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Service Learning Makes an Impact

What is Service Learn-ing? Maybe you’ve heard about it through friends, or seen it in the class cata-logue while registering for classes, but never knew what it was.

Mrs. Heidi Bendt, AMHS Service Learning teacher describes it as a “Class for students to put their talents to use in the community and help out”.

For the past 15 years, Mrs. Bendt has been teach-ing Service Learning in the Auburn School District- 6 years at Auburn High School, and 9 years here at Auburn Mountainview High School. She is very passionate about her class and what it represents. Putting in 50+ hours of community service in a se-mester on top of complet-ing 7-10 “big” projects, you are sure to meet distin-guished portfolio require-ments and make a positive difference in many lives. Bendt’s primary goal for this class is to help those in our local community who

need it most through stu-dent led volunteer work.

“I tell them on the first day, this is a class that doesn’t work around our schedule...when someone needs help we do what we can”, Bendt stated.

Projects have ranged from multiple toy, food, formula and blood drives, helping out at food banks and retirement homes or other simpler volunteer projects.

One of the bigger projects that has been completed in the past was the “Senior”, Senior Prom at Parkside Retirement Center. Mrs. Bendt and her Service Learning class combined with the choir, Culinary Arts and Horti-culture classes and help from Senior Willie Dixon and his Saxophone to make this event possible.

“Choir and Willie pro-vided entertainment…Culinary Arts made cakes, some even diabetic with no sugar…(and) Horticulture made corsages and pins…

we set up a backdrop and let them take pictures with the students and would bring them back in a frame”, says Bendt.

This seems like a lot of work but with just one month prep time and a dance put on for roughly an hour and a half, it doesn’t equal the amount of happiness created. After one “Senior”, Senior Prom, an elderly woman shared a story with Mrs. Bendt that demonstrates just how much of an impact Service Learning events can have on people’s lives.

“I walked her back to her room…she showed me a picture of her great, great, grandson and told me when she got lonely she would just talk to him…she thanked me for our service and told me she could now die happy…it’s amazing how 2 hours and a little prep work made such a difference in one person’s life”, stated Bendt.

Another big project that was completed that many

of us may know about, or even helped with, is the “Brannan Park Project”. Brannan Park in Auburn was home to a dingy and always flooded playground for the kids in the area. This changed quickly after Delta Airlines, the local Food Bank and Auburn City Hall came together with our Service Learning class to renovate the park. The project started as early as 7:00 am on a Saturday and took just 8 hours to complete from start to fin-ish and there was some-thing for everyone to do. Some worked with power tools others spread beauty bark and younger children even worked on thank you cards or other art projects to go along with the proj-ect. At the end of the day a total of $10,000 was given back to the food bank for all food provided and an-other $10,000 to the park for maintenance. Over-all, Mrs. Bendt was very pleased with the result,

“everyone came to-

gether and it was amaz-ing from start to finish. Kids actually got to see the impact they made as they built it right in front of them and saw the prog-ress”, said Bendt.

If you feel inspired by what you have read, like to help people and want to make a difference, go talk to Mrs. Bendt in room 307 to learn more about joining Service Learning next semester, it’s not too late. Worried you’re too shy? She works with each student and gets them set up with multiple volunteer projects for the semester. Worried about transpor-tation? Make up your three weekday hours on the weekend doing other projects! Bendt is will-ing to work with students and the obstacles they may face. She encourages those who enjoy and want to help to come check out the class, don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity.

Soccer, page 9 Blood Brothers, page 8

Photos Courtesy of: Heidi Bendt

By Sierra Kanzler2013-2014 Service Learning Class

NEWSVolume 9, Issue 2

Imagine This....Imagine walking into

a hospital full of cancer patients, cancer patients of all sizes, shapes, age and color. Imagine a young girl maybe 5 or 6 catching your attention. She draws you in with her story, emo-tions and look of lost hope. Alma Lopez, a freshman here at Auburn Mounta-inview High School came across this exact situation roughly four months ago. Some may know her as the girl that wears a wig or the girl who has been recently a bully victim due to reasons many or none at all may know about. After a family member informed Alma about a young cancer

patient at the local hospi-tal, she went to meet her.

It’s not very often that someone we know the lit-tlest about touches us in such a way that we make a drastic change in ours to better theirs. Lopez went to the hospital to visit this little girl knowing only of her having cancer, that was it. It was then after several visits to the hospital that, “I love your hair… I would do anything to have your hair” began to come up in regular conversa-tion between the two, Alma told us. In Alma’s story she stated, “After that day I went home and cried…that is when I decided I

wanted to cut my hair and give it to her”. When she told her family about her decision they were all very supportive of her idea and about 4 months ago, Alma went with the brave choice of shaving her head and switching to a wig all for the little girl who won her heart.

When asked about the thoughts running through her head when she first saw that all of her hair was gone she answered, “I miss my hair” and although she does, she also wants to make sure we know she doesn’t regret it.

