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Page 1B - VINITA (Okla.) DAILY JOURNAL, Weekender, October 24, 2009
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Nov. 4 & 5..Nov. 6 -End of VHS Trimester...Nov. 10 -NHS Blood Drive
VHS science teacher ziplines through Rain Forest
and presents lessons for National Geographic
By ROZI CARAVEO
Varsit)' Bine Editor
STUCO members Cárter Kidd, Dakota Whitworth, Harley Sparkman, and Bailey
Hollabaugh show off the canned food and non-perishable items collected by students and
donated to the Salvation Army.
Food drive competition yields record
week, student council members
went around with shopping
carts during second hour.
Each grade had their own
shopping cart and had the
opportunity to donate. A can of
food or non-perishable item
was worth one point to the
class. The canned food drive
got very compelitive. An
unknown source bought about
$100 worth of Ramen Noodles
to get their class in the
running.
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together,
STUCO
By DEBRA HANES &
MEGAN WALDEN
Varsity Bhte reporíeis
The week of the big
homecoming game, the student
council at the Vinita High
School put together spirit week
activities.
That week, there vvas major
class competition going on.
Part of this compeiition was
donating food to the Salvation
Army. Every day of spirit
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collected over 3,000 items to
be donated. This was the most
VHS has ever collected during
the homecoming spirit week
food drive.
When it carne to the end,
seniors won by one point.
Juniors were in second,
freshmen in th í rd, and
sophomores in fourth. Every
non-perishable food item and
canned food was donated to the
local Salvation Army to help
feed those in the Vinita
Community.
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For the first time in recent history, 11 Vinita High School chorus students auditioned and
qualified to sing in the 2009 Northeast District Honor Choir. They vvill be part of the 100member choir in concert on Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m., at the First United Methodist Church in
dovvntown Tulsa. Honor Choir members include, front seated Brice Reheard, second rovv
kneeling, Jessica Votaw, Dakota Whitworth, Lacey Powell, Rebekah Day, Kelsey Berry,
back row, Allan Sanders, Ben Greiner, Ben Sooter, Clay Decker, and Morgan Maxey.
Students are under the direction of music instractor Paula Hiseley.
Just this past month, science
instruetor Tiffany Neill took
advantage of an opportunity to
attend and be a guest presenter
at the National Conference of
Geographical Educators.
The meeting was held in
Puerto Rico vvhere Neill
presented three lessons that had
natural ties to geography.
During her time in Puerto
Rico, Neill was offered a
chance to experience a number
of field trips to further her
classroom lesson ideas.
Neill took a zíp-line tour on
10 different lines, the last
being half a mile long over the
tree tops through the Rain
Forest.
Another field trip Neill
attended was a snuba diving
tour through coral reefs. Unlike
scuba diving, being certified is
not required. Another difference
was the oxygen tank location.
The oxygen lank was placed in
a raft above water wriile Neill
vvas 25-30 feet belovv.
Since that levei under water
vvas so great, Neill was able to
vievv sea coral in its true form,
undisturbed.
Out of the comer of her eyc,
during the snuba diving field
trip, she also saw an octopus.
Neill commenled that the
vievv vvas very vibram and full
of marine life.
In the middle of her trip,
Neill webcammed with her Sth
hour students ai Vinita High
School from the beach there to
talk about Puerto Rico.
During this, she had a teacher
consultam from National
Geographic talk to students.
This whole trip was
sponsored by the K20 center at
The University of Oklahoma.
"It was amazing to bc able lo
go to a different country and
have ali thesc different
experiences. It allowed me to
come back on the plane and
develop six lessons which
focus on lhe experiences I had
on my adventure," stated Neill.
Neill added thal National
Geographic was very interested
in the concepts she has
implemented in teaching
methods that allovv students to
experience real life applications
to learning, and learning to
combine different subjects,
such as English, social studies,
math and science into
geography lessons.
Above, Vinita High School science instruetor Tiffany Neill
ziplines over and through the Rain Forest during her recent
trip to Puerto Rico to make presentations on learning
methods at a National Geographic Conference. Below,
Neill vvebcams her fifth hour science class from the balcony
of her hotel to share a lesson on Puerto Rico. The trip was
sponsored by the University of Oklahoma's K20 Center.
Drama fo present 'Willy Wonka1 in November
This year the Vinita High
School drama vvill be
presenting Roald Dahl's
"Willy Wonka" to the pubiic.
Under the direction of
Wendy Brown, and the
musical direction of Paula
Hiseley, the cast of 40 vvill
consist of high school,
middle school and elementary
school students.
They will be performing
such musical hits as "The
Candy Man" and "Puré
Imagination."
Public performances vvill
take place Nov. 12, 13, and
14, at 7 p.m. and Nov. 15, at
3 p.m., ai the Ewing Halsell
Middle School Performing
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