10. 06-07-2004

W~~Hi~School
Volume 85 Number 10 June 7, 2004
Congratulations Class of 2004
Valedictorians and Salutatorian announced
By Simran Kaur
Trevor Latime r (top left),
Cynthia Leung (bottom left), and
Candice McElhaney (top right)
are valedictorians of the graduat­
ing class of 2004. These are the
students that maintained a 4.0 grade
point average all four years of their
high school careers at Washington
High School.
Mary Tharin (bottom right) is
this year's only salutatorian, the
student who had a grade point av­
erage close to a 4.0 all four years
during high school. "Well, at least
I'm not at total nerd. Just Kidding,"
said Mary Tharin.
The graduation ceremony this
year will take place June 18 at the
Tak Fudena Stadium, beginning at
6p.m.
Graduating students must report
to the WHS Auxiliary gym by 5
p.m. for final preparations for the
event. Speakers or performers are
expected to report at 4:30 p.m.
when doors are opened.
Senior check-out will be June 16.
Seniors must clear all debts and
turn in all books in order to be able
to attend the graduation ceremony
and receive their diplomas. Gradu­
ation status will also be confirmed
on check-out day. Seniors are ex­
pected to arrive at the time assigned
accordingly to their counselor and
fast name.
Graduation rehearsals will also be
held June 16 following the check­
out.
After the check-out, seniors must
come back to report to school by I
p.m. The practice will be held from
I p.m. to 3 p.m. in the auxiliary
gym.
Seniors must be on time in
to participate in the practice as well
as the graduation ceremony. Stu­
.dents are advised to make arrange­
ments with employers and make
sure they have the afternoon offthat
day.
Any students who fail to attend
practice will have their name re­
moved from the seating chart at the
~eremony.
SLAM presentation has impact on students By Christopher Revay
Sara MattbieHn and Michael
Born participated in this year '
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j
ti n
Melodrama, presentation May 27
and 28. SLAM is an annual pro­
gram used to prevent stud nt<; from
drinking and driving.
Vincent Climent , the drunk
driver. ran into Sara Matthiesen 's
car during READ period behind the
amphitheater last Thurs ., killing
Sa ra Mattbiesen and Michael
Born. The Senior Class of 2004
was silent as they watched their
fellow classmates being pulled out
of a horrific accident.
Those who were passengers in
Sara Matthiesen's car were
Aubrey Nolan. Mary Tharin. and
Philip Vosc. Pbilip Vose was para­
lyzed from the neck down, making
him unable to draw. Mary Tbarin
and Aubrey Nolan escaped the ac­
cident with minor injuries. "It was
very creepy, and it all seemed real
when we were filming SLAM,"
said Sara Mattbiesen.
think playing the role of the drunk minor injuries. Jacob Wilson was a speech as if they were never to
paralyzed from the waist down, see their loved ones again. Jacob
having his scholarship for soccer Wilson and Philip VOlt gave in­
credible: p«ew that included
from
BerkiIley declined..
em
g
a
He
leac er nna Krc:b d­
" sed and directe SLAM. She has was like belDg paralyzed. "When
been working on this presenUltion I was wnting my speech I had to
think of what it would be like to be
since the beginning of the semes­
ter. " I am proud of every student parulyzed ... it hit me hard," com­
who participated this year, they mented Philip Vose. The mother's
of Sara Mattbiesen and Micbael
have done a terrific job. Further­
m o re , I liked the message of Born gave speeches about their
SLAM, and doing it and seeing it children and how they were. Fi­
was very real," said Krebs. The nally, of Sara Mattbiesen and
theme this year was "Think About Micbael Born each gave goodbye
It... " The Fremont Fire and Police speeches to their family and
friends. "It was one of the hardest
Department participa~d in the pre­
things
I've ever had to do." said
sentation as well.
Micbael
Born.
The funeral was presented on
.
Many
felt
the students and teach­
May 28. The tech crew was Brian
job of putting
ers
did
a
wonderful
Phillips and Matbew Goebel.
Student Resource Officer Rick Jones checks on seniors Aubrey Nolan
SLAM
together,
awknowledging
They had worked on editing for one
(back) and Sara Matthiesen (front) at the SLAM presentation Thurs.
the hard work and dedication it took
month, and created a horrific acci­
dent scene. They also worked on to pull off SLAM. They did just
creating the slide shows for Sara that. "Don't drink and drive, ifyou
Mattbiesen and Micbael Born in are drunk call someone. I'd rather Vincent Climent's car were driver was a tough part," com­
see that then get caught by the po­
Micbael Born, Katie Martinez, mented Vincent Climent. Katie addition to the party scene.
Each student who participated in lice or even worse . .. get caught Samantha Sbeppard, Kellie Martinez, Samantba Sbeppard,
Sinnott, and Jacob Wilson. "I and Kellie Sinnott escaped with SLAM was responsible for giving dead," said Vincent Climent. Those who were passengers in
Finals schedule
June 10 & 11- seniors take 4th & 5th
June 14- all grades take 6th and 1st
June 15- all grades t~ke 2nd and 3rd
June 16- grades 9-11 only take 4th & 5th .
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News announcements
Don't forget to 0& your fiDll
transcripts. for colle . See "'111­
trar Ph lhs Bo1i"anan in the office
to place your ordm". If you are or­
dering your firII transcript of the
year, t1lfft is no cost. The c
ch additional truscript that you
rder this
jg $3. Please pr0vide a stamped envelope and the
ddr
of the recipient.
The la t dance of the year, the
Goodbye DanceJ isJunell from 8
to 11 p.m. in the WHS gymnasl
Ticket infonnatlOn wa~ not1lvail­
able at press time.
Graduation commencement cer­
empny fi r all ~seniors is
Jame t 8 at 6 p.rn. at Tak fudenna
smdium.
The 2004 Grad Nite Mystery
11 ur will be lune 18 beginning at
9:30 p.rn and endi ng at 5 a.nl .
TIclcets am till be purchased for
the evtmt. Contracl'i are available
in the main office and tudellt cen~
teI. Contracts m t he SIgned by
both students and parents. Tickets
are $ 150 in cash only.
Opinions
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ASB Making Leaps and Bounds June 7,2004
The Last Unicorn
"Washington Masterpeice Theater"
By Stephanie Wu
By Jennifer Huang
The As ociated tudent Body (ASB) bas much to be proud ofthl year.
Activitie director Helen Pari has ttled into her po iti nand madeASB Th e Last Unicorn was a must see for dous amount of work. For a play I
more effectiv and efficient with the help ofentbusiastlc ASS members.
fantasy lovers. The final show put on haven't seen before, they made it ex­
ASB made change before chool even tarted with the new technology by fellow Washington students was tremely easy to follow."
It also helped that the cast had a won­
present at orientation. Everything was done with co~uters and although May 22 in the amphitheater. It was truly
derful
chemistry on stage. The scene
the technical makeover cost 10 000, there was a noticeable differen e as one of the most intriguing plays ever
line were moving much faster. ASB helped to open the first day of chool done on stage. The play was first writ­ w here Prince Lir (senior James
Rogers) ser­
with a bang by welcoming the new principal Milton Werner on horseback. ten as a
enaded the
Although a lot ofpeopJe thought the idea w chee Y, it was omething new book by Pe­
unicorn was
ter
S.
and exciting and B carried it out effectively.
.very sweet
Werner made a poli y ofmore dance for the 2003-2004 chool year. The ~e:g~e :n~
and romantic.
dance' were. uccessful b cause of the hard work and cooperatIOn put in by adapted for
A n ot he r
ASB members. Thi year fellow Huskies served thelJ' own DJ for everal the stage by
scene that
dances. It was extremely ucces ful with the Kiss me I m Irish" dance put Rob e r t
captured the
on by the freshman c1as . The Red Cro blood drive was the largest blood Ega n .
audience's at­
drive in Washington .hi ory. Huskie donated a total of 170 pin of blood Wa<ihingtm's
tention w as
In pre ious years lunchtime were boring but this year there were more theatre de­
when
the
band and barbecues in the amphitheater that made lunch more exciting.
partment reSkull (senior
Orange and black Fri. aw more tudent involvement and Multicultural enacted the
Tho m as
Shivel y )
Week was also more .exciting. There were more dance and definitely a big- p Ia y with
came out.
ger audience. Like the years before Red Ribbon Week was unsuccessful this s uc cess in
The
cast
"
The
Last
Unicorn"
Thomas
school year. After the fIrst day nbbons could be seen trewn across the chool the amphi­ Shively
en­
campus. Moneywas penrOD balloons tharwere all popped by the end ofthe th e ate r . tertained the
day.
