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Friday, April 13, 2018
Volume 58 Edition 23
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Growing course options force portable addition Due to expanded number Submitted Photo of course offerings, the high school will receive a second partable for the 2018-2018 school year. It will be placed on the north end of the school near the art room and student parking lot. The facility will hold two classrooms, each Principal equipped with two bathrooms, handicap accessibility, as well as heating and The portable currently sits in front of Southdale Elementary school. It holds two preschool classrooms, divided cooling. The portable will be trans- by two bathrooms. Moving and installation of the portable at the high school will begin June 4. ported from Southdale Elementary to the high school. portable on the backside, so ness Affairs and Board Secre- it is not manageable.” It has not yet been deterConstruction is planned to tary Doug Nefzger. However, with a growing mined what classes the porstart around June 4. Due to we don’t really have space for another one than to put it out The addition of the por- district and a school in a very table will hold, but Wedgbury Aldrich Elementary School table is a necessary for the landlocked location, it is hard sees the addition of more opening in the fall, Southdale front,” Wedgbury said. The high school’s other growing district, though the to determine how long these portables in the future for the Elementary will have a deportable located on the west high school still faces many portables will last and how high school if need be. crease in students, opening side of the building was once needs. many will be needed in the “I could see in the next up space in the building. “We have the heat go- future. few years needing another “We don’t have any other used for classrooms but now ing out. We are trying to “As we look at enroll- one. I see this portable beviable spots besides put- houses robotics equipment. The new portable will put patchwork on things. ment projections across the ing more permanent. I don’t ting it out front. It will defiSometimes the floors get district especially at the high think it will go away because nitely draw some attention, cost $161,878 for the contractor to put the tilings in the wet. Sometimes you see rain school building, the student our programming isn’t going no doubt. It is going to be ground and put the ramps to coming in on the backside enrollment is only predicted to change and the number of an eyesore,” Principal Jason of the windows in the math to grow. As of right now, the students in our building is not Wedgbury said, but student the building and hook all the utilities up. It was also cost an area. There is a lot that goes junior high schools are grow- going to go down.” parking is safe. additional $22,000 to have into the upkeep. It’s awful,” ing at a fairly rapid clip from “We can’t give up parking. Wedgbury said. “We are year to year, and that growth We cannot put it in the park- a different company physically move the building from spending a lot of money try- will then work though the juing lot because we already By Editor-in-Chief Rachel Southdale to the high school ing to keep this a manage- nior highs and into the high have enough trouble with able building, and sometimes school,” Nefzger said. parking. We already have one according to Director of BusiSCHMID
“We are spending a lot of money trying to keep this a manageable building, and sometimes it is not manageable.” —Jason Wedgbury
Jazz Wars Thursday, April 5th, Cedar Falls Jazz One performed in Ames at 9 AM for the 43rd annual Jazz Championships to win a trophy and title of best 4a jazz band in the state of Iowa at CY Stephens auditorium. After waking up early, loading their charter bus at 5:40, and performing at 9 in the morning, they waited for hours for their results as other bands performed later though the days. Having sent in a recording to the Iowa Bandmasters Association earlier in the year, they were rated the best jazz band in the state of Iowa, so winning jazz champs might be seen as redundant. By the end of the day, Cedar Falls took home 7th place out of 15 of the best jazz bands
in the state. Valley and Waukee were selected to go on to the finals and perform in front of the judges for a final time to decide which of the two great bands would go on to win 1st place. After a great set by both bands, the judges picked Waukee to get the first place rank out of all 15 4a jazz bands in the state. While the championship is competitive for the bands, ultimately the students are doing it for the fun of performing together. Sophomore 2nd trumpet, Emma Cryer said, “This is what we’ve been looking forward to all year, this is so much fun. The competition itself is fun but being able to be around great players and experience great music is the best part”.
Four earn outstanding solo at Jazz Champs in Ames
Going to championships for jazz is like making state for most sport teams, they compete with 15 of the best jazz bands in the state to take home the title of best band and to know their hard work, late nights, and early mornings were worth it. Other notable events of this years Jazz One ensemble include their performance at Noche, a jazz club in Des Moines where they performed in mid January. Students listened to professional jazz musicians and then performed for them and a crowd of paying customers who came to hear great music. Playing a quick set of tunes for the crowd, students were given a great atmosphere to perform in and an experience
of a lifetime that will travel with them. They were also slated to open for the UNI Jazz Panthers, directed by Dr. Bob Washut at Bengtson auditorium in Russell Hall last Thursday at 7:30 PM and performed wonderfully and stayed around for dinner with the UNI jazz bands. Dr. Washut also composed and arranged a song for Jazz One named River Road. The song features guitar player Eli Smith, and tenor saxophone player Johnny Hartleip. Their set for this years jazz champs competition included the Duke Ellington piece Sepia Panorama, the classic jazz standard Body and Soul, and a latin swing piece named Cape Verdean Blues with multiple soloists on every song.
The band consists of great players but it is nothing without their teacher, Mr. Engelhardt. Engelhardt has lead the Jazz One program for years and molded it into the prestigious and fun extracurricular environment that it is today. “Jazz One is like a family, everyone is supportive and everyone is here to play good music and have fun. Mr. Engelhardt makes jazz band a fun experience and I’ll remember being a part of this band forever. I’m glad to be a part of this band and that we have him to teach us and keep this band going, I think everyone really enjoys what’s going on here”, Eli Smith said, a freshman guitar player from Holmes. By Staff Writer Chase
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