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October 2016
Volume 10 Issue 1
RFHS Captain’s Corner: Leaders on and off the Field
- Frankie Harrington and Lucas Schramer
Soccer: The 2016 Roaring Fork High School boys’ soccer team season is underway with the new leadership of team captains Lorenzo Andrade and Axel Palomera. Thus far, both captains are very pleased with the team, which currently has a 7-3 record. “We have a very promising team with an extraordinary skill set,” says captain Andrade. Andrade is happy to have
Andrade and Palomera high five after the Rams score a goal. Photo by Sue Rollyson
returned to the team after being out last season due to an injury. He is currently the Ram’s top scorer with 8 goals and 9 assists at this point in the season. Palomera is the other senior captain of this year’s team. “We have already overcome many challenges. I like where the team is heading,” comments Palomera. Palomera’s season is also off to an excellent start with 5 goals and 4 assists. Palomera explains the significance of being a team captain. “Being
Volleyball: Returning captain, Ashley Hall teams up with new captain, Lily Ramos as they lead their team into the 2016 volleyball season. The two seniors reveal their hopes for the season, as well as their duties as team leaders. The team already has more wins than all of last season, and many of these wins are due to the leadership these two bring to the team. Hall comments on the team dynamic. “I think a lot of [the team’s success] is because the players have trust in us. If I ask someone to move positions, they listen. I think a lot of that comes from trust.” Hall says. Hall is a third year captain and an experienced leader. She started on J.V. her freshman year, made varsity sophomore year and became captain right away. Captain Lily Ramos, believes that being team captains with Hall has helped her. “It’s very fun. You really get to be a leader and that is a really great learning experience,” Ramos says. “But it is a big role. You always must keep the team together, through the ups and downs, and keep everything in line. I always try to make sure to motivate the team because once one person gets upset, they slowly bring everyone else down. When that happens, it becomes hard to win games.” Coach Katie Mccullugh, who is also a math teacher at RFHS, states that captains were chosen based upon their leadership skills and the ability to take initiative during tryouts, open gym, and the first week of practice. According to Mccullugh, captains hustle on the court, at practice, and in games, while also encouraging the team. Mccullough states, ¨The captains are very hardworking and super
captain brings a lot of pressure. You rub off on everyone.” The captains have an important responsibility as leaders to the team that they must take seriously. The two reiterated that the difficulty that comes along with their role is evenly matched by the reward. “Being a captain is fun,” Palomera laughs. “You get to guide the players.” Andrade and Palomera both earned places on the varsity soccer team freshman year. “The captain’s journey is like a cycle,” Andrade added. “You look up to previous captains, and you try to assimilate their qualities, and eventually pass them onto other people.” The captains described themselves as a mix between a coach and a player. “We’re that connection that brings the coach and the players together,” Andrade remarks. “As much as they respect coach Nick, the players respect us like coaches,” adds Palomera. Varsity coach Nick Forbes has high remarks for the captains. “These two are captains because everyone looks up to them as a good example. These two are what everyone else should want to be.” When asked how they have been doing so far, he replied, “They’ve been really responsible. If I show up late, I know Axel and Lorenzo will have them warmed up and ready.” Forbes concludes with “They’ve been leaders on and off the field and they care about everyone else.” Both captains hope to leave their mark on the school as they continue through their last season at RFHS. “We are always striving to be our best,” Andrade says, “and if we keep up the intensity, playoffs will be well within our reach and possibly even taking the league title.” Andrade and Palomera shine on and off the field. Both are participants in Student Council, and are both Link Leaders. Andrade is also Senior class president. Andrade and Palomera encourage everyone to come out and support the soccer team as they finish out the season.
competitive,¨ which definitely shows on the court. When considering what roles the captains have on the team Mccullough adds, ¨They both lead by example. They are not ones to yell at their team. They’re the ones who are on the floor the absolute most. They play almost the entire game if not all of it. They keep the energy up when
What’s Inside Then and Now page 3
School Safety page 4
Intramurals page 5
Horoscopes page 8
Lily Ramos celebrates a point. Photo by Sue Rollyson.
it needs to stay up but at the same time, if we’re losing or the energy is down they’re the ones to make a good play and turn it around.¨ Both senior captains have already had an exciting season with a current record of 6-2. They both hope that their last year playing for the Rams will be their best. “We just have to keep getting wins. With the start we have, we hope to continue building on success,” Hall comments.
