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Putting physical health on the backburner and dealing with a lack of sleep, having poor nutrition and not consistently exercising are experiences not uncommon to today’s teenagers. Medical services manager at Comprehensive Life Resources Allison Kendziora, explains why it is common for teens to forget about their physical health. “It is easy to get sucked into a game or texting or some sort of activity on your phone or the computer and… not remembering that there’s a world outside of that and joining it,” Kendziora said. School nurse Jennifer Schafer also shares the importance of getting up and moving. “Even if it is walking 20 minutes a day [it] is just healthy inside and out for you,” Schafer said. Getting enough sleep is another important aspect of physical health, says Kendziora. “I know [for] my niece, that was one thing. She would stay up until the wee hours making sure she got all of her papers and everything done and then not getting enough sleep and then that just kicked her butt,” Kendziora said. Ideally, teenagers should aim to get eight to 10 hours of sleep a night, Kendziora says. Matt White, AP Psychology and AP Government teacher at PHS, explains why getting enough sleep is crucial for students. “Your brain encodes memory, myelinates pathways and basically organizes what you learned during the day while you are sleeping. The less you sleep, the less you can learn and the more difficult it is for you to cope with life stresses,” White said. The lack of proper nutrition is also detrimental to students’ physical health. “Making sure [that] you have a meal [is important], not just hitting the drive-thru of
Starbucks and [thinking] ‘Well, I had a Frappuccino and a scone’ or whatever,” said Kendziora. Proper hydration is also important. “Making sure you are getting enough water, not just energy drinks or gatorade or coffee,” Kendziora says Kendziora shares some easy ways students can incorporate healthy eating into their lives. “Hard boil an egg, take that with you. Some cheeses and some turkey or hard salami, something that keeps feeding you the protein but then also something crunchy and fresh too is always a good idea,” Kendziora said. Feeding your body proteins rather than sugar is important, says Kendziora. “Making sure that you have got some protein to feed the brain because once the immediate sugar wears off then the brain is tired and needs that fuel,” Kendziora said. Starting to acknowledge that your physical health is something that will have lasting effects is important, says Schafer. “If you can learn… and you can understand your body, what you put in has results, good or bad. If you can understand that and you practice that’s going to help you in the long run,” Schafer said. Kendziora also explained why physical health is important to make a habit of doing as a teenager. “I think the saying is it takes seven days to break a habit or make a habit and if you start the habit of exercising and eating well and taking care of yourself, making
sure you are getting enough sleep and maintaining personal relationships; starting those things early so that they become a part of who you are,” Kendziora said.
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As you all know, the Washington of the classics. State Fair is a big deal to not only the Going on the ferris wheel was state of Washington but to the fellow among my favorite things I did residents of Puyallup. at the Fair. I enjoyed being able Being new to Puyallup has left me to have a new point of view and with many different things to explore perspective on the ferris wheel. There but the Fair has been at Fair has been is something able being up high above at the top of my list for things to everyone and being able to see all experience. the city lights; It was a very peaceful I went for the first time this last experience. Wednesday evening, Sept. 13. I also went on the giant swings. I I have recently had not been on moved from a very anything like that I WAS PUT IN THE COMPLETE small mountain since I was a lot OPPOSITE ENVIRONMENT FROM town of in central younger and doing WHAT I WAS USED TO AND I Oregon that only it again took me LOVED IT. had about 3,000 back to that time. TAY L OR F R E Y S TA F F people. The last thing I So as you could did at the Fair was imagine the crowd at the Fair was eat one of the renowned fair scones. overwhelming. I had heard that the scones at the fair Being a small town girl, I was put are to die for, and let me tell you, they in the complete opposite environment did not disappoint. from what I was used to and I loved All in all the Fair was a very fun it. I had only been to the Fair once as experience. a little girl and although it was long The constant joyous screams and ago, the experience has not changed. laughs that filled the air, the dark There were so many people in one sky filled up with a bundle of color, place, all of them laughing and having the smell of the hundreds of different fun. I enjoyed the loud noises of the foods that filled the grounds, and rides, the the sight of all the kids escaping laughter, and the stresses of everyday life was screaming. I something to look forward to time loved bright and time again. lights that lit I do not know if I would go to up the entire something like this regularly as it grounds. can be expensive but it is definitely Although I something that I would do again as an did not stay at outing with friends. the Fair for too T.F R E Y long I was able S TA F F to enjoy some
