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CSHS 2015-2016 PUBLICATIONS PORTFOLIO By Rachel Boubel

SELF-ANALYTICAL EVALUATION I have learned many things throughout my two years of taking Yearbook. This semester was my first time as a returning Yearbook staff member. Not only have I learned and developed new skills, but I have refined skills that I have obtained from my previous year on the Yearbook staff. This semester has taught me the importance of getting started early for a deadline. I have learned that it is crucial to start planning interviews and brainstorming angles for stories weeks before the deadline night in order to be fully prepared. This is a foolproof way to avoid unnecessary stress. Becoming a team leader this year has helped me develop my leadership skills immensely. I have learned how to delegate and assign jobs to each team member in order to be more efficient and productive. I have learned that giving my team direction and guidance makes it easier to get the job done. Providing my team with the leadership they need, gives them the motivation to work together in class and during production nights. The most important lesson I have learned in Yearbook is that you must be fully dedicated to the class in order to produce quality work. If you are not passionate about the class then your work will reflect it. I have found that my best spreads are on topics that I am passionate about. Effort and dedication is the key to memorable work. Time management, leadership, effort and dedication are all extremely useful skills for the future. These skills will help me to excel in college and stand out in the workforce.

REFLECTION ONE My most significant piece of work for the publication this year was my main story on Yearbook late nights. The story is titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Busy Beesâ&#x20AC;?. This is my favorite piece of work because it really captures what it is like during a Yearbook late night. I have multiple perspectives from Yearbook staff members discussing the negative and positives of production nights and descriptions of what typically goes on during them. When I first began to plan this story, I decided that I wanted to focus on making the reader feel like they were actually there. I did this through the use of quotes and descriptions. This story was fairly easy to write. I had excellent people to interview and they provided detailed and humorous quotes that made the story come to life. The process of drafting and planning this story was straightforward. My interview questions asked the members to describe the environment of a late night and explain the energy of the staff from start to end. I also had questions that included what specific jobs they had to get done and how they accomplished them. Overall, writing this main story was fun and rewarding. I like how the finished product is concise, informative and easy to read. I feel as though the reader will get a great sense of what it is actually like during a production night.

REFLECTION TWO The one piece that I believe could still use work is my mod on the student store. The mod was basically a highlight on one person who worked in the store. The angle of the mod focused on the requirements it took to work in the student store. Although this angle is informative, it does lack interest overall. The interviewing process was simple and quick. After I had my answers, I shortened and broke them down into bullet points. The mod also included two quotes about the pros and cons of working at the student store. This mod could be further improved by choosing a more interesting angle to grab the readerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention and also by including more interviews within the mod. Even though my overall feeling about this mod is that it is lacking detail, that just provides me with the incentive to be more detailed during my future interviews.

REFLECTION THREE This is my favorite picture that I have taken this year. It was used for my highlight of Frank Caloroso working in the student store. This is my favorite picture because of the strong emotion that is captured. The emotion of the main subject attracts me to the picture. It clearly has a center of visual interest and it captures an action taking place. In the picture Caloroso is seen giving a student a bag of chips that he has purchased at the student store. The picture also includes framing. The main subject of the picture is framed through the window of the student store. This draws the eye towards the main subject being photographed and creates interest.

REFLECTION FOUR I believe I was an asset to the staff this semester because of my leadership skills and dedication to this class. My leadership skills have helped me to delegate jobs, such as writing captions and headlines, to my team members in order for us all to be more productive. I was there for them when they had questions and needed help working on a story or mod and i have helped share my knowledge and experience with them. I have provided direction for my team members and I have encouraged them to work together and produce a wonderful product. My dedication to this class is another wonderful asset. I ensure that every mod or story I write is to the best of my ability and I am always striving for improvement. I have put in hours of work during production nights and continued to work during late hours of the night until I was satisfied with the final product. I believe that this motivation and drive is a wonderful asset to the Yearbook staff.

REFLECTION FIVE Yearbook is not an easy class. It takes dedication and commitment. I have struggled with problems throughout the semester that have made me a better student overall. One of the main hardships I have faced this year was getting everything done before a production night. It was difficult for me to balance other classes while working on stories and mods for upcoming deadlines. I have learned the hard way that if these stories and mods are not completed by the late night, then it is ten times more difficult to get everything finished and placed on the page in a reasonable amount of time. This struggle has taught me to manage my time wisely and to start planning stories and mods weeks before the deadline night. Planning ahead and allowing myself ample time to finish these things will prevent these problems from arising again. Although trying to complete the unfinished spreads in time was difficult, I believe that I handled the stressful situation with determination and patience. Delegating jobs to my team members made getting the work done easier and faster as well. I believe that my greatest weakness would probably be managing my time and not starting things early. To overcome this weakness I could plan ahead and start drafting my stories far ahead of time. Next semester I will keep a planner specifically for Yearbook in order to keep my deadlines organized and to overcome this weakness.

