell at me out of nowhere, so I would hang up and she

would call me over and over, repeatedly and she did that with more than one friend and it went on for a few months. Dang that is creepy.”

Anti-Stalker Tip # 3: Using your friends to play mind games on the person you like is unproductive. Using your friends to flirt with them is really unnecessary and annoying. Doing that repeatedly for months is quite an unhealthy obsession. ____________________________________ NAME: Christine Pham Junior at RHS STORY: “I went to an after school club at my old school; Interlake high school.

I met this really, cute guy named Jimmy.

He was charming, smart and he had a car. He and I hit it off. Later that night he called me. I didn’t remember giving him my number at all. He said some girl named Katie gave it to him. We talked on the phone for about 2 hours then I had to go and get ready for work. The next day, I saw him waiting for me at my locker and he offered to walk me to class, which I thought was kind of sweet, but I was also feeling this weird vibe from him.”

Anti-Stalker Tip # 4: If you ever get a weird vibe from a guy or girl or you feel uncomfortable with them, don’t leave yourself too vulnerable and keep your guard up at all times. Stranger Danger.

STORY: “Him calling me and waiting for me was starting to become this daily routine and I was getting freaked out a bit from it. Thank god, we had different lunches. One weekend he showed up to my workplace. Which was really weird because I don’t even remember telling him where and when I worked and he somehow knew the exact hours I worked and showed up every time.”

Anti-Stalker Tip # 5: Start getting your beefy manly friends to follow you around girls. Okay, well maybe you should start carrying around pepper spray if you feel uncomfortable. Being prepared for any situation like this is good, that’s why

I always carry, my handy dandy notebook (spray).

STORY: “I called up my best friend to take care of him and he told Jimmy off, but it made matters worse. He would then appear every morning at my aunt’s house wondering if he could drive me to school.

Every time I would say no, he would throw this really big fit. My best friend slept over at my house that night and threatened to beat him up and call the cops. He stopped talking to me after that.”

Anti-Stalker Tip # 6: Sometimes it may be a weird guy just with a crush, but if it gets to the point where you feel unsafe, you should always inform higher security like your parents, the police and you should buy a big guard dog, just in case for more safety. ____________________________________ NAME: Kevin Villaluz Junior at RHS STORY: “I went to Franklin high school freshman year and I met a girl. She was kinda shy, but I started to get to know her and she was pretty cool. We started dating, but she started becoming way overprotective. So, I broke up with her. After freshman year, I transferred to Renton high school and I didn’t see her or talk to her since I transferred. One Friday it was my friends’ birthday party “revenge of the nerds.” I was really siked about it. I went to harambee early to help set up the party.

As the people started waiting outside in line I saw my ex with her friends and I didn’t think much about it cause I was there to have fun. Near the end of the party as I was dancing, the next thing all I hear is Vinnie saying, “Kevin, run!” I turned and I see my ex storming towards me and I froze. The first thing that I could think of was “I gotta get out of here.”

Anti-Stalker Tip # 7: When someone is becoming a little too over protective over someone, then you know it may be time to move on or to talk to the other person about it to get things straightened up.

When Vinnie says run, you better run. You

shouldn’t over react if your ex is coming towards you, just be prepared to defend yourself.

STORY: “I didn’t see her after the party and I didn’t talk to her for about a week.

That’s when it started getting hectic. One night at 1 am I get a phone call and a quiet voice says,”I’ll love you now and always.”

And then hung up. It was so scary! The following morning, I went to Costco with my grandparents and as I’m walking by myself to get what I want, the whole aisle I was in was empty, nobody was there, but when I turned I saw my ex standing there and then walked to the side and left. It was hella creepy. I started to panic and I ran to my grandparents.”

Anti-Stalker Tip # 8: Following someone to a big store like Costco isn’t cute and it won’t win anyone back. Follow a different approach, like maybe you know, not following them anywhere.

