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4 // The goods
12 // you believe that we will win
We fill you in on the latest updates to the school, talk about the senior composition, and give you a round up of Culture Night. Oh, and glamping, too.
6 // 30-second sports update
Your quick fix on the sports of the Swamp.
Table of contents
Jake Foutz ‘17 shares his aspirations and his beliefs that he will become the top varsity football player.
18 // fccla is your 24/7
We’ve all heard about FCCLA, but what exactly is it? And we bet you wouldn’t even guess how much time these Gators put into it.
27 // you can’t help but come back
The Lake shares the stories of teachers who loved SLHS so much, they returned to the Swamp for more.
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A gift to educate Christa Hodge ‘14 buys a Smart Board for the class close to her heart When you look into your savings account and see a thousand dollars thats all yours, images of a new laptop, phone, or even a summer trip float through your mind. But for one Standley Lake senior, a few students close to her heart were the only images she saw when glancing at her bank account. Christa Hodge ‘14 used some of the money set aside for her from her family, and decided to donate it to the students in the Challenge Class for a new Smart Board. “Every other school in the district has a smartboard for their special needs class. We don’t,” Hodge said. “If anyone deserves it, it’s the special needs class.”
Hodge took $1500 that her grandad had set aside for her and then funded the rest from money her mom had left for her. Hodge has always felt a special bond with the students as her own uncle has a form of down syndrome, and as she was a teacher assistant this year. “It’s Kirsten Salazar ‘14 and me doing it. We are in there every day we can be, 6th period. They’re just awesome. They are the best kids,” Hodge said. The Smart Board will help benefit students in the classroom for years to come, “Everybody in this class, no matter what their learning style is, the Smart Board is definitely going to help,” Chal-
lenge Class teacher, Ms. Cindy Dominguez said. As most of Standley knows, Hodge has a big heart and a smile always on her face, but she also works to help put that smile on other students’ faces. “She [Hodge’s mom] was someone who always wanted to put a smile on other kid’s faces, other people’s faces,” Hodge said. “Thats what I wanna do—I wanna put a smile on the kids’ faces.” Even though she must leave the students and head off to her next adventure after high school, Hodge will never forget these kids, and her donation will help students for many years. “They are my babies, they are like my family.” // morgan whitley
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Garrett Tomas ‘14 brings his composition to life on the stage What made you decide to compose this piece? I’ve been composing since middle school, but I thought I just needed something to get my mind off of everything, so why not try something new? So I did a full orchestra, a string orchestra piece,” What challenges have come up with parts for each instrument and putting it together? Just getting everything together, if one note doesn’t
The guy has to send the first text. go together, it can mess up the whole song...which it did [often]. What made you look into having the orchestra perform your composition? So I can actually have my music ‘out there’, because my other pieces I’ve composed, no one really hears, and when I played it at a concert, people watched and heard it, it was recognized more.
to continue composing in the future? Yeah, I’m going to major in music and music theory and eventually I’m going to become a [music] teacher, but after that, I’m probably going to try to get my music known and and ‘out there’ while I’m teaching. //olivia koontz
Collaging Culture Explosions of flavors and flurries of colors filled student’s heads as they walked through the school for the first annual Cultural Fair on May 7. “[International Day] got to the point where everyone was bringing in salsa or lasagna, and it wasn’t really a cultural day,” Spanish Teacher, Ms. Janine Kehlenbach said. “I thought that we needed to bring it back to the languages that we are teaching.” The ultimate cultural clash took place in the cafeteria
Play hard to get or else you’ll look desperate. Or how about be honest with how you feel??? Go after what you want.
Girls, expect the guy to pay for dinner…
As a senior, are you wanting
Cultural Fair brings traditions to new light
Sometimes they appreciate knowing that you care enough to initiate a conversation. And who the heck cares which one of you started it, anyway?
with the German scrapbook, the Spanish dancing, and the French cafe. Upstairs, luchadors dominated wrestling while multiple booths offered cultural information and food. The halls were alive with a feeling of excitement mingled with a jumbled craze. Declared a success, the extravaganza exposed students to a myriad of foreign customs. // meg metzger-seymour, ripley ricketts
That gets expensive! It wouldn’t hurt to offer to pay after a few dates.
...and always order a salad.
What the heck? No. If you want a burger, order a burger.
Never ask a guy out first.
Good idea. Just sit around and date all the guys that you don’t want, while you’re wishing you were with someone you’re actually interested in.
//chaye gutierrez
May 2014 // 5
You can’t. I can. Determination kills
// Jeremy Minnick “Turn down that music!” people say, but all you do is turn it up. You let the beat of yet another jam fill your muscles and veins. You’re officially pumped up to the ultimate max. The main event is today, and you know you’re ready to bring home the big W. Then, here comes “that guy.”The one that possesses the capabilities of knocking you off your high horse. He tells you, “You can’t, you won’t, you’re not good enough.” Boom. You’re down and all the lyrics and hype have fled from your system. You give in. And then we think, yeah, it’s just a stupid game anyways. But this affects you more mentally than you can imagine.
30-Second Sports Update
It all traces back to that stupid year in high school when you let some jerk tell you that you’re not good, that you couldn’t do something. Now after that experience, all that’s left is the corpse of a quitter.
B oys S wi m m i n g a n d D ivi n g
So now what? You can’t think for yourself and you let the words of other people control you and the things you do. You’re nothing more than an empty spirit that someone can carry around in their pocket. It’s not because they’re better than you, or you’re just a piece of scum, it’s because you’re lazy and gave in.
Competing in the Jeffco Invite the boys swim team placed 16th overall. The competitors for finals included Nic Urban ‘14, Trent Kindvall ‘14, and Jonah Staton ‘17. Kindvall placed 1st overall with a score of 466.20. His first place makes him a four time invite champion.
