Granger high school Tri-Color Times An open forum for student opinion and expression TRICOLORTIMES.COM October 2014 LVII-1 Want more Granger High School news? Check articles at tricolortimes.com or add us on twitter.com/tricolortimes. Representing Granger High comes at a price By Hillary Daoheuang THERE are many students at Granger High who use their locker and who don’t but there are some interesting students that use their locker from every day to once a week. Tommy Pacheco (9) doesn’t keep much in his locker. The only item he keeps is a jacket when it starts to get chilly. He also keeps a mirror for his friends, because they like to look at themselves, or for the ladies who need a mir- ror close by. Tommy says that he does not want to share his locker for personal reasons. Fredrick Montano (9) only uses his binder and backpack. Fredrick is one of the few students who use their locker every other day. By the end of the school year, Montano is going to accomplish his goal by using it every day. “I use my locker mainly for books,” Veil Lewis (11) said. Lewis only uses his locker four times a week. He doesn’t think shar- ing a locker is worth it because “you have to keep track of who uses it, and I don’t have time for that,” he said. Lewis keeps a jacket and a couple of school supplies in his locker. It is also great to have a gym locker to store Track & Field gear. Dajane Hamilton (12) uses her gym locker but not her hallway locker. She also said she doesn’t want to share her locker. “I like my own space,” she said. In her locker, the most impor- tant thing is her pants. “You can walk around the school with no pants.” Hamilton believes that without lock- ers it would be a struggle not only for her, but also for other students. If the school didn’t have lockers, she thinks they would fill the space with vending machines and more ads. Wyatt Nez (11) doesn’t use or keep much in his locker. He keeps the basic stuff in his locker like a binder, gym clothes, books, and a pencil. Nez also doesn’t want to share his locker “I don’t want someone to invade my space,” Khadija Nawaz (12) thinks that the lockers are very useful. She uses it for her jacket and books like many other students. Un- like many other students, Nawaz shares her locker -- many people use her locker because it is close to her friends class, and they are too lazy to walk to their own lock- ers. She believes that without the locker she would have to carry all her books and it would hurt her shoulders very much. Lancers have varied experiences with lockers By Ada Stott It’s no secret that the sport and dance teams at any high school can really cost, and they can. The money goes towards camps, outfits, gear, and other material purchased. Despite the expense, these dedi- cated athletes sure think they get their money’s worth. Wesley Brinkerhoff (11) de- scribed the wrestling team’s ex- pense. “Wrestling can cost anywhere from $80-$100, but Hell yeah it’s worth it,” he said. To pay, he works at Foot Action. Brinkerhoff has been wrestling for two years while living in Alas- ka because his parents made him. “Now though, I do it because I’m crazy. I love to compete and let my stress out,” he said. He shows his dedication at prac- tice every day for 3-5 hours. “At first, it can be difficult and frustrating trying to make time for my homework, and friends and family, and life, but then wresting becomes your life and you learn to make it work,” Brinkerhoff said. Dallin Meikel (10) also thinks that it can be difficult to balance everything, especially after add- ing football to the scale. “You have to plan everything perfectly, you have to be here, be dedicated, and you have to be re- ally good with time,” Meikel said. He has practice 3-4 hours a day, five days a week. Football costs about $235, and he pays with money he gets from mowing lawns. When Dallin was about eight years old, his friend Dayne Mortenson got him involved in football, and he’s been doing it ever since. Gretchen Bingaman (11) also started doing what she loves at a young age. She’s been dancing since she was just three years old. She auditioned and made Dance Company her sophomore year. She practices every other day during class, and sometimes after school. “It can be challenging, because I have homework and I dance at a studio every night, but it’s fun and definitely worth it,” Binga- man said. She knows that being on the team will help her later in life. “Dance Company can cost $140, including fees, camps, and out- fits, but it will benefit me later on when I want to become a dance teacher.” But even before that, it will look good on applications for college, dance teams, and dance will help with scholarships, too. Kristina Linch (12) cheers for fun and for the thrill of cheering on Lancer teams. “My mom used to be a cheer- leader, and I wanted to follow in her footsteps.” Lynch said. It can cost up to $1,500, so her parents loan her the money until she can pay them back. Maddie Archuleta (12) has been doing competitive dance her whole life, and made the drill team her sophomore year. “It costs about $1,700, but it’s worth it,” Archuletta said. They may cost a lot, but team experiences bring Granger stu- dents pride and joy as they rep- resent their school while doing what they are passionate about. They pay with more than money -- they pay with time, hard work, dedication, and summers surren- dered to practices and camps. In many ways, doing what they love is expensive, and these Lanc- ers are glad to pay the full price. They understand that although it costs a lot, their hard work will pay off. And Lancers love being able to show off that hard work here at Granger High. Dallin Meikel, Maddie Archuleta, Wesley Brinkerhoff, and Gretchen Bingaman participate in expensive extra-curricular activities. Students want art in the halls Veil Lewis would rather not share a locker. By Isabel Jackson MOST OF the artists in school believe Granger needs more art and color in its halls. Posters advertising clubs, class- es, and sports are great but its not enough to keep kids from being bored from class to class. The school should be exciting and colorful just like everyone in the school. “We should put up more art around the school, who doesn’t like seeing explosions of color everywhere?” Perla Aguilar (11) said. These students also think that seeing art will help other students avoid stress and boredom. “They need to change it up more often,” Bell said. “It would be cool and give us inspiration.” Most of these students express themselves through art, Bell likes to draw Disney, Aguilar likes to draw mostly people. However, Kyle Tolley (10) draws mainly when he is bored. These students/artists want to see more art around the school and have it give inspiration to ev- eryone else. They have different opinions on whose art should be posted around the school, wheth- er professional artists or Granger student artists. “Students, only if it’s good,” Adrian Baker (10) said. “It should be students, not a pro,” Charles Manzanares (10) said. While Inkley has the same idea, “Both, some students think they can draw when they really can’t,” Inkley said Celis thought of it more logi- cally, “I would want 75% profes- sional art so that the school would look nice, and 25% student art so that the students can appreciate their peers,” he said. Tolley held that just profes- sional art in the school halls, “Not students, professional art would be better,” he said. Lancers see the school colors around the school, and that’s good, but the colors that are put up are dark and dull. The most colorful things in the school are the color-changing light globes in the commons area. Perhaps the other light globes in the halls should change color so students can have something in- teresting to look at while walking to class. Adrian Baker loves student art.
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Granger high school
Tri-Color TimesAn open forum for student opinion and expression TRICOLORTIMES.COM October 2014 LVII-1
Want more Granger High School news? Check articles at tricolortimes.com or add us on twitter.com/tricolortimes.
