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Volume/85 Issue 1 Oct. 25, 2016
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Table of Contents
Getting to Know Mr. Allan: pg 6
Brandy and Parker win: pg 10
Meet the Tribe: pg 14
New Counselors: pg 19
Co-Editors in Chief
Elaina Rothmayer Robbi Boggess
Feature Editor Abby Folkerts
Staffers Anthony Arroyo Kyleana Whitmore Alyssa Ayersman Jordan Williams Lynsey Borgen Mayson Williams Laurie Custard Elise Dowler Mason Fisher Cover Elizabeth Flores Leslie Tiengkham Nicole Grove Gwendolyn Major Adviser Toni McPhee Natalie Niemeyer Madison Stout Principal Tanner Tillotson Christopher Trevino Leslie Morris Fallon Trenter
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NOTE: All contents are the product of the EHS newspaper production staff. Occasional stories are contributed from the Journalism Intern program.
The Scroll is a public forum for student expression.
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Meet Stacie Brown East High’s Athletic Trainer Story/ L.Custard You are running in your cross country meet and all of a sudden a sharp pain shoots through your leg and you find yourself on the ground in agonizing pain. Who is to your rescue? Meet the new athletic trainer, Stacie Brown. Brown is an East alumni, graduated with an impressive 4.0 GPA, class president in 2011, and softball state champ in 2011. Schools Attended? “I am from Des Moines, so I went to East High School, graduated in 2011, afterwards went to Simpson College in Indianola and recieved my athletic training degree.” Why an athletic trainer? “I’ve been an athlete my whole life, dealt with crazy injuries, and I have always been interested in how the body works, mechanically, mathematically, and more of a scientific standpoint. It made sense with all the injuries in high school and college sport.” Why East? “It’s East High School! I had a great experience myself in athletics and academics and I just enjoyed the community and everybody, it still feels the same when I came back.” Differences between 2011 and now? “The teenagers are a lot different now, lot more social media. New teachers, few familiar coaches, Not too much has changed, there is a different drive in the athletes.” Challneges about being a trainer? “Having so many athletes and there only being one of me. That and telling athletes they cannot play due to their injury, definitely not my favorite part.” Favorite sport to watch and interact with the photo/L.Custard players? Keeping a watchful eye on fall practices is Stacie Brown, “So far football, defintely looking forward to softball this upcoming athletic trainer on October 11 at Williams Stadium. summer.”
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1st Team Metro Conference Class 4A All State Team 4A Softball State Champion
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with Kristina Garcia
photo/E. Flores Working with a student in her block 8 Geometry class is Mrs. Garcia. Garcia is new to East this year.
story/E. Flores It’s a typical day at East High School. The bell for third block rings at 11:30 a.m. as students walk through the door into the welcoming and positive room, 2078M. They sit down and start their geometry warm ups in their notebooks as they wait for Kristina Garcia to start teaching the lesson of the day. Q: Tell me about your family... A: Garcia has two daughters and a husband. Her husband’s name is Ruben and her daughter’s names are Kathryn and Madison Garcia. Kathryn graduated from East in 2014 and Madison is a senior at East. Q: Where did you grow up? A: Garcia grew up in a small town called Tulare, California. Tulare is located just outside of Fresno, California. Q: Tell me about your history as an educator... A: She started teaching in California and taught Algebra 1. Then, she moved to Des Moines. She started to teach at St. Anthony’s and taught sixth, seventh and eighth grade. After St. Anthony’s, she started teaching for DMPS. At DMPS, she started teaching at
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Callanan Middle School. After Callanan, she moved to Harding and taught for six years and she’s now teaching at East. Q: Since you teach at the same school that Madison goes to, does that change anything? A: For Garcia, it doesn’t change anything for her. “It doesn’t change anything for me because I’m the adult but before I took this job here, I asked her if it was going to be weird for her for her mom to teach here and we talked about it and she was totally fine with it,” she said. Q: What do you do on your free time? A: Reading is something she likes to do when she’s not busy. “My whole family reads. Me and my husband both read a lot and my daughters read. We like to read the same books so it’s kind of cool that we’ll read a book then get to talk about it so yeah, we’re book nerds,” Garcia said. Q: What do you think sets you apart from everyone else? A: For Garcia, her positivity. “I think I’m a really positive person. I’m just happy to be alive. I don’t know, I just try to see the best in everything,” she said.
