THE AZTEC VOLUME LXXVIV NUMBER V
VIEWPOINT PG 3 Is taking the SAT/ACT necessary?
News in Brief Keppel's Got Talent Mark Keppel’s annual talent show is back! All students, faculty, and staff are welcome to audition at A114, on Thursday and Friday, January 19 & 20, 3-5pm. Auditions will be conducted by Mrs. Phillips.
Cal State LA "What's Next" presentation For students who applied to CSULA, this presentation will provide more information as to what to do next. Admissions and recruitment coordinators will give insight for upcoming deadlines and answer questions.
Cash for College With workshops in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish and Vietnamese, Cash for College will help seniors apply for financial aid.
Your calendar 1/24- English Language Advisory Council #5 (6:30-7:30 pm at cafeteria) 1/25- Collaboration Day, MKHS Alliance Meeting (7-9 pm at cafeteria) 2/7- School Site Council #5 (1:45-2:45 pm at cafeteria) 2/8- Collaboration Day 2/9- Drama Boosters Meeting (7-8:30 pm at A114) 2/13- School Holiday 2/15- PTSA Meeting (7-9 pm at cafeteria)
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SPORTS PG 7-8 Girls basketball stays undefeated in league
Taking a break from Calculus TIFFANY GUAN Staff Writer
The annual Calculus Airband took place on January 12th in the auditorium with a guest performance by the Calc BC group. Calculus Airband is a performance done by Calc AB students and was started in 1980 by Ms. Kimura. The performances are not associated with mathematics. Rather, it is an event where Calc AB students can take an academic break and escape their comfort zone. Calc AB teacher Mrs. Ling split her two classes in half and formed four rings, or groups, with approximately 16 students in each. The four ring leaders were junior Evan Sakuma, and seniors Caleb Kang, Kobe To, and Anthony Gabrie. The Calc BC group put their performance together in a week and danced to the Pokemon theme song. They were happy that they were able to relive the memories and performances they had done in Calc AB. Junior and Calc BC student Kenny Chang said, “We all still got nervous even though it was our second time.” In between the dances, band performed the “PPAP” song and the famous Trombone Suicide, and orchestra played “Viva La Vida.” To close off the show, Music director Mr. Lee
Juniors Celeste Nguyen, Nicholas Ng, Jonathan Chow, Justin Fong, Tommy Chao, and senior Yao Sheng performing "Let it Go." THE AZTEC/CHRISTOPHER HUNT
sang a parody about math while Calc BC teacher Mr. Gualcherani displayed his electric guitar skills. Sakuma said, “The best part of being a ring leader was to see growth in students who would never think to attempt a project like Calc Airband, which is a much less STEMbased assignment than our usual standardized chapter tests. Shout out to Mrs. Ling for this amazing opportunity!” After watching Calc Airband, freshman
Evan Ma’s interest in taking Calc AB grew. She stated, “It seems to me that students in Calc AB worked really well as a team, and I think that’s a good thing because sometimes not everyone in groups participate or help.” An estimate of over 200 tickets were sold, and the money earned goes to band. Although not everyone in Calc Airband were professional dancers, each student exceeded their own expectations.
Earthquake Preparedness Day JAMIE CHAU Historian
One of the most notorious earthquakes to ever hit California was the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Today, we have plenty of technology that can help minimize the damage of any earthquake. However, even with these advances, basic earthquake safety preparation is still crucial. Youth commissioner and senior Andrew Yam hosted a Earthquake Safety and Preparedness Day at the Monterey Park fire department on January 14th. The initiative of the workshop was to teach and train citizens for future natural disasters. “I was inspired by my mom to create this kind of event so that the community could have some awareness of how to respond in case of an earthquake.” Yam said. The event was split into four different stations. Firefighters demonstrated sidewalk CPR, how to use a fire extinguisher and to turn off utilities, and taught basic First Aid. Participants had a slip of paper that would be stamped after they had visited a station. A fully stamped paper was rewarded with a hot dog lunch. “This is the most amazing event I’ve ever seen put up by a youth commissioner,” Los
Firefighters demonstrate basic first aid.
Angeles Community College Board Vice President Mike Eng said. “Earthquake preparation is very important. It’s something we should know, but we don’t know.” Monterey Park Fire Chief Scott Haberle agrees. “It’s important for people to know how to shut off utilities and use the fire extinguisher.” Haberle said. “It’s a good thing for the community to experience and prepare.”
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With over 300 participants, everyone was able to pick up a thing or two from the workshop. “All the stations really helped, so now I know how to use the fire extinguisher, I know how to do CPR, and I know how to turn on the gas valves,” junior Jeannine Tjandra said. With Los Angeles being right on top of the San Andreas faultline, everyone should have some basic earthquake safety knowledge.