Jersey Village High School 7600 Solomon Houston, Texas 77040
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Volume 44 Issue 1 November 2015
PROMOTION TIME
Yearbook tries to increase sales with sweet treats
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yearbook, we want them to remember the good times and be encouraged to buy a yearbook.” Christine Le, Falcon co-editior
Featured Stories
YEARBOOK PROMOTION BOX. Trying to gain the attention of the students in the Commons Fabi Rodriguez, junior, becomes a live yearbook to pass out ordering flyers. Photo by Juan Torres
To increase sales of the school yearbook, the Falcon yearbook staff participated in a National Yearbook Week competition and won a staff party from their printer, Balfour Publishing. The staff had a lineup of various activities, ranging from chalk messages in the front courtyard, holding up a banners by the buses and walking through the Commons dressed as yearbooks along with various social media networking. The yearbook staff used sweet treats, like Dum-Dums, Sweet Tarts, and Smarties to get the students’ attention and let them know how to order a yearbook at the sales website. “We aim to promote the yearbook and increase sales. Our goal is to make activities enjoyable in order for students to want to see our completed work,” Damaris DeLeon, Falcon coeditor said. “We will continue to push promotions throughout the school year by catching the attention of students and leaving them with good memories,” DeLeon said.
West Side Story Page 2
Artist Creations Pages 4, 5
Miles from Home Page 11
Falcons on the Field Page 13
Fishing nets $20,000 scholarship Damaris DeLeon Contributing Writer
Change affects seniors Cade Schaudel Staff Reporter College and Career adviser CJ Anderson has accepted the role of assistant principal at Bleyl Middle School and the position will now be held by Eric Hernandez, former seventh grade history teacher from Cook Middle School. “Since my second year of teaching, I’ve wanted to have a larger impact on schools and students and I believe I can do that as
an AP,” Anderson said. But the change in office has made some students anxious about their college plans. “I’m really disappointed Mr. Anderson left, he was really good and helped everyone out a lot,” Isaac Soliz, senior, said. Hernandez will use his teaching skills to help students pave the way to planning their career and college plans and scholarship applications and opportunities.
The smell of saltwater covered the area as the contestants focused on the task at hand, all competing for the chance to win $20,000 in scholarship money. Among the 11- to 17-year-olds from different areas of Texas was Tyler Gully, sophomore, who was awarded the scholarship money from the CCA Texas Star Tournament, which took place along the Texas coast from May 23-Sept. 7. Gully began fishing at an early age, but did not make the transition to saltwater fishing until the age of 11. He quickly began to enjoy fishing as a sport, and would even attend competitions his father competed in. “I saw my dad winning all these tournaments, so in the summer of 2014 I began to get serious about it. I began participating in fishing tournaments, and I even won a few,” Gully said.
Gully, like most high school students, is haunted by the thought of future college expenses. So naturally, when the chance to win a great amount of scholarship money presented itself, Gully signed up to compete. “I never realized how great of an opportunity I had until this summer. I won the scholarship and about six other tournaments, which all had a cash prize,” Gully said. Gully has collected a total of $35,000, which he hopes to use to buy a car and to cover college expenses. Gully plans on continuing his saltwater fishing career, and hopes to accumulate more scholarship money by the end of high school to secure his college plans. “Tyler has taken the skill and patience that I taught him and adapted his own style and flair that contributed to him catching the winning fish. Fishing in this
tournament is something our family does together, so it was very enjoyable fishing with Tyler this summer. I am very proud of my son,” Patrick Gully, Tyler’s father, said.
NO FISH STORY. With the winning speckled trout that he caught in the CCA Texas Star Tournament, Tyler Gully, sophomore, also captured a $20,000 scholarship. Photo furnished by Gully family