Imagine doing some-thing so thoughtful, kind

and brave and then be-ing bullied for it. Imagine rumors being spread, threats being made all to embarrass someone who has done something most wouldn’t even think about doing. When asked to touch on the subject of recent bullying acts she said things like, “it started in high school…girls would talk about me…they threatened to pull of my wig in the hall to embar-rass me”.

While her story is touching, bullying is still something that is major problem in our society and school. Before you judge, criticize or poke fun, think

of the big picture. Imagine if the tables were turned; imagine putting yourself in their shoes.

Sierra Kanzler

Behind the ScenesAhlaya Tiumalu

It takes many people to make our school run smoothly each day. Because of that, we overlook many amazing people that make our school the way it is today. Keeping our school a clean, safe, and happy place to be is something Judy Umentum, Kenneth Elliot Sr, Tammy Holman, and Monica Madoulet are experts in. But besides the work at school, what else do they do?

Monica Madoulet: Dish room worker and baker, Monica Madoulet has been working at Auburn Mountain-view High school since it has first opened.

Q: What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done?

A: “The second year we were here. The students thought it would be funny to block me into the freezer. So what I did, because you can lock it from the inside, I locked it from the inside and I was like “C’mon guys this isn’t funny open the door! Open the door!” So they were out there freaking out. They thought they had locked me in”

Q: How do you put up with all the crazy kids?

A: “I tell em how it is. I’m straight up with them”

Kenneth Elliot Sr: Moun-tainview is a safe place for students, teachers, parent, and visitors, all thanks to 8 year campus security officer Ken-neth Elliot Sr.

Q: What is your favorite part of your job?

A: “Conferencing (students) on getting out of high school”

Q: What do you do outside of school?

A: “(I) try to hang out with my grandkids as much as I can. Because I want to give them what I’m giving you guys”

Judy Umentum: After all the craziness that takes place after lunch, you’ll find 9 year, high school custodian, Judy Umentum picking up random trash, wiping down tables and vacuuming our school grounds.

Q: What is the hardest part of your job?

A: “The summers, we come in the summers and we clean every room out from top to bottom”

Q: What’s something no one else really knows about you?

A: “I was on drill team when I was in high school”

Tammy Holman:Seven year oven worker,

Tammy Holman is in charge of making most of our school’s hot foods.

Q: When you were younger what did you want to do?

A: “I remember thinking I wanted to be a professional tennis player or be a sports person…I did tennis, volley-ball, basketball, track.”

Q: What’s something no one else really knows about you?

A: “I got my certification in scuba diving”

A tradition at Auburn Mountainview high school, the Multicultural Fair, has been recognized by our community for the different cultures we celebrate. In a flood of high school students, our school’s diversity ranges from the tropical Pacific Islanders to the chic French. This year’s theme was centered around today’s society on technology. The banner that projected over the student body in the cafeteria, read “Let’s Get Techni-cultural!” where more than 15 cultural booths circled below it.

“Technology is universal throughout the world.” said Salina Voraphet, senior and vice president of the Multicultural Club.

The officers of the club decided to give the theme more meaning and therefore decided to bring attention to the versatility of technology in our world. They focused on technology as a way of connecting everyone

together, in spite of diverse cultures and traditions. The theme had to link the many cultures represented such as India, Mexico, Japanese, Turkey, Marshall Islands, Pacific Islands, Polynesia, France, Iceland, Norway, Somalia, America, Vietnam, China, South Korea, the Philippians and many more.

“I was trying to suggest it should be something more relevant. It should have a value to it, not just playful.” said Dr. Baumstark, advisor of the Multicultural Club and science teacher.

The best example of how technology is universal through-out the world was the use of music towards the end, where students joined the African-American group and danced to the song Soulja Boy. This early in the year, the students are not aware of what is going on, so not many performances were planned.

“Yes, [there were] not enough performances.

[We] played songs to fill up the time space, mostly American songs.” said Salina.

She hopes to plan more performances, make it more interactive, and have the theme speak more diversity and culture, making sure all cultures are represented. Although, there were few performances and the music was only to fill up

time, the ending is what really brought the students together. Students broke out into random dancing and twerking, courtesy of Avalon Lanz and Krista Sue.

“Break dancing is not only American. Wherever you go in other countries, you have that break dancing.” said Dr. Baumstark.

This was only an

introduction of what is yet to come in the springtime. Now that the students have had a preview of the fair, Dr. Baumstark encourages different cultures to start planning for the spring assembly and Multicultural Fair. Although, we might not think of technology as a culture, it is something we all share and have in common.

Volume 9, Issue 2 NEWS

Multicultural Fair Introduces TechnologyChristina Polyanko

School IssuesIn recent years at Auburn Mountainview, the

staff has noticed an increase in the poor treatment of the high school.

For example, the biggest issue we’ve had at the school this year so far is the vandalism of the restrooms.