TEAR SHEETS CHOIR’S ON FIRE MEMBERS of the Choir talk about what it means to be united. WHAT DOES BEING UNITED REALLY MEAN? Lily Cruz, a junior, defined it as, “Working as one.” A choir is made up of different sections and numerous voices, and Cruz decided to give an inside look on how the choir becomes united together in song. The four different sections, including tenor, alto, second soprano and first soprano, all have assigned leaders to help each and every student sound amazing. Getting the right sound is not easy; it takes hard work and dedication. They are required to practice not just in school but outside of school as well. In preparation for their fall concert, the leaders and choir teacher, Gary Wykoff, are getting everyone ready for each song they will be singing. “It is important for everyone to get along and have that family relationship bond so that in disagreements, we can all compromise and come to an agreement; rather than everyone arguing over every little detail.” said Cruz. The goals for this year’s choir is to compete in State. Depending upon each other is a key thing for everyone. It is critical that all the members sing the best they can so everyone can unite their voices together and sound as if only one person is singing. story by Danica Hinkle

JUNIOR LILY CRUZ has been taking choir since her freshman year. She practices with the rest of the choir. “Choir is difficult is difficult because you are not working by yourself, you and your team are working together.” Photo by Jake Korthals

THE Reiseners explain what it’s like working in the same building.

Jake Korthals

2 PHYSICS and geology teacer, Robert Reisener instructs the class during a lesson.

MS. PRESIDENT

I am also the representation for Student Council. One memory I have from Student Council would have to be Homecoming cleanup two years ago. Everyone was exhausted and said a lot of funny jokes. This is how I became friends with last year’s student body president and vice president, Ryan Boyd and Chase Ghiglia. Mod by Kaitlyn Moore

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LEE BARDON

What is required to become a member? “You need to do well in class to stay in FHS”

Why did you join? “I want to continue with Spanish when I graduate from high school and I either want to major or minor in Spanish.

Why did you join? “I wanted to learn how to read and write in French and just improve my French overall.”

What makes being in this club rewarding? “Helping students that are struggling with Spanish.

What makes being in this club rewarding? “The fact that everyone has an appreciation for French.”

Do you use this language outside of school? “Sometimes I’ll have discussions with other members in Spanish.”

Do you use this language outside of school? “I use it when I talk to my parents sometimes because they are both French.”

What are the benefits of this club? “It helps me improve my Spanish overall and it will help me to continue using Spanish after I graduate.”

AFTER BEING ELECTED STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SENIOR ALLISON MAZELLA takes on the duty of cutting the ribbon to release the brand new football field for the first home game. “We’re just one huge family, it’s pretty amazing.” Said Mazella.

I’ve been in student council for four years; I’ve also held a position every year. I think that I have really grown as a leader and I wanted to take that big step into this position. I serve as someone to go to and someone to look up to as a true leader.

FRENCH Honors Society

ABBEY STEWARD

Mod by Claire Musson and Kaitlyn Moore

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3 DURING SECOND PERIOD Lauren bizell, a Sophomore, practices holding a note. She has been in choir for two years now. “Music connects us in a way that nothing else could. 4 LEXIE PIPKORN TAKES NOTICE of Mr. wycoffs instructions. She has been in choir for 1 year. “You have to be very determined and disciplined. It’s a good learning experience. Photo by Rachel Boubel 5 FRESHMAN TABITHA GULBRANSON-SPINA CONCENTRATES as choir teacher, wycoff, instructs the class. Gulbranson-Spina has been in choir for 1 year. “I have always loved singing so now I can do it.” Photo by Rachel Boubel

SPANISH Honors Society

What is required to become a member? “You have to be invited to be a member based on GPA.”

husband can pick up our daughter and one of us can drop her off”, said Mrs Reisner. Mr Reisner said, “we have the same days off. So it’s easy to plan our family vacations.” On the other hand, the Reisners also share the negatives of working together. They both agree that bringing home papers to grade and work to do can affect their family time.