Even on a audience
with
his
humorous
Jines, fa­
However one event that ASB can definitely be proud of was the andle­ school night, the amphitheater was rela­
cial expressions, and voice changes.
light vigil for Tra i Layfield. Paris said. 'Two years ago we did a 91 J1 me­ tively packed. morial. ASB is an association that always reacts to its surrounding and what The play weaves a story of a unicorn The butterfly (senior Richard Pham)
i going on. •A B definitely ~cted and was able to engag the entire chool (senior Leslie Allen) embarking on a and Captain Cully (senior Sean
Crawford)
in remembering Layfield.
long and
were other
p ' i that ASB is the life fthe schooL The Black Student union (BSU) ?i ffic ult
characters
put on \c fir \ blac hi tory month rally at a lington. Thi wru 'omething Journey
that
stood
nor done by A B but Jt reflected how _
. u
. to find
out in the
the rest
:tudl!tlt body could b Another example was the basketbal game against
play. Ri­
of her
Newark Memorial High School. Ticket . old out and the 1D as packed
ch ard
ki n d ,
whIch wa omething that had ne\ er hap ened at a ba ketball game b fore. who m
Pham
TIle student leade hip and involvement in B th' y ar va also out- have dis­
had a nice
standmg. Comml i ns were expanded to involve more ,tuden and the appeared
presence
student body responded to that inVltation. There were 39 po ition..\; open and from the
on stage
80 applic ti
were recei ed. ASB pre ldent Rahul harma wa a good w 0 rid.
and unj­
lead r ~1ho hel d t nng ASB logether Paris sai~ • Rahul harma hru On her
tated but­
b n Olli. tanding. He 'I Ilea 'e hig hoes t Ill.'
quest to
ter fly
mov he ~l mo ial 'ro 'e pr ~ect to fi the two dirt pit 0 eith r 'id ofth find out The Red Bull hovers above the sla' P rince Llr.
ment re­
Frt'l11unt Building ha
)t bl.!en kicked offyet..Pan 1. hoping to get it started what has
a
listi­
, on be aU! e ASS ha alr a yappealed 0 al101 i an community busin
ha p pen d to them, she recei e help fr m c Hy, he s emed to float across the
for d natlons.
an incompetent wi7ard, Schmcndrick stage. Sean Crawford was boisterous
the magic ian (senior Brendan and loud; he had a aptivating person­
Monlux), and a scullery maid Molly ality on stage.
Lighting, special effects, and music
Grue (sopho more Nora Quillman) .
Through human and immortal adversar­ done by the technical group were very
ies, the unicorn learns ab ut humanity clever and appr priately done at all the
and what a world without magic would right m ments. The scenes where the
Red Bull came out were definitely the
be like.
The cast did a wonderful job portray­ highlights of the show. The.musiC and
ing ~ach and every character in the play. special effects during that scene cre­
They spent hours every day for several ated an especially terrifying atmo­
weeks after school at rehearsal perfect­ sphere for the audience.
Co tumes, looked authentic . For a
ing each scene. The play is proof of the
actors ' and actresses ' dedication to act­ play that relie on the audience 's
ing. An adult member of the audience, imagination, it was well directed and
Lynne Heggabo said, 'I think they did performed even better that could have
an awesome job. They put in a tremen- possible been expected.
of
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Pa e 3
Senior
Washington's Men St den s eveal Favo
and Women Joining Staff Members
Some oj tlr best lije Les
are taught in high school. Several graduatillg
the Military Ofb
'CprI?S,
~'eniors
hank' to fhe teachers H·llo made (lll tmapm:.t on them Olli! wa), or anolher
Bailey Bushard: Marines Ian Aragon: "0 ug Nithale. Trevo r Latimer: "Mr. Miller always allowed me to h VI! fun
because he had the ambition to beea s of his Happy Bilthd' Y In class."
"M y
rais almost $1.000 at the car song,
Pt'ople
d.\ illg. Cbantel Ramire z:
o;how for the uto pr gram.'·
e\I(·"YlI'here. A II umlil/d. favorite teacher w a~
Wendy n . ; .oM!'. Kinnear. slckllC s ami despmr Happr Bock t i ·Ie becalJ.':ie b~ was a
v ry mce and easy gOing man.'
bet:ause he put so nlllch energy Btrf"da~)J'l 'I· ~vr'
Ri c opero:
" l rs.
Da nn y L illie b er g : " Mr. Ro
into everything he did. "
Oma r Aziz : "Mrs. Mo Lla, Stewarl, funniest teacher I ever MckenZIe , 'be was Just cool.
Her clas., wa: al...... ays lot of
b aus\.! she would let m argue had and I a :tually learned . '
with every l iug she, aj .'
Vue Lu: "Mr. Miller, because f Ull and d ring h l!f class I
Oanie lle Bl'ibes:
" Mr. It? Yt a., always ·milmg."
wageTcd her lunch over the
Ch:venger becau he seemed C a ie M' troieni: "Mrs. outcome of a hock y game.
like hI;: really cared about his Pari , she made h ossible for Kristen Ro ' i: .. y fav rite
tudents ."
us to have a gre at Senior teacher at WHS \Va " Mrs .
Motta, she was down to earth
Lauren DaSilva: "My favorite Week." teacher was Mr. Vargas, he Andres Matillano: "Mr. and easy to talk to."
made government really Cuimingham, because he's Kayla Ruiz: "Mrs . Marie. she
interesting, and he was THUNDER!" was totally un derstanding
Danelle Meyer:
"Mr. without being nosey. she knows
hilarious! "
Jacqueline del Mundo: "Mrs. Harrison, best P.E. experiences how to talk to kids."
Nelson, because during junior ever and he remembers who I Kerry
R ya n:
"Mr.
year I went through many am, great teacher!" Bocksteigle, was very helpful
changes and a lot of drama, but Monica Moody:
"Mr. and encouraging. "
'Sheppard:
thanks to her psychology class Macleod, because his number Samantha
and advice I got to know myself one prio rity was that you "Motta!!! She is a tud!"
out that day."
understand the material and Olivia Simpson:
"Mr.
MoUy Mayer: "Sr. year Spirit and be a better person."
Week! Our decorations were' JUlian Farrar: "Mrs. Paris, have fun learning. He AP Nowicki., he was just one of
she can be tough to deal with review after school was very those teacher ' that made you
awesome! "
feel better once you walked into
Jospeh Momand: "When 1 hit sometimes, but she always helpful too!" a three pointer again American. stuck up for me and was Stacey Newray: "Mr. Jones, his classroom."
lenient.
because he really cared about Sean Taylor: "Mrs. Osicka,
1 will miss Basketball."
she thinks I am a Superstar."
Brittany Morgan: "Probably LeyLa Franco: "Ms. Arnold, what was teaching us." "Mr. Tuyen Tran: "Madam Kamei
when I got nominated for because 1 learned a lot ofthings Sarah Nilson:
and Mr. Bcranga they were
Homecoming Queen. J was with her; she is like my second Accurso... fun to joke with." that earedl1nd helped
Aubrey
1 olao: '"Mrs. Jones! teach
mom."
really nervous and really
me a lot."
Fo
Sho!
She
was
always
in
a
ZhiJian
Huang:
"Mr.
Macleod
surprised."
Alan Turchik: "Mr. Jones, he
Ria Murphy:
"When 1 for economy class. He was so great mood and you could tell nice and funny, he was the she loved teaching and it was was cool... and bald."
bro~ght Josh's Birthday
Bradley Walker: "Mrs. Motta,
present to school, left it at the nicest teacher I met in contagious. " Kory Pedersen: "I only had because 1 could talk to her as a
foot of his locker, and it was America."
Melanie Inouye:
"Mrs. Mr. Werner for one semester, friend."
mistaken for a bomb."
.
Jacob Wilson: "Ms. Keller.
Ekta Patel: "Spirit Week, Valdez, she was a very easy but in th at time he proved she was young, energetic and
going around trying to be person to get along with. She himself to be very experienced could cope with us."
louder than the other classes." was a very good teacher and she and knowledgeab le ... a fun J
oshua Woodrow: "Mr. Elkin,
Raghavendra Rayadurg: "It was there when I was having character." because
he was aiways positive
Richard
Pham: "Mrs. Jones trouble with anything ... she
will be graduation!"
about
my
art."
because she was hilarious and Ch r i stopher Revay: "My made class interesting."
most memorable experience at
WHS was acting as Augustus
Gloop and Elton Porter (Ham!)
in the Spirit Week skits."
James Rogers: "When 1 went
streaking with Cano!"
