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<strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong><br />
Current<br />
June 5, 2008 Volume 3, Issue 8<br />
2008<br />
uPCoMinG DaTeS<br />
Yearbook Distribution friday, June 6 2:50pm<br />
Senior breakfast and rehearsal Thursday, June 12 9am-12:30pm<br />
upper <strong>School</strong> Day at idlywood Park Thursday, June 12 11:30am-4:00pm<br />
upper <strong>School</strong> honors assembly friday, June 13 10:30am-11:30am<br />
Seniors vs. faculty ball Games friday, June 13 11:30am-1:30pm<br />
an evening of honors friday, June 13 7:30pm<br />
Graduation Saturday, June 14 3:00pm<br />
PAGE 18 Upper <strong>School</strong><br />
Head Mrs. Hernandez retires.<br />
Senior TribuTe iSSue<br />
<strong>The</strong> ClaSS of 2008<br />
This final issue for the year<br />
is dedicated to the incredible<br />
class of 2008. For tributes on<br />
each of the 51 seniors, see<br />
pages 10-16.<br />
Congratulations on all of your<br />
accomplishments!
Current 2 June 5, 2008<br />
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OpiniOn<br />
adeeperlook<br />
<strong>The</strong> alpha and the omega:<br />
the God who finishes what he starts<br />
This<br />
Q&A<br />
Sam Pomeroy<br />
Contributing Writer<br />
Our culture is focused on the product. <strong>The</strong> end<br />
result is the primary thing examined, and often times<br />
it is irrelevant how the product reached its' finished<br />
state. Anywhere from building ipods, building<br />
skyscrapers, or even building a better you by surgeries<br />
and procedures—each thing is constructed with one<br />
purpose: to reach the product.<br />
Is not the purpose of starting a task, a project<br />
or an idea to finish it? We as humans seek product.<br />
And so if things have an end, they indeed must have<br />
a beginning as well.<br />
Products that are left unfinished are discarded,<br />
deleted or destroyed. It is natural and it makes sense.<br />
No one wants an ipod that has no display screen. No<br />
one wants a skyscraper without stairs. Imagine if you<br />
went to the car dealership and the salesman tried to<br />
sell you a car that was missing the tires!<br />
<strong>The</strong> unfinished product is a reflection upon<br />
the producer: if a product is unfinished, the producer<br />
itself is of no value.<br />
In the strictest sense of the term, God is a<br />
producer, a creator. <strong>The</strong> first chapter of the Bible is<br />
year has flown by and<br />
the journalism staff wants<br />
to take a retrospective<br />
point of view in this final<br />
issue of Current for this<br />
year. Whether your best<br />
memory is a school<br />
dance, a mission trip or achieving that 110<br />
percent in a class, it’s always worth while to<br />
take your past memories out of the attic and<br />
dust them off. For the sake of nostalgia in this<br />
issue, the Current staff asks,<br />
What is your favorite memory of this year?<br />
one big exaltation of God’s creative powers. If one<br />
studies the Bible, it is evident that the God in control<br />
is a God that has a plan from beginning to end. <strong>The</strong><br />
Bible is not a confusion of choices; it is a story of<br />
grace. Knowing a God that planned each life and<br />
each event down to the pinprick is something that<br />
we cannot fathom.<br />
Know one thing: that when you become a<br />
Christ follower, He starts something. He starts a<br />
transformation, a process you will undergo for the<br />
rest of your life. <strong>The</strong> start marks the beginning of<br />
your own adventure with Christ. And as the God who<br />
finishes what He starts, He wants to finish what He<br />
started in you.<br />
God loves you; He loves His creation. He made<br />
you with a specific purpose and He is preparing and<br />
transforming you into who He has called you to be.<br />
Yet, here is the truth: God cannot finish what He<br />
started if you do not give Him control and give Him<br />
first place in your life.<br />
If God has started something in you, it is the<br />
cry of His heart that you may follow Him with your<br />
life so that He may take joy in finishing in you what<br />
He started so long ago.<br />
. . . Musicale,<br />
because we got to<br />
be judged for real,<br />
and the food was<br />
amazingly good.<br />
hayley Jensen<br />
Grade 9<br />
. . . the missions<br />
trip, because<br />
it was a great<br />
experience and I<br />
got to serve other<br />
people.<br />
Cameron Kesinger<br />
Grade 9
National Honor Society welcomes<br />
new members by candlelight<br />
liGhTinG <strong>The</strong> WaY NHS Vice-President Stephanie Pedersen lights a candle<br />
as the ceremony begins. One of the main focuses for the group is service<br />
projects.<br />
inDuCTion CereMonY New NHS members pass a flame from candle to candle<br />
as they take part in the symbolic formal ceremony. New members were accepted<br />
based on leadership, community service, academics and recommendations.<br />
. . . the boys<br />
basketball team's<br />
trip to state; there<br />
was a lot of bonding<br />
with the cheer<br />
squad and the team.<br />
laurie robinson<br />
Grade 10<br />
. . . all the cross<br />
country bus<br />
rides with Jake<br />
Mathews.<br />
Josh erickson<br />
Grade 10<br />
ArOund SchOOl<br />
. . . State track<br />
meet.<br />
beth Graham<br />
Grade 11<br />
Jin ihn<br />
Grade 11<br />
. . . the boys<br />
basketball team's<br />
trip to state, taking<br />
pictures and<br />
missing three days<br />
of school.<br />
Karlee aronson<br />
Grade 12<br />
. . . the spring<br />
play, An Ideal<br />
Husband.<br />
alex Patterson<br />
Grade 12<br />
Current<br />
June 5, 2008<br />
Biology students study<br />
ocean life at Camp Magruder<br />
fooD Web On the junior biology trip to Camp Magruder, Justin Maurer, Molly<br />
Kernan and Beth Graham draw a food web for the ocean habitat.<br />
CaSTleS in <strong>The</strong> SanD Following Mrs. Dunn's directions to build something<br />
with sand, Brittanie Vander Weide, Erik Richardson, Brianna Firminger and Eli<br />
Sanger built a classic castle, while other groups built a turtle and a tomb.<br />
. . . Biology trip,<br />
preparing our<br />
own food,<br />
especially the<br />
spaghetti.
Current<br />
June 5, 2008<br />
Here's to the Night<br />
by Kelly Chase<br />
Staff Writer<br />
Prom is always a bittersweet time of year—the junior’s looking forward<br />
to their senior year and the senior’s to their impending departure. It is a time<br />
for these two classes to come together before Senior Projects. This year’s<br />
prom was no exception.<br />
After a week of solid rain, the weather cleared up to produce a<br />
beautiful, warm day perfect for going out on the lake. Minus the wind, the<br />
weather held up well.<br />
This year’s theme, ”Here’s to the Night” was taken from a 90’s song<br />
by Eve6 and basically discusses the last night before the end of something.<br />
This song depicts the end of the school year and how prom itself depicts the<br />
beginning of the end.<br />
<strong>The</strong> DJ played a good mixture of both new and old and songs with<br />
dances attached including ‘Cupid Shuffle’, ‘Soulja Boi’, and ‘<strong>The</strong> Macarena.’<br />
When the Macarena came on most everyone, including a good portion of the<br />
chaperones joined in. When ‘Summer’ by Earth, Wind and Fire came on, the<br />
seniors all joined in singing along with the chorus.<br />
As the night came to a close and the boat docked, students went<br />
their separate ways with only the memories of a last bonding experience with<br />
their peers.<br />
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More information?<br />
www.RedeemerRedmond.com<br />
*Redeemer Redmond Church is part of the Presbyterian Church in America<br />
ArOund SchOOl<br />
ouT on <strong>The</strong> ToWn While waiting for the boat to launch, Sam Pomeroy, Michael<br />
Hester and Marc Mueller prepare for a night of dancing. Students alternated<br />
between dancing and just hanging out together.<br />
a rainboW of DreSSeS Morgan Wierleski, Katie Ball, Kimi Pohlman, Molly<br />
Miller and Mrs. Blankenship stop before the floor to ceiling windows soon after<br />
the boat launched. <strong>The</strong> windows on the main floor provided the seniors and<br />
juniors with views of Lake Washington and Lake Union.<br />
on <strong>The</strong> uPPPer DeCK Sydney Conway, Courtney Kesinger, Justin Maurer<br />
and Chris Pattillo take a break from dancing to spend some time hanging out<br />
on the upper deck. <strong>The</strong> boat included two decks, one for dancing and eating<br />
and one for enjoying being out on the lake at night.
