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Want to Graduate? Be Advised Read this.
The state of Oregon Department of Education recently implemented new requirements for our future graduating classes. The purpose of these new requirements is to make an Oregon high school diploma more meaningful and ensure that every Oregon high school graduate is aptly prepared for the life outside of high school.
by Elias Opgenorth
Students will soon be required to take more science and math classes as well as display proficiency in a variety of essential skills, such as reading, writing and math. So basically, you have to pass the state tests and take more math. Here’s exactly what your class needs to do:
Class of 2011 Class of 2013 Class of 2011- Chill, seniors. No new requirements will go into effect between now and June. Phew...
Class of 2012 Class of 2012- Juniors will now be required to demonstrate proficiency in reading and comprehending text in order to achieve their diplomas. The easiest way to demonstrate this skill is by passing the Oregon Assessment on Knowledge and Skills (OAKS) test, which 92 percent of our juniors have already passed. You may also meet the requirement by passing the benchmark on approved standardized tests (PSAT, SAT, ACT, etc) or by submitting work samples that pass an official scoring guide for the State of Oregon. In addition, juniors are now required to have three years of science classes and six semesters of a second language, an art class, and/or a career and technical ed. class. Proportionately, only 12 elective credits will now be required rather than 18.
If you have any questions or concerns about these new requirements, you can visit www. GetReadyOregon.org or www. ode.state.or.us/go/diploma for extra information.
Class of 2013- Along with the same requirements as the juniors, sophomores will also have to prove that they can write clearly and accurately in order to reach their diplomas. Once again, the easiest way to do this is to pass the OAKS writing test that will be administered to the sophomores later this year. If a student does not pass, he or she may retake the test, or pass some other approved standardized testing form.
Class of 2014 Class of 2014- New math requirements will go into effect. To get a diploma, students graduating in 2014 must have three years of Algebra I level math or higher. Luckily, thanks to the brilliant math program implement by our high school’s math teachers, all our students are on track to graduate, so long as they pass all their classes. In addition to all other requirements, freshman will also have to prove they can apply mathematics in a variety of settings by passing an approved mathematics assessment.
Advisory hits Ashland High by Elias Opgenorth After years of behind-the-scenes work, including dozens of lost late-start Fridays and hundreds of meeting hours, the administration is finally implementing the first of many personalized plans to make the high school experience more relevant to the student’s life. It is called Advisory and will be part of the new schedule that is to go into effect at the beginning of the 2011-12 school year. Like a homeroom, Advisory will be made up of kids in the same grade, who meet with their advisor four times a week between the first two periods of the day. They will meet two days a week as advisory and the other two days will be office hours, a chance for students to get help in specific classes. The goal is for the students to create long term plans for after high school and figure out ways to make their education at AHS relevant towards achieving their goals. Advisors can instruct students on what classes to take in order to get them into the colleges they want and inform kids about programs that can help them achieve their goals, whether going to Harvard or getting their GED. Along with academic counseling, Advisory will also be a time for students to create connections with their teachers. Advisors will have the same group of students for four years, which allows plenty of time for bonding. If you need help, advice or guidance, they will be there for you. It will be the teacher’s jobs to stick with their kids from freshman orientation to graduation day and ensure that every one of their students has a friend at Ashland High. If students are having trouble adjusting in any aspect of school or life, their advisor will help them. In order to incorporate advisory into the schedule, classes for next year will be shortened and office hours will be during Advisory every other day.
