THE SIUSLAW NEWS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER ❚ February 2018
SCHOOL ZONE A Monthly Newsletter for the Siuslaw and Mapleton School Districts and Community Groups
‘THE VOLLMAR PROJECT’
BY RAMIRO RAMIREZ Siuslaw High School Student
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n English Cinema Studies, we study films and learn filming techniques to apply to videos. Early in the school year, Mr. Mielke, my teacher, said he needed a video crew to help student Nyah Vollmar film a music video. Nyah is a well-known member of the community. She has sung the National Anthem for the Oregon Ducks and she has a beautiful voice. At first, there were a couple of students who wanted to do it, but in early December, nothing was done. Mr. Mielke asked me if I wanted to take over the reins of the music video project since there had been no progress. I was ready. She would sing “What About Us?” by P!nk. After spending a month creating a storyboard, it was ready to be put into action. The day before filming the video, my fellow student Hannah Rasmussen joined us; we both know each other pretty well. Hannah did a miniassignment on feeling music and did very well on it, so we thought this would enhance the project. It was Hannah who came up with the title of our production: “The Vollmar Project.” I thought it was a good name since it had a good rhythm to it. In addition, this production was also the first time Hannah and I used a clapperboard, a device that is useful in edit-
“The Vollmar Project” production team (clockwise from lower left) Hannah Rasmussen, Ramiro Ramirez, Isabella Ramirez and Nyah Vollmar, worked with instruction from Mr. Mielke and a professional track mixed by Nate Kaplan to produce a music video of Nyah’s rendition of “What About Us?” by P!nk. The crew filmed on location in Historic Old Town Florence. ing. When you clap it, it will show a sharp line in the editing software of the audio track to help you line up your audio. We had fun using it. We met on Thursday to get started. With all the necessities completed and ready — camera, storyboard, clapperboard and Nyah — we set off to record the music video. My vision for the video was to have a beautiful sunset in the background for the end of the song. Instead, it was a gloomy, grey day. Hannah and I then got new ideas
for the music video. Since the song was pretty depressing, we thought the clouds could enhance the music video’s meaning. So off we went with new ideas to film. We decided to have Nyah on a porch looking down the river, sitting beside a tree in the middle of the mini forest in Historic Old Town Florence and walking down the street toward a beautiful heart. After getting all the necessary clips, we called it a day. We met again on Saturday due to the fact it got dark and
we didn’t have any lighting equipment Friday evening, so we decided to meet at an earlier time the next day. We had to film Nyah running through Old Town and film the dance break. We decided to have Hannah and Nyah meet earlier so they could choreograph to the music. We then finalized on a low angle shot to make her look tall and powerful since, in the video, she is rebounding from a failed relationship. See PROJECT Page 3
‘Eye’ on the prize Florence Elks Lodge 1858 holds annual Eye Injury Prevention Poster Contest
Fourth- and fifth-grade students at Siuslaw Elementary School participated again in the annual Elks Eye Injury Prevention Poster Contest, concluding at the end of January. Nearly 100 students entered their artwork to the Florence Elks Club. Bob Catterton, from the Elks, oversees the project, working together with the school teachers to set the parameters for the program. This year, the Elks announced three winners: 1st place: June Dee (pictured), from Mrs. Riggs’ fifth-grade class 2nd place: Addison McNeill, from Mrs. Halpin’s fifth-grade class 3rd place: Darcy Edman, also from Mrs. Riggs’ fifth-grade class The winners and their families were honored at a dinner and award presentation at the Elks Club on Feb. 15. Cash prizes were awarded to each of the three top winners. — Submitted by Diane McCalmont
ASPIRE makes directory Siuslaw High School ASPIRE is creating a Florence Community Career Exploration Directory to offer students opportunities to interview, job shadow and intern at various businesses. At the January Florence Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon, ASPIRE was able to invite members to participate. ASPIRE team members would like to extend the scope of this directory to cover a variety of fields, so are requesting that members of the Florence community sign up to be available to students to learn about their work and its value in this community. Go to the Siuslaw High School Counseling and Student Services webpage and fill out the “ASPIRE CAREER EXPLORATION” form, or contact us at ASPIRE@siuslaw. k12.or.us. — Submitted by ASPIRE Team Leader Bou Kilgore