Representing Granger High comes at a price
By Hillary DaoheuangTHERE are many students at Granger High who use their locker and who don’t but there are some interesting students that use their locker from every day to once a week. Tommy Pacheco (9) doesn’t keep much in his locker. The only item he keeps is a jacket when it starts to get chilly. He also keeps a mirror for his friends, because they like to look at themselves, or for the ladies who need a mir-ror close by. Tommy says that he does not want to share his locker for personal reasons. Fredrick Montano (9) only uses his binder and backpack. Fredrick is one of the few students who use their locker every other day. By the end of the school year,
Montano is going to accomplish his goal by using it every day. “I use my locker mainly for books,” Veil Lewis (11) said. Lewis only uses his locker four times a week. He doesn’t think shar-ing a locker is worth it because “you have to keep track of who uses it, and I don’t have time for that,” he said. Lewis keeps a jacket and a couple of school supplies in his locker. It is also great to have a gym locker to store Track & Field gear.
Dajane Hamilton (12) uses her gym locker but not her hallway locker. She also said she doesn’t want to share her locker. “I like my own space,” she said. In her
locker, the most impor-tant thing is her pants. “You can walk around the school with no pants.” Hamilton believes that without lock-ers it would
be a struggle not only for her, but also for other students. If the school didn’t have lockers, she thinks they would fill the space
with vending machines and more ads. Wyatt Nez (11) doesn’t use or keep much in his locker. He keeps the basic stuff in his locker like a binder, gym clothes, books, and a pencil. Nez also doesn’t want to share his locker “I don’t want someone to invade my space,” Khadija Nawaz (12) thinks that the lockers are very useful. She uses it for her jacket and books like many other students. Un-like many other students, Nawaz shares her locker -- many people use her locker because it is close to her friends class, and they are too lazy to walk to their own lock-ers. She believes that without the locker she would have to carry all her books and it would hurt her shoulders very much.
Lancers have varied experiences with lockers
By Ada Stott It’s no secret that the sport and dance teams at any high school can really cost, and they can. The money goes towards camps, outfits, gear, and other material purchased. Despite the expense, these dedi-cated athletes sure think they get their money’s worth. Wesley Brinkerhoff (11) de-scribed the wrestling team’s ex-pense. “Wrestling can cost anywhere from $80-$100, but Hell yeah it’s worth it,” he said. To pay, he works at Foot Action. Brinkerhoff has been wrestling for two years while living in Alas-ka because his parents made him. “Now though, I do it because I’m crazy. I love to compete and let my stress out,” he said. He shows his dedication at prac-tice every day for 3-5 hours. “At first, it can be difficult and frustrating trying to make time for
my homework, and friends and family, and life, but then wresting becomes your life and you learn to make it work,” Brinkerhoff said. Dallin Meikel (10) also thinks that it can be difficult to balance everything, especially after add-ing football to the scale. “You have to plan everything perfectly, you have to be here, be dedicated, and you have to be re-ally good with time,” Meikel said. He has practice 3-4 hours a day, five days a week. Football costs about $235, and he pays with money he gets from mowing lawns. When Dallin was about eight years old, his friend Dayne Mortenson got him involved in football, and he’s been doing it ever since. Gretchen Bingaman (11) also started doing what she loves at a young age. She’s been dancing since she
was just three years old. She auditioned and made Dance Company her sophomore year. She practices every other day during class, and sometimes after school. “It can be challenging, because I have homework and I dance at a studio every night, but it’s fun and definitely worth it,” Binga-man said. She knows that being on the team will help her later in life. “Dance Company can cost $140, including fees, camps, and out-fits, but it will benefit me later on when I want to become a dance teacher.” But even before that, it will look good on applications for college, dance teams, and dance will help with scholarships, too. Kristina Linch (12) cheers for fun and for the thrill of cheering on Lancer teams. “My mom used to be a cheer-leader, and I wanted to follow in
her footsteps.” Lynch said. It can cost up to $1,500, so her parents loan her the money until she can pay them back. Maddie Archuleta (12) has been doing competitive dance her whole life, and made the drill team her sophomore year. “It costs about $1,700, but it’s worth it,” Archuletta said. They may cost a lot, but team experiences bring Granger stu-dents pride and joy as they rep-resent their school while doing what they are passionate about. They pay with more than money -- they pay with time, hard work, dedication, and summers surren-dered to practices and camps. In many ways, doing what they love is expensive, and these Lanc-ers are glad to pay the full price. They understand that although it costs a lot, their hard work will pay off. And Lancers love being able to show off that hard work here at Granger High.
Dallin Meikel, Maddie Archuleta, Wesley Brinkerhoff, and Gretchen Bingaman participate in expensive extra-curricular activities.
Students want art in the halls
Veil Lewis would rather not share a locker.
By Isabel JacksonMOST OF the artists in school believe Granger needs more art and color in its halls. Posters advertising clubs, class-es, and sports are great but its not enough to keep kids from being bored from class to class. The school should be exciting and colorful just like everyone in the school. “We should put up more art around the school, who doesn’t like seeing explosions of color everywhere?” Perla Aguilar (11) said. These students also think that seeing art will help other students avoid stress and boredom. “They need to change it up more often,” Bell said. “It would be cool and give us inspiration.” Most of these students express themselves through art, Bell likes to draw Disney, Aguilar likes to draw mostly people. However, Kyle Tolley (10) draws mainly when he is bored. These students/artists want to see more art around the school and have it give inspiration to ev-eryone else. They have different opinions on whose art should be posted around the school, wheth-er professional artists or Granger student artists. “Students, only if it’s good,” Adrian Baker (10) said. “It should be students, not a pro,” Charles Manzanares (10) said. While Inkley has the same idea, “Both, some students think they can draw when they really can’t,” Inkley said Celis thought of it more logi-cally, “I would want 75% profes-sional art so that the school would look nice, and 25% student art so that the students can appreciate their peers,” he said. Tolley held that just profes-sional art in the school halls, “Not students, professional art would be better,” he said. Lancers see the school colors around the school, and that’s good, but the colors that are put up are dark and dull. The most colorful things in the school are the color-changing light globes in the commons area. Perhaps the other light globes in the halls should change color so students can have something in-teresting to look at while walking to class.
Adrian Baker loves student art.
