Student Spotlight Winter 2019
Shedding light on the students who are striving to achieve more in Del Norte County
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FFA focuses on farming, fundraising and students’ future
From left to right, Interact Club Vice President Paizly Wilson, members Caroline Hamm, Secretary Bailey Gonzalez, President Alyse Herrera, Sarah Peters, Monique Camerena, and Renni Loftin pose with reindeer ears for one of the Club’s holiday events. Photo courtesy of Jeffery Poff.
different learners.” During the winter months, the club Staff Writer will focus many of their events on raising funds for their spring trip. hen people think of California, On Jan. 18, they are hosting a spaghetti they often think of beaches and feed at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hollywood, but what they may forget building on H Street. The funds raised is that California is an agricultural gold from the spaghetti feed will be used for mine. their travel costs to go to Anaheim, Calif. Over two-thirds of the country’s fruits for the FFA convention in April. Last and nuts and year, they one-third of raised $1,100 the country’s and hope to vegetables raise as much are Alyse Herrera applied for the again this produced in WRCF grant herself, writing year. California, a statement of purpose that They will according greatly impressed the grant also put on to the bestowers. a donkey California “The fact that (the) student basketball Department wrote that grant on her own, you of Food and game know, it’s just like incredible,” fundraiser Agriculture. Poff said. at the high California Poff, who is in his third school on students Del Norte FFA members pose with pumpkins year as the faculty advisor, and hay bales at the October FFA meeting after Feb. 27, have the they participated in pumpkin bowling. Photo said the most important skills which is opportunity courtesy of Jessica Chamberlain. the club teaches students are exactly what to see the responsibility and leadership, it sounds like: richness of and the grant writing is just an a basketball the state’s agriculture first hand, and Del example of that. game played on donkeys. Staff will Norte High is taking advantage of that Along with the Senior Bingo compete against students as they try to opportunity with their Future Farmers of night, the club has been coerce stubborn – but potty trained – America club (FFA). participating multiple events donkeys to ride towards the hoops. Crescent City’s FFA chapter explores throughout the year, including “Hopefully, [it] will be good staff and all things farming, from animal raising the Festival of Trees, Taste of student moral booster,” Chamberlain to gardening, and this winter will be the Holidays, and a blood drive. focusing on raising funds for their spring said. Members also visit elementary Del Norte High’s chapter, conducted trips. schools and lead crafts with the by Chamberlain, has 138 members this FFA is a national organization that children. year and meets monthly, usually on the teaches youth personal and professional The club has around 40 second Thursday of the month. skills through tactile, agricultural members, and they never have In order to be an FFA member, education. trouble finding volunteers for students must sign up for one of her “It offers them a hands on approach to events, as every member is science classes. If they are one of her sciences. We learn the same stuff that a ready and willing to serve. students, they automatically become an standard classroom would, but we add “Seeing the student FFA member. an agriculture component,” said Jessica engagement, just like how The FFA club has three learning Chamberlain, the Del Norte chapter’s willing they are to put in work leader. “The benefits of the agriculture to volunteer,” Poff said. classroom are very vast for the various
Students stand for community in the Interact Club T he Interact Club, devoted to serving the community, recently received a $500 grant from the Wild Rivers Community Foundation (WRCF). They will use the funds for their Senior Bingo night in January, one of the many service events in which the club participates. The Interact Club, a sublet of the Rotary International, is a student-led organization that lives with the mission “service above self,” and the Del Norte High School chapter is no exception. “The whole point is to get students who want to get involved in the community, but don’t know how, this gives them the outlet, and we have all the events planned in advance,” said Jeffery Poff, the club’s faculty advisor. “We allow them that access to get involved in the community.” Poff believes one of the most meaningful events they will host this year is the Senior Bingo night, primarily because a student was the one to apply for the grant to fund the event. Interact Club President senior
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Team drills their dances
By Jessica Goddard Staff Writer
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el Norte High School’s Drill Team, led by Melanie Clifton, is hitting the basketball courts this winter with five killer dance routines – ones they brought back from their summer camp in Long Beach, Calif. “It’s their favorite routines... really upbeat technical routines,” Clifton said. “This year we brought back quite a few technical routines form camp so they’re excited to perform them for everybody.” The Drill Team, separate from the Cheer or the dance team, performs half-time dance routines for the football and basketball home games. During the football season, the Drill Team entertained football fans with classic routines, including a flag routine, a kickline, country-line dancing, hoops and a military routine. Now that basketball season is in full swing, this group of dancers is dusting off their more modern pieces. “I like the basketball routines this year (and) basketball season because I like the technique that comes with it,” said junior Shayne Camillo, one of the team’s co-captains.
