Golden Throne

Every year for Golden Throne, East and West Valley work together to raise money for a local charity. This year, the charity chosen by the students was PASS: Player Adaptive Soccer Skills, an organization that provides opportunities for children and adults with physical and/or cognitive challenges to participate in soccer. Our students were VERY generous this year: the combined total donated was $4,063.22. We received the following message from PASS: “We are so blown away by the students of West Valley and East Valley! The funding these student did for PASS is amazing; we are so honored that you chose us to bless this year! I am so excited to get to tell the families that their children will have new athletic gear coming this spring—we will be able to replace several sets of goals and add extra soccer balls that we need for our growing program. Another item that we have been needing is a continual sound ball for our low visual to visually impaired players to use while scrimmaging. There are always several pricey items that we keep on the wish list that could bless some of our players with more unique needs and now we can actually look at adding those items to the program; the continual sound ball is one of those items.” This year’s theme for the Golden Throne was “Shrek”. The students had a lot of fun writing the script, creating the costumes and backdrops, and even recording an original song for the skit! We had many students attend the Throne activities at West Valley and had a large number of students participate in the community dance. Sadly, the Throne stayed at West Valley for another year.

It’s a Great Day To Be a Knight!

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Knight News F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 9 H O M E O F T H E K N I G H T S

Welcome Freshman Class of 2021!

Feb. 18—23 Mid-Winter Break

Feb. 21-23 Young Americans Workshop

Feb. 22-23 First Round State Basketball

February 25 Late Start Monday

Spring Sports Begin

Feb. 28—Mar. 1 State Basketball Yakima

March 4 Late Start Monday

March 6 Math Clinic—Library 2:30—4pm

March 7 Book Club—Library 2:30—4pm

March 8 Soccer NC vs EV Merkel Field

Sadie Hawkins Dance 8pm

March 9 Softball Jamboree @ Moses Lake

March 11 Late Start Monday

Soccer EV vs Shadle @ Merkel

March 12 Boys Tennis @ GPrep

Girls Tennis GPrep @ EV

Baseball EV @ NC

Softball Medical Lake @ EV

Donkey Basketball 5-9pm

March 13 Math Clinic—Library 2:30—4pm

District Band Concert 7-9pm

March 14 Soccer EV @ Cheney

Softball EV @ LC

Baseball LC @ EV

Orchestra Concert 7pm

March 15 School Play—TBA

March 16 Baseball EV @ Rogers

Softball Rogers @ EV

School Play—TBA

March 18 Late Start Monday

Soccer EV @ GPrep

March 19 Boys Tennis Rogers @ EV

Girls Tennis EV @ Rogers

Choir Concert 7pm

March 20 Math Clinic—Library 2:30—4pm

Baseball Chewelah @ EV

Boys Tennis Mt. Spk @ EV

Girls Tennis EV @ Mt. Spk

March 21 Lg. Group Orchestra @ SFCC

Softball EV @ Chewelah

Soccer Pullman @ EV

March 22 Lg Group Band @ SFCC

Girls Tennis NC @ EV

Boys Tennis EV @ NC

March 23 G/B Basketball EV @ Cheney

March 25 NO LATE START

March 26 Boys Tennis EV @ Pullman

Girls Tennis Pullman @ EV

Baseball Cheney @ EV

Soccer WV @ EV

March 27 Math Clinic—Library 2:30—4pm

Lg. Group Choir @ Deer Park

Boys Tennis Lakeside @ EV

Girls Tennis EV @ Lakeside

Track Pullman @ EV

March 28 Boys Tennis Cheney @ EV

Girls Tennis EV @ Cheney

Softball Freeman @ EV

Soccer Cheney @ EV

Honor Society Induction 7pm

March 29 Soccer Ferris @ EV

March 30 Baseball EV @ Pullman

April 1—5 Spring Break

April 8 Late Start Monday

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Sports & Activities Alec Vermaire, Athletic Director

The winter season is coming to an end and spring sports are right around the corner—with all the snow on the ground it is hard to believe!