2 SYDNI REIMER, A FRESHMAN, is warming up her vocals before she starts singing for class. This is Reimer’s first year taking choir. “Choir really pushes me to be successful.” Photo

HE SAID, SHE SAID

CLOSE QUARTERS

1 CHEMISTRY TEACHER JENNIFER REISENER HELPS OUT student Lauren Heath by clarifying instructions for a lab. Her classes are filled with freshmen all the way up to Seniors. “Students are very capable and need to be shown this by being stretched outside of their comfort The power couple Mr. and Mrs. Reisner work to achieve harmony while confined to their conjoined zone. They can rise up to rooms. The Reisners share that there can be negahigher levels of tives and positives of working together. “Working learning.” Said with my husband is very convenient because our reisener. Photo by work schedule works out to where either me or my

What are the benefits of this club? “It looks good on a transcript.” Mod by Rachel Boubel and Claire Musson

UNITED WE STAND

Mod by Jake Korthals

JUNIOR BRYCE RINGWALD PLAYS free safety for varsity football. During the first scrimmage of the season, Varsity Coach, August Washington pulls Ringwald aside to talk about a play. After the scrimmage Ringwald says “We got that hard D...fence!” Photo by Alexa Dragone

UNITED

Choir, STUCO President, Coaches, The Reiseners, French/ Spanish HS

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YEARBOOK STAFF MEMBERS EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS LIKE STAYING AFTER SCHOOL FOR PRODUCTION NIGHTS

SAFETY FIRST

“I USUALLY SPEND the first 30 minutes eating.” Says Chris Haines, a Junior, as he describes what goes on during the beginning of a Yearbook Late Night. “Then I move on to helping others, writing captions and coming up with headlines.” Yearbook production nights, otherwise called “late nights”, are held a handful of times per semester. Their purpose is to allow time for the Yearbook Staff to pull their pages together and put the finishing touches on their work before reaching a major deadline. “There’s a lot of busy-ness in the beginning and then people start to focus and get their work done.” Julia Diede, a Junior, explains. Each staff member is assigned a specific job during the night. “My team leader focuses on laying out the page while I help other members write captions and subheads.” Says Chloe Hislop, a Junior. “Late nights can be stressful because the responsibility isn’t just on you, it affects everybody.” Continues Hislop. When the workload is heavy, production nights can go until nine o’clock or later. “We really learn how people cope with stress by waiting to see who has a mental breakdown first,” says Haines.

THE do’s and don’ts of being safe in the science lab mapped out POURING BABY POWDER IN WATER Sophomore, Anthony Voeller, adds a drop of another substance to make a circle in the water. “I was amazed at what happened afterwards.” Says Voeller. Voeller has been in Chemistry since the beginning of the year. Photo by Emily Watkins

SETTING UP THE PHOTO GATES to prepare the physics lab, Freshman Lauren Hemesath works with her peers to finish the lab. photo by Emily Watkins

story by Jake Korthals

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1 JUNIORS DANICA HINKLE, Claire

Musson and Kaitlyn Moore are taking a break at their late night. “Yearbook is lit. Everyone should join.” This is Hinkle’s first year of Yearbook.” 2 SENIOR MADELINE JONES is hard at work. She is giving her opinion on a fellow classmate’s mod. “No matter how crazy it all gets, it’s worth it in the end.” Jones is the Editor in Chief of Yearbook this year. 3 JUNIOR , HUNTER WARFIELD HAS been in Yearbook for two years. He is helping out a team member by giving feedback on her photography. “Yearbook is great if you like stress.” Says Warfield.

HELP WANTED SENIOR, Frank Caloroso, describes what it takes to work in the Student Store.

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-Must take Marketing 1-2

CREATE A CREPE First I get in line

-Must work two days a week

BAILEY Keaveney, a Senior, explains the step by step process of getting a Crepe

-Must work through first and second lunch

PROS:

“I get to learn how to sell things.” Says Caloroso

Then I grab a plate

I then wait patiently in line for my crepe

Once I receive it, I take a look at my topping options

CONS:

“I don’t like having to make cookies, because I pick a chocolate topping, strawberries and powdered sugar you have to clean up I then eat my crepe and it’s gross.” Explains Finally, I throw away my trash Caloroso story by Kaitlyn Moore

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HELPING A STUDENT CHECK OUT at the student store window, Senior Frank Caloroso “The student store is both educational and hands on.” Says Caloroso. Caloroso has been working at the student store for one year. photo by rachel boubel

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TEAR SHEETS GO TEAM GO

RYAN CLARY, A JUNIOR AND VARSITY VOLLEYBALL ENTHUSIAST, SHARES THE DO’S AND DON’TS OF SUPPORTING THE GIRLS VARSITY VOLLEYBALL TEAM

MATHLETES

DO’S

Do support all the girls and cheer them on.

