Volume 30, Issue 6 THE May 04, 2018 PROWLER Quince Orchard High School • 15800 Quince Orchard Rd, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Carole vs. Carole: A tale of two principals Longtime QO principal Working Retired principal serves as interim retires after 11 years on job as search continues for replacement

By JENNA SHATZMAN ment demonstrate the hard work By FLYNN SNYDER & ALEXA ELLIOTT Managing Editor that the school has put into its academ- Managing Editors ics, but it, as Working acknowledges, like to see in a new principal. Their “proves that life in the modern world responses help developed interview After 11 years of walking the halls In late March, longtime QO questions in candidate interviews. in her famous red pant suits, Carole works.” Working felt pride to be part principal Carole Working retired from Brian Scriven, Director of School Working has parted ways from Quince of a school “where the melting pot ex- her position after 12 years, it was a Support and Improvement for MCPS, Orchard High School. She has left ists, where everybody is, and everybody homecoming of sorts for the person has been leading the search for QO’s Gaithersburg for paradise, joining her participates, and everybody is success- chosen to temporarily fi ll the position. new principal. Scriven created a panel husband in Italy after missing other op- ful.” She added its hard to come y such Carole Goodman, who was one of the of 22 people including QO faculty/staff , portunities to travel with him in the a place where everyone not only gets original staff at Quince Orchard when students, and community members: past. “In my life my family has been along, but thrives by working together. it opened in 1988, has come out of Scriven says the goal was to have a traveling around me, and on this par- While Working left a mark on QO, retirement and has been acting as “strong” and “diverse” interview panel. ticular occasion the opportunity is so the school most certainly left its mark interim principal while the school According to Scriven, four to fi ve nice, that I am actually going to go with undergoes its search for a permanent on her too. “I probably have more red candidates were interviewed for the them,” said Working. Now, she is look- replacement for Mrs. Working. suits, more red dresses, more red shoes position in late April. Once the candidates ing forward to clearing her head after “It was kind of like coming back than anyone else in the building QO fi nished their interviews with the panel, having “QO tunnel vision for so long.” . home,” said Goodman. “The students has defi nitely changed the way I dress,” the pool was narrowed down to just two in general are just really nice.” members, who will then be interviewed said Working. Besides the impact that Before retiring, Goodman worked by MCPS Superintendent Jack Smith, “There are so many who ultimately makes the fi nal decision. staff members here There are fi ve openings this year for high school principals in MCPS, which that I have worked is rare according to Scriven, but both he and Goodman say that QO should with over time in not have a problem fi lling the void. “Anyone coming in here is coming such a positive way into a great situation,” says Goodman. However she was quick to point out that that it is so hard to she has no input into the selection process. Students from all diff erent classes leave those work- have been weighing in on what they would like to see in a new principal at QO. ing relationships “The new principal should be passionate about the school like behind.” Mrs. Working was,” said junior Will -Carole Working Walsh. “I think it would be cool for new, creative and fun ideas. Tradition can get stale sometimes.” Working’s dedication to QO is While some students are looking a large part of what has driven the forward to possible new traditions, others school to be as successful as it is today. say they would like to see classic QO Through the good and bad, Working un- traditions thrive under a new principal. QO has had on her clothing, Working as a principal at the elementary, derstood what she says is the most im- “I would defi nitely like to see a explains that as she heads onto the fu- middle, and high school levels for 18 portant aspect of Quince Orchard: its continuation of QO traditions and the ture, she will no longer have students years. Aside from being a member of same spirit that [Mrs. Working] had. community. Throughout her years at to make sure that she “has [her] street the original staff , Goodman’s QO roots She also came to games and had a red QO, Working made sure to uphold the creds ” She wondered, “Who is going are also strong, as she had previously . pant suit,” said sophomore Sam Mercer. traditions that remain important to the to keep me up to date on things that worked with the school’s resource Goodman says QO students community, such as the Red Army. “I high school students know but peo- offi cer, Offi cer Joe Lowery, and should prepare for change. love it because there’s an old fashioned ple of a certain age don’t anymore?” social studies teacher Penny Keune. “Things will change, and that’s piece of school spirit to it, but every Working›s love of red and all While the school searches for its something people need to brace things QO makes it hard for her to next principal, Goodman says she is year it is always new,” Working said. for where there’s new leadership,” here to be as helpful as possible. “My However, it was also important to her leave. “There are so many staff mem- said Goodman. She also points out role is to do what I can to help people to keep the school up to date with what bers here that I have worked with that change can be refreshing. get to the end of the year …I’m just a is important for students to know now. over time in such a positive way that As for advice for the new principal, fi gurehead at this point,” said Goodman. Academically, Working’s most it is so hard to leave those working Goodman says she hopes that they will do Goodman says that even though proud accomplishment is getting QO relationships behind,” said Working, a lot of listening when they come to QO she has spent some time in retirement, back to being one of the top schools “and it is so hard to leave those stu- and be ready to do their “homework.” getting back in to the role of the job dents whose energy fuels this build- Both Goodman and Working in Maryland. She accredits this not has been easy. As for a permanent will be at the graduation ceremony only to herself, but to “what the ing in such a positive way,” she said. replacement for Mrs. Working, the for the class of 2018 on May 30. teachers and the staff in this build- And when asked if she’ll be back school is hoping to gain perspective The new principal should be announced ing have done together, and all of the to walk the halls of Quince Orchard, visit from both staff and the community the Red Army and see a few more football within the next week and is expected hard work that the kids have done.” alike. A few weeks ago, students shared to start in that role offi cially on July 1. Not only does this accomplish- games, Working said, “Of course.” their thoughts about what they would News Features Sports

