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The EHS Concert Band and the UNC Symphonic band play the first movement of “Lord, Now Let Us Thou,” together under the direction of Dr. Ken Singleton and Logan Doddridge. The total three movements will be performed May 2016 by the Eaton Concert Band, including returning seniors. Singleton arranged the piece after hearing about the tragic loss of band member Ryan Pickett.
Concert Band plays tribute song for Ryan Pickett Eaton Concert and UNC Symphonic Bands play tribute “Lord, Now Let Us Thou” by director Ken Singleton karaleekothe feature editor Ryan Pickett’s parents heard the tribute song for their son played by the UNC Symphonic and the EHS Concert Bands for the first time on April 23. The combined bands filled the Eaton gymnasium with music arranged by Dr. Ken Singleton called “Lord, Now Let Us Thou.” Heather Pickett said not only was the piece “very moving,” both she and her husband felt it was a good way for both them and the students to work through grief. Both of Ryan’s parents were moved by the performance, and Matt Pickett said the song seemed “very therapeutic for the band to have this piece to work on, because they can express their emotions through the music.” The idea for a tribute song began at Combined League
Honor Band when UNC band director Ken Singleton approached EHS director Logan Doddridge about arranging a song for Ryan. Although Singleton, Doddridge’s former professor, did not know Ryan personally, he said that his 45 years of teaching band had taught him what it is like to lose a band member and how hard it could be on the band. Singleton said, “I know healing takes a long time, and I knew I could help, and music could help, in the healing process. You hear joy in the music because it is the celebration of his life.” Singleton and Doddridge went to work on finding the perfect piece for Eaton’s Concert Band, and decided on Rachmaninoff ’s “Lord, Now Let Us Thou.” Singleton said, “I immediately thought of this piece because it is very beautiful and sad, yet triumphant and joyful.”
Doddridge said, “Working on this song helped the band a lot because it was very cleansing for everyone, including me. Every time we get it out to work on it, the kids’ attitude changes. They sit up straight and rehearse it well because we all know why and who we are rehearsing it for. This song has brought the concert band together because we are playing for Ryan.” Katie Byrne (15) agrees that musicians get rid of sadness and grief by playing it out and embodying their emotions through the music. She said, “Working on this song helped us cope when Ryan passed. It was really hard for the band to come back on the first day and then go straight to pep band.” Ever since the band started working on the song, Byrne said it “has been a healer for
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Matt and Heather Pickett discuss Ryan’s tribute song with Dr. Singleton after hearing it for the first time. Singleton arranged the Rachmaninoff piece as a way to help students through grief.
us. The wholeness of this piece is phenomenal and it the chords are very complex and thick. I get goose bumps when the song climaxes as the trumpets come in.” Byrne said that it made remembering Pickett and his role in the band a little easier. “It’s really cool when we play it because it brings us back to all those memories.”
The two bands played the first movement of “Lord, Now Let Us Thou,” at EHS on April 23. Byrne (15) said, “It was really inspirational to play alongside the UNC Symphonic band, and since we’ve played with them, our sound has really improved.” The EHS concert band performed the song again at their end of their final con-
cert for the year on May 8. The piece, said to be one of Rachmaninoff ’s favorites, is part of The Vespers or Vigil, a three-movement piece and the next two movements will be arranged by Singleton and performed at the May concert of 2016. Doddrige said current seniors will return next year to play the entire piece with the band.
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EHS student teachers prepare to begin new careers EHS welcomes Johnson and bids good fortune to others newly employed Goss and Kayla Johnson started teaching at EHS at Four student teachers have the beginning of second been preparing for future semester along with CSU careers this semester, and student Liam Duncan, in the after finishing interviews English department. Michael Thompson, teachKayla Johnson will become ing alongside social studthe newest permanent math ies teacher Doug Preston, teacher at started EHS. teaching Johnson This is where I at the bewill be takwanted to get ginning of ing over the the school hired the most, role of math teacher Lauso it made it high year. As year ren Hall who stakes for me nears the decided to -Kayla Johnson end all make fullteachers time mothare finalizerhood her ing plans for future careers. career after going on materJohnson, who taught nity leave this winter. under Mark Watkins, said, UNC math teachers Sarah
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“This is where I wanted to get hired the most, so it made it high stakes for me.” Duncan, teaching alongside Merri Kirby, will be pursuing a career at Valley next semester. Duncan said, “I have always felt drawn to smaller school districts and love working where I can interact with everyone.” Goss will start her teaching career out at Clearcreek next semester. Thompson will be teaching at Windsor. The student teachers are wrapping up the school year and getting ready to start their new careers. Each student teacher started in the same place but will go seperate ways.
myiah scott Kayla Johnson types in grades for EHS students alongside her supervising teacher, Mark Watkins. Johnson says Eaton is the place she most wanted to begin her teaching career.
