Fairview High School 1515 Greenbriar Blvd. Vol. 57 No. II November 2016
THE ROYAL BANNER 16-17 STAFF EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Laura Brack Ben Gelderloos Sara McCrea
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THE KINDNESS ISSUE 3 THE LUDLOW PROJECT 4 KINDNESS FOR A JOB 5 MITAKE OYASIN 6 NOT UNNOTICED 7 DEAR SANTA... 8 KINDNESS FROM AFAR 9 TEN YEARS LATER 10 FRIENDS AT A FIRST GLANCE 11 A ROCKIN’ FRIENDSHIP 12 THE KINDNESS EFFECT 13 A HELPING HAND 14 SPOT THE DIFFERENCE 15 ADVERTISING
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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: Dean of Students Jim Lefebvre told the Royal Banner in an interview in November that while there had not been more disciplinary issues than normal, the punitive actions of the students seemed to have victims and therefore have been more concerning than in previous years. Instead of criticizing the disheartening actions of some students, we wanted to celebrate students who conduct themselves with compassion, graciousness, and integrity. With that idea in mind, we launched the People Issue 2.0, a sequel to last year’s issue. In this People Issue, we found students, teachers, and members of the Fairview community who have performed acts of kindness. We could not even begin to fit the kindness of Fairview into sixteen pages, but hopefully this issue will inspire you to start recognizing the impact of small and large acts of kindness and to engage in them more frequently. As you read this issue, take time to compliment someone in the halls, pick up trash, become friends with someone who seems lonely, and spread positive vibes. Sincerely, Laura Brack, Ben Gelderloos, and Sara McCrea Co-Editors In Chief
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THE LUDLOW PROJECT by Sara McCrea// @sara_mccrea
Photo by Cormac Dowling
Though Fairview may seem like a world of its own, just down the road is a residential neighborhood on Ludlow Street. Some Fairview students have used the neighborhood to litter, park haphazardly, engage in drug and alcohol use and allegedly participate in public urination, but four juniors have come together to find a solution. After Ludlow resident Molly Tayer contacted Dean of Students Jim Lefebvre with concerns of the behavior on her street, he sent the information to Fairview’s branch of National Honor Society. Tamara Wurman, Stephanie Zhang, Aaron Nguyen and Natalia Gosnell then initiated The Ludlow Project. “It’s the idea of recognizing that families live here. They want to be supportive of students, and at the same time they want some respect for their property,” said NHS sponsor and language arts teacher Karen Nieb. The juniors have been working with Tayer to find the best ways to approach the issues and how to make students aware of the toll their actions take on the neighborhood. When some of the incidents were brought to the Boulder Police Department, they offered to station an officer in the neighborhood. The residents could petition the city to make parking permit only on Ludlow, as it is on Gillespie, but Tayer wanted to approach the matter in a creative way to instigate progress. This led
her to contact Lefbvre. “We’re always trying to have an open dialogue and treat the school district like a neighbor,” Tayer said. “What we’re seeking is for people to understand their interactions while driving, to be patient, to be thoughtful and come and go with ease.” “They decided to start with spreading awareness that we are their neighbors, and we should start treating them with respect,” Nguyen said. “If people learn more about the situation, they will start behaving differently.” Ludlow residents received a $1,000 Neighborhood Spark Grant from the City of Boulder to utilize in the project. The committee considered a variety of approaches to reach out to the student body, including putting fliers about the project on the cars parked on Ludlow and a day of recognition for students that are displaying courtesy on the street. They have also been working on a meet-and-greet for the neighbors and the students to connect and share their views on the issue. “First of all, we’re trying to figure out ways to spread that the things [the students] are doing on Ludlow aren’t right, but we’re also trying to stimulate a positive reaction instead of punishing them,” Zhang said. According to the committee, students like to spend time on Ludlow because they feel they are hidden from the Fair3/16
view administration. The neighbors worry that students trespassing into backyards to smoke marijuana might have more than legal consequences. Some of the residents have children that have seen Fairview students engage in such behavior and may have been influenced by their actions. “The behavior that the students have exhibited that caused this, I am appalled by,” Nieb said.“The character that I see from the students working to make this improvement, I am amazed by.” The committee is encouraging students who want to get involved to walk around the Ludlow neighborhood and pick up the littered trash from yards and sidewalks as a way of taking responsibility for the way the Fairview student body is viewed. “I like to think that the Fairview students are very nice and respectful people,” Wurman said. “We’re trying to bring some awareness to respecting all neighborhoods in general. Even if somebody isn’t looking directly at you, it’s a privilege to park in these areas. It’s important for us to realize we are part of a community.”
