Meet Your New Principal - Life Christian Academy

OCTOBER 1, 2013
VOLUME 6, ISSUE 1
Meet Your New Principal
By: Brooklynn Kovacs and Julie Lytle
Table of contents
Q:Where did you attend college?
A: “The first year I went to college I went to Bemidji State University and played some football
and baseball. After my freshmen
year, I transferred to the University of Idaho and graduated there.”
Q: Tell us about your family.
Where and how did you meet
your wife?
A: “Meeting my wife was a God
thing. I met my wife through one
of my very good friends. His wife
was best friends with my wife and
they had gone to school together
and worked together at the local
Q: Where did you go to Eledrugstore. One night Pat and
mentary School?
Susan, our friends, had the two of
A: “North Heights Elementary in us over for dinner so we could
Roseville, Minnesota.”
meet and we have now been married for 35 years.”
Q: Did you play any sports?
A: “I played everything! The first Q: What about your kids?
organized sport I played was lit- A: “We have one daughter who
tle league baseball. Then at
passed away as an infant and three
about 7 or 8 I started ice hockey. older daughters. Our oldest is TifWhen I got to middle school, I
fany, she’s 32, and married with
wanted to play football but my
two kids. They have a daughter
dad wouldn't let me because he
named Avery and a son named
was afraid they wouldn't teach
Jackson. Our second oldest
the proper techniques. So I first daughter is a high school coach.
started playing tackle football as She and her husband have a son
a freshmen in high school. I was named Bodey. Our youngest
the quarterback in football. I was daughter is Krista, she is 21 and
winger and defense in ice
works at Tacoma Golf and Counhockey, and I was the catcher in try Club.”
baseball.”
Q: Where were you born?
A: “I was born on the tropical
island of Guam. My Father, who
is 83 years old now and an architect, was in the Army Corps of
Engineers and was building runways when I was born.”
Meeting Your Principal
1
Water Polo
2
Parking Lot
3
United Night
Bell Schedule
Survey
40th Anniversary
Herding
4
5
6
Devotional
7
New Stadium
8
Fair
9
Football
10
Volleyball
11
Survey
Calendar
Staff
12
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continued
Q: Tell us about your experience with leadership.
A: “I was involved in Jr. High
and high school and I was in a
position of leadership because
of sports. I was also on student council. I started my career as an educator in Northern Minnesota as a head baseball coach and a substitute
teacher. I noticed that each
school had a different feel or
mood to it and that it was
caused by the principal. In
about 1979 I decided to pursue my master’s degree in
Secondary School Administration.”
although I love to backpack and
mountain climb.”
Q:Can you tell us about
your outside activities?
A: “Well, primarily, throughout my whole adult life my
outside activities have been
reading, church and family
Q: If you have one, what is
your biggest challenge as the
principal here? A: “I really
believe that God wants more
kids at Life Christian, so my
biggest challenge is trying to
Q: So far, do you like being
the principal at Life Christian
Academy?
A: “I absolutely love it! It’s
really, really been a phenomenal thing. It’s been an amazing
fit for me after spending 34
years in public education.”
Q: What is your favorite
part?
A: I would say my favorite part
is “Love God, Love Others,
Speak Life and Pray Powerful
Prayers.”
LCA Student Dedicates Time to Water Polo
By: Hannah Elliott
Collin Campbell, a senior here at LCA, plays a sport
that many people don’t know
about— water polo! Collin describes water polo as being
“very similar to soccer, except
you are in the water and you are
not allowed to touch the bottom
of the pool.”
Collin has played water
polo for Lakes High School and
Puget Sound Water Polo Club
for four years. Collin plays
whole-set, which is the most
aggressive position. He got into
water polo because while he was
on the swim team, he was informed that water polo would be
more enjoyable, so he decided
to give it a try and ended up being really good at it.
Collin’s team won two
games in the Junior Olympics.