There is a bright side and that is that you have a choice. You can show “that guy” up and overcome a bunch of silly words. Nothing is more of a punch in the gut than being told, you’re wrong. So show them. Fight for that moment that shuts out all of the doubters and wraps you in gold. Don’t believe me? Well you know Michael Jordan right? Even him, the greatest basketball player of all time was cut from his high school basketball team. He didn’t give up, he kept going through hell until he reached the top.
G i rl s G ol f
“I can accept failure,” Michael Jordan said, “everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” You see, sports is as much of a life story as any other part of your life. There’s lessons, regrets, anything you name it. But you want to get to that climax, and you’re halfway up the mountain, are you gonna let your feet fall out from under you, or are you going to retain balance and keep going?
At the Girls Golf regional match, Laci Williams ‘16 led the Gators, shooting a 96 and qualifying as an alternate for state. Close behind her was Jacqui Dunnigan ‘15 who placed 2nd. The state tournament will be held on May 19th and May 20th.
No you can’t? Yes you can. You can do anything you want as long as when you get into hell and are drowning in fire, you keep going and rise to the surface. It’s not about not being good enough, it’s whether or not you can find the boost inside of you to rise over everybody else. Be different. Be great. Be you.
Photo courtesy of: Jacqui Dunnigan
6 // May 2014
G i rl s Soccer
This season was the most successful season of girls soccer in Standley Lake history. They finished the regular season with a record of 12-3 and are going into playoffs placed as the 13th seed in Jeffco 5A. They played Douglas County in the first round on May 6 and won with a score of 6-0. As of the date published, their standings are unknown, however Friday, May 9 was their second round playoff game against Mountain Vista.
G i rl s Tra c k
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G i rl s Te n n i s
At the Jeffco League meet the athletes who made it to finals include: Sadie Heffleman ‘17 in 400m dash, Ayla Schuetz ‘15, Hannah Davis ‘17 in the 300 hurdles, Emma Aberethy ‘17 in the 2 mile, and Alie Settje ‘15 in 100 hurdles. Caitlyn Torgerson ‘15 earned 7th place in league in triple jump and Honerable Mention in pole vault. Hannah Davis earned 2nd team All-Conference in high jump qualifying her to state. Due to the publishing date, the final results of the League meet are unknown.
The boys track team wraps up a solid season. Mathew Fujinami ‘14 had the fastest 100m dash time of 11.91, followed by Michael Kerr ‘16 with a time of 12.15. Athletes who made finals include: Ryan Seberg ‘15 in the 400m dash, Jordan Kremer ‘15 for 110 and 300 hurdles, Mike Mayer ‘14 placing 3rd in discus, and the 4x800m team of Jake Linford ‘14, Scott Mayer ‘14, Lukas Gaudermann ‘15, and Trevor Smith ‘17 placing 5th.
Girls tennis ended their season fourth place in 5A regionals. They struggled with a 2-6 league record alongside a 4-8 overall record. “It was a really good experience playing for FA and it’s a shame that we’re dropping down a division,” first singles player, Paulina Nguyen ‘16 said. “Hopefully next year we’ll go home placing first in regionals.”
May 2014 // 7
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. . .you see the world in numbers
Justin Persinger ‘15 programs the life he imagines
He walks through the halls, class to class, working through the day, just like the rest of us. But unlike the rest of us, his brain works in numbers—codes to be exact. He sees the window as a series of values, of points that determine the area, size, and color. The desks, binders, walls—everything around him is translated to a set of points and numerical values. Justin Persinger ‘15 works through what seems to be linguistic, cognitive problems with mathematics, translating numbers to words and words to numbers, ultimately programming the world he sees. “In 7th grade, I broke my leg, which meant I couldn’t be playing sports or doing anything physical. I found programming because of all the video games I was playing, and then I taught myself through Google,” Persinger said. From that point on, Persinger was hooked on programming. Textbooks became coding sequences. Phone numbers became translations. He became a programer. “It requires a lot of thought and math. I like trying to think really hard to figure out how to do things,” Persinger said. “It gives you an
awesome sense of accomplishment when you figure it out.” Persinger has felt that “sense of accomplishment” in a big way already in his programming career. In (whenever it was), he helped a startup company program a game and earned $2000 for 16 hours of work. “I was on a forum, talking about problems I couldn’t solve programming, and after four years of doing that, somebody thought to ask me [for help] when they were programming a game,” Persinger said. His infatuation for programming will be more than just a hobby in his future. Persinger hope to enter into the field of cryptography and make encryption in the years to come. “I want to make codes and break codes, preferably not for the government,” he said. Persinger’s number-filled brain is constantly coding--translating numbers into words, words into codes, and codes into a fully functioning program. Years of training and a transformed mind have led Persinger to view the world around him in a way that many of us have never, and most likely never will. For Persinger, the life around us is constructed of numbers arranged in ways only a programmer can solve. // chaye gutierrez, sabrina pacha
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. . .you
rock out
in the commons Future rock stars bring the music to Standley Lake
The commons—a place where you’ll often find students doing their homework that they put off from last night, chatting with friends, reading a book, or eating their lunch. And as of a few months ago, a place where you can find students strumming on their guitars. Caleb Wynne ‘16, Elysia Crandall ‘17, Daegan Stiefvater ‘15, and Nate Savage ‘15 formed their band, Extraterrestrial Philanthropy, just this year—and they haven’t wasted any time practicing. After realizing they needed to be playing constantly, the members of the band had no hesitations to
bring their instruments to school and start practicing on their off hours. “We didn’t really care if people were going to make fun of us or tell us we suck. But we didn’t really know where else to go. It was cold outside,” Stiefvater said. The students of The Swamp appreciate the music the band makes, brightening the halls every day. Often times, students will start up conversations with the band or hand them a dollar in praise. Of course, as high school students, the band has received other, less conventional, forms of payment.
