NHS Inducts 24 Juniors - Conejo Valley Unified School District

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NEWS
May 30, 2008 • THE ARROW
WHS Freshman
Remembered for
Kindness to Others
SASHA LEWIS
STAFF WRITER
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JIMMY MOORE
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
The 2008-09 inductees for
the Warrior Chapter of National
Honor Society include 24 juniors, who were honored at an
induction ceremony on Tuesday,
May 13 in the WHS library.
Many parents, grandparents,
and siblings showed up at the
candlelight ceremony to support
the students. Advisor Colleen
Darden welcomed the inductees
and their guests and later spoke
of the new members’ various responsibililties and expectations in
the prestigious club.
“I thought the ceremony was
really nice. My parents enjoyed it
and it was great seeing everyone
that I’ll be working with next
year,” said Michael Sadighian
’09.
National Honor Society
requires its members to attend
monthly meetings and to participate in five different service
projects throughout the year.
“I look forward to working
with the 2008-09 NHS members.
They seem like a wonderful and
energetic group,” said Darden.
COURTESY PHOTO
PHOTO BY ELYSE KAPLAN
MAKING THE GRADE: Top Row: Rachel Bitter, Lindsay MacLeod, Joshua Primas, Michael Sadighian, Jimmy Moore,
Eric Burnett, Kim Bielak. Middle Row: Claudia Lopez, Allison Montroy, Taylor Barrett, Breanna Vergess, Meagan
Norling-Christensen. Bottom Row: Melanie McCorkle, Jeff Semigran, Alyse Brehm. Not Pictured: Sana Ahmad,
Gabriel Becerra, Jenny DaRin, Brandon Hagy, Soumya Karlamangla, Diana Kim, Pooja Sankar, Jaanhvi Vaidya,
Carol Yu.
WHS freshman Lester
Turcios died as a result
of a fatal car accident on
Highway 23 northbound
freeway on Friday, May 2.
Lester was in the car
with three other family
members headed towards
Conejo Valley Days for the
night. The Turcios family
was approaching the Janss
Rd. exit when Jason Allen
Frey rear-ended their car.
Frey’s SUV swerved
into the right lane and hit
the back of the Turcios’ IN MEMORY OF LESTER: To contribvehicle, pushing it into a ute to the Lester Turcios Memorial
station wagon which then Fund, visit http://www.lesterturcios
crashed into another SUV. memorialfund.com.
Lester, who was sitting on
and white theme, because his
the left side of the vehicle,
was taken to Los Robles Hospital. parents wanted to stay away
37-year-old Frey was arrested from everyone wearing black.
“It was really unexpected…
and was held in jail in lieu of
$70,000 bail on suspicion of I saw the accident but didn’t
know it was him until Saturday
driving drunk.
Lester died Saturday, May morning,” Furuta explains.
“I met him once in the hall.
3 at 12:30 p.m. from injuries he
sustained. Frey and the child in I was really sad, and he was the
his car suffered minor injuries, as first one to come up to me and
ask how I was. He smiled to my
did the rest of the Turcios family.
Lester’s memorial was held face and from then on he would
Tuesday, May 6, and his funeral always say ‘Hi’ and give me a
huge smile in the halls,” said
was the next day.
“He was really down to Andrea Barragan ’09.
“His best quality was the
earth,” said Justin Furuta ’10.
“He was nice to everyone, always fact that he was always there for
smiling, and never said anything those he loved and the fact that
he never took life for granted,”
bad about anyone.”
Lester’s funeral had a pink explained Barragan.
Safe Driving Workshop Offered to Students
REBECCA SUSLIK
NEWS EDITOR
The California Highway
Patrol offered a safe-driving
workshop for teens and parents
on Thursday, May 8. The
workshop was prompted in
part by the fatal car accidents
that killed Cody Murphy, 17,
of Newbury Park, Desiree
Dates for Seniors
May 31
Prom at Skirball Center
7:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
June 2-6
Graduation ticket sales
June 6
Last day of classes
June 8
Baccalaureate at Westlake
United Methodist Church
2:00 p.m.
June 9-11
Graduation practice
8:30 a.m. on the field.
June 12
Graduation, report to Gym
at 3:45. Grad Night at Disneyland, buses leave at
8:00 p.m.
June 13
Breakfast in cafeteria
Mooney, 18, of Camarillo, and
Danielle Barrett, 16, of Fillmore,
respectively.
According to Officer Shawna
Davison, a spokeswoman for the
CHP in Ventura, California has
the second highest fatality rate
in the nation for 15 to 20 year old
drivers.
“The idea is to reduce the
death toll from teen-related
Final Exam Schedule
(For Grades 9, 10, & 11)
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Period 1 Final 7:00-9:00
Period 2
9:07-9:51
Period 3
9:58-10:42
Period 4
10:49-11:33
Period 5
11:40-12:24
Lunch
12:24-1:04
Period 6
1:10-1:54
Period 7
2:01-2:45
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Period 2 Final 8:00-10:00
Break
10:00-10:14
Period 3 Final 10:20-12:20
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Period 4 Final 8:00-10:00
Break
10:00-10:14
Period 5 Final 10:20-12:20
Friday, June 13, 2008
Period 6 Final 8:00-10:00
Break
10:00-10:14
Period 7 Final 10:20-12:20
accidents,” said Davison.
Teens have the highest
crash risk of any age group,
and, according to the National
Highway
Traffic
Safety
Administration, car accidents
are the leading cause of death for
teenagers.
Approximately 300,000 teens
were injured in traffic accidents
in 2007, said Stephen Wallace,
a school psychologist and
chairman of Students Against
Destructive Decisions. Of those,
almost 8,000 were in a crash in
which someone was killed, and
more than 3,500 teens were killed
in vehicle crashes last year.
Though the numbers are
high, they are considerably lower
than they were in 1981, the year
SADD was founded as Students
Against Drunk Driving, when
6,000 teens were killed in alcoholrelated crashes alone.
A study published in
March’s Archives of Pediatrics
& Adolescent Medicine said that
the chief risk factors for teens
are riding unbuckled, with new
drivers, on roads with speed
limits over 45 mph. Alcohol, male
drivers, and weekends are other
risk factors. Other studies have
revealed that the risk of death for
passengers in vehicles with 16 to
19 year old drivers is twice that of
those riding with drivers who are
25 or older.
For safe driving tips, visit
http://www.dmv.org/ca-california/
teen-drivers/php.