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Turning away from suspension

Teachers collaborate to align curriculum

Having previously been identified by the CDE for elevated suspension rates, RJUHSD is initiating restorative practices in hopes of reducing suspensions.

In part one in a two part investigative report, Eye of the Tiger previews how the new model will enforce positive strategies to address behavioral concerns.

In the next issue, part two will explore the effect the new practice will have on RJUHSD students, staff and suspension rates.

BY CAM MEDRANO

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When superintendent Denise Herrmann began her tenure with RJUHSD, she adopted an initiative set by former superintendent Ron Severson’s administration to reform district policy on student suspensions. RJUHSD currently follows a punitive

suspension model which utilizes punishments such as suspension to penalize poor behavior. A revised restorative practices model would feature an emphasis in aiding students to make amends with people affected by their behavior and addressing the root causes of poor decision making.

According to Herrmann, the California Department of

Education placed RJUHSD on “Differentiated Assistance” for high suspension rates in regards to Hispanic students or those involved with the Individualized Education Program.

Since RJUHSD holds a higher rate of suspension than predicted based off of  RESTORE | Page 2

BY NICOLE KHUDYAKOV

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According to RJUHSD superintendent Denise Herrmann, high suspension rates in the district led to suggestions from the CDE to alter practices to reduce suspensions.

Directing traffic

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ver the past two weeks RHS administrators, campus monitors and youth resource officer Kelley have been monitoring traffic exiting the parking lot at the end of Campo Street after student dismissal. Prior to this, it was common practice for students to use both the enter and exit lanes to empty the parking lot. The school is now trying to ensure students only utilize the exit lane when leaving the lot.  FULL STORY | Page 3

AP does not always mirror college This article is the second of a two-part series on AP curriculum.

See eyeofthetigernews.com for the first article, published October 8th. (‘As AP evolves it still has supporters, critics,’ C. Townsend).

BY CLAIRE TOWNSEND

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While AP Courses are shifting with modern educational trends, altering AP tests to emphasize higher-level thinking, they continue to retain their goal of simulating and preparing students for college-level classes. In doing so, they provide students with rigorous workloads and exams to prepare them for AP tests, challenging curriculum and cover expansive content.

A part of the attraction to AP classes is the AP exam and the opportunity to receive college credit in a $95 exam, rather than paying for and attending a college course.

Nevertheless, members of the college community do not necessarily encourage taking the AP path to try to skip courses in college.

Instructor of Psychology at Sierra College, Brigitte Elder, finds that more often than not, passing the AP test does not allow students to skip a class.

“We have been approached in the past by high school students who have received a three or a four on the AP Psychology Exam, and they want us to give them a test to see if they could pass out of our Introduction to Psychology class,” Elder said. “That is not a service that we provide.”

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Although AP exams are advertised as a way to earn college credit with a passing score, according to Instructor of Psychology at Sierra College Brigitte Elder, passing the AP exam does not guarantee a student’s ability to skip a class in college.

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As part of the RJUHSD’s general goal to ensure equity in student achievement and academic performance, the district has taken steps standardize and more closely unifying class curriculum through department and district meetings, professional learning teams (PLTs), and course standards.

To better achieve this goal, teachers who teach the same courses on campus - like CP English 9 to CP English 9 - will hold meetings to plan out curriculum goals.

This helps teachers ensure students are still getting the same general education in each class.

AP courses, such as AP Psychology and AP Environmental Science, already experience a mass crossover in material due to AP course guidelines which call for specific course content.

AP Psychology teachers Jessica Fork and Mark Andreatta, after receiving new textbooks last year, collaborated in redeveloping their curriculum; they drew from the same textbook, as well as the same mandatory topics and class standards presented in the AP Course Study Guide, and other similar resources.

“We’re not necessarily on the same page on the same day, but in terms of the content we’re covering - it’s the same,” Andreatta said.

Outside of collaborating for content, Andreatta and Fork are able to take a different, more varied approach for tests and projects.

While tests must be chosen from the same database of test questions, there is room to customize according to what topic each teacher feels is necessary, more relevant for their students, and covered more fully in their class.

Additionally, Fork and Andreatta present their material individually, according to their personal teaching styles; they have room to modify their presentations according to their respective class.

“I think having uniformity is a good thing and I understand the uniformity part of just making sure we’re driving the curriculum the same way,” Fork said. “But I think having a freedom of expression is still a good piece as well.”

Unlike AP Psychology, IM2 is currently facing great complications and changes in curriculum, which require great communication.

A recent overhaul in IM2 curriculum means IM2 teachers must meet for two hours every Monday to plan out the following week and create new tests, homework, and lessons plans to keep up with this year’s curriculum changes.

This has had the unifying effect of teachers collaborating with one another heavily in order to figure out the best way to present their new, shared curriculum to the students.

According to IM2 teacher Doug Ash, nobody expected the work that would be required to cover this

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The same is not the case for every department on Sierra’s campus, but staff and students have found skipping a beginner’s class, even when possible, is not always the best choice. The college class will work off of the assumption the student is familiar with material the student has not actually learned, leaving them behind.

Former RHS student Rece Wissner, who is currently in his second year at Sierra College, finds that the writing styles in college English classes in particular differ greatly from those in AP English classes; students who did well on the AP test struggle keeping up if they don’t take the intro course.

“If you took AP courses, you could skip the first year [of core English classes], but there are a lot of people in my English 1C class right now who skipped 1A because they took AP English, and they are completely lost,” Wissner said. “We’re doing research papers… different forms of research and analytical essays that they never worked on in high school, so they’re struggling a lot.”

In addition, the workload and structure of AP courses, partly due to constraints they face to function on a high school schedule, do not line up with college courses.

According to Elder, her General Principles of Psychology class, the introductory level course at Sierra, is offered twice a week, and lasts for two hours and forty-five minutes, with a theoretical six hours of work

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its student population it suggested that the district look into altering its practices to reduce suspensions.

This led the district to begin exploring the restorative model last year.

“If students aren’t in class they can’t learn,” Herrmann said. “When we are able to find more restorative ways to have behavior change for the good, it will help students stay in class, it will help us have positive school climate and it will actually help those students learn behaviors for the next time you’re in a challenging situation.”

As part of the multi-year transition to a restorative model, the district began holding different trainings with district members, administrators and teachers over the summer. The first step in the restorative model comes in the form of preventative measures, such as holding class-connecting activities to help build trust between students and teachers. This aims not only to decrease instances of mis-

the college experience.

“Some of my classes in my previous high school were Pre-AP and those felt more like college classes do now,” Wissner said.

There are two Pre-AP courses offered in RHS’ class roster, and that is the Pre-AP route freshman can choose to take in their first year to prepare them for the rigorous AP workload. PreAP English and Pre-AP Geography are put in place to introduce the way in which AP classes work.

However, as the courses are not AP courses, they do not have to line up exactly with AP course guidelines, allowing them to focus on preparing students for the rigor to come.

In terms of courses at Sierra, Elder feels that the freedom to mold courses as a teacher allows her to best gear her class to her students.

“Each teacher here at Sierra College has what’s called ‘Academic Freedom,’ so they are allowed to design the course as they see fit,” Elder said. “They’re allowed to pick out whatever instruction materials they choose… to tailor the lecture time however they see fit. They can also set up their own policies when it comes to missing work.”

This does reflect AP courses in that the teachers, too, can choose to give late passes or drop a test grade.

Elder also sees greater freedom and control given to the students, creating the college expectations.

“If they miss a day of class, there is really no penalty - it’s really different to high school,” Elder said.

“Theoretically, we are not allowed to grade on attendance - but we can grade on participation.”

While Professor Elder has

behavior, but also to create an environment that is more conducive to behavior reform, so students will feel more capable of returning to class and rebuilding relationships after an incident.

In the training sessions with teachers, teachers simulated such activities – except as participants, rather than as moderators, as they would be in the classroom. How often teachers implement these sessions in their classes will depend on the individual teacher.

Social science teacher Jessica Fork believes reinforcing restorative strategies in the classroom creates an environment where students may be more inclined to engage in the course curriculum. According to Fork, she has used restorative practices to establish a sense of community within her classes.

“How do you get classes to click? You treat them like humans,” Fork said. “If you don’t respect them then you have behavioral issues.”

When an incident does occur, the consequences in a restorative model are geared towards helping students make amends – not

only to help those around teach kids how to medithem, but so they can more ate conflicts in a healthier easily re-enter the class. manner, not a belligerent atThis can include mediatacking manner,” Fork said. tive meetings between two “Maybe it’ll help them learn students after a fight on how they can handle things campus – something adbetter in life.” ministrators worked on in According to wellness their trainings – or working and prevention coordinator to help Christina students Dobonaddress Claveau, If you don’t rethe restorproblem ative spect [students] during practhen you have ontices are campus geared behavioral issuspentowards sues.” sions. estabThe lishing - Teacher Jessica aforehealthy Fork mencommutioned nication rehabits and storative practices would working past disputes withinvolve the Wellness out suspending students for Center, which was also extended periods of time. implemented this year, in “It’s a way to talk through identifying the impact of a the problem instead of susconflict between students pending through the proband how they may process lem,” Dobon-Claveau said. the situation.