Carrie Scobee: "Spirit week
and being on the cheerleading
recorde<L the album sounds crisp and clean.
Othello has just fmished a pre­
squad. My best friend winning
Homecoming!"
liminary recording oftheir second Both CDs should be available within the next
R a b u l S b arma:
"Be ing CD . "Othello is just a tool to hang month, available from any band member.
nominated for Homecoming
out with friends when bored ... and
and getting a Husky Award.
How else ould you cap a great when we get bored of that, we
p lay music, said Othello Lead
four years?"
Jennifer To: "When Othello Singer Justin Nels Moore. This
performed at Bandapalooza!"
is their first professionally re­
Porshe Turner: " When 1 read
orded CD, the CD will consist
a poem in front of the whole
school and everyone enjoyed of six tracks that have been de­
scribed by the band members as
it. "
Emily Welch: "Freshman " fre ald ng awesome". This CD
y ear, when I had a big will represent the culmination of
sleepover at iny house the night
almost a years w01;th of work in
of Winter ball with all my
friends, because none orus had the band and hopefully could help
dates. We watched A ustin spread the word that is "Othello' .
courtesy of www.waareotheilo.com
Powers, dr ssed up like As well as relea ing an new EP
"femme bo ts" and had way with Othello, lead singer Justin
Othello: (fro m left to right) Chad Archila, more fun than anyone a1 the
Benjamin Worden, Justin Nels Moore Nels Moore will also be releas­
dance!"
Andrew
Detorres, Scott Holtog, (behind) Benjamin Worden: "Playing ing a lassical CD entitled: "Vi­
Steven Kadow. carious' . While not professionally
at Bandapalooza 2004 !"
Blake Fis ler: Coast G ar Robert P ffer Jr.: Marines Bob Williams: Air Force Students Loo . Back at Their M st Memorable WHSMoments With only a few more days
left of school, yearbook
signing, and saying goodbyes,
eniors are beginning to reflect
on the best mom nt that have
accumulated over their four
years at Washington High
School. Some of these
unforgettable moments are
shared below:
Leslie Allen: "Spirit Week, it
was always so much fun to
dress up and the class was
really unified."
Patricia Avon: "Playing QB
and Linebacker in the
Powderpuff game Sr. year. We
WONI"
Bailey Bushard: "Watching
Amy Arculetta faU in the mud
on Freshman Maze Day.'~
Cano Cardenas: 'Streaking
with James Rogers!"
Sea n Crawford: "Playing
Captain Cully in The Last
Unicorn, that character was so
much like my elf that I fear 1
may be typecast for the rest of
my life."
William Culbertson: "The
Junior Prom. I had a blast with
my girlfriend Nicolle."
Dana Harvey : "Playing
Egyptian War with Harry in
English.
Danniel Banda: 'Getting
suspended for doi ng obscene
acts to a flute .. yes, a flute l"
Michael Bartm an: " Hanging
out l Niles ElementaTY a t
midnight with all my friends."
Jessica Johnson: "My most
memorab le experience w as
playi ng
basketball
f r
Washington.
Lauren Kincheloe! "Going to
Jr. Prom with Kyle Rose. 1
swear 1'11 remember that night
forever!"
Marie Kowalski: "Spiri t
Week freshman year when all
of the seniors ran aroood lilre
crazy
in
their
army
costumes .. .! was scared."
Kimberly Krauss: 'Nerd Day,
the true nerd in all of us came
The Talented Justin Moore and His Band of Misfits Senior.
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Atalie Buti-Werner
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Laureo DaSilva
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Kimberly Krauss
Michelle Lee
Kitty Liang
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Jennifer Meier
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Annie Mathre
Artemio Cardenas
Min Kim
Michael Lercb
U.c. Irvine
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Concordia University
Joshua Woodrow
Santa Clara University
Bethany College
Saint Mary's
Page Senadeno
Aaron Arnold
Aubrey Nolan
Samantha Sheppard
U. C. Santa Cruz
Sharon Jeong
Katie Martinez
Candice 'VIcElh2ney
Jud} Dog
DamiJln Reynolds
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University
Alyise Bernardino
Hunter Lu
Moniu Moody
lchong Wang
Vanguard University
Dana llarvc.'
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1ari m a an
KerT) Ryan
Ashle~ Wittmer
olumbia
rystalM' n
Bradley Walker
u ta
a r l Lipscomb
Heather Rehnberg
Kellie innott
De Anza
O ma rAziz
Brian Boliba
Brian 11- ught
fikail Pric
Lanoe},
Travis Dulli
Cory Sayers
Los Positas
Sarna tha Bachelder
AIliHamid
Mesa
David Vargas
Ohlone
Karla Abea
AlexAJejo
'ford
,Ies ieD Dutrow
tephanie Frazier
Vikram Gadiok
Joseph Gagliardo
Garil Gasparyan
Rutendo wanyanya
Kevin Heinze
Rena Hemsworth
Daniel Handa
Lishi Huang
Boyd Humphrey
Melanie Inouye
Simran Kaur
Daniel Lillieber g
YueLu
Brando Mangum
Walter Moore
Cassie l\'lustroieni
e
Jo hua Pierce
Ch' otel R- mircz
Daniel Reeb
Ka ')a Ruiz
Paul alet Jr.
Carrie Scobee
athi h ekhar
Daniel Shively
Thomas Shively
Jennifer Shortridge
Kuma r Simad
Olivia Simpson
Alexander Sotomayor
Nicholas Squiers
Michael Steffeck
Michelle Stein
Sean aylor
Courtney Terry
orden
anta Barbra City College
Gabrielle De tars
Christine Rowland
Santa Monica
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H uan Wheat
Sierra
Hunter Demaray
Julia Meb;
Ste en Rodriguez
Matthew chermerhorn
· .. Seniors
June 7, 2004
raduat s ay"g
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- ye olden state"
University of Waterloo (Ontario. Canada)
Ross Ricupero
Came~ie
Mellon University (PA)
Edward Lee
Yale University
Cynthia Leung
Howard Un iversity CD.C.)
Gary Loggins
John Hopkins Urover ity CMD)
Matthew Chuck
Senior embarassing moments unle.ashed I A look at a few Once high school is over every­
one has a time to reflect. The things
which we remember the most how­
e er are the times we probably
blushed about the most before. In
honor of the graduating class of
2004, all ofus at the Hatchet would
like to honor those few seniors who
wanted to share us those times we
can all laugh about. We hope you
enjoy them.
Ka rla Abea: "I walked into a
cl
and sat down, only to realize
that I was in the WTong classroom."
Amy Archuleta: "I slipped on a
banana peel in the hallway. Yeah,
like a cartoon."
Wendy Avery: "Freshman year
I went up to a teacher and asked
him to tell me where my next class
was, he poin ted inside his class­
room."
Kimberly Krauss: "When run­
ning to first ba e during softball
sophomore year the ball hit me on
the hea "
walked in a puddle that was up to
my ankles freshman year."
Brittany Little: "I fell down the
E-building stairs on the last day of
school both sophomore and junior
year."
Rick Luna: "My pants fell down
during P.E. when we were run­
ning."
Justin Moore: "I farted really
loud one time in front of some hot
girls."
Joshua Pierce: "Getting pant ed
in front of like 300 eopte."
James Rogers: "Cano Cardenas
and I went streaking once before a
pi y and we got caught by Mr.
Ballin, having to explain to Dr.
Werner what happened wa inter­
esting."
hristine Rowland: "On Nerd
Da during pirit week thi year I
got pulled over with lipstick all
over my face."
Kayla R uiz: "One time I grabbed
a girl's butt and started saying
'Ohhb so squishy,' thinking it was
my friend, but it was actually an­ ...- - - - - - - - - - - -_ _ _ _ _ __ __ ..
other small girl on the soccer team
with a locker right next to mine."
Matthew ·Schermerhorn:
"Freestyling in front of the senior
class."
Thomas Shively: "I said a cer­
tain comeback at basketball camp
that has haunted me since."
Nicbola Squiers: "Fating down
five row ofbleecher ."
Kendel Tbom: "Falling on the
slippery cement behind the amphi­
theater."
Daniel Trettin: "I got pantsed
and my boxers came down too in
P.E."
'Kathleen Vargas: "My dad is a
teacher, enough said. He sang and
danced in my first period cia ."
Jacob Wit on: "1 once fell on an
orange peel in the senior hallway
1
t
freshman year."
Th Hatchet staff would like to
thank all the senior for taking the
time Lo teU u their great high
chool moments.