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ere I am once more, sitting in front of a blank document Getting to know parts of yourself you did not even know were thinking about the story I have to write and how to do so. there was one of the best and worst parts of the year. It is scary but comforting at the same time, feeling The journey ends and there is no turning back. like I am back in that news room surrounded by my fellow No more lunches with your friends, no more school dances, no “Vanguardians.” It feels like it was ages ago, when only three months more assemblies. have passed since I left my second home. Everything ends and you find yourself back in your home country For those of you who do not know me, I am Lucia Montero, former feeling slightly lost, exactly the same way you felt when you PHS Viking and exchange student from Spain during the 2016-2017 stepped on American land for the first time. school year. America is now part of who you are. However, you need to look Part of the best year of my life happened in those hallways, those ahead and keep going. There is no point in getting stuck in the past L .M O N T E R O S TA F F classrooms and those lunches everyone takes for granted. because this exchange will have an impact in your future as well. If you have ever met an exchange student, you might have realized There are friendships that are meant to last for a lifetime and I have that we are easily impressionable. a handful waiting for me across the ocean. Even the smallest thing I The simplest actions were a thrill, a new adventure I had to live. Discovering have learnt will influence my decisions. Anthem, football games, school sports—everything was part of the journey. Puyallup High School is part of my past but I know it will be part of my A journey which included self-discovery, fear, love, loneliness but most future as well. importantly, bravery. Once a Viking, always a Viking.
a plan to cancel the ninth grade dance,” huge difference.” Sunich said. According to Bledsoe, the advantages According to freshman Izzy Bledsoe, of greater inclusivity in allowing Puffy dresses, colorful corsages, formal the ninth grade dance will not lose its freshmen at homecoming outweigh the suits, dim lights and ground-shakingly appeal even as it ceases to be the first disadvantages. loud music… all these are hallmarks of dance freshmen attend. “I guess it is good to allow freshmen one of high school’s most anticipated “I would rather go to the ninth grade to come to homecoming because I know rites of passage—homecoming. dance as the first dance because it is a lot of people who are dating people This fall, the class of 2021 will be the just people in your grade and it is an in higher grades so it is nice for them to first group of freshmen to attend high introduction to dances,” Bledsoe said. go with their boyfriend or girlfriend,” school homecoming dances district-wide. Senior Kaila Bledsoe said. “I do not really see many “Ninth Dale voiced the disadvantages to it except that maybe graders will concerns of PHS some [ninth graders] would try to do be allowed to upperclassmen things with the older people that they are NINTH GRADERS WILL BE come to the about the age not ready for.” high school ALLOWED TO COME TO THE difference Dale expressed concern that allowing dances now. HIGH SCHOOL DANCES NOW. between ninth freshmen to attend high school dances They can come graders and high would make already crowded dances by themselves, DAV E S U N I C H school students. even more tightly packed. they can bring PR I NC I PAL “I do not think “I think that if we are going to let a date or there are any freshmen come to homecoming we have they can be good reasons to have a bigger room because the room the guest of to have [freshmen] coming to our that we are usually in cannot house that someone here,” Principal Dave Sunich homecoming because you are usually many people as is,” Dale said. said. around kids who are almost adults, so The administration has already dealt Similarly to the decision enacted in having children coming in would be with this concern by choosing a new 2014 to allow freshmen to participate different,” Dale said. venue for this October’s dance. in high school sports, the inclusion of Although “This year we freshmen in homecoming attendees is Sunich had to prepare geared toward gradually integrating the acknowledged in case we had ninth grade students into high school. I DO NOT THINK THERE ARE the age a lot of ninth “The decision was made before the end ANY GOOD REASONS TO HAVE difference, he graders, so we of last year in preparation for this year, [FRESHMEN] COMING TO OUR stressed its had to get the knowing that in all aspects of a ninth minute size. biggest venue we HOMECOMING. grader they are considered high school “The age could find that students,” Sunich said. “They participate K A I L A DALE difference is was available on SE N IOR in sports, [they are] taking classes here, sometimes a weekend...that they are earning high school credit, so we a concern. is the Tacoma felt it was appropriate for them to come However, we are