The Bolt (Sept. 2012)

THE BOLT VOLUME 13, ISSUE 1 SEPT. 27, 2012

New Faces,

New Year

State of the School...Page 2

2 SCHOOL LIFE

FRESH FACES ON CAMPUS 8 new teachers join faculty

By Erika Lynn-Green STaff Writer Eleven new faculty members were hired this fall semester, the most since founding. The Science, History, and English Depts. added teachers and students gained a School Counselor. Nine hold advanced degrees and some joined the faculty the week school started!

The History Dept. expanded this year with new course offerings such as AP and Modern World, and also filled vacancies left by Nickole Sharp, James Fraser and Joe Rice.

Stephen Schumacher elevates the school’s Model United Nations team, where students “work on public speaking and fine-tune their knowledge about the world”. Schumacher experienced international relations firsthand while living in China for two years. He teaches International Relations and AP World History.

Jenna Ridgway plans to integrate primary documents and involve students in “ongoing historical debates”. Before her graduate work at UCSD, she lived and taught English in South Korea for a year. Ridgway teaches Patterns of Civilization and U.S. History.

Dominic Campeau also comes to Sage teaching Patterns of

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Civilization and U.S. History , with 12 years of teaching experience in Florida. Before working as a teacher, Campeau played baseball on the Canadian National Team and in the minor leagues. He feels “privileged to work here”.

Mindy Aguirre is also “excited” to be at Sage. Her background is with the Anti-Defamation League in San Francisco, where she began

James Fraser

By Tiana Lowe STaff Writer By the end of this month and after a 3,000 mile car trip, James Fraser will trade in his life as a history teacher in Newport Coast to begin flight training for the U.S. Navy in Newport, Rhode Island.

This monumental decision to change course can be traced back to his childhood.

Fraser recalled being into “Top Gun, planes, trains, machines and all of that sort” since he was young.

But when did his childhood fantasies morph into actual patriotic ambitions?

“The seeds were sown with 9/11,” he revealed on one of his last days in the O.C. sun. “I came from England when I was four and prior to 9/11, I thought of England as my homeland. But after seeing American patriotism, I began to feel more na-

Photo Courtesy of Janis Jin

the Freshman Retreat. New teachers including Dominic Campeau, History Dept., and Rachel Dunham, Science Dept., also enjoyed the retreat as new faculty members.

In the Navy

tionalistic.”

Understanding that he had been afforded unusual privileges, Fraser’s desire to serve his country evolved. While family issues kept him “grounded,” he channeled his patriotism by becoming active during the 2008 election on his Loyola University college campus. He then began training to enlist as a pilot in the Navy, using his grandfather, who had been in the Royal Air Force, as inspiration.

After a faulty medical test originally disqualified him from service, Fraser joined the Sage community. “Sage is really where I learned the meaning of service; the first job where I’ve felt accomplished.” Ultimately, this desire to serve trumped all: Fraser fought the Navy’s verdict, and seven months later, he was accepted into their flight training program.

“I really was torn,” he said, “but in the end, it was something I had to do.”

“diversity initiatives” on school campuses; she is involved with Student Council and Sage Advocates of Multiculturalism for Everyone (SAME).

However, teaching is her passion and so she returns to the classroom with Patterns of Civilization and Modern World.

Due to the Science Dept.’s expanded physics offerings, two new science teachers were hired this year.

Jackie O. Smith, originally a math teacher, “crossed over to the dark side”, into science, and now teaches AP Physics B and Geometry.

Smith has taught all ages in four different states. She added her physics degree in Texas, where she also acquired credentials in biology, chemistry, astrology, and geology.

Rachel Dunham majored in physics for a year before switching to geology. After working for the U.S. Geological Survey, she pursued her master’s degree and published her thesis. An accomplished cellist and singer with a degree in music, Dunham hopes to work with the choral program.

Teaching English II and English III, Clayton Hatfield “never thought [he] would be a teacher” while he was growing up. However, after teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, he transitioned to English, where he established his love of plays.

Felicia McCulloch, new parttime school counselor, comes from the Huntington Beach Union High School district. Although she interned with all ages, McCulloch loves counseling adolescents because of “how engaging [that] age group is,” with “interesting questions and topics they’d like to discuss”.

Convocation: Mr. McNeill

By Joy Chang STaff Writer Twelve years and counting, Sage Hill School has come a long way.

Head of School Gordon McNeill speaks this evening at Back-toSchool Night, looking back on accomplishments and forward to what the future has in store.

His talk emphasizes that the community should “have pride in Sage Hill, the best school in Orange County.”

With record enrollment at 466 students, an attrition rate of 2.6% and an expanding curriculum, according to McNeill, Sage is also “redefining the classroom, ” by creating new opportunities for students with Spring at Sage and Summer at Sage programs.

McNeill believes the growing academic offerings, both rigorous and engaging, push students to

go further and achieve more. Sage has had 57 National Merit Scholars in past years and its students attend elite colleges, including USC, NYU and Stanford.

