Volume 50 Issue 8
Wheeling High School
900 S. Elmhurst Rd.
Wheeling, Ill. 60090
May 23, 2014
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Staff Reporter
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Photo story of the VISCOM Digital Media Film Festival
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Wheeling through the ages: 50 years of WHS history
New coaches hope to advance poms and basketball programs
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Fifty cents can buy all kinds of foods in the cafeteria, from warm cookies to hard-boiled eggs. Even with the rise in cookie prices in recent years, not many changes have been made to the current lunch program in the last few years. WHS and all other District 214 schools have been a part of the federal National School Lunch Program (NSLP) for decades and had met the new standards put into place last year in June, but as NSLP continues to introduce more and stricter guidelines, District 214 has decided to opt out of the federal program. Other districts such as District 207, District 225, District 125 and District 219 all have opted out of NSLP because of the new restrictions the program would bring. “By opting out of the National Lunch and Breakfast Program it will give students the freedom to make food choices for themselves rather than what the U.S. Department of Agriculture Program will directly dictate any food sold in schools during the school day,” Maureen Mullane, WHS School Nutrition Manager, said. The NSLP guidelines do not allow anything with more than 200 calories or 230 milligrams of sodium to be sold, which means that foods like pizza, pretzels and hummus could not be sold at school, had the district not
opted out of the program. The restriction would apply to everything from vending machines to student-activity food-related fundraisers, for example, bake sales and food sold in the school store. By opting out of the program, relatively few changes will be made to food-related fundraisers next year. Even though WHS and the rest of District 214 have opted out of the program, dietitians and nutrition managers within the district believe that WHS food services will maintain high nutritional standards. “As a Registered Dietitian, my focus will always be nutrition, variety of choice and moderation,” Christine Frole, Director of Food and Nutrition Services, said. District 214 will continue to offer healthy snacks and will even be introducing new menu options such as grilled chicken breast, hummus wraps, pasta primavera with vegetables, falafels, and a variety of new salads next year to meet customer satisfaction. Opting out of the federal program will allow the district to offer a greater variety of foods to students through cafeteria lunch menus. “Opting out of the National School Lunch Program will allow us to continue to offer, and even expand, the variety of nutritious meals and snacks that our students have come to expect,” Ms. Frole said. In the end, students’ health and satisfaction are always the priority.
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D214 opts out of federal lunch program
Top: A cafeteria worker spoons potatoes into a lunch tray to serve to students in the hot lunch line. By opting out of the National School Lunch Program, District 214 schools will continue to be able to serve foods with more than 200 calories per serving to students, as well as avoid other changes the program would have implemented. Bottom: Rabella Giyo, sophomore, finishes her lunch during 7th period.
Students compete, excel at state science fair thousands of years ago. They began of stone tools found in sediment) their project after obtaining the needed to be produced for sediment samples from Dr. Lisa comparison to the sediment.” Students in the Intro to Sonnenburg, a researcher from the Faltushanskiy and Keselman Nanotechnology class and University of Michigan. also competed individually in Investigatory Design program “Everyone was surprised at how the IJAS state fair as a part of the competed in the Illinois Junior original our research was,” Rankin Investigatory Design program. Academy Science (IJAS) state said. Faltushanskiy’s fair held at Northern Illinois According research focused on University, DeKalb, on Friday, to Battista, the ways in which May 2 and Saturday, May 3. presenting at listening to music Nicholas Rankin and Vinnie the IJAS state prior to taking Battista, seniors, competed in fair was nervea standardized the Earth Science category of wracking and math test affected the Project Session and earned exciting. We hope to expand performance on a gold medal for their research. “I was a the test, while the program and Irene Keselmen and Zalman little nervous Keselman’s research show more people Faltushanskiy, sophomores, (presenting), focused music’s that if they come each earned a gold medal for since we put so effects on mood. their individual research in the much work into “I liked the into the program Behavioral Science category of the it and I wanted experience and how they have a good Project Session. Faltushanskiy also to make sure we I got to practice a chance of being won a gold medal for his paper in said everything more professional the Paper Session of the state fair. we needed to presentation than successful.” Rankin and Battista, as well as say, but after what I get to do in Faltushanskiy, also won the Best in presenting a Tim McIntire school,” Keselman Category award for each of their few times, I felt investigatory design sponsor said.According to respective projects. better about it,” Rankin and Battista are Battista said. Keselman, working currently taking Intro to Ms. Del Muro assisted Rankin on her project throughout the Nanotechnology and completed and Battista with their project year taught her a lot about time their research with the guidance by helping them to obtain the management and the research of Lisa Del Muro, Intro to necessary materials to complete process. Nanotechnology teacher. Their their project. “I learned how important research focused on analyzing rock “I had to get supplies for it is to do everything on time,” sediments from Lake Huron to them,” Ms. Del Muro said. “We Keselman said. “I also learned that determine if Paleoindians lived actually had to buy a deer antler. you have to have a bigger sample on a land bridge that existed there Debitage (small bits and pieces size to get accurate results.” Kelly McKewin
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Faltushanskiy has competed at the IJAS state fair before and won both a gold medal and Best in Category for his project. “For Zalman, this is a pretty big accomplishment. This is the second year in a row that he’s won this award. It speaks to his hard work,” Timothy McIntire, one of the three sponsors of the Investigatory Design program, said. WHS as a school was also awarded the Dr. Lyell J. Thomas Memorial award. The award is given to schools that support outstanding student research in science, technology, engineering and math. Rankin, Battista and Faltushanskiy’s Best in Category awards contributed to WHS’s winning of the award. According to Mr. McIntire, the success of the students at the state fair exhibits the progress made in the both the Intro to Nanotechnology class and the Investigatory Design program. “The kids that we have in the program that have completed projects have shown that they are successful. We hope to expand the program and show more people that if they come into the program they have a good chance of being successful,” Mr. McIntire said. “As far as the Dr. Lyell Thomas award goes, that’s a big boost for our nano lab.”
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For the sixth year in a row, the girls’ water polo team participated in the Polar Plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics. The team raised over $3,000 for the cause. Prospect will be hosting its end-ofthe-year Orchesis show, entitled Spectrum Part 2, today, Friday, May 23 at 7 p.m. It features 16 dances, including the dances they performed at the State and National Dance Festivals. Four students from Buffalo Grove qualified as National Merit Finalists in the competition for the 2014 Merit Scholarship awards. All four students placed in the 99th percentile of students who took the test.
Elk Grove Elk Grove recently began a film club and is currently working on making a video showing scenes of daily life at the school, with the footage being shot by students and staff.
Rolling Meadows Students in Introduction to Engineering and Design, as well as Manufacturing classes designed and created two cars for the High Mileage Vehicle competition on Monday, May 12 and Tuesday, May 13.
