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MAC TEACHERS DARCY & MICAH HOUSTON BRING THEIR DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY Story by LILLIE SPENCER Photos by SAM BEYER
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page 3 Hear what Jess Jones, opinions editor has to say about virtual advisory.
page 4 Introducing the new student President and Vice president, Megan Bomberger and Evan Ewing.
page 6 As the school year ends, so does construction. Find out where we are in the rennovation process and what changes can be expected.
pages 8-9 Get to know the Bear Hugs kids of Erin Brisbin, Mrs. Alexander, and more!
page 11 The sideline report is back, take a look with editor Hayden Abeln.
page 11 Hayden Abeln introduces all the new sports facilities at Mac High.
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reporters and photographers CAROLINA ELIAS JUAREZ ANNA DOWNS SAMANTHA FLORESRAMIREZ LILLY MCCARTHY SAM HELLER MOLLY BEYER BREDIN BLANCHARD
page 13 ake a look at MHS’s brand new sign, made by students Amos Grell and Marckus Smith.
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page 15 Carolina Elias questions the mysterious PEP, and why students know nothing about it.
DAYS UNTIL SUMMER... Seniors: Rest of Us:
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NEWS OPENING FALL 2019
Construction Nears the End Anna Downs
After three long years of construction, MHS hopes to end remodel by fall of 2019
After a long three years of construction, the work on the massive remodel to MHS nears completion. The project is exptected to be completed by the fall of 2019.
BY LI LY MCCAR T Y Features Editor
MHS teachers get a peek at the construction behind the barriors at MHS. Students are anxious to see the new addition.
McMinnville High School has been under construction for almost three years. They are adding a new gym, an activities lobby area, Pathway classrooms and also a new Student Success Center (SSC). Amy Fast, our current vice principal, said, “The areas are not only state-of-the-art in terms of facilities, but are going to promote so much school spirit and hope for our student body.” She also said, “obviously it’s been a tough year without having very many assemblies and chances for the whole student body to be in the same space at the same time. So the new gym will be a game changer in that way.” Fast added, “I can’t wait for our first assembly when our ninth and tenth graders, neither of whom will have experiences a traditional high school assembly, will learn from our eleventh and twelth graders just how big we do things around here.” Fast also mentioned they are planning to bring the EASA program onto campus for the first time from the Evergreen Space Museum.
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NEW LEADERSHIP
Bomberger, Ewing win ASB President Megan Bomberger and Vice President Evan Ewing
ME GAN BO MB ERG ER
BY CAROL ELIAS
ASB announced on May 6 that the upcoming president and vice president is Megan Bomberger and Evan Ewing. It was time for Tommy Douglass and Eli Wiles to step down from that position. ASB, Associated Student Body, is a class offered by MHS for students to pursue leadership roles. “We are representatives of the student body, planning events and doing all of these things for the student body to make their year better,” said Bomberger. The inspiration behind running includes the class, past ASB president Tommy Douglass, and what they’d like to see or have for MHS. “My experience in leadership roles encouraged me to keep going with it. I love helping the school out and the students. I like helping them get involved. I have a passion for leading other people, but it’s also to build a greater community for the school.” said Emily Thomas. “Like focusing on building a climate and culture at our school that people want to be a part of.” Bomberger also explains the importance of building a community for the students of Mac High. As for inspiration given by Tommy Douglass, Ewing said, “One of the
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questions on the application to run is how you plan on facing the student body. The only answer I could think of, and as cliché as it is to say, was with a bright and happy attitude like Tommy’s. When you think of him, you think of a constantly smiling man.” Student involvement is key in the changes that Bomberger and Ewing would like to achieve. A majority of the topics they spoke about was how they would like to have more student involvement to make things more fun. “Something that worked really well this year when we did it was during Homecoming when we had a meeting with a few students and they just expressed their concerns. They were telling us what they wanted to see and it worked really well. So, I think things like that where we have meetings to ask , ‘what do you want to see?’” said Bomberger. It was also mentioned that they plan to have more meetings with the student body in order for them get their thoughts across for future events. Communication also plays a big part in student involvement. “Whether it be messaging us on Instagram, coming up to talk to us in person or anybody in the future leadership class, anyway
you want to get your voice across to us, you can do in any way possible.” Ewing adds, sending the message that they’re always open for suggestions on any platform you can contact them. Many of the candidiates were classmates and friends, but the elections and having to run against each other was no match for their friendships. “There’s going to be no hard feelings either way. Before elections even started when I knew that they were running, I was like ‘whoever wins, we’re going to have a great president and vice president duo,’” Thomas said. Different thoughts and feelings were explained regarding running against friends. “I was expecting some weirdness, just because it was a competitive thing and we were running against each other, but it really wasn’t at all. I’ve known Emily my entire life and we’re really good friends outside of it, so I think that really helped.” Bomberger says truthfully. As for students interested in joining the ASB team, the class, or would like to run in the future, Ewing said, “Do it! A lot of skills come from ASB.”
