Redline 2012 - Killingly Public Schools

The Redline
Volume 13 Issue 5
Killingly High School
Guys and Dolls
Hits a High Note!
March 2012
Fifty Cents
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Making
Difference!
Go,
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Responsibility,
Excellence, Dedication
A Time
to
Celebrate!
Redmen
Romp
Over
of Spirit!!
Pride
By Holly Logan
Missing out on Guys and Dolls was like missing out on a big chunk of Killingly High School musical history!
“We worked extremely hard, especially our
last week before production to make all facets of the
production run smoothly,” said Ms. Lacy about the
performance.
Guys and Dolls had its opening night on the
February 9, followed by two more night performances
on February 10, 11, and a final matinee performance
on Sunday. This was the first musical performance that
Killingly has seen in 10 years!
With musical performances, dancing, and
acting, it took a good four months to rehearse and
prepare for the upcoming play. And don’t forget about
the orchestral music, technology crew, and behind the
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KHS HBA
Looking Good!
OUTSTANDING HBA STUDENT Samantha Robinson
aw aits her trophy as she stan ds on stage at the
International Builders Show in Orlando, Florida recently.
GUYS AND DOLLS or in this case, guy, played by Michael
Gleason, and dolls, left Taylor Randolph, and Megan
Muraco were shining stars in KHS recent production.
KHS Home Builders Association definitely
has their act together. The chapter recently returned
from the annual International Builders Show in Florida
with a Second Place in the Oustanding Student Chapter category as well as the Outstanding Student Award.
Pitted against colleges like Brigham Young
University, Penn State and Purdue, as well as various
technical schools and other high schools from across
the country, the team competed in various categories
which included production of a full set of blueprints,
construction schedule, pricing and green package for
a fictitious home during the course of the week. Earning a second was more than a feather in KHS HBA’s
cap: no high school had ever placed in the top three
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AgEd Goes to War!
By Nicole Durand
Bring o n t he penni es, i t’s war time!
Killingly’s AgEd team is currently getting students to
participate in penny wars for Operation Fuel: a way
to raise money for those struggling to heat their
homes. So how does one exactly have a penny war
and what does it consist of?
“Pennies are worth 1 point, dollars are worth
100. Any dollar amount above that would be worth
the amount of pennies that make up that bill. Silver
coins subtract points, though, so a dime would be
minus 10 points, a nickle would be minus 5 etc,” says
Katelyn Slowik, junior, who is in animal science in
Vo-Ag.
Once penny wars is over, the organization that
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Real News,
Real Journalists
By Shannon Eber
Some of the career pathways have practical,
tangible products that are created by the classes as
opposed to just skills that students gain. The business
pathway runs the school store. The video tech pathway produces a news program for the school. Accounting and economics students can work at the inschool branch of Charter Oak. Journalism produces
the school’s award winning paper, The Redline.
“Being a part of the Redline has taught me to
write properly,” says current Redline editor-in-chief,
senior Amanda Mangasarian. “It has gotten me to widen
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LENDING A HAND to a good cause were these FFA members who helped put together gifts to stuff in teachers’ boxes
as part of the annual FFA Week celebration recently. From left, are Heather Slattery, Jakob Pedini, Marc Glaude, and
Katie Molodich. (Redline photo by Nicole Durand)
The
Champ!
KI NG
OF
CO NN EC TI CU T!
Riley Donlon recently
fought his way to the
top of the heap in the
state wrestling finals,
earning first place in
the 120 pound weight
class. From left, are
Adam Page, Jeremy
Neroff, a nd Ja cob
Whitehead.
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*The Redline*
March
2012
COMMENTARY
Gas Prices? Going up!
Do we ever get a break when it comes to money? Now gas prices are
another issue to worry about in this economy! With gas supposedly going up
to about $5 a gallon, it makes you wonder whether or not buying a new, ecofriendly car or cutting down traveling is the best bet. Some people even now,
are paying more monthly on gas, than their own car payment itself.
According to the New York Times, gas prices right now are at record
highs for the winter, averaging $3.73 a gallon nationally. Once summer comes,
who knows how much we will be paying. The gas prices are dependent upon
the diplomatic and economic standoff with the Middle East.
Not only do people and families have to worry about other payments
and bills throughout the year, gas will become another expense that we will
have to compensate for, maybe even sacrificing other needs to pay for that
Plan Ahead
The teen pregnancy rate keeps getting higher and higher. There is
an estimated one million teens pregnant in the United States. Eighty-five
percent of these pregnancies are unplanned, which is an even greater chance
of problems.
Teens shouldn’t get pregnant when they can’t support a baby.
They can’t support it emotionally, or financially. Yeah , it’s your baby, your
decision, your life, but you need to think about what it can affect. Teen
pregnancy is one of the most difficult experiences in life. The stress of how
you are going to break this news to your parents might be even more of a
struggle, or finding someone that will be with you throughout the whole
time.
You have options, depending on your situation; making a choice
may be simple or difficult. The situation might be big or it might be nothing
at all. About 750,000 teens get pregnant in the United States each year.
Nevada, has the highest teen birth rate; 113 out of every 1,000 teens will get
pregnant. About 1 in 3 women become pregnant at least once before they’re
20.
Planning a baby when you’re not ready will put more stress on
yourself. It affects education. Only a third of teen mothers earn their high
school diploma, and only 1.5% have a college degree by age 30. It also
affects their kids. It’s proven that girls born to teen mothers are more likely
to be teen mothers themselves. Boys born to teen moms are more likely to
end up in prison.
Finish school before you plan to have a baby or be ready before
you do.
fuel.
It’s not just gas that’s rising, oil prices are as well. The current
situation in Iran has raised crude oil prices about 20%. When compared to
2008, it is about $4 higher. It’s a possibility that this could happen again for
the summer. Hilary Clinton is even getting involved, attempting to make a
difference. According to New York Times, she is persuading China, India,
and Turkey, which makes up more than a third of Iran’s oil export market,
to lower their costs.
It’s crazy to think how summer will be, when right now prices are
rising in March. However, it’s not even summer yet, where gas prices usually go up anyway. So, how is this going to effect everyone? I’m sure with
the recent news of gas prices predicting to skyrocket, the thought is scaring
those who drive with gas guzzlers or live in oil fueled homes.
Considering that summer is traveling season, there might not be as
many vacations or beach trips for those effected by the gas prices. The
prices could get worse or we can hope for the best, that this is only a period
where gas will be this high and eventually go back down.
As for now, enjoy the price while you can, as impossible as that may
seem!
- Nicole Durand
Think Green, KHS!
I’m sure you all have noticed the changes in the cafeteria, they are
hard to miss. The new food and way of paying by using the account systems. Many of us love the new individual salad options and, recently, the
pudding and parfaits. It’s all a major improvement from previous years, but
certain things still need to be improved.
A lot of the new food options come individually wrapped in plastic
containers. It’s nice not having to eat a salad on a tray, but have you ever
turned those containers over and noticed the little triangle on the bottom?
The salad and pudding containers are recyclable! But, our cafeteria doesn’t
have recycling bins. It should. Everything we use goes straight into the
trash, when so many of it can be made into something new. The improvements to the cafeteria would be perfect if we had recycling bins. Even one
recycling bin would help.
Granted, some students still won’t recycle no matter how many
recycling bins are put out, but many will recycle, and every little bit helps
the environment. Every plastic bowl that isn’t put in a landfill makes a
difference. All of the plastic we waste can be put to good use and made into
new plastic containers. The students at Killingly High should at least have
Samantha Montpelier
the option to recycle and be more conscientious about the environment.
-Sara Haley
The Redline Staff
Editor-in-Chief: Amanda Mangasarian
Assistant Editors-in-Chief: Victoria Ferland, Sara
Morin.
News Editors: Nicole Fawell, Shannon Eber
Feature Editor: Holly Logan
Assistant Feature Editor: Nicole Durand
Sports Editor: Janna Mullaly
Entertainment Editor: Ashley Chauvin
Poetry Editor: Kelsey Zardeskas
Column Editor: Sara Haley
Staff: Kaitlyn Allard, Kenya Best, Bethany Burke,
Christine Diaz, Chelsea Greene, Samantha
Montpelier, Chelsea Opperman, Jakob Owen
Advisor: Richard T. Martin
The Redline is the property of Killingly High School.
Copying or reuse of materials contained herein is prohibited
without the express written consent of school officials in
charge of publication.
The Redline is an award winning publication of KHS
English Department’s Journalism Course. The Redline earned
a first place award in both the 2002 and 2003 American Scholastic Press Association’s national competition and second
place in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
Lohan on SNL? Really?
We all remember Lindsey Lohan, the beloved “twins” on the movie
Parent Trap, the daughter who switched bodies with her mother in Freaky
Friday, and the girl who raced in a Volkswagen that had a mind of its own in
Herbie Fully Loaded. Now, most recently known for her substance abuse
battles and erratic public behavior, Lohan has been on the news more than
the President.
Hoping to make a comeback, Lohan appeared on Saturday Night
Live (SNL), Sunday March 4, 2012. Lohan poked fun at herself, pointing
out what she has done in the past. The producers of SNL even set off an
alarm when Lohan stepped off the stage to poke fun at all of her arrests.
However, this is nothing to be taken lightly. What Lohan has done
to herself and to her fans is wrong. Children looked up to her and then next
thing they see is their beloved movie star getting dragged away in handcuffs
on the news. What kind of a role model is that? Certainly not one who
should host the second highest rating show on television.
Lohan hosting SNL was almost a reward to her. Everyone looked at
her arrests, substance abuse and erratic behavior as some sort of joke, like it
didn’t even matter. The only reason she got the chance to host SNL again is
because she’s a big movie star. If it were anyone else who wasn’t as famous
as she was, the producers wouldn’t have given it a second thought. Lohan
sent the ratings through the roof due to her past history. That’s all the
producers cared about.
Celebrities like Lohan who were former role models who have committed crimes like she has, should not be allowed on such a highly rated
show. Allowing Lohan on SNL was like placing her on a pedestal. What she
has done is not something to be joked about, it’s a serious issue and should
have been handled differently, rather than rewarding her.
- Kelsey Zardeskas
*The Redline*
March 2012
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In the News
Obama or ....??
By Nicole Fawell
The United States Presidential Elections take
place every four years to decide who will be the next
president. This year happens to be an election year.
Although political party does not necessarily ensure
a victory for a candidate, the winner of the election is
almost always a member of the Democratic or Republican Party. This is because these two parties have
a lot of media attention and publicity which allows
people to be more aware of the candidate and their
platform. Nonetheless, many independent candidates
run for president every election year.
The Democratic party has as their candidate
for the 2012 electi on current president Barack
Obama. Barack Obama was a senator from Illinois until
he won the presidential election of 2008. He is hop-
ing to win a second term as United States President.
Competing with Obama for the democratic nomination is Randall Terry; a controversial figure for his
conservative views on abortion and LGBT which conflict with traditional democratic views, which tend
to be more liberal.
“Terry gets my vote because Obama has
messed up this country,” says Kelsey Zardeskas.
The Republican party has more competition
for nomination within the party. Vying for the republican nomination are: Ron Paul, a congressman from
Texas; Newt Gingrich, a former politician; Rick
Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator; and Mitt
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor. The race
between them is currently very close but Romney
has a slight advantage at the moment.
“I’m not a republican but I think that Mitt
Romney will win the primary. He seems like a better
candidate,” says Emily Klawitter.
Whichever candidate wins each of those primaries will have a chance to run for president in November. They will then compete against each other
and against any independent candidates who decide to
run.
For many students at Killingly High, the 2012
primaries and the subsequent presidential election will
be their first opportunity to vote in a presidential election. So, if you are old enough to vote, no matter if
you are democrat, republican, or other; get informed
about which candidates support your personal views
and vote!
New Payment System Brings Lunchroom Unhappiness
By Shannon Eber
Cash today, code tomorrow. The system used
for buying breakfast or lunch here at Killingly has
made that change. It was a rather sudden change that
came into effect, with little to no warning, shortly
after midterms. The High school and Memorial school
began the program on January 25 and the Intermediate school and Central school began the following day.
The system was designed to better serve students and comfort parents in the school system in
several ways. With this system, parents can be assured
that the money they give their children will actually
be used to buy breakfast and/or lunch at the school.
Students don’t have to worry about losing their lunch
money or having it stolen. No one will feel embar-
Journalism
Continued from Page One
my knowledge on subjects at school that I wouldn’t
normally pay attention to if I wasn’t a part of it. I like
being a part of something that has a final product, like
the newspaper.”
Many past participants of the Journalism
pathway have gone on to major in journalism and have
rewarding careers in the field. An example of this is
former Redline reporter Christine Peterson, who was
on the paper during her senior year and is now a celebrated writer for the UConn Daily Campus.
“I was promoted last semester from campus
correspondent to staff writer,” Christine says, “I also
won writer of the week and writer of the semester.”
The product of the Journalism Pathway is a
much-read prestigious paper, and its writers are very
talented. The Redline has, in recent years, won first
place awards twice and second place awards four
times in the American Scholastic Press Association’s
national competition, meaning that they’ve placed six
out of the past ten years. Many of the students on The
Redline also become part of the school’s literary
magazine, the Westfield Corner, which has become a
well-recogni zed produ ct of its own. Recentl y,
Westfield Corner was recognized by the National
Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), for having
an above average ranking. Of the 341 magazines
looked at, only 31 ranked.
“On the newspaper, I was a reporter and also
the editor of the literary magazine Westfield Corner,
which I was just recognized by the Board of Ed for,”
says Christine.
Completion of the Journalism Career Pathway requires students to take three full year classes
and one half-year class as well as another half-credit
from one of the additional or optional pathway classes.
The required classes are Digital Photography 1, a halfyear class, Digital Marketing 1, a full-year class, and
of course Journalism 1 and 2, each of which is a fullyear class. Additional classes include Art 1, Graphic
Design 1 and 2, Contemporary Issues, Communications and Speech, Digital Imaging 1, Digital Photography 2, and Video Technology.
“I enjoyed the experience immensely and
would repeat it if given the chance,” says KHS 2010
graduate Cassandra Eber, who was a writer and poetry
editor for the Redline during her senior year, of her
rassed because they’re on the free or reduced lunch
plan, because everyone uses the system and gets their
lunch the same way now. Each student has a unique
code, the last for digits of their student ID number,
which allows them to access a prepaid account containing however much money their parents/guardians
have allotted them for food.
