The Montezuma-Cortez High School National Honor Society Chapter in-ducts new members on Monday, April 29 at 6pm. Marilyn VanEvery, M-CHS’ chapter advisor, invited 30 upcoming juniors, and six were accepted. Elana Cope, Whitney Finley, Joshua Horneff, Haley Na-done, Jonathan Walck, and Tierney Wilson have ex-cellent grade point averag-es, but that is not the lone factor in their acceptance. Students eligible for can-didacy must have three strong leadership posi-tions. According to VanEv-ery, “that’s what stops people. They have great grades, but no leadership.” Along with being a National Honor So-ciety member, there comes a list of obli-gations. Members must pay their annual dues, maintain the chapter’s standards, attend mandatory meetings, participate

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Boston BombingAbby Lock, Editor-in-Chief

sive devices were deposited in gar-bage cans inside black nylon bags. Two images circulated through-out the country on Thursday. Two men carrying dark nylon bags were spotted on security foot-age near the blast sites. This was the first major lead, and officials identified the two men as brothers. On Friday the 19th, the oldest brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed in a standoff with police, but Dzhokhar, 19, escaped on foot.Dzhokar was later found by po-lice in another individual’s boat. He had gunshot wounds from the previous conflict, and possibly more from the second standoff. Currently, he is under armed protection in Beth Israel Dea-coness Medical Center.

in chapter service projects, and complete individual service hours. Three essentials to the program include good character, scholarship, and service. Cierra Duran,

a senior member of National Honor Society reflected on her time in the program; “I don’t think NHS has any disadvan-tages. Everything you do with them helps you in some way.” Inductee, Jonathan Walck, said, “I hope to add stuff to my résumé,” then add-ed quickly “I also want to im-prove upon leadership skills.” Current NHS members, passing the torch of leader-ship, take part in the cere-

mony, making it a memorable night for sophomore inductees. National Honor Society works as an academic sub-unit, helping and advising one another. Du-ran encourages new members to “work hard to stay in NHS because it will help you in more ways than you realize..

Prom photos

Prom began at eight o’clock at M-CHS where couples showed off their fancy dresses and sharp tuxedoes. M-CHS senior Dillon Wells joked that his favorite part of prom was “sex, drugs, and rock

S m o o t h s a i l i n g o n t h e s e aLevi Downing, Staff Reporter and roll,” however he was only

kidding and converted his answer to liking “the grand march.” At the end of the grand march Dani-elle Waltman and Wiley Kirks were named king and queen. The party continued at nine at the Elks Lodge. Juniors and seniors

See pages 2-3 for prom pictures

For 117 years, the Boston Mara-thon has drawn athletes and their loved ones to Massachusetts’s bus-tling capital city. The 2013 race was no different. 26,331 runners were entered, and they began their gru-eling 26 miles at nine am. Runner, Lelisa Benti, came in first, com-pleting the race in 2:10.22. Then, the first bomb detonated only a few feet away from the finish. Seconds later, the second bomb detonated only 50-100 yards away. It was pandemonium. There were 3 ini-tial deaths and over 175 injuries. By Wednesday, little information was known about the Boston bomb-ing. The nation was devastated, ask-ing ‘who would do such a thing?’ Officials determined that the explo-

danced till they couldn’t dance anymore with DJ Sandner at the main controls playing many popu-lar songs like “Cupid Shuffle” and “Sweet Home Alabama.” Around midnight the party died down and folks went to after parties.

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A S e a o f D r e a m sM-CHS 2013 Junior/Senior Prom

Prom King Wiley Kirks and Queen Danielle Waltman smile for their crowning photo. The stage is set for grand march! Students walked through the ship

archway to show off their fancy attire.

Care for a dip? Todd Underwood’s date did!

Jordan Miller and Mikey Mills make a splash of yellow.

Rachel Rime and Wiley Kirks emerge from the ship.

Wyatt Yates shows off his

date, Sam Perry, and her dress.

All photos by Levi Downing

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A s t h e n i g h t w o r e o n . . .

Amanda Robinson keeps a watchful eye on the dancers.