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By Chastin ChristiansenTHIS SUMMER there have been a lot of great movies. Some of the most watched movies were “If I Stay” and “Fault in Our Stars,” With so many good movies this summer, Lancers might still have a few to see. A lot of the great movies this summer were really sad. “I watched ‘If I Stay.’ I really en-joyed it. It was sad but also enter-taining at the same time. I would recommend this for everyone,” Noemi Huizar (11) said. “I’ve seen every movie in the theater this last month,” Kayla Aguilar (11) said. “My favorite movies were: “Lets Be Cops,” “If I Stay,” “The Giver,” “Guard-ians of the Galaxy,” “Hercules,” and the original “Hercules.” My favorite movie out of all the mov-ies was the original Hercules. It’s my favorite, and I recommend it to people because it’s original.” Some Lancers prefer older mov-ies to the newer ones. “I watched “If I Stay,” “Harry Potter,” and “Transformers.” My favorite movie was “Harry Pot-ter.” It is my favorite movie be-cause I love Harry Potter and he is the real MVP. I would recom-mend this to everyone because it is a great mystery movie,” Kai-sha Ekker (11) said. Many people think that some actors are very attractive. There is nothing wrong with thinking ac-tors are attractive. “Augustus is a mega hottie,” Daryan Bauer (11) said. “I watched “Fault in Our Stars”. I loved this movie because it made me cry. I would recommend this to everyone because it will make them cry like a baby.” Movies are not just for enter-tainment as they also have deeper meanings and deal with life-changing issues. Lesieli Havili (11) watched “Fault in our Stars”. “It was my favorite movie because it shows how love can be very strong and that cancer can ruin peoples lives. My favorite part was when Gus asked Hazel to meet him at the church to say their goodbyes be-fore he dies. I love Hazel because she was strong,” she said. Movies are a great way to pass the time and still have a good time with friends and family. “I watched “Amazing Spider-Man” and “Man of Steel”. My fa-vorite movie was “Spider-Man” because he is hot. I think Andrew Garfield is a babe. I recommend this movie to everyone,” Michele Souza (11) said. “I watched “Taken”, “21 Jump Street”. My favorite movie out of those two was “Taken”, because it’s more interesting than “21 Jump Street”. I recommend this to everyone because it’s a good movie, and I enjoyed it a lot,” Abryann Herman (11) said. Although movies are expensive they are still worth the money. “I watched “Forest Gump”, “The Gray”, “Amazing Spider-Man”, “If I Stay” and “The Giv-er”. My favorite movie out of all of the movies I watched was “The Giver” because it gives a new outlook on life. I would definitely recommend this movie to every-one because it gives you a new taste of life,” Skylyn Vasquez (11) said.
Summer Films
By Claudia Leon & Angellina BernalTHE FRIDAY night lights have turn on once again for a new foot-ball season and the sound of the crowd cheering in the stadium. Granger welcomed a new coach at the end of the 2013-14 school year. Coach Morgan transferred from Riverton; a school that was 8-2, to Granger that was 2-8 for the 2013-14 football season. This season has taken a rough start, but the players are deter-mined to come back stronger than ever. Learning new ways to work together, not only as a team but also as a family. “He can relate to us, as a former athlete and coach,” Robert Liehr (12) said. Most players on the team like that Morgan knows how
they feel, because he has been in their shoes, once as a former ath-lete himself. He knows the level of dedication it takes to make a team into a family. Morgan is introducing new strategies to improve the team, making them better players, and encouraging them to show good sportsmanship. “He’s motivated, he understands us as players, and he pushes us to our full potential,” Jeremiah Deegan (11) said. This new coach is showing his team that is doesn’t matter if they win or lose, it’s how they played the game. “He’s done it before himself,” Jacob Miles (12) said. Coach Morgan differs from pre-vious football coaches at Granger High School. “He’s super nice,”
Lancer football has a new coach, new team, and a new beginning Thomas Bolds (11) said. “We need to be more united as a team.” Bolds said. For many boys this is their first year playing foot-ball at the high school level, and for some it might be their second, third, or even fourth year playing. Although the football team started the season off rough, they’re doing their best to work together and turn this rough start upside down. There is always room for improvement and time to turn weaknesses into strengths. Sometimes welcoming new play-ers into a team, can be rough. So can getting used to new proce-dures, balancing between practice and school or sometimes work. Even the best athletes, always have something to improve. The transition of a new coach, a team
Students prefer bands over solo artistsBy Amy Alcantara and Zayra GonsalezLANCER students were asked to choose their preference between solo artists or bands, One hundred students were polled and the re-sults were as follows, solo artist: 43; bands: 57. “I say solo artist, because you can focus on his/her voice and tal-ent,” Leydi Torres (12) said. The question was generic so that it didn’t matter what style of solo artist or band. No specific genre was mentioned. That way, the students wouldn’t be persuaded to choose between two styles or genres, making the process unbi-ased. “Bands are better because they can put more diverse things in their music, since each group member can put in something,” said Ocean Garza (12) said. “You can also relate to the words in their music.” That is a prime example of how music affects students’ lives. Many of the students inter-viewed had trouble with the ques-tion, saying that the question was, “deep” and that they didn’t know
how to answer it. They thought hard as they answered, and it gave them time to reflect on their lives and see how much music re-ally affects their lives. “When you notice that a band
truly wrote a song with so much commitment and passion you feel what they felt, and that is what’s inspiring,” Noe Garcia (10) said. “People in a band are united as one by working together to make
inspiring music,” she said. It was one of the deepest answers given of all the students polled. Music is a big part of students’ lives, and they do almost every-thing with music. For example
they exercise, work, clean, drive, and sometimes even sleep with music playing. It is hard to imag-ine life without music; it is just like imagining life without cam-eras, one could then never capture
those moments in life. Then there are some people who just like to listen to music. “Nei-ther one is better to me, I get no inspiration from either solo artists or bands, I just listen to music,” Omar Fuentes (10) said. He uses music just like in the golden ages, just to enjoy listening to it. Music also reveals a lot about a person: how they act, think, talk, or even their ways of communi-cating. Without knowing a solo artist or singer one can tell their music personality, by the type of music they sing. Music is what cheers people up and shows people how to live. Music helps people with the ob-stacles of life like a break up or when someone passes away. Mu-sic has the power to change the emotions of its listeners. “I like bands -- they have better guitarists and drummers,” Pau-lina Cruz (10) said. “They also inspire others to make friends and not care what other people think.” She likes to listen to the instru-ments in the background that are more often heard in a band’s mu-sic than a solo artist’s.