While the students who vandalize the restrooms may find it to be funny, it is a widely considered nuisance by the rest of the student body.

Amritpal Jhutty

What can the students do to help? Here are a few solutions:

1) Respect the facilities that are pro-vided to us by our school.

2) Instead of leaving early without permission, go to the office and check yoursef out.

3) Don’t skip class, it’s not that bad. If you didn’t do the work, just own up and accept the punishment.

The 3 biggest issues, according to Mr. Elliott at Auburn Mountainview High School are…

1) Profanity in the restrooms.2) Leaving early without permission3) Students skipping class

Photo Courtesy of Nysla Trejo

ImportantCareer Center News

The time has finally come; college applications have to be submitted soon. If you have procrastinated un-til now, you may have missed some important deadlines, but there is still hope for you.

Mrs. Paulson and Mrs. Mikesh are in the Career Center to aid and assist you in submitting college ap-plications on time. Some important deadlines to remember are January 15th, February 1st, February 15th, and March 1st. These are the dates of the deadlines for all of the uni-versities in Washington. So go into the career center and ask for a paper which specifies what the deadlines are for the college of your choice.

Mrs. Paulson said “Don’t hesitate to stop by; we’ll do our best to get you into the college of your choice.” So stop by the career center and make sure that you’re prepared.

In addition, the FAFSA is also coming around quickly. The FAFSA, for those of you who don’t know, is a form that you fill out that will de-termine your eligibility for student financial aid. You will be able to ac-cess the FAFSA form in January. If you have trouble filling it out, don’t stress yourself out over it. There will be a FAFSA lab at our school on January 18. If paying for college is a major issue for you and that is the only reason you are hesitant to go, then come to paying for college night on January 16. Remember to mark these important dates on your calenders!

Amritpal Jhutty

Volume 9, Issue 2 NEWS

Name: David RutherfordFuture: NROTC Profile: Senior David Rutherford is enrolled in the JROTC program this year and always wanted to join once it became an option. He hopes to become an officer in the Navy, after finishing four years of NROTC, the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. David would like to make his parents proud by being the first from his family to go.

“Get all your work done and enjoy high school.”

Name: Nina ChatmanFuture: Bachelor in Fine ArtsProfile: Senior Nina Chatman has prepared herself through-out her high school career in order to attend a school of fine arts. She is the first person in the AMHS history to perform in all 12 plays produced during her time as a student. Her motivation comes from the happiness she finds in acting. Mr. Fouhy, the drama treacher, has greatly influenced Nina as well.

“When people pressure you about col-lege, be yourself and enjoy yourself in

high school!”

Upper Classmen with a PlanChristina Polyanko

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Advisor:

Sierra KanzlerChristina Polyanko

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Auburn Mountainview High School 28900 124th Ave SEAuburn, WA 98092

253-804-4539 ext. 1050

ReportersJulia Cherneychuk

John WoodyKristina Shoemaker

Ahlaya Tiumalu

Anna VelitAmrit JhuttySierra KanzlerJayden Fennell

Commentary articles represent the opinion of the writer. They do not necessarily represent the opinions of the entire In View staff or Auburn

Mountainview High School.

Comments, Concerns, and Questions: [email protected]

Christina Polyanko Nate WilliamsonAcacia Shaeffer Kasy Tadeo

Anna VelitJulia Cherneychuk

Seniors! 95 D A Y S

UNTILGRADUATION**This doesn’t include weekends, school

breaks, days off, and graduation day.

Imagine waking up in the morning and see-ing notifications from your favorite social media sight on your phone or computer. But when you go to check them, they aren’t messages from your friends or family pop-ping by to say hello, instead they are insulting and hateful comments, putting you down. At first, you may be able to brush it off or simply not care, but think about receiv-ing these types of messages day after day, would it begin to get to you?

According to the United Kingdom’s Mirror Online as of August 2013, 70 million people were registered to a website called Ask.fm. Ask.fm is a social networking site where you can ask questions to other users with the option of remaining anonymous. More than 30 million ques-tions and answers are made daily. So far, there have been nine confirmed suicides due to bullying from this website.

Olivia Metcalf, freshman here at AMHS, describes ask.fm as a place that people ask random questions. “(Ask.fm) is meant to be just for fun but a lot of people use it to bully others and get back at people.”

Jordan Toby, sophomore here

at Auburn Mountain view is just one of millions of teens who have been affected by the bullying on Ask.Fm. Toby describes Ask.fm as “a website where you can go on and ask people questions if you want to know something about them.” Instead for her, the anonymous questions “were hate like statements”

Just one month after she made her account the bully-ing began. She described the types of questions she was asked as “family stuff or just like boyfriend problems” they would say “I deserve prob-

lems that I have” Toby stated.

Toby stated that the worst part of all the bullying was “just knowing some-one thinks of me like that.” Jordan also says these bullies are “probably pretty insecure about themselves if they have to go on a website just to put people down”.

