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Senior Mural

News Briefs

by Natalie Acheatel

Fresh Start Fresh Start is an incredible opportunity for incoming freshmen as well as upper classmen to bond.

The Retreat dates this upcoming summer will be

•August 24 to 25

•August 26 to 27

•August 30 to 31 Those that applied to be counselors will find out if they are accepted as counselors by mid-June via mail, and the counselors retreat will be from August 21 to 22.

Leadership Workshop The Student Leadership Workshop will take place Monday, August 13, for all club leaders and organizers in order to learn how to lead their club effectively. There will also be a requirement for the club to have a presence at registration on August 15, 16, and 17. If you will be a club leader for school year 2012/13, come to this workshop on August 13 in the AHS IVC room

Mr. Grizz Congratulations go out to Forrest Kollar for being crowned Mr. Grizz. Garrett Ewing raised the most money, with a total of $914.70. In all, our Grizz guys raised $3,629.17. With additional contributions during the event, a total of $5,389.17 was raised.

All money went to the Children’s Miracle Network!

ASD Retiring Faculty Bonnie McCracken - AMS Joyce Schlecht - Belleview Nancy Keim - Walker Diana Warner - AMS Mel Ginsberg - Helmen & John Muir Susan Hollandsworth - Helman Jill Turner - District Office

O’Dougherty working on her masterpiece

photo by Anja Harriss

Maya Zundel: Award-Winning Writer

by Maya Terry-Shindelman AHS junior Maya Zundel recently discovered that she was one out of four winners in Oregon for the National Achievements Award from the National Council of Teachers of English. The program selected 274 juniors across the nation out of the 1,107 that applied. Zundel was one of them.

The Senior Mural is a tradition at Ashland High School that started when students continuously vandalized the outside of the English Building. Later, when the building was reroofed, panels were put in so the tradition would be a more school sanctioned ritual.

Each year, the artist is chosen by leadership and Principal Michelle Zundel. The quad, during the 2012/13 school year, will be graced by senior Mia O’Dougherty’s mural of the Mayan calendar. “[The calendar] represents change rather than death,” O’Dougherty said. This change is depicted in a fresh way, instead of the cliché, that predicts the end of the world.

“Art was a huge part of my education at the Waldorf [school], and I’ve always found comfort in being creative. I like the concept of painting a mural because it is an opportunity to reach more people,” O’Dougherty stated.

The application asked for two different entries, one consisting of a given prompt, while the other was much more open ended, suggesting a composition that best exemplifies the students’ writing. Zundel chose to write a short story about a man who replaces three bullets with ones that were not made properly. In the end, each effect of the incorrectly made ammunition produces a different reaction, ranging from good to bad, and ending with one that leaves the reader feeling unsure.

“My inspiration was ‘Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows,’” Zundel said, “I was watching the movie, and the bullets that were flying around the screen. It got me thinking.”To read Maya’s fu

AHS: Silver Once Again

by Natalie Acheatel

“Earning a silver medal is a big deal because it highlights the fact that Ashland High School provides a great education for all students: those who are college-bound and those who are the least advantaged in our community,” Michelle Zundel said. Once again, AHS has been recognized as a Silver Medal School by the US News & World Report. AHS was assessed in two areas. Students that perform better than statistically expected for the average student in the state on reading and math assessments. Additionally, the “least advantaged” students perform better than average for similar students in Oregon in math and reading. If a school meets the first two criteria, then they are assigned a “college readiness score” using the Advanced Placement Tests to assess the performance of seniors who achieve a score of three or better on at least one test.

This honor puts AHS in the top five percent of high schools throughout the country. In comparison with other schools in Oregon, AHS is truly impressive. The gold

medal schools tend to be smaller schools such as the International School of Beaverton, located in Aloha, OR. The International School of Beaverton has a total of 226 students and 13 teachers, with a 17:1 student to teacher ratio, compared to AHS with 1,075 students and 61 teachers, with a 24:1 student to teacher ratio.

Superintendent of Ashland School District, Juli DiChiro said, “I am very excited that AHS continues to be recognized as such a wonderful place to learn. The award is further evidence that when effective teachers combine with engaged students and a supportive community, we can create learning environments where all students can be successful. My sincere congratulations go out to entire high school staff, and all of the other wonderful educators in our schools who keep our students in the center of all that they do.”

This honor recognizes all K-12 staff and is a testimony to the wonderful work of our students, teachers, staff, families and community.

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Key Note Speaker: Glenna Stiles

by Emily Odion

photo by Anja Harriss

At Ashland High School, it is traditional for the key note speaker for graduation to be chosen by the senior leadership members. This year they selected Glenna Stiles, current Dean of Students.

