The
urveyor Volume 60
Issue 8
28 April 2017
The New and The Old... Introducing theEditors of 2017-2018 Editors-in-Chief
Business Managers
Opinions Editors
Emily LaGrange -> Sarah Altemeier
Matthew Andersland -> Bryan Ennis
Jillian Gannon -> Tyler McGuire
Profiles Editor
A&E Editors
Chief Photograher
Kate McCartan
Claire McKinstry -> Seth Keppler & Araya Dunne
Rielle Jones-Teske
News Editors
Copy Editors
Sports Editors
Sarah Altemeier -> Quinn Wilcox
Gunnar Bosking -> Becca Turnis
Web Editors
Photo Editors
Multimedia Editors
Rielle Jones-Teske -> Seth Keppler
Andy O’Neill -> Quinn Wilcox
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Brandon Cullen -> Ben Janssen Billy Lemos & Betsy Smith -> Becca Turnis (not pictured)
Editor-in-Chief
Emily LaGrange
What’s Inside? mission
news School Calendar Changes 4 2017-2018 Haglin Watch New Principal 5 Resurrect the Donut; Save the Food Fair
6 A Slice of Victory
The Revolutionists
opinions
7 Staff Editorial: AP Test Signup 8 Prom Opinions
Sleep Schedules 9 Students’ Kickstart Your Day
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10-12 Education Innovation: Magnet Schools
profiles
13 Wash’s Resident Rapper: Larenzo Irvin 14 Artist of the Month: Jacob Ray FBOM: Ethan Dix
15 Gus Dudgeon
sports 16 Double Dippin’ 17 Foreign Students Find Fun 18 ROUGHRiders
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New Principal: Cline Climbs to New Role Kate McCartan Profiles Editor Since the abrupt resignation of the 35 year principal Dr. Ralph Plagman in August 2016, the Cedar Rapids Community School District has been on the hunt for a new leader for the 1,300 student school. This is not just any leadership position, however, in that the new pick will have tremendous shoes to fill. Plagman left the school with a legacy that could quite possible never be replaced. Even so, the district and the Omaha search firm they hired, McPherson and Jacobsen, have been working
strenuously to find candidates who have the most striking leadership qualities. The search firm was able to narrow the candidate pool down to just a few candidates, who they thought were best suited for the role, and from there it was up to parents, students, and staff. A top candidate was made clear to the few community members who had the privilege to meet the top individuals, but he retracted his name from consideration before his name was released. . Following that candidate’s decision the district narrowed the search down to one candidate, a North Carolina native named John Cline. He met with the Washington community on Wednesday, April 19 in the cafeteria and the school board approved his hiring at their regular meeting on Monday, April 24. Cline is very excited for this new opportunity, going from a 3,000 student school to a 1,300 student school. His current school, South Mecklenburg High School, where he is the assistant principal, has the third-highest student growth scores in the state. Cline can be largely be attributed to this improvement and he also is experienced with a diverse student body. “My goals are to get to know the staff, students, and the entire Washington community and to learn more about the great traditions that exist here at Washington. I would also like to work with all of the stakeholders to continue all of those traditions and build on them in the future,” Cline said. As for moving his family from North Carolina to Iowa, he is very optimistic. “It’s a wonderful city and the opportunities for kids in extracurriculars in schools are phenomenal. It’s great for a family with three children, and I’m very excited for the opportunity to move to Cedar Rapids,” said Cline.
Haglin watch Seth Keppler Assistant Photo Editor
Mary Beth Haglin, former long term substitute at Washington High School was convicted of having sexual relations with an underaged 17-year-old student. Haglin was sentenced to 90 days in jail, and supervised probation for two years. She also faces an additional 10 years on parole, and will be placed on the sex offender registry for 10 years. Despite being sentenced back in February, many have reported seeing Haglin around Cedar Rapids. According to the Criminal Justice Department of the Iowa Courts, “[Haglin] must set up a time with the Linn County Sheriff’s office on when should would serve her sentence.” The reason people may have seen her around Cedar Rapids is that she may have not chosen a time when to serve her sentence yet, however Haglin must serve her sentence within 180 days of her court order on Feb. 17, 2017.
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No Major Changes to 20172018 School Calendar Seth Keppler Assistant Photo Editor
Ressurect the Donuts; Save the Food Fair
Last year the Cedar Rapids Community School District’s Board of Education approved a change to move start times from 8:15 A.M. to 7:50 A.M. and also including early dismissals for students each Friday. The Cedar Rapids School Board has approved to keep the same start times, 7:50, as well as the same number of calendar days. For the 2017-18 school year the district calendar plans to start school on Aug. 23, and end school on Friday, June 1. The Board of Education has also confirmed that the calendar will still have early dismissals for students every Friday, continuing to use the leftover 90 minute block as professional learning time for staff.