“Somebody once came up and was like, ‘Here’s a pencil since I’m broke,’” Stiefvater said. Prior to Extraterrestrial Philanthropy forming, the halls of Standley Lake were buzzing with the sounds of students doing what students do. Now, the halls are set to a back tune of the sounds of a strumming guitar, bass, and whatever instrument the band members decided to bring that day. Listen to some of their music on May 16 at Jeffco’s Battle of the Bands at the Arvada Center. Tickets are $5 ahead of time and $8 at the door. // chaye gutierrez, sabrina pacha
. . .this is your
favorite tee
// chaye gutierrez
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. . .wednesday night is your
// sabrina pacha
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favorite night One funny person is all right, but a team of people getting a laugh is amazing. Yeah, it sounds a little socialisty. I don’t care. Communism is cool by me. danielle van morter ‘15, on being a member of mixed nuts, the improv team that performs wednesday night live
. . .you spend your off hours with
Ms. Hayashi
Pass by Social Studies teacher Ms. Christy Hayashi’s room during third hour and you’ll see her at her desk grading APUSH essays or replying to emails. But turn the corner into her cozy classroom and you’ll find a group of her “usuals”—the students who spend their third hour off period hanging out with her nearly every day. “There are always a lot of people in
here. Every day,” Ms. Hayashi said. Those “usuals” include Mikaela Fatzinger ‘14, Mel Perea ‘15, Cole Anderson ‘15, Michael Huss ‘15, Adam Williams ‘15, Tyler Davis ‘15, Kyle Bender ‘15, Bailey Dotson ‘15, Marisa Davidson ‘15, Shelby Carter ‘15 and Georgi Carter ‘15. While their counterparts are running around doing regular off-hour shenanigans—Starbucks stops and cramming for their fourth hour quizzes—Ms. Hayashi’s students are kicking back in her classroom, filling her in on the latest gossip and happenings of the day. “Sometimes they do homework—sometimes,” Ms. Hayashi said with a giggle. “Normally they just hang out, complain about their other classes, and complain about homework.” As these students are kicking back in her room, Ms. Hayashi tries to play the roles of both friend and teacher at the same time. “I usually multitask,” Ms. Hayashi said. “I talk to them half the time and then work half the time.” At first glance, Ms. Hayashi spends her planning period grading and catching up on work just like her colleagues. But if you turn the corner into her classroom, you’ll find her doing much more—providing a third-hour home and a constant smile to her students. // chaye gutierrez
. . .you have the best newsmagazine ever . . .page 11
. . . you believe That we will
Jake Foutz ‘17 shares what the chant means to him Standing on the football field, Jake Foutz ‘17 believes. He believes in dedication. He believes in winning. He believes in his band of brothers. But why should he believe? As a freshman, he did not make his way up the ranks. He did not make varsity, but merely plays quarterback on the freshman team. But that doesn’t affect his belief. He trooped his way through a game against Broomfield last year, his team nearly conquered. But that didn’t affect his belief. They play in front of a bare crowd. After all, “Not many people go to the Freshman football games,” Foutz said. As they prepare for their next play, a scream comes from the crowd. “I!” Foutz turned to see a group of upperclassmen football players. The boys carried on their chant, as Foutz and his team carried out their
this is so. . .
Win
play. And as the crowd jumped, screaming, “I believe that we will win!”, Foutz on the field carried his team to a victory. That does affect his belief. Here at Standley Lake, his belief is present amongst the whole school. It is heard amongst the loud rumbling crowds during football or basketball games. It is heard in the silent classroomsw. But more than anything, it can be felt inside of everyone. “It’s a sense of pride,” Foutz said. “I learned the chant my first day of high school, and I became a part of the Gators.” This belief, this strong craving for victory, for personal excellence, is what pushes Foutz. It is what pushes this small, unimportant Freshman to want something better for himself. “The freshman team is a good preparation,” Foutz said. “But it just pushes me harder to become a better version of myself.” He should believe, because one day, he hopes to be lead the chant. He should believe, because after all, he is a Gator. // esteban arellano
. . .you’re on a first name basis with the
Starbucks Baristas
// esteban arellano
. . . your class chant changes every
. . .you’ve mastered lunch in 30 min // bethany keupp
assembly
// emma staton
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You have to leave early, then get there, get what you need, and come back. Also, be aware of traffic.
Alexsander Hay ‘15 . . .page 13
. . .you drink more chlorine water than actual water The clear blue water that fills the pool is his home. His daily routine consists of school and practice, eat and sleep. He does what it takes to be good. To be the best. “I went to my first state competition when I was eleven,” said Jonah Staton ‘17 “I swam one event and my family got a hotel and everything, even though I had barely made the cut. When I swam it I was dead last. Thats when I decided to get serious.” The hard work Staton has put in allows him to be one of the top swimmers, in his age group, in Colorado. In January he was invited to participate in the All-Stars meet in Lawrence, KS. This is a multistate meet, in which each state sends it’s top 10 swimmers in each agegroup. Staton not only took first in his signature event, the 500 freestyle, but also broke the meet record. He repeated his record-breaking streak in March, at this year’s Age Group State Championships, and took the title for the 500 freestyle again, along with a new meet record. All the early morning practices, chlorine filled hair, and sore muscles are hopefully helping him to achieve his dream of acceptance into the Air Force Academy. // emma staton
. . .every single class your teacher says:
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Good morning. No, Shoot. Good afternoon.
Science teacher, Mr. Rob Cassady
“Did a pushup “Hear me now, once, didn’t like it. believe me later. History teacher art teacher, Mr. jeff Walker ms. Malea Ellison
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That’s the challenge.
history Teacher Mr. jeremiah Coraggio
“1st period bio, glad you’re here. Science teacher Mr. Mike Crouch
“What time is it? Tea Time. mATH TEACHER MS. dana SMITH // bethany keupp
this is so. . .
. . .your english teacher is a
dinosaur “ Roarroarrraorr!
