January 18, 2023
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EHS students lead sheep brain dissection at board meeting Courtesy Allison Burslem Eatonville School District
During the Jan. 11 School Board meeting, Eatonville High School Principal Amy Sturdivant presented to the school board directors. The Eatonville High School Culinary Arts students prepared refreshments, as well as a charcuterie board and a variety of pastries, for the board members and audience. In her presentation to the board, Sturdivant explained the annual goals and the action steps identified in order to reach those goals. Student learning, behavioral and social-emotional data was
presented, along with a highlight of student work. The presentation included: Brain dissection: Alana Nelson, Jason Campbell, Kevin Johnson and Ava Toulouse, four student scientists who are currently enrolled in the Human Body Systems course, led board members and other volunteers through a dissection of a sheep brain. Students explained the different parts of their brain, including their location and function and highlighted the differences between the human brain and the sheep brain. SCHOOL Page 4Æ
Photo by Cheryl Taylor Eatonville’s Griffin Clevenger scores two of his career-high 24 points in the Cruisers’ victory over Hoquiam.
Cruiser boys take top spot in the Evergreen Conference By Skip Smith
Contributing writer
The Eatonville boys basketball team picked up a couple of victories over Tenino and Hoquiam this past week to vault it into the top spot of the 1A Evergreen Conference. On Jan. 11, the Cruisers dominated the offensive boards and had four players score in double digits as Eatonville handed the Tenino Beavers their first league loss of the season and knocked them out of the top spot in the 1A Evergreen Conference standings with a 70-63 victory
at Brock Court in Tenino. Walker Bruun led Eatonville’s press defense with six steals, and Griffin Clevenger forced many Beaver turnovers, which the Cruisers turned into buckets. The duo gave the Tenino guards trouble all night and combined for eight deflections. "Walker and Griffin are just so quick and they have incredibly quick hands defensively,” coach TJ Cotterill said. “They give us so much energy when they are active and flying around defensively. It's huge for us when they're doing that, staying in front
of players and getting into passing lanes.” The dominance on the offensive boards for the Cruisers, 26 of them, afforded Eatonville many secondchance baskets that helped lead to Tenino's demise. Shay Brannon and Kyle Cox led the charge with 15 and 12 rebounds respectively as the Cruisers out-rebounded the Beavers 54-43 on the night. The Cruisers went on a 7-0 run midway through the first quarter, which gave them a comfortable cushion at 19-12 entering the second frame. BASKETBALL Page 7Æ
Photo by Allison Burslem Eatonville High School’s Dr. Tira Hancock holds up a model sheep’s brain and a model human brain. Hancock teaches the human body systems course taught at the school. Four of her students led a dissection of a sheep brain at the Jan. 11 School Board meeting.