“We know that suspensions Fork believes employing don’t work. It just alienates restorative justice concepts kids from schools [and] it on campus will set positive puts them further behind.” examples for students apDobon-Claveau believes proaching conflicts. that it is important to take “I am hoping that it’ll factors outside of school

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RHS alumnus Rece Wissner found himself experiencing unforeseen difficulties with college courses despite taking AP classes in high school.

a daughter preparing for her next year in school, Elder plans to let her daughter make the decision to take AP. “I am going to leave that up to her,” Elder said. “To decide whether she wants to take AP classes or not. I will also leave it up to her if she wants to enroll in college classes over the summer.”

Sierra professor David Kuchera feel similar to Profesor Elder in this respect, though knows the pressure will lead students to AP. “I am biased on the subject as I think it can often be a waste of time, and also a segregation of the high school student body into high and low expectation courses,” Kuchera said.

“Having said that, I have two daughters who have gone to four-year colleges and I know the GPA game that is out there for entry into competitive schools.”

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at home, adding up to nine hours of instruction.

Because an AP class has to fit into the given school schedule with slots allotting just about an hour and twenty minutes, and including the fact that a student has this class five days a week, the structure AP courses have to follow is different than that of a college course. In class adds up to six hours a week, and with the projected one or two hours of homework each night, leaving eleven to sixteen hours a week dedicated to one AP class.

The pressure to take AP courses has led to others finding themselves in courses they do not feel ready for.

Wissner tried to avoid overloading his schedule with AP, but still felt the pressure to take the advanced classes due to his peers’ opinion that they make one’s transcript appear to have an advantage.

“People told me that it would be good for college, so I would take a few,” Wissner said.

The workload of the classes, however, only made him less confident in his college prospects.

“AP courses [were] way too difficult for me, personally,” Wissner said.

“Compared to CP courses, the workload was drastically different… I was like, ‘okay, this is really difficult, and I don’t know if I can do college because if it is as difficult as this, I’m going to be struggling with multiple classes exactly like this.”

Wissner began freshman year with AP courses at a different high school, as well as Pre-AP courses; after having been in college a year, he feels the latter better captures

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30 Reasons Opens RHS Theatre Co’s first performance of the year.

Continues through: 9, 10, 15, 16

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into consideration when approaching students prone to behavioral issues. According to Dobon-Claveau, this would require collaboration between faculty members in addressing student demands.

“We would rather have students here not only learning but if they have struggles...they can access services here at school,” Dobon-Claveau said. “We’re just going to be working side by side with administration, counselors and teachers to support these students that have additional needs.”

Herrmann believes this is essential to building students into stronger people and leaving them comfortable in their learning environment.

“All students want to feel like they belong, and when you make a mistake, and you have that feeling that you might not be welcomed in that class... that can be a very difficult feeling for students,” Herrmann said.

“The most important thing for students is to help them learn that you can learn from failure. You can learn from mistakes.”

Jostens Senior Items Jostens will be on campus during both lunches to accept orders for Caps, Gowns, and other senior items.

NOV 19-23

Thanksgiving Break No school.

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RHS pushes to eliminate wrong-way traffic

BY JULIE NGUYEN

j.nguyen@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School staff have started monitoring the Senior Lot after school to prevent students from using the enter lane to exit.

Prior, students would often use both lanes to exit the lot in the minutes immediately following the 2:30 school dismissal.

According to assistant principal Jason Wilson, students using the enter lane to exit the parking lot only leads to reckless student driving and does not alleviate traffic.

“We have cars circumventing, cutting the line, stopping people. They keep on cutting and it creates a traffic jam,” Wilson said.

“If everyone cooperates, everyone will actually spend equal times in line and will probably get out efficiently.”

Campus monitor Tonya Stauffer believes that students driving against the designated direction has left RHS with a more hostile environment.

“We’ve had fender benders, students angry at each other,” Stauffer said. “Everyone has somewhere to go, but when we’re cutting lines and going the wrong direction, it just creates issues for students.”

Stauffer feels as though students driving the wrong way has become increasingly consequential.

“We’ve had students get so angry at each other that they’ve done things to each other’s cars in the parking lot for retaliation,” Stauffer said.

After school is released, many students frequent the path between the portables and the rest of RHS’ campus.

Stauffer has also noticed an opportunity for danger here.

“It’s a hazard between the portables between students leaving and being distracted,” Stauffer said.

Many students, however, who park in Senior Lot feel that not using a merging system out of the parking lot leaves them with an inefficient process for exiting school grounds.

Senior Jessie Fisher feels the method of exiting in both lanes was beneficial for ease and efficiency.

“I know people are pretty upset about it and I am as well,” Fisher said. “I think it actually takes longer now to get out of the parking lot, because the way before -the zipper with one after the other -- was efficient.”

Fisher also believes the recent pushes to enforce oneway traffic has made driving in Senior Lot increasingly perilous. “[On October 19th] someone got into a little [accident] and that’s not been happening since we go the other way,” Fisher said. “It just doesn’t seem beneficial to cause more of a traffic jam just because it’s the end of school.”

According to senior Andrew Gale, one-way traffic enforcement leads to lines of cars waiting to exit Senior Lot, often times complicating the process of students in parked vehicles joining the line.

Gale believes that con-

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Students exit the senior lot after school last Friday. After students began driving through the entry lane to exit the lot, RHS staff began to monitor the area following student dismissal.

trary to the intended reason, the enforcement of one-way traffic has placed him under unsafe circumstances.

“Everyone is trying to get home,” Gale said. “You need to have someone nice enough to let you in line or make your way in line which has only brought me

in closer contact with other cars.”

Some students perceive their time in line as lengthened with the enforcement of one-way driving. This has interfered with certain aspects of some students’ personal endeavors. For example, junior Hailey McKay

feels as though the practicality of the new lane is inconvenient regarding her own personal endeavors.

“I am late to work sometimes because of the new situation and it takes a lot longer to get out of the parking lot than it should,” McKay said.

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“wholesale change,” but the unified curriculum means teachers communicate and share progress and ideas constantly with one another.

“We email continuously throughout the week,” Ash said. “Our team is pretty lock-step. Obviously, we all have our different personalities. We all have our different styles of doing things but in terms of the delivery

of the content I don’t think it’s significantly different.”

According to Ash, the change in curriculum has left him with little room to customize his lesson plans according to his prior experience teaching students, so he must go through each lesson on a first trial basis.

“It takes a year, maybe more to really feel comfortable with curriculum because you’re constantly making small changes,”

Ash said Fellow IM2 teacher Sandra Schmatjen also attends the Monday meetings. According to her, discussion centers around deciding the learning targets for students and going over student work to better understand the level of progress they are making. Teachers must stay in sync in order to best participate in learning how the new material affects students.

NEWSINBRIEFS PLTW Engineering to possibly become dual-enrollment course

BY CAITLIN TRAN

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A dual-enrollment Project Lead The Way Engineering class may be available for Roseville High School students to take in the near future.

Dual enrollment classes act as the equivalent of a college course, all while on campus and still offering the accompanying college credits.

PLTW teacher John Fuller strongly believes in the window of opportunity that the course’s transition would open.

“Dual-enrollment courses are theoretically open to anyone. Students [that don’t attend RHS] could take the class with you. It’s nice because unlike AP courses, you don’t have to take [an AP test],” Fuller said.

RHS junior James Templeton believes the chance for college credit would aid his future.

“If I did want to do engineering after high school and go into that as my profession, it would be a lot easier because I wouldn’t have to pay for classes and then I wouldn’t have to spend time doing the extra classes,” Templeton said.

“It would just make life easier down the road.

Fuller hopes that dualenrollment engineering will become the third install-

ment in the RHS engineering pathway.

District offers college finance workshops

BY JONATHAN VARLAMOV j.varlamov@eyeofthetigernews.com

College finance classes will be held on campus on November 8. The classes will be held in the cafeteria from 6-8 p.m.

College and career technician Jacqueline Seider encourages students to come and get help.

“All students are encouraged to come and get help from our counseling department and the experts that are on hand that night,” Seider said. “There will be plenty of people there to help friends and families complete the FAFSA or the Dream Act in that session, or at least help them with any questions that they have.”

Additional finance courses are being held offcampus throughout the next few months.

Guitar class receives new guitar racks

BY DANIELLE BENNETT d.bennett@eyeofthetigernews.com

The guitar program on RHS recently received new guitar racks. Guitar teacher Austin Gaessar worked with principal David Byrd to attain the funds; purchased from the Wenger Corpora-

tion, the new racks cost approximately $1,000 each.