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Page 2 Page 5 THEPONDERROAR.COM SHANNON MARSH FORBES Page 10 2 NewstheProwler May 04, 2018 QO Anything Goes went without a hitch PROWLER STAFF By CINDY LIU is naturally the most nerve- Managing Editor wracking, as it is the moment Editors-in-Chief of truth. “I don’t think you To put on a play is no can not get nervous before Tori Berry easy feat, but the drama club the night of performance,” Brandon Freedman worked for months in order said junior Lilia Karapetyan, Matt hew Gordon to get ready for this year’s who played Mrs. Evangeline musical, Anything Goes. Harcourt. However, despite all Managing Editors Preparations for the show the worry, it was a “surprisingly Alexa Elliott started right after students smooth production,” said Gabi Eyrich came back from winter break. Karapetyan. “It is diff erent Jenna Kase As the cast practiced lines every year, but this time there and warmed their voice for Cindy Liu were no really bad situations.” audition, the crew was busy While the members of Madison Mills setting up the stage and getting drama club do not have a say Kaitlyn Price the cast members ready. After in the choice of play, many Ayesha Shahzad the auditions have fi nalized, seem content with theatre Jenna Shatz man the drama club members were director Nicholas Saadipour’s Flynn Snyder be at school until 5 PM every choice. “It was perfect for the Nicki Thomas day to rehearse and practice. capabilities with the people There are fi ve sections in we have,” said Karapetyan. Staff Writers the crew: construction, paint, “It’s interesting: during Jantz en Focht costume, makeup and mics. PHOTO COURTESY OF SHANNON MARSH my time in theater, we’ve Junior Sara Tapia, head of the Claire Sullivan of the crew alternated every 10 or 11 at night,” said Tapia. never done a plot like this costume crew, said, “We will day in the months leading up During that time, everything was before,” added Tapia. be searching the Vault, [a] big to Tech Week. The week before fi nalized, the cast ran through the Overall, the musical was Copy Editors vault of diff erent costumes from the fi rst performance, Tech whole script, and the crew put a great success. Three and Alexa Elliott all eras and decades, or buying Week is where the most action the fi nal touches on their work. a half months’ work really Ayesha Shahzad online and altering.” Members takes place. “We would stay till The fi rst performance paid off for the cast and crew.

