The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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Last Features Page 3 January 22, 2015 partan ound S off Sound Off/Hanne May Dittner and Brianna Zotea Mrs. Hausse (Teacher) "To survive, seriously." Mr. Hendricks (Teacher) "All AP art students pass the portfolio review with the grade of four or better." What's one goal you wish to accomplish this year? "Community service looks really nice on job and college applications, and you can't graduate with our having your hours completed." Kenzie Roach (11) "I want to pass my SAT." Tanner Durfee (12) "Not have a heart attack." Carissa Twitchell (9) "I hope to get all A's." Connor Mckenzie (10) "Be the best scholar athlete I can be." RBHS offers free ACT tutoring to help juniors succeed in test taking "My absolute favorite part of teaching is when you have a student that has been struggling with a subject and you finally help them to where they understand it better than they did before." -Mr. Wheeler Brooke Blythe Staff Writer Claire Miller Staff Writer As the time approaches for Juniors and Seniors to take the ACT, College Options made available a two day course to prepare for this national college admissions exam. The ACT is a multiple choice test covering math, science, English and reading with an optional writing portion. A student's overall score is the average of the four multiple choice test scores; the writing portion is scored separately. Results are accepted by all four year colleges and Universities and used in determining not only admission, but also placement. The ACT measures what a student already knows, covering material that the student should have learned in high school. To help students prepare for this milestone, Red Bluff High School offered Test Success 101 at no cost to all Juniors. This course shows students how the ACT is structured, gives advice on test taking strategies, provides a study booklet and prepares students for their Senior year. This course takes place over two days. The first course, focused on math and science, was held at Corning High School on the ninth of January. on how the first course gave good strategies and made her feel prepared. Space is still available for the second course however, students must register in advance. For more information call 530- 528-7362 or talk to Mrs. Stacey or Mrs. Tingly in the counseling office. The second course will be held at The Tehama County Department of Education on Saturday, the 30th of January, from 9AM to 2PM. This course will focus on English, reading and writing. "I plan to go to the second course also," said junior Baylee Crosby after commenting Mr. Wheeler acknowledged by students for his math aid Cash for college saves money RBHS requires a variety of community service hours As of the end of 2015, the school board voted that the students of Red Bluff High School should be doing more community service than they previously were as a graduation requirement. Freshmen are now required forty hours, sophomores are required thirty, juniors twenty, and seniors only ten hours. The senior class should have all their community service sheets turned in by the Middle of May. Janet Blackhetter, one of the women running the career tech office, said "If anybody is planning on doing community service, and it is not on the list, come check with me, so I can coach you." There are many tudents already turning in community service sheets, like Freshman Taylor Bell who has eight hours of volunteer work already towards her total forty from working at concession stands and fair booths. If it does not seem super interesting in your opinion to do the volunteer work, remember that community service looks really nice on job and college applications, and you cannot graduate without having your volunteer hours completed. Plus, if a student is working somewhere regularly, a letter of recommendation would not hurt to have either, and most people having jobs done for free are willing. If you are having trouble finding places to volunteer at you could always stop by the CTE office and get a list of potential places, or talk to small, non- profit business owners. There is a variety of places to volunteer at such as Alternatives to Violence, Salvation Army, Tehama County Library,Tehama County Department of Education Makers pace, and many more. Trinity Stehno Staff Writer Abby O'Sullivan Staff Writer Mr. Wheeler, a well known math teacher here on our Red Bluff High School campus, has taught here for 17 years, starting in 1998. While student teaching at Red Bluff High School, he was hired by Enterprise High School just before Thanksgiving. They had a math teacher transfer to the Tech Department and he was hired to finish out the year. Wheeler was hired by Red Bluff High School the next year. On his off time, Wheeler likes to take long drives on his motorcycle, he likes to go out and golf and he loves making meals for his family on his smoker. On a more academic level, Wheeler was asked what is your favorite part of teaching? He answered with, "My absolute favorite part of teaching is interacting with the students and when you have a student that has been struggling with a subject and you finally help them to w h e r e t h e y understand it better than they did before." Wheeler is a very understanding teacher; he will go out of his way to help you with any subject. He attended Chico State after graduating from Red Bluff High School and started with a major in Civil Engineering, but after one year he changed his majors to Mathematics. Wheeler thought about teaching while in college, but went into private industry instead. "I never lost my interest in teaching" said Wheeler, so after 10 years in the private realm, he went to Simpson College to obtain his teaching credential. He chose Red Bluff, because he likes it here. Mr. Wheeler has taught at Red Bluff High School since he was hired in 1998. He was once offered a position of a technological teacher but quickly, he turned it down. "I love math with a passion and I plan on continuing with my math career as a teacher." Many parents want to help their kids out by helping them pay for their college education, but multiple expens- es come up throughout the semester. These expenses have a way of derail- ing even the best college savings plans. Some ways to help keeping the college cost at a minimum is focus- ing on low- cost college options. The middle class scholarship fund is a program that provides undergrad- uate students with family incomes varying from 150,000 and a maximum household income amount of 150,000. This can provide you a scholarship to attend a University of California or California State University campuses. Mrs. Wagner, an AVID teach- er on campus was asked, what are some activities you can get involved in to help with cash for college? Wagner replied with, "We are hav- ing a guest speaker from Simpson University on January 29 on how not to break the bank when in college." Wagner went on to say, "The best link to get more informa- tion for cash for college is to go to the Growth Opportunity Center." Cash for College January 27 from 630 to 830 is to inform seniors and parents to assist in helping complete FAFSA. Cash for College Night takes place at the library and parents and students can utilize the comput- ers that are there and get free assis- tance in helping the student complete FAFSA or a Dream act application. Cash for College at Red Bluff High School can help get the student valu- able financial aid information from the counselors and financial aid experts. Lauren Tingley a Red Bluff High School Counselor who helps with col- lege applications, was asked how does Cash for College help out the kids? Tingley replied with, "This pro- gram is geared toward Seniors and for them to help with FAFSA which is a free app for student aid." Bluffer/Julissa Villalobos and Britney Miranda