’17-’18 Noteworthy Dates
August 23rd: 1st Day of School Septemeber 4th: Labor Day, No School October 2nd and 30th: No School November 22nd-24th: Thanksgiving break December 22nd-January 1st: Winter Break January 15th and 16th: No school February 26th: No School March 12-16: Spring Break April 13th: No School May 28th: Memorial Day, No School June 1st: Last Day of School
Claire McKinstry A&E Editor The food fair: the staple of Washington High School’s cultural diversity week, the only occasion in CR when you can sample cuisine from all 7 continents, including Antarctica (shoutout ice), and yet another endangered Wash tradition with potential to dissolve into nothingness sooner rather than later. Student senate relies on numerous fundraisers over the course of the school year to raise money for special events, one of which is the much-anticipated food fair. Every spring at the end of cultural diversity week, student senate hosts the food fair, an event where students sign up for different countries and make copious amounts of food representing their country to share with others in the courtyard (or the gym if it rains). The fair is a way for people to experience snippets of cultures that they otherwise wouldn’t encounter, and although it’s set to occur this year, it’s unclear if the tradition will be able to continue in the future. The school pays students back (up to a certain price) for the money they spend on food and supplies for the fair. Without this savvy deal, the students can’t all afford to make and supply the food. And without the food, the show can’t go on. “Last year when we sold the donuts, all of that money went [toward] the food fair. But we got cut off halfway through the school year this year. Last year we broke even, but this year we haven’t sold donuts for the last like three months, so we’re not even going to break even this year. We’re going to be about a couple hundred dollars in the well,” said Student Senate President PJ Gorman, ’17. Without donut sales, student senate is in need of a plan B. “Last year the plan was Dr. Plagman would bail us out; he paid out of his own pocket,” said Gorman. Without donut sales and Dr. Plagman to save the day, the fair is in peril. Student senate is still unsure of how it is going to raise the money for this food fair, let alone fairs in the following years. “We were thinking about popcorn, but [food fair] is in a month so we don’t have much time to get that much money. I think the last few months are going to be spent fundraising,” said Gorman. Photo by Kyle Phillips
(Left to Right) Serena Eck ’18, Reagan Gorman ’19, Jamie Cook ’18, Ella Wolle ’18, Sydney Dusek ’18, and Lauren Parmley ’18 represented Sri Lanka at last year’s food fair
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A Slice of Victory Julia Carlson Staff Reporter Washington High School’s vocal jazz choir, Slice of Jazz, took their second consecutive win at the Iowa Vocal Jazz Championship at West Des Moines Valley High School on March 28. At this competition, Slice proved their endless talent and passion for their performances. Out of 32 participating jazz choirs, Wash took home the Grand Champion title as
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All State Jazz Choir occur at West Des Moines Valley the very same day. With a long process of re-auditions and careful selection, 20 students from across Iowa are accepted into the choir with rehearsals and the performance during the summer. Five Wash vocalists were accepted into the choir: Peter Nassif, ’17, Michael Muhlena, ’18, Scott Griffin, ’18, Emmalyn Foster, ’17, and Ava Klopfenstein, ’17 as well as Ethan Cooper, ’18 as a first alternate and Courtney Peckosh, ’17 as a second alternate. For four members of Slice, this was their last jazz competition and Slice performance they will ever have. “When it was over I felt sad and happy at the same time because it was the last performance for me and the other seniors, but it was the best performance we have ever done so I’m glad we got to end on such a high note (pun intended),” said Slice co-president Emmalyn Foster, ’17.
The Revolutionists
On Tuesday April 4th, the Washington High School’s Jazz Band went to their 15th consecutive state visit in Ames, Iowa. The competition lasted an entire day, and the Jazz band placed 11th out of the 15 different bands there. “Going to state is a very intense and exciting experience. I think we honestly played better at state than we did at Neba, even though we got 11th at state,” said Connor Wilson ’10, a saxophone player for the jazz band. Out of the 40 total 4A bands in the state, the top two bands in each district are chosen with three wildcards. (The wild cards are chosen by selecting the bands that have shown enough talent through other competitions that they’ve been in over the years.) In eight of the past nine years, Washington High School’s Jazz band placed first at districts in order to get into
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well as Most Outstanding Performer Award by Brennan Regan, ’18. Slice of Jazz works hard all year toward this particular competition because it’s one of the most prestigious in Iowa. All members of Slice were very proud of their winning performance this year. “When we were working with Mrs. Farley all year, it was our main goal to do well at Jazz Champs and when the day came we were so motivated to just do our best we have ever performed,” said Regan. “When we were warming up, we were singing our last song, ‘Nature Boy’ in the warm up room using the equipment provided and we sang so loud a machine that had all the panics plugged into it started smoking and we were all super happy about it. I think that’s when we knew we were going to have a great performance.” Additional to the Vocal Jazz Championship, auditions for the Iowa
state. “Jazz band is a nice culminating event to do, and I’ve never worked with a jazz band that’s made as much progress as this years,” said Joel Nagel, the director of the jazz band. Jazz band students love the experience they are getting. Many students say it’s worth all the time and effort you have to put into it. “Jazz band is a lot of work. You have to spend a lot of time just listening to the music you have to play, and you have to practice a ton so you feel comfortable with the improv solos in front of a large audience. But it’s worth it. I am learning how to become and excel as a musician,” said Wilson. Jazz Also, the second jazz band in Washington High School, has many student musicians that are really looking forward to being in Revs.
“I’m looking forward to auditioning for Revs this year because I really like Jazz and I want to get better. I think my favorite part about Revs is going to be all the solos and more complex music that we’re going to get. It’s always cool knowing that you’re improvising and playing something unique and original when you have a solo,” said Isaac Twedt-Ball, 10.
