The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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teaching credential and Master's Degree at Chico State in 1992. One of Mrs. Drake's most memorable moments in her college career was making the dean's list at her junior college in Santa Rosa. D r a k e e n j o y e d sports and l i v i n g in the d o r m s w i t h h e r friends. W h e n a s k e d what made her` want to pursue this field of work she replied, "In the 4th grade I decided I wanted to pursue being a Physical Education teacher and taught adaptive Physical Education for 8 years at Petaluma High School." Drake added, "Then I moved to Cottonwood in 1990 and there was an opening at Red Bluff High School in Special E d u c a t i o n . D r a k e goes on to explain what the most rewarding part of her job i s , " B e i n g w i t h y o u n g people and doing things that make you feel young and silly on the job the kids know in the classroom that I try to incorporate fun things to make the environment at Features Page 3 November 20, 2015 partan ound S off Sound Off/Mary Herrera Mrs.Somavia(Teacher) "I am very thankful for my family because they bring me so much joy and sense of fulfillment." Mr.Palubeski(Teacher) "I'm thankful for my darling wife, I'm thankful that I found the one person I'm suppose to be with." What are you thankful for and why? Grace Thorton(11) "I'm thankful for my boyfriend because he's also my bestfriend." Sage Mcneil (12) "Da fam on da gram." Kaitlyn Bachmeyer(9) "My family, because without them I basically wouldn't be anywhere." Shania Prieto Staff Writer Ashton Smith (10) "I'm thankful for the freedoms that we have in this country because we can be safe." Mrs. Drake earns the teacher feature Drama department strives to manifest realistic characters to capture attention Abby O'Sullivan Staff Writer The Red Bluff High School's fall play, 'The Glass Menagerie', took place on Thursday Nov. 12, Friday Nov. 13, and will take place tonight Friday Nov. 20 at 7:00pm in the PAC on school grounds. The play takes place in the 1930's, where Tom Wingfield goes through his memories. He is an aspiring poet who supports his mother and sister in a shoe warehouse. Mr. Homme is the director of this fall play along with the Drama Department as well. When asked what his expectations of the play were, he replied with, "I expect that my actors will have the chance to experience this literary masterwork fully, and to gain insight into other ways of seeing the world through their c h a r a c t e r ' s e y e s . " He also explained certain challenges his students have had to face for the preparation of this play such as having to memorize a book that would usually take a class weeks to read while bringing the characters' words to life. "Additionally, it was a challenge sometimes to distinguish the character from ourselves, while yet using our personal experience to build our characters," said RBHS teacher, Mr. Homme. According to Mr. Homme, the most rewarding part of this play was having the opportunity to watch his actors succeed in bringing the play to life. When asked about what he has learned from this experience, he replied with, "In particular, I have seen by this play more clearly how the big picture--world history-- is expressed in the small things of everyday life." Red Bluff High School's fall play, The Glass Menagerie, will take one last curtain call tonight at 7:00pm in the PAC, so let us all support our Drama Department tonight, here at Red Bluff High School. Toys for Tots is a non-profit organization where the public goes and donates all different kinds of toys for both girls and boys of all ages. It's a profit that was started to help the needy children of America so they can play with a new car if there guardian can't provide them with one. There is approximately 13million American children living in poverty and this organization was created by Bill Hendricks to help bring a little joy into their lives. Toys for tots becomes especially big during the Thanksgiving and Christmas time because the people want these unfortunate kids to have something to look forward to and to be thankful for. This organization has very many big name sponsors some including Babies R Us, Hasbro, Hess, Macy's and Toys R Us. It's a large corporation that is loved by the public because they donate toys to needy children and what's better than that? They started in 1947 and have been doing great since then collecting approximately 5000 toys their first year! In 1959 Toys for Tots went international and even helped the less fortunate in Japan, the Republic of Panama and the Caribbean. All after disastrous natural disasters devastated all three places. The foundation has just been growing and growing collecting a total of over 6,800,000 in 1994 and gave 3,400,000 children something to look forward to on Christmas day. Toys for Tots has a website where you can offer to donate a toy or request one. It contains all the information regarding this non-profit organization, just look up Toys for Tots official website. If you need community service hours, which I'm sure most of us do, you can call Michelle Sousa at (530)209-1417 and volunteer. They need many volunteers to help load toys in the Walmart Parking Lot on December 6th. Toys for Tots donates toys for the holidays 641 Main Street • Downtown Red Bluff Special Education teacher Mrs. Drake has been teaching for 26 enjoyable years at Red Bluff High School. Mrs. Drake said, "I absolutely loved working at Red Bluff High School; it's like family here." Drake was born in New York but moved to California when she was only 14 years old. Mrs. Drake grew up north of San Francisco in a rural community. She attended high school at Petaluma High School. Later, Mrs. Drake went on to college in Santa Rosa and studied for two years. After junior college, Mrs. Drake went on to Sacramento State University and studied for four years earning her bachelor's degree in 1979. Originally, Mrs. Drake wanted to pursue her career in physical education, but then set her sights on Special Education. Drake spent four years at Sac State, and she went on to earn her school a little more enjoyable." During her free time she enjoys traveling on motorcycles and tending to her garden. Drake adds "My husband and I go on a 4,000 mile round trip in the summertime riding around the Black Hills of South Dakota." Mrs. Drake has a big family including her son Danny who is in the U.S Air Force and now lives in North Carolina. Also, her husband Tom is a retired US Air Force. When asked Mrs. Drake if she ever had any interest in joining the Air Force, she replied, "No I have never wanted to be in the Air Force I would rather help young kids learn and help them succeed with where they want to go in life." Mrs Drake has enjoyed 26 years of teaching at Red Bluff High School and is very grateful for all of the oppurtunities she has been able to give back to the communityand her students in the classroom. Drake works well with all of her students and tries to always make a positve impact in the lives of many students inside and out of school. Taylor Nguyen Staff Writer From left to right: Sam Story (12), Evan Meagher (12), Fatima Montes (11), Jenny Muto (12).