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SIUSLAW NEWS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER ❚ JANUARY 2016 ❚ 3 Siuslaw A RT I S T O F T H E M O N T H S HOWING V IKING Hanna Anderson — Creative Writing PRIDE IN THE ARTS B Y B ENJAMIN C AHOON Siuslaw High School Student _____________________________ H anna Anderson, a junior at Siuslaw High School, has been our Artist of the Month once before for forensic arts. This month, however, she will be recognized for her creative writing. Hanna has English with Mr. Neil Wartnik during second period. Hanna explains, “I like how we actually discuss things instead of just being told. We’ve talked about some pretty serious topics and the discussions are very interesting.” Hanna is the daughter of Dirk and Kathy Anderson, and her favorite project in class was a persuasive essay in which she discussed immigration. Hanna says that, “similar to how an object tends to stay in motion, a student that is talking is probably going to continue talking.” Besides writing, she enjoys drawing, playing video games and “wasting time on the Internet.” After high school, Hanna explains that she will “get into a car, drive as fast as (she) can in the opposite direction of the school, screaming, ‘Master has given Hanna a diplo- ma! Hanna is free!’” — a reference to “Harry Potter” char- acter Dobby. For long-range goals, as always, Hanna has a wonder- fully hilarious itinerary. She explains how she will “marry rich, work at Sephora (for the discount) and grow up to be that grandma that makes really inappropriate jokes but everyone lets her get away with it because, ‘Oh, that’s just grandma.’” Hanna is currently working on “a couple of novels.” One thing is for certain, Hanna’s vivid and entertaining A LL COURTESY PHOTOS Siuslaw High School (SHS) senior Isaiah Evans shows Viking Pride with his art and calligraphy. —Submitted by Ryan Roach Choir sings for school board PHOTO BY CAROL JOLLEY imagination will keep her, and those around her, laughing always. The SHS Choir (from left, Lacey Seely, Eyza Abbas Carrasco, Raven Fritz, Nick Steinman, Kathryn Brown, Raven Morgan, Auriel Hager-Tolle and Angela Bartlett) opened the Jan. 13 Siuslaw School District board meet- ing by singing the national anthem. The choir is under the direction of choir teacher Debra Young. —Submitted by Vonnie McClellan THE WORLD ’ S A STAGE Siuslaw Jr. Thespians participate in state-wide theater event S iuslaw Middle School participated along with other middle schools from the Portland and Salem areas in the first Oregon Jr. Thespians Day. Eighty middle school students joined together for theater workshops and games themed “Pirates and Fairy Tales.” Siuslaw Jr. Thespians Troupe No. 89236 joined with other Jr. Thespians and, in groups that mixed schools, wrote a scene combining pirates and popular fairy tales. At the end of the day, each group performed for the whole conference. This is the first such gathering as Oregon Thespians, the Oregon Chapter of the International Thespians Society, which seeks to offer more events for Jr. Thespians. —Submitted by Edward Mielke COURTESY PHOTOS (Far left) Cai Fleming takes center stage; (left) clockwise from left, Courtney Eversull, Lizzie Lewis, Lilly Cox, Hannah Rasmussen and Paula Garcia strike a pose; (above right) Justice Bolkan and Chloe Madden rehearse with their group; and students from various schools gather for Oregon Jr. Thespians Day. Students take prizes in geography bee SES Champion Ava Glowacki and her mom Ella Glowacki F inalists in the National Geographic Society’s Geography Bee at Siuslaw Elementary School and SES placers Siuslaw Middle School com- peted Jan. 14 at each school. At the elementary school, those competing for the cham- pionship were: fourth-graders Ben Wolfe, Sophia Sherman, Samuel Castle and Sydney Barnett and fifth-graders Hailee Outlaw, Jacob Blankenship, Ava Glowacki, Kierra Poen, Mason Buss and Arreis Walker. At the Middle School, those competing for the champi- onship were: sixth-graders Gracie Perkins, Rhys Fleming, Jasmin Rawlins, Camp Lacouture, Graci Immel and Henry Rankin; sev- enth-graders Tyler Johnson and Brea Blankenship and eighth graders Caleb Hennessee and Margot Fleming. All of these students scored highly in the pre- liminary qualifying round. This consisted of 25 moderately hard multiple- choice questions offered to all fourth through eighth grade students. The top ten students from both the elementary and the middle school were declared finalists. The winners at Siuslaw Elementary School were: 3rd place Sophia Sherman, 2nd place Jacob Blankenship, and 1st place Ava Glowacki. At Siuslaw Middle School the winners were: 3rd place Brea Blankenship, 2nd place Graci Immel, 1st place Margot Fleming. Both Ava and Margot will now take the state qualifying test to see if they will be able to compete in the state finals in Salem. SHS announces students with perfect attendance According to Siuslaw High School Principal Kerri Tatum, the following students have perfect attendance through December 2015: SMS Champion Margot Fleming and her mom Mary Fleming Congratulations to all of our finalists! Go Viks! —Submitted by Patrick Wondra SMS placers Ninth Grade Bingham, Murray Q. Burnem, Eli S. Disalvo, Nicholas J. Figueroa Rivas, Maria G. Kennedy, Patrick J. Messick, Bailey M. Morales, Matthew S. Olson, Daniel Z. Stinnett, Gabriel M. Tupua, Annabel M. Wilkinson, Nicholas J. 10th Grade Allen, Michael M. Hicks, Joshua Mielke, Edison N. Northrop, Jordan M. Scott, Alexa R. Stinnett, Darren J. Valentine, Ramona C. Williams, Hailee A. COURTESY PHOTOS 11th Grade Bloomfield, Jacub D. Keel, Sara Larson, Michael J. Rose, Kyle L. SES finalists SMS finalists 12th Grade Becerra, Alicia R. Clark, Darin J. Davidson, Carsson W. Hicks, Holly Williams, Paige M. The following additional Siuslaw High School students had perfect attendance through November 2015: Ninth Grade Bartlett, Angela R. Eurton, Candice Hack, Ethan N. Henry-Kimball, Danielle A. Hilterbrant, Tanner W. Mason, Macalin E. Murray, Shawn Olmstead, Tytan S. Rowley, Patrick J. Taniguchi, Jordan T. Venable, Sarah A. 10th Grade Keppol, Kristopher D. McGallian, Dylan J. Perez, Anthony M. 11th Grade Launius, Nikki Q. Becerra, Alicia R. 12th Grade Gutierrez, Michael L. JR Mason, Michael A. Petras, Anna M. Visit us online at TheSiuslawNews.com T WITTER . COM /S IUSLAW N EWS F ACEBOOK . COM /S IUSLAW N EWS