Every summer, the team officers, as they are called, take a trip to a dance camp held on different college campuses. The officers divide into different groups so they can learn separate dances. Together with Clifton, the team captains decide which five dances they want to bring back for the basketball season, though they always perform an advanced hip hop piece for the senior night game. “The feeling during the game is a whole new experience every time you perform. And it’s just different everyday, and the crowd is always pumped up which just makes me really excited,” said junior Kiana Lee, the team captain. They decide on the dances based on the ability of the team officers, as they do not want to leave anyone out. The
officers who learned the five chosen dances bring those routines back to school and teach them to the whole team. “We try to even it out like who’s going to be teaching what routine so that way they all have that opportunity to take that leadership role, and that’s their routine, that’s their baby,” Clifton said. “I let them polish it. You know, it helps give them a little bit of a sense of pride.” At Summer Camp, the team learns routines from various dance styles including, hip hop and jazz. Last summer the team went to Long Beach and brought back seven routines, though they will only perform five of them. “When we go down to camp, they’re tired, they’re hot, they’re sore, they’re having to pull together and perform
that last final routine for performance to, you know, make Del Norte proud. So you really see them try to come together as a team quite a bit,” Clifton said. One of only three left in the state, the Drill Team has performed dance routines for the Warrior’s football and basketball home games’ at halftime for the past 63 years. When it began years ago, it was not called the Drill Team. Instead, it went by the Redwood Rockettes and it was one of many drill teams in California. Now with only two others in the state, the Drill Team is still providing Del Norte a close-knit team and entertaining sports fans. “We’re all so close and it’s so much fun to be around them all. We brought back so many great routines from camp and just to hear the crowd get so pumped up over all of them, it’s just the best,” said sophomore Lylee Diehl, one of the co-captains. For many officers, the Drill Team is more than a creative outlet. It has given them dreams for their future, inspired confidence and given them a family of fellow creatives. “It gives them a sense of acceptance,” Clifton said. “For some of these kids, this is their family.”
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Classes dance towards winter performance on January 17-18
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ith daily practices of pirouettes, chassés and turns, the Del Norte High School’s dance team is dizzy with nerves and anticipation as their annual winter concert approaches. The dance team will perform their winter concert on Jan. 17 and 18, featuring 90 students who enjoy the benefit of dance as a standard school class. “Winter concert is definitely our biggest thing right now,” said Katie Peña, the dance team’s director. “Almost all the pieces are student choreographed.” The concert will be split into four sections with four different themes. The first theme is modes
of transportation, so dancers will perform pieces based on boats, race cars and airplanes. The second theme is military and will follow the life of a soldier through boot camp and battle. The third is the seven deadly sins, and the fourth is musicals, which will take up the entire second half of the show. “The whole second half is probably my favorite because we’ve never really done anything like that before,” Peña said. Unlike a traditional dance club, the dance team is both a class and a club. Peña is the high school’s full time dance teacher, and her most advanced classes lead the dance team. This program is a unique and valuable asset for Del Norte students as most dance studio classes average around $50 a month, if not more.
“It’s a free educational program, and any kid can take a dance class, which is pretty awesome,” Peña said. In total, Peña teaches dance to around 150 students, and this year she boasts eight male dancers, the highest number in years. All 150 of her students will perform later in
the spring concert, but only 90 will perform in the winter concert. “The shows are awesome. We put a lot of effort and energy to do our shows. The two shows are our biggest assets,” Peña said. She added that they do perform at
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components: classroom, FFA state conferences and regional meetings and the supervised agricultural experience (SAE). “Those three rings – they work together to keep more of a complete learning experience,” Chamberlain said. Students essentially start their own business with the SAE, according the Chamberlain, and the experience can look different for each student.
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occasional sports games and rallies as well. She shared the biggest challenge she and her dancers will face this season is being stretched thin. Many of her dancers are involved in multiple other sports and clubs, consequently, trying to find time to practice can prove difficult. “Getting the shows ready when there are scheduling conflicts is really tough when you have that many kids involved,” Peña said. Peña, who has taught dance at the high school for 11 years, says her favorite part of directing the dance team is seeing her students grow in
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their dance abilities and learn to use their creativity. “We try to keep it fun while the kids can also figure out and discover how creative they can be,” Peña said. Peña believes her dance classes provide a critical asset for creative students who are exploring their talents. “It’s important that these kids have an outlet to express themselves, especially for kids in this age,” Peña said. “It’s great that they are able to have an outlet, find a topic that means something to them and create something off of that topic, basically like physical diary.”