Like a good neighbor, Fairview is there.
KINDNESS FOR A JOB
by Ben Gelderlooos // @Gelderloos_RoyalBanner
Photos by Cormac Dowling
With a scruffy beard and a coat that reads “SECURITY,” one would not expect Jeff Jones’ job to be distributing kindness. When he comes into a classroom people giggle, “ooh someone’s in trouble.” He is seen as an iron hand of discipline, a strong presence at the school, but nevertheless, as he walks the halls, he tries to make the school a kinder place. “It’s not like it’s a life threatening or end -of-the-world kind of deal,” Jones said on the nature of his job. “To be able able to help [students] and alleviate their tension about what’s ahead in the future, even if
“To be able to help [students]... even if it’s short term, that’s an act of kindness.”
it’s short term, that’s an act of kindness.” After over twenty five years in BVSD security, Jones has distributed more than a few acts of kindness. One winter, he helped car after car in the senior parking lot restart in a snowstorm to get kids home safely. Just this year, he went out of his way to free a kid’s bike from another lock so he could get to a recital on time. But acts like these are not nearly as important to Jones as the small things. “There are probably about a hundred kids that I just simply speak to every day,”
he said. “Those are the same kids that come to me when they have an issue in the school. Those random acts of kindness, with those kids, help me to do my job better.”
“Random acts of kindness [...] help me do my job better.”
However, smiles and hellos do not always accomplish everything his job entails. Sometimes, caring for another person can mean being a little tough. “An act of kindness could also mean that when I see a student that has not been going to class, like he or she should, then I intervene and help them get to class,” he said. The caretaking that Jones exhibits does not always represent the full extent of his job. While gruff and smiles can coexist, in recent years, Jones’s mantra of “security is discipline” has been misunderstood by students, parents and teachers. Jones shows a level of care with his work that he believes should be replicated by students at the school. Perhaps in a world of kindness, he would have no job to do at all. “There are things that you need to follow in order to build good character,” said Jones. From a smile and a hello in the hall, to a 4/16
stern talking to, Jones employs every device he can to make people in this school successful, but he cannot do this alone. “Well, I can tell you this,” Jones said. “We need more acts of kindness.”
“We need more acts of kindness.”
Fairview Pine Ridge Connection was started two years ago by Anurag Golla and Julian Drieman, with guidance from counselor Matt Mowen. The group has since developed into a staple part of Fairview’s community, putting together projects and fundraisers throughout years. But the club is much more than just asking for donations. The students and teachers have made the five hour drive up to Pine Ridge Reservation in North Dakota, as well as host citizens of that community here in Boulder, to establish connections, offer support, and learn. Kindness and understanding is a critical component of not only the club, but the relationships that are made between the people in our community and theirs. While staying on the reservation, the group including the Fairview Pine Ridge Connections Members, tribe elders, and citizens of the community get into a large circle to discuss. “We got in this big circle to make it so we are all equal, we are all connected, we are all brothers and sisters. Mitakuye oyasin,” said junior Ella Walsh. The phrase mitakuye oyasin in the Lakhota language means “we are all related.”It is used constantly in the Lakhota community to remind each other of their bonds in everyday life.