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If you’re looking for someone whose middle name is adventurous, East HIgh SChool has found your gal. East High’s new School Improvement Leader, Sherry Poole makes sure adventure is in her fun filled life from riding in Ragbrai for five years to hiking in canyons in Utah. Q: Tell us about your history as an educator and what about your previous career helps you as a teacher? A: First Poole was a police officer for 11 years. After being a police officer, Poole went back to school at Iowa State and has been in Education for 17 years. “It teaches you how to think on your feet and be comfortable in many situations,” Poole said. Q: What do you do as a SIL(School Improvement Leader)? A: Poole mainly helps set goals for the school year ahead of us. She also is there to help teachers, students, support staff, coaches, and hall monitors. Q: What did you anticipate coming to east? A: She knew East is a lot bigger than North HIgh School and we are pretty strong in sports. Poole really enjoys athletics so she was excited for that. “I was a little nervous having 2,400 students in the hallways,” Poole said. Q:What advice would you give to students? A: The most important advice Poole wanted to give to students was, “get connected to your school.” Q: What do you do in your free time? A: “I’m an old athlete at heart,” Poole said. Poole enjoys doing anything that includes being athletic. She enjoys running, hiking biking and much more.
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Meet New SIL Sherry Poole
Q: What do you want to do for East High? A: “She is phenomenal at instuctional leadership,” Vice Principal Mrs. Ahrens said. Poole wants to work alongside teachers to try to find out how to improve test scores for students. She also wants to find out why students are getting suspended to try to eliminate those problems going on in the school. Q:Who inspired you to be a teacher? A: Poole’s father was her inspiration. He told her he wanted her to be whatever she wanted. Since she wanted to be a police officer and a teacher she decided to do both because her father had always told her to be what she wished.
Gazing at the view in Utah’s Bryce Canyon. Poole traveled to Utah to go hiking through the canyon.
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A day in the life of Mr. Allan
As Hairspray’s opening night comes closer, find out the inside scoop on the man behind the curtain story/E.Dowler photo/ contributed
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Allan wakes up at 4:30 a.m every day. Then goes to workout at 5 a.m. at Max Oxygen downtown, and later coaches CrossFit at 6 a.m. What is CrossFit? CrossFit is constantly varied, functional movements executed at a high intensity.
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On A days he teaches a theatre arts freshmen class. Usually on B days he is frantically running around trying to get something taken care of for the production of "Hairspray”. A student of Mr.Allan’s and in the upcoming musical “Hairspray” is Whytnie West. “He’s funny and he understands,” West said. West takes Theatre Arts with Mr.Allan.
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3:30 p.m. Typically, the first couple weeks of a performance is learning the music. "There is a lot to learn and it sounds like the song is just a five-minute thing but there really is a lot that goes into it. Especially with the chorus, the ensemble, lead singers and things like that,” Allan said. Then they try to work some choreography depending on what has been developed up to that point, later running through the scenes. "Early on you have to rehearse blocking and things like that once that is all done you are just working to refine it polish and working to get everything as crisp and as perfect as possible," Allan said.
You can catch “Hairspray” on Nov. 10
follow Mr.Allan @EHS_Theatre
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Story/M. Williams
“You have to dream BIG to be BIG.”
A family brought together by music, acting, of empowerment, whether that’s females dancing, and love. This is what the theatre empowering one another versus tearing each family prides itself on. After many musicals other down or body images of the character being performed on East High’s stage by the that are mocked because of the way they family, the award winning Broadway musical, look. I think all of those issues are really “Hairspray” finally makes it way to East. relevant and important to people of anytime Senior, Mason Lawrence portrays the and anyplace. This is as good a time as any to confident womanizer, “Link Larkin” this bring up that dialogue in a way that can be to year in his first ever musical. After the shock entertaining and yet have a strong message of being named the lead, Lawrence said, “I behind it,” Director Jamaal Allan said. wasn’t really expecting it. I knew I was decent “Hairspray” expresses the beauty of at acting, but I had zero experience with integration and reveals how repulsive singing and dancing so I didn’t segregation is. The theatre think I would get a role. Now “Encouraging, family in general is a diverse I’m extremely excited and am eye-opening, and welcoming group to all freeing.” so honored to have the part.” regardless of your ethnicity. Performing on a stage in Acceptance is hard to come -Mason front of an audience may be by in the world. Whether Lawrence terrifying to some, but it’s you consider yourself right always worth it when you stand up there for or wrong there’s always someone who will something you believe in. The fall Musical, destroy you and your beliefs. The theatre “Hairspray”, is based in the 60’s during the family are people you can feel like yourself Civil Rights Movement. With all of the with and feel safe for your personal beliefs. racial controversy happening in the world “It’s awesome. You know I came from today, it seems as though this musical is football and went right into theatre, they extremely relevant. Standing on stage to took me in like I was one of their own- it’s prove a point is what really matters and no amazing,” sophomore Albert Jones Jr. who amount of stage-fright can tear that down. plays the lead role “Seaweed J. Stubbs” said. “There’s a lot of issues that are discussed Hours upon hours are put into any
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Senior Isabel Casas portrays lead role, “Tracy Turnblad” in this years production. Her bright charasmatic personality lights up the stage and others around her.
production. The hours put into “Hairspray” are nothing less than important and effective. A story such as this one with so much meaning mixed into a fun and entertaining show is difficult, but definitely worth every minute spent in the choir room, on stage and with your nose in a script. There are three words that describe the East High theatre family. “Encouraging, eyeopening, freeing,” Mason Lawrence said. Come and see East High’s production of “Hairspray” on Nov. 10, 11, 12 and watch it transform the room and the hearts inside of it.