They have to practice two hours
every day, six days a week in
order to learn how to work as a
team. Collin would love to be
able to play water polo in college, and maybe even go to the
Junior Olympics again!
Ways to get the word out about
how great this school is and how
to get students here that want to
be.”
Q: Are there any goals you
have for Life Christian?
A: “Well, it’s to get the story of
LCA heard and to have the voice
of the student body raised so that
the concerns of the students can
be dealt with as soon as possible.”
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Parking Lot Construction Brings Needed Changes
By: Jennifer Wild and Maddison Melena
Here at LCA, many new
changes have come with our
school year. Among those
changes is the renovation of the
campus parking lot.
During the summer, the
Looker Construction Company
was hired to start work on the
campus lot. We interviewed
Kerry Prosser, the Chief Financial Officer for the church about
the details regarding the massive
project, including what started it,
and what new additions it will
bring.
The parking lot's renovations
are directly linked to "how much
disrepair it had been in," according to Mr. Prosser. It had been
over 25 years since any renovations or additions had been made
to the original lot, and there were
some serious problems with it.
There were raised sidewalks and
tree roots breaking through the
ground, creating tripping hazards. There was also no natural
traffic flow, making the lot difficult to navigate, and there was
extremely poor lighting, causing
visibility hazards.
In renovating the old lot, the
construction has brought plenty
of new additions with it. New
lights have been installed, and a
new lawn area has been added
outside the church and lower
school entrances. With the redoing of the asphalt, the parking
spaces have also been fixed. The
spots are no longer angled, but
perpendicular, allowing 40 new
parking spaces to be added. As
part of the remodel, many trees
were ripped out, but new greenery and trees will be added to
replace them. Also, it is hoped
that along with the other new
additions, security cameras will
be installed as well.
The idea for the renovations
has been floating around for
quite some time, but was finally
put into action this summer. As
the project started, it encountered
delays, preventing it from being
finished by its original deadline,
the first day of school. These delays were partly due to weather,
lack of permits, and the fact that
the campus is always active.
However, the work on the main
lot should finally be completed
within two weeks, and the work
on the north lot in another two
weeks.
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United Night Reaches Out to the 253
“One night can change everything," insists Life Center Leadership College intern Tait Smith. It's
that time of year again and 253
United Night is back and better
than ever. The United Night service will take place on October
2nd from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. This
year's theme is "Light up the Sky."
"It's a night for all generations; we
are all called to be a light to the
city and community," proclaims
Smith.
This year, United Night will feature dynamic speaker Chris Durso.
Durso is the director of Youth Ex-
By: Fina Valenzuela
plosion Ministries of Christ Tabernacle Church in New York City.
He currently resides in New York
with his wife and kids. Durso is
also the author of a book entitled
Misfit. The book is based on the
idea of how people become
"misfits" once they dedicate their
lives to Jesus and how to embrace
their new identity.
Besides having an amazing
guest speaker, United Night will
also feature a unbelievable set, a
new 253 United Band, spoken
word, DJ's, dance teams, vendors,
food trucks, outdoor activities,
live music, and a show by Kube
93. After the service, an after
party will take place from about
9:00 pm to 10:00 pm in the lower
gym with tons of crazy activities.
According to Kube 93’s account
executive Dave Goodenow, the
radio station will have a booth set
up at United Night with music,
call-ins, and their promotional
team. This show will be from 5:00
New Bell Schedule Benefits LCA Students
Once again, Life Christian
Academy opens its door and welcomes students to a new school
year. This year, several significant
changes are in place such as a new
principal, a new 6th period class
schedule, and a new parking lot.
As part of the new class schedule,
students are experiencing a late
start to their day
Some interesting changes
for the new schedule this year are
zero-hour, advisory, chapel and
Eagle Pride day, and a late start.
First period starts at 8:20 am instead of 7:45 am compared to last
year. Zero-hour starts at 7:25 am
and is offered for only a few
classes. In an interview, Mrs.