The key note speaker is an orator with great wisdom who is meant to speak last and offer advice for the graduates and encouragement for their future years. “I am both excited and nervous,” Stiles explained enthusiastically. “This role generally requires a lot of respect, and I really want to do it right!”

Rarely is the key note speaker a member of the AHS staff, so the speech can be seen as a testimony to how respected Stiles is

by the students. “I think that it is fitting for her to be chosen,” Principal Michelle Zundel said with a smile. “It shows how beloved she was here since it is such a great honor.”

Next year, Stiles will be the principal of Helman Elementary and she will be sorely missed by AHS. This speech is a chance for her to recap on her eight years at Ashland high school and talk about her feelings about leaving with the seniors. “I feel like I am graduating too,” Stiles added. “I’m glad that I can share this experience with the seniors because we are probably going to be thinking some of the same things about this time.”

Glenna wears a graduating class crown

Coasting To An End Senior All Night 2012

Get ready for the ride of your life!

This year’s class of graduating seniors will depart just hours after their June 8 graduation for the Six Flags Amusement Park in Vallejo, California. Organized by the parents of the grads, the new idea came about when they realized the difficulty of organizing the event at the Family Fun Center, where the night is traditionally held, and decided that doing something bigger might attract more students.

Each grad will pay $55, which is just half of what the trip had originally cost because the parents were able

by Delaney Swink to raise so much money. “We were even able to raise money in order to grant scholarships to those who can’t afford it,” co-head organizer Julie Kasiah said. “That was one of our biggest fears. It would have been horrible if some people couldn’t go just because they couldn’t afford it.”

When asked about the goal of the night, Kasiah responded with the parents’ mission statement: “The Senior All Night party is a parent and community response to provide a safe and fun environment for the graduates, where they can make memories that will last a lifetime.”

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Farewell to the class of 2012 Marley Schwartz,senior class president, presents: An Arc of Visibility As I take my final few morning strolls from Lincoln down to the island we call the half moon, I can’t help but reminisce on my time sailing the seas of Ashland High School. Looking back on those times, I realize how much this voyage has changed the class of 2012, along with myself.

Freshman year we hoisted our sails and let the winds of high school take us. It has been a great journey to say the least. We’ve encountered the tidal wave catastrophe of “Domecoming,” the retiring of a great captain by the name of Schlect, and now we smoothly sail towards the glorious port called “graduation.”

The change I noticed in our class was how we went from a bunch of small groups of friends who mostly kept to themselves, to a group of people who can all relate in some way. In my speech to win the presidency, I said that I thought that this class was truly unique, and it has only proven to be true. Looking at this class makes me truly proud to be a part of it.

Now as we prepare to dock into summer freedom, we can only be excited for where our sails take us next. So now as the sun sets on the voyage of high school we can only be thrilled, because now, rather than watching the sunset on another school year, we look to see what’s over the horizon.

Class of 2012

illustration by Amelia O’Dougherty

Class color: Indigo Class flower: Tigerlily Class song: Up, Up and Away, by Kid Cudi Class quote: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.

Dream. Discover.”

-Mark Twain

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A long time ago and far, far away, there was a young girl who knew that she wanted to be a teacher when she grew up. She never wanted to be anything else. When she graduated from college in 1969, she became a high school history teacher. Time passed and in 2003 a new chapter began.

She became a high school cooking teacher. And what an extraordinary chapter it has been. Teaching cooking has been the most fun I have ever had in the classroom. The average day includes multiple belly laughs,

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” And so I am. I am saying farewell to twenty-five extraordinary years of sailing on the Goodship Edupop! With heavy heart and tears in my eyes—OK, tears streaming down my cheeks—I hang up my hat as full-time teacher—and, yes, student. Thank you, Ashland.

Thank you students, colleagues, parents, and community for sharing with me your love, friendship, support, laughter, and tears, your struggles, triumphs, heartbreaks, achievements, and dreams. My life is richer, and I am a better person because of you.

Thank you!

And while this parting is one of such sweet sorrow, I am filled with gratitude for the many gifts I have

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many chuckles, good smells, good tastes, and lots of good conversation with amazing kids. I teach because I love it. I love it because working with kids gives me so much hope. I thank all of the students that I have taught, met, and fed. I thank all of the staff for their hard work and dedication.

I thank the ladies I teach with for all the support, good jokes, bad jokes, and friendship. It’s been a blessing working with all of you.

received on this amazing journey. I am eager to see what this new voyage shall offer me—a life out from under the fluorescent lights and into the fresh air and sunshine, welcoming the myriad opportunities and experiences that await me as I embark upon new things I thought I could never do!

