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Hawaii Exchange By Adriana Holsberg and Taylor Trahan On Saturday, February 20, thirteen kids and six chaperones left Timberlane for the island of Oahu, Hawaii. After twelve long hours on a plane, we finally arrived at the Honolulu airport. We then checked in at the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel, rushed up to the eighteenth floor holding our amazing ocean view rooms, and got our first glimpse of the incredible island. On Sunday, we went to the Dole Pineapple Plantation, historic Haiewa town, and the infamous Pipeline where we saw huge waves and many professional surfers. The following day, we visited Pearl Harbor where we were able to see the U.S.S. Arizona and see the oil from the ship that continues to cover the surface of the water, even after sixty-nine years. We also watched a documentary including film footage of the “day of infamy” and learned about the people involved in the attack. We then hiked up the inactive volcano known as Diamondhead, overlooking the beautiful ocean and the city of Waikiki and we were able to see whales! “Diamondhead was my favorite part of the week. Although it was a tough hike up, the beautiful view was definitely worth it.” On Tuesday, we went to I’olani Palace as well as Washington Place and explored Hawaii’s interesting history with a man named Uncle Fred. Every day, we went to Waikiki Beach after our adventures and enjoyed the warm water and hot sun. On Wednesday, we all went to one of the most renowned snorkeling locations in the world, Hanauma Bay. There, we were able to see many colorful fish as well as the beautiful coral reef that the Hawaiians are working hard to preserve and keep alive. We also attended a poetry workshop that night where we were able to write our own poems as well as listen to others. On Thursday, we went on a fun-filled catamaran ride and many of us were taught how to surf. “While we were in Hawaii, we spent a lot of time learning how to surf with Mr. Kelly. It was so much fun and was one of my favorite parts of the trip. It was also really cool to watch more experienced surfers,” stated Rachel Riley. Unfortunately, Friday was our final day on the island. We began this day with the First Annual Uncle Fred TRHS Surf Invitational, where Ty Melvin became the champion. After many exciting days and nights including karaoke and dance parties on the balconies, we had to leave the amazing island. Although we all came back to the cold weather in New Hampshire with tans, pictures, souvenirs, and countless memories, Hawaii will be sorely missed by all and will be looked upon as the main highlight of our high school career.
Easy as 3.14159 By Sarah Matson
Every year on March 14, (3-14), Timberlane’s Math Honor Society hosts PI Day. This day commemorates the ratio π. PI day is in celebration of the mathematician, Archimedes who was the first to approximate the ratio to 3.14159… or 22/7. Some countries celebrate PI Day on July 22 (Day/Month), with the 22/7 approximation. PI Day is not just an excuse to eat pie in school; it honors Dan Ketcham, a former teacher at Timberlane.
PI Day is a highly anticipated day in Timberlane. Students bring in a pie in order to receive extra credit in their math class. With many students bringing in pie, there is an overwhelming amount to sell throughout the day. The most popular pies are chocolate and apple. The math honor society sells pie all day long at one dollar per slice or five dollars for a whole pie. Most buy a whole pie and eat it throughout the day.
This year the math honor society raised $2350 for scholarships. Throughout the eleven years that PI day has been at Timberlane, this year raised the most money. It was a busy, exciting day for both the students and the faculty. At the end of the day, math honor society students gather the 50 pies and deliver them to the Emmaus House.
Ms. Daneau, an advisor for the math honor society stated, “My favorite part of PI Day is seeing all the students I don’t get to see so often during the year and catching up with them about how things are going.”
When asked what her favorite part of PI day was, Mrs. Mascioli said, “Remembering for a day and sharing with the students a wonderful, inspiring colleague, Dan Ketcham, and what he stood for as well as what message he wanted conveyed to others.”