Current<br />
June 5, 2008<br />
an ideal husband<br />
by Abby Gomulkiewicz<br />
Contributing Writer<br />
<strong>The</strong> curtain goes down. <strong>The</strong> applause begins. As the actors reappear and<br />
take their bows the applause grows louder. Finally, the cheering ceases, people<br />
are thanked and the actors once again become students of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>. <strong>The</strong>se enjoyable performances provide entertainment but entertainment,<br />
takes work. Many hours of line memorization, block acting, costume fittings,<br />
and set building goes into each of these performances.<br />
<strong>The</strong> spring play put on by the upper school drama department was An<br />
Ideal Husband, directed by Dr. Ron Lynch. Set within Victorian England, this<br />
lively play involved blackmail, romance and comedy. <strong>The</strong> play is centered on<br />
Sir Robert Chiltern and his morally firm wife Gertrude. Together they embark<br />
on a journey of betrayal, and eventually, forgiveness.<br />
This witty play was written by Oscar Wilde. During the 19th century,<br />
the “upper crust” of society’s lives revolved around endless parties, luncheons<br />
and strolls through the park. Women and men constantly flirted and gossiped.<br />
<strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> students helped the audience journey back to the days of flowery<br />
hats, lacy silken dresses, button-holes, tuxedoes and high heeled shoes. <strong>The</strong><br />
journey was helped by the beautiful set constructed by Jess Wetter and Dr. and<br />
Mrs. Lynch. <strong>The</strong> oak wood paneling, live piano and fireplaces all added to the<br />
proper houses of the well to do.<br />
<strong>The</strong> costumes were one of the most fun aspects of the play. Besides<br />
their beauty, a costume helps provide the audience with a visual look into<br />
understanding a certain character and his or her position in society. This was<br />
the case for the extravagant bachelor Lord Goring who wore a shiny, silver<br />
suit and a floral button-hole. <strong>The</strong> costume of the villain, Mrs. Cheveley, was<br />
beautiful with purple silk and blackened fringe. This costume helped narrate<br />
the beauty, yet mysteriousness behind the character of Mrs. Cheveley.<br />
<strong>The</strong> women wore gowns of silk, satin and lace in colors of lavender,<br />
blue and pink. <strong>The</strong>y also wore Victorian style white and black shoes as well<br />
as bonnets with ornate flowers perched on top of them. <strong>The</strong> men wore suits,<br />
bow ties, flowers and high topped Victorian boots. Every single costume and<br />
prop was created or given with care to help the drama department in their<br />
production by mothers, friends and even grandmothers.<br />
<strong>The</strong> students worked hard to make the play successful. Everyone had to<br />
perfect a British accent as well as the quick and often dry British humor. All<br />
of the girls were double cast so each only acted in two of the four productions.<br />
This meant that throughout rehearsals they had to work extra hard when it was<br />
their time on the stage. Each cast brought their own unique and fun feel to the<br />
parts, which resulted in each of the plays being a little different and exciting.<br />
After the spring performance, many of the actors and actresses experienced<br />
both joy and tears because this was the final show for the seniors. <strong>The</strong> guidance<br />
and care that the seniors showed to the lower classmen helped strengthen the<br />
drama department and create many fun memories. <strong>The</strong> members of next year’s<br />
drama department are excited to continue to walk in their footsteps, eventually<br />
leaving their own footprints along the corridor of <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> production.<br />
As the curtain falls on yet another school year finished, think about<br />
attending the drama department’s plays next year. <strong>The</strong> actors are excited to<br />
make their own paths and will appreciate your enthusiasm. <strong>The</strong> plays put on<br />
by the drama department, including An Ideal Husband, are hard work, yet fun<br />
and exciting.<br />
ArOund SchOOl<br />
is found at <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> in four drama performances<br />
a final boW Before their final performance, the senior drama members gather<br />
with Dr.Lynch to reflect on years of amazing memories and productions.<br />
SharinG a TenDer MoMenT Seniors Morgan Bader (Lord Goring) and<br />
Carolyn Heine (Miss Mabel Chiltern) express love during a performance of An<br />
Ideal Husband. Both have been in the drama program since Middle <strong>School</strong>.<br />
24<br />
2<br />
3<br />
9<br />
300<br />
several actors memorized over lines<br />
over Victorian pairs of shoes were bought<br />
flowery and feathered hats were worn<br />
whole packages of bobby pins and hat pins used<br />
boxes of Band-Aids secured microphones
Current<br />
June 5, 2008<br />
by Conner Morgan<br />
Staff Writer<br />
You have gone on the eighth grade trip and gotten through Middle<br />
<strong>School</strong>. You are coming back to <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> next year, and you have no idea<br />
what you are in for. Are the rumors really true? Is High school at <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong><br />
really harder than the two years you have just struggled to get through?<br />
I have been at <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> all my life. I have never been to any other<br />
school, except this one.<br />
When I came to into High <strong>School</strong> I already had had a brother and two<br />
cousins that had gone through the high school program here at <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> rumors I had heard before were false: the teachers were actually more lax<br />
than in Middle <strong>School</strong>. <strong>The</strong>y were more lenient on the uniforms for the most<br />
part, and late policies were easier on the students. <strong>The</strong>y gave out extensions to<br />
those who need them and also gave help to those who were struggling.<br />
Missed a test? Every day except Monday, there is a 30 minute period<br />
called office hours in which you can make can make a test or quiz, get a jump<br />
on homework, talk to friends or teachers, or if it’s a nice day outside and you<br />
have nothing to do, take a break in the rare sunshine.<br />
Now that I have no doubt bored you with the overall description of the<br />
teachers I will now jump into the classes that I have taken this last year.<br />
First off is English. Freshman will take honors World Literature,<br />
reading ancient mythology the first semester, and medieval/modern literature<br />
in the second semester. <strong>The</strong> material consists of the stories of Gilgamesh,<br />
Antigone, Hector, Achilles and Odysseus. You will be enlightened by the<br />
writing of William Shakespeare and Alan Paton. One thing to watch out for<br />
are the lit terms quizzes as they come almost every week. <strong>The</strong>re a list of eight<br />
words, which must be spelled and defined, except for two were you will need<br />
to cite an example of. History goes hand in hand with the <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> English<br />
curriculum.<br />
Mr. Sorensen’s history class will be one of the best and funniest history<br />
classes you have ever taken. You will be required almost every night to read at<br />
least one chapter in the text book History of the Ancient World by Susan Wise<br />
Bauer. Mr. Sorensen asks questions about the daily reading and discusses the<br />
main topics. Every semester, there are three thesis paper questions to answer<br />
in a term paper. <strong>The</strong> cool thing here is that you can turn the in paper as many<br />
times as you wish in order to get a better grade than last time. A good grade on<br />
his tests is achievable if you pay attention during class and study. By the way<br />
paying attention means taking notes. Mr. Sorensen will occasionally go off<br />
topic and may tell a story or two. He makes corny jokes but funny comments<br />
and he might even dress-up in cool costumes or jump onto desks.<br />
Although the ‘Picture This!’ was a fun note taking device, in Upper<br />
<strong>School</strong> the teachers are take it up a notch. In Spiritual Formations, the first<br />
semester ninth grade Christian studies class involves taking notes from a<br />
Power Point onto a blank piece of notebook paper. <strong>The</strong>re are three tests, each<br />
one cumulative of the previous ones. On test three, any questions may have<br />
also been on tests one or two. Assignments in Spiritual Formations are turned<br />
in as assignment packet with the list of assignments stapled on top. <strong>The</strong>re are<br />
almost no papers or projects in this class, and in dead week you will play a<br />
review game, Spiritual Formations baseball.<br />
Second semester, Logic is the Christian studies class. More notes and<br />
assignments, and Faris gives five quizzes to go along with three tests. You<br />
will watch the movie “Contact” and logically analyze it in class. Finally<br />
