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Teacher Bruce Baird discusses Malcolm X with his junior US History class. Teacher Ron Bell talks about the Great Depression and the New Deal in junior English. Next year both Baird and Bell will step out of their subjects, teaching computer science and classical music electives. (Photos by Will Wright and Kelsi Thomas)

New classes thrown into the mix ADDITIONS INCLUDE CLASSICAL MUSIC, COMP SCI, SKETCH COMEDY

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laying computer games while your teacher is teaching is probably not a smart move. But as long as you’re enrolled in next year’s new elective—Inventing Computer Games—feel free

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INTEREST SAT CHANGES Due to the recent Long Island SAT cheating scandals, the College Board has changed the SAT registration procedures. Next year, test-takers must submit photos to the College Board website. Photos must be government approved or issued by a school. This photo will be on the student’s registration form, which must be brought along with an ID to compare to the form. A third copy will be sent to schools with test scores. —Grant Miner NEW POSITIONS Editors-in-chief of next year’s Octagon staff will be juniors Madeleine Wright, Yanni Dahmani and Jeffrey Caves. Junior Natalie Polan will be editor-inchief of The Medallion. The editorial board for the school’s literary magazine, The Glass Knife, will be announced in the fall. —Mollie Berg

to play away. Inventing Computer Games is only one of several new classes that appeared on students’ elective selection forms. Others are Screenplay Writing, Sketch Comedy, Music Appreciation and World Literature. Inventing Computer Games immediately caught the attention of junior Kevin Wang.

A lover of technology, Wang was pleasantly surprised. “Finally, a computer language class!” he said. And his amazement only grew when he found out that the class is taught by history teacher Bruce Baird, who holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.

Student Council changes officer selection process By Jeffrey Caves

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tudent Council elections are usually little more than popularity contests, at least in the eyes of adviser Patricia Dias. And to remedy this problem, SCDS is implementing a radical solution: not putting student IVK` VMÄ JLYZ \W MVY LSLJ[PVU H[ HSS 5L_[ `LHY»Z :[\KLU[ *V\UJPS VMÄ JLYZ MVY [OL whole of the student body have been selected by Dias and the current seniors on Student Council rather than by the student body. (WWSPJHU[Z MVY [OL VMÄ JLY WVZP[PVUZ ^LYL

nominated by the senior Student Council members and were interviewed by Dias. Next year’s positions will be Brandon Mysicka as president, Natalie Polan as vice president, Maddy Mahla as secretary, and Clement Goetzeler as treasurer. “They’re dedicated and they have done a great job this year and I think that alone will make every single event better,” said Dias. Class representatives for individual grades will remain elected and in addition to the traditional roles of president and treasurer, each class will also gain a vice president, a secretary

“I thought that Tom (Wroten, director of technology) was teaching it,” Wang said. Baird has had experience working with computer programming ever since high school, though not recently. He said that while some students are caSee Classes, page 5

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I hope to better our school by trying to make special occasions more fun for the student body.” Junior Brandon Mysicka, president

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Waste Connections move sends two families packing By Zach Lemos

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ike Dorothy and Toto, the Whitney and Jackman families have been unwillingly swept up in the cyclone of the corporate Waste Connections move and sent to the Land of Oz (or, as it’s more commonly known, The Woodlands, Texas). The two families won’t return to the school in September as a result

of Waste Connections, Inc. moving its corporate headquarters out of California. Fourth grader Kelsey Jackman, seventh grader Jack Whitney, sophomore Margaret Whitney and junior Cooper Jackman will all be moving, along with their parents’ employer, to the Houston suburb this summer. Waste Connections was founded in 1997 and has rapidly grown into the area’s largest publicly trad-

ed company, according to a Sacramento Bee article. Its move, said vice president of Ä UHUJL HUK TV[OLY 4HY` (UUL Whitney, was “inevitable” with the company’s growth. When Waste Connections was founded, it was primarily focused on the West Coast. Now, however, the company has operations in 30 states and is “better served by being more centrally located (i.e. in Texas),” Whitney said.

Additionally, “California doesn’t go out of its way to make itself attractive to companies, whereas on the other hand, Texas does, especially in tax rates,” Whitney said. “California is just not a very business-friendly state.” In the largest sense, the difference in taxes boils down to varying recruitment opportunities. Where California has a 10 perSee Connections, page 5

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Clockwise from top left: Cary Kelly as a pirate for Talk Like a Pirate Day (Photo courtesy of Julie Nelson); a lady at the Renaissance Faire (Photo by Briana Titus); The Cat in the Hat (Photo courtesy of Nelson); a Pitchy-Patchy Parade leader (Photo courtesy of Barbara Fackenthall); and Lady Beatrice Teaselpaw (Photo courtesy of Kelly).

Hats off to 28 years of imagination SCHOOL BIDS FAREWELL TO BELOVED LIBRARIAN The second graders are drumming along, screaming when it is their turn to chant, Page Editor “Shout it! Shout it! Poetry!â€? Right now, Kelly is only being herself, the erched on her wooden footstool, lower-school librarian Cary Kelly librarian. In the next 40 minutes, she will hunches protectively over the silver WSH` 3VVW` [OL 3PIYHYPHU H YHKPV HUUV\UJLY Professor Thornbine and Mrs. Cadogan. And desk bell cradled in her left hand. it’s just a typical day. “Are you ready?â€? she But Kelly wasn’t alasks the second graders. ways a librarian, as her And then, promptly “I interrupt this classroom mĂŠlange of characters after she rings the bell, the high voices of the to bring you important in- and roles would suggest. Before joining the 20 or so students paired formation about the Auccommunity in 1984 as with the equally high voice of Kelly, holler in tion 2012, and here to a lower-school parent, perfect unison, “Pohh- [LSS \Z HIV\[ [OPZ PZ 3VVW` Kelly was a dancer. She danced with Ballet West, etryyy Break!â€? roughly the same size as 3PIYHYPHU š There is even a hand San Francisco Balgesture to go along. Re–Cary Kelly, librarian the let, while living in Utah member the “swish-andand attending the UniĂ… PJRš MYVT /HYY` 7V[[LY& versity of Utah. In 1976 Just apply that to poetry. “That was amazing!â€? Kelly springs up, she moved to Sacramento to teach dance at ILHTPUN /LY YLK J\YSZ IV\UJL HUK OLY Ă„ U the university level and dance with the Sacragers spread wide as she gestures in approval. mento Ballet, a company founded by her aunt Welcome to the lower-school library class, and uncle, Barbara and Deane Crockett.

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[H\NO[ 4HWWPUN [OL >VYSK )` /LHY[ H WYVQ brary. ect where students, by the end of the year, The main room’s walls are covered in diswould be able to reproduce a map of the plays—there’s one that compares opening a ^VYSK MYVT TLTVY` HUK ^OLU [OL JSHZZ Ă„ U good book to popcorn, and another behind ished “Farewell to Manzanar,â€? she created the her desk boasts “Add Color!â€? next to a box *V ,_PZ[LUJL *VMMLL /V\ZL HU 6WLU /V\ZL of 5-foot tall crayons. At one table is a disvenue where students read their poetry into a play entitled “Cowabunga!â€? with spottedTPJYVWOVUL PU ÂťZ ILH[UPR Z[`SL cow print, and on a bookshelf a pile of book And Kelly said it was this background in IV_LZ YLZLTISPUN [OL 3LHUPUN ;V^LY VM 7PZH teaching that allowed her to take her job as looms. librarian into a whole new realm. But Kelly is back, this time as a radio an ¸ ([ *V\U[Y` +H` ^L HYL NP]LU [OL MYLL nouncer. dom and, in fact, encouragement to teach what we love and in a way that we can do it Taking Howard Home effectively and joyfully. It has allowed me to “I interrupt this classroom to bring you be creative,â€? Kelly said. important information about the Auction And creative she is. She sits on her foot- HUK OLYL [V [LSS \Z HIV\[ [OPZ PZ 3VVW` stool, facing an arena of sorts—three levels 3PIYHYPHU š ZOL L_JSHPTZ PU H KLLW ]VPJL :OL of seats form an amphitheatre with Kelly on discards the silver blow-up microphone she center stage. The second graders sit on the had grabbed from her bench, and now dons benches above so they’re at the same eye glittery bug-eye sunglasses with blue lenses. level as Kelly on her stool. 3VVW` 3PIYHYPHU OHZ HYYP]LK The left side of the arena seating is labeled “I’m here to tell you about the prize of “Australia,â€? and a koala bear rests on the bot- [HRPUN /V^HYK OVTL MVY [OL ^LLRLUK š ZOL [VT SL]LS VU H J\ZOPVU 6U [OL VWWVZP[L ZPKL WH\ZLZ ZUPMĂ… PUN 3VVW` WYL[LUKZ [V ^PWL there’s a sign that reads “The Galapagos.â€? [LHYZ MYVT OLY L`LZ ¸/LYLÂťZ /V^HYK š Behind Kelly is another bench cluttered She bends down and lifts up a two-foot ^P[O OLY WYVWZ 6UL WSHZ[PJ NSV]L [^V ISV^ long plastic iguana, sporting a polka dotted up map beach balls, the Poetry Break bell, bowtie. The class cheers. H TPJYVWOVUL ¸:OV\[¡3P[[SL 7VLTZ [OH[ 3VVW` [OL 3PIYHYPHU NVLZ VU [V KLZJYPIL HSS Roar,â€? and a silver platter [OL P[LTZ PU /V^HYKÂťZ KPH covered with a silver lid per bag, ranging from his with a sign reading “Mysextra-whitening Colgate “Pohh-etryyy Break!â€? [LY` 6IQLJ[ *VU[LZ[ š SPL toothpaste to his favor–Cary Kelly P[L UV]LS [OL ZLX\LS [V scattered across the bench in disorganized chaos. It’s ¸1\YHZZPJ 7HYR š ¸;OL 3VZ[ like Kelly’s own version of >VYSKš a Green Room. ;OLU H ZLJVUK NYHKLY PU[LYY\W[Z! ¸0Z /V^ This little nook, created by the three walls ard real?â€? of arena seating and the wall behind Kelly, is “Real? What do you mean real?â€? the “Story-time Corner.â€? But this is no corner; ¸/V^ JHU OL [HSR&š [OL ZLJVUK NYHKLY in fact, it lies in the middle of a room whose presses. walls are lined with books, artwork from all “You know you seem so doubtful, and I grades in the lower school, and posters, peo- [OPUR P[ÂťZ O\Y[M\S HUK ZV KVLZ /V^HYK š 2LSS` ple, and exhibits that Kelly has created. said. 6U VUL ^HSS H NPHU[ MVV[IHSS WSH`LY Y\UZ )\[ [OLU 3VVW` PZ IHJR saying “Run with a good book!â€? and adja¸3L[ÂťZ [HRL H X\PJR IYLHR¡3VVW` [OL 3P JLU[ [V OPT HYL [OL ¸3PIYHY` 2PKZš¡Z[\MMLK brarian says hands up!â€? life-sized dolls Kelly has made who cheer The second graders raise their hands high. “Go Read!â€? And this is only the back room of the liSee Cary Kelly, page 14