Culinary Skills Honed in at State Competition BY CAROLINA JUAREZ writer
Lizzy Barton and Harper Eacret talk about what they made for the OCCI Competition What’s going on Prostart? MHS juniors Lizzy Barton and Harper Eacret are on the Prostart team. Barton explained what Prostart is about, “Prostart is about teaching kids skills about cooking, baking and restaurant cooking skills.”
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Barton said, “This my second year doing Prostart,” Eacret said, “I have been doing Prostart for almost two years.” At Prostart competitions Barton said, “We have a set time period, 60 minute, to bake as well as cook our dish. We also have a ten minute prep time to set up all of our equipment and food.” Eacret’s last competition was on “April thirteenth and it was cool getting to create my version of a chicken pot pie and lemon meringue pie.” Barton’s last competition “was the OCCI competition. I did incredibly bad. Nothing went right for this particular competition.” Although Barton doesn’t feel the best about her results at the OCCI competition, she enjoys Prostart because, “Culinary has been a part of my life forever. I love learning new skills and trying new things.” As for Eacret, she said, “I enjoy Prostart because you get to learn many different techniques and cooking methods when making food.” Prostart is a great place for students who love to cook and bake, who would like to be surrounded by others who love it. The Prostart students compete against many other schools in Oregon. As for Barton, her favorite competition was “OCCI because I learned problem solving skills and I made memories with the other people in my group.” Eacret said her favorite Prostart competition had been “state because you get to make three dishes instead of the regular one or two dishes and they can be more complex because you are working on a team instead of just by yourself.” Prostart is good for learning not just cooking and baking skills but also problem solving skills as well as making memories.
The culinary program, ProStart, contues to prepared food for Bistro Nights and compete well at the state level. MHS culinary arts students recently competed at the OCCI competition.
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DO YOU HAVE A STORY TO SHARE? CONTACT OPINIONS EDITORS JESS JONES AND MCKENZIE MARSHALL
OPINIONS SEMINAR CLASSES
Administration Needs To Take A Look At Virtual Advisory And Junior Seminar Seminar classes are unorganized, unproductive, and feel more like a chore than anything else
By Jess Jones who is a Junior and enjoys theatre and writing stories for the Bruin.
In the last two years, MHS has come up with a few things for students to help them prepare for life after high school, most of which students don’t like or care about. Two of those things are Junior Seminar and Virtual Advisory. As a freshman, I took freshman seminar (obviously). It was the most boring, and quite possibly the most useless class I have ever taken in high school. The class of 2021 got lucky, as it was gone for a year when they would’ve had it. But this year, it has been brought back. Most of the upperclassmen were happy that it was brought back, because now others get to go through the same torture they went through (and still have nightmares about to this day). This year the school decided that Junior Seminar would be a great fit for juniors to take, as if we haven’t suffered enough. Junior Seminar is a class that is supposed to help you prepare for life after high school (aren’t those the exact words they used for Freshman Seminar? Conspiracy theory). During your junior year, it is a PEP requirement to go to the Job and Resource Fair. When you go you should have your résumé in hand to give to the employers if you want to
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get a good grade when it is useless to you. Also students should be able to chose more than one job. What if you plan on double majoring in college? Junior Seminar only gives the opportunity to pick one of them. It’s outrageous, and I don’t understand it.
work for them. This will benifit you by giving you experience, which you will need in the future. No big deal, sounds great, yay. But what about the kids who already have jobs? They are having to miss classes that could possibly be important to them to go to a place that as of right now- is useless.
