THE 38TH ANNUAL COMPETITION DRAWS IN
HUNDREDS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR THE
34 COMPETITIONS OFFERED AROUND CAMPUS
BY VICTORIA DURLING
Hundreds of Clackamas Community
College volunteers, many teachers and
even some local authorities helped the
six-hour competition run smoothly and
directed the wide-eyed students around
campus. Of the more than 30 schools in
attendance, it was clear that students
were not motivated to participate due to
their interest in attending CCC.
Freshman Marcus Prince of Gladstone
High School came to CCC to compete in
the math portion of the com petition.
W hen asked w hy he participated, he
plainly stated, “I just want.to miss first
and second period. I hate going to school.”
Isabella Dostert and Kahley Wardrip
came to compete in the Spanish and math
portions of the competition respectively.
Unlike Prince, the girls didn’t sign up so
they could get out of school. Instead, they
attended because they desperately want
to get into good colleges and thrive while
there. As freshmen, they are excitedly
looking forward college, and still don’t
really know if their competition specialty
will help them in their future careers.
Dostert happily stated, “Being here will
look good on a college application, no
matter what.”
Liana Tarasanko of Clackamas High
School was required by her teachers to
com pete, in order to receive credit for
her class. Both Tarasanko and her friend
Daryan Vining, a junior at Rex Putnam
High School, com peted in broadcast
journalism . Even though it w as a
requirement, they both worked feverishly
and looked forward to submitting their
work. Tarasanko said, “Hopefully, w e’ll
win first place.”
Grace Ross was found in Niemeyer for
the music portion of the com petition,
in which she sang and played the piano.
Ross is enrolled in Clackam as Middle
College p art-tim e as a sophomore, and
is also a p art-tim e student at CCC. Ross
attended the skills com petition because
her school counselor recommended she
recieve critiques on her voice and playing.
Of th e five interview ed com petitors,
th re e said th a t th e y are u n in te re ste d
in a tte n d in g CCC a fte r h ig h school;
one stu d e n t liked th e idea of diving
straight into a four-year university, and
one stu d e n t said he had no in te rest in
attending college at all after high school.
Interestingly, those who said they didn’t
w a n t to a tte n d CCC said th e y w ould
heavily consider atten d in g if th ey won
th e scholarship.
This story, by Gladstone High School junior Victoria Duriing, won the journalism competion at Thursday's Skills Day
competition. Duriing reported and wrote this story in three hours.
i Clackamas Print MARCH 2 .2016t hec lackamasprint com