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nity College next fall. Many of the seniors are terri-fied. Some of them don’t know what they’ll do after high school. Moises Mendoza (12) doesn’t know what’s next. “I’m scared of not succeeding and not being able to graduate,” he said. After high school, he plans on going to trade
school to con-tinue learning about welding. He also said he might go into the mili-tary. Although some seniors are scared of not graduat-ing, others are worried about what adult-
hood holds for them. Like many others, Gabriela Olmedo (12) is worried about not graduating, but she’s also worried about facing adulthood. “I’m really scared of living alone and having to pay bills. The thing that scares the most is not having the help when I need it,” Olmedo
said. She plans on going to medi-cal or dental school; she wants to take her time building her career. “I’m going to have my career, and I will succeed in life. There is no maybe,” she said. Others students worry about what college they’ll get into. De-nise Cuenca (12) is trying to get accepted into We s t m i n s t e r to study busi-ness, and if she can’t get into that school, she plans on go-ing to UVU. “I still feel young, like I don’t be-long in college. I’m small and I don’t even look like a college stu-dent,” she said. She is excited for her future, and she sees herself traveling to Europe, although she isn’t ready for kids and marriage. Many students are scared, while others are prepared for what is in store for them. They know what they want and they know how to get it. Students like Jacobe Boyd
(12) have a fear-free mindset. “I’m really not scared, but I also don’t want to mess up,” he said. Boyd plans to live his life the he wants to without feeling the need to please others. “I will get a job that I love and that makes me hap-py, and I’ll live life the way I want to,” he said. Sounds like a plan.
Some stu-dents are scared of los-ing friend-ships. David M a r a v i l l a (12) wonders what will hap-pen to his friends. “I’m scared of los-ing my friends. I don’t want to
lose them. I’ve never met anyone like them.” Although he sees himself in col-lege going to UVU or USU East-ern, Maravilla really is scared of leaving. He plans on attending college, still having a crappy job or maybe one that pays a little better than minimum wage. He is prepared, but scared to leave.
By Kat OlveraHERE AT Granger there is a “sickness” for every grade level; seniors have it worst of all. They get the stress of college applica-tions, saving up for their own place, or worrying about paying bills. Many seniors are scared of other things and others have dif-ferent worries. Some may be planning on staying at home while attending col-lege, some plan not to at-tend college at all. Others may stay in dorms at the schools they attend. In a small recap, se-niors are scared. “I’m scared of not coming to school anymore, because once it’s over, everything turns insanely real,” Camila Rojas (12) said. She is scared to leave Granger, but she has a plan. She plans to work over the summer and start-ing school at Salt Lake Commu-
Excitement of senior year includes some jitters
Camila Rojas has a graduation plan.
may distance themselves from one another. A team is like second family, players spend countless hours of practice with them and experience the sweetness of vic-tory and the bitterness of a loss. With a rough start to the sea-son, Granger football is excited to go up against high school state champions Bingham Miners, “It’ll be fun, we’re state cham-pions in our hearts.” Liehr said. Win or lose they are ready to put up a good fight, and show the Miners what the Lancers are re-ally made of. Come support Granger football team as they go against the Bing-ham Miners and beyond, as there are many more opportunities, to show support. There are still some football games left.
Lancers are devoted to their music -- bands and solo artists alike.
Welding works for Moises Mendoza.
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Lancers talk about summer job and experiencesBy Andrea LomeliBORING, average, and dull are just a few words that some stu-dents might use to describe their unproductive summer as they’re sitting on their couch and do-ing nothing all day on their phone. Meanwhile, students who try do something productive and apply for summer jobs might describe it as hard working and are quite rewarding while receiving some extra money before school starts. Some jobs are difficult or frus-trating. “Customers can be rude at times, they’ll yell at you because you cannot do something for them,” Jessica Rubio (12) said. She worked a phone-operating job over the summer. “It was kind of boring at times,
too. When it’s not busy there, you just sit there and stare at your screen,” Rubio said. Now that school has started she has talked about how she is still maintain-ing the job she had over the summer while going to school. “Um… it’s sort of hard but not really, because I just do my homework when things are slow,” she said. If phone operating can be an OK indoor summer job, just imagine how it is having one outside in the summer heat. “My job this summer was landscaping,” Jose Bravo (11) said. “It was OK, but it was kind of hard and I sweated a lot and got sunburned,” Bravo said. “The reason why I worked though was because it pays good and it shows you responsibility
and skills you need to know when you own a house like mowing the grass and putting on sprinklers,” Bravo said. “I think summer jobs
help you do something instead of just sitting on the couch and do-ing nothing all day,” he said. Although some summer jobs
Ms. Mills throws it back to an early Vans Warped Tour.
Longboards work for fun and transportationBy Samantha McClure“LONGBOARDING makes me feel free,” Ashten Talbot (11) said. Longboarding to school or work or even just with friends for fun seems to be a solid trend. “I feel as though it’s better than riding a bike,” Talbot said. “It keeps me in shape; it’s what I look forward to in my day, espe-cially after a long day.” Long-b o a r d i n g seems to be something a lot of peo-ple want to try. Wheth-er it’s just going up the street, or going down a re-ally big hill. S o m e o n e somewhere wants to try it. “When I’m on my way to go down a big hill, my adrenaline starts going,” Brock Benavidez said. “When I finally get to the hill I just go -- if I look too long, I might nervous,” he said. “When my car is running low on gas I just longboard where I need to go,” Cheyleigh Hayes (11) said. “Whether it’s to school or just to a friends house, or go-
ing just to go,” she said. “I don’t ever have to worry about the tires popping.” “I started longboarding be-cause all my friends were doing it,” Wallace Archer (10) said. “When I tried it I loved it. I go ev-erywhere with my board, it’s like my best friend” “When I’m longboarding and I
fall, I just get back up and contin-ue going,” Trevor Haywood (11) said. “It wouldn’t be very fun if I just sat and cried about it” “I would love to try longboard-ing,” Mack Turk (11) said. “When I see people longboarding it always looks like they’re hav-ing fun. I think it would be scary
at first, but after some time I think I would get the hang of it and have fun,” he said. “When I’m going down the street I feel awesome, I feel like everyone should be jealous of me,” Abdul Alrekabi (11) said. “The faster I go, the better I feel, and the more I feel like everyone thinks I’m crazy, but I don’t mind.
I think I’m awesome,” he said. “One time I was swim-ming with friends and b r o t h e r s , we brought our long-boards be-cause we all board. When we were get-ting ready to go, I re-alized that one of the longboards was gone,” A l r e k a b i said. “I was very
mad, and I never found out who took it.” Longboarding is very risky, but fun and enjoyable for all ages. “It’s fast, it’s fun, and it’s reli-able,” Kyle Tolley (10) said. Try it. Even if it ends up being boring or dumb, at least another Lancer was up to something new, some-thing crazy and fun.