Our students have been busy representing their school in sports and activities:

Activities:

Music: Students have had the opportunity to perform. Several students planned on performing at the Solo & Ensemble competition this past weekend but the event was cancelled due to weather.

Drama is preparing for their second performance on March 15 & 16. They will be performing, Complaint Department and Lemonade.

Debate: has participated in several tournaments this year. We were semifinalists at the Mead Feline Frenzy: 1st Place Speaker: Kayley Rich; 2nd Place Speaker: Lindsay Bartholomew; 5th Place Speaker: Jake Destito; and 9th Place Speaker: Robbie Champagne.

History & Knowledge Bowl: Knowledge Bowl participates in Regional competition February 22 History Bowl qualified for State Competition—congratulations to Zephrym Bush, Noah Haight, Alex Carlson, Gage Nielsen, and Garrick Florea.

Robotics: is currently meeting and preparing for their first competition in March. FBLA: Congratulations to the 29 EV FBLA members who competed at the Northeast Regional. Twenty -two of the 29 students qualified for State, April 10-13, in Bellevue. EV had two district champions: Josh Strebeck in Networking Concepts, and Jared Hathaway in Social Media Campaign.

Athletics:

Boys Basketball: 5th Place GNL Girls Basketball: 1st Place GNL FIRST TEAM: Genesis Wilkinson, Faith Adams SECOND TEAM: Brie Holecek

GNL COACH OF THE YEAR: ROB COLLINS!! Wrestling: 4th Place Regular Season GNL 2nd Place District 7 2A Tournament Noah McDermott—1st Team 120#, State Qualifier Avery Sundheim—1st Team 126#, State Qualifier Dominique Carrillo—1st Team 170#, State Qualifier Everado Vargas—1st Team 220#, State Qualifier Jacob Kessinger—2nd Team, State Qualifier Devern Hautala—2nd Team, State Qualifier Jacob Halvorsen—2nd Team, State Qualifier Emma Todhunter, State Qualifier Grace Todhunter, State Qualifier

**SPRING SPORTS BEGIN FEBRUARY 25, 2019**

Music competitive seasons are off and running. The next competition is in Pullman

Rodrick Fisher was selected to play in the Army All American Bowl. He is 1 of 100

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AP Physics

Kate Bowerman, Teacher

Students in Ms. Haynes Medical Interventions class are working on a project monitoring and comparing heartbeats.

The EVHS Jazz Band recently participated in the North Idaho College Jazz Clinic. Students had the stage for one hour to perform and be critiqued by Bryan Hannaford of NIC and special music guest, Phillip K. Jones II, of Houston, TX. They played the big band standards, Fly Me to the Moon and Ain’t Misbehavin’, and the pop tune, Saturday’s Child.

Band Mr. Garry LaPlante, Teacher

Medical Interventions

Debra Haynes, Teacher

AP Physics students are studying Uniform Circular Motion with flying pigs!

Terrance Vickers, Ayean Davas, Ethan Lafferty

Spanish II-III/IV

Jessica Ruiz, Teacher

Students in Spanish III/IV practice

circumlocution skills —describing a

word or concept when you don’t

actually know the name of it.

Students in Spanish II create a

quiz-like interpersonal

communication game based on their

prior knowledge of each other.

Effects of Nicotine on the Teen Brain

As with alcohol and other substances, nicotine has an especially harmful effect on the developing teenage brain. Research shows that nicotine directly impacts parts of the brain necessary for emotion regulation, behavior, and memory.

Furthermore, studies show that teens are more sensitive than adults to nicotine’s addicting properties, because the

reward center in their brain develops at a quicker rate than the prefrontal cortex. In other words, teens are more likely

to take a risk and seek reward, which means they are also more susceptible to negative peer influence.

It is essential that we correct any misperceptions of harm teens have about nicotine by educating them about its

negative health consequences. Well informed teens are better equipped to make responsible decisions, resist

negative peer influence, and stay free from nicotine addiction in all of its forms.

Keep the lines of communication open. Help your teenager think through the possible dangers of products that have

not been thoroughly studied or evaluated.

