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conspiracy spring editionbat boy 4-5gamelan 6-7pulse fashion show 8-9pep rally 10-11senior legacy 12-13prom 14-15college search 16-17ap testing/ jazz champions 18-19robotics 20-21cif sports 22-23

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1. Patrick Kelley, junior, Eric Hucka-bee, senior, Connor Murphy, senior, and Michael Popov, freshman, marvel at the “bat boy” found in the caves. 2. Peter Hoban, senior, converts Bat boy, Hunter Schwarz, freshman, in a revival meeting. 3. Erin Wuthrich and Emma Stratton, seniors, sing about finding a house to get away from Hope Falls. 4. Hunter Schwarz, freshman, sings as Batboy. 5. Emma Stratton, senior, as Meredith Parker sings with Hunter Schwarz, freshman, bat boy, trying to assimilate him into society. 6. Eric Huckabee, senior, Lindsay Mitgang, sophomore, and Jordan Cavanaugh, junior, discuss the drama of bat boy in the town. 7. Tracy McDowell and Jor-dan Raoufpur, juniors, mourn Izzy Pol-lack, junior, who was killed by bat boy.

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What happens when a group of teenagers find a half-boy, half-bat “bat boy” in a cave in West Virginia? Kids at CCA got to find out this year with

the production of “Bat boy: the Musical”, based on a news story from Weekly World News in 1992. The musical follows Bat boy as he tries to assimilate into society and is repeatedly rejected and isolated by the inhabitants of the small town of Hope Falls. The production featured a large cast directed by Michael Schwartz, including Hunter Schwarz as Bat boy. Amanda Ghosh, a junior at CCA, loved being a part of the production, “It’s a weird, crazy, original show. It’s very surprising and twisted, which makes it so fun to be a part of.” The cast worked hard to make Bat boy an amazing play that was loved by the audience.

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1. Jazmine Allen-Collins, ju-nior, plays one of the Javenes Gamelan instruments, called the Gong. 2. Keerthi Thadi-meti , freshman, and Michael Stell, junior, both play the Sa-ron Barung. The players must strike the bar in its center with the oval end of the mallet. 3. Zak Auerbach, sophomore, uses the mallets to bang the Kenong, which is an different type of gong that is positioned on its side. 5. Pak Djoko Walujo, Javenes Gamelan in-structor, plays the kendhang, which is used only by the con-ductor of the ensemble. 6. Isa Beniston, senior, Alli Schaub, senior, Brittany Trost, senior, use different gamelan instru-ments with the help of Pak Djoko Walujo.

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Michael Stell, junior, was one of the many diligent stu-dents that participated in the Gamelan project. He took

the time to stay after school on Fridays to practice with the ensemble. He shares, “it was a musical experience techni-cally and psychologically.” Michael also shared that “the main effect of playing in the Gamelan is relaxing because it allows your mind to wander while playing the instruments.” Stell awaits for the day of the performance in mid June, which brings all the performers together to form on big ensemble. Not only did he learn how to play the instruments, but also got the oppor-tunity to study the history of Indonesia. He believes that this project was one of the most cultured experience that he has participated in throughout his last three years in high school.

For the first time ever at Canyon Crest, students were able to take part in a Javanese Gamelan, an orchestra that originated from the island of Java in Indonesia. The Gamelan Orchestra consists of various instruments, from tuned

metallophones, gongs, and other bronze instruments. The Envision program teamed up with the Center for World Music to form a Gamelan Ensemble. Since the month of October, approximately thirty students met every Friday after school to learn a special musical form taught by a world renowned Gamelan master, Pak Djoko Walujo. In June, the students who joined the Gamelan Orchestra will hold a musical performance that will feature a dancer and choreographer provided by the Indonesian Consulate. The students of Canyon Crest have been provided with an amazing opportunity to learn a new musical form and are honored to be the only public high school in the county of San Diego to participate in the Gamelan.