English teacher Mr. david cohara // shylah ogle
Ever heard about Mr. Collins famous ’middle finger’ lecture? You know, the one that’s not quite a legend, but not quite history either? Even if you’re not in Mr. Collins’ AP Euro class, his boisterous voice can be heard retelling the famous origins of giving someone “the bird” throughout the social studies halls. “Most students that come into AP Euro don’t know how sarcastic I am, so the entire lecture is more of a shock lecture than anything,” social studies teacher, Mr. Shawn Collins, said.
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Those first couple of weeks into AP Euro, Mr. Collins is known to stand up, prepare the class for something big, and launch into the mechanics of the ‘English bow’, a weapon that required the person to pull back the string with their index and middle finger.
. . .you know mr. collins’
middle finger lesson by heart
Just when you thought this lecture was going to turn into your private drawing session with your notebook, Mr. Collins steps it up and reveals how the French would catch these archers and cut their index and middle finger off as a means of a torture and the French would hold their middle finger up to taunt the British that they still had these fingers. The entire concept seems entirely foreign to whatever preconceived idea you had about where the underlying derogatory term of the ‘middle finger’ came from. To ‘shock’ his students further, Mr. Collins struts around his room, middle finger held high, flipping the class off. Something as miniscule as a teacher flipping you off triggers your brain to burn the Hundred Years War into your memory and recite to future history fanatics. // shylah ogle . . .page 15
. . .you’re an aspiring
rapper
Brandon Lopez ‘15 strives to become the next big star on Colorado’s Hip Hop scene “I had a dream I was king of the empire, but that’s not the life that I would ever desire.” That’s from the song Empire by aspiring rapper Brandon Lopez ‘15, written about one month ago. Now fast forward to April 25th, 2014. “Let me hear what you’ve got,” Jamie Laurie, famously known as Jonny 5 of The Flobots, said to Lopez. He then proceeded to lay down a verse for a top 40 artist. “I never thought I’d ever rap for a world famous MC,” Lopez said. Many students aspire to be a rapper, but not many make it to where Lopez has in just a few short months. They call him X-Ray Jones. But when one thinks of Brandon Lopez, they don’t think of the stage name he chose. They wouldn’t think that he’s a rapper at first glance. In fact, many still know him as the kid with the bible. Who can blame them? Only for a short while has Lopez been rapping. “It was all kind of a joke at first. My friend Ryan Swanson ‘15 and I tried it out, some people liked it and then I started doing it myself,” Lopez said. With lyrics that don’t consist of the stereotypical swearing, drugs, and sex, Lopez
is starting to set the bar for rappers everywhere. That’s never been my life, and never will be, and writing about stuff I go through makes the most sense, and I don’t swear in real life, so it makes no sense to do so in my songs,” Lopez said. Now he’s gone from rapping to the mastermind behind the song Handlebars, to inspiring longtime rappers like his cousin, Johnny Wu. “He’s an incredibly thoughtful, intelligent, and down to earth guy. His rapping, although in its infant stage, shows promise and provides an outlet for him,” said Wu. That’s an important thing to remember: Lopez has “only been rapping for a few months.” Up to this point, his soundcloud seems a little empty as compared to others’ with only a mere 5 songs, and yet, he’s done more in those short months that many never achieve. As many former students are already pumping out albums and EPs, Lopez is showing his dedication, and truly living out the phrase ‘practice makes perfect.’ “There’s nothing official for an EP, a mixtape, or an album yet for the summer. I’m planning on honing my skills. I’m still pretty amateur
. . .you know starbucks’
secret menu this is so. . .
to this,”Lopez said. He’s a student not many would expect to be rapping, a student who many know as the kid with the bible. He is a student slowly making a name for himself. Call him X-Ray Jones. Call him the next big thing. // jamey burkey
secret menu: spiced apple chai hot/iced peach ring tea caramel snickerdoodle macchiato zebra frappuccino
other secret: 50 cent refill
. . .you and your twin brother
improved the School
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I saw that the wall was falling apart and it looked terrible, I figured it would be nice to touch it up, and it would really symbolize that we’re Gator Strong. Scott Mayer ‘14 I chose to do the rocks because I wanted to do a project that would both help bring a nice image to our school in our recent times of trouble and give our community something they could see everyday and enjoy. Mike Mayer ‘14
. . .you wore
#slhsprison t-shirts
. . .page 17
. . .FCCLA Is your 24/7 Members embrace stress that comes with their passion What is sacrifice? It means to give up something for the sake of another thing. It could be time, money... even sanity. The girls of FCCLA have sacrificed their social lives, family events, and mental well-being to be in this organization, but what they get in the end is revitalizing. “This means a lot and we put all of this work into it with the help of our advisers Ms. Valerie Baylie, Ms. Malissa Sloan, and Ms. Danielle McCracken,” Lauren Bethel ‘15 said. They know that it’s an optional project yet they choose to cash in their off hours and lunches and even stay after school until six.
“What kept me going was remembering how it was back when I was in Ghana, because back in Ghana I would never have this opportunity of telling my story,” member Romaine Akakpo ‘15 said. “It just helped me realize what I can do.” When all the bad publicity and rumors of our school made it into the Denver Post, members Breanna Wakefield ‘15 and Caitlyn Baylie ‘16 decided to make their Gator Strong project their life. Gator Strong features eight community service projects that “really turned the school’s image around,” said Wakefield. “We wanted to tell the community that it’s not our school as a whole that’s bad, but individuals that go to our school,” Baylie said. Opinions of the school have gone from ‘a bad group of kids’ to ‘kids that are devoted to making a change in their community.’