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Leaders in the Limelight
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RF Welcomes New Club: Reverse Film -Rampage Staff
-Liam Laird and Solana Teitler
Photo by Mariana Cortes
Photo by Lillian Peery
This year at Roaring Fork High School, we have two new Freshman class presidents, Charlie Candela and Ella Munk. On September 7th, Candela and Munk were announced as the Freshman Class Presidents, after being elected by their class for who they are and for the short speeches they were asked to give a week earlier. Throughout the year, these new class president’s’ responsibilities will include choosing class colors, fundraising, creating parade floats, and most importantly, encouraging their class to participate in activities and have fun. Dedicated members of Student Council organize many events throughout the year, increasing spirit and community, thanks to the hard work of the class presidents and executives. These people work to figure out activities for spirit week, how to get the annual truck rally to happen, and who organize countless other events. Charlie Candela, who attended Carbondale Middle School last year, is “excited to be a part of the school’s executive team”. When asked why he wanted to be class president, Candela said,“I just got a feeling that I should get involved and help people in the school.” Munk, who attended Carbondale Community School last year, is also very excited to be a class president and participant in Student Council. They both aim to make their class as full of spirit and as participatory as possible. RFHS also has other executives and class presidents. The executives this year include a school secretary, Tavia Teitler, an accountant, Nick Penzel, and Head Boy and Girl, Jasmin Lopez and Fabian Rico. Senior class presidents are Lorenzo Andrade, and Enrique Gonzales, Junior class presidents are Chelsea Serrano and Eric Sotelo, and Sophomore class presidents are Solana Teitler and WIll Rose. Along with the help of our other school’s executives and the Student Council sponsor Katie McCullugh, Munk and Candela, everyone at Roaring Fork will have some great new activities to participate in. Everyone is excited to find out what these great activities will be.
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Another club was added to the list at Roaring Fork this year. The new club, Reverse Film, is run by Junior Cal Branigan. Other members of this club so far are Caroline and Grace Farris, Rocio Contreras, Tanner Simmonds, and Mike Topete. The club focuses on creating videos varying from short films to YouTube Q&A’s. The club is open to anyone interested in acting or filming. The club meets every Wednesday to plan and discuss from 1:45 to 3:10. Branigan has been filming for 6 years now. “I
[have been] really interested in film ever since 6th grade and at this point I’m ready to elaborate,” he says. Branigan is now looking forward to going to a college in New York to study film, where he was accepted to the New York Film Academy. Branigan was invited to the college, where he will go during the summer for a period of four weeks in order to take classes. Branigan will also be doing a 30 minute video. Branigan has been focused on film since he lived in Michigan where he created videos with his old group and uploaded them to YouTube. RFHS vice principal Kelsie Goodman has helped Branigan make reverse film an official club. “In this club usually what’s needed are costumes and props for the majority of the class students to write their own scripts and custom soundtracks,” added Branigan. “Also, another advantage to joining this class is that it will look formal on college applications”. If a student takes a class with Mr. Roney, the school’s technology and photography teacher, joins the Reverse Film club, they will receive extra credit for the class. Branigan has spend his free times on film and will appreciate if students joined. This club is an amazing opportunity for students to explore a new artform and a way in which they can express themselves creatively through video.