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1. Back Row from Left to right: Erika Schwering, Alex Nassar, Kimia Zomor-rodi, Chelsea McGuerty, Chris Cubbison, Laura Odegard, Austin Evans, Sydney Platt, Paige Press. Front row: Hannah Coleman, Joseph Brown. 2. Andy Huynh, junior, performs a break dance as part of his runway rou-tine. 3. Spencer Meredith, graduate, performs a Michael Jackson dance for his song, “Billie Jean”. 4.Hannah Coleman, senior, and Kimia Zomor-rodi, junior, arranged the show by directing all of the performers through the show. 5. Paige Press, senior, models on the runway by showing off her best outfit. 6. Jake Knuttila, senior, models for the audience on the run-way. 7. Sam Roth, senior, waits for pictures to be taken during his model-ing. 8. Elias Newman, junior, plays the piano for musical entertainment for the audience. 9.Joseph Brown, senior, shows off his attire for the show.

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Every year Pulse holds various fund-raisers that help them acquire funds to publish their news maga-zine. This year Hannah Coleman, senior, and Kimia Zomorrodi, junior, brainstormed the idea of hav-

ing a fashion show, where the Advanced Journalism class, as well as a few others, took part in by model-ing and performing. One of the performances included a Michael Jackson tribute by Spencer Meredith, a former Raven, who imitated Jackon through his moon walks and expressions. The models dug through their closets to find the best outfits to show off on the runway. Pooja Magavi, feature editor, expressed her inputs on the show, as “a huge success.” Pulse hopes to use this experience to continue their path on fund-raisers.

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Canyon Crest these past few years, has made its name in Arts, Sciences, and scholarly pursuits. If there’s one more thing that needs to be conquered on CCA’s to-do list, it would be to conquer what ASB has struggled with for the

past three years: a district-renown sense of school spirit. We know about LCC’s and TP’s football teams and cheer-leaders. Reflectively, we know that our school musicals are phenomenal and we beat Torrey Pines in API scores last year. What we need to realize is that we don’t need to advertise our sense of pride. We’re CCA, we’re great in our own way. We may not beat other schools in sports, but we kick ass in school plays and musical theatre. ASB works like no other to put on pep rallies, and this year, the theme was Wizard of Oz, referencing to prom’s theme being ‘A Night in the Emerald Plaza’. While altogether there were minor setbacks with the sound, there’s no denying that we don’t need to compare ourselves to other schools. We are Canyon Crest Academy, and in the end, that’s all that really matters.

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1. Marina Vicario and Will Ross, seniors, hosted the ASB pep rally. They preformed a reenactment of Dorthy’s trip to Oz in complete costume and script. 2. Molly Spitters, sophomore, prepares for the upcoming event where students would race against one another while inside the balls. 3. Wrestling preformed a mock meet for the student body. Their meet consisted of gymnastics and impressive throw downs. 4. Japanese Na-tional Honor Society and Japanese Culture Club preformed a dance to a cheerful song that elated their audience. 5. Colin Hasting, sophomore, was surrounded by balloons with the help of fellow competitor Grant Gliner, freshman. 6. CCA Robotics Team presented their most recent invention. Their robot is capable of turning on a dime and lifting itself. 7. The Freshman Academic Team displayed their trophy for winning the North County Academic League Champions.

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1. Deven Klee, Mike DePinto, and Kathleen Qiu, seniors, getting excited about starting the walk. 2. The entire CCA Legacy Team gathers together for a quick team photo before the walk begins. Pictured: Katie Grainger, Nick Lawson, Kathleen Qiu, Wenyi Lau, Katie Twyman, Deven Klee, Brooke Angel, Tasha Quintana, Jenny Waters, Megan Milder, Chris-tian Martin, Mike DePinto, Andy Ribner, Toby Goldstien-holm, Cameron Fleming, Ryan Kroner, Isabel Corona, Adriane Turner. 3. Christian Martin and Megan Milder, seniors, enjoy their nice stroll down Moonlight Beach. 4. Deven Klee, Nick Lawson, and Kath-leen Qiu, seniors, take a quick second to flash a smile for the camera. 5. Ryan Kroner, Jen-ny Waters, Megan Milder, and Mike DePinto, seniors, mess around before starting the four mile trek.