Sage is a remarkable independent school, McNeill says. Last year the California Association of Independent Schools and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges awarded the school a full six-year accreditation.

McNeill does acknowledge that a recent parent-student survey defined areas needing improvement, which are being readily responded to. These changes make Sage a better place to be, he says, somewhere students and parents are able to trust and learn.

“As we step into the future, one day at a time, Sage is starting to think about the future of science and a new building, the growth of endowment, and the best faculty in the world,” McNeill plans to tell the student-parent audience.

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s minors, or at times “rotten teenagers,” we have all surely felt at least once that society is out to get us. We wait a whopping sixteen years to receive that prized drivers license, another two years for voting rights, and we hear three times a day that we must be 18 or older to order.

Sure, lawmakers probably spent hours arriving at the smartest consensus and did so only with our and others’ utmost safety in mind. Yet all these limitations pile up, and we cannot help but feel restricted behind invisible bars.

However, a California code exists that gives us students a right that the Founding Fathers valued and even listed as #1 in their constitutional amendments--the freedom of speech and of the press.

The California Education Code 48907, more commonly known as Ed Code 48907, grants high school newspapers both the same rights and responsibilities as professional papers.

Under the code, school papers in the state may freely publish all content they desire with only a few exceptions,

Political Cartoon by Doreen Yedwab ‘11

including “obscene, libelous, or slanderous” expression and material that may disrupt the school’s operation. The code gives us, all of us, a public voice.

As Sage Hill School’s student-run newspaper, The Bolt aspires to take advantage of this open forum for expression while maintaining a mature disposition, accurate information, respect for every side of the story, and the unique personalities of Sage.

We strive to consistently

deliver well-informed, diverse, and interesting news in order to aptly serve as yet another tool that may bind our school together with that beloved sense of community.

Now that you know that the whole state of California is behind you, don’t be afraid to let your own voice be heard! We encourage you to write an article, express your opinion, and share something you are passionate about.

Seniors in the Sunlight

By Jase Broderick Guest Writer

Sitting on the steps in Wilkins Town Square, the sun slowly rises up during announcements. Students are seated on the ledges and separated by grade and advisory. Gone are the days of gym seating and hiding behind the edge of town square with my friends.

The change does nothing but ruin my town meeting experience.

Town square does not need the same rigorous seating

arrangements that the gym does; town square is supposed to be free and open, which this seating arrangement does not accomplish.

The mere act of town meeting leads to a sense of community, and the new, uncomfortable seating arrangement contradicts that experience.

It is annoying that I now have to sit on the steps for the rest of the year knowing that juniors and freshmen get to have the ledges where they can sit up straight and rest their backs in the shade. It also means that every Monday, the sun gradually rises

until it is glaring right into my eye, while sophomores get the shade.

If the faculty loves the new arrangement, I want to propose a system that is equal to all grades.

Every month for grade level competitions, grades should be able to compete for where they sit. hance the competitions, as they will have something tangible to compete for. Competitions for seating will boost class morale and create that same sense of community.

6 ARTS & LIFESTYLE

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Robinson Outlines New Programs

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7 SPORTS

Jabara’s Dedicate Ramer Field

Courtney Conlogue: US Open

By Jocelyn Marino STaff Writer

PHOTO COURTESY OF HAWKEN MILLER

The Jabara Family cuts the ribbon signifying the official dedication of the new Jabara Athletic complexas an addition Ramer Field, as athletic directors Megan Cid and JR Tolver happily watch.

By Hawken Miller STaff Writer This school year marked the christening of the new track and field complex as well as the dedication of Ramer field to the Jabara Family.

After Madison Jabara sprained her ankle on the field because of the field’s natural aging, the Jabaras were motivated to help fund the construction of a new track and field to the Sage Hill campus.

By the beginning of this past summer, the field had begun its transformation to a new track and artificial turf field for the football, lacrosse, track and field, and soccer.

The dedication ceremony began with a concise speech regarding the combined efforts of the school and the Jabara family.

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were presented with jerseys to signify the cooperation between the family and Sage Hill, beginning with a jersey for Mr. and Mrs. Jabara, a soccer jersey for their daughter, and finally a lacrosse jersey for their son.

After a few words from Head of School Gordon McNeill, Mr. and Mrs. Jabara, and the Ramer’s, the family who dedicated the field in the early development of the school and who now pass on the legacy to the students, athletes, staff, teachers, and coaches of future years with the new Jabara athletic complex, the green ribbon was cut officially signifying a new look of Sage Hill for many generations to come.

Athletes of Sage Hill will truly play their hearts out in celebration of the opportunity that a great new field presents. “Donating the turf field was a decision that my par-

ents and I thought would contribute to the Sage Hill community in a huge way,” explains Madison Jabara.

Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. the varsity football team travels to Occidental College to play Flintridge Prep after losing its first five games.

Some of the season highlights include runningback Joe Melida’s 240 yard game against Capistrano Valley Chritian in the third week of the football season. Joe plays a vital role in the offense.