Today, Jordan walks around school with her head held high, but does acknowl-edge that these rude ques-tions can sometimes get to her head.

One tragic story of a suicide due to Ask.fm bul-lying is the story of Rebecca Sedwick .On September 9th, 2013, Sedwick sent a message to a boy in North Carolina she was friends with from online saying “I’m jump-ing. I can’t take it anymore”. The next morning, Rebecca left to school leaving her cell phone and school books at home. She changed her Kik username (a messaging app) to “dead girl” and sent a message to two of her friends saying goodbye forever. That day, instead of going to her school, she went to an aban-doned cement plant, climbed a tower and jumped off. Rebecca received questions

such as “you’re ugly”, “why don’t you go kill yourself”. “I hate you”, “you deserve to die”. The week after her death, fifteen girl’s phones and laptops were confiscated and two girls, ages twelve and fourteen, were charged with aggravated stalking. Rebecca was only twelve years old, making her the youngest teen to die from being bullied on Ask.Fm.

Although it would be pretty hard to stand up for the people getting bullied, Freshman Olivia Metcalf does a pretty good job stand-ing up for them even if these questions are anonymous. She explained her way of do-ing as she stated “I basically write to the person through them I go on the page and say like what would make you think that something like that is okay like think, about why you’re saying this if you have a problem with them you should talk to them instead of telling them to go kill themselves because that only makes you sound worse”.

When asked her opin-ion about people using ask.fm to bully Metcalf said, “I think it’s ridiculous and if you’re on there just to hurt somebody’s feelings or tell

them to go kill themselves or whatever you got some issues and you need to handle some things because it’s basically just a way to cause drama”.

Just because there are only nine suicides so far does not mean that there aren’t mil-lions of people suffering from the cyber bullying on Ask.Fm. We as teenagers have to put an end to this cyber bullying.

So I leave you with this question: Is it worth poten-tially causing the death of someone? Remember that one hurtful question you send, can be the breaking point for someone. So please, think before you type.

ASK.FM: Bullying from Behind a Keyboard

LIFESTYLE

By: Kasandra Tadeo

Volume 9 , Issue 2

Olivia MetcalfPhoto courtesy of: K. Tadeo

Jordan TobyPhoto courtesy of: K Tadeo

Dating Advice From TeachersBy: Jayden Fennell

If you’re a teenager then you know dating is a pretty important topic in your life. However, hav-ing a healthy relationship or even just trying to get someone’s attention can be a struggle, especially when there is nobody to give you some advice. Have you ever considered asking any

of your teachers? If not we’ve decided to go ahead and ask for you.

Getting their attention: Whether you’re a guy

or girl the first step in a relationship is getting their attention.

“Being yourself is key and don’t try to be some-one you’re not”, men-

tioned Mr. Nishimoto. Also, “treat them with

good respect” because your first impression on them is everything says Ms.Vega.

Rejection: If you find yourself in

a situation where some-one has an interest in you and you just don’t feel the same way about them, Mr. Enz says that you should “shake your head and just say no”.

If for some reason that doesn’t work out for you, Nishimoto tells us that he believes the best way to kindly reject someone is by saying “I like you and all, but I like you more as a friend” which will either leave them in tears or just leave them disappointed. But no matter what, they

will soon get past the heartache.

Are they worth it?: How can you tell

when someone is worth it? “Make sure that they

are polite” says Ms, Vega. Also, “check to see if they are mature enough for you”; if they aren’t con-sider kicking them to the curb.

Another good thing to look out for is to see if they have a strong enough interest in you, if not then they just might be a waste of your time.

Dates: Lastly, the perfect first

date can be pretty impor-tant when it comes to a girl. As for a guy, it can become a hassle when try-ing to plan the perfect first date. The most common

place said from teachers is that you should never go on a first date to McDon-alds, so try not to make any dinner plans with your date there anytime soon. Try to go somewhere that has a little more class like a sit down restaurant with quality food. If you don’t like those awkward silences “invite another couple to keep the conver-sation going” says Nishi-moto.

All and all, just have fun, be yourself, but like Mr. Nishimoto said “don’t take it too far”.

LIFESTYLEStudents show spirit with ugly sweaters

Volume 9 Issue 2

Kristina Shoemaker

Here at Auburn Mountainview, we not only show our school spirit by sporting orange and blue, but by getting into the holi-day spirit, as well. Just a few years ago, a group of AMHS students decided to start the “Ugly Christmas sweater” tradition. Many of the students here get really into the holiday spirit by raiding the aisles of their local thrift store, digging through their parents and grandparents dresser drawers full of dated attire or gathering craft supplies to create their own ugly sweat-er with lights, rhinestones and other creative props. Walking down the halls during the month of December, you are bound to spot at least 1 ugly Christmas sweater each day, here are just a few. Photo courtesy of Kristina Shoemaker

Senior Mark Hansen thinks that dressing up just makes the Christ-mas season more enjoyable. He buys his Christmas sweaters at Wal-mart, thrift shops, and even finds some at his grandma’s house. “The older and more embarrassing the sweater, the better.”

