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Senior Editor:

Josh DeFord

Junior Editor, Copy & Content:

Carolyn Waite

Photo Editor:

Carolyn Waite

Sports Editor:

Sarah Estabrook

Circulation Manager:

Kayli Hankins

Advertising Coordinator:

Amanda Borror

Pup Page Coordinator:

Kayli Hankins

Photographers:

Carolyn Waite

Shelby Stiller

Journalist:

Amanda Borror

Sarah Estabrook

Cody McNerney

Ryan Pauls

Shelby Stiller

Carolyn Waite

Calendar & Events Coordinator:

Cody McNerney

Advisor:

Lisa DeFord

O C T O B E R 2 0 1 3 V O L U M E V I , I S S U E I

Fall Sports

Up-and-coming

Runners

2

Back to School

New Teachers

3

Student Spotlight 4

Pup Page 5

Coloring Contest 6

Alumni Spotlight 7

Upcoming Events 10

Homecoming 8

Elementary Happenings

9

Triad Welcomes New Leadership By Sarah EstabrookBy Sarah EstabrookBy Sarah EstabrookBy Sarah Estabrook Journalist

After over a year of

searching, extensive inter-

views and lots of prayer,

Triad School has found

their new headmaster!

Kevin Monk accepted the

position this past summer,

ending the nation wide

search for the perfect prin-

cipal. Monk grew up just 75 miles from Klamath

Falls in Medford, Oregon. He attended Eastern

Oregon University where he planned on major-

ing in Pre-Medicine. “In college I met a doctor

that worked 90 hours a week and never got to

see his family, it was then I realized that’s not

really what I wanted,” Monk explained. He soon

after started pursuing teaching, realizing that it

was something he was very passionate about,

“Most of my teachers throughout Jr. High and

High School had a huge impact on my life and

who I became and that’s ultimately why I be-

came a teacher. I hope to impact students lives

the same way my teachers impacted mine.”

Triad has

a c c e p t e d

their new

p r i n c i p a l

with open

arms, ex-

cited to see

what this

year will

hold. “Our Triad families are very excited to

have Mr. Monk lead our school,” stated Triad’s

registrar and guidance counselor, Shayla Brown,

“families have been very positive about his ideas

and the direction he is taking

the school.” It seems that

everyone in the Triad Nation

is responding with excite-

ment to Triad’s new head-

master and Monk is equally

excited. “I absolutely love my

new position! I love the

students and getting to know

each personality, everyone

from the little preschoolers to the seniors,”

Monk said about his new job, “I also love the

staff and feel extremely blessed to have the op-

portunity to lead them.”

High expectations have been set for Mr. Monk,

but he is ready to meet them head on. “I really

want to build on what has been done here. I

want to continue the success this school has had

with academics, its sports team and the fine arts.

I am also open to new ideas and even have some

of my own,” Monk explained. The senior boys

have already been inspired by Kevin Monk’s

“openness” to new ideas and have started an

intramural Dodge Ball team. “I love that he un-

derstands where we as a school have come from

and isn’t coming in and trying to change every-

thing,” Student Body President Josh DeFord

commented, “but I also really appreciate he is

open to some of our new ideas as a student

body.” It seems as if the year of searching and

praying has paid off, and Triad will continue to

excel and grow under new leadership. “Most of

all I want to focus on putting God first in every-

thing this school does because if we aren’t doing

that then nothing else really matters.” Monk

concluded. It is evident that under the new lead-

ership of Kevin Monk, Triad’s future is bright.

Submitted Photo

Headmaster Kevin Monk with Triad’s Oregonian Cups

Mr. Monk and Family

Submitted Photo

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Triad Sports Teams Begin Seasons Successfully By Josh DeFordBy Josh DeFordBy Josh DeFordBy Josh DeFord

Senior Editor

The fall sports season at Triad is off to a great start, beginning

with our football team, which currently stands at a 5-2 overall

record. The team recently took on one of the top teams in the

state, Camas Valley and until late in the game, held the lead. If

not for a few key injuries, the end result might have been differ-

ent. The Timberwolf football team faced the Powers Cruisers

on September 13th, which ended with a 42-28 victory and since

then have soundly defeated all of their opponents by at least 30

points. The Wolves are currently ranked 4th in the State.

Bumping over to the volleyball spectrum, the girls’ record is cur-

rently 7-7. This is the

girls’ winningest season

they have experienced in

a while. Senior Brittany

Eskildson attributes how

well the team is doing to

their learning to work as

a team like never before.