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The school should have tried harder to push AP Tests Excellence in AP testing has been synonymous with Washington High School in the past decade. Washington has been in the top three of the Iowa AP index since 2005 which is the first year of the index. This includes an active eight year streak at the top of the list, thanks to hundreds of students taking at least one exam every year. Last year, months before the deadline for registration, there were daily announcements reminding students to sign up, there would be an administrator visiting every AP class multiple times to get students to sign up and there would be dozens of other things each teacher would do to persuade their students to register. Due to recent changes, there hasn’t been a large enough effort to persuade students to sign up. However this year, a lot of this has been lost with the transition to new administration. This year there has been a lack of persistence and push in the attempt to get as many students to take as many tests as possible. There hasn’t been the consistent reminders on the announcements or teachers and administrators frequently visiting AP classes. Even during those few occasions a staff member visited a class that wasn’t their own, there wasn’t an great attempt to persuade students, they were more to inform about cost, location and how to register. The number one spot on the AP index is a huge part of the Wash culture and means a lot to so many students past and present, as well as the staff and parents. This failure to push all students to register has brought a fear that this major part of our culture will be lost this year and won’t be recovered in the years to come. The lack of push for AP registration may have one positive outcome. People taking AP tests this year are taking them because they want to, not because the school wants them to. The AP tests are more personal, and is for that student to get what they want out of it. AP U.S. History and AP European History teacher, Frank Scherrman doesn’t believe that there should be recruitment “There shouldn’t have to be recruitment,
students should take AP tests because they feel prepared to take it. If they sign up for the course they should decide if they are taking the test or not.” However, there still should have been some recruitment by the faculty and students. Hundreds of students won’t take any test because they are nervous about testing, they don’t know the benefits or they are unable to afford signing up, because the positive reasons were not presented to these students, and as the years pass, there will be fewer and fewer students that understand the positives and the importance of taking AP Tests. The lack of push for registration is obvious. This year’s goal was to reach 1,000 exams., Wash is currently at 836, putting the school 164 exams short of the goal. There has also been a large drop off in registration this year compared to last year, falling from 468 students taking 916 tests to 412 student taking 836 tests, that’s 56 fewer people taking 80 fewer tests. This years AP index rate would put us third on last year’s list and the this year’s AP index in 20 percent lower, dropping by .67. The great shared fear of losing our spot atop the AP index is a very real possibility. More should have been done by new staff, but more so by the returning staff, who understand what a big role AP exams play in the Washington’s culture. In order to keep such an important part of our culture, students need to help the staff, show the positives of taking the AP tests. This responsibility cannot be solely placed on the shoulders of the staff, students need to help inform all students on the fence, that there are immense positive consequences to taking AP exams.
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Dance Save Your the Night Money Away
Recall your first school dance: you might have been blessed with your first kiss, discovered your long, repressed passion for dancing in a public setting, sat in the back taunting people with obnoxiously incoherent noises only you and your friends could hear, gotten dumped, or simply mingled amongst your group and others. Most people would agree that, no matter what the outcome, they’re worth attending. “My first dance was cool in a way, I really felt out of place being a freshman but it was fun just being with friends and everything.” said Madison Eberle. Whatever your experience was, from the eighth grade dance to homecoming, it goes without a doubt that most people see Prom as much more coveted and a more cherishable moment compared to the slew of homecomings and WPA’s that are open to everyone. Limiting Prom undoubtedly results in a more mature crowd and it makes it that much more special for the seniors. That being the general feeling amongst seniors has become almost that of utter bewilderment with the idea of the last impending school dance finally arriving. “I just can’t believe it’s almost here,” said Patrick Mckinstry, ’17. “It’s one of those things that shows how fast high school has gone by. I’m really looking forward to Post Prom.” The dance is held at the Cedar Rapids Country Club, an aesthetically superb venue with an incredible hosting reputation. Prom comes with its own set of rituals and events that differ from a traditional homecoming dance, Prom is meant to have a bit more formality to it, with such things as the Grand March which involves people walking down a runway, showcasing if you will, themselves with their dates. This is an amazing opportunity to appreciate the clothes that students go to sometimes grueling lengths to attain. Post Prom is held at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center, and is intended for students who attended Prom to convene and enjoy themselves after the dance is done. The post prom event has everything from a shmorgishborg of food to faux gambling. Prom is a time to mingle, dance, and have fun. It is intended to be painless and rich experience that you had better enjoy if you’re going so milk it for all it’s worth—you’ll only get one!
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On April 29 the Cedar Rapids Country Club is being rented by Washington High School for their Prom, that is a dance held once a year for seniors. The Majority of seniors will attend the dance, but for some they will choose to not go, whether it’s because they don’t want to spend their money on the dance, they don’t want to dance, or many other reasons. One reason people won’t go to prom could be because of the price, for Wash the ticket price is only 15 dollars, which haven’t been raised for over ten years, then you have the price of the meal if you eat out and the price will vary depending where you decide to eat, it could be expensive or it could be cheaper. Proms in other cities in the country can go up to 100 dollars per ticket, then add the price of the meal, tuxedo rental/ dress, maybe a limo and depending on what you get the price could go up to 1,000 dollars. Another reason could be that people would rather see the money spent on prom by the school used on other things, the cost is 5,000-6,000 dollars and 3,800-4000 is spent on renting the country club. The money is raised through the senior classes freshmen to junior years and the extra money from WPA also goes towards the dance. Then the majority of tickets sold will pay back the majority of the cost.
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Students’ Sleep Schedules
Andy O’Neill Staff Reporter
Everyone has something going on outside of school. It can vary from something personally or family driven to a sport practice or game or even multiple in between. Either way, there are things we all must do, and it takes a toll on us. According to the National Sleep Foundation, teenagers need 8-10 hours of sleep. That just doesn’t seem possible for most kids. Drew Christensen, ’18 said he gets about six hours of sleep on average, and Claire Stevens, ’19 said she gets about six to seven hours depending on the day. I personally can get eight hours if I try, but I have the luxury of not having a first period. This accumulation of sleep deprivation can have lasting effects on students. The National Sleep Foundation says it limits our ability to learn, listen, concentrate, and solve problems. All of those are vital to high school students and their performance in class. Students have to live with this on an almost daily basis. Stevens said, “I go to school overtired two to three days a week, but just normally tired four to five days.” Students must sacrifice those vital abilities due to lack of sleep or self-medicate with caffeine to try to maintain those abilities. Christensen said, “I don’t go to school overtired very often because
I drink a lot of coffee.” Sporting events that take place out of town takes away any time available after school for students. Some performing arts rehearsals take all night, leaving them very little time after school to do homework. Some students have jobs and have to work long shifts. All of this coupled with the fact that anything can happen to someone’s personal life any given night, goes to show the lack of time students have to themselves With all of that said, teachers need to accommodate students who cannot realistically do homework and get an appropriate amount of sleep in the same night. Colleges reward extracurricular activities, so students shouldn’t be punished for participating in them during high school. Getting enough sleep seems to be more important than getting a small homework assignment done on time. I’d rather perform better during the day where I will learn something or take a test or quiz, instead of taking the time to do a homework assignment that may not even help me in the long run.
