tri-color times 2007-08

Grange r High School

Tri-Color Times

August 2007 Volume L, Issue I

INSIDE

Granger Lingo

Jackie Salm For all you new students at Granger High School, there are some things you need to know be-fore the start of the school year. When listening to the an-nouncements, you might hear “Dance on Saturday night in Stone-henge!” The first thing going through your mind is, “What’s Stonehenge?” Stonehenge is what the faculty and students of Granger High School call the cafeteria. Next to the cafete-ria is the school library. The library is a great place to go after school and study. A popular meeting place for assemblies and school activities is the Lancer. The Lancer was given to the school in 1970 as a class gift. The Lancer is located in the main entrance by the front office. It’s hard to remember your way around school when you first come. Just remember 200’s upstairs, 100’s downstairs, 1-16 in the Math and English building, 600’s are the relocatibles, and the 300’s are the shop classes out in the shop build-ing. Some halls have names. The science hall includes classrooms 102-104 and continues upstairs with 203-204. The art hall is by the counseling center, rooms 109-110, and our pottery room,123, is by the dance class room. Most history classes are located upstairs as well as the language classes. Down the hall from the main office is the counseling center, one door down from the counseling center is the attendance office, and next to the attendance office is the career center. In the career center you can learn about college, schol-arships, and goals you can set for the future. Remember to always be on time for your classes. In Jr. High when you were late for class you would be put in detention. Here if you are late you will get a ticket for being in the hall after the bell. Eddie is ruthless; if your tickets don’t get paid, you don’t walk at graduation. For all juniors and seniors, welcome back! And to the class of 2010, welcome to Granger High School!!!!!

Katie Rubio As the new school year starts, lots of clubs, teams, and organizations do, too. There’s more like a thousand you can join: MESA, FBLA, DECA, LAT, Year-book, Journalism, Football, AVID, Wrestling, it goes on forever. Not to mention you can start your own club with the help of a teacher. You need at least six students to join, an advisor, and bylaws for the team. If you want more info on making a club or a team go to room 216 and Mr. Carlisle will help you. Most Athletic or competi-tion teams require certain grade point average or tryouts before you can actually be on the team. Most of the tryouts are before the old school year comes to an end because you have summer time training and conditioning. Other clubs and or-ganizations have requirements too, but most don’t as long as you’re willing to do the work--then you’re all good. Joining a club, team, or organization takes a lot of respon-sibility and hard work, you have to be able to handle it. It’s an oppor-tunity to make new friends, learn new things, and do something that you like to do in your spare time. Some other teams and clubs include Wrestling, AVID, Cross Country, and LAT. Wrestling starts November 5th they need all sizes so come try out! They even had a summer camp set up for last sum-mer that was worth 300 dollars but was free for Granger students . They

also have practices after school once the season starts. If you want to compete you must have 2.0 GPA with no F’s. For more Wrestling info see Mr. Hansen. If you didn’t already know, AVID stands for Advancement via Individual Determination. This club/class helps to motivate stu-dents to go to college. You have to have a 2.2 – 3.5 GPA to apply or have a reason for which you want to go to college. You must apply to join usually when you register for your new classes or at the semes-ter. You can pick up an application or ask more questions from any of the AVID teachers: Mrs. Biggar, Mrs. Atkin, Ms. Todorachko, Mr. Johnson, or Mr. Hansen. They do a lot of fun things like go on col-lege tours, and service projects, so go check it out. Well if you like running but not all the time, then Cross Country may be for you. Anyone can join both boys and girls are welcome and it’s a no cut team. They only have five competitive meets (one once a week) it’s a lot of fun and starts in August. They take anyone at anytime so come out and talk to Mrs. Paskins. LAT stands for Lancer Ac-tion Team; this is a group of 30 selected students that help orga-nize school service projects and as-semblies. You have to have strong values and obey school policies to join. Most of the students on LAT

get their names put in and that’s how they are chosen. “Listen up and get involved, if you’re interested come talk to me,” Says Mrs. Paskins. There are still a lot of other clubs and teams at Granger we can go on and on about but here we just named a few. Just listen up and look around because there are lots of clubs and teams looking for you, you just have to pay attention.