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Kathleen Qiu, senior, has played a large part in planning and exe-cuting the ASB events that are thrown at and for CCA. Kathleen, along with other members of ASB and Senior Council, decided to continue the tradition set in place by the first graduating class two years ago of holding a senior legacy. This tradition goes as follows: each year the senior class will select a well-deserving cause to raise money and awareness for. Kathleen explained why Cystic Fibrosis was chosen by this years seniors, “Cystic Fibrosis is a horrible disease that affects so many people, yet most have either never heard of it or don’t know what it is. We wanted to help a cause that doesn’t generally get recognition. It also didn’t hurt that there was an event being held for CF right in our neighborhood.” Kathleen’s devotion to this cause and event raised much needed funds for the search to cure CF.

What better way to spend your Sunday morning than helping to save a live? That’s exactly what a group of CCA students did at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s GREAT STRIDES event on May 2, 2010 at Moonlight

Beach in Encinitas. The event helped to raise both money and awareness about the divesting but little under-stood disease that is Cystic Fibrosis (CF). CF is a genetic disorder that paralyzes and often causes early death for its victims. Sadly there is no cure for this disease that nearly 30,000 Americans are living with. It is the hope of GREAT STRIDES that a cure for CF will be found sooner rather than later with the funds collected from its participants. As CCA senior and walker Megan Milder put it, “this is a great opportunity to show that Can-yon Crest students care about others.” Hopefully CCA’s continued participation is such events will do just that.

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1. The candidates of Prom King and Queen wait anxiously while Mahaparn announces the winners - Christophe Hanson and Ivy Chiou. 2. Chris-tophe Hanson and Ivy Chiou participate in the King and Queen dance. They received a crown and tiara to show their honor. 3. David Harris, senior, Brittany Meredith, Matt Sugar, Romi Sinnigan, and Scott Horning, juniors, enjoyed dancing with their friends at prom to the current pop and rap music. 4. Brandon Kirshner, sophomore and Sara Spiegelman, junior, went to prom as friends. 5. Michael Lanoiselee, Erica Schwering, Will Ross, Mackenzie Priest, and Emma Stratton, seniors, took a break from dancing to take a quick photo. Many couples took a bus to prom to contribute to the festivi-ties. 6. Max Newman, Elizabeth Parcher, Jenna Friedman, Matt MacBurnett, seniors, spent the night hanging out with their friends. Elizabeth made her own dress from scratch. 7. Logan Mercer and his lady friend shared an upbeat dance.

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After messing with the lions, tigers and bears of prom preparation, students made their way to the Emerald City for some extravagant frolicking. The dance floor at the Westin Hotel downtown accommodated the

junior and senior classes on the evening of May 15th. Most arrived via limo or bus then danced under green lights and decorations and snacked on refreshments. Mid-way through the night, Christopher Hanson and Ivy Chiou were announced Prom King and Queen, and participated in a slow dance to Rihanna’s “Take A Bow.” ASB offered students a chance to select their music through a vote on their website, which offered and more personal and enjoyable experience. At the stroke of eleven, prom ended with “Don’t Strop Believing” by journey.

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1. Jeff Ni and Cameron Fleming chose to attend Washington University in St. Louis and are very happy with their decision. Washington University is a great school, consistently ranking in the top few schools in the nation. 2. About 75 seniors are going to be at-tending a UC school next year, with many attending prestigious schools such as UCLA and UC Berkeley. 3. Katie Scott and Karli Sultzbaugh put their choices on the college board in the Counseling and Career Center. Both girls are excited about the oppor-tunity to go to a new part of the United States and learn a new culture. 4. Seven CCA seniors are going to college outside of the United States, including renowned universities such as McGill University and University of Toronto.