State lessens hours of testing Seniors won’t test while underclassmen have less raewood staff reporter State legislators gave a whole new meaning to the word “lessons” when they voted to reduce the hours of state-mandated testing for Colorado school districts. In its final hours, Bill 151323, also known as the Compromise Bill, passed overwhelmingly in both the senate and the house on the final day of legislation, May 7. Bill 15-1323, which saught to eliviate the massive hours of testing that students underwent this year will reduce testing by 25 hours. The time a student spends testing will decrease from 137 hours to 102 hours
and the change will be felt most profoundly at the high school level. The compromise bill will keep the 9th grade PARCC tests. However, 10th grade will no longer be taking the CMAS exams, but instead a workforce readiness test similar to the ACT Aspire. The test takes around three hours instead of eleven for the previous CMAS. Bridgette Muse, district curriculum coordinator, guarantees that “Juniors will take the ACT, and Seniors will not be taking any tests.” Supporters of Compromise said that the tests are “not mandatory and not optional.” Tests must be offered by the district but students may
opt out of the test. Teachers will not be evaluated on the data received by state testing for the 2015-16 school year. Schools will also not have to use the data in future teacher evaluations if the data arrives too late to meet deadlines. Social studies tests are only given once in High School. A separate measure that also passed is Senate BIll 15-056. Instead tests will only be given in selected schools-with a goal of the test being given in an individual school every three years. The compromise testing bill passed 30-5 in the Senate and 55-8 in the house. The bill doesn’t allow Colorado schools to withdrawal from the Common Core State Standards and the PARCC multi-state tests. The bill also doesn’t decrease the amount of testing to meet the desires of the
Colorado Education Association. Muse said that she is glad the state finally did something, “but they need to go farther--especially at the federal level.” As far as state testing goes, Muse said that “annual testing isn’t bad, but unneccessarily long.” She feels that the star tests given three times a year give the district enough feedback on how teachers are doing. Districts will also have the option to take the test on paper if committees vote in favor of that, but that using the computers was not problematic for the Eaton District because there is a well trained staff. Muse also said that Tessa Ochsner played a big role by helping out a lot and the whole testing process would not have been possible without her.
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Insight on how six EHS students will be competing in Chicago this summer at nationals.
Josh Gregory (16) and Reed Hodgeson (15) stole first place at nationals for website design. A screenshot of their website is displayed above.
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How To Make It To FBLA Nationals
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Eaton High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) conquered the state competition earning six positions to compete at nationals on June 28 through July 3. Ever since FBLA was established at Eaton High, only two students have qualified for state in two separate years, up until this year. The was Amanda Pennington who graduated in 2014, and the second being Nick Gregory who also graduated with the class of 2014. This year’s qualifiers include the team of Reed Hodgson (15) and Josh Gregory (16) who stole first place in website design at districts as well as state. Alexia Hodgson(16) placed fifth at districts and third at state for Insurance Risk Management, and Megan Hawthorn competed in accounting and took second at districts and placed top three at state. The team of Brandt Daniels (15) and Adam Schott (15) stole first place in hospitality management at districts. Schott was unable to continue to nationals with this partner due to a prior commitment, so Alex Adams (15), another member of FBLA filled Schotts’ shoes. The team of Daniels and Adams placed third at state.
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Daniels said, “Having to switch partners from districts to state was not very bad, because Alex had great knowledge with many business aspects and helped further my knowledge.” As the students were receiving their awards Shelly Tregoning, the advisor for FBLA, was shocked with the amount of students that qualified for nationals this year. She said, “I was amazed, impressed, and proud all at the same time of all the hard work these kids did. Having four of the six qualifiers for nationals being juniors can only benefit our programs for the future. ” Reed provided insight on how to make it to nationals, he said, “You get to nationals by working hard. When picking a partner to work with make sure you pick someone who is ready to get down to business. Make sure to have fun while accomplishing what needs to be accomplished.” Daniels said, “If you want to know how to make it to nationals, do not procrastinate on your event. Study for it and be well prepared. Then when state comes around you can have fun, because all the hard work is done.”
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May 13 2015
Colorado HB 15-1165 to get rid of Native American mascots & turned down in Senate dariusduran myiahscott
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A plethora of Fightin’ Reds mascots can be found throughout the Eaton School District. Superintendent Randy Miller estimates it would cost the district $250,000 to change them all.
Bill to ban mascots flops The bill on school mascots was defeated by the Colorado State Senate on April 29 after having narrowly passed in the House House Bill 15-1165would have required Each public school that uses an American Indian mascot to either cease using the mascot or request approval for the continued use of the mascot or another American Indian mascot from the subcommittee. If a public school receives notice from the subcommittee that the school’s use of an American Indian mascot has been disapproved, the public school shall cease using the mascot on or before the date two years following such notice. The bill, if it would have passed, would have included the Eaton Fightin’ Reds mascot. This bill along with previous attempts has opened conversation about the mascot in the future for EHS. Dr. Randy Miller
said, “If there is a history here it is more about the Reds than it is the mascot.” The word “Reds,” along with the physical appearance of the EHS mascot, including the big nose and small loin cloth for coverage, has been called offensive to Native American culture. Miller said, “I don’t believe that it [the mascot] was ever intended to harm anybody or put anybody down. I think it was made with absolute best of intentions and that [racism] has never been the intent.” Others, however, disagree, saying that the intent, well meaning or not, doesn’t matter at this point. Social studies instructor, Tom Trotter said, “Caricatures are meant to poke fun at their topic and racial caricatures tend to be degrading and dehumanizing.”
