JAGUAR TIMES

The Student Voice of South East High School

Volume 7 Issue 2 November,2011

INSIDE

THE

TIMES

IN NEWS:

Jagurs get clubbing

IN OPINION:

Vandalism on the

Rise

IN FEATURES:

Aviator George

IN SPORTS:

Great JV season

comes to rest

IN ARTS

AND ENTER-

TAINMENT:

MW3 has arrived

Jaguars Go 9-1End season by breaking a new record

By Jaime CarrilloReporter

The road to success is a treacherous road. Many take this road but very few of them reach the promised lands. some say that this road is worth the hardships and struggles it brings, but to many it shows how far one is wiling to push themselves for what they desire.After an astonoshing 9-1, the varsity Jauar team was head-

ed to playoffs. In playofss there is no second chance, either you win and continue or you loose and go home.In round one the Jaguars faced Grant from Van Nuys. although the Jaguars were coming off a loss they felt confi dent and knew that they would have to pull it together and unite to win and move on to the second round. “It’s a good feeling going into the playoffs and are very confi dent that we

will win this round to go to the following round,” said #5 Wide Receiver Christopher Ochoa a Senior in VAPA.

“I believe that we are only as strong asour weakest link, and that our team runs off of the commitment, the weat, the blood,

the tears, the long nights, the hard workouts, and the bond tat we grow during this process that unites us and makes us not only a football team but a family,” said #7 Middle Linebacker

Javie Madrigal a junior the Health and Sci-ence small school.

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NEWS

South East goes green

The addition of the new club, the Harry Potter Al-liance surprises Harry Potter fans at South East. The HPA club uses examples from Har-ry Potter to spread love and fight injustice in the real world. According to the Huffington Post, “Andrew Slack is the creator of HPA,

co-founder, and currently the Executive Director. Since he has graduated from Brandeis University, Andrew is dedi-cated to learning and extrapo-lating how modern myth and new media can transform our lives both personally and col-lectively. Prior to his career, Slack performed comedy at

hundreds of venues across the United States.” Paul DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters said, “I thought we needed an organization to act as Dumbledore’s Army for our world, full of Harry Pot-ter fans wishing to embody the message of the books to create social change.”

“The main goals of the club are to raise funds for partner Non-gov-ernmental organiza-tions. In order to sup-port equality, literacy, and human rights; to alert the world to the dangers of global warming, poverty, and genocide; to en-courage mem-bers to work on the magic of their creativity in endeavoring to make the world a better place,” said Car-los Gonzalez, a junior in the Tech and Media small school. Accord-ing to the Harry Pot-ter Alliance Organi-zation, “The club has been helping NGO’s such as the Agahaza Shalom Youth Village, Bedford-Stuyvesant New Beginnings Char-ter School, Enough project, Freepress.net, Gay-straight alliance network, Genocide Intervention network, Maine Equality, Make it better, Massachu-setts Equality, Mis-sissippi Delta Center for Cultural Learning, Partners in Health, Reach Out, Rock the Vote, and stand in or-der to fulfill their goal of making the world a better place. They

assist NGO’s by organizing book drives, food drives, or-ganize concerts, and raise funds.” The president of the HPA, Cynthia Flores, a junior in the Health and Sci-ence small school said, “In the near future, I hope to provide more volunteering opportunities for our club members here at SEHS.” According to the HPA Organization,

“Currently there are 60 HPA chapters across the world, these chap-ters are groups of student and community members that organize book drives, collect foods for local food banks, and hold benefit con-certs all over the world.” Cynthia Flores said, “The main purpose is

to provide a place for

students to help out

their community and

enjoy all the benefits of working with a bunch

of Harry Potter fans.”

She first came across the HPA due to this Harry Potter rock band, the Remus Lupins; they were having

a concert on behalf of the HPA and she looked up the website once she heard of it. Cynthia Flores asked Mr. Orozco, a history teacher in the Business and Finance small school, if the club could be held in his class. “I accept-ed the proposition because I really like Harry Potter; I have seen all the movies and read all the books multiple times. I have been interested

in Harry Potter ever since I taught a 4th grade

class about eight years ago, when

the students got me into the series,” said Mr. Orozco. There are obstacles not allowing Flores to ac-

complish her dream. “I have

a lot of pressure as the founder and

president. I want ev-eryone to have fun and I

want the club to be success-ful, but it is hard to accom-plish that because this is the first time this club has been present in the school and peo-ple are not taking this club seriously. The students have the impression that the club is a Harry Potter appreciation club, although this club is filled with HP fans, they have to do their real duty which is to increase peace through com-munity service,” said Flores. At this time there are about 25 students in the club. “I hope to continue the club until my last year at South East, I hope that some-one will take on the job af-ter I graduate,” said Flores. The club is held in B200, in Mr. Orozco’s room during lunch on Friday’s.

Harry Potter Alliance comes to south east By Christopher CasillasTimes Reporter

By Alejandro BaltazarTimes Reporter

The school’s front and back parking lots are currently under construc-tion due to the building of solar panels, The panels are going to capture the sun’s rays in order to create power and help the school by saving money. The date the workers are sup-posed to finish is January 3. “The solar panels are a good idea, but they cause a lot of problems when it comes to park-ing, because lately I can’t find a spot to park my car near the school,” said Rob-ert Roldan, a senior from the Business and Finance academy. Even though solar panels help the en-vironment, students and faculty will be affected by the construction panels is taking up space and reduc-ing the number of parking lot spaces in both the front and back lots. The temporar-

ily closed lots mean that the students and staff are going to have to spend their time hav-

ing to look for a parking spot. “The solar panels are framed with aluminum and

glass. The glass is so that it can protect the panel from harsh weather conditions and

debris. So when the heat and light energy from the sun makes contact with the solar cells. The solar cells make it into electricity,” accord-ing to the NASA website. Many have been wait-ing to see how the solar panels will look after they are finished. “These solar panels that the school is building are cool and I hope they finish soon so that they can open the parking lots again,” said Juan Galindo, a junior from the Tech and Media magnet who is one of the many students waiting for the Solar Panels to be finished so that he can park his car closer to the school. The staff is delighted to see that they are keep-ing up with technological advances. The school will spend less money on the

electricity bill which may help purchase computers or school supplies for students.

