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Emergency protocol inadequate Grand jury finds RHS “non-compliant” with emergency management regulations BY CAM MEDRANO
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After a Placer County grand jury selected Roseville High School as one of three school sites within Placer County to evaluate emergency manage-
ment, they found RHS non-compliant with 15 emergency management regulations formulated based on safety plans submitted to the jury. In their investigation, the grand jury specifically identified the possibilities of a train derailment as their reason to examine RHS safety. The jury also evaluated Foresthill and Lincoln High School for wildfire and chemical hazards respectively. RHS principal David Byrd accompanied several grand jurists and administrators in a campus walkthrough at the request of the
jury. According to administrators, the grand jury did not disclose their purpose for the campus walkthrough at the time of the investigation, despite inquiries from the district. “It was clear to me once they came that they were very interested in how we do lockdowns...evacuations.” Byrd said. “In fact, evacuation was probably their biggest concern.” Executive director of personnel services John Becker believes the SAFETY | Page 2
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RHS teachers Stuart Smith and Josh Errecart utilize the Catapult Emergency Management System during an evacuation drill. Substitutes do not have access to Catapult, which has led to some concerns among Placer County grand jury members.
Herrmann seeks to establish connections BY NICOLE KHUDYAKOV
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New RJUHSD superintendent hire Denise Herrmann is beginning the school year with a sense of purpose. She plans to spend her first few months concentrating on introducing herself and gaining a deeper understanding of the district through both staff and students. “This first year, my goal is to learn about the structures that we have in place, to learn about the staff, to learn about the student needs, to get really deep into the data, “ Herrmann said. “Because as a person who’s new to the district, I have to be very respectful of the work that was put into place before I arrived.” Hermann say she operates under the belief that familiarizing herself with the district rather than hurrying to change it will benefit her in the years to come. “Sometimes superintendents can rush right in and try and change things in the first thirty days and that simply can foster ill will, because you can’t try to improve something that you can’t really understand well,” Herrmann said. Herrmann’s philosophy comes from years of experience as a teacher and an administrator. Her roots as a Chemistry teacher and, later, advancement into central office positions lead her to seek out job openings where she could continue doing impactful work. The district’s values were the most important factor behind Herrmann’s decision to ap-
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Above, new RJUHSD superintendent Denise Herrmann. Herrmann aims to build upon district ideals and plans to integrate herself into RJUHSD by gaining a deeper understanding of staff and students.
ply for the superintendent position. She felt it was necessary that they lined up with her own brand of experience and personal goals. “I felt that things that were important to me about teaching and learning - equity, high expectations for all students, really strong inclusion programs - those were all in place
here and that I could simply be a person that could take the district to the next level,” Herrmann said. Brad Basham, Assistant Superintendent of Personnel, approves of Herrmann’s val SUPER | Page 3
Many positions often difficult to fill District sees fewer applicants for coaching, elective teaching posts
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This year marks the first year photography will be a Career and Technical Education course, under the name Digital Photography. The district is currently working with new RHS photography teacher Steve Fischer to help him become CTE certified. This will be the third year RHS has taken a photography teacher through the CTE certification process after hiring. According to principal David Byrd, the district hired two separate photography teachers over the summer, both of whom had to drop the position due to personal circumstances. Despite conducting initial interviews in May, the district had to find someone to fill the position near the start of school year. This limited their ability to find someone who was both well suited for the
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position and had a CTE credential. These difficulties filling a staffing vacancy are not unique. Throughout the district, certain positions can be more difficult to fill. These positions include athletic coaches and bus drivers, as well as certain elective, foreign language and special needs teachers. Byrd has noticed that, when compared to teaching positions, a coaching position can often receive significantly fewer applicants. “You certainly don’t get the same number of applicants for a very part-time, stipended position… One is a full-time job with benefits and all those things and one is not,” Byrd said. “It’s sort of a labor of love – it’s in a lot of respects, ‘Would you be willing to volunteer to do this?’ You’ve got to want to do it.” Golf coach Corey Fukuman feels that coaching does create a lot of work, but that the bond it does create with students makes it worthwhile. “Coaching is becoming more difficult because of some of the
demands not only as a coach but as a teacher – the time that it involves,” Fukuman said. “But I do it because I love being around the kids. I love seeing them get better. It’s fun for me and it’s a good out for me after school to be around them and help them.” According to assistant su-
perintendent of personnel Brad Basham, coaching positions also tend to have high turnover, leaving many jobs open each year. He feels that in cases where there are fewer applicants, the district’s priority is training a staff member to help them be HIRE | Page 3
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After searching for a new photography teacher, RHS hired Steve Fischer to take on the course. This marks the third year RHS has hired a photography teacher seeking a CTE credential.
Proposed California State Senate Bill 328 would push school start times back later, and the bill currently depends only on Governor Jerry Brown for final jurisdiction. If he signs it, the bill will require all middle schools, high schools and charter schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. by July 1, 2021. Rural districts would be exempt from this mandate. The legislation was initially introduced last year, but died on the Assembly Floor. It has now gone farther than that initial attempt. If it goes into effect, the district will have to adapt to numerous challenges, both in terms of transportation and after-school scheduling. A major issue for RJUHSD will face is bus coordination. RJUHSD shares busses with middle schools in the Roseville City School District. In order for schools in both districts to start at 8:30 or later, they would either have to pay for more busses, work with local elementary school district to move their starting times earlier in the morning or stagger start times by starting certain schools significantly later in the day. Roseville High School principal David Byrd has reservations on the logistics of the bill, not only in relation to bussing, but on the challenges it would present to parents. “We have to also realize that there’s people right now that have a schedule; they get their kids to school at a certain time and maybe they’ve arranged their schedule to do that,” Byrd said. “Now they have to adjust their schedule to accommodate for that. There’s just some things we have to work through.” With later start times comes later dismissal, which would impact the scheduling for sports and other after-school activities. A later release could potentially lead to late practices or early morning practices, unless student athletes miss a larger amount of the school day to begin practice at the same time as in the past. Varsity boys basketball coach Greg Granucci believes that the implementation of the new start time will affect the current practice times for the basketball teams, TIME | Page 2
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SAFETY: Communication a necessity report, Becker expects to utilize the findings in creating jury devoted much of their future emergency protocol time towards abrupt emerplans. gencies rather than on-cam“The only requirement pus crises. at this point is to analyze,” “They talk about a train Becker said. “This forces derailing out there…that’s us to really stop and take a not the real safety work deeper look, which in my we’re doing.” Becker said. opinion is always a good “The grand jury is kind of thing to do.” lost in that kind of stuff.” The official report found Following the initial a lack of continuity throughevaluation, the jury released out Placer County and even a report titled ‘Emergenwithin individual school cy Preparedness- Placer districts. Despite these findCounty Schools,’ listing ings, Byrd believes continua number of findings and ity across all school districts recommendations for the does not permit a feasible schools examined. solution for safety protocol. According to RJUHSD “It is one big county, but superintendent Denise Herwe’re all different districts rmann, some of the jury’s with different leaders and suggestions may be “fidifferent people,” Byrd said. nancially prohibited.” For “That’s why things wind up example, looking the rea little port calls dif[RHS has] such bit for the ferent.” employIn adan old campus ment of dition to with all kinds a district a lack of employof nuances and continuee who ity, the variables that oversees grand all safety it’s always good j u r y concerns c o n to force to conat each cluded site. t h a t versation. “We R H S - Executive director h a d wouldn't of personnel services n o n be able John Becker c o m to afford to pliant hire anplans other person just oversee for substitute teachers in an to safety,” Herrmann said. emergency crisis. “We're just going to have to In the event of an emercontinue to the best work we gency, safety protocol calls have with [what] we have for teachers to utilize the in place.” Catapult EMS system, which According to Becker, the serves as a crisis managerecommendations made by ment service that allows the grand jury possess no lestaff to communicate and gal substance and RJUHSD input attendance. Substitute nor RHS is required to take teachers do not have access further action. to Catapult because the serIn light of the grand jury vice is linked with RJUHSD CONTINUED FROM FRONT
Above, the traintracks in front of RHS were deemed a component of a safety hazard by a Placer County grand jury because of possible train derailments. Below, students during a fire evacuation drill.
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“[The sub] didn’t really have access to any information because they didn’t have the Catapult service,” junior Caroline Mason said. “We had no access to information to what was going on so it was a little bit scary.” According to Mason, students in the class at the time of the lockdown received information from parents and peers. The alternative to Catapult EMS requires substitutes to give their personal phone number to the registrar in order to receive updates and information regarding the crisis.