Bills for the removal of Native American mascots have been proposed multiple times. Prior to the 2015 proposal, the most recent bill in 2010 also sank. This latest attempt to change the mascot has proved to be the longest run so far for any bill for removal. If the bill had passed Miller said, “The plan would probably be to take it to the community and see what they would want to do because we can not afford the fine. If we had to pay $25,000 a month. We could pay it, but that would take the place of about five teachers and that’s not an option.” Miller said he believes community members never intended to cause harm to any person and that history and heritage would be lost if the mascot were forced to go. Miller said he believes there is a line that the government
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shouldn’t cross when it comes to the responsibility to change the mascot. Miller said, “If it [the mascot] ever changes, that should come from the community and not necessarily from a state body telling us what should and should not be done. Where does it stop?” The issue that this bill, and others like it center on is that they challenge the traditions that communities follow and outside entitities telling them what to do. For many in the community, this mascot represents so much more. High school teacher, Amy Irwin siad, “I don’t feel it’s offensive or racist, and I don’t think it should be changed because it’s a tradition.” She said. “It stands more for power and dominance and warrior type things in my eyes.” See related story page 6
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The Eaton Red-Tailed Hawks? Be proactive: change the mascot now karaleekothe feature editor
Recently, a bill went to the Senate from state Rep. Joe Salazar to determine if high schools with Native American mascots would have to change them. If the bill passed, it would require the 48 schools in Colorado with Native American mascots, logos, and/or nicknames to get permission to continue using them. If the schools did not get permission, they would lose state funding. Although this bill did not pass, the mascot is a recurring problem for Eaton High School. Eaton should change the mascot now, before the mascot is placed anywhere else of prominence, that will take a significant financial toll in the future to undo. One of the first oppositions towards the cartoon Native American mascot occurred on May 18, 2002. Nearly 200 protesters, organized by Native American groups, walked the streets of Eaton, to have Eaton schools change its Native American mascot. The march created no opposition from the communi-
ty. In the same year, a students at UNC named their intramural basketball team, “The Fightin’ Whities,” as a parody of the Eaton Reds by changing the perspective. Time and time again the mascot of Eaton has been called into question, and although Salazar’s bill did not pass, there will be future opposition; the word “red” along with the cartoon will be doomed to the world of political correctness. Since a change in the mascot is inevitable, it is better to be proactive and change the mascot now, before Eaton is forced to change it. It will be much easier, timewise and financially speaking, to take the initiative on the mascot change. There are several good reasons for making this change now. The community can have a say in the new mascot because there is not a time constraint on the decision. The current mascot will not be placed anywhere else if it is abolished now. The more places the mascot is stamped on, the more money it will cost to undo it.
Also, there are many different options for a new mascot that can keep red as Eaton’s main color: Red Bulls, Red Tide, Red Foxes, etc. How about the RedTailed Hawks? The Red-tailed Hawk is native to Northern Colorado, and it would make a fierce new representation of Eaton. No matter what the noun may be that follows the “Red,” the time has come for a change. Although most of the community takes pride in the mascot, underneath it all a mascot is just a surface representation of Eaton. When it comes down to it, the image that Eaton schools are depicted by does not matter as much as the spirit and good sportsmanship. The community attaches itself too much to the image, when in reality, the essence of Eaton could never be captured in a simple mascot. Instead of holding on to the history of the mascot, it will benefit the community much more to move on to a new, unoffensive one, before Eaton has to pay the consequences.
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Editor-in-Chief.............lydiabradley Sports Editor..............dariusduran Feature Editor.............karaleekothe News Editor...................lydiabradley Web Editor......................isaiahcordova Staff Reporters ..........................................kacijurgensmeier ...........................................raewood ...........................................masonkoehn ...........................................myiahscott ...........................................sarahjakel In a speculative poll asking “If the mascot were forced to change, what would you choose?” The majority of students chose “Just an E”
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Teach Not Preach
May 13, 2015
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Religion has its place in the classroom raewood Staff Reporter Religion in school has always been a very controversial issue. The First Amendment guarantees that students and teachers have the right to express themselves--even about religion, but students have the right to be educated in a place where they feel comfortable. When religion is being forced down a student’s throat, the student may not be comfortable. During school, teachers represent the state. The state isn’t Catholic, Atheist, Wiccan or Christian. While public school teachers may feel they have a duty to be true to themselves and not compromise their beliefs, they still have the duty to not pressure students into anything religious. Can a healthy balance exist? Can religion still appear in school? If so, how much religion is too much? Where do the students and the state draw the line? Some religion must taught in school, but religion should be taught, not preached. The sophomore World History class gets taught the facts and beliefs of different major world religions. They get taught the history, influences,
and practices of religion, but at no point in time are they persuaded to join or believe any of the particular religions. They aren’t forced into prayer or a religious service. Atheists aren’t forced to pray to a God they don’t believe in. Christian students aren’t forced to worship a statue of Buddha. The World History section on religion simply informs student and does its duty to educate. Religion doesn’t just appear in the social studies, it raises its head again in the science classrooms when teachers present facts that may challenge students’ beliefs. That is because the teacher’s duty is to teach facts. This doesn’t mean a Protestant student must compromise a his or her beliefs about how the Earth came about; but it is a teacher’s duty to present the facts that are acknowledged scientifically because that is what is expected of a science teacher. Religion also makes an appearance in music, art, theatre and literature. In English classrooms, juniors read “The Crucible” involving the Puritan religion. Sophomores read “The Kite Runner,” which is set in Muslim Afghanistan. Theatre students have the freedom to pick out a monologue with a reli-
gious theme--regardless of which branch of religion. Thespians have even run a (student led) prayer before performances where IF one wanted, the performer could pray with the group or not. The EHS choirs consistently sing songs with religious meanings, but you will rarely hear an EHS choir sing an anthem about Buddha, even though a plethora of songs exist. Choir songs at EHS tend to be focused on strong Judeo-Christian themes. Religion in the classroom, theatre and music room is bound to happen, but there is a thin line between acceptable and unacceptable. There must be diversity; if one religion is being spotlighted, then all religions should have equal time in the spotlight. In Eaton High school, there is more than just Christianity. Jews attend EHS. Pagans, Wiccans, Atheists and Agnostics all attend EHS. They deserve a comfortable place to learn, just as much as any other religion. While, teaching about religion is alright, preaching about religion during school is unforgivable. At no time should a teacher feel it is
acceptable to give religious advice inside the classroom to a whole class. If a teacher wants to preach to students about God he or she
should go lead a youth group. Their job is to inform not persuade, and when they preach religious beliefs they have crossed the line.