Even seas couldn’t stop people from meeting their chosen family and changing their community. “As I started the project I was putting more and more of myself into it and one day I realized that my project was my life, and it actually was,” foreign exchange student and member Masa Velimirovic ‘15 said. Her heart is back in her home country of Montenegro, but her eyes are on her future here in America. You see the girls in the FCCLA office working on a computer or you see them assembling a design board. You see them stressed out as if their life depends on this one project. But if you look closer, you see the girls that are made of sterling stuff. // emma marlow
. . .you know how to dress for the bipolar classroom temperatures this is so. . .
. . . betty williams is your woman crush wednesday and Jamie utt is your man crush monday
// laurel nordquist-zukin
. . .this is your
Most liked picture By the numbers: Facebook: 677 likes 175 shares 19,008 views
twitter: 30 retweets 41 favorites instagram: 131 likes on the Lake 90 likes on students’ instagrams on average // olivia koontz
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. . .You wear Nikes with a tux to concerts Orchestra teacher Mr. Benjamin Dale continues a unique tradition Up on the stage, under the dazzling lights, above the eager, hushed crowd, the orchestra raises their instruments as the conductor brings up his baton. It’s a scene of undeniable formality. And then there’s the conductor’s shoes. Nike tennis shoes, brushed by the bottom of his tuxedo. A little scuffed, a little faded, something you’d see someone wearing on a jog. It’s a tradition now: every concert Mr. Dale sports these shoes in honor of some special people. It was the 2011-2012 school year and the chamber orchestra members had caught on to Mr. Dale’s mild obsession with Nike. “It was our lead violinist’s idea [to buy the shoes], so they went online and found these custom Nikes, and they’re like, ‘We should get these for Mr. Dale,’” Alex Kitching ‘14 said. “I can’t remember what the occasion was, but we wanted to get them for him, so we all just pitched in money.” And then one morning, a shoebox waited on Mr. Dale’s music stand, the legendary blueand-green footwear inside. “On one heel, it says ‘The’ and on the other heel, it says ‘Dale’, so that’s what that year of students called me:
‘The Dale,’” Mr. Dale said. The story’s handed down by word of mouth, spreading from the orchestra members to family and friends. It’s told after inquiries and curious looks at the concert, about the origin behind the shoes. But to Mr. Dale, it’s much more than a fashion statement. “It’s not only a show of Gator pride, but it’s also a reminder to take the stuffiness out of it, to not take ourselves so seriously, and to remember to have fun while we’re on stage, even if it’s a formal performance,” Mr. Dale said. “I’ll wear them till the soles wear out.” //olivia koontz, nicole heetland
. . .Phone service is
“
a Problem
My phone decides to have absolutely no service at all when I’m sitting in Chemistry trying to find literally anything to do other than Chemistry. this is so. . .
Jacqui Dunnigan ‘15
// morgan rubendall
. . .You refuse to stand anywhere but the senior hall
Us... the SLHS gators 1,15 3.9
// marcus asmus
mi les
Mississippi... The nearest actual gator. We mean natural habitat and everything (Not just a gator farm). // maddy newlon
. . .Your real live mascot is on the other side of the country
. . .your starting quarterback is Color blind Jacob Naranjo ‘14 shares Through his eyes his point of view
Through your eyes
The crowd is bathed in purple and brown, as well as the line of team mates before his eyes. He yells, “GO!” before grabbing the football and immediately glaring down the field of brown to find the perfect set of hands to receive his pass. To us, everything he sees is strange and abnormal, but to him, it’s natural. He doesn’t know any different. He doesn’t understand what red is, what green is, or what blue is. To him, we are the purple and brown Standley Lake Gators. Jacob Naranjo ‘15, the starting varsity quarterback, deals with color-blindness, seeing red as green, green as brown, and blue as purple. “The first time I realized I saw things differently was when I was at a restaurant coloring with [three] crayons. I showed them to my dad and said, ‘Which one is the best brown?’ and he was like, ‘They’re all green.’”
Others may see this as an obstacle, but Naranjo sees this as ordinary-- even as something he can joke about to his teammates. “If I throw an interception, I’ll [jokingly] make the excuse, and be like, ‘Oh sorry, I thought he was in our colors!” Clearly Naranjo’s color-blindness has not affected his football career, however, he admits that occasionally his blindness affects him in everyday situations. “[The hardest part is] having to admit to people that I’m color blind, and just being like, ‘Yeah I really need your help with this’,” he said. “When I was in New Mexico, the traffic lights are sideways; I was used to it going green, then yellow, then red, so I had to figure out how it went.” Even though he’s had to adapt to minor changes, he still is a normal kid. “It never affects me. I like to sometimes bring it up, I like to sometimes joke about it. Really, it’s no big deal.” This isn’t a hero story, this isn’t a miracle story, and it surely isn’t a sad story. It’s the story of a normal kid, playing football for his school, and that’s how he prefers it to stay. // brittany marks, maddy newlon
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. . .Your
pink shirt
. . .you’re jealous of Mr. Rosa’s luscious flow
“
matches the wall
I really just love how I can coordinate my outfit to blend right in at school. Carrie Bumgardner ‘14
// ty milliken
// kylynn delohery
. . .Your baseball team wears
Hawaiian shirts on game day
This is so. . .