Oh, yeah…a little PS: Remember, whatever you choose to do in life, do it for the right reason but be willing to pay the consequence or joyously reap the rewards.

Walk in love!

Write an article they said, sounds so simple. I have picked this up and put it down several times. To write about it brings back memories that are both pleasant and difficult.

It’s hard to put into words what it feels like to leave this place, as it has been a huge part of me for so many years.

I will miss the myriad of conversations around the jolly rancher bowl. I will miss my most excellent Advisory and the fun and trust we share. I will miss my amazing and dedicated colleagues whose work inspires me and keeps me coming back for more. I will miss my good friends Michelle

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and Karl and especially Don who supports me even when I screw things up.

I will not miss dealing with parking.

I will not miss detention. I will not miss Morse St. (although I will miss the students ON Morse St.) Thanks for all of the love and hope and realness. I’m taking it all with me across town to Helman to feed the little ones with it. I’ll remember you all fondly (well, MOST of you) and frequently and come back to visit when I need a refill. Go Grizz!

not go well. It means always trying to be better. It means energy bars kept for a hungry student. It means preparing a care package for a graduate in a war zone. It means visiting a grave twenty years later. It means striving to make a difference. And there is no better way to live your life.

What does it mean to be a teacher? It means all that you suspect about grading papers and preparing lessons. It means a number of successes, maybe a state championship or national ranking. But it also means not being able to sleep because of a lesson that did

that I see every day. Thank you students and staff at AHS for being such a supporting community. Although I will miss my job here, I am looking forward to spending time with my husband, two daughters and six grandchildren. THANK YOU ALL! Working at Ashland High School for 28 years has been a pleasure. My favorite part about the school is the students and teachers I get to associate with. After working here for a while I’ve gotten into a daily routine, I will miss talking to the wonderful people

It is difficult to sum up the last 40 years of my life as a teacher. The world has changed since I began my career. In 1972 girls had to wear dresses and boys had to tuck in their shirts! But high school kids are much the same. Over the years my students have kept me young at heart, but have worn me out.

I love teaching. It is challenging work and even though I study and research and plan for each day, I drive up to the building and think, “What will happen today?” Because

they allowed me into their lives and shared their stories with me. They have a way of keeping me grounded in reality and focused on what’s really important. I will dearly miss my incredibly talented, donut eating, senioritis stricken senior advisory students. Thanks for putting up with me all year while I cajoled you into completing your senior projects. I appreciate that your eye-rolling in the beginning of the year replaced with smiles at the end of the year. I am honored to “graduate” with you this June! I feel blessed to have been part of this community and to complete my career at AHS! Go GRIZZ!

I teach people, not just a subject matter, I am often the one who learns the most. I have learned that the biggest kid can be the kindest; I have learned that the smartest student can often help a struggling student better than I can. I have learned that some of my students put on brave faces and walk our halls each day even though their hearts are heavy with sorrow.

So I teach the skills of reading and writing and share worlds that gifted writers have created. What a great life I’ve had so far.

I am approaching retirement with gratitude and excitement. As a Special Education Teacher at AHS for 16 years, I appreciate the opportunities I have had day after day, to assist students in their learning and growth. I have witnessed over and over, courage, humility, perseverance and humor in students as they work to succeed in spite of learning obstacles.

This inspires me. Inspiration has also come from collaborating with a smart and dedicated group of teachers and

illustrations by Amelia O’Dougherty

It’s hard to imagine not getting up and coming to AHS every day of the week. For the last 11 years AHS has been a huge part of my life. What I will really miss are the daily conversations and interactions with all my people. I have enjoyed the camaraderie with our very talented and caring teachers and the close bonds I have developed with my administrative team. I can’t imagine working with a more fun, supportive and hardworking team than Michelle, Karl and Glenna. Glenna is special to me, my partner in crime, we have logged eight years together - it just wouldn’t feel right to be here without her. My goal has always been to help students be successful not just in school but in life. I am grateful

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photos by Anja Harriss and Willa Lineberger-Scholl

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Always a Grizzly In 1987, I started teaching at AHS that fall, Now 25 years later, I’m retiring after all.

So many great memories I have over the years, Great students and colleagues, much laughter, some tears.

I’ve taught so many math classes but just to name a few, Foundations, Algebra, Geometry, Calculus, and Algebra II. Students who I’ve had in class, the hundreds passing through my door, I hope you’ve learned to like math a bit more than you did before.

I’ve been the Math Team coach and, fortunately, success is what we have found.

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administrators.

