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New policies implemented this year Future Teachers club introduced

FEATURE Homecoming flies out of this world New faculty complete GCHS puzzle Student council brings new perspective

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OPINION Freshmen offer differing opinions

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Look out for ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT in Issue #2 of RAMPAGE!

SPORTS Fall sports prepare for the beginning of seasons Girls tennis, Football, Girls volleyball Cross country, Boys soccer, Golf

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Maia Albarrak

Daniel Laubhan

Makayla Artip-Borsic

Marika McGill

Kaitlyn Consing

Malleigh Powers

Jordan Fliegelman

Daniel Robins

Chase Gibson

Henry Rowe

Francesca Gosewisch

Jacqueline Schlemm

Joselind Manzano

Nichole Trudeau

EDITORIAL BOARD Charissa Olaiz

News Editor

Clarissa Sison

Feature Editor

Caden Moe

Opinion Editor

Hayley Breines

A&E Editor

Jakob Killian

Sports Editor

Isaiah Mendez

Design Editor

Kristen Orlowski

Adviser

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On Friday, Sept. 20, varsity football player Maurice Edwards runs with the ball during the homecoming game against Grant. Photo and cover photo by Isaiah Mendez

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New policies implemented this year

JAKOB KILLIAN

Sports Editor New school policies are in effect at Grayslake Central this 2019-2020 school year. Beginning the new school year, the two new major rules are the new dress code policy and the new enforcement of wearing IDs on the GCHS lanyard throughout the school day.

Dress Code

Students can now wear hats and a variety of clothing options.

Dean Corey Schwalb states that “we want to give students the opportunity to express themselves with the academic process.”

ID and Lanyard Rule

Students now wear their IDs around their necks at all times.

The rule has been a gradual progression from last year, when students just needed to have the ID holder tucked away in a backpack while the lanyard was visible.

Schwalb also states, “We can’t possibly know everyone. Having this lanyard and your ID is a really simple way to know this student

or this individual belongs in the school… it’s a simple safety measure.”

Students need their IDs for purposes around the school, including buying items at the bookstore, getting into the library, and free admission for football games.

Rewards are now also being given to students for wearing their IDs. GCHS partnered up with local businesses--Taco Bell, Subway, Jersey Mikes, Chipotle, and Dunkin Donuts--to provide these rewards to students.

Schwalb states, “You need your ID; why not have it visible?”

Alexander Helvie wearing his lanyard and wearing a hat. Photo by Jakob Killian

Future teachers club introduced CADEN MOE Opinion Editor

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o combat the recent shortage of students with teaching majors, English teacher Kendall Miller is piloting a brand new club known as the Future Teachers of America, which kicked off in room 2205 on Friday, September 6.

“We decided to start this project to encourage students to go into teaching.”

FTA’s meeting will consist of various activities designed to show the members what being a teacher is like. For example, teachers will be coming in to present to the class about different assets of the job, such as what department heads look for when hiring, or teaching abroad.

“If [students are] interested in high school teaching,” said Miller, “we could set them up with teachers here, and they could shadow

them. If they’re interested in middle or elementary school teaching, we plan on taking field trips to other school.”

FTA member Zachary Krakow said that he has Pictured are current members of FTA. Photo by known he wantCaden Moe ed to be a teacher since 2nd grade and is hoping that the to see what happens when you’re club will give him hands-on expe- teaching. Even if you’re not sure if riences that will help him further that’s what you want to do, it’s a down the line. great way to decide if that’s what Miller said that FTA exists in you want for your future.” many schools across the country The club is currently planned and has proven to look good on to continue meeting every Friday. resumes.

If you are interested in joining the Fellow FTA member Caroline Future Teachers club, feel free to Gatchell said, “People should join email Miller at kmiller@d127.org.

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Homecoming flies ‘Out of This World’

JAKOB KILLIAN & ISAIAH MENDEZ Sports Editor and Design Editor During the week of Sept. 16-21, students at Grayslake Central participate in a wide range of activities from spirit dress days, window painting, powderpuff football games, and the Homecoming dance. Below are some highlights from the week.

Teachers lining up to get ready for their dance at Homecoming assembly.

Photo by Henry Rowe

Maurice Edwards running with the ball during a play at the Homecoming football game. Photo by Isaiah Mendez

Sophomores supporting their orange class color during class color day.

Photo by Clarissa Sison

Christian Luvianos singing karaoke at Homecoming.

Photo by Caden Moe

Juniors chanting during Homecoming assembly.

Photo by Hayley Breines

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Sophomores having a blast at karaoke at Homecoming.

Photo by Caden Moe

DeAndre McLaurin, DJ plays some music for the students attending Homecoming.

Photo by Caden Moe

Juniors supporting their pink class color on class color day.

Photo by Clarissa Sison

Student section geared up in USA wear to support the team at the Homecoming game.