Tyler Daniel escorts Sage Kramer as Chelsey Burton and Tara Abrams fake jealousy.

When the night life starts.

Andrea Tripp gives David Burch a piece of her mind.

All photos by Levi Downing

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Sonja Copeland, the French teacher at M-CHS, French 2 students got a change of scenery on March 6, when they went to Cortez Middle School to teach the in-tro to languages class for 6th graders. The high school students set up four different stations to teach the middle school students the basics of the French language. The first station was a ball toss game that aimed to teach the students numbers. At the second station, the students played a card game in order to learn some colors, and whoever earned the most cards was the winner. The third station was about learning to correctly pronounce greetings. At the fourth and final station, the middle school students made a family tree in French. Hoping to possibly do this again next quarter, Copeland said that her students gained more than review, they gained a sense of leadership. The high school students also learned how hard it is to teach. This experi-ence showed both sides all of the good that can come out of learning, “their worlds are bigger now,” said Copeland.

Students become teachers

Sophomore students Christopher Zepeda, Rachel Demby and Cole Baxter are teaching and having fun. Who knew?

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Southwest Health System is pleased to announce that we are beginning a Junior Volunteer Program for the summer of 2013. This program is a great opportuni-ty for teens to give back to their community while also learning about healthcare related careers. The Junior Volunteer Program is de-signed to encourage youth to get involved with their community by providing volunteer services to patients and families of Southwest Health System. They support the Hospital and Clinics by working in a number of departments, as well as support-ing fundraising activities. The program is designed for teenagers ages 15 – 18. The Junior Volunteer Program provides a great opportunity for those that wish to pursue careers in the medical field, as well as pro-vide service to our hospital, clinics, and most importantly, our patients. All pro-spective volunteers must complete an ap-

plication, interview, health screening, and background check before beginning vol-unteer work. Applications are processed in the order in which they are received. The

processing time once we receive your appli-cation can take from 2-3 weeks, depending on our ability to con-tact your references. To be considered for a position, applications

must be received no later than 4/30/2013. Once your application has been processed, we will contact you to arrange an appoint-ment for a personal interview. Interviews will be conducted between the dates of 5/7 and 5/18. At that time, we will discuss an assignment that will be fulfilling for you, and meet the needs of our patients and their families. We appreciate your willingness to share your time, talents and energy here at Southwest Health System!

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High School Leadership Montezuma (HSLM) is proud to introduce “the Green Scheme”, a buy local incentive program that helps support local businesses and encourages envi-ronmental responsibility through your purchasing power. To kick off the Green Scheme, High School Leadership will distribute punch cards in local stores and business throughout the communities of Montezuma and Dolores Coun-ties and Towoac on Earth Day, April 22nd. For each purchase at participating businesses, the card will be “punched”. At the tenth punch, your card can be redeemed for a discount of $5 or 5% off of a purchase under $100 or $10 or 10% off an item of your choice that is valued at over $100. Each participating business will determine whether they are offering a percentage or dollar amount discount. The Green Scheme punch cards will be available at registers in participating businesses. While getting a discount is always a fun incentive, the real benefit of the Green Scheme Be Social Buy Local Punch Card is promoting environmental sustainability by shopping locally in the Montelores County region. When people buy locally, more money stays in communities. Because more people are staying in their local communities to purchase goods, an entire communities’ carbon footprint is decreased as well because we drive less. Why not be environmentally sustainable and help businesses that you love? That’s what High School Leadership Montezuma is trying to accomplish at once. Be social. Buy Local! Contact Alex Prime at (970) 739-3626, alexprime@mac.com or Cindy Lou Houston at (970) 394-9183, cindy@rsapp.org for more information. Please visit the Facebook page, ‘Green Scheme. Buy Local.’ If you are interested!

