Volume II Issue I: September 9, 2016 |
FEATURES |
Next online issue: September 23, 2016 |
Popular Redlands-Based Ice Cream Parlor Expands
|
OHS Staff Member Kaiser Makes Switch from Teacher to CounselorBy LIAM McABEE and JAYLEN ALLAN
Orangewood High School counselor, Cindy Kaiser, was previously a teacher at Judson and Brown Elementary, Beattie Middle School, Kingsbury Elementary, and Fairfax Elementary for 19 years collectively. Kaiser decided to become a counselor because, "my friend got a degree for counseling and I thought, 'Hey I can get that too!” Kaiser got her counseling degree and became a counselor at Orangewood High School... |
Mrs. Bradshaws Travels Exotic Summer
By JASMYN GONZALES and KAYLAN ENGE
As the summer of 2016 has just passed and another year approaches, teachers and students have gone into a “strict-schedule” mode. However, before each student and teacher submerges themselves in life’s mandatory calls, one teacher’s exotic summer has yet to be recognized. Mrs. Bradshaw, a Psychology, AP Psychology, and Sociology teacher shares about her flavorful summer of travel. As Mrs. Bradshaw has a “...pure passion for travel,” she shows a great example of what an “exotic” summer is. To begin her trip, she first traveled to Ireland with her husband. As Mrs. Bradshaw describes Ireland, “the people are very friendly, they’ve got to be the friendliest people in the world…[and the weather] is cold and rainy…” As Ireland is close to the American culture, in which they are also “punctual [and] on time, [and] very friendly…”, there are also some differences. Examples of this can be their social interactions and their knowledge of American politics. Mrs. Bradshaw also pointed out that “...[many] Americans like to go sight-seeing… and to socially gather…” as the Irish “...love to talk.” Bradshaw explains that one of the reasons she enjoys Ireland so much is because of the “...calm and culture of [the] people” and that is why she has traveled there “...two times in two years,” and also inputs that “[she] could live [in Ireland]”. However, this is only the beginning of Mrs. Bradshaw’s lively summer. The second place Bradshaw visited is Spain, and Bradshaw has her own personal ties to this countries she lived there when she was young. She explains that Spain is “...laid back [almost as if it’s] in it’s own little time warp.” As Bradshaw continued to compare and contrast the two countries, she concluded that “Ireland and Spain [have] two totally different culture,’ and goes on to explain that “[Spain] is very non-time oriented,” whereas Ireland is more punctual like the United States. As interesting and fun as two countries sound, Mrs. Bradshaw then continued to travel to Idaho and Washington D.C. The occasion that required her being in Idaho was to help her daughter move into her dorm at her new college, and also the reason for her being in Washington D.C was to attend the National Education Association... |
REV Student Studies Mandarin in China
Photo by Morgan Glaub
|
By MAYA SANCHEZ
Over the summer, high school kids do a lot of different things to keep themselves busy. Free from the grating school load, summer is freedom. While some kids attend summer school to knock out a fee credits, some take on summer jobs or travel around the world. Others go to China. Traveling abroad is usually associated with universities, but there are plenty of programs that cater directly towards high schoolers. NSLI-Y, also known as The National Security Language Initiative for the Youth, is a highly selective program that provides scholarships to high school students to study lesser taught languages. Saumya Goyal, a REV Senior, traveled across the world to spend her summer in Xi’an, China in order to learn Mandarin Chinese. For six weeks, she lived with a host family and attended Mandarin class daily in the International Department of Northwest University. She stated that the trip was “amazing experience because it allowed [her] to learn about China as well as make international friends!” The NSLI-Y programs are also in Estonia, India, Jordan, Korea, Latvia just to name a few. Why China? Saumya Goyal explained that she was always interested in learning Chinese, and because Mandarin is spoken by more than 1.4 billion people in the world. By learning Mandarin, she can now speak the four most spoken languages in the world: English, Mandarin, Hindi, and Spanish. For a person that aspires to be an ambassador, knowing these languages is more than important. And while she was in Xi’an to learn the language, she also was fully emerged in the culture. By living with a host family, she was able to visit famous Xi’an attractions such as temples, pagodas and go hiking in the Qinling Mountains... |
Counseling Center Clerk Mrs. Valle Looks Forward to Retirement
By ARMANDO BALDERAS
Jessica Valle has been a counseling Center Clerk at Citrus Valley High school since 2011, but got her start working in the Redlands Unified School District in 1996. She has enjoyed working with so many students, teachers, staff, and administrators. Her job includes helping students and parents and scheduling appointments for counselors. She was nominated for Employee of the Year at Redlands East Valley High school and received a Medal of Honor, the recipient of that award was chosen by staff members and due to her good example of character. Valle states, " It's been a great experience working with the staff and students here at Citrus Valley High school for the past six years." She adds, " I look forward to retirement on June 8, 2017, but I will miss my daily interactions with the students here at Citrus Valley High School." |
What Makes Orangewood Special?
Video and interviews by JAYLEN ALLAN