STORY: “I got a phone call from one of her friends one day and they said she was prego. I went to see her to get stuff straightened out. I brought her to take a pregnancy test and she told me it was negative which meant she wasn’t prego. I was happy, so I didn’t talk to her cause I didn’t want to be a part of her life. Then she goes and tells me she thinks she read the results wrong. I thought she was lying so I ignored her. The following night I got phone calls from her. She was like “You have to take responsibility. You’re going to be a dad and we’re going to be a big happy family.” After that phone call, I found out she wasn’t pregnant, so I completely cut off all connection with her. The scary part is I still get phone calls.”

Anti-Stalker Tip # 9: Pretending to be something you’re not (pregnant) is actually pretty stupid and calling someone repeatedly and constantly when they don’t even want to talk to you is the 1st step to stalking, it will get you nowhere.

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Maria Duque strives to be one of the ordinaries of her school | Shaheed Rashid | Story Development

In theory, how you dress is quite possibly the easiest way to fit in.

“Yea, I think I did [follow the fad],” Duque said. “Gap, Espirit, brand names became real big back then.”

On second thought, maybe partying is alright too.

“Yea, I went to parties,” Duque said, while nervously chuckling and briefly reminiscing.

Perhaps another way to be “in”; shake your booty with the person next to you! Okay that might be a little extreme. How about something simpler, like, joining a variety of clubs.

“I joined plenty of clubs.

Like NHS and Drama clubs,” Pre-Calculus teacher Maria Duque said, “also, energy conversation groups and close-up

club. On the flip side from Haag, who seem ably was everywhere at the same time, Maria Duque was more the type to blend in with the crowd. “[But I regret] not joining sports. I liked tennis and cross country but I didn’t live in the district,” she continued, “Of course I didn’t want them to find out so I couldn’t join.”

Fortunately, fitting in can come to you naturally, for better or for worse.

“It was freshman year and I was supposed to have Algebra 1, but they put me in Pre-Algebra.

I soon realized that I needed to have Pre-Calculus at the least to go to college,” Duque said. “I just didn’t challenge myself and had to double up junior year.”

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Stress to the square root

Rosemary Shaw deals with an immense heartbreak

| Brenden Dowd | Co-Editor-in-Chief

When Algebra teacher Rosemary Shaw was 15, she thought her mom was going to die.

“My mom had cancer. It was a weird thing, she had a heart condition and they said she had two years to live… [they found the cancer and] they said they could probably treat the heart but not the cancer,” Shaw said. “But she lasted 4 years, all through high school.

“I was 19,” she continued.

“It’s funny because people who knew me in junior high school talk about me differently than the people in high school. Which is why I’m patient with kids now.

You never know what they’re going through at home.”

Her high school life was affected by it, and how she acted

around her peers. It affected her friends’ memoires of her as well.

Shaw was “quiet [and] shy.

Whole world truth, my mom was dying and when kids go through that they don’t know what to say. It wasn’t the best of times.”

She constantly felt she might provoke her mom’s illness by stressing her mom out.

“I was so boring in high school.

Even when I skipped, I shopped and went home. I was boring. I didn’t want to upset my mom.”

Shaw’s memories of her mother guided her through college.

“Even when I started getting a little wild in college I wondered what would happen if my mom walked in. She died my freshman year.”

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math department faculty describe their experiences as teenagers in high l. It adds up to a diversity and complexity congruent to the average teen.

Exponential, smart silliness

Stacey Snyder compensates for mischievous behiavor | Thao Nguyen | A&E Editor In math, everything has to be in perfect order to get the right answer.

Creative, divergent Geometry teacher Stacey Snyder breaks that formula. She has the heart of a kid and the personality of a goof. As a teacher, students love her because she motivates and entertains, but as a kid her silliness sometimes got her in trouble.

“I got in trouble all the time in high school,” Stacey Snyder said. “I got caught in the boy’s locker room.”

The principle called Snyder’s parents, and her parents grounded her.

Despite her seeming ability to get along with everyone now, it wasn’t always like this for Snyder. Like many teens, she

went through a phase where she disliked her parents. She didn’t always trust her parents or think of them as friends.

“I remember I told my parents I was going for an eight mile run,” Snyder said, “but I went to my friend’s house to hang out instead.”

