Going digital: Davis High School’s darkened darkroom

By COLLEEN FONTANA
DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL
Boxes are scattered around the room and stacked against its dark walls to make space for more boxes.
Empty tubs lie among old photographs and negatives as the water pipes, red lights, and circulation vents sit unused.
The room that was once dark for a purpose has now gone dark for good.
Davis High [...]

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Getting to know East Valley High School’s new principal

By LINDSEY REMMERDEN
EAST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Freshmen weren’t the only new ones roaming the halls when school started in the fall.
East Valley High School welcomed another member to its close-knit community: Principal Dottie Say.
The 56-year-old says she believes being a high school principal “keeps you young at heart.” And that belief — as well as her positive [...]

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From West Valley to the White House

By HANNAH SOUERS
WEST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Throughout high school, Adam Sherman found the possibility of a career in government intriguing.
Recently, the 20-year-old West Valley High School graduate — and junior at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire — was given a chance to explore his growing interest in a prestigious internship opportunity.
During winter semester, Sherman completed an [...]

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Honoring outstanding senior musicians

By HANNAH BESSO
DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL
Outstanding high school musicians — all seniors — will perform at The Seasons Performance Hall on Thursday, Feb. 4.
Nominated by a variety of private music teachers and school music groups, these seniors have shown an exceptional dedication to music. They come from a variety of schools and play an assortment of [...]

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Life-and-death test

By LAURA AGUILERA-FLEMMING
EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL
Danielle “DJ” Aguilar was on an evening walk with her family when a car zoomed by and she heard an odd popping noise.
The 17-year-old Toppenish High School senior — on vacation in Santo Domingo, New Mexico, last summer — looked around and noticed the car had disappeared. All of the sudden [...]

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Pulling and praying for No. 7

By ALYSSA WICKENHAGEN
HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Under the Friday night lights, one of the captains — a quarterback — started to complain of numbness in his legs and said his head was hurting.
Coach Shane Roy yelled from sidelines, telling him to go down, or stop the play. The stands fell silent. When the ambulance drove onto the [...]

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What should the new Ike look like?

By LETY CLARK-OLIVERO
EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL
Eisenhower High School is going to be rebuilt in two years.
In the meantime, students and staff members have all kinds of ideas about what should be incorporated into the new building.
Forty-year-old Ryan Froula, for example, has put much thought into what the new Ike needs. The math teacher wants to make [...]

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In line for ‘New Moon’

By HANNAH SOUERS
WEST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
It takes real commitment to sit outside in a fold-up chair in near-freezing temperatures, especially if the wait extends for more than five hours straight.
But 15-year-old Mariah Wildgen, a sophomore at West Valley High School, recently did just that.
For almost a year, Wildgen and a group of her friends had [...]

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Twilight fans on the road to Forks

FORKS, Wash. — My friend Alex and I had been talking about taking a trip to Forks since before school ended last spring.
“Wouldn’t it be awesome if we actually went there?” she would say all the time. And I would get excited about the idea and agree.
Alex is the biggest Twilight fan I have ever [...]

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‘Alice in Wonderland’ at Davis High School

By COLLEEN FONTANA
DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL
It’s 3:45 p.m.
Teenagers sit haphazardly around the Davis High School auditorium. Scattered about are splashes of color and slivers of pattern, glimpses of costumes forming slowly among the cast.
Attentive to director Shannon Ruiz, the players — recognizing the importance of these comments — listen as advice is given.
“Don’t ever drop character,” [...]

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