Student opinions on the syst em varied
widely on the issue. There were 90 students total
polled about the system. Of those 90, 24 students,
about 27%, said that they liked the system. Students
had several different reasons including that it was
quicker, easier and simpler, more organized, and it
eliminated the hassles involved with paying using
money. Other students also said they like it because
its high-tech, its fun to use, and more similar to the
way most people buy food as adults, using credit
cards.
“I think it’s cool, it just takes kind of long,”
says one student on the survey.
Opponents to the system highly outnumbered the supporters. Fifty-seven out of 90 students,
or 63% said that they didn’t like the new system,
about twice the number of students who do. Reasons
included that the new system is more confusing, there
are issues with codes not working properly or people
forgetting their codes, the lines are longer, every-
thing moves more slowly, and the input of the code is
just an extra, unnecessary step.
“It takes way too long,”says one student who
replied on the survey, “and it’s not really that efficient.
I waited almost 20 minutes for my lunch and ate it all
before I paid.”
A small number of students who have not
tried the new system had no opinion on the topic. They
explained that, since they don’t buy breakfast or lunch,
the changes to the system make no difference to them.
Other students remained neutral to the system, understanding that because the system is new,
there are kinks to be worked out and things will improve as time goes on.
“We had it at our old school,” says one neutral student. “Once everyone gets used to using it, the
lines will move so much faster. As of right now, it’s
not good.”
It is the hope of students and faculty alike
that, should the system continue, all of the issues will
be looked at carefully and fixed fully by the end of
the year. System errors, time restrictions, and line
lengths should be examined closely, so that the solutions developed have the highest success rate possible,
making the system a truly easier and faster way of
buying lunch.
CHECKING OUT THE LATEST EDITION OF THE REDLINE are, left, Amanda Mangasarian, Editor-in-Chief and
journalist Christine Diaz.
time on the paper.
If you like learning about the events of the
world around you and you like to write, or if you
have strong opinions that you want to share with more
people, you should consider following the Journalism Pathway to a productive, interesting, and varying
career.
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March
2012
eah!!!!
MAKING KHS PROUD were members of the Home Builders Association, who recently earned a second place in the Outstanding Student Chapter category, as well as taking home
a second place in the Outstanding Student competition. Picture above, from left, are Mr. Robinson, Mr. Gilligan, Mrs. Beland, Jacob Darveau, Tyler Seace, Samantha Robinson,
Randy Roderick, Jerika Gilligan, Jared Hawes, Mrs. Choquette, Patrick Choquette, Brett Birdsall and Nick Davis.
KHS HBA
Holiday in March?
Continued from Page One
before. Adviso r Bonnie
Beland’s goal was a first.
“This is a great achievement for any high school!” she
said.
Along with a 2nd place
award, the chapter earned a cash
prize of $1,750.
Addi tionall y, Samantha
Robinson received the Outstanding Student Award. Students are
selected on the evaluation of
their academic standing and their
level of involvement with their
student chapter. Samantha was
a key member of the Killingly
High School student chapter.
She acted as chapter president,
created monthly newsl etters,
presided over chapter meetings,
and coordinated/attended every
WEIRD SCULPTURE- Jared Hawes and Randy Roderick pose with a
chapter function. Mrs. Beland
sculpture they encountered in Orlando at the convention.
added that she was also t he
chapter ’s bi ggest advocat e,
The following students competed: Jerika
working closely with the community and industry professionals while helping to keep other chapter mem- Gilligan, Nick Davis, Samantha Robinson, Jacob
bers focused and enthused. She has applied to col- Darveau, Randy Roderick, Tyler Seace, Brett Birdsall,
leges that include Brown and Rhode Island Univer- Jared Hawes, and Patrick Choquette. For the past few
sity and hopes to pursue a career in environmental months, these students fundraised about $15,000 after many hours of hard work.
law.
By Nicole Fawell
Almost everyone has a favorite month of the
year. Many people have a least favorite month as well.
Personally, my least favorite is March.
Almost every other month has something to
look forward to; for example, December is cold and
dreary but at least we get a week off from school
which makes the whole month easier to get through.
March really doesn’t have anything to look forward
to and that is the main reason why many people, myself included, hate the month of March.
T h e
weather is still
too col d to go
anywhere or do
anything besides
si t around i nsi de, and it is
usually bleak and
grey out side.
Also, March is
one of the longest mont hs on
the calendar.
However, all of
this cou ld be
dealt with if we
had o ne lo ng
weekend or a few days off from school to look forward to. The sad fact is that we don’t. March has the
fewest days off from school on the calendar; we don’t
have a single day off during the entire month!
By Victoria Ferland
It seems to me that we need a holiday in
Put your seatbelt on! Not so fast, you need
March. The school should consider giving us a long
to
slow
down!
Don’t slam on the brakes! Take it easy
weekend for one of the weekends in March or even
on
this
turn!
Watch
out for the car in front of you! Its
giving us St. Patrick’s Day off. Even one day off would
your
first
time
driving
and your
break up the month a bit and make students feel remom
or
dad
is
freaking
out
in the
freshed, and help prevent them from getting that burnt
passenger
seat.
These
are
the
kinds
out feeling in March.
of
things
that
your
parent
might
say
It couldn’t do any harm and I think that it
to
you
when
you
are
behind
the
could actually do students a lot of good to have something to make the month seem just a little bit shorter. wheel of a car. You wish they would
March is when I find myself procrastinating and put- just calm down because you are
ting less effort into my school work. The month just as nervous as they are.
Learning drive can be
seems endless and I start feeling burnt out, and I
nerve
wracking
for both you and
can’t be the only one. We need a day off or a long
our
parents.
Parents
are nervous
weekend for students to catch up on sleep and have a
because
they
are
thinking
about
break from school. In the grand scheme of things,
your
safety.
They
know
all
the
there is nothing bad that could happen if we got a day
risks
and
this
is
a
scary
time
for
off from school and the potential benefit is signifiboth
them
and
you.
Parents
play
an
cant enough that I think we should give it a try.
Hitting the Road, at Last!
important role in helping you practice safe driving.
They are there to help you learn the rules of the road
and help us build confidence behind the wheel. If we
both control your nerves then learning how to drive will be much easier
and we will be able to be safer drivers.
The best thing to do in a
situation like this is to just take a deep
breath and focus on the road. Maybe,
try reassuring your parent that you are
ready to drive. Act confident behind the
wheel. This might make your parent
feel a little more comfortable with you
behind the wheel. Your first time driving will be scary at first but if you calm
down and focus on what you are doing
everything will turn out great.
*The Redline*
Guys and Dolls
continued from Page One
scenes work that the audience didn’t get to see.
Ms. Lacy, who worked as the Director of the
play was especially pleased with the audience’s attentiveness during the play. The overall turn out for Guys
and Dolls was great! Lacy was also happy with the
“transitions between scenes” and the work of her actors.
Students and parents alike turned out for the
performance and even witnessed some familiar faces
within the play. Special appearances by Mr. Rockett,
Mr. Walker, Ms. Nye, Mr. Marcoux, Ms. Griffith, and
Ms. Colligan were seen in the opening acts of the play
and were a real delight to watch.
Killingly High students who came to the play
to watch enjoyed the singing, dancing, and overall show
that was put on. Using words such as “chemistry,”
“amazing,” and “perfect” to describe the play, students
embarked on a play that took many months to put on
and a lot of hard work.
“What I liked about the play was Michael
Gleason’s acting and Clara’s [Zornado] singing. Job
well done all around,” said Jesse Richeeds, a senior
at Killingly High.
Many students reflected on the highly anticipated dancing that was shown during the play which
was choreographed by Hannah Higgins, a sophomore,
who also gave her behind-the-scenes look at what it
was like to work on Guys and Dolls.
“This was my first time experiencing anything
like this. I have been dancing for nine years, but have
never done anything with theater. So, when Ms. Lacy
asked me to do the choreography for Guys and Dolls,
I jumped right on the opportunity,” says Higgins. “I
really enjoyed sharing my skills with my peers.”
With numbers featuring both men and women
actors that showed physical determination as well as
mental, it’s no wonder the play took so much planning
and preparation.
“I really challenged them, but they pulled it
off and I am proud of them,” says Higgins of the actors’ dancing performances. “I can’t wait for our next
musical!”
In addition to dancing, the play featured music both from the actor’s singing as well as a great
crew of orchestral music led by Ms. Rodgers and Mr.
Ethier. With a band full of a multitude of instruments,
as well as Ms. Rodgers on the piano, the play’s musical background was strong and had a great connection
with the play.
“Having played piano for many years, it was
nice to put my skills to work in the pit. Playing with
real musicians was very exciting, and different from
playing in normal highs school pits,” said Spencer
Wainacht, a sophomore, of his musical performance
within Guys and Dolls.
Wainacht found that the play’s musicians and
actors created the right chemistry on stage and liked
the way that the music department made the play much
different from the movie.
“The musicians came there and did their job
and did it well without much practice,” said Wainacht.
“I hope next year we do an equally, if not bigger musical of which I could be a part.”
With so many scenes and musical numbers,
Ms. Lacy couldn’t pick one scene that she loved the
most because she loved the entire play as a whole.
After picking such great actors, musicians, and dancers, it is no wonder she couldn’t pick out one part to
the play.
“I love the ‘Sue Me’ scene between Adelaide
and Nathan Detroit! But I love ‘Marry the Man Today’
too. I love them all!” said Lacy of the scenes in the
play.
The students, teachers, and parents supporting the play clearly found the play entertaining and
remarked on the incredible musical performances by
the actors.
“I personally thought that the play showed the
true, usually unrecognized, talent we have in our
school,” said Hannah Guari, a sophomore at Killingly
High.
But how can you over look them with all that
talent? Overall, the students at Killingly High School
seemed pleased with the musical, and maybe even a
bit surprised! After not seeing a musical in 10 years,
it is no wonder that Ms. Lacy was so ecstatic about
the final performance of her work of art.
“I thought all of the performances were top
March 2012
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Getting into the Spirit
LOTS OF GUYS AND DOLLS worked together to make KHS’ recent production a success. Above, the crew who
helped make the production a success.
PLENTY OF GUYS! From left, 1st row: Nick Crandall, Tyler Beloin, Alyssa Bergstrom, Alex Mason; 2nd row: Cory
Zicolella, Matt Lawton, Brandon Martins, David Alvarado
SALVATION ARMY was out in force for Guys and Dolls! From left, 1st row: Zach Brower, Savvanah Leffler, Clara
Zornado, Kayelyn Seiden 2nd row: Ariana Henriquez, Gabby Reynolds, Nicole Hart.
notch, captivating and telling a great Broadway story
through acting, song and dance,” says Lacy.
When asked about her favorite part about
working on the production of Guys and Dolls Lacy
said, “My favorite part about working on this production is right before opening night when I tell the performers that my job as Director is done....it’s your
show. Break a leg. Then I sit back and enjoy the performances.”
With great acting, singing, dancing, props,
makeup, and great lighting, it is easy to say a job well
done to both Ms. Lacy and Ms. Rodgers and their
entire crew of actors and musicians and behind the
scenes crew.
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*The Redline*
March
2012
FFA Week
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will be receiving the money is Operation Fuel.
They’re a program that’s part of National Fuel Funds
Network. This organization provides assistance to
those living in Connecticut who have no other option
to pay for energy within their homes.
Each group in Vo-Ag has their own ‘money
jug’ and by the end of next week, which is also the
end of FFA week, the winner will be determined. It
doesn’t matter if you’re a sophomore or a senior, or
what area you’re in. As long as you’re in Vo-Ag, you
can participate to raise money.
“Plant Science, Animal Science, Ag Mechanics, and Aquaculture/Natural Resources, have a just
to put money in,” says Mr. Couture. “The area that
wins gets an ice cream party.”
Although this is just a fundraiser, it can get
pretty competitive. It’s important to raise enough
money. It always feels good to give to others in need.
The bigger the turn out the better!
“ So far I have been very pleased with how
the classes have participated. I think we will be pleasantly surprised with the total,” adds Mr. Couture.
“We’re all hoping for a big turn out. Everyone seems really excited by it, and all the classes are
trying to one-up the other classes. We’re all a lot
more competitive that I thought,” says Slowik.
Good luck to the teams, and hopefully by
the end of FFA week tons of money will be raised.
“Mechanics really wants that ice cream
party!” says Dylan Desmarais, laughing.
BUSY, BUSY, BUSY - Students involved in AgEd
and FFA had their hands full during FFA week
recently. Above, sophomores create dream boards.
From left are Isaac Desjardin, Dillon Dean, and
Adam Page. Below, the results of the pie eating
contest! From left to right: 2nd row Kaitlyn Slowik,
Amber Hopps, Sam Tickey, Kayla Auger, Madeline
Bonfiglio, 1st row Coralee Ford, Melodie Ross,
Katie Boswell and Melissa Wood
WhooooHoooo!
Floriculture students, from left, Heather Slattery, Jeanine
Houler, and Kayla Auger were busy sellling flowers during
all three lunches.
GAME OF STRATEGY - FFA students were given the challenge of popping each other’s balloons. The last person
with a balloon won.
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March
2012
KTV is Off to Dallas
By Shannon Eber
KTV is packing their bags and heading out.
This month the class is taking a week-long field-trip
to Dallas, Texas. The class will be leaving on March
19 and return on March 24. The trip, paid for through
multiple fundraisers over the course of the year, is
allowing the students to go to and participate in the
Student Television Network (STN) Convention.
KTV is a class which meets during A1 in the
Video Tech room. They produce a very professionalstyle news show about our school and community
under the watchful guidance of their teacher, Mr.
Durand.
“Its an annual convention that we attend every year, or have since I’ve been here, so this is my
7th trip,” says Mr. Durand.
This convention is split into two parts. First,
students attend seminars and get instruction and tips
from film and video professionals from around the
country on a variety of topics. Secondly, the students
compete, against other students their age from around
the country, in 15 different categories.
“Basi cally, t he reaso n I wo rk hard to
fundraise and get the students there is because its a
great, practical, hands-on, real-world experience that
you can’t get anywhere else at a high school level,”
Mr. Durand said.