MITAKE OYASIN by Molly Box // @fhsroyalbanner
The community at Pine Ridge Reservation is certainly unlike our local society. It is the poorest reservation in the United States, alcohol and drug use is at 80% as of 2014, the adolescent suicide rate is at four times the national average, and the school dropout rate is 70%. “In our own country, five hours away, there is a place where they could use a lot of help and a place where our country hasn’t always done the right thing by but now we still have a chance to do the right thing and make connections and be kind to each other,” said Matt Mowen, counselor and member of the Pine Ridge Connections Club. One of the club’s main goals is to create secure and protected relations with the community at Pine Ridge. It hasn’t been easy, and the relationships being established took time and effort. “There’s still a lot of mistrust up there about Anglo people coming up there and doing things,” said Matt Mowen, “so when we say we’re going to do something, we
Photo courtesy of Matthew Mowen of students who went to Pine Ridge Reservation last spring
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have to follow through. We can’t break promises or commitments.” Fairview Pine Ridge Connections is a dynamic and illustrious group people actively showing kindness in huge ways, forming bonds between two communities that teaches us that borders, distance, race, or class can never get in the way of kindness. “This is all about helping your fellow person, taking care of each other,” said Mowen.
Pine Ridge Reservation, North Dakota
28,700 Area: 3,469 mi² Unemployment: 80% Population:
NOT NOTUNNOTICED UNNOTICED by Kyra Walsh // @kyrawRB By: Kyra Walsh //@kyrawRB
Photo of Lily Gallagher by Kyra Walsh
Looking up at the mirror, sophomore Lily Gallagher found herself suddenly grinning, and her once crummy day turned in a different direction. She was in the restroom Monday November 9th, when she read the random notes taped to the mirror. The pieces of paper had adorable pictures of puppies and kittens, and the passages contained uplifting and inspiring messages.These notes were written by an unknown student and were an act of kindness that definitely won’t go unnoticed. “Reading the notes boosted my attitude and made me feel a little bit more hopeful for the rest of the day,” said Gallagher. Gallagher felt the purpose of these ran-
“Reading the notes boosted my attitude and made me feel a little bit more hopeful for the rest of the day.” dom notes was to remind people that there is still kindness in the world and to make an effort to stay positive no matter the circumstances. In addition, taking time to think about someone other than yourself can go along way and make a sizable impact on other people. “If you are feeling overwhelmed, remember there is always goodness. It will be alright,” the anonymous student wrote in one of the three notes.
Each note had a separate meaning and an important message that should be taken to heart. If one were to be lucky enough to come across these humorous jokes and kind words, they would surely brighten their day. The last note stated, “Now is an especially challenging time for unification of people considering recent events, but no matter what your views are be kind and understanding to everyone.” In light of the recent presidential election, where some students believe that the president elect ran on a platform of hate, some controversy has occurred in the school. These acts of kindness are essential for the wellbeing of the community. Fairview has a wide variety of students with different opinions and views, and it is important to respect and be kind to everyone even, if they disagree with you. Gallagher also commented that “Some kids have a harder time at school or at home, and it can be challenging to look at the positive side of things, so little acts of kindness like these are really helpful to some.” Fairview High School is a community all on its own, and for it to thrive kindness is crucial. It is unclear who took the time to write and post these random yet positive notes but they are much appreciated and truly served their purpose to improve someone’s day. If every student dedicated a small increment of time out of their day to random acts of kindness just imagine how wonderful the Fairview community could be!
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DEAR SANTA... by Grace Hedlund // @gracehRB
Photo of Darrell Billington by Cormac Dowling
Every December, when history teacher Darrell Billington isn’t walking his puppies, teaching a class or caring for his children, he volunteers for “Dear Santa” to benefit the Pine Ridge Native American Reservation in South Dakota. “Native American life today is really different,” Billington said. “[The Pine Ridge Reservation] is in an economically de-
“Native American life today is really different, [The Pine Ridge Reservation] is in an economically depressed area plagued with a lot of hopelessness.” pressed area plagued with a lot of hopelessness.” Billington ran Student Council in previous years and helped coordinate the partnership between Student Council and the Cheyenne Pine River Youth Project. Through this organization, Student Council supports the Pine Ridge Reservation by taking part in “Dear Santa” Letters every December. Student Council and National Honor
Society manned a “Dear Santa” booth on the bricks from November 28th to December 2nd and encouraged students to buy gifts for a Pine Ridge child. The children from the Pine Ridge Reservation write letters to “Santa,” and Fairview students buy the requested presents that are later trucked to South Dakota. On Christmas day, the Pine Ridge children wake up to find gifts from “Santa.” “Giving kids a Christmas and some hope is pretty awesome,” Billington said. He donates presents for three children to honor his mother, and encourages his
Reservation has an average life expectancy of fifty years, and ninety- seven percent live below the federal poverty line. “Because that community doesn’t have a lot of resources to get help, we should really pay attention to the severity of their problems. I think we need to do more, I don’t think we do enough,” Billington said. Billington serves as a role model for his students, children and colleagues to help comunities in need, to have others’ interests at heart and to spread the act of kindess. “It’s just a good thing to do,” he said.