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Another unpopular program implemented throughout the school that everyone groans about is virtual advisory. Oh God, the shudders that go through me even as I type it.
Virtual advisory was put into the system to help out students who need the extra help for planning their future, which I understand. It’s a stressful topic.
Another thing about Junior Seminar that I don’t like, and that I’m sure others don’t either, is Virtual Job Shadow. For those of you who don’t know what that is, you’re lucky. Virtual Job Shadow is a website where you go on and answer questions about the kinds of things that you are interested in, and they narrow down jobs for you to take a look at.
Virtual advisory is also a PEP requirement, which many students don’t understand. It’s also bad for the people who have opens during fourth period because they don’t have the class or any of the information being presented in it. It simply doesn’t work well for them. Then they won’t realize that they need it to graduate, and never end up getting it done. It’s really a whole mess.
But here’s the thing: what if you already know what you want to study? Then you are having to fill out papers, pretend to research jobs, just to
The bottom line is that even though the intention is good, the system isn’t working for anyone, students and teachers alike.
THE
ASB VOTING POLICY
Online ASB Elections; Meet your Candidates Through A Screen Have thoughts on the online ASB voting for class elections? Well, you’re not alone.
Lilllie Spencer Lilly Mccarty is a writer for The Bruin. You will se many of her stories on various pages.
Often, students are able to grasp better information when they are learning in person, actively listening, and visually seeing who is speaking. In person when you are hearing the speeches of the candidates you are able to get to know the person more efficiently and it’s easily quicker to ask questions, make assumptions as well as make decisions on the spot. In my opinion, I think students should physically be in the same space as the students who are running for ASB. Not only is it going to be a different and more interactive experience, but it will give the students a better idea of who each contestant is as an academ-
ic student, without it being too “rehearsed” or “staged.” Although videos of the ASB runners may show their creativity, I think it only takes it a step back from the actual idea of competing for spots to be a part of the ASB team. The idea is for the students to let the class know why and how they are going to make our atmosphere a better and improved place for everyone. When students are hearing other individual’s speeches, it is best for the student body to be present in the elections, rather sitting in front of a screen and listening to a rehearsed speech. Let’s not do virtual voting or speeches.
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CELEBRATING THE LARGEST NEED CLASSNEW TO GRADUATE FROM MHS
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The class of 2019 is one of the largest classes to ever graduate McMinnville High School. Throughout their four years of high school, they have contributed much success in sports and in academics. They have played a huge role in making MHS a better place. Looks like it may be raining at graduation, let’s hope it hold off while the seniors get their diplomas.
GRIZZLY SOFTBALL MAKING STRIDES This past year our athletes at MHS hit some major milestones. The softball team went far into the playoffs with their new coach Staci Doucette. After the rough start Staci Doucette stepped in at the beginning of the season and took the Grizzlies far. With their overall record of 20-9 and the ranked 8th in the state, we can say that the Grizzlies had a successful season.
PARK ROSE TEACHER SAVES STUDENTS May 18, 2019, at Parkrose High School, an 18-year-old male student walked into the school with a gun. The football coach, Keanon Lowe, was able to wrestle him to the ground before firing any shots. Students who heard about it ran off campus and were able to contact parents, and anyone who stayed at the school stayed in hiding until a police officer came and brought them out. Luckily, no one was injured, and the suspect was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on May 18.
SAME CLASS, BUT TEACHERS HAVE WORK LOAD DISPARITY A big issue with many students is that even though it’s the same subject and supposedly the same curriculum, teachers will teach the class very differently. One class may be college-level-hard, and the other is middle-school-easy. If you switch between the teachers for whatever reason, the adjustment is not good. The teachers teaching the same subjects need to talk and get on the same level.
TAKING AWAY SUMMER BREAK While at the time hearing we have a snow day seems like the best news ever, the downside is we have to come back to make up one day of lost time. Instead of adding a day into our summer vacation we should’ve had an Inservice or grading day taken away. There were many other ways that making up a snow day could’ve been solved, so by the time that Monday rolls around, students and staff will be completely checked out and ready for summer--we’ll also have part of the campus closed for construction.
