Roaring Fork Rampage, October 2013

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2270 Highway 133

Carbondale , Co 81623

October 2013

Volume 7 Issue 1

The Rampage

Students grab a hold of hands-on classes -James Long

Several new classes have landed at RFHS this year, and many involve hands-on, outdoor, and critical thinking activities. These classes have great appeal, as many students learn best when participating in hands-on activities. These classes include Outdoor Leadership, STEM, and Design and Build. The Outdoor Leadership class is designed to teach students life skills, which can be anything from positive decision making to goal setting. Activities in Outdoor Leadership include reading maps and solving problems through group collaboration. The learning doesn’t only take place in class; there are also overnight trips such as snowshoeing in Leadville. Students will be responsible for coordinating these trips and working within a budget. Outdoor Leadership is taught by Booke Tuveson, Experiential Programs manager for the Buddy Program. She believes, “It’s important for students to have the opportunity to learn real-life skills through school. Hands-on classes like Outdoor Leadership help students build communication skills, make decisions as a group, set goals, and expand their comfort zones.” Another newly added class is called STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. This class is composed of many design challenges which require critical thinking, arduous math work, and an immense amount of trial-and-error. One such recent challenge was for students to create the strongest and most efficient miniature bridge using a limited amount of toothpicks, marshmallows, and Photo by Cameron Doherty string. In the future, the class will Local educator Aaron Garland and architect be working with SEI (Solar Energy Donna Riley give feedback during a design critique of chicken coop models in Design International) and other schools to and Build. make solar power cars race around a track. Wendy Boland, a math teacher at RFHS, is teaching the STEM class this year. She believes that this class will improve not only the future of RFHS students, but also the entire country. She thinks STEM is beneficial because it involves “applied learning,” a preferred teaching method for many students. The last new addition to RFHS is called Design and Build. Students in this class develop meaningful structures with and for the community, while learning how to create models and understand the building process. Students will design the object, work out the kinks, then build it efficiently and affordably. The first project is creating a chicken coop behind RFHS. First, the Design and Build class will create a sketch and model of the design. After the design is ready to go, the building will begin. Design and Build is taught by Matthew Miller, a new member of the RFHS staff. He said, “Although vocational education has been lost in some part to decades of budget cuts, there’s a renewed interest in providing hands-on work that promotes creative, critical thinking.” These classes are all aimed for students of any type who want to be active and learn something that can be useful throughout life.

Photo by Sue Rollyson Zack Ritchie scores the game winning goal at the Roaring Fork High Schoool Homecoming game against Basalt. Rams beat Longhorns 2-1 in an epic victory.

RFHS soccer boys kick it into gear Sights set on state -Jake Kelley RFHS varsity soccer has started out with a strong record and looks to return to state playoffs for the fifth year in a row. Although they had to work out some kinks in the beginning, they’ve turned into a state-worthy team with their new head coach Nick Forbes. The team is looking good with 23 players of various experience levels, including nine seniors and eight juniors. There is talent on the team that can be spread out on the field for effective results. The defense has been very strong so far with only a few lost goals. Offensively, they have scored more than double the goals they have lost. Without a JV team, they remain concentrated on one goal. Coach Forbes does a good job at keeping the players fit to help them stay active and “on” one hundred percent of the game. RFHS had a first game loss to Basalt but got the ball rolling and went on an exciting three game winning streak against Moffat County, Durango and Aspen. From there, they hit a bump in the road with a tie to Delta 1-1. The next week, they won a thrilling game in overtime against Vail Mountain 4-3. Unfortunately, they then suffered a tough loss against Coal Ridge 0-1. Although they haven’t competed in any conference games, the team has expectations to go to the second round in state and hopes to make it to the third round. Defender Cameron Doherty believes, “We have a solid team with strong offensive and defensive weapons.”

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