Kickstart Your Day Nik Huerter Staff Reporter
I am questioning the choices of the drink selection at Washington High School. While our teas and lemonades are diet, meaning they contain less calories or sugar than their regular counterparts, there are drinks such as the Mountain Dew Kickstart that are obviously not as health-conscious Lemonade, for example, is naturally very healthy for your body. A higher amount of calories can be bad for your body because leftover calories that are not burned are stored as fat. The good news is that drinking in modesty (which should always be done) can be healthy for your body. The reason diet sugar is bad for you is because of the replacement of sugar with artificial sugars. While the National Cancer Center has claimed no evidence for artificial sugars causing cancer, multiple
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studies have proved this true. Along with that health risk, artificial sugars affect your teeth the same way as a normal sugary drink would, so there isn’t much change with that alleged “health benefit” of less cavities.“Both sugarcontaining and sugar-free soft drinks (including flavoured mineral waters) produced measurable loss of the tooth surface, with no significant difference between the two groups of drinks,” said Laureate Professor Eric Reynolds, CEO of the Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, University of Melbourne in his article on artificial sugars versus natural sugars. I could see possible health benefits for diet lemonade because there is a high amount of sugar, but why diet tea?
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Tea is a very healthy drink. It is good to drink before a physical activity, because of the boost in exercise endurance, and also the hydration. There are a lot more benefits to drinking tea, such as less risk to heart attack or stroke. If you have a test coming up, I would recommend you drink a cup of green tea as green tea helps with your memory and thought processes. I think it would be best if Wash got rid of the Kickstarts and replaced them with a better alternative. While the brand Arizona isn’t the best choice for teas, it is a better and more healthier option than Mountain Dew’s Kickstart. Along with replacing the Kickstart, I would switch the diet teas to a more natural tea.
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Education Innovation: Magnet Schools Emily LaGrange Editor-in-Chief What is a magnet school? Over the past couple of years, the Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD) has introduced new and innovative ways to integrate important aspects of learning and lifestyle management not previously part of the education curriculum. In the fall of 2015, the CRCSD’s first magnet school opened in the form of Johnson STEAM Academy, an elementary school in the Wellington Heights neighborhood. Magnet schools first appeared in the 1960s as a protest to racially segregated public school systems. “The history of magnet schools is tied to the 1960’s protest over school desegregation and the educational reform model of public school choice as a way to address educational inequity,” said Dr. Donald Waldrip of Magnet Schools of America. The term ‘magnet school’ nowadays is used to differentiate between a traditional school setting and one of a particular focus. The acronym in Johnson ‘STEAM’ Academy, for example, stands for science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. “Magnet means that you offer a specialized educational program, some theme… So you’re attracting people to that school, that’s the word for magnet,” said Dr. Carlos Grant, interim principal at Washington High School, who worked closely with the planning and execution of magnet schools in the CRCSD and will continue to do so as the middle school director in coming years. In the fall of 2016, the CRCSD launched their second and most recent magnet elementary school, Kenwood Leadership Academy. Next school year, Roosevelt Middle School will become Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy, the CRCSD’s first magnet middle school. The introduction of magnet schools has enabled more alternatives to the traditional education system in the CRCSD.
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“What’s interesting is, it’s an intent to provide school choice in the public school environment— so we can give some parents a choice— and at the same time, there’s really amazing things happening in our non-magnet schools that maybe just don’t have the pronounced theme, for example, that a magnet school would have… So, it’s kind of a balancing act we’re working on because there’s lots of great stuff happening across the district,” said Dr. Brad Buck, CRCSD superintendent. The basis for magnet schools comes with the innovation of project-based learning while still following the Iowa Core curriculum. “[Students] can demonstrate their standards, not by being in reading class at this point, but through their projects or other ways that they can show they know stuff. You’ll see a mix of traditional classwork, projects, different ages of kids. At the elementary, it gives schools the opportunity to mix and match the ages a little bit, so if you have an advanced first-grader and a third-grader who has struggled a little bit you can kind of mix and match kids into groups where they feel like they can be in the place where they can learn the next step they need to know,” said said Dr. Trace Pickering, former associate superintendent and a major leader in the implementation of magnet schools in the CRCSD. How do magnet schools work? Magnet schools, first and foremost, are open to any students living in that school’s area. “What we do with our magnet schools, which isn’t the exact case in all places— the magnet schools are still a neighborhood school first. So if you’re in the attendance boundary for that school— Johnson or Kenwood, and next year, Roosevelt— you go to that school, that’s still your home school,” said Buck. Beyond this, if a student decides that they
would rather attend a magnet school as opposed to their neighborhood school, they are welcome to apply for one of the 50 to 75 ‘lottery’ spots per school. “There are some selective magnet schools across the country, our district decided not to do that because we felt like every child should have an opportunity to attend one if they feel it’s best for them, if their family feels it’s best for them... For all the families outside of Johnson, they can apply for a lottery to get in and there’s no criteria to keep kids out except for the fact that you have to be a CRCSD resident because we give preference to our families. But that’s not how it works everywhere,” said Pickering. Magnet schools have helped to evolve the educational system to match the modernday demands. “We do not believe that every middle school needs to be a magnet school, but we believe that we need to have some backup options for families and for students. A lot of that is coming out of the market— supply and demand in educational terms is that the world has changed and what employers are looking for are different now in the 21st century. We can’t just simply expect high school students to change or to do something different than we’ve always done. The larger trend is to redesign elementary schools in a way that makes sense so that at some point high schoolers have a more robust understanding of what they’re postsecondary plans are,” said Grant. As for educational expectations, students at magnet schools have the same as do students at traditional elementary schools in the CRCSD. “The standards that kids are expected to obtain remain the same in our schools. It’s usually just thought about in different ways. They use a lens of STEAM more often at Johnson, for example. They work hard to infuse leadership experiences and opportunities for the kids at Kenwood and what’s interesting is we have people