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For many seniors, choosing the place where they will spend the next four years of their life can be a very hard decision. Some students have a clear choice going into the application process and apply under Early Deci-

sion, which means that, if accepted, they must go to that college. Most students, on the other hand, have to choose between two or three colleges. Katie Scott, senior, applied to colleges all over the country and ended up choosing between Tulane University in New Orleans and Emory University in Atlanta. Katie weighed her decision, visited both colleges, and eventually chose Emory. She chose Emory because of “the location, the size, and just the feel I got when on campus. I didn’t talk to one person who didn’t like it there.” Katie fell in love with Atlanta, the same way Karli Sultzbaugh, senior, fell in love with Boston. Karli was very determined to go to the east coast and when she visited all of her options, Boston College was the school that she felt was the best fit for her.

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Michaela McGuigan, senior, had her heart set on UC Da-vis before she started applications. Michaela has always loved animals and people have always told her that UC Davis was the school for her. UC Davis has the number one veterinarian school in the United States, and Michaela intends to major in Animal Biology. She is not sure where this major will lead her, but she hopes to work with ani-mals after college, either has a veternarian or a zoologist. Michaela currently volunteers at the Helen Woodward Animal Center and enjoys her work there immensely. Mi-chaela is very excited for her time at UC Davis: “The at-mosphere of the school is amazing! Although most people describe it as cow country, I think the nature is beautiful!”

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1. This year, some CCA students had to venture to Cathedral Catholic High School, as well as the Del Mar Fairgrounds to take their tests. 2. Each student taking an AP Test was given an AP Student Pack. The booklet contained survey questions, infor-mation on how to report any suspicious activity, the codes for an enormous list of colleges, and most im-portantly a sheet of labels which students attached to each test they were taking. 3. Taking the AP Tests is a grueling process. During the AP Calculus BC test, students were given one hour and thirty minutest to answer 6 extremely difficult questions.

ap testingAP Exams ran from May 3rd through May 13th this year, but many students had been preparing for these

tests through most of April. Most teachers give review sessions on Saturdays and Sundays for both their fall and spring students. The students fill the classroom, sitting in every desk and even standing in the back, furiously taking notes as they review every concept from the class. As the exam draws near, teachers warn students about what to bring to the testing room and what to expect on each part of the test. Students work very hard for their scores and expect to get college credit if they do well, however, each college gives different amounts of credit for different tests and students are advised to check with their college before taking the tests.

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Chase Morrin and Daniel Feldman, juniors, are one of CCA’s most prideful assets to the per-forming arts department. They won the Downbeat award for “The Best Latin Group,”

Which was part of the Monterey Jazz Festival that held its 2010 Next Generation Festival and competition April 9–11. More than 63 combos, vocal ensembles and guests from schools in 14 states performed in Monterey, California for this award. Together, Chase and Daniel have competed in numerous competitions, such as the Latin Connection Duo, in which they also won 2nd place for best combo at the 2010 Reno Jazz Festival. The Latin Connection Duo not only used pieces by other musicians, but they also played Chase’s own musical composition. The beginning of Chase’s career started off by just some simple piano playing for fun. But through the years of continuing playing the piano by self teaching, Chase today, has grown to a level in which he is widely known in the Southern California music society. Daniel, a native from Mexico, showed his interest in the Latin Percussion instruments at a very young age. Daniel is a dedicated musician who commits his time after school to not only many musical activities such as playing at various jazz clubs and bars but also fully manages to be an active member of CCA’s instrumental conservatory. Chase and Daniel, both, aspiring musicians continue day by day to pursue their talents as well as when they move on to college.

