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Entertainment.....2 Our Entertainment Junior Nick Curleo Follow the Boys Opinion..................3 Editor attempts the talks about his Tennis team as they Focus...................4-5 Orochon challenge. mohawk. begin their season. Feature...................6 H.Lin & V.Chang, C.Choo, page 2 pages 4-5 page 7 Sports......................7 PHOTOS/ PHOTOS/ INSIDE TEMPLE CITY HIGH SCHOOL RAMPAGE Volume 55 Issue 10 FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2010 tchsrampage.wordpress.com TC Schools Foundation awards CONCERT WITH A CAUSE $10,000 in Innovation Grants By Maggie Liu which came from this and last year’s bud- Staff Writer geting for the 2010 Innovation Grants. Teachers can create unique, memorable raphic Communications teacher lessons for students by spending the money Mr. Richard Hollinger received on various equipment or pay for transpor- G$1,000 in grant money on March 5 tation for field trips. from the Temple City Schools Foundation, “Any way that the community supports which he plans to spend on music equip- teachers is appreciated,” Mr. Scott Randles ment so students can create original music said, who received $3,000 along with fel- pieces for a class project. low science teachers Mr. Evan Dagger, Mr. With the $1,000, Mr. Hollinger can buy Ray Salazar, and Ms. Deborah Gewecke to microphones and microphone stands, head- buy Qwizdom, a student response system. phones, and a Musical Instrument Digital “That they give us the opportunity to try Interface system that will help synchronize out some new and engaging equipment tunes created in his recording room onto will surely help us do a better job present- the computer. With this equipment, stu- ing our subject matter.” dents can combine tracks created on Ga- English teachers Ms. Wendy Van Thiel rageBand with their own instrumentals and and Ms. Kendra Miller also received grants vocals. that added up to a total of $743.84 for a “I want to make it more of a real experi- field trip, and Ms. Vanessa Hadikusumah PHOTO/ Erica Lee Heartstop band members Jake Hawkes (left) and Tristan Ramos (right) performed at the Music ence to what people would do with their received $511.68, also for field trip funds. for Life Benefit Concert, which raised over $4,000 for March of Dimes, on Saturday, March 27. own instruments to creating music,” Mr. Teachers at Oak, Longden, La Rosa, Em- Hollinger said. “So I’m trying to allow peror, Cloverly and Dr. Doug Sears Learn- them more creativity using their own spe- ing Center also received grant money. March/April March 29-April 1: Pep April 13: Dragonflicks cial abilities to add to the regular loops.” “Oftentimes teachers have great ideas clinics Interviews Ram Calendar The idea of recording real music and that can effectively change the learning April 1: ASB Elections, April 14: AP Test Su M T W Th F S adding it to the digitally composed tracks that happens for their students, but can’t Adv. Drama Auditions, Pre-registration 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 came from Seniors Brendon Lam and personally fund such a large amount and Pep tryouts April 14-15: Choreo Dominic Vicario. Mr. Hollinger agreed the school doesn’t have the money to cover 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 April 2: ComedySportz Clinics, BSS Auditions with their idea and had them fill out the it,” Ms. Tiffany Haeberlein said, who in- 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 April 5-9: Spring Break April 20: Choreo Tryouts forms for the money. formed teachers if the TCSF approved their 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 April 12-13: Rampage April 23-24: Advanced TCSF awarded other selected teachers requests. “These grants are designed to al- tryouts Drama performance 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 with grant funds totaling up to $10,000 low some of these ideas to come to life.” Journalism, FBLA sweep regional competitions Gewecke wins award By Veronica Lin Future Business Leaders of America competed in the Exchange Editor Gold Coast Sectionals at West Ranch High School on Sat- urday, March 6 against other local schools. The club also for excellent teaching The Rampage and the Templar staffs hosted the an- won fifth place sweepstakes award and will send seven By Elise Luc nual East Los Angeles Journalism Education Association students to compete at the state level from April 15-18. Production Editor Write-Offs on Saturday, March 13. This annual Write-off is a competition among 10 schools. Both TCHS groups did Future Business Leaders of America AP Chemistry teacher Ms. Deborah Gewecke received very well, and Rampage won first in Newspaper Sweep- the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in early Feb- stakes for the first time since the competition began 40 Sweepstakes Business Math ruary, becoming the first