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which already have constraints due to the number of teams and limited spacing. “There’s three boys teams for basketball and three girl teams, so that’s six teams that practice after school, the latest one goes seven to nine,” Granucci said. “It’s going to be an adjustment for us… Obviously if school gets out at 3:30 and we still want two hour practices, and there’s six teams and two gyms, we’re going to be practicing past 9:00.” Three-sport athlete Josh Alger longs for more morning sleep, but believes having late-night practices would only make completing homework on time more difficult. “I won’t get as much time to do my homework, because practices will go later.” Alger sad. “You either do your homework after school or before school, and it’s kind of tough to do it before school
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Transportation, sports and other extracurriculars may feel the brunt of a later start time. Senate Bill 328 may have California schools alter start times to begin after 8:30 a.m. by 2021.
when you have to wake up at 6:30 do to homework, [so] I’d rather have time at night after sports to get it all done and be able to sleep in.” Despite these scheduling challenges, the bill aims to make students more mentally capable of taking on the school day. Senator Portantino, lead author of the bill, has cited The Academic Pediatric
Association and the Center for Disease Control, stating that both establishments found that adolescents perform more effectively, both academically and socially, with a later school start time. Wellness Center counselor Honeymae Fuentes feels that a later start time will enhance the quality of education students receive. “Mental health is con-
nected to everything—I can imagine that everyone has a busy schedule… Starting later will just help everyone stay organized and on top of things,” Fuentes said. “It’s our body’s way of restarting again. Sleep is the natural way to reboot our brain, our bodies, our everything. And with proper sleep, it leaves more space to communicate better, to be successful, notice
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specified emails. According to assistant superintendent of personnel Brad Basham, there are several components that prevent substitutes from receiving RJUHSD emails. Since the district hires approximately 120-140 substitutes a year, this would require the activation and deactivation of dozens of accounts annually. In addition, a majority of substitutes employed district are under the Placer County Office of Education consortium, meaning they work for other districts within the county as well. While RJUHSD adopted Catapult EMS as their means of communication during an emergency, other districts such as San Juan Unified School District utilize School Messenger to relay information. In March of last school year, RHS went into lockdown following reports of a firearm on campus. During this time, one Honors English 10 class was under the watch of a substitute teacher who had no official means of communication regarding the status of the lockdown.
The grand jury report deemed this alternative as ‘not compliant’ with the guidelines used to conduct the evaluation. As district officials continue to research ways to implement recommendations made by the jury, Becker believes RHS’ 106 year-old campus finds itself in a unique situation and findings such as the grand jury report will help guide district concerns. “[RHS has] such an old campus with all kinds of nuances and variables that it’s always good to force to conversation.” Becker said.
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College Fair College night will be held at Woodcreek High School from 6 to 8 p.m.
Homecoming Dance The dance begins at 7 p.m. in the gym and ends at 10. The theme is “Replay the Night.”
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things, be aware, and to be present. It’s physical and mental.” Byrd believes the bill is worth considering in order to improve the health of students. “If there’s something that would suggest that by starting later we would get more kids learning, more kids responding to school, that we could get a better education for kids – well, I like that. I think that’s worth exploring and worth doing,” Byrd said. Byrd, while unsure with how the bill would roll out, maintains a steadfast belief that Roseville High School will persevere through change regardless. “I would never bet or wager what the outcome is going to be - if it’s going to be better, or going to be worse,” Byrd said. “One way to look at this is - if the state of California mandates this, we’re not in any place to say ‘Yeah, thanks, but no thanks, we’re going to do something else’ - it’s the law.”
Homecoming Festivities The parade will take place on Campo Street. The homecoming game will be played against the Antelope Titans.
Midterms Midterms OCT Students attend OCT Students attend periods 1 & 2. periods 3 & 4. 12:10 dismissal. 12:10 dismissal. 12 11
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successful. This can lead to hiring young and inexperienced coaches who might be more likely to make mistakes. One example of this came this summer, when 22-yearold cheer coach Gabi Vega was arrested for DUI with a student in the vehicle. It was her first DUI, and Vega apologized to cheer parents and students for the incident. “We usually don’t have to settle,” Basham said. “Every once in awhile I can wish we had somebody with more experience, but we’re going to take someone less experienced and try to work with them to help them grow into the position. Sometimes that works for us, sometimes it doesn't, but sometimes it doesn’t work out when you find someone who’s experienced either.” Hiring for foreign lanCAM MEDRANO EYE OF THE TIGER guage positions presents a Above, the 2018-19 cheer team at the first home game of the year. The team began the year coachless after 22-year-old cheer coach Gabi Vega was arrested for DUI different set of issues. When with a student in the vehicle. They have since replaced Vega after two months without a coach. introducing a new language, a teacher may only teach a eign language course. to fill the job. An example landed positions.” been able to find good peoassignments, while workfew periods for the first few “We have got to always of this came when former Byrd feels that, despite ple,” Byrd said. “It doesn’t ing to get his credential. years in order to build up have a significant enough German teacher Deidre the various difficulties faced mean people are perfect, The credential will allow student amount Dahlberg retired. Even with in hirand it the course to receive CTE interWhen we’re lookof kids fair student interest in the i n g d o e s n ’t funding. We’ve been fore s t . w h o program, RHS made the des t a f f , m e a n Byrd is confident in the ing for teachers in tunate. When you This w a n t cision not to continue teachR H S we don’t program’s ability to sucmid-to-late summer, to do ing German. means fairs well consider how many s o m e - ceed, and believes the nathat the s o m e According to Basham, in the hirtimes ture of the school district we have a more difteachers we hire t e a c h e r, thing to when a current language ing prog e t makes hiring teachers, even ficult time. Most of hire a teacher leaves their position, cess. and how many unless people in these situations, easier. the most qualified qualified human it is essential for the district “We’ve and say “I’d say maybe we got coaches we hire to teach being to to find a replacement in the been fort h a t ’ s lucky but I don’t know that candidates have and how many posi- not a it’s all luck,” Byrd said. “I another do it,” spring, when there are more tunate. already landed posi- B y r d potential applicants. course tions we fill overall, g o o d think that some schools in W h e n at the said. This holds true for other you contions.” we’ve been able to fit and some districts in that posischool, Even teaching positions as well. sider how we’ve tion may have had to col- Assistant superintendent find good people. will have “When we’re looking for m a n y got to lapse the program… Part of Brad Basham w i t h to work estabteachers in mid-to-late sumteachers the draw of Roseville Joint - Principal David Byrd m o v e only part time. lished mer, we have a more difwe hire on.” Union High School District Byrd feels l a n ficult time,” Basham said. and how many coaches we In the case of Fischer, he is you do have people lined students drive whether a guages, it can be difficult “Most of the most qualified hire and how many posiis teaching the photography up out there when they see school can support the forto find a qualified teacher candidates have already tions we fill overall, we’ve course as a committee on and opening.”
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ues and the consideration and inclusion she shows for students under her care. “The thing I like most about her is that she is very student-centered, so when she is asked a question or has to make a decision, she looks at it through the lens of what is best for the kids,” Basham said. In order to more effectively facilitate these efforts, Herrmann created several events geared toward staff, parents and students. She first debuted ‘Coffee with the Superintendent,’ which are meetings with the goal of providing parents answers to any questions they may have and introducing goals the district plans to focus on this year. Additionally, Herrmann will be implementing a Student Advisory Committee, aimed at diversifying viewpoints on district-wide decisions through student feedback.
“I see this as a communicating group and a problem solving group,” Herrmann said. “It not only helps me learn various student perspectives, it sometime helps the students learn about how, sometimes, you have different attitudes about the challenges and ideas that we face.” According to Basham, Herrmann welcomes and encourages open communication between staff members as much as she does between students. “Her doors are always open and I can go in and share what’s going on. I can ask questions, get feedback and she’s really tried to reach out to each school,” Outside of student and staff-oriented developments, Herrmann plans to wait before implementing any large changes and creating goals regarding the future of the district. In the process, she will continue building up any projects put into effect
under her predecessor, Ron Severson. This includes the wellness center initiative, which Herrmann has outside experience with due to her work establishing and enhancing wellness centers at both Palo Alto Unified School District and Fremont Unified School District. “I feel really good about helping the staff members who did a lot of the design work already and just making sure we maximize the impact of year one,” Herrmann said. Though she is currently focusing on grasping the inner workings of the district, Herrmann doesn’t believe her superintendent position will preclude her participation from teaching others. “I’ve always looked at myself as an administrator while still being a teacher,” Herrmann said. “Sometimes, just, adults are my students or the board now are my students and I help them learn about school, but I’m still a teacher at heart.”
NEWSINBRIEFS RHS to host upcoming multicultural day BY CAITLIN TRAN c.tran@eyeofthetigernews.com
Two teachers are planning a multicultural day celebration for RHS students. Science teacher Jeffrey Underwood and BSU advisor Keshila Jones are spearheading the multicultural day celebration, which is meant to be a day for students to honor their culture through music, dance, art, and food. “In order to help enlighten other students about other people’s cultures here at roseville campus because we have so many rich cultures we want other students to be celebrated, their cultures’ to be celebrated, and to start a new tradition here at Roseville High School.” Jones said.
Loss of bus drivers promtps route revisions BY CLAIRE TOWNSEND
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Herrmann helped oversee the installation and initiation of several Wellness Centers in previous school districts, and will now be doing so in the RJUHSD. She believes they contributed to a more positive environment for students.
Bus routes are facing major changes due to a limited amount of bus drivers compared to last year. With five fewer bus drivers, buses have had to take on extra students. According to bus driver Jose Sanchez, in cases
where buses reach their maximum capacity, extra buses will be sent out to get the students. “They had to add another couple of routes just to get everybody to school,” Sanchez said. “Because the capacity is only, on some buses, only eighty-four. It’s the reason they added another route; another bus driver another bus. They come and get them, but they’ll never leave anybody behind.” Students have experienced longer bus rides home. For senior Skylar Harris, the new routes lead him to take alternative transportation. “They changed the routes, and the route that I got off ended up being, like, the second to last stop,” Harris said. “I don’t want to waste my time taking the bus when I can rather just get there faster.”
RJUHSD advances Wellness Center Activities BY DANIELLE BENNETT d.bennett@eyeofthetigernews.com
District employees are working to establish the RHS Wellness Center. At the Wellness Center, located in Admin 2, students can seek emotional support and aid from specialized counselors. The district began implementing wellness centers due to responses on the Cal-
ifornia Healthy Kids survey last year. According to RHS principal David Byrd, the wellness staff and resources are already available to help students. “We’ve got three people that are now on our staff who are actively involved in setting up the Wellness Center, but they’ve also started to work with some students who need some help. So I would say on some level it’s here.”