// marcus asmus, kylynn delohery
. . .You play four varsity sports Imagine a wide receiver who helped his team into the playoffs, and was recruited to play college football next year. Imagine a point guard who has been assigned by coach each game to guard the toughest opponent. Imagine a starting center fielder who has the second highest batting average on the team. Imagine a 100 meter sprinter who is the fastest on the team. Now, imagine if that was all one person. This is Matt Fujinami ‘14. Fujinami has the ability to carefully balance playing four varsity sports. “The sport that is in season, or closest to being in season always has first priority,” he said. “However, if the coach approves, I usually can do the pre-season workouts before the next sport. Also, lifting everyday is another way to make sure I’m getting ready for each sport.” What makes Fujinami so unique is that he could have stuck with two sports like most high school athletes but he decided to take on the challenge and do all four. ”I think a few sports I played for myself because I loved playing those sports,” he said.” Another reason I played the sports was because I liked playing with those people, also to keep me busy or help keep me in shape for the next season.” Playing four sports has turned Fujinami into a super athlete. ”Football has helped with toughness, speed as well as becoming a good teammate,” he said. ”Basketball has helped a lot with lateral quickness and conditioning. Baseball has helped me develop handeye coordination and taught me that I had to work hard to become good at anything. And track helped with speed and conditioning also.” Only at Standley Lake are you able to find a four sport athlete. // marcus asmus, kylynn delohery
. . .Your
home field
“
// brittany marks
There’s nothing like twelve miles of farms and donkeys to pump you up for a football or soccer game. Jacob Giron ‘14
is twelve miles from your high school . . .page 23
. . .you chant
Stormin’ Mormon Jake Linford ‘14 holds his beliefs close to his heart and excels in three varsity sports Running down the basketball court, he stayed focused and determined on defense. Sweat dripped down his forehead and he took a breath. With his eyes shut, nothing in that moment could tear him down. He heard something in the crowd. Hundreds of screaming fans chanting, “Stormin’ Mormon! Stormin’ Mormon!” Jake Linford ‘14 felt invincible on the court. Nothing else could be more uplifting. “On senior night it was just so awesome and the crowd was crazy,” Linford said. “It was the first time the crowd did the Stormin’ Mormon chant.” Not only is Linford a devoted three sport Varsity athlete but a devout Mormon. “Five generations back on both sides are mormon,” Linford said.
This is so. . .
The full name for Mormon is the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. “We believe in the bible, so we’re Christians,” Linford said. “But we also believe in The Book of Mormon. It has more accounts and stories from prophets.”
the idea that they can do whatever they want, whether that be drugs or alcohol and still get good results,” Rosset said. “But, it doesn’t work that way, distance running is a test of discipline and you get what you put into it.”
Being Mormon has become a lifestyle for him. “I like having those set guidelines...it helps keep my life on a track,” Linford said. “I want to be a good example for people, and this helps.”
In the next few years in Linford’s life, he will graduate high school and move to Utah to study sports medicine at BYU. As a Mormon, he will go on a mission during college. On a mission, Mormons often times travel out of the country to participate in community service, church service, and spread the word of God. “The only days you can talk to your family are Christmas and Mother’s Day for two years,” Linford said.
Cross country coach, track coach and Science teacher Ron Rosset has coached Linford for 3 years. “He is dedicated, listens and responds,” Rosset said. “He is a good student of distance running. He wants to learn all he can.” Through sports and his faith for his Mormon religion, Linford stays on the right track in his life. “I choose not to drink, do drugs and party,” Linford said. “I stay away from all that because I have bigger and better things to do in my life.” Rosset also believes running keeps people on the right track. “I think that some athletes get
Not only is Linford an incredible athlete, but he is as dedicated to athletics as the religion that keeps his life on track. With the love and support from his friends and family, he will continue to grow and learn in religion and in life.
// alie settje
. . .you
play
tennis on your off hour
He steps on the court with eager eyes and a motivated smile. He walks with his racket in hand and a hop in his step. But it’s not practice and it’s not a match. It’s during school on his off hour. Jaylen Williams ‘15 spends his free time on the tennis court, sometimes all alone, because he believes practice really does make perfect. “I want to strive to be better, so if I keep practicing, eventually I will,” Williams said. He has played three years on the varsity tennis team. This year, hoping to be one singles (the highest ranking on the team), he looks to his teammates for motivation and support. “I love being a part of a team and bonding with all the players,” Williams said.
// alie settje
. . your challenge program
rocks
// emma staton
. . .you miss the german exchange students . . .page 25
. . .You are a 3-sport athlete and a 5-star student Casey Torbet ‘15 juggles four AP classes while playing three varsity sports Four AP classes, three varsity sports, one club sport, records and honorable mentions all around; how does one 17 year old girl do it all? Sweat glistening on her red face, her blonde locks tied up into a messy ponytail, her heart pounds as she leads her team down the court to shoot one last shot before the final buzzer. Casey Torbet ‘15 can do anything and everything. Torbet plays varsity volleyball in the fall, varsity basketball in the winter, and varsity track in the spring. For most people, the idea of playing three sports while juggling the stress of four AP classes seems more of a challenge than a reward. But for Torbet, sports--more importantly basketball--has become just a part of who she is. “I just like the thrill of it, and the adrenaline I get from it,”
Torbet said. “Its one of those sports where no matter if you are on offense or defense you can always make a difference.” The unity and friendship that Torbet has built with each of her teammates helps her to accomplish more than a normal highschooler, “There is a lot of trust in in a team, it’s okay if I
. . . you watch the video Announcements // meg metzger-seymour This is so. . .
make a mistake because my team is here,” Torbet said. Currently, Torbet holds the 800 meter record with a time of 26.9 in track, first team all conference in basketball her junior year, and an honorable mention in volleyball. // morgan whitley
. . .The struggle of paying for a parking pass is real Although many people do park in the parking lot with a pass, there are a select few who choose to brave the walk from the neighborhoods next to the school in order to avoid having to get a pass.
. . .You Spanish teacher Ms. Julie Boswell ‘94 “We had an assembly. Students chewed peanuts to make peanut butter and grapes to make jelly. Then they spat it out onto bread. Then the student council had to eat it-- in front of everyone. Surprisingly enough, no one threw up. People also had to swallow small goldfish. They were given a glass of water with a fish in it and had to down it all. Then, they shaved the student body president’s head, but not before including a smiley face that they took off at the end.