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FEATURES FAVORITE FOOD? Spaghetti. GRAYDIN ALEXANDER Noodles. SAM
TEACHERS KIDS IN BEAR HUGS GET TO KNOW THE FUTURE STUDENTS OF MAC HIGH
FAVORITE PAST TIME?
Going to the park… and I love earthquake drills! AVERY I like to build. SAM
BY LILLIE SPENCER managing editor
Baseball. AXEL BRISBIN
FAVORITE THING TO DO WITH OR ABOUT YOUR MOM?
She reads and rides bikes with me. AXEL
BRISBIN I love her, and she snuggles me, and she is warm all the time.
GRAYDIN ALEXANDER We go to the store together. Charolotte
10 YEARS LATER. . .
SAM BEYR
Although these kids are only Bear Hugs pre-schoolers now, in a little over a decade they will be returning to the high school as students. The Bruin plans to find them, write a follow up article, and feature these same kids.
Though Bear Hugs Initailly started to support teen parents at Mac High, many MHS teachers are able to bring their own children to be a part of the Bear Hugs Program. The early childhood education program was started by Sheila Lenker in 1992. MHS students take priority for spots in the program, however, once those spots are filled MHS teachers can enroll their children in the program. This has allowed them to work while staying close to their children. MHS teacher Rachelle Overhosler explains the benefits to having her kids in Bear Hugs, “If they are ever sick, I can get them right away. I can always do some spying to make sure they are alright, they are always with me.” She continues, “I love how much attention and intereaction they get. When Josie and Jackie were babies, they were held all the time rather then just being put in something- which happens a lot in most day cares. They are just loved so much in there.” She shares that Josie’s and Jackie’s favorite part of Bear Hugs is playing with their friends. Staff member Kristin Alexander said her son Graydin’s favorite thing about being in Bear Hugs is getting to play “mom and dad” with his friends. Her daughter Kinsley’s most favorite part is her teacher Pam. Alexander said, “I love, love, love that they get to be around so many diffirent highschool students. They ineract with many diffirent kinds of people every day.” She also explains the advantage Bear Hugs offers her kids. “Once they are here at the high school, I think they will appreciate that they know where things are, because they spend so much time running around the hallways now. They will be more comfortable at this huge school.”
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MHS TEACHERS ERIN AND MATT BRISBIN WALK THEIR KIDS INTO MHS. THEIR OLDER DAUGHER, HADLEY, IS NOW IN KINDERGARTEN AFTER BEING IN BEAR HUGs AND THEIR YOUNG SON, AXEL, IS CURRENTLY IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM.
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DO YOU HAVE A STORY TO SHARE? CONTACT SPORTS EDITOR HAYDEN ABELN
SPORTS
Power House Sisters Dominate Softball The Powell sisters share a bond on the softball field like no other
HAYDEN ABELN
BY HAYDEN ABELN Sports Editor
Maddy and Adrianna Powell wait for the pitch to be thrown against Glencoe. Maddy received First Team honors, while Adrianna received Second Team. The team placed second in league, and had a great playoff run, that ended with a loss 12-2, to number one seed, Grants Pass in the semifinals.
“I AM EXCITED TO
BE A LEADER AND A ROLE MODEL...” -ADRIANNA POWELL
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Growing up and playing softball with each other in their backyard, to playing varsity softball with each other, the Powell sisters have a bond that very few others have. Accompanying each other in the outfield with Maddy in left field, and Adrianna usually in cenetr field, the two sure do get to spend a lot of time together on the field. Adrianna said they definitely act different at home, rather than at softball. “At softball we’re way more relaxed and calm, then at home.” Maddy said softball is what brings them the closest. Even with the close relationship, they do compete with each other. “Since she's an
infielder and I’m an outfielder, when she comes to play outfield she might be taking my position,” Maddy said. When it comes to actually playing, Adrianna said, “Definitely not as good as my freshmen year hitting wise, but defense wise pretty good.” Maddy felt she has had quality at bats through the whole season. After this season, the softball team will be losing their star pitcher, Payton Hudson, a Louisville softball commit, and second basemen Lexie Mckinley, as they go off to college. Knowing she will have to step up for her junior and senior seasons, Adrianna said, “I
am excited to be a leader and a role model, but I know that I will have help along the way and my team will always be there.” Although graduation is still a few years away for the two, Maddy plans on playing either volleyball or softball after high school, and Adrianna on the other hand, is undecisive on her post high school plans. The softball team had an excellent playoff run, sadly ending in the quarterfinals. to number one seed Grants Pass. The girls lost 12-2, but Adrianna though they hit well, “we definitely fought for it, the first inning went really good, we got ahead, the team got together, but they just hit better.”