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Haunted Halls
Real experiences from your teachers
Ms. Cornick After a basketball game one night, Ms. Corinick had to walk through the empty halls to the south wing. She had left her bag in her room not knowing she would be in the school until late. “I was obviously freaking out,“ English teacher Karin Cornick said. As she reached for her door to unlock it, there was a huge slam. She frantically opened the door and turned the lights on. She had to make it to the west entrance to get to her car. As she ran out of the building, she tripped an fell down the stairs. Once out of the school, she finally slowed down. While walking to the car she started to cry.
Mrs. Medina
Mr. Long
Six years ago, after a debate tournament, Mrs. Medina was going to get her keys from her room. As she as coming around the corner, she saw a girl looking in a locker. She couldn’t see her face. She could only see her long brown hair. She spun around to tell the girl she was not supposed to be there, and the girl was no where to be found. Thinking she was seeing things from being so tired she moved on. Later that week she asked one of the janitors if she had seen anything paranormal in the school. The janitor went on to tell her that they had seen a girl with long brown hair looking in Mrs. Medina’s classroom window.
It was late one Saturday afternoon. Mr. Long came in to grab some papers to grade. He walked past the a janitor and asked who all was in the building. The janitor replied saying no one other then the two of them were there. As he was walking to his room he heard noises coming from the girls bathroom. He thought nothing of it and went and grabbed his papers. As he walked past the bathroom again he heard a faucet turn on. He went and found the janitor and told him someone was in the bathroom. They decided to both check it out. When they reached the door they heard the water turn off. When they went in they say the water draining from the sink. They found no one.
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Last minute Halloween costumes Procrastination is your middle name. You’ve never met an assignment that couldn’t be postponed. You were invited to a Halloween party three weeks ago, and you just started looking for a costume. You run to the Halloween store, all the good costumes are gone, or over $40. You procrastinated saving up money also. You’ve got under 12 hours and $25 in your wallet, where are you going to go? What are you going to be?
Ghost
Mime
story/ E. Rothmayer photos/ E. Rothmayer
B&W face paint-Walgreens: $5 B&W stripped shirt-Goodwill: $3 Optional: White gloves Red lipstick-Dollar Tree: $1 (Total cost: $9)
Katie Davis
Latex Gloves-Dollar Tree: $1 Scrubs- Walmart: $10 for pants and shirt Dust Mask-Dollar Tree: $1 (Total cost: $12)
Nurse
White Sheet- Walmart: $5 (Total cost: $5)
Briana Housman
Scarecrow
Face paint- Walgreens: $3
Leo Garcia
Gumball Machine
Floppy hat- Goodwill: $3 Flannel shirt-Goodwill: $3 Not pictured: Jeans & boots (Total cost: $9)
White shirt-Goodwill: $2 Puff balls-Walmart: $3 Red pants-Goodwill: $3.50 Directions- Glue puff balls onto white shirt Optional- $.25 sign (Total cost: $8.50)
Vampire
Blake Hansen
Black everything, with some red accents, like jewlery or shoes optional: vampire teeth (Total cost: $0)
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#WeCamDoIt
Story/ A. Ayersman
Brandy Cam and Parker Bartz win senior class election As November rolls around, everyone across the nation will have all eyes on the voting polls. Let’s think about the month of October when East High held their annual class presidential election. East High Scroll got the inside scoop on our 2016-2017 president and vice president. Prior to elections, vice principal Ms. Ahrens decided that there will only be one president and one vice president for all student run groups. The two students who would be elected for class president and vice president, would also be elected to run student government and senior board. Ahrens believed that with too many “presidents” would cause conflict around
graduation time with everyone wanting to be a part of graduation. “We want one person over seeing the whole school, someone who is most effective,” Ahrens said. The voting polls for class election also changed for the 2016-2017 elections. Before at East, elections were strictly for just seniors, while this year every grade can vote for who they want to represent our school. This was changed by administration to make the elections less of a popularity contest and more of an effective change in our school. These are just little changes to our to school compared to what Brandy Cam and Parker Bartz are about to bring to us. They have BIG dreams, for a BIG future.