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Waste Connections: Whitneys, Jackmans go to Texas (Continued from page 1) cent, possibly soon-to-be 12 percent, state income tax for its top earners, the rate in Texas is 0 percent. This means that, according to Whitney, potential “recruitsâ€? will be more likely to come work for a Waste Connections with its corporate headquarters in Texas than in California since they’ll retain the 10-12 percent of their paycheck they would have lost in the Golden State. And since about 80 percent of the company’s employees are expected to move, according to Whitney, the Sacramento area will be losing about 75 or so jobs. But in a sense it will be losing far more than that; it will be losing roughly 75 families who call this city “home,â€? including those of parents Worthing 1HJRTHU JOPLM Ă„ UHUJPHS VMĂ„ JLY MVY >HZ[L Connections, and Whitney. And the effect of the Waste Connections move radiates outward, touching the lives of far more than just those involved. Country Day will lose scholars, artists, athletes and dedicated parents to what senior Richard Whitney describes as a “soulless,â€? pre-planned Texas community. 6]LY [OL WHZ[ Ă„ ]L `LHYZ 2H[YPUH 1HJRTHU (mother of Kelsey, Cooper and senior Cabot) has become an integral part of many different parts of the school. With both her sons participating in the school’s ski team, Katrina was the team’s main driver when the team was young, according to coach Jason Kreps. “When I needed a volunteer, she was there. If I needed someone to gatekeep (essentially refereeing for a ski race), she would do it—or at least hold one of her sons accountable to do it,â€? he said. And Wendy Ross, director of institutional relations, saw Katrina as equally valuable, particularly in her running of the high school’s used-book sale. “(The book sale) is hard, ‘dirty’ work, (and) Katrina has always been an energetic and spirited volunteer,â€? Ross said in an email. While Katrina was raising funds at the used-book sale, her husband was making an LU[PYLS` KPMMLYLU[ Ă„ UHUJPHS JVU[YPI\[PVU >VY[OPUN [VVR OPZ L_WLY[PZL HZ [OL JOPLM Ă„

UHUJPHS VMĂ„ JLY VM likely to follow suit, considering Waste Connecshe frequently went up to the tions and applied mountains with the team. Was it to his time as Cooper not moving, he would treasurer for the also be returning as a four-year Board of Trustees. veteran of the golf team. Headmaster And, according to Ross, “The Steve Repsher Jackmans have also been incredconsiders Worible ambassadors for the school, thing’s leadership bringing a number of families to in this position a join us,â€? she said. ZPNUPĂ„ JHU[ MHJ “They will be sorely missed.â€? tor in getting the As sorry as Country Day is to school on a “solsee these families off, the stuid, sustainable dents are even less enthusiastic. Ă„ ZJHS WH[O š “Even if we had to move, the “Especially last place I would have chosen with the school would be Texas,â€? Margaret said. going through A two-year staffer for The Oc[V\NO Ă„ UHUJPHS tagon, Margaret had hoped to times, it was imfocus on her journalism skills portant to have a when presenting herself to colstrong leader at leges. But this has changed with the helm,â€? Rep- Next year sophomore Margaret Whitney, seventh grader Jack Whitney, fourth her move to Texas. grader Kelsey Jackman and junior Cooper Jackman will attend The John Cooper sher said. “There’s no newspaper at our Equally im- School in The Woodlands, Texas. (Photo by Kelsi Thomas) school in The Woodlands, so I’ll portant to SCDS have to choose another focus, spokesperson for the high school forum, were the contriprobably art,â€? she said. butions of Mary Anne and Mark Whitney. the school’s annual presentation of the high Although Cabot, who will be attending Mark volunteered his time to the school’s school to eighth graders and their parents. Cornell University in New York, and Richard, “She was so thoughtful in her presentation; who will be at Williams College in Massainfant lacrosse team, becoming “an essential part of the coaching staff,â€? according to team she did it in both a parental and professional chusetts, won’t be spending much time in way and I think it really spoke to the parents,â€? Texas, they are also unenthusiastic about the captain Donald Hutchinson. Mark, who played lacrosse at Bowdoin Nellis said. move. But the school won’t be losing dedicated College, was the only coach with experience “While all my friends will be coming parents; it will be losing dedicated students home to Sacramento, I’ll be coming back to as a defender. “He knows all the formations, how to play as well. The Woodlands, where the only other person Starting with Richard and continuing with from my senior class is Cabot—but thank ‘man-down’ defense. His absence is going to Margaret, the Whitney family has had a lega- God at least he’ll be there,â€? Richard said. have a huge impact,â€? Hutchinson said. In addition to coaching, Mark was out cy of editorship on the Glass Knife. Both parKelsey isn’t quite as unhappy. ticipated on the ski team and Margaret, who cooking. “I kind of want to stay, but I kind of want to And while Mark was coaching and barbe- has participated in state championships both leave,â€? she said. “It’s really, really nice there cuing, Mary Anne became a strong member this year and last, was one of the team’s few and everyone was really kind, but it’s depressgirls. Jack has continued Richard’s participa- ing that I’m going to leave all my friends.â€? of the Parents’ Association. She’s also been the “room parentâ€? for tenth, tion on the Jazz Band and soccer team, and While Kelsey’s off making new friends, eleventh and twelfth grades, as her son, Rich- has become a representative on the middle- Sacramento will mourn the loss of a $3.6 bilschool Student Council as well. ard, has been in them. lion company. Similarly, both Cooper and Cabot were avid But Sue Nellis, head of high school, most But Country Day will miss the Jackman appreciates Mary Anne’s time as a parent participants of the ski team, and Kelsi was and Whitney families far more.

Council: Officers will be more qualified (Continued from page 1) HUK H ZWPYP[ VMĂ„ JLY Dias said the previous election Z`Z[LT VM[LU YLZ\S[LK PU VMĂ„ JLYZ ^OV ¸Q\Z[ ^LYLUÂť[ X\HSPĂ„ LK š “The student body doesn’t really know what the positions are,â€? Dias said. “They’re picking the prettiest or they’re picking their friends (for Z[\KLU[ IVK` VMĂ„ JLZ š “The problem is that every once in a while (the students) get everything right, but other times it’s the one who promised the most, even if they couldn’t really do it. I need people who are responsible and motivated and who really know the school,â€? Dias said. “I’m

just not consistently getting that (with the current system).â€? Dias said that the additional move of Student Council from an activity to a graded elective will PTWYV]L [OL X\HSP[` VM VMĂ„ JLYZ To receive credit, members will need to accumulate a required number of hours spent on council projects inside and out of school. However, they will still meet during lunch period on Mondays and outside of school rather than in elective periods. The current Student Council members decided to eliminate school-wide elections along with Dias, Sue Nellis, head of high school, Brooke Wells, assistant head of high school, and headmaster Stephen Repsher. According to Nellis, the change will help to make student government more inclusive and will allow students in “who don’t think they’re popular enough to win an election.â€? “We are following what The Octagon and The Medallion have always done. Our best people this year (nominated) the people to take over their jobs next year,â€? Dias said. Class presidents and treasurers will continue their traStudent Council meets to discuss end- ditional roles of overseeing of-the-year events. (Photo by Kelsi class meetings and monitorThomas) PUN JSHZZ Ă„ UHUJLZ ^OPSL [OL

new positions of vice president and secretary will deal with dances and communication between students, faculty and the Student Council for that grade. “As the school is growing and the classes are growing, the Student Council needs to grow too,â€? Dias said of the new class representatives. “It means more ideas, more discussion—now it’s not just two or three people making decisions but people from every grade.â€? Plans are also underway to inJVYWVYH[L ZWPYP[ VMĂ„ JLYZ MVY LHJO grade to coordinate planning of Student Council events like Spirit Week. “I think it will make Student Council more serious,â€? senior class treasurer Madison Galati said. â€?It’s a real commitment, and [OPZ JOHUNL YLĂ… LJ[Z [OH[ “(The change in elections) does make it less democratic, but it’s necessary to keep it from being a popularity contest.â€? Some students, however, believe that this goes too far, and others have reservations about a teacher playing such a pivotal role in student government. “I’m sure we can all agree (the old system) was far from perfect,â€? senior Richard Whitney said. “But having a teacher help select the representatives completely undermines the concept of student government.â€?

