Santa Barbara's football team won against the San Marcos Royals for the first time in four years with Friday's 24-10 win. Senior Tad Slaff of the Dons was voted the game's MVP.
The Dons are at Ventura at 7 p.m. on Friday.
They are back at home for the final game of the regular season on November 9 against Dos Pueblos.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Dons fall to St. Bonnie, face off with San Marcos
Sandra Ruiz
Staff Reporter
Our Channel League football team has been looking forward to the San Marcos game tonight, October 26. The SM game has also been the most looked forward to by fans. With this yearʼs record of five wins and only two losses, confidence runs high for teammates who are disciplined to win against San Marcos (and upcoming games).
Losing against San Marcos last year (27- 14) as well as the previous years has upset many fans. This year however we plan on making a come back and we expect a win.
Football players will continue their intense practices and will be prepared. Senior Greg Domingues said, “We are going to wax. They have no wins so I'm confident.” When asked how they will prepare for the game Zach Chavez and Greg Domingues, both seniors, agreed to “plan on taking a lot of No Explode and protein shakes.” They continued on about their preparations for the game the night before by explaining, “We plan on listening to Bob Marley and watching the movie ʻ300ʼ,” Even though they are coached by Mr. Gonzales who coached the Royals, it does not seem to bother any of our football athletes or fans. He has our football players prepared; is liked and well respected here. Domingues said, “Heʼs now a hater of San Marcos and he dislikes SM as much as we do. If we win we plan to party at Zach's house after the game and go to the Knot Knots house and watch Friday Football Focus and do special team events and cheers.”
Teammates run high with confidence and are focused and ready to play. Taking the game to victory is their intention. Senior Chris Manson said, “I'm very confident. I think we'll murder them. We are a much better team. They canʼt play at our level.” When asked how he will prepare for the game, he said, “practice hard, come in focused and ready to play.” The night before Manson will prepare for the game by washing “all my football clothes and pack my football bag, and dream about football glory.” Our fellow varsity football players are set. If we win Manson said, “Iʼll celebrate with my team at the Knot Knot house. If we lose Iʼll think about my mistakes and try to see what I can do differently for the next game, so fans get your popcorn ready.”
Of course losing is not a choice for this game and it is not the playersʼ intention. As for players, they practice hard and make it happen; but as for the rest of us we just have to sit and watch.
Staff Reporter
Our Channel League football team has been looking forward to the San Marcos game tonight, October 26. The SM game has also been the most looked forward to by fans. With this yearʼs record of five wins and only two losses, confidence runs high for teammates who are disciplined to win against San Marcos (and upcoming games).
Losing against San Marcos last year (27- 14) as well as the previous years has upset many fans. This year however we plan on making a come back and we expect a win.
Football players will continue their intense practices and will be prepared. Senior Greg Domingues said, “We are going to wax. They have no wins so I'm confident.” When asked how they will prepare for the game Zach Chavez and Greg Domingues, both seniors, agreed to “plan on taking a lot of No Explode and protein shakes.” They continued on about their preparations for the game the night before by explaining, “We plan on listening to Bob Marley and watching the movie ʻ300ʼ,” Even though they are coached by Mr. Gonzales who coached the Royals, it does not seem to bother any of our football athletes or fans. He has our football players prepared; is liked and well respected here. Domingues said, “Heʼs now a hater of San Marcos and he dislikes SM as much as we do. If we win we plan to party at Zach's house after the game and go to the Knot Knots house and watch Friday Football Focus and do special team events and cheers.”
Teammates run high with confidence and are focused and ready to play. Taking the game to victory is their intention. Senior Chris Manson said, “I'm very confident. I think we'll murder them. We are a much better team. They canʼt play at our level.” When asked how he will prepare for the game, he said, “practice hard, come in focused and ready to play.” The night before Manson will prepare for the game by washing “all my football clothes and pack my football bag, and dream about football glory.” Our fellow varsity football players are set. If we win Manson said, “Iʼll celebrate with my team at the Knot Knot house. If we lose Iʼll think about my mistakes and try to see what I can do differently for the next game, so fans get your popcorn ready.”
Of course losing is not a choice for this game and it is not the playersʼ intention. As for players, they practice hard and make it happen; but as for the rest of us we just have to sit and watch.
Sculpture teacer wins award for her jewelry
Wendy Echeverria
Staff Reporter
Every year, there’s an event little noticed by most high school students. The American Gem Trade Association, AGTA, holds a jewelry competition that consists of different categories such as: Day Wear, Men’s Wear, Evening Wear, Best of Show.