LEADERS pg. 4This year is going to be fantastic with our 2007-08 SBO’s. Discover who these amazing girls are.

CHEERS pg. 5Now you can know the words and sing your heart out at assemblies and games.

CONCERTS pg. 6Find out when your new favorite bands are play-ing, or just find a group to

enjoy over the weekend.

CALI TOUR pg. 7Some students went all the way to California to visit colleges and univer-sities.

an open forum for student opinion and expression

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Jackie SalmSelina Tran

RaShonda MilesBrandy Oliver

Dahn CarlsonBrandy OliverKatie RubioJoe Fatani

Tri-Color Times StaffEditor-In-Chief

Brin Nelson

Journalists

AdvisorJohn Carlisle

Co-Editor-In-ChiefMegan McManama

Do you like comics? Even better -- do you like creating comics?This year the newspaper staff is asking for students who like creating comics to submit them to Mr. Carlisle in room 216. The editors and advisor will, after careful evaluation, pick one for each month’s edition of the Tri-Color-Times. Also, if your comic is put in the newspaper we will put a beautiful photo of you next to it.

Do you consider yourself talented? You could be in a Spotlight in the Tri-Color-Times!Once a month we will be spotlighting someone at Granger High. If you would like to be spotlighted, you may submit to Mr. Carlisle a poem, photograph, drawing, short story, an article of your own, or a paragraph about yourself explaining why you should be the spotlight! We will send a reporter from the staff to interview and take pictures of you.

Do you have something you want to say? Any suggestions, compliments, or complaints? Write a letter to the editor and deliver it to room 216. Of course, all letters will be edited for taste, length, and legality.

Granger HIgh School3690 South 3600 West

West Valley, UT 84119801 646-5320

The Tri-Color Times serves as a student forum for student opinion and student expression. The views expressed herein reflect neither the opinions of Advisor John Carl-isle and Granger High School, nor those of Granite School District. The Tri-Color Times invites and publishes letters to its editorial board; all letters will be edited for taste, length and legality. And the April 1st edition is a prank; it should not be taken seriously.

Call for Submissions

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Open Letter to the SophomoresSelina Tran

Fill in the GAPJoe Fatani

“I personally hate regis-tration. I hate choosing classes because I never know what to choose. I feel lost almost all the time. Then I always forget to ask what my parents think and ev-erything, so I get frustrated, you know….” said Mayra Landeros. Registration for any Granger High student is a night-mare. We have to usually guess at the classes we need to take in order to graduate or those that will benefit us in our future ca-reers. Time after time, students are clueless as to what to take. But starting this year, we have a teacher advisor system. This system is called the Granger Achievement Period, or GAP. GAP allows students to get help

throughout the school year on at-tendance, grades, or the dos and don’ts of Granger High. Sopho-mores should find this familiar if they just had an advisory period in their Junior High schedule. GAP will be held every week on Thursday between 1st and 2nd periods. Students will meet with their teacher and dis-cuss issues they have at school. The students will be sorted by their grade and have the same GAP teacher every year, just like Jr. High. The program was adopted by our school after see-ing the results in other schools. Advisory improves almost all aspects of high school academi-cally as well as improving the connections between teenagers

who attend high school. “I think it’s a great plan. I really do need help sometimes, and I don’t always know where to go. But having this system reassures me that I can get help whenever. Whether it is course progress or classes to take, I know that I can get help,” said Sreypech Long. The school is hoping that this program will help students, teachers, and parents get ac-quainted with one another and help each student experience a better learning environment. “We’re hoping that the students and teachers will have stron-ger links between each other. The teacher will look after the students and watch them grow

over the three years they know them. The teacher will be able to monitor the students’ attendance, grades, and citizenship and help them throughout the school year. With this program, we’re hoping to improve all aspects of high school by having students form strong relationships with other students and teachers.” said Mr. Cox. With GAP in our school, students will have the opportu-nity to make friends, solve prob-lems, and have an overall better time at Granger High School.