Logic concludes with writing a four to five page response essay to “Bertrand<br />
Russell’s why I am not a Christian” lecture.<br />
FeAture<br />
freshman year at bear <strong>Creek</strong><br />
a survivor's tale<br />
Mrs. Graham brings energy and wit to the subject of Conceptual<br />
Physics. She also makes the subject as hands-on as possible so that it is easier<br />
to grasp the more abstract concepts. Students are encouraged to make study<br />
guides for test, and if you turn them into her on the test day, you will get<br />
five percent extra credit on your tests. Labs will be done formally in a lab<br />
notebook, like in seventh grade science. <strong>The</strong> labs are interesting and fun, and<br />
really help learn the new material.<br />
Not covered were math or languages because many students are in<br />
different places as far as math goes and you can choose Spanish, French or<br />
Latin as your language. Beware however that there is a five day language<br />
assessment at the end of every quarter. Testing covers the basic skills of<br />
reading, writing, speaking, listening, grammar and the vocabulary that was<br />
covered that quarter. Also, for the second and fourth quarters the exam is<br />
during dead week. Reviewing for language will start the week before.<br />
Well that is the ninth grade in a nutshell. You can now go to the dances,<br />
the prep-assemblies, and Homecoming as well. <strong>The</strong>re is a new hallway, a new<br />
lunch hour and new uniforms. Grades also begin to count for college starting<br />
Freshmen year, so do your best to keep them up.<br />
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a year<br />
As the school year ends, with dead week wrapping up, I am forced to<br />
ask the question, “what have I learned this year?” This question sounds cheesy<br />
because of course I have learned something or I would not be passing my<br />
classes. This question does not just apply to book learning, although that is<br />
relevant; it also applies to everything that has made me who I am during this<br />
school year. I am amazed how much I have grown, mentally, physically and<br />
spiritually, in just the nine months I have attended <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong>.<br />
It was sometime in the afternoon, I was laying in my hospital bed, hating<br />
the fact that I was going to be missing all of La Semana Santa (the week of the<br />
Saints, or spring break in Latin America). My friends were all talking about<br />
leaving on vacation to different places around the Dominican Republic and<br />
some were getting on planes to go visit their family in Europe. I was deathly<br />
ill with Dengue Fever and not going anywhere fun. I was restless, tired and<br />
worried about my health which was in serious condition. <strong>The</strong> nurse walked<br />
in and injected something into my IV and took my third blood testing of the<br />
day. I clenched as she pinched my skin. I had gotten pretty good at this whole<br />
blood test thing. About an hour later I sat in bed crying because the liquid<br />
from the IV created a horrible itching on the palms of my hands. <strong>The</strong> nurses<br />
told me there was nothing they could do; it just happens sometimes. I wanted<br />
to just pull the IV out of my arm and swim back to America; that was how<br />
desperate I wanted to heal.<br />
<strong>The</strong> phone rang. It was my dad. I had gotten into <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
It was all I could do to keep from screaming; I had worked so hard to get in,<br />
from trips to post office to mail documents and interviews with Mrs. Hernandez<br />
over my cell phone. This was this boost of confidence that got me through the<br />
rest of my school year in the Dominican.<br />
Do not get me wrong: living the Dominican was a trip of a lifetime, an<br />
eye opener to the real world. But I felt that my educational background was<br />
far from solid; I needed a school that offered a good education. My schooling<br />
background is pretty crazy. I moved to Washington when I was seven and<br />
attended Wilder Elementary from first to fifth grade. I then went to a choice<br />
school in the Lake Washington <strong>School</strong> District called the Environmental and<br />
Adventure <strong>School</strong>. I attended EAS from sixth to seventh grade but, I really<br />
disliked it. <strong>The</strong> school was very small, and the teachers taught in a style that<br />
was difficult for me. After EAS, I went to the International <strong>School</strong> of Sosua in<br />
the Dominican Republic for my eighth grade year. ISS was filled with people<br />
from around the world, and I really got to experience different cultures. But<br />
educationally it was very easy.<br />
<strong>The</strong> day before my freshman year started, I was most worried about how<br />
I was going to survive. Most of these people had been going to <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> their<br />
FeAture<br />
Current<br />
June 5, 2008<br />
to remember<br />
by Adelaide Tillinghast<br />
Dengue Fever is a flu-like illness spread by the bite of an infected<br />
Staff Writer<br />
PIANO LESSONS<br />
Diane Axworthy<br />
425-883-4436<br />
dianeax@gmail.com<br />
dianeaxworthy.com<br />
mosquito. <strong>The</strong>re are four strains of the virus; a person can only<br />
get a strain once or four times with different strains. Dengue is<br />
spread by the bite of an Aedes aegypti and the Aedes albopictus<br />
mosquito. <strong>The</strong> mosquito transmits the disease by biting an infected<br />
person and then biting someone else. <strong>The</strong> virus then travels to<br />
the bloodstream, affecting the blood vessels. During this process,<br />
chemicals used to clot blood are used up, and thus severe<br />
bleeding (haemorrhage) occurs internally as well as on the skin.<br />
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a severe, often fatal, complication of<br />
dengue fever. Dengue viruses occur in most tropical areas of the<br />
world. Dengue is common in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Australia, and<br />
the Americas. It is widespread in the Caribbean basin.<br />
whole lives and had a solid foundation to handle the rigorous curriculum of<br />
the Upper <strong>School</strong>. I worried that my writing was not good enough. I wondered<br />
how I was going to pass English Class, and on top of that, write for the school<br />
newspaper. I had to trust God that because he had gotten me into this school,<br />
he was not going to let me fail.<br />
It is true: God was with me every second of the way. I did not fail English<br />
(although I should probably wait until after I have taken the final to say this),<br />
and mentally I have grown in ways I never imagined. In this one year at <strong>Bear</strong><br />
<strong>Creek</strong>, I have learned more than I would have if I had been at the International<br />
<strong>School</strong> for another three years. <strong>The</strong>se classes have given me an educational<br />
challenge, and many late nights, but the feeling that you get knowing you have<br />
learned so much is better than the feeling of, “you could have tried harder!”<br />
Not only is this school providing me with a good education, but I have<br />
also been given the physical challenge of running! Many people think I am<br />
crazy for running cross-country (sometimes even my family thinks I am crazy),<br />
but without this sport, my year at <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> would have been much less than<br />
amazing. Through cross-country I have met people who are truly inspiring,<br />
people who I have shared the struggles of racing with, and hard workouts with.<br />
Although I have not wanted to go to some of the practices or run in a race,<br />
these times, when I finished, were some of the best moments of my life, and<br />
that is the reason I run!<br />
I have not mentioned very much the true reason behind my joy. God is<br />
the reason. I have grown a good deal spiritually. What has been very different<br />
from all of my past schools is the Christian element at <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong>. I believe<br />
this is the main reason for my success in finding the right school and liking<br />
it from the very first time I walked through <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong>’s doors. I have found<br />
that the people here are much more understanding of each other. Christianity<br />
overrides everybody’s differences and brings people closer together. It’s like a<br />
big family; if you are having a problem there is always someone to help you.<br />
This creates warmth in an atmosphere that could otherwise be so cold.<br />
I remember the day that I was accepted to <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong>, and I am so grateful<br />
that God chose me to go to this school out of all the other people that were in<br />
my hospital, suffering from the same virus, that may never have the chance to<br />
get a good education. I want to thank all the teachers at <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> for giving<br />
me a year to remember, and I look forward to the next three years!