TDP offers summer courses Kelly McKewin Co-Editor-in-Chief
This summer, District 214 will begin offering a new Summer Enrichment Program through the Talent Development Program (TDP). The courses are designed to keep students excited about school during the summer and expose them to new topics and ideas. The courses run in from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in four day sessions. There are four different sessions, with each session offering different courses. Classes will be held here at WHS and at Elk Grove High School, although enrollment in the courses is open to students from across the district. A variety of classes, covering a number of different topics from poetry to science to different kinds art, are being offered. Angela Hawkins, Italian teacher, is teaching a course on Italian culture, art and history. “I thought it was fun to do something different than what I do in class,” Ms. Hawkins said. “I want to share with (students) my passion for the Italian culture. I hope students taking Italian and students not taking the class will see the beauty of the culture.” Ms. Hawkins’ course will feature lectures and discussions about Italian culture, as well as projects and activities such as
creating clay models of Italian monuments and landmarks, a cheese tasting and the opportunity to see a Ferrari. Laura Wagner, English teacher, is holding a course on prose poetry during one of the sessions. “It was very appealing to me that I could find time for a facet of writing that there isn’t time for during my two primary classes,” Ms. Wagner said. “I like the flexibility (of the summer sessions).” Ms. Wagner believes that the TDP summer courses offer students the opportunity to explore new topics and interests without having to worry about the stress of tests and homework that come with regular classes. “While everyone works hard to make classes engaging, I think it’s easy for a class to get bogged down with grades and homework, and I look forward in this seminar to make (poetry) interesting and fun,” Ms. Wagner said. Each course costs $75. Information about course registration can be found on the district website. The deadline for registration is Friday, May 30, and a minimum number of students must be registered for each course in order for it to run. A complete listing of available courses can also be found on Spokesman Online.
News Flash Display of Cultures performances and informational tables will be set up in the main hallway during all lunch periods today, Friday, May 23.
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Wind Symphony performs at Superstate
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Juan Salgado, sophomore, and Alexandra Daggett, junior, play the clarinet at the Senior Night Band Concert. Both are members of the Wind Symphony.
was written specifically for the Wind Symphony. While this was the ninth year This year was the ninth year in a in a row that the band performed row that the WHS Wind Symphony at Superstate, some memebers were went to the Illinois Superstate Festival, unsure of whether or not they would hosted by University of Illinois. be selected to perform. Bands from all over Illinois “This year I wasn’t sure whether we submitted recordings of their music were going to make it or not because in February. A committee judged each we were focused more on Jazz because band and determined which were the we went to Midwest,” Isabel Chan, best. The best bands got to perform at junior, said. “Going to Superstate Superstate. was a really fun experience because it The festival was a two day event meant that we not only exceeded in on Friday, May 9 and Saturday, May jazz, but we can do good in concerts 10. During that time, over 38 bands too.” performed. WHS Wind Symphony Next year, Wind Symphony is performed live in class AAA. hoping to apply and be selected for the “In our class, they had ten bands Superstate Festival again, and therefore picked out, and out of those ten, four have ten consecutive years of going to were from D214, which is good for Superstate. Members of the band are 214,” Brian Logan, band director, also looking forward to playing next said. year. This year WHS played a piece “(I’m looking forward to) seeing that was commissioned for them. what the band does next year because While most of the music performed a lot of seniors are graduating, and it’s at Superstate could be bought, and interesting to see what we’re able to do is published for anyone to listen to without them,” Alexandra Daggett, or play, WHS played a piece that junior, said.
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There will be no school on Monday, May 26 in observance of Memorial Day. Regular yearbook distribution will be held during all lunch periods on Tuesday, May 27. The senior graduation rehearsal assembly will take place on Friday, May 30. There will be an early dismissal for students at 1:50 p.m. on Friday, May 30. Prom will take place on Friday, May 30 at Marriot Lincolnshire. It will begin at 7 p.m. The senior Graduation Ceremony will be held on Sunday, June 1 at 12:30 p.m. Finals will take place on Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6. Friday, June 6 is the last day of school. Advanced Placement (AP) test scores will be available online Tuesday, July 8, beginning at 7 a.m. As a part of the “Stop, Drop and Read” initiative, students and staff have been reading a collective 20,000 minutes a day.
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The second annual Film Fest
Left bottom: Marco Mazzetta, junior, and Celine Dirkes, senior, hosted the second annual Film Festival at WHS. Middle: John Uhrik, English teacher, David Quiroz, sophomore, and Kent Dyer, art teacher announce the winner of the Best Overall Film. Right: Michael Konyer, sophomore, is awarded an Honorable Mention by Mr. Uhrik and Mr. Dyer.
Band students to visit Europe over summer break with the Jazz Band pictured on the wrapper of every individual chocolate bar that was sold for one dollar by all band students. Other fundraising With all the tremendous hard opprotunities included portions of sales work and effort that Jazz Band has from Chipotle, Panera, Chick Fil A, put into practicing and playing their Outback Steakhouse and many more instruments, Jazz Band will be traveling going to the band. In the end, the across the world to Europe this summer trip cost $2700 and the Jazz Band is on July 7 and visiting Switzerland and extremely excited to go on this trip. Italy until July 18. While traveling to Europe, students This experience of a lifetime will travel to Switzerland, take a bus didn’t just magically appear for these along the Swiss Alps, and all along Italy, hardworking students. Jazz Band where they will eventually reach Rome. definitely has put in the time and effort “I’m really excited to go on this trip, to travel to Europe and play on the I wish that we could stay in Switzerland other side of the world. Students from a while longer, we’re only there for a all years are attending, from freshmen to day,” said Ronald Roth, senior. the seniors that will have graduated. This opportunity will definitely With all the fundraising put into make Jazz Band become closer as a going on this trip, the trip would family and everyone that will get to hear have been $4500. However, Jazz Band them perform will definitely remember Jazz Band will be flying from Chicago to Switzerland and then traveling by bus to Italy. They has been a huge part of fundraising Wheeling High School’s amazing will be performing in front of thousands at internation jazz festivals. opportunities, such as selling chocolates performance. Kamila Kawa Staff Reporter
Qazi stands out in graphic design class me do my best for trying to accomplish things.” His friends and classmates help him Students who take graphic design with ideas and are a part of his art. here at WHS will be exposed to a wide “I help him come up with new variety of different things. They use ideas,” Rabella Giyo, sophomore, said. the programs Photoshop and Illustra“He’s more open, he just likes adding tor to create their own pictures, logos new stuff, he takes risks in his art.” and much more. Of the many graphic According to Giyo, the graphic designers, the one who stood out as ‘Art- design class helps students harness their ist of the Month’ was Sulayman Qazi, creativity in a fun and different fashion sophomore. Qazi has taken Photograthan other art classes. phy One and is now enrolled in Graphic “It’s a very artistic class, very creative. Design. You get to come up with new ideas.” “It was like luck, I Giyo said. “His work is guess. I had to choose very open, he’s a creout of three art classes ative artist, he’s just an and I chose graphic open artist in general. design which I enjoyed He likes coming up a lot.” Qazi said. with new ideas.” Despite only being According to a sophomore, Qazi has Qazi, he is interested “He has inspired me in taking even more already made an impression on teachers. to become a better, art classes in the next “He is doing years. He is also more open minded two phenomenal in the hoping to, after high artist and take more school, start a career in class,” said Kent risks in my artwork.” the arts. Dyer, Graphic Design teacher. “His work is “I want to be in an really strong, it’s really Rabella Giyo art field later for my personal, he creates Sophomore career so I feel like this really unique work and is the first step.” Qazi he’s an incredible hard said. working student in the Qazi has shown class.” that hard work can pay off. From takAccording to Qazi, he takes inspira- ing Photos One to being a successful tion and gains ideas from his friends. graphic designer interested in making “They answered my questions all the it his life, he has shown that growth is time, they would help me out when I possible when you put your mind to it. needed help, and they would give me As we finish up the school year, Qazi advice to change things around if they is looking forward to what the future don’t see something that is acceptable.” holds; not only a new career path, but Qazi said. “They would try to make new art classes to expand his horizon. Chris Nush