In these different categories, various jewelers enter one of their very own handmade pieces with high hopes of winning.
SBHS has one of those hopeful jewelers, Mrs. Rabe. The Sculpture/Jewelry instructor and jeweler. She is inspired and influenced by her husband, Gregory Morin who is also a jeweler and enters the competition every year; she has entered the competition once again.
Her last year’s entry was very successful for her. She entered a brooch that she made out of 18K yellow and white gold, garnet, diamond, and jasper.
She thought that she wasn’t going to win because of her use of the jasper which is a very ordinary stone. It took her approximately 50 hours to finish this piece. After entering she, like other jewelers, waited eagerly for news on whether or not she had won.
A month and a half later, around mid-October during one of her classes, she received a phone call from the AGTA judges to let her know that she had won First Place in the evening category. Her first reaction was, “I what?! I what?!” After that moment of awe she wanted to share her happiness with her students so the first thing she did was announce to the class that she had won.
“If students can see, from their teacher, the ability to succeed, then they can take something they really like and have great success in what they do. They can learn to believe in themselves, succeed, and do it well so they receive admiration as well as accomplishment.” she said.
Her reaction was definitely one of great surprise specially because she got her piece modeled and photographed to be on the cover of “INSTORE” magazine which is one of the main magazines of the AGTA.
This year she has entered a ring, using 18K white gold, diamond, amethyst, and an agate cabachon-the stone which lays on the top of the ring. She has waited what seems an endless month and to her great surprise she has once again received the phone call she had been waiting for.
On October 15, during her fourth period, she answered her phone and was told that she had won again this year. This year though, she won two awards, an Honorable Mention in the evening category and Best Use of Color. She shared that she was very happy and excited that she has been able to win twice in a row. “I feel relieved that I found out I won because that way I don’t have to tell my students I lost. But at the same time I feel welled up with happiness.” She has shared her happiness with her classes, I’d like to express it to the rest if the students and staff,” she said.
Staff Reporter
Every year, there’s an event little noticed by most high school students. The American Gem Trade Association, AGTA, holds a jewelry competition that consists of different categories such as: Day Wear, Men’s Wear, Evening Wear, Best of Show.
In these different categories, various jewelers enter one of their very own handmade pieces with high hopes of winning.
SBHS has one of those hopeful jewelers, Mrs. Rabe. The Sculpture/Jewelry instructor and jeweler. She is inspired and influenced by her husband, Gregory Morin who is also a jeweler and enters the competition every year; she has entered the competition once again.
Her last year’s entry was very successful for her. She entered a brooch that she made out of 18K yellow and white gold, garnet, diamond, and jasper.
She thought that she wasn’t going to win because of her use of the jasper which is a very ordinary stone. It took her approximately 50 hours to finish this piece. After entering she, like other jewelers, waited eagerly for news on whether or not she had won.
A month and a half later, around mid-October during one of her classes, she received a phone call from the AGTA judges to let her know that she had won First Place in the evening category. Her first reaction was, “I what?! I what?!” After that moment of awe she wanted to share her happiness with her students so the first thing she did was announce to the class that she had won.
“If students can see, from their teacher, the ability to succeed, then they can take something they really like and have great success in what they do. They can learn to believe in themselves, succeed, and do it well so they receive admiration as well as accomplishment.” she said.
Her reaction was definitely one of great surprise specially because she got her piece modeled and photographed to be on the cover of “INSTORE” magazine which is one of the main magazines of the AGTA.
This year she has entered a ring, using 18K white gold, diamond, amethyst, and an agate cabachon-the stone which lays on the top of the ring. She has waited what seems an endless month and to her great surprise she has once again received the phone call she had been waiting for.
On October 15, during her fourth period, she answered her phone and was told that she had won again this year. This year though, she won two awards, an Honorable Mention in the evening category and Best Use of Color. She shared that she was very happy and excited that she has been able to win twice in a row. “I feel relieved that I found out I won because that way I don’t have to tell my students I lost. But at the same time I feel welled up with happiness.” She has shared her happiness with her classes, I’d like to express it to the rest if the students and staff,” she said.
Letter: Cultural diversity in classes addresses needs, not quotas
Creating academic diversity and multiculturalism among our students at Santa Barbara High isn’t a negative thing. Whether or not the city of Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara Senior High is diverse is up to its citizens. The 2006 population estimate for Santa Barbara city is 85,681. Of these citizens 73.9% are White, 12.7% are Black or African American, 0.8% are American Indian and Alaska Native, 4.4% are Asian, 0.1% are Native Hawaiian and 14.8% are Hispanic or Latino (U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 Population Estimates, Census 2000, 1990). Santa Barbara High has 2,335 bright and intelligent students. 52 of these students reported that they are African-American, 944 White (not Hispanic), 11 Chinese, 14 Japanese and 1,232 Hispanic or Latino. 82 students are other (such as Pacific Islander) or declined to state (Aries, 2007). From these statistics it can safely be said that with such a large population, why shouldn’t we work to have more Latino’s in Honors or Advance Placement (AP) courses?