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Trump also EDITORIAL POLICY faculty at first were unsure whether or not the fire alarm has accused Bezos of using The Washington Post as a way to promote was real, as the school had been on “fire watch” for the Amazon and to lobby for personal interests and beliefs. With all the The Prowler gladly ac- past week and thought it might have been a drill or false accusations piling up on Bezos, he maintains that the acquisition cepts comments, concerns, alarm. Within minutes, firefighters, ambulances, and of The Washington Post was strictly for fi nancial gains and not to and lett ers to the editor. police officers swarmed the school and were able to safely promote a personal agenda. Additionally, The Washington Post Lett ers may be emailed to extinguish the fire and students could conclude their day. adds disclaimers in stories regarding Bezos or any of his holdings. [email protected], mailed c/o The Prowler to the school address above, Malala’s return The new SMOB or dropped off directly to Ms. Cooley-Klein’s mail- box in Room 231 (English Offi ce). Lett ers may be ed- ited for space and clarity. ABOUT The Prowler is published six times a year by the stu- dents of Quince Orchard High School, and it has been continuously pub- PHOTO COURTESY OF THEBLACKANDHITE.NET lished since the 1988-89 By CINDY LIU school year. To become PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER (@MALALA) Managing Editor a staff member, students By BRANDON FREEDMAN The SMOB (Student Member of the Board of Education) take Journalism A & B to Editor In Chief election was a close race this year as Ananya Tadikonda won with qualify for the Advanced 51 percent of the votes, a sharp contrast to Matt Post’s 62.7 Publications class. Malala Yousafzai has made a triumphant return home to percent. Her opponent, Nimah Nayel, who received 49 percent of Pakistan for the fi rst time since 2012 due to security concerns. In the votes, congratulated Tadikonda on Twitter, saying, “This has 2012, Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban while protesting been an AMAZING experience, and I can’t wait to see what we’ll for women›s rights. Yousafzai had gained a lot of attention the ALL accomplish next year, because when it comes to growth and year before for writing a secret diary about life under Taliban rule improvement, we need to stay united.” For her role as SMOB, and the harsh living conditions. Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Tadikonda will receive a $5,000 college scholarship, an honors- Prize in 2014 for her courage, strength, and commitment to end level social studies credit, and hours that count toward the 75 the oppression of women and young children in the Middle East. service learning hours students must perform in order to graduate. NewstheProwler May 04, 2018 3 VIEWPOINT As AP tests approach, fee deadlines do as well By JENNA SHATZMAN is justifi able. Although some colleges no longer accept AP Managing Editor credits, many colleges still look It’s that time of the year for students who have shown again, when you get an email to push themselves throughout from College Board every day high school and take the most reminding you to pay your challenging courses. Students hundreds of dollars worth including myself sign up for of fees for your AP tests. a plethora of AP classes for If you have a sibling, like this reason, not bearing in me, it’s even worse. Depending mind the economic burden on how many AP classes you to come later in the year. and your siblings are taking, QO itself places even more fees can add up to close to a pressure on students to take thousand dollars. This may be an these expensive AP exams- insignifi cant amount compared by requiring teachers to give to the costs of taking the class in exams that resemble the real college, but you are paying for AP test. These tests, instead of PHOTO COURTESY OF COLLEGEEXPRESS.COM the tests whether you pass them going toward college, go toward they are also committing to economic burden on a student schools are allowed to do so. or not, and whether you will the student’s quarter grade. It college and often paying tens of and their family’s shoulders. As the fee is implemented receive college credit, or not. is up to the student to decide thousands in tuition. This is on Currently, Quince Orchard nationwide, it is going to be Many of the top colleges in the whether the test impacting their top of the money many students only takes $9 of this year’s diffi cult for students to do country, including Dartmouth, grade is worth saving the money. spend on test prep, application $94 fee. The rest goes to The anything in the near future to Brown, and Columbia, are even To further the economic fees, and testing itself. College Board. Luckily QO is reduce costs. So make sure you starting to decline AP credits. burden, students often take Although the costs of AP tests not a school that increases study up and get a good night’s At QO they constantly push their most amount of AP classes are only a fraction of college its AP fee to cover further sleep before your tests to make us to take AP tests, but this junior and senior year, when tuition, they are yet another administration costs; however, sure these steep fees pay off ! The Prowler thanks our Patrons for their generous support! 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SIGNATURE ______DATE ______4 NewstheProwler May 04, 2018 Unusual union of British royal and actress approaches By AYESHA SHAHZAD has no royal blood, is a divorcee, and is “Here’s the thing no one has said the other hand, is not looking forward Managing Editor biracial. Harry has a past of his own which about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry: to the union merely because he is not is arguably more controversial; he has a he’s the one marrying up—not her.” a fan of the monarchy. When making an appearance on The Late Show With The union of British royal Prince long list of ex-girlfriends, and was known Thus, the matrimony of the two Stephen Colbert, Oliver implied that Harry and Meghan Markle is set for May as a royal rebel in his younger years as stands out amongst other unions involving the best thing for Markle to do would 19. More than 600 guests are reportedly he was constantly being sighted in clubs the royal family. For this reason, one be to pull out of the marriage now. expected to attend, and the venue is as and making tabloid covers. American would expect the wedding itself to be “They’re an emotionally stunted group grand as it gets: the ceremony will take journalist Paula Froelich tweeted, unprecedented and totally distinctive, of fundamentally fl awed people doing a place in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor yet still every bit as enchanted and very silly pseudo-job. That’s what she’s Castle, and according to Harper’s Bazaar, extraordinary as the past royal weddings. marrying into. So I hope she likes it. It’s there will be two receptions. One will Many are wondering what Markle’s going to be weird for her,” Oliver said. consist of the same guests that attend title will be after the marriage, given her the ceremony and will be held in St. lack of royal status. The answer is unclear, George’s Hall, and the other will be but it is likely that they will be dubbed a more private after-party at a venue Duke and Duchess, similar to Harry’s in close proximity to the castle and older brother William and his wife Kate. hosted by Prince Charles, Harry’s father. The British reaction to this Despite all of this, there are a few unifi cation is quite mixed. Some claim points which will set this royal wedding to simply not care; others are clearly apart from the past ones in a big way. insulted by the prince’s decision to Prince Harry is the grandson of marry an American. British magazine Queen Elizabeth and the son of Charles Tatler recently published an article and Diana, the Prince and Princess of about the couple, writing, “Some British men, meanwhile, like some American Wales. 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Markle also PHOTO COURTESY OF INSTYLE Great turnout at March for Our Lives rally By AYESHA SHAHZAD and recalls it being incredibly old political activist Naomi said Becher. “For the rest attention from media outlets. crowded. “I think it is Wadler; the granddaughter of the time, she was silent Despite the impressive Managing Editor interesting that the youth of Martin Luther King, Jr., to represent the amount of turnout at the march and are leading this movement Yolanda King; and many time the shooter spent in visible support of the “Welcome to the because it is something others. Some found Wadler’s the school.” Becher was not movement, there is also some revolution.” These were that we haven’t seen since speech to be especially the only one enthralled by opposition, and the Parkland the words said by Cameron Vietnam,” said Stagliano. noteworthy, given that Gonzalez; since the horrific survivors have been enduring Kasky, 17-year-old Marjory The “revolution” is in she seemed to be the only incident in Parkland took the worst of it. Recently, Fox Stoneman Douglas High School response to gun violence one to bring up a possible place, Gonzalez has acquired News host and conservative student, school shooting in America; the recent inconsistency in the general a large Twitter following of figure Laura Ingraham took survivor, and the first speaker mass shooting at the reaction to mass shootings over 1.5 million, greater to Twitter to “harass” David at the March for Our Lives aforementioned high school based on the race of the than that of the NRA, and Hogg, as many people saw rally in D.C. on March 24. in Parkland, Florida inspired victims. “I am here today to has received considerable it. “David Hogg Rejected By An estimated 800,000 the march. The shooting, acknowledge and represent Four Colleges To Which He people participated at that which took place on February the African American girls Applied and whines about location, exceeding the 14, resulted in the deaths of whose stories don’t make the it,” wrote Ingraham via @ number for the Women’s 17 members of the Stoneman front page of every national IngrahamAngle on Twitter. March of 2017, and many more Douglas community, newspaper,” she said. Whether or not you took part in sister marches staff and students alike. Senior Amelia Becher agree with the sentiment of across the globe. The march Cameron Kasky was one also attended the march the movement, its impact was one of the biggest youth- of many notable speakers and recalls Gonzalez’s is palpable. “It feels like led protests in history, and at the march; alongside speech being particularly things are really happening... it is sure to be remembered him were fellow Parkland captivating. “She gave a really when you have us [the youth] for years to come. QO junior students David Hogg and powerful speech where she taking a stand, it is pretty Jack Stagliano was one of Emma Gonzalez; 11-year- talked for only two minutes,” hard to ignore,” said Becher. many student participants PHOTO COURTESY OF USA TODAY The Prowler

