NegativeopinionsfromCamasschoolson DHSstudents
SomestudentsintheCamasSchoolDistrict haveamisconceptionofDiscoveryHigh schoolstudents.
By:HayleeKohler&TerrenceGillespieMany students at DHS have noticed discrimination from their peers at Camas High School.
The Camas School District has a total of four high schools. Camas High School (CHS), Camas Connect Academy (CCA), Hayes Freedom High School (HFHS), and Discovery High School (DHS). Overall, CHS contains the highest student population due to the size of the school, while DHS is on the smaller side.
“I can’t speak for everybody, but I think people don’t really care about our school or see it as valuable,” said Reef Kjerting, a Junior at DHS.“Or maybe they don’t like the attention it's gotten?”
Reports of negative comments from other schools seemed to be consistent from DHS students.
“I think there’s a lot of misinformation about this school of what our school offers and some
CSDBudgetcutcontroversy continues
AboardmeetingonApril24,2023,shows disconnectbetweenboardmembersand DHS-affiliatedcitizensofCamas.
By:AliferiaGonzalezThe @Odyssey/DiscoveryPTO Instagram page stated that seven staff members from the Camas Project Based Learning (PBL) campus will be served reduction-in-force notices, removing them from their jobs.Those staff members include Robert Mattson, Fangchi Koss, Sarah Frisbie, Mackenzie Streissguth, and Aaron Smith.
On April 24, 2023, a routine board meeting was held by the Camas School District (CSD).While other budget-cut-specific meetings and designated discussion time for both citizens of Camas and—exclusively—staff, had been held the week prior, the April 24 meeting was a general meeting that the board was legally required to have.
Similar to each applicable meeting prior,
parents have negative views about us,” said Isla Gaston, a sophomore at DHS.
“We are nothing like [CHS], and it’s weird to have the same tradition be broken and be the new school that doesn’t fit in, and boy do
Discovery High School (DHS) students, staff and affiliates attended and took up a large swath of the board meeting’s attendants. 30 people signed up to relay public comments to the school board, of which 28 gave speeches of varying lengths.A majority, if not all, of their comments were dedicated to the budget cut and its staff-related consequences.
Three new pieces of the anti-budget cut movement—as a general observation of the Camas community’s reaction to these changes and not a designated or quantifiable group of people—were those speaking out against the closing of CSD’s Mandarin Chinese language program, those speaking out against the removal of a supervisor in CSD’s transportation offices and those speaking out against the removal of DHS’ librarian/media specialist Robert Mattson.
During the meeting, many students belonging to the DHS Save Our Staff group spoke out on the circumstances of the budget cuts and how they would affect Discovery High School.
During this specific board meeting, a majority of their speeches
they know it,” said Hannah Cuffel-Leathers, a sophomore at DHS.
Not all high school students will have the same opinions, but some interactions between
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emphasized a new element to their cause: anger.
Three members of DHS Save Our Staff each deliberately highlighted their frustrations with the school board and their actions. Many of their testimonies critiqued not only the reductions in staff at DHS and merger with Camas Connect Academy, but the school board’s alleged neutrality and lack of response to what they
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OutsideofDiscoveryHighSchoolbuildingonasunnyday,April25,2023.(HayleeKohler/DiscoveryDigest) A poster from DHS Save Our Staff is displayed near Discovery High School.(AliferiaGonzalez/DiscoveryDigest)Studentscontinuetostand uptotheschoolboard
Studentsmarchtoexpresstheirfeelings towardstheboard’sdecision
By:IvanFrazee&SophiaPerianOn Friday,April 14, Discovery High School (DHS) students organized a march to continue expressing their dismay about the recent budget cuts made by the Camas School District school board.The walkout, which took place on April 1, 2023, the day before spring break, was one of the first of the protests against the decisions made by the Camas school district board members because of the need to cut the district’s budget. Many of the student protesters focused on the decision to cut teachers from DHS.
“We’d like the staff that were cut to not be cut, that’s our top priority—that’s our main goal while we’re out here,” Hannah Cuffel-Leathers, a Sophomore at DHS and member of the organizing group of students said.“We don’t want to just give up.”