It isn’t about pushing students into classes they don’t want but addressing their needs. Students who take AP courses and do well in them are more likely to get into a University of their choice (Princeton Review, 2006). As counselors, we encourage and motivate students who don’t think they belonged in a certain class but obviously have the potential to thrive in them. We would like to see all the students who want to attend college have the chance to do so. As educators, it is not our job to force you to do anything you can’t do. However, it is our responsibility to promote diversity.
Diversity is defined in Merriam Webster’s Dictionary (1998) as; to make diverse: give variety to: increase the variety of products of. Do you think SBHS faculty is doing a good job of promoting diversity? On the other hand, is it just our responsibility to give our students the “tools” of diversity and hope that you will use them?
Maybe students should be required to go through diversity training as faculty and staff of Santa Barbara School Districts are obligated to. How about if parents were required to attend diversity workshops. Would that help to invite the gardeners in the house for lunch and be engaged in a conversation of politics? But that’s too cliché, how about if a recently arrived Costa Rican is invited to the home of third generation Mexican-American family and helped with immigration papers?
Maybe we should just appreciate the fact that many at SBHS are aware of our student population. Although we are the third oldest high school in California, it may take us longer than others to become fully diverse in action and thought. At least we are stepping towards that direction in a positive manner.
Melisa Perez
SBHS Counselor
It isn’t about pushing students into classes they don’t want but addressing their needs. Students who take AP courses and do well in them are more likely to get into a University of their choice (Princeton Review, 2006). As counselors, we encourage and motivate students who don’t think they belonged in a certain class but obviously have the potential to thrive in them. We would like to see all the students who want to attend college have the chance to do so. As educators, it is not our job to force you to do anything you can’t do. However, it is our responsibility to promote diversity.
Diversity is defined in Merriam Webster’s Dictionary (1998) as; to make diverse: give variety to: increase the variety of products of. Do you think SBHS faculty is doing a good job of promoting diversity? On the other hand, is it just our responsibility to give our students the “tools” of diversity and hope that you will use them?
Maybe students should be required to go through diversity training as faculty and staff of Santa Barbara School Districts are obligated to. How about if parents were required to attend diversity workshops. Would that help to invite the gardeners in the house for lunch and be engaged in a conversation of politics? But that’s too cliché, how about if a recently arrived Costa Rican is invited to the home of third generation Mexican-American family and helped with immigration papers?
Maybe we should just appreciate the fact that many at SBHS are aware of our student population. Although we are the third oldest high school in California, it may take us longer than others to become fully diverse in action and thought. At least we are stepping towards that direction in a positive manner.
Melisa Perez
SBHS Counselor
Commentary: Suspension and Expulsion policy
Danny Langhorne
Editor-in-Chief
Homecoming was the perfect example of the unequal level of justice at Santa Barbara High School. The administration suspended nine individuals for five days and two people being reccomended expulsion for being toxicated at a school event. The administration put memos in the student and video bulletins that said that breathelizer tests would be condconducted at the dance as well. So even with this ample warming people still decided to show up to the dance drunk. Many of these students come from families of high socioeconomic status and have the resources to fight the district overs these kinds of punishments. Mr. Capritto claims that he does not talk with lawyers about the punishment he adiministers. According to him if parents want to get lawyers involved they have to talk the school district.
According to Capritto parents vented their frustration with their children towards him and his rules, but he reminded them that he hadn’t done anything wrong and that it was the kids that had messed up. Despite the administration’s leniency, in terms of not handing intoxicated students over to the police, a couple parents argue that their student’s civil rights were violated because the police were not courteous enough while breathelizing their kids.
Those students who are faced with possible expulsion are doing so because they have been caught intoxicated before at other school events. Currently their fate is being decided by a committe at the school district. But if these students were gang members wouldn’t they have already been expediantly expelled. The school’s job is to provide a safe learning enviornment but when students decide to break the law by drinking they are also deciding as adults to break the rules.
The bottom line is that someone almost died at homecoming when they had an adverse reaction when they took medication before drinking alcohol. The administration needs to prevent potentially deadly situations from occuring by making it clear to students that there will be serious ramifications if they come to school drunk and that is exactly what they are doing with the suspensions.
