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Portfolio Renn Oberdick 2015-2016

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May 13, 2016 Renee Burke Staff Advisor Legend Yearbook Staff 1000 E. Kaley St. Orlando FL, 32806 Dear Mrs. Burke, The new experience I have gained year is the reason I want to apply for the Photo editor position for the upcoming school year. I think I would be a great fit for the position because I am very familiar with the camera, I have been involved in photography since I was 10 years old and I have been learning what it takes to uphold the position from our previous Photo editor.

I am writing and applying because I want to advance my skills and position in the yearbook staff. I have been working towards the position the entire year by trying to prove to you and the other editors that I am ready for this responsibility. I feel that I have the best way for me to expand my knowledge in the journalism sector is to commit to this position and challenge myself, and this position will give me that opportunity. The photos are an extremely important part of the book and I intend to fill it with only the best we have. My experience as a staffer the past two years has made me prepared for a more advanced role in our staff to help create another award-winning book.

I have gained a lot of new experience with Adobe Photoshop from my Photography 2 class and I have become Photoshop certified. This editor position requires a certain knowledge of not only the camera settings but also how to bring emotion into each photo we put in our book. I can pass that knowledge on to the other staffers so that way they know how to shoot an event for depth and to tell a story with their photos.

I sincerely thank you and the rest of the Legend Staff for allowing me to be a part of this team and helping me experience so many great opportunities. The interview we have scheduled will allow me to explain in fuller detail how much this position would mean to me and talk to you more about my role in the staff. I truly appreciate the opportunities you have already given me and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Respectfully yours, Laurenna Oberdick Enclosed: resume

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Laurenna Oberdick 1323 Montcalm St. Orlando, 32806 renn.oberdick@gmail.com (407) 484-2375 OBJECTIVE

To become the Photo Editor of the Legend Yearbook for the 2016-2017 school year and help create a book that exhibits our most memorable moments of the year in a tasteful way. I will bring fresh ideas on what photographs should be in the book and how to create designs around the photographs.

EDUCATION Completed 2 years at William R. Boone High School.

G.P.A about a 4.6.

Graduating class of 2017.

EXPERIENCE Legend Yearbook, William R. Boone High School Aug 2014-present. Staffer. Meet deadlines, interview students, photograph events on campus, write stories and design spreads.

RELEVANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDIES Journalism I, V and VI, Photography I and II. ACTIVITIES/ AWARDS American Red Cross Babysitting Certified, 2012-present, took a class at the American Red Cross to learn how to perform CPR on a grown person and babies; and how to care for small children.

People to People Student Ambassador Program, 2010-present, a very prestigious program that chooses a select few of exceptional students to learn about and tour different countries around the world. It also teaches the students about leadership and independence away from home.

Fort Gatlin After School Program Volunteering, 2013-present, elementary school students come to the Fort Gatlin Recreational Center to work on homework and interact with other students from different schools.

National Honor Society, 2015-present, allows students to earn community service hours, an extremely recognizable society that is widely respected in the college community.

Gay/Straight Alliance Club, Aug 2015-present, club that promotes tolerance of all sexual orientations and works to give students a safe place to be themselves.

Relay Coordinator, 2014-present, organized the activities of and maintained the scheduling of the event as a whole.

Spanish Honor Society, March-present, the same basic idea as National Honor Society but it also recognizes students’ abilities to become fluent in the spanish language.

Photo Club, Aug 2015-present, historian of this club. I take pictures to document what we do while participating in the club. We discuss and learn new Adobe Photoshop techniques not taught in our photography classes.

REFERENCES Renee Burke: yearbook adviser. (407) 443-8451 Mandy Williams: Fort Gatlin manager. (407) 595-3401 Laudi Campo: past spanish teacher and previous Relay for Life activities coordinator. (407) 284-8651

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This year, I started out with a sort of knowledge one can only gain from physical experience on staff.

Though I knew what dedication being on staff took, I needed to advance my skills as a journalist. My writing was weak at the beginning of the year and my designs were becoming repetitive. But, by the end of our second deadline, I felt that I had gotten a certain pattern for my writing that the editors seemed to like. As for my designs, Matt helped me understand what new things he and the other editors wanted to see from the staff.

