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this practice method to be
particularly effective.
His intention with the
mock presentations is to let
the students “shake in their
boots a little bit to see all
these people in their room.”
If they “freak out” now, he
said, they will feel less ner-
vous in front of actual judges.
“It’s just a huge piece for
them to be able to really pre-
pare themselves for the state
contest,” he added.
In addition to Payzanoğ-
lu and Ipson’s team, Seaside
has another team competing
in 3-D animation, one of the
more difficult and time-con-
suming events.
According to junior Rafa-
el Sibony, who is partnered
with senior Brent Walsh and
junior Isaiah Collins, the
project involved picking an
animation software and oth-
er programs to use, writing
a script, developing charac-
ters, recording voiceovers,
creating a storyboard and
rendering. The topic for 3-D
animation this year is “Go-
ing Green,” so the students’
project had to emphasize an
issue and solution related to
environmental sustainabili-
ty. Fortunately, Sibony said,
Verhulst introduced them to
a program he was familiar
with, so “we didn’t have to
test every single one.” Walsh
said getting to know and use
the animation software, Mu-
vizu, was “fun, but it’s also
kind of a struggle.”
Not that the challenge
was too daunting. According
to Payzanoğlu said, “the best
part was kind of the strug-
gle.”
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Seaside High School senior
Zeynep Payzanoğlu presents a
3-D animated video she creat-
ed along with her teammate,
senior Kara Ipson.
“At the end, we had a
good project and I’m proud
of it,” she said.
For the community ser-
vice project contest, juniors
Colton Carter and Bryre
Babbitt, along with Ipson,
are presenting on behalf of
the whole chapter about its
involvement in the school’s
Don’t Catch This Wave cam-
paign to move three of the
district’s schools out of the
tsunami inundation zone and
into a new location. During
their practice presentation,
the group discussed how
the chapter’s contributions
helped raise awareness and
lead to the success of a $99.7
million bond measure to
fund the project.
Carter joined FBLA on
account of Verhulst, who
“was really selling it and let-
ting us know how much fun
it would be.”
“He was so inspiring and
energetic about it, we just
had to join,” Carter said.
“And he was right about it.”
His favorite aspects of be-
ing in FBLA include work-
ing with his project partners,
as well as the prospect of
competing at the state con-
ference “and seeing how far
we can go with it,” he said.
Fishing Club: ‘Something
kind of magical’ about it
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Royal Coachman, and fly
rod casting techniques.
Mizell would like to do a
knot- tying activity at some
point.
Fly fishing — the March
activity — is a recent pur-
suit for the students, and
they’ve enjoyed it so far.
“Music and fly fishing
have one thing in com-
mon: keeping time,” said
Loke, who plays several
instruments. He’s only
fished with a regular rod
in the past, but his under-
standing of time signa-
tures has helped him pick
up on this new variation
quickly.
Perfecting the timing
and rhythm are the tough-
est parts of the activity,
Mizell said. Yet the chal-
lenges posed by fly fishing
also keep it interesting.
“It’s one of those things
that no matter how long
you do it, there’s always
more to learn,” Mizell
said.
At the end of the year,
the group intends to take
another fieldtrip to Davis
Lake, in Central Oregon.
Known for its robust bass
population, the lake is a
fly fishing-only body of
water, which will give the
students a chance to prac-
tice their newly learned
skill. Mizell’s hope for the
trip is the club members
“will catch some fish on
some of the flies they’ve
tied themselves.”
“That would be cool,”
he added.
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