The Jagwire Volume 4, Issue 9 / April by The Jagwire

Volume 4. Issue 9

PATHWAYS OF CHANGE 2016-2017 DANCE SHOW

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Dance show

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Where are they now: Foreign exchange students 11 The last dance

Other News

How do you feel about a computer grading your essays? 3

13 One of Ontario’s Gems 10 Life on another planet

Traci White

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An education is an education 4 NHS Spotlight 7

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• Published 9 times a year, the student newspaper of Ontario High School is a public forum, with its student editorial board making all decisions concerning its contents. • Unsigned editorials represent the views of the majority of the editorial board. • Letters to the editor are welcomed and will be published as space allows. Letters must be signed, although the staff may withhold the name on request • The paper reserves the right to edit letters for grammar and clarity, and all letters are subject to laws governing obscenity, libel, privacy and disruption of the school process, as are all contents of the paper. • Opinions in letters are not necessarily those of the staff, nor should any opinion expressed in a public forum be construed as the opinion or policy of the administration, unless so attributed.

Alicia Govea Orlando D. Mayorquin Alondra Alsalamy Aryana Carino David Dang Megan George Sydney Huynh Ivan Ledgard Mariana Orozco-Berber Valerie Sanchez-Cervera Daniel Vergara Lesly Velasco

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Don’t You hate it when 6 Photos by Alondra: Ontario Golf v.s Colony 6 Man on the Street: Easter 12 The Peach 12 1001 things you didnt need to know 16

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COMPUTERS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR GRADE VIRIDIANA SALGADO Staff writer

echnology has made grading tests and assigning classwork much simpler for teachers. A new software by EdX, a massive open online course provider, has been released that “gives teachers a break.” An article by the New York Times explains what the software is, “the new software uses artificial intelligence to grade student essays and short written answers, freeing professors for other tasks.” ASB member, Andrew Perez, agrees that computer-graded essays makes it easier for a teacher, saying that he has nothing against it, and is all for a computer grading essays.“From a student standpoint, it would be harder to cheat because of how computers check to see if your writing is stolen from other students or sites.” Although the software is beneficial to workloaded teachers, is it really possible for a computer to capture the literary art that some essays possess? According to the National Council of Teachers of English: no, a computer can’t. The National Council of Teachers of English recently released the statement; “Computers are unable to recognize or judge those elements that we most associate with good writing (logic, clarity, accuracy, ideas relevant to a specific topic, innovative style, effective appeals to audience, different forms of organization, types of persuasion, quality of evidence, humor or irony, and effective uses of repetition, to name just a few). Using computers to “read” and evaluate students’ writing (1) denies students the chance to have anything but limited features recognized in their writing; and (2) compels teachers to ignore what is most important in writing instruction in order to teach

D.i. Turf New school policy IVAN LEDGARD & DANIEL VERGARA

what is least important.” While students are familiar with having their math tests graded by a computer, since there is only one answer, some students aren’t so side-on-side with their personalized writing being put against a computer. Freshman, Lesley Campos says, “I’d rather [have] a teacher read it since they are human and they can feel what I feel in my writing.” Many students fear that if a computer were to grade their writing, it would be downgraded and forced to fit in a specific pattern, with no ability to use personalized touches in their writing. Marcella Obregon, another OHS freshman, says, “computers don’t have any sense of humor or sarcasm. Many famous writers have a writing style that a computer would not approve of. I think that if you’re writing something, it should be directed to a someone or an audience, not a computer!” Computers now have the ability to grade student essays, as well as math tests and history tests. And science tests. They provide information that can teach children, as well as give commentary on the essays more quickly than any person can. Computers have a lot of abilities, but they lack empathy. Something only humans can offer.

COMPUTERS ARE PROGRAMMED TO SCORE PAPERS WRITTEN TO VERY SPECIFIC PROMPTS, REDUCING THE INCENTIVE FOR TEACHERS TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE OCCASIONS FOR WRITING, EVEN FOR ASSESSMENT.