KTV has won awards at the Convention during the past three years. This is a big deal because we
Ineffective Intervention
WKHS ON AIR! Above, Calvin Desjardins and Kyle Liebscher anchor one of the many shows by KHS WKHS programming.
usually have only around 10 students go, and they are
among roughly 1500 students total.
“The competition is tough and its all on-site
so they don’t know what they’re doing before hand,”
Mr. Durand explained.
All of the KTV students are excited for the
trip and cannot wait for it to happen. Some are look-
By Shannon Eber
Intervention, it’s a waste. No one ever does
anything. Students
who have classes
they’re supposed to
go to frequently just
skip it to hang out
with friends in the
cafeteria and halls.
Students who have
nowhere to go use
the time to eat, nap,
play games, text, and
do everything but
schoolwork. So why
do we bother having
intervention?
If a student
needs extra help or to make up something they’ve
missed, that’s their problem. They can arrange with a
teacher to do so after school or at lunch. Having
teachers who tell us what we need to do and where
we need to go throughout all of high school leaves us
ignorant and unprepared for the real world. We develop a bad habit of knowing that we can do something at a certain time and have a certain length of
time to do it instead of working on it on our own
time and learning to do that well.
We have so many classes we need to take
and credits we need to earn to graduate, but then rather
than give us eight periods every two days, four per
day, so that we can take eight classes a semester, the
administration forces us to take what is, in all reality,
a glorified study hall. That doesn’t make sense. Yes,
they want every student to graduate, but even with intervention, not much has changed in regards to grades.
It’s the students’ attitude that is the problem, not the
amount of time provided to them. I n t e r v e n t i o n
wastes teachers’ time as well, forcing them to sign
up students when they need to do something, supervise the students in their intervention, and check who
in their intervention has to be somewhere. Beyond
that, teachers must wait for students they have signed
up to arrive and then have to supervise them as well.
If a student doesn’t go to a classroom or teacher he
or she is signed up for, it’s their intervention teacher
who gets the blame.
Why do we need intervention? The answer
is, we don’t. So I say we get rid of it. This will allow
students to take an extra class, making it easier to
graduate, and it will teach us to be responsible for
ourselves. Help prepare us for the real world and
eliminate the useless period, intervention.
ing forward to the learning experience that the convention will provide; the competition itself holds the
attention of others.
“I think it will be a good experience and a
nice bonding experience for the class,” says senior
Danny O’Leary.
March is Red Cross Month!
By Samantha Montpelier
Every year, They held the Red Cross in the
month of March. The American Red Cross uses this
opportunity to raise public awareness of its services
throughout the nation and to raise funds for its programs and services. After declaring war, President
Wilson ordered the American Red Cross to raise
funds to support its aid to the military and civilians
affected by war, as Congress had mandated. In response, the Red Cross held its first national War Fund
drive in June 1917 and set as its goal $100 million, a
large sum at the time.
Under the circumstances, the public response was immediate and overwhelming. Within a
few days, more than $115 million was raised.Then in
December 1917, the Red Cross held its first “Christmas Roll Call.” People were asked to give a mini-
mum of $1 to join the organization’s membership
rolls. This drive also proved highly successful, as did
an additional War Fund drive and another Roll Call in
1918, the last year of the war.
The success caused the Red Cross to repeat
the March drive during the remaining years of the war
and then to make it the occasion of its annual membership and fund-raising efforts ever since. As part
of the tradition, the president customarily issues a
proclamation each year declaring March as Red Cross
Month. Every year the KHS National Honor Society
holds several blood drives. It’s Red Cross Month, so
it’s perfect time. This year’s blood drive was held on
February 13, however. Students may sign up as long
as they are 17 years of age. Then, potential donors
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Past Generations Link to the Future
By Sara Morin
Have you ever wondered about the past generations of your family? Some
people think of their families
as boring, but they could be
wrong. Over the years times
have changed and history has
been made. Did it ever occur
to you that one of your family
members could have been involved in a history making
event, such as a war or experienced the civil rights movement?
My great grandmo ther
Scholasti ca
Wasilewski was born in Poland
before World War I in the year
of 1902. The anticipation of
the war and the threat of her father being drafted into
the Russian Army caused the family to journey to
America. Scholastica immigrated from Poland with
her parents to escape the violence of the war and to
live a better life.
The history and background of your family
is very important to who you are and could teach you
many life lessons. Scholastica was very innocent and
cared about others. She never cursed and was very religious. She was a good samaritan and cared for everyone.
She was born on the feast
day, a day that each saint is recognized, of the Catholic St. Scholastica.
This is the reason why she was given
that name. Thi s represent s her
family’s deep spirituality and strong
belief of faith. I have heard stories
from my grandfather and other relatives about how she was never wasteful and saved everything. Coming
from her background in Poland and
growing up, she was very grateful for
the things that she had and knew how
much a dollar was really worth. She
was very thrifty. She died in October
of 1993 on my parents’ fifth wedding
anniversary. So I unfortunately never
had the chance to meet her.
As some of my friends may already know,
my full name is Sara Michelle Scholastica Morin. My
great grandmother was a very important lady in our
family and deserves to be remembered. I am proud to
be named after her. I carry her kind spirit and good
will which lives on in my name.
Page 8
*The Redline*
March
2012
Ready, Set, Read!
March 2 is Read Across America Day!
By Chelsea Opperman
As some of you may know, March 2 is Read
Across America day. Students and teachers alike, will
be tucked away in their own humble abode, reading a
good book.
Everyone has a different taste in the kind of
books they like to read, and it seems like no two people
have the same favorite book.
“Twisted is my favorite book,” says Tyler
Moody. “I like the moral behind it, not too over intoxicate yourself, because horrible things can happen.”
“I love anything written by Judy Picoult,”
states Ms. Muido. “She’s very good at expressing
emotional connection.”
A lot of students in our school enjoy reading. It’s a hobby of many. Killingly students and faculty read anywhere from 2 to 10 books a month, making an average of 3.25 books a month per person.
So, why is reading is important?
“It allows you to broaden your horizon,” says
Erica Taylor.
“It allows you to take advantage of the characters’ experiences, without making their mistakes.”
states Nicole Hart.
“It helps you develop a long and strong vocabulary!” says Brandi Gerrish.
“It allows you to reassess your own choices,
values, and make connections,” states Ms. Muido.
Let’s Get Ready to Rumble....erm Read! So,
whether you prefer romance novels, comic books, or
mysteries, everyone can do their part this month. Dig
out a book and read it!
Top 10 Book Choices of Teens 2011
Bus Drivers!
By Amanda Mangasarian
Being a senior in high school, and having
my license, I don’t have to take the bus as much as a
person without their license, however, those rare
occasions when I do have to take the bus, are the
most treacherous experience of my life!
Not only is it bad for a bus driver to stop
short at every stop, but it is quite annoying how when
it’s 5:00 A.M. and you’re still half asleep, you don’t
want to be pushed to the front
of the seat because your bus
driver doesn’t know how to
drive.
Has that ever happened
to you?
Recently, my old bus
driver retired, and to be completely honest he was the best
bus driver I have ever had. He
never stopped short, never took
the easy way out of a bus route,
etc. He was a one of a kind bus
driver and now that he’s gone
there is no bringing him back.
When I’m taking the
bus, my bus driver not only stops short but also drives
like a complete lunatic. Starting to develop a back
problem, I confronted her about the issue and asked
her to slow down and to stop earlier, because going
on the bus was starting to hypothetically “kill me.” As
time went on after the discussion I had with her, she
still refused to stop driving like that. I was so mad that
it came down to reporting her multiple times.
It wasn’t just an issue for me, there were
multiple people complaining about her driving skills
and not listening to us when we told her it is annoying
for her to stop short. One girl on the bus, who literally had multiple back surgeries, confronted her about
the situation and told her it’s painful to even sit on the bus, never mind
be jolted forward. It wasn’t until the
girl moved to another household
that she finally started straightening up about the stopping short habits she had gotten into.
To this day, she still stops
short, but not as much as before.
Maybe one day being jolted forward
will stop, and everyone on the bus
will be able to sit on the bus without being in a ton of pain from the
bus driver.
It’s only a matter of time
before I will be able to buy my car
and be able to drive to school quickly and safely without having to deal with the treacherous bus or the bus
driver.
1. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
(Simon & Schuster)
2. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
3. Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick (Simon
& Schuster)
4. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
(HarperCollins)
5. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (Harlequin)
6. Matched by Ally Condie (Penguin)
7. Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel by
James Patterson (Little, Brown & Company)
8. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
(HarperCollins)
9. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
(HarperCollins)
By Nicole Durand
10. Nightshade by Andrea Cremer (PenGoogle is saving of your personal life, is on its servguin)
Been on Google lately? Well if you go on ers, which is online, leading to open access for those
Beware of the Web...
Red Cross Month
Continued from Prior Page
get their blood checked to make sure they are good to
go. Not everyone who signs up is.
“ I was going to give blood, but I couldn’t
because I had low iron,” said Donna Samuel.
Some people are disqualified from donating
blood because they have diseases that are transmissible via blood. Other potential donors are disqualified because their conditions could endanger themselves.
“ I had to go down and check to see if I as
able to give blood, but they said I can’t because I have
cold symptoms,” Tyler Galbreath said.
Individuals who have had ear, tongue, or other
body part piercing are allowed to donate blood as long
as the needle used in the piercing was sterile. If it were
not or if this is unknown, the potential donor must
wait 12 months from the time of the piercing. One
may not donate blood while one has the flu. But one
can donate blood after exposure to someone with the
flu provided the potential donor feels and has no symptoms. There is no maximum age limit.
Google, in the bottom left hand corner notice the
new privacy and terms highlighted in red. So much
for privacy anymore on the internet, when using
Google now. Recently, Google changed their privacy
policy to reinforce date from users and it will be
effective March 1, 2012.
Di rectl y o n Goo gle’s
website, they state the information
collected and how it’s used, such
as the information you provide on
Google+ or a Google account, log
information, user communications, and much more. Just when
you think Facebook gives out everything about your life, now
Google, one of the top search engines will be saving everything you
do in their database.
Ho wever, i f yo u have
Go ogl e instal led o r u sed t he
Google Dashboard, personally it can be used to review and control your own information. Google can
provide your details with other websites that have
your permission. According to cnn.com, Google has
every e-mail sent or received on Gmail, along with
all your searches, and practically anything you’ve
used that involves Google or is Google related.
Did it even occur to you that everything
who want to hack that data. None of this can ever be
undone once the policy is set in place. Even if you’re
not logged in, Google can still track what you have
searched.
Not only is it Google, but Facebook as well.
Every site where you put your personal information has it there forever.
There are plenty of people in the
world who will do anything to hack
your data and manipulate it. If all this
is happening now, I can’t even imagine what the internet is going to be like
in a couple of years?
Not to mention, cnn.com
states, that Europe has a new privacy
proposal, “Right to be Forgotten,”
which allows users in 27 countries in
the European Union to demand internet
companies to delete their personal
data.
In order to see a change, action needs to be
taken to the government against all these sites for the
accessibility of all the information we provide on the
internet, like Europe. Though, partially it is our fault
as well. So as you search through Google and create
all these accounts all over the web, be cautious as to
what you reveal.
Who knows what could happen to it.
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March
2012
It’s Maple Sugaring Time!!!
SUGARING UP! Above, large containers store the freshly collected maple sap, before it is steamed off and reduced
to either syrup or maple sugar. At right, above, some of the maple delicacies available; below one of the evaporators
used to remove water from the sap. (Redline photos by Nicole Durand)
By Nicole Durand
Bitter nights, and warm, summery days is the
kind of whether needed to produce that sweet, goldenbrown maple syrup. During the months of February and
March, sugarers are on the run to collect as much sap
as the trees will produce. When the nights freeze, and
the days are warm, it’s the kickstart for the sap to flow
throughout the trees, filling the bucket of clear liquid.
When it comes to maple syrup, or anything
maple related, leave it to Gary Durand, owner of Fabyan
Sugar Shack, to make maple jelly, maple pepper, maple
garlic pepper, crème, molded candies, ice cream toppings, cotton candy, peanut brittle, and ice cream with
the help of We Like It. Everything is made right inside
their own sugar shack, as well as a kitchen within their
home dedicated for their products.
Freshman Experience
By Alexander Stringer
Ah February. Yet again, an interesting month.
And this year, it is a Leap Year, very exciting. Firstly, I
would like to thank the cast and crew of ‘Guys and Dolls’
for an excellent performance. Secondly, I would like
to thank the freshmen that worked concessions at the
Sunday show.
As I said, the
play was great. I was
there on Sunday. The
whole show was very
well done. Though I enjoyed the whole show,
my favorite scene must
have been when all the
‘sinners’ showed up at
the Mission. I loved the
flow of conversation as
the sinners each confessed as to what they
had done wrong. The
script in that scene was
also very humorous, as was much of the play. Once again
I will say, very good job to all the cast and crew.
Those of you that went to the Sunday Matinee,
you may have noticed the concessions stand near the
library. This was a Freshman Fundraiser. We were selling tea, water, ice cream (which was donated by a generous Freshman) and other desserts. We were able to
raise around $200 dollars for our class funds. It was
also a lot of fun to work there. A special thanks to Ms.
Nadeau for putting the function together, without her,
none of it would have been possible.
February was thoroughly enjoyable for me.
But, as I am sure you can tell, the highlight for me was
working the concessions and attending our school play.
The whole day was great.
February has been full of spring like weather,
snow storms, lots of school work and a very enjoyable
play. This is Alex Stringer, and this has been the my
February Experience
Considering that the Durand’ have about
4,000 trees tapped in Pomfret, it leaves you to imagine the hard work and time it takes to bore a hole in
every single Maple tree. Let alone, last year’s winter that consisted of plenty of snow to make the
Durand’s buy snow shoes to tap their trees. Once you
fell down in that snow, there was no getting back up!
“Last year it was a lot of work, with all the
snow we got. We also have to deal with squirrels
chewing through tubes and trees that had fallen on
our lines,” says Gabrielle Durand, Owner’s daughter. “Within our taps, we have 3 main lines, which
two of them are vacuumed.”
A gallon of syrup doesn’t seem like much
work, right? Believe it or not, it takes 40 gallons of
sap to make only 1 gallon of pure maple syrup. However this year, with much more warmer days than
snowy ones, it has left them with less to work with
for double the amount of time. It’s taking about 60
to 80 gallons of syrup just to produce one gallon,
this sugaring season.