Willkommen bei Roaring Fork -Daniela Rivera
Photo by Daniela Rivera
Sophie Hoffman, a junior at Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) from Hamburg, Germany, is one of four exchange students attending Roaring Fork through the Rotary Club this year. According to the Rotary Club webpage, the club supports and coordinates programs worldwide such as the Youth Exchange Program that Hoffman is involved in. Hoffman is here for the entire 2016-2017 school year, and is currently staying with the Luckett family. Her main reasons for coming to America and joining the foreign exchange program were to meet new people, see new things, and have fun. Moving was a big change for Hoffman, who came from a large city in Germany, to the small mountain town of Carbondale. Her favorite part of Carbondale is how friendly the people are and how everyone is willing to help. She has loved having the chance to join Roaring Fork High School’s cheer squad. However, she still misses home, after only having been here for a month. Hoffman misses her boyfriend, mom, and twin brother,
Jonah, who she lives with back in Germany. She enjoyed playing soccer back home, but has chosen not to play while she is here. Since being in Carbondale, Hoffman has decided that Colorado and Germany are quite different, and that is something that Sophie is learning to adapt to. For example, Hoffman says, teachers in Germany come to their students and they just stay in the classroom all day, more like elementary school here. Wifi is not provided in German schools and the teachers are much more friendly in Colorado than in Hamburg, according to Hoffman. “Everyone in general is more friendly here, though not everything is better in the states” says Hoffman. The school days are longer here, in Germany they end school between twelve and one-thirty. She also hasn’t had much time to do anything that is very fun because she has school and then cheerleading practice followed by going straight home and completing her homework. On the weekends she usually has rotary meetings that include trips and group activities. Academically, she thinks that all is well, the teaching methods and content she is learning is somewhat familiar but “It’s school and it’ll always suck” said Sophie when asked to elaborate. The hardest thing for Hoffman so far has been to adapt and try to feel comfortable in a house full of strangers in far away from home. Though her time here as just began, she has been having a unique and interesting time and can’t wait for what what the rest of the year will hold. For more information, you can visit their website at rotaryclub. org.
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RFHS Class of 2016: Where Are They Now? -Solana Teitler
Roaring Fork High School’s class of 2016 is already chasing their respective futures and furthering their education at several colleges and universities country-wide. What are some of our graduates up to these days? Photos by Sue Rollyson. Joselinne Medrano is at Colorado College Fiona Laird is at the Columbia University, and is in Colorado Springs, and is currently focusing on very grateful to be there, finding it very surreal and Chemistry. She was introduced to the idea of a college and learning lots. She is slowly but surely adjusting education through Precollegiate, a program in our to life in New York, even after having some difficulvalley that helps students whose parents did not attend ties adjusting to the city, completing basic tasks, and, college further their education. Medrano is extremely “adjusting to the amount of people and constant happy with her decision, saying, “Colorado College stimulation.” Laird has noticed several differences beis amazing and is a really great community of people tween the big city and Carbondale, which she realizes who are there to work together and grow intellectuis, “very, very, very unique.” Laird states that,“The ally together.” Medrano finds that Roaring Fork High way people in Carbondale who come from differSchool prepared her well for the experience and the ent backgrounds interact in a really positive way… academics. However, academics are, “really a whole [Carbondale is] like a little protected bubble of cultural new level in college.” Medrano was taken by the intelligence and determination appreciation and integration and kindness and people smile at eachother and you of other students, as well as having enjoyed, “being surrounded by all of these know your neighbors.” Laird finds this kind of positive interaction to be transferbeautiful minds.” Medrano finds one difference between her former school and able to any place she goes. As a passionate international relations studier, Laird her current school to be who she is in the eyes of others. In a new place, Medrano has been,“learning so much from the people I have met and getting to learn believes, “You’re able to create and recreate yourself again and again.” However, about their views on the world and how different that is than some of the ways I no matter where she goes, Medrano will take with her the Carbondale-taught see the world.” ability to make genuine connections with others. Maddie Feder is at Eckerd University in Florida, with a major of Marine Biology. Feder has wanted to study marine science since freshman year, because she is, “passionate about conservation and the animals and the ocean.” She came across Eckerd University when speaking with a college counselor, and went to visit, where she, “fell immediately in love”. She loves how, “it’s kinda hippie and people just don’t wear shoes”, Feder also enjoys how she can walk out of her classroom onto the beach. Feder loves that her school has shown her how to, “express who you are as a person and have other people to challenge your views.” College has taught her to try her best on everything, and that criticism is good, and is often the best thing you can get. She has found that leaving her home and comfort zone has allowed her to branch out and find herself, “growing up and seeing what I can do on my own.”
As of September 20th, Jimmy Serrano is a student at Stanford University in California. His major is undeclared, but he is taking Physics and Mathematics, at one of the most prestigious schools in the country. Serrano applied, “to seven schools and they varied a lot in how their academics were approached based on their programs… I chose Stanford because there were so many more students and more opportunities” After four years at Roaring Fork High School, Serrano wanted to go to a bigger school, and experience new things. Jimmy is excited about being in charge of his own education and being able to, “actively work with people who can help you every day.” He is also excited about connecting with people who are, “geeky about really random super silly stuff.” Serrano views college as a new, fun, experience, and he is excited to see what else it has to offer.