I believe that literacy is a key to all success and I have relished my role in helping students in the reading and writing processes. I leave AHS knowing that the school community is committed to excellence and that my students will be in good hands.

I am ready to embrace long coffee breaks, bike rides, hiking, writing poetry, lake kayaking and quality family time. My words of wisdom include: work hard, learn from everything, appreciate simple pleasures, laugh often and fall in love (words of Jerry Seinfeld).

With our talented mathletes, trophies and awards abound.

Some have known me as Coach T, too, while on the basketball court.

Long bus rides we endured because we love the sport.

I have taught with 50 minutes to a class and 8 periods in a day, Now 7 periods, advisory, and red/ white days have come our way.

No matter what education brings with budgets and the rest, I have loved teaching math to my students in my classroom – that’s the best!

My 32 years of teaching is coming to an end, I hope to be remembered as a great teacher, colleague, coach, and friend.

In my heart I am a Grizzly and that I will always be.

But now on to new adventures – my husband and me!

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Seniors

Juniors

by Ariana Johnson (freshman)

by Elias Opgenorth (senior)

I have some firsthand experience with seniors: the closer they get to the end, the more obnoxious they become. Early in the year, they are hassled by colleges and there is no room in the mailbox for anyone else’s mail. They freak out over filling out applications and writing and rewriting essays designed only to express their greatness. If those admissions officers saw seniors at school, no one would go to college. They are up at midnight sending in applications seconds before they are due. They then spend the time waiting, angsting, while pretending to be indifferent. After they are admitted, it goes from anxiety to apathy.

And that is only if they decide to go to college. I don’t get the big rush to get out. The way I see it, you only have three options after high school: go to college, saddled with huge debts, go into the military and face danger and potential death or do neither of these and end up working at Wendy’s, washing the grease out of your clothes every night, living in your mom’s basement.

After college applications, prom is the drama generator of the year, regardless of whether or not they go. It is time to go all out and spend their college funds on the perfect night rather than an education, breaking their ankles and crushing their toes in too tight dress shoes and seven inch heels on the obligatory strut to the Armory. Or it’s time to be a sourpuss and claim it is “just senior prom; it’s not like it is the last high school dance, or anything.” Seriously, seniors, a little balance, please?

The seniors are a pain in the rump, but they are troubled souls. They are suddenly being thrust into a steaming pile of responsibility. I could dismiss them with the age-old saying “good riddance to bad rubbish.” But, there are some truly lovely people belonging to the class of 2012. I shall end with this quote, “now I conclude with a wish you go well, sweet be your dreams and your happiness swell.” It was lovely knowing you, now kindly remove yourselves from OUR school.

There are a lot of mixed feelings about the end of the Mayan calendar. While some people scramble for a reason to believe that time will go on, others prepare their doomsday shelters with supplies. Regardless of what scientists predict, or what REM sings about, there is an air of mystery that fogs the coming school year, one that can only be straightened out over time. Personally, I pray to Quetzalcoatl that the world does end on December 21, so that the class of 2013 is never unleashed into the real world.

Within the realm of high school, I can fully tolerate the current junior class.

Their conformity and inability to mature over the years is frightening and upsetting, yet it is nothing more than what is expected of high school students. No class in the remembered history of AHS has ever taken their mundanity to such great lengths, yet the class of 2013 is still able to pass off as a tolerable group of kids who just don’t know any better. Their men remain boyish and primal while their girls stay manipulative and naïve, causing the class to appear as an exact copy of the worst parts of classes who have walked before it, much like Dr. Frankenstein’s monster. When contained in its natural habitat, this appears harmless, nothing more than the physical incarnation of a bad Lindsey Lohan movie. I do not fear the class of 2013 when they are contained by the concrete walls and steel bars of the quad, but once they finally figure out how to escape into the real world, all hell will break loose.

Never mind the fact that many juniors are currently under qualified to pump gas next year, what concerns me are the citizens that will evolve from the class of 2013: mindless, ignorant drones. Never, in my four long years at Ashland High School, have I seen a group of people so bereft of depth, so proficient in conformity and so willing to turn on, tune in and drop out. If these students graduate, without some sort of collective epiphany of cosmic proportions, our future will remain bleak and will leave us wishing that the Mayans had never shown us mercy.

Sophomores

by Maya Zundel (junior)

Of all the classes at Ashland High School the sophomores are, without a doubt, the strangest. These miniscule teeny boppers bounce and elbow around the quad in a pitiful attempt to scratch their way onto the half-moon. They huddle in small, seemingly exclusive conglomerations as they partake in conversations that actually decrease the IQ of those unfortunate enough to hear their nonsensical repartee.