Longboards stacked in the counseling center don’t tempt owners to skate to class.
weren’t exactly summer high-lights, many Lancers had better experiences. Camie Wilkerson (12) loves her
job. “My occupation is student manager at Winder Farms,” Wilkerson said. She got inter-ested when “Ken Winder came to Granger and was telling the spill on it, and the starting base of how much they made was really good pay for the job at a young age, which pretty much got me interested,” she said. “So pretty much what we do is meet up at 2:30 and have a meeting called correla-tion which would pump us up
they would gives an inspirational quote and tips on how to under-stand our customers. Then we go to door to door and try knocking and sell the product to the people
who would answer and tell them about the product and how it works and sign them up if they were interested. So that what we basically do on a daily basis.” Although summer is long gone there’s still a chance of having job if you’re still interested. Wilker-son is recruiting kids who are in-terested at working at Winder. “It can be hard having a job and being a full-time student but its definitely worth it because not only do I have the experience and I get to have spending money, It’s also definitely rewarding to learn how to work with different types of people and it keeps on my toes,” she said. So anyone interested in more information contact her at [email protected] or at 801-950-4978.
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Rockstar resides at GrangerBy Alex HawleyTHE HEAVY thud of a volleyball pounding the gym floor can be heard as the beloved Coach Mills makes her way to her office. As she sits down at her desk, the aroma of hot pockets and trophy cleaner fills the air. The room is filled with various pieces of athletic equipment, and memoirs of volleyball teams past line the walls. She carefully removes a scrap-book from her desk and smiles as she flips through the delicate pages. Contained within the book is a side of the fitness instructor that few students have ever known.
Surprising to most, Ms. Mills was at one time a roadie for the notori-ous Vans Warped Tour, as well as a close companion to many of the bands Granger students know and love today. “I was actually in attendance at the very first Vans Warped Tour,” she said with pride. “Back then, the set list was limited to about ten music acts only, and the tour never went farther than the West Coast.” The tour is now an international entertainment event, and the per-forming acts number about 80 bands each year. “I attended the tour for roughly seven consecutive years and even
spent a couple of tours riding on the bus with the bands and tak-ing a flight home at the end of the tour,” she said. Of course, being around the tour long enough has its perks. “I’ve had the opportunity to meet and hang out with many of the tour sponsors and executives and members of different bands,” she said. “I’m actually quite good friends with the members of Pepper [a reggae/ ska-punk band from Ha-waii].” In her time at the tour, she has also become close with other bands including 311, Yellowcard, Rancid, Deftones, and The Off-spring.
Camie Wilkerson hires Lancers for Winder.
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getting it done the night before it’s due. Students who do not understand the questions should speak up, and ask the teacher for help. If they don’t understand it, odds are others are also struggling. And students having troubles in a class shouldn’t be afraid to ask for help. There are many op-tions for Lancers to get help with homework or classes. Math I students can come to after-school tutoring Monday-Thursday 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in room J214. Other math classes are Monday-Thursday 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in room F211. “Study hard and stay focused,” Shelby Rasmussen (11) said. Ev-eryone has a class clown in that one class, but being focused and staying on task is the key to good grades. Successful students put homework before social life.
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Lancers offer tips to incoming freshman By Kylee Nielson THIS IS Granger High School’s second year with freshman. It’s time for them to buckle down and get to work. They may have four years left, but before they know it, graduation will be around the corner. “Get hard classes out of the way first. This way you can have fun your senior year,” Billy Johnson (12) said. By taking all your re-quired classes, it will give you more opportunities for elective classes your senior year. Lancers also should be taking classes re-lated to the careers they want to go into. “Do your work, because you won’t survive if you don’t,” Gretchen Bingaman (11) said. “Don’t slough class, It doesn’t make you look cool. It only catch-es up to you in the end, and you will need to make it up.” There
are many Lancers who have to do credit recovery in order to gradu-ate. Be smart, go to class, and do the work, or get ready to spend extra time making up credits. Lanc-ers need to be in class every day, their at-tendance is very impor-tant. When s t u d e n t s miss class, they should get it excused by a parent with the attendance office (either by phone or note). With unexcused absences, you’re not able to make up the work. “Get involved.” Dayna Ras-mussen (10) Lancers have many opportunities to be a part of their
school, whether it’s by going to dances to football games or just being a part of a team or club. No matter how big or small the
activity, it makes the high school experience more fun. Always come to s c h o o l prepared. Bring a L a n c e r A c h i e v e -ment Bind-
er every day. This is one thing needed in every class. “Pay attention in all your class-es and stay caught up,” Daniele Despain (10) said. Be one step ahead. Get homework, projects, and assignments done early. This will help to relieve stress about
Billy Johnson enjoys his senior electives.
Freshman students start high school as the underdogsBy Sendi Torres FRESHMAN students are ex-cited to start their first year of high school, but some are a little scared. Juniors and seniors didn’t start their ninth grade year in a high school. Instead, they spent their ninth grade year a junior high school. The freshman class’s initial fear is not being able to find their way around the school. Natalie Sal-gado’s (9) biggest fear of starting high school was not being able to find her classes. She was worried that she wouldn’t have classes or lunch with people she knew. “At first I was lost and I couldn’t find my way around the school, but I asked for help. I had friends in my classes as well as lunch. I even had the opportunity to meet new people,” Salgado said. Emily Gonzales’s (9) only fear was not being able to find her way around the school. “The school is big and there’s a lot of people. I was scared that I wouldn’t be able to find my classes and that I
would constantly be late,” Gonza-les said. Being late is a common concern for all Granger students because the halls get very crowded.
There are a few freshman stu-dents for whom getting lost was their least worry. They had more important things to worry about. “I wasn’t scared to start high school. High school is just school, there’s just older people,” Elvis Torres (9) said. He already knew students that attended or that were
going to attend Granger. He just wants to pass his classes and get the credits he needs to graduate. “The only worry I had was home-work. We are now high school
students, and we are expected to do more work,” Angel Diaz (9) said. “I just want to get the credits that are required to graduate and enjoy my high school years.” Students who think freshman year is hard are in for a surprise. The older they get, the more re-sponsibility they have as they re-
Briana Olivera is one of hundreds of new freshman at Granger High School.
ceive more homework. “Meeting new people was my biggest fear,” Briana Olivera (9) said. “I didn’t know if people were going to like me or not, especially the older students. I started talking to new people, and I made new friends,” she said. Jose Lucena (9) was scared that people wouldn’t like him and would try to fight him. “You never know what to expect from people older than you, especially if you’re a freshman. Everyone walks over the freshmen because we’re the youngest in the school,” Lucena said. And to those people who walk over the freshmen just because they’re older: well, stop it. We were all ninth graders once. Freshmen I wish you the best of luck this school year. Go to class-es, pay attention and do the work. Pass those classes and join clubs, try out for sports, go to the school dances, and just have fun. High school is a great experience, and once it’s over…, it’s over.