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by Michaela Anderson Model United Nations: This year Ashland High School will be representing China and Indonesia. Students involved have been meeting with Ashland High’s Chinese teacher, Guo Xuan, as well as watching movies in order to prepare for the conference. Math Team: The Math Team will compete in its second meet Nov. 9. Jazz Improv: Jazz Improv will be held on Nov. 10 and Nov. 23 this month. No previous jazz experience necessary. Gay Straight Alliance: Representatives from the GSA will be visiting freshmen health classes. Also, GSA is planning a transgender day of remembrance on the Quad. Key Club: On Nov. 13 the Key Club will be helping out at the food bank. National Honor Society: The next meeting will be held on Nov. 19 to plan for Winter Formal. Drama Club: Throughout November, Drama Club will be hosting a series of guest speakers from OSF during lunch on Wednesdays. Interact Club: Interact club will be hosting a charitable dance in mid to late November. Exact date, theme and cause to be announced. SADD Club: Students Against Destructive Decisions has been rejuvenated. Meeting times are TBA.
by Sarah Kasiah Talent Show: Do you have a special talent? Sign up in the Main Office to audition for the annual Ashland High School Talent Show! Auditions will be held in the Upper Commons at 2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 8 and Wednesday, Nov. 10. The show will take place in the Mountain Avenue Theatre on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. Tickets will be sold for $7 at the door. Blacklight Bash: On Friday, Nov. 19 from 9 to 11:30 p.m. in the AHS small gym, there will be a blacklight dance that no student will want to miss. Tickets will be $6 at the door; if you bring a can of food for the canned food drive, your ticket will only cost $5. Wear white and neon colors so you glow under the blacklights as you groove with your friends to some funky tunes. Canned Food Drive: The Ashland Food Bank is in need of non-perishable food items and the Ashland School District is going to help! All of the schools will be competing against each other to see who can collect the most canned food items. The winning school will get a mystery prize. There will be trash bins around campus for students to put items in. The cans will be presented at the holiday assembly in the gym on Dec. 17, so start bringing in cans of food on Nov. 29. Let’s win the prize!
Nov 4, 2010
What went wrong on Drury Lane? by Jack Thomas & Angus Stewart
Where are the chocolate chip muffins? Will they return? The chocolate chip muffins were taken off the menu because they violated almost all the nutritional guidelines stated in the HB2650 law. The HB2650 is a statewide statute that sets nutritional standards for foods and beverages sold outside the National School Lunch and School Breakfasts Programs during the school day. So, are they coming back? NO! At least not for the time be-
Circle up, ladies by Rhianna Terrien Drugs, alcohol and relationships are frequent topics that flood the hallways of AHS. Students’ academics and extracurricular activities leave them little time to talk about their problems. Finding time in schedules is a balancing act that is frustrating and can lead to stress. Fortunately, the Girls Circle is open to AHS female students willing to speak, as well as listen to others speak, about issues important to them. The AHS Girls Circle is centered on girl empowerment through discussion. The circle is organized by seniors Sierra Kistler and Maile Raymond as their senior project. The girls are also co-mentoring the program with adults Renée Riley-Adams from The Rose Circle Mentoring Network and Liz Edwards, an AHS graduate. Unlike many circles around the Rogue Valley , the AHS Girls Circle is free. Meetings will be two hours long with a wide variety of discussion and a few guest speakers. The mentors emphasize a strict level of confidentiality. Each member participating is free to talk about her own experiences and what is important to her. Girls are encouraged to attend meetings, even if they do not feel fully committed to the club. For more information pick up a flyer in the counseling office. Open Girls Circle meets Nov. 2, 10, 17 and 23. After Thanksgiving break, there will be a set group of eight to twelve girls.
ing. However, the ladies in the Crossroads Café are hard at work trying to find a delicious version of the chocolate chip muffin that meets the rules set by the HB2650. Gema Soto, Foods Services Director, said, “It’s difficult to make a filling, scrumptious and healthy chocolate chip muffin. We can make a delicious chocolate chip muffin, but it would be a much smaller size. This is why we have decided to go with the more filling and equally delicious fruit muffins.”
He’s electrifyin’ by Caytie Siegl Celine Dion, Billy Joel, Lenny Kravitz: ever heard of them? Probably. How about Mark Wood? Probably not. The Grammy Award winning rock violinist has collaborated with these three icons and is bringing his unique talent to Ashland. He will be bringing along his “Electrifying Your Strings” program and will be helping the AHS Orchestra and Choir students expand upon their talent. Accompanying him will be the powerhouse vocalist Laura Kaye. The main event of the visit is a concert featuring the Emmy Award winning composer on Nov. 17 in the AMS Large Gym. Tickets can be purchased at Paddington Station, through students in AHS, from the AMS Orchestra or the AHS Choir, for $10. Bring along your siblings; children 6 and under are free.