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Amendments and rights are the two words that have caused declara-tions of war throughout history not only by the United States, but also by other countries. Mil-lions of soldiers across the globe have fought and died so we have rights. As a reporter, the First Amendment is of utmost importance. The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law re-specting an establishment of reli-gion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to as-semble, and to petition the govern-ment for a redress of grievances.” Do students and teachers have the ability to exercise the First Amend-ment in school? The First Amend-ment and all of its components risk being strangled inside schools as of recently. Recently, a Dolores stu-dent painted a confederate flag on his truck and now he has to park off campus. I know that the confeder-ate flag is considered a sign of hate but, I don’t care what it means. Ac-cording to the First Amendment, he is allowed to do so. Let’s switch to something much more common: a peace symbol. In 1965, Mary Beth and John Tinker were suspended from their school in Iowa for wear-ing black armbands with a peace sign on it, protesting the Vietnam War. The school’s justification was to prevent on campus violence. Freedom of religion, press, and

peaceful assembly tend to go unexam-ined by the student body and even the staff. If a group of students decided to protest a new policy during school they would be punished for truancy. There is some freedom of religion in school, if the religion is based around Chris-

tianity. But if you’re Muslim, Pa-gan, or Wiccan you don’t have that freedom. In fact, a story from ABC News told of a fifteen year old fe-male Wiccan in an Oklahoma City high school that was suspended for allegedly casting a spell on a teach-er. It is more than taboo for a report-er to talk badly about freedom of the press but I will. Most people think the newspaper can print anything as long as it’s true and unbiased. That’s true, but only to a certain ex-tent. If a reporter writes a story that someone of authority despises, that person can discredit the story and sometimes the reporter. Depending on the level of authority the person has, the reporter’s career risks being crushed. The 33rd president, Harry Truman once said, “once a govern-ment is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly re-pressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where every-one lives in fear,” and I think that goes double for schools.

GPA and class rank are matters of great concern for some high school students. Although the numbers seem to determine one’s fate, they do not accurately indicate an individual’s competence or accent one’s talents; they are merely numbers. Concerned for their children’s futures, parents stress the importance of these aforementioned num-bers. Some educators and administrators reinforce this primitive system of labeling students in order from zero to four. I do not understand why, as a generation so driven by individuality, we allow ourselves to be la-beled in such a generic manner. Adolescence is a period characterized by pressure: to find a niche, to make friends, to make a future. The grading system and class ranking add another infinitive phrase to the list: to cheat or not to cheat? This is the question. For many driven students, common honesty is an object of disregard. Disciplinary consequences of plagiarism and fraud are substantial, but the cause of the crime often goes uninvestigated. The fault lies in the fixative mentality, for some cheating for an A is better than earning a B by one’s own merit. Students who find themselves in this moral battle often find the burden too heavy. According to Tra-ci Pederson, an associate news editor for Psych Central, students with lower grades are three times more likely to commit sui-cide than those who earn higher ones. As difficult as it is for me to comprehend, some argue that this pressure is beneficial. The competitive environment will prepare students for the “real-world”. Are we edu-cating future generations, or are we con-structing rock-em sock-em robots?

This industrialized system of education is in fact, succeed-ing in the creation of students who are disinclined to exhibit genuine interest for subject matter. Alfie Kohn, a lecturer and supporter of progressive education, argues that exces-sive reward dilutes a lesson’s potency. For those who seek higher education, grades often appear to be one’s redeeming feature. People equate the rigor of col-lege admissions to the extrac-tion of Excalibur. Universities and private institutions, how-ever, are more understanding

than one may surmise. Kohn encourages alternative schools to send a letter of ex-planation with the transcripts of graduat-ing students addressing why the school has chosen its curriculum. If the mental havoc thrust upon students by the letter grade system is not sufficiently damaging, there exists a socially destruc-tive element. Grades put unnecessary strain on the relationships between students, their parents, and the teachers. Parents harping relentlessly, educators questioning their purpose, students competing ruthlessly: this is normalcy. I agree with Kohn when he says that grades “take so much fun out of the teaching and the learning”. In terms of peer relations, grades nurse the competi-tive mentality to an unhealthy level. Stu-dents transform their education a mission of conquest. Of course competition is not entirely detrimental to society; in fact it is an essential ingredient to success. The method of motivation is more important than the amount.

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What was the most memorable thing you learned/experienced this year?

"The most memorable thing I experienced this year was when our FFA Parli Pro team won districts and is now going to

state in June."