Softball, Baseball, Wrestling, Yoga, Basketball get new facilities Students and staff can expect to see brand new sports facilities next school year, including batting cages for the baseball team and a new yoga space
SIDELINE REPORT McMinnville High School had nine athletes sign sports scholarships on National Signing Day
BY HAYDEN ABELN sports editor
BY LILLIE SPENCER Managing Editor
Sam Dupuis and Colton Smith were a dynamic duo on the football field.
COLTON SMITH- Linfield College, Football DIEGO GIL- George Fox University, Soccer EVA HIGGINS- Willamette University, Cross Country and Track CADEN SLAUGTHTER- Linfield College, Baseball KEVIN SULLIVAN- Linfield, Baseball or Football (Undecided) SAM DUPUIS- Pacific University, Football LUKE ARZNER- Oregon Tech, Basektball NOAH KEPLER- Linfield College, Football COLE STRITZKE- Pacific University, Soccer
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SPRING SPORTS UPDATE: TRACK- Zane Fodge finished second at the state track meet, in both the 1,500m and the 3,000m. BOYS TENNIS-The Boys won the District Tournament, sending Cody Pickar, the doubles pairings of Will Gardner, and Nalen Stephens, and Kris Renshaw and Josh Flores to state. The boys New batting cages were built for the softball team, and were put to good use this eason. The baseball team is also getting new cages, and they should be done soon.
placed 11th at State. GIRLS TENNIS- The girls had the doubles pairings of Mariah Arnold and Ainslie Ridgway, Jillian Thornburg and Gavrielle
After making it through a school year riddled with construction and inconvenience, students and staff can finally expect to see the light at the end of the tunnel. As second semester comes to a close, plans for a new and improved school edge closer and closer into reality. The bright side to this year’s drudgery has come into view, and it certainly hasn’t skipped over the sports department. Rumors of new turf for the softball fields, and a gym that’s twice its original size can all be confirmed. Next year’s new school will include two huge gyms- the number of basketball hoops in each gym will double, allowing for players to practice behind a partition while another game goes on in the same gym.
Girls and boys can expect to see spacious new locker rooms, as well as an up to date weight room. The construction has made it possible for individual athletic departments to have their own space- dancers and yoga enthusiasts will finally be able to immerse themselves in the comfort of their very own studio, and the wrestling team will have its very own practice room. Ryan McIrvin, athletic director, said, “These new sports facilities will not only benefit our athletes, but also open up opportunities to the average student. Everyone will have better access and more efficient ways to help themselves be physically fit.”
Walters, Emely Cazares and Carly Szedlak, and Emme Angevine all went to state. BASEBALL- The baseball team went in to the state playoffs as the nine seed and took a crushing loss to number eight Beaverton in the second round. BOYS GOLF- Freshman Sam Beyer qualified for Regionals at Stone Creek, but did not advance to state meet. GIRLS GOLF- Freshman Molly Beyer qualified for the OSAA state meet at Quail Valley, placing 66th. The week prior, five girls, including Beyer, went to Regionals--McKenna Carlson, Ashley Hart, Guadalupe Ceja Duran and Ailie Johnson.
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FEATURES
SHINE & GLOW BY CAROLINA ELIAS JUAREZ writer
ANNA DOWNS
Angel Gloss Beauty is a a brand
just kept looking into it, a lot of it was
created by a student at Mac High that’s
trial and error.”
been quite successful. Abby Meador is
Underneath the surface of Angel
the owner of Angel Gloss Beauty (AGB).