one of the few high Convention Center this year,” Sunich to high school dances.” schools in the state and in the country said. Although the freshmen will attend that does not have ninth graders at the In addition to an enlarged venue, high school homecoming dances in the high school and at all those schools the this year’s homecoming will have more fall, there will still be a ninth grade dance ninth graders come to the dances like chaperones to monitor the increased in the spring. everybody else, so I think we will be able number of students. “If down the line it loses its appeal to manage it,” Sunich said. “I think it is because kids are going to the high going to be essentially the same, just with To continue reading this story, visit school dances... then that might be a more kids. They are only a year younger conversation but right now there is not vikingvanguard.com than our sophomores so there is not a B Y
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In memoriam Thomas Coffman, an incoming sophomore, passed away Sept. 2. He was born March 26, 2002 and resided in Puyallup, Wash. with mother and father, Jennifer and Michael Chappell and siblings Kya Coffman, Bryan Chappell and Brittany Massey. Tom loved playing basketball, working on his 1972 Super Beetle and longboarding with their dog, Boulder. He could be described as goofy and hard working and was always looking for a way to make people laugh. He enjoyed hanging out with friends and was sociable towards everyone, no matter who they were.
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Left: Thomas Coffman’s memorial service was held Sept. 17 at Powers Funeral Home. Rather than wear traditional dark clothing, the family requested that guests wear basketball gear or other casual clothing. “Tom refused to wear pants for like six years. From ages 7-13, he would only wear shorts. He hated dressing up, too. He would wear jeans and a button-up [shirt] and that is as far as he would go. He loved basketball, so we figured that we should not have people dress in formal clothes because he hated it,” Kya Coffman said.
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the most damaging thing to one’s emotional health is denying it or building a wall, Sanchez says. Emotional health is how you handle your “When bad things happen, we decide emotions and deal with the challenges that come at you. An emotionally healthy person not to address it and build an emotional wall. This can cause us to become isolated can effectively navigate their full range of or detached. The world sucks, so we must emotions and control their actions based off learn to overcome conflict,” Sanchez how they are feeling. said. “[Another damaging factor] is Counselor Michael Sanchez describes when we count solely on others for our emotional health as having the ability to encouragement, when we need others deal with conflict and being strong when to make us feel better. We are strong as you need to be. This does not mean you individuals if we have the tools to do that.” have to be happy all the time, he says. There are many ways that someone can “There is this common misconception that maintain their emotional health, or improve crying is unhealthy. What is unhealthy is it after pushing through a tough time. if you do not express emotions or are only always happy, angry or sad. An emotionally It will take time and practice but being emotionally healthy is attainable for all healthy person, in a full year, has laughed, students. cried, been angry and loved someone. “There is a lot of work that goes into selfThey have experienced what is going on,” care. You could exercise, meditate, have a Sanchez said. spa day. It is all about making sure you are Vice Principal Lorraine Hirakawa sees emotional health in a different light, more in taking care of yourself, which can happen in different ways. It the self-esteem can be tuning out and aspect. just being [for a short “[Emotional amount of time],” health] looks THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT Hirakawa said. different for It is also important to GOES INTO SELF-CARE. YOU each person. talk out your emotions, Hopefully, it COULD EXERCISE, MEDITATE, Sanchez says. The means that HAVE A SPA DAY. most common way they feel good of releasing thoughts about who LOR R A I N E H I R A K AWA is through writing or they are and V IC E PR I NC I PAL journaling, anything are confident creative. in themself. “The best way [to Or at least, improve your emotional health] is to talk they are happy with the progress they are often, talk things out. Find a network of making,” Hirakawa said. individuals and be vulnerable, whether Many things can harm or inhibit a that is crying laughing or jamming out in person’s emotional health, whether it is an the car. Look for opportunities to get out of experience or their own self-doubts. your shell and you will continue to grow “We deal with a lot of students that healthy, emotionally,” Sanchez said. have had adverse childhood experiences One challenge to emotional health could (ACES), these can cause a lot of trauma for be loss of a loved one. It forces people to young people. Other things could be abuse, experience new waves of emotions and take physical or mental, insults, self-esteem on life without someone that was a constant damage, bullying or feeling insecure,” in their life. Hirakawa said. Sophomore Kya Coffman recently lost Missing aspects of Maslow’s hierarchy can her brother. She has been coping with his also expand on someone’s lack of emotional passing over the past few weeks. health. If they are skipping the lower levels, “The suggestions that I have [for dealing such as basic physiological needs, safety with loss] is to just surround and the feeling of belonging, then it is yourself with people that love harder to be secure in your esteem and selfyou and people that support actualization, the upper levels, Hirakawa you and do not be alone. If says. Once experiencing some sort of challenge, you are alone, your thoughts B Y