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Arts program turns over a new leaf with new directors Erika Pogorzelska Feature Editor With a surplus of directors running through the orchestra and choir programs over the years, the potential for the groups to develop has been inconsistent. Within the past year, these programs have seen a large amount improvement with the new orchestra and choir directors. Sarah Struebing, orchestra director, and Stephen Colella, choir director, have turned these programs around. Both Ms. Struebing and Mr. Colella had to take on multiple tasks in their jobs at WHS. Ms. Struebing is not only the orchestra director, but she is also the new guitar class teacher and AP music theory teacher. Mr. Colella teaches multiple choirs as well as running the show choir and the musical. “When I came here, I saw huge potential for growth, largely due to the students desire to succeed.” Ms. Struebing said. Ms. Struebing said she felt welcomed by the staff, and that working with teachers has been a great help. “When I first got here, the orchestra was going on a field trip to Florida with the bands, which I felt was what the group
needed,” Ms. Struebing said. “Seeing Mr. Logan does what he does with the students really was great.” Facing the instability of the orchestra program near the end of the school year, Ms. Struebing started to make changes right away. “My biggest thing was the program needed consistency and structure, so I outlined certain things they could expect from me and what I expected from them. I started rehearsing outside of school and increased performance opportunities which also increased opportunities to rehearse. I gave students in chamber more responsibility and every orchestra student ownership of their program,” Ms. Strebing said. Paul Wagner, sophomore, has seen the improvements in the orchestra’s performnce improve since last year. “(In RENT), the music improved a lot. The pit improved. It was professional stuff,” Wagner said.
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“People should join because you meet wonderful students, and to take part in Feature Editor activities that benefit others in need. WPAC was originally an idea made The Wheeling Public Action Club by AP Government students that wanted (WPAC) is a service organization club to encourage students to take political that brings awareness and provides com- action. Over time, the “politics” were munity service projects to areas in need. dropped, and eventually changed to They meet every Friday at 3 PM in room public actions. 245. They plan and organize events on a They have accomplished bringing daily basis. awareness to Darfur, Sandy Hook, and They participate in Teens for Jeans victims of Hurricane Sandy. (donating old pair of jeans to homeless “We have held fundraisers and also teens), collecting cell phones for victims participated in Feed My Starving Chilof domestic violence, RAK Week (Randren (a non-profit Christian organization dom Acts of Kindness), Kiss a Senior committed to feed God’s children hungry Goodbye Week, Can-Food Drive, Shave in body and spirit, according to their for the Shore, and other service projects. website).” Mrs. Chico said. About 15-20 students are in WPAC, The club helps benefit the school by and it’s easy to join, to just stop by dur- giving opportunities to give to those in ing one of the meetings. need. It helps the participants develop Sandra Chico, sponsor of WPAC, a sense of awareness, leadership skills, comments that students run the club. communication skills, as well as organiCurrently, the president is Isabel Chan, zational skills. junior.
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End of the school year brings end to teaching era languages, I would’ve done great because of her. She is one of those teachers that Feature Editor pushes students to do well. You can tell she wants you to succeed.” Dorcey said. From inscribing ser and estar into “I loved how go, go, go she was.” students’ brains, to registering students Students acknowledged how Ms. for their AP tests, to teaching students Ciesil was able to make class seem less about Hotelling’s model, the WHS rigid and more unique. faculty is full of people who have taught “She tended to make animal sounds students well and made an impact on and it was really fun,” Dorcey said. their lives. Many great members of the Ms. Ciesil has worked at WHS for WHS faculty are retiring this year and over 30 years, so she had seen some of they will be dearly missed. the changes that the school had gone Retiring faculty are Jean Ciesil, through. “The school has adapted spanish teacher, Carole Dujmovic, over time with the individuals. Block Special Ed teacher, Toni Holt, Life schedules allow more opportunities for studies teacher, Anne Martin, Human taking more classes,” Ms. Ciesil said. Geography teacher, Micki Kaufman, “I also think AP classes are a positive Assesment assistant, Therese Mensching, change. It encourages students to get into Tech assistant, Diane Perkins, French the college mindset, and that is a large teacher, Karen Sebesta, Special Ed change I have seen around here.” Ms. teacher. Ciesil said. Ms. Ciesil is one of the teachers that One thing students sometimes will be missed by many of her Spanish wonder is why a teacher chose their students. subject and career path. “She had a way of pounding “Well, I believe that everyone is the information in your head. Her teachable. If someone needs different personality was bold, and it made the kind of help then you come at them a class lively,” Kyle Nixon, junior, said. different way. I always try a different way Kyle Dorcey, junior, also thought to help people learn, so teaching never miss Ciesil had a fun personality. gets boring. It’s great to see the lightbulb “If I were better at grasping foreign go off when a student understands
something and seeing the enthusiasm and curiosity in a student, whether it is mine or someone else’s class. It’s a learning rollercoaster.” Ms. Ciesil said. Ms. Ciesil chose a foreign language because she loves learning about other cultures and liked the idea of traveling. “With a language, you can get deeper into a culture.” Ms. Ciesil said. Ms. Ciesil loved the diversity of WHS and the support staff and faculty felt like a mini family to her. Ms. Ciesil expects to substitute after she retires. Another teacher that will be missed is Ms. Martin. Ms. Martin has also experienced the changes WHS has undergone in her time working here. “I think the biggest change is the use of the iPads. Now, all my freshman have iPads and there isn’t the need to use books as much.” Like Ms. Ciesil, Ms. Martin likes to travel and has an interest in different places. “I find it fun to share the different cultures and current events around the world with my students and teach something I love,” Ms. Martin said. Ms. Martin’s favorite part of being a teacher is interacting with so many people. “I always found the students to be so fun, so many different personalities. The
staff is great here too. I’ve worked at four different schools and out of all of them, this one is the best. “ Ms. Martin said. Ms. Martin recalls a memory from three years ago: in her AP Human Geography class she was handing out tests when she had tripped over a student’s backpack and fell. Justin Loquercio, sophomore, thinks Ms. Martin is an outstanding teacher. “I liked how she gave us a pacing guide, it kept the class more organized. She was very fair with her grading and I really enjoyed her experience,” Loquercio said. Maggie Monaxios and Marco Mazetta, juniors, adore Ms. Martin. “She is so cute!” Monaxios said. “She saw the school play, Beauty and the Beast, and she always compliments us (Mazetta and I) on our performance,” Monaxios said. Monaxios would thank Ms. Martin for having such a positive influence in her life. “I would tell Ms. Martin ‘You had a good run kid’,” Mazetta said. Although all could not be interviewes, every faculty member retiring this year will be greatly missed, and has brought so much to WHS, the staff, and the students in their time here.
