IRON IRONWOOD RiDGE HIGH SCHOOL | ORO VALLEY,QU AZ LL VOLUME 16 | ISSUE 5 APRIL 2019 Frequent accidents plague student lot Student Gov’t this lot proves “Driving recklessly is not going Election Results to be an ongoing to get you out of the parking lot any Students voted, and the following issue. quicker, but if you hit someone, you are the results of the March election “It’s a have to live with that for the rest of for student goverment offices for the consistent your life. If you crash, insurance is 2019-20 school year. problem with involved, and now you have to tell new drivers in mom and dad. Just be patient, and Student Body the parking lot,” accept the fact that if you’re late, President Cail Davis said Brian Carr, a you’re late. Don’t try to make up for Vice Pres. Mason Whitaker School Resource time behind the wheel,” said Brent Secretary Ali Cordova Officer (SRO). Spencer, assistant principal. Ironwood While some accidents are not Treasurer Allie Cherrington continues to reported, there is an average of three a Historian Rumur Rouille regularly see month. These incidents are handled by Senior Class Photo by Aubrey Pettitt accidents such as the SROs as well as administration. Stickers used to be placed on cars to warn students if they were seen fender benders “If two parties get into an accident, President Audrey Sattler driving recklessly. However, students frequently took the sticker off their Vice Pres. Grayson Mahany car and put it onto someone else’s. School security now uses citations. and damage to they are given a ‘Private Property parked cars due Accident Exchange Form’ that Secretary Mason Goodman Aubrey Pettitt to the inability to requires, by law, to contact the other Treasurer Kiki Garcia Editor / Reporter accurately judge distance when pulling party of an incident and exchange Historian Josh Rulney into a parking space. insurance information. If they don’t, it Member at Large Santana Gomez Freshman are dreaming about Many of these incidents are also is considered a hit-and-run, and they it. Juniors have just arrived at the caused by the impatience from not only can be arrested for that on private Junior Class party. Seniors have been enjoying the students, but parents as well during property,” said Roth. President Kelli Suckell scene for awhile now. And right now, after school pick up times. For some students, a lack of Vice Pres. Ethan DeSilva sophomores are pushing open the door. “The road rage that occurs with knowledge about road rules is the main That’s right: sophomores finally get parents during drop off and pick up is a root of this problem. Secretary Sydney Fox to experience the new-found freedom consistent issue,” said Matt Roth, SRO. Spencer said, “If a student is seen Treasurer Kyra Foster of getting their license and driving. The final bell rings at 3:35 p.m., and driving dangerously in the student Historian Chloe Cramer The reality is that gaining a new the student parking lot is mostly cleared parking lot, we call them down to the Member at Large Brooke Kimball license and possibly a car comes with by approximately 3:50 p.m. office, call their parents, and have a Sophomore Class an immense amount of responsibility Given the fact that the majority of conversation about the importance of and pressure along with the excitement. students are in the academic wing, it their safety.” President Jarrod Taylor As with everything, mastering a new takes them at least five minutes just to “Unfortunately, we don’t have Vice Pres. Sage Garcia skill takes time, practice and effort. get to their car. driver’s education anymore. I hope Secretary Jayni Eldridge However, this doesn’t stop every If it only takes 10 minutes to get students are getting that education from Treasurer Bennett Whitaker new driver from having a confidence out of the parking lot, administration somewhere else because some type of Historian Kayla Spahr level far beyond their skill level. urges everybody to remain patient and driving education course is extremely Member at Large Lily Slayne Student drivers have their own courteous to pedestrians and other cars important to have as young drivers,” parking lot on campus, and safety in during that short time. continued Spencer.” *Freshmen Class To Be Determined New generation, new drug advancements Chloe Nelson / Kaylynn Wade appearance, and they fit conveniently in dramatic increase in popularity of vapes Beginning Staff a person’s hand. The vapor only has a and wax pens is the flavoring. little scent after it is exhaled. The flavoring, ranging from fruits Has smoking a cigarette ever “The new devices, made for drug to mints, is directed towards younger seemed appealing to you? Does vaping delivery, are