Student Assistance Program Mrs. Melinda Brown, Student Assistance Specialist

PACE is a grassroots Spokane Valley initiative to promote the importance of good character through partnerships with schools, businesses, public agencies, residents, faith-based organizations and community service groups. Working from a common list of monthly character traits (http://pacecommunity.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pace-traits-defined-flyer.pdf), partners promote and integrate each trait into the regular activities of the organization. The character trait for November was Citizenship– Positively contributing to society and community as well as dutifully respecting authority and the law. We would like to recognize the following students for exhibiting this character trait: Samantha Bickle, Logan Bush, Nicole Buzzell, Alexander Carlson, Maria Carrillo, Dylan Cross, Corrine Daniel, Kiarra Dupree, Ethan Graham, Chelsea Lakopa, Chelsea Lakopa, Kayleen Poe, Keeley Stevens. The December trait was Caring—Showing a genuine concern for the welfare of others and being a kind, supportive helper. We would like to recognize the following students for exhibiting this character trait: Bryant Bennett, Alexander Carlson, Ariel Ibarra, Ariel Ibarra, Leonel Ibarra, Sierra Ley, Elizabeth Plant, Cameron Speer, Aliyah Tackett, Lillie Thompson, Taylor Voelker, Van Waters. The January trait was Fairness—Treating people and ideas with justice and impartiality. We would like to recognize the following students for exhibiting this character trait: Alfredo Alas Mata, Alizeia Butler, Cristal Celaya-Cruz, Binh Doan, Joshua Doll, Kiarra Dupree, Andrew Hansen, Emily Hanson, Greta Helfenstein, Saben Johnston, Jeremy Kanzleiter, Derek Kiki, Seth Lee, Megan Manuel, Austin Martin, Kolby Martin, Hannah Page, Miriam Rosenbaum, Destiny Stanek-Bolles, Zachary Thornton, Riley Weger. Keep up the great work!

PACE

Tim Ervin, Administrative Intern

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SAC—Student Activities Class Mrs. Brenda Gaver, Advisor

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Each year on the first semester SAC final, I ask the students, “If someone asks you what’s great about East Valley?”,

what would you tell them? Their responses are below—we do great work, and the kids notice!

What’s Great about East Valley?

The recognition our school gives to our students, whether that be a club, sport, grades, character, or involvement.

Love how small we are. I love the character that our school has compared to big schools. I feel our school has

more of a story.

The people and the environment that is created by them. They are caring, nice, fun, and East Valley allows you to

be a somebody and not a nobody.

The students are all really great! Mostly very kind and outgoing. The staff/teachers are all also very amazing.

How kind just about everyone here is and how well we get along.

How a lot of people are close and everyone knows almost everyone.

How close everyone is to each other. Our school isn’t too big to where we don’t know a lot of people, but we’re

smaller so everyone knows everyone.

I would say that because we’re a little smaller you can walk around and recognize people and that it also makes

us a bit more protective of each other.

If someone asked me that, I would probably say how walking down hallways people collaborate and laugh.

Teachers and administrators say hi with smiles.

It’s just a great community.

I’d say our SAC class and school sports and activities.

The people. Nobody is alone. Everyone has someone.

How close we all are. Between staff and students or student to student you’ll never find a more loving, caring

school.

I would say our leaders because, even though we don’t have many, they are always ready and able to help others

in need.

Everyone is friends with everyone here no matter what group you’re in or how popular you are.

I would say our community. As a whole we don’t have a huge bullying issue and I find that awesome. I feel like EV

is a pretty welcoming school.

The greatest thing about East Valley High School is some of the opportunities here, that some other schools aren’t

as fortunate to have. For example, different clubs get to take trips that can be life changing like the New York choir

trip or the AP Euro trip.

I would truthfully say the staff, because I feel like we as students lack in community involvement and spirit as a

whole and we also have quite a bit of troublemakers, yet the staff always takes the time to be a part of the events

and help the students with whatever they need.

I would tell them being involved. To come to events and to be social. Most people here are very welcoming and

willing to listen to ideas. Being a part of what goes on at EVHS is the best part of EVHS.

