Grand Junction High School | 1400 N. Fifth St., Grand Junction, Colo. 81501 | Volume 92 • Issue 7 | April 2010

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QueenWith a full schedule, sophomore Brittany Borgard still fi nds time to compete in 3 different types of dancing.

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A DAY IN THE LIFE...

Every day in the hallways of GJHS, nearly 1,800 students ramble toward their next destinations, fi ve days a week, 180 days a year. Nearly 1,800 individuals, nearly 1,800 vastly different people. Who are these people? How do they spend their time? What do they enjoy doing? What do they excel at? This special photo edition of The Orange & Black showcases 13 individuals at GJHS; some of them you know, some of them you may not know. Be prepared to be blown away by their various talents and extremely busy lives. The Orange & Black’s elite team of photojournalists and editors welcome you to sit back, relax and let your eyes do all the work.

Note to readers

06 The karate kidTake a peek into the life of fi rst degree black belt, fi rst-chair cellist and self-taught musician, freshman Cordero Merez.

03 Hey, Mr. DJSenior Eric Gonzalez keeps himself busy between interning for Magic 93.1, assuming the role of the Tiger mascot and his classes at GJHS.

Senior Eric Gonzalez keeps himself busy between interning for Magic 93.1, assuming the role of the Tiger mascot and his classes at GJHS.

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A day in the life of...

As a freshman at GJHS, Kelsi Lemarr has many mandatoryacademic classes, but she chose to take Art I for an elective credit. Lemarr likes art and is going to take photography class next year. After taking journalism, she hopes to become a photographer for The Orange & Black.

Like most freshmen, Lemarr spends lunch in the cafeteria, left, or at one of the fast-food restaurants within walking distance of the school. After lunch, Lemarr attends study hall and works on homework, right.

Kelsi Lemarr, freshman“I think freshman year is the most fun. You don’t have any super hard classes, and it gives you time to get used to high school and be in a lot of extracurriculars.”

Photos by Sara Harrison

Lemarr has been swimming competitively since she was 4 years old for The Wave and recently joined the Grand Junction Dolphins team. In February, she completed her first season as a swimmer on the GJHS team and plans to continue swimming for the team for the remaining three years of her high school career. Her favorite stroke is the butterfly stroke. Lemarr is excited to swim over the summer and has hopes of building her strength to earn a place at the state competition her senior year.

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A day in the life of...Eric Gonzalez, senior

“(High school) was one of the best, fastest, saddest, most exciting, craziest, funnest times ever in my life! Take it all in and keep your friends close.”

Eric Gonzalez made sure his senior year would be anything but boring by fi lling his schedule with various academic and extracurricular activities. Some of his interests include running long distance for the GJHS track team, building robots in Science Club and getting students pumped up at home games as the Tiger mascot.

Gonzalez is involved in a pen-pal program and exchanges letters with a student at Dos Rios Elementary School, right. He also interns at Magic 93.1, where he performs various duties around the station, left.

Photos by Sara Harrison

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A day in the life of...Zach Bush, junior

Zach Bush, junior, has been involved in music from a young age. He started playing the piano when his mother began teaching him at four years old. “I really enjoy playing the piano because of the range you can get out of it.” Bush began playing the violin when he was five years old. It was the hardest instrument for him to learn. In addition, Bush plays bass, bagpipes, handbells and piano. He plans to continue music in college and hopes to turn his talent into a career in someday. “Ideally, I would become really good and either find a job in a professional orchestra or composing music.”

Bush has been playing his favorite instrument, the bagpipes, left, for three years. “I enjoy playing the piano, but the bagpipes are just sheer awesome-ness.”

Bush enjoys conducting the GJHS Symphony Orchestra, above, when he gets the chance. He began playing the bass, right, after learning how to play the violin. “The bass was easier to learn because I already had a feel for a string instrument, and my fingers were used to playing on two seperate strings, which is not something many bassists are comfortable with.” Bush was accepted into the Colorado All State Orchestra as a sophomore and junior. All State Orchestra is a prestigious orchestra for talented teenage musicians.

Photos by Maria LeFebre

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A day in the life of...Cordero Marez, freshman

In tech ed class, Marez puts the finishing touches on his windmill project. “Tech ed is just another way for me to be able to think differently and be creative,” he said.

