September 2016

VOL. CII IS. I

September 29, 2016

Fresh Start 2016

By Liv West

At Fresh Start, the mission is always to bring people closer together through team building exercises.

Students new to Ashland High School are encouraged to leave their comfort zones and challenge themselves. The enthusiasm exhibited by the couselors assists the new students in feeling that they are an important part of the school.

This feeling of acceptance and love is carried over into the school year, and is an amazing part of what makes Ashland High School a great place to learn. It is the sense of belonging.

Photos courtesy of Cedar Barnes

TEACHER Jeanne Curty Jeanne Curty is a former Ashland High School (AHS) teacher, but has taught Ashland Middle School 7th and 8th graders for the past two years. Curty now teaches 9th grade Humanities and Senior Seminar. She has been in the education sector for over twenty years. Her favorite thing about AHS (and teaching in general) is the students.

Fun Fact: Curty enjoys riding motorcycles with her husband.

Amanda McGrew After teaching for two years at Central Medford High School and one year at Crater High School, Amanda McGrew transferred to AHS to teach 10th grade Humanities, English Lit and Senior Seminar. She already loves AHS for its strong sense of community and welcoming atmosphere.

Fun Fact: McGrew was an actress before going back to school for her teaching license.

Jennifer Bein Jennifer Bein comes to AHS from Oklahoma, after fifteen years of working with children with Down’s Syndrome. Her incredibly inspiring, yet taxing job leaves her with a strong foundation to teach this year’s Geometry and Algebra 1A classes. Fun Fact: If she could bring any fictional characters to life, she would choose Calvin and Hobbes.

Meggean Bos-Marquez Meggean Bos-Marquez moved to Ashland from Soldotna, Alaska. She has been teaching for 16 years and will be teaching Leadership, Computer Programming, and Grizz Academy this year.

Bos-Marquez says that her favorite part of AHS so far is how welcoming and helpful her students have been.

Fun Fact: Bos-Marquez is a two-time cancer survivor.

photos and writing by Rogue News staff

Eugene Mandell Eugene Mandell attended college at University of California, Los Angeles. After a career in business, Mandell decided to go into teaching. He has since taught at multiple Oregon schools as a Social Studies and Spanish teacher.

He is the Speech and De- bate teacher at AHS. Mandell is excited to promote the Speech and Debate program this year.

Fun Fact: Mandell collects

Jerry Garcia ties.

FEATURE Shiloh Powers

Jerry Roscher

Shiloh Powers came to AHS after five years of teaching at the Outdoor School in Corvallis, Oregon. This year, Powers is teaching Algebra 1, Algebra 1B, and Algebra 2, as well as taking on the role of Junior Varsity girls’ volleyball coach.

Fun Fact: If Powers could eat only two things for one month, they would be burritos and soup.

Jerry Roscher worked in hip, reformed steel town, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, before coming to AHS for his tenth year of teaching. He is this year’s AP Psychology and Humanities 9 teacher, and is truly elated to be here. He finds AHS’s enthusiasm incredibly inspiring. “The community is supportive of the school in ways I’ve never even experienced,” Roscher stated enthusiastically.

“I feel lucky my kids will grow up here.”

Fun fact: His brother is Counselor Jeff.

Jesse Stonewood Jesse Stonewood is teaching Principles of Technology, Chemistry, and Grizz Academy this year. Stonewood taught at The Armadillo Technical Institute in Phoenix for three years, where he was the only science teacher for grades 6-12. “I like the opportunities to collaborate with other teachers and the enthusiasm of the students,” Stonewood said with a giggle when asked about his favorite thing about AHS so far.

Fun Fact: Stonewood once walked the 750 miles separating the Oregon Coast and Montana.

Mat Marr Mat Marr is an AHS and Briscoe Elementary School alumni. He taught in Saudi Arabia and Thailand for the past five years. Marr is currently the Speech and Debate coach at AHS. He also served on the Ashland School Board. Marr loves how passionate, productive, and welcoming the student body is at AHS. Fun Fact: Marr used to play Magic the Gathering professionally.

Peter Bolling Peter Bolling, AHS’s new AP Government, Government, and Connections teacher, is coming to AHS from North Medford High School after briefly retiring in Alaska. This year marks Bolling’s 30th year as an educator, and he is incredibly excited to finish out his teaching career right here at AHS. Bolling’s favorite part about AHS so far is the view, saying “sometimes I just walk of my room and stare at the hills.”

Fun fact: During spring break of 1978, Bolling and Tom Hanks ate dog meat tacos together in Tijuana Mexico.

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photo courtesy of Izzy Nicolier

Every year, as Ashland High School traditions solidify and adapt, the Rogue News publicizes our continuous development as a community. This year, we welcome a tremendous influx of new, passionate students to our working staff, as well as changes in our journalistic customs and values. Becoming editors of this newspaper is, at least for us, perhaps the most wonderful change that has taken place so far. The six of us will guide the Rogue News classroom with enthusiasm, focus, zeal and organization. The 2016/2017 school year is full of exciting new promise, and we accept the responsibilities of this position wholeheartedly.

All six of us have our own singular Rogue News stories. Some were exposed to journalism through the online paper, while others worked on the print newspaper from the beginning. Some began as freshmen, others started as sophomores. Some of us instantly fell in love with writing and editing articles, while others got hooked on designing the pages or taking photos. We are six students with varying backgrounds and experiences, spread out across two periods and leading a staff that nears fifty students. Despite our differing interests, we all share a common goal: to make Rogue News the best it can be and inspire our staff members to do the same.

As editors, we will encourage our staff to create the best work they can, and to always produce pieces that we can all be proud of. Our publications will reflect our passion for Ashland High School as well as for journalism itself. We are all looking forward to leaving our mark on this paper, whilst also constantly fostering journalistic tradition and dedicatedly expressing truths, big and small. Our unique interpretations will bring new opportunities to our paper and will allow us to flourish as a Rogue News family. With our expanded staff, we can branch out, explore, and cover facets of our school community that aren’t always in the spotlight. Our goal is to create a paper for the entire student body. We want this year to be memorable, and our combined strengths will produce a newspaper to which every student can feel connected, and of which every community member can feel proud.

A newspaper isn’t produced by solely one person, or even by six. It is a team effort. Everyone who works on it makes it what it is, and with this year’s amazing staff, we believe that it is bound to be incredible.

We plan on making this one of the best years the newspaper has seen. As editors, we understand the responsibility we hold. We are in charge of how well Rogue News does this year. We are the ones making final decisions on stories and designs, on page placement and paper length. With all this in mind, we give you our pledge: we six eager and capable students will accept this undertaking with everything we have. Together, we know that we can produce something remarkable.

Sincerely, Lucas Searcy

Zaida LaRose

Karl Moeglein

Lili Smith

Frankie Mora

Masie Roberson