New photography teacher works to connect students BY CAITLIN TRAN
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Roseville high school’s new staff Steve Fischer has made his first appearance as the photography teacher on campus. Fischer hopes to focus the program on building character and relationships. “I want them to value themselves and their work, and I want to let them know that- I hope to make not just better photographers but better human beings,” Fischer said. Photography student Braden Nanez looks forward to the friendships the new year will provide. “I just do it to have fun, make memories, and make new friends,” Nanez said. This is photography’s first year being a Career and Technical Education course.
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Placer County gran jurado evaluar los protocolos de gestión de emergencias
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Durante el trimestre de primavera del año escolar 2017-18, un gran jurado del Condado de Placer seleccionó Roseville High School como una de las tres escuelas del Condado de Placer para evaluar los protocolos de gestión de emergencias en el caso de posibles amenazas. En su investigación, el gran jurado identificó específicamente las posibilidades de descarrilamientos de trenes como su razón para examinar el RHS de
manera segura. El jurado también evaluó Foresthill y Lincoln High School por incendios forestales y peligros químicos respectivamente. El director de RHS David Byrd acompañó a varios grandes juristas y administradores en un recorrido por el campus a solicitud del jurado. De acuerdo a los administradores, el gran jurado no reveló su propósito para el recorrido del campus en el momento de la investigación a pesar de las consultas del distrito. “Estaba claro para mí una vez que vinieron que estaban muy interesados en cómo hacemos las evacuaciones,” dijo Byrd. “De hecho, la evacuación fue probablemente su mayor preocupación.” Director ejecutivo de servicios de personal John
Becker cree que el jurado dedicó gran parte de su tiempo a emergencias abruptas en lugar de muchas crisis en el campus. “Ellos hablan sobre un descarrilamiento de trenes allí afuera...eso no es el verdadero trabajo de seguridad que estamos haciendo,” dijo Becker.. “El gran jurado está perdido en ese tipo de cosas.” Luego de la evaluación inicial, el jurado publicó un informe titulado ‘Preparación para EmergenciasEscuelas del condado de Placer,’ listando un número de hallazgos y recomendaciones para las escuelas examinadas. Según Becker, las recomendaciones hechas por el jurado no tienen sustancia legal y RJUHSD ni RHS deben tomar más acción. A
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Ariba, profesores Stuart Smith y Josh Errecart usan el Catapult EMS aplicación durante una prueba de evacuación dos semanas anterior. Catapult EMS está juntado con el correo electrónica de RHS, algo que puede resultar en problemas por los profesores temporales sin un correo con la escuela en el evento de una emergencia.
la luz del informe del gran jurado, Becker espera utilizar los hallazgos en la creación de futuro planes de
protocolo de emergencia. “El único requisito en este punto es analizar,” dijo Becker. “Esto nos obliga a
detener realmente y tomar una mirada más profunda, que en mi opinión siempre es una buena cosa hacer.”
DEPORTES Entrenador de básquetbol equipo universitario Josh Errecart renuncia de su position POR ELENA BATEMAN
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Después de entrenar al equipo de básquetbol femenino desde 2012, el entrenador Josh Errecart ha decidido renunciar de su posición, dejando el equipo sin entrenador. A pesar de dirigir el equipo a un campeonato CVC en 2017, Errecart sintió que el trabajo requerío un gran compromiso de tiempo que hizo difícil ser entrenador, maestro y padre. Con cuatro niños en casa todos involucrados en deportes, Errecart quería enfocarse más en apoyando a su familia. “Quería ser papá por un tiempo, y con mis hijos jugando deportes no era realmente compatible para mí entrenar a tiempo completo y tengo que verlos jugar sus deportes”, dijo Errecart. Mientras Errecart sentía la necesidad de ser más dedicado como padre, encontró la decisión de ser increíblemente difícil debido a las relaciones que desarrolló con los jugadores. Al renunciar, el profesor de educación física tuvo que abandonar su papel en la
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La joven Isabelle Sanders hay jugado en el equipo universitario por tres años con el apoyo del entrenador Josh Errecart. vida del jugador como entrenador, después de verlos crecer como jugadores durante los años. “Los atletas, las chicas, los jugadores de baloncesto y las relaciones que formé son probablemente lo que más voy a extrañar,” dijo Errecart. “Desarrollarlos y luego trabajar con ellos años tras años es claramente lo que entrena la mayoría de entrenadores y ciertos jugadores a los que entrena desde que eran estudiantes de primer y segundo año”. Uno de esos jugadores que pudo ver desde el prin-
cipio, fue la estudiante de segundo año Alyssa Sandle. Sandle fue llevada al equipo universitario como estudiante de primer año el año pasado y, a pesar de la diferencia de edad, se sintió bienvenida en el equipo. Sin Errecart, el equipo puede experimentar una falta de química con el nuevo entrenador. “Definitivamente estoy menos emocionada para jugar. No tendremos la misma química que tuvimos el año pasado con un nuevo entrenador,” dijo Sandle. “Llegué a conocer a [Errecart]
realmente bien. Él siempre estuvo ahí para mí cuando jugaba en el equipo universitario como estudiante de primer año “. También se retiró como estudiante de primer año, la joven Isabelle Sanders experimentó un sentimiento similar al enterarse de la renuncia de Errecart. Además de conseguir un nuevo entrenador, el equipo perdió nueve personas mayores y solo tiene tres jugadores que vuelven. Con un espacio en el equipo y un nuevo entrenador, los jugadores como Sanders deben con-
vertirse en líderes. “Creo que este año estamos cambiando todo. Nueve jugadores mayores se han ido y va a ser un nuevo entrenador con todos los nuevos jugadores, así que todo será diferente “, dijo Sanders. “Personalmente, creo que voy a necesitar a trabajar más duro con los otros dos jugadores que regresan para compensar nuestras pérdidas”. Uno de esos tres que tendrá que intensificar junto con Sanders, es la senior Madi Law. Este será el segundo año de Law en el
equipo universitario y ella cree que aunque conseguir un nuevo entrenador sería un gran cambio, ya que muchos jugadores se irán, no hará las cosas muy diferentes. “Debido a que perdimos tantas personas mayores este año y básicamente va a ser un equipo completamente nuevo, agregar un nuevo entrenador no será muy diferente”, dijo Law. “Tuvimos buena química el año pasado con [Errecart], pero este año las cosas están cambiando y todos tenemos que establecer nuevas relaciones, justo ahora también con el entrenador”. Aunque se haya tomado una decisión difícil, Errecart espera poder seguir jugando un papel en el programa de baloncesto en las próximas temporadas como espectador, a pesar de las dificultades para poder entrenar al equipo. “Iré a los juegos para el equipo, pero será muy difícil sentarse y mirar y no tener el control”, dijo Errecart. “Mi mentalidad como entrenador siempre ha sido dirigir a las chicas, y será difícil tener que simplemente sentarme a mirar. Tengo fe en su decisión de elegir un nuevo entrenador. Voy a extrañar llegar a entrenarlos durante los juegos.”
REPORTAJES La nueva profesora de drama entrena a sus estudiantes POR RICKY SEGOVIA
r.segovia@eyeofthetigernews.com
Después de pasar tiempo conociendo a sus estudiantes, nueva maestra de drama, Jennifer Saigeon, está desarrollando el programa a quedar las necesidades de sus estudiantes. Saigon descubrió a Roseville High School cuando estaba buscando un lugar más cerca de casa. “Consideré a muchas escuelas pero me encantaba el programa de Roseville,” dijo Saigeon. “Lo que gusté del programa del teatro fue que han tomado algunas piezas a Lenaea y allí han tomado posiciones en la competición, eso
significó que tuvieron un programa fuerte” Ella quiere que el departamento de drama sea más centrado alrededor de los estudiantes. También quiere animar a los estudiantes a producir obras propias en lugar de solamente representando trabajos de profesionales. “Quiero ver que todos mejoran individualmente y que después mejoran como una clase para que seamos más fuerte y todos juntos fuertes,” dijo Saigon. “Entonces me gustaría ver lo más posible llegar y hacer obras y propios representaciones de escritura original o comedia improvista.” Saigeon piensa que puede ser un reto por estudiantes a aclimatar a los diferentes modos de enseñar, pero desde ahora no lo ha visto
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Arriba, la nueva profesora de drama, Jennifer Saigeon, trabaja con sus estudiantes del cuatro hora. Saigon quiere apoyar a los estudiantes a producir trabajos originales, en vez de enfocar exclusivamente en haciendo trabajos profesionales.
en sus estudiantes. “Pienso que puede ser un desafío por estudiantes, pero no lo he visto en los
míos,” dice Saigeon. “De verdad me adoptaron cuando llegué aquí y eso fue algo genial. Siento como
que hay una familia aquí que estoy entrando y me han abierto sus brazos. Hay un gran relación de dar y
tomar. A veces puedo ser muy difícil de asegurar de que yo soy la mejor que puedo ser, con como lo que empezó la Sra. White,” dice Saigeon “por supuesto que todavía estoy agregando algunas cosas que estoy trayendo a la mesa, pero creo que porque ya hemos hablado de cómo no voy a llegar solamente para quitar cosas, y los alumnos me han contando sobre lo que ya han hecho. Parece que todo venga bien.” El último maestro de drama, Stuart Smith, tiene fe que Saigeon va a ser una buena adquisición al departamento del teatro. “Puedo decir con seguridad que nuestra nueva maestra de drama saltó con los pies listos y parece súper lista para su nuevo papel,” dice Smith.