You’re new, you’re in-experienced, and you’re clue-less about the workings of high school: you are a sophomore. As you enter high school here are a few things that you should know. The transition into high school can be very easy if you let these tips help you. 1. Don’t Panic. High School is not scary, but it isn’t junior high. You are expected to be mature and responsible for your own actions. Remember there are A and B days, late-start days, and no more short days. Four classes a day at an hour and a half each may seem a little daunting, but don’t fret, you’ll get it. 2. Don’t believe every-thing you’re told. Sorry to burst your bubble, but there isn’t an elevator; don’t buy an elevator pass. There is a dead hall, but it isn’t haunted and no one died there. It’s just a hall that isn’t used anymore. 3. Know your way around. Know where your classes are before the first day of school ends. You don’t want your first impression to be “The annoying kid who walks

into a classroom 15 minutes after class has begun.” This may sound nerdy, but it would be smart to map out your path; know which staircases you’ll be taking and between which classes you can stop at your locker. Have your schedule, locker combination, and lunch number memorized. It makes things easier not having to pull out your schedule every five minutes to find your next class. 4. Get involved. School is only fun if you make an ef-fort. The best way to have fun is to get involved. If you’re an amazing singer, join choir. If you love hitting things, join tennis. It’s okay to be part of something. Being a member of math club is nothing to be ashamed about. If you have a talent or want to find out what you’re interested in, explore the extracurricular options of high school. You might as well make the most of high school since you’ll be here for the next three years. 5. Listen to your ad-visor. You’ll now have an ad-visory period to, well, advise

you. Listen. It’ll keep you up-dated about what’s going on around school as well as your progress towards graduation. 6. Get required classes done and over with. Nothing is worse than being a senior in a sophomore health class. Fin-ish your required classes such as health, fitness for life, com-puter technology, and financial literacy first. 7. Find a favorite teacher. If things get crazy it’s wise to have someone you trust at school to help you solve a problem. 8. Take as many AP and concurrent classes as you can. You can get col-lege credit practically for free in high school, compared to the thousands you’ll spend on those classes in college. If you’re willing to put the effort to take them, it’s worth it. Not only will you get college cred-it, but college school work will be less of a shock to you. 9. Do not procrastinate! Make a habit of not procrasti-nating. When you’re assigned homework, get it done. If you have to pay a fine, pay it. You

don’t want to have to scramble to get things done last minute. If you make a habit of getting things done, when you’re a se-nior you’re less likely to be in-fected with senioritis. 10. Think about the future. It’s not too early to be thinking about college or post high school plans. Three years is really not that long before you’re thrown into the real world. Thing about and prepare for what’s coming up ahead for you. Remember, get-ting bad grades and citizenship now can affect your chances of getting accepted to college. 11. Have school spirit. Go G-House! You are now a Lancer so wear your title proudly. Granger is a great school; don’t be afraid to show it. Go to games, school events, dances, etc. Those will be some of the best memories you’ll have. Don’t miss out on them.

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Leaders '08SBO’s

And here is your SBO President!!! Suzy Solyum! In her spare time she enjoys riding horses, watching the Princess Diaries, and dreaming of her favorite actor, Zac Efron. Suzy is an awesome basketball player who likes to eat chicken! Her advice to you all is “Don’t let a new environment or new people scare you. Take advantage of this new opportunity and make it worth your while!”

“We have a lot to be proud of this year, so show a lot of school spirit. It’ll be fun!” says the new SBO Publicist, Tanya the Santana! Tanya enjoys working up a sweat by running on the cross country team. One of her many dreams in life is to run a marathon. You could find her singing along to the voice of Josh Groban, or reading her favorite book The Seer and The Sword.

“Enjoy high school while you can, and don’t get stressed out. Take fun classes!” That’s wonderful advice from the Academic Vice President Priscilla Auduong! Priscilla likes both R&B and Hip Hop, and she enjoys playing sports every now and then. One of her goals in life is to buy a golf cart, and ride around town. She wants to find a career in the medical field, and is applying for scholarships all around. Good Luck!

Michelle Manu is excited about being this year’s SBO Secretary. Michelle is busy applying for scholarships. Her dream is becoming a Pediatrician, or the U of U. Michelle is a soccer player, and loves watching the movie Bride and Prejudice. Her advice to all of you is “Everyone help out, listen, and do your work, and you’ll make it!”