Important Dates Nov. 7: Daylight Saving Time ends Nov. 9: University of Puget Sound visits @ 8 a.m. Nov. 10: Western Oregon University visits @ 8 a.m. Nov. 11: Veteran’s Day (No School)
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A Letter from the Editor: Thank you for your support We are lucky to live in Ashland. For those of us who have grown-up with the Ashland School District, the union between the community and the school is remarkable. With the student’s intent to learn and the parent’s willingness to provide there is an extraordinary foundation for education. This marriage is unique
not only in the state, but in the nation. We thank all of the supporters who reach into their shrinking wallets to fund our education. The contributions from the community to the Ashland Schools Foundation have helped AHS to be recognized as one of the top public high schools in the nation. This is an incred-
ible achievement. The results of such an encouraging environment are shown not only in sports, where excellence is an expectation, or on the stage, where regional and state awards are the norm, but also in the classrooms where a hunger for learning is present. Ninety-four percent of last year’s graduates went on to attend a sec-
ondary school, some to the most prestigious in the country. We at Rogue News are grateful for the partnership with the community. This year we look forward to reporting on the history, trends and people of Ashland.
Should a man always pay for a woman’s meal? Photo by Laurel Sager
by Angelica Florio
Angelica’s Pearly Gates Dante’s Inferno
My eighty-five year old grandma once shared some advice with me: “If he’s not paying, there’s no point in going.” As much as I love and respect my grandmother, I do not believe that these words are among her wisest. This rule of thumb might have been applicable in the 1940s, but times have changed Grandma. Thanks to the Women’s Rights Movement, it is no longer a man’s job to pay for dinner. Don’t get me wrong; I enjoy a free meal just as much as any other free loading teen, but I must admit that I enjoy my dignity more. When you think about it, your parents have always been the ones to pay for your meals. If your date is taking this role of your parents’, should he also take the role of grounding you when you’ve done something wrong? That is the message you are sending when you allow someone else to pay for your dinner. When it comes time to pay for her small Greek salad with low fat dressing on the side and the waiter places that ever symbolic black book on her table, the girl usually sinks into her chair and smiles sweetly as her date reaches for his wallet.
This is not okay ladies; it is time to take charge and flex your feminist muscles. Do you think that Oprah lets Steadman pay for the bill? The minute the man is handed the tab, he is handed all of the power. Dante is the perfect example of a man on a power trip; just last week he ordered me to make him a sandwich. This is exactly what I am trying to prevent. So ladies, please, do me a favor and order some Fettuccini Alfredo and show your independence by paying the bill every once and a while. This way, he can save his money on your food and use it for a beautiful diamond ring instead.
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Ladies and gentlemen, as soon as men give up the responsibility for paying for lunch, we may no longer be able to truthfully call ourselves “ladies” or “gentlemen.” Luncheons have long been the venue for meetings between men and women in polite society. There is a strict code of etiquette dating back to feudal Japan. If a samurai failed to pay the bill, he had dishonored his ancestors and had to commit ritual suicide. Let’s get one thing straight: I, like my opponent, am a feminist. I believe that women should be allowed to wear pants and that bra burning is a spectacular form of political activism. I believe that women are perfectly
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by Dante Toppo capable of paying for themselves. That is why I also believe that men should do it for them. For the past millennia women served men, forced to do things males are quite capable of doing themselves: cooking the meals, cleaning the house, bearing the children. Okay. Maybe not that last one, but the point still stands. Now men, this doesn’t mean we can’t ask for a sandwich every now and again, but it’s time to serve your feminine counterparts for a change. Hold the door, take their coat and stop wearing Axe body spray. It’s the least we can do after a few thousand years of oppression. Ladies, you have to understand that paying for lunch is how we men say, “we’re sorry” for not letting you vote until 1920. My opponent argues that paying for lunch is sexist, but this little angel has her head in the clouds about real sexism. Women receive only seventy-two percent of a male’s salary. This is unacceptible. Men have an obligation to make up for that deficit. I see no reason why such reparations can’t be made in the form of caramel frappuccinos and marionberry scones. Finally, some say men and women should “split the bill.” Ladies and gentleman “sharing the cost, each according to their own expenses” sounds a little bit too much like communism for this humble observer. So boys, pick up the tab... for America.