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chools all across California are being subject to a new rule that prevents students at least a minute late from entering their classes. Instead, they are to be sent to a prison or mental ward depending on how late they are. 5 minutes late or more, and their parents are fined at least $1000. The money, purportedly, is sent to the state which in turn sends the money to schools. One of the latest schools to implement this harsh rule, Bamboozled High School, allowed our reporters to conduct an interview on their campus. School psychologist, Nancy Buffman says, “obviously, the best course of action to fix their tardiness is to prevent them from getting to class and sending them to prison, where hopefully they will think about what they’ve done.” “I think these policies are dumb,” says one student who chose to remain anonymous. After weeks of persistent requests to interview, Dave Chaplin, the district’s superintendent, finally allowed us to interview him. We showed up to his office unannounced. “Uhh, just a second,” the superintendent said as the sound of a large safe closing was heard. As we entered the room, he kicked a few $100 bills (which he insisted were monopoly bills) under his desk before finally sitting down. Here is the full interview, question by question. Was it your idea to fine students $1000 for being so late? Chaplin declined to comment and promptly had us escorted out by security guards.

This new facility will soon be renovated for students convicted of the new policy. Students will be fed once a month.

An education is an education ALICIA GOVEA Co-Editor in Chief

ess than two months remain in the academic school year, and seniors are preparing for the next chapter in their lives. For many, it’s finding a job right out of high school, others are enlisting in the military, and some will pursue higher education. Along with private institutions, California has the California State University system, the University of California system and the California Community Colleges. Unfortunately, a stigma surrounds community college; some believe it is not a “real college” or it is much easier than a private or public university. According to a study from the Community College Research Center, in the fall of 2015 nearly 38 percent of undergraduate students attended public or private two-year universities, and 24 percent of full time undergraduate students attended community college. “I feel that paying for a university straight away after high school, only to spend your beginning years completing general ed courses is wasteful,” says senior Andrew Uribe who plans to attend Riverside Community College next fall to study music. Students who plan to attend community college as a full-time student will spend on, average, $1,104

each year; whereas, students who plan to attend a UC will spend $13,500 solely on tuition and fees a year. Class of 2015 graduate Alex Villarreal says, “Chaffey was just more convenient for a part time job.” Villarreal attended Chaffey Community College for a year before transferring to a nursing school. “I have no regrets. I’ll be working in a hospital by November,” adds Villarreal. Students who plan to attend a UC, on average, graduate in six years rather than four, making the cost of attendance more expensive. Villarreal mentioned all his friends who attended a UC have dropped out by now, and are worried due the loans they took out. Senior English teacher Mr. Armendarez who has taught at a community college states, “[Community] College students, they’re paying to be there. There’s never any sort of discipline issue, if they don’t show up they don’t show up.” “I think the better the school you go to people are different. Junior college classes aren’t necessarily watered down. I think it’s the same type your doing, but the people aren’t going to push each other as much.” Students should remember there is a variety of options out in the world including communiy colleges.

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ABRAHAM RIVERA Staff writer

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you get injured during your sport’s season? you are falling behind in every class? people continuously ask for your advice but never take it? someone that is not good at singing will not stop singing? you get in trouble for something your sibling(s) did?

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you forget clothes in the washing machine and you have to rewash them? you get a lot of calls from a random number? you get a fortune cookie and there is no fortune inside? you forget you had food in the microwave? you are judged based on your appearance?

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way to your Future VINCENT ARELLANES & NICOLE FERRER

National Honor Society

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SARA CRESPO Staff writer

SF (California Scholarship Federation), grants young, striving high school students many great opportunities. Graduating in white is not only a renown achievement, but being in the program gives you the opportunity to apply for certain scholarships, on top of showing colleges that you are willing to put yourself out there. For example having a certain type of dedication to overachieve and prove that you can. It is advisable that sophomores apply as soon as the second semester of your year commences. Make sure to keep up your grades because your first semester grades will be evaluated. “Students need four semesters of membership to qualify for CSF, plus one of those semesters needs to use senior grades. After doing this, each student needs to have seven grade points from their A-E or area G classes,” states Mr. Sousley. As a student that has applied and will continue to apply for CSF, junior Litzy Martinez states, “The reason why I wanted to graduate in white [is] because I [want] to stand out, and [want] to have my achievements...shown.” Striving to achieve this goal is an incredible feat. If you would like to know more about the program, speak to Mr. Sousley in room 232.

nnually Senior members of NHS (National Honor Society) participate in the senior service project. The project is mandatory to graduate with the blue sash signifying their honor. Mr. McConnell is the advisor of NHS and encourages any sophomores and juniors to join and immerse themselves in the community. All the seniors have to develop their own ideas for the service projects, and have to complete 20 hours per person. The seniors can choose to work in groups or partnerships or even alone. Thanquy Nguyen explains her project. “I go to a care center, and read to the elderly residents that have a hard time or can’t read themselves. I just volunteer there.” Nguyen explains why she chose this service, “I chose the elderly care center because there is not that many people that volunteer there. Some of them also don’t all have families that visit them.” Service projects are a great way to get our senior Jags out into the community and helping to make