Photo by Isaiah Mendez

Seniors supporting their blue class color on class color day.

Photo by Clarissa Sison

Juniors come alive during the roller coaster at the Homecoming assembly.

Photo by Jake Killian

Students posing for Wacky Wednesday.

Photo by Clarissa Sison

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Lauren Tracy

Subject - Freshman English & World Literature Education- Illinois State University

Jeff Fujiu

Subject - Digital Art and Photography Education - North Eastern Illinois University Fujiu previously assistant taught at Vernon Hills High School and Libertyville High School for four years.

“I especially like, helping students learn new things and helping them figure things out,” Fujiu mentioned. “I love that I’ve already seen how much school spirit all the kids have.“

Ryan Lopez

Subject - Spanish Education - University of Iowa

Lopez previously taught at Zion High School for two years and in Spain for a year. He tries to incorporate the Spanish culture into the classroom by using resources from Spanish speaking countries or through his clothes. “Another way I try to bring as much culture into the classroom is by the way I dress. I try to show kids how Spaniards dress. My biggest thing that I have are my shoes, I have these sandals that I wore from Spain, but I get these weird looks when I wear them,” Lopez mentioned.

Tracy is an alumni of GCHS and when she was a student here, she was involved in several activities such as theater, softball, and RAMP. She hopes to get more involved with the school and is currently the assistant director of the musical.

“I’m looking forward to getting to know my students and see what they do outside of class. That’s my favorite thing,” Tracy mentioned.

Matthew Joseph

Position - Athletic Dept. Admin Assistant Education - Ball State University Maiden previously worked at a private practice of behavioral health as a therapist and psychologist, but she has been part of the RAM family for seven years because of her children.

Gina Schuyler

Position - CTE Dept. Chair Education - Concordia University Check out Schuyler’s story in Issue #2 of RAMPAGE!

Michael Maloney

Subject - AP European & Honors World History Education - Valparaiso University Gibbard previously taught social studies for 8 years. Her favorite subject to teach was current history because it was relevant. “It was nice because it was teaching the history behind how we got to where we are today,” Gibbard mentioned.

Before Beaton became a teacher she worked in business.

“I wanted to follow my passion.

I hopefully am a model for you can always change.”

Beaton then student taught at GCHS. “Here are some of the greatest kids I had the pleasure of teaching. So I wanted to come back and be here. I wanted to be a RAM.”

Danilo Sutic

Subject - AP Human Geography & World History Education - Miami University

Find out Maloney’s mission in the football story!

Sutic last taught at Grayslake North High School. He’s very enthusiastic about teaching, as he mentions, “I always taught that school should be a place that every kid wants to go to, and I figured that my personality would help encourage students to learn and hopefully be inspired to do what they want to do.”

Subject - Life Fitness Education - Universty of Illinois

Joey Philipp Amber Gibbard

Subject - Physical & Earth Science Education - Dominican University

Joseph taught at Park Campus for 12 years. He taught physical education for kindergarten through 8th grade. “[Teaching high school] is what I felt like I was made for,” Joseph mentioned.

Though his teaching style may be easygoing, he believes that respect is key.

“I think that respect is definitely something that teachers and students both need to earn,” Joseph mentioned.

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FEATURE|07 Kathleen Beaton

Subject - Life Fitness Education - Loras College

Subject - Biology Education - Bradley University This is Philipp’s 8th year of teaching. He previously taught environmental science at New Tech High School in Zion Illinois for 7 years. Growing up Philipp knew a lot of people who weren’t as fortunate and struggled at home. He saw the influence the teachers had on the lives of those kids and was inspired to do the same thing.

Michael Krecker

Subject - AP U.S. History Education - Lake Forest College

This is Krecker’s 6th year of teaching. He previously taught at Lakes Community High School for 5 years.

“My teachers growing up. I always had amazing history teachers, and they really stood out to me,” Krecker mentioned.

This is Hatzer’s first official year as a full-time teacher.

Hatzer discovered his passion for teaching when he was in high school. During his high school days, Hatzer had a lot of friends who struggled with math. They would come to him for help and when he was able to help them solve a problem it made him felt really good.

Eventually, he realized he wanted to become a teacher.

Cody Hatzer

Subject - Algebra 1 & Geometry Education - Illinois State University

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Student council brings new perspective CLARISSA SISON

Feature Editor From building school spirit to organizing charity events, all the dances, and even bringing back some old traditions, such as flicks on the field, student council holds an important role. This year, one of the goals of student council is to get the student body more involved by coming up with new events like the kickoff assembly.

Furthermore, there is a new structure to student council this year. In the previous years, each class had their own individual representatives with their own president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary. But this year, there are four main officers on the executive board and two or three representatives from each class, which makes up a total of eleven members on the executive board. Now, let’s meet the four main officers for the 2019-2020 school year.