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Juniors foster friendships with furry friends
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Above, junior Abby Edmonson plays with her most recent foster kitten, Wallace. She began fostering earlier this year, and has enjoyed the experience thus far. Right, Caroline Mason has been fostering kittens for years with her family. Both students enjoy watching the kittens they take care of grow out of their reclusive shells and begin to learn to thrive in a stable home environment.
BY JULIE NGUYEN
j.nguyen@eyeofthetigernews.com
RHS students Caroline Mason and Abby Edmondson have fostered a bond with some kittens. The pair’s shared love of cats manifested in the foster kittens they began looking after. For junior Abby Edmonson, this was an entirely new experience, as she had been yearning for a cat for a long time. Mason, who been participating in the SPCA Foster Care Program for years, has found the experience exceedingly rewarding. “I feel like I’ve learned
a little more about responsibility, since I have to care for kittens that are eventually going to get adopted.,” Mason said. “So I have to make sure that I give them a lot of love and attention so that they can be better for their owners that will take them for the rest of their life.” Nevertheless, even with her years of experience and the thirty kittens she has cared for, Mason has still run into a variety of difficult situations. “I’ve shed a lot of tears bringing back the kittens to the SPCA, but I know that they’re going to a better long term home,” Mason said. “Sometimes, they’re
not always in the best condition. One time I had a cat that was anemic and we had to end up going to the vet and put her down, before I could give her back to the SPCA — which was heartbreaking.” Edmondson chose to begin fostering from the local FieldHaven Feline Center, according to the recommendation of her mother’s friend, Keely Heinzen. She believes that fostering is ultimately for a greater, more noble, cause. “A lot of these cats come from really bad places - our last two kittens came from a hoarding situation - and it’s just not good,” Edmonson said.
“It’s really nice to be able to help them grow up and be healthy and live their lives to the fullest. They’re just thriving.” According to Edmondson’s father, Rob Edmondson, he belives that the introduction of kittens into his home has brought the Edmondsons closer together in a substantial amount of ways, and they brought the family a lot of unexpected surprises. “It’s given us something to do as a family, so it’s been fun,” Rob said. “I’ve been surprised by how active and playful they are, they each have individual personalities that are easy to [distinguish] from a
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young age.” Abby’s mother, Jamie Edmondson, believes that the secret to being a successful foster family is understanding the end goal and not losing sight of what foster families are meant to do, no matter how adorable a kitten may turn out to be. “We went in with the mindset that to keep a cat is at least a fifteen to eighteen year commitment. What I say, with a foster, is that my job is to get them ready to find their own forever home,” Jamie said. Despite having mostly owned dogs her whole life, Jamie was charmed by the unique experience of having kittens around.
“They’re more playful I think. They’re very playful, they’re very energetic. I find, with cats, they’re pretty much ‘go go go!’,”Jamie said. Keely Heinzen, a fellow foster parent of FieldHaven, thinks that fostering helps appease cat addiction. “What’s great about fostering is that you can always have kittens in your house. Especially during kitten season,” Heinzen said. “During the spring, summer, there are kittens that aren’t big enough to be adopted and it’s kind of cool to always have kittens in your house, it keeps you from collecting more cats.”
Drama teacher acts out plans for department BY RICKY SEGOVIA
r.segovia@eyeofthetigernews.com
New drama teacher Jennifer Saigeon is developing the drama program to suit her students’ needs. Saigeon first discovered Roseville High School and it’s theater program while looking to move closer to home. “I looked at many schools, but I loved Roseville’s program.” Saigeon said. “They had taken several pieces to Lenaea, and they had come in and placed, which meant they had a strong theater program.” During her time at Roseville High School, Saigeon has plans to shift the drama department’s focus to cover a large variety of original, student-produced works, rather than staying focused exclusively on performing professional pieces. This is part of a larger idea to shift the focus in a more student-oriented direction, in contrast to last year’s drama department. “I want to see improvement for each of them individually, and then as a class to just get stronger and stronger as a class.” Saigeon said. “So I would love to see as many as possible coming out and doing plays, and doing their own performances that they create, either through original
writing or sketch comedy improv shows.” Saigeon thinks that it can be a difficult for students to adjust to a variety of different teaching styles, especially in a short period of time, but the students haven’t had any trouble thus far. “I think it can be a challenge for students, but I haven’t seen it in my students,” Saigeon said. “They really embraced me coming here, which was just so awesome. I feel very much like there is a family here that I am walking into, and they opened their arms to me.” Junior Annabelle Tiznado, a current drama student, understands that having multiple drama teachers can be tough on the students, however, she’s enjoying how things are coming together so far. “It’s just a very different dynamic as students come and go and as teachers come and go. Everything gets a little bit different,” Tiznado said. “I think this is a lot better just for the students because they get a comfortable space to learn.” Tiznado predicts that the future of the drama department will continue on a positive path, as they are already discussing plans for the rest of the year. “I see the rest of the year going really great; she has a lot of things planned
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Jennifer Saigeon, Roseville’s newest drama teacher, is working on implementing a more student-run, student-oriented drama program for her students. She hopes to prevent a disorienting shift by slowly easing into new techniques.
that she’s talked to us about and I’m super excited for all of them,” Tiznado said. Returning drama student and senior Douglas Pomin feels that it’s refreshing to work under the new drama teacher. He appreciates her open mindedness and kind attitude toward the students. “It’s really nice to have a new face in the class where she’s experienced, but she’s also open to a lot of new ideas,” Pomin said. “She’s very understanding of the students and she’s very supportive of the concept of the students being a part of everything.”
Ultimately, Pomin hopes to create a close-knit bond with the rest of his class. Saigeon’s willingness to shift focuses from last year and allow students to take control of their class experience is admirable, according to Pomin. “She’s a lot more connected to the concept of students being in charge of what they’re doing and seeing things from the perspective of their students, instead of a directorial perspective,” Pomin said. Saigeon is working to implement her own ideas into the drama department
without overwhelming students, while at the same time simultaneously balancing the previous drama teacher’s work. “There is a huge give and take. Sometimes it can be really hard to make sure I’m as seamless as I can possibly be, with what Mrs. White started,” Saigeon said “I’m still adding in some of the things that I’m bringing to the table, but I think maybe because we had conversation about me not coming in to just take things away, and them telling me what they had done previously. It seems to be working really well.”
Ashley White’s predecessor, former drama teacher Stuart Smith, has faith that Saigeon will be a great addition to the drama department. “I can say that our new drama teacher has jumped in with both feet and seems really ready to take on her new role,” Smith said. “I have every confidence she will do a great job with the young artists at RHS. There are very few jobs on our campus that give you the rewards of running a theatre program, and I know she is really looking forward to taking on that role for us, here.”
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Student takes crafty behavior to new media BY NICOLE KHUDYAKOV
n.khudyakov@eyeofthetigernews.com
Artists like Leonardo Da Vinci and Monet have reputations as a few of the greatest creative minds of their respective generations and they frequently found themselves with a constant influx of new ideas in unique media. RHS senior Jonna Giorgi experiences similar creative afflictions with similarly unconventional media, which take hold and causes her to flit from project to project. Among her various creative ventures, one of Giorgi’s most recent has been repainting dolls. Georgi first discovered the possibility of DIYing dolls this April while online. She didn’t waste time in buying her first few dolls and quickly began working to replicate the process. “I stumbled upon this Youtube channel called Dollightful,” Giorgi said. “And then I started watching a ton of other channels too. I got hooked.” It took some effort, but Georgi’s previous experience as a painter left her with steady hands. Using Acetone to rub off the face, Georgi would apply Sealant and meticulously draw on each doll’s features with acrylic paint. Giorgi’s mother, Marnie Giorgi, was initially sur-
prised by the subject of her daughter’s artistic focus, but quickly grew used to it. “She’s super creative, so she’s always thinking of different things to make and projects to work on,” Marnie said. Along with the rest of her family members, Marnie encourages Jonna’s creative outlets, due to the visibly positive effect they have on her. “I think her crafts have helped her connect with people [and] I think she’s learned to take chances,” Marnie said. “Even if she thinks she can’t do it.” Mimi Fischer, one of Giorgi’s grandmas, contributed to some of Giorgi’s creative tendencies when she taught her to sew and never to give up on her ambitions. Even then, she saw Giorgi use her new skills to create clothes and stuffed animals. “It’s fun to spend time with [Jonna], because she’s so open to learn [and] to know what you know,” Fischer said. “I hope she stays with it, because I think that path is where she belongs,” Now, Fischer continues to be impressed at her granddaughter’s dedication to her interests, as well as the care and creativity she puts into her projects. “It’s something I’ve never seen or anything comparable to it,” Fischer
HUMANS OF RHS Spreading love and laughter is what Senior John Wallasch strives to do everyday, and his passion for acting is the perfect outlet for his kindred philosophy. He confesses to growing immensely as a person since middle school years and believes his mother and the drama program had an integral part in that growth. His love for drama manifested his freshman year when he decided to audition for his first Roseville High fall play, where he fostered close relationships with his castmates that would continue to flourish in his senior year. -Caitlin Tran
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“I am very passionate about acting. I wasn’t always involved in theater. When I was little I always loved making people laugh - but I didn’t really know if that’s what I wanted to do. When I did my first fall play I realized that I really loved the craft and that it is what I want to pursue in college. Drama taught me how to be there for people, and support them. It not only helped me make friends in the program, who share the same love for performing as me, but also how to go out of my way to talk to people.”