I have noticed a large advancement in my writing from learning how to make my lead-ins and conclusions the strongest parts of the story. This kind of knowledge helps me in any English class I would take.

Also, since I want to major in communications or journalism in college, my writing needs to be as strong as I can make it. My ability to make deadlines will also be important in college and the workforce, no matter what field I enter. I feel that I have vastly improved my time management skills this year from working alone on most of my deadlines. Since I had to make all the decisions on my own pages, I relied on myself to make sure I was on time to go to each editor. My design skills were quavering when I started this year, but I feel that once I saw what the editors liked and practiced more at home, I began to understand how to design on my own without help.

I have also tried to learn more about what it takes to be an editor, so I would ask Katie the day-to-day responsibilities she has to be Photo editor. I worked for two years to advance my status in the staff, and I feel like I’ve gotten to the point where I’m ready for more responsibility. I have loved every second of working on this staff because I have learned so many important lessons about how a real workplace functions and how to better myself and not rely on others to pull the weight. But one of the most important lessons I have learned is to remember that we are all a team working towards a common goal, and it’s alright to ask for help when you need it.

Being a part of scholastic journalism has made me realize that I want to communicate with mass groups of people and report on important subjects. I feel that it is important to be informed, and the power of journalism can impact an entire nation. Though yearbook is slightly different than broadcast journalism, the skills and lessons I’ve learned in this course will carry through my entire life.

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The Fall Play page was the most evolved page I worked on the entire year. Though the writing flowed naturally for me, the design started out extremely mundane. But I feel that the finished product is amazing and it really exhibits the growth that one page can have throughout a deadline.

My EIC was in charge of the final design, but I learned so much from him about how to execute the changes he made. I had never done a page that included a dominant photo as the background to the page and once I saw what Matt did, I was overcome with excitement. The page itself was easily designed, it is still a basic format. But the photo of one of the characters as the background to the page added the eerie feeling we were looking for in this spread.

Since the genre of the play was murder-mystery, the photos needed to reflect the suspicious feeling the characters had throughout the performance. I am so proud of how far the page has come since I first started the deadline, and I feel like I’ve learned so many new design techniques to exhibit the theme of the spread better.

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Y19: Student Life pg 8 Deadline 7: This photo captures the interest that students show when they want to support their peers very well in my opinion. The subject is attending the art festival we have at the end of the year to exhibit all of the art students’ work. She is taking notes on another student’s work, which I feel shows our sense of pride in all of our students’ individuality.

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Y16: Clubs pg 109 Deadline 4: I feel this photo represents my ability to shoot action shots and freeze the motion of the subject as much as I can. I am extremely proud of the way the subject’s face is perfectly visible, since that can be a bit of a challenge when it comes to sports action photos. The dance move the subject is executing happens very quickly, so I had to exercise my knowledge of the camera settings in order to make the shot.

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Y18: Academics pg 83 Deadline 3: I chose this photo of a student painting in his art class because I feel that it exhibits how the arts affect the students at Boone and how much enjoyment they get out of it. I am very proud of the photo because it shows emotion as well as brings a visual representation to the art classes on campus. The basic levels and composition of the photo is also something I am proud of.

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world of color. In Creative Photography 2, senior Christian Sandoval paints watercolor onto a template. “[The most important thing I learned in photography was] responsibility from needing to organize plans for projects and envisioning them in the first place,” Sandoval said. He later used the template for a watercolor portrait. photo/Renn Oberdick

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art critic. For her Draw 1

class, sophomore Ambar Santiago takes notes on the art. “[The most memorable portion of the festival was] the photography pieces. They were my favorite because the edits were cool,” Santiago said.

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show them. Team captain junior Molly Sondel

performs at the Edgewater game on Nov. 6. “[My favorite part of the season has been] getting to run practices,” Sondel said. turn and shout. At a practice, senior Devynn Haid works on her pirouette turns.