"Learning more about the F.B.I and what they do, so I can become a federal agent

when I grow up."

"Meeting new people, making new friends, breaking safety, and

bleeding from my wrist."

"Gaining closer friendships with my friends in this

stressful year."

Tierney WilsonM-CHS Sophomore

Joseph GuruleM-CHS Junior

Sequoyah TreadwellM-CHS Senior

Andrea TrippM-CHS Junior

Abby Lock, Editor-in-Chief

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The seniors celebrating at their last Booster Blackout pep rally.

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April-MAy 2013

Favorite momentSenior Least favorite momentEmily Walck

Jaycee Syra

Hannah Mathews

Charmayne Benally

Thomas McDonell

Jesus Castillo

Cody Rogers

David Burch

Shaela Gray

Kevin Belden

Abby Engel

When we had a sub in Ms. Calger’s

class.

My freshman year, standing the entire

basketball game in a walking boot.

Statistics.

Something in sports probably.

Trenton Maybury

Beating the Utah State Champion

Band at their state competition.

Spending time with my friends and the

girl I love.

Team captain of the volleyball and soc-

cer team.

Ryan Rich

Andre Esquibel

Danielle Waltman

Christina Weaver

Senior year Powderpuff.

When the seniors won Powderpuff

during Homecoming!

Hanging out with friends.

Fire prevention week and the Dolores

car accident scenarios.

Watching Obama trash Romney.

Getting to play sports.

Can’t say I have one.

Nothing.

Meeting my best friend Cody Rogers.

The change of schedules, principles

and superintendents.

Walking into class.

All of the changes everyone made each

year.

With the teachers.

Not doing the best I could have and

falling short of goals and expectations.

Freshman year.

The schedule changes.

Dealing with people in the hall.

Losing like 20 phones.

The constant changing of the rules.

When they told me we would only

have 6 classes this year.Walking through the door every morning (or after-

noon, depending on when I decided to wake up)

When I found out I wouldn’t be able

to take the First Responder class.

Having to do homework.

Don’t have one.

Everything...

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Future goals High school ratingIn 10 years you are...

Go to college and get a job.

Attend Stanford University to pursue a

biology degree and go onto dental school.

Go to college and get a degree in psychol-

ogy, but plans change.

Making camouflage clothes.

World Rally Race champion.

To go to school in Texas and major in

Agriculture Communications.

To go to Snow College, persue an educa-

tion in psychology and live the college life

Go to college!

To proceed to college and then to medi-

cal school.

To become a firefighter/ paramedic and

Hazmat tech.

Go to college.

Become a veterinarian and open my own

animal hospital.

Leave Cortez at all costs.

Go to college far away from Cortez.

I don’t know.

Be a paramedic.

Successful. Owning my own periodon-

tic office.

Working.

Starting a really good job that has to do

with agriculture.

In my house in Newport Beach, Cali-

fornia.

Settled in a career and starting a family.

Or being a rockstar, that would be rad.

With a family of my own.

A year into my career as a surgeon.

Firefighting.

Livin’ life, traveling, and doing my

part.

Hopefully working.

In major debt.

Graduating from CSU’s veterinary

program.

I have no idea.

Getting money.

No idea.

Why do you care?

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April-MAy 201310Amanda Echols

Matias Ke-ams

Landan Wil-son

Christine Sanders

Xavier Little Rock

Savanna Al-exander

Brittanie Johnson

Aaron Mc-Clain

Dakota Goosen

Terry Tevault

Getting 2nd place in the marching state

competition

One trip up to Junc-tion for baseball. I

couldn’t stop laughing.

Having a whipped cream fight by the

benches.

Being actively involved in FFA.

Going to homecoming and the rival games

Meeting my GF.

Making new friends each year!

Being a part of the wrestling team and

having great teachers.

Senior ditch day!

My 2 years in catering class.

When I sprained my ankle in football.

The fire drill when it was snowing/raining

badly outside.

The never ending changes of schedules and administrators.

Changing schedules all of the time.

Walking in the door.

Changing the schedule every year!

Having to go through 4 schedule changes.

Transferring schools and not getting credit

towards classes.