Current 8 June 5, 2008<br />
by Adelaide Tillinghast<br />
Staff Writer<br />
<strong>The</strong> dreaded summer reading and math packets are creeping up on students<br />
as summer draws near. Many students ask “why us?” when other schools are<br />
not required to do these things? <strong>The</strong> fact of the matter is other schools do have<br />
requirements similar to as <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong>.<br />
At <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> <strong>School</strong>, summer reading is required for students<br />
entering grades 7-12. Lower <strong>School</strong> students are required to complete Accelerated<br />
Reading tests throughout the year and over the summer. <strong>The</strong> difference between<br />
the Middle and Upper <strong>School</strong> reading and Lower <strong>School</strong> is grades K-6 make<br />
summer goals and yearly goals. In the fall,<br />
if they have reached their goal of AR points<br />
for their grade level, the library dedicates a<br />
book in honor of the student. Motivation<br />
does make a difference. “I feel a lot more<br />
motivated to read books if I know that once I<br />
reach my goal that I get my own book in the<br />
library dedicated to me,” said Lower <strong>School</strong><br />
student Meghan McCahill.<br />
Students in Upper <strong>School</strong> agree that<br />
they would enjoy reading more if they were<br />
offered more motivation. “I know reading<br />
classical books is beneficial, and I also know<br />
that I go to a college prep school, so it is<br />
not a big surprise that I am having to read<br />
over the summer,” said freshman Deborah<br />
Pereira, “but I feel that I would be much<br />
more motivated if there was some incentive,<br />
such as a prize.”<br />
For all students at college prep or<br />
public schools, summer reading is practice<br />
for becoming a developed and skilled<br />
reader. According to Upper <strong>School</strong> English<br />
Department Head Ms. Acheson, “summer<br />
reading creates skills that stay with you as<br />
you continue your education. This acts as<br />
its own motivation.”<br />
Within the Bellevue <strong>School</strong> District<br />
are numerous schools highly ranked in<br />
Newsweek’s Top 200 Public High <strong>School</strong>s in<br />
the United States in 2008. <strong>The</strong> International<br />
school, one of the various “choice” schools in<br />
Washington and part of the Bellevue school<br />
system, was ranked 10th in the country<br />
and first in the state in 2007. Bellevue and<br />
Sammamish High <strong>School</strong>s were also in the<br />
top 200.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lake Washington <strong>School</strong> District, on the other hand, had no schools<br />
ranked and they do not require summer reading.<br />
Many students complain about how other schools are not required<br />
to read and how <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> should not make it mandatory. In the Bellevue<br />
<strong>School</strong> District, all Jr. High and Sr. High schools (grades 6-12) have mandatory<br />
summer reading. Unlike <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong>, in the Bellevue <strong>School</strong> District all books<br />
are pre-selected and students are not given a list to choose from. <strong>The</strong> Bellevue<br />
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HOW 'BOUT THAT<br />
SUMMER READING<br />
Summer Reading is not just required<br />
at <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong>. Students claim they<br />
would enjoy summer reading if they<br />
had motivation.<br />
<strong>School</strong> District also requires an assignment based on the selected book, such<br />
as an essay or character matrix.<br />
<strong>School</strong>s with a high national ranking and college prep schools like <strong>Bear</strong><br />
<strong>Creek</strong> require the students to push themselves towards a good education, a good<br />
education requires reading and, in this case, reading over the summer.<br />
“TBCS wants to make it enjoyable and asks for no annotations unless in<br />
special cases,” said Ms. Acheson. “One of the other main reasons for summer<br />
reading is the time factor, as a college prep school students are required to<br />
read classic books and there is not enough time during the year to read what<br />
is required.”<br />
TBCS also requires all students to complete a summer math packet. For<br />
most schools in the public school system<br />
only Advance Placements classes require<br />
math review or work to be done over the<br />
summer in order to prep for the up coming<br />
year. <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong>’s motive for the summer<br />
math packets is to keep students up to<br />
speed on what was learned in the previous<br />
year in order to be ready for upcoming<br />
math classes in the fall.<br />
Students ask the question, “what<br />
is the purpose of math packets?” “<strong>The</strong><br />
purpose of math packets is to provide<br />
continual practice over the whole<br />
summer,” said Mrs. Tasche, an Upper<br />
<strong>School</strong> math teacher. “Math is something<br />
that you need to regularly practice in<br />
order to stay good at it and by doing the<br />
packet you won’t have to spend the first<br />
month of school catching up on what was<br />
forgotten.”<br />
For some students, math comes as<br />
an easy and fun subject; for others, it is the<br />
hardest and least favorite class. Sometimes<br />
motivation helps students that struggle<br />
with math stay focused and complete their<br />
assignments. In the Upper <strong>School</strong> Algebra<br />
1 and Statistics classes, Mrs. Tasche has<br />
provided a classic Lower <strong>School</strong> style of<br />
motivation to encourage students to turn<br />
in homework: sticker charts. Using sticker<br />
charts helps students stay on track of their<br />
homework because when the chart is filled,<br />
they receive a prize. This proves that even<br />
Upper <strong>School</strong> students can benefit by a<br />
little push of encouragement.<br />
Summer reading and math packets<br />
photo by Madison Stump and Katie Wolfram<br />
are required at <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> and at schools<br />
rigorous enough to be listed on Newsweek’s Top 200 Public <strong>School</strong>s list.<br />
Summer work may be dull, but TCBS can make the process more interesting<br />
by adding motivation to complete the summer requirements. A book donated<br />
in a student’s name motivates the Lower <strong>School</strong> students; maybe a free dress<br />
day for summer reading can motivate the Upper <strong>School</strong> students.<br />
Whatever the motivation, the outcome from reading and math packets<br />
is prepared Upper <strong>School</strong> students returning in the fall.
Current<br />
June 5, 2008<br />
SUMMER TIME<br />
“I’ll be doing it also for the experience just because that’s something I<br />
know I will need senior year and through college,” she said.<br />
Like her classmates, Alexis will be using her free time in the summer<br />
to tour lots of colleges and will also attend a volleyball camp at the UW to get<br />
ready for the fall sports season.<br />
<strong>The</strong> seniors are away and are, as the rest of the TBCS upper school<br />
students well know from witnessing senior skip days and prank, celebrating<br />
their graduation and exciting in finding more free time for themselves all<br />
ready. However, soon they will have to get ready to leave and prepare for the<br />
start college.<br />
“Right now I’m just having fun with my class and working on my senior<br />
project,” said Morgan W., “But sooner or later we all will have to realize that<br />
we have left <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> and will have to begin seriously getting ready for<br />
college.”<br />
Freshmen like Sam Rongve are looking forward to enjoying summer<br />
for “what it is”.<br />
“Summer is like a three month long break from school when you,” he<br />
said, “of course it is a good opportunity to get ahead in class or something<br />
but summer will always be the time when there is nothing you really have to<br />
do… just relax.”<br />
by Georgina Wadhwani-Napp<br />
Staff Writer<br />
When most high school students think of summer, they imagine<br />
themselves strolling along the sandy beaches of Bora Bora. Similarly, for<br />
most, their well-thought out plans for the summer could all be put into the<br />
same category of events: social events. This excludes, of course, the family<br />
vacation to Timbuktu and the annual supply run at Staples which traditionally<br />
takes place sometime the day before school begins again. To those students who<br />
can identify with the long process of finding and purchasing necessary school<br />
“supply” items such as Ticongeroga 2HB pencils and Elmers glue, it is the first<br />
thought of school that has come to them for almost three months. However,<br />
for many, this is only wishful thinking. For those <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> students, (most<br />
of) this is not the case exactly. As summer vacation draws nearer and summer<br />
homework packets are being handed out, reality starts to become more real.<br />
This summer, in their free time, the sophomores will be preparing<br />
themselves for the greater work load junior year will bring. When discussing<br />
how it will be used to get them ready for more AP classes to start this fall,<br />
Andrew Tilton put it in simple terms.<br />
“Homework, homework, homework,” he said, “this summer will be<br />
fun but it will also be a lot of studying. It isn’t something you expect, but it is<br />
something you have to do.”<br />
Excited to be a senior next year and park in the main parking lot, current<br />
junior Alexis Miller is hoping to get a job this summer to pay for gas.<br />
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Alex Amela<br />
Came to TBCS: 2002<br />
College Plans Western Washington<br />
University<br />
Senior Project organic farming<br />
Hero my dad<br />