Dr. Capritto’s underlying message for students was “At any school wide event don’t believe you can come under the influence because you will face the consequences for that choice.”
Editor-in-Chief
Homecoming was the perfect example of the unequal level of justice at Santa Barbara High School. The administration suspended nine individuals for five days and two people being reccomended expulsion for being toxicated at a school event. The administration put memos in the student and video bulletins that said that breathelizer tests would be condconducted at the dance as well. So even with this ample warming people still decided to show up to the dance drunk. Many of these students come from families of high socioeconomic status and have the resources to fight the district overs these kinds of punishments. Mr. Capritto claims that he does not talk with lawyers about the punishment he adiministers. According to him if parents want to get lawyers involved they have to talk the school district.
According to Capritto parents vented their frustration with their children towards him and his rules, but he reminded them that he hadn’t done anything wrong and that it was the kids that had messed up. Despite the administration’s leniency, in terms of not handing intoxicated students over to the police, a couple parents argue that their student’s civil rights were violated because the police were not courteous enough while breathelizing their kids.
Those students who are faced with possible expulsion are doing so because they have been caught intoxicated before at other school events. Currently their fate is being decided by a committe at the school district. But if these students were gang members wouldn’t they have already been expediantly expelled. The school’s job is to provide a safe learning enviornment but when students decide to break the law by drinking they are also deciding as adults to break the rules.
The bottom line is that someone almost died at homecoming when they had an adverse reaction when they took medication before drinking alcohol. The administration needs to prevent potentially deadly situations from occuring by making it clear to students that there will be serious ramifications if they come to school drunk and that is exactly what they are doing with the suspensions.
Dr. Capritto’s underlying message for students was “At any school wide event don’t believe you can come under the influence because you will face the consequences for that choice.”
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Study time: Let’s Cram workers relaunch site
Zac Estrada Rosales
News Editor
The online network of students celebrated its one-year anniversary with a big change. Let’s Cram, the social networking site created by SBHS senior Mike Lewis last year was relaunched this month to steer users into more one-on-one interaction.
“The site is a lot more personal,” said Karl Sandrich, a member of the Let’s Cram team. “We really emphasize people-to-people communication and we think the additions (to the site) will do that.”
In order to participate in the discussions on the site, Let’s Cram requires new users to create a profile similar to that of social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook.
Each user can find their friends or “study buddies” to quickly ask questions to homework problems.
“We had a lot of people sign up and a lot of people use the site,” said Sandrich. “Now the new site adds on top of what we already had and I feel that kids will enjoy using the site even more.”
When letscram.com was launched at the start of last school year it was heavily promoted as a way for students at SBHS and at other schools to more easily connect to other students with similar homework problems. So far the site has more than 800 registered members from SBHS and other schools.
At SBHS the site gets help from Sandrich, Jimmy Sexton, Brett Silverman, Billy Grokenberger, Camille Fenton and RJ Rotman, among others. Creator Mike Lewis continues to head the site.
Sandrich hopes more Dons use Let’s Cram this year. “I want people from all over SBHS to utilize this site,” he said. “Who knows how much farther it can go.”
News Editor
The online network of students celebrated its one-year anniversary with a big change. Let’s Cram, the social networking site created by SBHS senior Mike Lewis last year was relaunched this month to steer users into more one-on-one interaction.
“The site is a lot more personal,” said Karl Sandrich, a member of the Let’s Cram team. “We really emphasize people-to-people communication and we think the additions (to the site) will do that.”
In order to participate in the discussions on the site, Let’s Cram requires new users to create a profile similar to that of social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook.
Each user can find their friends or “study buddies” to quickly ask questions to homework problems.
“We had a lot of people sign up and a lot of people use the site,” said Sandrich. “Now the new site adds on top of what we already had and I feel that kids will enjoy using the site even more.”
When letscram.com was launched at the start of last school year it was heavily promoted as a way for students at SBHS and at other schools to more easily connect to other students with similar homework problems. So far the site has more than 800 registered members from SBHS and other schools.
At SBHS the site gets help from Sandrich, Jimmy Sexton, Brett Silverman, Billy Grokenberger, Camille Fenton and RJ Rotman, among others. Creator Mike Lewis continues to head the site.
Sandrich hopes more Dons use Let’s Cram this year. “I want people from all over SBHS to utilize this site,” he said. “Who knows how much farther it can go.”
APPLe academy’s second season brings in sophomores
Danny Langhorne
Editor-in-Chief
The newest academy at SBHS called APPLe (Academy of Public Policy and Leadership) is gearing up for its second year. APPLe is an academy on campus that helps students develop their talents in public speaking and debate, a unique environment to develop them.