Some students made their summer vacations unforgettableBy Angel G. FigueroaTHIS SUMMER, most Lanc-ers spent their days hanging out with friends or just laid down and sleeping all day. Other Lancers went out of their way to make this summer one to remember. People would think that a per-fect summer includes just kicking it back, but for other students they did more to make it a summer perfect. Alex Archuletta (11) tried to make this summer one of the best by going to see her favorite bands. “This summer I went to Warped Tour because I love to see the welcoming crowd that shows up at these concerts,” she said. She went to other concerts like Crown the Empire and Issues. “It was pretty fun socializing with the people and listening to my favorite artists live, but I also did other things,” she said. “I went downtown to see some sights and hang out with my friend in the park and I got to hang out with one my friends that doesn’t go to this school for a last time this year. Now I’m counting the days until the next summer,” Archuletta said.
Kristi Lago (10) spent most of her summer in Europe. “I missed the last week of school to start my summer early with my dad to Eu-rope,” Lago said. “My dad had to go to meetings in Europe, and he took me along
for the ride,” she said. “We went to France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain and I just went touring around a bit,” she said. Lago even got to take her dream trip. “Venice, Italy: it was my
dream to go there, and my dad went out of his way to take me. We spent a great day traveling all around Venice,” she said. “I also went to Costa Rica for a surprise vacation with my family,” she said.
“The best things we did were horseback riding and zip lining -- that was the best,” she said. Lancers like Ryan Beckstead (10) who didn’t leave the states did fun things locally over the
Kristi Lago visited her dream vacation destination: Venice, Italy.
summer. “I went and worked at Lagoon, but I only worked there for a while,” he said. “I went to Lagoon so much that I tried ev-ery ride at least once or twice,” he said. “I went to Seven Peaks lots of times this summer, too, and I went on all the slides. The only thing bad about Seven Peaks was getting wedgies from some of the slides,” Beckstead said. He also explored some of the great hiking places in Utah this summer. “I went hiking to Mount Timpanogos, Doughnut Falls and other that I can’t remember the names,” Beckstead said. “Doughnut Falls was my fa-vorite place to go to, it took me and my friends a couple of hours to get there, but it was rewarding getting there and feeling the cold water on my head,” Beckstead said. “I also went to Seattle and saw where Bill Gates lived, that was pretty cool,” he said. This summer came and went, but these Lancers didn’t let their vacations go to waste, and the next summer won’t be any differ-ent.
By Daniela OlveraSENIORS at Granger High School are very excited to gradu-ate. That is the main activity se-niors are getting prepared for: “Graduation Day”. The pressure is on…but many seniors seem to think there is a class higher than theirs. Others have it all under control. “I’m excited for prom. I’m look-ing forward to this last year with my friends and to making the best memories I can,” Elvis Palic (12) said. He’s also looking forward to the senior “Sunset” so that he may be involved. He plans to graduate early and come back in June to walk with his class. He is nervous and worried about what things are going to go on when he leaves in January. While graduation may be on ev-ery senior’s mind, there’s more to senior year than a handshake and a hat toss. “This year my plans are to do great in school,” Edwing Rodri-guez (12) said. He wants to make it to second quarter so he can be involved in the parties and activi-ties the school has prepared for the seniors. He and his friends have a lot of activities of their own planned such as going to Lagoon and cre-ating a haunted house collage. He also plans on going to prom. “I’m so excited as well for upcoming sports -- it’s time to get fit,” he said. “I’m going to make this the best senior year,” Manny Machado (12) said. He is going to achieve this by earning his best grades ever and by brightening his fu-ture in any way that he possibly can. His current goal is to try out for soccer and make the team. “I have a lot of friends who have my back, so I have no worries,” Machado said. Extra-curricular activities mean a lot to seniors, too. This may be the last chance students have to compete in academics or sporting events. Granger SBO, Khadija Nawaz (12), is very excited for sports. She is getting prepared for Bas-ketball and Softball. “I haven’t played sports since I was in junior high, and I want to end my senior year great,” she said. She’s very occupied, and she is always active either doing something for the school or teaching students some-thing new or preparing activities for the students at Granger. There are all types of students at Granger High School. Den-nis Perez (12) wants to end her school year by being involved in debate all year long. “I love to yell and argue with others, so there is no better class for me than debate. Plus, it looks amazing on a college applica-tions,” Perez said. She’s so ready and prepared for college that nothing will get in her way. “I want this to be the best year ever. I’m going to enjoy this year like no other -- it’s going to be amazing,” Abraham Gomez (12) said. He is going to participate in all senior activities. As well, he is going to begin to play soccer again. He plans to spend most of his time with his girlfriend, but he will make time for a huge bro-mance with his guy friends.
Summer Films
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Lancers’ summer 2k14 playlists mix it up By Tina HuynhTHIS SUMMER was the summer for those catchy songs that radio stations love to overplay. Chang-ing the station three times will do nothing but play the exact same songs on three different radio stations. Kids have been singing along to ‘Problem’ at the top of their lungs and going ham when rapping ‘Fancy’. These are just a few of the songs that have filled this summer. Different types of music that get less radio play are surprisingly great, because there’s so much good music out there just dying to be heard. “The songs in my summer soundtrack are ‘Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High’ by Arctic Monkeys, ‘Sweet Dreams’
by Marilyn Manson, and ‘It’s Time’ by Imagine Dragons. They relate to my life and the moments that happened in the summer. They sing my feelings,” Ana Diaz (12) said. Not every single artist has to be young, new, and popular to get Diaz’s attention. “I love the band, The Cure. I’m really into rock and alternative, so that explains it,” she said. Throwback Thursday brings a completely different meaning when throwing it all the way back to 1976. “My songs this summer are ‘More Than a Feeling’ by Bos-ton, ‘Faint’ by Linkin Park, and ‘A Little Piece of Heaven’ by Avenged Sevenfold. I’ve been listening to a lot of Aerosmith,
Journey, MGMT, and Led Zeppe-lin. They’re some of my favorites. I like all of their music. They’re really upbeat, and it makes me feel good when I listen to them,” Tristan Ramirez (12) said. Summer songs are meant to be optimistic and rosy. The sun is supposed to be out and the music should be loud. Slow, calm songs are almost unheard of in the short three months. Maybe for some Lancers, nice, soothing music will help after a night of going hard. “My favorite song is ‘Night Sky’ by Nak. It sets the mood for the summer rain and the beat goes with it. I love listening to Nujabes and Sam Ock, too. When it’s sun-nier outside, they have music that’s happy, catchy, and makes
Maintain digital privacyBy Antonio LoredoSOCIAL media privacy is always on someone’s mind: passwords, pictures posted without permis-sion, private messages, or stolen content. Some things are just too confidential or embarrassing to become public. Today’s websites usually keep things under good privacy, and they don’t allow people to see your private things. Not many people know about the terms and services included with the Face-book “Messenger App”. This al-lows the government’s agents to read private messages and even record anything typed even if the “Messenger App” isn’t open. However, some think it’s a very big invasion of privacy on normal people. Some Lancers don’t really care about invasions of privacy be-cause they don’t have anything to hide. “I don’t really care who sees my messages; I have no secrets,” Lorressa Ortega (11) said. “I also think it’s important to have privacy on the Internet, because if you don’t want people to see it then they shouldn’t,” she said. Ortega is pretty calm about the whole “Messenger App” terms and conditions situation, although it seems to bother other students.
