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After a year the vending machine by the dance room is revealed to be gone, plans are still unknown by ian souza
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Students walking between the 500 wing and the dance room may have noticed that the screen covering the vending machines is now open, but the machines are no longer there. The vending machines have been gone since as late as last year, but the screen being up has caused confusion for Roseville High School students. The machine used to be stocked with foods that were required to be kept cool. Because of the direction the machine was facing, it could not be kept cold enough and was eventually removed. “It was in the east,” said director of food services Jay Brown. “The cold food would get warmed by the sun.” The Roseville Joint Union High School District is planning to replace the machine with something else, but they do not know with what or when it will be put there. Some RHS students do not like the disappearance of the vending machines. “The first 3 years of high school, I never had any classes over there, so I never used those vending machines,” said senior Nick Des Rosier. “Now that I have a couple classes around there, it’s a bit of an inconvenience.”
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Above, where the vending machines used to be.
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February 12, 2013 Issue 7, Volume 12
Due to PI phase-out, RHS unlikely to see major change By megHAN JULIN meghan.julin@eyeofthetigernews.com
At the beginning of this school year, Roseville High School entered its third year of Program Improvement and was labeled under the ‘Corrective Action’ state by the California Department of Education. However, this may soon be irrelevant as the PI system disappears in upcoming years. PI will likely no longer be around as California schools transition into the Common Core era. With areas of state requirements changing and the addition of new standards, it is probable that PI will be phased out. Principal Brad Basham believes
that the label of PI does not accurately reflect Roseville as a whole. “We’re a high-performing school, our students are doing well, they’re meeting college readiness expectations,” said Basham. “71% of last year’s seniors met [the UC A-G requirements], we have more students taking AP classes than we ever have before, yet we’re a Program Improvement school.” In the ‘Corrective Action’ third-year state of PI, the school is required to take action. This could include replacing school staff, implementing new curriculum or extending the school year. However,
Roseville has not taken any of these drastic measures. “We will not be replacing school staff,” said Basham. “We have to submit a plan on how we’re addressing [school issues].” Basham further notes that following PI protocols of replacing staff would not have been logistically feasible. “Federal government doesn’t have the resources to have schools be completely restructured – staff being let go and having to rehire because it’s not one or two schools, we’re talking thousands of schools across the nation at this point,” said Basham.
Basham believes that PI will be no longer be a factor in California high school curriculum. “I think that once No Child Left Behind sunsets in 2014, Program Improvement as we know it will be gone,” said Basham. “I’m sure there’ll still be some kind of accountability system put into place [however].” It is unknown what the “accountability system” will actually include. Neither the state nor federal government has established a new system to regulate the teaching in schools, so nothing is set in stone yet.
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Administration-approved pre-game stunt at Woodcreek forces game to relocate to RHS Baby powder renders court unsafe, taints air, creates slick surface
By ROBBIE SHORT & SYDNEY MAYNARD robbie.short@eyeofthetigernews.com sydney.maynard@eyeofthetigernews.com
PHOTO BY JOHN ROYAL, COURTESY OF FOX40
Above, the Woodcreek Black Mob throwing the baby powder at their Auora game on January 31. “There was an arrangement They decided to delay the game e r h a n d , t h i n k s o t h e r w i s e . “I think that the move to Rosmade with the coach for a player until later that night at RHS. eville definitely contributed to to do it,” said O’Hair. “We will not “The only alternative was to do this or anything like it again.” postpone the game, which neither the team losing,” said Straker. WHS varsity basketball coach coach wanted to do,” said O’Hair. “I just feel like everybody’s enPaul Hayes also did not know how “Roseville was kind enough to thusiasm on Woodcreek’s side much baby powder would be thrown. offer [the move], so both coaches dropped. It also seemed like Ros“Right before the game, one agreed, so we moved. Postponing eville’s crowd grew while we shrunk of my players mentioned that the game to play the following week when the transition happened.” According to Hayes, the Black they wanted to do it, a la LeBron would have been more disruptive James, but I was under the impres- to the teams; they wanted to play.” Mob did not have malicious intension it was just going to be him Varsity basketball coach Greg tions when throwing the baby powder. Senior Katie Truchon atwith a small amount of powder,” Granucci shared his concern for his said Hayes. “I was not aware that players at the time of the incident. tended the game and enjoyed many in the crowd were in on it.” “It was a good thing for the fans t h e s w i t c h t o h o m e c o u r t . “The fact that it got moved to RosAccording to WHS senior because we got to come play at Derek Straker, it had originally home,” said Granucci. “But, honest- eville, we all got hyped up for and been planned by a group of stu- ly, it was just [safer] for the players.” it made it more fun,” said Truchon. dents, but they got everyone in Despite the switch, Hayes does not “It was unfortunate for Woodcreek, the crowd involved by letting believe his players were affected by it. but it helped us out in the long run.” Some students thought the bottle of baby powder cir“I think once the players hit culate through the Black Mob. the floor and began playing, it t h e e v e n t w a s m e m o r a b l e . “I just think this is something Midway through the first quar- had little effect on the outter, coaches and WHS officials come of the game,” said Hayes. we’re going to tell our kids,” said gathered to discuss the game. S t r a k e r , o n t h e o t h - senior Corrine Smith. “This only happens in movies.”
