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Happening NOW •Girls Tennis: Varsity vs. Aberdeen Roncalli, Lincoln and Vermillion 9 a.m. at WHS; JV-B 4 p.m. at Lincoln •Boys Golf: vs. Mitchell and Brookings noon at Brookings Country Club •Cross Country: Metro Conference Meet 4 p.m. at Kuehn Park •Cheer and Dance: 5:30 p.m. at O’Gorman
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Hot ham and cheese sandwich •A la carte lines: Italian dunkers, chicken fajita, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches •Shadow-Ed: Coordinator will visit in the counseling center during lunch periods each Thursday.
Group Meetings •DECA: Marketing students will meet at 3:10 p.m. today in A-135. •SALSA: Student service club will meet at 3:15 p.m. today in C-111. •Words of Life: Young woman’s group will meet at 7:30 a.m. Friday in A-159. •FCA: Members will meet at 6:45 p.m. Sunday at the Freese home, 1100 N. Vail Drive in Sioux Falls.
Other Reminders •Juniors: Register for the PSAT to prepare for the SAT test. It will be administered Oct. 16 and costs $15. Information in the counseling center. NOW Thursday Staff
Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Nachtigal and Emma Schultz Assistant Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carter Keller Staff: Sydney Arrington, Jeremy Nosbush, Hannah Smith, Kevin Nelson, Jake Cranny, Hayley Durland, Meg Wolstenholm, Taylor Kevan, Sarah Nolan, Brandon HoltClark Editor-in-chief . . . . . . . . . Chloe Goodhope Managing Editor . . . . . . Anna Kate Nieman Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Lueth The News of Washington is a publication of the Orange & Black Staff Washington High School–Sioux Falls, S.D. Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/ MCT Campus High School Newspaper Service
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Students, teachers adjusting to life with Chromebooks Insurance plan adjusted as reality of 1:1 Initiative sets in
By Emma Schultz, Hayley Durland and Meg Wolstenholm he 1:1 Technology Initiative has been a reality for over six weeks at WHS, and students and teachers are adjusting to life with their new Chromebooks. Personal finance teacher Travis Schaffer said they are a great addition to classrooms. “In personal finance, we use them quite extensively,” Schaffer said. “We got rid of all paper and have gotten the kids more involved. Right now, they are doing a virtual stock market game on their Chromebooks.” Assistant principal Dan Conrad admits that the Chromebooks had their downfalls, at first. “In the first month, the reliability has been up and down and there have been some growing pains,” Conrad said. “But the last two to three weeks the internet has been way more reliable with Edmodo. Teachers are working very hard to incorporate the technology, but it does not replace the teacher teaching!” The biggest complaint most students have about the devices, other than the filters that block some popular web sites, is that the Chromebooks can be fairly useless unless connected to the internet—but that has recently gotten easier. Students that do not have on-line access at home can now go to the Siouxland Public Libraries to use their Chromebooks.
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Photo by Sydney Arrington WORKING—Sophomore Carly Hannestad works on a chemistry assignment using her Chromebook this morning in the library. Sophomore Carly Hannestad said she is very excited about this opportunity. “I like being able to use my Chromebook in the library because it’s a quiet place to get my work done,” Hannestad said. The insurance program available for the Chromebooks has also been recently revised. The plan will now cover 50 percent of the cost of the repair, to a maximum of $75 out of pocket, then the full cost of repairs.
Oral interp team sees success at first event By Hannah Smith, Sydney Arrington, Jack Nachtigal and Brandon HoltClark Warrior oral interp team members traveled to Harrisburg to compete in their first tournament of the season after school Tuesday. Michelle McIntyre, the oral interp team coach, said she was proud of the outcome and is excited for the season to come. “We had great success as
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two Washington students took home awards,” McIntyre said. At the event, senior Lydia Simmons was ranked first in all three of her individual rounds, which gave her first place overall in the Poetry division. Junior Morgan Mundt also ranked first in her first round of Serious Prose and ranked second place in her remaining rounds, which earned her fifth place overall in the Serious Prose category. In three individual rounds,
junior Kailyn Johnson ranked in first place in her first NonOriginal Oratory round and freshman Ariana Ellis ranked first in her second round of Serious Prose. Mundt said she thought the team did well, overall, in their first outing of the season. “We came together cheering at the awards,” Mundt said. “We can improve by connecting more with the team.” The team will next compete again Oct. 10 at O’Gorman.
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