Gloss Beauty, there are a variety
Through the ups and downs in the
of tasks that Meador had to do to
making, she explains both her thought
prepare. “I knew I wanted to do
process throughout AGB and the affects
something big. I just went with it
has had on the people around her.
because I knew if I thought about it,
In almost everything in life,
I wasn’t do it. Immediately that night
inspiration and the ‘why’ behind
I made a logo, a mock website for it,
something are important to take into
and I made a list of ingredients, I got a
consideration.
lot of the gloss names from my friends,
Explaining a recent event where
and did a ton of research. I presented
Meador’s mother had recently built
it to my mom and she said ‘if you’re
up her own business to pursue and
serious about this, we can try it.” She
the incredible success that it’s gotten,
bought me the materials and told me
Meador explains, “I was really inspired by
if it went well she’d consider it again.”
the whole idea. I have a huge passion for
A lot of creativity was put into
makeup. Growing up, I didn’t really know
place. “You have to think about who
what I wanted to do, but this is genuinely
your target audience is, everyone has
something I want to do with my life.”
their own starting point. I want to start
She goes on to explain her passions
with a product I like a lot, which is why
regarding beauty and how she wants to
I put gloss in there. That was meant to
pursue those too. “I want to have a big brand when I’m older or I want to have a salon, I also want to go to beauty school.
Abigail Meador created her own beauty products line featuring lip gloss and scrubs. The name of her company is Angel Gloss Beauty.
be a temporary thing, but now I think I’m going to fully stay with it.” As for ingredients, she said, “I knew right off
I want to do all this stuff because that’s
the bat I wanted to use coconut oil and
what makes me happy. That’s been the whole goal for me, is to be happy.” The positive feedback that’s been received has really helped Meador continue pursuing beauty. “Getting to see people really enjoy my brand and getting messages from others
shea butter. I knew I wanted to have a healing component, a hydrating component and a moisture component.” As her brand continues to succeed, new and good things are coming. “This summer,
saying that it’s their go- to makes me so happy,” Meador said,” that was kind of my main
I’m getting an actual bee lady. I’m going to harvest actual beeswax and so it’s going to be
fear, I didn’t want to do it and make a fool of myself. I’ve had people who I never thought
fresh.”
would’ve; wanted to buy the products or be a part of it and support me like they have been. So, it’s very eye opening, and crazy to see the support from my family.” Meador also speaks about the feeling of discouragement when she first made her first gloss. “It was really an experimenting process, my first gloss that I made was not good. It was so liquidy and it was hard to put on without a napkin, so I got really frustrated, but I
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Meador offers some advice for people who are wanting to create a business, “Honestly, just fake it till you make it. Just remind yourself at the end of the day: this is going to work out. If it doesn’t, then it’s okay and try something else. You just have to go for it. Do it because it makes you happy.”
MHS GETS NEW
SIGN
BY BREDIN BLANCHARD writer
SAM BEYER
Amos Grell and Markus Smith worked with a local company to weld the new sign on 15 Street and Evans. The project took several months to complete.
“. . . IT [ THE SIGN] REPRESENTS THE GROWTH OF MAC HIGH.” -Jilliam Bird
As most of the students at McMinnville High School might have seen, there’s a new sign at the front of the school. It is the new sign for our school. It is metal and reads “McMinnville High School.” Under that it reads “Home of the Grizzlies.” On both sides of the sign it has bear paw prints. This sign was made by students named Amos Grell who is a junior, and Marckus Smith who is a senior. Grell said, “It was very nice working with Marckus because Marckus and I are like brothers, we technically are, so it was always a good time.” Grell said, “I was approached by Tony Vicknair to assist Marckus Smith build this sign after four years of students not completing it. ” The sign has been in the works for about four years now. It took the work of two
MHS students to get it done. Grell started Fabrication “very young, around the age of eight or nine.” The hopes were that the sign would, “execute the plans to the best of my ability and build the best looking sign possible.” Grell also said, “I do not plan to make more signs but if my services are requested I would be willing.” To have an outsider’s look on the sign, Jillian Bird said, “To be completely honest, I have no idea why it was changed. Walking back from Adams one day, it completely surprised me. I never really noticed the sign until the updated one was put in.” It’s a lot bigger and represents the growth of Mac High over the years.” Bird also mentioned that the sign portrays McMinnville High School, and that she thinks it’s cool that students of MHS made the sign.
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OPINIONS
INSIDE THE
DEN
No More Free Parking Next Year
WHAT DO STUDENTS AND STAFF WANT TO SEE IN THE BRUIN NEXT YEAR?