Snapchat Safe Driving Campaign at Roaring Fork -Iliana Castillon
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Halfway through September, the walls of Roaring Fork High School were mysteriously plastered with posters providing nothing other than a Snapchat code. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) had sent around 20 posters to RFHS and
other high schools statewide as a part of a new campaign in an effort to encourage teens to always wear their seatbelts while in the car. The posters provide a snapcode for people to add a new user on the social media app Snapchat before 09/16/16. School administrators did not have much information on the subject besides that fact that it was a safe driving campaign. On September 19th, the Snapchat account sent a message to all those who had added the account, asking students to send selfies in order to be part of a statewide Snapchat story. The story was published on September 20th and consisted of information about the number of Colorado teens that were killed in Colorado by not wearing their seatbelts when in the car, as well as a ghost effect put on one of the people in the pictures that were sent in, implying that one of the members could possibly die if they don’t buckle up. The overall effect of the story was very impactful. Chelsea Anderson the art director for CDOT, and the person behind the Snapchat account says, “The purpose of this campaign is to remind teens to buckle
up, and to get teens to remind each other to buckle up. Last year 16 teens [in Colorado] died in car crashes while unbuckled. Our ultimate goal would be to reduce that number to zero.” Reece Ettelson a student at RFHS says, “I wanted to find out what the snapchat account was for, so I added them and waited to see if they would post anything.” The mystery of the campaign worked at RFHS; Kelsie Goodman the assistant principal says that a handful of students asked her what the snapchat posters where for prior to the Snapchat story being published. The campaign has also been successful statewide according to Anderson. “1,124 high schoolers viewed the clickfor_co story [on September 19th], and 130 high schoolers sent in selfies...The mystery around the campaign was designed to intrigue people, and it worked. Dozens of people messaged Clickfor_co to ask what the posters were for,” says Anderson. The hope is that the campaign will push teenagers to always wear their seatbelts and stay safe on the roads.
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Roaring Fork High School hosted a bonfire Thursday night of homecoming week. Students celebrated the Volleyball team’s victory that night and prepared the football team for their game on Friday.
The truck rally is directly after the Powderpuff activities on Wednesday. Students gather in the beds of trucks, and drive through the town reciting their class cheers.
Coronation
Roaring Fork teachers nominated 4 boys and 4 girls that showed exemplary character. Students then voted on their king and queen of homecoming, who were crowned Friday night during halftime of the homecoming football game.
Identity Swap Day
Powder Puff
Powderpuff volleyball and Brutte football are the first big events of homecoming week. Students gathered Wednesday night to watch the grades battle as boys teams play volleyball and girls teams play football.
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Generation Day
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Blue and Gold Day
Freshmen: Babies Sophomores: Elementary Schoolers Juniors: Working Class Seniors: Senior Citizens
RFHS Homecoming Sports Games The Volleyball girls played Gunnison in their homeoming game. Varsity beat Gunnison in 3 sets to bring home a wind for the Rams Pictured to the left: varsity girls celebrate a point (right) and Kristin page Spikes the ball over the net (left).
The football boys played Meeker for their homecoming game. Pictured above, the Rams’ lineup, Pictured right, Aldo Pinela evades a tackle.
The soccer boys won 6-1 in their homecoming game against Aspen. To the right the the team celebrates a goal. To the left, Edwin Candela Shoots on goal.
News
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New School Safety in the Roaring Fork School District
RFHS New Teaching Staff
-Lizzeth Gallegos
Roaring Fork High School has seen many new changes in it’s teaching staff this year. The new teachers include Mary-Kate Deacy, ELD and Journalism, Lindsay Dunkin, Math, Shea Phillips, Science, Jason Rittermiller, Wood Shop, Lyn Williams, Social Studies, Nina Marin Tapias, Spanish, and Dustin Smart, Special Education.