Dear Siuslaw High School Families, Student safety is a primary objective for the Siuslaw School District. Part of our safety preparation includes trainings and drills for the event of an armed intruder. To best prepare our staff for emergency procedures, we must hold periodic, large-scale drills where different scenarios can be discussed with law enforcement and professional trainers. To provide the necessary training time, the Siuslaw School District has set aside Friday, March 23rd as a staff inservice day. We are canceling school for all K-12 students. The morning will be spent on ALICE training. The ALICE model is now the foremost approach in response to school violence. We are proud to be able to bring this to our community. This training involves school staff, the City of Florence Police Department and other local agencies. In the afternoon, we will run a large-scale simulation. Staff will be assigned rolls to play during and after an emergency situation. This allows us to take plans from paper to action in real time and to test our communication across the entire district. We recognize that this change in the school schedule may cause an inconvenience for many families. However, we are confident that the importance of this training coupled with sufficient notification for families will be seen as a measure of commitment to student safety. Thank you, Kerri Tatum Siuslaw High School Principal
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Spring Field Trip volunteers wanted Help students get acquainted with the South Slough Estuary in Coos County by volunteering for the Spring Field Trip season, March 20 through June 15. • Most school groups are third- to fifthgrade, but some are middle school groups • Typical schedule is 8:45 a.m. until noon or 1 pm • Volunteers should be able to help one to two days a week, Tuesday through Friday • Roughly 80 percent of the spring bookings are for the Tide Flats Program at the Charleston Marina/Portside Restaurant area. Roughly 20 percent are Watershed Hikes at the Interpretive Center. Volunteer training this spring will focus on the Tide Flats Program with the option
Siuslaw High School announces ALICE training
to pick from the following areas: A) Wrack Line Inhabitants – learn about all the amazing assortment of creatures that call the intertidal zone home. Special emphasis is placed on adaptations and challenges B) Eel Grass and Dock Study – learn about the colorful fouling community organisms that live on the docks in the Charleston Marina, as well as eel grass and the huge variety of organisms it supports. C) Mudflats Study – take a closer look at the organisms that call the mud flats home and their special adaptations to live and avoid predators in this mucky home. Go to www.oregon.gov/dsl/SS/Pages/ VolunteerApp.aspx to apply. For more information about this event, call Deborah Rudd at 541-888-5558 x158 or deborah.rudd@state.or.us
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MAPLETON College Day
Exceeding community service Students at Mapleton High School exceeded their 3,000-hour goal of Community Service last school year. The students are also on track to meet or exceed this year’s goal. Some projects completed last year were the beach clean-up in Florence and assembling gingerbread houses for the Siuslaw Public Library. Other projects Mapleton students were involved in were making cards for the kids in the children’s hospital, hanging Christmas lights at the Riverview Market, planting flowers and painting a welcome sign at the railroad yard in Mapleton, as well as the big clean-up day at the old Mapleton Grange. In addition, some students helped serve at an Elks Club fundraiser. — Submitted by Danita Logan
On Oct. 31, Mapleton High School 10th- to 12th-grade students had the opportunity to attend an AVID sponsored event at Western Oregon University’s College Day. Over 40 different colleges attended to hand out flyers, talk about their various programs and to discuss their many classes with the students. The event opened up students’ eyes to all the opportunities they could have and to the many options of schooling. The event made students consider their future and made them think of ways to make themselves more successful. The Mapleton school district offers its highest regards to Western Oregon University and Mrs. Larson for giving its students the opportunity to attend this event. — Submitted by Danita Logan
COASTAL COMMUNITY Rotary brings books to students
Florence PTA to host talent show March 8 Students from Siuslaw Elementary School are set to take the stage and share their talents on Thursday, March 8. The annual show, hosted by Florence Community PTA, will take place at the Florence Events Center, 715 Quince St., at 6 p.m. Student talent ranging from gymnastics to piano, singing and more will highlight the
student showcase. “These students have a wealth of talent to share with our community,” said Tiffany Holdahl, PTA president. “We hope to pack the house with a full audience.” Tickets for the event are available in the Siuslaw Elementary Office and cost $3 each. A limited number of tickets may also be available at
the door, though pre-purchase is encouraged. All proceeds benefit the programs of the Community PTA, including teacher grants, scholarships for graduating teachers and events to encourage engagement of students and their families. For more information, email florencecommunitypta @yahoo.com.