New classes: Frishman to offer Screenplay Writing (Continued from page 1) pable of working with programming, they are not familiar with writing programs from scratch. “You need to learn the basics somewhere,� Baird said. He believes students will have the most fun learning programming through computer games. The class will use Python, a popular computer language suitable for beginners. Students will move at their own pace, creating games such as Tic-Tac-Toe and Hangman. Drama teacher Brian Frishman is also mixing up his electives. Frishman is offering Screenplay Writing and Sketch Comedy next year instead of Playwrting and Breath, Voice and Movement. In Screenplay Writing, students will learn about the three-act-structure of most contemporary screenplays. In Sketch Comedy, students will do sketches similar to “Saturday Night Live� and “Mad TV.� The class was created in response to the students’ interest in improvisation. In fact, the on-the-spot improvisation is what draws sophomore Savannah Symister. She was introduced to improvisation last year and was immediately hooked by its randomness and excitement. At the course’s end students will perform a mini production that includes a selection of the sketches. On another note, teacher Ron Bell will offer three new electives.

“Even when (Ron) Bell was young, he chose classical (music) over rock ‘n’ roll.� Music Appreciation explores European classical music. Bell said that classical music carries complexity and emotional depth that most modern music lacks. Even when Bell was young, he chose classical over rock ‘n’ rock. Though Bell is no musician, he will invite band and orchestra teachers Bob Ratcliff and Felecia Keys to teach the technical aspects of classical music, while Bell will teach the cultural aspect from the listener’s point of view. Bell will also offer two world literature electives—American Ethnic Voices and the Asian Connection. The former will focus on the culture and literature of African-American and other U.S. minorities. The goal of the class is to understand that “American culture was shaped and formed by groups other than European Americans,� Bell said. Similarly, in The Asian Connection Bell will introduce Asian cultural philosophy and literature to explain how both shaped Western culture.

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(Continued from page 4) ders, Isabel’s parents sent her to Summit Sacramento, a cenAfter two weeks in the program, however, it hit Isabel that ter for the treatment and prevention of eating disorders, to be [OH[ [OPZ ^HZU»[ HU VW[PVU HUK ZOL ILNHU [V Ä NO[ [OL WYV medically evaluated. cess. Isabel was found to be severely underweight; she was 21 This was hard on her parents and brother. According to percent below her ideal body weight (her exact weight is Susan, Isabel’s treatment has been “an odyssey.” something else she won’t reveal). To qualify as anorexic a ¸>P[O HU HSJVOVSPJ VY H KY\N HKKPJ[ `V\ ^V\SK [HRL [OVZL person must be at least 15 percent below the ideal weight substances away, but with anorexia you have to eat, so, short for his or her height. of going into a residential facility, the family is on the front “They told me I was anorexic and that I needed to start a line,” she said. Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP),” Isabel said. “I had to There were family therapy sessions, nutritionist meetings start the next week, and they wouldn’t take me at any lower and family meals with a therapist present. level of care.” >OLU ZOL ^HZU»[ H[ :\TTP[ 0ZHILS Z[PSS Isabel entered treatment had to be under constant supervision, in June 2011. which fell to her family. She lived at home, but “She basically had no time she could “That meant she had to sleep with went to Summit seven me,” Susan said. “She had to take IL HSVUL MVY [OL Ä YZ[ JV\WSL TVU[OZ showers downstairs where the bathdays a week for 11 hours a day, and was under 24- If she had time, she would crunch; room door couldn’t be closed. hour supervision. “She basically had no time she could she would jog in place; she would At Summit she ate six IL HSVUL MVY [OL Ä YZ[ JV\WSL TVU[OZ 0M times a day (three meals do anything to burn calories.” she had that time, she would crunch; and three snacks) and was –Susan, mother of Isabel she would jog in place; she would do treated by a team that inanything to burn calories.” cluded a therapist, nutriThe process has been emotionally tionist, psychiatrist, family draining for the entire family, and, said therapists and various doctors. :\ZHU P[»Z OHYK [V Ä UK V\[ZPKL Z\WWVY[ She had daily medical examinations and was weighed ¸;LSSPUN ZVTLVUL [OH[ `V\Y JOPSK PZ HUVYL_PJ¶Ä YZ[ VM HSS three times a week. (“You took all your clothes off and were most people don’t understand it, and, second of all, they’re weighed backwards.”) ZVY[ VM SPRL º>LSS ^O` KVLZU»[ ZOL Q\Z[ LH[& ;OH[»Z [OL Z[\WPK Although Isabel was told PHP would last four to six weeks, est disease I’ve ever heard of; it’s not even a disease.’” ZOL ^HZ PU [OL WYVNYHT MVY HSTVZ[ Ä ]L TVU[OZ ILMVYL NHPUPUN Gradually, though, Isabel began to gain weight. enough weight to move to a lower level of treatment. Anorexia can have devastating effects on the body, caus“I think they say it will only be four to six weeks so that we ing many medical issues as the malnourished body enters won’t run off,” Isabel said. “starvation mode,” slowing metabolic processes in order to :OL KVLZU»[ YLTLTILY Ä NO[PUN [OL WYVJLZZ PU [OL ILNPU conserve energy. ning; mostly she just felt out of place. As Isabel explained it, “The body starts shutting down un“It was a very surreal experience. I felt like I didn’t belong necessary things.” there,” Isabel said. “I was worried that they would laugh at >OPSL ZOL ^HZ Z[HY]PUN OLYZLSM 0ZHILS»Z UHPSZ Z[VWWLK NYV^ me, like, ‘You don’t have an eating disorder; you’re not that ing and her hair began to fall out. She had very dry skin and Ä [ >OH[ HYL `V\ KVPUN OLYL&»¹ cold insensitivity. She also suffered from dizzy spells caused On the day she was evaluated, Isabel was asked if she by orthostatic hypotension, a condition where blood preswould, hypothetically, eat a ham-and-cheese sandwich. sure and heart rate change drastically from when a person is “I was like, laughing, of course I’d never eat that,” she said. lying down to when they’re standing up. >OLU HZRLK HIV\[ H NYPSSLK JOLLZL ZHUK^PJO ZOL YLTLT >OPSL [OPZ HUK OLY V[OLY Z`TW[VTZ KPZHWWLHYLK HZ ZOL bers saying “No, I’d never eat a grilled cheese.” gained weight, self-starvation has permanently lowered her “I just believed at that moment that they would never bone mineral density, giving her osteopenia, the precursor make me eat a grilled cheese.” to osteoporosis.