Volunteers man the Dear Santa Booth Photo by Kyra Walsh
own kids to participate as well. “My mom passed, so I always take three 3-year-olds, which is her favorite number, and I make my children take a kid that’s their age,” he said. According to the American Indian Humanitarian Foundation, the Pine Ridge 7/16
KINDNESS FROM AFAR by Anya Aidun
Photo by Noah Finer
Junior Liana Keer-Layton was six-yearsold when an old woman approached her and handed her a bouquet of flowers. She was on a trip to Ireland with her family, and the stranger’s act of kindness is still vivid in her memory. “She said she just wanted to give them to me because I was cute, and I carried them around with me all day,” Keer-Layton said.
“After that, I just carried that memory around for the rest of my life.” This shows how the small acts result in big changes that define our characters through our outward expression of kindness. Keer-Layton expressed how much
this brightened her day so many years ago. “After that, I just carried that memory around for the rest of my life,” Keer-Layton said. Kindness is something that can take form in big gestures, but has a beauty found in small moments like this one. Keer-Layton said how this small event has made an impression on her definition of kindness. “I think it showed me from a young age that people can be kind,” Keer-Layton said. “You don’t have to know them. I was in a different country, we were different age groups, and still she was just so kind.”
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Keer-Layton continually emphasizes just how out of the blue this act was all the way in Ireland. Age, ethnicity, language and beliefs are all things that make people different and unique, and can sometimes cause isolation. But kindness is a language of its own. “I try to be nice to everyone,” Keer Layton said. “I think that random acts of kindness can really brighten someone’s day.”
“Alright, alright, so it all started back in the Ye Olde Second Grade. Ten Years ago, we actually had our ten year anniversary of being friends. We don’t know the actual day, so we kinda made one up,” said senior Olivia Murphy-Welconish. For many friends, the first meeting could be through meeting friends of friends, or simply realizing you have something in common with someone else. Some friendships can last months, years, or even decades. “We celebrated November 6th, we went to Chipotle and we kinda brought our parents, and our siblings, and drank sparkling Izzy out of little champagne glasses and celebrated,” Murphy-Welconish said. For Murphy-Welconish and senior Ella McConnell, their friendship has forever changed their lives. “But of course we’re gonna go on a different date.” “Yup.” “More Classy.” “Mhm.” For these two seniors, the story started one evening at a parent-teacher conference in second grade.
TEN YEARS LATER by Cameron Walsh
“I forgot something in my class because the conferences were held in a hallway outside of the room. And I notice in this little room, next to my little table/desk with my name tag is somebody else’s name tag, and I’m like, who the heck is ‘Ei-la. So I go and see Mrs. Evans and I ask ‘Who’s Ei-la’ and my teacher responds and tells me ‘Well, Ella is coming to join our class and I was hoping you’d show her around and be her friend,”’ Murphy-Welconish said. “The next day Ella showed up and I was in charge of showing her around. From that day forward I read to Ella and I wrote to her,” she said. From teaching something as simple as language, these two people have formed an incredible bond. “Because I couldn’t speak English, I had
Photo of McConnell (left) and Murphy-Welconish (right) by Cameron Walsh
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to relearn how to read and write because I could only speak French,” McConnell said. “I was terrified because it was a new school, and a new country. I couldn’t comprehend any of that because I was seven,” McConnell said. “And on my first day I had to go in front of the class and I had to speak to everybody and I hated it. And when I met Olivia, everything was great and nice.” It could be the stranger sitting next to you as you read this piece, it could be a person you might end up bumping into in the halls, or a student from an entirely different country. “So basically our friendship was forced, but it stayed!” McConnell said.