Buselmeier took some time to explain a bit about the new schedule.
Q: Why was the bell schedule
changed this year?
A: We wanted to change it for a
long time but there were so many
graduation requirements from the
state government that we could
not. Last year, the state changed
some of their rules: how they
count fine arts and occupation
education credits, how we count
PE credits, and those changes
made it possible to shorten our
school day. A shorter school day
pm to 7:00 pm at Life Center.
Although United Night will be
fun and entertaining, it will also be
an amazing encounter with God.
"This isn't a night that we are promoting a church, speaker, school
campus, or denomination. This is a
night when we are promoting Jesus," expressed Life Center High
School Pastor Brandon Perritte.
Although this year's attendance
goal is 1,000 students, Perritte
states that the ultimate goal is "for
people to understand the love of
Jesus."
By: Minh Bui
helps kids focus on core classes
and the later start is important for
sleep.
Q: What is the benefit of an advisory period?
A: One bonus – it gives time during the day to get organized and to
touch base with teachers. It also
protects classes from sports pullouts, club meetings, and other
class interruptions.
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Bell Schedule Continued
Q: What is zero-hour? What
classes are offered during zero
hour?
A: Zero hour is only for high
school students. The only classes
offered are wind ensemble (band),
chamber choir, and a special PE
class for athletes. Those classes
never conflict with core classes.
Q: How does the bus schedule
change? Do we have a bus for
zero-hour students?
A: We do not have a bus for zerohour students because we send one
bus that is shared by first grade
through twelfth grade. The bus
comes a littler later and this is
really nice for our lower school
families because there used to be a
45 minute gap between the start of
upper school and lower school, but
now there is only a 10 minute gap.
Q: Do you plan to offer more
classes during zero-hour next semester or next year?
A: Each semester we hope to add
more classes to zero-hour but it
will totally depend on student requests. If students want to see extra classes added like home-ec,
foreign policy, or college planning,
we can add those. However, they
have to ask so we know that there
are at least twelve students who
are willing to show up in the morning for that class.
Q: Does the 6th period schedule
increase class size?
A: No. Actually classes are smaller
this year except for Senior Bible.
The average size of each class is
about fifteen to eighteen students.
Besides a new class schedule, this
year chapel and Eagle Pride days
have been changed. According to
Mr. Lovelady, the reason why we
switched the two days is that the
school wants students to start the
week off with a great Chapel experience, and in that way, students
can carry it over all week long
rather than having Chapel on Friday and then heading home. The
school also switched Eagle Pride
to Friday because it allows sports
teams and students to wear Eagle
Pride in support of these events.
Eagle Pride on Fridays also brings
upper school students in line with
our church and lower school who
always do casual day on Friday.
Whether students like the new
schedule or not, this year’s
changes are all meant to benefit
students and enhance their education.
High School
Regular Bell Schedule
Zero Hour
Period 1
Chapter/Mentor Group Bell Schedule
7:25 am – 8:15 am
8:20 am – 9:10 am
Zero Hour
Period 1
7:25 am – 8:15 am
8:20 am – 9:05 am
Period 2
Period 3
9:15 am – 10:05 am
10:10 am – 11:00 am
Period 2
Period 3
9:10 am – 9:55 am
10:00 am – 10:45 am
Period 4
LUNCH
11:05 am – 11:55 am
11:55 am – 12:25 pm
Period 4
LUNCH
10:50 am – 11:35 am
11:35 am – 12:05pm
Period 5
Period 6
12:30 pm – 1:20 pm
1:25 pm – 2:15 pm
Period 5
Period 6
12:10 pm – 12:55 pm
1:00 pm – 1:50 pm
Advisory
2:20 pm – 2:50 pm
Advisory
1:55 pm – 2:50 pm
Survey of student reaction to the new schedule.