Snyder may learn important life lessons over the years, but some significant pieces of her will never change.

“I still love math, smile a lot and I’m still a little crazy,” Snyder said.

Sports at 7pm, Party at 10pm Jo-Dell Haag persevered against false predictions | Shaheed Rashid | Story Development It wasn’t all work and no play for Haag in high school. Consider her graduation party “Crazy people were there,” AP Statistics teachers Jo-Dell Haag said, recalling her past.

“Everyone was acting really uninhibited because school was all over.”

Haag wasn’t a chief contributor to the ruckus.

“Not too much, [I] mostly observed,” she said.

She observed so much, she sometimes missed curfew.

“I remember there being no adults present at one party. I suppose I was having too much fun. I was probably grounded for, like, a week.

“My best friends’ brother was in a band,” she continued.

“They played music in the basement and people danced. I went

to quite a few of those.”

More than a socialite, Haag was also on the forefront of female athleticism.

In fact, she won an award for most athletic female out of 600 other female students.

“I was very athletic and involved in many sports,” Haag said. “The district had this thing where they began to open up many new sports for females so I joined a whole lot of them: soccer, softball, basketball, track, volleyball, and gymnastics.”

She thought she would be known post-graduation for her athleticism but she was instead “remembered as smart,” a reputation she didn’t predict or foresee.

“I didn’t expect to be ‘the smart one’ being that I received that award,” Haag said. “I never thought that would happen.”

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OPINIONS

Thumbs down to:

Thumbs Up to:

...the Ignite mentorship program.

Ignite has been really helping the freshman class get used to our school and understand how everything works around here. Good job, Ignite.

Re-appealed.

Appeals finally got repealed, and that’s a good thing for a couple of reasons. Three, exactly.

First, there are valid reasons for missing school: leukemia and radiation treatments, for example, or even just having a regular cold.

Missing a day or two for a regular cold will add up if you have a cold several times throughout the year, a possibility with all those secret handshakes going around. Or a student might miss half a day going to a doctor’s appointment.

Plus, when your president pleads on television for you to stay home when you’re sick, you feel like it’s your patriotic duty to stay home. You would be un-American, after all, if you came to school sniffling and carrying tissues.

Even family vacations can be valid reasons for absences. Nine times out of ten you’re forced to be there anyway. You’d probably much rather be at school than at some stuffy retirement home smelling like Bingo Hall, visiting Great Aunt Matilda who is deaf and can’t hear what you’re saying.

Annual check-ups and family devotion should be rewarded, not punished.

Second, even the no-good skippers may deserve their credit.

Think about it: If you can miss twelve days of school and still get a decent grade, more power to you. You worked hard, had to play catch up and turned in missed assignments you probably didn’t get full credit for since they were late.

Third, you shouldn’t be academically evaluated on your behaviors in the first place.

Every year, on every course syllabus, in every classroom a teacher breaks down their grading system. You get x amount for quizzes, x amount for projects, etc. and of course, participation. You are graded on anything from speaking up in discussions to bringing a planner to class everyday to finally, and most insultingly, whether or not you actually show up and sit there. Attendance.

Attendance is a behavior and maybe there should be repercussions for not showing up. That repercussion, however, should not have to do with our grades or credits.

RSD administrators thought this too. Thanks.

...the number of average tardies going down. There have been less tardies this year (average, per day) than in the past. This may be due to administrators being consistent about getting everyone to class on time. (We hate to admit it, but the yelling at us to get to class actually helps.)

...the unfortunate schedule changes.

From school starting 15 minutes earlier than last year, to lunch being cut down, to late-start Fridays not starting so, well, late, students are constantly in a rush.

Yes, we understand this helps us get more education in, but if we are too tired or too hungry to pay attention is it really helping?

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Thumbs Down to: ...the unenforced freak dancing.

Although it was said that freak dancing would not be allowed at Homecoming, the rules were not enforced, and the rules themselves were vague. When freakers were caught, the only thing that happened was that an adult flashed a light in their faces.