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engaging kids in leadership in our other schools, we have them engaged in STEAMtype experiences at our other schools. It’s not that it become the exclusive, sort of, hub for that, it’s just a more pronounced priority in the school than you might otherwise see in some of our other ones,” said Buck. The difference between a magnet school and a traditional school may not be all that different in theory, but the magnet title does offer some special advantages. “What we found is magnet schools give the principal and the teachers a lot more license to pilot things and to focus on a particular theme or idea. Any school could really do this, putting that attention on a magnet school and giving it a really tight focus just tends to help people wrap their head around it and start to do things,” said Pickering. The future of magnet schools Just recently, the CRCSD has applied for a five-year federal grant to go toward the funding of more magnet schools in the district. “We just finished writing a magnet school grant for 15 million dollars and we won’t find out until September, but if we get that it would add Taylor as a magnet school, of course Roosevelt is coming on next year, it would add a program at Jefferson High school for 9th and 10th graders and then for 11th and 12th grade, Iowa BIG would be the magnet choice. [It would also add] McKinley Middle School, so there’d be two middle schools in the district and a new one would be a downtown Montessori school, so using the Montessori education principles to open up an elementary school downtown,” said Pickering. Along with discovering new ways to teach, magnet schools have set grounds for innovating ways students are graded as well. “With magnet schools come how we assess students, how we grade them. What it’s also allowed us to do is to rethink grading. It is allowing us permission to realize that the traditional way of grading does not always [represent the students’] learning. It may include other things like how kids behave and attendance and all that other stuff, which we know does not communicate how well somebody has learned something,” said Grant. An overwhelming theme has been in reformatting the school experience. “I think that it’s our job as educators to try
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to teach the way kids learn rather than trying to fit kiddos into the way we teach, so I feel like we try to offer lots and lots of opportunities for our kids and it’s been very successful so far. We feel pretty good about it,” said Candace Lynch, principal at Johnson STEAM Academy. Magnet schools’ impact Perhaps the most significant difference a magnet school has brought to the elementary school system in the CRCSD is found in how students interact and take charge with their learning. “I would say if you would ask kids how they’ve been impacted, they would say that they’re very, very engaged. We try to offer as much choice as we can— you know, it’s harder to offer choice to a kindergartener than it is to a fifth grader, obviously, but where we can build that in, we do. We do a lot of hands-on. We do some of the math instruction around something called ST Math... it teaches math through a gaming system that’s all online. Kids get to do a lot of design and building and that sort of thing, so I would say that’s where they see a lot of their major differences,” said Lynch. As for improvements in academic performance, it’s too early to tell. It often takes around six to eight years to see an improvement in academics in students attending magnet schools. “I would say that where we see our improvements aren’t necessarily showing up on very traditional test scores, but what we see are kids who are able to problem solve, they are able to collaborate and work in teams. So we’re seeing our bigger gains right now in our 21st century skills which is pretty phenomenal,” said Lynch. “And I think part of the issue is that those assessments don’t match the way we’re instructing. We are creating other types of assessments that better match the way we teach.” For teachers, the impact has been positive as well. “They love being in the driver’s seat, they love being encouraged to try out new things. I think they would all say that they’re tired— it’s very, very hard work. We put in a lot of time and energy, but I think it’s a good tired and a tired that you’re very proud of,” said Lynch. Teacher performance also plays a large role in the success of magnet schools as the expectations are to be more collaborative and creative. “At the Kenwood Leadership Academy they use the Leader in Me, which is Stephen Covey’s ‘7 Habits of
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Rap music is one of most popular genres of music listened to by today’s students, which has prompted many people to try their hand at creating music of their own; one of these people is Washington High School’s own Larenzo Irvin, ’18. Irvin has been rapping since around April last year, and he has found it to be a great way to find himself and grow as a person. After looking for a hobby that he could put time into for awhile, he decided to try his hand at rapping and found that it was perfect for him. Irvin first began rapping last year.
“It all started from poetry when I was looking for a hobby,” said Irvin. “Some people like to play football, some people like to play basketball, I like to rap.” Some of Irvin’s biggest inspirations are J Cole and Chance the Rapper.“I find a flow I can fit with, then dig up experiences I have been through to make something positive and influential,” said Irvin. Irvin tries to bring more positivity and inspiration to the art form as many rappers nowadays tend to invent in a lot of negativity. Irvin creates many of his own beats, with help from his cousin,
who has spent over four years producing music in Minnesota. Over the past year, Irvin has developed a style and flow that he likes to go with. When he first started rapping, he tried to make every word rhyme with a word from the previous line, but as he has grown, he has started using more complex words and expanded the ways he can create his art. You can catch Irvin performing his music at Jamnesty, as well as a few events in town over the summer such as 319fest, which will be held in the Czech Village area.