Overall, however, Isabel got off lightly. Other side effects, including heart disease and organ failure, can be deadly. According to Summit, anorexia has the highest death rate of any mental illness. As her mental and physical health improved, Isabel was able to step down her treatment shifting into an Intensive Outpatient Program in January, when she went to Summit Ä ]L KH`Z H ^LLR MVY [OYLL OV\YZ H[ H [PTL Now she goes to the treatment center only three days a week for three hours. In the last few months Isabel feels she has become more accepting of her anorexia and has begun to cope better. “I know I don’t have to let it control me,” she said. But she doesn’t believe she will ever fully recover. “They say it’ll be different, that the thoughts won’t be at the forefront of my brain all the time, but I don’t believe that,” Isabel said. “I think (anorexia) is something you learn to control like diabetes, that you just learn to live with.” Isabel is committed to improving, though. She is currently working as an actress doing school performances with The B Street Theatre Company. Though Isabel does not want to give up acting, she is cognizant of the role the profession played in her disorder. “I try to focus on the art aspect as much as possible,” she said. She also plans to avoid the pressures of the LA and New York City acting scenes for now at least. According to Isabel, her work at B Street has actually been a great motivator for her. “The idea of passing out (from hunger) in front of children really scares me,” she said. This and continued support from Summit and her family help keep her on track, though she still struggles “every day, every moment.” :OL Ä UKZ OLYZLSM JVUZ[HU[S` ILZPLNLK I` ¸[YPNNLYZ¹ PU V\Y diet-obsessed culture. “Everyone talks about exercise, what’s good for you and what’s bad for you. So even if they’re not dieting, maybe they only want to eat organic or vegan or raw foods,” Isabel said. “It’s just tiring.” :OL HSZV OHZ [V Ä NO[ [OL JVUZ[HU[ YLTPUKLYZ PU [OL TLKPH of the thin ideal. >OPSL ^L HYL [HSRPUN ZOL W\SSZ V\[ H THNHaPUL ZOL KLYPKLZ as “disgusting,” and points to the scantily clad, emaciated models on the cover. ¸0 RUV^ [OPZ PZ UV[ H[[YHJ[P]L" 0 KVU»[ Ä UK [OPZ H[[YHJ[P]L H[ all,” she says. “But I see that, and I can’t help but think, ‘Oh, I need to lose weight. ¸>O` KVU»[ T` IVULZ Z[PJR V\[ SPRL [OH[&»¹

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CONGRATULATIONS Class of 2012

“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.” -William Arthur Ward

Best wishes, the Israel Cardle family

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Richard Whitney

Hayley Graves Grace Mehta

Blair Wigney Barrie Feusi Zach Lemos

Adam Pinson

Katheryn Contreras Corvia Jones Lyria Beck

Brandon Nakagaki Bryan Nakagaki Gordon Ho

Garrett Walters

Trevor Sutley Matt Einhorn Alex Stamatis

Camille Getz

PRESENTING THE CLASS OF 2012

David Coffill Wei Dai Shaun Shah Christina Petlowany Mollie Berg Alistair Fortson Ian Cardle Cabot Jackman Nick Samson

Sasha Ragland

Mayuri Sadhasivan Anna Young

Lydia Lu

Nick Neal

Teachers, family members get gears going for prospective engineers Calculus teacher Glenn Mangold stands at the front of his class. Behind him, on the whiteboard, is an array of mirrors labeled with station numbers. Someone asks what the mirrors are all for. “The freshmen are having a lab,� Mangold says. “They have four minutes of set-up time to arrange as many mirrors to bounce a laser back and forth and hit a target.� Instantly the room falls silent. Another student then asks what the record was. When Mangold responds, it’s almost as if you can hear cogs turning in the brains of half the students. “You guys can try it if you want during lunch,� Mangold says. Senior Cabot Jackman jumps from his chair and rushes to an-

By Yanni Dahmani other classmate, trying to discuss strategy. “Sit down, Cabot,â€? Mangold says. “Wait till after class.â€? It’s only the beginning of Calculus, and half the class can’t wait for lunch. This isn’t because they’ll have time off from their rigorous workload to eat, laugh and enjoy the company of their friends. It’s because they can’t wait to try to beat the record in the freshman mirror lab. Meet the class of ‘12. The class of math-science people. The class of engineers. An unprecedented seven of the 34 seniors—Jackman, Nicholas Samson, Anna Young, Nick Neal, Christina Petlowany, Ian Cardle and Adam Pinson—plan to major in engineering. And surprisingly, from mechanical engineering to nanoengiULLYPUN UV [^V ZLUPVYZ HYL LU[LYPUN [OL ZHTL ZWLJPĂ„ J Ă„ LSK

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(JJVYKPUN [V 0KLU[PĂ„ LK¡H KH[H HUK HUHS`[PJZ JVTWHU` ^OPJO tells customers how wanted they are in the market—“over the last ten years, the demand for engineering talent has grown dramatically.â€? A Forbes article from 2011 has an explanation for this dramatic increase: tech companies and non-tech companies have been looking for engineers to “create, build and maintain high quality systemsâ€? in all stages from manufacturing to design. The real question, though, is not why is there such a high demand for engineers, but why so many seniors have decided to follow this trend—was there something in the water Country Day moms were drinking in 1994? Well, maybe there was for Young’s mother. Ever since Young was little she has always liked the “natural world.â€? ¸>OLU 0 ^HZ Ă„ ]L 0 ^HZ YLHSS` PU[V KYH^PUN IPYKZ HUK JVSSLJ[PUN rocks and plants just to study them,â€? she said. When she turned 8, she moved her curiosity from the earth to the cosmos. ¸4` KHK OHK H ^LIZP[L [OH[ [VSK `V\ ^OLU H ZH[LSSP[L ^V\SK Ă… ` V]LY HUK ^LÂťK [Y` [V Ă„ UK P[ š ZOL ZHPK And from there Young fell in love with science. “History and English are all good to know, but science is ultimately ‘the way.’â€? Young will be majoring in nanoengineering—engineering on a scale smaller than the width of a hair—at UC San Diego. The class of ‘12’s to-be-engineers are kids who discuss topics such as quantum entanglement or Moore’s Law for fun. Take, for example, Samson’s senior project title, which happens to be a mouthful: “A Demonstration of the Basic Concept of Orbital Based Kinetic Bombardment and the Effects of Acceleration via Non-Combusting Accelerator on Impact Energy and Velocity.â€? “I’ve learned not to think about physics while I’m driving,â€? Jackman said. “I’d get distracted and drift.â€? For Cardle—who will be majoring in bioengineering at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.—it all started with the “100-problem worksheets.â€?

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These were problem sets that his third-grade teacher gave to the students for practice. Each sheet had 100 problems and were divided into four categories: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. When a student answered at least 96 of the questions correctly, they moved up to the next level. -VY *HYKSL P[ ^HZUÂť[ Q\Z[ HIV\[ Ă„ UPZOPUN [OL WYVISLT ZOLL[Z 0[ was about crushing his competition: Christopher Kalra. ¸>L YLHSS` ^HU[LK [V Ă„ UPZO HSS [OL ^H` [OYV\NO [V KP]PZPVU something that hadn’t been done in a long time,â€? he said. “It got so competitive that even after school we would beg our teacher for more.â€? ;OLZL WYVISLT ZOLL[Z KPKUÂť[ PUĂ… \LUJL *HYKSLÂťZ NYHKLZ @L[ OL Z[PSS JVTWSL[LK L]LY` VUL [PSS OL Ă„ UPZOLK [OL KP]PZPVU JH[LNVY` beating Kalra in the process. “That was when I realized that I wasn’t just good at math, but that I loved it,â€? Cardle said. Petlowany, who is planning to major in electrical engineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and go on to nuclear engineering, has a similar story. But for her it was her seventh-grade math teacher at Golden Hills School in El Dorado Hills. “Ms. Nygaard really motivated everyone to do well,â€? Petlowany said. “I think she was such a great role model for girls who wanted to do something in math.â€? Nygaard used methods that appealed to the “girl-heavy class.â€? For example, to learn and memorize the quadratic equation, Nygaard taught the class a song (to the tune of “Pop Goes the Weaselâ€?). On Pi Day, the students ate pie and sang other songs. While both Petlowany and Cardle’s decisions to become engiULLYZ ^LYL HMMLJ[LK I` ZJOVVS 5LHS ^HZ PUĂ… \LUJLK I` OPZ IYV[OLY Matt, another engineer. When Neal was 7 years old, his brother, then 17, was part of a JHY JS\I [OH[ Ă„ _LK HUK WSH`LK HYV\UK ^P[O JHYZ Ă„ SSPUN [OL ULPNO borhood with them. “For a good two- to three-year period, we would have engines sitting in our garage doing nothing,â€? Neal said.

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As a small child, Neal would stand over his brother’s shoulder, watching his every move with fascination and helping whenever he was able to. Neal and his brother took apart the engine on what was supWVZLK [V IL 5LHSÂťZ Ă„ YZ[ JHY And when he grew older, Neal began to build contraptions by himself. He designed brackets to mount lights on his car, and once got so bored that he designed a 3D chess board for junior Carter Brown. So the most logical next step for a handyman like Neal? Mechanical Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz. 3PRL 5LHS H MHTPS` TLTILY PUĂ… \LUJLK 7PUZVU! OPZ NYHUKMH[OLY Pinson’s grandfather has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, a fact that Pinson hadn’t realized until he had decided to become an engineer. He helped Pinson earn his engineering merit badge by designing and building a crane made up of rudimentary materials—such as rope, wooden poles and pulleys—that was able to lift objects. “I remember thinking during the whole project ‘this is so cool,’â€? Pinson said. Pinson, the president of the Engineering Club, will go to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., to study electrical engineering. :HTZVU VU [OL V[OLY OHUK ^HZ PUĂ… \LUJLK I` H TVYL LJJLU[YPJ fellow: Bill Nye the Science Guy. When Samson was in middle school, his teacher would bring in videos of the show for the kids to watch. “I would always see these people doing science and having so much fun,â€? he said. )\[ [OL T\JO IPNNLY PUĂ… \LUJL ^HZ OPZ MH[OLY ^OV OHZ H 7O + in electrical engineering. What Samson realized, with the help of his father, is the tremendous effect that engineers have on our society, even if people don’t realize it, Samson said. Jackman agrees with Samson.