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can wander, so just surround yourself with love even if it is people you are not typically hanging out with. When stuff like this happens, there are a lot of people out there that want to be supportive and want to help,” Coffman said. Moving on from the loss of a loved one is definitely not an easy thing but you just have to hang in there, Coffman says. There are also many resources around the school and community, that will get you the help you need and back on track with your emotional health. “Grief is challenging, it surprises you. When you think you have gotten over it, then it comes back. You need to accept you are going to feel that and that is okay. You also need to know who to go to. At the school, there are administrators, teachers and counselors who are skilled in trying to help. Know that it is okay to ask for help. Recognize it takes time and concentrate on remembering the good times. Eventually the pain will become less,” Hirakawa said.
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Teacher uncovers mental health as organized as the “4-7-8” breathing exercise. The “4-78” is also known as the “The Relaxing Breath” as it is meant to help people calm down and relax. eeping yourself mentally well is a key According to the University of Arizona Center for factor in maintaining a healthy body. Integrative Medicine people need to complete a fiveHealth teacher Brian Grout talks about step process in order to relax and relieve stress. Step some ways to keep yourself mentally healthy one is to exhale completely, making a ‘woosh’ sound throughout school and your personal life. with your mouth. Step two is to keep one’s mouth One of the things Grout goes over is ways closed and silently inhale through your nose for four to deal with losses. No matter what the seconds. loss is, whether it is a friend, a family Step three is to hold one’s breath for seven seconds. member or a pet, dealing with it is Step four is to exhale through your mouth for a total of always hard. Grout mentioned that eight seconds, again making “woosh” sound. Repeat grief is a normal part of the process the process two to three more times to complete the and that every loss is unique. technique, if the exercise is done correctly one should “I think what a lot of people feel more relaxed. are afraid to do is to ask for Preparing for a test can cause a lot of stress on help” Grout said. “It could be students; all of the information you have learned over something really small like the course of one to three weeks crammed into one test asking a friend or family that has the power to make or break your current grade. member for extra support or Studying is essential when it comes to school. There are something as big as finding a a number of things one can do to help with studying therapist or a counselor.” and each person is different. One method will help a Grout believes that asking student ace a test while the same method will not help a for help is something student at all. students should always Something that will make studying easier is having remember to do when the surrounding area clean. Try clearing off the location going through anything you are studying on whether it is a desk, bed or floor. upsetting. When Grout Turn off or unplug any electronics, even the sound of teaches mental health as a static can distract one’s subconscious. course, Grout makes sure “Put the phone down and [turn] the TV off for a to share important tips second,” Grout said. with his students. Another thing to do while trying to pass is finding “Having emotions is ways to relieve and understand stress. Managing time normal and fine. Being wisely and efficiently goes along with that. sad or having lows, being “Think about what questions are going to be on the upset, being angry and being test and how you are going to answer them, so mentally happy; emotions are okay prepare and think about it [the test],” Grout said. and everyone has emotions.” Studying hard also means needing to take a break Grout said. “Handling your sometimes. Studying too hard for too long can make emotions is what is really it harder to pass a test because brains cannot obtain important and making wise too much information in a short period of time. Taking choices when you are emotional a few minutes to let the brain relax is something one is really needs to do when important as studying. well.” “Laughter is really A healthy good and that is what mindset is needed the internet is great I THINK WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE to get through life. for,” Grout