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search CHSRampage Enjoy Your Summer Vacation! Check us out Online! Student Life---------------2-4 Rampage Staff-----------4-6 Student Destinations-7-11 Spotlights--------------12-20 Teacher Comments------21 Ultimate Test----------- ----- 22 Student Speeches-------23 Volume: 69 Issue: 3 CHESHIRE HIGH SCHOOL June 2018 A Look Back at the Events of 2017 & 2018 August 2018 November 2018 April 2018 28 End of First Quarter Marking End of 3rd 3 Period. 9 Quarter Marking Period. Sophomore Career Day First day of school! 14 Coco and Cram 7 CHS Impact Assembly 16-18 The fall play She Stoops to Con- 6 September 2018 quer. CHS Unifi ed Theater Production First College Fair of 27 11 the year. Midterms take place 2018 19-23 CHS All Night Grad Party Cloth- December 28 ing Drive Fundraiser 7 CHS Choral Concert. 22 23 Curriculum Night Junior Prom! Start of the Second Semester May 2018 25 Pep Rally! Students get excited for sports to begin. Shirk Strong Greatest Showman Sing Along CHS Instumental concert 3 October 2018 14 February 2018 17 Tornado hit NE 4 18 CHS Talent Show 16 Winter Festival Philadelphia Eagles Win Superbowl Award Ceremony CHS adminsters 22 7 SAT’s. 22-1 Winter Break Winter Blood Drive cancelled due 7 to snow. Marching Band June 2018 2 Club Fair 1-2 The Good Doctor Aries Production Fall Blood Drive 24 takes place. January 2018 March 2018 Cheshire Eduication Foundation Honor Cord Ceremony 3 hosts its fi rst Trivia Challenge 1 Gas Leak in Cheshire. Stu- 4 dents evacaute school. National Walkout 14 8 B1 Day Students participate in the 31 SAT School Day Administration CHS Through the Lens Halloween parade. 21 Spring Musical Merrily 12 22-24 We Roll Along 21 Graduation Retiring Teachers Game Time! 2018 Summer Reading Quotable Quotes Page 3 Page 6 List Page 24 Page 11 2 2 STUDENT LIFE Rampage June 2018 Shirk Strong nized various activities in order to do this. needed. There are even t-shirts that say “Shirk Another event that happened only a couple By Don Therkildsen 2018 Strong” on it that you can purchase during of weeks ago, on Friday, June 8, was the On June 3rd 2016, Cheshire held any lunch period, and I encourage anyone pasta dinner for Mrs. Shirk. Again, both its 20th Mrs. Shirk is a beloved teacher in to do so to show support for our wonderful, teachers and students came together to our school’s social studies department, and and truly strong, teacher. support Mrs. Shirk and her family. There she is revered by the students as one of One of these events was the showing of was, of course, pasta, as well as a raffl e. the most amazing teachers. Unfortunately, “The Greatest Showman” in Thorp audi- Cheshire High’s chorus group even showed earlier this year, she was diagnosed with torium on May 3. For this, the cinematic up to perform. This event was successful, cancer and had to go on leave. Mrs. Shirk musical, “The Greatest Showman,” was and Mrs. Shirk and her family came again deserves more, but there is no one more ca- shown with an option of karaoke. Both to enjoy. pable of winning this battle than her. students and teachers contributed in orga- Everyone involved in Shirk Strong con- Upon her leave of absence, a nizing this event, and Mrs. Shirk and her tinue to support Mrs. Shirk, as well as the group of students and teachers formed to family came to enjoy the movie. rest of Cheshire High School. Shirk strong promote awareness for Mrs. Shirk and to Mrs. Shirk also showed up as her psych is fi tting, for Mrs. Shirk truly is strong, and help her and her family in this diffi cult students were nervously shuffl ing to the this school, both the entirety of the faculty time. They came up with the slogan “Shirk AP Psychology Exam, and gave all the stu- and the student body, will forever support Strong,” and it is quite fi tting. They have dents the extra encouragement they her. administered multiple events and orga A New Look for B1 Day Bike Shar- By Grace Azaula 2020 more and more people began to see the day of the morning was dedicated to watching as useless, skipping it all together. So, in videos created by CHS students and then 2018, a small group of CHS students de- voting on which was the funniest and the On a normal day of school, students ing comes cided to bring B1 day back to what it had overall best video. stay inside their classrooms, doing school once been. They organized the day into After lots of sitting in the morning, stu- work, studying, and