What are you involved in at East? Cam has been involed with cheerleading, theatre, fashion show, Educational Talent Search, National Honor Society, as well as different voluneering projects.
What will be your biggest challenge as class president? “My biggest challenge as class president will be getting everybody at East to agree and come together as a whole.”
If you could change one thing about East, what would it be? “If I coud change one thing about East it would be our own perception of ourselves...” Cam believes she can help students talk more positively about our school, and show the world what it’s really like to be an East High Scarlet.
What is your definition of a class president? “Someone who can be a voice for all students and be a great leader at all times. As your class president I want you to feel comfortable with me and talk to me about any problems you have.” Cam also added that if there are any concerns or ideas, come to her to discuss so she can have more feedback to work with.
What are your goals for East? “To get more students involved and have more kids be able to voice their opinions and help groups that might What do you think made you stand out to win presidency? not get the support they need...” Cam believes that since she ran for the students rather than What is your plan of action? popularity, that put her above and Cam plans to have a huge charity beyond all the other candidates. “I event at East. She aims to “have have always tried to get to know East shown in a better light.” She everyone and be nice to everyone... expects reporters to be there to it’s really paid of.” Some other wise cover the story as well as dogs to draw in supporters for the East High words from Cam are “stay humbe... the only thing holding you back is community as well as the ARL. yourself.”
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National Election T
his years national election is one of the most unique elections of all time between republican nominee Donald Trump and democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Trump has no political experience but Clinton has lived a life full of political experience. “Year after year, polls show the American public is dissatisfied with our political leaders,” said Mr. Sporleader. Even though Trump has no political experience it seems that some of his success in his campaign has come from that negativity toward political leaders. “She definitely has political experience and her supporters are willing to look past her email scandal,” Mr. Sporleader said. With election day approaching soon our country will receive a very controversial president.
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First time East High School voters weigh in on the election
Jordan Milligan is a supporter of Donald
Trump. “I believe Trump will make a good president because he believes in American exceptionalism, he’s committed to fixing our broken education System as well as getting rid of common core, as well as he demands high performance,” Milligan said. Then I asked him why does he not support Hillary Clinton and Milligan continued, “Hillary Clinton on the other hand has put American lives in danger! Clinton is responsible for many American deaths due to poor judgment as well as blatant defiance of regulations and rules and safety precautions!”. Lastly I asked Milligan what he would like to say to his fellow classmates “I urge anybody who can vote to vote whether it’s for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton! I believe we need to continue to exercise that right so that it won’t be taken away!” Milligan said.
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Clinton “I support Hilary because I look at her as a very strong woman figure and someone who really fights and understands first hand what being a woman in this society is like,” Casas said. Then she continued on why she does not support Trump, “One of the obvious reasons I don’t like Donald is because of his comments and opinions on minorities. And me being a minority myself I don’t respect his choice of words or the way he carries himself,” Casas said. She also had something to say to her classmates, “The only thing I’d really like to say to students is to really research and understand the people you’re voting for. Don’t come to conclusions immediately, weigh both sides then come to a conclusion,” Casas said.
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How do you want to It up?
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The air is crisp, you can see the leaves falling as you look out the window, your taste-buds are aching for a fall drink. It’s been so long, a whole year. You jump on Instagram and see one of your friends posted their pumpkin spice drink. Its time. You have to get one. You get in your car and head out on the road, then you wonder... where from?
Dunkin’ Donuts
Small: $3.95 449 calories Notes: Not enough spice.. c’mon now it’s pumpkin spice for a reason!
Starbucks
Small: $4.25 226 calories Notes: A classic, but not the best..really.. its just Starbucks.
Caribou
Small: $4.19 160 calories Notes: Winner, winner, pumpkin spice dinner! Best pumpkin/ spice ratio.
McDonald’s
Small: $3.89 200 calories Notes: A little too spicy.. not enough pumpkin.
coffee addicts weigh in.. Devin Walker/10
“My favorite place to get pumpkin spice is Starbucks, I go there to get all of my coffee drinks because I love the atmosphere.”
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“I love going to Scooters to get my coffee drinks. They put chocolate chips in their pumpkin spice, nothing beats that.”