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They are there to hold the place of an absent teacher, thus keep the class in order, follow the lesson plan they are given, and make sure that all the students abide by the regular rules of the classroom and school.

Why, then, have so many substitute teachers failed so successfully at this simple task?

A Call to Action by Shaheed Rashid

Not all substitutes display a behavior of negligence to keep the class in order, unfortunately, there are some who fit that character, in fact; I have come across a few of them. And it bothers me to an extent that they couldn’t take the action necessary to maintain the class when it got out of control.

Situation: You walk into your 4th period class.

You’re already irritated so far because the day is only half over and you haven’t had lunch yet. You missed breakfast and 4th period isn’t necessarily your favorite class; the only exception is that you actually enjoy this teacher. However, to your utter disbelief and dismay you see a substitute. Rolling your eyes you go and sit down and resume your attitude as before.

Almost 15 minutes after the class bell has rung, the class begins to realize that the sub isn’t too much on the disciplinarian side and they take over the class. People are talking and laughing and not paying attention and out of their seats and lying to the sub, and there you sit in the corner immensely annoyed. The substitute soon understands that there isn’t anything they can do and retreat to the behavior that “If I don’t teach, those damn kids can’t learn so hmph!!”, thus arousing your inner beast. Now the only choice you have is to close your books in frustration and wait for the bell to ring so you can escape the chaotic haven of unprofessional classroom ordinance.

These circumstances stimulate too much familiarity, peculiarity, irregularity; all at the same time. Why should a student have to feel irritated and/or frustrated because a substitute failed to

follow simple protocol? They shouldn’t, enough said.

Although some substitutes may argue that walking into uncharted territory each day or not knowing what to expect makes subbing hard, that doesn’t justify the actions that are displayed to students who appreciate a functioning and productive classroom.

“It’s so frustrating. I just stop working when they just sit there. I get real frustrated,” Sophomore Ashlee Tofteland said. Students shouldn’t feel frustrated in class because a substitute failed to keep the class in order and let the students do as they please. It’s unfair and a tad bit disrespectful.

Why would a substitute even come to the classroom and except the lesson plan if all they are going to is let the class do whatever; especially when students are repeatedly trying to get them to do something?

If you ask me, don’t even come, it’s as if the sub is invisible or oblivious to what’s going on, so why even come? This doesn’t mean to not show up at all.

No, show up but do something; something that will actually facilitate the production of a productive classroom. If that means utilize the disciplinarian steps like kicking them out of class or security then you need to use it.

At the same time, subbing can be hard and I respect their effort. From bad lesson planning by teachers that leave the subs clueless to students lying about how they have endless bathroom passes; substitutes in truth go through a bunch of trouble.

Sometimes, but more often than never do students get off task when they realize that a sub is in

control for the day. The fact that students only see their sub for 50-60 minutes throughout the entire day may have an effect on their behavior.

We have to remember that they are walking into a room full of complete strangers who have strengthened bonds with each other since the beginning of the school year or prior. Subs don’t have that bond with students. Therefore, this could be another reason that students take advantage of subs. And even sometimes the teachers can contribute to the strife that subs feel. By not creating clear lesson plans for the subs to attend to. Simple things like a roster of all the students’ faces and their names next to it can help the sub construct a bond; that same bond that they don’t have but so desperately need.

But just because these things are true, they don’t give leeway for the sub to do whatever they feel. Or sit there when the class gets out of hand.

It’s up to the substitutes to maintain the class when the stable teachers are present; this includes making sure that every student in the class feels like they are respected and comfortable. I admit that sometimes I have even got off task, but there isn’t an excuse for not upholding the duty that you was called to do. This is more than an exaggerated opinion people; it’s a call to action.

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LESSONS

12 Things to make your locker feel like home.

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01. Mini fridgeYou might have food that says “Keep Refrigerated”. No problem!

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12 02. Portable DVD player- Enough with the American Revolution movies!

Watch what you want, when you want. That’s what “portable” is all about, right?

03. RottweilerBullies might try to break into your locker. No worries, your guard dog 04. Heater/Air will protect you. conditioning- You can’t control the temperature of the school, but you can 05. TV- Missing keep your locker just “Everybody Hates the way you like it.