The team has qualified

for districts and will go into post season play as the third seed

from the south side of the Mountain Valley League.

Our two-person cross country

team spearheaded by the Es-

tabrook duo, is off and running to

a season full of success. The

elder Estabrook, Sarah, began

her season with a second place

finish at the 26th Annual Cru-

sader Invitational with a 20 min-

ute, 28 second time. Es-

tabrook number two, Erin,

completed her race in 14th

place with a time of 24

minutes and 2 sec-

onds. Sarah went on to finish with a first place victory at the

Lakeview Invitational.

Our cheerleading squad is under new leadership this year: Jodi

Orlando and Shelly Johnson graciously stepped up and filled the

open cheer coach positions. Fall sports never fail to disappoint

our mighty fans, and the 2013 fall season has been no exception.

Future Triad Runners Prepare For District Race By Sarah EstabrookBy Sarah EstabrookBy Sarah EstabrookBy Sarah Estabrook

Sports Editor

Unknown to most of the Triad Nation there are three distance

runners in the Triad Junior High building hope for the future of

Triad’s distance running. Sixth graders Ben Carringer and Gavin

Conaughty have been competing this past fall for Ponderosa Mid-

dle School’s cross country team. Being in the SOMSAC League

the boys have traveled all around Southern Oregon racing a dis-

tance a little under two miles (3,000m). Carringer’s time of 14

minutes and 1 second, at the league meet in Talent where he

placed 51st out of a field of nearly 80 runners remains his per-

sonal best so far this season. Conaughty’s personal best was ran

in McLaughlin where he placed 65th out of over 100 runners with

a time of 14 minutes and 41 seconds. “When I run I really try and

focus on everything besides running” laughed Gavin Caunoghty

when asked what his running strategy was. The boys have their

district championship meet on Tuesday, October 22nd at the Val-

ley of the Rouge State Park where they will compete against run-

ners from 15 other schools within the SOMSAC district.

Although Marina Conaughty does not run cross country, she

does compete for Ponderosa’s track and field team in the spring.

Her main event is the longest race on the track covering almost

8 laps: the 3,000. Marina placed fourth last May at the SOMSAC

district meet finishing with a time of 13 minutes and 39 seconds,

a time that would have put the seventh grader in the top five at

the high school 1A Mountain Valley District meet. “I love the

feeling that running gives me,” states the elder Conaughty “its fun

sprinting in the end and giving everything I have.”

Volleyball team poses after winning the Gilchrist tournament

Submitted Photo

Josh Hutchison runs the ball down the field

Submitted Photo

10 things you might not know about Mr. Monk 1. He loves gluten free pepperoni pizza 6. Star Wars is his favorite movie

2. He loves just about every single sport 7. He is a second degree black belt

3. His favorite singer is Neil Diamond 8. He isn’t a coffee drinker but he loves strawberry smoothies

4. One of his dreams is to visit Israel 9. He has crossed the entire United States by train

5. His favorite actor is Harrison Ford 10. He can play any instrument with strings

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Another Exciting Year for Triad Students Begins By Ryan PaulsBy Ryan PaulsBy Ryan PaulsBy Ryan Pauls

Journalist Welcome back to our families who are returning for another great year at Triad as

well as all the new families who are joining Triad for the first time. We hope every-

one had a great and restful summer.

I got the chance to ask a few questions to a couple of the seniors about how their

summer was and what they hope to gain from this year. Brittany Eskildson says she

had a great summer. She went on a family vacation to the east coast for ten days.

She also got to attend a Taylor Swift concert with her sister and friend. Brittany

likes to be back at school because of the routine she has to follow. Brittany’s favor-

ite teacher is Mr. Hoffman because he makes her day so much better. She loves

choir class because it is always fun. Brittany hopes to be accepted into University of

Nevada Reno and get a diploma.

I also interviewed Joy Kim, who said her summer was good because she got to see

her family in Korea. She is glad that school is back,

because she can be involved in music and enjoy her

favorite class, which is band. Joy hopes to find out

what college she wants to go to and have a great

senior year. Joy and Brittany both want to get into

the colleges that are best for them

In other exciting news, Triad has won the esteemed

Oregonian Cup for the 8th straight year. The Orego-

nian Cup distinguishes total school merit in academics, activities, athletics and sports-

manship. The leading influence behind these scoring rundowns is that every school

that has a team or single person be eligible for our state championships is worthy

to have point acknowledgement.