All of my friends and my great counselor.

That EV has an amazing student population that genuinely cares about each other.

I would say SAC class because you are a part of fun and different events that you get to help plan and enjoy.

The people! How more or less we can all put aside differences and act as a family, supporting one another and

having fun together.

I would say the staff because our staff is very welcoming and friendly.

I would for sure say the people. Maybe we don’t have the best sports, music, or theater, but the people here are

some of the best I know. The people at EV are the only reason that I’ve stayed in school and not gone online.

The theme for our Golden Throne was “Shrek”. The students had a lot of fun writing the script, creating the costumes and backdrops, and even recording an original song for the skit! We had many students attend Throne at West Valley and had a large number of students participate in the community dance. Sadly, the Throne stayed at West Valley for another year.

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The East Valley High School History Bowl team has once again qualified for the Washington State History Bowl competition. The team, led by junior Noah Haight, has competed in both the Spokane History Bowl Tournament and the Eastern Washington History Bowl Tournament. Individual students have participated in a variety of events, and the following students have won awards: Zephrym Bush and Al Carlson: qualified for Nationals in the U. S. History Bee; Josh Doll: Champion of the JV History Bee with Braydon Mertens 2nd Place, Taylor Voelker 3rd Place, and Tim Stark 4th Place. Good Luck at State Knights!!

EV History Bowl Mrs. Lori Jacobsen, Advisor

The Golden Throne

The Golden Plunger officially kicked off our rivalry games between East Valley and West Valley. Golden Plunger was held at EV, and the theme was neon. Students wore neon clothing, glow necklaces and bracelets, and made a giant glowing poster. East Valley won the wrestling match, but unfortunately, the Plunger went to West Valley.

Golden Plunger Mrs. Brenda Gaver, SAC Adviser

FFA Students competed in the District 5 competition for Employability Skills and Agricultural Issues Forum. Gwendolyn Skeen took 2nd Place in Districts and will be going to the Washington State Convention in May. The Ag Issues team tied for 5th Place and is considered a “Wild Card” for the Washington State Convention. The girls have worked very hard and are representing East Valley in a very positive manner.

FFA

Leah Lucero, Adviser

Gwendolyn Skeen

L-R: Gwendolyn Skeen, Dakota Hanson, Megan Walsh, Kaylee Coburn, and Abigail Willey

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FBLA Knights Represent at Regionals— 22 Qualify for State!

On Thursday, February 7, East Valley sent 29 FBLA members to compete at the Northeast Regional at the Valley Assembly Church. Of the 29 students competing, 22 went on the qualify for the state competition held April 10-13 in Bellevue. Wow! Both Josh Strebeck and Jared Hathaway were district champions. Thank you to staff, administration, and parents for supporting all of the competitors in their efforts to achieve and represent East Valley. In addition to the high school, thank you also to the middle school and elementary schools on the great job you do in sending great kids to EVHS. These kids’ accomplishments are just another result of the great job we all do in East Valley School District. I am very proud of these kids, and I know you are too! On to State!

FBLA– Regional Competition Mr. Bret Kiefer, Advisor

Name/s Place Event

AJ Juris, Ashley Dorris 6th Business Ethics

Kolby Martin, Sofia Morales, Jaecynn Hart 5th Business Ethics

Jared Hathaway 1st Social Media Campaign

Gwendolyn Skeen 6th Job Interview

Ethan Downing 6th Economics

Dani Hillyard, Ethan Downing 2nd Emerging Business Issues

Ben Fetters, RJ McGee, Carter Hosking 4th Web Design

Ethan Downing, Dani Hillyard 5th Entrepreneurship

Josh Strebeck 3rd Help Desk

Melissa Bare 4th Health Care Administration

Grace Smith, Josh Strebeck 5th Management Information Systems

Josh Strebeck 1st Network Concepts

Josh Browning 2nd Securities and Investments

RJ McGee, Carter Hosking, Ben Fetters 5th Sports/Entertainment Marketing

Megan Demetrulias 3rd Business Law

Jacob Halvorsen 5th Business Law

Megan Demetrulias 2nd Accounting I

Destiny Hillyard 6th Business Communication

Kolby Martin 5th Journalism

Leah Syverson 5th Accounting II

Nathan Mitchell, Andre Mounadir 2nd Digital Video Production

The Knight Writers showcasing liberal and fine arts

January/February 2019 Student Edited Title Page—Excerpt

Get published! Bring your original poetry, prose and artwork to 146 or email as a Word attachment to humphreysl@evsd.org