“It’s double the work for content. With the
days becoming warmer, it’s harder for us to get more
syrup, since the sap isn’t running up and down the
trees as much,” says Gabrielle Durand.
Once they collect all the sap from the trees
that are tapped, then the clear, molten liquid is immediately stored into a tank on Durand’s truck. Which
then is it transported back home and transferred right
away into another holding tank on the side of their
shack. Through the tubes and into the shack, the sap
going into the evaporator. Where the smoldering hot
flames heat the sap, which then goes into an open
boiling pan of 219 degrees. Left is a mere 1 gallon
of golden-brown, sweet maple syrup.Though it may
seem effortless to run the evaporator, but the amount
of wood used during sugaring season is crazy.
“So far we’ve used already 15 cords of wood,
usually it’s about 16 to 24 cords which heat about
400 gallons of syrup,” says Gary.
When it comes down to grading, not only
do we have grades in school, but the maple syrup too!
Maple syrup has several grades to meet variety of
people’s need, when it comes to syrup. At the Fabyan
Sugar Shack, the most commonly bought gradient of
syrup is grade A, which consists of a medium amber
color and is gathered mid-season. However, there’s
also a lighter amber colored syrup that’s made in the
begging of the season and a darker amber which has
the strongest maple flavor that’s processed towards
the end of sugaring season. Last but not least there
is grade B, which can be used as cooking syrup.
“Running the evaporator and the feeling of
accomplishing a lot of syrup is what is enjoy throughout this whole process,” adds Gabrielle. “That has to
be my favorite part of running this business.”
Not only are Durand’s products sold at The
Fabyan Sugar Shack in North Grovesnordale, but at
the Vanilla Bean, 85 Main, Bill’s Bread and Breakfast, The Golden Lamb, several orchards around Connecticut, and at farmer’s markets during the summer.
Early Spring?
By Chelsea Opperman
Winter, Spring, Winter, Spring. What’s going on with the weather lately? One day it’s nice and
warm out, then the next it’s snowing, or cold, frigid
and rainy. The weather just can not seem to make up
its mind, and it is getting out of control.
People seem to be enjoying this spring like
weather in January. It’s not too cold, and it’s not too
warm. More kids are outside and active this winter,
because they can actually enjoy themselves outside
when
t he
weather’s nice,
without having to
put on 12 layers of
clothes.
S o m e
people don’t like
this weather so
much though, incl udi ng mysel f.
We shoul d definitely have some
more snow. Who
wouldn’t love to
have snow at least one more time this winter? Perso nal ly,
I enjo y being o utside sledding,
snowboarding, building snowmen, making snow angels, or any snow related activity. “In t his wei rd
and warm winter of 2011-2012, various regions have
seen their daily highs climb to 15, 20 even 30 degrees above average,” stat es Ti m Ball isty, a
weather.com meteorologist. “With temperatures
climbing to about 20 degrees above average, several cities in the Northeast and near the Lower Great
Lakes will threaten their record high.”
“Snow cover is decreasing and spring arrives earlier. Scientists predict that we may be headed
for a Boston climate much like that of Charlotte,
North Carolina, or Atlanta, Georgia.” according to
the New England Boston Aquarium (www.neaq.org).
According to the Northeast Climate Impacts
Assessment (NECIA) team, “Since 1970, the Northeast has been warming at a rate of nearly .5 degrees
Fahrenheit per decade, with winter temperatures rising faster, at a rate of 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit per
decade from 1970 to 2000, all changes consistent
with those expected to be caused by global warming. 2010 was the warmest year on record.”
So, what’s it going to be Mr. Sky? Snow or
no snow? Please stop with the mixed weather. I don’t
want warm days here, cold days there. It’s spring or
winter, not a mixture of both. Come on weather,
choose one season and make up your mind!
Page 10 *The Redline*
March
2012
He’s not a Moose, He’s Not a Goose,
He is, He is Why, Dr. Seuss! (and it’s his birthday!)
By Christine Diaz
“Today you are you, That is truer than true. There is no one alive, Who is youer than you”- Dr Seuss
The amazing Theodor Geise or better known
as Dr. Seuess was a outstanding writer poet and most
known for his children books. He truly was an American idol who’s work will live on. Theodor Seuss Geise
was born March 2nd 1904 in Springfield Massachusetts. After going through school, Seuss eventually
became an Editor in Chief but almost got kicked out
when he was caught throwing a drinking party, that is
when he started using the name Dr. Seuss.
He entered college in Oxford with the hopes
of getting a Ph.D in literature but he met a girl named
Helen Geisel and they got married in 1927. After
moving back to America with his new wife, Seuss
started writing again. He started out with writing for
different magazines, he also did advertisements. He
made it through the Great Depression by drawing for
advertising companies and by working on a comic
strip, and soon after became very famous for it. It was
soon after this that it was discovered that there were
many children who were having difficulty reading
because their books were too boring. Suess’s editor
pushed him to start writing books for small children,
books that were called “Beginners Books.” They were
designed to help children learn how to read. He wrote
these books for children and they were such a success because he did it all with his unique writing style.
3That was another thing that is so impressive about
his books, they were done in such a different art style
then people were used to.
Dr. Seuss loved to use a lot of fur and feathers flowing in different directions, and everything that
has straight lines in real life had rounded or droopy
Relationship Status
By Samantha Montpelier
“ Oh no , I’m single for Valentine’s Day, That
stinks.”
That’s what every high schooler has been
saying these days because it’s Valentines day. Valentines day is one of these days that you either love, or
hate. This is
aimed t owards
co upl es. What
do you see when
you walk into a
store? You see
cu te heart pi llows, stuffed animals, o r t he
sweet heart candies.
A p proxi mat ely 1
b i l l i o n
Valentine’s Day
cards are sent each year. That’s a lot of love. The
modern holiday that unnerves men and leaves women
worried about being disappointed. People express
their love for others by buying them flowers, chocolates, cards, etc.
People really shouldn’t be worrying about
relationships. You’re in high school. Focus on work,
and keeping your grades up, and not worrying about
who you’re going to spend Valentine’s day with, or
what they are going to get you. Just think about spending time with your family. You’re family just might
get you something because they love you. Forget
about the boyfriends and girlfriends, and spend some
time with family.
Valentine’s day should be like any other day
of the year. If you truly love someone, everyday
should be like valentine’s day. Valentine’s day is just
a day that you get a small gift from the person you
love. Any other day can just be like that, all you have
to do is just buy something for like two dollars and
tell the person you love them.
lines in the world of Dr. Seuss. Dr Seuss was a big
part of the students in Killingly when they were
younger.
“When I was younger I didn’t like to read at
all,but when I picked up one of Dr Seuss’s books I
wouldn’t want to stop reading.“ says DeVaughn Culbert
He continues to say, “The way he wrote made
reading interesting and it was nothing that I have ever
seen before.”
Not only was Dr Seuss’s books a top seller,
six movies that were based off of his books were produced and became hits too.
“Out of all the books that were made into
movies it’s hard to just choose one that is my favorite, but if I had to choose I would pick Green Eggs
and Ham or The Cat In The Hat.”
Dr Seuss wrote ver sixty children’s books
which have sold half a billion copies between them.
Children loved the crazy characters and the funny
rhymes and his work will definitely live on.
Talking...A Thing of the Past!
By Kelsey Zardeskas
“Text me, okay?”
Many of us have heard
this line more than once, more
than twice actually. Texting is all
people do nowadays. You text, I
text, your mom texts, even your
grandmother texts! It has become
a new way of life.
I bet nobody remembers
when you last had to pick up the
phone and call someone. Remember when texting wasn’t even invented? Let alone as popular as it
is now. We physically had to pick
up the phone and dial a number. It
wasn’t saved in our contact list in
our cell phone. Phonebooks, anyone remember those?
Yeah, those were the things that we used to have when
we had to look up a number. Crazy right? Well, it may
not sound as crazy as you think. As of June 2008,
over 75 billion text messages are sent every month
compared to just 18 billion in December of 2006,
according to www.cellsigns.com.
While texting is easy and quick to do, it’s
not healthy. Some people rely on texting while they’re
in a relationship. Forty percent of texters who are in
a relationship or dating believe that text messages
play a significant role in their relationships. Many
couples rely on texting to help their relationship.
Some of the Dolls
from KHS recent
production of Guys
and Dolls: from
left , are Kenya
Best ,
Megan
Muraco, Taylor
Ra n d o lp h ,
Samantha Rull,
and Anna Stevens.
Most couples don’t even talk on the phone anymore!
It’s easy when you hit a rough spot, but you should
still be able to talk to your significant other face to
face. For some couples it’s just
plain out awkward when they go out
on a date because they have nothing
to say to each other, or they don’t
know what to say because they’ve
had a “texting relationship.”
It’s scary on how much
hi gh schoo l t eenagers rely on
texting one another. Nobody ever
just picks up the phone and calls
anymore, because no one really
knows how to talk on the phone
without using text slangs such as,
“lol,” “omg,” “ttyl” or “gr8” (laugh
out loud, oh my god, talk to you
later, great). It’s sad when you’re having a conversation with a person and instead of laughing they just
say “lol.” Even though it’s fun to text your friends,
it’s unhealthy.
People should get back to talking on the
phone, or better yet talking face to face. Instead of
Facebook, you should talk face to face. Instead of
texting, talk face to face! The only time people ever
talk face to face is at school, but even then they are
still texting each other. Talking face to face can help
build up your self esteem and can improve your social skills. But, talking is becoming thing of the past.
*The Redline*
March
2012
Page 11
DST on the Way!!!
By Nicole Durand
As the last six weeks of winter come to an
end, there are noticeable signs that spring is close.
There’s a red hue to the trees around, it smells like
spring in the morning, and more birds outside singing melodies throughout the day, leaving us with the
anticipation of a new season on its way!
Not only does spring signify new growth and
a time for change in the year, it’s exciting to think
that this so-called winter is almost over. The way
Mother Nature invaded winter and teased us all with
warmer, sunnier days, spring is a time that’s been long
awaited for by many.
“Of course I’m exci ted for Spring, the
warmer weather and everything it has to offer,” says,
junior, Vaso Politis.
“The quicker winter is gone, the better!” says
Valerie Santerre, junior.
From several feet of snow, to hardly any this
season, it makes you wonder where did winter go? It
wasn’t bitterly cold and snow barely covered the
ground, but we still had to experience the wind and
several freezing days. Although, for some people
that’s perfectly acceptable to have such a winter. Others can’t wait for it to be over and done with.
“This Winter felt like it was on and off between Spring,” says Politis. “I’m glad Spring is coming, hopefully it will be better weather.”
However, when it comes to the first day of
Spring, it’s not something everyone knows off the top
Home Stretch
for Seniors!
By Sara Haley
Right now must be the worst part of senior
year. You don’t yet know what college you’re going
to go to in the fall because you’re waiting to hear
back from that one college that takes a month longer
than the rest to make a decision. There’s almost a
whole semester left, and I don’t know about everyone else, but second semester always feels like it
goes by so much slower than the first. June feels like
it’s an eternity away.
I never understood why people dropped out
senior year. I
used to think
people were
crazy, it ’s
yo ur last
year why
give up now?
But, being a
senior, it all
m a k e s
sense. Your
cl asses seni or year
mi ght
be
easy,
but
nothing else is. Especially, when senioritis kicks in.
And, I can’t even imagine how stressed the people
are who think they won’t have enough credits to graduate.
Then there’s figuring out how you’re going
to pay for college. If you’re anything like me, then
you don’t want to be $100k in debt when you graduate from college, especially since getting a degree
doesn’t guarantee you a job anymore. I don’t want to
have that stress over my head, so community college
seems like the only option. But, you can’t get your
bachelor’s degree from a community college.
I thought senior year was going to be so easy,
and the classes are, but you feel like you have the
weight of the world above your head. At least, that’s
how I feel. Whatever college I end up going to though,
I still want to graduate. My homework just doesn’t
seem very important anymore. None of it is going to
help me pay for college or figure out what I’m doing
with my life. I don’t feel like I’m learning anything
new either, apart from my Trig class. I’d appreciate it
if graduation would come sooner. I’m impatient to
get out of high school.
of their head. Usually finding out the date involves
flipping through the pages of the calendar or it just
so happens you come across it. It’s not really a date
everyone pays attention to, they just want the Seasonal effects to take place.
“No I don’t really known when Spring begins off the top of my head,” says Valerie.
“I think Spring is on March 20,” says Vaso.
Spring brings in the blossoming of new
trees and flowers, as well as the baby animals.
“My favorite things about Spring, is the baby
animals, flowers, and the colors everywhere,” says
Santerre.
Having said that, it’s not everything the new
season indicates. For school, it’s a time of realizing
how far we’ve come and how little is left, as well as
less time towards those awaiting prom and graduation.
“I feel like when Spring comes along, the
school year tends to feel a little easier and relaxed,”
Time to be Silly!
By Kelsey Zardeskas
April Fool’s Day originated in 1582, Pope
Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian
Calendar) to replace the old Julian Calendar. The new
calendar called for New Year’s Day to be celebrated
January 1. That year, France adopted the reformed
calendar and shifted New Year’s day to January 1.
According to a popular explanation, many
people either refused to accept the new date, or did
not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New
Year’s Day on April
1. Other people began to make fun of
these traditionalists,
sendi ng them on
“fool’s errands” or
trying to trick them
into believing something false. Eventual ly, the practi ce
spread throughout
Europe.
A p r i l
Fool’s Day is a day
of exci tement and
surprises! Everyone
pl ays at l east o ne
prank on this
day. Some of them are made up
pranks, or the most popular pranks. According to
www.clarioncallnews.com the top five most popular
pranks to play on April Fool’s day are:
1. Boom! Head shot! Post pictures of someone the victim knows all over the intended victim’s
room and cover the walls from floor to ceiling.
2. Misplaced. This one takes a subtle hand.
Re-arrange someone’s stuff in such a way that things
are familiar, but completely disorienting.
3. Sneak attack alarm. Hide an alarm clock
and set it for an ungodly early hour. Watch a friend
frantically search for the screaming clock.
4. Other door. Place a “use other door” sign
on a building somewhere. Watch people run around,
frantic because they have no idea how to get into a
building, and see them give up.