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A few retiring faculty members. From left to right: Jean Ciesil, spanish teacher, Anne Martin, human geography teacher, Micki Kaufman, assessment assistant and Dian Perkins, french teacher.
Cheer Force Extreme: Coaching Chance for Cheerleader watching the girls for mistakes in their routines, and explaining to them how Photo Editor to fix their mistakes. Find transition problems in the routine itself and fix From stretching to teaching them. She also gets the opportunity to routines to rehearsing over and over, teach the girls the routine. Ashley Engebretson, junior, helps six While A. Engebretson is the only to 16 year olds with cheerleading tricks one who coaches, other WHS students and routines which helps them become are also apart of this program. Mallory better cheerleaders. Van Horn, Morgan Engebretson, and The Cheer Force Extreme program Gaby Garnowski, incoming freshmen, at Elk Grove Gymnastics School was are all apart of this program. made to help cheerleaders of all ages “My favorite part is watching to improve their skills. This program the team perform,” A. Engebretson meets on sundays for practices. explained. “It’s amazing when they hit A. Engebretson has been a part of a good routine knowing I’ve helped this program since she was seven years them work out problems in that old. When she is not Cheerleading at routine.” WHS, she goes to practices and helps This program consists of two teams, her mother, who is the coach of the a Junior team which has kids from six team. to 13 years old. And A Senior team, “I go to watch what the team is which includes kids from 10 to 16 doing and if I see something another years old. A. Engebretson is apart of coach doesn’t see, I point it out,” A. the senior when she is not competing. Engebretson said. “Now, It’s just kind She volunteers her time to this of a normal thing for me to do when program whenever she can. I’m not competing for cheerleading She is apart of the Senior team here at WHS.” only when she is not competing on A. Engebretson’s duties consists of Cheerleading at WHS. Jean Pabon
“I just love cheerleading, it’s so much fun to be a part of,” A. Engebretson said. According to A. Engebretson, one of her favorite memories was a time when a Special Needs Team came to the program. She was able to coach the team and go and perform with them. “It was one of my favorite teams to work with. Everyone on the team was really cooperative,” A. Engebretson said, “I got to work with other girls from my team who volunteered to help as well, and the girls on the Special Needs Team loved it. They were always eager to learn and that just made me extremely happy.” Coaching her fellow teammates does come with some problems. According to A. Engebretson, the transition between being one of their teammates to being a coach and giving orders is sometimes frustrating. But in the end, she loves coaching and wouldn’t give it up. On an average day, practices start off with everyone warming up. All the kids will either go to the trampolines in the gym or practice
tumbling. Afterwards, everyone starts stretching, with one of the girls leading the stretch. Reaching for their toes, butterfly stretches, and many other stretches to get themselves ready for practicing their routine. After stretches, the coaches will start working on learning and rehearsing the routine. “We place the girls where they need to go, and we move from sequence to sequence,” A. Engebretson said. The team then continues to run the routine over and over. With each run they find mistakes and problems and work to fix them. After making sure the team knows the moves, the coaches will start putting the movement together and add stunts and tumbling into the routine. According to A. Engebretson, when the team knows the routine they will run it “over and over and over. Just to make sure they know it and to help them build up endurance.” “Because if we can hit a clean routine if we are dead tired, then we can hit it when we aren’t tired,” A. Engebretson said.
May 23, 2014 Left: Ashley Engebretson, junior, sits with some of the girls she coaches at a competition. Middle: Engebretson watches the team perform their routine at practice. Right: Engerbretson helps the team do their hair and put on makeup for competitions.
‘76 - Chicago Bears take on WHS faculty.
‘69 - Jukebox installed in cafeteria.
‘76 - Donkey Basketball commences.
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WHS opens with 1600 students and NO senior class.
‘76 - First year of co-ed P.E. classes.
‘74 - STYX performs live at WHS.
‘82 - Pressbox in stadium burns down. Class of ‘82 donates money to rebuild.
‘74 - Two students firebomb the library, causing $510,000 in damage and destroying 6 classrooms.
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“My favorite memory would have to be my soccer team this past season, winning conference, and making it to the state final,” Ed Uhrik, math teacher and soccer coach.
‘02 - Northeast (science) wing of building is built, along with new marquee sign.
‘91 - WHS holds its final Mr. Wildcat show during Homecoming Week.
“I think my favorite memory would have to be chaperoning prom and post-prom...You see them (the students) in a different way in a different environment,” Judy Kraus, security guard.
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‘13 - The “Gatos” rally Wildcats young and old during their exhilirating state run.
“All of my favorite memories involve my children: when my son, Mike, qualified for state in track, when my son, Ben, was in the school musical, my daughter, Kristen, winning all-conference for water polo, and my daughter, Amy, surviving me as a teacher,” Mike Burke, English teacher.
“I have so many memories from the last 30 years...whenever a team goes down to state, it’s always exciting for the whole school,” Marilyn Kent, security guard.
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“I remember I got in this huge TPing fight with my friend. We used over 80 rolls on each other’s houses,” Carrie Mattingly, history teacher.
‘12 - iPads take over the WHS curriculum.
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‘82 - Senior class tries (unseccessfully) to bust the pipelines by flushing all the toilets at once. ‘82 - Little Theater (now Robert E. Sang Theater) is flooded with 5000 gallons of water.
‘07 - Murals are created by art students and put up in the art hallway.
‘92 - Card catalog system in library is replaced with the Unicorn computer catalog system.
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‘78 - WHS marching band is first Illinois band to march in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC.
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‘06 - WHS remains open during massive snowstorm, resulting in 726 absences.
‘11 - The price of cookies increases from $0.25 to $0.50, much to students’ dismay.
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‘77 - Chicago Cubs defeat WHS faculty in basketball 82-80.
‘90 - Construction of the student lounge (in the foyer), dance studio, tech room and new division offices commences.
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‘71 - Swimming pool first available for full use (originally called Neptune’s Pool).