FRIENDS AT FIRST GLANCE
“We totally geek out, I’m not gonna lie”
by Patrick Stachniak // @patrickstachniakrb Junior Aziz Safi joined Knight Crew last year to help out the freshman, as well as for the “good feeling that comes from helping out another person.” He takes his position of leadership and responsibility seriously, as he does legitimately want to help. According to Junior Lucas Keifer, this year there have been Knight Crew members who have helped other students dump food on unsuspecting freshmen walking back from King Soopers. Amid these poor examples of role models stands Safi, who neither drinks nor does drugs, nor does he assault freshmen with food. In fact, Safi has gone above and beyond the call of duty for Knight Crew leaders, becoming a friend and mentor to freshman John Nassif. Nassif is French teacher Laurette Nassif ’s son. He says that he loves Fairview and hasn’t experienced
any difficulties this school year. Safi said, “He’s so nice, I don’t really think anyone would make fun of him.” Safi was one of Nassif ’s Knight Crew leaders, and met him on the first day of school. Nassif said he was nervous about “meeting friends, and just going to a new school. Normal stuff.” Nassif lost his father just before the start of the year, but says he’s still doing alright. “It’s hard, but the teachers help. I understand what they’re saying and they help me with homework,” said Nassif. “Aziz has helped me with math problems, and he actually teaches me.” Safi was sitting next to him. “He’s got to learn it himself, I can’t just give him all the answers,” Safi said. “But that’s only if I actually know how to do it.” Nassif laughed. “Yeah, sometimes he doesn’t even know how to do it,” he said.
Photo by Patrick Stachniak // Aziz(left) John(right) 10/16
Both Safi and Nassif consider themselves friends. “It was just like friendship at first sight,” said Safi. “Knight Crew really did bring us together.” Safi talked about what they do together: “We totally geek out, I’m not gonna lie. We both play Clash Royale and Clash of Clans. Keep that on the down low, though.” Oops. Safi and Nassif still hang out during 5th period and Freshman Seminar, where they “geek out” and chill like normal friends would. Safi and Nassif ’s friendship can be a nice reminder of how much good just one person can do when put into a leadership role. The Knight Crew is one of the best programs here at Fairview, not only because they are here to help, but because they actually care, too.
A ROCKIN’ FRIENDSHIP
by Noah Finer // @rbnoahfiner
Photo of Zachary Stern by Cormac Dowling
Usually, lunch for senior Zachary Stern is a normal one, but sometimes, he likes to have fun and dance to rock music, getting out of the academic mindset. Though Stern dances alone a lot of the time, junior Taryn Weltzin sometimes decides to join him with dancing in the Student Center. “I think a few people will come up and talk to him but not a lot of people will dance,” said Weltzin. Weltzin has no idea how much Stern enjoys dancing with her, yet assumes the best and does it anyways. “I enjoy it, and I think he enjoys it, so I think [the fun is] pretty mutual,” said Weltzin.
“Whenever I see him I want to see him smile.”
“It just kind of happens,” said Weltzin. Weltzin’s friendship is one of many for Stern, who likes making numerous friends, all with numerous different personalities. “We’re [all] unique,” said Stern. Stern himself enjoys dancing both alone and with a partner during lunch. When asked which one he prefers, he answered “I think all of the above.” Whenever Weltzin decides to join Stern’s dancing, she does so as an effort make his day better. “Whenever I see him I want to see him smile,” said Weltzin. Stern greatly enjoys his friendship with her, along with all of his other friends, making his experience at Fairview even
Weltzin has known Stern since her freshman year at Fairview and sometimes eats with Zach during her lunch period. But whenever she does so, Zach brings a lot of joy to her. “He’s fun for me to go and talk with and hang out with,” said Weltzin. Their dancing isn’t a daily occurrence, and sometimes doesn’t happen for long periods of time. There’s no way for Weltzin to predict when the next dancing session or will occur.
better. “It’s awesome,” said Stern.