Fear powerful corporations<br />
Favorite Movie Matrix<br />
Pet Peeve unnecessary materialistic stuff<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
trip to Italy<br />
James Bartlett<br />
Came to TBCS: 2001<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project researching family<br />
heritage in Japan<br />
Heroes none<br />
Fear waking up in five years and hating<br />
my life<br />
Favorite Movie Lord of the Rings<br />
Pet Peeve people who talk way too much<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
Dr. Nelson's Latin class<br />
clASS OF 2008<br />
Karlee Aronson<br />
Came to TBCS: 1995<br />
College Plans Whitworth University<br />
Senior Project creating a farm sign<br />
Hero my sister Kristina<br />
Fear getting stuck in an elevator<br />
Favorite Movie Remember the Titans<br />
Pet Peeve when people talk to you while<br />
wearing dark glasses<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
sitting around the campfire on the Biology<br />
trip<br />
Melissa Bassi<br />
Came to TBCS: 2002<br />
College Plans Seattle Pacific University<br />
Senior Project dog agility training<br />
Hero my mom<br />
Fear drowning<br />
Favorite Movie Zoolander<br />
Pet Peeve messy cars or rooms<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
Junior Biology trip<br />
Morgan Bader<br />
Came to TBCS: 2002<br />
College Plans Pepperdine University<br />
Senior Project animated film of Twelfth<br />
Night<br />
Hero Winston Churchill<br />
Fear heights<br />
Favorite Movie Mystery Men<br />
Pet Peeve people who pretend to be<br />
someone they aren't<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
drama class-all the plays<br />
Katie Beman<br />
Came to TBCS: 1999<br />
College Plans Western Washington<br />
University<br />
Senior Project archery: compound bow<br />
and recurve bow<br />
Hero my best friend Abbey<br />
Fear closed sleeping bags, mice, drowning<br />
Favorite Movie Good Will Hunting<br />
Pet Peeve people trying to finish my<br />
sentences<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
senior IceBreaker<br />
Katie Ball<br />
Came to TBCS: 2002<br />
College Plans University of San Diego<br />
Senior Project Japanese Tea Ceremony<br />
Heroes my brother Erik<br />
Fear already-been-chewed gum<br />
Favorite Movie Elf<br />
Pet Peeve people playing with alreadybeen-chewed<br />
gum<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
French Trip in junior year<br />
Garrett Benson<br />
Came to TBCS: 2002<br />
College Plans Western Washington<br />
University<br />
Senior Project scuba diving<br />
Hero the Black Power Ranger<br />
Fear heights<br />
Favorite Movie Real Genius<br />
Pet Peeve when its raining just a little bit<br />
but not enough to turn on your windshield<br />
wipers<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
Senior river rafting trip
Jackson Brammer<br />
Came to TBCS: 2002<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project swimming in preparation<br />
for life guarding<br />
Hero Batman<br />
Fear batman<br />
Favorite Movie Batman Begins<br />
Pet Peeve When people won't admit that<br />
Batman is the best superhero<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
man parties<br />
Came to TBCS: 2005<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project boxing<br />
Hero my grandfather<br />
clASS OF 2008<br />
Julian Calcagno<br />
Came to TBCS: 2004<br />
College Plans Seattle Pacific University<br />
Senior Project volunteering for the Union<br />
Gospel Mission<br />
Hero Jesus<br />
Fear the unknown<br />
Favorite Movie Star Wars; Lord of the<br />
Rings<br />
Pet Peeve inaccuracy, wastefulness<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
learning, students, teachers<br />
Ben Crowe Kyle Dunn<br />
Fear never doing anything significant with<br />
my life<br />
Favorite Movie Spinal Tap<br />
Pet Peeve when people pronounce bagel<br />
as "BAG-el"<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
Isaac and Marc speed-walking at the fall<br />
sports assembly<br />
Came to TBCS: 2000<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project rock climbing<br />
Hero William Wallace<br />
Fear being paralyzed<br />
Favorite Movie Oceans Eleven<br />
Pet Peeve excessive complaining<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
"Everybody's Working for the Weekend"<br />
dance<br />
Nate Castle<br />
Came to TBCS: 2005<br />
College Plans Gonzaga University<br />
Senior Project rebuilding a broken dirt<br />
bike<br />
Hero my dad<br />
Fear not being able to do something no<br />
matter how hard I try<br />
Favorite Movie Patriot<br />
Pet Peeve people who drive fast<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
IceBreaker<br />
Chelsea Frantz<br />
Came to TBCS: 2000<br />
College Plans Seattle Pacific University<br />
Senior Project Muay Thai kickboxing<br />
Hero Maryam Nozari<br />
Fear being tortured<br />
Favorite Movie Beauty and the Beast<br />
Pet Peeve when people don't know the<br />
difference between "your" and "you're" or<br />
between "their," "they're" and "there"<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
Biology trip<br />
Current<br />
June 5, 2008 11<br />
Kelly Chase<br />
Came to TBCS: 2002<br />
College Plans Stephens College,<br />
Columbia, Missouri<br />
Senior Project event planning<br />
Hero my mom<br />
Fear planes, spiders, public restrooms,<br />
snakes, clowns<br />
Favorite Movie An Affair to Remember,<br />
Across the Universe, What's up, Doc (1972)<br />
Pet Peeve slow drivers! ignorance<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
White water rafting-our boat with Coach<br />
Moe was amazing!<br />
Bus trips with our class and the singing<br />
Katrin Frenger<br />
Came to TBCS: 2006<br />
College Plans college in Germany<br />
Senior Project horseback riding with<br />
disabled kids<br />
Hero my mom<br />
Fear spiders<br />
Favorite Movie Oceans 13<br />
Pet Peeve when people constantly clear<br />
their throats<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
junior year IceBreaker
Current 12 June 5, 2008<br />
James Harrang<br />
Came to TBCS: 2003<br />
College Plans Washington University in<br />
St. Louis<br />
Senior Project photography in Spain<br />
Hero my grandfather<br />
Fear germs<br />
Favorite Movie Little Man Tate<br />
Pet Peeve people who own expensive<br />
cameras but never take them off "auto"<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
2007 IceBreaker<br />
Allie Hooker<br />
Came to TBCS: 1999<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project expressionist painting<br />
Hero my TI-83 graphing calculator<br />
Fear physical pain<br />
Favorite Movie Donnie Darko<br />
Pet Peeve people who chew with their<br />
mouth open<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
senior river rafting trip<br />
clASS OF 2008<br />
Carolyn Heine<br />
Came to TBCS: 1998<br />
College Plans Westmont College<br />
Senior Project designing and making<br />
clothing<br />
Hero Jane Austen<br />
Fear being buried alive<br />
Favorite Movie Ten Things I Hate About<br />
You<br />
Pet Peeve being late<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
Romeo and Juliet play<br />
Jake Jeoung<br />
Came to TBCS: 2006<br />
College Plans Purdue University<br />
Senior Project internship in Korea<br />
Heroes my father<br />
Fear none<br />
Favorite Movie none<br />
Pet Peeve none<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
winning State Championship in soccer<br />
Kara Heiser<br />
Came to TBCS: 2005<br />
College Plans Western Washington<br />
University<br />
Senior Project writing and illustrating a<br />
children's book<br />
Hero my mom<br />
Fear public restrooms<br />
Favorite Movie Fletch; A Few Good Men<br />
Pet Peeve people who lick their fingers<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
the "parade" for the basketball team in<br />
10th grade<br />
Jessica Joyner<br />
Came to TBCS: 2002<br />
College Plans undecided<br />
Senior Project sewing<br />
Hero Lauren Webber<br />
Fear pockets and singing<br />
Favorite Movie Malibu's Most Wanted<br />
Pet Peeve surveys about myself<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
junior prom<br />
Michael Hester*<br />
Came to TBCS: 1995<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project experimentally<br />
determining the mass of an electron<br />
Hero <strong>The</strong>odore Roosevelt<br />
Fear growing old in Oregon<br />
Favorite Movie Indiana Jones and the<br />
Last Crusade<br />
Pet Peeve none<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
seeing Mr. Miller laugh so hard that he<br />
doubled over on the pavement and cried<br />
Christy Jung<br />
Came to TBCS: 2004<br />
College Plans University of Illinois-<br />
Urbana Champaign<br />
Senior Project making a suspension<br />
bridge model<br />
Heroes God and my dad<br />
Fear getting sleepy<br />
Favorite Movie Alice in Wonderland<br />
Pet Peeve hair on clothes<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
IceBreaker<br />
* aka Caesar Maximus Lord Captain Commander Emperor Michael Hester Pendragon, Annointed of the light
Greg Kautz<br />
Came to TBCS: 2000<br />
College Plans Arizona State University<br />
Senior Project wood carving<br />
Hero my dad<br />
Fear failure<br />
Favorite Movie 300<br />
Pet Peeve people canceling plans at the<br />
last minute<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
eighth grade trip and Biology trip<br />
Came to TBCS: 2004<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project learning to play drums<br />
Hero my parents<br />
Fear spiders<br />
Favorite Movie Spiderman<br />
Pet Peeve waking up early<br />
clASS OF 2008<br />
Kristin Kelley<br />
Came to TBCS: 2005<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project photoshop real estate<br />
marketing project<br />
Hero Jesus<br />
Fear being attacked and incapable of<br />
doing anything<br />
Favorite Movie Pride and Prejudice;<br />
Juno; Pretty Woman; <strong>The</strong> Departed<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
French trip<br />
Mark Kim Trevor Kowal<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
Biology trip<br />
Came to TBCS: 2002<br />
College Plans Gonzaga University<br />
Senior Project fly fishing<br />
Hero Robbie Ptaszynski<br />
