Volume 1, Number 3 October 10, 2014
Witty Wildcats
Story by: Madeline Quinn
It’s no secret that the price of going to college is horrifying. Most college graduates leave college with hundreds of thousands of dollars in debts and loans. Fortunately for Jarod Burks and Makayla Ogdahl, they have less of a debt to worry about. Thanks to California State University of San Bernardino, these two students have the opportunity to pay off some of their college expenses using a very generous scholarship of $25,000. Now, most people would say “yea, yea, that’s great for them. Now what’s the catch? What did they have to do to get it?” One of the few requirements of the Scholarship was to be in the top 1% of the graduating class. Due to their hard work and determination at school, they qualified for the scholarship. In fact, all they have to do to use the money is to apply and go to CSUSB.
Turns out, they didn't even have to apply for it. Makayla Ogdahl was simply hanging out in her room. “My mom brought the mail in and was like ‘here’s this letter’” she says. Makayla was very grateful for the scholarship opportunity and attended the acceptance ceremony on the 13th of September at the college. According to her, the experience was more like a tour of the campus and she had the opportunity to discover what the college offers for the major she is interested in which happens to be entrepreneurship/ business human resources management. While she was there, she got to talk to professors in the different fields of the business majors and was given more information to help her decide what she wants to do. Jarod Burks on the other hand was not able to attend due to wanting to spend some quality time with his family.
Whether or not they decide to accept the scholarship, it was still a good opportunity to learn more about the school and what they want to do when the time comes to go off to college. These students have brought a great amount of pride to the home of the Wildcats.
The Spirited Animals
Story By: Alexis Hidalgo
Waking up on Monday mornings for school is not the greatest thing in the world. Last week, however, was spirit week; the Wildcats were up and ready to show their spirit on ‘Merica Monday. The school was filled with red, white, and blue anywhere you looked. Tuesday was even more colorful, with everyone’s “just made last weekend” tie dye on display.
Whether you wore a t-shirt and jeans or dressed nicely for school, on Wednesday changing out of pajamas wasn’t even necessary because of pajama day. On Thursday we were able to become any character that we wanted, which showed our childish sides, because more people dressed as Peter Pan than any other character. Friday consisted of our favorite sports jerseys, whether it be basketball, football, or any other sport team.
On the last spirit day of the week, the freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors gathered in the gym for the fall sports assembly. To kick it off, the 29 High band members played and swayed to popular songs such as Wake Me Up and I Knew You Were Trouble for the school to enjoy.
Two of the teams that put on a show for the Wildcats were the Lady Cats Volleyball team and the Cross Country team. The volleyball players dove into their performance and danced to a multitude of songs in their own little huddle, while each player got the chance to dance in the middle. The Cross Country team started out dancing, then they amazed the school by doing flips and reverse sit ups on each others arms. They even got on each others shoulders to walk around and pump up the crowd while doing their own Cross Country rap. TPHS definitely could not have expected that the kids who wear short shorts and go on long runs would do that. The Wildcats’ spirit definitely showed throughout the week and at the assembly.
Clean for Green
Story by: Courtney Stanford
New uniforms and expensive tournaments do not just pay for themselves. It takes hard work and dedication to raise the money that the volleyball team needs to look good and gain experience. The girls received eight hundred dollars on Saturday, the 27th of September, when they picked up mountains of debris behind the Jelly Donut.The girls spent two hours from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. picking up piles of trash, and moving giant branches and huge tumbleweeds that were cluttering the lot.The team celebrated their hard work at the end of the grueling two hours by feasting on some delicious donuts.
However, the eight hundred dollars that was earned was not the only prize that was won. Cleaning up the trash helped the girls bond together, and it also helped them learn how to work as a team. They not only got green cash, but green minds. It was a lot of strenuous work, but it paid off well in the end.
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