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Chaffey Honor Students Attend
Museum of Tolerance
By
Danielle Barrasa & Corinna Compian, Staff Writers
The
G.A.T.E. students of Chaffey took a trip to the West Side of Los Angeles,
to the Museum of Tolerance. They and six chaperones went to study the history
of the Holocaust and the part it still plays in our local culture. There
were so many students interested in attending that they were split into
two groups. Half went on Tuesday, October 12, and the other half on Wednesday,
the 13th.
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When
they first arrived, the museum tour guide spoke in great detail about the
history of the Holocaust and Hitler, the leader of the anti-Semitic group,
the Nazis.
“I
was shocked at how cruelly some people have historically treated others.
The reality sank in as soon as I walked through the door,” states Leo
Covis (01).
Mrs.
Ridderbusch, an English Honors teacher, gave her students
an assignment—to write a journal before and after the field trip. Before
the field trip, they read poems from Against Forgetting by Carolyn
Forche. They were to select the best and write a response to it. After
the field trip, they wrote about what they felt, thought, saw, and learned
from the experience.
Rhyannon
Rodriguez
(02) stated, “Most people know about the Holocaust, but the Museum of Tolerance
is more than that.” It’s not just another history lesson.
Images
of horror followed them throughout the tour. Even though they enjoyed themselves,
they did not enjoy what they saw: human suffrage, terror and certain death
in the eyes of the Holocaust’s victims.
Forever
will these Chaffey students remember how lucky they are to live in a country
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The New Team:
Decathlon’s Solution
to the Overwhelming Demand for Openings
By Jessica Moreno, Staff
Writer & Brianna Diaz, Editor
As
you may already know, Chaffey’s Decathlon team performed tremendously last
year, placing fifth in the entire San Bernadino County. Ironically, the
group struggled at first to find enough students to compete. This year
the competition has grown so much that “we’re going to have three teams,
perhaps the only school in the entire county to do so,” shared Mr. Mercado,
advisor of the Decathlon team. The new white team will allow as many
as 27 students to compete this year.
Everyone
who wants to be considered for the teams must practice the various subjects,
which include speech, interview, and essay. ebekah Sanders (00)
stated, “Just the fact that we have to be at school at 6:30 a.m. every
day displays the hard work and dedication Academic Decathlon requires from
its members.”
This
year’s team might prove more competitive because the seniors and juniors
are concurrently taking AP classes and the SAT’s, which makes students
feel more comfortable with academic challenges similar to the Decathlon
competition.
The
students interested in competing won’t know for quite awhile whether or
not they made it. Mr. Mercado will set the lineups for each team in early
December. Before then, participants will simply need to do their best to
earn the spot they want on the team, all while maintaining their routinely
hectic schedules.
Mr.
Mercado shares, “If the teams stay focused and committed, I truly believe
that anything is possible! I certainly believe that we have the talent
to put two teams in the top 10, possibly even the top 5 again. But in the
end, it depends on how badly the team wants to succeed.” He also believes
that it’s amazing to see the team members involved in school, church, community
service, and various jobs, and still have the time, energy, and determination
necessary for the team. |
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