Gaessar hopes that the new racks will alleviate problems presented by the former – namely better organization, student safety, and guitar safety. “[The old racks] were a little dangerous for the students because they had sharp edges, and the guitars would fall over a lot because the dividers wouldn’t really stay in the same place all the time,” Gaessar said.

“For the longevity of the guitars and to keep them from getting damaged, it was best in invest in some new racks.”

The new racks have cleared out space in the classroom.

Gaessar hopes to invest in one more rack in the future to place the rest of the guitars in the class.

UPDATE: BioMed classes will not receive honors credit

BY JORDAN DEL VALLE TONOIAN

j.delvalletonoian@eyeofthetigernews.com

PLTW teachers Erin Granucci and Katherine Nurss sought to have BioMed classified as an “honors” course. According to assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, Jess Borjon, RJUHSD has declined the request on terms of exploring alternative AP and IB-sponsored options.

“We do try and talk about using the same vocabulary for each lesson and teaching the procedures the same or teach the same methods,” Schmatjen said.

RHS’ English department typically is able to match up their curriculums with no pacing issues, according to English 12 teacher Stuart Smith, who finds it simple to confer with colleagues and keep a “constant dialogue” with members of his

PLT in order to keep up with the material and the rate at which the class is meant to move. He believes unity in curriculums is beneficial for students and teachers alike.

“It’s not a search for conformity,” Smith said. “It’s a search for professionalism and consistency.”

However, for Smith, RHS could be more unified if they had an English curriculum with consistent goals that ranged from

grade to grade, similar to the Integrated Math system, which ranges from IM1 To IM3 and covers lessons cohesively due to the way it’s linked.

“We could get further with that. It’s really difficult, because you have to look at each curriculum,” Smith said. “We have to figure out what the starting point is, what the spine of it is, if you will, from beginning to end.”

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ESPAÑOL DEPORTES Baloncesto femenino da la bienvenida al nuevo entrenador

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Luego de la salida de Josh Errecart del programa de baloncesto, Allan Darte ocupará el puesto de entrenador de baloncesto femenino en la próxima temporada.

Darte ha estado en el juego durante la mayor parte de su vida, entrenando desde 2007 para las Hot Shots y las ligas de la AAU. Él asistió a Jesuit High School y, a pesar de no jugar al baloncesto allí, pudo llevar su carrera al nivel universitario caminando en la Universidad de Santa Clara.

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Arriba, el equipo femenino de baloncesto del año pasado. Después de que el ex entrenador Josh Errecart se retiró de su puesto, RHS contrató a Allan Darte para ocupar el puesto vacante. Darte tiene esperanzas para la próxima temporada.

DARTE

La larga historia de Darte en el área le pidió que aprovechara la posición de entrenador abierto en RHS.

“He estado entrenando en el área por más de diez años,” Darte dijo. “Tengo un hijo que es un adulto mayor aquí y una hija que está en octavo grado en Cooley y que viene de camino aquí. Así que para

mí, todo se trata de involucrarse con su comunidad.”

Esta temporada, Darte planea desarrollar no solo atletas, sino también individuos con habilidades de vida de calidad.

“Soy muy grande en el

personaje,” Darte dijo. “Mi actitud de gratitud es realmente mi reclamo de fama.

Ese es mi lema. Quiero asegurarme de que las chicas están realmente enfocadas en ser grandes personajes tanto dentro como fuera de

la cancha”. Él planea mantener la exitosa historia de los Tigres, ya que terminaron con 19-9 en total el año pasado y ganaron la liga y llegaron a la segunda ronda de los playoffs estatales el año anterior.

“Quiero crear una cultura de ganar aquí. No me refiero a solo ganar en la cancha de básquetbol, ​​quiero decir ganar en la vida,” Darte dijo. “Vamos a esforzarnos por llegar a los playoffs y quiero ver un triunfo de la sección”.

Aunque Darte es nuevo en el programa, está trabajando para hacer conexiones con sus jugadores y sus familias.

“En realidad, conozco a algunas de las chicas de primer año que ingresan al programa solo por mi experiencia con Hot Shots y los equipos locales de AAU,” Darte dijo. “También conozco a algunas de las familias de jugadores que regresan de Cooley, así que ya tengo algunas conexiones.”

NOTICIAS RJUHSD va a transicionar por modelo de prácticas restaurativas sobre suspensión punitiva.

POR CAM MEDRANO

c.medrano@eyeofthetigernews.com

Cuando superintendente Denise Hermann empezó su tenencia con RJUHSD, ella adaptó un initiation del superintendente anterior Ron Severson’s administración de reformar el policía districto sobre suspendiendo los estudiantes.

RJUHSD actualmente sigue un punitive modelo de suspensión que utiliza castigos, incluyendo la consecuencia de suspensión para responder a mal comportamiento.

Un cambio a el modelo rectorado de práctica podía tener un emphasis on ayudando los estudiantes a hacer las paces con personas

afectados por sus acciones y encontrando el razón for los malos decisiones.

Según Herrmann, el Departamento de Educación de California colocó a RJUHSD en “Diferenciado Asistencia” por los altos tarifas de suspensión en lo que respecta a los estudiantes Hispanos y los que están en la Programa de Educación Individualizado.

El distrito empezó a explorar el modelo restaurativo el ano pasado.

“Si los estudiantes no están en clase, no pueden estudiar,” Hermann dijo.

“Cuando encontramos una manera mejor para cambiar sus comportamientos por lo mejor, ayudará a los estudiantes a quedarse en sus clases, y nos ayudará a tener una clima positivo y también ayudará a los estudiantes a aprender cómo comportarse bien la próxima vez que estén en un situación difícil,”

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Arriba, el tablero de RJUHSD en la cita del jueves anterior. El distrito ha sido un esfuerzo a implementar prácticas restaurativos en relación con problemas de mal comportamiento.

Como parte de él multi-ano transición a un modelo restaurativo, el distrito empezó a tener diferentes trainings con los miembros del distrito, administradores, y profesores

durante el verano.

Profesora de ciencias sociales Jessica Fork cree que reforzando estrategias restaurativos en los clases crea una clima donde los estudiantes se pueden

ser más inclinados a participar en el currículo de los clases.

Según Fork, ella ha usado practicas restaurativos para establecer un sentido de comunidad dentro de sus

clases.

“Como tienes una clase que hace click? Los tratan como ser humanos,” Fork dijo. “Si no los respeten vas a tener problemas de comportamiento.”

REPORTAJES Junior se compromete a una oportunidad que viene una vez por vida POR RICKY SEGOVIA

r.segovia@eyeofthetigernews.com

Rescatando a personas y jugando con niños es todo en un dia de trabajo para junior Nate Santos, que se ha ganado un trabajo vistiéndose y actuando como el swinging superhero SpiderMan para la compañía Los Eventos De la Hada Madrina.

A Santos le encanta a actuar en frente de los niños.

“Es tan divertido; me encanta poder ver las caras de los niños y no hay encontrado un niño malo, todos se comportan muy bien y son muy chistosos, y puedo ser un quirky character,” Santo dijo.

Cuando tuvo diez

años, Santos hizo gimnasio por dos años. No tenia ningun idea que un dia podia usar esa experiencia.

Porque Spiderman es muy flexible, Santos frequentemente se encuentra haciendo todos tipos de tricks y empujándose a su límite.

“Se como hacer unos resortes, tirones hacia atrás, tiros delanteros,” Santos dijo.

Los niños que el entretiene les encantan a ver Spider-Man y les gustan a pasar el tiempo con él, pero hay unos que se asustan cuando ven a Spider Man.

“Siempre gritan mi nombre, ‘!Ay Dios mio, Spider-Man!’ y luego quieren correr a mi o algo y darme un abrazo o un mano arriba, unos de los niños son muy nerviosos, y la máscara es un poco tedioso para unos, pero además de eso están excitados.

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Cuando tuvo diez años, Ante Santos hizo el gimnasio por dos años. Santos frequentemente se encuentre haciendo tricks cuando trabajé como Superman.

Junior Annabelle Tiznado trabaja con Santos y actúa como Moana por la misma compañía, y piense que hay muchos calidades que necesitas para hacer

esos trabajos.

Ella piense que Nate es la persona perfecto para el trabajo porque ama a los niños y es una persona muy responsable.

“Mi jefe estaba buscando una nueva persona para emplacar el spider-man anterior, y normalmente es difícil a encontrar niños adolescentes a com-

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eter a algo así, y sabía que Nate ama a los niños y es muy responsable entonces lo menciona a mis jefes y ellos pensaban que él era la persona para el trabajo.

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Student’s DIY business rooted in legacy

COURTESY ANNIE JOSE

Junior Annie Jose was inspired to create a business selling homemade corsages and boutonnieres by her family members, as well as her own long-held desire to be a business owner. Though the boutonnieres and corsages began as gifts, Jose soon noticed their untapped potential.

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BY MEGAN HUBER

m.huber@eyeofthetigernews.com

Junior Annie Jose doesn’t have to wait until spring to bloom into her creative potential. By as-

sembling corsage sets for family and friends, Jose has been able to turn her skills into a business and sell products to customers for a cheaper price than corsages available in

stores.