6-period-schedule
Chapel on Mondays,
Eagle Pride on Fridays
More classes during
Zero-hour
Advisory
Yes
No
Don’t know
83.7%
11.6%
4.7%
26.3%
66.7%
7%
39.5%
57.4%
3.1%
93%
6.2%
0.8%
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LCA Celebrates 40th Anniversary
This year marks an important milestone for Life Christian Academy. Not only have
we implemented some big
changes, but this year is also
the celebration of Life Christian Academy’s 40th anniversary.
Over the years, LCA
has grown from just a preschool in 1973 to today’s preschool through twelfth grade
system. What once started as a
daycare and preschool under
Pastor Fulton Buntain’s leadership has become a home and
a family to hundreds of students over the years.
In the beginning, Life
Christian was housed in the
church building, but as the
number of students grew, new
additions had to be made.
By: Alexis Savary
Three different building phases
have marked the ongoing expansion of LCA. First came the
portables and the Buntain Learning Center. Then in 1994 the 6th
grade hallway over to the locker
rooms was added, and finally the
upper school building and Commons was built in 2000. The majority of the work was done
through generous donations and
volunteer work.
Dedication is a big part
of LCA, and many of our teachers and staff have worked faithfully over the years. Some of our
most dedicated members include
Mrs. Corrigan, Mrs. Neel, Mr.
Seely, Mrs. Rouleau, Mrs. Judd,
and Mrs. Anderson. All of these
people have spent at least 30
years here. Mr. Hjelseth originally gave his time volunteering
on the school board before accepting his current position as
Life Christian’s Headmaster.
Life Christian Academy
has seen many changes since
1973, but plans are still being
made to make the school a better
place for everyone. Mr. Hjelseth
shared, “We may decide in the
next few years that we want to
create a leadership curriculum for
the school…Our vision is really
one to define our distinctiveness
and to make our high school a
place where people can come and
know that they will serve the
world. Servants become leaders,
so if you can’t serve you can’t
lead.” God has always provided
for LCA, and it will be exciting
to see what He has planned for us
in the next 40 years.
Math Teacher Practices Herding By: Hannah Elliott
Mrs. Giddings has been a
math teacher here at LCA since
1996. Mrs. Giddings has been a
duck and sheep herder since 1997.
What is herding you may ask?
Mrs. Giddings describes it as “the
controlled movement of livestock
(sheep, cows, ducks, turkeys, etc.)
with or without dogs,” but Mrs.
Giddings herds with her own Rottweilers.
She got into duck herding
when she took her first dog out
herding as a one year old puppy
just to try it. Even at that young
age, her dog ended up being extremely talented and Mrs. Giddings’ trainer convinced her to
keep at it. Mrs. Giddings’ dog
was nationally ranked for five
years and was one of the first
Rottweilers to earn a herding
championship, along with other
awards.
Mrs. Giddings loves this
“so called sport” because of how
much joy it brings her watching
her dogs do what God
“programmed” them to do centuries ago. She loves seeing a dog
meet sheep for the first time and
watching the dog’s God-given instincts kick in. She also loves seeing the dogs and the owners become teammates in working livestock together.
Mrs. Giddings practices
and teaches herding at Ewe-Topia
Herd Dog Training in Roy, Washington on Tuesdays, Thursdays,
and Saturdays along with doing
various competitions and demos in
places all around the country, including the Washington State
Fair!
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Devotional: We Are New Creatures in Christ
2 Corinthians 5:17
New International Version (NIV)
“Therefore, if anyone is in
Christ, the new creation has
come: The old has gone, the
new is here!”
earth, setting an example for all
who surround us.
This section of scripture is
LCA’s theme verse for the year,
but what exactly does it mean? To
fully understand this section, we
must begin with the first part of
the verse, “if anyone is in Christ.”
It’s easy to skip over this section
of the verse because the good part
comes up next; but it’s possibly
the most important part of the
verse. When we accept Christ, we
become a part of Him.