Freshman Paul Delaurenti thinks that when people dress up for Christmas, it shows your Christmas spirit. “Santa is my homie, that’s why it’s my favorite sweater. My grandmother also got it for me, another reason why I re-ally like it.”

Teacher Mrs. Tauzer believes that dressing up for Christmas is a lot of fun and makes people happy. “I think the tradition started back in 2009. One year I sewed random Christ-mas decorations together and made my sweater look awful on purpose.”

Junior Morgan Nyren says that you should dress up for Christmas at school because it shows your spirit, and it’s a lot of fun. “My mom made some of mine, but you can usually find them at Walmart or sec-ond hand stores. I have like five Christ-mas sweaters.”

Junior Sarah Soldatenkov says that all students should be a part of the Christmas spirit. Sarah finds her sweaters at Value Village or lying around her house.“Its different from what you usually wear to school. Be different and mix it up.”

Senior Audrey Nott loves to show her holiday spirit at school and believes all students should too. She shops at goodwill to buy her ugly and even cute Christmas sweaters. “Who started the tradition? Old Saint Nick of course.”

LIFESTYLEVolume 9, Issue 2

Did you enjoy your High school experience?

-Mickelson- Definitely

-Hammer- Yes, very much!

- Baglien-Yes, I loved school! I was conscientious when it came to my assign-ments, never skipped and was very respectful to my teachers because I knew they worked hard to pro-vide meaningful lessons.

Do you think you were an Average high school stu-dent?

-Mickelson- Above aver-age, clearly!

-Baglien- I was a National Honor Society Member as a sophomore, which is the soonest time you can become a member.

-Hammer - I was very

involved in sports and music: basketball, volleyball, softball, band, choir, Yearbook. I went to a small school and that allowed me to be involved. I don’t think I’d ever call myself average, though.

If you have to describe your style back then, how would you?

-Mickelson- Athletic and ready to play basketball at any time.

-Baglien-I kept it up with the times even though my family couldn’t afford ex-pensive items.

-Hammer- the 70s were about bell bottom jeans and long straight hair for girls. Guys wore clas-sic Levi jeans and t-shirts, usually. We had polyester

shirts which look so awful now.

What do you think about the style of Boy/Girl stu-dent now?

-Mickelson- Skinny jeans= ouch! Why would a guy do that to themselves? Some girls haven’t figured out proper attire as evident with constant dress code violations, but that was (the case) back in my day as well.

-Hammer- I think the students look great. There is a lot of diversity in how they dress. Every generation is influenced by the fashion of the time.

-Baglien- it has changed vastly over my 40 years as a teacher. Current styles are improving. Girls look sweet in the choices today

and most know the differ-ence between ok choices and not ok for school.

How do you fell about “Sagging”?

-Mickelson-if you want to show your undies, do it at home or with your pals. I find it disgusting.

-Baglien- Don’t care for low slung jeans… makes them look like they need to hustle to the bathroom in a big way

-Hammer – I don’t like it that much, but everyone deserves to have their own style. People make state-ments with the way they wear their clothes.

High School students have iphones, ipods, ipads and all sorts of interesting technology. What types of

technology did you have in high school?

-Mickelson- the Walk-man (portable cassette tape player) earlier in HS then a Discman (portable CD player.)

-Hammer- Okay, don’t laugh. The only technol-ogy we had were tape players and, eventually, boom boxes. We listened to cassettes. If we wanted to make a gift for someone, we’d make a mixed tape.

-Baglien-I love technol-ogy and always have. Ever since my son got compari-son in the 6th grade I was hooked. I was excited to do grades on the old TRS 80`s from radio shack

By: Nate Williamson

Mr. Mickelson Graduated: 2002 Dr. Baglien Graduated: 1964 Mrs. Hammer Graduated: 1976

Teacher Student BeatSierra Kanzler

Steve Calhoun

Question: How long have you been teaching here at AMHS?Answer: Since the opening in 2005Question: What has been your most memo-rable moment?Answer: Having my students Aaron Pierce and Crystal Chi save the life of Mr. Borgens and earning the Red Cross Hero’s awardQuestion: Craziest question you’ve been asked in your years of teaching?Answer: Do blue balls hurt?Question: What is your favorite unit to teach?Answer: Muscle System in AnatomyQuestion: How long have you taught?Answer: 25 years

AMHS teachers were teens once, too!When it comes to style, technology and trends that teens are into, we all know things have changed drastically from the time when our teachers were in high school to now, but how have they changed specifically? We asked three teachers, and here’s what we got.

Even though the times have changed, these AMHS teachers still had very similar experiences in high school to the ones we are having now. High school isn’t much different where ever you go and what time. This goes to show, high school is similar

in some ways everywhere.