Commemorating the success o
of the Ashland High School yearbook
Photos by Laurel Sager and Olivia Fidler
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Nov 4, 2010
All Aboard the Internship!
by Erin Keoppen & Elle Swarttouw
Internships are unquestionably important, as organizer Mr. McKinnon said, “The major focus for our staff, school and district is to prepare students for the careers and technology of the 21st century.” There are two ways the internship process works: students may approach internship organizer Mr. McKinnon with prearranged internships seeking a way to get credit for their internship or students are referred to McKinnon and arrange an internship of their choice. “Community employers are calling me up and voicing their interests in having high school interns, and I have to tell them there is no one to fill the position right now because of the lack of students,” McKinnon said. Currently, there are 15 juniors and seniors in the internship program and AHS would like to double that by next semester. In order to receive an elective credit for an internship, a student must complete 100 hours of their internship within the school year. “In your generation, jobs and careers will be changed completely, and I think it is critical
Possible Internships:
Department of Veterans Affairs Provides career exposure to students wanting to learn more about public service, government, business, medicine, or mental health. Internship placement is based on applicant’s interest in the fields above. Elementary and Middle School Education This is a great chance for students considering a career in teaching. Student interns will be required to write a short proposal that states their level of interest (age group, subject matter) and their weekly availabilForest Restoration and Trail Building There are a variety of placement possibiliPhoto by Laurel Sager AHS junior Collin Downey at his internship with Downey Co. ties through Lomakatsi for students invested in any of the above restoration and conservation related careers. to create authentic opportunities for students Sustainable Agriculture and Construction to be in real situations that simulate career choices down the road,” McKinnon said. So 2000 AHS graduate Morgan Pierce has provided an opportunity catered consider doing an internship today! to students passionate about sustainability, organic gardening, woodworking, construction and working with farm animals.
Getting the job done
Need an Intern? by Ian Wurfll
Here’s some helpful advice to help you get that internship. by Ian Wurfl
1. Make sure your resume is PERFECT, formatted correctly, with no grammatical errors. Make sure to include references and other community projects you’ve been involved in.
2. Do some research. Make sure that you are finding out about all of the internships that are available and that are of interest to you. Be prepared to do some busy work in order to reach your ultimate goal.
3. Stay organized. Make sure you keep track of the people you’ve
called- and the people you haven’t. Always leave your name and a call back number. Be persistent-with the internship(s) at the top of your list.
4. Write cover letters for each internship possibility. 5. Prepare for an interview. Practice answers for basic questions. Do your homework and find out background information about the company. Knowledge is especially powerful when you are trying to impress an interviewer.
6. Follow through. Right after the interview, write a letter thanking the company for the time they took to interview you.
7. Await a reply. Congratulations on your accomplishment. You may even have multiple internship offers; good luck and have fun!
Are you feeling...
