The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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'Cabin in the Woods' -Page 4 'Workaholics' -Page 5 Volume CXIII, Issue 14 May 3, 2012 RBHS hosts 20th Special Olympics Rebecca Blanchard Staff Writer Olympics. This event will be held at the Red Bluff High School's track on May 15 beginning at nine in the morning and ending once the closing ceremonies, which begin at one in the afternoon, conclude. The athletes participating I range from seven years and older; all athletes must have either an intellectual or cognitive challenge or be receiving special education services. Each athlete may participate in four events. According to Mrs. Drake, a special education teacher at Red Bluff High School, the athletes have been training for this event. This is a legitimate track meet that they have been preparing for. At this year's Special Olympics, there will be 50 separate programs participating; this comes to a near total of 253 athletes. This does not include the peers that will be assisting the athletes as well as the other community members helping in the event. Almost half of the near 500 attendants present will be the assisting peers. The system in which peers will be selected is the only thing different this year. In past years, being a senior has automatically qualified you for being a peer. However, this will not be the case this year. To qualify, You must now submit an application. "Being a senior will not automatically make you qualified to be a peer helper, this is because we have had trouble in the past; A few senior peers left their athletes unattended or neglected to get them to their events. We're hoping the application will instill the importance of the day, it is all about the athlete," said Mrs. Drake. The application is a single sided piece of paper that asks your name, GPA, a club you are in or a sport you are in. You must also explain why you want to be a volunteer and get it signed by the club advisor or coach as well as yourself. These applications will be available through most coaches, club advisors and in room 101. "If it weren't for the positive climate at Red Bluff High School, the support of Tehama County Department of Education, Red Bluff High School administration, the community and the teachers allowing the peers to miss classes so the athletes may have a great day of competition and comradory this wouldn't be as much of a sought after event as it is," said Mrs. Drake. On May 5, the fourth annual Tip- A-Cop fundraiser will be at M & M Steakhouse from eight in the morning to two in the afternoon. M & M will be donating all tips during the event to Tehama County Special Olympics. The Tehama County Special Olympics will at the Red Bluff High School's track May 15th beginning at nine in the morning and ending at one. n continuing with a tradition of 20 years, the Red Bluff Union High School will be hosting the Special TESTS ON Aaron Vasey Editor-In-Chief some of the hardest tests on campus. These tests are designed to be incredibly hard to test the students' understanding of the subject and gauge whether or not they will have to re-take the class in college. AP (Advanced Placement) classes are N designed so that high school students may take a college-level class in high school, and then take a single test at the end of the year to prove that they have mastered the subject matter in the class. A passing test score can then be given to a college so that the student does not have to re-take the class in college. Because of this, the tests are designed to be very difficult, so that getting half of the questions correct translates into a passing score of three. The test is graded on a five point scale, five being the best, and one being the lowest. In theory, a test score of three can be used to skip a course in college, but many colleges and universities are reluctant to accept scores any lower than four or even five, and some colleges such as some of the higher level UC ext week all the AP students at RBHS will be taking the AP tests, tests that stretch for hours and are considered THE CAMPUS schools don't accept AP tests at all if it applies a student's field of study. Last year there were only four AP classes offered at RBHS, but that number has increased this year to five with the addition of the AP Spanish class. According to John Burch, the AP test coordinator at RBHS, the number of AP classes offered by the high school changes depending on how many students are interested in the class. "Spanish we've done off and on as we've had enough students to be able to do it," said Burch. All five of the school's AP tests take place during the same week, the same time as the rest of the world. Last year, more than 3 million AP tests were taken across the globe and they are all taken at the same time to make sure that no students can cheat on the test. Students are also prohibited from talking about any questions or answers on the test for 24 hours after they take it. Taking an AP class is not a prerequisite to taking an AP test. Mr. Burch said that he has had students take up to nine or ten AP tests in a single year, while the school offered less than half as many AP classes. To do this, students must let Mr. Burch know ahead of time which tests they plan on taking and personally prepare themselves for each test. 3 Biology RB average: 2.13 US average: 2.70 Literature Calculus English RB average: 3.07 US average: 2.80 RB average: 2.93 US average: 2.80 Language English RB average: 2.89 US average: 2.92 Choir groups return after multiple wins in Disneyland competition for annual Choir Concert performance Disneyland, as the Choir returns from its competition in Anaheim to perform there. They are returning with a Gold Medal for the Concert Girls Choir, A silver for the Show Pop, and the overall award "The Spirit of Anaheim" for their goodsportsmanship with the other choirs. The three divisions of Choir, Concert Girls Choir, Show Pop, and Mixed Chorus will be performing pieces from their competition at Disney Land, and other for the community. Concert Choir is the more advanced of the group, and Show pop incorporates more dance, while Mixed Chorus learns O Inservice day tomorrow There is no school for students tomorrow, due to the change to accomadate CST testing. Teachers will use this day to collaborate and as an opportunity to meet the new Superintendent. Alaina Rudnick Staff Writer n May 3, Red Bluff High's PAC will be the host of a performance seen at more basic dances and songs. "We are performing six of our pieces from competition, and scenes from Broadway musicals, in our highlight Choir show on May 3. We are been working on these pieces of music since January," said Diane Hassay, the Choir teacher. "They have working hard and I expect that they will do a great job!" "Because of our competition we're working on both the competition and concert pieces together, there are approximately 3 or 4 songs per group as well as solos and duets. We're really stressed, but excited. It can get to people!" said Marisa Diaz, a member of Concert Choir and a TA for another of the Choir classes. "We practice all through the period, after school, and sometimes during lunch." Jane Kinner, also a member of Sports Physicals Physicals for sports will be available on campus on Saturday, May 19 in Cafe Sparta Concert Choir, said, "I'm a little bit worried…because we've been focused on competition, but I am sure it will be a great show." On what pieces she thinks people will like best she said, "The show Pop competition pieces are really fun songs everyone knows." "I'm definitely excited, and confident we will perform to the best of our abilities. I think they (the audience) will enjoy the fast moving Metsa Telegram the swifter songs," said Maggie Tallan. "It's possible to forget the Estonian for Metsa Telegram," she added. The song is included because for the competition they needed one song in a forgeign language, and seems to be one of the main things students are worried about, though pitches and notes also seem to be spots of worry. Regarding if she sees any problems 15 12 8 9 Serving Red Bluff High School since 1901 The first pencil depicts how many students passed the test with a score of 3 or better. The second pencil shows how many total students took each test. These scores were taken from the 2010-2011 school year as evaluated by the College Board, which has run the AP program since 1955. 15 35 24 15 stemming from the lack of extra time to prepare, Hassay said, "Do I see any problems? Yes, but I choose to not focus on the problems and focus on practicing hard and spending time fixing what we can before we go! They have working hard and I expect that they will do a great job! We have practiced great vocal technique and stage presence and how to be respectful of others on stage and off stage. We have put all of our effort towards competition and not spent much time at all on new music for our Choir Show. Every lunch, break and after school has been spent in fine tuning our sets. That is why we are performing those pieces in the show." With the hours of practice, hard work, and experience that has gone into the show, students and the teacher are confident that it will go well. "May Fail" List for senior The "May Fail" list for seniors comes out May 21, a list that is generated by teachers to show which students could fail one of their necessary classes. If a student's name is on the list, they will not receive their tickets for gradua- tion.