One pair of corsages and boutonnieres from Jose sell for $25, while, commercially, the average price for a corsage and boutonniere is $41, with one

corsage alone costing $25.

The first time Jose created a corsage was three years ago, for her brother, Zach Jose’s, homecoming date. According to Zach, he was initially suspicious of his sister’s intentions, but the work she put into it soon made him appreciate his sister even more. “ I realized that … the corsage and boutonniere were beautiful; not because of any monetary value that they may -- or may not -- hold, but because Annie made these for me,” Zach said.

Around the same time she was making her first corsage and boutonniere for her brother, Annie discovered her aunt used to make corsage sets for her

father’s Homecoming, as well. She would create the corsages and Annie’s dad would advertise and sell them. Their small business in high school soon inspired Annie to start one of her own.

“I look up to my dad and I want to be like him,” Annie said. “I want to get all the experience I can.”

Annie’s childhood hopes and aspirations also played a part in her decision to start her own business.

“I’ve always wanted to have my own business, from when I was a little girl,” Annie said. “Making money has always been a goal of mine; I would always negotiate deals with my parents and siblings.”

As Homecoming rolled around in September, Annie dedicated herself to making corsages and boutonnières as a way to test if there was a market for her product and whether or not she was skilled enough to sell them all.

As soon as Annie saw the one she made for herself, she knew she was good enough and that she wanted to use her ability to create a business.

Annie enjoys creating the corsage sets and sees herself continuing to make them further in the future as both a minor source of income and a hobby.

“I believe doing something you enjoy and making money from it makes it twenty times better,” Annie said.

According to one of Annie’s customers, sophomore Jackson Rocha, the boutonnieres were well made and added to his homecoming experience.

“The flowers smell pretty nice and they weren’t that big,” Rocha said. “It felt more personal knowing the person who made the boutonnieres and wearing them.”

Annie’s sister, Sophia Jose, enjoys watching Jose go through the process of creating the corsages and boutonnieres, and sees the business as a stress reliever for her sister.

“I really like how she gets to express herself this way and that she can just show her creativity,” Sophia said. “It’s fun watching her make it because there’s a lot of different flowers to choose from.

She could just customize it on her own and it’s cool to see what’s the outcome.”

On top of being a convenient way to express individuality, Rocha feels that the business is beneficial as it also helps Annie gain experience.

“I think it’s cool that she’s doing that; it’s good life experience,” Rocha said. “It definitely gives her some experience so that way if she wants to make a business when she’s older, then she has some experience to go back on.”

Annie is grateful for the experience she is gaining and the lessons she’s learning.

ARTIST IN THE SPOTLIGHT: CAITLIN PERKINS Senior Caitlin Perkins uses her art to espress her support and advocacy for social issues. Perkins plans on pursuing art in the future.

- Caitlin Tran

COURTESY SUSAN SCHWARTZ

An interest in flight lead junior Stephen Schwartz to focus his attentions on achieving his pilot’s license and, later, taking his hobby to the next level by following his dream to become a professional commercial pilot.

Junior takes flight

BY LOGAN BRALEY

l.braley@eyeofthetigernews.com

When he was a child, RHS junior Stephen Schwartz’ grandmother offered to take him on a plane ride for the first time in his life.

As a former pilot, she was able to pass on her love of flying to her grandson.

Since then, Schwartz’ interest in aviation took off, and he has been pursuing his goal of becoming a commercial pilot ever since.

As part of that endeavor, Schwartz was enrolled in a program at the Sacramento airport called the Young Eagles Program, where he earned valuable flight time in return for helping out.

“Flight time”, as it’s called, is where aspiring pilots can work or pay to add hours

to their time with 1,500 hours minimum necessary for becoming a commercial pilot.

Schwartz and several of his friends worked on building a plane and helicopter in the Sacramento Airport in exchange for hours of flight. They participated on a 51/49, where a factory assembles 49% of a plane and they do the rest, in order to learn about planes and gain experience.

According to Schwartz, he is able to choose what 49% the factory assembles, making it easier for his crew to complete their projects.

Schwartz’s friend and fellow participant, Hayden Schaufel befriended Schwartz due to a common love of aviation. He is proud of his coworker and friend’s passion.

“He’s work[ed] pretty

hard and he’s determined,” Schaufel said.

Along with the trouble of finding 1,500 extra hours, flying planes is not a cheap hobby. Thus, Schwartz is happy that he can pursue his passion without breaking the bank.

“It’s definitely not cheap to fly, so it’s awesome that we can do this,” Schwartz said.

Schwartz hopes to get into a college where he can work even harder to achieve his dream of having a job as a pilot, and he’s got his eye geared toward a few very specific places.

“My dream college is UNF university of North Dakota, they are partnered with United [Airlines] so you can get partnered right out of college but my dream airline[to fly for] is JetBlue,” Schwartz said.

COURTESY GRACE DITRICH

How did your passion for art develop?

It’s developed over time. It’s a combination of encouragement and art being my escape.

How has art affected your life?

Art has been a very good influence on me. With some of my pieces, I’ve done concentrations on love, sexuality and mental health. Through that, I’ve become an advocate for people around me dealing with these issues and they feel safe around me.

Do you plan to pursue art in your future?

I’m going to college for fine arts and studio arts. I plan on pursuing that whether it be for illustrations, tattoos or commissions based off of my art.

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Media passion fuels future endeavors

BY NICOLE KHUDYAKOV

n.khudyakov@eyeofthetigernews.com

Some people grow up knowing what they want to do with their lives, while others struggle to find a passion that speaks to them.

Freshman Jayden Watters is among the lucky few whose idle exploration, which began when he picked up a camera at a young age, turned into a long-lasting zeal for photography and videography.

According to his stepdad, Rick Anders, one of Watters’ first videography projects included editing together videos Watters had taken and overlaying music on top.

Later, as a student at SOCAPA -- an LA School of Creative and Performing Arts -- Watters furthered his commitment to the arts by taking a summer course where he wrote and directed several movies.

At the same time, Watters was using his learning to expand his photography knowledge.

Since he began his journey as an ameteur thirteen year old with little to no prior photography experience, Watters has been committed to capturing photos and creating art in a way that speaks to him and his audience.

“I really enjoy captur-

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Freshman Jayden Watters has a natural eye for photography and videography and a matching passion for it.

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ing people in their best moments and I always think when you capture people looking their best they get really happy,” Watters said.

For Watters, videography and photography are serious artistic passions that takes up much of his free time.

He must balance school work and taking photos and videos of events -- such as weddings, portraits, and photoshoots -- to build up his portfolio.

“It’s fun but it’s something you have to focus on and practice a lot,” Watters said. “It’s my whole life, basically. I know that that’s what I wanna do when I get older, so I commit a lot of

time to it.”

Watters’ mother, Jane Anders, encourages her son to pursue the career he wants and chase after his dreams.

She thinks his qualities give him an advantage in understanding his art.

“I think that what it takes, sometimes, with photography is to capture someone’s soul and I believe he is more than capable of that since he’s such an old soul and he’s in touch with himself on another level,” Anders said.

Anders lent her son a helping hand and helped him build up connections by introducing him to photographer Cassandra God-

dard, who had previously worked with his parents.

For Goddard, Watters’ passion for the art was obvious from the first time she met him.

“Everybody’s an artist in their own way, but for some people it just comes naturally to them, and some people have that eye.

Jayden has that,” Goddard said. “He knows what he wants; he doesn’t need to fuss too much; he’s really candid; he’s really natural and he works with people really, really well.”

Thus far, Goddard has worked with Watters on several events, including a few weddings.

He serves as her sec-

ond ‘shooter’ and typically assists Goddard with her workload. Goddard is glad to have him shoot with her due to his unique professionalism.

“He’s a very intelligent kid. He had the knowledge and he doesn’t need directions, you only need to tell him to do something once and it sticks,” Goddard said. “He looks like he’s been doing this for years and he knows what he’s doing.”

Freelance photographer Krystena Patton knew Watters as an emerging photographer at her school.

She served as a mentor figure to him, as Watters

looked up to Patton’s work and the two bonded over their shared craft.

“It’s basically like having someone who speaks the same language as you on campus. Whether or not I’m more technically advanced doesn’t matter, it’s just that we were both trying to learn something together,” Patton said.

According to Watters, he hopes to use his skills to benefit others and brighten their lives.

“I think my goal in life is to go into it helping more people in making at least one person’s life better and make one person have a a happier day,” Watters said.

Student Spider-Man swings into school

BY RICKY SEGOVIA

r.segovia@eyeofthetigernews.com

Saving civilians and goofing around with children is all in a day’s work for junior Nate Santos, who’s scored a job dressing up and acting like the superhero Spider-Man for the company The Fairy Godmother Events.

Santos loves entertaining and performing in front of kids. Though he had no experience prior to taking the job, the company welcomed him in with open arms.