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“I like thinking in terms of math and science, and I like helping people and having that human connection,â€? he said. Both Jackman and Samson will be going to Cornell to study material science engineering and chemical engineering, respectively. One variable that seems to remain constant throughout all the senior engineers is Mangold. “I know I can distinctly remember just about all of the engineers at one point or another staying in Mangold’s room after class to either try an experiment or just mess around with the stuff he had to Ă„ N\YL V\[ ^OH[ P[ KPK HUK ^OH[ ^L JV\SK KV ^P[O P[ š 5LHS ZHPK And, interestingly enough, the class of ‘12 freshman year was 4HUNVSKÂťZ Ă„ YZ[ `LHY [LHJOPUN MYLZOTHU WO`ZPJZ (UK ^P[O 4HU gold’s new class came Neal and Jackman’s series of experimental escapades. These included, but were not limited to, frying a calculator with a tesla coil; making an “arc welderâ€? out of 12 six-volt batteries and alligator clips; seeing how long it would take for a calculator to start smoking when a “grounding coilâ€? was taped to it; trying to pop balloons with a Van de Graaff machine; and, most recently, trying to fry a calculator with the Van de Graaff machine to “see ^OH[ [OL LSLJ[YPJ Ă„ LSK ^V\SK KV ^P[O [OL 3*+ ZJYLLUš [OLPY JHSJ\ lator frying experiments matured with their age). “We were in there all the time during lunch (freshman year),â€? Neal said. “Mangold was a bump,â€? Pinson said. “(He and my grandfather) weren’t the ones who tipped the scales. They were just further conĂ„ YTH[PVU [OH[ 0 ^V\SK SPRL [OH[ Ă„ LSK š >OPSL 4HUNVSK ^HZ M\Y[OLY M\LS MVY [OL Ă… HTLZ OL HSYLHK` RUL^ the class of ‘12 had a spark. “I knew when they came into my class,â€? he said. “A larger percentage of that class was generally interested in science and math as a primary career goal than any other class I’ve taught.â€? And at the end of the day, it wasn’t a freshman who claimed the record in the mirror lab. It was Jackman (with some help from Brown) with 11 mirrors.

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EDITORIAL: democracy is overrated

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;OL 6J[HNVU Editors-In-Chief 4VSSPL )LYN Ian Cardle Christina Petlowany Copy Editor Zach Lemos Assistant Copy Editor .HYYL[[ 2HPNOU Business Manager Ian Cardle News Editor Christina Petlowany Editorial Editor Jeffrey Caves Community Editor Yanni Dahmani Sports Editors Mary-Clare Bosco Darby Bosco Ryan Ho Centerpoint Editor 4VSSPL )LYN Review Editor Connor Martin

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;OL 6J[HNVU is published LPNO[ [PTLZ H `LHY I` OPNO ZJOVVS journalism students of Sacramento Country Day School, 2636 Latham Drive, Sacramento, Calif. 95864. Phone: (916) 481-8811, L_[ ,THPS! VJ[HNVU'ZHJJKZ VYN >LI HKKYLZZ! O[[W! ^^^ ZJKZVJ[HNVU VYN

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Letter to the Editors Editors: As a parent of a kindergartner who began at Country Day in PK, I’ve been reading issues of The Octagon since 2010. I wanted you, your staff and your adviser to know what an outstanding newspaper you publish. I look forward to every edition and devour it upon its arrival in my mailbox. My father (Ellery’s grandfather) was a lifelong journalist, and my working life regularly brings me into that world. In other words, I can be viciously critical of the fourth estate. But your product is intelligent, informative and—above all— not boring. This breezy and economic writing is a joy to read. You’ve restored my hope that written communication is not an entirely discarded value. Congratulations on a job well done. Loren Kaye, parent

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Correction A story in the April 24 issue of The Octagon (“Programming changes spark controversy�) misattributed this quote: “You may have forgotten, Rick, a public radio station is different from a commercial venture—IT’S A PUBLIC TRUST. You have abdicated that public trust.� The quote was attributed to Rick Eytcheson but should have been attributed to Elizabeth Shattuck. We apologize for the error.

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Bad teams, you’re outta here!

the two hours it will take to win (or lose). You have to tailor your life to the concrete, preset practice and game times. By But, of course, any game-skipping SCDS athlete Zach who reads this, even if they agree, will only continue as they’ve done, because there’s neither a Lemos WLUHS[` MVY ILPUN ZLSÄ ZO UVY H ILULÄ [ MVY ZJ\SW[PUN their life around their team. Currently, a girl can miss her softball game because of a test and still start for the next one because the team has only nine players and so has no one VTWL[P[PVU H[ P[Z Ä ULZ[! else to take her spot. Boys’ baseball: 3-9 Well, I say no more. This attitude makes our teams Girls’ softball: 0-10 a joke. And teams become even more of a joke as Boys’ basketball: 3-16 we continue adding more and more, stretching our Girls’ basketball: 6-13 already limited amount of talent. Country Day might be known for its fantastic If there aren’t enough athletes for a team, or there teachers, spectacular Jazz Band, award-winning are barely enough but there’s minimal devotion, cut newspaper or any of its other notable groups, but it the team. is certainly not known for its sports teams. For example, if there aren’t enough girls to make a Though not all our teams are bad—consider girls’ soccer team, cut it. volleyball or boys’ soccer with records of 14-8 and A portion of the talented athletes who would have 14-5-2, respectively—most are. played soccer can now shift their attention to softSome of our teams dominate the league while, IHSS ;OL PUÅ \_ VM NPYSZ ^PSS I\TW ZVTL VM [OL SLZZ at the same time, other teams might as well forfeit dedicated, less-talented girls out of their comfortbefore they hurt themselves trying to score a point. able positions, which will either force them to train But why? Is there just an abundance of natural tal- harder, (maybe even outside of school), step up their ent for some sports and not others? devotion, or quit (in which case they didn’t deserve Or is it something deeper? to start anyway). While natural talent might play a small role, it And the team will become more competitive; that really boils down to the competitive attitude of the is, girls’ softball will start winning games. And beteam. The problem is that so many students simply cause the team has become a winning one, more take their athletic life as a joke. athletes will want to join, only furthering the interFor most schools and most teams (even the small, team competition and stepping up the required deDiv. VII ones), making playoffs is something of which votion to a new level. This new devotion makes the to be proud. Apparently this isn’t the case for Coun- team win even more, which makes more athletes try Day—at least not for all of our teams. want to join, and a circle is formed. I was astounded when I learned that half the You can already see this theory at work with both members of the girls’ soccer team were missing their boys’ soccer and girls’ volleyball. The coaches and playoff game on May 5 because they had a test the athletes take the team seriously, and they win benext day or a lot of homework that night. And after cause of it. Because they win, they get a selection of digging deeper, I discovered that this was a common athletes to choose from when picking starters, which mindset for a good number of our athletes. just causes them to become that much more comAthletes need to understand that to join a team petitive. Alternatively, with too many sports options and is to devote yourself wholeheartedly to everything not enough talent, athletes get spread thin. Instead it demands. 0M `V\ Ä UK V\[ `V\ OH]L H [LZ[ [OL KH` HM[LY H NHTL of our few strong players being concentrated on one you better start your studying a night early so you team, we get only a few on each and the team becan still make the game. You can study at just about comes less competitive, which causes students to any time, but your team needs and expects you for take it less seriously. Because it’s a non-competitive,

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losing team, students begin to miss practices for tests, and their improvement slows. This causes fewer students to want to join the team, and a circle appears that violently spirals in the opposite direction of the pre-mentioned one. For more proof, look at boys’ baseball or girls’ softball. Both have malnourished rosters, a number of undedicated players, and losing records. Of course, this proposal means that there would be a lot fewer sports teams. Even though everyone’s favorite sport won’t be offered, it’s better to have a few winning teams than 30 teams that nearly all lose. This is exactly why we’ve never had a football [LHT·^L KVU»[ OH]L LUV\NO H[OSL[LZ [V Ä LSK H JVTWL[P[P]L [LHT ZV ^L KVU»[ Ä LSK VUL H[ HSS )\[ this logic, where only teams that can be competitive are created, seems to have disappeared over the past few years. Now I’m not saying a team with only a few members should never exist, but if this is the case, all the athletes need to be dedicated. There’s something akin to legend in the rowing ^VYSK HIV\[ [OL `LHY [OH[ 7HJPÄ J 9V^PUN *S\I»Z Varsity 8, despite having only nine rowers on the team (and you need eight) won youth nationals, beating teams that selected their rowers from a pool of over 300. The moral of PaJPÄ J»Z Z\JJLZZ PZ [OH[ the nine rowers committed to each other and to their team, and they became the absolute best as a result. No one missed practice for a test, and no one treated the team like a See Sports, page 14 joke.