Omari Fleming

Meet senior Omari Fleming, one of the co-presidents on student council. Fleming has been part of student council since he was in middle school. Because he enjoyed that experience, Fleming wanted to continue to make an impact in the school and has been on student council for all four years.

“I want it to be a year for everyone to remember, regardless if it’s their last year,” Fleming mentioned.

Q.Where would you go right now?

A.“Right now, Japan. Japan sounds really cool.”

Q.If you could make one rule for a day that everyone had to follow. What would it be?

A.“Everyone would have to be nice to each other.”

Maddie Enman

Meet junior Maddie Enman, the Director of Public Relations of student council. Enman is in charge of promoting all the events of student council and get the students excited about it.

“I like the idea of having a say in things, and I do the executive board for exactly that reason,” Enman mentioned.

Q.Where would you go right now?

A. “Iceland. Because it’s beautiful there, and I love hiking.

That’s the place me and my mom want to go together.”

Q.If you could make one rule for a day that everyone had to follow. What would it be?

A.“No phones, because I feel like everyone’s constantly on their phones.

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Meet junior Keegan Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald has been on student council since he was a freshman as a class representative. This year, he is on the executive board as co-president with Omari Fleming.

“I also hope that everyone gets to see Student Council and what we do. I hope it gets more people to join,” Fitzgerald mentioned.

Freshmen offer differing opinions CADEN MOE & ISAIAH MENDEZ Opinion Editor & Design Editor

The most popular individual class among freshmen this year is science, closely followed by history. Some other favorites include Encore!, woodworking, choir, 3D modeling, and debate team.

Keegan Fitzgerald

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ith every new year comes a new batch of freshmen.

I’m sure many of them are nervous, excited, or a combination of the two. Many of us can attest that there are a wide variety of feelings that freshmen have about high school.

What follows is a small glimpse of just some of these opinions.

Many freshmen have been having trouble with the workload provided by high school, homework in particular. Others struggle with classes such as world history and gym, time managment, and tests.

Q.Where would you go right now?

A.“There’s just something appealing about Hawaii.”

Q.If you could make one rule for a day that everyone had to follow. What would it be?

A.“I’d make a rule that said everyone had to participate in any sport of any choice... so they can be more active.”

Meet junior Megan Schrimpf, the secretary on student council. As secretary, she’s in charge of organizing the paperwork for student council.

“The food drive is my favorite event because I think you can really see the impact in the community,“ Schrimpf mentioned.

More than half of the students who took the poll said they were most excited for either a club (such as band and Science Olympiad) or a sport (including football and track).

Megan Schrimpf Q.Where would you go right now?

A. “Probably Thailand. I heard it’s quite different over there.”

Q.If you could make one rule for a day that everyone had to follow. What would it be?

A.“Maybe like no yelling. It’s a pet peeve of mine when people talk on the wrong level.”

Based on the 1-10 scales, most freshmen have been enjoying high school overall, with averages of around 7.5 across the board.

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Fall sports prepare for beginning of seasons

Fall sports prepare for beginning of seasons

A&E Editor and Sports Editor

A&E Editor

HAYLEY BREINES & JAKOB KILLIAN

HAYLEY BREINES

GIRLS TENNIS

CROSS COUNTRY

The girl’s tennis team is currently standing with a 7-6 record and is looking to improve throughout the season. According to head coach Chuck Lawson, many obstacles are already affecting the team as players get injured and general turnout numbers are down.

“I had to take some of the kids from the JV team to varsity just to make sure we had a full team, And of course, that’s a lot to ask

of those younger kids to play on varsity,” Lawson said. The team is rising to the challenge and trying to improve as many of the varsity players are out of commission.

“The girls are working real hard, they’re trying real hard-the effort is there. Tennis is really a high skill game, and it just takes a long time to get those skills perfected.

It’s a work in progress, and we’re getting there,” Lawson explained.

Doubles player Erica Hearvin serving the ball. Photo by Jakob Killian

FOOTBALL Led by the new head football coach Michael Maloney, the 2019 Rams are ready for the season.

“I am optimistic about the development of our players; we have a lot of guys that are building their fundamentals in order to compete at a high level.

We got an outstanding coaching staff that’s committed to making sure our guys are taken care of, and are providing them with what they need to be their best potential selves,” head coach Maloney said.

Maloney is constructing

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Varsity girls volleyball is currently sitting at an 8-16 record and has a goal set to win over 20 games. With coach Basierak stepping on the court to help out the team, there have been some changes.

“We’ve had a slower start, but I think now that we’re getting the hang of things and we’re playing more together I think the rest of the season should be a good one,” head coach Klaudia Basierak says.

According to Basierak, one thing that the team is trying to improve on is to stay mentally focused and take mental breaks during their matches.