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By TORI BERRY Arrested Development who appears to Editor-in-Chief the left of Gamora in Knowhere. Those who are familiar with the show can agree Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, that this Easter egg seems odd given Black Widow, Hulk, Scarlet Witch, Vision, how dissimilar Arrested Development is War Machine, Falcon, Loki, Winter Soldier, to the Avengers series, but it turns out Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, Groot, that the directors behind Infi nity War, Mantis, Nebula, Spider-Man, Doctor Anthony and Joe Russo, also put together Strange, Wong, Heimdall, Black Panther, multiple episodes of the comedy show. Okoye, Shuri. All of these characters Despite all of these admirable come from diff erent worlds, but each qualities, some still complain about a of their individual paths have led to one lack of face time with many characters. I record-breakingly complex crossroad, urge those to give credit to whom credit the Infi nity War, and in the middle is due: writers Stephen McFeely and of it all looms the Mad Titan Thanos. Christopher Markus. The price of such For the past decade, the Marvel a large and multiplex collaboration of Cinematic Universe has been releasing stories was a crowded cast, as could have movie after exhilarating movie, all been foreseen by anyone. But McFeely building up to an event so infi nitely and Markus managed to distribute the anticipated that it shattered the screen time as fairly as possible by international box offi ce record for giving the most lines to the bigger roles largest opening weekend worldwide. and the funniest lines to the smaller. The latest chapter in the Avengers series Another, more fun, side eff ect of the raced past The Fate of the Furious, the size of this movie’s cast was all of the previous international record holder, introductions between characters from with an opening weekend of $630 million diff erent worlds. A personal favorite of – surpassing the Furious by almost $100 mine was Thor meeting the Guardians of PHOTO COURTESY OF FORBES.COM million. It’s almost redundant to point the Galaxy, with his immediate reaction out that this cinematic masterpiece also INFINITE PRAISE: As of April 30, Infi nity War has received ratings of 86% on Rot- being: “Who the hell are you guys?” lapped Star Wars: The Force Awakens, ten Tomatoes, 9.1/10 on IMDb, and 5/5 on Common Sense Media. All 180 minutes, all the jokes, all the the previous US record holder, by about action, all the emotion – it was all worth $2 million. Marvel fans expected a lot least. I couldn’t help but sit in a two- as the big picture itself – the colors, the the wait. And now they’ve left us waiting of such a movie – even wondering if it and-a-half-hour-long trance admiring character entrances, the CGI, the one- again, but nobody is complaining about could be the best Marvel movie ever – but the seamless blend of characters, liners, the running gags, the consistency, that. Marvel fans have been supporting it exceeded everybody’s expectations. stories, and goals, all falling into place even the font of the location names. The this legendary franchise for years on end After watching Avengers: Infi nity as if it were a puzzle unlike any other. movie was so intricate that you may even and they haven’t failed us yet. I think I War, it’s just impossible to say that any But this puzzle is unique in that miss some of the details, such as the speak for all who have seen the movie so of these numbers surprise me in the each contributing piece is as beautiful wannabe Blue Man, Tobias Fünke, from far when I say: buy yourself a movie ticket. Emphasize mental health awareness in schools phorical. Another argument to not putting focus By NIKKI AHMADI on mental health in schools might be that dedi- Journalism Student cating time to it would take away learning from “more important” subjects. While people may not think that suff ering Teaching kids about the eff ects of mental from a mental illness is something that could hap- illness has have many benefi ts though. Teaching pen to them or someone they know, it is quite children about the existence of certain mental prevalent. Mental health is something that aff ects illnesses and their warning signs can help them approximately one in fi ve children between ages identify illness in either themselves or loved thirteen and eighteen in the U.S. according to ones. This could potentially save them or people the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Possible important to them from the repercussions of an illnesses can range in young children: anxiety dis- untreated mental disorderimplications that re- orders, eating disorders, mood disorders, etc. The sult from leaving mental illness untreated. It can negative repercussions that can occur from lack also allow students to sympathize or empathize of education or ignorance to this are devastating. more with peers that may be suff ering. There should be a greater emphasis on education Schools use health classes to touch on the of mental health in schools. topic of mental illness, but without continuing It may be argued that mental illnesses are to emphasize its importance, it can be easily not real and that while humans endure times of brushed off or forgotten by students. Counties in diffi culty, mental illnesses cannot be categorized the U.S. need to give more time to educating stu- as real diseases. According to psychiatrist Thomas dents on the matter by holding assemblies where Szasz, physical altercations can be considered health professionals are brought in to talk and PHOTO COURTESY OF ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE diseases and that mental disorders are meta- answer questions regarding mental health. Lack of sleep causes danger in high school By ASHLEIGH GORDON In Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a study was com- Journalism Student pleted where Jackson Hole High School delayed made the decision to delay their start times by 80 You wake up to the blasting sound of your minutes, from 7:35 a.m. to 8:55 a.m. Throughout alarm, force yourself out of bed, and get ready for the school year, the later start time resulted in another day at school. The sky, still a deep shade of a rise in GPAs and, a drop in tardiness and car blue, is just beginning to brighten up with a peak crashes involving student drivers dropping 70%. of sun starting to appear over the horizon. You Nearly all humans experience a delay of sleep wonder how nice an extra hour of sleep would feel. timing in the brain once they reach high school Studies have shown that as you get older, age. In teens, the secretion of melatonin, the sleep the quality of your sleep decreases. With 50% of hormone, does not begin until 10:45 p.m. Medi- high schools starting before eight in the morning, cal researchers have found that sleep patterns of and homework that keeps them up for hours into younger children enable them to rise early and be the night, it is extremely hard for these teenag- ready for learning much earlier than adolescents. ers to get the needed hours of sleep. According Later school times for high school students are to sleep experts, most adolescents need about needed to not only save the mental and physical nine hours of sleep per night. Today, nearly 70% health of students, but because it is what makes the get under eight, and 40% end up with under six. most sense due to the biology of teenage brains. PHOTO COURTESY OF US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT 6 Double T THE PROWLER STAFF SUMMER PLAYLIST

Tori Berry: Flynn Snyder: San Francisco Feels by the Mowglis by Calvin Harris

Jantzen Focht: Madison Mills: Summertime Wasted Time by Kenny Chesney by Keith Urban