School solar panles still under construction. Photo By Jeffrey Mendez

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Jaguar Times

Editor-in-chief

Jacqueline W. Aldana

Editor-in-chief(Design)

Manuel Mejia

Opinion Editor

Luis GonzalezJesus Nunez

News Editor

Bryan Villanueva

Features Editor Desiree VillatoroRamiro SuazoAldo Alcala Sports Editor

Rosemary SanchezAlberto AnguianoMelissa Mayoral

Arts&Entertainment

Sergio Gallegos

Photographer

Richardo GarciaAna UragaJuan LomeliAshley CovarrubiasBreshawna RamseyAngelica FarrisJose FloresMonica RodriguezAbraham MirelesAlexis Quiroz

Reporters

Jacqueline VelaJaime CarrilloAmbrocio AlmanzaChristopher CasillasDiego MunozVanessa NavarroAnnabell GonzalezJazmin MarinReyna FloresLizbeth Morales

Writers

Marian MontoyaRichard PerezAldo AlcalaJose PiconDaniel CanalesEva LunaAlejandra AguilarJuan Mendoza

Adviser

Mr. Cottom

The Jaguar Times is generally an eight-page publication produced by the South East High School Journal-ism department. The entire student body, the primary audience, receives the paper free of charge to encourge readership and to ensure the showcas-ing of student journalistc work. The secondary audience for the paper is the faculty, staff, and administration of the school district. Other audiences include members of the local community, other school journalism programs through-out the counrty, and organizations that promote the development of scholastic journalism. Without their support, the department cannot maintain a high-quality program. The newspaper attempts to inform and entertain it’s audience board, fair, and accurate manner on all subjects that affect readers. The publi-cation seeks also to provide a forum for the opinion students, the staff, of the paper, and the faculty, thus encourag-ing an exchange of ideas and opinions on issues of importance to the readers. Although the staff will allow constructive criticism of any part of the paper before publication, final author-ity for content of the paper rests solely in the hands of journalism students. In accordance with State of California Education Code 48907, despite the court ruling in Hazel v.. Kuhlmeier; administrators rely on the adviser and staff to make all content decisions.

NEWS

Reporter Various opportuni-ties are forming on campus; among them are the organi-zation and start of clubs that vary in interest, size, and pur-pose. “Right now I’m trying by my senior year to have the school Go Green,” said president of the new age club Alejandra Aguilar, a junior in the Tech & Media magnet. The New Age club welcomes all members every Thursday during lunch, with the intent to make the student body more involved in the commu-nity and more eco friendly. The New Age club supports recycling. They also discuss and acknowledge the impor-tance of the environment to strive for a healthier world. The New Age club hasn’t for-gotten about the creatures of the world and is working with Petco in a food drive to do-nate food to underprivileged animals. “One benefit is that

it keeps me from [having] to join three different clubs they have animal protection ad environmen-tal protection in one,” said Miriam An-gel, a sopho-more in the Justice & Law small school and member of the new age club. Reaching out to the surrounding society seems to be important to most of the clubs here on campus.

“I started the club be-cause I know there [are] stu-

dents like me that enjoy mak-ing others smile.” “A lot of us have it easy we want to open eyes to the fact that there are kids who don’t,” said Cristy Figueroa, a sophomore in the Tech & Media magnet and current president of Make a Child Smile. “I like to work

with chil-dren so the fact of making a child hap-py makes

me happy,” said Kimberly Ramos, a sophomore in the health & science small school and current member of Make a Child Smile Make a Child Smile is a club with inten-tions to spread love and hap-piness by making a difference

in lives through out our gen-eration. Make a Child Smile has gone beyond the com-munity of South Gate and is currently trying to reach in-carcerated juveniles. “We just want to give them something to make them look forward to another day,” Said Figueroa. Make a child smile is held in C111 every Thursday during lunch and welcomes any new comers with a genuine knack for helping others. “They can help them take a break from things that are troubling them,” said Mr. Adams, an English teacher in the Tech & Media magnet and advisor of make a Child Smile. These juveniles like majority of the student body just need a place to hang out and do something

productive yet still feel wel-comed.

The Cinema club held every Wednesday and Friday after school in room C208 is open to all Jaguars with hopes of growing in popu-lation through out the year. “One purpose is to have a place to gather and hang out after school.” says advisor of the cinema club Mrs. Sosa, a math teacher in the VAPA small school. The cinema club learns the basic funda-mentals of movie making while still building a place where everyone can feel wel-comed to gather unwind and learn about something enjoy-able after school.

The benefits of these clubs go

beyond a college application. Not only can a difference be made in life, it can be used as an experience help to impact someone else’s. Individual goals as well as goals for the club as a whole may allow the experience to be a grow-ing aspect. “We are works in progress,” said Adams. Among the opportunities on campus are the advantages of joining a club although the progression may not be com-plete until some one joins to make the difference.

Check out Breshawna Ramsey’s blog:http://breshawnaramsey.edublogs.org/

When news broke that South East High School was at risk of becoming charter in October 2010, teachers and parents gathered to try to pre-vent and solve the problems the school faced. They have experienced some success as of September 2011 SEHS is now no longer on the charter list because of better student scores, according to Principal Sotomayor. Staff has not finished the plan

yet, but they meet to develop strategies to help each stu-dent succeed in their classes. “Teachers can get involved as much as they want,” said So-tomayor. Students need motivation in order to keep up with their work and feel confident while

taking an exam. If students are to accomplish these goals it gives a better name to South East and a higher rank in the LAUSD. “I [would] not at-tend South East if it was a charter school, I like public school and charter will not give me a real education,” said Emmanuel Flores a junior in

the VAPA small school. Some might think a charter school is better but others may seem to think it’s not be-cause it’s more of a business than an education. “My per-sonal opinion on my school

becoming charter will be that students will become more rebellious,” said Erick Ber-mudez a sophomore in the Health and Science Environ-ment small school. In order for SEHS to remain off the charter list students must raise their scores and continue to strive towards achievement. Check out Ana Uraga’s blog :

http://anauraga.edublogs.org/

SEHS No longer on charter listBy Ana UragaReporter

Principal Sotomayor shares new charter school informa-tion.

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Jaguars have many choices to have fun or help out. Photos by Annabel Gonzalez

By Breshawna Ramsey

Photo by Annabel Gonzalez

“Teachers can get involved as much as they want”

“We are works in progress”

Editorial To begin the year

there were many teachers

who did not show up on

the first day of school, nor did they ever make an ap-

pearance.

Students reported

an AP English class that

went without a teacher

for a period of about three weeks. The students were

instead only supervised

by an English substitute

teacher. They did nothing

but talk amongst each other

and do homework for other classes. More than a hand-

ful of these students put in a request to change classes

to Mr. Vorwald, an experi-enced AP English teacher’s

English class. Their re-

quests were all denied be-

cause the counselors were

concerned for the balance of students per classroom. Teachers began to

disappear after the tragic event that occurred on Sep-

tember 30, with Cindi San-

tana. Mr. Islas an art teach-

er went missing from class for about 3 to 4 weeks. His students were told that he

took over the dean job, tem-

porarily. It was not until

after a month of not having a teacher that the students

were pulled out individu-

ally by their counselors

and told that this class was

going to be cancelled, and that they had to enroll into

another class.

For many students

they had to switch their

classes around into a new

schedule and with the help

of their counselors some of them were able to enroll into

better classes. A senior from the Tech and Media mag-

net, Stephanie Nicole Mar-quez, had to change only two of her classes around and believes the change

in art classes did help her, “Tinagero is the AP teacher

so I’m more comfortable.” Though she wasn’t effected to badly and the outcome

for her was a positive thing, that didn’t apply for all the students.

Another student from Health and Science small school, Cindy Labra, was affected by the teachers sudden disappearance. She

had two of her teachers, Mr. Smitz and Mr. Barragan, who went missing. To this

day there is no news from Mr. Smitz. He has been gone for about a month and his class has been covered

by numerous substitutes.