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Students could sleep away their problems raewood Staff Reporter
One simple solution exists to help with everyday problems. Sleep. There are only 24 hours in a day, and according to KidsHealth. com, at least nine of those are supposed to be spent sleeping. We all know teens have a ton of stuff to do: chores, relationships, school work, shopping, and exercise. Eight hours are spent in school. An after-school club or sport can take another two hours. That only leaves about five hours left of a student’s day, and homework hasn’t even been completed yet. Teenagers have to make sacri-
fices and generally the amount of sleep is what is sacrificed. According to a study conducted by Stanford University, the average American teenager only gets 6.5 hours of sleep on a school night, and then catches up on sleep on the weekend. However, an irregular sleep schedule has severe consequences. The National Sleep Foundation says that the consequences of not enough sleep or irregular sleep includes weight gain, acne breakouts, decreased immune system, addiction to caffeine and nicotine, behavior issues, depression, and thoughts of suicide. Getting just a few more hours of sleep can be extremely benefi-
cial; even if it takes away from free time. Norma Alkire, counselor at Transitions Psychology, said that technology has an impact on sleep. Alkire also says that “the amount of sleep a teen gets affects the teen’s “ability to focus on homework” and other schoolwork/tests. Instead of staying up to do homework, Teens should get the sleep they need. Doing this will have a positive effect on a student’s grades. Texting the significant other, talking on the phone, browsing social media, and studying can all be done at another time, so shut the phone off and put away study materials, and get the sleep you need.
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The thing I'm most proud of in my high school career is... Molly Adams
Tanner Alm
Trevor Alm
Mckinzy Anderson
Adrianna Ballenger Victor Batrez
Michaela Beasley
Timothy Been
Katherine Byrne
Clarisa Campos
Jose Carrillo
Jase Cassady
Alejandra Chavez
Garrett Coalson
Zane Cooper
Elise Cozzens
Danae Duran
Natalie Dyer
Casey Edens
Cole Edens
Gabriel Ehredt
Hayley Fabian
Annalyse Gerkin
Tucker Goodwine
Hailee Hernandez
Reed Hodgson
Austin Howes
Jayla Jarnagin
Bailey Jones
Brady Joseph
Ethan Kapperman
Breaking the school record in the 4x100 free relay for Swimming
Coming out of my shell and becoming a leader in the music department.
Being happy with myself and meeting fun and great people
Hanna Hergenreter Becoming the person that I am truly happy to be
Graduating
Making it and graduating
Leading the marching band to state for the first time in 33 years
Graduating with honors and still being able to maintain a social life
Going to State Knowledge Bowl three years in a row
My hard work that paid off
Making new friends
The friendships I have made with some amazing people
My growth since I moved to Eaton and the opportunity to be a Red for the last 3 years
Graduating
Having fun in all my classes and having a 4.0 GPA
Paying off my cars
That I could make an impact on the school in a positive way
Graduation
Graduating
Stepping out of my comfort zone. I have become a person who is not afraid to be who I am
Getting in Kirby’s Black Book
My sports and Academic accomplishments
Graduating
How much I have changed as a person and that is something I can always be proud of because you aren’t remembered for your grades
My hard work
My college classes
Doing what was best for me and not the people around me
Getting good enough grades to rope in the scholarship offers
Being done
Achievements in FFA
Blessed be-Lord Goodwine
Trying to be a good role model for my bro
The Class of 2015 Alyssa Berg
Growing out of my box and becoming the person I want to be
Desiree Bradley
Lydia Bradley
Jamie Branson
Maija Brown
Philip Debus
Jose Delgado
Gavin Devlin
Karlie Dorland
Taylor Dorsey
Alyssa Dougherty
Tyler Griffith
Laynee Hager
Jennifer Haley
Jenna Hall
Dalton Hamm
Jodin Hansen
Catherine Harper
Ryan Koehler
Ryan Lawhead
Gavin Ledall
Caleb Leonard
Kortney Lockey
Brooke Longwell
Capreece Marquez
Achieving my goal of becoming STUCO Body President and a Colorado Representative
Devon Cross-Arevalo Brandt Daniels Owning my own truck
Lane Greiman
Succeeding in the classroom and on the baseball field
Jacob Kler
Welders and cars
Acquiring strong friendships that will last a lifetime.