Kaitlyn Price: Gabi Eyrich: Life is a Highway Catch and Release by Tom Cochrane by Matt Simons

Jenna Kase: Jenna Shatzman: Higher Ground Lost in Japan by Odesza by Shawn Mendes

Nicki Thomas: Ayesha Shahzad: I’ll Name the Dogs The Lights by Blake Shelton of Roma by Jerry Vale Reid Ploshnick: Sunshine Cindy Liu: by Charlie Heat East of Eden and Ant Beale by Zella Day

Claire Sullivan: Brandon Freedman: Good Vibrations Waves by Kanye West by the Beach Boys Matthew Gordon: Alexa Elliott: Crazy by Lil Pump Say Hey (I love you) by Michael Franti Ms. C-K: and Spearhead Soak up the Sun by Sheryl Crow TrucktheProwler May 04, 2018 7

SUMMER MUSIC Here are some of the best music festivals happening this summer!

By MADISON MILLS and KAITLYN PRICE Managing Editors Lollapalooza: Chicago, IL Featuring artists such as The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Post Malone, Khalid, and more

Firefl y: Dover, DE Featuring artists such as Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, and more

Bonnaroo: Grant Stage Park, TN Featuring artists such as Future, Muse, Sheryl Crow, Paramore, and more

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By CLAIRE SULLIVAN so many inside jokes between us, a good time. Crew is a good diff erent parts and work together night, the drama club and crew Staff Writer and crew is really somewhere to community of cool people,” as one gear,” said Lanham. have Tech Week (better known meet good people,” said senior said sophomore Maddie Carter. Once everyone is fi nished as Hell Week), where student Student stage crew—it’s the Erin Lanham, Student Director. After the fi nal school bell catching up, they branch off actors and crew members stay backbone of Quince Orchard In addition of having fun rings, the student crew members into their diff erent areas and extra late, often getting home plays, the behind the scenes within stage crew, students also have free time to grab food, work on their special jobs. Some around 11 PM, in order to perfect of how art and technology often have get-togethers and socialize or play games before have their talent in painting and the show. Tech Week is when is tied together to put on help each other out outside of gathering in the auditorium artistic builds, while others have they combine the acting and amazing shows, such as the crew. “We grab food together, to talk about the schedule for a knack for the technical aspects, technical aspects of the show, recent musical Anything Goes. have fun events like pasta the day. “We work as a giant such as mics, lighting and sound. and rehearse the play every night Working overtime and taking in parties, hang out and just have machine. We all are a bunch of A week before the opening until it runs smoothly. The busy consideration of every detail, the week is often diffi cult because stage crew has to communicate students have to balance working and perfect their work to add late on the show with homework. to the magic of the show. “It’s stressful because we are Many students involved with putting all aspects of the show stage crew walk in not knowing together: hair, set makeup, how to work a screwdriver, and lighting, acting. We rehearse nevertheless become a part of the show over and over again the creation of vast sets, such to make sure everything as a giant boat that covers is perfect,” said Lanham. the stage in Anything Goes. Though crew can be a Any grade level is welcome lot of work, members say it’s to join crew and be part of the worth it because of the people family, no experience required. you are surrounded with and “I joined crew not knowing the experience you gather anything,” said freshman Cat throughout the crew season. “I Gacek. “I knew I wanted to met so many of my friends in get involved, and when I did crew,” said junior Kenichi Shay. I was very glad. I learned “It’s a ton of work, but seeing cool skills along the way.” your dedication in the end result If you don’t have anything feels amazing.” The opportunity, going on and want to be a part experience and knowledge of a tight group of students (who gathered from crew is one of the occasionally have their goofi ng many reasons why many students off periods), joining stage crew enjoy crew. “Don’t be afraid to would be very benefi cial. “While join crew,” said Shay. “Join clubs PHOTO BY CARA O’CONNOR we get stuff done, we always you have interests in, and see WE ARE FAMILY: The stage crew community has their fun with inside jokes as work gets done. have jokes and laughs. There are how it really pays off in the end.” Ensayo: ¿Es bueno entretener a los hijos con un tablet? tiempo de navegación. Con- Por M. RAFAELLA futura, tal como escolar, social forme a las investigaciones real- VERA, DEYLI GOMEZ, y laboral”, señalan fuentes de la izadas los niños tienden a tener EDWIN ORELLANA, & Universidad Autónoma de Barce- problemas al socializar con otros lona. niños, de hecho esto también WILLIAM CORDOVA Según las investigaciones re- conlleva a afectar el desarrollo Estudiantes de Español 5 alizadas el 60 % de los padres no del niño. Algunos efectos del supervisa el uso de la tecnología uso temprano de tablets en ni- Hoy en día, cada vez son PHOTO COURTESY OF EBAY de sus hijos. Y al 75 % de los ni- ños son afecciones mentales, más frecuentes las preocupa- ños se les permite la tecnología trastornos del sueño y retraso en ciones de los padres debido en sus habitaciones. También hay el desarrollo. Es por eso que a Senior Gotcha! al uso excesivo de dispositi- que tomar en cuenta que el 75 los niños no se les debe entre- vos electrónicos por los niños. % de los niños de 9 y 10 años son tener con tablets a temprana By NICKI THOMAS lowing with the seniors of QO. En principio es notorio el uso privados de sueño en la medida edad. Los niños menores a 10 Managing Editor While school, work, and mov- de tablets en los últimos años en que sus califi caciones se ven años deberían tener acceso nulo ing vehicles were safe spaces, por todos, especialmente por afectadas negativamente, según a la tecnología (teléfonos celu- Imagine walking out of your any other location was fair game. los niños. De alguna manera estudios del Boston College en lares, tablets, computadoras y front door, and next thing you Senior Jenna Gold was par- los dispositivos electrónicos 2012. Asi que recomiendan la consolas de juegos). know you’re soaking wet—this is ticipating in the event with son buenas herramientas para supervisión adulta y no darles Podemos llegar a entender what the seniors signed up for. her partner, senior Bella Zin- aprender, sin embargo, nada es el celular a niños menores de 2 que la mayoría de los padres no Senior Gotcha is played as dash; they were excited about bueno en exceso. Cuando los ni- años: limitar el uso a una hora supervisan lo que los niños hacen a classwide game. Teams of two the opportunity for an excit- ños son muy pequeños deberían diaria. Además la interacción con sus aparatos electrónicos. were assigned a target, who ing class-wide game. “I joined aprender al interactuar con pa- digital en niños de 3 a 5 años, y Por ese motivo sugerimos a los was unaware of who was com- because I thought it would be dres o con compañeros. Es por de 6 a 17 años no debe superar padres que estén más atentos al ing for them. Within the allot- a fun experience for me and esas razones que los padres no dos horas diarias. uso de los aparatos electrónicos ted time, each team needed to my class before we graduate,” deberían entretener a sus hijos De hecho una encuesta de de los niños. También es impor- shoot their target with a water said Gold. “I would like to see con tablets. TELAM ubica al “chat” como la tante preguntarse qué hacen los gun or hit them with a water this become a tradition for the A pesar de que el uso de actividad que ocupa el 80% del chicos cuando están en Internet. balloon. If this task was com- QO seniors because I really en- tablets a temprana edad tenga pleted and captured on video, joyed being able to participate.” riesgos, pero asi como nega- the team could advance to the In order to get their tar- tivos, también tiene algunos next round, where they would get team out, Gold and Zin- impactos positivos. No es malo have been given a new target dash staked out their house and que desde pequeños empiecen team. By paying just the $10 fee waited until they came outside. a familiarizarse con este tipo de to enter, participants had the When they left the house, Gold dispositivos, siempre y cuando chance to unknowingly be shot and Zindash ambushed them and no hagan un uso inadecuado with a water gun, but you also sprayed them with water guns. de este. Un ejemplo puede ser had the chance to win all the en- While Gold and Zin- que su desarrollo es estimulado try fees, totaling around $400. dash were unable to proceed al escuchar nuevos sonidos y The lucky winners will divide to the next round, they still aprender mas palabras, tam- the money between themselves. both enjoyed the experience. bién se les puede enseñar los “Senior Gotcha” was pro- The game began on Fri- colores, animales o países. “Es- moted by the SGA, which day, April 6, and it continues tos dispositivos necesariamente helped it to gain a wide fol- until the last team is standing. van a formar parte de su vida PHOTO COURTESY OF GEEKWIRE.COM SportstheProwler May 04, 2018 9 Jantz en’s Journal: Caps and Wizards still have chance to win it all

