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loves, check. Needles, check. Tubing, check. Let the blood drive begin. On October 20th of 2021, students and staff had the opportunity to participate in the blood drive. This chance is only available to people who are seventeen years of age and older, so freshman and sophomores were not able to donate their blood. Many juniors and seniors chose to donate blood. However, a lot of them were really scared to. Senior Zoe Watts stated that, “I was terrified going in because blood freaks me out.” In addition, junior Kayla Fuller said that, “I am scared of needles and blood so I was freaking out all day before the blood drive.” These students overcame their fears to help people in need. There was one especially alarming experience at the blood drive. For junior Alyson Westfall, this was her first time donating blood and she was a little nervous. Afterwards, she stated, “I passed out after giving blood and when I got up I felt lightheaded.” She ended up breaking her tailbone but stated that she would do it again to be able to save lives. Not only did people have the chance to donate their blood, they also got to donate their plasma. Junior Evan Clark is one example. “I have a rare blood type and I wanted to help people out. It was scary and I am not a fan of needles, but it made me feel hot and cold when they were doing it,” Clark said.
RADIO SHOW FUN Mark Spiroff, Consulting Principal of Conifer Radio, asks questions regarding the upcoming radio show at the high school. He is a very funny guy and interviewed student leaders about what they thought about the radio show. “I was getting asked questions about what I thought about the local radio station and starting a live broadcast,” senior Zoe Watts said. photo by m.dawson ROLE PLAY DECA, is a student-led organization that prepares students in marketing. Junior Alex Miller was working on mock role-plays. “I was practicing for the mock role-plays preparing for districts,” Miller said. photo by k. fuller REHEARSING FOR AN UPCOMING PLAY Rehearsing for Bad Auditions for Bad Actors, sophomore Ronan Tanner is practicing his part. The play was on October 27,2021. “It’s a really funny show that shows the ‘behind the scenes’ of theater,” Tanner said. photo by k. fuller INTERVIEWING BASICS Interviewing without experience is very hard and sophomore Carly Potter can relate. She was excited to learn more skills outside her comfort zone. “I was really scared because if I don’t know the person I am interviewing, it gets scary,” Potter said. photo by
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Tanner Michael, junior “I dressed up as Jesus because I had the costume lying around. It was awesome to make my friends laugh,” Tanner Michael said. photo by k.
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Emma Holskenson, sophomore “I love oil painting and looking ahead I want to do tattooing, digital art, and design,“ Emma Holskenson said. photo by l.
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FACING OUR FEARS Anxiously waiting, junior Kayla Fuller is ready to get her blood draw done. She was scared of needles and blood so she was freaking out all day. “I decided to give my blood because my teachers were telling me that I would get extra credit and that it was a good oppurtunity,” Fuller said. photo by c. potter
FROM THE HEART Donating blood helps the community and senior Zoe Watts decided to do just that. After she got her blood drawn, she felt mostly ok and very tired. “I was happy to be able to give my blood to help save lives,“ Watts said. photo by c. christianson
Asher Phillips, Sophmore “I was at the career fair and I saw the medical manufacturing company booth and I saw a robot dancing, so I thought I would imitate the robot,” sophomore Asher Philipps said. photo by s. fowle
Devon Vanni, Junior “I wanted to help bring more spirit and hopefully lighten the stress of this school year,” junior Devon Vanni said. photo by c. neumeier
Julia GnuechtelL, Junior “Our class brought food and we had a little buffet at the back of the class. We brought Day of the Dead foods like pan de muerto, cake, and chips,” junior Julia Gnuechtel said. photo by c. neumeier
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