Brightening the day of everyone around me!
Chilling with my budz.
Becoming Editor-inChief for the newspaper and placing 4th in the nation with my team
Not going to advising for a year
My grades and lettering all 4 years in softball
Going to the semi-finals in football
Getting through math
Being part of the school bands and being able to take it so far
Becoming a Daniels Scholar
Making it all the way
Finding out who I am and treating others with kindness
Always making people laugh and being the best
Being friends with Jamie Branson
The Life House drama
Stephanie Brownlee Natalie Brummet Going to state in marching band
Maintaining a good GPA
Taking Human A&P
Winning three volleyball state championships
Lettering in diving, choir, theatre, and academics
Managing to keep a 4.0 GPA all four years, but still having fun and enjoying high school
Graduating
Being alive
Noah Buckley
Graduating
Finding a parking spot every day
Being an honor roll student all four years
Having great relationships with most of my teachers
The Class of 2015 Samantha Martinez Julian Moore
Matias Morrell
Justice Muro
Sarai Naranjo
Emily Pennington
Amy Phillips
Kendall Posey
Jehna Powell
Nick Pringle
Skylar Reiher
Felicia Renaud
Angie Rincon
Rosario Rivera
Nick Schreiber
Lauryn Schriner
Chad Schulte
Tiana Schwartz
Taking multiple AP classes while maintaining my rigorous nap schedule
Maintaining a balanced social life and decent GPA (note the word decent)
Graduating so that I can aplly for a real start to my life
Always having a good time with my frat bros
Winning district Parli Pro
Maintaining a 4.0 GPA
Meeting new people and getting out of my comfort zone!
Setting records in high school Swimming; 200 individual medley, 400 free relay
Enjoying the small things and surviving just enough to go on my way
All the people I have met
Turning my life around for the better
Graduating
Being an aggressive woman both emotionally and physically
Becoming Yearbook editor and breaking the female bench press record
All of the friends that I have made memories with this year
Earning 16 college credits
Abigail Nelson
Leslie Nieblas
Sam Ogden
Garrett Proctor
Hitzury Quintana
Gabriella Ramirez
Shelbie Rumann
Brad Russ
Travis Schawo
Adam Schott
Jake Sell
Abigail Shaw
Jordan Shultz
Amanda Shuman
Meeting new people and pizza... yup.
Disregarding women and gaining currency
My tattoos and piercings
Finishing senior year after 4 years of perserverance
Being able to achieve good grades all throughout high school
Advancing my speaking skills
Wing Friday at Wing Shack
Being a part of my high school choirs and witnessing Capreece Marrquez’s mad volleyball skills
Taking every art class possible and repeating
Becoming friends with a good influence
I never went a day wihout being happy
Writng a novel
Learning new things
Passng all my classes each years with A’s and B’s
Not letting the obstacles and a adversities I encountered in my life change who I am in Christ
Telling my high school crush that I have feelings for him (I love you Tucker G.)
Ira Smith-Lopez
Trying new things like band and track
Ruben Villagomez Graduating
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Cindy Stilo
DJ Stover
Jordan Stromberger
Brady Tedesco
Darren Troudt
Josh Wagner
Rebekah Whitaker
Haley Wick
Emily Willier
Wendy Zaldivar
Remainig a straight up thug throughout high school #Thug lyfe
Getting a high grade on a poem about Shrek
Becoming an international champion
Trying new things and being on the diving team
Making it to state golf 3 years in a row and getting a scholarship
Becoming the person I am today
ongratulations lass of 2015
Getting beat up four days a week instead of five
My athletics, friendships, and my Academic accomplishments
Growing in Athletics
Always trying my best and never giving up
Congratulations to the Senior scholarship winners Molly Adams McKinzy Anderson Timothy Been Desiree Bradley Lydia Bradley Maija Brown Garrett Coalson Zane Cooper Elise Cozzens Brandt Daniels Jose Delagdo Gavin Devlin Natalie Dyer Annalyse Gerkin McLayne Hager
Jennifer Haley Catherine Harper Hailee Hernandez Reed Hodgson Jayla Jarnagin Brady Joseph Ethan Kapperman Ryan Koehler Courtney Lockey Ira Smith-Lopez Samantha Martinez Tucker Morrell Abigail Nelson Sam Ogden Amy Phillips
Garrett Proctor Darren Troudt Adam Schott Nicholas Schrieber Tiana Schwartz Amanda Shuman Jordan Stromberger Rebekah Whitaker Emily Willier Tyler Zink
Nate Trujillo
Making new friends and always trying my best
Philip Zink
Going to the Semi-finals in football
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Coach Mike Armstrong poses with the girls tennis team in this yearbook photo from 1994. Armstrong, who has coached at Eaton for 21 years, resigned along with the rest of his coaching staff after an altercation with one of the students.