teacher in Temple City history to years ago. The top three students in each category will 5th–Temple City 6th–Vivian Ka earn this honor. move on to compete in the Southern California Journalism 8th–Cody Luk The Siemens Foundation gives this award to only one Education Association Write-Offs on May 15. Technology Concepts 9th–Yinting Huang Science, Math, or Technology teacher in each state, and 1st–Kenneth Tu out of all the teachers that applied in California this year, Rampage Templar Computer Problem they chose Ms. Gewecke and awarded her with a $1,000 Marketing Solving grant. Newspaper Sweepstakes Yearbook Sweepstakes 1st–Jane Huang 8th–Austin Cheng In mid-December, College Board sent out letters to high 1st–Rampage 4th–Templar 10th–Wesley Wong schools based on their AP scores. Ms. Gewecke filled out News Intro to Business an application and answered short answer questions, then 1st–Elise Luc Yearbook Copy Communications Business Procedures submitted a résumé and a letter of recommendation. 5th–Charlene Choo 1st–Shine Fu, Katie 1st–Vivian Ka 10th–Ian Lee “I was really shocked when I found out,” Ms. Gewecke Novice News Brown, Vicky Wen, 3rd–Yinting Huang said. “I had to read it twice. I honestly didn’t think I had 1st–Jessica Meza Sahar Baharestani Management Decision a chance.” Critical Review 6th–Derrick Cheng, Business Making Ms. Gewecke has had consistent high AP scores 1st–Julia Chen Katie Brown, Dina Communications 1st–Ian Lee, Kenneth Tu throughout her teaching history. Last year, the school’s 6th–Christine Keung Furumoto, Janet Lee 2nd–Jane Huang pass rate for AP Chemistry was 94 percent, and her classes, 7th–Humphrey Lin Parliamentary specifically, had a 96 percent pass rate. Her average pass Editorial Cartoon Photography Sports Management Procedures rate for the last 14 years is 88 percent. 2nd–Angela Li 5th–Bronson Chaputa 2nd–Thomas Lian 4th–Terrence Sun, Jack “Good students obviously help [towards the high pass 9th–Erica Lee 7th–Nikki Chan Lee, Jennifer Chang, rate],” Ms. Gewecke said. “I also teach broader concept Sports 10th–Wayne Wu Job Interview Robert Xue principles and how to approach a problem, not just how 5th–Richard Kim 4th–Christine Keung to do it.” Feature Yearbook Layout Entrepreneurship Ms. Gewecke plans to use the $1,000 to buy a spectro- 6th–Vicki Chang 9th–Shine Fu, Susan Public Speaking II 8th–Andy Chow, Wesly photometer, a device that can measure the intensity of the 7th–Serena Smalley Huang, Vicky Wen, 4th–Christine Keung Wong, Austin Cheng color of light, which costs between $700 and $800, and 8th–Veronica Lin Sahar Baharestani some pH meters. 2 | March 26, 2010 ENTERTAINMENT RAMPAGE Behind the scenes of PHOTO/ Jennifer Su By Jessica Meza before the final production for four hours change harnesses on the rig in order to es- “Most people have multiple roles, all Staff Writer per night. Although the pit put in many tablish smooth transition into scenes. with different makeup, so things get a bit hours of practice, keeping in sync with the “After the Wizard flies away—that part chaotic,” Makeup Artist Senior Jimena f costume designers, makeup artists, pit performers was challenging. takes a lot of time because you have to take Torres said. “Me and like four other girls orchestra, and ninjas in headsets aren’t him off the rig, get him out and the entire had to do like ten guys in five minutes, and what you remembered from this year’s thing and get Glinda’s bubble, tie it on, and making someone’s face completely green I “ I thought the scenes came stage of “The Wizard of Oz,” it’s because get her on,” said the Tinman, Senior Hank is not as easy as it sounds. We had to turn all of these teams worked on the musical out a lot better than I had Chang. “But there are barely any lines so light green to really dark green; it was all from behind the scenes. we have to ad-lib. Sometimes we just have about finding the right technique.” DragonFlicks handled all of the props, planned.” to make up some lines on the spot.” Of course, costumes were necessary in lighting, sounds, backgrounds, and techni- Junior Andrew Jennex For the tornado scene, DragonFlicks order to fully complete the change into a cal aspects of “The Wizard of Oz,” ensur- created authentic CGI rain on a scrim, character. Normally, costumes are made ing that the play would go off seamlessly There were safety issues concerning the which is a see through black mesh where and recycled for the following years’ plays. from the audience’s perspective. This special effects, namely the flying scenes. they can see projections, along with thun- However, since “The Wizard of Oz” has year’s play included new stunts such as Of course, our school alone could not han- der in order to create a more dramatic ef- such unique costumes, they were rented scenes in which actors flew about 12 to 18 dle this; DragonFlicks hired the company fect than just a gloomy backdrop.