Morgan Wilson, Freshman.

Question: Biggest fear coming in as a freshman?Answer: Not making any friendsQuestion: Favorite teacher and why?Answer: Momi Bowles, her class is funQuestion: If you could be apart of the cast from any show which would it be and why?Answer: Pretty Little Liars, I like all the drama. Question: Biggest change going from middle school to high school?Answer: There are a lot more students

OPINION Volume 9, Issue 2

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Kristina Shoemaker

After his latest album “The Heist” was released in Oc-tober 2012, ‘Thrift Shop’ and ‘Cant hold us’ made a huge debut across the bill-boards and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were later scheduled to go on tour.On November, 10, 2013,

AMHS Senior Sierra Kan-zler and I were able to join Macklemore and Ryan Lewis at the Key arena. The lights went off, and the smoke began to disperse across the stage. Mackl-emore himself, rising from the ground into the air,

overlooked the crowd that supported him. We were all welcoming him home. Senior, Riley King, attended the concert on November 10, 2012 and absolutely loved the concert. “I have been listening to Mackl-emore for about four years

now. I would definitely see Macklemore and Ryan Lewis in concert again”.Macklemore was all over the stage. He was very into his crowd; glitter was shot in the air, and flames burst from the stage after his performance.

“My favorite part was when he performed, ‘and we danced’”, says Riley King.The concert was abso-lutely a lot of fun; I would definitelyconsider going to see Mackelmore and Ryan Lewis perform live again.

AMHS Drama Presents Blood BrothersKristina Shoemaker

This fall, the AMHS drama club put to-gether the first play of the 2013-14 school year called Blood Brothers. This musical is described by Mr. Fouhy as “a heart-warming story of two broth-ers separated at birth, who are later reunited with friendship. As they try to conquer the social divisions which hinder their friendship, they must deal with the harsh realities of class conscious-ness; Edward goes on to school at Oxford where as Mickey is forced into a life of crime through unemploy-ment. As adults, they are caught up in a vicious love triangle with Mickey’s childhood

sweetheart, Linda. Mickey’s imprison-ment and subse-quent depression pushes Linda into the arms of Ed-ward. Desperately, Mickey takes action against his fraternal twin which will ultimately expose their true identi-ties.”Mr. Fouhy, the director of the play and acting teacher here at AMHS, ex-plained how Blood Brothers touched his heart and how the choice was made to perform this fall. “I have wanted to direct this show for many years and finally in my penultimate year of teaching I have decided this is the time. I have found students that were as drawn to the

script and music as myself and are willing to bring the story to life”, stated Fouhy. On November 14th, I had the opportu-nity to watch AMHS students perform Blood Brothers. There were two different casts for Blood Brothers, the one I was able to see perform was the Manchester cast. The reasoning behind two differ-ent casts is to give more opportunities for more students to participate. Watching the play, it was evident that each cast member-put hard work and their entire heart into their indi-vidual characters. Not only did I feel the emotion from the actors in the play inside of me,

but many other stu-dents did too. Other students thought that the actors did a really great job at playing their roles. Senior, Chase Skin-ner, who played the role of Sammy, admired the actors and described how he thought they did a terrific job. “Taylor King was really into his part, and Nina Chatman was really adamant about feeling com-fortable about her character and per-fecting it”, stated Skinner.The cast put in their absolute hard-est work to perform such an amazing show. Not only did the cast spend countless hours re-hearsing their lines and perfecting their acting, but they also built the entire set

for the play- a pro-cess which begun all the way back in September at the beginning of the school year.The Drama pro-gram here at AMHS is not just a club or class, but a group of highly talented individuals who put in an extreme amount of hard work and time into making sure their performances are flawless. This spring, they will perform The Drowsy Chaperone. Make sure to check the dates the show will be performed so that you don’t miss out on the op-portunity to witness another amazing performance.

Photos courtesy of Kristina Shoemaker

Photo coutesy of Anna Velit

Auburn Moutainview High School has op-portunities all year for people to join sports if they choose too. This year especially has been a good year for most of the school teams, one sport in particular being Lady Lions Soccer. Soccer is a very fast paced, competi-tive and coordinated sport that takes a great deal of practice before one can execute it. In the 2013 Soccer season all of the Lady Lions demonstrated hard work and dedica-tion to make it as far as they did and it certainly showed in the scores and records. As many of us already know this girls soccer season has been different from all of the previous seasons. The Lady Lions ranked 7th in state and finished with a 17-4-0 record- almost twice the amount of wins as last year.