“I think it’s really lame that they are allowed to do that with our private conversations,” Mylan Chow (12) said. “I think even on the Internet, we should still be able to have our own privacy.” Some people don’t like it when others post photos without their permission, but Chow disagrees. “If it’s a picture you took with your friend, then it should be OK to post and tag you in it,” she said. Many things on the Internet em-barrass people, things like silly pictures or exposed messages, and those can be invasions of pri-vacy. So many things can happen on the Internet and privacy can be compromised so easily that people shouldn’t really use social media for confidential things. “I’m fine with people reading my messages. If I didn’t want that, I wouldn’t use social media,” Michael Tan (11) said. “I would feel violated without privacy on the Internet though,” he said. And Tan seems to know how to protect his privacy on social media. “I don’t mind if people post pic-tures of me -- I kind of like it, and it’s a big deal to me,” Tan said. Privacy is good on social media. It is helpful, but not always very private. Things can be stolen or screenshot or hacked.
Granger’s Homecoming rated a successBy Katie Gutierrez & Alisha Chief ON SATURDAY, September 13, Granger High School hosted an early homecoming dance. Despite the short notice, most students from just friends to boyfriends and girlfriends had a good time. “It was an amazing night, best school dance I’ve been to, I enjoyed myself,” Dan-iela Soto (12) said. “For my day activity we went paint-balling and it was something new for me.” “The way I got asked was I received a poster that said, ICE CREAM YOU SCREAM, eat all of the ice cream, don’t make a mess, hope you’ll say yes, and at the bottom of the cake there it said HOMECOMING?” Soto said. “Homecoming was fun, I’m glad I came even if it was just with my friend, I will always re-
member this, it was my last home-coming,” Odaliz Contreras (12) said. “I would love to attend all the school dances this year just to remember and enjoy my senior year. Hopefully they have differ-
ent varieties of music at the other dances, I think it would make them a lot better.” “Homecoming was lots of fun, and I was able to spend it with my boyfriend and my best friend,” Daniela Zepeda (10) said. “The only thing I didn’t like was the music, they needed music from different genres. It seemed as
me pumped up. I’m really into piano music, slow beats, and un-derground music, too,” Kimberly Inga (11) said. Although summer’s almost over, good songs are always mak-ing comebacks every season of the year. “I love listening to ‘Obsession’ by Frankie J, ‘When I See You’ by Fantasia, and ‘So Fly’ by NB Ridaz. They’re not songs that only one person would like, but a lot of people. I’m into Spanish music, by the way, if you couldn’t tell,” Rebeca Piña (9) said. The songs included on a Lanc-er’s summer playlist are obvious-ly there for a reason -- whether it’s because certain songs always play on the radio or because they’re from favorite bands.
if they repeated the songs over and over. I personally did not get asked; I just let my boyfriend know we were going a week be-fore.” “I did not attend homecoming,
sadly…I was not asked,” Blanca Cor-rea (12) said. “But I’m sure it would have been a great experience, es-pecially since it is my senior year. If I had been asked, I think I would have liked to be asked with some sort of food. Then for sure I would say ‘yes.’
I mean, who doesn’t love food.” “Homecoming sounds like a fun thing to go to but not for me, maybe not this year. Carmen Cendejas (10) “I think I’ll be at-tending the school dances when I’m a junior or even a senior. The way to ask me and get me to say yes, would be to ask me in a big, public way.”
Dani Soto dances with her homecoming date, Brandon Pak.
By Robbie DevenishGRANGER high school has brought in a new learning pro-gram called the PLC, short for Professional Learning Commu-nity. A PLC is a system that gets teachers to work together to make sure that they are teaching their students what they need to know. “It helps teachers in the same department be on the same page. A week before school started, all the teachers were taught about the program,” Mr. Locey said. The PLC program involves common quizzes and tests used by teachers who teach the same classes. They take the results of those tests or quizzes and review them to see what kids understood and what they need to learn. The teachers in a PLC compare the data of the test or quiz, and when they have covered that data, they discuss and use the data to inform instruction. They continue to discuss un-
til they come up with ideas and strategies by sharing each other’s ideas in order to come up with better ways of teaching the stu-dents. “It’s new to others but not to Grange r, ” Dr. Gatti said. Every school in the Gran-ite School District but G r a n g e r was just barely in-t r o d u c e d to the pro-gram. The teach-ers know what they teach to their students, and to help other students create greater learning for the students,” he said.
Math and English at Granger High have benefitted from PLC-based instruction for a while. “Educators who are building a
professional learning community recognize that they must work to-gether to achieve their collective
Ms. Webb and Mr. Gibbons now coordinate their English classes in PLC meetings.
purpose of learning for all. There-fore they create structures to pro-mote a collaborative culture,” as stated by Karen Seashore in
“ C h a n g -ing the Culture of Schools”. “The PLC shifts the focus of school re-form from restructur-ing to re-cul tur ing. In many schools no matter how much they stress col-laboration b e t w e e n the teach-ers and staff once the
teacher steps into the classroom they go back to what they did be-fore, they work in isolation,” as
stated on the iowaascd.org web-site. “There are teams in the work-force that come up with tests and the end of each quarter to test the students in what they have learned or have gotten better at. They meet regularly and work to improve the diversity of their teaching skills. When they do get together, they usually meet during the school day to collaborate.” If the majority of the students don’t understand something or even if it is just one student, the teacher has to reteach that topic in order for all of the students to understand. This is what a PLC is all about: the teachers collaborate with each other in order for all students to get a better teaching plan. They talk to others in order to create a better learning atmo-sphere for students and the teach-ers are learning new things, as well. We can’t wait to see the re-sults.
Tristan Ramirez likes old rock and roll.