Fear night lights<br />
Favorite Movie Real Genius<br />
Pet Peeve people asking this question<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
winning State Championship in soccer<br />
Gunny Kim<br />
Came to TBCS: 2005<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project learning to play a full<br />
drum set<br />
Hero Winston Churchill<br />
Fear Robbie Ptaszynski<br />
Favorite Movie Collateral<br />
Pet Peeve loud talkers who talk on the<br />
phone forever<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
2007 Prom<br />
Todd Lien<br />
Came to TBCS: 2006<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project medical mission to<br />
Honduras<br />
Hero Jesus Christ<br />
Fear fear of failure<br />
Favorite Movie Elf<br />
Pet Peeve people that aren't serious<br />
about learning<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
Senior Night during IceBreaker 2007-we<br />
worshipped together, shared gratitude and<br />
love with one another, and we had fun!!<br />
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Cindy Kim<br />
Came to TBCS: 2004<br />
College Plans New York University<br />
Senior Project Paris, France to explore<br />
Monet's paintings<br />
Heroes Jesus, my mom<br />
Fear falling out of car accidently by<br />
opening the door when it is not locked<br />
Favorite Movie Billy Elliot<br />
Pet Peeve when someone with a very<br />
condescending look blatantly answers<br />
your questions in a rude manner<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
visiting France with the French class<br />
Cara Linnenkohl<br />
Came to TBCS: 1995<br />
College Plans University of Virginia<br />
Senior Project climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro<br />
Hero Kara Eiber, Conal, and my mom<br />
Fear losing<br />
Favorite Movie Remember the Titans;<br />
Chariots of Fire; Braveheart; Spaceballs;<br />
Money Pit<br />
Pet Peeve being asked the same<br />
question more than once<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
senior boys' dance at the Homecoming<br />
pep assembly
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Nathan Matson<br />
Came to TBCS: 1996<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project scuba diving and underwater<br />
photography<br />
Hero none<br />
Fear something disastrous happening<br />
(involving severe pain)<br />
Favorite Movie Space Balls<br />
Pet Peeve people who can't spell; people<br />
who leave perishable food out of the fridge<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
eighth grade trip<br />
Alex Patterson<br />
Came to TBCS: 2002<br />
College Plans Seattle University<br />
Senior Project analysis and dramatic<br />
presentation of a selection of poems<br />
Hero Dr. Nelson; Dr. Lynch<br />
Fear the unknown<br />
Favorite Movie <strong>The</strong> Blues Brothers<br />
Pet Peeve surveys<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hound of the Baskervilles<br />
Isaac Miller<br />
Came to TBCS: 2004<br />
College Plans Wheaton College (Illinois)<br />
Senior Project a correlational analysis<br />
survey study on <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> fifth graders<br />
Hero Mr. Miller/Coach Miller/my brother<br />
Fear failing a test; being accused of<br />
something I didn't do<br />
Favorite Movie Serenity<br />
Pet Peeve no healthy food options in<br />
cafeterias<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
track meets under the lights with the sun<br />
setting, and my teammates kicking tail<br />
Stephanie Pedersen<br />
Came to TBCS: 2000<br />
College Plans University of Montana<br />
Senior Project interior design<br />
Hero the corns<br />
Fear possession<br />
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Favorite Movie Dumb and Dumber;<br />
Gone in 60 Seconds<br />
Pet Peeve people who chew with their<br />
mouth open<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
bus falling in the ditch on the way home<br />
from basketball games at Lummi<br />
Marc Mueller<br />
Came to TBCS: 1995<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project climbing Mt. Rainier<br />
Hero Josh Smith<br />
Fear getting in a car accident<br />
Favorite Movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off<br />
Pet Peeve slow drivers<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
senior guys' dance during Homecoming<br />
pep assembly<br />
Megan Perara<br />
Came to TBCS: 1994<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project art benefit show for<br />
Lymphoma<br />
Hero Celine Dion<br />
Fear Katie Ball trying to crack my toes<br />
Favorite Movie Sleeper<br />
Pet Peeve Rachel Ray's face<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
watching the polar bear adventures<br />
Maryam Nozari<br />
Came to TBCS: 2002<br />
College Plans undecided<br />
Senior Project cake decorating<br />
Hero <strong>The</strong> Green Lantern<br />
Fear physical pain<br />
Favorite Movie Grease<br />
Pet Peeve people talking on the phone in<br />
the bathroom<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
when we were in France on the train<br />
and Kristin would not shut up about how<br />
everything was like Harry Potter<br />
Kimi Pohlman<br />
Came to TBCS: 1997<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project Latin dancing<br />
Hero Cristiano Renaldo<br />
Fear snakes<br />
Favorite Movie Superbad<br />
Pet Peeve annoying people<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
Biology trip; senior IceBreaker; senior<br />
homecoming
Sam Pomeroy<br />
Came to TBCS: 2004<br />
College Plans Baylor University<br />
Senior Project Belize mission trip<br />
Hero King David<br />
Fear boredom<br />
Favorite Movie Real Genius<br />
Pet Peeve high gas prices<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
Homecoming assembly dance with Brett,<br />
Marc and Jackson<br />
Came to TBCS: 2002<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project yoga and fencing<br />
Hero none<br />
Taite Pryor<br />
Came to TBCS: 2001<br />
College Plans Suffolk University, Boston<br />
Senior Project learning to surf<br />
Hero Karl Marx<br />
Fear rape<br />
Favorite Movie <strong>The</strong> Full Monty<br />
Pet Peeve when people act like their<br />
religion is superior and try to convert you<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
watching polar bear adventures<br />
Asya Simova Josh Smith<br />
Fear not being able to find something I<br />
would want for a career<br />
Favorite Movie Casanova<br />
Pet Peeve people who take themselves<br />
too seriously<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
lots. . .but I guess since I have to be more<br />
specific, drama class<br />
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Came to TBCS: 1995<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project car renovation<br />
Hero Marc Mueller<br />
Fear getting in a car crash and not being<br />
able to drive<br />
Favorite Movie Behind Enemy Lines<br />
Pet Peeve jerkish people<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
mission trip to the Bahamas during<br />
freshman year<br />
Robbie Ptaszynski<br />
Came to TBCS: 2002<br />
College Plans Gonzaga University<br />
Senior Project photography internship<br />
Hero Trevor Kowal<br />
Fear clowns<br />
Favorite Movie Spinal tap<br />
Pet Peeve slow moving people<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
ski bus; eighth grade trip<br />
Chris Strandin<br />
Came to TBCS: 2002<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project building an electric guitar<br />
Hero my dad<br />
Fear eyes: death glares<br />
Favorite Movie American Pie<br />
Pet Peeve complaints about being tired<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
soccer State Championship!!!<br />
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Brett Webber<br />
Came to TBCS: 2001<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project live and recording sound<br />
technician<br />
Hero Lauren Webber<br />
Fear Monkees (not the animal)<br />
Favorite Movie Ocean's Eleven<br />
Pet Peeve lying<br />
Jimmy Rehfeld<br />
Came to TBCS: 1999<br />
College Plans Westmont College<br />
Senior Project Belize mission trip<br />
Heroes Bob Ross<br />
Fear none<br />
Favorite Movie Godfather<br />
Pet Peeve none<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
Junior Biology trip<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
Junior Prom
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Jesse Wetter<br />
Came to TBCS: 1995<br />
College Plans University of Washington<br />
Senior Project writing a play<br />
Hero Dr. Lynch and myself<br />
Fear waking up one day as a Middle<br />
<strong>School</strong>er again<br />
Favorite Movie James Bond movies<br />
Pet Peeve surveys<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
acting in <strong>The</strong> Hound of the Baskervilles<br />
by Kyle Dunn<br />
Contributing Writer<br />
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Morgan Wierleski<br />
Came to TBCS: 2005<br />
College Plans Seattle Pacific University<br />
Senior Project teaching Spanish<br />
Hero salamander<br />
Fear a world without cookies<br />
Favorite Movie Anchorman<br />
Pet Peeve know-it-alls who don't actually<br />
know it all<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
senior river rafting and riding the bull. . .<br />
enough said<br />
George’s first day with the senior class<br />
So it was my first day at <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> <strong>School</strong>. I thought it would be<br />
kind of weird coming in as a new senior. I was really nervous about meeting<br />
my new classmates: who would be my new friends? In the end it turned out<br />
to be quite an interesting day.<br />
It all started when I drove into the parking lot. <strong>The</strong> car next to me pulled<br />
in with the bass pumping rap way too loud. I wondered if the school was pretty<br />
diverse, but the driver turned out to be white. I figured out later his name was<br />
Robbie, and he was what they called “wangsta.” Stephanie Pedersen was rapping<br />
and bobbing her head with a huge pair of shades on. Walking in I had to jump<br />
out of the way of two cars pulling donuts in the school parking lot. That was<br />