Goodbye to all that: Mollie, Christina & Ian check out SCDS: the happiest place on Earth?

new adventures. Yet like at Disneyland, the excitement wore off after a while. I worked hard on the sophomore project and exhausted myself in (7 7O`ZPJZ * (UK [OLU [OL Ä YL^VYRZ JVTL I have been to Disneyland more than 30 out—close relationships, graduation and spetimes since I was 3 years old. So if you’re cial senior dinners. But now, once again, it’s time to go. High curious about a typical day at “the happiest school was fun. There were moments of stress place on earth,” I can tell you all about it. At 7 a.m. I wake up, excited for the day’s and unhappiness—moments I wanted to adventure. It’s early, but, hey, it’s Disney- strangle my fellow “park-goers.” I’m ready to move on, but, at times, I’ll miss land—there are rides, princesses and magiit. I’ll miss the classes. I’ll miss the teachers. cal experiences. As soon as I step onto Main Street I inhale And I’ll miss my friends. At least I know I can always go back. the sweet scent of candy and homemade treats. Mickey Mouse jumps up and down —Mollie Berg in the distance and children dressed as princesses run through the gates of the park. Excitement spreads through every bone in my body and a new feeling—a new experience—arises every time I visit. But even the magic of Disneyland can pale. The late-afternoon crowds, ridiculously long I consider myself a “math” person. I have lines and annoying moms hitting you with ZPUJL [OL ZL]LU[O NYHKL )\[ \Z\HSS` 0 Ä UK their strollers—not to mention the scorching that I can express myself well (enough) ussun—overwhelm me. The enchantment dis- ing words. However, this time, I haven’t been appears and annoyance takes over. HISL [V Ä UK [OL YPNO[ VULZ But at 9 p.m. the magic is fully back and So, instead, here is my high-school career, [OL Ä YL^VYRZ ZWHYRSL HZ +\TIV HUK ;PURLY in numbers. ILSS Å ` HJYVZZ [OL ZR` Twelve: The year of my graduation. 3H[LY·HM[LY [OL Ä YL^VYRZ HYL V]LY HUK [OL Eleven: The number of my volleyball jersey stars are out—I am ready to go home. But af- freshman and sophomore year. I traded my ter I’m gone, I miss it. I miss the rides. I miss favorite number, 13, with my best friend bethe characters. And, inexplicably, I miss the cause it was also her sports number. crowds. Ten: The number of games I played in when With the year coming to a close, I can’t I joined the softball team my senior year. help but compare a day at “the happiest Nine: The number of days until I graduate. place on earth” to four years at Country Day. Eight: The number of issues of the OctaI entered high school excited for the ad- gon per year, and the number of issues durventure ahead of me: Ancil Hoffman Day, ing which I have been editor-in-chief—even Olympics Day and Ashland—they were all though at one point we were sure there was

Words can’t describe what numbers can

going to be only seven. Seven: The number of AP classes I’ve taken. Six: My height, in feet. Five: The number of minutes it took me to decide that I wanted to join the newspaper staff. Four: The number of years I have been at SCDS. Three: The number of years I’ve been on Octagon. Two: The number of sports I have stepped in for because they needed someone, even [OV\NO 0 KLÄ UP[LS` KVU»[ KV *YVZZ *V\U[Y` and have never, in my life, run three miles without stopping. I also do not play soccer. One: The number of times you will be in high school. Make the best of it. Life isn’t a movie where you can go back to high school \UKLYJV]LY HUK Ä _ HSS VM `V\Y YLNYL[Z A thousand: The number of “thank yous” I owe my friends, teachers and fellow staffers. I will miss you all a million times over. —Christina Petlowany

Senior’s known by many nicknames Midlife, Primetime, John McCardle, Peean, Lan and B+ are just some of many nicknames I’ve been given since enrolling at Country Day four years ago. And believe me, I’m doing you a favor by not sharing the rest. Albeit unsought, obscure and a bit too J\[LZ` [OLZL UPJRUHTLZ HYL UV[ Z\WLYÅ \V\Z to me. Rather, as much as it embarrasses me to say so, they are me.

It all began with Midlife. During my freshman year, I was given this name by Charlie Martin, ‘10, for reasons still unknown to me. When I asked him or other upperclassmen that adopted the name for me (and a lot did and still do), I was always told, “Well, you’re just Midlife.” The name Primetime (and, yes, that’s the name of a cigar brand) soon followed as Richard Walter, ‘11, thought I shared a shocking resemblance to Optimus Prime from “Transformers” (I still don’t see it). However, not all my nicknames have such a background. Since I told my friends that “Ian” is a Scottish name corresponding to “John” and that my family’s last name was “McCardle” before my ancestor fell off a boat heading to America, shaming the family name, I have been called John McCardle. And let’s not forget about Lan or Peean, thanks to the waitress who misread my name on a restaurant waiting list in Ashland and to the name rhyming game that took place in Mrs. Dias’s summer Pre-Calculus class. However, the most recent of my “accomplishments” is B+, which you can see nicely inscribed inside and outside of my locker. Perhaps I shouldn’t have gotten so openly worried about a B+ in AP Physics C, especially in front of junior Will Wright and senior Nick Neal. Despite all of the meanings behind these nicknames, I have never once considered any of them malicious. Rather, I see them as the bridges to the people I’ve come to know and love over my high-school years. —Ian Cardle

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One-on-one with the Cavs! To wrap up spring sports, the Octagon chose a player from each team to answer questions about the season.

Troy Hoddick Funniest moment? “Donald intercepted the goalie’s throw as he was clearing it. As he fell down, it rolled into the goal.”

Cooper Jackman Highlight? “The highlight for me was seeing the great improvement from our new players like George, Kevin, Ian and Tyler.”

Personal lowlight? “When we were playing Justin Siena, a grounder rolled into the goal that I could have easily blocked.”

Best round? “Sectionals.”

Best game? ”Our second game against Lincoln, because they were a good team and we won.”

Most impressive stat? “The team score as a whole. We all really improved.” Best advice from your coach? “Hit the ball straight.” Who’s your rival? “Buckingham (Charter).” (Buckingham Ä UPZOLK Ä YZ[ PU [OL SLHN\L" *V\U[Y` +H` Ä UPZOLK ZLJVUK

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Favorite aspect of lacrosse? ”The strategic side of the game, deciding where to face when people are all around you.” Most impressive stat? “Only letting one goal in against Bentley.”

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Madison Galati Corvia Jones Highlight? “The under-the-lights game. I scored [OL Ä YZ[ NVHS VM T` JHYLLY VU H WLU alty kick. We went on to beat BuckPUNOHT *OHY[LY I` ;OL Ä UHS ZJVYL was 4-2.” Best advice from your coach? “Keep your head down and shoot for the corners.” Something most people don’t know about your sport? “The length of time that the goalie has to hold on to the ball while in the penalty box. I had no idea that the goalie was only allowed to hold the ball for six seconds.” Who’s your rival? “Faith Christian.” Funniest moment? “When Mollie Berg suggested that we all sit down and cry during the playoff game we lost.” Favorite aspect of soccer? “I love playing defense!”

Lowlight? “It’s hard to be peppy throughout the whole game, and with softball it’s kind of a mental game, especially with a bunch of girls when the energy is lower, the game is going to be lower.” Best advice from your coach? “When I’m pitching and having a bad inning, he will call a time out. And he’ll come out to the mound, and I always think he’s coming to tell me to get my head in the game. But he’ll just ask ‘What do you want for dinner?’ or ‘How was your day today?’ And he’s trying to make you relaxed, and just joke with you.” Most impressive stat? “I had three or four home runs this season.” Funniest moment? “My dad (the coach) during practice ripped his pants and couldn’t change because he didn’t have anything to change into.” Favorite aspect of softball? “Being on offense, when you’re at bat and when you’re running because it’s so strategic.”

Sports idol? “Wayne Gretzky.”

GOLF finished second in the league. Even though they won league the year before, coach Greg Kaighn remained optimistic. “It was a great season from everybody’s point of view.” Asked about the drop from first to second, Kaighn said, “The overall talent of our team has not gone down. But the competition has become much better.”

LACROSSE finished the season with a record of 3-6. ”I’m really proud of this season,” head coach Brooke Wells said. “It was our first season and we could have easily gone 5-4. This was a building year. The team is comprised of mostly freshmen and sophomores, and I have high expectations for this team in the years to come.”

The GIRLS’ SOCCER season ended in the first round of the playoffs, after a 4-0 loss to Jim Elliot Christian High School. “It comes back to that numbers thing,” coach George Champayne said. “If we’d had a full team at practice, we could have won it all.” The Cavs’ overall record was 7-3.

SOFTBALL lost their season finale against Valley Christian High School, 13-3, according to assistant coach Alisha Harris. “It was tough to get in a rhythm all season,” Harris said. “It’s always hard not having people at practice, like in all sports.” The Cavs finished their season with a disappointing overall record of 0-10.