5. The avalanche. Fill a cabinet with boxes,
bottles, plastic bags or the like, to the point of spilling out. Then, just keep an eye on the situation and
watch the stuff fly out and crash down on the unsuspecting target.
April Fool’s Day is a time of fun, a time of
jokes, a time for...paranoia.
“I hate April Fool’s Day, it makes me so paranoid!” says senior Marguerite DiMarco.
“I love April Fool’s Day! I like how everyone is all giddy and just happy! It’s nice to see other
people just happy once in a while. In high school, you
don’t see that much,” says senior Amber Hopps.
This day can be fun and exciting! Everyone
think of a favorite prank to play on a friend! The joke
doesn’t have to be memorable, just make someone
laugh. April Fool’s Day is a time to be joyful, crazy
and silly!
says Vaso Politis. “It’s the time where I’m just happy
we’re getting closer to summer vacation.”
Now that Spring is sooner than later, it’s time
to go outside, without worrying about a huge, heavy
coat, and enjoy the warm weather. If it’s just sitting
outside with your dog or going for a hike, take the
time to enjoy the season around you, as well as being
grateful to live in a state where we’re able to experience everything this season has to offer!
How Fake Now?
By Holly Logan
It seems like the more and more that we develop technology, the more fake women in the media
appear to be. With contraptions like Spanx, push-up
bras, and Photoshop, how are we supposed to know
what is real and what is not?
In this generation, Photoshop is the new way
to visually get a complete makeover. Recently, more
and more newspapers, magazines, and online websites
have began noticing that cosmetic and clothing ads
overuse Photoshop on models that were perfectly
fine before.
R e cently, Procter
& Gamble recal led phot ographs of Taylo r Swi ft, a
popular country music star,
fo r
her
CoverGirl ads
that false adverti sed her
eyelashes. Acco rdi ng
to
ABC News, the
advertisement
showed the 22 year old with digital enhancement,
thanks to Photoshop, that had a line saying that her
lashes were amplified due to digital enhancement.
However, this isn’t the first time that big rig
companies have been caught overusing digital enhancement on popular celebrities, especially women.
Kelly Clarkson has had numerous issues regarding
digital enhancement of both her album covers and
magazine covers.
According to the National Mental Health Information Center on CNN, girls are three times more
likely to suffer from body image issues compared to
boys. And it’s no wonder when magazines, tabloids,
and television depicts famous women to be perfect.
Probably the worst of all is Victoria’s Secret,
who displays numerous models that not only young
women look up to, but also older women. A great
majority of the models that work for Victoria’s Secret don’t even need retouches, in my opinion, and
yet they continuously hack into their bodies and make
their pictures look rather deformed and inhuman.
The reality of the situation is that men,
women, and young adults need to realize that real
women don’t look like what the tabloids portray. Real
women are your friends, moms, aunts, and aren’t retouched. Maybe one day we’ll actually be able to look
at a magazine cover and actually see a real woman.
Until then, I guess I’ll just have to retouch all of my
pictures.
Page 12
*The Redline*
March
2012
Spring is Just Around the Corner...
By Nicole Durand
As the last six weeks of winter come to an end,
there are noticeable signs that spring is close. There’s
a red hue to the trees around, it smells like spring in the
morning, and more birds outside singing melodies
throughout the day, leaving us with the anticipation of a
new season on its way!
Not only does spring signify new growth and a
time for change in the year, it’s exciting to think that
this so-called winter is almost over. The way Mother
Nature invaded winter and teased us all with warmer,
sunnier days, spring is a time that’s been long awaited
for by many.
“Of course I’m excited for Spring, the warmer
weather and everything it has to offer,” says, junior, Vaso
Politis.
“The quicker winter is gone, the better!” says
Valerie Santerre, junior.
From several feet of snow, to hardly any this
season, it makes you wonder where did winter go? It
wasn’t bitterly cold and snow barely covered the ground,
but we still had to experience the wind and several freezing days. Although, for some people that’s perfectly
acceptable to have such a winter. Others can’t wait for
it to be over and done with.
“This Winter felt like it was on and off between
Spring,” says Politis. “I’m glad Spring is coming, hope-
fully it will be better weather.”
However, when it comes to the first day of
Spring, it’s not something everyone knows off the top
of their head. Usually finding out the date involves
flipping through the pages of the calendar or it just so
happens you come across it. It’s not really a date everyone pays attention to, they just want the Seasonal
effects to take place.
“No I don’t really known when Spring begins
off the top of my head,” says Valerie.
“I think Spring is on March 20,” says Vaso.
Spring brings in the blossoming of new
trees and flowers, as well as the baby animals.
“My favorite things about Spring, is the
baby animals, flowers, and the colors everywhere,”
says Santerre.
Having said that, it’s not everything the
new season indicates. For school, it’s a time of realizing how far we’ve come and how little is left,
as well as less time towards those awaiting prom
and graduation.
“I feel like when Spring comes along, the
school year tends to feel a little easier and relaxed,”
says Vaso Politis. “It’s the time where I’m just happy
we’re getting closer to summer vacation.”
Now that Spring is sooner than later, it’s
time to go outside, without worrying about a huge,
heavy coat, and enjoy the warm weather. If it’s just
sitting outside with your dog or going for a hike,
take the time to enjoy the season around you, as
well as being grateful to live in a state where we’re
able to experience everything this season has to
offer!
The Real Reason?
By Ashley Chauvin
Why is it okay for you to speak of your favorite sports team, but not okay for me to talk about my
religion? Why is it okay for you to talk about the highlight of the game, but not okay for me to talk about
what my pastor preached about? Why is it okay for you
to tell me that preaching about what I believe in isn’t
allowed in school, but okay for you to talk about your
favorite t eam’s
stats?
Being in
high school and
holding strong to
your religion is
harder than it
seems. Very few
classmat es, and
even teachers,
make stu dents
feel comfortable
enough to profess their faith in
front of others.
Among the unwillingness of others, there are many new
temptations and obstacles.
Although I am very strong in my faith, I have
faced countless setbacks throughout my three years in
high school. Peers are not as supportive as they should
be. Instead, they belittle you until you agree to do the
things that they do. When speaking of your faith, many
people automatically look at you as though you see
yourself as better than they are, but for many this is not
true. Instead, it just means that we understand the wrong
things we have done and are able to admit to them.
Among the many setbacks, there stands the
largest: fitting in. Nobody, no matter how old or how
confident they are, wants to be alone and made fun of
for being different. But, who really decides what’s cool
and what’s not? For me, I hold much more respect for
people who can stand true to their faith and themselves
throughout their four years of high school. Not only
because that means they aren’t being someone they’re
not, but because they have not let their peers pressure
them into changing.
Religion to some people, is like sports to an
athlete. It’s not just something they believe in or enjoy,
but something that has become second nature to them.
For the people that find it “cool” to degrade the kid that
walks around with a bible instead of a cell phone, stop.
People should not look at anyone who proclaims their
faith out loud, as “weird” or “different.” Just because
you don’t believe in the same thing as them, does not
give you the right to tell them what they can or cannot
believe in.
PLENTY OF ACTION took
place on the KHS stage as
the drama club produced
th e m usica l G uys a nd
Dolls. At left, Matt Lawton,
left, as Benny Southstreet
and Jonathon Keeley as
Lieutenant Brannigan.
Gotta Love Those Laptops!
By Christine Diaz
“Are you really using your laptop for homework or are you just fooling around?!”
That is the question that almost every
teacher asks their students in class.
This laptop problem has been
going on ever since the day that they
came into Killingly High. Teachers here
are about half and half about the laptops.
Some actually find the laptops very useful, and they use them in their classes,
but others think that the laptops are just
a distraction for the students, and they
don’t like them at all. With all of the
tricks that students pick up to hide what
they really are doing, it is very easy to
trick teachers to make it seem like they
really are working, and teachers begin to pick up on
that.
Another problem that teachers have with the
laptop is the difficulty level. With all of the upgrade
in technology it is harder for the older generation to
catch up and pick up on It. Technology is updating everyday, and it is difficult to learn so some teachers
like the old paper and pencil strategy. But sometimes it is good to work with the laptops because
in the real world everything is
technology based so it is a
good way to ease students into
that.
Of course a brand new
Apple Mac l aptop wi th a
webcam and tons of fun features is going to be distracting,
but at the same time it is a great
way to get your work done is a
more interesting way than pencil and paper. It is also a good
way to prepare students for college. In college it is a requirement to have a laptop for you
to complete your work. So the students having these
is a great head start.
The students in Killingly High have been
giving this great opportunity to have these laptops
and to get head start to have the responsibility and
to use these laptops for getting their work done
rather than getting distracted.
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March
2012
Busy Hands
are Happy Hands!
By Victoria Ferland
The students and and teachers in the specialed program recently made tie-die t-shirts. Once a
week or twice about twice month they all get together
with Mrs. Peterson and they make a craft or do some
cooking. These activities let the students know that
they can do whatever they set their minds too.
“The students really enjoy making different
crafts, or cooking some new food every week,” says
Ms. Barribeault.
The activities that the teachers and students
participate in are very hands on. The students look
forward to each activity no matter what it is. They
recently made candles and cards for Valentines Day.
Not only do the students make the crafts but they sell
them too. The cards and candles were sold during
lunch the week before Valentines Day.
Mrs. Peterson has been a huge help in making these fun activities take place. She provides her
time for the students and helps them with whatever
activity they have decided to do that week. She also
goes out and buy the materials needed for the craft
or recipe.
“I really appreciate all the time, materials,
and money that Mrs. Peterson puts into these activities. I know that my students really appreciate it as
well. It is very nice of her to do this for them,” says
Mrs. Barribeault.
These activities keep the students in the special-ed program excited about what they are doing in
school. It lets them know that they can accomplish
anything they want to. They will continue to do take
part in these kinds of activities, with the help of Mrs.
Peterson and all the volunteers in the program.
WORKING TOGETHER - Above, Mrs. Peterson, left, and Ms.. Baribeault coach students who are working diligently on
creating their own masterpieces. Below, Mrs. Peterson, center, and Ms. Baribeault, right, work on their own designs as
students work on theirs. (Redline photos by Tory Ferland)
Einstein Was a Wonder!
By Chelsea Greene
Albert Einstein, the first child of the Jewish
couple Hermann and Pauline Einstein, was born on
March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany. Einstein learned
to speak at a late age, he was considered a slow learner
as a child, and he showed no particular aptitude for
formal schooling. In June 1880, his family moved to
Munich where Hermann Einstein and his brother
Jakob founded an electrical engineering company.
After the failure of his father’s business in
1894 the Einsteins moved to Pavia, Italy. Young Albert
remained in Munich to finish school, but moved to
Pavia to join his family after completing only one
term. Upon reaching Italy, he renounced his German
citizenship, possibly to avoid obligatory military service, and became stateless. At about the same time,
Einstein “renounced his legal adherence to the Jewish religious community.”
In
1 89 5,
Einstein took an exam
for the Federal Swiss
Polytechnic University, but failed the liberal arts portion of the
test. Einstein wrote
his first scientific paper i n 18 95 on
el ect ro -magnet i sm
and the propagation of
light and heat. He was
sent by his family to
Aarau, Switzerland to
fi ni sh
secondary
school and in 1896, received his diploma. Though he
did not have enough credit to enroll in a traditional
university, Einstein did qualify for the Federal Swiss
Polytechnic University, in Zurich. Einstein was pleasantly surprised at the liberal education at the Polytechnic and began to discuss his scientific interests
with a group of close friends.
In 1900, Einstein was granted a teaching diploma by the Polytechnic and was accepted as a Swiss
citizen in 1901. Upon graduation, Einstein wrote to
many prominent European scientists to ask whether
they needed an assistant, he received no replies. He
Erin Go Bragh!
By Victoria Ferland
St. Patrick is the patron saint
of the country of Ireland. St. Patrick
was held captive in Ireland for six years
and was forced to work for the king. He
turned to God and was able to go back
to his homeland in England. He had
planned on returning to Ireland to teach
the people there about Christianity. He
spent 30 years in Ireland and was able
to found more than 300 churches and
baptized more than 120,000 people. He
escaped murder 12 times during his life
and died naturally on March 17, 461.
finally accepted a position as technical assistant in
the Swiss Patent Office, which he held for seven years.
Einstein died on April 18, 1955 in Princeton,
New Jersey. After a long illness, he died peacefully
in his sleep; the listed cause of death was a ruptured
artery in his heart. By request in his will, there was
no funeral, no grave, and no marker. His brain was
donated to science and his body was cremated and its
ashes were spread over a near-by river.
The four major areas of science that Albert
Einstein contributed to are Light, Time, Energy and
Gravity. He published four outstanding scientific papers in the year 1905. This year is therefore called
Einstein’s annus mirabilis or miracle year. He put
forth the following explanations for the scientific
community: He explained that light energy came in
chuncks or quanta, now called ‘photons’. This explanation changed the way researchers thought about the
nature of light. He discussed the Brownian motion
that helped in proving the existence of molecules.
He also gave forth explanation regarding the dynamics of individual moving bodies. And last, but not the
least, he explained the nature of space and time.
“I thought St. Patrick was
born and raised in Ireland. I did not
realize he was forced to live there
because of being captured,” says
Maddy Bonfiglio.
“I know who St. Patrick is,
but I’m not Irish so I do not find him
to be that important of a person,” says
Gabby LaRose.
To day, on March 1 7 t h
people all around the world celebrate
his feast day. It is also a celebration
of the Irish culture and history. Most
traditional people of Irish decent attend church in the
morning and then attend the the parade in the afternoon, along with celebrating with their family and
friends. Men in Ireland will wear shamrocks on their
jackets and orange, green, and white badges, while
women wear green ribbons in their hair.
“I usually just wear a green shirt just like everyone else,” says Maddy Bonfiglio
The celebration of this holiday first entered
into the United States because of immigration in the
early 1920s. Today, many people will wear green and
watch the St. Patrick’s Day parade on TV. Some people
might throw a party or just have some family members over for dinner. This holiday is not made into as
big of a deal as in Ireland, where it was originated.
“We do not really celebrate St. Patrick’s Dy
at my house. We don’t really consider it to be a huge
holiday I guess,” says Gabby LaRose.
“I do not do anything on St. Patrick’s Day. It
just like a regular day to me,” says Maddy Bonfiglio.