Perhaps the most quixotic of all the aspects that make up the sophomore class is their fashion choices, which never cease to amaze us all. The boys shuffle their way across the concrete wearing boat shoes that have never been within a hundred miles of a yacht. There is an added difficulty to the situation because one must avert their eyes from the pale chests of the sophomore boys that reflect the sun. Their pitiful lack of chest hair pokes out from their flannels that are unbuttoned just one button too far to be attractive in any way.

Let’s not dwell on these miserable neanderthals. Moving on to the girls. It is only socially acceptable to wear so many rings at one time especially if you can’t count the number of rings that you are toting on one hand. Newsflash ladies, tights are not pants! No matter how much money you pay for them or how often you insist, “no! They are yoga pants!” They are not, never have been, and never will be pants by any stretch of the word. Attempting to cover your hinny with an overpriced sweatshirt you bought on urbanoutfitters.com that is made to look like you casually picked it up at an obscure thrift store doesn’t count as pulling together an outfit.

And to both the genders of this class of wise fools, enough with Instagram.

We get it; it’s cool when your pictures have a little border and when you make the edges. But seriously, the millionth picture of you “chillin’ with my bros/besties” is irritating overkill.

Dear sophomores, just stop. It’s never going to work. Sincerely, everyone else on the planet.

illustration by Amelia O’Doughtery

FreshmEn

by Gabe Young (sophomore) It only took me a few days to realize that there are many things wrong with this year’s crop of freshmen. So many, in fact, that I may be pressed for space.

The first and most obvious thing that I noticed about the class of 2015 was their unwillingness to conform to the structural mores of “The Quad.”

By aligning themselves in a middle-quadian position near the lockers, they effectively create a human barrier, which makes life incredibly difficult for individuals who wish to pass through to the other side. One can eventually pick their path through the gaggle, though, as their diminutive stature makes seeing over the top of them quite easy.

While I am all for resisting social stratification (power to the people, man!), activism and demonstration require thinking, planning and a consensual thought processes, clearly beyond the intellectual capacity of these freshmen. Without these key steps, “protest” becomes ignorant and immature, leading me to my next point.

I have also observed that this year’s freshmen, as a whole, exhibit a serious lack of academic prowess. Whether this is a product of societal distractions or anemia of the brain, no one can say, but I am not the only one who has recognized their shortcomings. I realize that it has become a widely held notion that this abomination of a class has basically nothing positive to offer to the general welfare of AHS. From the boys’ flaming-adolescent arrogance to the girls’ sanctuary-polluting, incredibly annoying high-pitched screams and Facebook posts, it is clear that this posse is nowhere near ready for primetime. Maybe it is my faltering memory, but I can’t seem to remember any freshman class that was as helpless as this. If this trend is to continue, so help me God… I have decided that there is only one way to turn the tide. If only AHS was exclusively for grades 10 to 12, the integrity and maturity of its students shall never be called into question again, at least until these freshmen become sophomores.

goodbye and hello

the new and old co-presidents at ahs!

photo by Anja Harriss

Mckenna O’Dougherty

photo by Anja Harriss

port everyone in this school, putting on tail-gate parties, dressing up like superheroes, and braving the pouring rain to attend school events. We have learned so much from the students, and just as much about ourselves. We thank you all so much.

In the words of Jay-Z, “let us die young or let us live forever, we don’t have the power but we never say never.” We put all we had into making this year an unforgettable one, and as we slowly begin to walk away from AHS we will take away all of the laughs, smiles, tears, and love from everyone who has blessed us. Thank you AHS. You will be missed. And as always, stay classy!

Sincerely, Nick and Megan

The new Co-Presidents

My friends often refer to me as “the business woman.” I am happiest when I feel useful and my calendar is full. As a Leadership student here at AHS, I play a part in organizing school-wide events like dances and assemblies. Every white day I work with Ms. French on writing Advisory curriculum, organizing activities and providing a student perspective. Running for co- president was an obvious choice for me because I am invested in this school. I am already searching for ways to infect others with this admittedly strange enthusiasm for the way AHS functions.

In my personal life, I have the same commitment and curiosity. I enjoy being outside above all and have spent the past three summers interning for Leap Camp, leading and guiding groups of kids through challenge courses and facilitating group discussion. Last summer I had the good fortune of working at Fresh Start and I am looking forward to attending all the sessions this year.

During the school year, I row on the ARC crew team. In quiet moments I play guitar and spend time with my family. My dad, Hank, was the Student Body President of his high school and is especially excited that I have the chance to follow in his footsteps. My family keeps me balanced and giggling, they are the reason I am able to do so many interesting and engaging things at school and in my own life.