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a difference. Some even make a difference right here in Jagland. Throughout all the years of service projects our Jags have produced some great projects. McConnell explains his favorite projects of the past, “Erika Villareal and Carina Hernandez had a great project, they learned how to do voter registration and then went into the community to help non-english speakers register. That’s one of the best ones I’ve seen.” McConnell explains the idea of wanting students to really immerse themselves in the projects, “The students who really immerse themselves do work really hard and I hope are able to walk away with something from it. They deserve it.” Seniors Adrianna Avila and Lexi Rodriguez are having a school supply drive to help our Jags in need. “The school drive is for people to donate school supplies for kids next year at school who can’t afford them.” “We both really hope this will help improve their education.” says Avila about her community service. NHS is challenging our Jag seniors to give back and make a difference here in our Ontario community.

Dancers “turn out” better MARIANA OROZCO-BERBER & LESLY VELASCO Editor & staff writer

ance at Ontario High School consists of four different levels and is directed by Mrs. Wlodarczyk. The levels are Dance Fundamentals, during periods 1 and 2, Dance Corp.during 5th period, Dance Production during 4th period and Dance Company during 6th period. Auditions are required for Dance Company, Dance Production and Dance Corp. However, anybody is free to join Dance Fundamentals Wlodarczyk has a goal to create a well rounded dancer who dominates various dance styles. In the fall, the class practices ballet and modern or contemporary dance and in the spring, jazz and ballet are the focus. Every day each class goes in and dresses out. They then begin a warm up, which is essential to every practice. The rest of the dance class time is dedicated to technique and choreography. At the beginning of the year, the dancers focus more on their technique; eventually, moving into choreography and spends less time on technique.

Wlodarczyk also explains her backward design instructional technique. “All my classes look really similar but I kind of backwards design my classes so I start with my advanced levels and I’ll design something for them and then I make it a little easier for the next level down,” explains Mrs. Wlodarczyk. Some classes have a teacher’s assistant (TA) who help Wlodarczyk choreograph dances. Dance fundamentals Period 1 TA is DJ Valdez, and Jose Flores is Wlodarczyk’s TA for period 2. Dance production TA is Naiy Crawford. Depending on the level, Mrs. Wlodarczyk explains that she has choreographed one or two pieces for the upcoming show. In addition,

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every TA choreographs a dance of their choice--genre, music and costume-so long as it relates to the theme of the show. Dance Company does not have a TA and instead is lead by Mrs. Wlodarczyk and senior team captains: Marlen Esquivel and Nora Galvan along with junior co-captain Kyla Rodriguez. “[Practices are not] the greatest thing in the world… but [they] are essential to keep our pieces looking clean,” says Senior captain Galvan.

Senior, Jose Flores & with junior, Daleth Valdez

Senior, Nora Galvan

Junior, Carlos Cano

2016-2017 Dance Show: Pathways of Change MARIANA OROZCO-BERBER & LESLY VELASCO Editor & staff writer

Senior Marilu Esquivel

he 2016-2017 Dance Show theme will be “Pathways of Change” and will consist of about 20 pieces total: Corp.2 and each Dance Fundamental class will perform two pieces, Dance Production will perform three pieces, Dance Company will perform six pieces and there will be four other pieces presented by selected smaller groups. Unfortunately, there will be no solo or duet pieces as Mrs. Wlodarczyk explains that she does not typically include those types of pieces at high school level performances. Single performances are usually choreographed by Dance Company team member and

rehearsals usually take place after school; spacing usually happens a day before the performance. For the Dance Show however, practices and rehearsals are on a much greater scale.

Coinciding with the theme, Mrs. Wlodarczyk explains to she expects that the audience will see pieces that make them think.

“Dance, to me, means being able to express myself without saying a single word. Stripping myself of any barriers and letting my true self and emotions flow through my energy... my tiny gateway to happiness.”

-Nora Galvan, senior Dance Company captain

“Our goal was to have all the choreography done by the end of March,” mentions Mrs. Wlodarczyk, so that in April, the dancers are able to go into the theater and work on spacing (the first two weeks) and tech/dress rehearsals (last two weeks).

“That’s my goal; to always create a very well-rounded concert that has pieces you might not see or be drawn to immediately,” she says.