Students at Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) walked through new, higher security doors on their first day of school, which have been acquired through extensive processes. RFHS is not the only school to acquire these new features; all the schools in the Roaring Fork School district are getting new updates as well. For Roaring Fork, that means double glass doors that can be opened by the office staff, which has been in planning for several years. These new security doors are provided through the $122 million bond issue that was passed last year for Roaring Fork Schools. These doors are being paid for through a bond issue. A bond issue allows for an investor to loan money to a cooperation, which will be paid back to the investor periodically. Part of the bond was used for the doors and the rest will be used for other enhancements, some of which have been installed already, and some of which are still to come. The doors consist of a small entry area, whose
walls reach not all the way to the ceiling, and connect to the office area. This extra security increases the security for the people inside the school, by increasing the amount of time it would take an attack to enter the school, giving the students and staff valuable time to prepare themselves. All the exterior doors will be unlocked in the morning, during lunch, and after school so all students and visitors can enter seamlessly. Throughout the rest of the school day, anyone that needs to come into the school will have enter through the new door in front of the office. They must sign in so that the school staff is aware of who is in the building. “I think it’s a good idea because yesterday or the day before there was a shooting in a school in South Carolina in an elementary school and now with security it’s more safer and things like a school shooting doesn’t have to happen. The only thing that I think they need to be more careful about is locking the other doors.” Carmen McCracken, one of the English teachers at RFHS, answered when asked her opinions on the new security entrance. Both teachers and students at RFHS feel that the security doors were a much needed and appreciated improvement. “Our school is now going to be a safer place now because we know who is in the school. I think it was a good idea to have new security doors.” Kevin Oliva, a junior at RFHS, is in full support of the new security measures that are being taken to protect the school. “In the event of a lock down, all our normal lock down procedures will run and the main entrance door will be locked.” said Goodman. The front door is the only door that has a new security system; the rest of the entrances will be regularly locked. Students and staff now have another layer of security.
From left to right: Dustin Smart, Lindsay Dunkin, Nina Tapias, Shea Phillips, Mary-Kate Deacy. Photo by Tavia Teitler
Blocking The After School Application: Fighting Bullying or Freedom of Speech? -Tyler Gruel As of last year, the After School App, a popular social media platform for millions of teens, is no longer accessible on Roaring Fork High School’s wifi. The After School App is a private social network, created by Michael Callahan and Cory Levy in 2014, that allows high school students across the United States to share and connect with fellow students at their same school. According to their website, it was created, “as a place for teens who want to be themselves, make new connections, and participate in positive activities -- both online and offline.” In the app, students can make anonymous statements about themselves or anyone else in their school. However, this app has recently been blocked on the school’s wifi. A few Roaring Fork High School students responded to the app being blocked. . One student said, “I think that the school did the right thing banning the app because people were being bullied,” Jose Rico said that, “people said mean things… that’s why they banned it,” The following quotes are from students who wished to remain anonymous, “I
think that slutshaming was a big issue on the app,¨ a junior who had a contrasting opinion to the others said that “they should’ve kept the app because freedom of speech.” According to Kevin Goscha, the Technological Supervisor for Bridges High School and RFHS, “The After School App has been associated with several cases of bullying and sexting and is rated for kids ages 17 and up. The school district is required by law to filter sites that may be harmful to students, so when I read about the cases involved with this app I had to have it blocked. Blocking this site is justified and required by law. If students want the app then they should use it on their personal devices on their personal data services, although I don’t believe students under the age of 17 should be using the app.” So for the time being the app will remain unavailable on school wifi and students will be unable to anonymously express themselves through the app.