Now, the verse is not saying
we physically become a part of
Him, like a leg or an arm. We become a part of His people, which
the Bible says is the body of
Christ. We represent His entity on
Weekly Bible Reading
Leading with Confidence:
Day 1: Matthew 4:4
Day 2: John 15:1-11
Day 3: Acts 2:42-47
Day 4: Joshua 1:6-9
Day 5: Psalm 119:6-16
Day 6: 2 Timothy 3:14-17
Day 7: 1 Peter 5:1-6
Having the Right Attitude:
Day 1: Matthew 22:27
Day 2: Colossians 3:2
Day 3: Romans 5:5-8
Day 4: Philippians 2:3-7
Having that in mind, the rest
of the verse explains what happens
when you become a part of that
body. When we allow Jesus to
come into our lives and accept
Him, our old self dies, and a new
one is born.
It is important to know that we
are not reformed, rehabilitated, or
re-educated. We are not any of
these things because these things
all still have parts of our old life
style and mindset stored in them
somewhere. When we become a
Jesus follower, we are completely
reborn. We have a new spirit, a
new outlook on life, and a new
leader. It is easy to mistake this as
turning over a new leaf - but it’s
not that. Turning over a new leaf
can be seen as another term for
repentance, which comes after you
have already been saved. When
By: Tristan Woods
Day 5: Romans 12:3
Day 6: Romans 12:6
Day 7: Philippians 4:6-8
Dealing with Worry:
Day 1: Proverbs 12:25
Day 2: Matthew 6:27
Day 3: Philippians 4:6,7
Day 4: 2 Timothy 1:7
Day 5: Romans 8:28
Day 6: Isaiah 26:3,4
Day 7: Matthew 6:33,34
By: Tristan Woods
you are first saved, you do not
simply turn over a new leaf, you
have an entire new life under a
new master.
This whole thing is great, but
how can it be applied? Well,
much like the new season in life
that comes when you become a
Jesus follower, we have entered a
new season in our lives here at
school. In this new season, we
should do the same things that we
do when we first are reborn, such
as always taking steps to emulate
Christ as well as we can, trying
our hardest to keep our paths
straight, and always giving our all
for Him and for others. This
whole thing can be used as a metaphor for this new year. Every new
day is a fresh start and a new
chance to live for God. We
should take every opportunity we
get to show how Jesus has
changed us and show that we have
a new Master.
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University of Washington Adds New Stadium
By: Jazmine Marion
For those who are Husky
fanatics the newly renovated Husky
Stadium is just one more thing to
cheer about! Since the opening in
1920 the stadium has undergone
many changes. The new additions,
costing $280 million, provide more
room for excited fans. A newly
renovated stadium starts the football team’s season off in a positive
way.
The stadium’s new additions include a spacious underground locker room that has many
athletes on the football team excited. Number 25 Bishop Sankey,
#7 Shaq Thompson, and #84 Michael Hartivigson have all posted
pictures of the locker room on social media. Another benefit teammates have received is a barbershop
located down the hall from their
new comfortable locker room.
Other amenities for Husky fans include added luxury seats and an
enormous scoreboard. Also the removal of the old track provides fans
and students an opportunity to be
closer to the action on the field.
The new changes have left
visitors and many others in awe.
Fans such as Pete Verretto are ecstatic saying, “I love it. I’m really
impressed.” The Seattle Times
stated, “It’s a fine line between
opulent and ostentatious, and perhaps the greatest triumph of the
new Husky Stadium rebuild is that
they managed to stay on the tasteful
side of that delicate equation.”
Athletic director, Scott Woodward
thinks the new improvements to the
stadium represent the University
well, stating, “It fits who we are as
the University of Washington and
the Northwest and our sensibili-
ties.”
The 21 month old process of
rebuilding took the outdated stadium to a new lavish stadium that
compliments its waterfront location.
