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Happening Now •Student Council: Brownie sundae sale to benefit student activities during lunch period in commons •Girls Basketball: Open gym 5-6 p.m. in main gym •Advanced Placement: Information night for next year’s students 5:30 p.m. in commons—learn about reading assignments, expectations and more
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Barbecue chicken, Fritos, green beans •À la carte lines: Pepperoni pizza, cheese enchilada, chef salad, sandwiches
Group Meetings •Chemistry Club: Members will meet at 3:15 p.m. Thursday in A-217. All current, former and future chemistry students welcome.
Other Reminders •Juniors: Vote for next fall’s homecoming royalty candidates now— the ballot was sent to your e-mail. Candidates will be announced at an assembly for all juniors Tuesday in the auditorium. •Yearbooks: May only be ordered through May 31—order at jostens. com or bring a check for $67 to the yearbook room, A-134. NOW Wednesday Staff Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Talley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Devyn Kennedy Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Olson Staff: Rheannan Bills, Deion Larsen, Justin Strutz, Joe Simko, Maddie Risch, Thomas Vissers Co-Editors-in-Chief . . . . . . . . Maham Shah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .and Carson Herbert Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Lueth The News of Washington is a publication of the Orange & Black Staff Washington High School–Sioux Falls, S.D.
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Varsity girls golf team takes third at conference meet Junior Madison Hollingshead takes seventh place
By Rheannan Bills arrior varsity girls golf team members earned third place at the Metro Conference Meet Tuesday at Elmwood Golf Course, shooting a 372. O’Gorman won the event by 16 strokes over second place Roosevelt. WHS tied with Brandon Valley and beat Lincoln by 22 strokes on the day. Individually, junior Madison Hollingshead finished seventh with an 88 overall and junior Erin Zahn ninth with an 89, followed by freshman Alyssa Wiseman with a score of 95, senior Amber Obenauer with 100, eighth grader Miranda Schlekeway with a score of 123 and junior Gracie Johnson with 126. Zahn said it was a good day for the Warriors. “Overall, our team did very well and played to the best of our abilities, despite the weather,” Zahn said. “State is close, so yesterday helped our confidence a little. The Metro Conference Meet is always a fun meet to play in even with poor weather conditions.” The WHS girls golf team will play the third and final round of the City Meet Thursday, then go to the State AA Tournament June 5-6 in Huron.
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Photo courtesy Madison Hollingshead TOP 10—Juniors Madison Hollingshead (left) and Erin Zahn (right) finished in the top 10 at the Metro Conference Meet Tuesday.
Over 125 seniors earn Regents Scholar honor By Devyn Kennedy, Lauren Olson and Thomas Vissers Over 125 seniors were recently recognized as Regents’ Scholar Diploma Award winners at the HonorFest Friday. Recipients of Regents’ Scholar Diplomas are accepted for automatic entrance to any of the six public institutions of higher education in South Dakota. To be eligible, a student must have completed four credits of English, one credit of fine arts, three credits of social
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studies, four credits of algebra or higher mathematics, four credits of science including three credits of an approved lab science and two credits of the same modern or classical language, including American Sign Language. All courses must be completed with no final grade below a ‘C,’ and winners must have an overall grade point average no lower than a ‘B.’ Seniors who were awarded the Regents’ Scholar Diploma certificate, which can be picked up anytime in the counseling
center, include Owen Alvine, Taylor Anderson, Feven Aregay, Bailey Banwart, Kathryn Barker, Alexander Barron, Kaycie Bartel, Nolan Behr, Sarah Bell, Jade Bolin, Calli Bordeaux, Jackson Bren, Noah Brown, Ariel Buckley, Kaitlyn Bulick, Anthony Campbell, Landon Carda, Morgan Carl, Skylar CloseSmith, Nicole DeJong, Spencer DeLange, Rochelle Dempsey, Ariana Ellis, Norman Englert, Andrew Erdmann, Annie Farmer, Kaitlyn Fischer, Justice Fisher, (Cont. on back)
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Meet the 2016-17 News of Washington Wednesday Staff
Japan uses fun to help prepare
In these final weeks of NOW publication for the 201617 school year, meet the staffs that have put out the daily NOW paper this past year.