Even though St. Patrick’s Day is not a widely
celebrated holiday in the United States, it is noticed
world wide. It is possible that in a few years it could
be made into a bigger celebration not only for the
people in Ireland, but for everyone around the world.
Page 14
*The Redline*
March
2012
March is Women in History Month!
In honor of Women in History Month The Redline chose a number of
famous women to highlight from actresses to history makers.
Alice Coachman
By Amanda Mangasarian
Famer, the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, and the
Albany Sports Hall of Fame.
She attended both Tuskegee Institute and
Albany State in Georgia. While attending Tuskegee
Institute, she was coached by fellow Hall of Fame
Cleve Abbott. When her competitive days were over,
she became a schoolteacher and a coach.
With lots of dedication and motivation Alice
Coachman was determined to succeed as an athlete.
Black or white she knew that she could accomplish
it.
Amelia Earhart
By Samantha Montpelier
“I’ve always believed that I could do whatever I
set my mind to do”
-Alice Coachman
Name: Alice Coachman
Date of Birth: November 9, 1923
Date of Death: June 1993, age 62.
Birth P lace: Albany, Georgia
Education:
In 1938, when Coachman enrolled in Madison
High School, she immediately joined the track team.
The Madison boys’ track coach, Harry E. Lash, recognized and nurtured her talent.
Family Background:
Born the fifth of ten children, Alice’s family was
poor, and even as a youngster, Coachman had to work
at picking cotton and other crops to help her family
meet financially. Running and jumping was deemed
unladylike and to avoid a whipping, Alice tried to make
sure her father didn’t see her doing either. Not having
shoes, or access to public training facilities because
of segregation policies, Alice Coachman ran barefoot
on the dirt roads near her house, practicing jumps over
a crossbar made of rags tied together. Coachman received encouragement from her fifth-grade teacher,
Cora Bailey, at Monroe Street Elementary School and
from her aunt, Carrie Spry, who defended her niece’s
interest in sports in the face of parental reservations.
Description of Accomplishments:
The determination of the American spirt can be
seen in the life of Alice Coachman. In London, England in 1948, during the first Olympics held after
the World War II, Alice became the first African
American woman to win a gold medal in the Winter
Olympics. An athlete, whose competition was restricted by World War II, Alice nonetheless won 25
National Titles. Most of the titles were in Track and
Field in the high jump.
Alice won the AAU outdoor high jump championship from 1939 through 1948, she also won the
indoor championship in 1941, 1945, and 1946. She
also won the outdoors 50-meter dash from 1943
through 1947, the outdoors 100-meter in 1942, 1945,
and 1946, and the indoors 50-meter dash in 1945 and
1946. Her greatest fame was in 1948 when she won
the Olympics woman’s high jump title in a meet also
setting an American record 5-6 1/8. This is the year
she became the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
Alice Coachman has been honored with
prestigious memberships in eight halls of fame. A few
of the halls are the National Track and Field Hall of
When Amelia was around 10 years of age she
saw her first plane, and she wasn’t too impressed.
Earhart attended a stunt-flying exhibition, almost a
decade later, where she became seriously interested
in aviation. On December 28, 1920, pilot Frank
Hawks gave her a ride that would forever change her
life. By the time she was a couple hundred feet off
the ground she knew she was going to be a flyer.
After graduati ng from Hyde Park High
School in 1915, Earhart attended Ogontz, a girls’ finishing school in the suburbs of Philadelphia. She left
in the middle of her second year to work as a nurse’s
aide in a military hospital in Canada during WWI, attended college, and later became a social worker at
Denison House, a settlement house in Boston.
Earhart took her first flying lesson on January 3, 1921, and in six months managed to save enough
money to buy her first plane. The second-hand Kinner
Airster was a two-seater biplane painted bright yellow. Earhart named the plane “Canary,” and used it to
set her first women’s record by rising to an altitude
of 14,000 feet.
The world’s most famous female aviator disappeared in 1937. She attempted to become the first
woman to fly around the world. With her navigator,
Fred Noonan, her Lockheed Electra was last heard
from about 100 miles from the tiny Pacific, Howland
Island. During her life she achieved many goals, the
first woman to fly across the Atlantic, in 1928, the
second person to fly solo across the Atlantic, in 1932,
and the first person to solo from Hawaii to California, in 1935.
Barbara Walters
By Nicole Fawell
Barbara Walters was born September 25,
1929 in Boston Massachusetts. Her father owned
several nightclubs and as a result the family was
wealthy and could afford a good education for her.
Barbara Walters began her journalism career
in 1953, when she graduated from Sarah Lawrence
College with a degree in English. She wrote material
for WRCA-TV (an NBC affiliate). She then moved
on to writing material for the CBS Morning Show. In
1961, NBC hired Walters as a researcher and a writer
for their Today Show. After her report on First Lady
Jacqueline Kennedy’s trip to India and Pakistan, she
gained popularity and responsibilities with in the network. She became a co-host on the Today Show, however she was not allowed to ask any serious questions
until her male co-host had finished asking his.
After serving on the Today Show for over
11 years, Barbara Walters moved on to ABC network
to become the first ever female co-anchor for their
evening news. However, ratings dropped after the network took Walters so she was removed from her position shortly after. She moved on to ABC News,
working for a show called 20/20. She was eventually
promoted to co-host of 20/20. She worked with that
show for many years until at the age of 73 she stepped
down.
While working on 20/20 Walters interviewed
many celebrities, politicians, world leaders, and other
influential people. She became famous for her skilled
interview techniques.
In 1997, Walters started a show called The
View, which features five women discussing their
opinions on politics, family and other topics of interest to the public.
Barbara Walters influenced to the role of
women in the field of journalism. Until she made a
name for herself on the news, journalism, particularly on TV, was very male dominated.
A sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good
women.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Betty White
Occupation: Animal Rights Activist, Television Actress, Comedian
Birth date: January
17, 1922
Place of Birth: Oak
Park, Illinois
Early Life and Career
Bett y
Whi te
grew up as the only child
of Horace and Tess White,
an electrical engineer and
a homemaker. At the age
of two, they moved to Los
Angeles.
In the early
1950’s she starred in her
fi rst t elevision seri es
called Life with Elizabeth
develo ped with George
Tibbles. White’s career then took off by starring in
her next television series called The Mary Tyler
Moore Show. While playing Sue Anna Nivens, White
showed audiences that behind her sweet smile is a
sharp witty attitude.
In a contrast to her character
Sue Ann, she starred
in the popular show
in the 1980s called
The Golden Girls,
pl ayi ng
Ro se
Nylu nd, with cost ars
Rue
McClanahan, Bea
Art hur and Estelle
Getty. The show was
a look at the lives of
four, elderly, female
friends, with a few
good laughs on the
side. The show won
numerous awards and
was top ranked during
its seven seasons on
air. The show also
landed
another
Emmy Award for
Betty White.
Since then she has starred in The Proposal
featuring Sandra Bullock. Her career then took off
again as she was invited to host Saturday Night Live
and be in another television show called Hot In Cleveland.
Show.
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Clarissa Harlowe Barton
By Amanda Mangasarian
“An institution or reform movement that is not
selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil
that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness. I suppose it is a philanthropic movement to try to reverse the process”
- Clarissa Barton
Name: Clarissa Harlowe Barton
Date of Birth: December 25, 1821
Date of Death: April 12, 1912, age 91.
Birth Place: North Oxford, Massachusetts
Education:
Much of Clara Barton’s education was provided
by her older brothers and sisters. While she was still
a teenager, she started to teach in Massachusetts. In
1850, she took a break to attend the Liberal Institute
of Clinton, New York, an advanced school for women
educators.
Family Background:
Clara was the daughter of Captain Stephen and
Sarah (Stone) Barton. Her father was a respected
farmer, horse breeder and politician. Although a shy
child, she accelerated early in her studies. By the time
she was four years old, Clara could easily spell complicated words. Her instinctual gift of nursing started
at the young age of 11, when she nursed her brother
David through a serious illness.
Description of Accomplishments:
Clara Barton became a teacher in Massachusetts at the age of 17, Barton founded her own school
six years later and after ten years of teaching, felt the
need to alter her career path. She then pursued writing and languages at the Liberal Institute in Clinton,
New York.
Clara Barton opened a free school in New Jersey. The attendance under her leadership grew to sixhundred but, instead of hiring her to head of the
school, the board hired a man instead. Frustrated, she
moved to Washington D.C. and began work as a clerk
in the U.S. Patent Office; which was the first time a
woman had received a substantial clerkship in the federal government.
Never before had women been allowed in hospitals, camps or on battlefields. Initially, military and
civil officials declined her help, although she eventually gained the trust of these officials and began
receiving supplies from all over the country. As a result of her untiring work, she became known as the
“Angel of the Battlefield.” Officially, she became the
superintendent of Union nurses in 1864 and began
obtaining camp and hospital supplies, assistants and
military trains for her work on the front. She practiced nursing exclusively on battlefields, experiencing first-hand the horrors of war on sixteen different
battlefields.
Later in her life, Barton continued to search for
missing soldiers and also became involved in the suffragist movement. Barton was the President of the
American National Red Cross for twenty-two years.
The Red Cross’s early work included aiding victims
and workers in the floods of the Mississippi and Ohio
Rivers in 1882 and 1884, the Texas famine of 1886,
the Florida yellow fever epidemic in 1887, an earthquake in Illinois in 1888, and the 1889 Johnstown,
Pennsylvania disaster/flood.
Clara Barton was the most decorated American
woman, receiving the Iron Cross, the Cross of Imperial Russia and the International Red Cross Medal.
Her final act was founding the National First Aid Society in 1904. She retired as President of the American Red Cross at the age of 83
Clara Barton’s two “rules of action” were “unconcern for what cannot be helped” and “control under pressure.”
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Eleanor Roosevelt
By Amanda Mangasarian
“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every
human being. With freedom comes responsibility.
For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who
does not want to carry is own
weight, this is a frightening
prospect”
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Na me :
Roosevelt
El eano r
Date of Birth: October
11, 1884
Date of Death: November 7, 1962, age 78.
Birth P lace: New York
City.
Education:
Attended Allenswood, a
finishing school in London,
England, from 1899 to 1902.
Family Background:
Member of longtime affluent New York family. A niece of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President
of the United States and sixth cousin of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of United States,
who became her husband. Her parents died when she
was a child.
Description of Accomplishments:
Even without her marriage to Franklin D.
Roosevelt, through whose presidency she revolutionized the position of first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt
would have still become one of the greatest women
of the 20th Century. As a humanitarian and civic leader,
her work for the welfare of youth, black Americans,
the poor, and women, at home and abroad has yet to
be equaled.
Her marriage to Franklin D. Roosevelt (18821945), brought her into the world of politics of which
she proved a fast learner. When her husband was Assistant Secretary of the Navy during World War I, she
supported the war effort by volunteering for the Red
Cross. She was also an active member of the women’s
suffrage movement.
In the process she became his political surrogate, speaking in his behalf to the citizenry, relaying
their feedback to him, and giving her input as well.
During this period she also opened the Val-Kill fur-
niture factory in New York to provide job relief to
the unemployed and became part owner of Todhunter,
an all girls private school in
New York City.
Her t enure (1 93 31945) was the longest only
because her husband’s tenure as president was t he
lo ngest , but El eanor
Roosevelt became the first
activist first lady. With press
conferences and her daily
column she kept the public
up-to-date on White House
policies; in particular the
New Deal (a series of econo mic programs i mpl emented in the United States
between 1933 and 1936).
She persuaded FDR to create the National Youth Administration (NYA), which
provided financial aid to student s and job training to
young men and women. Her
concern for disadvantaged
black Americans, prompted
her to work closely with organizations such as the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and in
1939 she resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution in protest to their preventing black
singer Marian Anderson from performing at Constitution Hall.
After the United States entered World War II,
Eleanor Roosevelt channeled her energies into the
war effort. She did this first by mustering up civilian
volunteerism as assistant director of the Office of
Civilian Defense (OCD), and by visiting U.S. troops
abroad.
After her role as the first lady was over in 1945,
she took her career to a whole new level. She became
a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly,
specializing in humanitarian, social, and cultural issues. In 1948, she drafted the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, which affirmed life, liberty, and
equality internationally for all people regardless of
race, creed or color. Additionally, she helped in the
establishment of the state of Israel and attempted
negotiations, with Russia.
She wrote several books about her experiences:
This Is My Story (1937),
This I Remember (1950),
On My Own (1958),
Tomorrow Is Now (1963).
Erin Brockovich
By Nicole Durand
Erin Brockovich was born on June
22, 1960, in Lawrence Kansas. Brockovich
is a legal clerk and environmental activist.
She is also president of Brockovich Research
& Consul ting and current ly works for
Girardi & Keese, which has a focus on personal injury claims for asbestos exposure.
Brockovich attended Lawrence High School
then Kansas State University in Kansas.
Brockovich is known for the case concerning the contamination of water that contained
hexavalent chromium, in the town of Hinkley
in California. The case ended up being settled
in 1996 for $333 million, which is known
as the largest settlement ever paid in US history. Her
partner in crime throughout the lawsuit as well as others, was her lawyer, Edward L. Masry. Brockovich
went around the United States and filed law suits
against companies that lied about their water quality.
In October of 2001, she wrote a book called, Take it
From Me: Life’s a Struggle But You Can Win and
ended up being on the New York Times Business
Bestseller’s List. Brockovich is widely known as Julia
Ro bert’s po rtrayal o f her in the movi e, Eri n
Brockovich , in 2000. As of right now, Brockovich is
working on a case, in New York, that is effecting the
teens in the school. Which Brockovich believes could
be related to a chemical spill 40 years ago, in the same
area where the Le Roy Junior-Senior High School is.
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Tara Dakides
Georgia O’ Keefe
By Ashley Chauvin
By Amanda Mangasarian
“Making your unknown known is the important
thing”
- Georgia O’ Keefe
Name: Georgia O’ Keefe
Birth Date: Nov. 15, 1887
Date of Death: March 6, 1986, age 98.
Birth Place: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
Education:
Graduated from the Chatham Protestant Episcopal Institute in Williamsburg, Virginia. in 1904.
Studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art
Students League in New York.
Family Background:
Her family were farmers. She grew up in both
Sun Prairie and Williamsburg, Virginia.