Armstrong and staff resign with three weeks left in season Tribune article leaves community with more questions than answers sarahjakel Staff Reporter With three weeks left in the season, girls tennis coach, Mike Armstrong and his five staff members resigned after an altercation with one of the athletes. Armstrong, who has coached in Eaton for 21 years, said he was hard pressed to pick his favorite season. “There is always bad and good in each,” he said. When Armstrong was interviewed by Bobby Fernandez of the Greeley Tribune following his resignation, he was quoted as saying, “This is just a different breed of kids, and I guess I can’t relate to them anymore.” The Tribune did not interview school officials or the athlete in question. Eaton’s athletic director Steve Longwell said, “The article was one sided and didn’t do
a good job getting the perspective of all sides.” Armstrong’s statement concerned an altercation on April 9, during the Eaton vs. University girls tennis game. According to one of the players, after the game most of the girls had gone to their cars to leave. Coach Armstrong, who has also coached at Greeley West, Greeley Central and also instructs at Work Out West, asked the girls to return to help the team manager pick up balls. When the girls did not return to pick up, Armstrong disciplined them by making them run. Armstrong said, “This was more to teach them a lesson. They were running because of their attitude and they were not cheering for each other.” Catherine Harper’s mother, Mary Ann, walked out on to the court and started recording what was happen-
ing. Myiah Scott (17) said, “Our coach told us to help our manager, Alex, pick up balls. A few of us were already at our cars and didn’t hear him. About a minute later he got extremely upset and said, ‘Get on the court we are running.’” Armstrong said, “I have never had managers just pick up.” The next day was the Greeley Invitational and that morning Harper decided not to ride the bus with the other girls. Harper and her mother were going to speak to Steve Longwell about the previous day. Assistant coach Katie Armstrong, Mike’s daughter, said, “Her [Catherine’s] window was down and she was sitting inside. I asked her if she was riding with her team. She burst into tears telling me it was all my fault.” Later that same day, Catherine showed up at the Greeley Invitational and wanted
to play. One of the assistant coaches told her that another player was already playing in the No. 1 singles position and that she would have to watch her teammates play. Harper stayed and watched for the rest of the day. “When I went down and asked if I could play, one of the other coaches told me that my spot was filled and I would just be watching, so that's what I did. I stayed down and cheered for my team,” Harper said. The following Monday, April 13, Coach Armstrong and Longwell had a conversation at practice about how to handle the situation with Harper. Scott said, “Longwell and Armstrong called Catherine to the shed, and they kicked her off the team.” Armstrong said he told Harper, “You can’t just play when you want. You are off the team until further notice.” A few of the girls went to Armstrong and asked him if he would let Catherine back on the team if she
apologized. According to Scott, Armstrong agreed to let Harper back on the team and that is what happened after she apologized. Harper said, “That following Monday I practiced and then was kicked off the team for standing up for myself and my teammates. In the [Tribune] article it hints that I wasn't kicked off but I was.” Two days later, on April 15, an official meeting was held with coach Armstrong, the athlete, Harper’s parents and administration. Longwell said, “Everyone came to a consensus to move forward. Everyone was in agreement that the athlete should continue and the coach wanted her to.” Harper’s punishment was to miss one game and then she could resume play. According to Longwell, CHSAA rules create a problem with reassigning players. Girls who change positions in mid-season lose their records from their previous play. Armstrong told the Tri-
bune, that the problem with kicking a player off the team is that “I would have to move every single kid up a spot and they would lose all their records.” Longwell said, “Coach Armstrong and his staff were not forced to resign by administration. It was their choice.” Katie said the decision to resign was an unanimous decision by all the coaches.“We as coaches met to talk about everything. My dad offered to resign. The other coaches said they thought Catherine should be off the team. So we decided together that she was off or we were all gone,” she said. Many of the players as well as the school administrators felt the Tribune did not do a thorough job of covering the story. Armstrong, too, said that the story did not represent all sides well. Longwell said, “They only tried contacting me once late Saturday evening. I wish they would have got more information before they sent the story to print.”
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Reds Move Past Regionals to State Girls Tennis Sends Seven to State
Emily Harper (16)
Myiah Scott (17)
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After preparing for state at practice, the 2015 state tennis qualifers pose for a quick shot. EHS will be sending three doubles teams and one single player to compete in Pueblo May 14-16. Rain delayed the previously scheduled state tournament by a week.
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Even with a change of coaches and a rain delay, Eaton High School sent seven players to the state tournament in Pueblo May 11-13. State should have begun the previous Friday, but rain forced a change in schedule for the whole state. The state qualifiers include the number-one doubles team of Emily Harper (16) and Courtney Leafgren (17), They will be joined by number-two singles player, Myiah Scott (17) , the number-two doubles team, Darcie Kaiser (18) and Shelby
Nail (17), and the numberfour doubles team of Kinsey Mawson (17) and Abby Sears (18). Junior Emily Harper has adopted the role as the team leader for the Lady Reds she said, “The way we will be successful at state is if we encourage each other, and if we all do our best, I am sure it will turn out great. I have found that cheering people on is the biggest thing, because if there is someone to support you, we tend to do better.” Sophomore Myiah Scott said, “I am really proud of the girls and the adversity we have been through.