The average capacity for the stadium over time has changed from
30,000 seats to now an astonishing
70,168 seats with an added 4,000 as
a bonus. With the seats being
closer to the action and with all the
new additions, both fans and athletes have greatly benefited from
this change. Going to these games
will be more enjoyable and alive
with action. So, if you’re interested
in viewing the new renovations it
will definitely leave you amazed
and your experience memorable.
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Washington State Fair Keeps Growing
By: Katherine Scioli
Originally called the Valley
Fair or the Puyallup Fair, the newly
named Washington State Fair continues to grow. The Fair started in
1900 and was originally a three day
event. Right away it was a hit. A
few years later they built the grandstands, and the following year, in
1915, the first Fisher fair scones
were sold.
During World War II, the
Fair became a shelter for JapaneseAmericans until about September of
1943, when they were moved to a
different location. Soon after, it was
occupied by an army base that was
later moved to Fort Lewis. About
forty years later the Skyride was
relocated to the fair grounds from
the Seattle Center. In 2011, on the
Fair’s 100th anniversary, Fisher sold
their 100 millionth scone. Since
Fisher scones have become so
popular, they now make their
scones from the same mix we can
buy in the stores.
This year the Fair added
several new attractions. Most rides
still stand high and mighty on the
popularity scale including the Extreme Scream, and the Classic
Coaster. One new attraction was
Rainier Rush, a new exciting roller
coaster, along with Luminasia.
Rainier Rush is a 60ft thrill ride that
takes you up to the summit of a
mountain then plunges down at
speeds of 50mph. Another new attraction was Luminasia featuring
two acres of 50,000 colored lights.
The rides aren’t the only great
things there; the food booths are
amazing too. If you’re hungry for a
corn dog, Krusty Pups is the only
place you can get a great corn dog.
Ever since the Fair started,
popularity and attractions have skyrocketed. Every year the Fair has
something new to see.
This year for the first time LCA
had two students enter their work in
the Jr/Sr High art show at the
Washington State Fair. Haley
Moore and Gabriella Umphenour
both had their works on display
along with art work produced by
students from all over the state.
Gabriella received three ribbons for
her “Cheshire Cat” drawing: one
honorable mention and two people’s choice awards. Congratulations Gabriella! Hopefully next
year, more of our LCA talented art
students will have their works on
display.
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LCA Football Moves Forward This Season
By: Jason Parks
Life Christian’s football
team is pumping it up for a brand
new season this fall and they are
starting the season with a clean
slate and a new head coach, Tim
Kuykendall. Kuykendall has been
an inspiration for many players.
He has coached the Life Christian
baseball team, has been an assistant coach for other football
teams, and now is the head coach
for Eagle football.
When asked why he
wanted to coach, Kuykendall said,
“I love coaching, because I love
the developmental process the
players and coaches go through as
they grow together over the season.” Players say that Kuykendall
is a great coach who loves his
players and He loves the Lord. He
is demanding at times, but in a
good way, and he really knows his
stuff.
Once again this year Life
Christian Academy and Seattle
Christian School have joined up to
form one team. There are 30 players total on the team, with nine
coaches. This season, there are
eleven seniors playing on the
team, including Kevin Breen, Taylor Roelofs, Kyle Goodman, Vlad
Rudenko, Chet Kranjcevich, Thomas Gilmore, Jason Parks, Hunter
Haley, and Lionel Hampton.
Quarterback and team captain
Taylor Roelofs said, “The team
has much improved from last year,
and I am looking forward to competing to the best of my ability.”
The Eagles have flushed
last year’s disappointing season
and are ready to compete against
any team they play. Even after a
loss to LaConner, the Eagles came
back with a resounding 55 to 8
win over Tacoma Baptist. Way to
go team!
With practices all week
long and playing games on the
weekends, the team does a lot of
bonding together. Every Thursday
they gather together at Coach Burton’s house for a time of fellowship. On Friday’s they eat a pregame meal of pizza and salad, and
enjoy spending time together,
even putting on a football talent
show for each other. The Eagles
have also conquered climbing
Mount Si together as a team,
which was a great experience they
won’t soon forget.