Mr. Barragan, the teacher for the architec-

ture and engineering class, reportedly went missing

since the Monday coming

back from the weekend of the tragedy that occurred

with Cindi Santana. A d m i n i s t r a t o r s

have not informed students as to what has happened to

their teachers. “We don’t

know what’s going on. It’s

not like anyone’s telling us

what’s going on. We don’t

know what happened and

now it’s become like a rou-

tine. We’re always having

subs,” said Labra. Some students feel they aren’t given the right

they have to know what

it is that has happened to

their teachers. They aren’t

told what solution may be

presented in the near fu-

ture, nor are their needs as students being meet. The

school should take the ini-

tiative to be straightfor-ward with the students and

inform them about what it is that’s occurring Tell them

why so many teachers are

disappearing.

Classrooms once filled with great teachers are now being filled with substitutes. The desk looks empty and plain, almost abandoned.

Teachers?

OPINIONPage 4

Over the six years the school has been around

it seems that vandalism has

started to increase around

campus. “This is the big-

gest series of problems we have seen [at] South East

high School,” said Ms. So-

tomayor, the principal. Although previous

incidents have been re-

solved and ended with the

perpetrator(s) capture over

the last month, countless in-

cidents involving fire have started to occur in trash-

cans outside the C build-

ing, spreading towards the D building, and ending on second floor staircases of the campus. If you thought that was all; more tagging

has also taken place in the

C and D building appearing on doors, walls, staircases, and even windows.

In addition to the

tagging, Ms.Mangiliman, an English teacher from the VAPA small school smelled

the fire from afar as she en-

tered the building from the opposite side of the fire, “when I smelled the fire I went into my class room

and called the main office.” Soon after faculty arrived on the spot acted quickly

to defuse a small fire that occurred in the staircase of the C building. Mr. Kilpatrick

said the reason why the

fire alarms didn’t go off was because there wasn’t

enough smoke to activate

the fire alarms. In any case the fire was nothing major, but Kilpatrick believes that

it’s part of a teachers’ job to inform them of minor inci-dents. “It’s already hard to

teach five or six periods,” said Ms.Mangiliman. “We

do the best we can, but the fact remains that we need a long-term solution.” According to Ms.

Sotomayor and Mr. Kil-

patrick the perpetrator(s)

have not been caught. “ We

have an idea about who it

is,” said Mr.Kilpatrick. These events are under

investigation according

to Ms. Sotomayor and

Mr.Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick

believes that the

perpetrator(s) are

arsonists. “The

perpetrator(s) re-

ceive excitement from the flame or from the act of lighting things on

fire,” said Kilpat-rick.

Otto, the janitor, who has worked for over five years now and has worked hand in

hand with Lopez, ex-dean for South East differs, “No, they’re a group of kids who just want

to do harm around

the school cam-

pus,” said Otto. He knows who the perpetrators

are, but nonetheless many of the troublemakers who are causing damages around

the campus get caught and

punished for their crimes. One of the last perpetrators

who were recently caught a

while back was responsible

for much vandalism around the school, “ when we caught the perpetrator he

was sent to International,” said Otto.

The answer to this question

is evident, but what will the school do about it. “Imple-

mentations of security cam-

eras will happen,” said So-

tomayor. Kilpatrick says, “ I’ll do the best I can with our

limited resources” “I only have two months here at

South East High School af-ter all.” It seems the school has a set plan that will ease

the problems occurring at

South East once more. But

it seems that what is need-

ed here at South East High School, is a long term solu-

tion that will not only lower

all these problems, but that will help faculty, teachers, and students all interact on

a similar level where every-

one is heard.

Vandalism on the RiseBy Manuel Mejia

Editor-In-Chief

Vandalism leaves its trace on

school walls

By Rafael PinedaReporter

A Day In The Life of a Janitor

Ever wondered how much

work the janitors do? Well, one of the janitors here at SEHS cleans 22 resrtooms daily. For every toi-

let he cleans, it takes him about two minutes. The janitor for the inside of the buildings said, “I like my job. I work from seven in the morning until three in the after-noon, but I hate the graffiti in the restrooms and all the toilet papaer

that clog up the toilets and when

its all over the walls.” He said that an incident had occured of student or students had recently

set the toilet dispensers on fire. Another janitor who has

worked for six years here at SEHS

said, “I feel thst my contract has been violated.” Now because they fired most of the janitors, the job for the janitors is twice as hard as it was before. He also said, “The job is way harder. There’s more work

becuase they cut a lot of people and gave extra work to the people with low cuts.” They don’t really clean the classrooms. They just work on

cleaning the cafeteria, cleaning the halls, and cleaning the restrooms. The day guy is the jani-

tor that only works outside of the school buildings. he is the jani-

tor that works on the cleaning the

cafeteria and works on cleaning the fields. The janitors here have

worked for six years. Since the last few years we had more janitors and now we only have three janitors.

They have more work than before since there are less janitors now.

“It would be less work if the toilets weren’t clogged up and

if the walls weren’t written,” said one of the janitors. He said that, “Sometimes the sinks don’t even

work and they fill it up with toilet paper.” “The janitors that work on the cafeteria have to clean up all the mess that students sometimes

end up leaving on the lunch tables.

The janitors would have less work

if the school hired more janitors. One of the few jani-tors at SEHS

Photo by Jacqueline W. Aldana

By Manuel Mejia

Photo by Jesus Nunez

FEATURES

Coach Jimenez inspires students

“Determined and persistent are just a few of the many words that describe Mr. Jimenez,” said senior Cross Coun-try captain Mirella Parra from the Technology and Media magnet. Jimenez is a math teacher for Al-gebra 2 and Geometry in the Business and Finance small school. Aside from being a teacher he is a coach, and friend. His story begins back in Row-land Heights where he grew up. He graduated from Rowland Heights High School and later from Cal Poly Pomona. Jimenez learned to play baseball in col-lege and has loved it ever since. He also en-joyed running, and that ultimately led him to run the Los Angeles Mara-thon. The L.A marathon began in the year 1986 influenced by the 1984 Olympics.” I am a lega-cy runner,” said Jimenez with pride. Legacy run-ners are those individu-als who have taken the challenge to run every marathon since it began in 1986. There are very few people in Southern California who have engaged in run-ning a marathon, and there are even less who have done it for 26 con-secutive years. Jimenez is one of those few. One of the reasons

Mr. Jimenez coaches Varsity Cross Country team before practice. Photo by Richard Perez

he decided to become a teacher and a coach is that he believes in a strong work ethic and that it can lead to the most unexpected plac-es. “The four years of high school are by far the most important be-cause they will deter-mine how the rest of your life will turn out,” said Ji-menez. He enjoys seeing the improvements of his students and athletes, “I have always preached to the team, work hard, work harder, and work hardest.” He is espe-cially proud of his varsity girls because they went undefeated leading them to their first Eastern League Championship.