said. “You Trying to figure out ARE AFRAID TO DO IS ASK FOR can YouTube whatever how to manage life videos you find funny; HELP. through school, home whether it is a comic, and friends or anything or it is animals being B R I A N G R O U T causing stress or making you funny, whether it is kids H E ALT H T E AC H E R upset can be very difficult for being funny. You can some people. One thing that is YouTube a lot of things important is to relax and to have that will make you an established support system. laugh.” “Know who you can go to,” Grout said. “There is a The mind and body are both very important lot students can do to support themselves.” components of health. If you do not have a healthy Sophomore health class provides students with mind, you do not have a healthy body. Keeping up tools to help deal with stress. Making lists of things with mental wellness is something just as important as to do then prioritizing them in a ‘need to do, could physical health. do and kind of need to do’ order is something that “It all goes back to what support you have and can help with homework. Staying calm during reaching out and utilizing your support system,” Grout school is important as well. said. According to Grout, practicing breathing exercises is a good way to relieve stress. Breathing exercises can be as simple as just taking deep breaths and exhaling slowly or B Y
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“The system [in Korea] is very different. The day is 7:30 to [5:30 ordan Cockle’s classroom is a splash p.m.], seven to eight classes daily. of color, sound and energy and its [There are] more lectures and newest member might be overlooked. teach[ing] from front of class,” Young Cockle’s guest teacher, Park Young said. “The class is much less active. Ill, is an educational observant and Korean students’ weak points are physical education teacher from South discussion and communication.” Korea. Young arrived in the United States Young was particularly impressed one month ago with hailing from the Puyallup’s Korean island PE classes of Jeju and is and the THE SYSTEM IN KOREA IS VERY adjusting to enthusiasm DIFFERENT. THE DAY IS [10 the culture of that the HOURS LONG] AND THERE ARE Washington students MORE LECTURES. and Puyallup showed. High School. “[Korean] PA R K YOU NG I LL G U E ST T E AC H E R “The Jeju students Education sometimes Board refuse to do dispatch[ed] teachers abroad to the U.S., PE,” Young said. “A lot of students England, Finland, Ireland and Australia,” argue; push their personality...it’s just Young said. “We are trying to change study-study-study. Very difficult to solve, curriculum and need a lot of materials.” a societal problem. Here students are very Young is part of an initiative by the free but still polite. That is the power of South Korean government to reinvigorate America, to me--enthusiasm.” their educational system. Korea is facing Young has explored the Puget a mounting dilemma amongst its students Sound beyond Puyallup and has as standardized testing takes control of found connections between Korea and schooling and leaves no room or time for the States. His son goes to college in any electives. Pennsylvania and the ports of Seattle and B Y
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Tuition: $10,753 Acceptance rate: 53 percent Deadline: Nov. 15 Average SAT and GPA: 1300, 3.78 1 year total with expenses: $25,665
Tuition: $8,688 Acceptance Rate: 81 percent Deadline: Feb. 1 Average SAT and GPA: 1070, 3.14 1 year total with expenses: $22,900
Tuition: $8,611 Acceptance Rate: 82 percent Deadline: Early- Nov. 1 Regular- Jan. 31 Average SAT and GPA: 1180, 3.43 1 year total with expenses: $22,150
Eastern Washington University Tuition: $8,204 Acceptance Rate: 74 percent Deadline: Feb. 1 Average SAT and GPA: 1050, 3.21 1 year total with expenses: $22,220
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University of Puget Sound
Tuition: $46,552 Acceptance Rate: 79 percent Deadline: Early- Nov. 15 Regular- Jan. 15 Average SAT and GPA: 1300, 3.53 1 year total with expenses: $60,210
Washington State University
Tuition: $11,041 Acceptance Rate: 80 percent Deadline: Early- Nov. 30 Regular- Jan. 31 Average SAT and GPA: 1110, 3.31 1 year total with expenses: $24,894
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Pacific Lutheran University
Tuition: $39,430 Acceptance Rate: 76 percent Deadline: Rolling Deadline- Oct. 15, Nov. 15, Dec. 15, Jan. 15 Average SAT and GPA: 1180, 3.68 1 year total with expenses: $51,242
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This school year, students from seven different countries came to America to attend Puyallup High School. Although they say leaving their families behind was hard, they say they are excited to be here. “I did not want to learn English by reading books and studying in my high school so I decided to come here and learn through talking with people and learning the culture,” sophomore Lucia Ramos, a student from Spain, said. According to the exchange students, one of the main reasons they decided to come to Puyallup was to broaden their cultural awareness. “I chose to come [to America] because I wanted to know the culture. It is very different from Egypt so why not?” junior Tarneem Henen, an exchange student from Egypt, said. Moving to America, these exchange