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To the Oh So Unique Class of 2004 Dearest seniQrs,
SQme QfyQU have been cQunting dQwn the days since September, and
SQme QfyQU didn't even realize that there are .only a few days QfschQQl
left. Either way, graduatiQn is .on its way. We're almQst there.
I can still remember the very first day .of schQQl, freshman year. A lQt
Qfus knew .one anQther frQm Centerville, but there were still many faces
we had never seen. N .ow, fQur years later, it seems as if we've all knQwn
each .other fQrever.
We stuck tQgether freshman year hQping safety in numbers WQuld prQ­
tect us frQm the upperclassmen. Since then we've becQme friends, and
then enemies, and then friends again. We've been secret agents and ho­
bQs, disCQ dancers, QQmpa lQQmpas, and juniQr mints, baseball players
and celebrities. We've bQnded during grQup prQjects, danced the night
away at every dance, and frQze tQgether at fQQtball games.
As seniQrs we ruled the schQol and made the mQst of every day. Sud­
denly assemblies and after schQQl practices weren't such a drag as it
seemed everything CQuld be deemed "This is .our last. .. " We gQt sun
burnt at WaterwQrld and slept .on .one anQther .on the bus ride hQme. Ev­
ery day we made mQre memQries tQ add tQ the .ones frQm .our previQus
years tQgether.
Whether yQU are dying tQ get .out .of here .or are planning .on gQing .out
kicking and screaming, knQW that yQU being a part .of .our class made it
unique. WithQut just .one single persQn, the Class .of 2004 wQuldn't be
the same. We are all a part .of sQmething that nQ .one else will ever expe­
rience in quite the same way we did because we are all cQnnected. Whether
yQU lQved it .or hated it .or didn't really care either way, just remember
that it wQuldn't have been the same withQut yQu. Thank yQU fQr making
it WQrth while.
'A:
Always,
Sara Matthiesen
SeniQr Class President
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Features
June 7, 2004
Page 7
Which editor are you? By Your Hatchet Editors
It's a Wed. afternoon and the fi­
nal bell of the school day sounds.
For most students, this means that
they are released into the outside
world and are free to go home, sit
around , and watch television. But
for Washington High School jour­
nalism students, hearing that last
bell on a paste-up Wednesday
means none of the above.
You see the paper, you may even
read the paper, but do you know
how The Hatchet is created? What
about when The Hatchet is created?
Or even how much hard work jour­
nalism students go through to get
you the finished product on sched­
ule? What students don't see are
the countless hours edltors spend
slaving over their computers and
staying at school until the wee
hours ofthe night-that's what we
journalism students like to caB
"paste-ups."
Paste-up nights are traditionally
on the Mon., Tues., and Wed. prior
to The Hatchet coming out. Dur­
ing these days, Hatchet editors
spend hours putting their desig­
nated page of the newspaper to­
gether and making sure every story
fits properly on the page. Sounds
easy, right? Think again. To cre­
ate pages of the newspaper, jour­
nalism students need to have a pro­
ficient skill In Adobe Pagemaker,
a trained eye for editing, and an
abili to 't in fron t of the com­
puter for hours. Paying attention to
every tiny detail can drive a person
crazy-especially the editors.
On the last night ofa crazy paste-
up, Editor-in-ChiefMicheUe Silva the other editors to lift him up into
have wings!
. begins to resemble pop singer.and a pyramid.
d) Finally married to my butf
self-proclaimed genius Jessica 1. Would you wear a hat?
and caramel high school
Simpson. When things settle down
sweetheart, driving away
a) Only if it was made by a
and the paper is complete, she
in the mustang with a poor Albanian child in a
nibbles on buffa lo wings and has
"just married" sign on the
labor camp.
tuna, or is it chicken, on the side.
back. But I will always
b) Only if it has the logo
But once paste-ups are over, she
have a place in my heart
"WHS Seniors" on it.
returns to her usual self. .. which
for Brad Pitt.
c) Only ifit is a
may not be all that different.
monogrammed brown 3. If you were to order dessert,
Opinions
what would orEditor Sean
der?
Crawford
a)
Des ­
tends
to sert? Who needs
launch into a
it? I will have cof­
conservative
fee. Strong and
tirade, ranting
bitter.
about crazy
b)
A
liberals. His
clown ice cream
motto: don't
cone with a
bugme... I'm
bubble gum nose.
Deli­
c)
doubling my
income. or I
ciously kissable
can't spare
lip
fragrance
anychange .. .
gloss and pow­
I only have
dered sugar deli­
twenties. ciously kissable
Features
body shimmer.
photo by Sean Taylor
Editor
d)
Bra d
Hatchet editors Sean Crawford, MicheUe Silva,
Stephanie
Pitt and whipped
, Stephanie ,"'razier, and Christopher Revay.
Frazier likes
cream. Hold the
Brad Pitt . ..
whipped cream. that's about it. Oh also, she bucket hat with tan trim to match 4. If you knew ·you would be dead tomorrow, what would
likes ... oh wait I already said Brad my pet Louis. Pitt.
you
do today? d) Only ifit came with Brad a) Try to take as many ofyou Sports editor Christopher
Pitt.
Revay is a rootin' tootin' paste-up 2. Where will you be in ten
liberals as I can with me!
years?
bootin' machine. He is the wild
b) Donate my life savings to a) ()versee~g the desbnJc­
man ofthe editor crew. His passion
WHS.
tion of thousands of
and enthusiasm set the tone for.the
c) I wou ld plan my guest list
acres of rainforest.
and order the caterer ..
rest of the crew. Sometime he' ll
b) I will be an M.D., work­
my funeral will be the go missing for hours on end. He
ing to find a cure for
event of the year! likes to sneak off and do
spiritidious.
c) I will be trying to prove
cheerleading stunts down the hall­
d) I would fmd Brad Pitt and
that buffaloes really do
confess my undying love
way and always trics to convince
5.
6.
7.
for him.
What is the top priority on
your agenda this week?
a) Channel illegal campaign
contributions to Bu ... I
mean watch T.V. b) Bring my spirit week
clothes to be bronzed and
framed in my bedroom.
c) Get a puppy to fit in my
newest Louis Vuitton bag.
d) Organize a Brad Pitt fan
club.
What song is currently play­
ing on your CD player?
a) I do not listen to music
because of its current lib­
eral bias.
b) "Who let the dogs out".
c) The album "Soul-O" by
my hubby Nick Lachey.
d) The soundtrack to Brad's
latest movie "Troy".
What car would you drive?
a) An SUV, they hurt the
environment the most
right?
b) WH S custodial staff's
cart.
c) A Mercedes Benz con­
vertible:
d) Who needs a car when you
can get piggyback rides from Brad? Answers: Mostly a's: you are most like Sean Crawford.
Mostly c's:
MicheUe Silva. Mostly d's: you are most like Stephanie Frazier.
Watch out FIDM, here comes Ahn
Stewart Periman
The Fashion Institute of Design felt great, but then I had to worry
about tuition and scholarships,"
and Merchandising (FIDM) has be­
come an acclaimed private college .said Anh Huynh.
To prepare for enrollment into
specialized for students who are
FIDM, Anh Huynh has commit­
planning on taking a careeF in fash­
ted himself to many activities. He
ion. The FIDM campus has be­
come a home to approximately already has experience in fashion,
5,000 students and has alumni of including two years of art class at
nearly 30,000 people for its 30 Washington High School, making
new clothes in his
years of activspare time, and go­
ity. Now se­
ing to the annual
nior
Anh
fashion show. "It
Huynh will
was all self-motiva­
become one of
tion becau se my
those
few
parents didn't want
thousands of
me to go ," said
students to at­
Anh Huynh.
tend FIDM in
Anh Huynh's
the core of Los
primary goal is to
Angeles, Cali­
leave the school
fornia.
with an enhanced
Anh Huynh
insight about the
has chosen to
world of fashion
go to FID M ,
design, which is the
because it is an
photo by Seen Taylor
field he has chosen
academy fo­
Senior Anh Huynh.
to
work in. "I want
cused on the
to
be educated and
fashion field.
prepared
for
this
industry," said
Unlike the Art Institute of Califor­
nia, which has a broad and diverse AnhHuynh.
When tinished with his time at
array of majors to pursue, FlDM
FlDM,
Anh Huynh desires to de­
cen ters around educating students
about the ideals of fashion and the sign and sell his own clothing. "I
want to start my own clothing line,"
hard work it takes to become in­
jected into the field. Anh Huynh said Anh Huynh. If he is unable
chose FIDM so he would not have to accomplish this, then he dreams
to take unnecessary classes, and the of someday designing clothin~ for
institute guarantees empl yment Versace.
