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Uth TV - Rise Up
This round of competition began with two of the three faculty members (Owens & Kenny-Baum) at the bottom of the pack. They both needed to step up their game in order to stay in the competition. The first challenge this round was the sit-ups. Last year, the contestants ranged from 20 to 349 sit-ups. On the first day, Patient Zero completed 506 sit-ups and set the bar high (I will confess that my hands were in so much pain from holding him down and counting for that long). By the end of the challenge, the lowest score was 50 and someone actually beat Patient Zero. English teacher Bob Owens did 571 mind-blowing sit-ups! The game was definitely on.
The second half of the round was a health quiz that the contestant took in groups of four. The most impressive result was expected of Kenny-Baum as the Wellness Coordinator and she lived up to the expectation scoring an 8 out of 10! Special honors goes to sophomore Michael Paolucci for scoring the highest relative score when compared to his group.
When all was said and done, junior Alex Mogannam still maintains her two point lead from the rest of her competition. Patient Zero came close to beating her, but he stumbled on the health quiz and scored the lowest for that challenge. So far in the competition three contestants have not scored a zero for any challenge: Alex Mogannam, Loni Nguyen, and Michael Paolucci. Needless to say, they were all safe from elimination this round.
At the Emergency Room the contestants got to take a guess at the identity of Patient Zero, and this time they speculated on David Garcia. They were wrong again. Meanwhile, we were in for the biggest Emergency Room yet! Seven competitors faced possible elimination this round: returning from last week were Kenny-Baum and Owens whose individual successes did not clear them from danger, reigning champion Phoebe Leong, senior Audra Horridge, sophomore Annie Ha, and freshmen Sara Jay and Natalie King. There is no question that the competition this year has been fierce and all our contestants have a lot to be proud of, but unfortunately elimination is inevitable.
The first to go was Sara Jay who escaped the red zone last week, fought hard this week, but was not able to turn the tides. It was only more frustrating for her as a gymnast to hear that the flexibility challenge was next. Next was our female patient-zero who was revealed last week as Jen Kenny-Baum. Her performance in the health quiz was exemplary, but she needed to do over 200 sit-ups to stay in the game. Due to her status as patient zero, the eliminations did not stop there. A third elimination loomed for the five remaining contestants in the Emergency Room and they were all tied in score.
Surprisingly, the first one declared safe was Bob Owens. Despite having a health warning in the last round, his overall performance has been stronger than the four other women he was up against. The next to be declared safe were both the senior girls, Phoebe Leong and Audra Horridge. With the seniors staying intact, we were looking at either going down to two sophomores or a lone freshman. Luckily, Natalie King was cleared and the biggest shocker of all was watching Annie Ha fall from the top four to elimination in one round.
With four health warnings entering the next round the feeling of danger is in the air. To make it worse, the four contestants above them are only a point ahead. These are an unlucky 13 indeed and it will be quite a struggle to make the top 10 this year. Stay tuned as the contestants stretch their bodies and mind to stay in the game in round 5!
From Naps to Zombies to Atheism, High School Kids Have a Club for It [Part 3 of 3]
By Sherry Saavedra
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Simpler times
The 7 Again club at Torrey Pines High, one of the best-performing schools in the state, is dedicated to activities associated with being 7 years old. At the first meeting, students made necklaces out of Froot Loops and Twizzlers.
The 7 Again club recently joined forces with another playful group, the Ellen DeGeneres club, and they met together for the first time last week.
“My friends and I are applying to college now and we have a lot of Advanced Placement classes,” said 7 Again club founder and president, senior Kaitlyn Elliott. “We were just thinking about our lives and how 7 was such a carefree age. We needed something that would take our minds off of what we've been dealing with.”
The need for diversion also led Nathalie Bellofatto, a senior at Point Loma High, to create a lunchtime coloring club that would meet on gloomy-weather days. The first meeting attracted 20 students.
“We just drew butterflies and tried to guess which was whose,” Nathalie said.