learning about impor- to Cheshire two halves: one that was more structured dents were ready for some action! CHSs- tant subjects like math, english, history, and one that was dedicated to fun. ports teams, like the boys track team girls By Shivani Padhi 2018 and science. However, there are some very During the fi rst half of the day, students tennis team, and many more, volunteered important lessons that one may not learn were split up into 3 groups and rotated four of their members to participate in re- from this traditional classroom. On June Look no further to be healthy through a cycle of activities. One of these lay races. CHS students cheered on their 8th, 2018 Cheshire High School dedicat- and fit this summer. A Cheshire resident activities was a panel and an open mic time peers and fellow athletes as they did a va- ed a whole day to learning these valuable has created a free bike sharing pro- for students to speak about the experiences riety of races, relays, and even a game of lessons, such as community, support, and gram in Cheshire. Jim Jinks, a resident and hardships that they’ve gone through, dutch auction! The crowd was full of en- friendship. of Cheshire, has been collecting bikes such as bullying, sexual harassment, ad- ergy, making the relay races a real blast! The school partook in an event called B1 around Cheshire to launch his new bike diction, and family issues. A CHS alumni The fi nal part of the day was the least struc- day, which has been a tradition at CHS sharing program. He decided to start the was even recruited for this panel, speaking tured part of the day, and arguably one of since the Columbine shooting in 1999. The bike sharing program in Cheshire after about his experience with drug and alco- the best parts. Students were able to hang day was created as a way to make students he got inspired from the Simsbury free hol addiction. Another panel was also held, out with their friends, relax and unwind as feel safe within their school environment, bike program. this time including politicians, a police of- they munched on picnic food, provided by as well as unite as one against tragedies, As of right now, the only places fi cer, and a member of the Cheshire Board the school. They were also able to partici- hence the name “Be One Day”. However, that offer bikes for free are the Cheshire of Education. These adults gave the CHS pate a number of yard games, pie eating in recent years B1 day has begun to change YMCA and Pop’s Pizza. Anyone who is students insight into problems that they contests, and even a dunk the teacher tank, into a day that strayed far from its original 18 and over and has a driver’s license see within their jobs, and answered many which the principal Dr. Gadd volunteered format. There seemed to be less emphasis can rent a bike from these places. More student-asked questions.The fi nal portion for! venues for bike renting will open up as on community and friendship, and this bike sharing program continues. To rent a bike, one needs to pay a 10 dollar (cash only) deposit to rent a bike for 24 hours. This 10 dollar deposit can either be refunded back to you or you can do- nate it once you return your bike. This bike sharing program also allows you to rent a helmet for no additional charge with your bike. This bike sharing program is a great asset to have in the town of Cheshire. There are so many linear trails in Cheshire, making it easy for bikers to ride. Through this program, Jinks hopes to make Cheshire a healthy community at no cost! At the inauguration of this bike sharing program, I got the opportu- nity to talk to a few Cheshire residents, including Sarada Padhi. Padhi said this bike sharing program is a “well-thought program that encourages people to re- main healthy and active. I am very ex- cited and am looking forward to using the bikes this summer!”. Through this small effort in providing free bikes to local Cheshi- rians, a huge impact can happen. Not only will people stay fi t, but also a new precedent for future programs can be set! 2 Rampage June 2018 STUDENT LIFE 3 Saying Goodbye to Our School Teachers A Farewell to Mrs. Smalec A Sendoff to Retiring After Three Decades in Cheshire Mr. Rood By Shivani Padhi 2018 By Abby Dziura 2020 David Rood has been a teacher Paula Smalec is retiring this year for 32 years. Although he has been teach- after 35 years of teaching, including 33.5 ing at cheshire high school for sixteen years at Cheshire High School.