“Coach Jimenez has inspired us to be on the path of becom-ing a successful runners and I am thankful for him,” said Parra. He [Ji-menez] thinks that most rewarding part of being a coach is setting a goal and accomplishing it. Jimenez is the type of person who takes his work seriously because he desires to see his stu-dents succeed in their own way. “In the four years that I have known Coach Jimenez he has been an inspired me and he has taught me to work, keep working, and never give up on your dreams and goals,” Jhan Cervantes, a senior

from Business and Fi-nance small school said, Jimenez has not only inspired his students, but also his colleagues. “Mr. Jimenez is a role model because he is always here on time and he puts in lots of time and dedication to his job,” said both Mr. Ruiz and Ms. Guzman, resource teachers in the Justice and Law small learning school. Ruiz said that ev-eryday he learns some-thing new from him, and he is just someone who is great mentor for all new teachers like himself. Ms. Guzman has noted that he [Jimenez] really cares about his stu-dents and he wants them

to become successful in the future. “He is both good as a teacher and coach because he is there for his athletes and students whenever they need him,” Guzman said Jimenez is a leg-acy runner, coach, and teacher. All of these are titles he has earned. “One thing I will carry on for the rest of my life is that in order to be suc-cessful you need to be willing to work hard,” Par-ra said as she recalled the many times Jimenez preached to the team the importance of work-ing for what you want.

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By Mariana MontoyaReporter

New Physics teacher, Mr. Ancalade joins Health and Science Academy

Mr. Ancalade a new physics teacher joins the Health & Science small school.

As a teen he had many dreams, but not until Col-lege did he start realizing what he really wanted. Ancalade didn’t always want to be a physics teacher; he was more interested in re-searching about differ-ent cultures. Although research was one of his goals he found a differ-ent interest along the way: physics. “ Physics is what I studied and what I like… I wanted to understand every-thing and how and why it moved,” according to Mr. Ancalade. He went to California State Uni-versity in Fresno to major in physics and philoso-phy. “I didn’t want to be too far away from home,” said Ancalade. Last year was his first year teaching math and science at Martha Middle School. Mr. Anca-lade decided he wanted to teach in a high school because he is able to teach physics instead of simple math and sci-ence. “High School students are fun… I’m getting involved in Phys-ics again,” said Anca-lade. Now he is finishing getting his credentials and masters in Educa-

tion at Dominguez Hills. Besides teaching, in his free time Anca-lade spends his free time working in his garden, growing bonsai trees, playing tennis, and oc-casionally playing video games. Even though this is his first year teach-ing physics. Ancalade enjoys being around high school students and being involved in their education.

By Daniel NavarroReporter

Many new teach-ers came to South East High School this year in-cluding a new Physics

Teacher, Mr. Ancalade. Born in March 1982, raised in central California in the City of Merced. As a teenager in high school he had an active life.

Not only was he in var-sity tennis, he was also in many clubs like Interact, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and Califor-nia Scholar Federation.

Photo by Ricardo Garcia

Talkin’

Thanksgiving, A Day to be Thankful?

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By Eva Luna

Reporter

Thanksgiving

started back in 1621,

when the English ar-

rived to America and

had no place to sleep,

no food, and the weath-

er was extremely cold.

H o w e v e r ,

the Native Americans

were there to give them

a hand. They provided

shelter, food, and taught

them how to grow crops.

This was centu-

ries ago, but not much

has changed. Today,

you see people walk-

ing down the streets,

their shoes torn up, with

ragged clothing that

doesn’t protect them

all that much from the

cold, alone with no fam-

ily and no food. “You

can see those who do

not have a plate of food,

looking for something

to eat in trash cans. Most

of which is rotten and

unsanitary,” said Jorge

Trejo, a junior from the

VAPA small school.

There are some students

like Trejo, who like

to give a helpinghand

to those in need. “It is

awesome to see their ex-

pressions of gratitude.”

Seeing how

these people go through

hard times alone, makes

you value what you have

more. “Everyone goes

through hard times, but

even when the days are

bad, we should be thank-

ful of having one more

day of life,” said Trejo.

Families may

not have money to spend

in making an extrava-

gant dinnerthat day, but

think about those who

have nothing to eat.

”They might not taste

food that day, while oth-

ers are enjoying a nice

meal with their family,”

said Geovanne Duarte,

a junior from the Tech

& Media small school.

Thanksgiving does not

have the same mean-

ing to all. Some stu-

dents dedicate that day

to spending time with

their families and giving

thanks for all that they

have. “I like to spend

time with my family,

so we all cooperate in

making the meal,” said

Melissa Garcia, a senior

from the Justice & Law

small school. While for

others, it can be more

of enjoying the long

weekend, having fun,

and eating. “I love food,

and that day, there are

all types of dishes to eat

and share with the fam-

ily and just have fun,”

said Guillermo Her-

nandez, a junior from

the VAPA small school.

Students are thank-

ful for many blessings.

“We should not cele-

brate Thanksgiving just

that day, but be thankful

everyday of our lives

for what we have,” said

Itza Mendoza, a sopho-

more from the Health &

Science small school.

“Be grateful for those

who you have in your

life because you never

know, they might leave

your house, and you

get a call that some-

thing has happened to

them, and are no longer

in your life,” said Adan

Antonio Felix, a sopho-

more from the Justice

& Law small school.

Some are less fortunate and aren’t able to provide for themselves. Photo by Alexis N. Quiroz

Students plan to shop Black Friday deals By Yasmin Burgos

Reporter

Thanksgiving is a tradi-

tional start to the holi-

day shopping season

because store owners

offer the lowest prices to

shoppers of this season

of the year. The day af-

ter Thanksgiving some

people [shoppers] wake

up between 1 a.m. and

3 a.m. to wait for stores

to open to shop. Some

people [shoppers] camp

outside their favorite

stores and some travel

far distances for stores

that have the best deals.

These low prices are

available only once a

year after Thanksgiv-

ing on the day known

as Black Friday. “I had

earned $548 since the be-

ginning of the year until

the day of Black Friday.

I wanted a Wii that val-

ued $199, and that day

I had camped outside

Wal-Mart since 12 a.m.

Then when I wanted to

pay I had no money. I

had left my money in my

house.[The] Good thing

was that Wal-Mart gives

credit and so I applied

thanks to my parents

that qualifi ed for credit ,”said Jose Briceno, a

freshmen in the small

school of Health and

Environmental Science.

This is because many

goods are at the lowest

price they can be bought

by purchasers who take

advantage and also shop

for Christmas gifts.

“My mom had given

me money throughout

year to [spend] on Black

Friday to buy presents

for Christmas that day

when prices are low,

and I wasted the money

on me, buying myself a

$750 bag.” Her mom got

so mad that she never

again gave her so much

money,” said Mara

Cortes, a junior in the

Health and Environmen-

tal Science small school.

Briceno said, “After

Thanksgiving dinner I

leave to shop at Cabazon

outlets. I won’t forget

my money this year!”

Briceno said that he likes

shopping at outlets be-

cause he has the chance

to buy different kinds

of brand clothing in the

same plazas because the

stores are next to each

other and next to Wal-

Mart and Best Buy. “I

have woken up for Black

Friday specials at 2 a.m.

and I will for sure do as

well this 2011 Black Fri-

day bargain,” said Joana

Cardona, a sophomore

in VAPA small school.