A. The stress of disorganization B. The terror of the workload glaring you down from the file cabinet C. The melancholy of being alone D. All of the above Having an intern in the workplace can be a very positive experience for both the business owner and the intern. If you feel like an intern is the right choice for you, then contact Ashland High School’s Matthew McKinnon at 541-482-8771 x196
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Nov 4, 2010
Postseason or bust
OSAA reclassification leaves AHS without a traditional conference
Number of Schools:
by Neil Presicci Loners, outcasts, refugees: these are all words that have been used to remind AHS athletes of their school’s status as an independent. The term independent may have a nice ring, but this is no Notre Dame-esque situation. There will be no broadcasting agreement with NBC, and our football team is not the most eligible bachelor for a bowl game. The new OSAA reclassification and the logistical nightmare that ensued have left hundreds of AHS student-athletes on the outside looking in. With no legitimate conference championship to play for, and in many cases just one or two important games against Eagle Point each season, some have been left searching for the meaning of games that in the past have been spirited conference showdowns. When asked about his opinion on the lack of a classic conference schedule, AHS super fan Marley Schwartz summed things up: “The kids at Ashland High love to support their teams, but when there’s only one or two games that really matter, it’s tough to get the real school spirit that we’re looking for.” Every four years, the OSAA meets to reclassify athletic conferences based on school enrollment numbers. This past year when it came time to reclassify, fluctuating enrollment and inconsistent projections left Ashland High and Eagle Point as the only two 5A schools south of Eugene, while Mazama and Klamath Union moved to 4A and Crater to 6A. As a result, each and
Enrollment Range: AHS Enrollment:
37
870-1,479
1,030
EPHS Enrollment:
1,250
Head-to-Head Record this fall:
7-1
5A Schools in Oregon Southern Oregon Hybrid schedules, they will play Eagle Point for the number-one Southern Oregon playoff spot. Eagle Point’s athletic programs have consistently underachieved and have failed to be competitive in most sports throughout the years. In the end, it is postseason or bust for Ashland and Eagle Point. Playoffs will be the only opportunity for many teams to demand the respect they deserve. Each team sport will get a spot in the playoffs; the only variable is the seeding, based on their showdown with Eagle Point. It is the responsibility of every athlete and team to show the rest of the state that AHS is a worthy opponent, one that should be scooping up conference championships on to the way to the ultimate goal: state championships.
The sisters Kasiah The Rogue News Sports Department has selected sisters Sadie and Sarah Kasiah as the Co-players of the Month for October. Sarah and Sadie are a dominant duo in the pool, and their spectacular play has earned them statewide recognition. Over the course of 16 games, the siblings combined to score an astounding 98 goals, an average of more than six per game. Despite being only a ninth-grader, Sadie
miles that the AHS boys and girls cross-country teams run in an average week
2,060
yards of total offense that senior Jake Scarminach has compiled through 8 games for the AHS Football team
boys varsity soccer team’s current OSAA state ranking
By the Numbers by Jonathan Mills
6,6,6
number of sophomores, juniors, and seniors on the varsity girls soccer team
127
goals the girls water polo team had in their first 16 games
Players of the month: by Rogue News Sports Department
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Photo Illustration by Zack Hartman
every sports program at AHS has a different schedule than the next, playing teams from any one of four conferences in “league play.” The new scheduling inconsistencies have eliminated the classic rivalries with Crater and other Southern Oregon teams. Because of their 5A classifications, even programs with full Southern Oregon Hybrid schedules will not be recognized as conference champions, although in most cases individual athletes will still have an opportunity to receive all-conference honors. “It’s unfortunate that we didn’t get into a traditional league, but we’ll make the best of it,” said AHS Athletic Director Karl Kemper, who last year spent months fighting the OSAA to get each sport a place in a uniform league. If teams don’t have
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Sisters Sadie and Sarah Kasiah looking for the net.
has already posted impressive stats for the girls water polo team this season, adding 10 assists and 12 steals to go along with her goal scoring. With the success that Sadie is having in her first season, everybody expects big things from her in years to come. In the 5A/4A conference tournament, Sarah, a junior at AHS, was awarded the MVP. She was also recently honored as first team all-conference and conference MVP.
Photos by Alex Georgovich
“It’s been fun working hard and getting better this season, while teaching and mentoring my sister,” Sarah said about the 2010 season. Sadie and Sarah Kasiah have led the Grizzlies to an undefeated conference record this season and have their eyes set on a state title. Best of luck to the Kasiahs and to the rest of the girls water polo team.
