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i ne school year is o ff to a great start and^^
The
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i the speech team . The team has only been
to one tournam ent thus far, how ever they had
another at N orth M edford H igh School on N o
vem ber 23. The team 's coach M arcia W arren
is proud of the w ork the students have accom -
plished this year. There are several different
categories, such as pros, hum orous, duo, speech,
dram atic, debate, poetry, radio, ads (after din-
ner speech), congress, and serious.
The results fo r the first tournam ent are as
follows: 1st place N ovice Prose, BJ Parlet; 3rd
place N ovice Prose, A rron Shaw; 1st place O pen
Hum orous, M elody C arlisle; 2nd place O pen Duo,
B J Parker and David Hoel; 2nd place O pen Prose,
Bonnie Biando; Finalist N ovice Radio, Ronnie
Lyon; and 3rd place O pen D ram atic, C aleb
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I'm tired, I'm hungry, I w ant to go hom e. These are som e of the thoughts th a t are going
through a teenager's m ind w hen sitting through one w hole, drooling hour of the new ly form ed
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"A fte r School H om ew ork C lub", a consequence of the BFH S A.S.P.I.R.E. program . This club
1 m eets from 4:00pm to 5:00pm Tuesday through Thursday. M ost kids call it detention.
D , etention, the m ost dreaded w ord of a high
- school student. W ell, I w ouldn't really call it
detention but a "hom ework opportunity," as the teachers put it. If it was really a club, don't
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ink that the students w ould actually w ant to go to it? A club is supposed to be fun,
ar,d if you ask m e, this isn't really very fun. I really w anted to know w hat people thought
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about
The A fte r School H om ework C lub, so I set out and asked a variety of students, som e
w ho are m em bers and som e w ho are not, w hat they thought about The A fte r School H om e
w ork C lub?
R ichard Jackson said, "I don't go to it because I have other things that I like to do a fte r
school, and it gets in the w ay of m y online gam es." M elody C arlisle replied, "I think that it
gives students a good opportunity to im prove their grades, and w e can have all of our play-
ers on the team s again." D avid H oel said, "I think it is good to provide people w ith the
opportunity to m ake up their w ork a fter school, especially if there are teachers available to
League) include Tony Beals, Bonnie Biando,
M elody Carlisle, Amanda H
Hamilton,
am ilton, David H oel,
B ritani Johnston, Cody Kelly, V ictoria Lawrence,
and Am anda N ewby. To becom e a m em ber of
N FL an individual m ust earn tw enty-five points
collectively at speech com petition ’s .
W ell, I got som e answ ers, but I ju st w asn't satisfied, so I set out fo r m ore.
So I posed another question, "D o you think w e should have The A fte r School H om ew ork
C lub?" Kenn Biando said, , "N o, I think it is a w aste of tim e, r and nobody really does th eir w ork
in there anyw ay." K athi S t. George said, "N o, I'm sorry,' but I think it is a bad idea." H er
There you have it. Look forward to some
am azing results from these highly skilled and
m otivated students.
n o ra
By Arron K. Shaw
Fiesta^, Fiesta^Fiesta! E arlier this year M s.
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-r-r class had a Fiesta EspanoL
The students w ere celebrating finishing chap
ter 2 in their Spanish book, Juntos. So their
final task fo r that unit in Spanish II was to
have the fiesta. A ll of the Spanish II kids pre
pared one dish. They invited all of the H igh
School S ta ff to the fiesta. Everyone le ft
chanting O le, O le!
A ll in all The Spanish fiesta was great they
all had a great tim e and so did ail of the staff.
They all brought food. The best food dish was
A rron Shaw's fam ily salsa recipe. It was really
hot and good it had a good flavor to it besides
having that hot, hot spicy flavor.
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help."
sister Kari S t. George said, "N o , I think it is stupid." W hen R onnie D avis w as asked the
sam e question he replied, "N o, I think it is stupid, because the cop goes in there to do it, and
if w e need help he m ight not know how to do the w ork in order to help us." I asked m ore
people but I still w asn't satisfied, so I asked fo r th e ir opinion on The A fte r School H om e
w ork club.
Trae Stephenson said, " I think th a t it is em barrassing fo r the students name to be put
on a list w here every one can see it. M y personal opinion is th a t their focus teacher should
t e || them th a t they are in the club, so it w ill save the em barrassm ent." W hen Jam es Grieve
waS as ked this question he said, "I don't agree w ith it. I think it should be a choice to go or
not.
W ell folks, there you have it. I say that m ajority rules and as you can tell, the m ajority
of the students think th at w e shouldn't have the A fte r School H om ew ork Club. H ow ever,
since this is program is still new and students haven't been able to see the positive e ffe ct it
can have on their grades, it is probably to early to tell.
If their grades im prove, so m ay their opinions.
rQQD iERVICl GE&EE#
as seen through tho eyes o f R ichard Jackson
by Amanda Hamilton
A nother year of blazing fun has com e and
gone, and it was another success! N early fifty
students, friends, and fam ily enjoyed our tra-
ditional bonfire. The bonfire burned from 7:00
to 11:00. There was m usic and m any refresh-
m ents, and for the m ost part everyone was be-
having them selves. M any students contributed
to set up the bonfire, including Jed Rowden,
Kenn Biando Kelly H arrington, C hris Copeland,
Shannon Sizem ore, D erek Burns, Asia M illion,
and m any others. Thank you for all your help!
M y norm al every day activities in
Foods class are fairly consistent. I go over
to the E lem entary school during nutrition
break to eat the le ft over food from break-
fast. Joined by m y fellow classm ates D avid
H oel, K eith S tark, Brian G asperson, D arren
H am pton, Tony Beals, Bonnie Biando, Julie
H ayes, Jason Stevenson and B.J. Par let, w e
stand around fo r about five m inutes eating
and drinking all sorts of good stu ff. Then,
its tim e to w ork.
W e put on our
aprons and sanitize
are hands at the sink.
Som eone takes out the trash, others are busy
preparing the salad bar fo r lunch, w hile oth
ers com plete the preparation o f the hot
lunch. Then w e clean up our m esses and set
up the tables. N ow it is alm ost tim e to go.
M rs. Brow n's little helpers from the elem en
tary school com e to help her serve the food.
I call them little people.