Triad Staff Grows in Numbers

By Shelby StillerBy Shelby StillerBy Shelby StillerBy Shelby Stiller

Journalist

Mr. Louis Idrogo is our new first grade teacher this year. Mr. Idrogo was born in Alturas and grew up in Tulelake. He went to Eastern Univer-

sity for his undergraduate degree in multidisciplinary studies and then attended Southern Oregon University for his Master’s in Education. He is

most looking forward to just having a great year at Triad. He said he’s “heard great thing about the school” and is looking forward to see

what it’s like. Mr. Idrogo wasn’t looking for this specific job, but with the push from his wife, he is ready to “get that love of teaching back.”

Mr. Jacob Franklin teaches a senior Bible class, freshman health, high school P.E., as well as a cross fit class. Mr. Franklin has his

Bachelor’s degree in ministry and is working on mastering in education. He has owned a few businesses, worked for four years as

a police officer, worked at a youth facility in Washington and now he joins us. He is most excited to teach the Bible this year in

his senior class and is glad that God opened the door for him to have the opportunity to teach here.

Mr. Josh Brumfield comes to us and teaches our elementary and junior high music programs

here at Triad. He also has taken on a high school drama class. Mr. Brumfield graduated from

Corban University with a degree in musical education. He was brought here by his old teacher,

Mr. Monk. They recently got reacquainted and subsequently got offered a job here. He is looking

forward to our spring play this year, and he is happy to be with us.

Mrs. Shannon Moritz is our four year old preschool teacher this year. She attended George Fox University

and got her bachelor’s degree in education. After she graduated she came here and actually taught at

Triad for six years. When she became a mother she decided to be a stay-at-home-mom but has been a

regular substitute teacher at Triad. She loves getting to know her students and how excited they are to

learn. She came back to teach at Triad because all of her kids came of school age, and she hated not

being in the classroom on a regular basis.

Joy Kim with Brittany Eskildson at the 9/11 memorial.

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Elementary Students Show Off Hard Work By Carolyn WaiteBy Carolyn WaiteBy Carolyn WaiteBy Carolyn Waite

Junior Editor

It is only a couple weeks into the

school year and there are already

beautiful pictures and neat projects on

the walls of the elementary hallway and

classrooms. The students have done

some great work so far and we would

like to share it.

A kindergartener, Grace, was excited to

show the rocket ship she made with her name on it. Her

favorite part of the picture was the star stickers she got to

use and the sparkles. She says she might give it to her

grandma or put it on her door.

For a first grade science project, Preston and Luke got to

make puff mobiles. Preston wanted his to be an airplane and

Luke designed his to be a sailboat with wheels. Preston says

“it was fun to make and rip apart and put back together.”

Tynan, a second grader, made a hunting stick figure for his

“Getting to Know You” unit. Tynan had

fun making it all by himself using pencil

and crayons.

The third graders made creative book

reports on a book they choose to read

over the summer. Delaney had fun mak-

ing her story quilt book report on

Sarah, Plain and Tall with the help of her

parents.

To have some fun before they start reading

Mr. Popper’s Penguins the fifth graders have made little pen-

guins to decorate the room. Austin is already enjoying the

book and says the penguins were fun and easy to make.

Owen was happy to finish and made his penguin special by

“making the beak open like it’s yelling with excitement!”

Our students really enjoy sharing their creations, so come

down and see all the fun projects Triad students have been

working on!

Staff and Students Share Their Versions of Success

Preston Sale, 1st grader, shows off his puff-mobile

By Amanada BorrorBy Amanada BorrorBy Amanada BorrorBy Amanada Borror

Journalist

We were curious as to what the 10 keys to success are. And of

course, we thought it would be fun to see what some of the elemen-

tary kids and teachers had to say. Here are their words of wisdom:

1. Eat an apple a day-Kelsie 1st grade

2. Do all your homework-Kody 1st grade

3. Be confident-Lana 2nd grade

4. Do better in science-Kelsey 3rd grade

5. Do better in drawing-LB 3rd grade

6. Pay attention-Jacob 4th grade

7. Check over work-Brynn 4th grade

8. Have good grades-Dakota 5th grade

9. Do better in math-Allison 5th grade and Thomas 2nd grade

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Journalist

Charcy Stiller ’12

Charcy is having a great time at OSU. She is

getting a degree in Physical Therapy (PT) and

hoping to do something that involves sports.