Social studies teacher Ms. Christy Hayashi ‘07 “My friend, Alex, thought he had chicken pox and Mr. McAvoy convinced him he had Chickenpox. He didn’t know what was happening to him and he was all confused because it looked like Chickenpox but hardly anyone ever gets it that old. Mr. McAvoy was like, ‘Oh yeah, you’ve got Chickenpox,’ and my friend flipped. He did have chicken pox though. It was kind of mean but it was really funny.”
can’t help
but come
back
After four years of walking the halls of high school, experiencing life as a Gator, alumni Ms. Julie Boswell, Ms. Christy Hayashi, Ms. Heather Martin, and Ms. Danielle McCracken return to teach at Standley Lake High School. They recall memories of their time here.
Physical education teacher ms. heather martin ‘94 “I loved our pep rallies. We used to have the best, most awesome drum line that was the center of our assemblies. My senior year, for our football assembly, the drums are playing, and then the football coach goes out there-- so crazy and violent-- and he has a stuffed animal of the other team’s mascot and he just ripped the mascot to shreds. The whole entire gym just went crazy and ballistic. They were so much fun with so much spirit” // ripley hanson, tina muscarelli ...Page 27
. . .your assemblies get Rowdier than a fangirl at a J-Biebs concert Standley Lake has a way of
making each assembly their own And for the Prom assembly, Grant Gladstone ‘15 belly-flopped into a kiddie pool, soaking the gym floor, and starting spring off with a splash. Every student at Standley Lake has stories from assemblies like these. Our assemblies get rowdier and crazier than most. Quite often when you walk down the halls, you’ll see glitter or confetti covering that light grey carpet, the little stragglers from the hair of seniors. “Every time we have an assembly I walk out with glitter stuck in my hair,” Kristina Juull ‘14 said. Halfway through the assembly begin the class chants and chants of “We can’t hear you,” coming from two opposite sides of the bleachers, egging each other on. “Everyone stays turned up, and I love the competition between the seniors and juniors,” Alvin Ameyaw ‘14 said. At the end of the prom assembly is the walk. The walk from your current class to next year’s class. Senior leave the gym first, allowing the juniors to move to their spot, the sophomores to the junior’s spot, and the freshman to the sophomores’ spot. Standley Lake is one of the few schools who take part in this tradition. Despite all the festivities, there seems to be one thing lacking that has been a senior tradition as far as anyone can remember: Silly String. “Silly String has always been a senior tradition,” Andre Archuleta ‘14 said. Along with the new plastic bleachers, came a new rule--seniors aren’t allowed to bring silly string to any assemblies because it could ruin the bleachers.
T
he pounding of music. The stamping of feet. The battle of classes. The cheering of students.
You’re so Standley Lake if you know how it feels to be one of those rowdy students standing up with your friends in the bleachers and listening to the MC with the aviators. At the Homecoming assembly, you get pumped to hear who’s nominated for Homecoming King and Queen, Prince and Princess, and the oc-
this is so. . .
casional homecoming proposal. It’s the end of spirit week, freshmen wear white, sophomores green, juniors blue, and you witness the seniors unleash the excitement they’ve been holding for four years as they finally get to wear their togas. For the winter assembly, you get the enjoyment of watching T-Bird strut around in a Santa costume with his bag of presents, as John Roach ‘14 leapt excitedly onto his lap to tell him what he wanted for Christmas.
“It sucks having to use confetti and glitter, but it’s understandable because the bleachers are nice and we should keep them that way,” Juull said. Though there has been a ban against silly string, glitter, confetti, and party streamers have been found to be quite an equally pleasing alternative. Standley Lake still seems to be able to make the best of all assemblies, and even with new rules, nothing stops the Gators from making them a Standley Lake trademark. // cassidy conlon
. . .you don’t drive 30 mph on 104th
// cassidy conlon, kelsey paquet
. . .Megaphone Madness is a lifestyle Megaphones aren’t of the usual items found in school, but Alex Moore ‘15 made it part of Standley Lake’s mornings and lunches. If you know Alex, he is regularly a rambunctious person. Moore wants to be heard, whether he is shouting out funny things, or complimenting girls--he makes sure he is noticed. “I had a dream about us kids not having our opinions and voices heard. Nobody would listen, so the next day I brought a megaphone to school,” Moore said. His voice is already deafening enough. He thought a megaphone would be a way around being ignored, so he brought it to school to generate more commotion. “The main point is to be heard from wherever you are. I mean, some of my teachers even used it to teach and get students’ attention,” Moore said. The attention grabbing noise will never be forgotten. Be loud, and be heard, or else the megaphone madness will come find you. // kelsey paquet
. . .you’ve heard “Garden Patch Salad” every day of your high school career
. . .page 29
The inaccuracy in our savagery// jamey burky When I play Grand Theft Auto V (which is a lot because let’s be honest, the game is a freaking masterpiece) I spend up to two hours shooting people and fighting people in the game, but I’m still mentally stable. I’m fine. I still stand strong with my left wing views about gun violence. Does it make me a hypocrite to want more strict gun laws, but then play a game like GTA V? No. It doesn’t, and you know why? It’s a video game. They don’t promote violence, they let the gamer do that for themselves. You see, games wouldn’t be violent if you, the consumer, didn’t want that. Society makes our video games violent. If you didn’t want violence, then they wouldn’t make them that way, and that’s a fact. What truly makes society violent? Is it the constant bullying? Is it the fact that our society refuses to help those with legitimate mental health conditions? Is it because of some very questionable parenting? Or is it because of video games? If you said yes to the latter, you are what I like to call ignorant. Don’t believe me? Would you believe the Supreme
Court then? In the 2011 Supreme Court Case Brown v. EMA (Entertainment Merchants Association) the supreme court ruled in a 7-2 vote not to ban the selling of violent video games. They were quoted saying “Psychological studies purporting to show a connection between exposure to violent video games and harmful effects on children do not prove that such exposure causes minors act aggressively.” Video games have been blamed for violence in society, notably for the Columbine Massacre. Eric Harris’ (perpetrator of the attack) manifesto stated the act would be “Like playing Doom” in a series of videos he and the other perpetrator, Dylan Klebold, made, titled The Basement Tapes. Instantly people lost it and blamed the game, that had been out for 6 years at the time. However, they seemed to blatantly ignore the fact Klebold and Harris mentioned numerous times how they were bullied. Which was a factor in the shootings in the videos. How about instead of blaming games like GTA V and Doom, we blame those whom should be blamed? The bullies. How about
instead of taking away our 1st amendment rights, we make bullying a serious offense. Or is that just too profound of a concept for you guys? Has it really gotten to a point where we must blame a video game for violence instead of blaming ourselves for making fun of that lonely kid? Or that we allow our peers to continue to have their mental illness go untreated? In my eyes, when a society refuses to admit their own faults and blame inanimate objects for their own actions for years, that’s the sign of a crumbling society. So do what most people didn’t, and listen to troubled kids, because history doesn’t repeat itself, it only rhymes. So stop using video games as a scapegoat, and history will hault from writing one more verse.