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Clubs, pg 44-45, Deadline 2: The most challenging part of this page was figuring out how to capture, through design, the eerie feeling the show gave the audience. Though my EIC reworked the design, I learned how to make upcoming spreads match the theme of the page. I felt my writing on this spread was the strongest and that’s why it is included.

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Student Life, pg 88-89, Deadline 4 I felt that my writing on this page was very strong because I had more knowledge about the subject of the spread. The story flowed very nicely and I feel that though the design needed work, my improved writing skills shown through.

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Index, pg 397, Deadline 5: I put this page in because though I have never written an index story, I feel that I learned very quickly how to format the story correctly. I also feel like this particular story challenged me because it was a very tough subject to write about.

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Index, pg 398-399, Deadline 5: The biggest challenge for these two stories was finding students to discuss their opinion on the subjects. I feel I had to do more research in order to explain the topics better to them. But in the end the stories turned out great and I’m proud of them.

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Index, pg 400, Deadline 5: The biggest challenge with this story was making the details of the topic school appropriate and dialing down the sexual content. But now that I’ve had the experience of writing about something as controversial as this, I will be able to use this knowledge for the future

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Sports, pg 22-23 SS, Deadline 7: Since I had never written a sports story before, the copy started out extremely weak and included many resubmits from the editors. But I feel after I reworked the story, I learned how to structure the copy and I think it is one of the strongest stories I wrote this year.

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People, pg 196-197, Deadline 1: This quote page was more successful than I thought it would be. All the people that collaborated with us on this spread were extremely helpful and I am proud to hear the wonderful comments the students make about the spread.

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Academics, pg 82-83, Deadline 3 When I first started this page, the pictures on it were mediocre at best. I had to re-shoot everything on the spread, and once all of the photos made it on the page, I was way more excited about the page. The photos really did make the page this deadline.

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world of color. In Creative Photography 2, senior Christian Sandoval paints watercolor onto a template. “[The most important thing I learned in photography was] responsibility from needing to organize plans for projects and envisioning them in the first place,” Sandoval said. He later used the template for a watercolor portrait.

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eyes on me. On the director’s podium

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smell the coffee. Freshman Jennifer Renaud uses coffee to paint her self portrait in Draw 1. “I really enjoyed looking at other people’s art and gaining inspiration from it. The different techniques [the other artists] used helped me add different styles to my work,” Renaud said. Her class placed mirrors in front of themselves to sketch this project.

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at the holiday concert, band teacher Joshua Jackson conducts his students. “[My favorite part was] being able to play challenging literature so early in the year,” Jackson said. drum roll.

With a hold on his drumsticks, junior Leonardo Garcia waits for his cue. “I think [the concerts] helped us show our parents what we can do,” Garcia said. fun flutist. While playing with the wind ensemble at the Veterans Day concert, junior Anjali Shinde follows along to the her sheet music.

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rollin’ in the paint. Using a roller, senior Laura Rosado spreads paint onto a piece of Plexiglas. “[My inspiration for my art is] Roy Lichtenstein because he does pop art and that is what I focus on,” Rosado said. She used the paint on the glass to create a stamp pop art piece.

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When senior Cameron Toperzer enrolled in Ceramics 2, she did not expect to win the Best in Show Award from the Maitland Art Show for the slab box she created. “[Winning] was a big shock for me. I did not want to enter the piece in the first place so I really didn’t think I would win,” Toperzer said.

Toperzer entered the class for a relaxing hobby and a way to escape from the stresses of her everyday life, but she gained more than she expected.

“I took [the class] because it just seemed like a fun class. I never thought I would win a prize. I always loved to play with pizza dough so I figured clay would be just as fun,” Toperzer said.

Ceramics provided Toperzer not only with a creative escape and stressfree environment, but also a newfound appreciation for art. Art also gave her the opportunity to find her comfort zone.

“It gives me the emotional and mental break I need. When I throw in the wheel, I am in full control of the clay,” Toperzer said. “The fact that I can control at least one aspect of my life just keeps me relaxed.”