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Senior Jonna Georgi has a variety of creative mediums that she enjoys working with as an artist, painter, sculptor, and more. Doll repainting is one of the newest among her collection of self-taught, eclectic talents.
said, “Her imagination is just endless.” Giorgi’s friend, Finn McAnlis, is familiar with Jonna’s creative tendencies. According to McAnlis, he knows Giorgi to be a naturally artistic, who puts effort into the things that inspire her and always brings life to her creations through her own personal touch. “It’s not what you think of as art, but it is art,” McAnlis said. “They all have their own personalities, so to speak and they’re all personalities that she
gives them.” Marnie encouraged her daughter to spread her talent on the internet through the creation of an online store. She has seen how positively friends and family members react to the quality of Jonna’s work and believes a store will hold new opportunities for her daughter. “I think it would be great if she started to sell them,” Marnie said. “I think it’ll just absolutely give her more confidence [too].”
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Georgi’s grandmothers have inspired her on a creative for years; they encourage her to explore and to move forward in her ambitions.
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Grand jury recommendations — underwhelming P lacer County grand jury issued a report last June evaluating Roseville High School’s emergency preparedness. From this report, the jury formulated a list of 12 recommendations to improve Roseville High’s emergency protocols. The report states that the grand jury initially intended to examine RHS’ preparation for train derailment, though the jurists did not disclose to administrators the reasons for the investigation while conducting it. However, greater coordination between the grand jury and RHS staff might have been the formula to a more focused and comprehensive report. The majority of the recommendations are obvious, shallow, and occasionally impractical - in other words, underwhelming, considering they are the results of an emergency preparedness investigation. Recommendations one, three, seven, and eight concentrate on improving communication between principals and superintendents in regards to emergency procedures across district. Recommendations five and six
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call for schools to identify people leaving and entering the school. Both of these issues are beneficial to campus safety, and good to keep in mind. For the most part though, RHS already has safety procedures designed to deal with them - making them underwhelming. Recommendation nine calls for schools to have food, water, and sanitation supplies in classrooms in the case of a lengthy lockdown. The circumstances
under which this would be necessary are more than improbable, and the amount of supplies necessary for a class of 34 students impractical. The most it would likely provide to students is comfort; it is for the most part, underwhelming. Recommendation four advises schools acquire a flipchart to inform students on how to respond to natural disasters. The flipchart might be informative and nice to have, but in terms
of its likely impact on the campus, it is for the most part underwhelming. Recommendation two specifies each district hire a person who “solely” manages safety. Though the district has someone responsible for safety, it is not their “sole” job, nor would the district be necessarily safer if it were. However, recommendation ten suggests purchasing cell phones for each substitute to use while on
campus in order to contact them during an emergency. This is one option to improve communication with subs at time of crisis - an area in which RHS can improve dramatically. Currently subs do not have access to Catapult, RHS’ emergency response system. They instead will be informed during emergency situations via their cell phones. And despite the recommendations, RJUHSD has no current plans to alter this communication system. Substitutes need to be connected to the exact same communication system as the rest of the staff. A sub who does not have regular practice with campus emergency procedures, who is less familiar with the campus, who is less familiar with the students than other employee, will be just as responsible for the well-being of students in a time of crisis. And, if RHS is to take anything from the report, communication with substitutes is an essential place to start. (This piece represents the views of the 2018-19 editorial board.)
Students should embrace diverse teaching styles Communication-based teaching gives foundation for better learning
BY CLARE TOWNSEND
c.townsend@eyeofthetigernews.com
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ne of the very first assignments I was given in my AP Government class was to read a set of provided documents and prepare to use them in a socratic seminar. The topic was not entirely related to American government - not even to Comparative government. It was instead focused around the question, “Why are we spending our time here in school?” The purpose of this exercise was, in part, to get the students warmed up to the class environment and feel comfortable with their new set of peers. However, it also allowed us students to open our minds up and question the way school functions, and truly think about the philosophy behind methods of learning. As I sat and read the piece by Paulo Freire, I consumed the definitions of various systems of learning; the banking system in particular more in depth. This method of teaching suggests that a teacher’s
task is “to regulate the way the world ‘enters into’ the students,” and simply “fill” up students with deposits of information. This shocked me into giving my actual attention to the assignment. To say that we students are just passive individuals, being made even more passive by not being provided a more stimulating learning experience made me feel helpless. If that is how we are being “taught,” what is the point? I began to think of all of the teachers I’ve had throughout my life, and if any of them fit this description. I was terrified that perhaps this whole time I was just being brought up as someone to become nothing more than a cog in the machine that is society. I was relieved when after much inner-debate, I realized that the current system is less controlling and fits better with the proposed solution in Freire’s piece. That proposed solution is communication. It is as simple as that. Rather than the teacher lecturing and the students soaking up whatever information they can, the way to really give education depth and allow for understanding is a more equal and level relationship between teacher and student. Right then and there, my worries vanished almost completely. I cannot think of one high school teacher I have had who has tried in any way to avoid conversa-
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tion with students. In fact, that is the main focus of the majority of the teachers here - to not just give the answers, but to allow the students to work their way through it themselves (with assistance when needed) in their own ways. The teacher of my government class tells us time and time again that her goal is to make us efficacious citizens, capable of provoking change in our society. That in itself sounds a lot like that proposed solution. My pre-calculus teacher from last year, too, had this same philosophy. He would always remind us that there are usually many different ways to go about one single problem, and however it works for one student may not be the same for another. Personally, I much prefer this method than being spoon fed answers and forced to go about the issue
a certain way, not being able to give my own suggestions or imput. To have a more hands-on learning experience is much more beneficial to learning, and I would say “my own learning,” but in reality, psychologically speaking, figuring something out for oneself strengthens the ability to form emotional memories - memories that are better maintained and more easily recalled than memorization on its own. You might be wondering why on Earth I chose to write about methods of teaching, and what opinion could I possibly have on the subject. The whole reason I bring this up is because there are students (not just on this campus, it’s a problem that reaches across school barriers) who do not appreciate this communication-based learning.
“So and So doesn’t even teach!” “We have to teach ourselves, it’s not fair” “I feel like we aren’t even being taught the material!” Trust me, I’ve been there too. With the amount of stress school life puts on us, it’s hard not to blame it on the teachers. However, after making connections with teachers and hearing their side of the story, I completely understand where they come from when they make us work just a little bit harder. Again, trust me, I don’t want any extra work more than the next guy - but if it is going to make me actually retain information and be able to apply said knowledge to the real world, I would be happy to attempt to work out a math problem on my own first. I know the amount of work we have is backbreaking at points. The teach-
ers are not doing this to torture us. they’re actually willing to work with us to help build our foundations for life together. To teachers who prefer the banking teaching method, I suggest you allow your students more participation in their learning - they deserve a more hands-on experience. If you take one thing away from this, let it be this: teachers should be cautious of falling too close to one of two extremes. One, the professor who does nothing but lecture and test, with hardly any communication to include their students. Two, the professor who puts everything on the student and expects them to be prepared without any communication. Once again, communication is so key to the concept of learning, without it to learn would be even greater a struggle.
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Biology calls for later start time Adolescent sleep patterns make SB-328 necessary
BY DANIELLE BENNETT d.bennett@eyeofthetigernews.com
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ach high schooler begins five days of their week with the rubbing of eyes, the blare of an alarm clock, and an internal dismay. It’s an unarguably universal experience. Trapped in that state between the real world and dreams, our eyelids often weighed down by chains, we try to survive first period. It’s especially hard if we have math. And, though many will try to point their fingers at us for “poor time management” or “bad sleeping habits” (both of which are likely true), it is not entirely our faults. Ask scientists, who will direct you towards my most favorite fact – our
natural circadian rhythm makes a shift to later sleep times when we become teenagers. We’re inherently, biologically, miraculously supposed to be going to sleep at 11 p.m. We also need more sleep – eight to ten hours to be precise. Gone are those days at six years old of jumping out of bed at five a.m. for our favorite TV show. Now we actually should wake up somewhere around 8 o’clock – and we have science to thank. Never have I loved science so much. To account for these findings, California is facing new potential legislation requiring all middle and high schools to start at at least 8:30 a.m. Well, not exactly new – we saw this same bill hit California only a couple years ago, and heartbreakingly die. And why? People fear government interference in schools. People fear bussing coordination between elementary, middle and high schools, and fear for parents with
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kids in elementary, middle and high schools. And, people fear that athletics and other after school activities will run too late. For the purposes of all of our sanity, let’s for once put the heated political topic aside and focus on the logistical concerns. Yes, it is true that we share busses with the middle schools. Yes, it will be difficult for both districts to start later.
But no, we cannot sit back and kick science to the curb without bothering to find a solution, whether that be better scheduling with middle schools or finding alternatives to sharing transportation. I understand that this is easier said than done, but tradition cannot stunt our improvement. Yes, it is true that there are parents who have kids at different school levels, but there are also districts
that have already made this start-time switch across the country, with reasonable start times that are staggered enough that parents can get all their children to their respective campuses. They are evidence it is possible; let’s take a page out of their book and do so as well. They seem smart. After all, their minds are in top shape – they’re the only ones around here who are
getting enough sleep. And yes, it is true that we have athletics and other after school activities that share locations, and that run late as is. Push school back later and the question of early morning practices rears its ugly head, which seems counterintuitive to the goal of the start-time change. But to propose a counter question: If, with the start time change, a small percentage of the student population would have to wake up at the exact same time they do now, and the rest of the students have a healthier sleep schedule, is that any reason to avoid implementing the change? Some are in the same position; the vast majority, better off. It is certainly not ideal, and with the hustle and bustle of scheduling and alternative locations we should aim to work around it; however, it certainly does not make things worse. Meanwhile, by keeping our current schedule we simply ensure that all students, all year, try to live and learn whilst sleep deprived. We have no choice but to fight our inherent biology, and no surprise, biology’s winning.