By Sandi Doughton The Seattle Times (TNS) KOBE, Japan — Somehow, it’s not surprising that the country that gave us Godzilla and elevated fake food to a fine art has also found a way to make earthquake preparedness entertaining.
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Jack Talley Wednesday Co-Editor
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Certificates can be picked up in counseling center (Cont. from front) Chase Flickema, Jaren Fountain, Allison Fox, Peyton Garrow, Joshua Garry, McKenzie Gasper, Devin Gilbertson, Isaac Goeman, Shayna Goens, Feven Goitom, Lauren Green, Ethan Guenther, Jason Haeffner, Brendan Hansen, Elliot Hartwig, Kylee Haub, Matthew Hedeen, Carson Herbert, Zachary Heupel, Sean Hurley, Natalie Johnson, Briana Junso, Kelsi Kearney, Isabel Kinzer, Carter Klatt, Ryan Koch, Jacob Kringen, Austin Kubik, Kiley LaMere, Lily Larsen, Maxwell Larsen, Jakob Larson, Ryan Le, Kyle LeBon, Zachary Lee, Erika Lehan, Andrew Levisay, Abbygail Lint, Jonathan Loofe, Lyric Lott, Ethan Masching,
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Jeffrey McKee, Ethan McKinney, Sarah McMurphy, Paige Merry, Skylar Moen, Ryan Morgans, Brenna Mullen, Jonah Nelson, Scott Nguyen, Hailey Nold, Amber Obenauer, Noah Otten, Cesar Palacios, Ethan Person, Jacob Peterson, Keanu Phumipraphat, Calvin Poderzay, Sydney Raabe, RemiMae Rice, Breazia Richardson, Sydney Rodman, Kadie Roozenboom, Wendy RosalesCorado, Allison Schenkel, Liam Schneider, Hailie Schock, Phovthasone Sengchanh, Maham Shah, Jenna Siganos, Emmett Simmons, Surekchha Siwakoti, Morgan Small, Jillian Stamp, Brooklyn Stekl, Matthew Stoel, Bradley Struck, Sara Stuckenbroker, Joel Swenson, Daria Turgeon, Emily
VanBockern, Seth VandeBraak, Michael VanSchaick, Isaiah Vinson, Katherine Vroman, Mitchell Waddell, Amy Walker, Dominick Warmbein, Madison Warner, Jordan Weidner, Lucas Wienk, Kaleb Wika, Mitchell Wilber, Emily Wilcox, Brandon Wilson, Grace Wylie, Aaron Yam and Lauren Zimbeck. Garry said he’s pleased to have earned the Regents’ Scholar Diploma. “I feel honored to be awarded the Regents’ Scholar award with so many other great seniors as well,” Garry said. Green said she agrees. “I am humbled by the honor and I am proud of all of my peers for their hard work,” Green said.
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Your green world Guided by the philosophy that experience is the best teacher, Japan wants its citizens to know what it will feel like when the ground under their feet starts to heave — and how to protect themselves. So cities across the country have constructed disaster education centers that combine themepark-style simulations with sober lessons in survival. Many of the more than 60 centers feature large shake tables where visitors can ride out fake quakes as powerful as the real thing. In some centers, visitors navigate life-size dioramas of crushed cars and teetering power poles while being quizzed on the best response to dangerous situations. Typhoons, floods and fires get hands-on treatment as well. The centers even earn high marks from tourists on travel sites like TripAdvisor. Some civic leaders in the U.S. have long wanted to import the concept to quakeprone areas where many residents have only a vague understanding of the risks and tend to shrug off the nagging knowledge that they really ought to put together an emergency kit. “We think something like this in Seattle might help light a fire under people and government,” said Bill Stafford of the Seattle City Council.