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games the boys water polo team has lost in the last three seasons
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kills recorded by Samantha Boehnke in the volleyball team’s victory against North Medford on senior night
Thespian
Alumni Where are
they now? by Ryan Mills
It has become evident, over the years, that the Ashland High School Theater Department has produced excellence. While the current show “Noises Off ” is being produced, we decided to take a look at the department’s past alumni. What was discovered was not unexpected: complete success.
Josh Houghton: Graduated from
American Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts—hired at Hilton Head Theatre in South Carolina as ensemble in “Hello, Dolly!” and will understudy the role of Ambrose.
Steffi Garrard: Understudy for “Mary Poppins” in National Tour.
Jackson Rowe: Third assistant director and miscellaneous crew on many films, including “Twilight” and “The Guardian.”
Sol Weisbard: Lighting designer for
Yale. Now a Professional Lighting Designer for many theater companies.
Rex Young: OSF Actor for 4 seasons. Orion Bradshaw: Ensemble in
Oregon Shakespeare’s 2010 production of “Hamlet.”
Romance, Sardines and doors- Oh My! The cast of Noises Off from left to right: Eoghan McDowell, Drew Starmer, Noah Yaconelli, Pia Marchetti, Uriel Worlfe-Blank, Aurelia Grierson, Rachel Kaiser, Tay Smith, Rachel Thorton
by Amelia Farber Many actors can attest to the fact that it is often funnier behind the curtain than in front of it, no matter where you sit in the audience. “Noises Off,” a play about such a situation, is a farce by English playwright Michael Frayn. It sports all sorts of odd British humor coupled with misunderstandings, missed cues and lost players.
For people who have experienced the insanity and collaboration that must happen in tandem for a show to be a success, the endless backstage inside jokes in “Noises Off ” will strike a chord. Each of the three acts of “Noises Off ” contains either a dress rehearsal or a performance of the play-within-a-play, “Nothing On,” which the characters of “Noises Off ” are rehearsing. Backstage romances, quarrels and general calamity
Director Spotlight
tor in television and stage.
Lezlie Cross: Researcher for OSF. Wade McCollum: American film
actor, stage actor and musician, is a member of the Actors’ Equity Association and Screen Actors Guild.
David Fincher:
Professional director. He has directed films such as “Fight Club”, ‘The Social Network”, and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”
So, where can I get the Tickets?!
Online at www.showtix4u.com, at Paddington Station down town, at Tree House Books in the plaza, or at the Music Coop
add to the hilarity of the overall performance. If you are a theatergoer who has always been interested in dabbling in the art itself, “Noises Off ” will provide a peek behind the looking glass to the often crazy world of acting on stage. “Noises Off ” and “Nothing On” will clarify all presumptions of backstage theater, throwing the masked lives of the performers onto the main stage itself.
Word on the stage isHouse – the audience area
Shana Cooper: Professional Direc-
Who is he: Kyle Haden is the mastermind behind the magic of “Noises Off ”.
A brief resumé: four years with Colorado
Shakespeare Company, seven years acting and working with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, additional commercial work. He is now teaching theater at SOU. Why he chose “Noises Off ”: “It’s a fun look at the theater… a different point of view that other people have.” Also, “It’s the funniest comedy in the last 50 years!” Why he’s awesome: The charismatic, successful young Thespian is infamous for acting stone-cold serious one moment, and bursting into laughter the next.
Photo by Amelia Farber
Wings- sides of the stage. Downstage – an actor’s or prop’s blocking (position) at the front of the stage, closer to the audience. Upstage – an actor’s or prop’s blocking (position) at the back of the stage, further back from the audience. Booth – the window-covered space behind the audience where sound and light technicians run the tech cues from. Voms – walled passageways connecting the audience and the stage, for use by actors making exits or entrances in front of the proscenium. Technical – a run of the show with all the technical aspects put in place (lights, sound cues, set pieces, and props). Dress – a run of the show with costumes. Quick Change – a costume change that happens backstage with help from a personal costumer so the actor can get back onstage quickly.