RHS dress code Dress code embodies misogynistic ideas BY LAUREN JEFFERIES
l.jefferies@eyeofthetigernews.com
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he dress code has been an ongoing issue that has caused contention since middle school. Since then, the dress code has always been promoted as a way to make sure everyone is looking “appropriate”. In reality, this censorship predominantly towards girls may I mention, is sexist. It is degrading girls to the basis of their body rather than their character. From a young age, I have always enjoyed wearing shorter and more revealing clothing. Roseville, for a considerable part of the year, often reaches a scorching 100 degrees. I do not believe wearing conservative clothing when it’s that hot out is a plausible reality. It is simply the style I prefer. You will likely always see me in short shorts and a crop top or a dress. A lot of girls like to dress similarly, only to have been dress coded in ways that are increasingly disrespectful. A particular person I knew got dress coded for “distracting everyone”. The “issue” boiled down to her bra straps showing, shorts that were deemed “too short”, and tank top straps that weren’t three fingers length. The person who dress coded her apparently forcefully grabbed her and demonstrated how her clothing
was distracting due to the infamous “three finger rule” and some variety of a shorts length check. This girl was enraged, violated, and disgusted by their comments. It boils down to one question—why are girls seen as a body and not a living human being? If I wear a tank top and you can see my bra strap, no one is going to be distracted by it. Sorry to burst your bubble, but this isn’t the 90’s and no one is snapping girls’ bra straps anymore. I should be able to wear my tank top in peace in this Californian weather without a teacher calling me out for supposedly dressing in a “seductive” manner. If I wear shorts that go above my fingers or a tube top with my shoulders showing, I should not be immediately deemed as inappropriate. I would argue that what is inappropriate is the mentality that boys are supposed to be looking at girls when we wear shorter shorts or a tube top. No one has discouraged this truly vile behavior, which is why the dress code was implemented in the first place. It mainly penalizes girls on a blunder that is not theirs. The problem here is that adults are purposely looking out for girls with “inappropriate” clothing, trying to save us from something that we don’t need to be saved from. I can tell you I don’t know one person that has ever been distracted by
someone’s bra straps or shorts. Everyday we come to this school for 6 hours and do our work. It is literally our job to be here. There is no reason why we shouldn’t be able to wear what we want, we have the common sense to know to not wear things that have our body exposed in places where they shouldn’t be, but showing my stomach or shoulders is not harming anyone. My body is not an invitation. My body, our bodies, are not something that should be viewed as inanimate objects. We are living, breathing human beings. And we demand change.
Academic dress requires enforcement BY DEAN EFSTATHIU
d.efstathiu@eyeofthetigernews.com
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rom what I have experienced in my (almost) twelve years in academia, the dress code has always been an integral part of school policy. Roseville High School is no exception, considering the dress code remains a recurring issue between students and faculty. However, this year, RHS is experiencing a new type of controversy—a student run protest. This protest will take place on September 18th, in which participants will be intentionally breaking the
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dress code. This protest seems bizarre and inappropriate to me due to the fact that it doesn’t clearly present any evidence of why the participants are protesting. The main leaders of this protest seem to be endorsing the idea that the dress code is a misogynistic system, in which their male counterparts grow uncomfortable looking at girls’ clothing. That is a bold statement, especially made by someone who fails to cite any evidence besides their own opinion, with the sole intent of stirring up controversy. While I do not agree with their purpose, I acknowledge that the school’s dress code can be biased to a point. There have been instances in which I have seen girls get dress coded for simply wearing a tank top, whereas their male colleagues, sagging their pants liberally, simply continued on without the same citation. This, to me, emphasizes the question of what the protest should really be standing for. I believe that people should really be fighting the bias behind the dress code, not this ridiculous concept of misogyny. This, to me, is where the immaturity of this protest really comes to light. The students at RHS, comprised of impressionable youths spanning 14 to 18 years old are all too young mentally to be throwing around words like “misogynistic” and bombastic phrases gleaned from various media.
School shouldn’t be a place where students can just show up in “comfortable” clothing without consideration of basic social etiquette and appropriateness. There is a time and place for school, and what we wear is a manifestation of that idea. The moment we walk through Roseville High School’s gates we must acknowledge that we bind ourselves to an academic code of conduct—regarding demeanor, clothing, or otherwise. The argument the protesters are putting forth is how the girls of RHS are unable to be comfortable because of the male eye. In reality, the issues stems from an inability of wearing what is appropriate for a school setting for the sake of etiquette. The real battle will be won when teachers acknowledge their general biases and double standards between the two sexes while still understanding what is appropriate and what isn’t. The staff needs to notice the dress code violations of both guys and girls and issue dress code citations evenly. But even while this is true, the students of Roseville High School must understand the dress code exists for a reason. It is not because of some mythical, all seeing misogynistic eye, but rather with the intent of retaining the academic environment — which our school should strive to be the pinnacle of. It is simply not our right to dress inadequately.
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SUMMER RECAP
If you missed anything this summer, the A&E staff have compiled a list of their best pieces of the summer.
MUSIC:
Daytona - Pusha T
Ariana Grande - Sweetener
This summer, Pusha T released his biggest album ever Daytona and the people that listened to it, almost unanimously, rank it as one of the best albums of the year. Pusha’s just incredible flow and overall masterful rap is just incredible. Any real rap fans would highly enjoy and appreciate this album.
After a four month hiatus from the spotlight, Ariana Grande returned with her highly anticipated album Sweetener. Produced by Pharrell and Max Martin this album is fifteen tracks of pure pop bliss. By the end of the album you’ll be singing right along with Pharrell and Ariana.
Juice Wrld - Goodbye and Good Riddance
Trippie Redd - Life’s a Trip
Juice Wrld, the artist that came out of nowhere, released his first studio album ever this summer, Goodbye and Good Riddance. It lived up to most expectations and I do recommend a listen and a try to the artist that some may not know about.
Trippie Redd released his second album Life’s a Trip this summer and it meets expectations. It has beats that you can just relax too but it also contains songs that are more ambitious and have a faster pace. His music gives off an evil but enjoyable sound that many seem to appreciate.
MOVIES:
Travis Scott - Astroworld Travis Scott’s third studio album, Astroworld, dropped this summer. The album title refers to an old theme park that Travis used to visit when he was little. Features including Drake, Juice Wrld, Swae Lee, Quavo, Takeoff and many more, creates a diverse mood and atmosphere.
Troye Sivan - Bloom After a three year wait, Troye Sivan has released his much anticipated Bloom album. A jump from Sivan’s previous album Blue Neighborhood, Bloom is a huge shift in style towards pop. Troye is starting to creep into the mainstream world.
TV:
The MEG
Incredibles 2
Luke Cage 2
The MEG made an entertaining movie with lots of action and cheap thrills. Besides the missing elements of: good story line, good acting and good CGI, the movie itself is very entertaining to watch as long as you don’t keep your expectations high.
The long awaited Incredibles 2 was released earlier this year and it really met up to its expectations.This movie grew to be the top grossing animated film ever making nearly one billion dollars versus the original only making only 500 million.
Luke Cage season two was a huge success. The addition of the new and inclusion of the old such as the Stokes family, the crime bosses of Harlem, made for a spectacular addition to the Marvel’s cinematic series.
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Netflix’s Iron Fist’s second season a smash hit
Improvements elevate Iron Fist’s status in MCU BY OWEN YOUNG
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Recently released Iron Fist season two was an instant success, covering all the mistakes of it’s previous season. From taking out jump cuts in fight scenes to focusing on lesser known characters, Iron Fist season two is a huge improvement. First we see the iconic duo of Colleen Wing, a martial arts specialist played by Jessica Henwick, and Simone Missick portying detective Misty Knight, a highly trained NYPD officer dead set on cleaning up her city. The teaming of these characters shined great light on the show and also gave a strong comedic aspect to it as
well. On top of the comedy, it also knew where to draw the line and keep its seriousness. The writers knew that their last season was torn apart by critics. This time they worked to fix all of their previous problems, while also adding new components to amp up all of the action, character building, drama. Overnight the series reviews skyrocketed. The last season lacked action, well choreographed and filmed fight scenes, character lore, and well developed villains unlike Marvel’s other Netflix shows such as Daredevil, Luke Cage, and Jessica Jones which were all strong in all the
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aspects listed above. Iron Fist season two was a great addition to the Marvel’s Netflix series and fit the mold and feel all the other shows have. As seen in the trailer, you will see the addition of
multiple Iron Fist holders and strong emotional pulls coming from the character development of many new characters like Davos, Danny Rand’s best friend who had a light shined upon him in this newest
season taking the roll of the main villain. Which was a build up we’ve been seeing since season one. We also see Joy, Danny Rand’s sister, develop greatly. She went from just a filler role to an powerful
role and the accomplice to the main villain which was also built up from season one. This season was a smash hit gaining mine as well as millions respect for its place in the Netflix Marvel MCU.