Admittedly, while the Caps have ards must win the next game if they are must shoot the ball better from deep LOCAL SPORTS had their fair share of playoff dis- to survive. While things currently look a if they want to keep playing this year. may at the hands of the Penguins, little doom-and-gloom at the moment, Shooting at a mediocre rate of 37% in By JANTZEN FOCHT the Caps have been hot lately, and I still have a firm belief that they still the playoffs so far have not improved Staff Writer the Penguins have been having some are truly the better team in this series. their chances, and they must im- trouble with their goaltending lately. With a strong backcourt in Wall and prove upon that heading into game 6. Well, it’s been another year of strong However, they will look to counter Bradley Beal, the Wizards can eas- Overall, for both Washington play for the Wizards and Capitals in their poor defense with their white ily match that of the Raptors’ guard sports teams, if they are to survive the regular season. Again, both teams hot offense, led by Sidney Crosby. play. The problem with the Wizards, and keep their chances of bring- showed they have the capability to Meanwhile in the NBA playoffs, the though, is that while Beal and Wall ing a championship home to the compete against the best teams in the Wizards recently lost game 5 to the To- provide the team with the athleti- Delmarva area, they must stay fo- world, yet what truly matters is what ronto Raptors, and are now down in the cism and court vision to spread the cused, keep their eyes on the prize, they can do from the end of April on. series, 3 games to 2, meaning the Wiz- floor and go on the attack, the Wizards and most importantly, not choke. The Capitals, lead by captain Al- exander Ovechkin, went 49-26-7 in the regular season, while in the NBA, the Wizards, led by point guard John Wall, finished at a decent 43-39. In the first round of the NHL play- offs, the Capitals squared off against the Columbus Blue Jackets and their extremely talented goalie, Sergei Bo- brovsky. Honestly, after the first two games of the series, I was down and out on the Capitals. I’ve seen this hap- pen too many freaking times to count, I thought to myself. It’s this typical less-than-stellar play that always gets them knocked out of the playoffs early. Yet right when they looked their weakest, right when it looked like they were on the brink of choking again, they actually started playing better; in fact, they started playing very, very well. With superb play from Braden Holtby, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Ovech- kin, the Caps won all of their next 4 games, allowing them to advance on to the next round. There, they will face of against the reigning Stanley Cup Champions, the Pittsburgh Penguins. PHOTOS COURTESY OF GREG FIUME STAYIN’ ALIVE: With the pure talent of Ovechkin and Wall, the Caps and Wiz both have a chance to go deep this year. Boys and girls lacrosse look to get hot for rest of 2018 eran experience. the boys, Richard Montgomery has got- years. Freshman Emma Christensen has LACROSSE ten off to a fast start, winning 9 of their Hodges also said that they are too been one of the biggest surprises to the 10 games. far out from the playoff s to be making team thus far, stemming from the fact The boys team, coached by David conclusions right now, based on the lim- By JANTZEN FOCHT that this is her fi rst year playing high- Gonzalez, came into the season with ited amount of games played. “Right Staff Writer level high school lacrosse. many inexperienced players on the var- now, we are just continuing to stress In order to improve upon their sea- Overall, in the landscape of Quince sity roster this year, which is one of fundamentals and limit the amount son so far, Christensen said , “We need Orchard lacrosse, both the boys and the reasons why recently, the team has of turnovers we create” Hodges also to keep working hard and gain confi - girls teams have gotten off to pretty de- placed an importance on communica- added that they just have to “#trust- dence in one another.” She also feels cent starts. On one hand, the boys lax tion between the veterans and newer theprocess” keep grinding and moving that even though her varsity playing ex- team has gotten off to a relatively good players of the team. forward. perience is limited compared to some of start, winning 7 of 12 games, while the In their recent games, junior John- On the other side of things, the girls the others on the team, she can “con- girls on the other hand have gotten out ny Hodges said that one of the things he have come out relatively steady and are tinue to support the other players and to a similar start, boasting a mediocre can contribute to the team is his “vet- looking to keep improving. Coached by try my best on the fi eld.” She added, 5-4 record. eran leadership” due in part to the ex- Carlyn Stephanelli, the girls roster also “As the season progresses, we will build Meanwhile, in the same region for perience he has accumulated over the includes a mix of young talent and vet- a greater connection between one an- other.” Overall, if both teams are to end the year successfully, they must continue to work hard and communicate with one another. Not doing so will result in both teams walking the line between success and mediocrity, subsequently leaving them with a shaky seeding heading into the postseason. “Right now we are just continu- ing to stress fun- damentals and limit the amount of turnovers we create.” -Johnny Hodges