It also encourages students to get actively involved in local politics and community service. Students hear guest speakers who are in local and state governments and other organizations including Congresswoman Lois Capps, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, and David Krieger or the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
Around thirty members of APPLe spent a week last June in the Summer Institute at UCSB. While sleeping in the dorms and living on campus they debated the hot topic issues of immigration, torture, and global warming.
“The debates in the institute were very intense and we learned a lot about what it’s like being in a real court,” said junior Maria Vallejo who attended the summer institute.
They researched with the help of Professor John Park of Asian Studies just as if they were actual college students. “If the officials helping us at UCSB hadn’t been doing all they were, APPle wouldn’t be very good,” said Gamble.
In between research sessions for the debates, activities were held that helped bring the APPLe students closer, including a ropes course, ultimate frisbee, and karaoke. “It was also a chance for the students to get to know each other better. Some who had never really been friends before were really close after the experience,” said Mr. Gamble.
APPLe students returning as juniors will be attending a fall retreat at El Capitan Campground where the bonds they formed at the Summer Institute will be able to continue to grow.
Gamble’s goal for the juniors is that they play a leadership role in helping initiate this year’s sophomores. At the orientation held last Thursday juniors spoke of the experience at UCSB and the process of researching for the debates. Juniors Margo Slaff, Maria Vallejo and Ty Vestal talked about the week at UCSB and their roles in the debates and activities.
Gamble hopes to raise enough money to be able to take the students to Sacramento and Washington D.C. to meet with politicians and observe how government really works.
Every other week students will be sitting in on lectures with different speakers in the theater, including State Assemblyman Pedro Nava and Santa Barbara City Councilman Das Williams. David Krieger and Lois Capps will also be returning to talk with the students.
The first lecture of the year will be when Santa Barbara mayor Marty Blum comes to speak to the students in the SBHS theater on October 17 at 7:30 p.m.
All of the students meet every other Thursday in Mr, Gamble’s classroom, room 212 in the main hall, to plan events and discuss opinions and lessons from recent lectures.
Editor-in-Chief
The newest academy at SBHS called APPLe (Academy of Public Policy and Leadership) is gearing up for its second year. APPLe is an academy on campus that helps students develop their talents in public speaking and debate, a unique environment to develop them.
It also encourages students to get actively involved in local politics and community service. Students hear guest speakers who are in local and state governments and other organizations including Congresswoman Lois Capps, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, and David Krieger or the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
Around thirty members of APPLe spent a week last June in the Summer Institute at UCSB. While sleeping in the dorms and living on campus they debated the hot topic issues of immigration, torture, and global warming.
“The debates in the institute were very intense and we learned a lot about what it’s like being in a real court,” said junior Maria Vallejo who attended the summer institute.
They researched with the help of Professor John Park of Asian Studies just as if they were actual college students. “If the officials helping us at UCSB hadn’t been doing all they were, APPle wouldn’t be very good,” said Gamble.
In between research sessions for the debates, activities were held that helped bring the APPLe students closer, including a ropes course, ultimate frisbee, and karaoke. “It was also a chance for the students to get to know each other better. Some who had never really been friends before were really close after the experience,” said Mr. Gamble.
APPLe students returning as juniors will be attending a fall retreat at El Capitan Campground where the bonds they formed at the Summer Institute will be able to continue to grow.
Gamble’s goal for the juniors is that they play a leadership role in helping initiate this year’s sophomores. At the orientation held last Thursday juniors spoke of the experience at UCSB and the process of researching for the debates. Juniors Margo Slaff, Maria Vallejo and Ty Vestal talked about the week at UCSB and their roles in the debates and activities.
Gamble hopes to raise enough money to be able to take the students to Sacramento and Washington D.C. to meet with politicians and observe how government really works.
Every other week students will be sitting in on lectures with different speakers in the theater, including State Assemblyman Pedro Nava and Santa Barbara City Councilman Das Williams. David Krieger and Lois Capps will also be returning to talk with the students.
The first lecture of the year will be when Santa Barbara mayor Marty Blum comes to speak to the students in the SBHS theater on October 17 at 7:30 p.m.
All of the students meet every other Thursday in Mr, Gamble’s classroom, room 212 in the main hall, to plan events and discuss opinions and lessons from recent lectures.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Friday, October 5, 2007
Pep Rally #1!!!
Pictures from October 5's pep rally. Next issue of The Forge, the Homecoming issue, will be in newsstands October 12.
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