We were able to overcome it and move forward as a team. I couldn’t be more proud of all the freshmen on the team that have dealt with this and stuck with the program.” Scott continued on to say that she is confident that her team will do well at state. She said, “All we have to do is just go out there and do their best. They are already prepared. At this point it is all mental and it is about coming together and being a team.” The team of Harper and Leafgren defeated the number one doubles team from
Thopmson Valley in twosets, 6-2 and 6-2. Myiah Scott, defeated Morgan Smith from Greeley Central in the final round, in two sets, 4-6 and 6-7 (7-9). Kaiser and Nail defeated their opponent from Sterling High School in two sets, 6-2 and 6-0. The team of Mawson and Sears defeated their opponent from Longmont High School in just two sets the first being 6-2 and the second 4-2. Mawson and Sears then moved onto the semifinals and defeated Greeley Central in two sets, the first 6-4 and the second 7-5.
Darcie Kaiser (18)
Abby Sears (18)
Would like to congratulate the 2015 graduates and all the state-bound athletes!
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Eaton Track makes huge marks at League Eaton Track teams place first and third at Sterling
Josh Gregory starts his 800 meter dash with coach Cony looking over his shoulder.
masonkoehn Staff Reporter This season, the Girls varsity track team placed first of nine teams along with the boys varsity track team placing third of nine teams sunday on Sunday, May 3. Before the rain temporarily stopped the meet, there was still plenty of time to get some scores from the track and field events. A little stumble at the start
of the boys 800 meter dash can convey the amplitude of this meet. This took place on the league meet Sunday, May 3. This season there was a new player that is doing a phenomenal job. Senior Darren Troudt placed second in triple jump with a 42’8.5” jump also becoming his new personal best. Surprisingly enough Troudt played in the eighth grade. However he didn’t like it and inevitably has not tried it again since, until this
year. This year is the first year that he has started jumping which he has especially found to enjoy. Aside from track, Troudt has also played football this year. Troudt said, “Training for track is much more mental than football.” Coach Kailie Jelden said that this is now the peak of the season. Now is the time that she expects to see personal records and team highs begin to happen. Coming into the meet Jelden said, “I feel prepared.” She also mentioned that in track you need to, “Treat the body as if the body was a machine.” Throughout the season many personal records have been set. Dalton Waln ran a 100 meter dash with a time of 11.5 seconds and a long jump that came in at 20’7”. Josh Gregory ran a 200 meter dash with a best time of 22.89 seconds and a 400 meter dash with a best time of 50.06 seconds as well as an 800 meter dash with a time of 2.05.46 minutes both being placed at the league track meet May 3. Elias Munoz set personal records in mile run with a time of 4.59.91 minutes and a two mile run with a time of 11.08.67 minutes as well as an 8’2” pole vault. Garrett Coalson performed with a shot put throw of 49’10.5” and a discus throw of 152’5” which allowed him to winn first at the league track meet. For the girls track Chelsey Lockey set a personal record of 1.02.56 minutes in the 400 meter dash and a triple jump of 33’. Emma Willadsen ran a personal best of 2.28.27 minute 800 meter dash and a 5.29.28 minute mile time. Jayla Jarnagin placed first in the pole vault with a vault of 8’9”.
Tarryn Sieg placed first in the discus with a throw of 127’5” and shot put with a throw 44’9”. Kinzy Anderson had personal records this season in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 19.51 seconds and in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 49.50 seconds. Other students personal records set in the boys track this season. DJ Stover (300m hurdles) 45.22 sec.; Jaxon Hobbs (high jump) 5’9”. Other Students personal records set in the girls track this season. Caiden Rexus (100m) 13.22 sec.; Alie Hodgson (200m) 27.17 sec.; Mckenzie Reiher (3200m) 12.25.53 min.; Brittany Knutson (long jump) 15’2”; Kortney Lockey (High jump) 5’5”. The last track meet in the season was the Eaton Red Invitational saturday May 9.
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Darren Troudt jumps a 32 foot 8.5 inches at the league meet May 3, at Sterling Colorado on his final jump of his four.
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Garret Coalson practices to go to the league meet as he throws a discuss into the field. Coalson threw 49 feet 10.5 inches in the shot put and 152 feet 5 inches in the discus.