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Hula scholarships available for middle, high school students
Pacific Northwest Hula Academy (PNWHA) Cultural Arts Program for Youth is an immersion program to the language, music, history and dances of Hawai’i through the storytelling tradition of hula. The program may also include other dance traditions of Polynesia. A tuition scholarship is currently offered to youth ages 12 to 17. Participants must be available to attend all classes and re-
On Feb. 26, Rotary Club of Florence members, including Gayle Waiss, Sam Spayd and Bob Teeter, volunteered their time to give away free books at Siuslaw Elementary School. The local Rotary generously provided $2,700 for books to be purchased and given to students at SES, as well as other nearby school districts. Each student at SES got to pick out a brand new book, as well as listen to stories read by the local Rotarians. Siuslaw Elementary is extremely grateful to the Rotary and Miss Gayle for providing this opportunity for our students. — Submitted by Diane McCalmont
hearsals scheduled in the series, commit to at least three or more performances for community awareness of the program, and help fundraise for costumes, expenses and other necessary supplies. Classes and rehearsals will be held at Lane Community College Florence Center. Limited spots are available; email or call instructor Iwalalani Raes for more information, pnwhula@ gmail.com, 541-603-4393.
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The following are the deadlines for some scholarships available to Mapleton and Siuslaw high school seniors and juniors. Students who apply for student aid and scholarships should also check their twoand four-year colleges, universities and technical schools for additional scholarships and funding resources. — Submitted by Bou Kilgore, ASPIRE Team Leader • Oct. 1 to June 30 – FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) at fafsa.ed.gov • March 6 – Peace Scholarships • March 15 – “It’s About Heart…” presented by Nathan Fuller • March 15 – Florence Area Community Coalition • March 31 – Florence Rotary • April 1 – Ada Grange • April 1 – Boys and Girls Club • April 1 – Florence Kiwanis Club • April 1 – Florence Elks Lodge 1858 - Vocational • April 1 – Florence Garden Club • April 1 – SHS Alumni Assoc. • April 6 – Oregon Pacific Bank • April 6 – Geraldine Bagley
• April 14 – Siuslaw Athletic Booster Club • April 15 – Western Lane Community Foundation • April 15 – Florence Masonic Lodge • April 15 – Oregon School Employees Association • April 15 – Soroptimist of Florence (x3) • April 20 – Florence Lions Club • April 21 – Glen C. Butler • April 22 – Pacific Coast Wind Ensemble • April 25 – Siuslaw Valley Firefighters • April 25 – Oregon Jaycee • April 30 – CROW
• May 4 – Delta Gamma, Tammy Nivens and Andrea Wright • May 1 – Daughters of the • American Revolution • May 1 – Florence Community PTA • May 4 – Florence STEP (Salmon Trout Enhancement Program) • May 15 – Central Coast of Oregon Realtors • May 15 – Ronnie Catalfamo Memorial Scholarship • May 15 – Tony’s Garage Scholarship • May 15 – Jose De La Mora • Memorial • Anytime – Coastal Celtic Society
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When we were halfway through in the session, my sister, Isabella, helped with the clapperboard. We also filmed Nyah running down the sidewalk toward the pier to get her into position for the dance break. While filming this time, the weather decided to throw fog at us and have a little more people in Old Town. We didn’t want anyone else in the video because we worried that if we got anyone else on the set in the final product, it would look unprofessional. We still got some clips and many dance break clips. We also thought of a new idea for a second opening to the song if the first one didn’t impress us enough. However, it got too dark and even though we still got a video clip of Nyah under a streetlight, it was not satisfactory. On our last day of filming, we used the gazebo in Old Town. Even though it would be only one location that we would use, it would be hard to get some video footage because there were visitors that wanted to see the bridge from the porch next to the gazebo. While we waited for the visitors to move along, Hannah and I decided to get footage of gulls and other birds flying around the area and use it as transition clips for when we edited the whole thing. We managed to get four video clips, since it reached tourist rush hour. After wrapping up our filming, I decided to invite Nyah and Hannah over for lunch at ICM for a reward for their hard work. We all had a great meal and talked about various topics. When they left, Hannah and I knew that we had one more step to conquer. Editing. Every single music video, good YouTube video and movie that has been made has gone through a process known as editing. In editing, every clip is taken