Coming back from homeschooling this

year.

Science classes

A paramedic at a hos-pital, saving lives.

I don’t know, I’m not there.

Getting a job, farming, married, 5 kids, and a

dog.

Traveling around and nursing.

Family and getting old.

In my own place, livin’ the life.

Marine Corps.

Mechanical engineer for some corporation.

Living in Cortez, mak-ing a decent living in

hard labor fields.

Having a job that I enjoy and being happy

Go to college to play baseball and become a

paramedic.

To be a photographer.

Go to college and get a degree in Agrono-

my.

Go to Fort Lewis and then to Montana State for a nursing degree.

To be a rodeo clown.

Go to college, make some dough.

Marine Corps.

Mechanical engineer-ing.

To join the workforce as soon as I am out of

high school.

Go to college for pedi-atric nursing

Class Colors: Motto:

Flower:Song:

TEAL & BLACK“The world isn’t ending, we’re

just taking over.”

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Track runs home with a victor y On April 11, the M-CHS track team competed at Panther Stadium. Competitors participated in Long

Levi Downing, Staff Reporter jump, relay races, hurdles, and a few classics like shot put and dis-cus. M-CHS took first place over Bayfield and Ignacio who got sec-

ond and third place. This achievment was a team ef-fort but there were a few athletes that brought M-CHS through. Keegan Ralstin and Ford Weg-

ner both placed first in the vicious obstacle course known as 300 and 110 meter hurdles. A few track stars were so close to victory they could taste it. Jaron Carver lost first place on the 400 meter by less than half a second. Wiley Kirks was beat out of first place on the 200 meter by one micro second.

Despite these small disappoint-ments, it was a mighty victory for the M-CHS track team. Out of a total of seventeen events, M-CHS took seven first place rankings. Only six events at the meet didn’t have an M-CHS track star get sec-ond place or higher.

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H a l l t a l k

It’s going to take for days

I wanted to be there, but then I thought why?

Art thou mad brethren

At first you don’t succeed than

skydiving is not for you

It’s nice seeing a young lady dressed up without looking like a slut

If I wanted your opinion I would have beat it out of you

Please no sex in my classroom

We are anonymous, we are

legion, we do not forgive, and

we do not forget… Expect us

S t a f f S p o t l i g h t Shelly Curtis, who teaches pre-algebra and geometry, is one of the many dedi-cated math teachers at M-CHS. Even though math is a dreaded subject by most, Mrs. Curtis feels that if she can make one person like math, then she is successful. Curtis was born in Rio Rancho, New Mexico; Curtis enjoys reading, quilting, camp-ing, and just spending time with her family. She enjoys listening to top 20 hits, and reading novels by authors Sue Grafton and Janet Evanovich. Curtis later attended Colorado School of Mines to obtain a degree in Mining

Engineering. After moving to Cortez in 2008, her daughter, Megan Curtis, convinced her to go back to school and

get her teach-ing degree, and in 2012, she graduated with a degree from Western State Colorado Uni-versity. Along with teaching math, she is the Destination

Imagination Sponsor, and the Student Government co-sponsor. This is Cur-tis’ second year at M-CHS, and she believes it is her passion: “I love work-ing with the students here and I believe we have a phenomenal staff,” said Mrs. Curtis.

Measuring with mirrors Talk to student about math and usu-ally they are complaining about how it will never be used in life and that it is just a waste of time, but Mrs. Curtis set out to change that view. In order to do so, she set up the mirror investiga-tion for her geometry students. The purpose of this investigation was to solve problems for triangles and to

prove ratios between figures, which Curtis tied to Colorado math standard CCSS: G-SRT.5. The students took their knowledge of similar triangles to try to determine the height of a light post. Curtis believes that this experi-ment “makes math more meaningful,” and that it will “increase retention of key concepts.”