Description of Accomplishments:
The artistic brilliance of Georgia O’Keeffe
revolutionized modern art in both her time and in the
present. With her paintings she vividly portrayed the
power and emotion of objects of nature. This was first
seen in her charcoal drawings of silhouetted bud-like
forms exhibited in 1916 that brought her fame. During the 1920s , she explored this theme in her magnified paintings of flowers which to this day enchant
people amorously, although her purpose was to convey that nature in all its beauty was as powerful as the
widespread industrialization of the period.
After spending a summer in New Mexico, Georgia O’Keeffe, enthralled by the barren landscape and
expansive skies of the desert, would explore the subject of animal bones in her paintings of the 1930s
and 1940s. Just as with the flowers, she painted the
bones magnified and captured the stillness and remoteness of them, while at the same time expressing
a sense of beauty that lies within the desert.
Georgia O’Keefe was married to the pioneer
photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), in 1924.
It was at Stieglitz’s famed New York art gallery “291”
that her charcoal drawings were first exhibited in
1916. The union lasted 22 years, until Stieglitz’s
death.
The paintings from the latter phase of Georgia
O’ Keeffe’s career concerned a rectangular door on
an adobe wall and the sky. These were far less inspiring than her earlier works-which continued to be rediscovered through her lifetime and to the present day.
Name: Tara Dakides
Birthplace: Laguna Hills,
California
Birthday: August 20, 1975
Nicknames: The Tarorizor
Taradaktle
Taraje
Known F or: bei ng an infl uenti al wo man
snowboarder, pushing female snowboarding competition harder than anyone had before her at that time.
Career Achievements:
Chalet Girl Motion Picture directed by Phil
Trail. Main cast playing herself – 2010
Against the Grain- Documentary film on the life
of Tara Dakides – 2009
1st place – Roxy Chicken Jam – 2007
6th place – Roxy Chicken Jam – 2005
Rockstar of the Year – TransWorld Rider’s Poll
Nominee – 2004
One of the Top 100 Sexiest Woman in The
World – FHM 2004
3rd place – VansTriple Crown, Stop 1, Slopestyle
– 2004
Silver Medal – X Games, Slopestyle – 2004
3 rd place – Vans Tripl e Cro wn, Sto p 1,
Slopestyle – 200w
Reader’s Choice – 2002 TransWorld Rider’s
Poll Awards
SIA Retailers Choice – 2 002 TransWo rld
Rider’s Poll Award
Best Freest yle Ri der – 2 002 TransWorld
Rider’s Poll Award
Best Overall Female Rider – 2002 TransWorld
Rider’s Poll Award
1st Place – Vans Triple Crown, Snow Summit,
Big Air – 2001
1st Place – Sims World Snowboarding Championships, Slopestyle – 2001
Gold Medal – Winter X Games, Big Air – 2001
Female Snowboarder of t he Year – 20 01
Snowboarder Magazine
Best Female Snowboarder – 2001 NEA Awards
Best Overall Female Rider – 2001 TransWorld
Rider’s Poll Awards
Mother Teresa
By Sara Haley
Name: Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha
Bojaxhiu)
Born: August 26, 1910
Died: September 5, 1997
Who Was She: A Roman Catholic Nun
What Did She Do: She founded “The
Missionaries of Charity,” which has started
610 missions in 123 countries helping the
poor and sick.
Where She Lived: Although she was
born in Macedonia, she lived most of her life
in India and was a citizen of India.
Why She’s Important: Other than
helping those in need, she won a Nobel Peace Prize
in 1979.
Interesting Facts: At the age of eighteen she left
home to go to an Irish convent that had missions in
India. She spent a few months training in Dublin, and
then was sent to India. She was so horrified by the
Jacqueline Kennedy
Accomplishments:
Elected to the American Academy of Arts and
Letters
First retrospective show of a woman’s art at
the Museum of Modern Art
Awarded the Gold Medal of Painting by the
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s
highest civilian honor
President Ronald Reagan presented the National Medal of Arts in 1985.
1st Place – Sims World Snowboarding Championships, Big Air – 2000
1st Place – Sims World Snowboarding Championships, Slopestyle – 2000
2nd Place – US Open, Big Air – 2000
Gold Medal – Winter X Games, Big Air – 2000
Gold Medal – Winter X Games, Slopestyle –
2000
Gold Medal – Gravity Games, Quarter pipe –
2000
Female Snowboarder of t he Year – 20 00
TransWorld Rider’s Poll Awards
1st Place – Grand Prix, Big Air – 1999
Silver Medal – Winter X Games, Big Air – 1999
Bronze Medal – Summer X Games, Big Air –
1999
Best Freest yle Ri der – 1 999 TransWorld
Rider’s Poll Awards
1st Place – Vans Triple Crown, Big Air – 1998
1st Place – Stratton Open, Big Air – 1998
2nd Place – Innsbruck Air and Style, Big Air/
Quarter pipe – 1998
Occupation-First lady of the United States
Birth date-July 28th 1929
Place of Birth- Bell port New York, New York
Early Life and Career
Jacqueline Kennedy was born in Bell Port
New York to her father John Bouvier III and mother
Janet Lee.
The Bouviers divorced in 1940. Janet Bouvier later married Hugh Auchincloss Jr in 1942. In
that marriage, two children were born Janet and James
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poverty that she saw outside of her convent, it made
her want to help the poor and sick.
She changed her name to Mother Teresa after
she took her vows, naming herself after Saint Thérèse.
One of her sisters already had the name Thérèse, so
she changed it a little.
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Kennedy
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Auchincloss.
Bouvier attended the Holton-Arms School,
in Bethesda Maryland from 1942 to 1944 and Miss
Porter’s School in Farmington Connecticut, from
1944 to 1947.
Jacqueline graduat ed from The George
Washington University in 1951 with a Bachelor of
Arts degree in French literature. After her graduation,
Bouvier was hired as “Inquiring Photographer” for The
Washington Times. The position required her to pose
humorous questions to people chosen at random on
the street and take their pictures to be published in
the newspaper alongside selected quotations from
their responses.
The Kennedy Marriage
Bouvier and then John Kennedy belonged to
the same social circle and oftentimes attended the
same functions. In May 1952, at a dinner party organized by shared friends, they were formally introduced
for the first time.The two began dating soon afterward, and their engagement was officially announced
on June 25, 1953.
Bouvier married Kennedy on September 12,
1953, at St, Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
An estimated 700 guests attended the ceremony.
The newlyweds honeymooned in Acapulco,
Mexico, before settling in their new home in McLean
Virginia. Kennedy suffered a miscarriage in 1955 and
gave birth to a stillborn baby girl in 1956. Kennedy
later gave birth to a second daughter, Caroline, in
1957, and a son, John, in 1960.
Kelly Clark
By Ashley Chauvin
Birthplace: West Dover, VT
Birthday: July 26, 1983
School: Mount Snow Academy
Parents: Terry and Cathy Clark
Awards:
OLYMPICS2010: Bronze Medalist, halfpipe
2006: 4th, halfpipe
2002: Gold Medalist, halfpipe
X GAMES2012: Gold Medalist, halfpipe
2011: Gold Medalist, halfpipe
2009: Silver Medalist, halfpipe
2008: Silver Medalist, halfpipe
OTHERFour-time U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix overall winner (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
2012: 1st, Dew Tour (Killington)
2011: 1st, Dew Tour (Breckenridge)
2011: 1st, U.S Grand Prix (Copper)
2011: 1st Burton New Zealand Open
2011: 1st O’Neil Evolution
2011: 1st Burton European Open
2011: 1st Dew Tour (Killlington)
2011: 1st Burton Canadian Open
2011: 1st Dew Tour (Snowbasin)
2011: 1st, U.S. Grand Prix (Mammoth)
2011: 1st, Burton U.S. Open
2011: 1st, European X Games
2009: 2nd, Burton U.S. Open
2007: 1st, New Zealand Open, quarterpipe
2007: 2nd, New Zealand Open, halfpipe
20 06 : 1 st, Burt on New Zealand Open,
quarterpipe
2006: 1st, Burton New Zealand Open, halfpipe
By Amanda Mangasarian
“Each person must live their life as a model for
others”
- Rosa Parks
Date of Birth: February 4, 1913
Da te of Death: Octo ber 2 4,
2005, age 92.
Birth P lace: Tuskegee, Alabama
Education:
Rosa Parks did not attend a public
school until the age of eleven. Before
that, she was home schooled by her
mother. At age eleven she attended the
Industrial School for Girls in Montgomery, where she took various vocational and academic courses. She began
laboratory school for her secondary
education, but never completed it because she was forced to drop out to care
for her ailing grandmother.
Family Background:
Her parents, James McCauley, a carpenter, and
Leona McCauley, a teacher. At the age of two she
moved to her grandparents farm in Pine Level, Alabama with her mother and younger brother, Sylvester.
Description of Accomplishments:
Instead of finding love, she devoted her life to
the force of integration. White and black communities were “separate but equal.” There were many that
had refused this belief, and Rosa Parks was one of
them. She would purposely walk up the stairs of a
building, instead of taking the elevator that had been
marked “blacks only.” She would return home after a
long day’s work thirsty, from her refusing to drink
from the “colored only” water fountain.
On December 1, 1955, she was once again
tired after a long day’s work. She had tried to walk
home, as much as possible to protest against the separate but equal theory, but on this day, she was too tired.
She had sat down on the bus and been told to move by
a white man. When Rosa refused to get up and move,
a chain of events hit Montgomery and the work forever. She was arrested and tried, and fifty leaders of
the Negro community met to talk about the issue all
in one night Among those who attended the meeting
was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Together, he and
also the community organized the Montgomery Bus bo yco tt that
lasted for 382 days. The
intent was to continue
the boycott until the bus
segregation laws were
changed. The bus company was hurting due to
this, and on December
of 1956, the Supreme
Court changed the bus
segregation laws. The
law was proven to be in
violation of the constitution. After this, the
Civil Rights Movement
was created, and led to
the Civil Rights Act of
1964.
Rosa Parks was
forty-two at the time of the bus incident. She was
arrested, fired, and threatened all because of her refusal to get up and move. She has been called the
Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. Being just an
ordinary woman, wanting equal opportunities and
rights she helped change the way we think as a country and our attitude towards racism. She has been honored numerous times.
She joined the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1943
and devoted her life to the cause of American Civil
Rights and equality, until her death. She also inducted
into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame. Her most
well known quote was “The only thing that bothered
me was that we waited so long to make this protest
happen...”
Accomplishments:
Lifetime Achievement Award
NAACP’s Spingarn Medal
Martin Luther Kings Jr. Award
Honorary degree from Shaw College
Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Annual Rosa Parks Freedom Award
Mary Dixon Kies
By Amanda Mangasarian
Date of Birth: March 21, 1752
Date of Death: 1837, age 85
Birth P lace: South Killingly, Connecticut
Family Background:
Mary Dixon Kies was of Irish descent, her
father being John Dixon in the North of Ireland, according to the Dixon genealogy. Her mother was Janet
Kennedy who was the third wife of John Dixon and
they were married in Voluntown, CT, August 7, 1741.
It would appear that John Dixon was mainly a farmer,
as were most of the settlers.
Description of Accomplishments:
The Patent Act of 1709 made it possible for
anybody, male or female, to patent an invention. Because most women did not own their own property,
they did not bother to patent their inventions. Mary
Dixon Kies was the first woman to break this pattern.
On May 15, 1809, Mary Dixon Kies was the
first woman in America to relieve a patent from the
United States Patent Office. She invented a process
for weaving straw, thread, or silk. First lady at the time,
Dolly Madison, commended Mary for the improvement her invention had on the hat industry. The time
for such an invention was undoubtedly needed. In an
attempt to keep America out of the Napoleonic Wars,
the U.S. set up an embargo against all European goods.
Her
invention helped replace the good that had been lost.
She was not an inventor but working with hats for an
occupation gave her the knowledge needed to contrive such a process for weaving straw.
Father works from sun to sun, but
mother’s work is never done....
Old Saying
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Freda Josephine McDonald
By Amanda Mangasarian
Name: Freda Josephine McDonald
(Goes by the name Josephine Baker taking the
last name of her second marriage and using her middle
name as her first name)
Date of Birth: November 15, 1873
Date of Death: February 22, 1945, age 72.
Birth P lace: St. Louis, Missouri
Education: Dropped out of school at the age
of 12.
Family Background:
Jo sephi ne Baker ’s mo ther was Carrie
McDonald and her father was Eddie Carson. She also
had a stepfather, Arthur Martin. Her two siblings were Richard, Margaret and Willie
Mae.
Jo sephine had fi ve
husband’s throughout her lifetime whose names were (in
order) Willie Wells, Willie
Baker, Jean Lion, Jo Bouillon, and her last husband Robert Brady.
She also adopted twelve
children throughout those five
marriages. The children’s name were: Akio (male),
Janot (male), Luis (male), Jari (male), Jean-Claude
(male), Moise (male), Brahim (male), Marianne (fe-
male), Koffi (male), Mara (male), Noel
(male), Stellina (female).
Description of Accomplishments:
Overcoming the limitations imposed by the color of her skin, she became
one of the world’s most versatile entertainers, performing on stage, screen and
recordings. Josephine was decorated for
her undercover work for the French Resistance during World War II. She was a
civil rights activist. She refused to perform for segregated audiences and integrated the Las Vegas nightclubs. She adopted 12 children from around the world whom she called her
“Rainbow Tribe.”
Judy Garland
By Jacob Owen
Born: June 10th 1922
Date of Death: June 22, 1969
Birth P lace: Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Death P lace: London, England
Accomplishments and Awards
Born Frances Ethel Gumm, Judy Garland
changed her real name for her stage name. Judy Garland was one of the most talented American actress,
singer and vaudevillian. Judy Garland won the Juvenile Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award.
Shes also won Grammy Awards and a Special Tony
Award . She was nominated for the Academy Award
for Best Actress for her role in the remake of A Star
is Born and for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1961 film, Judgment at Nuremberg.
At 39 years old, she remains the youngest recipient
of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in the motion picture industry.
Ju dy Garland appeared in Vaudeville with her
two older sisters, and was
signed to Metro-GoldwynMayer as a teenager. Judy
Garland has done o ver a
do zen fi lms, and ni ne of
which were wit h Mickey
Rooney. The most famous of
al l her fil ms was, you
guessed it, The Wizard of Oz.