Eaton proves dominance, readies for victory at state Almost as predictable as spring itself, Eaton goes undefeated in Regular Season third year in a row
Jake Mossberg (16) looks to steal a base against Sterling in just one of the many games that Eaton won this season
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Brady Tedesco (15) steps up to the plate preparing to hit in his game against the Sterling Tigers
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As predictable as the beginning of spring sparked by the blooming of trees that were barren in the winter, it’s also time for Eaton Baseball to prove its dominance once again. This year’s season kicked off in Sterling on We d n e s d a y, March 4 against their Patriot League rivals, the Tigers (12-7, 8-6) where the Reds downed the Tigers with a 17-0 win. The Reds didn’t allow their opponents any runs in their points, and allowed only one hit on the game. Their most recent game took place on Monday, May 4 against the Faith Christian Eagles (118, 10-2) where the Reds secured their undefeated season with a 5-1 win, that seamed almost too easy for the baseball team. This win added another year to the legacy of Eaton’s legendary baseball team, and isn’t over just yet. The beginning to the Reds’ season was merely a warm up that set the tone for the rest of the year. They continued to perform at this level for the rest of the regular season and finished undefeated with a 14-0 league record and a 19-0 total record. This isn’t the first year that the Reds have finished undefeated, in fact it is the fourth time in six years that the Reds have finished the regular season undefeated, and the third year in a row. One thing that remains is that all three times the Reds have finished the regular season undefeated, they have been met by the Holy Family Tigers in the championship. Also-every time they come up short and are 0-3
against their out of league rivals. This year will be different though, the Tigers have moved up to 4A classification as the Reds are determined to make a different outcomes, which has everybody’s eyebrows lifted at what performance the Reds can put on this postseason. The Reds are looking at the postseason with optimism and ultimate hopes to win a state championship after two-straight second place finishes, and three in total to Holy Family. This will be the last year the team will have returning players from the 2012 State Championship which consisted of current seniors; Lane Greiman, Brady Tedesco, and Ryan Koehler. After the conclusion of the season, Joe Mondragon (16) commented on their undefeated record and said, “It feels good to have momentum, with our team all playing together, so it feels good going there [regionals] undefeated.” When asked what will be the keys to success this postseason Mondragon said, “Having teamwork that will continue when things get rough, and we have to want to strive to get better with every game.” The Reds play their first game of Regionals on Friday, May 9 against the Arrupe Jesuit Generals (8-5, 5-4) here in Eaton, and the outcome will determine who the Reds will face off against in their next game on Friday, May 15.
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Lydia Bradley
Today is the day that will change the rest of my life. Today is the day where I will officially become an adult and will be thrown into this world where I will have to learn from each and every mistake that I will make. These past four years of high school have been full of various learning experiences that have made me grow both mentally and physically. I have become the person that I want my children to look up to. But I wouldn’t have become this person without the help that I have received from attending school here at Eaton. So I would like to thank my teachers that have pushed me to become the person that they knew was underneath it all. So thank you to my Advisor Mrs. Griffin. Thank you for all that you have done for me. And thank you for being my inspiration to stick with Spanish for all four years of high school. Without your desire to want me to strive, I wouldn’t have taken the CLEP test this year. Thank you to my newspaper Advisor Mrs. Jones for everything that she has done this year for me. Thank you for pushing me to strive for excellence and to never settle for anything less. Thank you to my 4-H leaders, Amy and Steve Walters, for pushing me as a 4-H member and also as an individual through my projects and my two terms that I have served as the president of our club. And thank you to my father who is my biggest supporter. Thank you for investing as much time as you have in my school work and in all of my show careers. And finally to my newspaper staff, each and everyone of whom has been awesome. We have created some amazing papers and we all have been able to get to know each other through the various deadlines that we have experienced together. So to the future editor-in-chief of the Red Ink, I know that you will have grand plans for this newspaper and I know that you will do whatever you need to do to discover the truth in everything that you do. I know that these past fours years have been well worth it and I know that everything that I have been taught here had prepared me to move to Kentucky and become a nurse. So thank you Eaton High School for each and every memory that you have given me over the years. This school has made me who I am and this whole year has been full of memories that has pushed me to become a stronger and more indepedent person that will be able to do anything that I set my mind to.
May 13, 2015
Rae Wood
Wow! Graduation is here at last! I’m excited and dreading the experience all at once. After May 17th, I will be expected to (and I am going to) go to college, get a job, move out, and be independant Suddenly, I am a grown up. The next couple of years will really be a challenge as an “adult,” and I’m ready to rise to the occasion. The Eaton Schools have taught me a lot through the years. Coming to Eaton from a tiny class of eight students (only two of those were boys), I had a bit of culture flash. The first few years were brutal as I practiced dealing with a large group of people (and adversity) for the first time. Suddenly, I had to work harder than I ever had in order to be recognized. Freshman year was a spiral of trial and error as I tried to navigate through friendships, relationships and challenging classes. Sophomore year showed me that some things aren’t meant to be, but other better things will happen. Junior year really showed me that I have to be true to myself. Senior year showed me how to work hard around the challenges (like bipolar disorder and fibromyalgia) in order to achieve my dreams. Senior year also really helped me figure out who I want to be in this world. Several people have immensely impacted my high school career. -My Guard Girls--you helped me learn the definition of the words teamwork, dedication and leadership. -Mrs. Kaysen and Mrs. Sanger--even through all of my ridiculous problems, and procrastination, you were always willing to help me out. -Mr. Kinney and Senora Grablander--Both of you were always willing to help me whether it was being too anxiety ridden to sit in the class all period, giving me extra help, being understanding, lending a listening ear or letting me type everything. -Joshua Wagoner, and Hannah Olson-- both of your friendships randomly appeared out of the blue when I really needed a friend and they have rocked my life. -Dad, you are my role model, best friend, and well, my dad. You really have been there for me through everything. You were always willing to listen, support me and help in anyway you could. I’ll never be able to tell you thank you enough. -Mrs. Jones--You took a chance letting me join the newspaper in the middle of the semester, and by doing so you helped me find this passion for life (and writing) again. Thank you for saving my senior year. Now the time has to graduate high school and take all of the lessons I’ve been taught at EHS, and all the memories I’ve made here to college with me. Thank you for shaping me into what I’ve becoming and thanks for several unforgettable years.
Class of 2015