Students work for array of summer jobs

Sara Levine
Features Editor

When school is let out for summer break, students are relieved at the low pressure the two months of vacation have to offer. Whether they spend the break sitting by the pool or training for sports, students take advantage of the time to recharge for the upcoming school year. This summer, some students enjoyed filling up their time with a job or volunteer opportunity.

It’s the end of the world as we know it

Sara Levine & Kate Howard
Features Editor & News Editor

On Saturday, May 21, many were counting down the seconds to 6 p.m., wondering if and how the world was “going to end”. The idea spurred conversation when 89 year old radio evangelist Harold Camping declared this day the “invisible judgment day” and warned people of the Rapture, also known as Christ’s return.

The Artist Notebook: Lexi Bodick

Logan Phillips & Sara Levine
Senior Editor & Reporter

When senior Lexi Bodick first began playing the bass in sixth grade with the dream of forming a family band, she could not have imagined she’d be jamming on a Broadway stage before graduating high school. Lexi, described by Orchestra teacher Leo Ficks as “one of the most improved players I’ve ever taught,” has already accumulated a resume that most aspiring musicians would envy. Not only is she second chair in the Western Regional Orchestra for the upright bass, but she was also the associate conductor and bass player in the Broadway show 13.

Looking at the school from a different perspective

Sara Levine
Reporter

Have you ever stepped into the school and let your eyes wash over your surroundings, focusing on more then just the buzz of the students? You walk in and are immediately hit with school spirit. Red and black are on the walls, tiled on the floor, and painted on the lockers. The sun is highlighting the word ‘SENIORS’ written in car paint on the glass-paned wall that’s spreading across the length of the cafeteria. Now go back to the spiral staircase, a popular gathering place for students. Some of the students are drawn in by the huge skylight above, glowing from the third floor to the first.