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Shiny teeth and me story/ G. Major Plaster white walls, the smell of latex gloves, blue scrubs and lab coats surround you. The sound of drills and tools, and little kids leaving with their bags of goodies and a sticker. If you’re anything like I am, the dentist office may be a little nerve racking, especially if you’re going to have your wisdom teeth removed, but
Wisdom teeth removal, a right of passage... Or complete torture? The most horrific part of the entire experience is being awake and able to see the doctor putting the tools into your mouth, which isn’t much larger than the drill itself. Between swelling, not being able to eat, and not sleeping on the comfortable side of your
body, I was over my wisdom teeth removal after twenty minutes. I ached as I tore through a piece of friend chicken nearly two hours post surgery. Pain radiated from my mouth to my toes as I showered and hot water hit my face, and my stomach turned and growled while
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When they put the [Novocain] shot into my mouth, I cried. It hurt so bad.” fear not my friend! It isn’t as bad as it looks, it’s worse. “When they put the [Novocain] shot into my mouth, I cried. It hurt so bad,” Hannibal High sophomore, Lauren Pease said. Pease had her wisdom teeth removed the summer before her freshman year.
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watching my brothers eat pizza, as if begging for solid food. “The worst part for me was waiting on my mouth to heal before eating. I got sick of pudding and mashed potatoes. My sister was eating pancakes and bacon for breakfast, and all I got was another vanilla pudding,” North High junior, Samantha Earley said. Although tough, and maybe even painful, sticking to the rules set by your dentist is important. One bite of tasty chicken isn’t worth the several weeks of painful dry socket. Change your gauze often, apply ice frequently, and get a lot of rest. The more you sleep, the quicker this brutal week will go by.
DON’T Don’t eat or drink anything too hot.
DON’T use straws.
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Meet the Tribe
Get the inside look on what it takes to run Eash High’s student section Story/ T. McPhee
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reer. This years voting process might change a little. The leaders are considering an application to more students involved with running the Tribe rather than people they know. “As a tribe leader I run the Twitter(@_TheTribe), deal with concerns of students and staff about the
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out, hawaiian out and spirit out. They also make sure student behave and cheers on the players during the whole game. Everyone is encouraged to support any event they would like. “Most people attend football. We are trying to get more people to attend sporting events by handing out tickets to go into the game or different kinds of prizes. The tribe leaders this year are trying to change the amount of people at sporting events,” Sanchez said. In previous years, East has had trouble getting people to attend sporting events. The Tribe leaders are doing everything in their power to get more attendees. They are handing out free tickets to get into games, having meeting with the administration and Mr. Fedders, the athletic director and anyone to come support.
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The sun is beginning to set, bright lights rain down onto the crowd beating in oscar red white and black. Cleats Sanchez staggering on the field as warm ups end. Keys cling at kick off to start the East High football game. The fun of the sporting events does not start here. It starts with the Tribe. “The Tribe is MOney Man the student section at school Madi Garcia events. It’s not just the six leaders, it is the entire school body,” tribe leader Camryn Carpenter said. Every year the previous years tribe chooses a select group of seniors Motivator to be the next years Tribe Tony Bennet leaders. The group this year was six seniors, Tony Bennet, Oscar Sanchez, photo/ Chase Ballard Chase Ballard, Lou Custard, Camryn Carpenter, and Madi Garcia. These leaders were brought to the provious tribe leaders attention by attending many Social Media sporting events throughSpecialist out their high school ca-
I wish more people would go to games. -Emilie youngwirth student section, control the student section, plan pep assemblies and organize the tailgates,” Bennet said. Tailgates are held every Friday night before the game starts. The leaders provide grilled hotdogs or pizza, drinks, face painting, water pong and to relax a little bit, there is even a couch. They also come up with themes for games including black out, american
Leaders Lou Custard
Buisness Woman Chase Ballard
Flag runner Camryn Carpenter
The voice The Tribe intensley cheering on the Scarlets football team during their 31-14 victory against Des Moines Lincoln High School.
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East High Lightning Scarlet Swimmers on the rise
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There are no breaks every few seconds, nor can you breath whenever you want. Like any sport the season is a grind, but the main payoff is at the end at our championship meets where swimmers usually swim personal record times and hopefully qualify for the state meet,” Assistant Coach Dustin Cassler said. Cassler was a swimmer in high school and now the boys’ varsity swim coach and the girls’ assistant coach. Anna Liu, senior, record breaker, and state qualifier feels that high school swimming doesn’t think that swim gets the support from the student section of East High. “Swimming rarely gets as much recognition as football or basketball does. For example, when the girls’ basketball team made it to State a few years ago, they had a whole student section there to support them, and that’s great!” she said “but when the boys’ and the girls’ swim team made it to Sate, only swimmers and family members were there to support us,” Liu said.. As the girls’ season comes to a close and the boys’ season starts up again. Let’s show the swim team the love and support theses hardworking individuals deserve..
