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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 VOLUME XXXVI, ISSUE I ONLINE AT DBBULLSEYE.COM
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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Year of renovation for DBHS campus has begun
Galindo succeeds Prenger as dean
Work on the gym, USB room and the 200 and 300 buildings is almost complete.
Longtime DBHS English teacher named interim dean of English and Arts.
CHRISTINA LIU STAFF WRITER
will of the superintendent, so any administrator can get a job that way and lose a job that way,” Jones said. “In this case, the application wouldn’t happen for an interim position. Typically it’s done in unique, rare circumstances that warrant a quick move of leadership.” Both Jones and Galindo said Prenger’s departure came as a surprise. Despite this, the search for replacements for both Prenger and Galindo began the first week of school. “Teamwork is something where everyone's roles are well-defined,” Jones said. “There are really talented administrators here at Diamond Bar and at the district office, so when you have really skilled people that do a really good job, you can pick up the slack for other
Before the implementation of Measure O, which covers the remodeling the band rooms, the 500 and 400 buildings, the Walnut Valley Unified School District has already initiated other projects across the Diamond Bar High School campus. The district is funding the construction projects for the USB room, gym and both the 200 and 300 buildings, due to much needed renovation on campus. “I was really excited to learn that we would finally be updating the USB room. It’s been in talks for a long time, since before I was the Activities Director,” Janna Van Horn said via email. The initial planning was left to operations manager Mike Bromberg and Van Horn. However, seniors Hailey Shi and Derek Lai were also given the opportunity to help plan out the new room because both students nursed an interest in design. “I’m really grateful for this opportunity because it’s something I would have never dreamed of to be able to do at a school,” Shi said.
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Brian Chang News Editor After years of teaching English to Diamond Bar High School students, Julie Galindo has been selected as the school’s interim Dean of the Arts and English Division. Just days after school started, it was announced that Whitney Prenger, who served as the department’s dean last year, was leaving DBHS. Prenger was transferred to Vejar Elementary School to be its interim principal. District superintendent Robert Taylor then confirmed Galindo as the interim dean. Galindo had previously told school administrators that she would be interested in the position of dean if the opportunity arose, DBHS principal Reuben Jones said. Because of this, he nominated her to Taylor as a replacement for Prenger, and Taylor agreed. Jones said that since it is a temporary position, there was no formal application process. “Administrators serve at the
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NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
INGRID CHAN
Julie Galindo succeeds Whitney Prenger as dean of English and Arts.
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New scoreboards have been added to the gym along with new wood flooring.
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Designed with the help of students, the DBHS USB room underwent renovation.
New staff members join the Brahma family Among the new faculty members is a large group of teachers in a variety of subjects. Cindy Liu ASST. News EDITOR Diamond Bar High School students will be seeing several new faces around campus this school year. Among the new members of the Brahma staff are history teacher Anthony Poullard, Spanish teacher Brenda Zavala, speech therapist Kiara Chan, math teachers Dawn Daza and Lisa Arionus, Pathways science teacher Jasmine Silver and history teacher Joell Hurtt, English teachers Stanley Hsu and Kristine Palisoc, kinesiology teacher and football coach Kevin Argumosa, guidance office administrator Jolina McCurry—who had worked part-time at DBHS for a few years—and front office administrator Carrie Yee. Poullard, who will be teaching World History this year in place of
retired teacher George Hardison, returns as a familiar face for many students. Having been a long-term substitute for AP US history teacher Lindsay Arnold last semester, a substitute for the Walnut Unified School District for the past two years and a summer teacher for the DBHS Dedicated to Learning summer program, he is well known on the DBHS campus. After Poullard graduated from UC Irvine with his master’s degree in education with credentials in social sciences, he juggled work as a substitute and student teacher for WVUSD and the Irvine Unified School District before becoming a teacher at DBHS. “For me, it was very important to build relationships and rapport with the students,” Poullard said. “It was through building those relationships that I was able to understand not just who they were in the class but [also] who they were as a person.” Having a permanent position on staff means a lot for Poullard, who was inspired to teach by his grandmother, a retired teacher who passed away a few years ago.
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Back row, from left, Kiara Chan, Carrie Yee, Lisa Arionus, Anthony Poullard and front row, from left, Jasmine Silver, Stanley Hsu, Kristine Palisoc and Dawn Daza take on their new positions as faculty members beginning this school year.