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Artist of the Month Araya Dunne Staff Reporter Jacob Ray, ‘17, is an artist whose favorite works are in graphite, colored pencil, and ink. He started creating his own pieces of art in 7th grade and hasn’t settled on one art style. Ray’s favorite styles are cartoon and realism and he tends to bounce back and forth between the two. Ray has taken all drawing classes that Wash has to offer, AP Studio, Art History, Animation, and Foundations of Art. He plans on going to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design to further his education and career as an artist, majoring in Graphic Design. Ray has always drawn what he thinks would be fun or interesting and is inspired by Da Vinci and Banksy. He has participated in few art showcases just because he loves what he does and it’s cool to see what other people think of creating. Ray’s imaginative mind will take him far and if you look at his art, it’s like getting a glimpse of what he thinks about on a day to day basis.
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Freshman Bachelor of the Month Araya Dunne Staff Reporter Ethan Dix, ‘20, is a dimple-faced cutie who loves to perform, cuddle, and make mediocre food. He grew up in Pittsburgh, where his parents helped him gain interest in performing like they always have. Dix says, “I’ve basically been singing my entire life, but I’ve recently started writing songs on my piano and uke[kele]”. You may have seen him on stage this year as a soloist in Wash’s primarily freshman show choir, Vivacé, and in a band performance at Pam Slam. Dix is not reserved only for singing, as he had a role in the fall musical, “Grease”, and the play ‘Peter and the Starcatcher” at the Giving Tree Theatre. Dix is a 5’7, blue-eyed “man bun enthusiast” who is looking for someone that is easy going. He would love to make you some delicious mac n’ cheese or pancakes, but he admits that cooking is not his strong suit. Even so, his dad refers to him as “Chef Boyar-Ethan” from time to time. If you think of yourself as an easygoing individual and would not hesitiate to go watch him in one of his many performances, you may be the match for him! Just remember, you will have to live off a diet of only mac n’ cheese and pancakes.
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“Sometimes people want to hear something nice, even if I don’t feel like, I do it and it makes me feel better.”
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“Attention teachers, please prepare your smart boards for this morning’s announcements!” Ashis common phrase echoes through the school everyday, sophomore Gus Dudgeon has already left his fourth hour class. As he walks, he rehearses what he wants to say in his head. The weather this weekend? Upcoming events? Each are fair game to raise spirits across the school. Facing the camera, he feels only a slight bit of anxiety as he accomplishes his goal— to make everyone’s day better at school. He started his daily announcements because of something that Adam Witte, language arts teacher at Washington
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High School, said to him. According to Dudgeon, “[Mr. Witte] said something like a compliment and I was having a rough day, but I figured everyone needed the encouragement.” He tries to keep his content limited to life lessons that have helped him throughout high school, weather updates, upcoming events, encouragement, and anything he can think of. However, his inspiration comes on a nightly basis. Dudgeon explained his muse, saying: “Sometimes I’ll be looking up at the ceiling at night and just think of things...my mind runs wild. Sometimes people want to hear something nice, even if I don’t feel like
[going on the announcements], I do it and it makes me feel better.” Dudgeon plans to continue the inspirational announcements until the end of the school year. Next year isn’t for sure, but if he were to start the announcements up again, he’d start them in winter. “...It’s the darker part of the year for some people,” said Dudgeon. If life isn’t going well or perhaps you want to smile for at least a small time, make sure to listen until you hear the iconic phrase, “It’s always a great day to be a Warrior.”
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Double Dippin’ Sarah Altemeier News Editor Two scoops of ice cream? Always. Two varsity sports at the same time? The answer to this question is still always for seniors Kelly King and Hannah Sherman. The last four years these two student athletes have been doubling up, playing and competing in both school tennis and soccer, simultaneously, in the spring. However, freshman year was not the start. King started playing these two sports when she was merely five years old. Sherman also started playing soccer when she was five, but didn’t officially start playing tennis until she was a little older, “I started playing soccer for the YMCA right when I moved to Iowa, I think I was about five. I never really started tennis tournaments until I was around 9, but I hit with my parents and did little kids clinics with my brother growing up,” Sherman said. Not only have they been playing these sports for around 13 years, they have been playing them together. “Hannah and I have been on the same soccer teams since the beginning, when we were about five. We’ve been playing doubles with each other since middle school, but would always have to play against each other a lot in tournaments,” said King. Now, seniors in high school, King and Sherman have been very successful in soccer, but especially tennis. Beginning freshman year, the two were a part of the state champion tennis team, Sherman at the number 2 spot and King at 4. They were team state semi-finalists at state their sophomore year. Sophomore and junior year they were doubles district champs and together they worked to get fourth place at the doubles state tournament last year. Hannah has been named first team all metro and first team all conference after the three seasons she has completed and King was second team all conference and first team all conference sophomore and junior year, respectively. King has also been awarded honorable mention for soccer the last two years. As of Surveyor’s print deadline, this season the Wash tennis team is 8-1.
