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February 16, 2017
Volume 11, Issue 4
Baseball looks for seventh straight title New class provokes thought
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“I expect most of the team to qualify for the NCS individual tournament,” wrestling coach Matthew Woodard said. “There is chance that we can send two guys to the CIF tournament, which is pretty amazing.” Those two guys are senior captains, Jacob Hubbard ’17 and Alex McDonald ’17. Hubbard, who is 25-7, leads the team in nearfall points, nearly n Wrestling continues on 7
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he baseball team began practice under a new coach on Feb. 6, and is looking to win another league title after finishing third in the North Coast Section against St. Joseph Notre Dame High School in extra innings during the 2016 playoffs. New head coach Brian Ceinar will lead the team as Coach Joey Railey has left for Redwood City in order to care for his newborn daughter, according to Athletic Director Charlie Johnson. “We have won the league championship six years in a row,”
Johnson said. “I expect us to have a solid year with Brian Ceinar, the new coach.” The team is practicing on Monday through Saturday, rain or shine, according to Coach Brian, as offseason training helps athletes focus on their weak points, giving them an edge during games. “I decided to take the fall off from football so I can focus on baseball because this upcoming junior season would likely be my most important one yet,” catcher William Khan ’18 said. “I’ve been lifting or doing some sort of basen Baseball continues on 7
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The sidearm | Owen Hackel ’17 practices his sidearm pitching motion in The Dungeon at the Pine and Octavia campus. The baseball team's first game is on Wednesday, Feb.22 against Berean Christian in Concord.
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Takedown | Lucas Horwitz ’19 executes a move during a wrestling practice. The team competes Friday at the Bay Area Conference Championship.
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ith Knights wrestling competition finished, the team looks towards the individual competitions, having finished a successful campaign by capturing a second place finish at the North Coast Section Championships last Saturday and winning the Bay Area Conference Championship at the California School for the Deaf on Feb. 8.
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n tandem with the rollout of the IB Diploma Programme this scholastic year, both Stuart Hall and Convent juniors will be required to take the Theory of Knowledge class, regardless of their participation in the IB Programme. “Even though I am not a part of the IB Programme this year, I am really looking forward to participating in TOK,” Ben Cross ’18 said. Campos “The material seems really interesting, and I think it will be fun to be able to discuss deeper topics with my classmates.” TOK focuses on critical thinking and inquiring into the process of knowing rather than about learning a specific body of knowledge. It plays a special role in the Diploma Programme by providing an opportunity for students to reflect on the nature of knowledge, to make connections between areas of knowledge and to become aware of their own perspectives and those of the various groups whose knowledge they share, according to the IB Catalogue. Michael Campos, who teaches the course, sees TOK as beneficial for all Stuart Hall students. “I think TOK would be really great for our school, because for the longest time we have all been really conditioned to look at learning as simply proving our knowledge of things through tests and assessments,” Campos said. “TOK encourages an attitude toward learning that is a little bit more expansive, that you become more curious as a way of being. I think it would be beneficial for every student to have the opportunity to approach their learning
Putting in work | Achilles Arnold ’17 works out during baseball practice in The Dungeon. The baseball team was forced to hold their first week of practice indoors as a result of the weather. Sean Mendiola
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Incense | Stuart Hall students (left to right) Carlos Armendariz ’18, Skyler Dela Cruz ’19 and Emilio Lopez ’17 fill a ceramic bowl with incense sticks at a Chapel ceremony in the courtyard last Friday. The chapel was in honor of Executive Order 9066 which caused American citizens of Japanese descent to leave their belongings in the Morningstar building on Stuart Hall's campus during their internment. This historic event was honored during this chapel with traditonal music and reflections from a Japanese-American citizen born into the internment camp system.
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