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By John QuezadaGRANGER students show their personality through many things like music, ideas, and self-expres-sion, but another big part is styles and trends. “Everyone has their own style,” Zeus Briceno (11) said. “ I’d like to think I’m original in every-thing I wear.” Famous stars usually influence people or trends set by a certain mass of the population, but Bri-ceno is his own influence in how he dresses. Many students at Granger High are trend-setters. “Vanessa Hudgens inspires me to dress how I dress,” Khadija Nawaz (12) said. “She gives me the inspiration to have more of a bohemian style,” she said. “I don’t dress like anyone, be-cause I’m my own person,” Ci-ara Pena (10) said. It’s amusing
to know Granger High School students are so confident in their own styles. “Don’t dress to im-press, dress for success,” Pena said. “It’s weird what people wear but it’s what they like wearing and that makes them who they are,” Rigoberto Alvarez (9) said. Fashion and style is a big part of how someone expresses who they are -- not only in personality, but who they are as a person. “How I dress is a big part of how I can express myself,” Alvarez said. “It’s Granger gear day, and I wanted to have as much school spirit as possible,” Michele Sou-za (11) said. Many Granger stu-dents love participating in school activities. School spirit definitely encourages students to dress a certain way. “You want to set trends. You
Trends at Granger have many inspirationswant someone to notice what you are wearing and make them so interested that they start wearing it,” Gabrielle Knudsen (11) said. “Fashion is one of the most popu-lar trends going on in the world right now.” “Teenage boys have it the easy way,” Gloria Nduwimana (10) said. “Boys don’t have to take hours to pick out a pretty outfit or spend minutes or hours do-ing their makeup. Teenage boys just wear the same things: cargo shorts, T-shirts, long socks, and a pair of classic Vans.” “Old-fashioned styles have been one of the most popular and hot-test trends. I go for more of an urban hipster-type look,” Pedro Hernandez (11) said. “I feel orig-inal because my style is different from most kids at my school.” For some Lancers, it’s not about
Students prefer bands over solo artistsBy Ma Denni ArnsFROM AMAZING athletes to top skilled academic students, Granger High is pretty spe-cial, but it’s easy to focus on sports and grades while missing something impor-tant -- all the artistic talent is hiding underneath the radar. Two spectacular students participated in a two-week figure-drawing workshop during the summer at the Art Institute. For fourteen days both Veronica Tann (12) and Jorge Gutierrez (11) worked from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. to spend the day just drawing the human fig-ure using a live model. They finished six drawings a day. In addition to rough sketch-es, they also worked on a few projects with charcoal, gesso, and some paint, too. Attending this kind of artist workshop costs quite a bit of money, because art
is indeed expensive. Based on Tann’s painting per-
formance from the previous year, Ms. Mathews recommended the workshop to her and referred her
to the Art Institute. The figure-drawing academy definitely ben-
efitted Tann. “It was really good. I learned a lot more and met so many people,” she said. Tan is
planning to attend medical school to become an obstetrician/gyne-
cologist. “I only want to do art as a hobby,” said Tann. Gutierrez earned Granger’s annual “Fire Within” award for $200 and also a scholar-ship sponsored by the Salt Lake City Council for $300 including art supplies and a free spot at the figure acad-emy. Gutierrez agreed with Tann about the workshop’s value. “I became a better artist and gained a new per-spective,” he said. Gutierrez is maybe participating in the Springville museum’s art exhibit. “ I don’t know…it’s scary,” he said. After high school, Gutierrez is without a doubt dreaming to go to college for a bachelor’s in art.
On October 15 to October 22, Tann’s and Gutierrez’s art pieces would be displayed at the cultural center.
need any previous dance experi-ence. Also with the Latin dances, there is a difference between so-cial/ or ballroom and what are known as “club” dances. Social
dance is also a very diverse type of class with dance that go from Latin to American to African American. “Social dance is being able to dance with someone and have fun,” Yasmin Cervantes (12) said. Her favorite dances are
cumbia, bachata, and cha-cha (all Latin dances). Cervantes is new to social dance with no other dance experience. In Ms. Vance’s class, she does
what’s called Latin Day. They learn dances like salsa, cumbia, bachata, and merengue. Social dance is very diverse and can take a student around the world with just a few simple steps. “Social dance is a way of ex-pressing your feelings,” Shawn
Rushton (11) said. He has been dancing for four years, and has earned medals for social dance. Some of his favorite dances are waltz, salsa, and west-coast swing. What makes Ansaf (Leila) Noor (11) happy is social dance. “Social dance to me is a dance I always wanted to learn; my favor-ites are cha-cha, waltz, bachata, and foxtrot,” Noor said. She also was in dance company as a ninth grader. Each different dance has a different year it started. For ex-ample, foxtrot in 1913, rumba and tango in 1914, cha-cha- and swing in 1950, salsa in 1944, and last but not least merengue in 1957. Social dance is one of the best pastimes. “Social dance is like ballroom and Latin dances,” Danny (An-thony) Maestas (11) said. His favorite is bachata, he is also in dance company, which is one of his favorite dance classes. Social dance is a new class to Granger, one that students who like dance should experience and one of the most entertaining.
THERE has been a new dance class added to Granger high. So-cial dance is a new class for stu-dents to learn dances that include foxtrot, cha-cha, swing, waltz, and tango. They also learn other Latin dances that include bachata, salsa, and merengue. Social dance is a class that has the opportunity to learn classical dances and meet new people. The social dance class is an elective credit and not officially apart of the core curriculum. It is also a very interactive class. Partner skills is a very important feature of ballroom and of your daily life. Many schools in Utah already have a ballroom dance team. “I’m excited the adminis-tration has allowed us to begin a social dance class this year,” Ms. Vance said. “Social dance is a great way to interact with people without words,” Aaron Kim-Kam (12) said. His favorite dances consist of the foxtrot and cha-cha. He also has had four years of dance experience excluding social dance. For social dance, students do not
Social dance takes center stage at Granger
the latest styles. They rely on their individuality rather than fol-low fashion trends. “School trends are lame. Be yourself. Nobody has the right to judge you,” Gabe Lazaro (11) said. “I’ve been judged for the way I dress, but it makes no dif-ference to me. I know who I am, and I dress how I want to dress. I don’t feel original, but I know I’m different.” “I feel anyone can wear any-thing at school because school is to learn not to impress anyone,” Ezra Masters (10) said. “I’m proud of how I dress because it’s me.” Many Granger High school students agree that it’s best when everyone wears what makes them feel comfortable, and they ex-press themselves through what they wear.
Jorge Gutierrez loves art 360 -- the whole thing of art.
Danny Maestas loves learning about new styles of social dance.
Photo: Weston Colton
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