Nate and Trevor, the speed demons of the grade.<br />
Inside the school there was this weird guy posing like he was in a GQ<br />
magazine It did not work with the uniform. His name was Kyle. I asked him<br />
where my first class was and it turned out we had the same classes, so he<br />
showed me around for the day. We were about to be late, when I saw a blur<br />
fly past me. “That’s Marc, he is crazy fast,” Kyle told me. <strong>The</strong> fact that it was<br />
eight in the morning or that school started in two minutes didn’t stop the three<br />
Kaile Worman<br />
Came to TBCS: 1995<br />
College Plans Azusa Pacific University<br />
Senior Project short film animation<br />
Hero my father<br />
Fear clowns<br />
Favorite Movie Oceans Eleven<br />
Pet Peeve smacking food<br />
A Favorite <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Memory<br />
graduation<br />
Mrs. Hernandez<br />
Came to TBCS: 1997<br />
Future Plans spoil grandchildren, travel<br />
with husband<br />
Hero my dad<br />
Fear heights<br />
Favorite Movie Sense and Sensibility<br />
Pet Peeve people being mean to one<br />
another<br />
Highlight of the Year<br />
watching the boys basketball team play at<br />
State in Spokane<br />
a class act at TBCS<br />
a satire from one of our own<br />
amigas, otherwise known as Kimi, Megan, and Katie Ball, from singing their<br />
hearts out as they waltzed down the hall. <strong>The</strong> whole day it was Avril Lavigne,<br />
Earth Wind and Fire, and more Avril Lavigne.<br />
We got into our first class, called graphic design. “Hey you! You must<br />
be the new kid!” I thought my ears were about to bleed as Kelly introduced<br />
herself. <strong>The</strong>re was one other senior in that class, a short scruffy looking guy.<br />
“What’s your name?” I said. “Its uhh…” I leaned forward so I could hear him,<br />
“It’s Julian.” <strong>The</strong>n he stared at me for a few seconds, a slight awkwardness<br />
in the air. “He’s a bit on the quiet side,” explained Kyle, “but we love him for<br />
it.” Another girl walked in and headed straight at me. She had a big smile and<br />
punched me on my arm, saying “Hey, how ya doing, I’m Cara.” I tried to stop<br />
myself from wincing at the punch as I replied. She was very strong.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next class was Anatomy. <strong>The</strong> first thing I heard was Sam Pomeroy<br />
singing, and then he told me all about this amazing band called Hillsong<br />
United for twenty minutes straight. He had assured me that he would burn<br />
me a copy of their best stuff, and that I would finally find happiness in life.<br />
Mrs. Dunn listed off all the ways to be injured in the whole realm of scientific<br />
knowledge, and Kaile Worman had all of them. Most intriguing of all, I saw<br />
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Nathan Matson there, “I know you” I said, “World of Warcraft.” “Yes, I saved<br />
you from the dragon of Korath,” replied Nathan. “I hope you have grown<br />
stronger since then.”<br />
During the break, the man with the most infectious smile in the world<br />
introduced himself to me. “Hi I’m Todd. It’s so nice to meet you. I bet you’re<br />
nervous, I was nervous on my first day of school here….” He spoke so fast it was<br />
all a blur. Yet his sheer bubbliness made smiling back worth it. He practically<br />
glowed as he pointed out all the people at <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong>. Isaac was with him,<br />
and with a very earnest face he told me he had been studying psychology and<br />
learned all about the mental barriers of making new friends. He told me he<br />
would be my friend though. That was comforting. <strong>The</strong>n Josh came running<br />
right at me. He stood way too close to my face and told me I should run cross<br />
country. That sounded like the least fun thing I could ever do, so I politely told<br />
him I would think about it.<br />
Most kids hung out in the lounge upstairs. Chris was doing bicep curls,<br />
and said he had done about a thousand so far. I sat down next to these cool girls<br />
Allie and Asya, but they spoke excitedly in French and I did not understand<br />
a thing. Meanwhile I started talking to Katrin. I didn’t really listen to what<br />
she was saying, but her German accent was so engaging you just wanted to<br />
talk to her.<br />
Soon it was time to go to Apologetics. Morgan Wierleski was the most<br />
exuberant person in that class, and she was so excited to hear about everyone’s<br />
summer, and to tell every small detail of her own. Ten minutes into the class<br />
I realized this guy had been staring at me the whole period. When I looked at<br />
him he got this devious look on his face and said, “One by one the penguins<br />
come and steal my sanity!” A little worried, I shrank back into my chair. “Don’t<br />
worry about him,” said Kyle “That’s Michael. He likes to be unique, and he’s<br />
a good guy beneath all that.”<br />
Next was Statistics. James Harrang and Shannon spent the class arguing<br />
about the best way to build a stratified random sample, but then Shannon got<br />
distracted about the new Gucci line of purses, so James decided he won the<br />
argument. <strong>The</strong> teacher was pretty cool too; she fed us goldfish.<br />
Finally, lunch arrived. I sat between the drama kids and the guitar kids.<br />
<strong>The</strong> drama kids, Alex Patterson, Carolyn, and Morgan Bader, were discussing<br />
how extraordinary the play Romeo and Juliet was. Alex Patterson was probably<br />
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the classiest guy in the grade, he sported a very well done beard and some<br />
black shades that said, “I know how to be artsy.” <strong>The</strong>y were eager to know if I<br />
would come see their performance. As I opened a package of Pop Tarts Kara<br />
Heiser asked me if I knew how many calories that was. “That's 6,000 headed<br />
straight to my belly,” I replied. She just laughed and left the subject alone. On<br />
my other side were the guitar guys, Jackson, Brett and Ben. <strong>The</strong>y were planning<br />
to challenge the Biology teacher Mrs. Dunn to a game of guitar hero. Jessica<br />
was there too. She was pretty much one of the guys, and they all loved her.<br />
Since I didn’t know anything about guitar or Shakespeare, I just smiled and<br />
nodded for the whole lunch. I was throwing away the remains of my lunch<br />
when I heard a shout. “Recycle that bottle George!” yelled Alex Amela as he<br />
raced over to the garbage, but it was too late.<br />
After lunch I took a walk around the campus, since I had a free period.<br />
I went into the gym where Garrett was. He wanted to show me how he could<br />
dunk a basketball. He broke his arm trying, and I failed to hide a smile as the<br />
basketball coach was furious that he had injured himself goofing off. After<br />
Garrett dropped the basketball Karlee came sprinting in and dove headfirst for<br />
the loose ball on the gym floor. It was nice day outside, so I went to some nice<br />
benches in the sun. A flock of birds flying above, it was a peaceful day. <strong>The</strong>n<br />
BAM! I sprung out of my seat at the sound of a gunshot. One of the birds fell<br />
to the ground. “I got it!” exclaimed Greg as he crawled out of the bushes with<br />
his shotgun. Apparently he liked to hunt. After that escapade I went to shoot<br />
hoops with James Bartlett outside. He made a dozen three pointers in a row,<br />
but said he didn’t really feel like playing basketball for the school. I headed<br />
down to check out the library afterwards. It was not half a second after entering<br />
when the library security guard had me pinned up against a wall and forced a<br />
water bottle out of my hands. “No food or drink in the library. Hi my name is<br />
Jesse. It’s nice to meet you.”<br />
I went back to the lounge for office hours, where an incredibly perky girl<br />
named Cindy showed me a drawing she had done of me. It was an anime sketch<br />
of me, skillfully drawn, that made my hair look like it had been electrocuted.<br />
In fact most of the other Asian students–Jake, Gunny, Mark and Christy–were<br />
there drawing. <strong>The</strong> Louvre had just contacted them about a new anime exhibit<br />
they were opening. <strong>The</strong>y were occasionally interrupted by an outlandish sneeze<br />
from a girl named Taite. <strong>The</strong>re was no way that sneeze was real. <strong>The</strong>n Kristin<br />
Kelly came over and took about fifty pictures of everyone sitting in the lounge.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>se are soo all going in the yearbook!” she screamed. Katie Beman introduced<br />
herself to me by telling me that I could not physically<br />
lick my elbow. <strong>The</strong>n Jimmy Rehfeld smirked, slowly<br />
lifted his arm, and licked his elbow.<br />
Finally it was time for the last class of the day,<br />
English. English had the craziest group of kids. <strong>The</strong><br />
teacher was strikingly patient with a class that would<br />
never stop talking; apparently we were worse than her<br />
kids. Maryam was so excited to tell me about hockey,<br />
but I was too busy eating the cookies she brought in to<br />
care how well the Buffalo Sabers were doing. Jimmy<br />
showed me a couple of pictures that made him look<br />
like he was in a teenage counterterrorist unit. I decided<br />
avoiding conflicts with Jimmy was a wise idea. Chelsea<br />
was an easygoing girl who laughed at everybody’s jokes.<br />
Sometimes she wouldn’t be able to control herself from<br />
laughing for ten minutes at a time. <strong>The</strong>n there was Mel,<br />
who had the awesome, enough said. Marc was there,<br />
he looked like he was being tortured, forced to sit in a<br />
desk for such a long time. All the while Megan got a<br />
little too excited over sniffing expo markers, then you<br />
throw in Kimi and Trevor who have an infinite fight<br />
going on, and English was a party.<br />
I left <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> the first day wondering how I<br />
would get along with such a funny group of seniors. I<br />
think maybe I should just laugh.