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Jasper Germain High Jumps Into The Hall Of Fame By- Trinity Potter Last school year, the Roaring Fork Rams were fortunate enough to induct high jumper, Jasper Germain into the hall of fame. The Roaring Fork Hall of Fame is reserved for athletes who have earned a state title. Germain earned his place in the Hall of Fame by winning the State Championship for High Jump at the Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood; he jumped an outstanding height of six feet and five inches. Despite difficulties coming from a new school, Germain preserved took every jump with passion. Since Germain came from 5A school to RFHS, which is a 3A school, he felt he had a lot of freedom and got to know all of his teammates on a more personal level. Due to his transfer From Poudre High School in Boulder to RFHS, Germain had to miss his first four competitive meets because of CHSAA regulation. Germain was a mid-year transfer student he had to wait four games to be able to compete and fill out paperwork along with his parents. Germain says he overcame this challenge by “persisting against all odds, focusing on practice, and supporting my team every meet that I was able to attend but
Courtesy Photo of Jasper Germain’s jump at the state competition
not compete.” It also gave him a chance to watch his competition in the valley and adjust his techniques to improve. At Western Slope Multi-Leagues Meet, held at Stocker Stadium, Germain jumped a 5’11”, and at the Grand Junction Tiger Invitational also in Stocker
Stadium, he jumped a 5’11.5”. His six foot jump was at the Glenwood Springs Demon Invitational School qualified Germain for state. “I knew he had it in him the whole time,”says Coach Ryan Erickson. Going into the state competition, his teammates and his coach, Erickson were supportive and knew he had it in him the whole time. His last jump of the day had the form he wished to accomplish. He jumped a height of 6’2”. “I couldn’t believe I got a five inch PR,” Germain says, “I’m also glad I got to prove my approach.” Erickson attributes much of Germain’s success to his approach, which is rarely used by athletes in this sport due to its unique take off or running start to the jump. Jasper Germain proves to us that with hard work, dedication, and determination, he was able to reach his goal. It was difficult for Germain to adjust to a new school, a new team, and CHSAA guidelines, but he worked through these challenges and earned a state title and a place in the Hall Of Fame, making everyone at Roaring Fork High School proud to be a ram.
Upcoming Games
Lunch Time Intramurals
Football
During lunch time, most students confine themselves to the cafeteria and eat their lunches, but the RFHS intramural sports program offers another alternative. Students, teachers, and staff members at Roaring Fork High School have formed teams and joined Physical Education teacher Ken Woodard’s intramural sports program, which takes place in the gym every day during lunch. Woodard explains he was inspired to this program because, “There were a lot of kids at lunch with basketballs, and they’d go in the gym and play sports. I’ve known about intramurals, so [this was] an opportunity to organize something where we can do a lot of activities and get kids involved in.” Woodard is proud of what the intramural sport program has become in the last four years, and states that he is always thinking of new sports to try out in order to
get more students involved. Current intramural sports include volleyball, ping pong, cornhole, frisbee, basketball, and soccer. Intramural sports run all throughout the year, so there’s always an activity to join. According to Woodard, approximately 300 students participated in the intramural sports program during the 2015-2016 school year. Vice Principal Kelsie Goodman is also a strong supporter of intramural sports and a member of one of the teams. Goodman states, “I love watching, I’ve seen teachers rip pants and students fall down. How often do you see things like that?” She encourages everyone to try intramural sports at least once because, according to Goodman,¨It’s a blast.¨ Freshman Lucas Schramer decided to try out intramural sports for the first time this year. Schramer says, ¨It’s a cool idea, it’s fun and brings the
Soccer
From Right To Left: Aaron Palomera, Axel Palomera, Christian Alvarado, Max Candela, and Joseph Florez won the intramural indoor soccer tournament last school year
From right to left: Katie Weimer, Corey Johnson, Liliana Ramos, Lindsay Hanson, Jasmin Lopes, and Logan Erickson won last year’s intramural colleyball tournament.
By- Ruby Fuller
Home, October 14st @7:00 v.s. Aspen Home, October 28th @7:00 v.s. Basalt
Home, October 15th @11:00 v.s. CRMS Home, October 18th @4:00 v.s. Coal Ridge Home, October 20th @4:00 v.s. Delta
Volleyball Home, October 22nd, @3:00 v.s. Delta school together.¨ Although Schramer’s team lost every game, he found it was still worth playing, and he looks forward to continuing to be involved in intramural sports. According to Schramer, having teachers involved creates even more competition and fun for everyone involved. Intramural sports are not just about winning, but also offer students an opportunity to participate in the school community, while getting exercise. Additionally, these lunch-time activities offer a way for students to interact with teachers. Goodman claims, “It’s fun to see the teacher teams, it helps relate teachers and students, and builds better relationships.” For more information about intramural sports go to: http://rfhs.rfsd.k12.co.us/ and click on intruamurals, under student activities. Intramurals are a great way to stay active, be a part of your community, and have fun with friends.