students are diving right into our Germany, Spain, India, Japan and culture and are experiencing new Thailand at PHS can also be beneficial things. As exciting as this may be, to students at school. Most of the they are also finding some difficulties. foreign exchange students want the “So far, [PHS] is much bigger than population at PHS to know they are my school in Germany and I got very friendly and outgoing, they just lost many times. But what I really are still adjusting to the school and like here is community. the school “I want spirit,” people to I GOT LOST MANY TIMES. BUT junior Maria know that I Hartmann, a am not shy, WHAT I REALLY LIKE HERE IS student from it is just that THE SCHOOL SPIRIT. Germany, I am not very said. comfortable M A R I A H A RT M A N N One speaking in J U N IOR example of English with this is the you but I am importance of sports here compared actually one of the craziest people you to in Spain. will ever meet,” senior Sara Orlandi “In Spain, people do a sport for two from Italy said. hours a week and here I am on the For some of the exchange students, swim team and I do six hours a week Puyallup can bring them more so it is really different,” Ramos said. freedom and choice in their daily Having students from Egypt, Italy, lives.
“The school system here is quite different from my country but I like it because here I can choose what classes, clubs and sports I want to do,” sophomore Mint Koohachaisakul from Thailand said. Being a foreign exchange student can also help students with skills they can return home with. “In India we have helpers for all of our work and we take them for granted so when I came here I became more independent and also more respectful towards my helpers so this is a good learning opportunity for me,” junior Surbhi Sarda from India said.
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started unpacking. Setting up our ‘home’ became the focus of the first few days.” Kris Susee said. magine sitting down in your desk on the While the change was shocking at first, the family first day of school and being asked to adjusted quickly and by the time the two years introduce yourself in a foreign language ended, Amber Susee was sad to leave. Their trip was Even worse, you are asked to describe yourself in filled with many fonds memories, Kris Susee says. five sentences. “I will always cherish all the new experiences And the rest of the class has been speaking the exploring Dubai as well as the many travel language since fourth grade. opportunities we had. We loved it when family came This was junior Amber Susee’s experience on to visit and we could play tour guides and show off her first day as a freshman. After attending and what a great place interviewing at a job fair Dubai is to work and in Boston, her parents play,” Amber Susee (both teachers in the said. Puyallup School District) Amber Susee also I WILL ALWAYS CHERISH were offered international recalled the fun times teaching jobs. They ALL THE NEW EXPERIENCES she had in Dubai. She decided to take on the got to play Maria in EXPLORING DUBAI. adventure by living and her school’s production teaching in Dubai for two of The Sound of Music, years. K R I S S USEE was a member of “Growing up, teaching AY LE N T E AC H E R theater club and the and living in Puyallup all volleyball team and my life, I really wanted a played in the band. change,” Kris Susee said, The structure of education in Dubai is not far off explaining why they were interested in teaching from what we know in America. Although, some abroad. Kris Susee is now teaching social studies at aspects of their specific school were different than Aylen, although she taught at Edgemont for 16 years PHS. before leaving the states. “Teaching and learning was really the same. When the Susee family arrived, the first thing they Focusing on standards and helping the kids reach noticed is how warm it was. those was really the same formula there too. I would “The first night we arrived, I remember how hot it say, because the school had a bring-your-own-device still was late in the evening. The trip from the airport policy, the students there are farther in terms of to our apartment, I remember being in awe at all the technology. These international students mostly look amazing buildings, including our first sighting of the to go the states for their university experience. Kris Burj Kalifa, the tallest building in the world,” Kris Susee said Susee said. “The funny memory now was waking up the next morning wondering ‘What had we done?’ To continue reading this story, After shedding a few tears with my daughter, we rallied and got the very dirty apartment cleaned and visit vikingvanguard.com
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This year has been a momentous year for the gaming community and it is not over yet. With the release of consoles such as the Nintendo Switch and the XBox One S, new games are bountiful and exciting. Astounding successes like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild keeps those of the gaming community hungry for more and anticipation on the rise with no sign of slowing down. Senior Caleb Ernst is an avid gamer. He prefers using a personal computer as his gaming medium. He is excited about some games that have yet be to be or have been recently released.
