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Thursday, March 24, 2016

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Happening NOW •Freshman: Assignment completion day all day today in auditorium •Girls Basketball: Season-ending banquet 5 p.m. today at Scheels Training Center, second floor of 41st Street store—rescheduled from Wednesday •No School: Friday and Monday at WHS—classes resume at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday following first-day schedule •Track and Field: Dan Lennon Invitational 11:30 a.m. Monday at Dakota Dome in Vermillion

Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Chili fritos, carrots •À la carte lines: Italian dunkers, chicken fajita, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches

Group Meetings •SMASH Book Club: Members will meet to discuss “Bruiser” both fourth and fifth periods today in the library. •Young Republicans: Will meet at 3:10 p.m. today in A-153.

Correction •Sophomore Will Farniok: Was misidentified as a freshman in both Tuesday and Wednesday’s NOW.

Other Reminders •Warrior Olympics: Teams are now forming—sign-up sheets in student services, $70 per team—due March 30. Events begin April 4. NOW Thursday Staff

Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . Sydney Arrington and Sam Siganos Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . Chayden Fitzsimmons Staff: Isaiah Hall, Robert Speeks, Abby Freese, Austin Hoflock, Ashley Paulson, Abby Johnston and Mubarak Kadir Editor-in-chief . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Wiley Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . .Hannah Smith Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Lueth The News of Washington is a publication of the Orange & Black Staff Washington High School–Sioux Falls, S.D. Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/ MCT Campus High School Newspaper Service

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Chorus students compete in Region II contest Wednesday Six perfect scores earned in event at Augustana University By Austin Hoflock arrior vocal musicians braved the weather Wednesday to travel to Augustana University for the Region II Solo and Ensemble Contest. At the event, they earned 23 Superior ratings, including six perfect scores, and eight excellent ratings. Students earning a Superior rating, the top rating available, included the Harmonia Ensemble, Melodia Ensemble and the Mad Scatterz Jazz Choir. Freshmen Riley Salzman, Maddy Morgan and Tory Shafer and sophomore Jamie Bitz eared a superior for their quartet. Senior Jamie Leggett and sophomore Hollie Leggett and Morgan and freshman Faith VanSchaick had superior duets. Morgan, juniors Noah Salter, Spencer DeLange, Bailey Banwart, Maya Arnold and Kaytie Vroman; sophomores Miguel Garcia, Carter Munce, Bitz, Aislynn Manley and Hollie Leggett and seniors Logan Eckhoff, Megan Stoneall, Corinne Vermulm, Maria Renteria and Morea Nichols had superior solos. Of those, perfect scores were earned by the Mad Scatterz, Eckhoff, DeLange, Renteria, Bitz, and Nichols.

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Photo by Karen DeLange SING—Sophomores Carter Munce and Miguel Garcia sign a duet at the Region II contest Wednesday as teacher Emily Danger accompanies.

Conrad named to replace Nold as principal By Abby Freese and Chayden Fitzsimmons Assistant Principal Dan Conrad was named the new principal of WHS during a special staff meeting called by superintendent Brian Maher after school Wednesday in the Little Theatre. Conrad’s education career began in the Sioux Falls School District in 1998 as a Lincoln High School math and science teacher and a coach. In 2009 Conrad became an assistant principal at WHS. Conrad will replace current principal and

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legend Jamie Nold who will be leaving WHS at the conclusion of this school year to become the Assistant Superintendent of Administration Services for the Sioux Falls School District. Conrad was one of 22 applicants for the position as principal of WHS. Superintendent Brian Maher said he thinks Conrad was one of many strong applicants for the job. “We had a strong applicant pool and three tremendous finalists,” Maher said. “Mr. Conrad’s district experience

and past work accomplishments helped his candidacy. The specific qualities of working hard and caring for the culture at WHS helped him win this job.” Conrad said he is excited about the job. “I am thankful and proud to have the opportunity to lead WHS and to continue to build on the academic and extracurricular excellence we are known for,” Conrad said. Conrad will officially take over from Nold as WHS principal on July 1.

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Seniors take to court for last time in high school

Apple unveils new small iPhone

My fellow Warriors, last weekend marked the end of my high school basketball career—the last time playing alongside my best friends. Years of friendships and memories made, all over. Or so I thought. Four Warriors have been selected to play in the Annual 3-Class Shoot-Out High School All-Star Basketball Games in Salem Saturday. Seniors Sam Siganos and Hear me. . . Carter Keller will play with several other boys from across the state Sydney Arrington and represent Class AA boys basketball, while senior Anna Goodhope and myself will play alongside the Class AA girls. In both boys and girls action, the Class AA All-Star Team will play the Class A team, and the winner of that game will advance to play the Class B team. The teams are coached by college coaches from the area. This game will not only give us a chance to play with the best basketball players in the state, but also give us a chance to play alongside our teammates one last time. I am truly honored to represent WHS one last time as a basketball player, and to play with Anna again. The game should be a lot of fun, and will be open to the public. The first girls game will tip off at 2 p.m. Saturday with the AA girls vs. the A girls. The winner will face the B girls at 3:45 p.m. The AA boys will face the A boys at 5:15 p.m. A dunk contest will follow that game, then the winner of the first boys game will face the B boys at 7 p.m. Saturday. Senior Sydney Arrington is ready to play Saturday.

By Troy Wolverton San Jose Mercury News (TNS) CUPERTINO, Calif. — Seeking to give some older product designs new life, Apple on Monday announced an updated iPhone and an updated iPad.

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Technology Watch The new phone, dubbed the iPhone SE, has the same basic shape as the iPhone 5, which the company first introduced in 2012. The new tablet, which gets an “iPad Pro” moniker, comes with a 9.7-inch screen, the same size as the first iPad model that Apple introduced in 2015. Although both devices included updated innards, they allow Apple to offer new products in shapes and styles that are familiar to consumers. “We’re really excited about the iPhone SE,” company CEO Tim Cook said at a press event at the company’s headquarters here. “Many, many customers have asked us for this, and I think they’re going to love it.” Although the event was primarily designed to showcase the new devices, Cook took some time at the beginning of it to address, at least in passing, the company’s dispute with the FBI, which has been dominating most discussion of Apple of late. There are now 1 billion Apple devices in use around the world, and Apple’s customers store some of their most personal data on them, Cook noted. The company feels a “significant responsibility” to protect their data and their privacy, he said.

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