She says that she likes

Black Friday because

she gets to buy her fam-

ily gifts for Christmas

and she is able to buy

them cheaper and buy

more clothing for herself

as well. “I started saving

all the money my par-

ent gave to me since the

beginning of the year so

on Black Friday I could

have enough money to

shop because maybe with

this economy they won’t

give me as much that

day,” said Erica Burgos,

a senior in Business and

Finance. Almost 50% of

a survey of VAPA, Busi-

ness and Finance, Health

and Environmental Sci-

ence, and Justice and

Law homeroom students

prefer shopping at Wal-

Mart and Best Buy for

electronics rather than

shopping for clothing in

outlets, Sears, or Target

because for electronics

the prices are actually

lower than for clothing.

Customers actually do

sacrifi ce more for elec-tronic items than for

clothing because specials

mostly apply to elec-

tronic objects. Store that

sell electronics offer the

best bargains on that day.

There may or may not

be as many people shop-

ping because the econo-

my is not as good as it

used to be, but shoppers

need to be careful bargain

hunting because these

crazy specials some-

times cause tragedies.

For example,” In last

year’s frenzy, a worker

at a New York Wal-Mart

was trampled to death

when the store opened

its doors; two shoppers

were shot in a dispute at

a Toys “R” Us in Califor-

nia,” according to Time

magazine’s website.

Shoppers need to have

patience on Black Friday.

“We celebrate Thanksgiving at my aunt’s house and then we look for Black Friday specials”-Moises Morales, Sophmore from Business & Finance

“On Thanksgiving we eat turkey, mashed potatoes, ham, cornbread, and mac&cheese.”-Jonathan Santos, Junior from Health & Science

Photos & Quotes by Edgar Carrillo & Denise Banuelos

“As studies show

Black Friday has

earned the repu-

tation of being

the busiest shop-

ping day of the

year,”according

to Time maga-

zine’s website.

Happy

Thankgiving!

INGREDIENTS-Chocolate Cake Mix-6 eggs-1 cup of water-1/3 cup of oil-1 can of La Lechera Condensed Milk-1 can of Evaporated Milk-Dulce de Leche-Can of Sliced Peaches or other fruits

PROCEDURES Before you start be sure to preheat your oven. Set it to 350 F. Begin by preparing your cake mix. Pour the cake fl our as well as 3 eggs, 1 cup of water, and 1/3 cup of oil into a mixing bowl. You blend for 1-2 minutes or until it’s creamy and lump-free. Now to pre-pare your Flan mix, pour out a full can of condensed milk and evapo-rated milk, and 3 eggs. Blend for 1 minute. Afterwards you spread the Dulce de Leche around the pan until it is fully covered. Pour the cake batter evenly throughtout the pan. Right after you pour the Flan mix into the pan making sure it is spread thoughout the whole pan and

that it sinks below the cake batter. When the oven is ready you place the pan in the over for 45 minutes. Once it’s done you place it out to cool for about 15 minutes. It’s rec-ommended that you place your pan in cool water so it may cool down faster. Next you place the chocofl an on a cake plate or a large enough plate to hold it. Be sure that when you place it down the fl an is on top. To decorate it you could use sliced peaches and pineapples as well as other fruits. You are free to dec-orate it as you wish. You have now made a different yet, delicious des-sert for your Thanksgiving dinner.

By Denise BanuelosReporter

Thankgiving leftover dish!

INGREDIENTS:

-1/4 cup hot chile oil, prefer-ably homemade (see note)-2 teaspoons soy sauce-4 teaspoons Chinkiang vinegar-2 teaspoon sugar-1 tablespoon dried chile fl akes-1 tablespoon toasted ground Sichuan peppercorns, picked over for twigs or black seeds-1/2 pound to 1 pound roasted turkey breast, cold, sliced int 1/4-inch slices-1/2 cup cilantro leaves, roughly torn-1/2 cup roasted peanuts, crushed underneath heavy skillet-2 garlic cloves, minced

PROCEDURES:

Combine chile oil, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, chile fl akes, and half of pepper-corns in a small bowl and mix with fork to combine. Combine turkey, cilantro, peanuts, and chile vinai-grette in small bowl and toss to combine. Pile onto plates and top with grated garlic and remaining Sichuan pep-percorn.

CHOCOFLANSICHUAN-STYLE HOT AND

NUMBING SLICED TURKEY

As Thanksgiving ap-proaches canned food drives are organized to help people in need. Mr. Orozco, a history teacher in the Business and Finance small school has organized a food drive for his students to participate and learn the values of giving. All the food collected is going to a home-less shelter in Boyle Heights. The homeless

shelter provides men with three months of free housing and food to give them a chance to get back on their feet. The food that he is collecting comes from all his classes, “Students need to do good deeds without a reward, but they do get a little extra credit. While some students bring more food than I ask for,” said Orozco.

Orozco and the Harry Potter Alliance were the ones in charge of transporting the food to the homeless shel-ter. Orozco estimates that about 300 cans were donated, plus rice grains and other food that has not been counted.

Orozco’s Students Help Homeless

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“I like to eat turkey, ham, mashed pota-toes and biscuits for Thanksgiving.”-Ricardo Flores Sophmore from VAPA

“On thankgiving I eat turkey, mashed potstoes, yams, mac&cheese, greens, and cornbread.” -Dawawn Nesbitt, Junior from Justice & Law

“On thanksgiving morning I go feed the needy, go to the Turkey Bowl, and then go home and eat and celebrate with my family.-Martin Rofriguez, Senior from Tech & Media

By Edgar ValenzuelaReporter

“For Thankgiving my family throws a party-Donta Perkins, Senior from Jus-tice & Law

TurkeyBy Alexis QuirozPhotographer

Final Results vary depending on decoration Photo by Alexis N. Quiroz

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FeaturesPage 8

By Lizbeth Morales Reporter&Desiree VillatoroStaff Editor

Jorge Trejo also known as

NASA is a junior in the VAPA acad-

emy. He’s always around the school

flying and testing out his airplanes. Trejo explains more about what he enjoys and what inspires him to do his airplanes. He was asked, what inspires you to do these airplanes? Trejo responded with “usually the video commentary’s of the movies

I’ve watched with my dad one that

really inspired me was “The Empire of the Sun.” “The coolest part is fly-

ing them and also because they’re so detailed” said Trejo. He has ap-

proximately 382 planes and his big-

gest one is 3 ft. 6 which took him 10 days to build. To build a regular small airplane takes Trejo about a couple of hours. To make the air-planes he uses school trays, tape, markers, paper clips, and a kitchen knife. Trejo would someday like to

attend the U.S. air force with the

bowing company. Noemi Trejo’s mother said

“After running in the park Jorge would sit on a table and people

would go to him asking him if he

can make them airplanes and they would tell him the colors they

wanted and he would come home

telling me look mom I made 8 or 12 dollars.” “It drives me crazy but it’s his hobby so what can I do” Even though she likes what her son is

doing, she made a request to Jorge which was to keep them all in his room because she was exhausted from always cleaning up after him. Jorge enjoys making these air-

planes, it’s his hobby. He is a young teenage boy that enjoys doing what he does. “Before I started making my planes people would make fun

of me.” After everything that he’s

been through it hasn’t stopped him from doing what he enjoys. Trejo

has a talent that many people can’t compare too.