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Water splashing everywhere, people hooting and hollering, and you can feel the Scarlet sprit rising in the air as records are broken left and right by state qualifiers. This is what happens at East High School girls swim meets. The girls’ swim team is a group filled with passion, speed, and grit. This group of girls come from different backgrounds and circumstances. Sadly, this doesn’t seem to get recognized as much as it should. “I do not think that high school swimming gets the attention it deserves at all.... no one comes to support,” sophomore MaryKate Walling said. Walling has been swimming her whole life. To some swimming might not be the most interesting sport but it takes just as much effort and just the same amount of work as any other sport; such as football, basketball or baseball. “It would be nice to have swimming become more popular like football and basketball. Swimming is a very physically demanding sport that requires lots of endurance and works your entire body all of the time, very similar to wrestling. Football and basketball are also physically demanding, but in different ways.
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The [Center] f Attenti n Story/J. Williams
A story on the everlasting high school cliche that “sports are more”
There are so many sports to play at East High School. With sports come players, and with players come family members, classmates, administrators and friends that all go to watch. Support radiates off of players jerseys, cheerleaders uniforms, and students, “Go Big Red” sweatshirts as they all walk through the halls. If a game is to be played, it will not be unknown, because sporting events are a major part of East’s culture, but they also seem to get the majority of the support as well. “The average kid knows football more as a high school activity, more so than theatre,” art teacher, Jason Soliday said.
Mr. Allan and the cast of “Hairspray” prepare themselves for the opening night of the musical, on November 11. photo/J.Williams
Last year, Mr. Allan needed money, music
needed money speech needed money... The list of underfunded activities was quite large. With $170,000 in the schools budget this year, Mrs. Morris has made sure that $5,000 of the budget goes to band, that theatre has new mics in the auditorium, and that the speech and debate teams are funded. “Debate, speech, fine arts, performing arts: those are as important to me as athletics. I don’t know why they aren’t funded sometimes in high schools, but they are in my high school,” Principal, Mrs. Morris said. In order for any team or activity to get the money that their students need, the teacher or director needs to ask for it. They also ask for students and staff to show up and support the students who are involved in these under-dogged activities, because they’re just as important to the school as any sport could ever be. But unfortunately, not every student feels as though it is.
“A lot of people support sports way more than they have ever supported drama or anything for that matter. It’s always been that way and I doubt it’ll ever change. That’s why I feel people who are in drama, choir, IHSSA, even speech and debate, we are our own biggest fans. We cheer for ourselves when no one else will,” IHSSA and theatre participant, Courtney Young said. Young isn’t the only one with a strong opinion on the issue. Many others feel the same way about how supported they are in what they do. “People definitely support sports. That’s visible in our audience vs. crowds at games. There’s triple the people, it’s ridiculous,” Choir, Theatre and IHSSA participant, Tim Schonkaes said. Whether it’s a football game or a Choir concert, we are all one student body. We are all East High, and making each other
Putting his heart into playing the trumpet is senior, Mason Lawrence. photo/ B. Delk
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You’re late? No learning for you!
New holding room for tardy students creates learning gap All, East High students, picture this: you go to college for four years to get a Bachelor’s degree, then you get a job at clearly the best school in the district. Now fast forward to a couple months into school , you’re super excited and nervous about this new lesson you’re about to teach. You were up all night planning and talking to yourself awkwardly in the mirror saying how perfect this is, then finally the day is here! You get to school and set up shop, everything is going perfect, just how you wanted. As students start walking in you can’t hide that huge cheesy smile inside anymore. As the final bell rings you look around and a large number of students are missing. Clearly you can’t just not teach the lesson so you proceed. A huge part of you is very disappointed, but the show must go on. You get 30 minutes into teaching your lesson and you have one student enter. You proceed to assist and engage your class as though no disruption has just occurred. After you completed your lecture, you go and assist that student to try and get them caught up. As you are in the middle of re-teaching your lesson, you have two more students
As the tardy students start to wonder in, Mr. Ytzen checks attendance in hopes to see as little names as possible mosey on in. You then start to get frustrated and wonder why your class is not worth showing up on time for. Students roaming through halls, classrooms, bathroom stalls, and even the weight room now know that if you are 20 minutes tardy, you are sent to the Student Center for Behavioral Instruction (S.C.B.I.) classroom. Well, that is not a rumor. It is true, if you are tardy by over 20 minutes you will be sent to Mr. Ytzen’s classroom where S.C.B.I is held. “All last year we had a huge problem with attendance,” Vice Principal Chad Street said. “..There is a 5-10 percent gap of
students who are constantly tardy,” Street continued . “That’s around 200 students who are not getting the education they need.” When asked what he hopes to get out of this program Street said, “We want to get to the bottom of why you are late, uncover what is the root of the problem, and what we can do to help fix the issue.” Helping is an understatement, not only is Mr. Ytzen there but there are also all counselors a couple doors down, social workers, behavioral coaches, and interventionist all there to unwrap the tardy mystery. You then have students who voice their concern about the changes being