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Minecraft is a game available on a computer or an Xbox 360. It is a fairly old game. It has 3 main game modes; Survival, Creative, and Adventure. Ei-ther way, this game is a ton of fun. What is Survival mode? Survival mode is a game mode where your main goal is to survive. One goal you may have when starting a world on Sur-vival is to make a shelter. You most likely will need this, because at night, monsters come out and try to kill you. These monsters include: Zombie, Skel-eton, Spider, the fa- m o u s Creeper, and the Enderman. Another annoying creature is the Villager. Often called Monks, Testificates, or Caveman Squidward, this creature will not harm you, instead they trade with you. However, most of their trades involve Emeralds, an ore that is rarer than diamonds. So they are often left without emeralds. One common goal for most people is to find diamonds, which can then be crafted into tools, ar-mor, and an Enchantment table, which you can use to enchant your items. This is the main game mode of Minecraft, and is the main reason people buy this

game. Creative mode is simply the game mode where you can create pretty much any building. In Creative, you have infinite supplies of items, tools, food, blocks, and everything else; so you don’t need to worry about running out. You also have i n f i -nite health and h u n -ger, so you d o n ’ t need to worry

a b o u t dying. If

you want to build, play Cre-

ative. Adventure mode is

a lot like Survival mode, except anything you break

disappears. This game mode is mostly used to play on maps made by other people. For those who play Mine-craft on computer, there

are many modifications available on some websites that can add new items

and blocks, new creatures and dimen-sions, or even add new controls for things like sprinting. Some even add new animations for players or other creatures, and some of these can be re-ally funny. To add it all up, in Mine-craft you can do nearly anything; and what you can’t do, modifications let you do it.

Minecraft: hug a creeper Adrian Opsahl, Staff Reporter

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M-CHS students are addicted Freshmen attend openhouse On April 15th, M-CHS held an open house for all incoming freshmen. They were able to see what elective classes were available to them. Everything from CTE to theater had a table trying recruiting students for their cause. There was mixed feelings from the incoming freshmen class about the high school and the electives being offered. Although some incoming freshmen called it “boring” and “pointless” others called it “informational.” Several tables had both props showing what the elective detailed and student representatives from that elec-tive. Lori Mott’s CTE class had a stretcher,

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It seems that almost everyone has a cell phone, these days there are just so many different cell phones to choose from: Droid, Blackberry, Nokia, Sony Xperia, iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, LG Optimus, Huawei Ascend D2, Motorola Razor, and a few obscurities. The iPhone is one of the popular phones on the market and it seems to have proved true for M-CHS as well. The upperclass-men have a greater number of iPhones, and smart phones in general, than the lower-classmen. Many lowerclassmen are using cellphones that are considered, by techno-logical standards, to be outdated such as

Levi Downing, Staff Reporter

Alex Mims, an M-CHS junior, recently conducted an experiment on the willing student body to find out if they would want to strictly control or eliminate entirely the chemical dihydrogen monoxide. The true purpose of the experiment was to prove that anyone, especially the media, could make something sound dangerous and the public would want to ban it without know-ing what it was. He told all of his subjects these facts about the chemical: it can cause excessive sweating and vomiting, it’s a

Experimentation is fascinating

Pantech and Blackberry. However, the as-sumption that all students have cell phones is a mistake. 9.16 % of students don’t have a cell phone. See graph below for survey results. Some students that aren’t socialites just can’t see why not having a cell phone is such a big deal. They see cell phones more as a convenience and less as a necessity. The original cell phone was used to talk to someone without being near a land line. Cell phones are still being used in the same way but, people are more likely to text their friends than actually talk to them.

firefighter gear, and even the infamous Manny, the CPR mannequin that took part in the Arsenic and Old Lace play. French and Spanish club had pamphlets and Span-ish music playing in the background. We wave goodbye to seniors and say hello to freshmen. Every ending is a new begin-ning. Students have to figure out what to do their freshmen year. It will help them dis-cover their interests which in turn will help them plan out the rest of their high school years. Soon these incoming freshmen will be the welcoming committee for future underclassmen.

major component in acid rain, it can cause severe burns in its gaseous state, acciden-tal inhalation can kill you, it contributes to erosion, it decreases effectiveness of auto-mobile brakes, it has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients, it is also known as Hydroxyl Acid, contributes to the green-house effect. After asking one hundred stu-dents seventy of them said yes. The other thirty knew that the world cannot exist without water.

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