Ozark’s second season keeps audience on edge with suspense BY JAKOB THRUELSEN
j.thruelsen@eyeofthetigernews.com
Ozark season two was recently released, featuring Laura Linney and Jason Bateman acting and directing the film himself. The main plot of Ozark is about a money launderer by the name of Marty, being forced by the Navarro Drug Cartel to launder $8 Million Cash in a very short amount of time, choosing the Ozark Lakes because he would be under the Feds’ radar and there is good laundering opportunity. In Season two of Ozark, Marty is under huge pressure from the Feds, the Navarro Cartel, the Langmores and even the Snells. Marty’s goal for the cartel and even the safety of his problematic family is to build, open and run a casino on the Snells’ acres, while dealing with Ruth Langmore’s (Julia Garner) recently released father Cade (Trevor Long), who still has his criminal
instincts even after serving time in the penitentiary. Compared to season one, the second season has a lot more character development, action and moments where you’re standing on the edge of your seat. While a lot of people say that Ozark is basically Breaking Bad because is has basically the same storyline, for example both are laundering money while dealing with feds and other people in the criminal business. If you watched both shows, you would know that their means of serving the cartel and keeping off the feds are different in their own aspects. While Walter White and Marty Byrde’s family problems are close to exact, with both of them having bad relationship issues with their kids and wives. In Breaking Bad, Walter tries to keep everything a secret for as long as possible, while Marty admits only after a couple of
days. One big thing with seasons one & two is that season one’s main conflict is settling in the Ozarks, with season two having goals to expand. Overall, Ozark season two was phenomenal. Jason Bateman’s acting and directing was amazing, all other actors didn’t disappoint me at all. Every episode always had me on the edge of my chair, making me have to binge watch episodes and lose hours of sleep. I recommend this to everyone that liked Breaking Bad, or any other crime movies and I think this show was perfect.
BY LUKE SOCORRO
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way which sets a creepy tone to the story. As they get to the castle they start experiencing paranormal activity from the start. As they try to find out what’s deeper they find books and they read them and found out there getting haunted by a demon. The setting where the castle is helps it live through its hyped and definitely portrays a haunted feeling. Inside the woods there are crosses set up all the to the castle which helps sets that creepy mood. The music
Preacher’s third season improves upon prior seasons BY JOSEPH FREID
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The Nun lives up to horror, paranormal expectations
As one of the most scariest horror film of the year, The Nun is living up to its expectations as a horror film. Following the original story The Conjuring, The Nun takes place in 1952 in Romania. It starts as one of the main characters Frenchie, played by Jonas Bloquet, finds a dead nun outside a castle, which sets a terrifying mood for this movie. More main characters like Father Burke, played by Demian Bichir, is called to investigate the paranormal in the castle. He stops and picks up a nun Sister Irene, played by Taissa Farmiga, because her family background from romania. Sister Irene is believed to be a psychic and has visions all ending the same
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and the dark tone of the movie helps it live up to its horror. The character Frenchie has a big roll in the series because he ties together the plot with The Conjuring. The demon also plays a big roll and ties to The Conjuring as seen in The Conjuring 2. Over all The Nun lives up to its revealing end that we have all been waiting for. This horror movie was well shot and I definitely think it’s a must see if you really like horror movies.
Recently, AMC finished up their third season of their highly underrated tv show, Preacher. With the first season being incredibly strong and the second being dull but slightly entertaining, I was very curious to see how the newest season would turn out. And to my delight the third season renewed my faith in the show, if they can keep up the momentum they have regained in this third season then this show will last for a very long time. The pacing to this season was perfect, no filler, no boring streaks, nothing. This might be because of the shorter season length with only ten episodes instead of the previous having thirteen, but I am not complaining since this season benefits from it. They gave each character the necessary arc and took
some into weird places, also an improvement over the second season. Jesse is taken back to his dark roots while Tulip has her own side story dealing with God and his cryptic messages. Then early on Cassidy is separated from the main pack to discover more of his own vampire kind. Then the introduction of some new characters and their own sick twisted hillbilly quirks. I was surprised where they took these characters but they took them to a place I didn’t know I wanted them to be. Once it happened though, I was overjoyed, it is especially satisfying to see more of Cassidy in his own environment. Once again this show is not for anyone who gets offended easily, as this show disrespects everything it possibly can. There is a fun gritty humor to it that
is very light so audiences know not to take the matters seriously. Each season they take the show to new heights they just keep getting more fearless with the content they are willing to put out. Now if I had a complaint for the show it would be that it side-steps two of the shows biggest characters which is Arseface, who doesn’t even show up until halfway through the season and then Herr Starr who is in it quite a bit but didn’t reach his full potential. I would also say this season has the least amount of action out of the three which is not too bad since it still stays entertaining. I would say it was very refreshing to see the show gain its momentum again and especially the story elements they used for this season. I would say it is not quite good as the first season but it definitely captures the same wacky offensive, comedy and gory, gritty action. That left me excited to see where they take the story in the seasons to come.
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Girls team seeking new coach Varsity girls basketball coach Josh Errecart steps down BY COBY ESTRADA
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After coaching the girls varsity basketball team since 2012, coach Josh Errecart has decided to step down from his position, leaving the team coachless. Despite leading the team to a CVC championship in 2017, Errecart felt the job required a large time commitment which made it difficult to be a coach, teacher, and father. With four kids at home all involved in sports, Errecart wanted to focus more on supporting his family. “I wanted to be a dad for a while, and with my boys playing sports it was not real compatible to me coaching full time and I have to watch them play
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Junior Isabelle Sanders has been on varsity since her Freshman year and had developed a strong relationship with Errecart. their sports,” Errecart said. Errecart felt the need to be more dedicated as a father, but also found the decision to be incredibly difficult due to the relationships he developed with the players. By resigning, the PE teacher had to abandon his part in the player’s lives as their coach, after watching them grow as players for years. “The athletes, the girls, the basketball players, and the relationships I formed is probably what I’m going
to miss the most,” Errecart said. “Developing them and then working with them years on end is clearly what most coaches coach for and certain players you coach since they were freshman and sophomores.” One of those players he was able to watch at a young start, was sophomore Alyssa Sandle. Sandle was pulled up to varsity as a freshman last year and, despite the age difference, she felt welcomed onto the team due to the good chemistry.
“I’m definitely less excited to play. We won’t have that same chemistry that we had last year once we get a new coach,” Sandle said. “I got to know [Errecart] really well. He was always there for me when I was playing varsity as a freshman.” Also pulled up as a freshman, junior Isabelle Sanders experienced a similar feeling upon finding out Errecart resigned. Along with getting a new coach, the team lost nine seniors
and only have three returning players. With a gap in the team and a brand new coach, players like Sanders have to become leaders. “I think this year we’re switching it all up. Nine seniors are gone and it’s going to be a new coach with all new players so it’ll all be different,” Sanders said. “Personally I think I’m going to need to step up with the two other returning players in order to make up for our losses.” One of those three that will have to step up along with Sanders, is senior Madi Law. This will be Law’s second year on varsity and she believes that getting a new coach would typically be a major change, because so many players will be gone it won’t make things much different. “Because we lost so many seniors this year and it’s basically going to be a brand new team, adding on a new coach won’t be very different,” Law said. “We had good chemistry last year with [Errecart], but this year things are changing and we all have to make new relationships, just now also with the coach.”
RHS athletics switches to Nike BY EMILY WRIGHT
e.wright@eyeofthetigernews.com
Roseville High School has ended their sponsorship with Adidas. Now sports teams of all levels will be encouraged to buy Nike apparel.
For the past five years, the Roseville High sports program has been in a contract with Adidas. Previous to this, Roseville High was not sponsored by any company. Girls varsity soccer, swim and water polo coach Paul
Stewart believes that we’re entering a new sponsorship program, it will take some time for the lower level teams to acquire new gear. “It’s going to take us a few years to change all of our gear,” Stewart said. “This year we’ll change the
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Roseville’s current Adidias Varsity uniforms from last year. The team is looking to get the program to be entirely Nike in future years
varsity gear to nike but in the next couple of seasons we’ll change the JV and Freshman gear also to Nike equipment.” This will be the first season Roseville will wear Nike gear, but previous to this year Roseville was the only school in the district to wear Adidas apparel. Boys varsity basketball coach Greg Granucci also believes that it will take a few season for the whole program to dress in Nike apparel. “We’re not going to get new uniforms this year because we recycle them every three years,” Granucci said. “This is the third year we are going to wear them, so we’ll wear Adidas for our uniforms.” Although varsity boys basketball will not be wearing Nike uniforms this year, all other gear worn by the team will be Nike.
“The boys will get warm up shirts, travel gear, and all the stuff we get annually from Nike but our uniforms, we’ll flip those over next year,” Granucci said. Granucci plans to follow the same pattern for switching all levels into all Nike gear as the program has done in the past. “Next year, the way we have done it in the past, is we get new uniforms for varsity and we push the varsity ones down to JV and JV down to freshman, so it’ll take some time,” Granucci said. Senior shooting guard Colin Goodell believes the switch to Nike will be a huge gain for the team on and off the court. “Before our games we were always hot so with Adidas warm up gear, I feel like that wearing Nike will be a big change,” Goodell said.