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Morgan Bennett-Smith Highlight? “Throwing a no-hitter against Lutheran. They only had two base runners and two walks the whole game— and I had 14 strikeouts.â€? Lowlight? “Losing in the last inning to Buckingham on an error. All we had to do was JH[JO H Ă… ` IHSS HUK P[ Q\Z[ SHUKLK PU front of him.â€? Something most people don’t know about your sport? “Most people don’t know that if the JH[JOLY KYVWZ [OL [OPYK Z[YPRL [OLU [OL IH[[LY JHU [V Y\U [V Ă„ YZ[ IHZL š Favorite aspect of baseball? “The mental element because baseball is one of the sports that you have to think more.â€? Sports idol? ¸=HUJL >VYSL` H WP[JOLY VU [OL 7OPS SPLZ ILJH\ZL OL PZ ZW\UR` HUK OL ^LU[ to McClatchy. He doesn’t have a 98 TWO MHZ[IHSS I\[ OLÂťZ YLHSS` NYP[[` /LÂťZ WHZZPVUH[L 7S\Z OL OHZ H 4VOH^R š

Adam Pinson Highlight? “Singlehandedly bringing the men’s swim team to 33 out of over 100 teams at high-school sectionals.� Lowlight? “It was really hard recruiting people for the team.�

Funniest moment? “When we went up to Golden Sierra HUK P[ Z[HY[LK [V OHPS YHPU HUK ZUV^ But we still had to play. Before the match started we were catching the snow on our tongues.â€? Lowlight? ¸3VZPUN [OL Ă„ UHS ^HZ RPUK VM KPZHW WVPU[PUN 0 SVZ[ [OL Ă„ YZ[ ZL[ ;OL ZLJVUK set was 7-5; I won that set. The last set ^HZ HUK 0 SVZ[ 0 ^HZ Z[PSS WYV\K [OH[ I got that far.â€?

Something people don’t know about swimming? “(It’s) a sport that should be practiced KHPS` 0M `V\ ^HU[ [V KV ^LSS `V\ ULLK to put the effort in.�

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Favorite aspect of swimming? “First off it’s really fun. But it has taught TL TVYL [OHU Q\Z[ OV^ [V Z^PT ^LSS I have learned time management and how to work hard.�

Favorite aspect of tennis? “I like playing singles because I don’t OH]L [V YLS` VU HU`VUL LSZL HUK PM 0 THRL H TPZ[HRL 0 JHU VUS` ISHTL T` self.�

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Sports idol? ¸5V]HR +QVRV]PJ ILJH\ZL OL PZ MHPYS` `V\UN ^OPJO ZOV^Z [OH[ `V\ KVUÂť[ OH]L to have much experience to win. I can relate to that because I’ve only been WSH`PUN JVTWL[P[P]LS` MVY [OYLL `LHYZ and I’m good for having that much experience.â€?

Wei Dai Highlight? “My proudest moment was running a Z\I Ă„ ]L TPU\[L TPSL š Lowlight? ¸([ VUL TLL[ H[ W T P[ ^HZ YHPUPUN and cold. We were all soaking wet and freezing.â€? Best advice from your coach? “He doesn’t really give advice; he sends me videos. But he got me into Y\UUPUN HUK VUJL 0 ^HZ PU[V Y\UUPUN 0 Q\Z[ JV\SKUÂť[ Z[VW 0 SV]L Y\UUPUN IL cause of Nick.â€? Most impressive stat? ¸4` Z\I Ă„ ]L TPU\[L TPSL 0 [YPLK SHZ[ year and got a 5:03 and I have been working on this the whole year. My best mile time is now 4:55 and I am very proud of this achievement.â€? Who’s your rival? “Cory Wallace. My goal all season was to beat him. I trained and trained reHSS` OHYK HUK 0 Q\Z[ JV\SK UV[ KV P[ š Sports idol? “Jim Ryun.â€?

BASEBALL finished its season with a forfeit victory over Faith Christian. The Cavs were leading 5-2 in the third inning when the game was called, due to a lack of Faith Christian players. “We definitely ended on a high note. We had a good chance to win that (last) game, and we had a couple good wins against Lutheran in the second half of the season,� coach Chris Millsback said. The Cavs finished 3-7 in league.

The SWIM TEAM (freshman Claire Pinson, senior Adam Pinson and freshman Lauren Larrabee) ended the season after Claire and Adam qualified for the finals of the CIF SacJoaquin section meet, May 10-12. Overall, Country Day finished 23rd of the 53 teams who participated. Claire placed 22nd as the women’s team, swimming the 200- and 500yd. freestyle. Adam placed 23rd as the men’s team. He swam the 200-yd. individual medley and 100-yd. butterfly.

TENNIS ended the season with a 2-7-1 record. “Ninety percent of the team were freshmen,“ coach Haitham Batarseh said. “But next year we will keep playing, and they will learn more so we can get better. Then we can attract better athletes too.� Batarseh is optimistic for next year despite this year’s losing record. The top men’s singles player was senior Richard Whitney, who lost in the CIF Sac Joaquin semi-finals.

TRACK member senior Wei Dai qualified for sectionals in the 400-meter category with a 56.94, the only member on the team to make it that far. At the league meet, Dai placed third in the 200 meters and first in the 400 meters, followed by junior Jacob Frankel in second. Junior Logan Winfield earned second place in the 800 meters and third in the 1600 meters. “I was really proud of this season; we trained hard. Everybody got a little faster,� coach Nick Domich said.

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May 29, 2012

Cary Kelly: From ballet to Lady Beatrice

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Librarian Cary Kelly in Ballet West’s The Nutcracker in 1975. (Photo courtesy of Kelly)

“Jog!” No one moves. “Loopy the Librarian says jog!” Everyone, including Kelly, pump their arms and legs in place. Her delicate limbs are graceful, despite the jerky movements. ;OL NHTL JVU[PU\LZ HUK Ä nally, Kelly rings a different bell with a wooden handle, and in a quiet voice says, “Let’s read ‘Something is Growing’ by Walter Lyon Krudup.” Kelly begins reading the story, HIV\[ H .PNHU[\Z Å VYP[PJ\Z ZLLK from Madagascar a young boy plants, quietly. Each new character introduced, from Profes-

sor Thornbine to Mrs. Cadogan, sports a different voice. But Kelly’s characters are not limited purely to the library. Kelly is also the Cat in the Hat on Dr. Seuss’s birthday, Lady Beatrice Teaselpaw at the Book Bonanza, Captain Bravebuildge of the Rusty Hall on Talk Like a Pirate Day, Claudde Strawbottom the Scarecrow at the Harvest Festival, Mrs. Runnselbell Farthing at the third-grade Colonial Market Day, and Lady Carrion Poultry at the Renaissance Faire, to name a few. “Being different characters is fun, helps sells books, literature and the library,” Kelly said. “It just seemed natural because of

four years; however, his reasons for playing the trumpet are closer to home. His father played during middle school, HUK \WVU KPZJV]LYPUN [OPZ PU Ä M[O NYHKL Whitney began to play around with his father’s old trumpet and thought it would be fun to pursue it further. And while he also participated in Concert Band throughout high school, he has always preferred jazz, as “the level of musicianship is higher.” With Whitney as the lead singer, the band then performs “The Heart of Rock and Roll”—the last planned song before moving under the tent. And as the keyboard, drums and guitars form the powerful rhythm for the wind instruments, people applaud at the brief mention of Sacramento during the song. At the climax of the performance, parents and faculty remain planted in their positions, their eyes and ears still honed in on the musicians. So the Jazz Band gives them what they Juniors Elise DeCarli and Gerardo Vergara swing dance to “Jump Jive want: another song. An’ Wail.” (Photo by Ian Cardle)

The Caves Family

So if we’re going to have a small team, be it boys’ baseball or girls’ basketball, the members need to be fully committed. They need to come together and become competitive as a team, or be cut. And, largely, these commitment issues come from a student’s ability to gain P.E. credit for “participating” in a sport. This draws uncommitted athletes to understaffed teams like softball. They miss practice and, when they do show up, their performance is dreadful and the team only becomes that much more of a joke. As Jason Kreps does for ski and snowboard, coaches need to set up strict requirements for athletes who want P.E. credit for their participation in a sport. Missing games and practices without good reason (good reason being that your grandmother died, not that you have a test tomorrow) is unacceptable, and any student doing so should forfeit both their right to play and P.E. credit. Alternatively, P.E. needs to be made more available, possibly offered before and after school so students who don’t want to be on a sports team—but can’t afford to give up the elective slot—aren’t forced to waste the time of the coaches and players whose teams they reluctantly join. There’s also the idea that “everyone should participate, everyone is valuable,” and that was a cute notion up until about sixth grade. But in the real world, or even at another high school, or on any real sports team, it’s simply untrue. If you’re not talented, no one wants you. To lead students into thinking the alternative is simply unfair. Country Day is a school that prepares its

Alone, senior Adam Pinson brought the men’s swimming team to 23rd of 37 teams at sections, May 10-12. He participated in the 200-yd. individual medley and `K I\[[LYÅ `

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After 28 years Kelly will retire in June. She plans to spend a month in Paris with her husband and many nights staying up late to read. Second-grade teacher Sue Ryan will replace Kelly.

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Freshman Claire Pinson single-handedly garnered the women’s swimming team 22nd place of 43 teams at sections, May 10-12. She swam the 200- and 500-yd. freestyle.

claims. The class leaves the Story CorULY HUK ZO\MÅ LZ PU[V [OL THPU room. On a table is a green I\JRL[ Ä SSLK ^P[O KPY[ 2LSS` hands the seed to a boy, and he plants it. “Now all you need to do is walk by and occasionally whisper, ‘Please grow,’ to it,” Kelly said. “I promise it will.”