BY SAM BEYER PH OTOG RAPHY ED I TO R
Parking has been a struggle this year with limited space, now the adminstration wants you to pay to park
“Spice it up, make people want to read it.” - Terrin Seibel, 10. LILLIE SPENCER
Molly Beyer is a freshman and enjoys taking photos for the Bruin.
Currently the school has a open parking policy, or first-come-first-serve. Next year, however, along with having around 300 total spots, there will unfortunately be no more free parking. It is not yet decided if there will be reserved spots or if it will still be first- come next year, but we will end up with about double the spots. There will be still be ways for students to lose their parking privileges, for example being under 90 percent attendance, poor behavior or case-by-case situations. Mark Hinthorn, assistant principal, said, “The parking lot is for coming and going, not messing around. We try to give everyone a fair warning and keep people safe.” The money gained from
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the parking permits would be used to keep the parking lot in running condition, like repainting the parking lines for the spots, speed bumps and curbs. A small portion of the money would also go towards campus security where needed. Hinthorn said, “There will new parking behind the north side of the CTC building where the kitchen staff is parked.” This would then be open to students next year, and the kitchen staff can park behind the kitchen. This is part of over 20 new spots available to staff members with the new additions due to the construction. Some decisions still have to be made and the parking lot isn’t done yet, but it will cost you money to park on campus.
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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Confusion Surrounding PEP Frustrates Students The Personalized Education Plan confuses students due to the lack of communication, creating stress for students, especially seniors At McMinnville High School, a requirement needed to graduate is the Personalized Education Plan, or the PEP. A good amount of the student body at Mac High aren’t aware that the PEP is a requirement to graduate, resulting in students not making strides forward to reach this requirement. The PEP and how to get to the place you want to be should talked about more often in order to spread awareness about it. Without speaking of it, how and why are students expected to reach the requirements? “PEP has always been a requirement to graduate, so this year’s juniors and seniors fall under a different umbrella than sophomores and freshman. In the past you’ve had to do a resume, a job experience, they’ve had to participate in many things to look for careers, for example.” Michelle Buczynski explains what the major differences is between the PEP and classes. A majority of the things needed to get points are already things most students do, like applying to college, so a lot of the students who do most of the things to work towards getting points are upperclassmen. This doesn’t mean that underclassmen shouldn’t worry about it. “It has never been a credited class, it’s just been a graduation requirement. If you don’t finish PEP, you don’t graduate,” Buczynski said. Current freshman Adam Espinoza worries about PEP, in regards to the PEP, “I feel kind of worried or stressed because it’s requirement to graduate, it already sets off some alarms, but the fact that I don’t know anything about it stresses me out.” The stress put on to students, even as underclassmen, is a bad thing, especially when students aren’t aware of
the PEP. “I feel like I’m being kind of held back in a way and stressed as well, even if I’m a ninth grader. Since I’m in EASA, it stresses me out a little bit more because I’m already trying to figure out my classes for the next few years. I’m trying to take or fit in the classes I couldn’t take the first two years and then having that come out of nowhere really doesn’t help at all.”
classwork. Virtual advisory is a way to get the word around, but that’s difficult to do when some teachers don’t necessarily make it a priority. “Sometimes when it’s a video and you don’t know that person, there might be a disconnect. Students might not want to watch those videos.” Espinoza speaks about how he would like to learn more about the PEP. “When class starts your teacher could introduce it to the class, how it affects us, or resources we can use to complete it. We could also have around two class periods for learning about the PEP like when the counselors came in to talk to us about forecasting.” All in all the PEP is an important thing to consider, especially when it’s a requirement to graduate. Teachers should talk to students more about it and how it impacts their futures. There needs to be more communication put into place for students to start thinking of how they’ll begin the process to move forward and receive credit for the PEP to graduate. No student should be left in the dark about something that’s big and impactful to both their graduation and future.
So, why isn’t it talked about even though it’s a requirement to graduate? A majority of the lack of awareness comes from the miscommunication or lack thereof. The PEP seems to be only talked about once during the beginning of the year and then dismissed until students reach their junior year where things become more serious. The communication needed to spread the word about the PEP isn’t here. Teachers tend to direct their focus on students and their
Lilllie Spencer Carolina is a sophomore, she likes to inform the student body of issues we face in our school.
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