Chris” because you’re stuck at school? Nah. Check it out; all your favorite shows, just a 06. Electrical Socketlocker combo Say goodbye to those away.

“Low Battery” crises, thanks to your handy in-locker socket.

You can charge your phone anytime.

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2. Food and DrinkYou might miss breakfast. Passing period is the perfect time to grab a quick snack.

3. Pillow and BlanketAlthough you can’t really sleep in your locker, it will still feel like home if you have your Pillow and fleece.

4. Pets- You might get lonely sometimes.

Pets are always there to keep you company.

(Or, you know, stuffed animals work, too.)

5. Comb, Brush, and Toothbrush- Your hair might be jacked up (that’s when the mirror comes in handy) or you might have had a tuna sandwich for lunch, which is when the toothbrush comes in handy.

6. Box of Kleenex- You might have a HUGE booger in your nose, but there is no tissue in the rest room!

7. Tampons - Even if you never need them, someone else might.

8. Deodorant- In case you just left P.E. Or forgot to put some on today.

9. Clothes- Your tampon might not work well enough.

This is where your extra clothes come in handy.

10. WallpaperDecorating your locker will really set everything off. It’s the perfect touch in making your locker feel like home. (Hint: the latest copy of ARROW looks great!)

11. Air freshenerYou can leave your old P.E. Clothes in here for months, and no one will know!

12. ‘Happy Birthday’ cards - Oh, crap! You forgot your friend’s birthday?! No worries, you have an extra.

reassurance.

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1. Mirror- You never know when you’re having an “off” day, it’ll provide some welcome

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Faces

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Senior, Albert Du Caterpillar Roll

Senior, Tamthy Le Crab Salad

Senior, Kevin Ream Tuna Roll

Junior, Joanne Bie Cucumber Roll

Junior, Vinnie Nguyen Spicy Tuna Roll

Junior, Amanda Leung Godzilla Roll

Sophomore, Mary Binongcal Sashimi

Sophomore, Evan Pienh Salmon Roll

Sophomore, Loan Nguyen Inari

Freshmen, Alec Mac Rainbows and Ponies

Freshmen, Michelle Terpstra California Roll

Freshmen, Charlie Nguyen Shrimp Tempura Roll

Senior, Wanda Saechin House Special

Junior, Joe Vo Spider Roll

Sophomore, Ak Sterling Cherry Blossom Roll

Freshmen, Hannah Willoughby Crab & Cucumber Roll Olivia Fry, Julian Staples, and Mindy Saeteurn Graphic

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Caught between a Wall and a Bonding Place

The Cross Country Team bonds with a game of wall- ball before pratice |Ajane Burnley |Editor in Cheif

“Are the cheerleaders up there?” a group of guys ask as they rush up stairs. I tell them no and ask why they are going up there, to which they respond “Cuz we’re cool.”

Since winning scores are determined by individual times, you’d expect the cross country boys to do their own thing. They don’t really need each other to qualify for state so they wouldn’t have a strong bond. It’s actually the opposite. The cross country guys were a pretty close group of friends. You can find them playing wall ball in the wrestling gym, just up a flight of stairs near the boys’ locker room. “You escape with wall ball. 20 minutes before practice starts we go up and play wall ball,” Boy’s Cross Country Captain,

Albert Du said. He very eagerly ran up the stairs to join the wall ball game. Du makes a strange, indescribable face through the window. Everyone is laughing and appears to be having a good time. The boys make full use of the gym, using the whole wall as their wall ball court. “We play ‘til Winmill gets here,” Cross Country runner, Nick Markham said.

Not all of the guys participate in the wall ball festivities. “Those are nubz upstairs,” senior runner Jimmy Louangsyyotha referred to the guys who play wall ball. He also said, “We’re the cool kids.” This was all said in good humor.

They are a fun-loving bunch, joking around and laughing. They were very comfortable with each other. “We bond,” Runner Dennis Dang said. There’s nothing like a good bromance.

Male-bonding is a beautiful thing.