I plan on being busy next year. I believe that our classmates and teachers have ideas beyond what Sarah and I could ever dream up. I look forward to harnessing our collective influence as a school by listening to these ideas, filling my calendar up and owning that business woman title.

As a kid, my siblings and I read a lot of books, many of which were Dr. Seuss. He had the greatest pictures and quite a bit of wisdom to offer. One of my favorite quotes of his was, “I meant what I said and I said what I meant,” from “Horton Hatches the Egg.” Throughout my life, that quote has stuck with me, as well as the determination to speak my mind and stay true to what I believe in. Whether it’s at track practice, on the soccer field, in the classroom or on the quad, honesty is something I have always valued. For these past years of high school, it hasn’t always been easy to hold on to that approach to life, but at the end of the day I’m always happier in my own skin knowing I spoke my mind. So what does this have to do with being Ashland Student Body Co-President? Everything. We want to make next year not a year of simply talking about things that should happen, but making things happen. McKenna and I are truly dedicated to being honest and realistic and supporting the amazing creativity this school has to offer. I am so excited and grateful for a shot at this leadership position with my amazing and ever graceful partner in crime McKenna O’Dougherty.

On a final note, while many of you may know me as an athlete, or the goof ball at school functions (I love playing both roles), I want every one of you to know me as a girl of my word. I will listen to you, support your ideas, be honest with you and most of all say what I mean and mean what I say. So share any thoughts you have for next year with us! Because I can’t wait for the all the possibilities the school year of 2012/13 has to hold.

NEW Class Officers!

Sophomore Class President: Autumn Henderson-Brazie Sophomore Vice President: Shyann Munro

Sarah Honeywell

Junior Class President: Sadie Kasiah Junior Vice President: Ashlynn Tapp Senior Class President: William Crowley Senior Vice President: Angelina Hess

ASB Vice President: Nathan Ostovar ASB Treasurer: Lily Davidson ASB Secretary: Tori Kosct

photo by Anja Harriss

Nick and Megan camp out on the quad.

Dear AHS, The past year has been somewhat like a dream! We can’t begin to thank the student body and staff at Ashland High School enough for giving us the incredible opportunity we have been given. Our goal was to make everyone feel noticed and appreciated and we hope that we have accomplished that. Working with Leadership and the staff at AHS has been super humbling and we know that you are in good hands next year as McKenna and Sarah take over the ASB position.

We will miss everyone so much and we hope that the students at Ashland High have benefitted from this last year as we have. We worked tirelessly, often times making ourselves look and sound silly, to sup-

Rogue News

June 9, 2012

by Ariel Clark

enough to purchase the luxuries in life.

Let’s cut to the chase, parents tend to be annoying. They might have been cool when you were five, but by the time you become more independent, they become more controlling. It’s time to let your little sister or brother to be the baby and it’s time for you to run free.

It is hard for kids to let go of their comfortable lives in their parent’s cozy homes, but it’s time for you to grow up and for your parents to retire from parenting.

by Grace Rogan

In today’s recession, people are always looking for ways to save a little change here and there. I have the perfect solution: living with your parents. Some people may be itching to get out of their parents clutches, but others, the smarter ones, are willing to spend some more quality time with their parents and live under a free roof.

Especially while attending college, expenses are going to sky rocket and loans will pile up. By not needing to pay room and board will

cartoon by Jonah Freedman

Remember a time when you wanted to be free of parental control? Well, after 18 years of dependence, here’s your chance. When you are 18 you can vote, get a tattoo in Oregon and most importantly, you can move out.

After you graduate from high school, the answer to the question of whether to live with your parents or not is simple: get out of there! Don’t get stuck being that 30 year old that has no friends, no life and no date.

You cannot learn how the real world works if your helicopter parents are always hovering. Even when you are a legal adult, your parents will treat you like a child. They will give you an untimely curfew, a modest dress code and unbelievable long chore list (not including all of the “favors” they ask you to do).

Also, by moving out, you are no longer at the mercy of your parents’ demands. When you live on your own, you are finally free to do as you wish.

After all, no one has ever found success living with their parents. Moving out can help prove how successful you can be.

Of course, money is always an issue when living by yourself, but there are many ways to get by. Get a job, learn how to manage your money and buy only what you need until you save

How long is too long to stay at home after High School?

illustrations by Amelia O’Dougherty

Leaving the nest or Staying to roost

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cut costs at least in half.

Not to mention, you won’t have to worry about a weird roommate or never having the time to clean your room because mom will just take care of it! On top of that you won’t need to use gas or spend time or money on making new friends because you can just spend time with your younger siblings or parents. I don’t know about you, but for me, nothing is more fun than a heated game of cards with my family.