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Looking back: 50 years of the best of WHS
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Bebida de frutas Frescas
Helado de sandía y fresa Ingredientes: 5 copas de sandía sin semilla 1/2 de copa de fresas 1 cucharada de limón verde 1/2 de un limón amarillo 1 cucharilla de miel 1/2 de una cucharilla de azúcar
Ingredientes: 1 1/2 copas de mezcla de frutas frescas* 3 oz de concentrado de limonada descongelado 1/8 de copa de jugo de naranja 1 cucharada de azúcar 1 copa de hielo
* La receta también funciona con pepino, kiwi al igual que muchas frutas más
* Mezcla de frutas puede incluir fresas, mango, durazno, sandia junto con muchas más de su preferencia
Antes de Preparar: 1. Tome las fresas y antes de lavar frote las para remover un poco de las semillas 2. Enjuague las fresas bajo agua fría 3. Asegurar de picar todas las frutas que van hacer agregadas antes
Antes de Preparar: 1. Asegurarse que las frutas esten lavadas 2. Quite la casacara (si aplica) 3. Pique las frutas en trozos delgados Modo de Preparación: 1. Coloque las frutas en la licuadora, comenzando con la más sólida hasta la más acuosa, en intervalos de diez segundos a la vez 2. Después de licuar las frutas agregue el concentrado de limonada y el jugo de naranja, mezcle por no más de diez segundos 3. Una vez que la mezcla de fruta llegue a una consistencia acuosa puede agregar azúcar- aunque no siempre es necesaria dependiendo en la dulcedad de las frutas usadas- cantidad de azucar puede variar dependiendo de preferencia personal 4. Finalmente, para variar la necesidad de la mezcla puede agregar cubitos de hielo, siga agregando hielos para una bebida más acuosa Sugerencias Adicionales: 1. La receta está configurada para la preparación de tres porciones 2. Para crear un juego más acuoso y menos dulce se puede agregar un poco de agua para diluir el azúcar natural y artificial
Modo de Preparación: 1. Coloque las fresas picadas en la licuadora y mezcla por un corto tiempo, no más que 15 segundos 2. Agregue la sandía y mezcla hasta que llegue a una consistencia como puré 3. Luego derrame la mezcla sobre un tazón por medio de un colador 4. Despues agregue la miel y azúcar, mezclando con una cuchara 5. Finalmente llene los moldes en donde se va a congelar la mezcla 6. Luego ponga los moldes dentro del congelador y permite que todo el líquido se congele antes de quitar del molde Sugerencias Adicionales: 1. Si planean agregar un palillo, asegurarse que los coloque cuando el helado esté un poco congelado 2. Cuando la mezcla esté echa de frutas más espesas se puede agregar agua para diluir el puré
Comunidad latina abre puertas con eventos de verano
Lo mejor sobre las vacaciones es el tiempo libre adicional que nos brinda. Con el verano aproximándose cada día más, es importante tener planes para evitar unas vacaciones pésimas. Las vacaciones son el tiempo más apropiado para tomar un poco de tiempo para aprender y abarcar un poco sobre diferentes nuestras culturas. Por suerte para nosotros, la ciudad de Chicago ofrece varias oportunidades, como los que se muestran a continuación, para que podamos explorar, aprender, y ser más involucrados en nuestras comunidades.
Caminata del Día del Niño
sabado, 31 de mayo 11:00 - 3:00pm
Fiestas Puertorriqueñas
Para traer las vacaciones de verano un poco temprano y también a dar un empiezo positivo a las vacaciones, pueden visitar el museo nacional de arte mexicana. En el día del niño al igual que el resto del mes de mayo, la entrada es gratis. Comenzando a las once de las mañana habrá música, juegos, premios, rifas, y examenes de salud gratis. Además habrá una caminata de dos millas. Las fiestas llegarán a su fin a las tres.
Festival del Taco
sabado, 20 de septiembre domingo, 21 de septiembre
jueves, 12 de junio domingo, 15 de junio Las fiestas puertorriqueñas tomarán lugar en Humboldt Park en Chicago. Para aquellos que son fascinados por la cultura puertorriqueña, este es el evento perfecto. Habrá comida, música, y actividades en cuales por medio se celebra una parte de la cultura. Podrá verificar la alineación de artistas en la página oficial de la ciudad de Chicago. No olvide también tomar parte en el desfile el sábado 14, comenzando en Division y Western Ave.
Fiesta del Sol
Despues del regreso a la escuela si uno busca un pequeño receso con diversion el festival del taco en Little Village en Chicago es un lugar perfecto. Este festival es específicamente dedicado a la comida más popular entre los latinos, los tacos. En este fin de semana podrás ayudar a decidir que empresarial local tiene el mejor taco de Chicago. También sirve de una manera perfecta para brindarle la bienvenida al otoño.
jueves, 31 de julio domingo, 3 de agosto Para evitar el abatimiento de volver a la escuela, preste una visita al festival de latinos más grande en el mediooeste. Localizado en el centro de Pilsen el evento cuenta con música en vivo, juegos mecánicos, comida y recursos para la educación. Lo mejor de todo será que los puestos de comida estarán donando dinero para apoyar grupos educativos, de inmigración, y también de trabajo.
Cinco de mayo: fronteras que redefinen tradiciones
mayo 23, 2014
Aide Hernandez
gran recreación en cual participan cientos de personas.
Aunque no se transmite en los Estados Unidos anualLa Voz Editor mente, en México la pieza teatral es transmitida cada año. Permitiendo que todos en el vasto país puedan participar en las festividades desde el principio. El cinco de mayo es reconocido por numerosos Adicionalmente, la gente acostumbra a organizar países, incluyendo a la tierra compatriota de México y un desfile en su ciudad. En la mayoría de los desfiles el país vecino de los Estados Unidos. Desafortunadamente, muchos aquellos que celebran no son conscien- dan bolsitas llenas de dulces típicos como el tamarindo, tes de la verdadera razón de la celebración. La mayoría duvalines, cocadas, y muchos otros. Al final del día muchos también organizan una cena de los extranjeros creen que están celebrando el día de que incluye comida típica de Puebla. Muchos incluyen la independencia de México, sin saber que el dia de el mole poblano, arroz, y empanadas. independencia es el día 16 de septiembre. En verdad las celebraciones del cinco de mayo cel- Estados Unidos Como pasan los años, el número de la población ebran el aniversario de la batalla de Puebla que occurió mexicana en los EE.UU. contiúa aumentando. Así en 1862. En la batalla las fuerzas mexicanas lograron que no es ninguna sorpresa que los festejos del cinco vencer a los francés bajo el poder de Napoleón. de mayo se han convertido en fiestas predominantes y México En México, el cinco de mayo es considerado un día populares aquí en los EE.UU. Aunque en los EE.UU las fiestas del cinco de mayo festivo nacional. Se observa como un día en cual los se han tomado un nuevo significado, ahora en día se mexicanos demostraron su valía por su tierra. En este usa como una manera de celebrar la cultura mexicana día se acostumbran desfiles, recreaciones de la batalla, incluyendo la comida, cultura y tradición. En ciudades comidas tradicionales, y también mucho ambiente y más dominadas por la población mexicana, así como lo felicidad entre la gente mexicana. es en Arizona, Texas, Nuevo México, y nuestra propia A pesar de que la batalla ocurrió en Puebla, la gente en todos los estados mexicanos se unen a la gran ciudad de Chicago existen las celebraciones en grande. Aunque no se enfoca en la batalla de Puebla, las celebración. Las celebraciones en Puebla siguen inigualables. En el sitio en cual la batalla occurió hay una celebraciones de los EE.UU si que brillan una luz en la
cultura mexicana. Adicionalmente, es muy común la venta de comida tradicional, juegos mecánicos, música en vivo, y también danzas folklóricas. Como muchos lugares en los EE.UU, Wheeling no fue ninguna excepción a las celebraciones este año. El club de baile latino aprovechó la ocasión para recaudar fondos para el club. Vendieron comida como fruta y pastelitos. El club no solamente usó esta oportunidad para algo especial para su uso personal si no también para mejorar su relaciones entre ellos mismos. “A través de esto hemos sido capaces de crecer más cerca, creo que definitivamente nos hemos unidos durante este tiempo para poder planear y vender comida” Melissa Espinoza, Sophomore comento. Locations: Arlington Heights1313 N. Rand Rd. Barrington203 W. Northwest Hwy. Elk Grove Village45 S. Arlington Hts Rd. Bikes AvailableTreks, Raleigh, Specialized, and Haro
From ‘Hannah Montana’ to ‘We Can’t Stop’ and ‘Wrecking Ball,’ Miley Cyrus was all people could talk about this year. She surprised many with her new style, looks, and music. Her fans have grown past ‘Hannah’ and Cyrus has proved that so has she! Her VMA performance with Robin Thicke shocked viewers and is still a hot topic. Who knows what she has in store for us next!