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Trejo’s Empire of The Sun

Jose Aguayo Strives for Success

Photo by Jocyelyne RamosOne of the two first planes that Jorge Trejo created.

Some of many airplanes that he has created. Photo by Jocelyne Ramos

Photo by Monica RodriguezNHS President Jose Aguayo and SEHS ASB Leadership members plan for future events.

Photo by Monica RodriguezSenior Jose Aguayo, President of the National Honor Society and ASB take responsibility to maintain clubs.

“Usually the video com-mentaries of the movies I have watched with my dad, one that really in-spired me was the Em-pire of the Sun.”

By Alejandra AguilarReporter

Jose Aguayo is a se-nior in the Health and Science small school, who since his arrival at South East has tried to make a difference in school as well as the community. Aguayo has been dedicated and passionate about every-thing he does in school. He has accomplished many of his goals since his freshmen year. Ever since he arrived Aguayo always had a goal in mind. “My highest goal, since being in the Leadership class, has been to increase student participation in clubs, student events and activities,” said Aguayo. He wants to make South East a friendly envi-ronment so students can feel comfortable to participate in school events and clubs. Aguayo says that one of his obstacles is the lack of interests from students, which has been an issue for a very long time. He hopes to accom-plish this by working together with the student body and the student representatives in leadership and school clubs. “He is a natural lead-er,” said Palomo, a teacher who teaches a AP U.S. his-tory and is part of the Tech and Media magnet. Palomo said Aguayo is a very re-sponsible student who is extremely bright and intel-ligent, and how these factors allowed him to be very detail oriented and very analytical. Besides being an outstanding student he is very involved. He has had a leader-ship position since his fresh-men year. He has been the freshmen and sophomore president for leadership, ASB vice president for his junior

year, and he is currently the ASB Leadership president. Besides being in leadership Aguayo is the president of the National Honor Society, he is part of the Academic Decathlon, and he is a mem-ber of the Interact Club. “He keeps order and organization even with the many things he has to do, he knows how to prioritize correctly,” said Ms.Che, the Magnet coordinator and for-mer Leadership advisor. Even with the many things that Aguayo has to juggle he has never given up. He has had many moments where he felt pressured but he never gave up. “What keeps anyone go-ing is the end result of doing something – is feeling accom-plished and feeling like you can do anything,” said Aguayo. Aguayo’s goal for the future is to receive an ac-ceptance letter from George-town University and Duke University. He wants to ma-jor in political science and go to law school. He sees himself involved in poli-tics, but he hasn’t decided in what exactly he wants to do. “He is a great student, leader, but a genuinely good guy, very humble, all around good guy, polite, helpful, and pleasant,” said Palomo, who admires qualities in Aguayo.” He is the epitome of a true Jaguar student. He is hard-working, spirited, dedicated, and he is very involved, a true representation of the South Gate community,” said Che.

Photo By: Joceylne RamosJorge and Noemi Trejo mother hold his biggest airplane, 3 ft. and 6in. long.

Arts & Entertainment Page 9

At the Game Stop on Otis and

Tweedy anxious gamers were

starting to line up at two in the

afternoon. People that wanted

the game would have to pay

it off first before they were allowed to get it at midnight.

Only people that pre-ordered

the game were allowed to go.

When they would paid off the

game they would get a green

wristband with a number. The numbers indicated what num-

ber you were in line and who would get the game accord-

ing to the number. The first 50 people in line would get priz-

es. Modern Warfare 3 came

out on November 9. Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games,

Raven Software and Beach-

head Studios created MW3 according to mw3elite.com. “The game is pretty

awesome,” said Israel Ro-

sales, a Junior in the VAPA

small school. He feels that the campaign is the best part of the game. He feels that MW3 is the

same as the other Call

of Duty games because they use somewhat of

the same maps and the

menus looks identical to Call of Duty: Black Ops and Modern Warfare 2.

“ I give this game an 8 out of 10,” said Rosales.

“ Its cool, its excit-ing, and different

from Modern War-

fare 2,” said Gerar-

do Venegas, also a

Junior in the VAPA

small school. He loves the movement

in the game and the

weapons. He believes the best feature of the game is the cam-

paign. What he likes

about the game is that is feels smoother and

faster than the past

COD games. Overall

he feels it could have been better as well because he gave this game a 5 out of a 10. Modern War-

fare is an imagina-

tion of World War 3

and what might happen if it

ever did. Students feel that

the game is a combination of the Modern Warfare and

Modern Warfare 2. The cam-

paign continues off where the MW2 left off. The weapons

are the same, just that the cre-

ators added a couple of new features that the previous

games did not have. Instead of zombies like the most recent Call of Duty Black Ops they put a game mode

called Special Ops like the last Modern Warfare game.

Overall, the game was

a complete success and over 200 people went to the mid-

night premiere at the Game

Stop in South Gate on Otis and

Tweedy Blvd. Not only did

that Game Stop have the pre-

miere, all over in the U.S. had

the midnight premiere and as

soon as the people got a hold

have their game they would

play right away. This game

had an epic effect on people because they would miss work or school just to play all night or still go to school or work but going with no sleep just like all other COD games.

Modern Warfare 3 has arrivedBy Leonardo Martinez Reporter

After all the waiting Issac Delgado (L) Gets his preordered Modern Warfare 3. Photo by Leonardo Martinez

Around 7 p.m. the line starts to increase. Photo by Leonardo Martinez Thc clock hits 12 and GameStop doors finally open. Photo by Emmanuel Delgado

The marching band and color guard started in 2005 with a few students and a band di-rector, Mr. Barb that did not believe in them. In 2006, Mr. Quintero, former band direc-

tor, came in and believed in this band. After four years of hard work and dedication from the band and Mr. Quintero, the band grew to be the cham-

pionship band it is right now. Last year, the band earned six first place trophies and was invited to Southern

California championships for the first time. They placed sixth in the championships and in the city champion-

ships the band placed second. This year with Mr. Quintero

not here, the band hopes that there new band director,

Ms. Lange will lead them

on the right road to success. Currently the band’s 2011 marching season is not going as it was hoped for by many of the band members. The band recently won first place in their most recent competition that took place Saturday, November 19. The marching band is still having practice everyday from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in hopes of winning the Southern Califor-

nia Championships at Warren

high school in Downey on December 3. With the help of parents, Ms. Lange, staff,

and coaches, the band hopes to end their season strong.

