PAWS PRESS September/October 2011
California School for the Deaf, Riverside High School and Career Technology Education
Volume 4
Issue One
Leadership Retreat a Smashing Success!
Iron Cook Competition At Sister school-FREMONT By staff writer
What A Road Trip to Fremont! There were six future chefs onward to sister school, California School for the Deaf, Fremont with FEAST teacher, Ian Goldstein and CTE principal, Shelly Gravatt. The trip took seven hours north! At 9:30am, Fabiana Pedro, and Miriam Hernandez were in focus of the appetizerSautéed Shrimp with Polenta and Mango and with Bell Peppers Salsa. For the EntréeDonna Ayala and Magaly Jimenez prepared Grilled Flank Steak with Thyme Risotto, Sautéed Spaghetti Vegetable and shallots with red wine sauce. Jeremy Warshaw and Marilyn Rivas as a team prepared Lava Molten with Fresh Raspberry and French Vanilla Bean sauce. It took them 2 hours to prepare the best meal possible. At 12:30pm, all the judges gathered to do their food tasting. It took ten minutes to announce the winners. There were nine categories; Food Preparation, Culinary difficulty, personal appearance, sanitation, organization, use of utensils/ equipment, appetizer, entrée, and dessert. With hard work and dedication, the winner went to Fremont-472 points. CSDR earned 452 points! Jeremy, Senior stated “keep trying, always be sucessful.” Fremont has a traveling trophy! See you next year during our CSDR homecoming!
On September 16th through 18th, twenty six high school students traveled to Big Bear City, California. All 26 students were student organization officers elected by their high school peers. There was an convoy of 7 vans racing up to the San Bernardino National Forest at 6 thousand feet elevation. The air was crisp, and the sky was blue! The scholars were very excited to begin the program. The first step for the leadership retreat was the community rules and expectations. The groups were formed. The students had to be very creative with their teams’ names. The team names were created based on purposes and definitions of why. NAVY SEALS, RWAR, RED ELMO and THE JOKERS were selected as the team names. Mr. Connor gave an outstanding workshop-TEAM BUILDING – about trusting each other. Participants had their eyes blindfolded and learned to follow instructions given by a leader trying to communicate to them directions to get from point A to point B. It was swell and challenging. Mr. Liu gave a presentation about Communication Fundamentals. The officers explored their communication styles, learned what is misleading, keys to success, keys to failure, and what is productive communication. It was a fun workshop. That night, there was an incentive workshop– SOCIAL CHALLENGE. Ms. Shelly Gravatt and Mr. Ed Peigneux gave some excellent examples about educational settings, clique preferences, races, and intelligence gains/losses and how these things will improve CSDR and the officers of ASBG. It was very amazing with a lot of feedback and students expressing their experiences. Saturday morning, the students were refreshed, and a Basic Parliamentary Procedure workshop was given by Mr. Alban Branton and Mr. Ed Peigneux. Ms. Reagan Anders ran an outstanding Discovery program. It was an “electric fence.” Twenty-six students had to use problem solving to travel from one side to the other side without touching the ~NOVEMBER FACTS~
DID YOU KNOW? • • •
Perry E. Seely, who was deaf himself, fought for 20 years to bring a school for the deaf to southern California. The “P” building, which is located in the high school area and is the location of the school library, is named the Seely Center. Seely passed away prematurely in 1949. Unfortunately, he did not live to see CSDR open its doors in February 1953.
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ELECTION DAY is on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
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VETERANS DAY is celebrated on November 11th.
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THANKSGIVING is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in the month.