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the end of an era<br />
by Kara Heiser<br />
Editor<br />
As the most recent addition to the<br />
class of 2008, Mrs. Hernandez will be the<br />
52nd senior to say goodbye after many<br />
years here at <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
This bittersweet occasion is<br />
cause for sadness to all at the school who<br />
know and love Mrs. Hernandez, but it<br />
allows her to spend some much deserved<br />
time with her family. Mrs. Hernandez has<br />
tackled many jobs and held many titles,<br />
including study skills teacher, mom,<br />
volunteer, English teacher and Upper<br />
<strong>School</strong> Head.<br />
She first became involved with<br />
the school after it was recommended by<br />
a good friend who was looking for a<br />
private school for her own daughters. At<br />
that time, <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> was even smaller<br />
and holding classes at Grace Church.<br />
Utilizing her training in study skills and<br />
English, Mrs. Hernandez assisted Mrs.<br />
Kaplowitz with classroom work, grading,<br />
and other miscellaneous tasks to fulfill<br />
her community service hours. When Mrs.<br />
Price heard what was happening, she<br />
decided to hire Mrs. Hernandez to teach<br />
a study skills elective. Thus began Mrs.<br />
Hernandez’s TBCS career.<br />
Since then, Mrs. Hernandez has<br />
become an integral part of the school. At<br />
times it seems like there are clones of her<br />
roaming around, for she is ever present<br />
at sporting events, drama performances,<br />
concerts, school dances, and during the<br />
school day. She never tires of meeting<br />
kids in the hallway and treats each <strong>Bear</strong><br />
<strong>Creek</strong>er as if they were one of her own<br />
children. “I love every class, and every<br />
year when the seniors graduate, I think<br />
it’s never going to be the same,” said Mrs.<br />
Hernandez.<br />
After her lengthy career ends<br />
this year, Mrs. Hernandez plans to<br />
relax and travel a bit with her husband<br />
this summer. Though retirement is the<br />
technical term, she won’t stop working<br />
completely because she says, “I love kids<br />
too much.”<br />
ArOund SchOOl<br />
leaving her boxing gloves behind<br />
our hero For Superhero Day during Homecoming Week, faculty and staff dressed up as Mrs. Hernandez<br />
in suits and complete with superhero name badges, starbucks cups and boxing gloves.<br />
Top Ten Things Upper <strong>School</strong>ers will miss about Mrs. H<br />
1) Her involvement with the students<br />
2) <strong>The</strong> humor she puts into serious situations<br />
3) Her tiny (yet big) little hugs<br />
4) Her cheerful attitude<br />
5) Stopping girls (or guys) in the hallway to compliment their shoes<br />
6) Her representation of the students & standing up for all of us<br />
7) Her welcoming presence<br />
8) Her understanding when you tell her your problems<br />
9) Her smile and happiness<br />
10) Her habit of always trying to find the best possible solution to<br />
suit the person who came to her for advice, no matter how long<br />
it takes<br />
It won't be the same without you!
SpOrtS<br />
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Spring Sports achievements<br />
Track (boys)<br />
State Garrett Benson (7th in 100 high hurdles, high jump)<br />
SeaTac 2B Male Track Athlete of the Year<br />
Erik Richardson (discus)<br />
Josh Firminger (200m)<br />
Marc Mueller (400m)<br />
Kyle Dunn (800m)<br />
Jake Matthews (pole vault)<br />
Garrett Benson, Marc Mueller, Todd Lien, Josh Firminger<br />
(4x100 relay)<br />
Marc Mueller, Kyle Dunn, Todd Lien, Josh Smith (4x400)<br />
Alternates: Isaac Miller (4x100), Jimmy Rehfeld (4x100,<br />
4x400)<br />
Districts Erik Richardson (shot put))<br />
Josh Firminger (100m)<br />
Garrett Benson (200m)<br />
Todd Lien (400m)<br />
Josh Smith (800m)<br />
Robert Kelley (3200 m)<br />
Isaac Miller (300 int. hurdles)<br />
Ben Brudnicki (pole vault)<br />
Will McCahill (pole vault)<br />
Track (girls)<br />
State Jeanine Gorzalski (3200m)<br />
Beth Graham, Brittanie Vander Weide, Joy Jacobson,<br />
Christianna Mueller (4x100)<br />
Alternates: Chelsea Frantz, Kira Geiger (4x100)<br />
Districts Jeanine Gorzalski (1600m)<br />
Adelaide Tillinghast (3200m)<br />
Megan Cheever (discus, shot put)<br />
Catherine Pomeroy (pole vault)<br />
Emily Kadeg (javelin)<br />
Brittanie Vander Weide (100m, 200m)<br />
Christianna Mueller (100m, 200m)<br />
Brittanie Vander Weide, Kira Geiger, Joy Jacobson,<br />
Christianna Mueller (4x200m relay)<br />
Chelsea Frantz, Kira Geiger, Jeanine Gorzalski, Adelaide<br />
Tillinghast (4x400 relay)<br />
Golf (boys)<br />
Seatac 2B League Champs<br />
State Johnie Freatman (19th)<br />
Gannon McCahill<br />
Eli Sanger<br />
Districts Nate Castle<br />
Tennis (boys)<br />
2B Academic State Champions (GPA 3.560)<br />
Districts Tim Hughes (first singles)<br />
Softball<br />
Kimi Pohlman-played for Eastlake High <strong>School</strong><br />
State (1st, KingCo Co-Champions)<br />
Eastlake High <strong>School</strong> Softball Offensive Player of Year<br />
Seattle Times All Area team (softball)<br />
Seattle Times Female Athlete of the Year (Eastside)<br />
Swimming<br />
James Harrang-swam for Eastlake High <strong>School</strong><br />
State 200 IM, 100 breaststroke, 400 freestyle relay<br />
Districts medley relay, 200IM, 100 breaststroke, 400 freestyle relay<br />
Team Captain<br />
baseball<br />
League Third Place (10-6 record overall, 6-3 in league)<br />
rowing<br />
Regionals Cara Linnenkohl (1st in Varsity Single, 2nd in Varsity Quad)<br />
qualified for Jr. National Invitational (Cincinnati, OH)<br />
and will row in the single trials for Worlds<br />
bear <strong>Creek</strong> athletes head for State<br />
Golf (girls)<br />
Seatac 2B League Champs<br />
State Sydney Conway (2nd)<br />
Kaile Worman<br />
Districts Carolyn Heine on To STaTe <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> athletes that qualified for the State Track and<br />
Field Championships board the school van for their trip to Cheney.
Current 20 June 5, 2008<br />
What's<br />
the<br />
buzz?<br />
ArOund SchOOl<br />
<strong>The</strong> Best of <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Top Ten+Six List*<br />
(compiled by the Class of 2008)<br />
1. <strong>The</strong> year after the seniors commented on the fishbowl effect of the front office<br />
the administration covered the windows<br />
2. Only <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong>ers can pull off chemistry jokes<br />
3. Ms. Dennison’s ‘quizzes’ that take the whole period and then some<br />
4. 50% of the senior class uses Kelly’s computer account…Happy7<br />
5. Everything about the ‘secret’ senior prank is pre-planned, pre-approved and<br />
chaperoned<br />
6. Having to explain to people that our homecoming is in January because we’re<br />
too small for a football team<br />
7. Drama is the only clique<br />
8. Random lunch announcements where everyone is actually quiet and listens<br />
9. How people wear wild shoes/socks to distinguish themselves<br />
10. Announcing the letter days for the week on morning announcements even<br />
though every one knows the alphabet<br />
11. How we have slowly but surely broken the “t-shirts on Fridays only” rule<br />
12. How everyone knows lunch is at exactly 12:21pm<br />
13. Trying to be more healthy, the kitchen took away our soda and replaced it with<br />
muffins that are 500 calories each<br />
14. If you start singing ‘A Whole New World’ from Aladdin, anyone and everyone<br />
from the senior class will join in<br />
15. Juniors and seniors are skilled at identifying anything that could be perceived a<br />
fire hazard<br />
16. Our trophy case consists of mostly spelling bee and chess awards…rather than<br />
sports<br />
*Everyone knows that the Class of 2008 is competitive,<br />
so a top TEN list just wasn't good enough!<br />
behinD <strong>The</strong> SCeneS In its third year, the<br />
Current has become a respected and well-read<br />
monthly newsmagazine published by Upper<br />
<strong>School</strong> students. Continuing the tradition of "not<br />
telling students what to think, but what to think<br />
about" for 2007-08, the staff included: Georgina<br />
Wadhwani-Napp '10, Editor Kara Heiser '08,<br />
Kelly Chase '08, Adelaide Tillinghast '11, Conner<br />
Morgan '11, Alex Amela '08. <strong>The</strong> class published<br />
eight issues during the school year (and a back-<br />
to-school issue in September). Many thanks to<br />
our great advertisers and also the consistent<br />
"contributing writers" this year: Nathan Matson<br />
'08, Sam Pomeroy '08, and Abby Gomulkiewicz<br />
'11. With the West Lab and six classes devoted<br />
to journalism, <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> continues to support<br />
a balanced journalism program. To learn<br />
more about contributing to the Current, the<br />
literary magazine to be published next year,<br />
photojournalism or the yearbook, please see<br />
Mrs. Sanger. Thanks for your readership and<br />
support!