Sophomore quarterback CJ McCord has also contributed to the team with his accurate passing. Unfortunately, he broke his elbow in the second game this season. He will be back this week to light up the field again.

JR always believes that the team should care not just about the scoreboard, but moreso, the team’s response after a game.

SCOREBOARD

UPCOMING EVENTS VOLLEYBALL- Friday 9/28 5:30 p.m. vs. Crean Lutheran FOOTBALL-

Saturday 9/29 1 p.m. vs. Flintridge Prep

GOLF-

Monday 10/1 3 p.m. vs. St. Margaret’s

TENNIS-

Saturday 9/29 10 a.m @ The Tennis Club

Sage Hill alumni Courtney Conlogue ‘10, was a part of the annual US Open of Surfing once again! In 2010, Conlogue endeavored herself to assuring herself a spot on the ASP (Association of Surfing Professionals) Women’s World tour, and she successfully achieved that goal.

This made her the only female to rise from the US to an elite rank.

The 2012 Nike US Open of Surfing is the biggest surfing competition in North America and more than 100,000 people attend. Conlogue was the US Open of Surfing Champion in 2009, and she definitely exhibited her talent this summer as well.

“I was pretty nervous before this event for some reason,” Conlogue said. “I think I was trying to aim too much for perfection and not focusing on the basics, which is what I’ve been training so hard for and working on.”

Although she said she was initially nervous during the event, it did not show at all in her heats. She prevailed and won her first two heats and advanced to quarterfinals.

Conlogue said “I just calmed down and realized it’s just another World Tour event and to do what I’ve been practicing.”

She finished strong as ever, in 5th place in the ASP Women’s rating after the event.

Conlogue felt extremely proud of where she ended and made us proud too!

VOLLEYBALL- 9/22 vs. Redondo Union: 21-25, 17-25 L 9/22 vs. Los Osos: 25-20, 25-22 W

FOOTBALL-

9/14 vs. Mission Prep: 0-52 L 9/22 vs. Bishop’s: 13-48 L

WATERPOLO- 9/19 vs. Westminister: 18-14 W 9/25 vs. Oceanview: 7-16 L

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QUESTION

OF THE MONTH:

W H E R E D I D YO U G O O V E R T H E S U M M E R?

Zimbabwe (1) Hawaii(3)

Kenya (1) China (1) Spain (1)

South Korea (1)

New York (5) Russia (3) London (3)

ACROSS 1. Doesn’t prove congruence 4. Ms. Wohrle 8. Spring show “One ____” 12. Urgent request 13. Wrinkle remover 14. Drivel 16. ____ and dance 17. Eat 18. Prom, e.g.

19. Did a blacksmith’s job 21. Main idea 23. Sage’s former Laker girl 24. It paves the way 25. Magliarditi or Zhang 27. 6th sense 29. Alex or Danielle 30. Question 31. Land of stars and stripes 34. _____ at Sage 37. Compassion 38. Groupie 39. Hold on 40. “Losing My Religion”

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group 41. Prefix for many 42. Matterhorn, e.g.

43. Average 45. Afternoon nap 47. Buzzer 48. Cereal grain 49. Grant or Grayson 50. Trig. function 51. Lineman Jack 52. Recipe amt.

55. Poker action 58. Ball material 60. The final frontier 62. Assumed name 64. Border 66. Symphony member 67. Prize money 68. Competent 69. ____ Patch Kids 70. Schooner part 71. Cheat, in a way 72. Little one

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DOWN 1. Island greeting 2. ____ Izurieta 3. OC’s best high school 4. Girls’ athletic director 5. Intersection of the axes 6. Ellipse or hyperbola 7. Aces, sometimes 8. Total 9. Muscle contraction 10. Color quality 11. Punch 12. Noise for beckoning 15. Hula hoop?

20. Poff ’s job 22. Each chapter has one 26. 18-wheeler 28. Shade of blue 29. Emergency ___ 30. Ready, _____, Fire!

31. Alien vehicles 32. NaCl 33. Garbuzov or Manolakas 34. Wipe

35. Not too bright 36. Ready to eat 37. Ballpoint, e.g.

40. Resident of the porta-

X ORR Y? Puzzle by Elizabeth Orr, mathematics faculty

bles

41. Hard throw, in dodgeball 43. Farm call 44. Effortless 45. Amniotic ___ 46. Squid’s squirts 49. Electronic book 50. ____ of 2013!

51. Pay off 52. It’s a no-no 53. Cub or eagle 54. Classmate 55. Goes with the gown 56. Sage grad.

57. Italian money 59. Quickly, in memos 61. Announce on Facebook 63. Integers, e.g.

65. “Yikes!”

QUOTES:

“... into the

universe.”

- Kent Kawaguchi (‘13), Stu-Co President, Convocation Speech, Aug 29

“Sage is an incrediby accepting and amazing place. Make the most of it!”

- Ryan Fischel (‘13) Towm Meeting, Sept 17

“When’s the next school dance?

Yesterday was awesome.”

- Anonyomous (‘16) after Back to School Dance, 25 Sept 2012