backpack it// emma marlow In other words, travel. It’s on all of our minds but a lot of us don’t travel like we want to. What’s stopping you though? In all honesty, nothing.
think of all the things they could’ve done with that free time. That’s when they think about traveling for their next little vacation.
and I learned how to use chopsticks -and forgot how to use them- for the first time when I was eating japanese food in Aspen.
I was talking to a keynote speaker named Ryan at my FCCLA conference and he told me, “Travel is the best privilege that we have as human beings.”
Travel gets people’s minds off of reality, it makes them look at the place they’re in in a whole new light. They talk to people. They learn new things. They take nothing but pictures and leave nothing but footprints. They live.
These experiences have shown me that distance makes everything look small. I wouldn’t have tried something new here because I was already used to specific routines and I had the same mind set.
That really hit home for me. It made me realize that I need to get out of my room more often. It made me realize that traveling can just be a summer at my cousins or a weekend at my grandparents. I think that people—including myself—refrain from travel because they’re tied down to the city that they live in. People have too much on their plate so they can’t take time off. But when people get time to themselves they lay down at home thinking that they can be doing something better with their time while instead they sit there with a remote in their hand and a bowl of chips on their lap. When their time is up they go back to that same routine that they did before. That’s when they
30 // May 2014
That’s when they backpack it, they just bring the most essential things on their trip and be spontaneous. They will eat at a restaurant that they’ve never heard of. They will start a conversation with someone on the bus. They will exchange life stories in 5 minutes or less. I’ve traveled to places in the far east and I’ve traveled to places in the wild west. Let me tell you right now that it’s been a ride. I’ve fallen asleep at Disneyland on a bench near Big Thunder Mountain, -I guess people took pictures of me but that’s okayI’ve tried prickly pear soda while line dancing in a saloon in Nashville, a person from California came up to me and said “selfie with strangers” when I was waiting in line at a Jamba Juice on the beach,
When I travel I don’t care what I do or who I meet. I just roll with it. I think people should take more time off, because it’s okay to treat themselves. Traveling is not wasting time, it’s making their time matter. My favorite quote by an anonymous is, “Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.” Now go off and wander into the unknown.
An ode to the freshman
If you are a Sophomore, Junior, or Senior, feel free to continue, but this is not about you. This is about the “low man on the totem pole.” The Freshy. The freshman. Congratulations! You have officially made it through one year of what should be the “best four years of your life.” So was it everything that you thought it would be? No, it probably wasn’t. All the beauty and glory that was promised to you in your dreams and High School Musical can be redeemed next year. All the parties, self-picked classes, independence, all that you know so little about, is not really a staple of your grade. You had a different year. No, no, no, you had no parties. Friday nights were filled with homework. If you were a so-called “overachiever”, and managed to get all of this homework done, then you spent the remainder of your weekend brutally navigating every single social media app you had: something to quench your Fear of Missing Out. What happened to these “all-night ragers” that you always saw in the movies? Yes, in the movies they did seem somewhat wild and out of control, but a small (albeit maybe huge) part of you craved that. You desperately wanted to break that innocent, middle school mold
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of yourself, and maybe just live a little. But unless you are some magnificent Freshman god, that probably didn’t happen you. Did you ever eat your nasty middle school lunch, and fantasize about the time when you could eat lunch at Sonic, Taco Bell, Subway, Panda Express, or Qdoba everyday? Yeah, it turns out those places require money in exchange for food. And for that day when you managed to get +$7, you still didn’t get a delicious lunch. Because those places are far away! And again, unless you are some magnificent Freshman god, your legs are not able to carry yourself to Sonic and back in that little 30 minute lunch. And you wouldn’t even dare to ask one of the upperclassmen to take you. Because they won’t. Why is it that those kids, just a few years your senior, hate you so much? Well for one, you are kinda “icky”. You loudly talk about the weirdest things. You still think that hanging out in the commons is cool. And if you even have the smallest friendship with an upperclassmen, you think you’re suddenly popular. And let’s not forget about the worst thing; you still have not made it out of the brutal hell that is
puberty.You were the tallest kid in your middle school class, but you are tiny compared to these massive Juniors and Seniors. You still have braces, or worse--gnarly teeth that haven’t been straightened yet. If you’re a guy, then your voice still awkwardly cracks at the worst times. If you’re a girl, then your feet are probably huge, and you haven’t yet figured out how to wear the “right” amount of makeup. But please, don’t think that I am trying to be negative. In fact, this is probably going to best thing that you are going to read about all of your flaws. Because a funny thing about those flaws: everyone has them. 100% of Seniors were once Freshman. They made it all the way through this year, and you did too! Don’t think of these little hiccups as high school ruiners, because everyone hiccups. And think about it this way: there are only two more years until you’ll be a Senior too! There’s only one more year until you can drive. And when you come back from summer, you will be a magnificent high school god, and you will be invited to that party. So in the meantime, get out there, and keep on being yourself. It’s just a part of high school.
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