Life and Background
Judy Garland had three children, Liza
Minnelli, Lorna Luft, and Joey Luft Though Judy Garland has done a lot in her life she had her ups and
downs. She had performed her life in insecurity about
her appearance. Judy Garland was compounded by film
executives who told her she was unattractive and was
manipulated on her on- screen physical appearance.
Judy Garland made some money, but had fi-
Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926,
in Los Angeles, California with the real name of,
Norma Jeane Mortenson. Famous for her acting, singing, and modeling, Monroe was in and out of foster
homes as a child, but her career began in 1946 with
her first modeling contract with, The Blue Book
Modeling Agency. But in order for Monroe to be considered a model, they made her dye her hair to golden
blonde. Monroe ended up being one of their most
successful models. Monroe has appeared in 29 films,
such as The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, River no Run,
and The Seven Year Itch. Despite all the media attention on Monroe, Jane Russell who was a co-star, described Monroe as “very shy and very sweet and far
more intelligent than people gave her credit for.”
Monroe performed “Happy Birthday” to President
John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden. She’s won
several awards such as Golden Globe Nomination,
David di Donatello (Italian equivalent of an Academy
Award), and a nomination for a BAFTA. However, her
final film was The Misfits, which was written by one
of her many husbands, Arthur Miller. After this, her
reputation dwindled and her death was a result of an
Awards in the near future
In 1997, Garland was posthumously awarded
a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Many of
her recordings have been inducted into the Grammy
Hall of Fame. In 1999, the American Film Institute
placed her among the ten greatest female stars in the
history of American cinema.
Audrey Hepburn
Marilyn Monroe
By Nicole Durand
nancial instability, often owing
hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes. Throughout
Judy Garland’s life, she married
five times, four of which ended
in divorce. Even with all of that
go ing on, she had a lo ng
struggle with alcohol and drug
use during most of her career.
On June 22, 1969 Judy Garland
died of an accidental overdose
at the age of only 47.
By Holly Logan
“The best thing to hold onto in life
is each other.”
-Audrey Hepburn
Name: Audrey Hepburn
Date of Birth: May 4, 1929
Date of Death: January 20, 1993
Birth P lace: Brussels, Belgium
Background:
Audrey Hepburn became known
for her beauty, elegance, and grace that
many actresses strive for to this day. She
spent her childhood in a boarding school
in England and during much of World
War II, Hepburn enrolled at the Arnhem
Conservatory in The Netherlands.
The Nazi’s invaded her country and
Hepburn and her family struggled to
stay alive. After the end of WWII, Hepburn pursued
her interest in dance and studied ballet in both
Amsterdam and London. She starred in small on stage
roles until she became big on broadway and then finally on film. She has two children, Sean Ferrer and
Luca Dotti, who help to carry on her legacy through
writing.
Accomplishments:
Hepburn’s first big break was when she was 22
and starred on the Broadway production of Gigi in
New York. After her performance, Hollywood was
entranced by the starlet. She went on to film Roman
Holiday, with Gregory Peck where she won her first
overdose with barbiturates. Famous singer, Elton
John, wrote a song about Marilyn Monroe called,
“Goodbye Norma Jeane” as a farewell to her passing.
Monroe was known as being the greatest female star
of all time and also a pop and cultural icon for the
world.
Academy Award for Best Actress in 1953.
Her following role won her the 1954 Tony
Award for her on stage performance in Ondine.
Hepburn went on to play in a number of famous movies such as Sabrina, Funny Face, and The Nun’s Story.
It wasn’t until 1961 that the world was introduced to Breakfast At Tiffany’s, a Truman Capote
story, that set the tone for fashion, film, and glamour.
The movie is still known to this day as an American
classic and brought the “Little Black Dress” back to
film. Her role in the film got her a fourth Academy
Award nomination and heightened her already booming success. After putting acting to the side for her
children, Audrey then began work helping UNICEF,
raising awareness for children all over the world. She
visited Asia, Africa, and the Americas, making over
50 trips and won a special Academy Award in 1993
for her overseas work. Hepburn died on January 20th,
1993 after a long battle with colon cancer.
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Grapplers Not Done!
March
2012
Page 19
Hooping it Up!
By Victoria Ferland
The Killingly wrestling 2011-2012 season
was another winning season for the team. This year
marks the 24th consecutive winning season for the
team. The team finished with an overall record of 12
wins and 8 losses. Some highlights from the season
include a third place finish at the Killingly Holiday
Duals, a fourth place finish at the Griswold Classic, a
third place finish at the Eagle Classic, and a third place
finish at the Woodstock Invite.
Junior, Riley Donlon had a great season this
year and managed to walk away as the Class S State
Champion at 120 pounds. It was a close 3-2 point win
in the finals. Senior, Jacob Whitehead. Finished his
career with over 100 wins to join the Century Club
of Killingly Elite Wrestlers. He also became an ECC
champio n and was a St ate fi nal ist . Timmy
Phongsamphahn had a great senior year as well. He
lead the team with three individual championships.
He won the Griswold Tournament, the Eagle Classic
and the Woodstock Invite. He also finished second in
the State Championships.
In the States Tournament the team placed
eighth overall out of 37 different teams. Riley Donlon
was named the State Champion for the 120 pound
weight class. Timmy Phongsamphahn was a State Finalist for the 106 pound weight class. Jacob Whitehead was also a State Finalist for the 195 pound weight
class. Ilya Whittemore placed fourth for the 152
pound weight class. All four of these wrestlers qualified for the State Open Tournament held in New Haven.
“I was very happy that all of the hard work
finally paid off,” says Riley Donlon.
For the ECC Championship the team placed
fourth overall. Jacob Whitehead was the ECC Champion for the 195 pound weight class and earned an
ECC Small Divisi on Al l-star award. Timmy
Phongsamphahn placed third for the 106 pound weight
class and earned an ECC Small Division All-star
award. Riley Donlon placed fourth in the 120 pound
weight class and earned and ECC Small Division Allstar award. Ilya Whittemore placed fourth in the 152
pound weight class and earned an ECC Small Division All-star award. Jesse Credit placed fifth in the
160 pound weight class. Ben Duerr placed sixth in
the 132 pound weight class. Casey Noiseux placed
sixth in the 126 pound weight class.
All of the members of the wrestling team
worked hard to accomplish their goals for the season. They all did a great job and are looking forward
to next season. Let’s hope it wil be just as good as
this one.
WHAT GOES UP.....must go in! Gred Phillips gets ready to drop in 2, as Max Graves looks on. (Redline photos by Sara
Morin)
Hoopster Season Over
By: Ashley Chauvin
The Redmen Basketball team closed their
season at Thompson High on February 21, and ended
with a 5-15 record. While the schedule was rough
and the opponents played hard, they fell short of their
expectations from the beginning of the season.
“The biggest disappointment is that fact that
this team doesn’t have the opportunity to play in the
post-season and it is not due to lack of effort on the
kids part. We withstood injuries, a brutal schedule and
just bad luck at times and played pretty well all year
long,” said Coach Derosier.
Senior Night this season was a memorable
moment for many. Jeff Clang #15, Chris Pliska #11,
Greg Phillips #21, Kevin Ravenelle #14, and Danny
O’Leary #33. All played their last regular season
home game in their high school career. While the team
had to say their farewells to their seniors, they managed to come out with a win.
“We have had a lot of great moments this year
and since I have been playing basketball at Killingly,
but winning our Senior Night has to be the best moment ever for me because not only was it Senior Night,
but I had a career high of 37 points and 8 three pointers,” said senior and captain, Jeff Clang.
While the Redmen are losing five valuable
players, they will hopefully come out on top next season. Derosier hopes that some of his juniors will practice in the off season and come back with great skill
and ability to help lead the team next season. With
ON THE MOVE! Above, Jeff Clang drives to the hoop in recent action. Below, right, students, staff, parents and
friends all donated to the worthy cause of stopping cancer, as evidenced by walls of notes.
the school behind them, and their fans attending not
only home games, but away, next years team should
go far.
“I see this team next year doing very well,”
added Clang.
Coach Derosier would like to say a sincere
thanks to all of his boys, for how hard they play every
night and try to overcome the adversity that they experienced against some of the outstanding competition that they had to face this season. Congratulations
Redmen on finishing another wonderful season and
good luck to the seniors in your years after high
school.
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*The Redline*
March
2012
March Students of the Month!
Last month Killingly High teachers recognized 34 students for their outstanding qualities. Here is this month’s list. If you see them, make sure you
congratulate them!
Student
Nominating teacher
Comment
Lindsey Parent
Mr. Sumner
Lindsey is an extremely hard working student who never misses any assignments. She is a pleasure
to have in class and always comes to class with a smile.
Alex Klunk
Mrs. Gerardi-Voccio
He was also the highest average this quarter out of all my students in all my classes. He works hard,
is very conscientious, responsible and respectful and an overall super student. Also, Alex has a deep
understanding of geometry concepts and a love of mathematics.
Tyler Moody
Mr. Walker
Aaron Donati
Mr. DiPadua
He has made a huge turn around in his high school career. He made Honor roll last marking period,
and he is wrestling this year. He’s made one of the biggest academic turnarounds of any student I
have ever had.
For overcoming many obstacles in her life and displaying an enormous amount of determination to
earn her high school diploma.
Outstanding Achievement in Essentials of Geometry for Semester 1!
Tyler Moody
Ms. Pond
For his strong work ethic and positive influence in biology class.
Marquee P ipken
Mr. Neal
Outstanding effort in Microsoft Word!
Chelsea Haelson
Mr. Couture
Aquaculture 2 – Very hard working student!
Martha Ennis
Emily Klawitter
Mr. Lackner
Mr. Messier
Fantastic effort in health class. Always contributes to class discussion.
For her constant and continued involvement as a dedicated member of the National Honor Society
and its events throughout the year. Her enthusiasm does not go unnoticed.
Corey P eckham
Ms. Baribeault
Sebastian Barcomb
Mrs. Marcotte
Ilya Whittemore
Avery Rathbun
Mrs. Durand
Mrs. Peterson
Katie Boswell
Mrs. Kegler
Kelsey Parenteau
Ms. Graveline
Hannah Guari
Mr. Bourgeois
Noah Gebo.
Ms. Able
Tyler Seace. Ms. Beland
Kimberly Day
Mr. Wuenscher
Corey leads a group of students in their community service project, cleaning tables in the cafeteria
up to three times a day. She is also a talented singer who has been working with Ms. Rodgers in the
Vocal Fundamentals class since September.
He is intelligent, hard-working and friendly. Accepts constructive criticism well. Very responsible.
Is a joy in American Citizenship.
Ilya has a great work ethic, exemplifies leadership and has volunteered his time to the LMC.
Avery is a geometry student, who comes to class each day with enthusiasm for learning and a
willingness to do the work that is required to reach success.
Every early release day our schedule is disrupted and Katie comes on her own time to take
responsibility for the care and feeding of all the animals.
After working very hard and getting past many hardships, she recently finished all her requirements
for graduation. We are very proud of Kelsey for sticking with it and graduating!!! After graduation,
Kelsey looks forward to attending QVCC for the Fall Semester.
Conscientious student who produces quality work on a consistent basis. Great contributor to class
discussions and agood classmate to her peers.
Noah is a great contributor to class discussions, has high academic standards, and pushes himself to
excel in my English II class.
Tyler is the type of student that is always there to do any job asked of him. He is consistent,
reliable, and easy to get along with.
Kim’s strong work ethic and determination is a good example for other students. Keep up the good
work Kim!
Zachary Bernard
Mrs. Robey
Zachary is a hardworking student who never ceases to amaze me on his quest for knowledge.
Tori Weaver
Mrs. Lagace
Branden Stevens
Mrs. Torre
Jennine Hohler
Amanda Mangasarian
Mr. Listorti
Mr. Martin
Abbey Weber
Adrianna Bessenaire
Ms. Alleman
Mr. Fulco
Joey Farquarson
Mr. Durand
Ryan P arnell
Dax Rich
Mrs. Guttierrez
Mr. Dodge
Hollis Smith
Ms. Rockwell
Nicole Durand
Mrs. Guillot
Emma Guillot
Chelsea Haelsen
Mr. Lewerk
Mrs. Miudo
Tori has done an outstanding job as the Class of 2012 President for the past two years and now as an
editor of the Yearbook. She actively participates in planning for both the Class of 2012 and the KHS
2012 Yearbook. She is very dependable and always strives to be a leader who works hard for her
peers and advisor. Thank you Tori for all your dedication and hard work.
For Branden’s consistently good academics in Entrepreneurship & Marketing, and his dedication to
our class business, “Yum-Me.” Thank You Branden!!
For going beyond expectations in researching and implementing chemical tests Chemistry lab.
Amanda is a dedicated, hard working young lady who is doinga wonderful job as editor-in-chief of
The Redline. She takes on extra stories, helps others with their stories and does whatever it takes to
get the paper out on time!
For her superior effort, class participation, and steady improvement.
Adi works well with her peers. She is responsible; project excellence in all that she does, and she
is dedicated to doing her best every day. She is a pleasure to have in class, and with her work ethic, I
am certain that she will go far in life.
Joey has been working tirelessly shooting events outside of normal school hours. He has gone
above and beyond my expectations taping many sporting events including boys and girls basketball
and wrestling as well as the KHS production of Guys and Dolls. Joey can often be found in the
studio after hours editing his work for air on Ch 22 or for DVD distribution. Joey conducts himself
in a professional manner, works hard and never complains about the additional workload.
Consistent work ethic, thoughtful responses and respect for other students is exemplary.
Not only does he do all assignments masterfully, but he reads deeply and independently and conveys
his understanding in clear, insightful writing. His creativity extends into drama in which he has
participated all four years.
An enthusiastic learner who consistently shares his intellectual insight and creativity in Honors
English III. He leads his life with integrity and kindness and it is a true joy to be his teacher!
Nicole is a pleasure to have in Accounting. She rarely complains and always walks in with a smile
on her face. I enjoy her maturity and positive attitude.
Dedicated and earnest in her pursuit of improvement.
Chelsea comes prepared for class, has insights into the topic at hand, puts in an impressive overall
effort.
Elizabeth Woodmancy
Mr. Marcoux