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Sherman has an individual record of 8-1 and King is sitting at 9-0. As doubles partners, they are undefeated so far this season. The soccer team that they have started on all four years of high school, is currently ranked 15th in the state and has a record of 4-2. This success comes with a price, as playing both sports can be difficult at times, almost every Tuesday of April and May entails both a tennis meet and a soccer game. “The hardest part of playing both at once is the crazy time commitment, and the amount of times we have to go straight from tennis meets to soccer games, sometimes not even in the same city,” said King. At the beginning, it was hard for Women’s Tennis Coach, John Gianforte, to cope with the two girls playing both sports. “At first, I struggled with it because obviously as a competitive coach, I wanted them to be with tennis full time. But then I realized, they are dedicated athletes, and they are dedicated in both sports, dedicated to both teams. They are not short changing anyone. So, initially I was a little unsure, but as time went on, I actually became more fond of them and how they are balancing two sports at the same time, playing at high levels, and they are able to do it…. They both have different personalities, and I think they balance one another out even though they are very, very good friends. They form one of the best doubles teams in the state. They finished fourth in the entire state last year as juniors, and their unique talents help them balance everything out. Hannah’s phenomenal on the base line Kelly’s great at the net. They have their own unique talents and they are able to balance those and then balance one another. They are phenomenal to watch in singles, and they might even be better to watch in doubles. They are just plain, smart, good kids with very supportive families, and it works,” said Gianforte. Looking forward to next year, King will be attending Clemson and hopes to join one of the club teams there. “I will miss playing
soccer. I’ll also miss being so busy at this time of year with sports and everyone from both teams.” Sherman plans on continuing her tennis career. “Next year I’m playing tennis and studying at Bryn Mawr right outside of Philadelphia, I plan to hang around the medical wing and meet myself a cute premed from UPenn. I will definitely miss the camaraderie of team soccer. I’ve played for so long it’s sad to think I’ll never play competitive soccer again or be as close with a group of girls as all my soccer teams have been in the past,” Sherman said.
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Foreign Students Find Fun Gunnar Bosking Copy Editor In the past year at Washington, the soccer team has been a sanctuary for many foreign exchange students. The game is very popular overseas due to its simple rules and the little equipment necessary. The teams give the students a good opportunity to bond with their classmates as well as have fun and exercise. For two Wash exchange students from Africa, Said Shamis, who is 17 and Abdoulaye Diarra, who is 15, the Men’s soccer team is one of their favorite parts of their time here in the United States. Soccer is different back home for these two guys. With Shamis and Diarra hailing from the countries of Tanzania and Mali, respectively, the game here in the US has some stark contrasts to back home. “For me, I was just playing as a friendly game,” said Shamis, “it wasn’t an official game with jerseys and stuff. I wasn’t playing for an official team, but here we have the jerseys and it’s more like an actual team.” Diarra, who is playing his first year of
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organized soccer, has a similar recollection of what the game is like back home as well, “There are rules here,” Diarra says, “back home in my country we would just get together and play soccer.”
“For me, I was just playing as a friendly game,” Science teacher Jacob Johnson has been the men’s JV soccer coach since 2010, and he has always enjoyed having players from other countries on his team, even if they don’t have a huge soccer background. “I’ve had some guys come in with a lot of soccer experience and some with very little experience,” says Johnson, “but having students from the ELL (English Language Learning) program here is just awesome.
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It’s a lot of fun to learn about the kids and their languages. While the language barrier might be an issue sometimes, Johnson says that they work around it. “One year we had a lot of exchange students from Africa so we made up code words for what we want to do,” says Johnson.”for example, when someone wanted to get the ball passed to them we used the word “mbwa,” which is Swahili for dog. I know it doesn’t make complete sense but it worked.” The soccer team is also a reminder to these two that their days in America are numbered, especially Shamis, “I have never gotten to experience this life. I am from Zanzibar, a small island in Tanzania. I’ve seen the US in TV and movies and it’s a big country. I really like it,” Shamis said, “I have a short amount of time left and I wanted to spend it by making friends and joining soccer.”
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ROUGHRiders Tyler McGuire Staff Reporter The Cedar Rapids Roughriders were looking to come out fighting this year after an outstanding 40-15 season last year. Instead, they flipped that record around and ended up slipping on the ice with a 12-44 record. The Riders have done extremely well for the last decade or so, achieving a .500 record almost every year since 1999. So what could’ve happened? Liam Walsh, ’18 thinks he has a pretty good idea as to why the team struggled so much this year. “We just had a really young team and that’s always a challenge,” said Walsh. Their record wasn’t the only thing that was down this year, attendance totals plummeted since last year’s season. Speaking from experience, I can say that there wasn’t the same vibe or spark at the games this year as there has been in previous years. Have people simply lost interest in hockey in a year? That’s most likely not the case. People typically want to see a team that does well, so if the roughriders come out next season and find a way to improve upon what they learned from this season, then we may make “Ridertown USA” the great fan base it once was.
