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OCTOBER 9, 2019 VOLUME XXXVIII, ISSUE II ONLINE AT DBBULLSEYE.COM
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Spanish teacher changes schools Marco Leal will leave to become vice prinicipal at Grenada Middle School. emily koh Asst. feature Editor
prom,” class of 2020 adviser Latitia Thomas said. “We had to work backwards on how much we were charged for the site, how much we would sell for tickets. We ended with about $4,000 to play with, which is what we provided as extras.” Other events such as Senior Breakfast, Senior Picnic and Awards Night also rely partially on ticket sales. The class of 2019’s combined cost was about $16,000.
There have been many staff changes since the 2018-19 school year ended, and now there is one more as Diamond Bar High School Spanish teacher Marco Leal will be leaving his students sometime during the school year. Leal said he will be leaving to become the new assistant principal at Grenada Middle School in Whittier. He said that working in administration has always been a goal of his. In his new job, he will be in charge of discipline, teacher evaluations, campus safety, meetings with parents and staff members and many other administrative tasks. Instead of teaching students how to speak Spanish on a daily basis, Leal will be working more closely with the staff.
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RENEE ELEFANTE AND CAMILLE MCCURRY
Making memories while on a budget Class committee shares how they raise funds for various senior events. maggie liu Editor-in-chief Diamond Bar High School seniors erupted into cheers with their loved ones in the bleachers as fireworks and confetti sent off the graduating class of 2019. What most neglected to realize was that
this beloved Brahma tradition cost the class committee $6,800. Each year’s class committee is expected to organize and fundraise for various events like Senior Sunrise, Senior Picnic, Senior Spirit Day, All School Awards Night, graduation and prom. The activities are planned through officer-led meetings and voted on by spirit committee members. “It’s really efficient and everyone’s voices are heard,” senior Summer Wang said.
Deciding what to do with the class committee budget is a way for students to get involved, according to Wang. “I was most excited about Senior Sunrise and deciding on the food such as hot chocolate, donuts and burritos,” Wang said. “We decided on all the things to get.” The number of activities are all determined by both ticket sales and the money class committee manages to raise. “We spell it out for prom because the junior class is responsible for
and over 20 people stepped over,” Chang said. “Then, other questions such as, ‘have you had suicidal thoughts,’ and probably 90 percent of the people stepped over.” Divided into four groups, nine male mentors coming from South Hills High School and Academy of the Canyons, rotated around the different circles, where they discussed and answered questions
professional lives. Junior peer counselor AJ Cembrano also recounted an icebreaker game in which students would open up about experiences that they previously did not feel comfortable sharing. “We also had an activity called ‘if you knew me well, you would know that..’ or something that no one really knew about you that’s kind of private,” Cembrano said. The different proponents to create this event were due to what the Wellness teacher Sandy Davis saw as an increasing need for educating males about the changing society brought by the Time’s Up and Me too movements. “We’re in a historic time that gender roles and expectations are changing, so this poor group of gentleman, Gen Z, they’re really confused,” Davis said. Though Davis was originally worried about the amount of participants, the forum turned out to be a success with multiple males, at the end, sharing from the podium about the lessons they learned.
Students break through gender expectations The Wellness Center held its first male-focused forum with 125 attendees. Reyna wan Asst. Opinion Editor With team-building exercises and vivid conversations about gender stereotypes, last month’s “Cracking the Guy Code” proved to be an influential forum for the males of Diamond Bar High School. Organized by the Wellness Center, the event included activities that ranged from interactive games and challenges to speeches and heart-to-heart conversations where the 125 males who attended learned a little more about their peers and themselves. One of the highlights of the forum, according to sophomore Cody Chang, was an activity similar to the red light-green light game, where the students would step forth when topics pertained to them. “One of the questions were step over the line if you’re racist
“We’re in a historic time that gender roles and expectations are changing..." SANDY DAVIS about topics that included the definition of the boy code and how they might be treated differently as boys. The forum also invited two speakers John Janclaes, CEO of Partners Federal Credit Union for Disney, and Dr. David Burger, a psychologist consultant for Olympic athletes and corporate executives, to share their journeys in achieving success in both their personal and
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Senior drum major Jonathan Tan leads the Thundering Herd in performances.
Brahmas march toward victory
The Thundering Herd starts the season with two successful performances. ABIGAIL HONG ASST. PHOTO Editor Diamond Bar High School’s Thundering Herd started its season by charging ahead of its competitors in the Duarte Route 66 Pa-
rade while also doing an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Fair. In previous years, the Thundering Herd has managed to win many competitions, even ending up undefeated last season. The first competition of the season brought no disappointment as the Brahmas won auxiliary sweepstakes with a score of 89.3, drum major sweepstakes with 89.5 and overall sweepstakes with 95.1 out of six high schools.
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