The math honor society would like to express their thanks to all of Timberlane for bringing in pies and making it such a successful day! Festival of Fun Kristen Fiore When you think of festivals you probably think of people everywhere, booths, and food. Well, this is exactly what TRHS Student council did on March 6th, 2010. It was a carnival-like festival with activities for kids that ranged from two to twelve year olds. Parents assisted their child around the festival for fun and games. Planned activities for the children were bouncy houses, making book marks, ring tosses, bowling and bracelet making. Hotdogs, pizza, and cotton candy were also popular booth if you were hungry throughout the festival. The turnout of this event pleased the student council. In preparation for this event, student council members chose what booth they wanted to run. Food was brought, and ads were sent out to the elementary schools. Money was raised for Student Council scholarships and money for Big Buddy. The hopes of raising more money come into action when they host a Kids Night every semester. This is when they babysit children and play activities with them. TRHS Student council has done a lot so far for the 2009-2010 school year, and it doesn’t stop here. Battle of the Seasons By: Jennessa Agnew This year spirit week made a leap to the spring. This change originally caused an uproar, but after having experienced the first spring spirit week ever students have different opinions. When we reached a rut-month, March, the following vacation was a great way to excite students to come back to school. With spirit week in the spring, classes had more time to prepare. Overall all products and acts produced for this year’s spirit week were better than usual due to the extended time. Also, this time in the year is when freshman are beginning to feel comfortable at the high school and it appeared as if more freshman participated than ever before. “Yeah, it’s further into the school year I felt more comfortable,” said some freshman boys. In place of the powder puff games was game night, a fun-filled night with volley ball and basketball games as well as wii competitions, family feud and the newly- wed game, which were all new and a blast to watch. Game night gave each grade more chances to win and earn more points than the powder-puff games do.” I think Game night was a really good idea because there were more games that could involve more students and award more points,” said junior, Hannah Walleston. Also dress code was quite lenient this year where students could wear hats and masks throughout the day. The variety show set a new record turn out this year with 18 acts! Students also enjoyed the element of surprise of not knowing the winners until the dance, and also getting to see the top 3 acts at the Pep rally on Friday. Overall spirit week in the spring appeared to go great. For most students this year though, spirit week has been known as a fall event. There are a lot of people throughout the school insisting it was better in the fall where toga day wasn’t cold and that it excited them for the school year. This year a lot of immature actions were observed by teachers who saw tagging on Friday and rambunctious chants at the pep rallies. Then again, these actions happen every year. The Costume parade only gave 30 seconds for acts which most students also didn’t favor. Most days were enjoyed by students except for the absence of owl pride day. In place of owl pride day was heroes and villains day, but it would’ve been nice to have a unifying day to show our school spirit during a week all about spirit.
Swinging the way through History Jennessa Agnew A large part of junior history curriculum consists of the twenties. The “roaring twenties” were an era were dancing was prevalent in most Americans minds. Dancing was the most common way to be social, and enjoy a good night out. Dance halls were opening all across the nation, teens and adults were participating in dance-a-thons where they would dance for days on end. This was an epidemic. To coincide with the twenties era, all juniors participated in a dance lesson. Mrs. Callahan, from the PAC, visited the high school on March 4th. American Studies, and American Lit. classes spent a period in the mini gym from 4th-8th period. Mrs. Callahan taught the classes to dance the Charleston. The Charleston was danced to with jazz music, which was the music of the 1920’s. The dance uses both swaying arms and the fast movement of the feet. It’s a dance that can be done by one person on their own in a large group. Along with learning the popular Charleston, swing dancing was also taught to the junior classes. Swing dancing became popular at the same time as Charleston. Students paired up and began to learn the steps of swinging from Mrs. Callahan “It was fun, and more tiring than I thought and you really have to be comfortable with your partner to be good,” said Brett LaPerriere. Students thoroughly enjoyed being able to experience the actual dances from the time period they were learning about in class. “It was nice to experience what the 20’s population experienced, it made the history of it more real,” said a junior. Teachers also enjoyed seeing their students take part in the dancing “It was great to see our students participating in actual dances from the time period and experience history firsthand while have some fun doing it” |