Sports: More teams, fewer wins

Jazz Band: Seniors end year on high note, place second at Reno festival becoming even more clamorous. And accompanying the adoration is the tapping of heels on hot concrete. “Woah, watch that hand!” a man in the audience yells at two parents waltzing to the tunes. Throughout all this, Ratcliff stands next to the band, swinging his arms and rocking his head back and forth. When the song concludes, Whitney takes the mic. “Seven minutes left,” he says, referring to the time by which the parents need to be under the large tent for the dinner segment of the auction and even more music from the Jazz Band. “Seven minutes left, folks!” Like Jackman and Samson, Whitney too has been on the high-school Jazz Band for

my theatrical background.” When Kelly, back in her role HZ SPIYHYPHU Ä UPZOLZ [OL IVVR she talks about its moral. “Remember when the boy whispered to the seed, ‘Please grow,’?” Kelly asks them, “What do you think that means?” The second graders shift in their arena seating. “It means if someone encourages you, you’re going to grow UV TH[[LY ^OH[ ¹ 2LSS` Ä UPZOLZ Then she pulls out a small box that houses one marble-sized green seed labeled “Gigantus Å VYP[PJ\Z ZLLK MYVT 4HKHNHZ car.” “Let’s plant it!” Kelly ex-

The Berg Family

“Missing games and practices without good reason (good reason being that your grandmother died, not that you have a test tomorrow) is unacceptable.” students for college and the life beyond it, and no employer is ever going to say, “Even though he loses us money, he tries real hard so we’ll keep him around.” In college, no coach is going to keep an athlete who can’t play and isn’t dedicated. We can still advertise having “no cuts,” but less-talented students will have to work hard if they want to play. But this is good. They will build their work ethic and learn how to really want something as only an athlete can, and, ultimately, come out better for it. And, unfortunately, some people just aren’t cut out to be athletes and won’t play no matter how hard they work. They need to be realistic and go join another extracurricular, such as Octagon or Student Council. Maybe they’ll excel at those. Currently, however, many of our sports [LHTZ HYL H QVRL ;OL` I` HMÄ SPH[PVU THRL the school seem easy and pathetic and, in the process, scare off middle-schoolers who are considering matriculation. In this time of low enrollment, competitive sports teams would make Country Day that much more appealing to outsiders. Why not at least try to make our school’s athletics on par with our academics?

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Graphics Editor

The mystery behind the mural

(Photo by Kelsi Thomas)

DADA, “EXQUISITE CORPSE” METHOD MAKE UP THE ART ON THE WALL “Can I say that for us Dada bordered on obsession?” Ellers said. “We held elaborate Graphics Editor initiation rituals for the NAHS involving Dadaist poetry, sound and performance. We ust after noon high-school students settle loved collages.” down for lunch, sitting in the garden, in According to Ellers, one day he and Kreig the quad, or buying sodas at the vending used all the photographs, paintings, drawmachine. ings and graphics that they had been collectAll the while, a green man with purple ing over the years to create a collage. sunglasses stares down at them as they pass, They used the “exquisite corpse” method Z\YYV\UKLK I` Å V^LYZ ^P[O L`LZ HUK OHUKZ to string all the artwork together. And the letters B, C, D and E stand alone, Basically one person starts drawing an as the “A” is nowhere to be seen. image. They cover up what they had drawn These are elements from the three murals and the next person adds to the composiat Country Day, all known for their ambigution without ous messages and perplexing images. knowing “Ever since I was 4 years old I wondered ^OH[ [OL Ä YZ[ “I realized at that what was the story behind (the murals),” seperson drew. point that the munior Mayuri Sadhasivan said. “What do the The result: ral meant nothing. letters stand for?” the design on The National Art Honor Society (NAHS), It was just random the gym wall. which included Schuyler Ellers, ‘96, and Jesimages.” “The mural sica Kreig, ‘96, started the trend of painting is about frag- —Lenora Yerkes, on school walls during the spring of 1993. ments, bits ‘99 ;OL Ä YZ[ T\YHS UL_[ [V [OL LU[YHUJL [V [OL and pieces weight room, followed the creation of the coming toChalk Mural done every year by the NAHS. gether to The theme that year was Picasso. make a whole, inexplicable juxtaposition Ellers and Kreig decided to make another and quizzical connections,” Ellers said. mural as their senior project (the larger one “In a nutshell, it’s meant to be weird.” on the side of the gym) during the spring of So, for those who thought that the letters 1996. B, C, D and E had some special meaning, And so the creative process began. they don’t. According to Ellers, he and Kreig were “(It) doesn’t stand for “Better Country Day inspired by artists like Jasper Johns, Robert Education” or something like that,” Ellers Rauschenberg, Kurt Schwitters and Man Ray, said. “It hangs in space as a fragment, like who were all associated with Dada. the letters and numbers in Jasper Johns paint“Dada was formed by a group of artists ings, or the letters in Picasso’s “Still Life with celebrating the absurd and the non-art as Wicker Chair.” art,” Kreig said. Ellers said that he got the idea of the red Because of its element of surprise, ranstripes from the inside of an airmail envedomness and juxtapositions, lope, while an upside-down hat came from a Dadaism is usually categorized vintage fashion magazine. under surreal art. “The eye is from a computer printout of photos I had taken with a primitive webcam (it was 1996 after all),” Ellers said. A year later, Sunny Seegmiller, ‘97, added the green man with purple sunglasses. According to former art teacher Kay Schweizer, the headmaster at the time (Dan White) was very excited about the “beautiÄ JH[PVU VM [OL JHTW\Z ¹ Lenora Yerkes, ’99, was a freshman when Ellers and Kreig painted their second mural. Yerkes was so inspired by their work

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that she painted another during her senior year, which can be seen next to teacher Jane Bauman’s room (21). Yerkes explained that when Ellers and Kreig were working on their mural, she asked them what exactly it was. They responded, “It’s your head.” “I realized at that point that the mural meant nothing,” Yerkes said. “It was just random images.” Yerkes used this idea in her own mural. “It’s truly valuable, though, because really the viewer brings their own meaning to the piece of art,” she said. Yerkes’s mural is comprised of a boy and a bird bath as well as a giant, colorful parrot with a city scene as the background. “I think it was actually a picture that I found in National Geographic of a 9-year-old boy leaning over to tie his shoe,” she said. The mural took three weeks and two dozen quarts of latex house paint. And those paints created the lasting impression the murals have had on the school. “Knowing the mural is still there and causing students to question its meaning is wonderful!” Kreig said. “It makes me feel like a small piece of who I am still resonates on campus just as my experiences at Country +H` HYL YLÅ LJ[LK ^P[OPU TL [VKH` ¹ Ellers, Kreig and Yerkes all carried on their art careers after high school. Ellers earned a degree in Digital Art at Columbia University in New York City and is currently designing fashion. His creations include colorful crocheted pants for men, made from vintage blankets. Kreig graduated from UC San Diego and the Academy of the Arts in San Francisco. She has been working in the animation industry for nine years in Los Angeles. She recently worked on art for a new attraction in Walt Disney World. called “Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom” as well as the Disney Cruise Line and Aulani Hotel. Yerkes graduated from Whitman College in Washington state and got a degree from

Schuyler Ellers, ‘96, and Jessica Kreig, ‘96, relax in front of the school mural during their senior year. (Photo courtesy of Kreig) the California College of the Arts. She then moved to Washington, D.C., and graduated from Georgetown Law School. In the last year she has been involved in group exhibitions in Washington. “I do mostly small paintings—actually, very small paintings,” she said. “They are HIV\[ HU PUJO ZX\HYL HUK TVZ[S` Ä N\YH[P]L ¹ Her mural may be much bigger, but it, too, KVLZU»[ OH]L H ZWLJPÄ J ¸TLHUPUN ¹ And Schweizer says that really shouldn’t matter. “Those who spend time with any image will see something that speaks to them,” she said. “But if they are looking for meaning, as Picasso said, ‘they are barking up the wrong tree.’”

What’s the secret of your senior project? Madison Galati

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My senior project is to raise money for a small town in Italy (called) Vernazza. I’m making Italian food all by myself and serving three lunches to the high school for a fee. Last summer I got to go (to Vernazza) and I really made good friends with the kids there. So when I was told that the town ^HZ KLZ[YV`LK I` H Å HZO Å VVK I was devastated.”

Grace Mehta

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My project is to make my own clothing line. My grandma sews, and I’ve always been interested in learning to as well. I’ve always been interested in fashion and in art, and this project allows me to combine the two and spend time with my grandma in the process.”

Trevor Sutley

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I’m going to be designing an SCDS iPhone App. Colleges have iPhone apps, and I want to make one for SCDS that follows the same idea. It will be a mobile SCDS website, one that updates you about what’s going on at our school. If there’s a sports game at 4 p.m., or if it happens to be the 100th day of school, the app will update you on it. It’s like a morning meeting on your phone.”

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