Do show falcon pride by being respectful towards both teams. Do cheer as loud as you can when we score a point.

Do deck out in the theme for that game and usually the theme is posted on twitter.

DO HAVE A BLAST!

DON’TS

Don’t use vulgar language.

Don’t yell at the referees.

Don’t have snide comments toward the other team. Don’t have a bad attitude. story by Kaitlyn moore

HIT THE BOOKS

STUDENTS describe how they prepared for the PSAT

Jumping and cheering during club rush, presidents Max Solberg and Logan Saker, Juniors, show their love more math club. “Logan Saker and Max Solberg make me want to join math club because of how incredibly enthusiastic they are. Everyone can agree that math is not the most exciting subject but with those two as president, how could you not have fun,” said Alexa Dragone. This is just two students of many that make math club what it is today. Saker and Solberg have been apart of the math club for two years now and are planning on continuing the journey of math club until they graduate.

NO TIME FOR LIFE

6:00 AM Wake Up

8:30 PM Finishes up homework

2:00 PM Get out of school

10:30 PM Relax until 10:30 then goes to bed

6:50 AM Leave for school

3:00 PM From school immediately goes to club until 3

9:00 PM Showers

2:00 AM Wakes up to panic about everything that needs to be done

As challenging as IB can be, the relationships made and the feeling of accomplishment is what keeps Junior, Brianna Goldthwaite, interested and committed. On a regular basis, homeworks will take anywhere from about half an hour to three hours. Each week, there is normally an economics test on Thursday or a quiz in some class. Although Goldthwaite does not have a job, some of her IB friends that do find it relatively easy to balance school with their job. Even though IB can be tough and time consuming it does have its rewarding moments and perks.

With 28 students apart of math club the co presidents have to be the ones that get the teams excited and ready for competitions. “It is different from a normal math class because its just different types of problems that kind of make you think different,” said Solberg. Math club helps students achieve their life goals and dream jobs because it prepares them for the kind of problems that may occur during the challenges of their jobs. “In 5 years, I see myself going hard in college and math club will help with that,” said Saker.

1 SENIOR CONNOR MUSICK AND JUNIOR PABLO JFSJAS are working out the calculus problem in group work

2 SENIORS JOSEPH WINTERMEYER AND JOSEPH HOFFMAN take on the daily task that comes with taking calculus with Mr. DelGrosso. “This is just a way of life, J-Hoff and I continue to strive for greatness in the field of mathematics each and every time we enter the classroom,” says Wintermeyer

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SENIOR ZOE MUNROE AND JUNIOR GRIFFIN ADAMS

Did you go to Falcon Feast and fireworks

SPARKS FLY

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67%

A poll of 150 students reveal what the top reason was for attending Feast and Fireworks.

33%

No yes

What did you go to Falcon Feast and Fireworks for?

mod by kaitlyn moore

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59.5%

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The Fireworks The music and dancing The food story by danica hinkle

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TEAR SHEETS JOKESTERS

SOPHOMORE, Connor Henson, and Senior, Jordan Nash-Boulden are our two goalies for the hockey team. Here is what they have to say about the practice they put into being a goalie, why they wanted to be a goalie, and if they want to play any other position besides goalie.

ICE ICE BABY

CONNOR: HOW much time do you put into practicing hockey? EVERY morning I wake up at 2:30 and go to the rink and practice for two hours. After school I go to the gym and then I go to the ice rink again. WHY did you want to play the position of goalie? WELL, I’m from Canada and we are big hockey fans. I grew up watching hockey and always loved the position of the goalie. I thought I would make a good goalie because I have fast reflexes too. So, I always have wanted to be a goalie as a kid! IS there another position you would want to play besides goalie? NO, I enjoy goalie very much!

SWEET, SWEET, SWEET

1. Skittles 2. M&M’s

ACCORDING to STUCCO these are the top 10 favorite snacks for movie night.