“They were super polite and super nice to me.

They listened to everything I was talking about - school, schedules,” Santos said.

“They were really under-

standing about how I only have a little bit of time,” As a 10 year old, Santos did gymnastics for two years. Little did he know how useful that experience would be for him in the future. Due to Spider-Man’s flexibility, Santos frequently finds himself performing all kinds of tricks and pushing himself to the limit.

“Some of the kids want me to do backflips, and somersaults, so it’s kind of nice to see the smiles on their faces and the amazement once you do it,” Santos said.

The kids who Santos typically entertains love seeing Spider-Man in the flesh, but there are a few who find themselves frightened by

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his mask. Luckily, Santos’ goofy demeanor allows them to warm up to him.

“They always scream out my name, ‘Oh my god, Spider-man!’,” Santos said.

“Some of the kids are very nervous because they don’t know what else to do…if they’re scared of me I like to stick out my hand as a high five and usually they’ll high five me back.”

Junior Annabelle Tiznado, Santos’ coworker who plays Moana in the same company, believes that Santos is the perfect person for the job, as he adores kids and is a very committed person.

“I knew Nate loved kids; he’s super committed to whatever he does, so I mentioned him to one of my bosses and they thought he was the perfect fit for the job,” Tiznado said.

Santos has some tentative plans in the future to extend his list of roles, but there are certain challenges that come with playing mask-less characters.

“I feel like I would have to do more research on the other characters, because I don’t know much about them,” Santos said.

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COURTESY NATE SANTOS

Junior Nate Santos recently debuted as Spider-Man for his new job working under the company The Fairy Godmother Events. Santos is appreciative of the opportunity and delights in being able to work with kids.

HUMANS OF RHS Senior Ilsa Arana, born in Pasadena and raised in Northridge, attributes her multifaceted soul to LA and its abundance of diversity.

Ilsa’s childhood consisted of guitar, piano, and violin lessons, making wax penguins out of Babybels, and falling in love with Nintendo consoles.

I remember watching my mom study for her bachelor’s linguistics degree. She would take me to poetry readings in different parts of the city too.

With a single mom and ever changing address, Ilsa’s colorful memories have followed her to her life in Roseville when she moved here four years ago.

-Caitlin Tran

Every time I’ve moved schools I’ve learned something new about being a daughter, a human, a friend. I don’t think my soul is split between those different areas, my memories of those places are always going to be with me.

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There’s a point in time when you realize that your parent is a person and not just a person that provides for you, and when I read her poetry that happened for me. If I didn’t have my mom to tell me what I can’t see in myself I don’t think I would even be able to see a future at all for myself.”

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EYE OF THE TIGER’S VIEW

Common sense solutions don’t always follow rules

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o lighten the after school traffic, cars in the Senior Lot had fallen into the pattern of turning what is normally one lane of outgoing traffic into two, overtaking the lane usually used to enter.

However, school staff have recently begun monitoring the lot after school to keep cars that are exiting in a single lane.

The motivation behind enforcing the one-way traffic is for “safety” purposes; however, the main safetyrelated threat present in cars exiting through both lanes only occurs if there is traffic trying to enter the lot at the same time.

Directly after school ends, this is not the problem. No one needs to enter Senior Lot, and any cars aiming to park near RHS could and should find more convenient and safer options.

Officially reversing the direction of the lane directly after school ends would only alleviate the odds that a stray car might try to enter the lot.

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Deciding to designate both lanes for outbound traffic in the minutes immediately after school ends would not be unprecedented.

In 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed into effect legislation which encourages reversible lane use – or changing the direction of

a lane during specific times when high traffic can be expected in one direction and not the other.

Such practices are already being used in places like the the Golden Gate bridge and Caldecott Tunnel.

With the traffic and parking problems RHS has faced

as of late – partially due to the campus, recent construction, and high student population – the circumstances call for reversible lanes after school hours. A high number of students are exiting in the same direction all at once, while there is little incoming traffic to places like Senior Lot.

Allowing only a single lane creates a line of congestion, which makes getting out of school a long and arduous process; at the same time, the train of cars attempting to leave spans the space behind parked cars, which often makes backing out a difficulty.

The combination of trying to back out with new drivers and impatient students who will not yield creates a window for accidents, transforming the oneway traffic from an annoyance to a “safety” hazard – the opposite of RHS’ goal.

A reversible lane would assuage the traffic congestion and require less human resources than having staff members redirect the traffic into a single lane, making it the most convenient and effective option.

Otherwise, RHS is following the rules just to follow rules, rather than efficiently solving the problems it faces.

(This piece represents the views of the 2018-19 editorial board.)

Schools should prepare students for independence Life experience courses a must, students blind after high school

BY CLAIRE TOWNSEND

c.townsend@eyeofthetigernews.com

T

he other day as we were driving home, my mother and I began a very interesting discussion. She had just picked me up from school and we were going to stop by the gas station near our home that sold lottery tickets; we were going to try our luck.

“The winning ticket is just sitting there waiting for us!” she would joke, excited laughter filling the car. I asked her what she would do with the money, what would she buy if she had hit the super-mega-ultra jackpot. She brought up a very concerning point that I hadn’t thought about.

“You know what, I’d probably give it back to the schools. The ones you’ve gone to,” she said, “that’s what the lottery is supposed to be for.”

I sat for a minute and reflected… I hadn’t realized that the lottery was giving supplementary funding to schools. The Californian Lottery sales are increasing constantly. In fact this July the institution announced that the sales were upwards of $6.3 billion - almost one billion more than last year’s numbers. But the schools in the area do not seem to be receiving the benefits from this.

I came back to reality to hear my mom’s answer to the question

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of her intentions with her imagined winnings.

“I would bring lots of new programs to your school, like, have you ever even heard of auto shop?”

Auto shop? Our school doesn’t even have a driving course. I had never even thought to go as far as hoping for a class dedicated to teaching us how to change a tire or jump-start a car when we break down. Yes, our community has multiple driving schools in the area - I’m sure you almost know the All-Good Driving school commercial played in Eye of the Tiger by heart at this point.

And I get that we, as a school, are supportive of our local businesses.

But, our school providing us with a mandatory course on safe driving, the rules of the road, or even changing a headlight would be all of the difference to families who

may not have the funding to do so for their child.

The lack of driving courses here at Roseville High school has been shocking to not only my mother, but my grandparents and other extended family members.

When asked if I even knew how to change a tire, I had to say no. Not every child has someone to teach them how to fix a flat tire when they’re stuck alone on the side of the road and that knowledge when on your way to or from school could save your day.

Because I don’t have this knowledge, I have felt less prepared on the road.

Our school system is so adamant about preparing students for college, that while piling AP course after AP course on our backs, they forget to teach us real-life lessons. Sure, we have our personal finance course - that is,

outside of class. Why don’t we as developing independents get to take courses like Drivers Ed in school? Isn’t school supposed to prepare us for adult life? And if not that, even just preparing us for college - that insinuates the idea that we are becoming adults.

Adults need to know how to drive; adults need to be able to take action in stressful or upsetting situations like a car’s breakdown. If our schools taught a class encasing these things, it would allow students more time outside of school to get our schoolwork and studying done without the added time out of school spent on readying ourselves for the future.

A driving class offered in Roseville High school would be difficult to obtain; I’m not oblivious to that fact. I can safely assume that getting thirty to forty students in cars during one class period and

driving around would be almost impossible. But allowing students to finish the online courses, teaching them how they can drive in a safer manner and how they can manage an emergency would definitely push us as students further into our adult life of independence and efficacy.

My mom did not end up hitting the jackpot. We drove home and I went back into my room to study for an AP Government exam. I thought to myself, wow.

Our school has so many amazing courses for us. I have been able to take classes on psychology, theatre, physiology and I am looking forward to taking musical theatre and biomedical science in the spring. It is possible to create a class. I know because the divisions of drama classes into “comedy-improv”, “musical theatre” and simply “beginners drama” happened to occur in my junior year.

So I propose an addition to the class list at Roseville High.

A mandatory life-preparation course. A course in which students review the rules of the road and safe driving tendencies. In which students learn how to change a tire or fill out tax forms, or registers to vote when they come of age. How to apply for a job, or an internship.

Perhaps they use the time to help students in their personal finance courses and show them how to make and keep good spending habits. The process of buying a house, or renting an apartment.

All of these things, if taught now, would better prepare us students for life outside of high school.

It would prepare us for independent life, for adulthood. So Roseville High School, head: this. You are doing an amazing job advocating advanced courses, encouraging students to go to college - not only that, but to do so well and work so hard enough in high school that they get into the best of colleges. But how are you preparing them for life outside of academics and career-life?

What can you do to create educated, empowered and independent citizens of our society?

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Seniors ignore underutilized resouces

BY CLAIRE TOWNSEND

c.townsend@eyeofthetigernews.com

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he dread that courses through a student when asked about their plans as far as their college career is unlike most feelings of fear. College applications, for most, determine one’s future on a level to which kids our age should not be subjected. Making such a difficult, heavy and important decision so early in one’s young adulthood would cause quite a bit of stress, would it not?