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painted potted plant. To start the next step of her ceramics project, junior Catherine Dean paints a glaze onto her pot. “I really like [making] abstract work and I draw a lot of inspiration from that, but most of my work is not that abstract,” Dean said. The day her project was due, Dean’s pot broke into 17 pieces, forcing her to stay after school and rebuild it.

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class, sophomore Ambar Santiago takes notes on the art. “[The most memorable portion of the festival was] the photography pieces. They were my favorite because the edits were cool,” Santiago said.

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place in creative photography, senior Bailey Burns

blend, baby, blend. To help complete the “Itsy Bitsy Spider,” sophomore Cassandra LaPlante blends the black sidewalk chalk with her hands. “We didn’t want to do something basic and twist it, so it wasn’t a typical sweet nursery rhyme, some nursery rhyme meanings are pretty twisted,” LaPlante said.

principal’s choice awarded to senior Megan Dollar for her painting of Jesus

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With their French class, sophomore Grace Gardner and freshman Claire Cameron look at photography.

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with sophomore alexa withey

legend: What is your favorite thing about being a Bravette?

Withey: I love working with my team and interacting with school events. l: What has been your team goal for the season?

W: To dance as a whole instead of as 16 individuals. Also, to get first at the regional competition and make it to the finals at the national competition. l: Is it difficult to do both Bravettes and studio dance outside of school?

W: They conflict a lot. During the day I have Bravettes practice and then at night I go to studio practice.

bravettes “My first concert was Hilary Duff,” junior Averi Ulanoff said.

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lets talk orange and white night On April 6, the Boone Foundation sponsored Orange and White Night at Say it Loud! to showcase student art and live musical performances.

Musical guests included science teacher Glenn Listort and senior Callie Emery.

A silent auction and the sale of the displayed art raised funds. The proceeds helped the

Foundation sponsor student scholarships and fund school technology needs.

The Foundation split the sale price of each piece purchased with the student artist. “[My favorite part about Orange and White Night] was all the pictures taken because it was cool to see what everyone did,” junior Alyssa Skeete said.

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raise the roof. Dancing to the music, sophomore Camille Kalis puts her hands in the air. “There was lots of Spanish music but [that] was good because it was hype,” Kalis said. best buds. Last year’s best buddies, junior Jasmine Veloz and senior Guscenie Boston dance together.

“I took Gus to homecoming because he means a lot to me,” Veloz said.

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got energy. While she listens to the beat, senior Brianna Harris busts a move. “My favorite part of the dance was whenever they played Drake,” Harris said. candy toss. Hands full of treats, freshman Tucker Schwartz throws candy to the spectators at the homecoming parade. “It was cool to see all the families and kids [that] come to watch the parade,” Schwartz said. He walked with Freshman Class Council. watch me whip. Freshman Erin Mullen and sophomore Justin Wurst hit the whip. “[I whipped] only when they played the song. I don’t really know how to do it,” Wurst said.

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snap to it. Dressed as an astronaut, freshman Abigail Ruback performs in Braves Brawl. “My favorite part was acting and just having fun with it,” Ruback said. regional ready. In the NDA Regional competition, junior Mackenzie Cook dances in the jazz routine. “I felt at regionals that we were ready to show off our talents to other teams; we were excited to see how we actually do,” Cook said. Cook also performed in the pom routine that placed fifth at the regional competition.

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got energy. While she listens to the beat, senior Brianna Harris busts a move. “My favorite part of the dance was whenever they played Drake,” Harris said.

“[Coach Bortner] definitely has a tough love approach. She wants us to be our best and she knows we can,” Scheib said.

To remain focused, the team relied on the captains, senior Devynn Haid and juniors Sarah Rosenfeld and Molly Sondel to run practices and help out when their teammates needed guidance regarding difficult dance moves.

“As teammates, we encourage each other,” sophomore Lily Taczak said. “The team captains are hard on us but we love each other and we love hanging out with each other.”

To prepare for the national competition, the dancers focused on their team weaknesses, such as turn sequences and uniformity, on which they needed to improve upon.