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A society founded in humanity yet still lost in it We seek to guide the needy, but we do it in vain. We push people to overcome, but still they remain beggared. Is this the humanity we strive for? Where a young war veteran, who comes back from battle with nothing is thrown to the curb? Where a young child, who has lost his mother is sold off to a family who’s there for the gov-ernment benefits? A society that glorifies actors, athletes, and pol-iticians as important Is not a humane society and will never be so. Kirill Kuznetsov

Introverted Sometimes, I desire the warmth of my solitude. I am tired of being asked why in the world am I so quiet? & I wonder, why are you not listening? I am in love with my hushed de-meanor, because it is a gift, not a flaw. I am content. Please understand, that my air is not silent, & that my voice can fill this space. Emily Hanson

Subconscious Past midnight, sleep stays hidden. As I lay there, wide awake waiting for a dream to take over, I plead for mercy. I beg my exhaustion to overpower the physical pain that my body imposes upon itself. Time keeps passing by. With every tick of the clock I can feel my thoughts bursting into a plethora of new ideas. I am drowning in them, deprived of the ability to concentrate. My brain is wired, but not nearly as strong as the weariness that weighs me down, keeping me captive under the covers. I wait for Mr. Sandman’s sweet wave of dust to wash over me. All at once the irritation dies out and my subconscious flutters into a creation that can only derive from my imagi-nation. Colors I have no name for appear from unknown places and people that I’ve only seen once in my life become the very encore of this self-made delusion. Visions are born of what my conscious cannot see in the daylight, ones that lurk behind that which is seemingly ob-vious. These dreams are a break from reality, a break from the pain of my twisted spine and throbbing shoulders. It is the only peace that I am awarded. Every night, once sleep takes control, I am gifted with a newfound curiosity that replenishes itself each time I close my eyes. One that I can appreciate during the day. When the sun rises each morning, that new appreciation guides me through every decision that I have to make. I have been renewed. Camryn Varni

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Spring Assessment News

Kevin Weberg, Assistant Principal

The English/Language Smarter Balanced Assessment is administered to all sophomores and to juniors and seniors who have not met the graduation standard. The same is true for the Smarter Balanced math assessment - all sophomores plus the juniors and seniors who have not met standard.

The Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science is administered to all juniors.

We will schedule five days for state testing this spring. The past few years, we have conducted state testing over the course of fifteen school days in one-hour blocks during the time that the students are in the class that is tested. For example, students would take the English/Language Arts SBA in their English class over the course of six days.

This year, we have decided to schedule longer testing blocks so that we can finish testing in only five days. Testing will occur from 8:00 to 12:00 and then we will shorten periods 1-6 so that students can still see every teacher each day. This is similar to the schedule that we used for the PSAT for the past two years and we think it will work out great for students.

The ELA SBA will occur on April 23 and 24 from 8:00 to 12:00. This is for all sophomores, as well as juniors and seniors who have not met standard.

The science WCAS will occur on May 21 from 8:00 to 12:00. This is for all juniors.

The math SBA will occur on May 29 and 30 from 8:00 to 12:00. This is for all sophomores, as well as juniors and seniors who have not met standard.

Students who are not testing will be organized into groups and will engage in some college and career activi-ties. We are really excited about reducing the number of testing days while offering some rich experiences for our students who are not testing. This will benefit all of us. Attendance on these days will be critical for all students and we ask that families work hard to eliminate excused absences on these five days.

COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS Ms. Heidi Youseph, Counselor

Applications are due by February 28, 2019

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Winter Activities

WRESTLING—BOYS

BASKETBALL & WRESTLING—GIRLS

GOLDEN THRONE