Performances of the Week AUG. 27-31
Volleyball shuts out Woodcreek in first league game BY NATALIE RUSSELL
n.russell@eyeofthetigernews.com
The performance of the week for the week of 8/27 is Girls Varsity Volleyball team’s win against the Woodcreek Timberwolves with a score of 3-0. This started the team off strong with a win. Last year, Roseville also defeated Woodcreek in their second preseason game of the 2017 season. Junior Mack Baddley felt that her team’s success was due to the high intensity they maintained throughout the entire game against
their rivals. “We had really high energy the whole game because Woodcreek is one of our rivals,” Baddley said. “I think that we always want to beat them and they want to beat us so we always really want to win when we play them.” This blowout brought Roseville’s varsity volleyball team’s record to 5-5 and started their league record off with a win.
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Girls tennis begins league season with a win BY DYLAN ROSE
d.rose@eyeofthetigernews.com
The performance of the
week for the week of 9/3 is girls varsity tennis defeating the Woodcreek Timberwolves with a score of 5-4. The match was the league opener and began Roseville’s undefeated streak in CVC play. According to senior varsity tennis player Jessie Fisher, the team wanted this win and they were all supportive of each other. “We all cheered for each other and this was a good way to start getting momentum for the rest of the season,” Fisher said. “I’m also glad it was against Woodcreek because this was a big match to get under our belts early.” After this match, the team went on to beat both Antelope and River Valley, where they remained unde-
feated.
SEP. 10-14
Senior water polo player stands out against El Camino BY ELENA BATEMAN
e.bateman@eyeofthetigernews.com
The Performance of the week for the week of September 10th is girls varsity water player Kyla Acosta, who helped carry her team to an 18-6 win against El Camino last Wednesday. Of those 18 goals, Acosta scored 5. Her second year on varsity, Acosta has had 10 goals in her varsity career.
According to coach Paul Stewart, Acosta’s scoring ability and leadership skills has helped contribute to the team’s success thus far. “Kyla was on fire yesterday with five goals,” Stewart said. “It’s good to see how all the girls are stepping up and making us a better team” Stewart finds that her strength of her shot is what helps Acosta have great nights like she did last Wednesday. “She has a strong shot that you can hear the ‘thwack’ when the ball hits the back of the net,” Stewart said. The El Camino game advanced the team’s overall record to 4-1 overall, as the team continues their season.
Changing for sports inconveinces female athletes
BY EMILY WRIGHT
e.wright@eyeofthetigernews.com
At Roseville High School there are sports in season all year long. Most of these sports have practices right after school. Often times athletes will have little time to change and be ready. As an athlete I have experienced this first hand; I have to change quickly so I will be able to make it to practice on time. During the spring term, both softball and baseball are in season and have to change during fourth period. Because of the sports fields close proximity to the parking lot, the optimal location to change is in athletes’ cars. Last year many days consisted of changing in a teammate’s before practice because the bathroom would be locked and the locker room too far away from the athletic fields. Last spring both the softball and baseball teams would change in the parking lot before practice. Several times during the season the softball team was talked to by admin about changing in the parking lot. We were told that if we were caught changing in the parking lot, we would be suspended or have Saturday school. So we stopped changing in the parking lot, but the baseball team continued to do so. I don’t understand the problem with changing in the parking lot when we are in cars. I especially don’t understand the problem because it is during fourth period when students are in class and not in the parking lot anyway. Fall ball for baseball has started for the season. After school when you walk in the parking lot, boys on the team are changing not only in the parking lot, but out of their cars, some wearing nothing but their shorts. How is this any better than girls changing in cars when no one is in the parking lot? Why hasn’t admin enforced suspension or Saturday school for the boys like they threatened for the girls? If this issue was so serious last spring that they had to come to our practice to talk to our head coach, why haven’t the same rules been enforced for boys? I understand improvements to the school are being made to help better this issue. For example, the new gym that will be completed in future years will be closer to the fields and have locker rooms where athletes can change. But as of now, this problem is still relevant. It isn’t fair for boys teams to have special privileges. Either rules should be put in place for all teams, or we should all be able to change in the parking lot.
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CVC PREVIEW
The Tigers opened up their league season against Woodcreek last Friday. Below is a look at how they finshed in preseason, and what the rest of their season looks like. BY ELENA BATEMAN
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The varsity football team has started off the 2018 season hot, finishing preseason with a record of 2-2. In those games, Roseville outscored Bear Creek and Oakmont, yet fell to Rio Americano and Rio Linda leading to a combined total of 115 points scored, and 139 against to end preseason. After coming off of last season only having one win against Bella Vista, the Tigers looked towards a better record this year. The Tigers will play Bella Vista and Antelope just as they did last year, but will also face River Valley, Inderkum, Woodcreek and Yuba City. Roseville’s offense was strong this preseason, with nine total rushing touchdowns in four games. Along with their rushing game, the Tigers have completed six receiving touchdowns. To complement the Tigers offense, the team held their own on defense, led by senior captain Jordan Susbilla, the middle
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linebacker who had 28 tackles in the preseason. The defense also relies on the strong junior presence, with three interceptions made by junior safety Ethan Cunningham and two defensive touchdowns by Williams. In the first preseason game of the season, the Tigers traveled to Break Creek. In this matchup, Roseville managed to outscore Bear Creek, finishing the game 52-46. The Tigers rushing game
prevailed, led by Shima who scored three touchdowns with 178 total rushing yards. In the second preseason game, the Tigers faced the Oakmont Vikings at home, where both defense and offense prevailed. With 165 total yards by senior quarterback Alex Nicholas and 100 by Shima, the Tigers were able to score two rushing touchdowns. Combined with defense,
which included an outstanding performance by seniors Jackson Esparza and Jordan Susbilla, the Tigers outscored the Vikings by 14 points. With strong play throughout the game, junior Tyler Rohwer found the team’s rushing game was the most successful. “Our running game was really solid against Oakmont,” Rohwer said. “Because we were all able to complete our respon-
sibilities well, we were able to successfully score.” For the third preseason game, the Tigers suffered a loss to the Rio Americano Raiders. Despite falling short of a win, Shima found himself once again dominating, with 171 rushing yards. The Tigers may have had a total of 376 total yards, yet combined with four turnovers, it wasn’t enough to hold off against the Raiders predominant offense. In the last preseason game, the Tigers traveled to Rio Linda High School, where they lost 6425 to the Knights. The team held their own in the first quarter, finishing it 7-7, yet by the end of the first half they were down 2813. Junior Jackson Shedd’s stats stood out, with 64 rushing yards and 72 receiving yards. Shedd felt the team was unprepared and began to play worse as the opposition began to do better. “We just didn’t come out as ready as we should have been,” Shedd said. “Once they scored to start off the second half we kind of just fell apart and definitely didn’t play to our full
Stats and team records as of last Friday afternoon. List compiled by Brayden Dotoli and Braden Holcomb.
WOODCREEK
INDERKUM
RIVER VALLEY
The Timberwolves have a powerhouse offense despite it being their first year in the CVC. They average a total of 110.7 passing yards and 239 rushing yards per game. Woodcreek came out hot with a 4-0 preseason record supports the fact of a great defense.
The Inderkum Tigers are coming into CVC this year after previously being a D1 school. They are an offencive team, averaging 341 rushing yards per game and 99 pass yards a game. Not only can they score, they can defen, averaging 43 tackles a game.
This is the Falcons first year in the CVC after moving up a division from last year. The team has a rushing offense averaging 297.3 rushing yards a game, but are a weak passing team, averaging 84 passing yards a game.
4-0 record with wins against Rio Americano, Kennedy, El Camino and Pleasant Grove
3-0 record with wins against Sacramento, Elk Grove and American Canyon
3-1 record with wins against Woodland, River City and Franklin, but losing to Pleasant Valley
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VARSITY 2-8 JV 0-8
VARSITY 11-1 JV 10-0
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PLAYER WATCH
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PRESEASON
QB CARTER KRUPP 424 passing yards, 310 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns RB GRANT DINGER 471 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns
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QB JJ RAY 300 passing yards, 103.6 QBR RB RAYMOND BROWN Averaging 115 yards a game, 346 total yards and 3 touchdowns RB JOHNNY WILLIAMS 143 carries this season with 218 yards and 7 touchdowns
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The Titans have been a strong offense in the CVC throughout the past years, but this season they have not started out strong. The Titans have played four hard fought games, losing three and winning one.
Coming off an 0-10 season the Broncos have not started out too hot at 0-3. They look to put at least one win in the books this season. They’ve averaged 184.5 rushing yards per game while also averaging 69 pass yards per game this preseason.
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1-3 record with wins against Rocklin, and loses to Lincoln, Capital Christian, and Folsom
PRESEASON VARSITY 7-4 JV 5-4
PLAYER WATCH QB DAWSON MCPEAK 296 passing yards, and 3 touchdowns RB EVAN STRICKLAND 338 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns
YUBA CITY
Coming into the CVC for their first season this year the Yuba City Honkers have proved that they can score. In their first year in the CVC the Honkers look to make a run for the top spot demonstrating both their passing and rushing game equally.
PRESEASON
0-3 record with losses to Oakmont, Casa Roble, and El Camino
2-2 Record with wins against Fairfield and Nevada union and losses from Pleasant Valley and chico
LAST SEASON
LAST SEASON
LAST SEASON
VARSITY 10-2 JV 8-2
VARSITY 0-10 JV 1-9
VARSITY 6-5 JV 8-2
PLAYER WATCH
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CB SYLVESTER TOB 20 tackles MLB VLAD SAVCHUK 24 tackles QB NATHAN LUCERO 660 passing yards and 3 touchdowns
RB JONATHAN STEWART 178 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns
QB DAWSON MCPEAK 296 passing yards, and 3 touchdowns RB EVAN STRICKLAND 338 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns