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October 30, 1998, Volume 86, Issue 3
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FHS students get a taste of wildlife biology at check station

With the opening of hunting season Sunday morning, the usual rush of hunters headed west on Highway 2. Among them were a half-dozen of Kelly Morrow’s biology students — but it wasn’t big game they were after. The students spent the day helping gather opening-day data for state wildlife officials.
F U L L S T O R Y

CI-75 could radically changes school funding

Voter approval of ticket prices to games? Support for teacher pension payments? Budget cuts eliminating textbook purchases? Or plenty of money for schools because voters love their children and will support schools? F U L L S T O R Y. Also: Candidates voice opinions of CI-75

Whaley returns to FHS after being held in Canada

For most people an excuse to not go to work is extremely welcomed. However, for FHS fitness trainer Deb Whaley, her excuse was highly undesired and kept her away from her job and the United States for a month and a half. F U L L S T O R Y

New superintendent brings order from chaos

The room is tiny, crowded and stuffy; gutted computers and wires lay over the floor and books clutter the table. One student runs out of the room as another comes in; three more run in and two sprint out.
“Random Chaos” is how teacher Todd Morstein describes his class and that is how the class has to be, he says, for every student to get hands-on experience. F U L L S T O R Y

BRIEFS:

ARROW WINS TOP HONORS

The Arrow and its staff have placed among the best high school newspapers in the country, netting two awards in recent weeks.

Senior Jack Long and 1998 graduate Paul Wilson have been nominated for the Journalism Education Association’s story of the year award, which will be announced at the JEA’s annual convention in Washington, D.C., November 19-22.

Last year, the two Arrow staffers teamed up to write an in-depth article entitled “Why they don’t win,” on the lack of success among some FHS team sports.

“It’s very surprising, considering the other stories that were submitted are the best stories from the best papers around the United States,” said Long of his achievement. “The whole process in which the story came together is something I’m proud of.”

Also, The Arrow was awarded a Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Medal for scoring 929 points out of a possible 1,000. The Arrow received marks of distinction in three of four categories: writing and editing, graphic presentation and business operations.

The Arrow received especially high marks in the evaluation of its overall coverage, basic journalistic principles, news and feature story writing, photography and business operations.

Said senior and Arrow veteran Nancy Natividad: “It’s good to know that all the hard work we put into the paper didn’t go unnoticed.”

STUDENTS WIN TI-92’s

Math skills actually paid off for seniors Emily Cummings and Andy Schottelkorb, who entered an extra credit math contest and were awarded TI-92 calculators.

Cummings entered the art division of the contest, using an elaborate Celtic knot and an explanation of the pattern mimicking math patterns. Schottelkorb wrote a poem about mathematics and incorporated famous mathematicians.