so easy to fit right in your audiences to invite them to try new it seem like a better option? closed fist, that it seems as if it really and become addicted. Think again. is directed towards teenagers,” said The flavors mask the taste and feel One cigarette contains 12mg of Assistant Principal Brent Spencer. so kids don’t understand how much nicotine. A single Juul pod contains In many schools, the most common nicotine they’re inhaling, or even if 240mg – that’s the equivalent of 20 craze in the last year is wax pens. they’re inhaling any at all. cigarettes worth of nicotine. Wax pens allow the user to get high The dangers of addiction increase Sixty-three percent of vape off of marijuana by melting a wax that severely when something is laced iwth users do not recognize that they’re is 82-99.7% concentrated pure THC, with another substance. inhaling the highly addictive drug according to ihs.gov. The highly addictive prescription nicotine. Forty-three percent of young They are not only more discreet drug Fentanyl is the main danger and is people who have used vapes say they smelling and looking than traditional the most commonly used drug to lace in experimented with them because of marijuana, but they contain 86% wax with THC. Photo by Kaylynn Wade the appealing flavors, according to higher potency than regular marijuana, Alongside inhalable drugs, Devices shown above were confiscated by truthinitiative.org. according to Ironwood Ridge’s SRO prescription pills and medications has Assistant Principal Brent Spencer. These de- vices include Juuls, smoke and Suorin devices. Most people may not recognize the Officer Roth. had an impact in schools. amount of nicotine they are inhaling Traditional marijuana is a Prescribed drugs, when used and soon become addicted to the drug. misdemeanor offense, but wax is a properly, can impact the user positively, Cigarettes are more frowned “If you’re going to do it, do it safely. felony higher on the scale of offenses. but they are abused they can have upon due to the strong odor and the Don’t let a lifelong dependency, like Another popular choice in the THC severe negative effects. widespread knowledge of danger and a cigarette, control your life because community are edibles and gummies. These narcotics can be easily effects it can have on the human body. you suddenly can’t kick the habit.” said Edibles, such as brownies or accessible to young people and could Marijuana is gaining the same Officer Matt Roth, SRO. cookies, have been around for a long be in the medicine cabinet at home if negative attention as well. It is argued Thirty years ago, intense research time, but a more recent THC delivery prescribed to an adult in the home. that vapes are healthier and wax doesn’t into drugs and alcohol began to take in ingestible goods is little gummies According to Roth, the paramedics have such a bad effect although that place. that may take on the form of gumdrops have been called to IRHS several times isn’t a very strong argument. From marijuana to wax pens, and or gummy bears. over the years because students abused Any drug that a young adult cigarettes to vapes, drugs have been These are even more discreet than THC and Xanax, another prescribed experiments with should be well around always but have evolved with wax and marijuana. medication. researched. new technology. Vapes and over the counter Roth said this is one of his main “As a young adult, do your research Vapes and vape pens seemed to be marijuana, as well as prescription concerns. because you won’t see the full effects the start of the drug evolution within pills, are easily obtained by young Vapes and wax pens have become until you’re past the point of being able schools. Vapes are discreet in smell and kids today. One main reason for the more socially acceptable over the years. to,” said Roth. 2 Iron Quill | News April 2019 From the Editor Counselor resigns, joins family in CA Iron Quill Staff Addison Marshall Beginning Staff Editors Jordan Good Ellisa Beamish resigned from her Aubrey Pettitt position as school counselor. Her last Naseem Rezaei day was March 15. Beamish, who worked at Ironwood Assistant Editors since 2013, moved to join her husband, Danae Cuaron who got a job just north of San Alorah Losano Francisco in mid-January. The distance had been difficult for Beamish, her husband, and their five- Beginning Staff year-old daughter Payton. Charlie Allard While Beamish was excited to move, Annemarie Castrejon she had mixed emotions about leaving. Isabella Clanfield “Leaving here [Ironwood] is going to Sage Garcia be one of the hardest things I’ve ever Elena Gennaro Naseem Rezaei Omar Hinton Co Editor-in-Chief had to do,” Beamish said.