in. Some clips aren’t good enough and are thrown away. You can change the volume of the audio, skew colors in the clip and even put in transitions. Sometimes you might find unexpected perfect timings — like when you put in two video clips and when the first clip cuts to the next, the music is perfectly timed without editing. You may find out a clip that you thought was bad, suddenly turns good for a transition. When we came back on Monday, we had to watch “Run Lola Run” for class before we could edit the music video. Our goal was to finish editing the video by Friday to have it ready as soon as possible for Nyah. The first day was the hardest, since we had to wait for a long time for all the clips we took to load into the computer. When they were all done, we then had to back up the files in case something happened to one of the clips in the editing software. By the time we finished both of those steps, we only had a few minutes to get the clips onto the video track. When we finished, however, we still did not have the actual recording of Nyah singing “What About Us?” from the sound engineer, Nate Kaplan. We came back on Tuesday and Hannah thought she had already sent me the song, but when I opened my drive, it could not be found. Hannah then decided to have Mr. Mielke email it to her again. After going through two stressful minutes, we finally had the actual recording. On Wednesday, we worked on editing the clips to fit each section of music. Frankly, it was not hard, but not exactly easy, either. We had to brighten some clips up to fit the time of day it should be in and there was one slight problem. If we brightened up a clip too much, it would appear pixelated and we did not want that to happen, so we did our best to keep
the video in high definition. On Thursday, we inserted the transition clips that we had filmed on Saturday. However, since we only got a few clips, we did our best to use multiple parts of the clips. We then tweaked a couple of aspects of the video to fit in with the transition clips. After this, we did a full run-through of the music video to see if it was satisfactory enough. After finding some unsatisfactory parts, we decided to edit those on Friday, the due date. On Friday, we got straight to work to fix the video. We had to remove a transition clip because it was too slow and darken a clip since it was too bright. Finally, we were done. We then started to render the video. However, videos take 12 minutes to render and there was no time left in class, so we decided to come back on Monday to see the result. When we came back on Monday, the video finished rendering. We took a look at the final product. The feeling of the video was good, the setting was perfect and the editing was good. Overall, it was a good music video. Even when going back through some parts of the video, we felt like there were a couple of spots that didn’t look good enough. It wasn’t the perfect one we hoped for, but a good try on our first music video. We presented it to Mr. Mielke and we both got an A. I would like to thank Hannah, Nyah and Isabella for making this possible. It has been a great time to work with you three and I look forward to another “Vollmar Project” in the future. Hannah and I are sticking together to see if we could come up with other good ideas for the next video project. Who knows, it might be a big hit. The video, including bloopers, can be seen online at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=ZIC0iP7b1qQ.
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Siuslaw bands rock the house The Siuslaw High School Pep Band performed at Siuslaw Varsity Basketball home games on the Glen Butler Court this season. The Pep Band’s last performance of the 2017-18 was on Feb. 9, when seniors from the band, cheerleading squad and varsity basketball teams were honored. The band is under the direction of Mr. Chris Rowbotham, with student director Audrey Lowder assisting. At Senior Night, eight Siuslaw High School Pep Band musicians — (from left) Isaac Griffes, Topher Keppol, Cameron Utz, Edison Mielke, Logan Lindner, Neil Ebgan De Vera, Chandler Call and Mallory Varas — were recognized for their efforts over four years of high school. “It was wonderful to see such a great turnout of local people for the last home night of the 2017-18 season,” said Siuslaw band volunteer Rachel Pearson. “All the Siuslaw seats were full and the crowd, the band and the cheerleaders were loud — and proud.” The Pep Band’s next performance will be on Monday, March 5, at the All Bands Concert under the direction of Chris Rowbotham. The concert is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the music starts at 7 p.m. at the Florence Events Center, 715 Quince St. in Florence.