“If we made it to the [national] finals, it would be a top notch feeling [that I] can’t have words for,” Bortner said. “The girls are currently more motivated [than last year] and it would raise the bar for tryouts.”

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the music in me. At the gym entrance, freshmen William Daniel and Bridget Doherty walk through the tunnel.

“Talking outside the gym with my friends was the best part of the dance,” Daniel said. Daniel asked his date with a letter.

lean with it. To prevent smearing his chalk, senior Tanner Tinsley kneels in the mulch while he draws the sun. “[My favorite part about participating was] seeing the final product because it was cool to see it go from a sketch to the end,” Tinsley said. Tinsley’s group drew a landscape scene of the nursery rhyme “I See the Moon.”

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bravettes worked to make up for last year’s downfall

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Dressed in sparkling teal costumes, the Bravettes strutted onto the ESPN Wide World of Sports dance floor for the NDA Regional competition on Jan. 18. Tired from practicing their dance just minutes earlier, the girls pulled it together and showed their sass in their jazz dance performance. The girls placed second in their jazz routine and fifth in their pom.

The previous year, the Bravettes failed to advance to the NDA national finals by .04 points.

This fraction of a point motivated the dancers to push themselves harder to make it to finals, which were Feb. 26-28 at Hard Rock Live.

“Knowing we were that close last year made us work harder,” junior Grace Scheib said. “I have been working hard on [making it to finals] so it means a lot [if we make it].”

Since she was a freshman, Scheib vied to make it to the national finals because it was a major milestone in high school competitive dance. Coach Jamie Bortner trained Scheib in dance since she became a Bravette when she started high school three years ago.

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we shine in blue. While she hits an arabesque, junior Ashlynn Wyka smiles to the crowd. “What I enjoy most about dancing at basketball games is showing people the dance we have been working on,” Wyka said.

Bravettes placed second in their Jazz routine and fourth in their Pom routine. move to the music. Sophomore Abigail Jones dances on stage at Disney’s Wide World of Sports in the regional competition. “[The most difficult thing about being a Bravette is] mastering the dance styles that we have to perform,” Jones said. Jones focused on her pom technique at the regional competition.

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show them. Team captain junior Molly Sondel performs at the Edgewater game on Nov. 6. “[My favorite part of the season has been]

getting to run practices,” Sondel said. turn and shout. At a practice, senior Devynn Haid

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watch m e. Performing at the Regional competition for the third year in a row, junior Lauryn Shanks fans herself. “[When we performed at the regional competition, I felt] excited because all of the hard work and extra practices were all worth it,” Shanks said

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Covered in chalk, sophomore Anh Pham blends the colors.

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art festival “I play six instruments and can sing,” senior Carson Lane said.

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class, sophomore Ambar Santiago takes notes on the art. “[The most memorable portion of the festival was] the photography pieces. They were my favorite because the edits were cool,” Santiago said.

cow on the moon. Talking with one of her group members, junior Megan Pirino blends chalk. “I loved blending the chalk colors with my hands and spraying hairspray on the art,” Pirino said. Pirino’s group won first place in the competition.

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“When I dance, I make sure to focus on projecting and I practice as much as I can.”

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For her photo class assignment, sophomore Mariana Franco takes notes on her favorite art pieces.

Chalk art provided students the opportunity to work in teams, improve their color integration skills and showcase their artistic talents.

“Art is my creative outlet. Everyone has things they’re good at, and for me, it’s art. I enjoy creating and using my hands and eyes to solve problems and make something good,” senior Audrey Clack said. “I don’t do a lot of chalk drawings, so the annual chalk art is my chance to improve my chalk skills. Plus, it’s fun to have such a big canvas; you don’t usually get that.”

In addition to the chalk competition, students viewed 360 pieces of art, including paintings, sketches, digital art, photography and ceramics. As an example of live art, orchestra and chorus members entertained the crowd outside the main office and on the art patio.

“My favorite thing [about the art festival] is that I get the chance to see all the types of artwork submitted from the other art classes, too,” art teacher Nicole Moitoza said.