“He’s always a happy person and I think the world needs that.” Weltzin takes a great amount of joy from Stern and thinks that he is a great friend to her. “He’s always a happy person and I think the world needs that,” said Weltzin.
Photo of Taryn Weltzin by Cormac Dowling
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THE KINDNESS EFFECT
by Emma O’Leary
While sophomore Jasmin Herrera may seem like another ordinary student to the strangers she passes in the hall, little do they know that she went through a very difficult time in her life not long ago. Herrera was bullied. For much of her life, students did--and still do-pick on Herrera. Because she looked like a boy. Because of her body weight. Because she is different. The bullies’ cruel remarks made school a hostile place for Herrera, and she told her parents that she didn’t want to attend her classes because of the
harassment. However, Herrera was able to get through those difficult years of her life by leaning on her kind and supportive friends. “They told the bullies to stop picking on me because I was different than them,” she said. Herrera’s friends saw that she was in need of support and did not hesitate to stand up for her, making a huge impact on Herrera’s life. “Their kindness changed my life because if I didn’t have friends in the first place, I wouldn’t be here, and I
wouldn’t be at school at all because I would ditch school and never come back,” Herrera said. Sadly, the bullying has only lessened, not completely ceased. “I’m just hearing things that I shouldn’t be hearing, but I ignore it,” she said, adding that she ignores it because she doesn’t care about the bullies. Herrera’s friends have not left her side, and still lend their time to her whenever she needs to open up about a mean comment she heard whispered behind cupped hands in the hall. Her friends’ acts of kindness have encouraged Herrera to do the same for one of her younger brothers. Like Herrera, her brother has experienced bullying. This similarity has led them to have a special relationship. Herrera, a supportive sister, became her brother’s mentor. She said to him, “I’m going to help you along the way. I’m going to help you stick up for yourself so you can make friends like I did.”
Photo by Cormac Dowling 12/16
A HELPING HAND
by Chloe Cope // @Cope_RoyalBanner
Angela Zhou’s piece on conformity: “Follow the Leader”
Though senior Angela Zhou usually Googles an image to use as reference for her artwork, a small act of kindness while she was working on a piece at the Fringe Festival led her on a different path, helping to elevate her artwork and give it a more personal connection. Zhou has won awards for her artwork in the past, including the Scholastic Gold Key, a program in which students submit artwork in hopes of winning recognition and scholarships. Zhou’s winning piece was featured at the Denver Art Museum. At the Fringe Festival, Zhou was working on a piece about conformity, in which many hands are reaching out in one direction. “I normally use photographic reference for my artwork,” she said. “But [a] student came up to me [at the Fringe Festival] and said ‘Hey, that looks really cool. You should draw my hand.’” Zhou agreed to use the student’s hand as a model, which then inspired her to use her own hands, as well as the hands of friends. She also asked security guard Ronn Saleem to model his hands for her piece. “It was definitely a much more collaborative project than I anticipated. Going into it, I wasn’t sure where I would get my hand models from, so it was definite-
ly very helpful to have a variety of hand models model their hands for me,” Zhou said. That small moment of kindness added another level of depth to Zhou’s artwork and made it more meaningful to her, something that would not have happened had she used a random picture from the internet. “I think that there’s a certain level of disconnect when you draw something that’s not personal to you,” Zhou said. “But when it’s the people that you know, and the people that you see everyday, it sort of brings the artwork closer to you, which is what happened to me.” Zhou said that these small gestures, while seemingly insignificant, are very
said. “I think that, as much as you can, you should give to other people and perform those acts of kindness to make people’s days just a little bit brighter.” “It was such a small thing,” she added. “But it really made a difference in my artwork and for me.”
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Angela Zhou, “The Earth Within”
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