As a first generation college student, I’ve been extra tense trying to figure out how FAFSA works, what to make of the Common App and how to start applying to select UC campuses without much knowledge or guidance from my family. I have been fortunate enough to have teachers and close friends help me get started on the process, but if I’d had to tackle this entirely on my own?

I would have been a mess.

So naturally, when I heard that Roseville High was offering seniors and their parents a night to work on their college application process with the constant help of the school’s advisors and

counselors, I assumed that at least half of the senior class would take advantage of that opportunity.

When my mom and I arrived that Monday night at six, I was honestly quite surprised to find that tables filled just under half of the cafeteria and of those tables, about a quarter of the seats were left empty.

So we sat down. It was, after all, only the very beginning of the workshop.

The counselors had put together a slideshow for us all to follow on the chromebooks provided while they went over the key points.

A woman gave my mother flyers that listed some commonly asked questions on the CSU applications and my mom and I also got to go over the personal insight questions asked by UC’s on their application.

Some students arrived late, which gave me hope, but at the same time, some seniors and their families would leave early.

As the night went on, counselors would meet with students and their guardians and go over in depth any questions.

I met with my counselor Mr. Bradley and he actually cleared up a lot of my stress about the college application process. We were even able to talk about what fields I could go into with what major I may end up choosing to submit.

We were able to finish this whole process by

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around seven-thirty p.m. I became one of those students who left early with their family, having been helped and put at ease by their counselor and having used the opportunity given to us seniors as much as I could.

Had more students shown up, I’m sure that the workshop would have been utilized more thoroughly throughout its whole duration.

College applications require a lot of effort and time to assure their best quality. It just confuses me that when given a space to sit down and dedicate time to doing just that, seniors do not take that opportunity

and run with it.

In fact, many of our seniors are not aware of the resources available on our very own high school website, located (conveniently enough) under the tab labeled, “resources.”

Clicking on this tab alone provides us seniors with a whole section on “College Exploration,” including how to go about financial aid, college athletics, letters of recommendation - even a digital copy of the presentation given on the night of the college workshop.

I know I’m being sort of hypocritical in saying so, but hearing my friends and peers laugh off their applications and watch them

procrastinate while all of these resources are readily available, is really disappointing.

I wish we as a class had more motivation to buckle down and strive to do our very best in this potentially life-altering process. Finding that motivation is difficult and the counselors do what they can to give us tips and methods of relaxation; but the counselors cannot take our stress away on their own.

We have to take the methods they give us and apply them to our actual schedules and lives. That is easier said than done, but if we stay organized, we may be more motivated (writing

something down makes you more likely to get it done!).

My advice here is this: sit down and schedule yourself time to work on college apps.

I actually made a calendar and put down that on certain days I would take time to work on the college process; whether that be looking up and applying for scholarships, utilizing the common app, or beginning my essay applications.

That not only relieved my stress (because I love planning and journaling), but it is also something that I will do my best to stick to and hopefully in the end get my applications in on time.

Seniors, it is time to start getting serious about college. Trust me I don’t like hearing that either - it scares me too. But it is true and we ought to make use of any time or opportunity given to us in this respect.

To be honest, I wish that I started to dedicate more time to the application process much sooner than I did. Maybe even in the later parts of my junior year. So it is time to get things in motion.

Seniors, juniors, even underclassmen: the way to get out of a problem is to get into the solution. To alleviate some of the stress put on us by college apps, start working on them. Use your resources to their full extent to ensure that you are putting your best foot forward in this endeavor.

Despite FIT reccomendations, drainage still not fixed

BY JAYDEN MILLER

jl.miller@eyeofthetigernews.com

Everyone on the Roseville High School campus has heard of Lake Roseville at least once or twice during the past couple of years.

If you haven’t already then you’ll see the so called “lake” yourself this rainy season. But why is it still a thing to this day and why has nothing changed?

During the 2016-17 school year, Eye of the Tiger did a story on the “good” rating Roseville High School received on the Facility Inspection Tool (FIT) report and instead of the “exemplary” rating we usually get. The list covers

a broad spectrum of categories such as systems, interior, cleanliness, electrical, safety, etc.

In the same 2016-17 year RJUHSD staff held a board meeting to update and change the old FIT report with new categories to inspect and cover. Instantly the new report was approved and updated with new inspections to look over such as “drainage” and making sure there is no flooding or storm drains clogged.

Still to this day nothing has changed on campus regarding the 900’s parking lot, other flooded areas around school campus such as the end of senior square or by the 400’s wing.

I’ve walked into class late trying to avoid the immense puddles of danger.

I’ve walked into class with wet shoes, socks and even

the cuffs of my pants soaked because I was forced to man up and walk through the deep water.

And I cannot be the only one has felt this uncomfortable, annoying and angering feeling. I watch students take off their shoes just to get by and I’ve experienced people crowding around, finding new ways around the puddles.

We as students do not deserve to have this happen to us.

We deserve a campus that we can feel comfortable with to go outside and eat lunch, talk to friends and not have to worry about dodging the massive puddles.

With a campus that’s over 100 years old, Roseville sticks out like a sore thumb on safety compared to other schools in the district. No other school besides us has

developed a culture attitude where we feel that we are uncomfortable with the way the campus handles external safety issues.

There is no such thing as “Lake Woodcreek”. Why does our district allow there to be a “Lake Roseville” then?

If flooding and drainage is supposed to be looked at by the district, then why was our campus out of all schools overlooked when we need it most? And with all the other renovations going on around the high school, from a student’s view it seems like it is gonna be an eternity before we get any flooded area on our campus fixed.

The fall rainy season is now coming closer and closer everyday.

Why should we have to go through this terrible flooding that gets every-

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where year after year after year again?

It’s almost to the point with no hope for this season as well. Renovations this big will take major time to complete, possibly even having to be executed when school is not in session considering the substantial nature of these problem areas and how often the students and faculty use these areas

to get around.

The campus has been this way for many years and if you are a senior then you definitely know it. We’ve been forcefully made to deal with this issue for too long, so let me ask you this.

How long will our fellow students have to walk through ankle deep water before our district actually does something about it?

Pre-Calc’s heavy workload deserves weighted credit

BY EMILY HOLPUCH

opinion@eyeofthetigernews.com

I was deciding my classes for my junior year and like a lot of other juniors, I entered the school year with infamously high expectations. This is the year where my grades matter the most if I plan on attending college.

With this preconceived notion floating in my brain, I signed up for pre-calculus under the impression that I would be receiving a weighted grade since it

was indicated as an honors class. However, after signing up I was informed that the class was retired of its former honors status. This information unsettled me for a moment, but I assumed that the class being stripped of its weighted grade would also reduce its difficulty.

This, again, was an incorrect notion.

Upon taking the class and discussing it with previous students, I understood that not only had its honor status been downgraded, but that the amount of work and difficulty remained the same. I am grateful to have not been denied of the opportunity of learning precalculus, but the overall reward has fallen short of my

expectations.

It is difficult to be motivated both in and out of class. My homework ranges anywhere from 25 to 65 problems of advanced mathematical concepts, often still with the title of honors pre-calculus on them and the reasoning behind this is lost on me when my efforts are being regulated and equated as a normal CP class would be.

When I signed up I was aware that it would be a challenge, but the impression that I would have the grade bump as a cushion was the deciding factor for me taking the class. I thought that I would be able to learn and grow mathematically without being ex-

cessively stressed out about whether I would be able to even pass or not.

In a time when a stellar grade point average is a critical component to college applications for renowned universities, it should be more transparent in whether we will be receiving it or not. Many students plan to take advantage of instate tuition of University of California schools, which both had average freshman admissions for fall 2018 set between 4.16 and 4.31 for a majority of applicants.

Although I luckily had a 4.0 at the end of the first quarter due to taking two weighted AP classes. If those were also not weighted my GPA would most

likely have been in the lower 3 range or worse. With my hope of attending a UC school after high school and also treading the lower average of admittance with my existing grade bump, the absence of the weight for the class is a growing concern.

I am aware that university acceptance also takes into account who you are as an individual, but it has been made known that high school GPAs are a indicator of one’s performance in university and possibly will affect your future alma mater and possibly employment. Though it may seem over-exaggerated, GPA is a valuable factor in an admissions profile.

I, as well as other people in my class, have expressed discontent of the removal of the weight especially at times when the teacher compares the class to their education at UC Davis, claiming that it is preparing us for college level math by teaching at a rapid pace with copious amount of work.

Devaluing the work of students appears to be causing resentment and lack of motivation, which in turn creates worse performance.

Although reinstating the weighted grade for PreCalculus will not benefit me now, I would strongly recommend it reverted in order to create better outcomes for future students.