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DAMN. Billy Lemos Web Editor On April 14, Californian rapper Kendrick Lamar released his long-awaited project, entitled “DAMN”. The album highlights the various styles and flows that Lamar is capable of and features a wide range of production. The album begins with “BLOOD.”, an introduction to the sonics and life or death theme of the project. On this track, Lamar recites a slow spoken word verse over a western, Tarantino-esque instrumental. Track two, “DNA.”, has Lamar embracing his black heritage and attacking Fox News’ antihip-hop perspective. The track features a raucous, trap beat produced by none other than MikeWiLLMadeIt. On “YAH.”, the album’s third track, Lamar attacks Fox News again and takes direct shots at reporter Geraldo Rivera for citing hiphop as “more damaging to African Americans than racism”. This track has an atmospheric, clouded instrumental with an ambient melody and boom bap drums produced by DJ Dahi and Sounwave. The album’s fifth song, “FEEL.”, Lamar expresses feelings of betrayal and depression over soulful ’90’s production from Sounwave. Track six, “LOYALTY.”, is definitely one of the weaker pieces on this project. The track features Rihanna vocals and has Lamar rapping about honest relationships over a generic, pop-sensible beat. Track seven, “PRIDE.”, has Lamar discussing his struggle to balance his ideals and his modesty. The song features a psychedelic, guitar-centric instrumental produced by Steve Lacy. On “LUST.”, the album’s ninth track, Lamar explains the monotony and consequences of the typical rapper’s lifestyle over an airy, relaxed instrumental with reversed drums and subtle guitars composed by BADBADNOTGOOD, DJ Dahi, and Sounwave. Track eleven, “XXX.”, has Lamar flowing over an erratic, intense banger produced by Sounwave, DJ Dahi, and
MikeWiLLMadeIt. On this track, Lamar discusses the spirituality and poverty he faced growing up. The project’s twelfth song, “FEAR.”, has Lamar illustrating the domestic violence and abuse he experienced during his upbringing. This track features some of the best production found on the album with a beautiful soul sample and simple, dusty drum patterns composed by The Alchemist. Track thirteen, “GOD.”, is by far the worst piece on this project. The track features corny, synth heavy production from Cardo and has Lamar bragging about his success. The album’s fourteenth track, “DUCKWORTH.”, closes the album with a bang. Lamar’s storytelling on this track is incredible and stands out as the best moment on this project. This song also ties together the theme of the album with a surprising plot twist. In conclusion, Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN” is a relatively cohesive album with well-written verses and a great variety of instrumentals. If you enjoyed any of Kendrick’s past albums, (specifically “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City) I would strongly recommend you give this project a listen.
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Rap legend and cultural icon Snoop Dogg will be gracing Cedar Rapids with his presence at the U.S. Cellular Center on April 25 as a part of his “Wellness Retreat” tour. He has since released a multitude of albums selling thirty-five million albums worldwide. Known for his “molasses drawl”, his sound is unique and immediately distinguishable from any other rapper of his pedigree. Snoop is also a figurehead of cannabis use claiming in 2013 to be smoking eighty cannabis blunts a day. This is not the first time Snoop has performed in Cedar Rapids, in fact he previously performed at the U.S. Cellular Center all the way back in 2002. Accompanying Snoop Dogg at the concert will be Brooklyn rap group Flatbush Zombies and Taylor Gang artist Berner. While these acts are not as distinguished as their touring partner, they both have a very respective following. A group relatively new to the scene, Flatbush Zombies gained notoriety from their 2016 album “3001: A Laced Odyssey” which peaked at number two on the U.S. Rap Billboard charts. Berner is a Mexican-American rapper has released 16 albums and several have made it onto Billboard Charts. Tickets are currently on sale and range in price from $42.50 to $52.50.
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Make Your Own D*mn Shoelaces
Wanna be on trend but can’t bring yourself to dish out $85+ on shoes that you know aren’t even going to be cool in like three months (yeah Puma, I’m talking about you)? Do the math here, even if you wore them every single day for a month they would cost you about $2.75 a day. A crunchy taco from Taco Bell costs $1.19. For the same amount of money as those shoes you could buy like 70 tacos and still have some left over. Get yo priorities in check, my dudes. Enter the DIY queen with the solution to your problems. You most likely have all of the stuff for this around your house but for the sake of the taco analogy I’m going to give you all of the prices to spiff up your old kicks. What you’ll need: *A pair of cool sneakers (I used a thrifted pair of Pumas that I got for $2.50) *Satin ribbon of your color choice ($3.99 at Michaels) *Clear nail polish (this keeps the ribbon from fraying; $1.99) *Scissors
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If you want just a straight edge end to your new lace, coat each end of the ribbon with the clear nail polish. However if you want a ‘V’ end on for your lace (like the set I made), fold the ribbon in half and cut diagonally from the end edge towards the fold and coat with clear nail polish.
Remove the shoelaces from your sneakers.
Step Two Match up the end of the shoelace with the end of the ribbon, cut the ribbon about two inches longer than the lace.
Step Four Repeat for the other shoelace and re-lace the shoes.
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The total amount of money spent on this DIY was about $10 (allowing for tax) which means you have a pair of dope new shoes and still have enough money for like 60 tacos and a drink, which sounds like a good deal to me.
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Better than your Grandma’s... Peanut Butter Fudge
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Ingredients: 1 cup of white sugar 1 cup of brown sugar ½ a cup of milk 2 tablespoons of butter ½ a cup of peanut butter 1 cup of small marshmallows 1 tablespoon of vanilla
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To start, mix the sugars, milk, and butter in a pot and put it on the stove on high heat, stirring occasionally, until it reaches 240 degrees. If you don’t have a thermometer on hand, spoon a little bit of the mixture into a glass of cold water. If you can form a soft ball with your mixture you’re good. At this point add the peanut butter, marshmallows and vanilla. Remove and stir vigorously until it reaches 240 degrees. If you don’t have a thermometer on hand, spoon a bit of the mixture into a glass of cold water. If you can form a soft ball with the cold mixture, you’re good.. Transfer the mixture to a square dish lined with wax paper, and place in the freezer for about an hour or until it’s firm. Remove the fudge block from the dish, cut into smaller squares, and enjoy. It should make about 15-20 small pieces.
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Directions: 1. Mash banana and mix in cinnamon and chia seeds 2. Mix oats, milk, vanilla 3. Combine both mixtures, along with any desired toppings in a jar or tupperware and place in the fridge 4. Enjoy in the morning!
Ingredients: 1 large ripe/spotty banana, mashed 2 tablespoons chia seeds 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup rolled oats 3/4 cup coconut milk (you can also use almond or soy) 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (optional) Optional toppings: Fresh fruit: blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, chopped dates or oranges, etc Dried fruit Nuts or seeds Spices: nutmeg, dried ginger, cardamom, etc Protein powder *Adapted from the Oh She Peanut butter Glows recipe Granola Photo by Andy O’Neill
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