Jaguar regiment marches onBy Luis Santana

Reporter

Band prepares for Azalea Bowl. Photo courtesy Alexis Rivas

Happy Thanksgiving

Band plays as 5th graders watch and listen. Photo by Manuel Mejia

SPORTS

By Alejandra Aguilar & Van-essa NavarroReporter

This year has been a great year with cross-coun-try since varsity girls won the Eastern League Cham-pionship. Overall, cross-country has had a wonderful season according to Coach Jimenez, who coaches the SEHS cross-country runners. Cross offi cially started at the beginning of the school year but they practiced since mid-July. Coach Jimenez trained his cross-country runners all summer long to run the three-mile races that were ahead of them. “They’re fun, competi-tive, and exciting and in the end all of our hard work pays off, so I feel a little relieved,” said Mirella Parra senior cap-

tain of cross-country.“The team as a whole did great and that’s why they won sev-eral individual league cham-pionships,” said Jimenez. But to get to where they were at now they had to practice a lot. Besides practice they also showed their determination and commitment by doing everything that was asked of them. “ There is no secret to success its called hard work,”

said Jimenez.Hard work is exactly what the varsity girls and boys did.

They worked to their lim-its; they practiced six days a week and they never gave

up. “It was hard work, we ran a lot during the weekends,” said Joseph Scott, se-nior captain for cross-c o u n t r y . This is why

the varsity girls went so far this year. It has been the fi rst year that the varsity girls have

won Eastern League and have made it as far as to qualify for

city fi nals.“Coach is right, in order to

reach suc-cess we must work, work, work,” said Karen Alfaro, a senior var-sity runner. She said that they trained a lot this year. Their training

consisted of running more than three miles every day and on Saturdays they ran

long distance to about eleven miles. All their hard work has paid off because, other than being Eastern League Cham-pions, they were ranked 5th

in the city of Los Angeles.Overall, cross-country has had a successful season due to their passion for running

and their hard work.

Cross Country runs to success

Jaguars baseball comes roaring out of the cage

Photo by Melissa MayoralCross-Country captain, Mirella Parra a senior, passes Carfi eld to fi nish third in League.

Photo by Daniel CanalesCrossing the fi nish line. Joseph Scott fi nishes 9th place at League.

Photo by Melissa MayoralSenior Karen Alfaro fi nishes strong

at League.

By Abraham MirelesReporter&Desiree VillatoroEditor This upcoming sea-son the South East High school baseball team face considerable obstacles, such as inexperienced play-ers and travel teams with some kids breathing base-ball since the fi rst grade. With preseason al-ready under-way it’s all about get-ting ready mentally and physical ly. “The team has to per-form with no mistakes and be funda-mentally sound,” said coach Coria. Practice, practice, practice is the name of the game. The baseball winter league extends from Decem-ber through January. The offi -cial practice begins in Febru-ary and the team is scheduled in the LA Polytechnic pre-season tournament in March. Excellent teams from the valley many as well as travel teams who are also competing. The previous sea-son ended with 5-14-0. Jag-uars must not let their guards down. “Heavy is the head that wears the crown,” said coach

Coria. In other words the team has to make sure they stay grounded without letting egos get to their heads. A lot of things have to be right to per-form depending on players. Andy Alvarez, a senior in the Justice and Law small school is a key player andstands out as the leader of the team. Alvarez said he plans to “Talk to each other, work and play as a team,” withother players looking forward

to a good season. Returning varsity player Noah Duran, a senior in Tech and Media is con-sidered to be the number one pitch-er on the squad. With his experience and under-standing of the

game, he is anticipated to contribute to the new talent on the team. Alvarez said he wishes to “Make coach proud by winning [the] Eastern League Champion-ship.” Alvarez has to get the team to work together and follow through the season. Only with practice, determination, and team-work can the Jaguars stand a chance at a title this season. A team is only as strong as its weakest link and players have to be able to cover each oth-er’s weaknesses to succeed.

Mr. Coria and Andy Alvarez before fi rst game of Winter League. Photo by Gritsy Urrutia

Three athletes trying out for South East Baseball team. Photo by Gritsy Urrutia

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“It was hard work, we ran a lot during the week-

Crossing the fi nish line. Joseph Scott fi nishes 9th place at League.

SPORTS

(From Left to Right) #11 Dae-Quan Howell, Reakwon Ford, #4 Dominique Santos, #7 David Smith, #1 Larry Willie Photo by Juan Lomeli

GREAT JV SEASON COMES TO REST

Date Opponent Result

09/03 @ Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, CA) 38 – 24 W

09/09 Gardena (Gardena, CA) 38 – 0 W

09/16 @ Santee (Los Angeles, CA) 41 – 0 W

09/23 Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) 50 – 0 W

09/30 Garfield (Los Angeles, CA) 31 – 28 W

10/07 Roosevelt (Los Angeles, CA) 42 – 21 W

10/21@ Huntington Park (Huntington

Park, CA)42 – 15 W

10/28 @ Bell (Bell, CA) 38 – 7 W

11/03 @ South Gate (South Gate, CA) 42 – 0 W

11/10 Jordan (Los Angeles, CA) 49 – 47 L

11/18Grant (Van Nuys, CA)CIF Los

Angeles City Section PlayoffsPreview

Date Opponent Result

09/03 @ Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, CA) 28 – 2 L

09/09 Gardena (Gardena, CA) Forfeit W

09/16 @ Santee (Los Angeles, CA) Forfeit W

09/23 Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) 52 – 0 W

09/30 Garfield (Los Angeles, CA) 26 – 14 W

10/07 Roosevelt (Los Angeles, CA) 38 – 20 W

10/21@ Huntington Park (Huntington

Park, CA)8 – 6 W

10/28 @ Bell (Bell, CA) 28 – 6 W

11/03 @ South Gate (South Gate, CA) 22 – 6 W

11/10 @ Carson (Carson, CA) 12 – 6 L

By Jaime Carrillo Reporter & Rosemary Sanchez Editor

On game day the tension is felt in the air from both teams and nerves arise as the clock runs down till the opening kick. The

sound of the crowd becomes oblivious once a Jaguar has stepped onto the gridiron. All thoughts are deceased

and only the objective is left, rather not to think about but to act upon. The object for

the Jaguar team was to win and Grant was not going to

be in the way of that.From the opening kick off to the fi nal whistle the Jaguar

team came out strong with no mercy on their minds. With the home fi eld advantage the Jaguar team racked up 491

total offensive yards in an impressive 56-14 win. Just another game where both the

offense and the defense came out explosive. With fl ashy moves on the offense and bone rattling hits on the de-fense the Jaguar team showed

that Grant was no match and was not going to be a factor or a road block on the Jag-uar’s road to suc-

cess.One of the big-gest plays

came from quarterback Jona-than Santos #9 and wide re-ceiver Christopher Ochoa #5 on a 67-yard touchdown pass.