PHOTO COURTESY OF TONY KOSIYACHINDA WIDE OPEN: Junior Brandon Kelly stands at the crease all by himself, ready to add a point in favor of the Cougars. SportstheProwler May 04, 2018 10 Teamwork makes dream work with the girls softball team GIRLS SOFTBALL Teamwork is important and cre- closer teammates,” says Gomez. said Ferris. “She really keeps our team By GABI EYRICH ates an efficient team when the Several players believe their coach confident and believes in our success.” Managing Editor girls hit the field, but their friend- is a valuable asset to the team, and Ultimately, the girls softball With teamwork and determina- ships and communication last not provides the support and motivation to team always puts their best foot for- tion, the members of the girls varsity only on the field, but off as well. persevere through each tough game. ward each game, and hopes to con- softball team have evolved into not “Being on this team has created Coach Kelley has inspired the team clude their season with improvement. only powerful individual players, but new relationships, and even friend- to become stronger and pushes their Make sure to come out to their next a strong, cohesive team. With a cur- ships,” said Gomez. “We have had abilities to their highest potential. home game on May 7 at 3:45pm against rent record of 6 wins and 6 losses, the team bonding, such as sleepovers “Coach Kelly truly knows the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, and girls have had several ups and downs and dinners, that have made us much right thing to say at the right time,” support these hard-working players! throughout the season, but hope to rise on top by their first playoff game. “Each player contributes a dif- ferent skill and strength to our team,” said junior Jordan Ferris. “If we all had the same strengths, we wouldn’t work well together as a team.” The players have had long, in- tense practices to work on their skills, communication, team bonding, and hitting. Each practice, they repeat their hitting and drills in order to perform better when playing a game. “The thing we needed to focus on most this season is our batting skills,” Ferris added. “Because of practicing hard, we have improved on our bunting and base running during the games.” Senior Elizabeth Gomez said, “During practice, we review our mistakes from previous games. This helps us reflect on ways we can im- prove for our upcoming games.” Recently playing against their undefeated rival, North- west High School, the girls came up short with a final score of 1-11. “Although we didn’t play North- west with our full potential, we have had several other solid wins against HIGH FIVE: Playing with supportive and motivating teammates makes the whole team a more PHOTO COURTESY OF DAKOTA CRAIG challenging schools,” said Gomez. cohesive unit. Boys Baseball plans to succeed and advance during playoff s BASEBALL “The team has improved men- a ball club at an exceptional level.” excited to see what we can achieve in By GABI EYRICH tally as our approaches for hit- Wong added, “With the motivation the future,” said senior Nick Mallus. ting, fielding, pitching, and just and encouraging words from Gasaway “For playoffs, as long as each as- Managing Editor about everything has grown dra- before each game, we have become pect of our game goes well, and Trading in their winter hats for a matically,” said senior Ethan Frank. a much stronger team as a whole.” we are consistent at the plate, we baseball cap, the boys varsity baseball Along with a great team comes a sup- The boys have played teams all will be in great shape,” said Frank. team has hit the field with passion and portive, encouraging coach, PE teacher across the county, with several games “Our goal for the rest of the season enthusiasm. With a record of 7 wins Jason Gasaway, who has trained the each week.They have faced challeng- is to improve from our rocky start and 5 losses as of April 26th, 2018, players to become much better individ- ing opponents, yet always seem to and reach our highest potential.” the boys believe that their season ually, as well as a team. Frank shares, rise to the circumstances and play With the season quickly approach- hasn’t been a complete “home run.” “Coach always knows how to keeps their hardest throughout every game. ing an end, the team hopes to exceed However they have trained and pre- us calm, or fire us up when needed,” “Our team has excelled in our com- in playoffs and finish their last few pared hard for each and every game. said Frank. “He can really manage munication and teamwork, and we are games with their strongest playing yet. “There are a few games that were really close, ones that we should have won,” said junior Bry- an Gurcan. “We need to work on our con- sistency throughout each inning, which will help us through a lot of hard games and will make us a stronger team.” Ever since the beginning of the sea- son, the majority of the players have been attending winter workouts in or- der to stay in shape. During the cur- rent spring season, working hard in practices has become a daily routine. “It is important for us to train and practice off season as well, because our increased strength is revealed in our games,” said Gurcan. “The extra work we put in the winter is always worth it when the season comes.” Junior Eric Wong added, “We have worked so hard to prepare for a suc- cessful season and improve our skills.” The players meet for several hours a week to practice their current strengths and improve discovered weaknesses. “The team has focused on our batting accuracy and ability, as well as our throw- ing technique and strength,” said Wong. With hard work ethic and a strong team communication, the players believe they will ap- PEP TALK: Coach Gasaway gives personal advice to player Nick Mallus on the PHOTO COURTESY OF TAYLOR DARRIN proach playoffs with confidence. fi eld. SportstheProwler May 04, 2018 11 VIEWPOINT When it comes to attention, there’s no one quite like Lavar BASKETBALL BY ZACH LEVEY Journalism Student Lavar Ball may be the defi nition of a “helicopter parent” when it comes to his sons’ basketball careers. Lavar Ball is the father to: Las Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball, Liangelo and Lamelo Ball that play overseas in Lithuania. Lavar always has something crazy and outlandish to say no matter what the topic is. Although Lavar only averaged 2.2 points per game in his days playing at Washington State, he believes that “I would kill Michael Jordan one-on-one.” “I would kill Michael Jordan one-on-one.” -Lavar Ball