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College exposure not reliant on HS

BY BRAYDEN DOTOLI

b.dotoli@eyeofthetigernews.com

Decades ago, exposure for college sports was primarily, if not entirely, based on high school performance. Today, with the expansion of club sports and college showcases, scouts are increasingly considering using other sources besides high school. Athletes now have to consider what could give them the best exposure, between high school, showcases, and competitive sports.

College showcases and camps produce opportunities for exposure, yet they come with a hefty price. Whether spending money on showcases and camps or recruiting websites such as NCSA or gotsoccer, or travelling to camps, getting exposure can be expensive and complicated.

For Cal Poly commit junior Kate Slack, playing club volleyball brought her options for colleges to come watch her play and for her to express interest in them, rather than if she played exclusively for her high school team.

“Our club had us participate in a lot of tournaments that college coaches were at,” Slack said.

“There was never really any exposure from high school volleyball and scouting is more club based.”

Similar to Slack, Oregon State commit freshman Shay McDowell

COURTESY SHAY MCDOWELL

Freshman Shay McDowell committed to Oregon State University her eighth grade softball season. McDowell contributed her commitment to various college showcases and camps.

says it is hard communicating with her college because of her age.

“In the fall, college coaches go to showcase tournaments and now I can’t talk to them until my junior year because of the new NCAA rule, so the showcase camps are usually when I get to talk to them,” McDowell said.

College coaches often utilize camps, showcases and club sports because their seasons don’t conflict like the college and high school sports often do. During the college season, coaches will often be more focused towards his or her team’s teams rather than recruiting.

Kylie Granno, a senior and St. Mary’s soccer commit, attended a few college showcases and camps, where she feels she got the most

exposure to to college coaches. She says that only two colleges attended her high school games.

“I attended four ID camps, one at UCSB, Chico, Sonoma and Cal Poly. But I got noticed by St. Mary’s at the summer San Diego Surf Cup showcase,” Granno said.

“The colleges that attended high school games were Folsom Lake and Sierra College, but the majority of my exposure came from club soccer.”

Athletes and parents have also been using college recruiting websites like NCSA, Got Soccer and College Baseball Match. These websites cost money, but create ways to get in contact with coaches.

When coaches are in their sports season often times they don’t have

time to travel to watch highschool sports games in person, making highlight tapes and film important.

However, varsity boys basketball coach Greg Granucci believes that if athletes are talented enough, they can catch the attention of college scouts - even when playing high school.

“If you’re good enough somebody’s going to find you,” Granucci said. “If you’re a player with a lot of talent, no matter what you play someone is going to find you.”

American River College scout Hank DeMello notes that ability and statistics are not the only facotrs that colleges consider when recruiting.

He says that scouts looks for specific things, such as where are they going to be, how they think and how they react.

“We kind of look at their tools and how smooth they are, how they think, how they react to things,” DeMello said.

DeMello also believes that travel or club sports can be worth it, but they have a very hefty downside; the top players are all playing on the same team, whereas high school is the players in your boundaries.

“When you play club, you’re getting eight different high schools on the same team, but when you’re in high school it’s the best of your boundaries,” DeMello said. “In club there are more opportunities than high school but it’s pricy.”

Girls basketball welcomes new coach

BY EMILY WRIGHT

e.wright@eyeofthetigernews.com

Following Josh Errecart’s departure from the basketball program, Allan Darte will fill the position of the girls varsity basketball coach this upcoming season.

Darte has been around the game for most of his life, coaching since 2007 for the Hot Shots and AAU leagues.

He attended Jesuit High School and, despite not playing basketball there, he was able to take his career to the collegiate level walking on at Santa Clara University.

Darte’s long history in the area prompted him to take advantage of the open coaching position at RHS. “I’ve been coaching in the area for over ten years,” Darte said. “I’ve got a son who’s a senior here and a daughter who’s in eighth

OCT. 8-12

Volleyball wins crucial game against Yuba City

BY DYLAN ROSE

d.rose@eyeofthetigernews.com

The Performance of the Week for the week 10/8 is the varsity girls volleyball team’s victory over the Yuba City Honkers with a score of 3-0.

This win was crucial for the Roseville to get into playoffs and dropped Yuba City from the top spot going into playoffs for the 2018 season.

Junior Madi Whitaker felt this was the most impactful win of the season for the team to secure their spot in playoffs.

the basketball court I mean grade at Cooley whos on winning in life,” Darte her way here. So for me it’s said. “We’re going strive to all about getting involved make it to the playoffs and I with [the] community.” want to see a section win.”

This season, Darte plans Although Darte is to develop not only brand new to the proathletes, but individugram, he is working als with quality life to make connections skills. with his players and “I’m really big on families. character,” Darte “I actually said. “My attiknow some of tude of gratithe girls who tude is really are freshmen my claim to coming into fame. That’s DARTE

the program just my motto. I from my experience with want to make sure the girls Hot Shots and local AAU are really focused on being teams,” Darte said. “I also great characters both on know some of the returning and off the court.” players families from CoolHe plans to uphold the ey, so I have some connecTigers’ successful history tions already.” as they finished 19-9 overGuard Madi Law beall last year and won league lieves that Darte will be while making it to the secable to bring a lot to the ond round of state playoffs program from his own basthe previous year. ketball experience.

“I want to create a cul“I think he has a lot ture of winning here. I of good experience and a don’t mean just winning on

good mindset for coaching,” Law said. “He has a different style of coaching, but I think it will be good for the team.”

Similar to Darte, Law has high hopes for this upcoming season. She knows that the team will have to push themselves this year to offset the coaching change.

“It will definitely be different,” Law said. “The team still has the same relationships with each other and the girls, but adding a new coach will definitely change it, but it’s just something we’ll have to get used to.”

Law also believes that the girls from last year’s JV team LAW

can help.

“The girls coming up this year will have to step up their game a lot, so hopefully we can do as good if not better than we did last year,” Law said.

Teammate Alyssa Sandle will be going into her second year on the varsity squad. Although both years of her high school experience consisted of Errecart as her coach, she believes her and her team are adjusting to the change.

“He’s coming in with a different plan and I like it,” Sandle said. “The chemistry is pretty good. He’s funny.

He’s trying to get to know us. He works out with us and that is bringing us closer together.”

Performances of the Week “The win was big for the team and we went out with a lot of energy because of the importance of the game,” Whitaker said.

The win gave the team a set in stone playoff spot and brought their final record in league to 7-5.

OCT. 15 - 19

Golf finishes second in 18-hole tournament

BY COBY ESTRADA

c.estrada@eyeofthetigernews.com

The Performance of the week for the week of 10/15 is the girls varsity golf team placing second in an 18hole golf tournament. The team came in 2nd place behind rival school Wood-

creek. Roseville was only eight strokes behind losing 458-450. Senior golf player Kelsey Gill golfed a team low 89 strokes along with teammate Lexi walter.

Sophomore second year varsity golf player Kayla Hary believes that their success comes from their consistency across the board.

“We played really well as far as consistency goes.

We all golfed in the range of five strokes with a low of 89 and a high of 94,” Hary said.

Hary was beyond happy with the season and can’t wait to get back on the course next year.

“The season went well and we all improved so much from last year,” Hary said. “I can’t wait to get back to playing next year.”

OCT. 10-14

Tennis team doubles dominate CVC

BY NATALIE RUSSELL

n.russell@eyeofthetigernews.com

The Performance of the Week for the week of 10/22 is the Roseville’s girls varsity tennis team. On 10/24, Kaitlyn Ang and Taylor Diep took first place in CVC for their doubles bracket.

Alyssa Stilwell and Gabby Supapo also took first place in their CVC doubles bracket. Maya Tooker and Madi King were placed in the in the number one seed in super doubles but lost in the semifinals.

Varsity tennis coach Shamila Tooker is proud of

her hard working players and their dedication to the sport.

“All four girls have been on JV the past few years and worked hard in the off season to secure a spot on Varsity this season,” Tooker said. “Yesterday they played hard and hungry for the win and it was fantastic to watch them reach their goals.”

Tooker believes that because of their strong work ethic, they were able to be successful this season.

“I attribute most of their success to putting in the work in the off-season and at practice,” Tooker said.

“The process can be long and hard to earn that top spot, but that reaching their goals have made it worthwhile.”

Club sports more reliable for college exposure

BY BRADEN HOLCOMB

b.holcomb@eyeofthetigernews.com

Most serious high school baseball players, including myself, have the desire to play baseball in college.

After playing numerous years of travel baseball and entering into my third year of high school baseball I think that it is easier to be seen and recruited through travel baseball.

It’s never guaranteed that a scout will show up to a high school baseball game, but in travel baseball there are scouted tournaments and camps.

As a team, you can sign up to play in tournaments that are scouted, and typically you will know how many scouts will be there and what school they are scouting for.

As a player, you can sign up to participate in scouted camps where you can make personal connections with college coaches and have the chance to show off your skills to them.

Though I believe that it is much easier to be recruited through travel baseball, scouts do come to high school games. Typically scouts come to high school games to watch a specific player that they met or contacted through travel ball or a recruitment website.