On Tuesday nights, Cordero Marez practices karate. “I started karate when I was 4 to be able to defend myself,” he said. He participates in the Japanese style of Shorun-Ryu.

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In the GJHS concert orchestra, Marez is first-chair cellist. He said enjoys being in music and playing cello because it gives him a chance to express himself.

Marez, left, said he loves writing music and expressing himself. He taught himself how to play piano, as well as mandolin and guitar.

Photos by Claire Cooper

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A day in the life of...Jessica Bivens, senior

“I want to eventually work as a registered nurse because

I am really interested in the science behind the medical fi eld.”

Bivens starts her day with the morning block of Med Prep class. She is training to receive her license to work as a Certifi ed Nurse’s Assistant (CNA) while attending nursing school at Montana State University next fall.

In the class, Bivens and her classmates learn the basics of being a nurse’s aide, which includes checking a patient’s vitals. The students practice these procedures on each other and on “dummies.”

Med Prep students have to follow a Certifi ed Nurse’s Assistant while they work and give clinical examinations at Larchwood Inn’s Nursing Home as well as St. Mary’s Hospital. The students are required to perform a list of tasks, such as checking blood pressure, left, or taking a temperature, right, on actual patients with the CNA’s supervision. The students must earn a sign-off on all the assignments in order to obtain their license by the end of the course.

Jessica Bivens balances her senior year at GJHS along with attending Western Colorado Community College where she is enrolled in a Medical Preparation class.

Photos by Sara Harrison

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A day in the life of...Rachel Romero, senior

Romero has been playing lacrosse for four years and is currently captain of the girls lacrosse team at GJHS. “I have been really honored to be a part of forming girls lacrosse in the Grand Valley,” Romero said. She said that the team has grown a lot this season and that she is glad to have aided in this. “I am really proud. There are a bunch of girls playing, so we can expand the program. I think (GJHS) has a lot of talent,” Romero said.

Rachel Romero has more than a typical senior year schedule. An average day consists of balancing

a number of rigorous classes, fulfilling the duties of head girl and attending lacrosse practice. “I am definitely busy, but I like busy. It keeps me out of trouble,” Romero said. Being involved in her school is important to her. “There is a lot of responsibility, and I have to always know what’s going on.”

“Being head girl has been one of my goals throughout high school. It has been awesome, and I love being involved with our school,” Romero said.

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When Forrest Jensen came to GJHS, he found many things he wanted to change. “Being

involved has allowed me to change that stuff,” Jensen said. He has become an involved and active student his past four years. He is currently head boy, involved in theater and a talented artist, all while balancing four Advanced Placement classes. “It is to the point where I am up until 3 a.m. every night. It is a lot of work, but I have learned a lot.”

Forrest Jensen, senior

Above, Jensen rehearses for the upcoming production of “Hamlet” in which he plays the ghost of Hamlet’s father. Acting is new to him, and he is enjoying it. “I really like seeing a new side of people, including myself.”

For as long as Jensen can remember, he has been drawing. “I used to stay in at recess in elementary school and just draw,” Jensen said. Today, he uses his artistic skills for student council by designing T-shirts and posters. Being able to express himself through art is one of his most valued skills. “I think everyone has a passion they do not follow through with because it is not convenient, but art has always been there for me. It is my passion.”

Photos by Haleigh Jacobson

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A day in the life of...Taylor Watkins, senior

Like many seniors, Watkins suffers from senioritis. “I have an easy schedule,” Watkins said. “I am normally late every day.” Watkins is known as easy-going and fun to be around. “He is a sweetheart who cares for every individual. He is a genuinely nice person,” senior Stuart Foster, a friend of Watkins, said.

Watkins, below, plays in a varsity lacrosse game against Durango High School. He likes lacrosse because it is a fun and different sport. “It catches your eye,” Watkins said. “Every game is different.” He plans to pursue the sport and recently signed to play lacrosse for Mesa State College.

Watkins has been longboarding since he was in 8th grade, and he enjoys the physical activity. “My grandma always says being bored is for someone who is too stupid to find something to do,” Watkins said. “I love being outside. I hate being

inside. I hate sitting, and I never watch TV.”

Photos by Haleigh Jacobson

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A day in the life of...Addison Eng, senior

Eng serves as a mentor for the STRIVE class at GJHS, where he and his fellow mentors teach study skills to the students. “It is important to pass on what I’ve learned from my mistakes and successes to other students,” Eng said.