Anh Huynh's education is
once all requirements an: filled.
When Anh Huynh heard that he scheduled to begin in July.
"Be yourself and don't be
was accepted to FIDM, it brought
him a great deal ofsatisfaction. "It generic," >said Anh H uynh.
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Seniors
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SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT Bank of America Awards Plaque Winners: Fine Arts: Mathew Goebel Liberal Arts: Marie Kowalski Science and Mathematics: - Cynthia Leung
Certificate Winners:
Art: PtJilip VOSg
Foreign Language:
Aline Sengchannavong
Science:
Kenneth Wang
Math:
Ramakrishna
Chodavarapu
English: Brittany Mor­
gan
Social Science:
Trevor Latimer
History: Ryan Arth
Fremont Elk's Club
Student of the ~nIft~
Mary TH
CSF Life
Members
Ryan Arthur
Andrew Chu
Lauren DaSilva
Mathew Goebel
Yvonne Gower
Trevor Latimer
Katharin Lee
Michelle Lee
Cynthia Leung
Annelise Mathre
Candice McElhaney
Michelle Modrich
Justin Nels Moore
Ria Murphy
Vani Nimbal
Judy Ong
Richard Pham
e Sengchannavong
ul
Coca-Cola "Livin i
Harmony" Poster
Contest: Philip V
American Sign
Language:
Honors: Aubrey Nolan
Art:
Com
7i hnology
Honors: Ko Pedersen
High Honors:
Kenneth Wc;mg
Drama:
U.S. Marine Corps
Distinguished Athie e. Michael Born -Katie Martinez
Scholastic Excellence:
Aline Sengchannavong
Semper Fidelis Award
for Musical Excellence:
Steve Silva
WHS Department
Aw
ai-Grants
The
lIowing seniors
recleved Cal Grants:
Jennifer Abena
Laila Amiri
Norlyn Asprec
Ahmed Atiqi
Donielle Bribes
celie Bustamante
Honors: James Rogers
Thomas Shively
High Honors:
Richard Pham
Leslie AUen
Highest Honors:
Mathew Goebel
Photography:
Honors:
S
T; lor
An_ilia Mayer
Kimberly Krauss
High Honors:
Katherine Lee
(Photography continued)
Donelle Meyer
Science:
Honors: Ramakrishna
Chodavarapu
High Honor~:
Kenneth Wang
Highest Honors:
Cynthia Leung
Spanish:
Honors: Justin Moore
High Honors:
Mary Tharin
Highest Honors:
Marie Kowalski
Highest Hono • Marie Kowalski
Brittany
Honors:
Candice MC FD......av
High Honors: Anna
Kozas
Highest Honors:
Leslie Allen
German:
Honors: Brian 'hillips
High Honors:
Andria Lorentzen
Highest Honors:
Aline Sengchannavong
Mathematics:
Honors: Trevor Latimer
High Honors:
Ramakrishna
Chodavarapu
Highest Honors:
Cyn • Le
Social Science:
Honors: Kenneth Wang
High Honors:
Ryan Arthur
Highest Honors:
Trevor Latimer
English:
Honors:
Zane Johnston
Trevor Latimer
High Honors:
Ryan Arthur
Mary Tharin
o
nding Student in '
Ps hology;
Alyise Bern
0
Anna Kozas
Carlos Cassio
Transitional Achievement:
Honors: Chris Walsh
High Honors:
Cassie Mastroieni
Highest Honors:
William Culbertson
ROP Student of the Year.
Auto Technology·
Andrew Guite
Daniel Trentin Auto Body:
z
Presidential Academic Award recipients •
Brian Boliba
Nursing Assisting:
Michael Lerch
WHS White Sweater
Awards:
Judy Ong
EmUyWelch
WHS Athlete of the Year: Katie Martinez WHS Scholar Athlete:
Michael Born
WHS Husky Awards:
Mathew Goebel
Trevor Latimer
Sara Matthiesen
Judy Ong
Brian Phillip
Ross Ricupero
Rahul Sharma
Mary Tharin
WHS Interactor of the Year: I n Turchik Hanson
. asl Hartman
Gail Hsu
Nancy Hughes
Ahn Huynh
Ginni Jaspal
Dinger Liang
Woan Lin
Si Lao
Eric Maltez
Joseph Momand
Justin Nels Moore
Sujoy Mukhopadhyay
JudyOng
Kyle Overstreet
Dimple Patel
Vishala Patel
Robert Peffer Jr.
Richard Pham
Heather Rehnberg
Nardeep Sandhu
Sathish Sekhar
Aline Sengchannavong
Anna Shenyaeva
Madina Skandari
Amanjot Thiara
Tuyen Tran
Claire Tsai
Suzett
lIavicencio
Presidential Academic Awards
are given to students that have
recieved a cumulative grade
point average of 3.5_ or above.
Mahreen Abid
Steve Ahn
David Alpers
Sarah Armes
Ryan Arthur
Melanie Asilo
Ryan Becker
Alyise Bernardino
Michael Born
Donielle Bribes
Atalie Buti~Werner
Rarnakrish Chodavarapu
Andrew Chu
Jacquelynn Crumpacker
Lauren Da Silva
Samantha Davenport
Daniel Docto
Kelly Doyle
Jorie Fields
Mathew Goebel
Yvonne Gower
Mirwais Haider
Ikhlas Haleem
Michael Hartman
Lishi Huang
Zhijian Huang
Anh Huynh
~haronJeong
~:.-_t
Jessica Johnson
Zane. Johnston
Steven Kadow
Marie. Kowalski
Anna Kozas
Kimberly Krauss
Trevor Latimer
Edward Lee
Katharin Lee
Michelle Lee
Michael Lerch
Cynthia Leung
Brittany Little
Andria Lorentzen
liffanie Love
Si Luo
Eric Maltez
Annelise Mathre
Sara Matthiesen
Amalia Mayer
Julia Metz
Monica Moody
Justin Moore
Brittany Morgan
Jacqueline. del Mundo
Ria Murphy
Candice McElhaney
Sarah Nilson
Vani Nimbal
Aaron Olsen
Judy Ong
Mona Paguio
.
_
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_
Dimple Patel
Ekta Patel
Vishala Patel
Richard Pham
Brian Phillips
Shina Radmand
Kahlid Rasti
Raghavend Rayadurg
Damian Reynolds
James Rogers
Sathish Sekhar
Aline Sengchannavong
Ankita Shah
Steve Silva
Julie Stahl
Kimberley Stathers
Sean Taylor
Yin Thant
Mary lharin
Amanjot Thiara
Chern-Vi lsai
Alan Turchik
Kimberly Uribe
Suzette Villavincencio
Kenneth Wang
Gene Willis
Joshua Woodrow
May Wong
Benjamin Worden
Basil J. Yaqub
Sheen S. Yen
Xi;;:mg ~Zhang _
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June
Teachers
7. 2004
Pa...e9
enior awards continued .. . Adviser
Letter of
Commendation:
Mathew Goebel
Jessica Johnson
Marie Kowalski
Kenneth Wang
PTSA Scholarships:
Sarah Armes
Jessica Johnson
Michelle Lee
Ross Ricupero
WHS Alumni fioundation
Scholarships.
Mathew Goebel
Justin Nels Moore
W rr Wo
Travis Layfield Memorial
Scholar hip:
Justin N Is Moore
Alan Tur hik
Luso American
lion Found lion
cholarship:
Luran 0 Silva
South Bay Chinese
Service CluQ
holarship:
ich lie Lee
Csnte~ lie
Jr. High
PTSA Scholarship:
Betty Wright Memorial
Scholarship:
RyanArth r
AnnaKoza
Warren Wong
Fremont Schools Man­
ageme t Association
Scholarship:
Ryan Arthur
"Norm Stelle- Boosters
Club Scholarship.
Michea
m
Donielle Bribes
Lem Core Values
Scholarship:
Trevor Latimer
WHS Associated Student
Body Scholarship:
RatulSharma
TASCC Scho arship:
Robert C. Byrd Honors
Scho/a f1/p-Nomm
Donrelle Bribes
U
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sh r s past experiences By Perry Lee
The cia
. been
blessed to h ve orne wo.nderful
advisers this year, one f which
wa ' Bryon 0 icka.
icka h been tt!3ching at
Washington High School for
five years. She cwrentiy teaches
ngli h. IlA and 9H. Sh re­
eived her cred ntia! at the UC
'a na Barbara graduate program. Some things 0 'jcka en­
joy doing are hiking and watch­
ing movie. She enj ys reading
bODks lind is currently part of a
book club.
