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October 16, 2015 Serving Red Bluff High School since 1901 Volume CXVI Issue 4 Bluffer The Speech Contest ASVAB Yearbook ASSETS • The test is on Friday, October 30 at 9 in the library. • This testprovides you with career information for various civilian and military occupations. • It is an indicator for success in the future if you choose to go to college, vocational school, or a military career. • Sign up in the counseling center! • Senior quotes are due today, Friday, October 16! • The quote has to be, at the most, 20 words. • Ads for Grads are avaliable now in room 312 and are due Nov. 6. • Don't forget to buy a yearbook before the price rises! • There is a new theater arts! This class may include: improvisation, mini-scene work, vocal exercises and more. • Thursday 3:30-4:30 in Room 313 • New arts class with the help of local professionals same time in Room 314. • This is a contest open to all students that has a local winner award of $150 and if you continue then there is a $18,000 prize! • The student must have a 8-10 minute speech prepared about the U.S. Constitution. • To learn more, go to the informational meeting today in room 207! Dairyville Orchard Festival shows local produce Ceighlee Fennel Editor-in-Chief U-Jam, page 3 The Martian , page 4 Girls Tennis, Page 5 Shania Prieto/Bluffer Curtesy Photo SAT changes for 2016 RBHS offers assistance with college applications Joe Mills Staff Writer Tymberlyn Bealer Editor-in-Chief Always on the third Saturday of October, the Dairyville Orchard Festival opens up in full swing. The times for the event are 10 am to 4 pm, and it is held at Lassen View School off of Highway 99 on the left. This year is its 18th annual event. The Dairyville Community Club is the organization who hosts the Dairyville Orchard Festival. Every year there are many different activities to choose from and over 60 vendors show up to the festival. The booths vary from arts and crafts to food to wooden/metal creations and many others. Marcie Skelton, vendor cooridnator, said "I think the festivals fosters the feeling of community and much needed funds for students pursuing higher education." The main focus of the festival is to showcase local produce from all of the harvests that can be found in Red Bluff. There is a huge tent, every year, in the middle of the arena where all of those goodies from the harvests can be found. This particular addition is a main attraction because people can can taste local walnuts, almonds, dried plums, pecans and pistachios. There are also samples of seasoned nuts, Walnettos, Jordan almonds, Sunbursts, local olive oils and the now famous Dairyville Chocolate Dipped Prunes. There are also activities for the kids who attend the festival. Since it is held at the school, there are two jungle gyms not including the bounce house they have had in past years. Face painting and other children activities are disbursed throughout the vedors keeping the little ones entertained. In a very typical sense of a festival, there is music and food. The music is done by locals on a stage towards the back end of the arena. The food is next to the music with tables set out and multiple meal options. Something special added to this fesival is the display of Lassen View's scarecrows that were done by the different classes and the scarecrow is displayed, with the award the class won. There is also a huge display of antique tractors and orchard equipmentthat attendees get to look at and explore. The Dairyville Orchard Festival also gives back to the community by awarding scholarships to Lassen View graduates. The total amount up to date that has been awarded is 179,400 dollars! The festival is run completely by volunteers. Applications to get involved can be found on the Dairyville Orchard Festival webpage, along with ways to contact them if you have any questions. Go and enjoy local produce and annual festival. Recently, the College Board has announced they will update the SAT starting in March of 2016, meaning that most non-senior students will be taking this test. The SAT is a standardized test used by many colleges and scholarship organizations to determine a person's chance of success in college and their educational talents. This test will feature several changes, including an optional essay portion, meaning you no longer have to start your test off with the essay, and it also revamps the vocabulary sections, updating them to contain more technical and vocational terms instead of the current outdated words. Another important change for students is their will no longer be the quarter point penalty for guessing, becoming more like the ACT The test will no longer be based off of the 2400 point system, it will return to the 1600 system that some colleges already use by ignoring the essay portion. Should you chose to take the essay, it will no longer be about building a persuasive argument, instead on the redesigned SAT the student takes an essay that has been prepared, then they create a statement about the person's use of evidence throughout their paper. In order to give students a more realistic feel on writing a college paper, the College Board has added 25 minutes to the essay portion, giving test takers 50 minutes for this piece of the test. According to Georgia Epperson, who recently took the SAT on October third, said,"The extra time to complete the essay will, allow me to go more in depth in my in my essays." Whether or not these changes have their intended effect of improving scores is yet to be determined, but as time marches on, the SAT is continuing to evolve with it. Curtesy Photo/Bluffer Every fall, high school seniors fill out their college applications for whichever institution they plan on attending. For the CSU and UC systems, you can begin completing your applications on October 1. Mrs. Carter shared, "Community Colleges aren't as strict for deadlines on applications to attend their schools." Students can begin to work on their college applications during the beginning of their senior year. "Now is a busy and stressful time for seniors, I would say that the best thing for them to do would be find a system or method in order to keep track of all of their deadlines on applications," said Mrs. Carter. RBHS has established lunch and after school times for seniors to come in and get help on their applications, as well as having their counselors look them over. Counselor Mrs. Ackley, will be out on maternity leave until January. Mrs. Carter explained that Mrs. Backstrom started filling in for Mrs. Ackley October 15 until Winter Break. "Mrs. Backstrom is a retired counselor from RBHS, she's very knowledgeable about the school and college application process." Anyone who had Mrs. Ackley should go see Mrs. Backstrom or other counselors if they would like to have their applications reviewed until Mrs. Ackley's return. It's always a good idea for a student to have a counselor over their application, as they catch smaller mistakes that sometimes are missed in the process. 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