Gridiron Family

The football team describes how they`ve gotten closer than any other year | Hayley Brunk | Copy Editor At 6:25 pm the Indians were on the field warming up and doing their drills before the game started. The nights were very chilly and the sky is at the sunset point of the sun going down. The Friday nights lights were shinning on the Indians for battle against their other opponents.

“I’m expecting us to come out playing hard, try our best, have fun, and win this game, Play Indian ball.” Senior Quarterback Jaron Dickson said.

Dickson has been striving to learn the plays and be sure that their teammates are running their routes right. They even make sure that their linemen (The Big Dogs) are opening gaps for their running backs to run and blocking their quarterback while in

possession of the ball.

“Yeah, we help each other out even if we don’t want to hear it but now we’re more like a family than just a team because we hang out during practice or at school during lunch” Dickson said.

The team has improved immensely this past year; they are a group of dedicated boys who are now more like brothers than a mere team. The team isn’t only improving as a whole, but as individuals as well.

“I improved a lot. In rushing I went from third to almost leading the state.”

Middle linebacker Joseph Watson said.

Watson hasn’t been the only one making improvements. Half back and linebacker Travino buckly has made 47 tackles and 9.5 sacks in this season alone.

“I have at least more than 500 rushing yards this year, tried my very best of looking at opening gaps and making sure the defense of shack is good,” said Buckly.

Bryan Diaz photo

One kickin` Present

Seniors Captains Briona Harrington and Wanda Seachin talk about the year

| Bryan Diaz | Play Hard Editor Forward senior Captain Briona Harrington has the ball, she passes the defenders, she shots and she scores.

“It was really exciting making that goal because it was on my birthday and we didn’t lose the game so it made it more exciting for me,” Senior Captain Briona Harrington said.

Even though the girl’s soccer team had a rocky road through the season, the girls still manage to stick as a team and keep on playing.

“Yea the team had some bad times and some good times, but what I like the most about our team is that even if we lost that game we learn from our mistakes and try to fix those mistake for our next game.”

Senior Captain Wanda Seachin said.

Playing Soccer for four years as an Indian seems pretty long. “yea, when I was a freshman I played as a goal keeper that whole year, than when I was a sophomore I played forward and goal keeper, than when I became a Junior I played all the position, then senior year I played goal keeper and forward again,” Captain Seachin said.

The team worked really hard during practices, running all the drills that coach told them to do, take a lap around the field, do push-up and drink chocolate milk every day.

“I tell them to drink milk everyday because milk helps out your bones and it taste very good,” Coach Dwayne said.

Coach Dwayne and Andrea motivated the girls through every obstacle of the season, pushing them forward through both wins and losses.

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NUM83R5 Ninety-one percent of

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students have someone they trust with their life.

Nine percent do not.

More information about friendship: Preference toward a few close friends or many not close: 36 % 1 or 2 BFFs 12 % half the school 49 % a few close friends 11% none of the above

How many close friends you have?

36 % 1-3 friends 37.5 % 3-5 friends 25 % more than 5 0.5 % none

What’s your computer?

Do you own a computer?

98 % own a computer 2 % do not own computer Types 14 % have a Mac 63 % have a PC 23 % other Feelings toward their computer 73 % comfortable 4 % uncomfortable 13 % perfect 10 % trouble

Feelings towards Compatibility with programs 19 % satisfied 81% disatisfied General feelings about a your computer 73 % comfortable 4 % uncomfortable 13 % perfect 16 % trouble Experience with other operating systems 73 % yes 23 % no

Tags are ...

What’s your opinion?

52 % think tags are cool to look at 25 % think they’re a waste of time 17 % can’t stand them 6 % love them Have you tagged a bathroom?

21 % once or twice 3 % more than three times 5 % so many i cant remember 71% Never If so, why?

39 % boredom 4 % want to get anger out 14 % show off my skillsw 12 % got to represent 31 % other

188 students were surveyed during the weeks of Oct. 26 30 and Nov. 2 - 6.

Anthony Saelee, Rochelle Mascey and Ciahra Franck graphic