Projector screen falls from ceiling in 700 wing Science teacher Gene Domek was almost hit with a screen in his classroom two weeks ago. According to Domek, he was raising the screen when it snagged on a cart. Acids and glasses that were being used in a lab that day were destroyed and scattered across the classroom. “I stepped back and it swung down,” said Domek. “It was an exciting time, [and] it’s a good thing no one was hurt. I used baking soda [for] the acids that were spilled and everything was fine. We’re very lucky it didn’t dissolve.” Domek believes that the screen would have fallen soon anyway and that it actually saved him a lot of time. To prevent this from happening again, Roseville High
Is it too late to get the vaccine? You can go to a commercial provider like Walgreens or CVS or Costco or you can go to your own medical care provider, the other thing you can do is check in with Placer County Public Health because they have flu shots too and it will be a reduced price. If students or families need a referral for a place to go, please give me a call.
AP Statistics teacher Scott McCullough walks away
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By NETZY ORTEGA netzy.ortega@eyeofthetigernews.com
To prevent the flu: Don’t share drinks, cigarettes, lipstick, don’t kiss somebody else if you don’t want their germs. Wash your hands, throw away your Kleenex, don’t reuse them. Before you eat, always make sure you’ve washed your hands, or before you pass something on use hand sanitizer.
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By BRODIE MAY & mEGHAN JULIN
An unusual incident occurred at the game between Roseville High School and Woodcreek High School held at WHS for their annual Aurora game. Students in the WHS audience threw baby powder in the air when their player lineup was being announced, in homage to NBA player LeBron James’ pre-game ritual. A cloud of powder hung over the crowd for several minutes, causing many fans to cough and have trouble breathing. “It made me really hot and it went into my nose and throat and caused me to cough a lot,” said RHS freshman Evelyn Estrada. “I had to go get water.” A thin layer of baby powder covered the basketball court, which caused a game delay while teachers, photographers and coaches cleaned the floor with towels. Even after efforts to clean up the mess, the floor was too slippery to play and was unsafe for players. “It was definitely slippery,” said senior Cole Jacobs. “Woodcreek kids didn’t think it was slippery because only Roseville kids fell, but one of the Woodcreek kids fell, too.” WHS assistant principal Mark O’Hair explained that there was a plan to throw baby powder in the air, but not to that extent.
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School is going to put in a new mounting system. “Hopefully this new mounting system will be a little bit more secure,” said Domek. Science teacher Erin Granucci, located only two classrooms over, feels that the 700 wing is extremely safe and the new upgrades to each classroom have benefitted teacher instruction and student learning immensely. “Mr. Domek’s screen falling is a concern, as we realized after the fact how heavy the screens are,” said Granucci. “My concern was mainly for my coworker’s and students’ well-being. I am relieved that Mr. Domek was okay and that no one was seriously hurt.” Granucci does not believe this incident will occur again. “The district has taken action to
PHOTOS BY DANIEL WETTER
Above, the projector screen lays on the floor after falling from Domek’s ceiling. get Mr. Domek’s screen replaced and installed safely and all others in the building to be assessed to make sure it doesn’t happen again, so I’m not concerned about my screen
falling,” said Granucci. “With the recent major remodel, we are still working out the ‘kinks’ which come with most all remodel projects.”
Mathematics teacher Scott McCullough left Roseville High School’s staff after landing a job as a business analyst for Oracle. He taught his last day on Friday. According to McCullough, becoming a business analyst is something he’s been looking at for a while. “I love teaching,” said McCullough. “It’s not that I want to get away from it, it’s more toward the end of being an analyst.” The staff found out about McCullough’s new job earlier this week and his students found out on Wednesday. “I didn’t expect it,” said senior Jun Oh, one of McCullough’s AP Statistics students. “I think it will affect us a little bit. [For] people who want to take the AP test, the teacher that we have now doesn’t know as much as McCullough.” A new staff member was hired to replace McCullough. This teacher will take over his Geometry class while his AP Statistics class will be taken over by mathematics teacher Chaundra Wood. Wood’s two Algebra 2 classes will go to mathematics teacher David Ray and Ray’s Algebra 1 class will be handed over to the new teacher. This will be Wood’s first time teaching statistics. “I’ve never had her so I don’t know what to expect,” said Oh. “Hopefully she knows a little bit about stats so she can help us.” Wood believes that the shift in classes will impact the students as they adjust to new teaching methods. “I can’t say whether it will be negative or positive,” said Wood. “When you sign up for math classes, you don’t get to pick your teachers. Mr. Ray teaches Algebra 2. He knows what he’s doing, he’s taught it before. There’s no reason that [the students] can’t be successful no matter what teacher they have.” McCullough is not worried about the change for students. “I’m confident that the teachers that are taking over will be able to do just as good of a job as I do,” said McCullough.