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Winter is a wonderland of events at the Del Norte Unified School District
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inter is a wonderful time of year at Del Norte Unified School District, throughout December schools all across Del Norte County have already and will continue to host student winter programs, anyone who is interested is encouraged to attend! There are few things more adorable than elementary
school students dancing and singing about the holidays. Mary Peacock, Joe Hamilton, Mountain School, Pine Grove, Smith River, Margaret Keating, and Redwood Elementary all have upcoming winter events, and you can find more information at each school’s website, or by visiting DNUSD.org. If that wasn’t enough for you there was also the Del Norte High School’s Madrigal Dinner event at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec 15. This was a wonderful
experience for one, a couple, or the whole family! Del Norte High School’s Madrigal Dinner is a form of Renaissance dinner theater performance during the Christmas season. It is set in the Middle Ages and is generally comedic in nature. The meal was divided into courses,
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Del Norte girls basketball team plans to protect their crown Girls basketball coach Justin Clifton gives an overview what he expects and hopes for this y e a r ’s b a s k e t b a l l s e a s o n .
W h a t d o y o u p re d i c t s o m e o f the challenges will be for this season? “ I d o n ’t l i k e d o i n g p r e d i c t i o n s j u s t b e c a u s e i t ’s a v e r y g o o d l e a g u e t h i s y e a r. I mean, the bottom line is we w o n l e a g u e l a s t y e a r, a n d w e want to defend our crown. No matter the product on the f l o o r, I ’ m g o i n g t o p u t o u t a defensively sound team, and we play defense.” The Del Norte Girls Basketball team is shooting for success this season. Photo by Jessica Goddard.
D o y o u h a v e a n y p ro m i s i n g players? “ We ’ v e g o t a c o u p l e
youngsters on this team that are really gonna step into major roles, (and) a lot of good senior leadership. I do truly believe, and I’m sure the rest of the league agrees, we do have the best player in the league on our team, and everybody knows that. Which is Jadence Clifton, but we also have Olivia Stilwell... and “Big Mac” Jackson, Maykala Jackson, we call her ‘Big Mac.’”
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Boys Basketball Schedule
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Dec. 3 — DNHS vs Hoopa, 7 p.m.
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Del Norte boys basketball returns with high expectations
oys basketball team coach Marc Slayton speaks on the upcoming basketball season a n d t h i s w i n t e r ’s t e a m . T h i s is his first year as the varsity head coach.
will be returning for their third year of varsity action. Tw o t i m e a l l - l e a g u e p l a y e r a n d leading scorer from last season Omar Banuelos, point guard and our leader on the floor Damien Dowd, post player with strength Eli Larson who h a d o ff - s e a s o n A C L s u rg e r y, Anthony Slayton, Kobe Mitchell and Alex Dodson are all smart, strong defenders with the ability to score from inside and outside.”
W h a t a re y o u l o o k i n g forward to with the basketball season this winter? “I am really looking forward to coaching this group of young men. We r e t u r n e d seven players from last y e a r ’s s q u a d : the six seniors and Kalib Price, What who played will be the both junior biggest varsity and challenge some varsity this season? l a s t y e a r. S o “Our e x p e c t a t i o n s The Del Norte high School Boys Basketbiggest ball team is looking for high success this are very challenge season. This photo shows action from last w i l l b e high, and year’s team play. Triplicate photo. this group controlling is ready to the boards accept all challenges that they a n d r e b o u n d i n g . We a r e n o t will face.” a p a r t i c u l a r l y l a rg e t e a m , s o everyone will have to focus on How many players do you blocking out and rebound for have this year? us. An area we must get better “ We w i l l h a v e 11 t o 1 2 at.” players on this years’ team.” Why is basketball valuable Do you have any for the students? p a r t i c u l a r l y p ro m i s i n g “ B a s k e t b a l l i t s e l f i s n ’t p l a y e r s re t u r n i n g t h i s y e a r ? v a l u a b l e t o t h e p l a y e r s . I t ’s a “ We w i l l b e r e t u r n i n g s i x passion and the love of playing s e n i o r s f r o m l a s t y e a r. A l l and competing against other should play a role in this schools and athletes. It is what u p c o m i n g s e a s o n . T h r e e p l a y e r s d r i v e s o u r a t h l e t e s . To b e a
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be positive role models in o u r c o m m u n i t y. B e l i e v e m e , this group possesses those characteristics.”