However, before the march—and as you’re reading this—many teachers at DHS and other schools in the district had already been cut from their position.
A student from Hayes Freedom, Elliot Till, that took part in the march expressed their dismay.
“I'm not used to having our staff threatened like this so, um, I wanted to come out and support
TheEffectsoftheTikTok Ban
U.S.Governmentexpressedconcernswith thesecurityofTikTok,howdoDiscovery studentsfeelaboutit?
By:AveryPerryA proposed TikTok ban has started controversy in the United States due to the ban’s potential impacts on TikTok creators, the lives of people around the globe—even Discovery High School students—and how it shows, to some, disconnect and cluelessness from the United States congress.
In recent months, lawmakers in the United States, European Union (EU), and Canada have escalated efforts to restrict access to TikTok due to security threats.TikTok is a massively popular short-form video app that’s owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.
The U.S. government previously attempted to ban TikTok in 2020, however, the ban was unsuccessful. Now, once again, the Biden administration is also trying to ban TikTok in the U.S.This ban follows a trend started by the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the EU—who have already banned it on government phones.
At the start of March 2023, the U.S. gave government agencies 30 days to delete TikTok from federal devices and systems over data security concerns.The ban applies only to government devices, though some U.S.
you guys [DHS],” said Till.“Taking away our resources, it's just not ok.”
During a previous student walkout and march, many feelings were shared through stories and speeches.A theme from the student’s stories was a feeling of relief when they began taking classes at Camas’ Project-Based Learning (PBL) campus, with many having troubles in the normal school system before.
One of the most common troubles mentioned was not having a learning environment that allowed them to get the most out of their education and school life.
“It's been the most helpful thing ever, especially in 5th grade when one of my teachers blatantly said to my face,‘You are stupid,’”Achilles Ensinger, a DHS Freshman said.“That stuck with me ever since, it was the worst feeling ever. But with all the teachers here, it just made me realize I needed a different style of learning.”
Jack Harding, a junior at DHS, had made a speech during the march about his opinions on the experiences as well as the school board's resolution.
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lawmakers are advocating an outright ban.
After a recent congressional meeting addressing the TikTok ban, students, teens and creators were left questioning how much Congress really knows about the app.
Following the meeting, a multitude of TikTok videos were released by the app's users about how misinformed members of Congress are. Many were upset that it seemed as though Congress had no background information on the application or how it worked whatsoever.
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By:HayleeKohler&TerrenceGillespieSchools can be negative and DHS students seem to feel it well.
“I have a lot of friends that go to CHS and they have to defend me,” said Cuffel-Leathers.“If I wear any DHS sweatshirt or the logo, I just get bombarded with mean things.”
“One time, I was hanging out with someone from [CHS] talking about everything going on, and we were talking about prom and they brought up our school being destroyed,” said Kjerting.“It was hurtful to hear that so soon, especially since I’m on the team working to save our school.”
As DHS struggles to fight for their school and what they stand for, it can be very disappointing to hear these comments towards our school community.
“Another kid had some opinions where they sided with the school board,” said Kjerting.“I think kids from other high schools think we don’t deserve time or attention.”
All schools are hurting from the budget cuts, while some could argue that DHS is getting hurt the most, all students are feeling it. Some of the negativity targeted at
Boardmeetingreveals disconnectionbetweenthe Camasschoolboardand residentsofCamas
By:AliferiaGonzalezlack of response to what they were saying.
Some public comments included proposed solutions or alternative ideas to the consequences of the budget cuts, but many also focused solely on critiquing the school boards’ actions.
Days before the meeting,Jack Harding, an executive of DHS Save Our Staff, submitted an alternate proposal to resolution 22-04—the resolution that approved the six million dollar budget deficit. Harding’s resolution outlined a new plan for DHS and CCA administration that would, according to Harding, realistically lessen the impact on both programs and resolve the staffing issues many students were afraid of.
Harding’s resolution was denied and he received an email from CHS superintendent Dr.John Anzalone that it would be placed on May’s board meeting agenda. In the same email,Anzalone stated that he did not want to give Harding false hope as to his resolution being put in place. He cited the reduction-in-force (RIFs) having already gone out as the biggest reason for Harding’s proposal being an unlikely in-practice solution.
To be RIFed—as defined by use from the school board itself and teachers around DHS—is to be removed from your position or have your position terminated by a
DHS could also stem from the pressured budgets to some of the high schools in the district.
“I think majority of it is people not wanting funds being taken away or being scared of something different,” Isla Gaston stated. She further explained that most students that attend other high schools aren’t fully aware of our program or have never even been to the school.
“They don’t want to come to our school to actually know what it is,” said Gaston.
“I think they have a misperception of our education
Reef’s experiences with some CHS students made them believe that the lottery to get into Camas’ Project-Based Learning program threw off their perception of the school.
The more accepting environment could also be another reason for the apathetic views from other high schools.
“There’s some homophobia and racism from other schools that is sent our way,” said Gaston. She elaborated on some of the comments she has experienced from CHS students and expressed gratitude that there is a more welcoming community in DHS.
“We do have a lot of queer people here and there is some homophobia at [CHS] as there is everywhere,” said Kjerting.“I think that has some influence.”
Although Discovery may receive these negative views now or continue to receive them in the future, DHS is still a very strong school and well-built community.
“I think people can think what they want to think, their human perceptions are their own but I think they’re wrong because we have a really good school here,” said Gaston. Discovery can work to clear up any misunderstandings between schools even if DHS can’t change other’s opinions.
“Our school may have its flaws, every school does, but we have chosen to stay here because it is worthwhile and we know that it benefits us,” said Kjerting.
school district due to a reduction-in-force policy. CSD board members and the superintendent did not directly acknowledge the Mandarin program or transportation supervisor’s removal after public comment but made it clear that teachers can be invited back after being RIFed, should a new position open for them.The Mandarin program’s removal necessitates the complete removal of a position.
Over the duration of the April 24 board meeting, audience members cheered and applauded during testimonies and public comments given by concerned citizens of Camas and even some presenters.
Superintendent Anzalone and the school board themselves took care to emphasize how emotionally difficult of a task choosing which teachers to RIF and which programs to effect was on the school board.
“We only had bad choices,” said a school board member after the public comment segment.
DHS Save Our Staff has had its members sign non-disclosure agreements forbidding them from disclosing certain operations-related information. Any degree of specificity beyond the previous sentence remains unknown to the public or DHS’ newsroom.
Jax Goertzen, a member of DHS Save Our Staff, was seen interviewing students about the Mandarin program’s removal and the effects of the budget cuts on Discovery High School’s student body.
Parents of students who currently did or wanted to attend CSD’s Mandarin program all made public comments on the positive impacts of the program with clear intentions for it to be reinstated during the April 24 board meeting.
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By:IvanFrazee&SophiaPeriantwo polar opposite programs,” Harding said.“At PBL, we work with our hands, we build projects. CCA is online.A lot of you have done online before because of COVID—it was the worst few years of my life in terms of school. I struggled immensely, I’m pretty much behind on half a year, currently, still. I can tell you right now that combining it really has only one answer, it will give a cheap option for the district, which means they eventually will not be PBL anymore, there will only be CCA.”
“I had a full three years at Odyssey [Middle School (OMS)] and honestly it was the most helpful school I’ve ever been to, the teachers never made me feel stupid for any of my questions or when I got the wrong thing, they always let me try again.” Ensinger said.
It was apparent that there was a reason DHS
HowDiscoveryHighSchool Studentsfeelabouttheidea ofaTikTokbanintheUS
HowdoDiscoverystudentsfeel aboutittheTikTokban?
By:AveryPerryThe potential TikTok ban not only affects U.S. Citizens, but it also affects TikTok users from other countries. Discovery High School Junior Emma Romano, an exchange student at Discovery this year from Italy, talked about how she follows people on TikTok from The U.S. and would be disappointed if they all lost the ability to post their content.
“They could all move their content to different social media sites like Instagram,” Romano said.“I follow a lot of the TikTokers on Instagram so I can keep up with their lives.”
Students that were interviewed had differing views on the ban, but a majority felt as though if TikTok does get banned, the creators would just shift to different social media as a form of content.
“I use TikTok when I have a short attention span, but I use YouTube more because TikTok videos are very short,” said DHS Junior Molly Sullivan.
Some students have very strong opinions about how Congress responded to the TikTok ban.
“Yes, I have [heard of the ban], I've seen videos from TikTok showing the court situation and how stupid Congress is,” DHS Freshman Jenna Al-Salti said. “They aren't getting the idea that it's a social media
and OMS students chose the PBL system over the normal education system. Previously, many of these students struggled with school. Having troubles with school in many different aspects, from social aspects, educational aspects, and even the aspect of mental health, students at DHS and OMS have struggled in the education system. However, that had changed for many after joining PBL.
Now, that same system has a high possibility of changing in a way that many students are perceiving as for the worse.
Although many students have expressed worry or fear for the budget cuts, the decisions that the school board has made are unfortunately inevitable and they are something many schools will just have to overcome. However, students of PBL should strive to maintain the style of education that has made DHS and OMS so significant and helpful for students.
Editor’s Note: I’d like our readers to keep in mind that quotes from students are not guaranteed to be fact. When you see a quote from a student, please take time to acknowledge which pieces of information they present may be opinionated.There has been no statement from the district that elaborates on or implies a desire to get rid of project-based learning and replace it with CCA directly.
act.They think it's something that was supposed to help the environment—when that's what Congress is supposed to do—so they're blaming TikTok for their bad actions.”
Many creators on TikTok have their livelihood based around the app. Some have quit their day jobs
now on the horizon, are at a loss for how to proceed with their lives.
ATikTok ban would affect a lot of people and creators. NBC News interviewed Jacqueline Metzger, 17. She stated she was “a little surprised”when told of the potential ban. <etzger said losing TikTok would likely give way to another new platform or would make an existing platform more popular—just like TikTok filled the void left behind by the former most popular short-form video app Vine.
“Honestly, a lot of people have their career there and they could end up in a bad situation so it's negative for them,”Al-Salti said.
Over the years, when some apps have shut down, others have grown in popularity.Vine was shut down Jan. 17, 2017, and most of its users switched to Musical.ly, which was created in August 2014. Musical.ly was wildly popular in 2015 until its demise in mid-2018.TikTok was launched in 2016 and took over Musical.ly.
Many people speculate there are two ways this could go: One option is that TikTok would be banned in the U.S. and a new app will take its place.The second option is that TikTok will be bought by someone in America and run under new management but stay the way it is.
However, many influencers and users of the app are not worried about the ban as Congress has tried but failed to ban it in the past.
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Artist’screativityrunningwild
Muralsmadebystudentsareupthroughout Discovery.
By:ElGrimes&BeeLoganThroughout all of Discovery High School (DHS), there are many student artists who produce a multitude of different types of media—this includes all forms of art, such as paintings, student creations, and much more.
At DHS, there are a few murals that have been painted on the walls. Kira Fitzgibbon is one of many students who have worked on some of these murals. Fitzgibbon helped to create the ‘Garden of Discovery’, the mural near DHS’s cafeteria.
“The heart represents compassion; the brain represents communication,” said Fitzgibbon.”The vines and flowers represent how we grow into different people while still being connected.”
The flowers that are on the mural are all native flowers to Washington state.There were 11 people that worked on the mural, including Fitzgibbon. There is a plaque next to the art piece that includes all of their names, as well as the artists’ statement.
“It was a very fun experience,” said Fitzgibbon.“I was able to come together with people I didn't really know.”
The project had its ups and downs for the group, but Fitzgibbon really enjoyed it in the end.
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Varietyshowpushedbackagaindueto schedulingconflicts.
By:BradenTricolaThe long-awaited variety show has been pushed back again—it’s a show that has been delayed before, but hopefully for the last time.
The variety show was largely organized by Imogen Frazee, a Discovery High School (DHS) senior, and Aaron Smith, the current DHS principal.Through its duration, DHS students will be performing their various talents and Odyssey Middle School (OMS) will have a special appearance near the end.
“We had to push it back again,” Frazee said.“We were gonna have it next week, I wanted to have like a combo thing, Ms. Benton was super not into having a combo thing cause we always have a big thing before prom. It’s not set in stone, but it’ll probably be the week after prom. It’s been kinda rocky getting it off the ground.”
Frazee had a tough job when she took the role as she had to build the show from the ground up, coming up with brand new ideas and solutions with some help from Mr. Smith's experienced assistance. The run of this show is a first for DHS.
“I said something in an ASB meeting,” Frazee commented while speaking on the process.“I wanted to do a talent show or something, because I wanted to bring something new to DHS.After
The mural was finished on June 13, 2022, taking the group a week to complete the mural. But, this was not the only mural that Fitzgibbon had done during JuneTerm.
After they finished the Garden of Discovery mural, a group of four got the opportunity to work on another mural.The phoenix that is displayed to the left of the DiscoSales counter was integrated on by Fitzgibbon,August Cox, Haylee Kohler, and Aesha Mae Hendargo-Paoli.
They had redone the previous phoenix that was painted on there with the rest of the paint from the first mural.
They finished it on June 15, 2022 after spending a day and a half working on it.
“I don’t think a lot of people know who made them [the murals], I would love some recognition,” said Fitzgibbon.
being here forever, it’s just like the same four things every year. I just wanted to bring something fresh. Mr. Smith was super interested.”
Smith had his own interest in a talent show, as he had tried to run one at the school before, but it had not happened previously for a number of reasons. He ran multiple shows at other schools, and had some definite experience in organizing them.
With Smith’s direction, the show took on a new angle, one Frazee wasn’t expecting initially. She had planned on a traditional show, with performers and talents coming up, being introduced, and leaving, she told Digest However, this quickly changed.
“It’s actually like a theatrical thing, there’s theme and the script,” Frazee explained.“Mr. Smith has done this before, and he always had a theme for that.”
This will create a unique direction for the variety show, with an entire plot written out. The show will have a story, and an ending.
Readers will have to see the show to find out the theme.
“I can’t say the theme, it's a secret,” Frazee stated.
Ten to twelve performers are currently planned to display their talents over an hour-long assembly.The performers will be students from DHS and hopefully even OMS.
Fitzgibbon provided the paint used for the two murals that she had worked on.
Both of these murals were created during the JuneTerm Service Project.There were many different groups working on different projects as well as multiple other groups working on a different murals which can be found scattered around DHS.
Away to see some other art pieces that students have worked on is to go to the Camtown Youth Festival. During the coming season is the ForgeyArt Show, which will showcase art work of a certain category and display them during the festival. Students can enter their art in the competition.
This year's theme is sharing cultural diversity.All entries have to be in by May 31, 2023.The exhibit and competition will take place on June 3, 2023 at Crown Park.
“There’s teachers playing in a band at the end,” Frazee also revealed.
May 6 is the date set for prom night, so the Variety Show will likely be ready in the weeks after.
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Meettheteachers:Ms.Moore
WithMs.Greenwoodsteppingoutofthe classroomonmaternityleave,Ms.Moore issettoleadDiscovery’sstudioart program.
By:BeckGummerDiscovery High School (DHS) art teacher Ms. Greenwood, left school on maternity leave. Someone needed to step in to run Discovery’s Studio Art class while Greenwood was not working in the school, so, Mrs. Moore became the substitute art teacher.
Moore came to Discovery to fill in for Greenwood in the Studio Art program. She came to Discovery with more than enough expertise, as she has around 20 years of art experience under her belt.
However, this was Moore's first year teaching art formally, and thus her first year teaching in the panhandle state—Oklahoma State University.
When asked what a fun fact about her was, Moore stated that her favorite number was 27.
“I like the shape of the numbers,” Moore said. Teaching art to dozens of middle school and high school students can be a very stressful job, so finding a good way to relax is basically an essential for any teacher.
Moore explained that her favorite way to relax was doing yoga.While some people view yoga as a form of glorified stretching, yoga practitioners know that a full session of yoga can be a very intense workout. Despite that, it can still be a very good way to relax after a long day of corralling middle schoolers while teaching them effective watercoloring techniques.
Discovery Digest also discovered that Moore has an irrational fear of Disney’s favorite small rodent, mice Moore stated that they just creep her out, especially the fur, and they can get in your house.
“I have recurring nightmares about them,” Moore said as she described her fear for the small animal.
With Greenwood set to come back to the art classroom at the beginning of next year, Discovery High School students will have spent a good school year with Moore.When Greenwood finally steps back into the classroom, be sure to give her a warm welcome as she returns to her regular duties as Discovery’s Art teacher.
Of course, the thing that Discovery wanted to know most of all is: her toothbrush is the color orange.
DHSgetsitsownweather station
DiscoverySeniorErikaWoodsharesher SeniorProjectanditsimpactonourPBL Campus.
By:JackWalsh&WillowNusbaumDiscovery Digest is considering the inclusion of a segment within the newspaper sharing the weather forecast for the week. Excitingly, these weather reports would come from an actual weather station operating within our own campus.
Erika Wood, the ideator and implementer of the Discovery High School (DHS) weather station, was happy to share why she dedicated her senior project to installing this equipment and her process of completion.
“I have a long-standing love of weather and of science, and sharing that love with others,” Wood said.“I wanted to take that passion through different extremes throughout the years. In the seven years I’ve been here at PBL, I have done four weather-related projects.”
“What could I really give this school to make that legacy of sharing science and technology and math but also passions for weather while also helping the student body here?”Wood said she asked herself this at the beginning of
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Mental health is a challenge for everyone, some more than others. However, the best way to help those around you is to just be there for them and provide support.You can’t take away their depression, but you can help them cope with it. Being there for them when they’re struggling is extremely helpful for your friends. I hope you can show that you care about them and help them with their overall mental health, quick check-ins can be a good practice to get into.
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A lot of parents struggle with this idea of their child having any mental health problems in general. It can be hard for them to hear as parents and even harder for us to hear as their kids when they deny it or don’t understand it. I would clearly communicate to them that you aren’t in control of these feelings.Asking for therapy can be a great start—it will help you in the long run and make your parents more comfortable with hearing a professional therapist’s opinion. I hope you can get the help you need, surrounding yourself with a healthy environment and good friends to support you can also help you thrive as a person.
her senior project.“Since I already have background knowledge of weather stations—I have one at my house, I use it regularly—I wanted to share that with others.”
Good communication was the main goal for installing the DHS weather station.Wood shared her vision of a weather station with the National Weather Service (NWS) to receive a weather station that they would, ideally, provide to DHS at no cost.
“There were lots of strings attached and, ultimately, those negotiations were null—so I had to pivot and do something different,” Wood expressed.“Long story short, I contacted the PTO and, after negotiations, they gave me the funds of around $300 to purchase what I needed.”Wood hopes that the data she collects from the weather station will be utilized in classroom lessons at both Odyssey Middle School (OMS) and DHS for a variety of purposes.
The data collected by the weather station and future forecasts in can be accessed in a few ways. Readers can go to ambientweather.net and enter“Discovery High School Camas Washington” into the search bar.At DHS, there's a google slide that is always being displayed on one of the eight TVs on either side of the school containing a QR code to the website. Readers can also visit Room 211 where an electronic device can be used to access the weather station.
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I am sorry to hear about the passing of your fish. If you ever have more fish in the future, I would recommend having larger rocks in the tank in order to prevent any choking. It’s unfortunate that your mom is so happy your fish is gone. May your fish rest in peace, down your toilet drain. I’m sure you gave your fish a life worth living before its demise.
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