Ironwood Football Stadium Renamed After Late Football Coach, Mr. Esquivel
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The Ironwood High School Glendale, Arizona Eagle’s Eye Volume 32 Issue 2 October 13, 2017 What’s inside? News Read about how minimum wage is affecting teens getting jobs on... Page 2 Feature Did you tune into Ironwood’s Homecoming? Sarah Saunders Furthermore, Ironwood’s clubs ber said, “It’s a lot of fun, but sought after Homecoming crowns Staff Reporter were tasked with representing kind of stressful putting it all to- were awarded to the deserving Crowns. Carnivals. Football. themselves in a creative way to gether.” Their work did not go un- Homecoming king and queen. It That is right, once again Home- show on display for appreciated. Each club and sport was now that the long awaited for Know what the recent fall play is coming has occurred and the an- As stated by Ironwood.com, was represented given credit. Homecoming dance would com- about on... nual event did not disappoint the Wednesday brought each club The festivities and must-do ac- mence the next night. Page 4 community and high-school stu- together for the Homecoming pa- tivities did not end in the morn- It was Saturday morning that dents of Ironwood. rade from 2:00 PM to 2:20 PM. ing. Once the sun went down, the Eagles Eye fulfilled their an- Entertainment From October The floats were a success, and Ironwood came to life on nual task of decorating second to Octo- thankfully not many incidents the football field. Students, for the Homecom- ber seventh, ensued. staff, and parents all came ing dance. the week However, Thursday was to the Varsity football game Their efforts was filled jampacked with prepara- to cheer on the Eagles. The did not go to with festivi- tions and chaos that turned boys did their best and waste, and did ties centered into the new annual tradition of played their hearts out. their best to give on making memories and wel- a Homecoming carnival entitled Not only did the Varsity Eagles each student the coming back Ironwood alumni. T&T. Some remember the debut perform their best, but the cheer- ideal night of their life. The The unusual theme for the 2017 of the event in the not so dis- leaders and band provided their Ironwood community came that Homecoming was, TV shows, as tant past. The 2017 carnival was own performances. They enter- night to their Homecoming dance chosen by student council. a success and boasted more tained the roaring crowd to have fun and let loose. Read about the newest Apple Each day was filled with stu- booths and carnival games with the routines they It is events such as Homecom- technology on... dents living up to the challenge than last year. had been practicing ing, that can bring the community Page 8 set before them, and having a However, no one for months. Accord- together in order to have an en- great time. Some teachers, Mrs. can deny the expert ing to Ironwood.com, the joyable time and make long last- Zuniga for example, gave extra techniques Ironwood’s Homecoming game began at ing memories. Health credit to those willing to partici- Student Council used seven, and ended at ten o’clock. Image Credits: clipartpanda. pate and dress according to the to pump up the crowd during the Although the week held many com, clipartix.com, yopriceville. theme for each day. morning assembly. As one mem- crowning achievements, the com, facebook.com Ironwood football stadium renamed after late football coach, Mr. Esquivel Figure out how to handle your Nathan Mendelsohn riches us by explaining how “It is influences to our school prior to an individual who has served the fall allergies on... Online Editor truly an honor to request the sta- the homecoming football game district for so many years.” There have been some big dium be re- against Phoenix In other news, the Peoria Uni- Page 9 things happening at Ironwood named after Sunnyslope, Oct. fied School District’s personal lately, here is the rundown on ev- Chuck Es- 6. In addition to the school ratings are in, and some- View erything you should know. quivel, his public announce- thing odd happened this year. In The time to mourn is over, and recognition ment recognizing the past, Ironwood High has been a time of remembrance and cel- so richly Esquivel, and the getting an A, however this year ebration is upon us. Everyone re- honors his naming of the facil- we got dropped down to a B. members Ironwood athletic coach incredible ity, a plaque dedi- Oddly enough, no school in the Chuck Esquivel whom sadly accomplish- cated to his memory district was given an A this year. passed away February 19th after ments and will be unveiled. School ratings are based