It is tough getting recruited, but recruitment websites help an athlete in very many ways. Thousands of scouts and coaches are a part of these websites and they can look at your stats, highlight clips and more.

These websites are very beneficial to the high school athlete because the athlete knows when a coach views their profile and the athlete has the ability to email a coach to see how interested that coach is in them.

Though high school baseball is a great opportunity to play with your friends and to play for your school, the high school experience lacks college exposure.

Don’t get me wrong, playing high school baseball is the most fun you’ll have as a high school athlete, but if you’re trying to play at the next level, travel baseball is the way to go.

Not only is it beneficial for an athlete to get exposure, it is important for an athlete to keep their composure. Once an athlete makes that a habit he or she should have no worries when there are scouts in the stands whether it’s a high school game, a travel ball game, or a camp.

In my last two years of high school and travel baseball I’ve been told to always play my hardest, and that’s the ultimate truth, whether high school or competitive and no matter who’s watching.

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TOP 10 FALL ATHLETES 1 2 3 4 5 List compiled by Eye of the Tiger sports staff.

SHANNON YOUNG

JORDAN SUSBILLA

KATE SLACK

TRENTON ARTICA

KAYLA HARY

Coming in at number one for top fall athletes is four year varsity water polo athlete senior Shannon Young.

Young sits at 58 goals, enough to lead the team. Young also leads the team in assists with 25 and currently sits at 22 steals. On September 22, Young broke the girl’s water polo record for most goals of all time with 210 -- a record previously held by Madeline Stephenson.

Young’s teammate Kyla Acosta believes her best quality is her leadership.

“She’s best at helping people, and talking to people in and out of the pool and helps with schoolwork,” Acosta said. “If we need help she’s there to help us.”

Water polo coach Paul Stewart believes that because Young’s achievements have brought a new energy and attention to the team.

“This year, [Shannon’s] career achievements are bringing positive recognition to herself and our polo team,” Stewart said. “Shannon doesn’t look for praise, but everything she touches turns to gold.”

Coming in at the number two spot for the top fall athletes is varsity linebacker Jordan Susbilla.

Susbilla stands out among the rest on the 2018 Roseville High School varsity football team, leading the team with 56 total tackles, 28 of them being unassisted. Being one of the four captains on this year’s team, Susbilla took on a huge leadership role.

Teammate Terrell Williams believes that with that role Jordan has contributed to the team greatly.

“He works [very hard] and he’s always pushing us to be better on the field,” said Williams. “He goes 100% every play, he gives it all he’s got and he gives his heart out to the game.”

According to Williams, Susbilla is a true patron of the game and has been dedicated to the sport since he first started playing.

“Jordan’s the hardest working player on the team and his work has helped us a lot this year,” Williams said. “He takes it really seriously and it shows in how good he is.”

Coming in at number three for the top 10 fall athletes is varsity volleyball player Kate Slack.

This is the middle-hitter’s second year on varsity, and despite committing to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo last year as a sophomore, Slack didn’t let up. Sitting at 100 kills and 25 solo blocks this season, Slack contributed both offensively and defensively.

Junior Mackenzie Baddley and fellow teammate is incredibly proud of her teammate’s hard work and leadership.

“Kate is a leader on our team because we all look up to her and how good of a player she is,” Baddley said. “I can’t imagine our team without her on it.”

According to Baddley, Slack’s strong dedication to volleyball has been proven due to her success.

“She’s always helping our team because she is so focused and working her hardest, whether it’s a game or practice,” Baddley said.

“It’s led to her committing to Cal Poly and we’re all really proud.”

The number four athlete for fall sports is junior cross country runner Trenton Artica.

Artica, who is the number one runner for the boys cross country team, ran a top ten finish out of 315 runners on September 29. Artica’s wins have contributed to team victories at numerous meets, including third place at CVC I. According to fellow teammate Maddox Smith, Artica definitely deserves to be number four because of his significant success this season.

“I think he’s definitely one of the top athletes at this school,” Smith said. “He’s getting top ten at a CVC meets and even some bigger invitationals.”

Smith believes that Artica leads by a strong example which encourages other runners to work just as hard.

“He motivates other people because they see him and see how well he does and they want to do as well as him, so they treat it as a goal,” Smith said.

Coming in at number five on this years top 10 fall athletes is sophomore varsity golf player Kayla Hary.

Hary was pulled up to varsity both her freshman year and this year, where she golfs at the number one spot. At her best, Hary golfed her career low of 42 this season and golfs an average of 48. Teammate Julia Tavianini believes Hary is the most reliable golfer on their team.

“Kayla is the most consistent golfer on our team. With her you know that we’re going to get a score from 40 to 50 every single time,” Tavianini said.

Hary was just named to the first team all league, along with nine other players in the CVC. Teammate Annie Lemos finds that Hary is one of the main reasons the team has had such a great success this year.

“Kayla has improved so much from last year and she’s has had a big part in every single one of our wins this season,” Lemos said.

“Over the past couple years she’s worked so hard and has gotten so much better at golf.”

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-Elena Bateman

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MAYA TOOKER

ALYSSA ESPLEY

KELSEY GILL

JOE BRIJS

BEN BAKER

Finishing at number six for the top 10 fall athletes, is varsity tennis play, Maya Tooker.

The senior contributed to a league win for the team last year, and helped lead the team to second place finish in league. As the number one singles player, Maya was seeded third in the CVC Super Singles tournament, losing in the semi finals.

According to teammate Martina Aren, Maya’s ability to include all players while setting a good example is what makes her stand out.

“Maya’s not only a very talented player, but she’s also an inclusive captain,” Aren said. “She makes sure she knows everyone on the team and never makes anyone feel left out.”

Coach Shamila Tooker finds that what sets Maya apart, is her work ethic setting a good example for her teammates.

“Maya strives to work hard for her team and sets an example by supporting them on and off the court,” Tooker said.

Coming on at number seven for the top 10 fall sport athletes is senior Alyssa Espley.

This was Espley’s second year playing for Roseville High School’s girls varsity volleyball team. With 108 kills and 34 aces during league, Espley dominated offensive play for the Tigers. On the defensive end, Espley contributed 149 digs in league.

Teammate Madi Whitaker believes Espley is a strong player for the team and makes up for what she lacks.

“She’s really good because even though she’s not super tall she makes up for it by having a really high vertical,” Whitaker said.

Whitaker also believes that Espley’s light-hearted attitude helps her teammates strive to succeed.

“She is always really energetic and supports the team instead of making us feel down about themselves,” Whitaker said. “Alyssa’s also very positive and that mentality encourages the rest of us to stay positive which helps us do better.”

Coming in at number eight, is senior Kelsey Gill, for her exceptional play on the varsity golf team.

After playing her sophomore year then taking her junior year off, Gill started off her senior season strong; playing both the #1 and the #2 positions. Earlier this year, Gill shot 40, her career low, and has been working hard to lower it since.

According to teammate Lexi Walter, Gill’s play has been continuously improving due to her dedication.

“She’s definitely one of the hardest working players on our team,” Walter said. “She’s been continuously improving throughout the season so I’m really proud of her.”

Though Gill is a strong player, what truly makes her stand out is her desire to continue getting better and not settle with her current play.

“She’s been hitting in the forties all year and is a very consistent player, but still keeps pushing herself to get better which is important in golf,” Walter said. “As one of the leaders she’s pushing us too.”

Coming in the number nine spot in this years fall top 10 athletes is sophomore JV football player Joe Brijs.

Brijs is a starting linebacker and running back and so far has lead the JV football team to an 9-0 overall record.

According to teammate Bret Knudsen, Brijs’s success comes from his work ethic throughout practices.

“Joe helps our team because he works really hard in the morning weight room and during practice. He wants to compete with anyone and everyone,” Knudsen said.

This season Brijs has 537 rushing yards and a total of eleven touchdowns. Knudsen believes that Brijs’ strength is the main reason for his yards and touchdowns this season.

“Joe brings us yards and touchdowns just because of his pure athletic ability. When we give him the ball we’re either going to get a first down or touchdown just because of the way he runs, he’s a tank,” Knudsen said.

Coming in at number 10 for the top 10 fall athletes is varsity football player, senior Ben Baker.

The wide receiver has a total of 384 total receiving yards, the highest on the team. Also dominating in this stat, Baker has the most receptions of his team at 38. Baker has scored a total 3 touchdowns this season.

Teammate junior Tyler Rohwer believes Baker is an impactful and consistent player that can always gain yardage.

“He helps the team by being a very good receiver and we can always know that when we throw to him he’ll get yards for us.” Rohwer said.

According to Rohwer, Baker’s work ethic and leadership skills makes him a role model for other players.

“Ben is a good player because he works hard in games and is a good leader that most players look up to,” Rohwer said. “He is one of the best and most reliable receivers and has a really good work ethic.”

-Elena Batenan

-Natalie Russell

-Elena Bateman

-Coby Estrada

-Natalie Russell