Eng often spends his release period practicing clarinet, which he has been playing

since sixth grade, above. He is currently a member of Wind Ensemble, a GJHS band class. In addition, Eng plays bass guitar in Jazz Band, right, which he has been a part of since seventh grade at East Middle School. He has also been a member of marching band throughout high school and has been drum major the last two years.

ENG’S SCHEDULE:Period 1: Wind EnsemblePeriod 2: AP CalculusPeriod 3: ReleasePeriod 4: AP LiteraturePeriod 5: Jazz BandPeriod 6: STRIVE MentorPeriod 7: WestwindsPeriod 8: Spanish III

As president of Westwinds, Eng often leads the class in rehearsal and accompanies on piano (left). He joined choir this year and was also accepted into the Colorado All-State Choir.

Eng practices sword fighting for his role as Hamlet in the Drama Department’s production of “Hamlet,” far right. Eng has been acting since his freshman year and has played lead roles in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” “My Fair Lady” and “The Music Man.” Photos by Maria LeFebre

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A day in the life of...Joy Potter, teacher

Above, Potter gives directions to her Creative Avenues students during a rehearsal for “Alice in Wonderland Jr.” “I love being able to provide kids with performance opportunities,” Potter said.

As well as being a dedicated Algebra II teacher at GJHS, Joy Potter is involved with many school activities. At left, Potter is shown instructing sophomores Devon Dorsey and Shawnee Videlock on the closing night of “Willy Wonka.”Outside of school, Potter owns Creative Avenues, an education enrichment center that offers performing and visual arts as well as enrichment classes for students of all ages, including many GJHS students.

Potter, below, said her favorite part of teaching is working with kids and getting to know their individual personalities.

During a rehearsal of “Willy Wonka,” Potter teaches dance moves to sophomores Gracie Raaum and Arlo Miller.

Photos by Alex Tennant and H

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A day in the life of...Nichole Lanzl, freshman

Nichole Lanzl sees herself as a normal teenage girl. She loves hanging out with friends, talking about boys and listening to rap music. She is separated from her peers, though, because she has a learning disability.

Throughout the day, Lanzl attends classes with other students who have needs similar to her’s. Though she does not learn in a typical classroom, the friendships Lanzl forms are similar to friendships between every student at GJHS. “We hang out and talk about boys and talk about our troubles with life,” Lanzl said.

When she is not in class, Lanzl works at the Center for Independence, where she helps out by cleaning, cooking and setting up tables.

Between work and school, Lanzl also fi nds time to express herself through art. She said she enjoys drawing the most because it does not remind her of her least favorite subject – math.

Although Lanzl enjoys typical teenager activities, she believes that some students judge her because she appears different on the surface. “A lot of kids don’t understand me or know what I look like, but once they talk to me, (they do),” Lanzl said.

Photos by Haleigh Jacobson

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A day in the life of...Jamie Derrieux, sophomore

Jamie Derrieux laughs with fellow executive council members while stapling signs in the Commons. She is currently the sophomore vice president.

Derrieux participates in both the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles. “I like how different it is and how it’s sort of an individual and also a team sport,” she said.

A self-portrait in various shades of purple was one of Derrieux’s assignments for her Art I class, left. “I liked art because it allowed me to be really creative, and I could choose my own assignment topics,” she said.

Basketball is a huge passion of Derrieux’s, above. “I love playing basketball at Junction because there is such a tradition of being good,” she said.

Photos by Claire Cooper

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A day in the life of...Brittany Borgard, sophomore

Jazz dance class allows Borgard to dance in an upbeat style and have fun feeding off the energy of her friends.

In sixth grade, Brittany Borgard began to play the viola. She is currently in the GJHS symphony orchestra and plans to continue playing for the rest high school

As a lawyer on teen court, Borgard practices for her trial with junior Blair Thurman. “Teen court helped me realize all the work it takes to become a good attorney,” Borgard said.

Borgard feels that dance allows her to express herself. She began dancing at Dance Works at age 7.

Photos by Claire Cooper

Borgard laces up her point shoes before practicing her solo dance. “I love dance because it’s a way for me to express myself that I can’t in words,” she said.

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