Holly Hanks is Granger’s Activities Vice President and Yearbook Editor. She is also in Orchestra and earns great grades for National Honors Society. She dreams of taking culinary arts after high school and becoming a chef. Holly enjoys popsicles, films with Johnny Depp, and dancing. “Have fun! High school is not how movies show it. There are not big groups, or cliques like the ‘Jocks’. Everyone is friends.” Thanks Holly, great advice!

Who’s that diva? It’s Norma Pearson! She is not just any normal person. She is this years SBO Artist. She is in the Madrigals. If Norma isn’t singing, she is working hard on applying for scholarships. She likes the movie Hairspray, and loves to read her favorite books, the Twilight series. Norma wants everyone to “Love this school! And get involved.”

If ever you see a girl listening and dancing to music in the halls, you know it’s Shiwani Chauhan. She likes the actor Adam Brody, and eating Chinese food. Her favorite movie is The Notebook. She is happy and excited about her position as SBO Historian.

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G-House Cheers If you plan on attending any sporting events this year, you’re going to want to know a few cheers to keep the spirit up. Here are a few that you should know.

Gimme a G!(Cheerleaders say this partCrowd says this part)

Gimme a GG!Gimme an R-AR-ANNGimme a G-E-RG-E-RWhat’s that spell?Granger!Who are we?Granger!GHSGrangerLet me hear you gruntUHLet me hear you gruntUHLet me hear you double gruntUH UHWho dat talking bout beat them Lancers?

RaShonda MilesWho dat? Who dat say what?Who dat talking bout beat them Lancers?Who dat? Who dat say what?Ain’t no party like a G-House partyWoo woo wooAin’t no party like a West Side partyWoo woo wooHey hey you know it! Uh. Who shakes the best?Hey hey you know it from the East to the West.We are from Granger!YA!And we are tight!YA!You mess with usYA!And we will kick your behind!(Everyone) Hey hey you know it! UH. Who shakes the best?Hey hey you know it from the east to the west!

Hoorah For GrangerHoorah for GrangerHoorah for GrangerSomeone in the stands is yelling hoorah for Granger1-2-3-4Who ya gonna yell for?

Granger LancersHoorah for GrangerHoorah for GrangerSomeone in the stands is yelling hoorah for Granger5-6-7-8Who is gonna take State?Granger Lancers!

Shake Your Booty(Crowd starts this one)Hey cheerleaders?Ya?Hey cheerleaders?Ya?Shake your booty!No way!Shake your booty!Ok!(Everyone:) Jump, shake your booty.Jump jump shake your bootyJump shake your booty.Jump jump shake your booty.(Cheerleaders:)Hey crowd?Ya?Hey crowd?Ya?Shake your booty!No way!Shake your booty!Ok!

The Granger TuneDahn Carlson

Granger’s school song is very important for its students to know. Yet some students go all three years without knowing a single verse. The school song shows pride in the school and knowledge of its history. The school song is sung at various assemblies, meetings, and at graduation. You could say they’re the “Words to Know.” To some students, learn-ing the school song is the last thing they want to do and the last thing they have time for. For your con-venience we have made you a cut- out copy of the school song. If you don’t want to memorize the school song then just you keep it in your binder, notebook, or wallet for use as a reference when we are singing the school song. Let your voice be heard--sing our school song, and show pride for Granger’s Lancers.

Sing hail to thee our Alma Mater.Its memories so dear.

The crimson red, the blue and grayWill ever proudly linger here.

Then go you lancers,Here’s the answerAim for victory.

Your royal name will rise to fame,Upholding liberty!

With heads held highOur triumphs reach the sky.

We’ll honor and cherish foreverDear GRANGER HIGH!

(Everyone:) Jump shake your booty!Jump jump shake your bootyJump shake your bootyJump jump shake your booty!