A four-square club, a new fad in student groups across the nation, has become a hit at Hilltop High School in Chula Vista, where teenagers get together to enjoy the simple playground game from their elementary school days.
Whatever a club's premise, educators seem only too glad to welcome the groups, pleased that students are finding new ways to bond with peers.
Rick Schmitt, principal of Torrey Pines High, said today's children are growing up in a culture of organized youth sports and youth groups, instead of hanging out with their friends. At shopping centers, security guards shoo them away if they aren't buying anything. Parents work hard to keep their children occupied and active.
“Parents want kids signed up and accountable with adult supervision,” Schmitt, said. “There's good and bad in that. Kids are more involved in clubs and other activities, but my question is, does everything have to be so scripted?”
Allan Keown, deputy general counsel for the state Department of Education, said school districts have discretion over which clubs are allowed and who will grant approval for new ones, as long as they don't violate laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, sexual orientation or religion.
At some campuses, students have formed alternatives to the traditional ethnic and religious organizations, and the reaction has not always been favorable.
Senior Samantha Vrhel recently founded a club for atheists and agnostics at Escondido High.
“There has always been a Christian club on campus, and they've made their presence known,” Samantha said. “I wanted a place to express what I believe. . . . I want to reach out to the community and put out a better name for atheists because people are confused about us.”
At first, she said, students ripped down her posters.
Members of a campus Christian club turned out for the inaugural meeting, and a debate between atheism and Christianity ensued, Samantha said.
It's not unusual for clubs formed around religion or sexual orientation to spark controversy or cause administrators to recoil.
Some schools even try to ban them.
However, in 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Equal Access Act of 1984, which prohibits schools that receive federal assistance from discriminating against clubs based on their religious, political or philosophical views.
A 2001 Supreme Court ruling permitted religious groups to assemble at public campuses when classes are not in session if other community groups are allowed to do so.
At Escondido High, meetings of the atheists and agnostics club have settled down.
Samantha, whose group recently donated backpacks filled with school supplies to underprivileged children, said that starting such a club is probably more challenging than most. “But I feel like I created a place where people with the same beliefs could come together and not feel alone.”
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Wellness Center
Jennifer Kenny-Baum (Wellness Coordinator) is available daily.
Monica Murphy (Nurse) is available daily.
Ian Enriquez (Youth Outreach Coordinator) is available daily.
Sheening Lin (psychologist) is available daily.
Ulash Thakore (Academic Counselor) is available Monday thru Wednesday.
German Cheung (Counselor) is available on Mondays.
Pauline Ong (Cantonese Speaking Counselor) is available on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Sonia Sztejnklaper (Russian Speaking Counselor) is available on Mondays.
Suong Vo and Loan Ly (Vietnamese Speaking Counselors) are available on Mondays.
Kory Okun (Relationship Counselor) is available Tuesdays.
Wayne Hayes (Counselor) is available on Wednesdays.
James Guay (Therapist) is available on Wednesdays.
Melissa Ramirez and Debby Machold (Counselors) are available on Wednesdays.
Ali Abolfazli (Counselor) is available Thursdays.
Megan Agee (Community Safety Organizer) is available on Thursdays.
Delvin Mack (Tagalog Speaking Counselor) is available on Wednesdays and Fridays.
4th Annual Community Pancake Breakfast – 12th Assembly District
This FREE event is open to the public and will be a time to share ideas, ask questions, collect valuable information, and get to know your fellow community members. Enjoy the pancakes and maple syrup and talk with CA Assembly Speaker pro Tem Leland Yee about legislation being considered in the California Legislature. Be sure to stay for the raffle prizes, provided by graduates of the Women’s Initiative for Self-Employment. Contact: 557-2312 or Sevag.Sarkissian@asm.ca.gov to RSVP.
When: March 25, 9:00 – 11:00 am
Where: Saroyan Hall, Armenian-American Day School (825 Brotherhood Way)
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