on “their coaching here for 32 years. commit- David Sandoval, performance on state-required Ironwood Stadium has been re- ments to a member of the tests and how well they prepare named in honor of this hero whom the students PUSD board adds to students for college,” states us- has been a staple of Ironwood for of Iron- Croteau’s comment, news.com. Teachers here at Iron- Learn about the history if Friday decades; the new name? Chuck wood High “This is an individ- wood are sure that we can, as a the 13th on... Esquivel Football Stadium. School.” ual who has been a school, return to the A rating we Page 12 John Croteau, executive direc- Our community here at Ironwood participant of Peoria pride, and once so proudly hold. tor of secondary education, en- will recognize Esquivel for his this is a great way to celebrate Image Credit: yourvalley.net 2 Friday, October 13, 2017 News The Eagle’s Eye LoganWorldwide Reeves News Editor events capture media attentionImage Credit: Google Images Spain- This past month Catalonias voted to declared independence from Saudi Arabia- Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy ruled according to Sha- Spain. Catalonia is located in the northeastern region of Spain and is riah law announced that they would lift a ban on women driving. Over home to 7.5 million citizens. Skynews reports, “After the nation’s years, the leaders the nation’s leaders have given a number of ex- constitutional court declared the referendum illegal, Madrid planations for the ban. NY Times, states, “rights groups and launched a crackdown to confiscate millions of ballot slips... Saudi activists have long campaigned for the ban to be over- state police were sent to block polling stations and forcibly turned, and some women have been arrested and jailed for seize ballot boxes in an attempt to disrupt the vote. defying the prohibition and taking the wheel.” Some Violent clashes erupted between voters and security within Middle Eastern country have given their oppo- forces, with Catalan officials claiming that at least 844 sition. An anonymous text sent through What’s App people were injured.” While Spain has apologize for called on the “virtuous ones” stop this act, to pro- the violent reaction to the vote, it still has not recog- tect against epidemics, adultery and other disasters. nized the vote. Only time will tell what will happen Heather Nauert, the State Department’s spokeswom- next now that there is a stalemate. an, called it “a great step in the right direction for Niger- Three US Green Berets were killed and two Russia- Moscow has raised a 30-foot statute to others were wounded in southwest Niger near the Ma- honor Lt. Gen. Mikhail T Kalashnikov, inventor of li-Niger border when a joint US-Nigerien patrol was the AK-47. The lightweight automatic rifle was in- attacked. US officials reported that the initial indica- vented in 1947 and has been the weapon of choice for tions are the Green Berets were ambushed by up to 50 many counties as well as numerous guerrilla groups, fighters who are thought to be affiliated with ISIS. US gangsters, and drug traffickers. It has been said that the Africa Command states “ISIS and al Qaeda have taken ad- weapon is responsible for 250,000 deaths a year and has vantage of ungoverned spaces in Libya to establish sanctuar- killed more people than all other modern weapons com- ies for plotting, inspiring and directing terror attacks..”If the at- bined. The Week writes, “Kalashnikov, who died in 2013 at tack was indeed staged by ISIS, it is another indication of the groups age 94, said that his pride in his invention was tinged with pain at global reach and potential to cause harm and chaos. seeing it used by mobsters and child soldiers. Minimum wage hike may New yearbook app from affect teens getting jobs Jonstens, “Replay It” Raquel Warren hoping to receive a call but are Nathan Mendelsohn tures to the app, which Editor-in-Chief left empty-handed. Online Editor is run in turn by year- As teens get older, they start However, are teens really look- Have you ever book. to become independent, want- ing? ing to make their own decisions AZCentral suggests that some wanted to share your Yearbook takes the and, not surprisingly, their own are too busy with school, taking football game selfies photos they like and money. more classes and preparing for and assembly high- will put them in the They go out in search of any job college. light shots with the yearbook! they can get, looking into places Others who are looking for job whole school? Now is your chance like retail or fast food, to earn opportunities are having them some cash to use at their own ex- taken by the older crowd.