Lavar’s latest plan is to create his own basketball league in which play- ers can go straight from high school to become professional athletes. This idea has a lot of controversy behind it but the majority of people, including me, think that this league is a terrific idea. The league will pay all athletes a PHOTO COURTESY OF USA TODAY minimum of $3,000 and a maximum STAY IN YO’ LANE: Lavar Ball always has something special to say, especially on the topic of his son, Lonzo Ball. of $10,000 a month depending on the majority of athletes have grown up in lieve that these athletes will have no It is clear that the pros outweigh skill set and talent of the player. I poverty and poor environments. With future due to lack of education. These the cons and therefore, this league think this is a great idea because it this new league, athletes will be able players are skipping college and if they should be enacted ASAP in order to gives young athletes a chance to do to give back to their family and com- have a career-ending injury, they will help take the weight off of FBI investi- what they love and they will be get- munity immediately after high school. have nothing but a high school educa- gations on the NCAA and to help more ting paid a real salary for it. Also, the People opposed to this league be- tion to fall back on. young athletes in America. Co-ed volleyball hopes to win it all this year VOLLEYBALL By JANTZEN FOCHT Staff Writer The co-ed volleyball team has got- ten off to a fast start this year, winning 6 of their 8 games. What makes this de- velopment even more interesting is that they’ve done this with none of the boys ever playing co-ed volleyball before. Four of the 6 boys, even more in- triguing, has never even played organized volleyball before. Yet the team, coached by Sarah Watson, seems to play like a championship caliber team; what is the reasoning behind their success? As someone who had never played or- ganized volleyball before, senior Brayden Allemong is one of the boys who is still learning volleyball. While this is the fi rst year he has participated in this sport, he feels he can still contribute a fair amount to this team. “I feel I can bring athleti- cism to the team, as well as hard work and determination, as I work to keep learning the game,” Allemong said. He also added that he will “continue to get better every practice and every game.” “[Over the season], we will develop more chemistry, consider- PHOTO COURTESY OF LIFETOUCH ing many of us have DE-FENSE!: The Cougar co-ed volleyball team is always looking for a way to keep their opponents off of the scoreboard. together as a team.” Donnelly, who has more chemistry, considering many of us at going deep into the playoff s, the team never played this played volleyball for 5 years, will look have never played this sport, let alone has stressed the importance of commu- forward to helping out the inexperienced together.” nication and hard work. Those two key sport before.” players on the team. Donnelly and Allemong tend to agree aspects, they believe, will help their Allemong also says that because with one another that in order to pre- chances of making a deep run into the -Brayden Allemong of their limited experience, the team pare for the playoff s, they need to “stay playoff s, especially with a team that “needs as much practice and game expe- on the grind in practice and make sure wasn’t designed to do so heading into Sophomore Sarah Donnelly believes rience as [they] can get in order to keep they are always working to get better,” the season. If they were to make a deep that one of the reasons they have played learning.” He also noted that as they said Donnelly. run, however, it would defi nitley be one so well is because their “ability to work play more games, they will “develop In order to ensure their best chances of the greatest stories of the year. 12 Sports AAthletethlete ooff tthehe MMonthonttheProwlerh QQuestionnaireuestionnMaya 04,i r2018e BOYS LACROSSE OUTDOOR TRACK BOYS BASEBALL Bennett Cohn ‘18 Maeve Smith ‘20 Mark Schwendinger Senior Bennett Cohn is She’s just a sophomore, ‘18 playing another varsity but it doesn’t matter! He’s not just a rapper! season of lacrosse with Maeve Smith is a speed What if we told you, Lil his biggest role yet. His demon, but also does ex- $chwenny is also a base- stick skills and phenom- tremely well in the class- ball star! His batting enal passing help him room. Her potential is off average is as low as his succeed when the team the charts, and she’ll nev- bass in his freestyles and needs him the most. er give up at any moment. any pitch given to him is an automatic dinger. GIRLS LACROSSE CO-ED VOLLEYBALL GIRLS SOFTBALL

Jordyn Mensh ‘19 Brayden Allemong ‘18 Jordan Ferris ‘19 Junior Jordyn Mensh is Senior Brayden Allemong Junior Jordan Ferris puts one of the team’s most doesn’t just have a can- it all on the line for her heavily relied on play- non for an arm, he is the squad. Being on varsity, ers. She is very vocal and serve master. 96% of the she knows what it takes makes sure every team- time it’ll end out with an to be one of the best, mate of hers is in the ace being served. and nothing will stop her right place at all times. from becoming one.

Bennett Cohn Maeve Smith Mark Schwendinger Jordyn Mensh Brayden Allemong Jordan Ferris

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