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Going from one routine to another isn’t always easy, so we’re going to make it a little easier, be-cause our lunchroom can be a very…confusing place. Granger runs a two-lunch bell schedule. Determine your A-day lunch and your B-day lunch. Your 3rd period teacher knows which lunch you have each day. Ask to be sure. There are many lines in Stonehenge. One is the line to pur-chase various fruits, Little Debbie Snacks, Pizza Hut Pizza, french fries, pretzels, ice cream and drinks. Your lunch number can’t be used in this line. Then you have your Pizza and Burger, Salsa, and Favorites lines. In these you will need your lunch number handy. In the Granger High School Student Handbook un-der the section ‘Lunch Accounts’ it states: “All students will be issued a personal identification number to access their lunch account. All pay-ments must be received by 9:00 a.m. in order to be credited to the account before lunch time. The payment box is located on the west end of the caf-eteria hall by the door labeled ‘Caf-eteria’. Payments must be made in envelopes with student’s name, Pin number, and the amount written on

it. No payments will be credited to your account during lunch time. No Exceptions. You must have money in your account or cash to eat.” If you forget your lunch number, here’s what to do: Go to the front office and sing to Mrs. Winkler for it or go to the counsel-ing center or politely ask a cafeteria employee. Some students like to go off campus to restaurants. Also in our Granger High School Student Handbook it states in the ‘Leav-ing School Grounds’ section that “Granger High School is a closed campus. However we do not pro-hibit students from leaving campus during their normal lunch periods. At all other times, students are not excused from school during school time unless a written request is pre-sented from the parent or guard-ian.” As this clearly states, Grang-er is a closed campus but students may leave the grounds with no con-sequences during their own lunch period, and for only that lunch pe-riod time frame.That about settles it for our Lunch’n Information. Welcome to Granger High School and have a great school year!

Lunch ‘N NewsDahn Carlson,

Josh Groban with Jamie Fockel openingAug. 28, Tuesday 7:30 Energy Solutions Arena

Weird Al YankovicSept. 7, Friday 7:30 Utah St. Fairgrounds

Def LeppardSept. 7, Friday 7:00 USANA Ampitheatre

Keith Urban Sept. 11, Tuesday 7:30 Energy Solutions Arena

Muse (Editor’s Choice!!) Sept. 12, 2007 7:00 Mckay Events Center

Upcoming Showsat Kilby Court

Get Set Go, New Maximum Don-key, The Hot Toddies, The Andies, The Salem ProjectAug. 31, Friday 7:00

Joshua James, Chris Merritt, Elan Vital, Kevin ManningSept. 1, Saturday

Loom, The Lionelle, InCamera,

Chaz PrymekSept. 7, Friday 7:30

Patter Stats, The Lionelle, The Future of The Ghost, Reubens Accomplice, Standing SoloSept. 8 Saturday 7:00

Poetica, Minmae, Drew Grow, Sunfall On EchoesSept. 14, Friday

Mesa Drive CD Release, Kid Theodore, The Brobecks, Trevor PriceSept. 15, Saturday

Two Gallants, Blitzen Trapper, Songs For MomsSept. 21, Friday

Karl Blau, The Precinct, Navi-gatorSept. 22, Saturday

Black Mountain, The Cave Singers (with members of Pretty Girls Make Graves)Sept.28, 7:30

SlajoSept.29, Saturday 7:30

Coming to Town

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California Road TripBrandy Oliver

The week after school let out for summer, most stu-dents could be found sleep-ing in and beginning to watch the many hours of TV they would consume for the sum-mer. However, 48 students and 8 teachers from Granger and Granite High would be expected to be awake before 8:00 am on a dai-ly basis to visit colleges and universities in Cali-fornia. Sitting two by two on a bus for over 12 hours, students made their way overnight to San Diego to visit two of six univer-sities they would visit on the tour. Arriving at 6:30 in the morning, students toured Cal State San Di-ego where they learned how to apply to a uni-versity and the benefits of attending a school so close to a beach. Stu-dents also visited the university of San Diego and had time to visit Old Town San Diego where they shopped for sombreros (you know who you are, muchachos) and ate at an authentic Mexican restau-rant. Collapsing into bed at a hotel across the street from Disneyland, students had little sleep before boarding the bus to see another university. On Wednesday, students walked around Cal State Fullerton on a tour given by Mrs. Robinson. Although seeing California