She had II great time being the
ad vi er this year. OSlcka noted,
" It's a pleasure to. be the adviser
of uch a great clas ." As the ad­
vi er, he acco.mpanied the seniDrs
00 all of their trip and events, such
as senior week, the senior picnic,
Spint Week, SeDlar Ball. and other
serum events.
o
ence. S e loved the trip to water
wDrld and enjDYS spending time
with the seniors. For Osicka. it
feels as if be i graduating t DD.
She is having a sad moment and
happy moment at the same tim~.
She a I commemj clas
p resident
'eni or
Sara
. Matthie en for being such a
great leader and making her job
much easier. According to. her,
the senior J~' s bas been very
self-sufficient. which
hy
they are '0 succes ful this year.
o icka is sure that next year
will be even bener, "The class
this year has already been so
great. but oext year wi 11 be even
better because the class leaders
will know what to. do.." Osjcka
suggests that tbere houl d be a
movie made from freshman year so.
that memories will be permanent.
u
"It is very time consuming," said
Osicka, hDwever, she also. says that
it has been a worthwhile experi-
Merchant of Venice showcased
tewart Perlm n
l()'ll grade
L ugh and
nled all
Lough. Ev :ryon ' in the ro m go
erved' E,>pe~lally udenna. wh
(It hI 11 .Id ba 'ed on stag a.
p WlI 'hmcnt, The fm~ . ....:nc \ ';I
the ql)'s
hI\: had m U'i c fro
C
CalifornIa
:TI::dit
inspector gadgel and keep Ibe
world safe fo.r dem cracy. "
"Dana Harvey will mov into
the donn at P int LDma College
and begin to :.-urf
sunset cliffi. She will become a
hostile local who throws rocks at
the tourist who try to surf there."
Maureen KameL French:
"Karla Abea will be an interna­
tional multi-ling al good-will aru­
ba ador- tra eling ali over the
world, transJatmg for peo.ple."
"Anh Huynh wtll dance his
way to Slnrdom. wDomg audi­
ences everywhere with Ills magic
body."
.. elln ra" ford will hecame
consef\ ti\e J umnh,' J"lr a nglu­
wlUg publj auon. HI journab m
degree from NY will tak~ him all
oyerthe world. where he wi 11 mllIT)
a liberal reporter from a poor, back­
ward country. He will "linte a ·cot:.
fe La Ie b o.k' entitl d 'CoCfc!e
Shapes Around the Wond ."
"C hristine Rowland will return
as princIpal at Washington high in
and try to run everything . SWIll
h 'e trouble delegatmg authority to
her male A.P. 's but will remember
hel'father'sword ; "Worn n belong
in the WillIe Ho.use."
"Michael M oore will sign a c1' ss
It
to Co.ntract
tth the Wh i ~ 0 '
and report to. rooki camp ' lack­
son, Missis ippi. A circu ' tyco.on
will attend Dne Df Mike" games,
notice his' socks and unifo rm ir­
regularities and sign him to a fi ve
lrod 'mahr attorn!;}. moti ted b
tI mem try of rgoing iu Engli b
II thal Jisb are not Christ imag ry
in rite Okl Man Qfthe St!u.­
"Eric iaurt!r will appl!ar ill otl
drink '1 V co.mmetdaJs as a h,yper­
active extreme aUllctc."
"Ying Cbang wi ll become a rock
star,"
Su. an Crother , hjstory :
•• reg Roller v. ill frnd fame and
fortune as the ne t spo e man for
1-800-collect."
"Kevin Joncs will start his Dwn
magazine ailed "how to dress like
a pimp da dy."
" Sa ra Matthiesen will be
D nald Trump's next next ApprenLice."
"Mat Gobel will be the cause of
the largest blackDut on the iVest
CDast."
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Page 10
June 7,2004
::ris:~Rey~e~:~i~~:~ b~~h.?n~,~~~(~~,£, Looking
through
a r-tn / t. f b. IJ'I
nur..ing. such a taking people . vi·
S llIor Mithad L~rc" \\ III be. at­
tending the Uni\ eri ty of S H I
Fran!'ii c\) this fall. \ hcn a kt!d
whal he liln:d about the chool he
ald•. [t'~ in San frnns!. co. what
lSI! call I say?" commented
. lich eJ Lerch. Ht!
will be seeking l
Bacl1elor f Science in
Nursi11 . Today, about
J 0 er ent of United
Statl::S nurs s are male.
15 pt;rcent are . tudy­
ing to become om:.
MicbaeJ Lerch h .
rec ived the Unh rsity
~ cholar chalar hip
from L , the number
one nu ing '\;11001 in
aliforrua . second i n
the Ilati n. He WI ll re­
ceive .16000 a
ar
out of the $36.000 it
costs to go there. Since
U SF is a private
school, Mic el Lerch
will not have to deal
with the pain-staking
budget cuts being dealt
to California state uni­
versities.
Michael Lerch was
admitted for hi s aca­
demics, puJling off a 4.0 grade
po int a erage all through high
chool, in addtion to being in clubs,
and being on the track team as a
distance runner.
Michael Lerch is currently tak­
ing a Regional Occupational Pro­
gram class for Nurse's Aid. The
tal ;igl . H has also IC:lnl d h \~
tll plae p opl on hmipr al bed '.
Thcr. l\1i ch el Lercb ha.,
commited LO mor > thun 00 e11ll­
cal hour; hdping those in nun;inc;
h mcs \ 'Itll the basi aCtiviti e!' o t
everyday ltv mg. He :aid lhat If you
lichll 1 Lc: cit i~ al 0 a tl11incr
al tllCraJ'li!\t"
1:.
Th
he rehabilitat·s thos who
W\.>J'C en
~Iy injuretl, sUlktes, :wd
the Iderly.
"I have " Iw ylo been mterested in
helping pc pie and gelling a TIllfS­
lng degree. You hav so many ar­
a that you an 0
int from Ii (.1 pall.. nt
car t th.: mt:rgency
roo m 10 ma na e ­
ment,
explulned
Michael Lerch. He
WI ;,1 al. 0 he workui g at
Washingom Hos Ital
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Being a senior i a very special
and important year of high school
Seniors have long anticipated the
day they would be in the position
at the lead of the school. It is fi­
nally the year that student have
been waiting for their entire high
school career. Wilh many fun and
life alterjng events approachi ng ,
such as Senjor Picnic Senior Fa­
orites, S nior Week, Senior Ball,
Grad Nigllt, and graduation.
Unfortuently, along with all of
these activities comes the need for
increased fimding. Whether the ex­
penses are generating trom parents
or studen ' own pockets, the costs
I.~
a,
as a transporlc. ~
transporte l. nL' wb()
lakes pcopl from th
12. R. t th~ I C. ( nd
Senior Michael Lerch.
make it through Nurse's Aid, you
will be fine when you study to be a
nurse. ' 'The idea of understanding
how the human body w orks is what
has always interested me," said
Michael Lerch. He is following
in the footsteps of his mother who
is currently a nurse in the.Intensive
s f, rtJl
Tn the lcld of nurs­
ing ,\lich ael L erch
p)ar\s to 'pursue; being
a MediVac. There he
will travel to accident
scenes, such as car ac­
cidents, people caught
on cliffs, or those
stranded on the beach.
"MediVacs are para­
medics in extreme
situations,"
said
Michael Lerch.
Michael Lerch is
extremely commited to his future
career in nursing. We wish him
the best of luck as he pusues his
dream, and the most sucessful fu­
ture possible. "It is the most re­
warding feeling you get when you
help people everyday,"' said
Michael Lerch.
:J .lkm iI I \1 of mlln y. '
tuntt't n mara~: ''1-1 III • \je
r l at1~o.; or fil!hlln
I) protect our
In.: Ju 1."
Andr \\ Dl' Tu rr~: "lour ing Ihe
orld it
lhello or O~ ing a
graphic design c mp y ilh my
fr iend."
LeyJ. Franco: "I m going t be
o fashion de Igner, so I may be
working in a busme's that has to
II Wlt]1 clothes."
L auren Kincheloe: "J hope I'll
C I aching go emment here at
good old Washi ng ton High
Schoo1."
Edward Le~: 'The younge t
EO."
Ariel L i log: "Being a forensiC
inve sllgator. "
GllQ' oula: ''I'll be a la"''Yer
lth four cars living on a Southern
ofsenior year can add up to be very
expens ive. However the extra
money spent will be worth it.
Senior Year Expenses (prices are
approximate):
ASB card an4 yearbook:
$90
Senior Parking:
$5
Senior Pictures:
27 or $5 sitting fee.