The team plays ten games
this fall and they are looking forward to the support from their
family and fans. Reid Roelofs, one
of those fans, says, “I am looking
forward to the games and I love
watching my big brother play, Go
Eagles!!!” Junior and linebacker
Ben Madlena commented, “I appreciate the support from fans, and
it makes the games a lot more
fun!”
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Girls Volleyball: Working Together as a Team
By: Alyssa Donaldson
With seven games behind
them, the LCA high school girls
Volleyball Team is off to a great
start. Varsity is currently 4-3 and
JV is 6-1.
Tracy King is the Head
coach for Varsity and Ioani
Spencer is Head coach for JV.
Coach King has been coaching for
eighteen years, with seven of
those being here at Life Christian.
There are five captains—
three for Varsity and two for JV.
Jordan Youngblood, Johnnise
Moore, and Carly Normandeau are
Varsity captains. Courtney
Youngblood and Veronica
Midgett are captains for JV.
Some of the obvious goals
for the girls are getting into the top
eight at State with a trophy and
being league and district champions. The girls also want to become
closer with each other in order to
make this season the best. Ashlee
Hamilton commented, “I’m excited for the competition because
the other teams are training to beat
us, and I’m excited for us to play
our game.”
These girls have many different personalities, but over all,
they are one family. According to
Carly Normandeau this team is
“strong.” Jordan Youngblood described them as “crazy.” Ashlee
Hamilton said that they are girly,
but on the court they are far from
it. Acacia Sanchez called them
“weird,” and Coach King said that
“the girls are dedicated.”
One of the girls’ favorite
memories of this season was when
Jordan Youngblood got locked in
the storage closet for about a halfhour. One of Coach King’s favorite memories was when the girls
traveled to Mercer Island and beat
a 4A school to place third in the
Emerald City Classics.
Our seniors this year have
mixed feelings about this being
their last year playing for LCA.
Jordan Youngblood said, “It’s bit-
tersweet because I get to spend it
with my family and people I love
the most; but I am going to miss
them.”
Carly Normandeau shared
that it is sad, “because it’s the last
year with girls I’ve spent my
whole life with, and it’ll be weird
to be playing on a different level
for college.” Acacia Sanchez commented, “Keep fighting, don’t
give up, and play how we play.”
Ashlee Hamilton added,
“Together we can truly succeed in
our goals.”
As Coach King mentioned,
“The best part of being a part of a
sport is the relationships. When
you train hard, you are always going to win, but the relationships
built will be lifetime memories.”
VOLUME 6, ISSUE 1
Page 12
Summer Vacation Survey
By: Jason Parks
Did you go on a summer
vacation this summer or did you
stay home and hangout? The majority of LCA students said they
took a trip, some to far away
places. The most traveled to
places were California in first
place with fourteen people. Hawaii was in second place with
eight people, and third place was
Lake Chelan with six people.
Some of the more exciting places
people visited were Jamaica, Japan, Phuket Thailand, and Haiti.
Upcoming Events:
Newspaper Staff:
October 2: 253 United Night
October 5: Cross Country-Invitational
October 14-18: Homecoming Week
October 14-18: Spirit Week
October 16: Testing Day
October 17: National Christian College Fair
October 17: National “Great Shake Down” Earthquake Drill
October 18: K-12 Picture Retakes
October 19: High school Homecoming Football Game
October 21: No School! Teacher in-service day
October 22: National Honor Society Induction
October 25: Cross Country League Championship
October 31: Halloween
November 1: End of First Quarter
Advisor: Mrs. Claudio
Editor: Brooklynn Kovacs
Co-Editor: Julie Lytle
Journalists: Jason Parks
Jazmine Marion
Minh Bui
Tristan Woods
Hannah Elliott
Fina Valenzuela
Alexis Savary
Alyssa Donaldson
Katherine Scioli
Jennifer Wild
Maddison Melena