universities was the purpose of the trip, students also had the opportunity to see many local hot spots as well. Before heading out to UCLA, stu-dents attended the royal Medi-eval Times and watched joust-

ing and received carnations from valiant knights. How-ever, UCLA seemed to be the school most students, like Se-niors Ombrie Evans and Shane Thomas, looked forward to visiting. Luckily they weren’t disappointed. Unlike the other schools the students had visited, UCLA was bustling with ac-tual college students making the campus a little more excit-ing. To get a better idea of how students live on this campus,

touring lancers were even in-vited to eat in the campus din-ing halls. Shortly after dinner, students had the opportunity to shop at The Block in Orange. Thursday began with a tour of UCLA’s rival: USC.

While many students already seemed to pledge their alle-giance to UCLA, some stu-dents, like Senior Omar Ro-sales, kept an open mind and were very interested in attend-ing USC by the end of the tour. After a quick jaunt from USC came one of the most in-teresting colleges on the tour: FIDM or the Fashion Institute for Design and Merchandis-ing. FIDM allowed students to peek into classrooms and see a rather unique computer

lab where students lounged as they working on laptops. Despite some students’ com-plaints about seeing a fashion school, it was one of the most interesting of the bunch. Completing the tour of

all six schools, students then headed off to the beach for an evening of swimming at Hun-tington. On Friday, students spent the day at Disneyland. After a tiring day at the hap-piest place on earth, students boarded the bus back to Granger. This tour, which was only open to kids who will be seniors this year, gave students much needed informa-tion about applying to universities. Grades from sophomore and junior year will matter most to universities. These are not good times to flake off in school. Also, for stu-

dents wanting to attend school out of state, it is important to know what the school is look-ing for in terms of classes and requirements. See Mr. Jenkel in the career center to find out about requirements for colleg-es and universities in Utah or for schools in other states.

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Calendar

2 My sisters in C .K.S. Keep it real!! --Sisi l ia, Supa, Jayme, Liz

Rosey, Lorina and Nia!! Sose -- Nanise

Shout out to the Volleyball team. You guys are the best. --The foot-ball team

Shoutout to my hot self--Jayme

Shout out to my youngun Sisters and my C .K.S girls...--Liz Kinikini

Shout out to all man kurls in CKS especial ly me!--Ryna Leota Jokin Youngun Shout

out to my TMNT Broth-ers ‘N al l the young guns! Rapheal

Shout out to that sexy boy also known as “clumsy” clown!

Younguns is way better than top guns and cks al l da wayNia Netane

Palina I love you! You are the best! 09!What it do kids...I love all of

the world.--Inoke

AUGUST27th School Starts

28th Girls’ TennisGirls’ Soccer

29th GolfCross CountryVolleyball

30th Advisory ScheduleGolf RegionGirls’ TennisGirls’ Soccer

31st AM AssemblyFootball

SEPTEMBER3rd Labor DayNO SCHOOLGolf

4th NO SCHOOLGirls’ Tennis

5th Picture DayGolfCross Country

6th Picture DayAdvisory ScheduleGolf RegionGirl’s Soccer

7th VolleyballFootball

8th MESA training dayVolleyball

10th Golf

11th VolleyballGirls’ SoccerGirls’ Tennis

12th AM AssemblyPlay AuditionsGolfCross CountryNight Forum

13th

Advisory SchedulePlay AuditionsGolf RegionVolleyballGirls’ SoccerGirls’ Tennis

14th AM AssemblyFootball

15th Homecoming

17th Golf

18th VolleyballGirls’ SoccerGirls’ Tennis

19th Late Start DayGolfCross Country

20th Advisory ScheduleGolf RegionVolleyballGirls’ SoccerGirls’ Tennis

21st

Football

24th Jostens Graduation MeetingGolf Region Championship

25th Girls’ SoccerVolleyballParent Teach Conferences

26th Jostens DeliveryGirls’ Tennis Region ChampionshipCross CountryParent Teacher Conferences

27th Advisory ScheduleVolleyballGirls’ SoccerGirls’ Tennis

28th NO SCHOOLFootball

Shout-outs!!!