“I love seeing the pride kids have when they see their work before them.”

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the circle of life. At the start of the chalk competition, junior Cassidy Ward draws a yellow circle to represent the clock in the nursery rhyme “Hickory Dickory Dock.” “I’ve always had an interest in art,” Ward said. “It’s one of the only things I’ve ever been really good at.”

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artists participated in two shows that highlighted student’s art

Brushing chalk off of the palms of his hands, sophomore Jack Rummler gazed at his group’s creation of the nursery rhyme “Humpty Dumpty.”

“I became more interested [in art] in high school because it allows me to be creative and express myself,” Rummler said. “[Chalk art] was a cool opportunity to practice art in a way other than on paper.”

Sixteen groups submitted a sketch of their interpretation of a nursery rhyme, and then transferred their idea onto the sidewalk square assigned to them.

On April 8, artists used their time (7 a.m. to 1 p.m.) to outline, shade, blend and cement the chalk with hairspray in time for the judges to view and award placements. Judges looked for mastery of the materials and techniques, as well as for originality and composition.

“The twist on it was Humpty Dumpty fell of the wall and a chick popped out,” Rummler said. “We all incorporated our own versions of the piece and we tied them together to make it unified. Overall, I was really happy with it. I really liked the technique we used and we put a lot of effort into it; it was visually pleasing.”

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junior Karla Plogstedt adds stars to her art. “I thought we used really cool colors and the design was really nice because it was creative and whimsical,” Plogstedt said. “It was fun and it was rewarding to be recognized for our artwork.” Plogstedt’s “The Man On The Moon” nursery rhyme won third place.

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fan club.

With their French class, sophomore Grace Gardner and freshman Claire Cameron look at photography.

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294 photos submitted for Orange and White Night

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Music blared, students danced and enthusiasm buzzed through the crowd; five selected individuals were ready to compete in a homecoming dance-off. The chosen students picked a number one through 1000, then free style danced to a random song that correlated to the number.

When the dance came alive, administrators promoted student safety and suitable conduct. Administration set up podiums on the sides of the dance floor to enforce the motto, “face to face with a little space.” They carried flashlights to shine at students who broke this rule. “[The new motto] was a change from the normal dancing,” Administrative Dean Derrick Fontaine said. “The reason for this was to make sure everyone was safe and following the rules. [The students] didn’t really like it, but they tried to follow it.”

The pressure was on for freshmen to ensure everything was perfect for the dance. As it was their first homecoming, expectations were high to guarantee this would be a dance to remember. “[I was] really nervous before the dance because I had a date and it was my first homecoming,” freshman Jeremiah Marshall said. “[The dance exceeded my expectations] because I didn’t expect the Student Government Association to go

all out. [However], I didn’t like how the administrators stood on stages.”

While the freshmen experienced their first homecoming of high school, seniors attended for the last time.

Due to band competitions scheduled the day of homecoming, senior Alana McCollin and other band seniors could never attend the dance until their senior year.

“It makes me feel really sad [that I will never have another high school homecoming] because being able to get all dressed up for that one specific event will never happen again,” McCollin said.

“It is really sad that it was my first and last homecoming all in one. I was really open to anything and I didn’t really have expectations, so I was really blown away [by the dance].”

The Junior Class Council chose the theme “To Infinity and Beyond” for the dance. They decorated the gym with a glowing globe, like a disco ball, and put a green tunnel leading into the dance. Junior Class sold nine hundred and seventy three tickets.

“I liked the theme of the dance because I’m in SGA and I helped choose it,” McCollin said. “They had a lot of cool decorations and it was just put together really well.” content by payton hoevenaar and abby hutsell, design by matt casler and olivia page

show them. Team captain junior Molly Sondel freshmen: aaron bullock, lillian baker, rodney gage and avery clark

sophomores: christopher fatta, bridget hartig, cole dalton and camryn anderson

juniors: jeremiah benjamin, kaitlyn cullen, tate harper, emma mcclane, brandon mccoy, sydney schiffer

homecoming night “I’m good at public speaking,” sophomore Julia Condes said.

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