“Last year we were dev-astated by injuries… (we) won 9 games, finished 4th in league and scored the fewest goals in our history (26). We limped into the playoffs and only lasted one game. This year we stayed mostly healthy, scored 52 goals, won 17 games and the SPSL title, made it to the district title game, made it to the state quarterfinals and were just seconds away from getting to the semis”, Da-vidson stated.Another way this season was different from last is there were 5 captains chosen instead of the usual 1 or 2. Choosing someone to represent and lead a team takes serious thought and should be taken into consideration as you look at the big pic-ture ahead for the season. “A Lady Lions captain needs to be a server, an excellent student, an encourager, the hard-

est worker, serious about training, put the team first, have a great attitude all of the time, be at every training session, meet-ing, game, etc. AND abide by the only team rule we have; don’t let your team-mates down”, Davidson stated. This is exactly what coach Davidson was looking for when he chose the follow-ing five deserving play-ers of that role; Madison Newell, Sophia Wagner, Nicole Carter, Anastasia Finney and Madi Clark-son. While each play an important role in the season, is being a captain any different from being a player? Does their experi-ence differ from the rest of the players during the season?“Being a captain is differ-ent because you have to hold yourself to the high-est standard at all times in order to be a good exam-

ple for the younger play-ers”, Said Senior Capitan Sophia Wagner.The underclassmen on the team agreed, “We had great captains and their positivity and drive helped to keep everyone focused on the big picture!” said Junior, Nicole Gaardner. The season has filled each individual with happy emotions, busted knees, hard heads and sincere memories. Delene Colburn, Senior forward, describes her most memo-rable moment this season being “after our last game we all sang The Climb by Miley Cyrus on our way home… the seniors were holding back tears”.While Madi Clarkson and Nicole Gaarder both agree that their most memo-rable moment was when, “we won the game that moved us onto the quarter finals…winning in PK’s…we celebrated and had the greatest feeling with win-

ning”. When we finish things, such as sports, we often times take the chance to reflect on the season, and think about the next up-coming season. “It was a successful, fun and rewarding season. We had excellent, hard-work-ing players and coaches, including Ms. Vanderhoof and Tom Gallegos… It will be a different looking team (next year) with sev-eral new players or play-ers with different roles than they had…we won’t play the same style… (but) we will still be the fittest, hardest-working team around”, explains Davidson. It is clear that this season has been an emotional and definitely memorable season for the Lady Lions- congratulations, girls.

By Sierra Kanzler

Photos Courtesy of: Sierra Kanzler and Dan Wagner

Delene Colburn fights for the ballTeam break before hitting the field

Varsity Team photo after win against Timberline Sophie Wagner boots ball up field

SPORTSLady Lions Define Success

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Since Auburn Moun-tain View opened in 2005, AMHS Volleyball has made it to state every single year. This season was no different. With a season record of (9-2), AMHS volleyball advanced to the state tournament at Saint Martin’s University this fall after the regular season. Their strive for success started Friday afternoon at 1:30pm as the AMHS

volleyball teamplayed their first game against Shadle Park High School. Although they started out rough, Seniors Molly Cichosz and Maya Wil-liamson played great games, both executing a number of kills. Sadly, the Lions did not come out on top, winning only 1 of the 3 sets. How-ever, there was 1 win in this game; Senior Savan-nah Cappa was awarded

the Sportsmanship award. The next game was at Timberline High School against the Kennedy Cath-olic Lancers at 6:45pm. The girls hit the ball so hard that it occasionally hit the ceiling and came back down even faster than it went up. This game was very intense. The AMHS crowd was extremely loud as they cheered on the girls, and some of the Timberline

students even joined in on cheering our girls on, as well. Although the Lions put up a good fight, the Lanc-ers refused to go down without a fight. The Lions fought back, but it wasn’t enough. But there’s always a bright side to a bad thing like Lauren Fries earning a sportsmanship award- the second one for the Lions in this tournament.

Although the AMHS vol-leyball team didn’t make it as far in the tournament as they had hoped, they played a couple of great games and didn’t go down without a fight. While volleyball season is over for now, we all look forward to cheering them on right back to state next season.

Lions Fight at StateBy Nate Williamson

The Road to Saint Martins and the first match in StateSaint Martins Univerisy, Where the first match was held

The Team prepares for theirfirst match at state. Team before palying Shadle Park

Lions fight for the win One of the Lion’s many kills

SPORTS

Photos Courtesy of Nate Williamson

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LIFESTYLEVolume 9, Issue 2

Top Ten of the HolidaysWondering what to get that special someone this holiday season? What about which songs to play at your holiday party, or

movies to watch on those nights in with your friends? Here are the In View staff ’s top ten suggestions!