made to East’s tardy policy. “With them sitting in that class they’re missing more learning time, and isn’t that what you’re trying to avoid?” senior Chloe Copley said. Nick Laferedo, a first time tardy offender, agrees. “I missed out on the lesson plan so I had no idea what I was doing, I think a three strikes and your out method would be great, that was the first time I was tardy all year and I still had to go sit in that classroom.” Laferedo said. Copley continued to stress her reasons why she saw more negatives than positives coming out of this ordeal. “People that are going to be more than
What excuse do you use when you’re late? “I forgot what time class started.” “It wasn’t my fault.” “Other people don’t know how to drive” “It won’t happen again I promise.” “Wait i’m late?” Page Editor/ R. Boggess
20 minutes late will more than likely just think ‘well I might as well just skip’ and boy was she right, or at least just for this moment. Junior, Zack Kehler reflected on the time he knew he and his friend were going to be more than 20 minutes late and decided just not to show up for that block. “They were either not gonna let us in or we were gonna have to go sit in that classroom, so what’s the point?” Kehler said. When Kehler was asked what his final thoughts were about the issue he responded, “You know, everyone is trying to standardize schools nowadays, but we are not standard so, it doesn’t work.” Whatever your views on this new addition, let the record be clear it was designed to strengthen East High as a whole, not to single anyone out. Everyday this school is changing for the better, whether it be new additions or new tardy enforcements. Just like with any new thing, it takes time to adjust. Students when you’re walking in late to class try and look at the situation through your teacher’s eyes, see how this tiny inconvenience sets them back so far but they don’t make you feel any less important. Teachers, try and look at it from the students point of view, things do happen not all of us teenagers are hooligans, we do try and continue to try. Now with that being said I know what you’re all thinking, “Time to reset my alarm clock, cause tomorrow, I got some learnin to do!”
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Cyber bullying Victims speak up Story/N. Grove
A piece of hate mail, a death threat, they are going to hunt me down and a derogatory comment on your picture. It kill me, some even get descriptive. It comes in many different forms and we all scares me to be honest,” Gilbert said. know it happens., but do we choose to face it Bystanders also play a big role or ignore it? Cyber bullying, everyone reacts in cyber bullying. When they step different but, how does it make the victim feel? in it can make the situation better. If you’ve never been cyber bullied “My friends are like family to me, you’re about to find out what it feels like. when I see them getting hate, I usually The internet is a powerful tool, and can feel like I have to step in and help make you feel good about yourself every them,” 16 year old Gabriella Smith said. time you post a selfie, but when it’s turned Protecting each other is just against you, you can feel as important as small, and worthless. I have received so many protecting yourself, “When I get hate it death threats, it’s rather especially if you as a hurts me, I feel like nobody bystander knows what appreciates me. I feel when shocking. The tell me they it feels like to get hate. good things happen to are going to hunt me down Getting help is that’s when I get the most and kill me, some even get important though, hate,” 27 year old Angela no one should ever Gilbert from Michigan said. descriptive. It scares me face it alone. If Feeling unappreciated to be honest.” you’re having trouble is just the tip of the and need help, you iceberg, it can make you feel broken could possibly contact your school and depressed, you can loose your counselor and they can help you. self esteem and never feel the same. “I would be available to the student Getting a death threat can send the victim to listen to what they experienced spiraling. Such things as “go kill yourself ” or and to support them here at school. “you’re a waste of space” are always getting Typically, counselors do not handle tossed around in the Instagram, Facebook, instances of cyber bullying on their own and the social media community in general, so my first would step be to encourage but do bullies ever stop to think about what that student to tell their parents/ would they would do if their victims really family to ensure they have support did commit suicide? The bullies would have from someone at home,” East school to live the rest of their life knowing they counselor Lauren Brandt Erickson said. caused someone to do something so terrible. Talking to someone will make “I have received so many death you feel better and make the situation threats, it’s rather shocking. They tell me less stressful to handle alone.
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What to do if your getting cyber bullied:
This is a message that was sent to Gilbert through an anonymous mail service using her instagram name, Amelia. This is just one of many.
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New Faces of East High Story & Photos/A. Folkerts
They were both former English teachers. They come from completely different backgrounds. This is their story. Welcome Karin Mills and Linda Rossow, the two new counselors to East High School this year.
Ms. Linda Rossow 10-12 Grade Counselor
Q & Awith Ms. Rossow
Mrs. Karin Mills 9th Grade Counselor
Q & Awith Mrs. Mills
1. Describe your family. “I am one of eight kids. I have a mom and a dad, and then I have 4 brothers and 3 sisters, and between all of us there are 20 nieces and nephews. I have 3 kids of my own, a boy and two girls, so I come from a super, super huge family.”