Entertainment Gems of the Valley -Kloe Lee
McClure Pass: The vibrant warm colors and crisp fall air have made their entrance into our valley for the year! Autumn is here and we are ready for the annual leaf change. Every single year the Roaring Fork Valley is home to one of the most magnificent golden season leaf changes in the world. No days are as delightful as these, the vibrant colors ranging from purple to yellow. The Aspen trees always glow hues of yellows and bronze as the Maple trees burn a fiery red. This year, go drive up McClure Pass to see the spectacular sight. The leaves are amazing all throughout the valley, but looking over the trees on McClure Pass is one of the best spots.
Photo by Natalie Stehfest How to get there: Drive up highway 133 towards Paonia, all along the road there will be trees of orange, yellow, and red, but my favorite place is just past the big bend in the highway in a decent sized parking lot that overlooks everything. What to do: Park your car and get out! The best way to see the leaves is with your own eyes without a window in the way. Word to the wise: All of fall is beautiful, but in recent years the best times to see the leaves are between mid-September and mid-October, so get a group of friends and go see the leaves in their autumn state.
Your October Horoscope -Tyler Gruel
Aquarius - January 20 February 18 That feeling that someone is watching over your shoulder, even when your back is against a wall? Yeah that feeling, ignore it Aquarius. DO NOT turn around. You will not like what you see. Also, your lucky numbers are: 72, 13, 24, and one slightly bruised watermelon. Pisces - February 19 March 20 The stars called in sick today but they mumbled something about not drinking milk. So maybe you should try that Pisces. Just in case avoid open windows and waking up too while you’re at it. Aries - March 21 - April 19 I think they saw you, Aries. Hold still. They cannot see you if you do not move. Shhhhhh! Don’t move! Don’t move! Don’t– Nope, they saw you. So long, Aries! Taurus - April 20 - May 20 Sleep is for the weak. Wait sorry we said that wrong, sleep is for the week. Yes much better. The stars say you are
Heard in the Hallways “You know that weird white stuff in the chicken nuggets? That’s the chicken.” “Imma stuff my cat when it dies you know taxation style.¨
“If I don’t acknowledge you then i’m not listening” “Is it possible to get sick from being stabbed with a fishhook?”
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Rampage Staff Editors in Chief Elle Derby Tavia Teitler
Editorial Staff Feature Editor Eryn Doherty News Editor Kloe Lee definitely sleep deprived. Try getting some sleep Taurus and putting off something important is a bad habit.
Virgo - August 23 - September 22 Whatever you do don’t trust that fortune cookie. It tells only lies .
Gemini - May 21 - June 21 You know those eight spiders a year you eat in your sleep? Well, they add up. They are all organizing a pretty dramatic escape. Very soon, Gemini! Very soon!
Libra - September 23 October 22 Your dreams will be filled with prophetic visions. Write them down. Hopefully, there are some lottery numbers or sports scores in there.
Cancer - June 22 - July 22 “The ocean is vast,” you convince yourself, walking alone between the trees. “The sky is endless,” you mutter repeatedly, trying to finally lull yourself to sleep. “Matter can neither be created nor destroyed,” you contemplate, despite not understanding the first part of the statement. “What’s on the Food Network tonight?” you say aloud to a stranger you have known for years. Leo - July 23 - August 22 This is your lucky week! Mercury has not moved into retrograde but luck is on it’s way! However, don’t make any rash decisions or you’ll pay for them later… Today is a good day to- wait no. Not that. It’s not a good day to do that no don-! Welp I tried to warn you about the things to come.
Scorpio - October 23 November 21 Laugh today, just keep laughing. At everything and everyone. Cackle manically when you are asked the time, snicker while you work, giggle as those around you edge away with looks of discomfort and fear. Sagittarius - November 22 - December 21 Today will not be unlike tomorrow. In fact this whole week will be completely made of tomorrows. Your life will be too. There will always be tomorrows and they are are all dull and monotonous and the same. Do something you’ve never done before, do this soon before it’s too late. Capricorn - December 22 - January 19 The astronomer gave a really vague prediction for your week, but went to sleep early and we couldn’t clarify. Maybe that’s a hint…? Relax.
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