One of Ontario’s gems “N Staff writer

owadays, we are a little bit more of a secret. Not a lot of people know too much about Graber and if they do, it’s something that their grandparents or parents know about.” states Graber Olive House worker Tanner Duffy. The Graber Olive House is located on 315 E 4th St, in Ontario, CA 91764 and it was first established in the year 1894 by C.C Graber. Graber arrived at Ontario from Illinois with the goal to grow oranges. However, once arriving, the Grabers saw they had olive trees on their premises and they took on cultivating them. “One thing that we make sure our olives are different from others is that we actually tree-ripen our olives and because of that we have to hand pick them.” mentions Duffy. In the beginning years of this business, the olives were grown and cultivated at the Graber Olive House itself. However, as the years went by, the cultivation has been moved to the San Joaquin Valley in Lindsay, California. 150 tons of olives are produced during the season, (October-December). The warehouse in Ontario is only responsible for the canning and curing of the olives. They first go through the grading room, where the

La Casita Gift Shop offers more of variety than Graber Oliver products.

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olives are sorted by sizes 12, 14 and 16. From there, they get taken to the vats room which contains 550 concrete vats. There they are cured for three weeks. Each day, they let the old water drain and add new water. “It’s like taking a bath” says Duffy. While the last two processes are done during the week, the weekends are reserved for canning and labeling. After getting cured, the olives are taken to the filling wheel room where every single can of olives is filled up by hand. After being filled, they go through a conveyor belt into the panel paddle packer room. The Graber Olive Afterwards, the lids House processes are put on the cans after they 400,000 to 500,000 olive are filled with hot water. cans during their The olive cans are season. then transferred to the boiler room where they are sterilized by cooking the olives in the cans with the lid on top. Finally, the cans reach the labeling room where their labels are laced up and ready to be sent out. The olive cans then get packaged in boxes, all by hand. “Lots of things come out of Graber’s, it’s not just a house in middle of a residential neighborhood. That’s what a lot of people think.” says Duffy. “You just have to come check it out, or else you’ll just be driving past it.” The Graber Olive House also has two gift shops, filled with everything from plates to gourmet foods and sauces. They also offer a reception venue on their property. The Graber House is opened daily from 10:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. and tours are offered to anyone who walks in.

Wagons were used to distribute all the olive cans. (shown to the right)

Where are they now? Jags from abroad

ORLANDO MAYORQUIN

Co-Editor in Chief

his year we introduced you to Stefano Scarscini and Stan Leismeister, two foreign students from Italy and the Netherlands studying here at OHS. Last year we had our share of foreign students as well: Karl Duhme and Anqi Chen. We decided to contact them and check up on them.

ANQI CHEN Los Angeles, California

Anqi Chen is a Chinese-Italian student who came to OHS last year. Chen is originally from Shanghai in China, but she moved to Modena, Italy at the age of twelve. Chen is fluent in Chinese, Italian and English. Chen took advantage of her time as a high school senior in America. She bypassed going back to Italy to finish high school (where they have five years of high school instead of four) and instead applied to colleges here in the states. “During my exchange year I applied for a lot of colleges, eventually I was able to get into UCLA which is where I study right now.” Chen is currently a freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles where she plans to double major in piano performance and business as well as minor in accounting.

Chen attended Ontario High school’s 20152016 prom while she was a student here.

KARL DUHME Berlin, Germany

Karl Duhme is from Berlin, the capital of Germany and he came to Ontario High School as a Junior last year. Duhme spent both semesters here last year. After his time at OHS he went back to Germany where he had a 3 month vacation. Duhme is now in the 12th grade and attends Kurt Schwitter back home in Berlin. He still has another year to complete after the twelfth grade as high school in Germany is a year longer than here in America. Duhme says that he is still unsure what to do after high school in Germany. “I don’t really know what to do after. I would love to go to college in California but it’s really expensive so I might just go there for a semester or a year in another exchange student program. But I really have no idea what to study yet.” says Duhme. However, Duhme says that he is sure of at least one thing, “I really miss California, especially in the winter. Also, I really want to visit my [American] friends in the summer.” Duhme was a member of Student Achievement during his time at the “O”.