Beyoncé stayed in the spotlight all year. After dropping an album without any press or marketing, it still managed to get rave reviews and top the charts! She is gearing up for a world tour this summer with Jay-Z.
Kim, Kourtney, Khloé and the rest of the Kardashians made headlines daily with Kim and Kanye West’s baby, Khloé’s divorce and Bruce and Kris Jenner’s seperation. Season nine will resume June 8 on E!
‘Breaking Bad’ concluded this school year after five seasons. Bryan Cranston stars as Walter White, a chemistry teacher with terminal cancer who falls into the illegal drug business in order to support himself.
You can’t talk about this school year without mentioning ‘Frozen,’ the hit Disney movie that became an immediate success. Songs from the film like ‘Let It Go’ and ‘Do You Want To Build A Snowman’ became sensations.
‘Grand Theft Auto V’ shattered records and dominated the gaming world. With over 32 million copies sold, it won six Guiness World Records including Best Selling Videogame in 24 hours and Fastest Videogame to gross $1 billion.
Jennifer Lawrence starred as Katniss Everdeen in the second installment of ‘The Hunger Games’ trilogy. The film did extremely well at the box offices and shot Lawrence into the spotlight. Her other films including ‘American Hustle’ showcase her great talent.
Picks of the month: May
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Revenge
Tv Show
Refreshment
Neighbors
Movie
“Neighbors,’ stars Zac Efron and Seth Rogan. The comedy is about a new father who’s new next door neighbors are fraternity brothers known for their wild, outrageous parties. Neighbors premeired May 9 and is rated R. other stars of the movie include Dave Franco as another fraternity brother and Rose Byrne as Rogan’s wife and mother of their new baby.
Starbucks Refreshers Starbucks is a favorite to many students and while the weather is getting warmer, cool down with a refreshing Very Berry Hibiscus Starbucks Refreshers™ Beverage which is tangy fruit and sweet ginger. Or you could enjoy a Cool Lime Starbucks Refreshers™ Beverage which combines citrus and apple.
High Waist Shorts
Fashion
Make way for summer! Break out your high waist shorts because this is the season. High waist shorts are always a favorite for summer and this year is no different. They can be purchased at most stores like Forever 21, Macy’s, H&M or American Eagle. They are usually resonably priced anywhere from $15 to $25.
May 23, 2014
‘Revenge’ is about a girl named Emily who moves to The Hamptons to avenge her innocent father who dies in prison. Her main focus is on the Greyson family who is responsible for her dad’s arrest. Catch up on ‘Revenge’ on Netflix over the summer. ‘Revenge’ was renewed for a fourth season on ABC.
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Students deserve iPads in AP classes
Not parkin’ in my seat for PARCC
make more sense for them to be rewarded with the iPads if they have the larger load? AP students definitely earn the iPads because they are harder workers and are challenged more. Starting the 2013/2014 school year, freshmen obtained iPads and got to use them for the whole year. This was not the smartest idea since they’re just entering high school and given a tool that does a lot of the work for them, not only causing them to become distracted but gets them to steer away from books. Whatever happened to all those heavy books and back problems freshman year of high school? The class of 2017 will not get their full high school experience without all those heavy books. Most freshmen are still immature and only use their iPads for apps like Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, other social networks and games, definitely not apps they need for school. Many freshmen have already complained about how challenging their freshman year is, yet they won’t do anything to raise their grades up and instead will go on their iPads to play games. AP students have to work so much harder, yet are not rewarded the way they should be. Although books are great sources, iPads can be used more and can be more beneficial for AP students, with all their challenging classes and harder work, AP students deserve better.
Kamila Kawa Staff Reporter
Why are AP students not rewarded with iPads while regular students get to use them? AP students in Wheeling High school work, study, and put in so much effort every year because their class rigor is much more challenging to that of regular students. These AP students take tests throughout the whole year and then have to take the huge AP test in May, which decides whether or not they get college credit. AP students should be rewarded with iPads. There is only one AP class in all of Wheeling High School, that gets an iPad to use for the class, AP Italian. As an AP student myself and being in AP U.S. History and AP Language and Composition this year, there have been many times where I could’ve used an iPad to help me with homework, assignments, and projects. On the other hand, regular U.S. History students get iPads for their class. Going from a regular student freshman year to an honors and AP student sophomore year, I know that AP students have a ton of more work to do and are given much harder material. Wouldn’t it
ing the test just to complete it. There was a time limit, based on what there was to complete each section. Flores remarks how little time there was to complete each section. “I remember whenever there was ten minutes left before completing the section, I would freak out a little bit because there wasn’t enough time for me to complete the questions, so I would fill in one letter for each question.” Odallys Escobar, freshman, gives the laydown of her view on PARCC. “The written response questions could’ve phrased it better. They were confusing at times, and didn’t make sense. Multiple choice questions could’ve been explained better since we didn’t know what information the questions would contain. The stories was boring, and because of it, I couldn’t pay attention and it was harder to answer the questions.” According to both freshman, they believe they tested for PARRC because they thought that they were chosen to, and that it would be rude not to test for PARRC, since it’s trials. An advantage for us freshman was that we got to skip classes to take the testing, and get food from other places. “We loved the fact we missed classes, and got to eat from Grande Jake’s,” Flores and Gonzalez said.