The Jaguar team was out for perfection with there being only one incomplete pass out of 15 attempts where both quarterbacks added up to 322 passing yards. There was nothing Grant could have done to stop the tremendous momentum of the Jaguar

team. “Well, I think the fact that we came out as a team today like we do in every other game we played, we don’t come out as an individ-ual but as a team, and when we’re all united I think noth-ing can stop us but only our-selves,” said #9 Quarterback Jonathan Santos a Junior from the Health and Science small school. “It feels good knowing that we’re advanc-ing to the second round, and I feel confi dent going into our next game against Fre-mont,” said #4 Running Back Robert Lewis

a Senior. “ I think we can win it all, I don’t think there is a team in this play-off race that wants it more than we do, we have the weapons, and we have the dedication. We will take on anyone and we

will overcome anything that comes in our way,” said #6 Wide Receiver Alex Alvarez a Junior from the Tech + Me-dia Magnet. Now that round one has been put in the books and round two awaiting to be written the Jaguar team main-tains their confi dence and determination to win. Their next opponent will be Fre-mont. Like Grant, Fremont is just another road bump in the road of success which the Jaguar team walks upon. In this road only the strong survive, and the strong have arrived, they have arrived wearing blue and silver and with the strength and heart of

a JAGUAR!

By Ambrocio Almanza Re-porter & Rosemary Sanchez Editor

As the football sea-son ended, the Junior Var-sity squad put their all on the fi eld, going all out and doing their best to win games with new offensive coaches. The Varsity football team wasn’t the only squad with a great record. In fact the Junior Var-sity football squad also had an impressive season going 8-2. The JV Jaguar squad played one of their tough-est games against a Division 1 team known as the carson ponies. Derrick Roberts, run-ning back and a sophomore in the academy Tech & Me-dia magnet had a great game scoring a 90-yard punt re-

turn. As for Roberts, he was a great contributor to the team by stacking up points with his running skills. Al-though the JV Jaguar squad put up a fi ght and did their best, they weren’t able to de-feat their competition losing with the fi nal score of 12-6. Overall the JV squad had a great season and most of the squad will be return-ing. “Yeah I’ll be back, and I’ll be playing strong safety this time” said #11 linebacker Dae-Quan Howell, a sopho-more in the Tech & Media magnet. Some players will return to play for varsity. “I know for sure I’ll be return-ing, but hopefully I get moved up to varsity though,” said #4 outside linebacker Domo-nique Santos, a sophomore in

the Health and Science small school. As for the remaining squad, they’ll be working hard all summer next year to have an even better season. Although the team had their differences, when it came to the fi eld they put their differences aside and became a team. “Our strengths were that we all got along with each other, and we played as a team instead of fl aunting their skills,” said Santos. The JV squad kept moving forward but had a bit of weaknesses with their offense. “We need to work on that offensive line, but we still did good this sea-son,” said #7 wide receiver David Smith, a sophmore in the Tech & Media magnet Academy. As this season ends, a new one will rise, new

tasks will come about, and the glorious journey that these players take will start all over.

(continued from page 1)

Southeast players ready to attack Grant Photo by Juan Lomeli

Jaguar spreads offense gets ready to score. Photo by Juan Lomeli

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SPORTS

The South East football team gained another win against South Gate, giving the Jaguars their sixth consecutive win against the Rams. With tensions rising among both teams and their fans, the mood was set for an amazing game for the Jaguars to show what they’re made of. The epic win by the Jaguars sent South East fans home with a sublime sense of pride for their football team, which raises the question: will there ever be an end to South East’s continuous power to dominate South Gate? The Junior Varsity team also gained a win against the South Gate Rams with the score reading 22 to 6 by end of the night. “It was a fun, emotional, and an exciting game,” said JV football captain Geovanni Duarte a junior from the Tech and Media magnet, who plays left tackle and has recently been

promoted to the varsity team. Duarte felt a lot pressure on his shoulders because he had to keep the Jaguar’s legacy against the Rams going. During the junior varsity game the crowd gave it their all, enabling the team to gain the confidence they needed to continue their legacy. The Varsity football team defeated the South Gate Rams with an unbelievable score of 42 to 0. “The game

was simple and easy… South Gate didn’t even try to put up a challenge,” said Varsity right guard, Fernando Martinez a junior from the Health and Science School. Martinez also mentioned that without the roaring crowd being there for their support throughout the game they wouldn’t have gained the confidence to defeat the Rams. The Jaguar pride that the students and members have

for their football team comes to be an important factor on the outcome of the game. “There was a lot of confidence in the Jaguar football team and it’s thanks to the supportive and cheering fans of South East,” said Coach Sanchez. The pride and support given off by the crowd towards the Jaguars left an enormous

impact on the team, this in turn gave them the courage and strength to rise to the top and achieve their victorious win against South Gate.The high-spirited Jaguar pride shared amongst many students will always fuel and support the team; it becomes obvious that the Jaguars will always be victorious.

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Girls’ volleyball season ends after playoffs

As the volley-ball season came to an end, everyone on the team looked forward to playoffs. On the day of the playoffs, the volleyball team traveled to Van Nuys High School for playoffs. With 12 wins out of 14 games, they were confident they were go-ing to bring a win this year. Each individual on the varsity team was both physi-cally and mentally ready to fight. They had supporters that varied from parents, to their JV team, and even Mr. Bautista, the Athletic Director. Daisy Zamora, a se-nior and one of the captains, was especially pumped. “When I found out we were playing the top four school, yea I was nervous, but I was more excited and it made me want to bring out the best that I have to offer,” said Zamora. Zamora helped the team get pumped by cheer-ing, talking, and encouraging them to show their confidence. However, on the court it seemed to be a different story. Van Nuys did prove to be a challenging team to play since the first two matches were in their favor. “When I saw the score, it

was hard trying to keep my head up, but I knew that it was either all or nothing, we had to fight for it,” said Zamora after the team had lost the first two matches. Unfortunately, mo-mentum wasn’t with the Jag-uars. Julie Pineda, a sopho-more, who been placed in varsity after playing for JV for almost half the season, is one of the newbie’s that joined the team. “I felt terrible and disappointed. Deep inside we all knew that we could have beat Van Nuys if we had sim-ply fought more for that win,” said Pineda after the loss. Despite the outcome of playoffs, the volleyball program overall became something different than the years before. “I feel that this

year, the team played more together, and left their differ-ence off the court. We didn’t fear facing the higher ranked teams,” said Ms. Morales, the varsity volleyball coach.

Now that the volley-ball season has ended, many of the girls can’t wait until next year to show how much they have improved. But se-niors such as Zamora can

now only take what they have gained from their years in the program. “Being part of the team has made me become a better person. I’ve achieved so much. I met many wonder-ful girls, [and] being captain has helped me [with] my lead-ership skills. It’s something I’ll take after high school,” said Zamora. She plans to attend CSLA or UCLA

after graduation where she wants to major in the medi-cal field.

“When I saw the score, it was hard trying to keep my head up, but I knew that it was either all or nothing, we had to fight for it,” said Zamora

The volleyball playoffs. Girls get motivated before the game against Van Nuys. Photo by Jessica Iniguez

SE VS. SG. SE varsity football team gives their all to beat South Gate high School. Photo by Jacqueline Martinez

SE players huddle in hope that they win the game. Photo by Jacqueline Martinez

By Jessica Iniguez Reporter

By Juan Mendoza Staff Writer

South East students fuel Jaguar’s epic victory against South Gate

Girls stand in ready position against their opponent. Photo by Jessica Iniguez