$80 and up for packages
Waterworld:
$30
Powderpuff j ersey:
$35
eDior T-shirt:
15
Senior Breakfast
$5-$10
Senior Panoramic:
$20
Senior Ball bid:
$1 50 couple
Announcements and cap and
gown:
$60-$150
Class Ring:
$200
Grad Night:
$110
Total esimated costs:
$922
" The memories and experience 0
being a eniOT outweigh the de­
flated wallets. For eniors the co
of being a eruor is ...pric less.
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l tic h elle Silva: "Ten yea
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older."
Ponche Turnn: "I think I woul
be a pll'lU<lr lOd I for n company."
Kenneth 'ng: "Pretty muc
thc samc. but with taxes."
.~mily Welch: "Married to a ho
Momlon boy with a couple ofchil­
dren, He d anchor woman for
pre tigiou news channel. n
Gene WWi : '" \\;11 be 8 grca
lrthodontist. making people hav!!
great smiles."
Jacob Wilson: tlMarried tel Katie
Mart inez with childr en and
tcady. good job. "
Benjamin Worden: "Rich
famous rock tar."
Sports
June 7,2004
Page 11
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Price and Senadenos: ee wins
First Time All League recipients for girl's basketball
By Thomas Shively
Every so often an athlete comes
through a school that is used as a
role model for others.
For the Washington
High Scbool girl's bas­
ketball team, there were
two. Seniors Mikail
P rice
and
Page
Senadenos both re ­
ceived first Team All
League.
N exl ye r P a g e Seoadenos will be at­
tending Bethany Col­
lege, a private choo!
located in Scotts Valley.
Page Seoadenos re­
ceived a partial basket­
b all scholarship fo r
$ 8,0 00 out of t he
$l3 ,000 that its costs to
a ttel).d the co llege.
Page Senadenos will
be staying in the doIlllS and her ma­
jor is undecided as of yet.
"The most memorable game that
1 had was against Kennedy when 1
scored 24 poin ts ," sai d Page
Senadenos, "The best game we had
was when we beat Logan, because
we hadn't in the three years that 1
have been playing varsity." . She
contributed to the team greatly and
w a s the leading scorer. Page
Seoadenos has been playing bas-
scorer. " I would be lhe leading
scorer but I kept passing [the ball]
to Page," said Mikail Price.
Sbe also bas been on the varsity
team for
t b I e e
yea rs .
"The most
me m 0­
rable time
was when
we be a t
Logan for lhe second
lime dur­
ing the sea­
son," said
Mikai l P r ic e,
''The best
game 1 had
was when
we played
Mikail Price and Page Senadenos
Mission
for the secon the First Team All League. ond time and won. 1 had 30 points
Mikail Price will be attending and was 17 for 18 from the free
Foothill Junior College where she throw line. It was really cool be­
will be studying dental hygiene and cause we lost to them the first
plans to play basketball there.
time."
"I'll be living in an apartment be­
The team did very well this year
cause I'll be spending a lot of time with a record of 22-8 . . Basketball
at school and in the gym. The com­
has left a lasting impression on both
mute would be too much," said players.
Mikail Price.
"Basketball has been the most fun
MikaU Price had the most assists and invigorating experience of my
on the team and the second leading life," said Mikail Price.
ketball and volleyball since the
sixth grade, but has always hked
basketball best.
Mikail P rice was the other player
There are very few people that are
ood enough to qUIIlify for NeS in
a lifetime. Seni IT GObert Yee has ne it three rimes and won once. GUbert Vee is the only Washing­
on High School wrest ler in 20
.ears to win the st(;tion title.
Gilbert Vee had already won the
2002 and
' 2003MVAL
titles and
losl in NeS,
ut this year
IS different.
ilbert Yee
ch am pi on­
hip fee ling
onfiden t ,
ut los t to
long time rial James Abuan from James Lo­
an High choot
This matel was anticipated to be
a banle from the beginning. and it
. Gilbert Vee rook 8 2-0 lead
n ith 50 seconds left in first pe.ad on a take down. With ten sec­
nds leftAbuan tied lhe match with
a 'take down of hi own Abuan
k a 6-4 lead at the end of the
eriod with a reversal and a
edown. GUbert Yee had one
are reversal bUt ir was not enough
to win the match.
Gilbert Yee was named the numtwo
d tn the 152 NC chamionships because of hiS loss the
ious week. The two were al·
ost sure thaI they w uld face each
other again in the NCS champion­
ship. "1 as. umed J would see him
in the fmais," Gilbert l'ee said, "I
lhe first match 1 learned a lot abou
him. 1 knew that he would run ou
ofgas by the third period. I'm gla
1 had that wakeup 'all."
The match began with Abuan
getting a 2"() I
•
on a take down.
but GDhert Ye
down of his own.
In the second pe­
riod G Ubut Y
pulled ahea
with anothe
take down t
make the scor
6-4. " ~ I pmctice
a lot harder than
ever before," id Gilbert Vee.
The 2002 MVAL cbampionshi
was another great moment for Gil­
bert Y~when he was a sop omore.
He was wre t1mg Aaron Byrd, a
senior from Newark Memoria
Higll School. It was an excitin
match taken into double overtime.
Byrd took a 2-0 lad after takcdown, bul GUbert Vee lied i
with revenull in the fU'St. H h
another reversal in the econd t
pull ahead 4-2. ''That was pro
ably the most exiting match.." said
Gilbert Vee.
The CS finats were held i
Oakland. Gilbert Y~e plans to
wrestle lD college, either at Cue'
or San Fransis ~ ) Stule University.
Seniors
qualify for NCS and advance to the MOe st
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B
y
. W
ep ame
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Washington High School track
went to the orth Coa I Section
(NCS) and ceded eighth. They advanced to Meet of Champions
MOC) at UC Berkeley, which is
the level right before state. The six
seniors who went to NCS were Ian
Aragoll, Danny Huynh Kyle
Overstreet, Mlkail Price, Monica
Moody. and Emily Welcb.
Danny Huynh Sptut three years
in track. two of those years which
were spent on varsity. He participated in the 110 and 300 hurdles,
the four by one, the longjump, the
100 meters, and the fOUT by four.
Danny Huynb enjoyed his three
years in track calling it, "a good experience because { was never OD
any team or sport before. "
He also thought it was a good
way to meet new people. Danny
H uynh plans to attend Ohlone College for two years, then transfer to
UC Davis where he wants to pursue pharmacy.
Kyle Overstreet was on track all
fo ur years of high school, and he
was on varsity track for two years. pated in the 100 meter, the 200
He participated in the quarter mile meter dash, and the four by one resprint and the mile relay. Kyle lay.
Overstre ,t said. 'Track was a very
She said, "Track has been a redemanding experience. It's been ally positive experience for me. It's
very exciting especially since I'm . been hard, and there were days 1
one of the last people to run so { would come home and wonder why
emphasis in broadcast journalism.
Mikail Price spent all four years
ofhigh school on varsity track. She
participated in the 100 meter, the
four by one, the high j ump, and the
long jump. She said, "So many exciting thing-s have happened these
get a lot of support from my
friends ." He wants to continue
running track and cross country at
Chabot Junior College, and is looking at photography as his mttior.
Emily Welch was on varsity
track for four years. She partici-
past four years that have made my
track experience really good. I t
Mikail Price wi1l be attending
Foothill Junior College in the fall
where she wants to major in dental
bygiene.
Ian Aragon was on track for four
1 did track but in the meets it all
comes together and all the hard
work is worth iL"
E mily Welch will attend
Brigham Young University (BYU )
in Utllh, where she wants to pursue
a career in communicatioDS with an
years. He spent three years n the
varsity team. He competed mostly
in the 4x400 meter, 4xl 00, and the
100 and 200 meter.
Ian Aragon had also competed
in the higbjump and the opl}n 400
meter.
Ian Aragon als recieved the
Coach's Award last Wed. "It's been
great competing for track. This
year we d id excep tional and
Patrick Bendzlck brought out the
best of our team," stated lan
Aragon.
Monica Moody has been par­
U< Jpating in ttac or three years.
She has mpetcd in a variety of
_ events. They include: sprints, high
jump, long Jump. 100 m eter, hIgh
hurdles, and the 300 meter hurdles.
"It was hard working with our
other coach, coach Ramen, sopbomore and junior year. The transi­
tiOD fromRamen to Bendzick was
very challenging," stated Monica
Moody.
She will be attendingtbe niver­
Slty of California at Santa Cruz.
Monica Moody will be majoring .
in biology.