Food is a necessity of life and parents always prepare good food.

So by living at home, you would be guaranteed a home-cooked meal any time you want and a full fridge 24/7.

And who doesn’t like fresh smelling laundry? You can count on at least one clean load a week, folded and hung as desired.

I fully support living at home for many, many years after high school.

But I’m not saying limit yourself by staying in your shell either. There is a fine balance, but saving some cash as you begin your adventure into the great unknown has never hurt anyone.

Ashland High School: survival of the brightest

photo by Anja Ha

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by Olivia Fidler & Elias Opgenorth The four year journey of high school cannot adequately be summarized in a 400 word editorial. It is impossible to print all the mischief, misery, happiness and heartbreak that occurs between Fresh Start and graduation in a single newspaper. The only way for anyone to understand the trials and tribulations of high school is to experience it, and for all you who have yet to complete the voyage, may we suggest that you experience every minute to its fullest potential.

As graduates of Ashland High school, we have learned a lesson or two over the years about how to make high school your pet. And seeing as we no longer need this information anymore, we thought it fit to pass down to the future generations for all to enjoy.

Consider this Elias and Olivia’s Declassified School Survival Guide.

The first and most im-

portant rule of high school is to never take yourself too seriously. You’re young, you’re inexperienced and you’re naïve. Your actions in high school will not define the rest of your life. No matter what you do, you are almost guaranteed a safety net to catch you when you fall. You’ll have second chances for those things that don’t go your way. There will be other colleges, there will be other heartbreaks and there will be other opportunities. Don’t get caught up on one thing and let it ruin the fun; just enjoy the ride.

The next step to conquering high school is knowing what’s important to you. There are so many distractions on the quad that it is hard to stay focused on things that matter. Don’t let gossip and the other sophomoric rituals of high school effect your day. Save the drama for your mama and only let the important things infiltrate your mind. It’s hard enough just surviving high school, you don’t need to add caddy fights to the mix. Know what and who is important at the end of the day and stick to it.

Finally, the best way to dominate high school and leave the halls of AHS satisfied is to experiment. Luckily, the tight-knit community of Ashland provides many opportunities in addition to those provided at AHS. Finding happiness relies on you finding what makes you happy, so don’t be afraid to look. You are more likely to regret the things you didn’t do than the things you did do. When you leave

Ashland at the end of your journey, the worst thing you can carry with you is regret. If you take our community for granted, it will leave you disappointed. Take advantage of the opportunities you have here.

Rogue News has been one of the most stressful, busy, but most importantly, rewarding opportunities we have been a part of in high school. That is all thanks to the community at AHS and Ashland as a whole for contributing ideas and words of wisdom throughout the year. The support from the community has never gone unrecognized. To all those who advertised with us, thank you for your support.

And a special thank you to all the readers who never let our efforts go unrecognized!

Editorial/Designer Board

Editors-in-Chief................Olivia Fidler/Elias Opgenorth Managing Editors.............Emily Bestor/ Delaney Swink Front Page.........................Anja Harriss/Elias Opgenorth News Page.........................Natalie Acheatel/Ian Smeenk Graduation Page...............Delaney Swink/Megan Ganim Teacher Farewell..........Hannah Borgerson/ Bryce Rogan Map Page........................Jericho-Apollo Walker-Roberts Clash of the Classes....... ...........Emily Bestor/ Ian Wurfl Student Government... ....Haley Petersen/ Dylan Molnar Opinion Page......................Ariel Clark/ Elias Opgenorth Sports Page..........................Gabe Young/ Mitchel Harfst Backpage.........................Halie Haynes/ Rhianna Terrien Online Editors.................Erin Keoppen/ Jasper Raynolds ................................................/ Wyler McAninch-Ruenzi Business Manager……...............…..............Christa Tapp

Rogue News

June 8, 2012

A look back at AHS’s five state championships this year

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WHAT’S WRONG WITH CLUB SPORTS?

by Gabe Young

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photos by (clockwise from top left) Alex Georgevitch, Katy Barnard, Anja Harriss, Barnard, Susan Krant, Matthew Aimonetti

by Gabe Young and Mitchell Harfst

Washing away the competition Ashland High School’s first state title of the 2011/12 school year came on November 12, as the AHS boys water polo team prevailed over West Albany in the state championship match. A storied program that has hoisted hardware in many recent years, the squad regained their place atop the podium with a thrilling 11-6 victory. A strong group of players received tournament honors as well, with AHS picking up four first team all-tournament awards and one honorable mention, with senior Forrest Kollar also earning the tournament’s Most Valuable Player award.

