Creek says goodbye to Mrs. O’Neil pg. 8
Varsity baseball pg. 19
Boys Waterpolo pg. 19
Cavaliers perform annual Spring Show “Inspire”
By Anna Scheuring Reporter
On May 6 and 7, the Clear Creek Cavaliers wrapped up their annual Spring Show. The dances and songs revolved around the theme Inspire, and it was an appropriate ending to a successful year for the Cavaliers. Families and students had the chance to walk through a decorated entrance of set-ups designed by the Cavalier Social Committee, all around the central theme of the show Inspire. SoCo members Josie Bivens and Jenna Ridenour described the set up. “We set it up in our houses since our theatre is under construction. I would explain lobby as an intro to the theme of Spring Show,” Bivens said. Ridenour added, “each section is different, so my word was ‘memories’ and so I based my section off of that”. The beginning of the show opened with an introduction of Hunter Kim, Ashley Doran, Alex Gardner, Tanar Yocum, and Justice Alhamoud, members of Clear Creek theatre who entertained the audience throughout the night in between the performances. “Our job was to make sure that the Cavaliers had time to change the set for the dance or change costumes for the dance and make the audience laugh while we are doing it,” Gardner said. “We keep the energy up and support the Cavaliers by making sure everything can
run smoothly, or even if there was a hitch backstage just giving them time to fix it,” Yocum said on their role for Spring Show. The theatre members performed skits in between each dance to entertain the
News” made there way on to the stage to show their talent to the song Enjoy the Ride. Throughout the show, local competitive dance teams were showcased, including the Starlight Studio and Elite
Dance Academy. The audience. The skits were Photo courtesy of Yearbook freshman, sophomore, and practiced and planned prior to show, acting as introductions junior Cavaliers brought excitement to to the song titles that would follow. the show in their dance to River. Captain “We tried to make sure none of it Kelsey Adams flawlessly put one of the was improvised but there were a few most emotional and anticipated dances, the points during the show where we had Cavalier Captain lyrical, to the song Already to compensate for time,” Gardner said. Gone. Many of the dances were dedicated The first dance of the night was a to family members or team members, group performance to the song Inspiration. making the night even more memorable. The future Cavaliers, referred to as “New Other performances came from the Social
Committee, the Officers, and the CCHS Cadettes. Act I ended with a booming performance to Renegade by the Jazz team. Act II began with the hilarious Dad’s Dance to So Fly. Each Cavalier danced with their dads, who were decked out in gangster clothing. The performance brought a laughter-filled auditorium. The Senior Girls Cavaliers and their Senior Boys paired up next, dancing to Sidekicks. The remainder of the show was dedicated to honoring the seniors, and Cavalier Director Marka Wood joined the seniors in a heartfelt dance to Moving On, showing the passing of time and reality of good times ending through their dance. The Spring Show wrapped up with a Senior Lyrical, a slideshow honoring a successful Cavalier season, and the Finale, performed by the entire Cavalier team. The Clear Creek Cheerleading team also performed an exciting and well-executed routine. The show was sold out both nights, and despite the obstacles the Cavaliers had to face with construction related issues, they put on a terrific and memorable show. “It was really good, I think it was our best one yet,” Bivens said. “If you put it in to categories, the most hype dance was SoCo. The saddest dance was the senior lyrical. The final was my favorite dance,” Jenna Ridenour said. “My favorite part of spring show was getting to dance with my best friends. My favorite dance was the finale,” Captain Kelsey Adams said on the show.
Students enjoy Physics with Mr. McGregor’s ducks By Troylon Griffin II Managing Editor
On May 3, the students of teacher Mr. McGregor became witnesses to the hatching of 15 duck eggs. The hatching was the final step in a month long activity in which the students and teacher incubated the eggs of both Mallard and Pekin ducks. The first eggs began to hatch the morning of May 3, and continued to hatch throughout the day, allowing for nearly all of Mr. McGregor’s students to interact with the newborn ducks and watch other ducks break their way out of their egg shell. Following the hatching, students were allowed to purchase the ducks for three dollars to take home and keep as pets. Out of the 25 eggs, 15 hatched, with 13 being Mallard ducks, and the other being Pekin ducks. The ducks were purchased online from farmers in California and was an original activity orchestrated by AP and regular physics teacher Michael McGregor. The activity was not a project for the students, and did not involve any work, with the exception of a worksheet done during the first week of incubation. The incubation coincided with the thermal unit regular physics students were learning at the time, but for the most part the ducks were meant for the students’ own enjoyment and entertainment. McGregor explained that he had two main reasons for
wanting to incubate the ducks in his class. incubation included chickens and geese. “I “One reason is that I want my students didn’t like the mixture because the chickto experience a variety of science or expo- ens hatched three days before the ducks and the sure to a vageese finalriety of scily hatched ence topics, two days so if one of after the those topducks. I had ics happens a variety of to include chickens so a little bit they also of biolhatched ogy, that’s on differawesome,” ent days, McGregor so it was said. “The like every other readay, a new son is that animal was I really like hatching animals, and it was so I ena constant joy seeing distracducks hatch Photo taken by Mrs. Jameson tion to the classroom. I and getting to see that in the classroom is even better.” like that they’re interested but everything The activity was not McGregor’s in moderation, when you have something first incubation. This was the second hatching every day that’s too much distime the teacher had incubated eggs with traction and you can’t get anything done.” McGregor also expressed how he his classroom, having done it his previous year. McGregor noted that this year’s preferred hatching just ducks due to how hatching was much more consistent due ducks tend to be “more intelligent” than to this year’s birds only being ducks. chickens and are more “fun as far as pets “It was a mixture last year,” McGregor go.” McGregor initially wanted to hatch said. Besides ducks, McGregor’s previous only Mallard ducks, which are black and
brown with some yellow for the most part. However, some students, upon being informed that they would be able to take the ducks home, expressed their dissatisfaction with the appearance of the mallards. “Some students were like ‘Hey I don’t want those Mallards, they’re ugly, but I’d love to get some of those cute yellow ducks’ so I said okay then, but just a few,” McGregor said. The pet factor was an important part in McGregor choosing the animals due to how he planned on allowing students to purchase the ducks to take home. Intelligence was also a factor in choosing the species of ducks. “You can really observe the intelligence in this animal,” McGregor said. “You can see how it bonds with creatures, follows you around or eats out of your hand. It’s not just some mindless lizard or snake. That’s a broad generalization but I wanted something that would really exhibit intelligence and forms attraction with other animals, and that’s something you don’t see in reptiles.” McGregor went on to say that the mallards can easily survive on their own once released in the wild, but warned that the Pekins may not be as durable. Nevertheless, both McGregor and his students have been delighted by the experience. Many of his students are enjoying being able to take home a duck to raise.