Lexie Dang Staff Reporter
Why were we chosen to take this test? None of us wanted to take tests, we already had finals. We didn’t ask to be tested, we wanted free time, not time taken away from our day. What did PARCC mean to us? “The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a group of states working together to develop a set of assessments that measure whether students are on track to be successful in college and their careers,” states the PARRC website. If PARCC testing succeeded, it would replace state tests and ISATS. Alexia Flores, freshman, explains how PARCC was in her eyes. “I lost focus and I didn’t pay attention to half the questions asked. The stories didn’t catch my eye. The information that we had to read was decent, but it wasn’t something I could read again.” It was boring to the point where freshman seemed to lose focus towards completing the test well and spent more time on complet-
Thumbs Up...
To everyone who participated in the WHS second annual Film Fest. To AP students studying hard and taking the AP test. To WHS students receiving top awards at Illinois Junior Academy of Science (IJAS) State Fair. To Wheeling students who participated and took first place at the Harper College Accounting Contest.
Anakristy Gonzalez
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May 23, 2014
Editorial Stop ‘n Drop negativity towards reading Over the course of the last few weeks, WHS has been engaged in a school-wide effort to read 1,000,000 minutes. Each day before the start of third period, as the end of the lunch menu scrolls off the screen, and the announcement anchors sign off, students and teachers all across the building are asked to “Stop, Drop and Read.” But how valuable are those ten minutes a day of silent literary indulgence? While some students may complain about the complicated scheduling for the month or the seemingly “wasted” ten minutes, Spokesman believes that students should be taking advantage of this valuable reading opportunity.
Almost every English class requires students to participate in some kind of outside or independent reading for credit. Many students complain about this assignment, claiming they do not have time to read because of afterschool activities and homework. “Stop, Drop and Read” provides the perfect opportunity to give students time to get a jump on their outside reading or even their summer reading book for the upcoming school year. “Stop, Drop and Read” also allows students the chance to fall in love with a book they may never otherwise have read. Even though many people claim that ten minutes does not allow one enough
time to become fully immersed in a book, the average person can read about ¾ of a page a minute, which equates to about seven pages in ten minutes. Even though this may not seem like much, over the course of three weeks, a student who reads at this pace can read about 150 pages, enough to become so invested in the book that you outside of school as well in school. Reading is at the core of every subject’s curriculum. By taking ten minutes out each day to invest yourself in reading, you are also exercising a skill applicable to every other subject in education. Whether it be deciphering word problems in math, following lab instructions in a science class, try-
ing to interpret a text in a foreign language, or simply reading a novel for your English class, reading is an integral part of everyone’s life. Every opportunity to exercise one’s reading skills helps to strengthen their abilities in another subject area. Whether or not you actually participate in “Stop, Drop and Read,” everyone needs to realize that it is not just a waste of ten minutes, but rather a time to indulge in an activity that can benefit all students.
6 out of 8 members of the editorial board agree.
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Jennifer Kolba, center, oversees judges at poms tryouts as they give scores to the girls trying out. ““One of the things I’m looking forward to most is the challenge of taking a group of girls and turning them into a competitive team,” Kolba said.
Matt Weber, math teacher, has been appointed to head the WHS girls basketball program. “My hope is to make the girls not just better basketball players, but better people too,” Weber said.
Zalman Faltushanskiy Staff Reporter
Even as the school year winds down, plans to expand athletic opportunities for girls at Wheeling High School have been heating up. Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, Wheeling will have a competitive dance team, coached by Jennifer Kolba, English teacher. “The MSL has finally decided to recognize competitive dance as a sport, and all schools have decided to join,” Kolba said. Currently, Wheeling and Prospect High Schools are the only schools without a competitive dance team. “I was a coach at Hersey for four years. When I heard that all schools would have a team, I thought [coaching at Wheeling] would be a great opportunity to be closer to the school where I work,” Kolba said. Competitive dance is an IHSA sanctioned sport in which teams choreograph and perform dance routines to be scored by groups of judges. The dances are very similar to the halftime shows performed by the current Poms squad at football and basketball games. “Poms and competitive dance are basically the same thing,” Kolba said. “We are planning to compete in Pom,
a style of competitive dance. Other schools compete in styles like lyrical or jazz. Looking at this group of girls, I think they’ll do well in Pom.” Even though similarities exist between the two activities, Ms. Kolba is quick to point out that they still have very different executions. “One of the things I’m looking forward to most is the challenge of taking a group of girls and turning them into a competitive team. They’re a very good halftime team, but there’s a lot we need to do to become a good competitive team,” Kolba said. Kolba notes that some of the dancers do have lots of studio experience and plans to use them as leaders and positive examples in the upcoming season. “It will be to our advantage because the rest of the girls will rise up. Having [the experienced dancers] will help challenge the others,” Kolba said. Kolba has also found that support for sanctioning competitive dance as a sport abounds around Wheeling and the area. “It’s great that all of the competitive dance coaches are coming together and supporting this sport. I’ve found here [at WHS] that I’m getting a lot of support from staff, coaches, and parents,” Kolba said.
Patrick Ryan Sports Editor
Having been an assistant varsity football coach, an assistant varsity girls basketball and freshmen boys basketball coach at WHS, Matt Weber, math teacher, has never had the distinction of being a head coach before. Weber has proved his coaching ability on each of his respective teams, and now he finally has the opportunity to be a head coach as the head coach of the WHS girls basketball program. “It’s an honor to be selected to this position,” Weber said. “Since it’s my first time as a head coach, it definitely brings a higher level of responsibility.” Weber has been a coach of various programs for 9 years in total, including 2 years as an assistant football coach at Stevenson High School before coming to WHS. He hopes to build on the Cats’ success in recent years. “In addition to building the program in a positive direction, I want the girls to develop not only as basketball players but as people too,” Weber said. Weber’s coaching philosophy and goals for the 2014-2015 season have already gained the support of his players,
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and it appears that the team has come closer together under his leadership. “I think that having him as a coach gives our team the best opportunity to succeed,” Deanna Kuzmanic, junior, said. One of Weber’s goals this season is to promote closeness between members of the various teams, from freshmen through varsity. This is one aspect of the coaching change that Daniella Pierini, sophomore, especially looks forward to. “I think he will shape the program by making everyone feel part of all the teams. We will all have the same plays and be part of team meetings,” Pierini said. “The best thing about coach Weber is his hard work ethic,” Kuzmanic said. “It is really a valuable asset to our team and me and the other girls can really feed off of it.” The WHS girls basketball team looks to have its most successful season to date next season under coach Weber, and to have a fun and enjoyable experience as well. “I expect a positive atmosphere amongst the team,” Pierini said. “And hopefully a Conference Championship, a Sectional Championship, and maybe even a state championship.”