1. Describe your family. “I have a really small family. I’m an only child. My dad is a refugee from Eastern Europe, and him and his parents are the only ones that came over from Europe so that’s all that I have for that family. My mom’s family all lives in Cincinnati Ohio.”
2. What do you like to do with your free time? “I just discovered that I know how to sew. I have been making curtains and my kids Halloween costumes. Spend time with my dog, since I just got a new dog a couple months ago (mini schnauzer named Sawyer, 1 year old), and I like to read.”
2. What was it like to have a refugee as a parent? “It was really different because I grew up in a very homogeneous area. I grew up on the West side of Waterloo and went to catholic school. I grew up with not a lot of people believing me, they thought I was making up stories about my family. It was different because it was a lot of people who hadn’t experienced difference and didn’t know what that was about. It was tough at times.”
3. What do you like most about being an educator? “One thing that I really liked about my high school (which was similar to East) was that I had the opportunity to meet with so many different people and that’s what I really like about education. I enjoy meeting and interacting with anybody and everybody. And it’s always different and challenging.” 4. What made you come to East? “I love the East side. There’s just something about it. As a community its so strong and they just have a really strong sense of who they are and they make no apologies for it and I love that, so I wanted to go back to the East side. I missed the East side.”
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3. What do you like to do with your free time? “I really like spending time with my family. I have one daughter and a husband. We spend a lot of time together, and a lot of time outside. My husband is a farm boy, so we are kind of country people.” 4. What are your goals for East? “Increasing graduation rates. I want students to graduate so they can have the opportunity to do whatever they want to do in the future.”
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Different but the same A look into the life of deaf and hard of hearing students
Signing with one her students is Mrs. Katy Faircloth. In this picture what do you see? A teacher is helping a student. Nothing more, nothing less. So what makes this picture different? What makes this picture the same? story/K. Whitmore
Finally, you’ve been waiting for this class all is totally up to the teacher to intervene in those day. You see your friend and wave. Everyone situations. If they’re having a Sign Language takes a seat. The teacher begins class. You see conversation with someone, I definitely look mouths moving but yet you don’t hear any noise. away, not to eavesdrop or be nosey,” translator That’s when you look over at your translator. Ann Hivley said. Despite having barriers in “My students are English language communication, these students are just as involved learners. They are bright and often don’t as other students. Michaela Aunspach is a hard of see themselves as having a disability. Many hearing sophomore at East who is a manager for of my students are hysterical, too,” deaf the volleyball team. She is also in Ambassadors. education teacher Katy Faircloth said. With everything she does it’s no wonder why Many of these students have trouble at home most, if not all, of her classmates and teachers when it comes to communicating with family. use the words “sweetheart” and “amazing” to Some of them even describe her. Aunspach I need to be quiet, I have to is just one example have to come up with a different language for use turn my voice off and sign. I can of the countless at home. When you get things these students voice and sign but the students are involved in. home from school today and your parents ask how will look at me weird. I’m just still “She’s really your day was imagine positive and nervous to voice.” what it would be like if smiley. She brings you couldn’t tell them. a good vibe to the For one day imagine if you had a great time classroom,” sophomore MaryKate Walling said. at school and you couldn’t verbally tell them Just because someone can’t hear doesn’t mean about it, no matter how bad you want to. they can’t speak. However, many kids who are “At home I sign, but my parents don’t deaf or hard of hearing can talk, but they don’t. understand sign, we have home signs, we For them talking with out hearing is like drawing made them up to communicate. It’s really without seeing. They aren’t quite sure how it hard to voice for me, often I’m just texting will turn out and they don’t want to mess up. them,” senior Katanya Yingyoth said. “I need to be quiet, I have to turn my At school these students use translators to voice off and sign. I can voice and sign make communication easier. These are trained but the students will look at me weird. I’m people who help them talk to others. They go just still nervous to voice.” Yingyoth said. with them to every class while helping them These students aren’t looking for your understand instructions and interact with peers. pity. In fact it is quite the opposite. They Kids who are deaf or hard of hearing often overcome much more than other students and get really close to their translators because yet they still manage to succeed. Though these of how much time they spend with them. students aren’t looking for your pity they are The translators make sure not to be a second looking for something from you, acceptance teacher to the student they’re translating for. and patience. It takes a lot of work to do the “It’s not my business if they choose to chat, things they do. Give them some credit for it. be on their phone or just not do the work. That
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The equipment This is a cochlear implant. It helps someone who cannot hear, hear. They get a part surgically implanted and then wear this on this outside of their ear. This is a microphone that goes with the hearing aid below. Someone can talk into the microphone and the person wearing the hearing aid can hear perfectly, as if they were right next to them. This is a hearing aid. It comes with the microphone above. It helps someone who is hard of hearing, hear easier.
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