Acacia Shaffer

Top 10 Gift Ideas- Candy- Cars

- Phone, IPod, Phone Accesories

-Jewelry and Watches

-Videogames

- Clothes- Shoes

- Perfume and Cologne- Make-up

- Hair products- Bedding

Top 10 Movies“Christmas Vacation”

“Miracle on 34th Street” “A Christmas Story” “White Christmas” “The Santa Claus”

“Elf ”“Polar Express”

“A Charlie Brown Christmas”“Rudolph”

“Nightmare Before Christmas”

Top 10 Songs- All I Want for

Christmas is You - Santa Claus is Coming to Town- Rockin Around

the Christmas Tree

- Jingle all the Way

- Let it Snow

- O Holy Night-White Christmas- Little Drummer

Boy- Santa Claus is Coming to Town- I Saw Mommy

Kissing Santa Claus

Overview of Holidays this YearIt’s the holiday season, the time where people’s wallets start to become more empty, their stomachs begin to bloat from those extra 10 pounds and everyone is spending time with their family. Often times, we refer to this time of year as “Christmas Time”, however in reality, what it really should be called is the Holiday Season. December is packed with different holidays such as Hanukah, Eid al-Adha, Yule and Kwanzaa. Not many people know what some of these religious holidays are. Even though you do not celebrate all or any of these doesn’t mean you shouldn’t learn a little about each one.

Acacia Shaffer

1. Hanukah begins in late November and goes throughout December, or starts in late December and goes into the beginning of January. Hanukah means “dedication’ it gets its name from the rededication to the temple after its des-ecration under Antiochus IV. Hanukkah honors the

Miracle of the Oil. The Tal-mud, at the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem following the victory of the Maccabaeus over the Seleucid Empire, there was only enough consecrated olive oil to fuel the eter-nal flame in the Temple for one day. However, the oil burned for eight days

- which was the length of time it took to press, pre-pare and consecrate new oil, this is why the holiday gets the menorah (an eight candle stick holder) and each of the eight days a candle is lit. This is why Hanukah is referred to the festival of lights.

2. Eid, sometimes spelled Eid al-Fitr, is an Islamic holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, which is the month of fasting. The reason Eid is spelled Eid al- Fitr means “to break the fast” and so that means breaking of the fasting

period. This holiday marks the end of Ramadan in Lunar, the Islamic calen-dar. This holiday is cel-ebrated between the end of one year to the start of the next according to the Christian calendar.

3. Yule is a holiday cel-ebrated by the Scandina-vian. In Neopaganism, this holiday is a bunch of different events by differ-ent groups. In Wicca, a form of the holiday is ob-served as one of the eight

solar holidays. Where Yule is celebrated on the Northern Hemisphere. This holiday refers to the period extending from December 24th to January 6th. It is also referred to in many Christmas songs.

4. Kwanzaa celebrates “The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa” because that’s what its founder referred it too. These seven prin-ciples comprise Kawaida, a Swahili term for rea-son and traditions that Karenga used to refer to his synthesized system of belief. There are seven days of Kwanzaa and each day is dedicated to one of the principles. • Umoja (unity) and that

is to maintain unity within the family, nation and community. • Kujichagulia (self deter-mination) to make yourself you and to stand up and speak for ourselves. • Ujima(responsibility) to make other people’s prob-lems your problems to better your community. • Ujamaa(cooperative eco-nomics) to make your own stores and other businesses and to profit from them.

• Nia(purpose) to dedicate to the building and devop-ing of our community to restore our people to their traditional greatness. • Kuumba(creativity) to do all you can to leave our community more beauti-ful and beneficial than we inherited it. • Imani (faith) to believe with all your heart in the people around you and the righteousness and victory of our struggles.

Photo Courtesies of Acacia Shaffer

Ahlaya Tiumalu

Volume 9, Issue 2

Student’s Holiday Favorites

1)What’s your favorite thing about the holidays?Family Traditions

2)What’s your favorite Starbucks drink (holiday edition)?Peppermint mocha

3)Best gift you’ve gotten so far?A Seahawks snuggie

4)What’s your favorite Holiday movie?“It’s a wonderful life”

1)What’s your favorite thing about the holidays?Spending time with family


3)Best gift you’ve gotten so far?A vacation to Mexico

4)What’s your favorite Holiday movie?“Buddy the Elf ”

1)What’s your favorite thing about the holidays?Christmas lights and snow!


3)Best gift you’ve gotten so far?Plane tickets for my family and I to go visit the rest of our family.

4)What’s your favorite Holiday movie?Home Alone, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and the Polar Express

1)What’s your favorite thing about the holidays?The decorations

2)What’s your favorite Starbucks drink (holiday edition)?Carmel brule

3)Best gift you’ve gotten so far?Money


1)What’s your favorite thing about the holidays?Being with family

2)What’s your favorite Starbucks drink (holiday edition)?Peppermint iced mocha

3)Best gift you’ve gotten so far?New clothes


Sophmore, Ryan Wallace Freshman, Denis Veremiya Junior, Chris Hicks

Junior, Jennifer PerezFreshman, Emily Martinez

Senior, Leslie Valle1)What’s your favorite thing about the holidays?Presents

2)What’s your favorite Starbucks drink (holiday edition)?I don’t really like Starbucks

3)Best gift you’ve gotten so far?A PS4

4)What’s your favorite Holiday movie?“The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”

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