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Girls Basketball Schedule
Dec. 3 — DNHS vs Hoopa, varsity 5 p.m. Dec. 5-7 — Eureka Tournament, JV & frosh Dec. 5-7 — Yreka Tournament, varsity Dec. 10 — DNHS vs Hidden Valley, frosh 4:30 p.m., JV 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11 — DNHS @ UPREP - Redding, varsity 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12 — DNHS @ Redding Christian, varsity TBA Dec. 13 — DNHS @ Central Valley (play at Redding Christian) TBA Dec. 13-14 — Fortuna Tournament, JV & frosh, TBA Dec. 19-21 — Hidden Valley Tournament, varsity and JV Dec. 27-28 — DNHS @ McKinleyville Tournament, JV & frosh, TBA Jan. 2-4 — Enterprise Tournament, varsity TBA Jan. 7 — DNHS vs Eureka, frosh 4:30 p.m., JV 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 — DHNS vs Fortuna, frosh 4:30 p.m., JV 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16 — DNHS @ Arcata, frosh 4:30 p.m., JV 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 — DNHS vs McKinleyville, frosh 4:30 p.m., JV 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23 — DNHS @ Eureka, frosh 4:30 p.m., JV 6 p.m., varsity 7:30 COUPON
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Jadence Clifton, 24
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From Page 3 What else is important to note about this team and the upcoming games? “I already know what a lot of teams are going to do to us… so we’re going to be very well prepared for league. The good thing is we get a nice little b r e a k t h i s y e a r, a n i c e l i t t l e Christmas break.
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“I think we set that bar so high last year with this team because it was the furthest we’ve ever gone… you play t h e h a n d t h a t y o u ’ r e d e a l t . We played that hand very well last year and set that bar very high, and we’d like to keep that up there. I think we’re definitely going to be very competitive
t h i s y e a r. We g o t a l o t o f l o y a l girls on this team, and it goes a l o n g w a y. “I’m very excited with this team. I mean, Olivia Stilwell her performance Saturday night (Dec. 7) was one for the record books over there at the Yreka tournament, and she was hitting NBA threes. She ended up with 30 points. I’ve been coaching her since she was in fifth grade and that was the biggest performance I’ve ever seen her have. She needed t h a t c o n f i d e n c e b u i l d e r, a n d she got MVP that tournament. H o p e f u l l y, s h e c a n m a i n t a i n that, and I think she will. “ I t ’s g o i n g t o b e f u n , a v e r y f u n y e a r. ”
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Del Norte wrestling team gets back on the mat By Jessica Goddard Staff Writer
Del Norte High School wrestling coach Clinton Schaad answers questions regarding the upcoming wrestling season. Schaad has been a Del Norte wrestling coach for 18 years, but this will be his fifth year as the team’s head coach. His first 13 years as an assistant coach have helped him create his own style of coaching by combining techniques from the two different head coaches under whom he worked. What are you looking forward to with the wrestling season this winter? “I am really looking forward to being back on the mat and to hopefully start this season right where we left off. Last season
the boys team had quite a bit of success, they placed second in the North Coast Section dual meet championships, bringing home the school’s first ever dual meet banner, completed the second consecutive undefeated league dual meet season and were the team league champions. Also, last season we started our first ever all-girls team. The girls did great representing Del Norte in league with two individual champions, and also at the North Coast Section level with two place winners. The female participant numbers have grown this year as well as their experience level.”
How many wrestlers do you have this year? “Currently, I have 27 male wrestlers and 13 female wrestlers for a combined total of 40.”
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What will be the biggest challenge this season? “The biggest challenge I see this season will be to maintain the balance between our new wrestlers and our more experienced wrestlers. We need to let our veterans progress while
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Jan. 18 — Eureka Invitational, varsity, JV, girls Jan. 22 — DNHS @ Eureka, varsity, JV, girls Jan. 31-Feb. 1 — Windsor Invitational, girls Feb. 4 — DNHS vs Arcata, varsity, JV, girls Feb. 7-8 — NCS Duals, varsity Feb. 15 — HDN, Arcata Feb. 20-22 — NCS, Union City Feb. 26-March 1 — Boys state championships, Bakersfield, Calif., varsity
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“I describe wrestling as an individually based team sport. There is the joy of victory and the agony of defeat that goes along with team sports, yet you are all alone on the mat with nobody to hold accountable but yourself. The kids learn to stand on their own two feet yet realize their actions go towards the overall team effort. Winning a one-on-one victory can be the highest of highs while losing one-on-one can be the lowest of lows. Either way they learn to be humble in victory and not defeated in defeat.”
(all start times 6:30 p.m.) Dec. 7 — Battle at the Border, Crescent City, varsity, JV, girls Dec. 14 — McKinleyville Invitational, varsity, JV, girls Dec. 20-21 — Grants Pass Winter Kickoff, varsity, JV, girls Jan. 3-4 — DNHS @ Albany, Ore., girls Jan. 4 — DNHS @ Eagle Point, Ore., varsity, JV Jan. 8 — DNVS vs Fortuna, varsity, JV, girls Jan. 9-11 — Tim Brown Invitational, Sacramento, varsity Jan. 11 — DNHS @ Rogue River, Ore., JV, girls Jan. 15 — DNHS @ McKinleyville, varsity, JV, girls
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“The sport teaches self reliance, discipline, hard work, determination, self control and accountability for your actions to others (even if they aren’t able to be on the mat with you).
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