When asked what one of their biggest strengths is as a team,

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practices where the team prepares to compete at a high level against challenging teams.

By shifting the environment, Maloney hopes to implement a “growth mindset” in the players.

“Our cultur e is going to be one that nurtures them and brings them along, but at the same time, we have hard standards that we expect them to rise to in order to compete at a high level.”

“They’ve been told if they want to be champions, they have to act like champions, they have to prepare like champions, they have Basierak explained “the team chemistry is there, they are all pretty good friends.”

Personal goals have also been set among the players too. Senior Taylor Hindman, a player on the team, states that “One personal goal I have set for myself this season is to really step up as a leader and to always be there for my teammates.”

According to Hindman, the team has lost a lot of key players from last year’s team, which is why she is striving to be there for her teammates and help them when they are not confident in their playing.

“This year I learned how to step up for my team when they need me, whether it is on or off

to compete like champions. And that just doesn’t happen by hitting the switch,” Maloney explained.

Acclimating the younger players to the new mindset Maloney implements is a new challenge; however, Maloney is optimistic about the team.

“I believe in our guys a lot. I think that their optimism, and their spirit, and their pride will drive them to improve every week,” Maloney said.

For cross country, both the boys and girls varsity teams are preparing for a successful season.

According to assistant coach Chris Palmer, the team has bonded tightly in a short amount of time.

“Right from the get go, I really feel like everybody was involved, and energetic, and excited. And again, that’s just always a really good omen for what’s to come,” Palmer said.

Palmer also mentioned how once the freshmen got acclimated to the team, the unity throughout the athletes has contributed to

BOYS SOCCER

Anthony Placencia juggling the ball.

Photo by Jakob Killian

The varsity boys soccer team, coached by Thomas Hamilton, is beginning their season with a record of 5-8 overall.

The team already faces

GOLF

The volleyball team playing against Lakes. Photo by Hayley Breines

of the court, and really focus on becoming a [leader] within our program,” Hindman says.

Hindman explains how building relationships with the team is her favorite part of the sport. “Being able to play next to your best friends in a hard match is probably one of the best experiences.”

For both boys and girls golf, they are off to a strong start for this season. Girls golf won conference and boys golf is on their way to achieving similar goals.

According to boys head coach Jim Mazzetta, the team is looking to get better with every match.

“Hopefully, we’re going to get better as the season goes along and they start playing a little closer to where they should be,” Mazzetta said. To obtain this goal, the team is working outside of the conference.

Playing against different

a substantial dynamic between the runners. However, the team already experienced setbacks due to injuries.

“On the girl’s side, we need to get healthy, or get healthier. We’ve got a few talented runners that I think could contribute just on the varsity level this season, but they’re just trying to come back from injury,” head coach James Centella explained.

As for the boy’s side, Centella mentioned how many new runners are going to have to compete on varsity, a bigger challenge.

“They’re running varsity to...be able to step up to the challenge and handle the pressure, which I think they can, it’s just going to be something new for them,” Centella said.

Palmer and Centella are looking forward to a successful season.

“Our goal is to win varsity and JV conferences. We can’t control what the other teams do, but we’re going to try to train and work hard for ourselves to be in a position to at least be in the mix for that,” Centella said.

obstacles with injured players; however, the new team is stepping up to the challenge.

“It’s been good to see that for every injury, we’ve had somebody that has stepped up and taken on that role and succeeded. We have, 21 people on our varsity squad right now, and all 21 of them we know we can depend on,” Hamilton said.

The team works on setting goals during practice to be able to improve their gameplay and win against tough teams.

“We wanted to look at what qualities we want to possess, and one of those is hard working. And

[on Aug. 29], we worked tirelessly, we didn’t let the other team have any space with the ball,” Hamilton explained, referring to their game against Vernon Hills.

The team is continuing to improve and adjust to the new assistant coach and new team members. Despite it being early in the season, Hamilton is proud of the progress the team is making.

“I’m just really proud of what these boys are doing... the amount of time that the kids in this building put into what they do, whether it be in theater or soccer, it’s just really cool to see,” Hamilton said.

teams and seeing new courses is helping the team improve throughout the season and reach the goal of becoming the best they can be. “We’re driving three hours [to] see different golf courses and different teams. Usually, we’ll go to the best tournaments that we can find so we’re playing against top quality teams,” Mazzetta explained.

The mental aspect of the game is an area of improvement for the players according to Mazzetta.

“So much of golf is mental.

If they can overcome that, their problem where they don’t get in

their own heads, then they should be good,” Mazzetta said.

The team is looking towards the freshmen as new potential in the team.

“We had a real big class of incoming freshmen. There’s a lot of potential there, and I think we kept seven freshmen this year, which is the most ever,” Mazzetta said.

With this new group of students, the boys golf team is looking forward to improving and becoming better acquainted with the game.

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