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1. Mr. Roboto in his final stage. The team had to make adjust-ments after each competition. 2. The team and parents/men-tors in Atlanta after three days of competition. Top row: Martin Renschler, Emily Pierce, Karla Renschler, Kristin May, Haley Carlborg, Vanessa Csordas-Jenkins, Iryna Ivasyk, Kathy Barton, Bob Barton. Bottom row: Mr. Yip, Lidia Maruska, Greg Toothacre, Kyle Simmons, Luke Irza. 3. The team’s three trophies are presented in the of-fice trophy case. One is for win-ning first place, one for second place, and one is the judges award trophy. 4. The team after winning first place in the Los Angeles regional competition. 5. Kyle Simmons was in charge of controlling the laptop at all of the competitions as the “coach”.

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Karla Renschler, a junior, was excited when she heard that Kris-tin May was putting together a robotics team. “My dad is an engi-neer, so I’ve been around technology and programming my whole life. I was ready to dedicate to the challenge and accomplish something.” Her favorite part of robotics was the teamwork, as the group met once or twice a week for hours at a time and tried to build the robot. Karla enjoyed how everyone worked together, even though it was a challenge, as no one on the team had any previous experience with robotics. “Everyone put all of their time and effort into it, and in the end we got to do so much that no one ever expected!” Karla will continue to do robotics next year, and hopes that the team will be as successful as they have this season.

This year a group of CCA juniors decided to get together to form a FTC robotics team called Domo Arigato. FTC is a division of FIRST Robotics, which is a non-profit robotics program sponsored by Fortune One Hundred com-

panies, NASA, and many universities including MIT. FIRST allows groups of students to apply their knowledge of Science, Engineering and Mathematics through a fun challenge that also encourages teamwork and “gracious pro-fessionalism” or sportsmanship. The Domo Arigato team consists of Kristin May, Lidia Maruska, Emily Pierce, Greg Toothacre, Vanessa Csordas-Jenkins, Karla Renschler, Haley Carlborg, Luke Irza, Kyle Simmons, and Iryna Ivasyk. They were inspired by a group of students from Torrey Pines and High Tech High, Einstein’s Daughters, who has been involved with FTC for a few years. Every Friday and sometimes Sunday the students of Domo Arigato met at Kristin’s house and brainstormed, dedicating their time to building their robot, Mr. Roboto. At their first competition in L.A. The team won first place and qualified for the World Championships in Atlanta. After that they went to two more competitions in Las Vegas and San Diego, where they won second place and the Judges Award, which is given to the rookie team that shows an “outstanding combination of innovation, outreach, team spirit and competitive success.” In Atlanta this Spring, Domo Arigato ended up in the top ten out of one hundred teams that had qualified for the World Championships. The team is very proud of their accomplishments and hopes to continue with FTC next year.

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1. Andy Prolman, sophomore, backhands the ball and sends it to the other side of the court. 2. Matthew Maretz, senior, swings his putter through the ball at a very slow and constant speed. Before putting, he analyzes the putting surface to see how the ball is going to move towards the hole. 3. Galen Morrison, junior, twists his hips and swings through the ball. 4. Guy Giubilato, junior, keeps his eye on the ball while swinging his racket. 5. Matthew Voss, senior, plants the pole into the ground and leaps over the bar. 6. Jenny Waters, senior, swings her arms through the water. She performs the butterfly stroke down the pool.

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This spring there were 7 sports that made it to CIF playoffs. The boys varsity tennis team was one of these teams. They had an excellent season this year and finished with a 12 and 5 record. They won their first

game in the CIF playoffs against High Tech High easily, but than fell to Cathedral Catholic in the second round. Another spring team that made CIF playoffs was boys varsity volleyball. After a great regular season, the boys lost to Ramona in the first round. Another team that made it to CIF was boys golf. Also, the girls track and field team was Coastal League Champions and the boys came in second place. Other teams that made CIF play-offs were swim and girls lacrosse. Finally, the boys varsity baseball team won their league and made it to CIF.

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