Clip-On Ties Are All the Rage! Yes, these are major fashion statement — at the Siuslaw Middle School Band Department. If you have own one or more of these wonderful sartorial statements which you no longer wear, please
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consider donating them to the middle school at 2525 Oak St., open during school hours. The department will put them into immediate use in the concert attire wardrobe for the Middle School Band students. The band also needs black dress shoes in any size as Middle School Band students, grades six through eight, also come in all sizes. Look for the Siuslaw Middle School Band at its next concert on March 5 — the All Bands Concert at the Florence Events Center. — Submitted by Rachel Pearson, Siuslaw Band Volunteer
New semester, new sounds (Left) Mr. Rowbotham’s Beginning Band students tackle the basics of percussion as the second half of the school year gets underway. Students spend the first semester learning basic musical concepts before auditioning for drums, mallets and auxiliary percussion instruments.
Knowledge Bowl takes 2nd On Feb. 14, four members of the Siuslaw Middle School Knowledge Bowl team placed second at a tournament in Coos Bay. The four were eighth-graders Hannah Warner and Beau Erickson, and seventh-graders Jeff Edman and Kierra Poen. Other schools competing were Brookings, North Bend, Port Orford and Coquille. In Knowledge Bowl, students work in teams of three or four against teams from other schools, answering various academic-based questions in math, science, language arts and social studies. The next scheduled competition is March 14,
again in Coos Bay. At this final match of the year, the competition will be for a league championship trophy. Way to go Viks!!! — Submitted by Patrick Wondra
ARTIST OF THE MONTH — CREATIVE WRITING
Patrick Rowley “My mind burbles like a creek, weary bones that make up my skeletal structure, in protest, creak, the monotonous movement strengthening their weakness.” — Patrick Rowley This poem, “Motions,” is one of the reasons Patrick Rowley was selected by Mr. Perry as the February Artist of the Month. He is currently a junior at Siuslaw High School, living with loving parents Mildred Rowley and John Raymonda. The poem is about Patrick, “pushing along even though I’m really weak as a person. I’m working on it and getting stronger everyday.” It is one of the 10 poems he turned in for his “poetry book” project. “The poetry book was probably my favorite, but at the same time ... I didn’t really get to put my all into it because of how short of a time period I had to get stuff complete,” Patrick said. “The title of the book was ‘Introspect’ and it was kind of just me looking in on myself and writing about what was going on inside of me.” Patrick also drew the cover of the book, which was an eye with the word “Introspect” in the pupil. The book goes from “insight, to political, to love, and looking for love, and the remains of love,” Patrick said. According to the writer, this project gave him “more of an idea as to how to compose something like this, because I had never really done it before. I had dabbled in [poetry] but I had never sat down and actually written a book.” Patrick liked that Mr. Perry “didn’t really tell us what to do with this [project] but he showed us other poets to give us an idea on how to write poetry.” Patrick said he also likes “to make music. I sing a lot, and I’m in choir now at the school, but I’ve
BY AUDREY LOWDER Siuslaw High School Student PHOTO BY CAROL JOLLEY
been in community choirs and I’m in band. I’ve also tried to dabble in my own composition by myself like electronic music making. I’m just trying to compose something of my own and it’s kind of been a disaster, but it’ll eventually become something. It’s just something that I’m working on. “I really want to make an album at some point. I just want to make it all my own and have just a work of art that I can release that’ll hopefully inspire people and kind of bring people some kind of happiness.” Patrick said the album would “probably be R&B, and I would like to incorporate some jazz and probably a little hip hop.” He hopes to go to Portland after high school, “But I’m not sure if I want to go there for college or go up there and just figure out, explore, and just see what I want to do instead,” he said. He is considering Portland Community College because it offers a music and sonic arts two-year degree. “They could teach me more about how to use a soundboard, how to mix stuff, and I feel like that would give me a foundation to jump off from,” Patrick said.
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Bank _______________________________________
Bank Teller __________________________________ Computer Help/Repair________________________ Credit Union ________________________________
Financial Planner ____________________________ Insurance ___________________________________ Mortgage Lending ___________________________ Publisher / Publishing Company _______________ Real Estate Office ____________________________
Realtor _____________________________________
ENJOYING LIFE Art Gallery __________________________________ Arts Supply Store ____________________________ Books ______________________________________ Museum ____________________________________ Place to Gamble _____________________________ Place to Volunteer ___________________________ Public Art Display ____________________________ Retirement Community _______________________ Wine Shop __________________________________
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