Studs in Speedos

from senior Elias Opgenorth in the banked slalom and boardercross, and sophomore Henry Krant in the halfpipe, propelled Ashland into the winners’ circle, a last hurrah for the team’s many graduating seniors.

Duo destroys

Girls doubles tennis stars, sophomore Hanna Greenberg and freshman Vika O’Brien, capitalized a near-perfect season with a run to remember in the state tournament, finishing at the top on May 19. Dropping only one match all season (ironically costing them a conference title), the pair did not lose a single set in the whole tournament, asserting their dominance on the hard clay, and capping their impressive campaign with a resounding 6-3, 6-1 victory over the Hermiston doubles team in the finals. Of AHS’s participants in the state tournament, Greenberg and O’Brien were the only competitors to move past the quarterfinals.

The next title came by way of the pool, as well, when the AHS boys swim 400-yard freestyle relay team captured first on February 18. Comprised of junior Gus Simms, senior Parker Massie, Kollar and senior Kai Staal, the relay team finished with a time of 3 minutes 17.09 seconds, beating out second-place finisher Summit High School by more than a second. Also receiving strong individual finishes in Saturday, May 27 marked the final day of the state other events, the boys swim team went on to capture sectrack tournament. It also marked the day that senior Sam ond place overall.

Jackson returned to the top of the podium after a two-year absence. State champion in the 800-meters his sophomore On March 15 to 17, AHS snowboarders hit the slopes of year, Jackson missed the tournament last year due to an Mt. Bachelor poised for success. Heavy underdogs in the untimely bout of food poisoning. However, nothing of state competition, due to the punitive nature of their home the sort was going to stop him this year, as his time of 1 mountain and its unfortunate mid-season closure, the riders minute 56.27 seconds catapulted him back into the top kept their cool and carved their way to a boys team title. spot. Jackson’s first place was the best finish for the AHS Capitalizing on good finishes from the whole team, rather boys team, who also saw Sam’s twin brother, Ben Jackthan great places from a few individuals, AHS took third son, place fourth in the same race, senior Ian Wurfl place place in three of the four events (slopestyle, banked slalom fourth in the 300-meter hurdles, and its 4x400-meter relay and halfpipe). The consistency, along with top-five finishes team place second.

Tracking the victory

Superstar shredders

We have all seen the banners: red, white and Columbia blue hanging from the rafters, signifying scholastic achievements in various events such as football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, etc. While it may seem like Ashland is a very successful school for its size, those hanging flags don’t even begin to tell the entire story.

It has recently been brought to my attention that the only banners hung in the gym are for OSAA sanctioned school sports.

In other words, clubs sports do not count.

What that means is that AHS’s very own Boys’ Water Polo and Snowboarding, who both captured state titles this past season, won’t get jack-diddly-squat in terms of recognition. Sure, while medals, trophies, and the rare newspaper article are nice gestures, what will be left in 30 years to show future Grizzlies that these teams did something special?

According to AHS Athletic Director Karl Kemper, there are multiple reasons that club sports do not get banners. “Traditionally, clubs sports have not been recognized with banners. When I got here in 2004, nobody even thought about it, and if we start now, how far back do we go to recognize past winners? We also run into an issue of limited space and the cost of the expensive banners,” Kemper shared.

“We potentially could [recognize the club sports] if people feel strongly about it. I’m not opposed.”

It would be a momentous change to start hanging banners for club teams. I looked up the definition of “team” in the dictionary to try to make a point, and while the first definition I came across was little help to me (two or more draft animals harnessed to the same vehicle), I found another that struck me: a number of persons associated together in work or activity. Is the bond shared between teammates on a club sport any different than the bonds shared between teammates of a school-sanctioned one? Is the desire to succeed and to best represent AHS any different from club sports to school ones? No, not at all.

Since all teams are in fact teams, shouldn’t they all be rewarded and recognized the same? I say open up the rafters to club sports. Give these state champions the kudos that they deserve, and facilitate a rise in Grizzly pride.

Instructions

Ashland High School:

The Board Game

1. Designate one coin for everyone to flip, and have each player use a small object to mark their place on the game board.

2. The numbers in the left or right corner of the spaces represent the order in which you should follow.

3. The player who is the oldest gets to flip first.

4. Flip a coin to determine how many spaces you move on the game board. If the coin lands on heads, then move ahead one space. If the coin lands on tails, then move ahead two spaces.

5. As you progress in the game, the closer you get to graduating from Ashland High School.

6. The first player to reach the end of the game board graduates first and wins!

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