Man on the Street: Easter

The Last Dance

ILEANA MONTANEZ & LESLY VELASCO

Staff Writers

ILEANA MONTANEZ Staff Writer

Inside her room lay pictures of high school memories of all the performances, and all of the sisters and brothers she has made. She stares at the mirror, preparing herself to make one last memory. To catch one last rifle and to spin her last flag. To hear her last applause after tossing her last solo toss. To project the story of her show one last time, and to share the floor with her captain, who is also her best friend. Although Viridiana hates her coaches’ yelling, she admits she will miss them when she is gone. She will miss all the late night rehearsals and memorizing all of her drill. That morning, she realized that with prom that same night, her senior year was ending, along with making memories with her colorguard family. She prepares to leave while setting her gold dress to prepare for her senior prom in the evening. Her dress is so bright and shimmering, but it does not compare to her bright smile when she sees her boyfriend, who happens to be fighting aplastic anemia. She fears leaving him and not being there with him through his sickness, not knowing if he could get worse. After an amazing performance, she brings the same attitude towards prom. Romance and dancing with the jazz band slowly turned into an argument. When her night took an unexpected turn. She plans to go eight hours and three minutes away to CSU Chico. Away from her family and friends. She feels gloomy about the distance between she will be from her mom, she always gave her the support she needed. She fears leaving her best friend to deal with family issues and not being able to give her support. Viridiana Reyes is now on the path of starting her future.

THE PEACH AMBROSIA RAMOS & SARA CRESPO

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How do you celebrate Easter? At what age should someone stop going egg hunting? What’s the best thing an egg can be filled with? My favorite thing about spring is _____. Meliton Valenzuela 12 1. Candy. 2. There’s no age limit. 3. Money. 4. Spring break. Evelyn Serna 11 1. I go w my family and set up the eggs for the little kids. 2. They shouldn’t. 3. Money 4. It’s finally getting hot. Joshua Acevedo 10 1. Hang out with family. 2. Never. 3. Money. 4. The colors and the flowers. Teagan Arnold 9 1. I volunteer at the Montclair community center. 2. Never, it free stuff in an egg! 3. Money because I’m poor. 4. Not having allergies.

Life on another pLanet ERIK ORTIZ

Staff writer

or millions of years, the compelling notion of life on a planet other than Earth has baffled the imaginations of many, but this idea has always been perceived as nothing more than extraordinary speculation. Through the decades, scientists have been intensely studying the activity and relationship between each celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around the stars of our neighboring solar systems. However, following astronomists’ shocking discovery of 7 new Earth-sized planets all orbiting the same star, the discovery of human life on 3 of them was very recently confirmed. Although specific information regarding planets billions of miles away from Earth can be very difficult for scientists to retrieve, NASA has revealed that the approximate population amongst each the three planets individually is 15.5 billion. “I cannot disclose a definite number at this point; however, we have recovered information from several space probes to which we’ve sent to these particular planet’s years

ago... and based off of their findings, there is an estimated total of 46.5 billion human lives on these 3 planets,” explains astronomist Alexander Strawnan. This means that each of these planets contains a population almost double the size of Earth’s. Astronomists have also revealed the various forms of communication that take place on one of these 3 newly discovered planets. “It was miraculous to discover that our communication satellite reached the planet closest to us (of the 3) … this specific transponder found that an estimated 26% of the humans on that planet communicate amongst each other in an unusual variation of English; however, the remaining languages can not be identified,” explains space satellite engineer Joseph Gastro. Scientists have also reported that although the life existing on these planets is human, they are an unfamiliar breed of human as they seem to possess a stronger assortment of physical qualities including size and strength. For many years, our

planet has prided itself on being the only civilized group in existence; nevertheless, it seems we have been proven wrong. “It appears as if this family of human-like organisms have a much more severe civilized system, as they all dress identical, and maintain invariable hairstyles,” explains astronomer David Korley. Astronomists have sent several transmission satellites that have recorded activity on these planets showing their technological situation and progression. Based off of this information, we can presume that they are relatively intellectually superior to us. However, with NASA’s consistent technological advancements, we may, in the near future, reach the ability to communicate with this civilized life, and maybe even meet them. With this news, and in honor of April Fools, it is essential to realize that none of it is true.

The gravitational force is 10 times more than that of earth’s, which can potentially cause the human body to condense into microscopic size.

Contact with this planet can result in reverse aging

During winters, temperature on this planet can be as low as -16000 degrees.

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Things you didn’t need to know

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ERIK ORTIZ & PIPER POOMPUANG Staff writers

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There are a maximum of 1,048,576 rows on Microsoft Excel. Chess was invented in India. The lint that collects in the bottom of your pocket is called “gnurr” (nur). After each player has moved three times in a chess match, there are 121 million possible routes that the match could follow. A cubic inch of bone is about four times as strong as concrete.