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Sports
June 7, 2004
Page 12
Ong and Welch receive White Sweater By Ryan Deto
and Jamie Westby
o
Emily Welch filled the halfback friends and family. Emilf Welch's
position on her soccer team. "Soc- . former track star father helped
cer was definitely the hatdest sport coach the team and was a big help
to make varsity, but I kept with it to her track career.
and did my best," said Emily
Emily Weich's four-by-one relay
Welch. Emily Welch was awarded won MVALs, allowing them to
most dedicated for junior varsity compete at NCS, then at the Meet
soccer. The team competed in of Champions (MOC) both junior
NCS, Emily Welch's junior and and senior year.
senior year, and was named Mis­
Emily Welch also made MVAL
sion Valley Athletic League fmals for 1OO-meter dash and NCS
(MVAL) Champions.
for open 200 both years. Her jun­
Beginning tennis freshman year, ior year, Emily Welch was
Emily Welch played doubles with awarded varsity track most im-
To receive this award, a student
must attain eight varsity letters be­
ginning freshman year.
Throughout her high school ca­
reer, Emily Welch (left) has be­
come a triple threat and competed
in soccer, tennis, and track and
field. Emily Welch has taken home
eight varsity pins, and has com­
peted six times at NCS.
In elementary and
junior high school,
Emily Welch was ac­
tive in drama and singing. Wanting a change,
EmOy Welch decided
to try a different pass­
tune and began playing
sports in high school.
"I like to be well
rounded," said Emily
Welch.
Emily Welch was in­
spired freshman year
when she entered the
gym and saw the sign
ofWhite Sweater win­
ners. Noticing it was a
limited list, E m ily
Welch decided to try
for the award.
four-year partner senior Marie
A common Emily Welch day Kowalski. Emily Welch was
would be waking up to be at semi­ awarded junior varsity's most im­
nary at 6, followed by school, a proved player her freshman year.
Emily Welch also battled four
quick change, then straight to prac­
tice. Though she was left with little . years of track. "Looking back, as
time for sleep and homework, much as we all complained about
Emily Welch continued to dedicate it, it was still my favorite because
her time to sports. On average, of all the people I met, and being
Welch is active in sports twelve able to say we did really good,"
hours a week. Emily Welch was said Emily Welch. Emily Welch
able to make varsity tennis and was the starter for the four-by-one
track her sophomore year, and var­ relay. According to Emily Welch,
she had a lot of support from her
sity soccer her junior year.
proved when she took over a sec­
ond offofher I OO-meler dash time.
"That's a really hard thing to do,"
said Emily Welch, "I really stepped
it up." Emily Welch will be attend­
ing Brigham Young University in
Utah after high school. She will
major in communication with an
emphasis in public relations and
broadcast journalism. Emily
Welch plans to continue her active
role in sports once in college, and
is especially looking forward to try­
ing the 60-meter dash on their in-
door track team. "Keeping in shape on to the state finals.
is important to me; I don't know
In every year at Washington,
what I'd do with myself without," Judy Ong played a minimum of
. two sports. "I like to participate in
said Emily Welch.
Ac'cording to Emily Welch, sports because you meet so many
sports have taught her a lot about nice people," Judy Ong said, "I
time management and keeping met a lot of my friends when I
healthy. "Don't give up," said played sports."
Emily Welch, "keep going, it will
She played on both cross-coun­
try and track and field, both of
always get better."
Senior Judy Ong (right) has been which contain many student ath­
participating in sports every year of letes and many people to get to
her high school career. She has know. Th.e wrestling team does not
been on varsity cross-country and contain many people, but Judy still
has met many friends.
Judy Ong was one
of two people who
won the prestigious
White Sweater Award
at Washington. ~he
heard the news when
she received a call
from the head of the
athletics department,
Gloria Gutierrez.
"I was sort of sur­
prised when I found
out I won the award. I
know there were new
rules to win the award
and I thought it was re­
ally cool when I won,"
said Judy Ong.
Even with all of her
has made it to North Coast great accomplishments at Washing­
Sectionals for four consecutive ton, NCS champion in varsity girl's
wrestling, Judy Ong is still very
years.
Judy Ong also won the most modest about her status. "I don't
dedicated award during her nmning think of myselfas a great athlete at
for the cross-country team. She all," said Judy Ong.
Whenever somebody plays two
also was on varsity track and field
for four years and placed well in varsity sports for four years it takes
Mission Valley Athletic League fi­ extreme dedication for each sport.
Judy Ong is not looking to play
nals. She played one year for girl's
varsity wrestling and was the cap­ sports outside of Washington, but
tain of the team. Judy Ong was a still wants to stay in shape.
She will be attending the Univer­
very impressive wrestler and was
crowned NCS champ and moved sity of California at Berkeley.
Berkeley gives soccer scholarship to Wilson Roberts to play soccer in college By Jennifer Huang
One of the Washington's varsity
soccer players has recently received
a scholarship from the University
of California Berkeley. His years
of hard work and dedication
to soccer have finally paid
off. Senior Jacob Wilson
will be attending UCB in the
fall and playing for their soc­
certeam.
Jacob Wilson has played
soccer since he was five
years old. "I like shooting
(goals) a lot. I like that you
have to run around a lot," he
said. His dad was his first
coach. "My dad inspires me
the most because he's been
at all my games. He's always
been very supportive,"
Jacob Wilson said.
Not surprisingly, Jacob Wilson
said that soccer is what he enjoys
most about school. "I like the soc­
cer team, practices, games, basi­
cally the whole soccer season," he
said.
He has been on the WHS varsity
soccer team every year since fresh­
man year. During soccer season,
the varsity team practices for a
couple of hours each day. When
soccer season ends at school,
Jacob Wilson does not quit prac­
ticing. He also plays for a city
league team called the Marine Ban­
dits. Another team he plays for is
the Y league. Jacob Wilson's fa­
vorite soccer team is Manchester
JacobWUson
United.
In his free time, Jacob Wilson
likes to play other sports as well
besides soccer. He likes hanging
out with his friends at the park. "I
like playing basketball or volley­
ball too," he said. Jacob Wilson
said that one of his most memo­
rable moments from high school
was when he made the regional
team two years ago.
He has been on the Regional
team ever since then. One of his
goals is to make the National team
after playing on the Regional team.
He will be trying out for the Na­
tional team sometime in January
next year.
Although Jacob Wilson would
like to play professional soc­
cer, he has not forgotten about
his education. That is one of
the reasons why he has cho­
sen attend University of Ber­
keley. If soccer doesn't work
out, Wilson would like to go
into pre-med and become doc­
tor. Another reason why he
has chosen Berkeley is. be­
cause "it isn't too far away
from my family. It's a very
good soccer school and very
good academically."
Jacob Wilson's favorite
teachers at school are Ms. Keller,
Mr. Bierenga, and Mr. Harrison.
"They are all very easy to talk to.
Mr. Harrison is funny and a very
cool teacher," he said.
To other fellow students seeking
scholarships, Jacob Wilson said,
"Hard work and dedication. Never
quit. Even if you don't make the
team the first year, keep trying. I
didn't make the Regional team the
ficityear, but I kept coming back."
Some of the things Jamil Rob­
erts (center) loves about soccer is
its competitive nature and its de­
manding physical workouts. His
father got bim into occer when he
w as eight and he is currently
centerback.
"I feel as if I am somewhat fol­
l owing
m
y
brother's
p ath,"
s aid
Jam i I
Roberts.
H oi s
b rother
received
a scholar­
s hip to
play soc­
at
cer
Berkeley. Jamil Roberts has ac­
cepted a scholarship to play soccer
at Santa Clara University, which he
will be attending in the fall 2004.
Santa Clara Univer ity is consid­
ered to be one of th top college
soccer teams in the nited States.
Jamil Roberts hao; many dreams
in tht! fi eld of soccer. After c 1Jege he has high hopes in making
the national team Some day. "I am
really thankful because it is going
to pay my way through college,"
said Jamil Roberts. He has been
playing for a wide variety oftea.ms,
including the Marin Bandits, Y
league, All Star Team, and the Re­
gional Olympic Team.
His daily schedule, is full of
things related to soccer. JamU
Roberts
has
to
practice
two
h0 urs
each day.
"Life as a
socc e r
player is
pretty
tou gh,
you need
to train
e ve ry ­
day, stay fit. do weights, and run
on your own in order to stay fit"
Jamil Roberts has also met a lot
of new people from playing soccer.
Many of his friends are now soc­
cer players and are part ofhis team.
He
also learned many things
from the game. Without teamwork,
individual talent \\ill not bring the
team to Slice . . A thing hI! ug­
gests to everybody is to, "~ever
give up on your dn:arDs."