Issue 2, 2013

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HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL

VOL. 51

ISSUE 2

A Social Media Issue

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2013

21370 HOMESTEAD RD. CUPERTINO, CA

FIELD HOUSE OPENS AT LAST

After nearly two years of preparation and construction, Mustangs are ready to step foot into the completed athletics building By Camille Miller The long-anticipated grand opening of Homestead’s day, and is now open for school use. Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD) Superintendent Polly Bove referred to the construction of renovations to take place at Homestead. There are currently plans for quad and cafeteria renovations, as well as the addition of three new science classrooms to the S-building. Members of the school administration, dance team, former principal Graham Clark, attended the opening event. Principal Greg Giglio commenced the ceremony with a speech that gave a special thanks to Assistant Principal Tara Grande for organizing the implementation of the building. After a performance by the Equestriettes and Homehelmet to determine which attendees would shoot the district board members. Toward the end of the ceremony, the courts were free for recreational use to anyone who attended the event. Inside the field house, Senior Brandon Sutton attempts to make a shot from the three-point line.

PHOTO COURTESY OF GUSTIN KLINDT

Homestead says goodbye to Gabrielle Horwege By Camille Miller

the Fremont Union High School sistant to Associate Superintendent of Administrative Services Graham Clark. Brooke Martinez from the Cupertino Union High School District will replace Glenny as AP Secretary starting on Nov. 12. The position for Clark’s assisJanuary. Due to the lack of support within his department, it

PHOTO COURTESY OF EDMOND KWONG

Gabrielle Horwege plays her part in the administrators’ skit during last December’s staff holiday breakfast. After a decade of employment as Homestead High School’s executive assistant, Gabrielle Horwege passed on the reins of her role to the Assistant Principal’s secretary Christine Glenny last Monday.

schedule and tasks involved in the job on his own. When an assisit became a possibility of relief for Clark, as well as a timely opportunity for Horwege. “I thought this probably was what I needed just to energize myself and keep going until retirement,” Horwege said. Within her new job, she will be assisting Clark in his involvement with the district’s Human Resources Department, technology and safety regulations, emergency

BRING BACK THE PAPAYA Marching Band defends iconic school tradition

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as teacher unions. “I’m a person who loves systems and processes, and that is Mr. Clark’s style so it works well,” Horwege said. Horwege worked with Clark when he was an assistant principal at Fremont High School prior to becoming Homestead’s principal, and has known him for nine years now. “You can’t have a more hardworking, conscientious, and organized person,” Clark said. Here at Homestead, Greg Githat Horwege worked with. “She had this habit of always saying ‘Do you want my honest opinion?’” Giglio said. “She always approached a problem or situation looking at it in a big-picture kind of way to In regards to his transition into that “she, out of everyone, gave me the most training and information about Homestead.”

Continued on page 2, Goodbye to Horwege

Marching band ranks first in WBA competition By Donnie Denome

said. “We never thought we could beat Logan.” On Saturday, Nov. 2, HomeSenior Won Park, who plays stead’s Mighty Mustang March- alto saxaphone, agreed. “[Winning] was a new feeling. All four Dublin High School Irish Band years, I accepted that we couldn’t School Show. beat James Logan.” With a score of 87.05, the band While the achievement is cerbeat longtime rival James Logan tainly monumental, it does not High School, change how the band sees place in per- “We never did it before. itself. cussion, gen- We never thought we “It’s just the reward of could beat Logan.” music and sechard work,” - John Burn e x p l a i n e d ond place for color guard. senior Carl They are Huang, a drum major. The victory comes Band Association (WBA), which after countless hours of practice. includes bands from California, The hard work will continue in Nevada and Arizona. preparation for the band’s Home Music Department Chairper- Show on Nov. 9, a competition son and band teacher John Burn’s at James Logan on Nov. 16, and reaction was one of shock and joy. the WBA State Championships in “We never did it before,” Burn Fresno at the end of the month.

The T is not silent Students speak up about what it means to be transgender

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Inside:

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News

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Entertainment 9

Opinion

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Sports

Lifestyles

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The Last Word 12

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