“Destiny 2 looks awesome...and Mario Odyssey is the best mario game yet,” he said. Super Mario Odyssey is a future addition to the Super Mario Franchise, set to release in October 2017 and Destiny 2 is an online multiplayer game, released Sept. 5. Both seemed to cause widespread excitement around the gaming community. Jordan Cockle, the instructor for Advanced Placement Senior Literature and Avid is also stoked for the rest of this year’s games. “Destiny looks really awesome, the new Call of Duty...Breath of the Wild looks super awesome,” Cockle said. “I would call myself an avid gamer, by my own standards… I am a big fan of retro
nintendo consoles, like the Gameboy Advance.” Mario, a loveable character known to every age regardless of whether they consider themselves gamers. The fans of the old Nintendo systems and the new will all agree that the Mario franchise has been a permanent fixture, and this game is merging an illustrious, timely classic with something completely new. “It is reminiscent of the original Mario 64, the best Mario ‘open world...It’s going to be an exciting addition to the Super Mario franchise,” Cockle said.
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‘IT’ more than normal horror
My only complaint would be that the trailer can take away from the initial fear IT, Stephen King’s latest story to be adapted for the factor of big scares in the movie. Even studying silver screen, manages to be terrifying, humorous, this movie with a critic’s magnifying glass I touching and reals all in an epic two hours and 15 struggle to find something I do not like. I did not minutes of nonstop adventure. want the movie to end. Although the run time may The story follows the kids of seem long I could not “The Losers Club” consisting believe it when the movie of Bill, Richie, Eddie, Stanley, ended because I was so Beverly, Mike and Ben. They drawn into this world and IT IS A REFRESHING TAKE ON call themselves the “Losers story. The movie never lost HORROR THAT SHOWS THAT Club” because they are my interest. YOU CAN HAVE A QUALITY AND considered outsiders to the If you could not tell THOUGHTFUL FILM THAT WILL other kids.Through individual by now, I highly advise encounters with “IT” otherwise that you see this movie ALSO HAUNT YOUR DREAMS. known as Pennywise the whenever you can. It M A S ON GI UST I NO STA F F dancing clown (played is a refreshing take on brilliantly by Bill Skarsgard), horror that shows that they eventually team up to you can have a quality fight back against the being and thoughtful film that that is terrorizing them in their hometown of Derry, will also haunt your dreams in the nights after. Maine. This is one of the top 10 movies I have seen this One thing I especially enjoyed was “The Losers year and possibly the best horror movie I have ever Club” because the characters are exciting and are seen. Do not miss out on relatable to my friends and interactions. Pennywise this frightening and fun the Clown is opposite to these characters. He is experience. extremely eerie yet almost friendly in his meetings with “The Losers Club.” As a whole I loved the story, characters, setting and the way they perfectly mesh together into a great movie. B Y
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he Washington State Fair is over 100 years old. Most years you can find new things to do to be entertained for the day. Sometimes they obtain new rides or new hands-on activities.
images, plants and ground cover. For example, you can watch two 11-foot male Atlas beetles lock horns in a battle over mates in Asia. The fair is an exhilarating place that creates experiences that interest people of all ages. These new rides and exhibits can excite many of the fair goers.
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per person and can create and build many things with a variety of tools and toys. The Big Washington’s Imagination Workshop can be located in the Red Gate Building. Now inside the Washington State Fair’s gates you can find a new insect exhibit called Giant Insect Adventure. You can experience realistic habitats, that have scenic background
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This year there was a new ride called the Circus Jumbo. It is basically a knock-off of the Disneyland Dumbo ride. Parents can even ride with their children. This attraction can be found in SilleyVille. Also this year they have a hands-on activity center called the Big Washington’s Imagination Workshop. Kids of all ages can go in at five dollars
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Regular season matches and games are beginning to wind down, but what is the outlook for post-season play?
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