Her plans for after college is to attend PT

school which helps her learn more directly associated with

Physical Therapy. Some fun activities she has been involved

in includes go to almost every sporting event including foot-

ball, basketball and baseball. When asked what she likes

most about college she replied, “You really get to find your-

self at college, you learn who you are.” She said this about

what’s better about college, “You don’t go to the same

classes everyday which makes it a lot better.”

Jake Ovgard ’10

Jake recently transferred schools from Port-

land State to OIT. He is running track for

OIT and ready for the season to start. Jake is

excited for this new change of schools and

likes being in Klamath Falls again. He likes

that you can be more independent in college

and likes being able to study what he wants. Jake was an

amazing athlete in high school and is going to be great at

OIT as well. Good luck Jake!

Kirsten Hankins ‘12

Kirsten attended Utah State University

her freshman year, and just recently

transferred to OIT. She isn’t quite sure

what her plans are going to be after college but she is ex-

cited for the future. She plans to get a nursing degree. Some

fun activities she has done include running on the Utah State

Cross Country team, hanging out with friends and making

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By Sarah Estabrook

Journalist

School spirit was at an all time

high October 11th-18th as

Triad’s second ever fall home-

coming week took place.

Triad school kicked off their

week of homecoming festivi-

ties on Friday, October 11th

with a powder-puff football

game, bonfire and car smash. Triad students, parents and

alumni gathered on the football practice fields on Friday night

to cheer on high school girls as they competed in a game of

flag football. It was an intense match up between the fresh-

men and senior versus the sophomores and juniors, with sen-

ior football players coaching each team. “It was fun to show

everyone that even though

we are underclassmen we

could still win,” stated

sophomore Maddie McCuis-

ton “I loved having the op-

portunity to play a sport I

don’t usually play and just

hang out with my friends.”

Following the game everyone went around to the back of

the school where they were met with chili, warm drinks

supplied by Dutch Bros, and a 20 foot high bonfire. Near the

end of the night a mini van pulled from a junk yard was

smashed by students and parents as a senior fundraiser. “I

was dared to hit it, so I hit

the car for 30 seconds. It was

really fun!” laughed sixth

grader Courtlyn Lam. The

car smash proved to be a

huge success raising nearly

$200 for the class of 2014.

“I just think the bonfire

was such a good kick off to homecoming! It seemed like eve-

ryone was really enjoying themselves,” commented Senior

volleyball captain Shelby Stiller.

The next day was senior day for the Triad sports teams. The

volleyball, football and cheerleader seniors were all recog-

nized during the halftime of the football game where the

Wolves dominated the Gilchrist Grizzlies with a 66-14 win.

The volleyball team also dominated; sweeping the Grizzlies in

three sets.

The next week homecoming festivities contin-

ued with dress up days where students were

encouraged to dress up according to the

theme and show off their school spirit. With

the theme being hunting or “Open Season”

the Triad halls were filled with fake pine trees,

leaves, pine needles, antlers and camping gear

to help students really get into the theme. On

Tuesday, October 15 during the middle of jr.

high and high school lunch the student union

was filled with music and the five Triad cheer-

leaders emerged from their tables and per-

formed a choreographed dance. This stunt

intended to

heighten

school spirit

is now the

first “flash

mob” ever in

Triad

history. “We really wanted to get the student

body involved and show support for our ath-

letes and their success,” summed up senior

captain of the cheerleaders Carolyn Waite. A

final pep assembly took place on Friday getting

everyone excited about the upcoming home

football game. On Saturday homecoming

week officially wrapped up as the Timber-

wolves annihilated the Elkton Elks 75-24 at

Klamath Union High School. Following the

football game the Triad homecoming dance

capped off a week of fun and festivities.

Based on the student body’s reaction to this

years fall homecoming week, it certainly seems as if the

cheerleaders met their goal and put on one of the most suc-

cessful homecoming weeks Triad school has ever seen.

The bonfire burning brightly

The aftermath of the Car Smash

The freshman/senior Powder Buff team after the game

Senior football players and cheerleader show off for the camera

Seniors and their families

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Volleyball Districts 10/26/13 8:00 a.m. Prospect

Poetry Recital 10/29/13 8:00 a.m. Triad Gym

Cross Country State Competition 11/2/13 8:00 a.m. Eugene

Parent Teacher Conferences 11/4-11/6/13

Veteran’s Concert 11/6/13 10:00 a.m. Triad Gym

Middle School Fun Night 11/7/13 6:00 p.m. Triad Gym

Basin Choral Festival 11/14-11/15/13 BBC

Thanksgiving Break 11/27-11/29/13

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