JORDON: HOW much time do you put into practicing hockey? I practice with the team once a week, but on my own time I practice about three to four hours a week. WHY did you want to play the position of goalie? WHEN I first started hockey I was on a coed team and I wasn’t playing the position of the goalie. Though the boys on the team would not include me in anything so I wanted revenge by being able to stop them from scoring, so I decide to play the position of the goalie. IS there another position you would want to play besides goalie? NO, not at this point just because I have played the position of goalie for nine years. story by claire musson

FIRST FRIDAY GRUB

3. Sour Patch Kids The Jokers Improv troupe gets up in front of audiences and creates on the spot stories. There are no memorized lines, no predetermined characters -- often, the audience determines who the characters are and what the story will be about. Improv is definitely not for everyone, since puts on about four shows a year. Students audition at the beginning of the year for a spot. They meet weekly to “rehearse” - go over games and CROW - character, relations, objective and where. “The four things that make a game successful in improv,” said Alexa Dragone, junior, who has been a member since her freshman year. The cast of the improv show work very hard to put on a good show. “The cast gets there around four o’clock in the afternoon and checks in. After that, they go through and make sure everyone knows how to play the games. The captains of the improv show buy five-hour energies and we all run to the practice football field to give speeches and pep everyone up for the show. After the speeches,

BUMP IT UP

we drink the five-hour energies and howl at the moon and then we are prepared to go on stage.” Junior Josie Brzenk loves “hearing the audience’s reactions” throughout the show. Brzenk started with the Jokers last year and plans to continue throughout high school. She loves how accepting the club is. “The worst thing is when the show ends.” Newbie Bridget Powers, a junior, says that she plans on keeping doing the improv shows because of how fun they are and how united the cast is. Despite how nervous she gets before each show, she knows she wants to be a part of improv. “I went to the shows last year and thought they were so funny. So, I was like heck ya I want to be apart of this,” said Powers. Dragone also plans to stay in improv. “It is in my blood. My older sister did the improv shows here and I watched as she made people laugh and I realize that I wanted to do that to, make people laugh just like her.”

4. Sour Skittles 5. Junior Mints

6. Sour Gummies

7. Butterfinger Bites 8. Milk Duds

1 WATCHING the auditions of the incoming jokers, Neaco Fox, Maggie Ewens, Grady Bemmit, and Joey Britton find out what it takes to become a joker . 2 SETTING THE SCENE for Shift Left, Junior Gabe Ozaki explains how to play and what is happening. 3 EMBRACING HERSELF in a passionate hug, Junior Joise Brzenk preforms in front of the class.

PROS: •When you play JV volleyball you are

prepared to be pulled up to varsity and freshman volleyball is not. •JV volleyball is more intense,but I prefer it because I have to work harder •You have lots of playing time.

JUNIOR, Emma McIver, gives the pros and cons of being on the junior varsity volleyball team

CONS:

•It’s more pressure being on JV than freshman just because you can be pulled up to play on the varsity team at anytime. •Takes up lots of time, but it’s worth it! mod by

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HOMECOMING PLANNER Student Reactions:

“I thought the homecoming assembly was insane. It got me pumped for the game at night and you could see in the boys faces that they were pumped. I love the tradition of the glowing paint drums we continue to do every year! Homecoming assemblies never seem to disappoint; they always have something new and extraordinary that no one ever sees coming!”, said Varsity Cheerleader Taryn Chester. “I think it was lit!”, said Varsity Football Player, Hayden Rummel.

“It really like how well they featured the seniors and how we got the chance to all sit together as a class for the last time.”, said

Senior, Madelyn Garoa.

“The Pom team got to perform our hip hop routine for the first time in front of everyone! It got us really excited for the homecoming assembly and game.” said Pom member Amber Koklys. “Homecoming has always been one of my favorite times during the school year. This year, being on the cheer team made it more exciting to be able to participate in more of the assemblies. Dancing with the football players was a fun experience and was very entertaining because you could tell them that they were uncoordinated when it came to dancing:) I attended every event and I think it is safe to say that the whole week

got everybody excited for the game!”, said Varsity Cheerleader Lauren Busbee.

A poll of 105 students reveal which food trucks they prefer the most.

7.7%

16.3%

42.3%

33.7%

Frozen yogurt Native New Yorker Kettle Corn Kona Ice

DANICA Hinkle gives us a behind the scenes look at planning for Homecoming.

“The homecoming assembly increased our excitement” said Varsity Football Player, Gavin Stapley. “It was fun!”, said Varsity Football Player, Trey Elletson.

Student Council member, Casey Nidds said that Stuco has been planning for this assembly since early June. There are so many activities students can participate in; including a clown car race and a trapeze! To set up for the assembly takes the whole student council, which is about 150 kids, and a lot of hard work and sweat. mod by danica hinkle

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