Jean Pabon
Girls track sends six to state
Aurora Mala and Haley Dammeier, juniors, run a warm-up lap in practice. They will be accompanied by Marta Dzundza, senior, and Maria Bedoya, junior, in the 800 relay.
enjoy it.” While the entire team worked hard and showed progress throughout the season, this was especially true of the state The WHS girls track and field team bound athletes. after completing their 2014 season, has “Ever since last year, making state advanced six girls to the state meet this was something I was determined to do,” year. Dzundza said. “Making state is my award Ashley Sicard, senior, advanced in for all the hard work I’ve done in cross shot put and discus, and Hailey Damcountry, winter running, and this track meier, Maria Bedoya and Aurora Mala, season as well as all the things I’ve comjuniors, and Marta Dzundza, senior, promised to get this far.” advanced in the 800 relay with Jessie As in any sport, making state is a large Sanford and Ana Figueroa, juniors, as accomplishment, but especially so for alternates. Dammeier. “Since the beginning of the season we “Qualifying for state is the perfect end knew we had a good chance for making to one of the best sports seasons I’ve ever it with our 4x800 relay,” Dammeier said. had,” Dammeier said. “All of the hard “At state we hope to compete at a high work, effort, and sacrifices that everyone level with the other teams there and have on the team made led us to this point.” a great time. We put in the effort all year The state meet will be held at Eastern to make it to this point, so we’re going to Illinois University from May 22-24. Patrick Ryan Sports Editor
May 23, 2014
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Tent aut quo omnit volupis andi nosam, atectam voluptas ea sunt voluptatis et rerferf eraectate vollaute plautatur reium, sectiis ratur aut qui nonsed quia volupta dolecturem volupta tibusda nimaio. Aritatiusda doluptatio volorer itatemporum exerion empernati cus quos quodites ex et ut ut moditiate landis ipsumquo doluptatem as que volut aut estia solore enimpostis volecea cum nam aliciusdae. Nulliqui ommodiae optatibea dese etur alitemp erovitaes quis maiorempor repudicient ut voluptatis reptatest, iniet ea a digendi gnatibus. Catecesed moluptur, sum aditiis elluptate volendi picidi sincien disciis explam es con eostio. Sunt, quis mo eatissi taquossum re ped eic tem. Mo ditatat res sim liam rendipsunt rae reped eos rem quam, volorep erempor eriorer natur? Offic totas debis doluptatios consequo et, sum et voluptat optiis iunte voluptint lanis eum fugit, sus, ex et labor sum rem aperum, odis molupis adissim enihici picataqui te repudisque nem vid eniet que nitissim con pa nostinulpa nihillentus, excerumque nonest et amust aut maximodi doluptibus mi, comnis culparume prem litis et mintem. Sed exerum cum faccullupta cus venda nimus et quae pello modior aute vella endellam ipsam ute veles nosam rent facerovit eos prat. Lique erferibus dolorati occaborior sum, sequo te volupta temporerio ommolor ioremolupta dolupid mos ulparibus, veliquo ommoluptatem corrore niet, con comnias aut quam intia sinisit iatur, totate voluptae cuptate nim et litaquam cum quam, tecusam dolestrum il ipissit officiet occuptur suntium dis qui dit eario et remporia dolorro es nonsedit volest lit, viditatus repe opta sitionem ea doluptat rempeles mo dolorum fuga. Numquae et qui ulluptate nis re re idemque nesequo exersperi aute quis am ratempore qui dolenti osapicabo. Epudae molorem quos
dit quaectotam facepud animuste nustrup tiusdandi as excepro inume odia consed ut quatem que expla vollit ea es mo voles et fugit, conse ratur atemquiati bea consere rionest, coribere volorias debitatur rerchit et latem intioribus, nime perit est quae lam idendis anient, verunti urepuditatia quodipis a quam, quo exceribus que qui ressimus. Nimus sam rem faccum, torem qui sam exped qui utas velignam, optaspe estrum ent vel era pellenimil ipistrum estios eius dolesen emporio. Nam di sitaquis re, sus. As dolor rem nobis dellant. Officimagni cum inis dolor repudis conet eaqui cuptae quae volorpo restint volorrum nam ati aut aribustiur? Quiderrorum, con rem. Cusa sed eos alibusapis aut re culpari andunti bearum inctaturitat ex elitiae earcit eles maxim aut doluptatis voluptia venestrum esecus dolupienis viducitatem rerum as essimust, quamet am ratio. Nem exceatium ut estiis reperume doluptaesto te dolorae pudigen imoluptatas exceaque reped esti dist, sunt laute vollace stibus milles ad quatemost que dis ni aut excerunt. Abor rem soluptibus dita si dunt omnis in net velluptur? Ut vendit am, eum re la comnihi tibus, quatior alitiossit, volo cus ut ex experferrum rehent quo volutem osandunda expel in nus et as cusa simust idem quodi cuptium eicta cum eatibus dest omnis aspedis dipsae endis sunt am erehent, quae aut fugiaere ne nus, que laut officiasinis soloreheniam sum rem aut untia sanda veribus. Verchilic te perum rem denimpe optatque el enihicitatem quidus eum, tempellab incipitati vita sequam que dolene repe sime mo molut molum res sam hiliquam reratur eriossenem volendi onsequi atecto velenimo mo te et hicaest, ut mosam, vel et quatin consed exero cuptat. Inum arumquassi omnis sit rectiuntor aut ipsunt as milique vereic totaquis aut ut odiores dolorpo ruptate liquos vent, nonet quosamenim idignam nimet modissum cum volorrum nis reprovid ex experum ut
dunte rem nonsequis adi sitioratiam quam libus eliquos sitatem quidit dellanihit, ilit quam, num quateceperis nos eatiorem qui odic te consendenis ratur? Um aut reperionse officim usapist faccustorro beribus dolendi tiatquam illore nam reicima ximporit ma que nescimusam sed ma que eium hici tem quaerfero eturerc ipsam, volupis quisseces seque custiamenis sinci rati veniendignam untota sam et accullest, aut omnienditio quam, ut quiasin restota spereiciam, odistotae dentur si ullam, officiendit hit exererum velenisint renda sequis audite mil eatem consed utemolore porpore volorep ellenestem aceptio to qui net landitiae rerfero omnis dolor autet volupta verat latem qui veribus mo volorenis esci diaectum quiatio nsequis exero invelibus et re voloritatur solutemquam sitas aut aut laboria sum ex es exerio inctoreptat eicate nis ma eaquasit por sunto eatus quamet veribero optatiore rem volo doluptius maximoluptam fuga. Nequis utatemodi di as sum, sus autes dolorioremo cum nobisquundam facerum haris aceptios aute nisquam ium simus ut invel moluptaque animpore vid qui consequi nosteni hillaut officti osandi opta vendi ditatem archilis consequias ut aute si consequi blaudamus rem fugiataquis et mossi officatium faceper spercit ut voluptate mi, volum eatiisqui re cum rae ipsuntis eos re magnimodi ut eseque quia seditias nate pellabo. Leseque simus sitate natur audaecest, odi reperferrum est, volessi milluptas dit, cuptur mod el exerite mos quo is aut eatem quatume exceaquis molecte volores tissum eventem fuga. Por as simagni quam remporr orrores es ipsunt fugia nos ut earchicte volupta tiumendenis millo verspis est, nihit volorecae restia sa voluptatur? Xereped qui venihilibus idestis a eriorro in nesenim aximporior aut dolo