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Theater Department presents two plays in one week
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"You're a Good Good Man Charlie Brown" is based on the "Peanuts" comics. The musical will be filmed live outside the Howard Horner Performing Arts Center. Show times: June 18-19 at 7:30 p.m. Single streaming passes: $12.00. Filmed live and streamed on Booktix.com.
"Since March" is an original, student-created play that chronicles what life has been like for DDHS students since March, 2020. The play will be performed live and in-person for socially distant groups of 15 audience members at a time. Each audience group will tour the “Museum of 2020” with the help of tour guides, with several tour start times each day. Show times: June 11 at 6:30 p.m. and June 12 at 2:30 p.m. $5 for students, $8 for adults.
Samuel Franciois, who comes from Cherry Park Elementary where he was the Tech Support Assistant, is the new high school IT Tech. Prior to that, he was a translator and interpreter in Haiti. Welcome Mr. Francois!
Meagan Lutu, who comes to the high school from Floyd Light, will start work as a new dean this fall. Welcome Ms. Lutu!
Michael Teague, a DDHS graduate, is the newest member of the Campus Security Team. Welcome Mr. Teague!
JULY PERSON OF THE MONTH
Aiden Ionis
Beaverton 16-year-old who came up with his own small solution to tackling the rise in homelessness across the Portland area.
Started the Giving Bag Initiative in April, donating snacks and hygiene products to the homeless community.
Ionis also includes a chance for those who get the bags to pay it forward.
"It also contains a brown bag that says 'give me to a friend' on it. And inside the brown bag are literally the exact same items," Ionis said to KGW8. "And they can spread the kindness if they decide to, and it can affect more people in a positive way."
JUNE PERSON OF THE MONTH
Naomi Osaka
- She's shed light on the mental health of athletes by withdrawing from the French Open, announcing on social media that she will "take some time away from the court."
- The 23-year-old revealed that she has experienced depression and anxiety since winning her first major at the 2018 U.S. Open and explained that speaking to the media makes her nervous.
- “I’ve often felt that people have no regard for athletes' mental health and this rings very true whenever I see a press conference or partake in one,” she said.
- “Intentionally or not, Osaka stands at the leading edge of a broad, transformational movement in athlete empowerment,” wrote NYT's sports columnist Kurt Streeter.
MAY PERSON OF THE MONTH
Emma Gonzalez
- Survivor of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people.
- Emerged as one of the leaders of the anti-gun movement and co-founded the gun-control advocacy group Never Again MSD.
- Influenced Florida lawmakers to pass the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act in March 2018, which raises the age to buy a firearm from 18 to 21 and requires a three-day waiting period for most weapons.
APRIL PERSON OF THE MONTH
Benjamin Kagan
- 14-year-old Chicago high school freshman
- Learned to navigate vaccine registration systems to help hundreds of Chicago senior citizens register for a COVID vaccination.
- Created a Google Form that people could fill out to ask for assistance. The information flows into a spreadsheet now accessed by about 50 volunteers whom Benjamin recruited to help secure appointments.
MARCH PERSON OF THE MONTH
Chloé Zhao
- First woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Director for Nomadland
- First woman since Barbara Streisand to be nominated for a Best Director Oscar for Nomadland
FEBRUARY PERSON OF THE MONTH
Eugene Goodman
Faced down angry mob during Capital insurrection
Baited mob away from Pence family
- Selected as a security escort for Vice President Kamala Harris.
JANUARY PERSON OF THE MONTH
Aranya Chopra
Created hundreds of New Years cards for nursing home residents.
Called a Little Angel
Used her piggy bank money to buy cake for residents.
DECEMBER PERSON OF THE MONTH
Keanon Lowe
- Parkrose football coach and former Oregon Ducks wide receiver.
- Prevented Parkrose shooting in 2019 with peaceful action.
- Received Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions.
- Disney to make a movie based on his life.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“If our impulses were confined to hunger, thirst, and desire, we might be nearly free; but now we are moved by every wind that blows and a chance word or scene that that word may convey to us.” -Mary Shelley
June 17: "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom." - Malcolm X
June 10: “Don’t be afraid; people are so afraid; don’t be afraid to live in the raw wind, naked, alone…Learn at least this: what you are capable of. Let nothing stand in your way.” -Tony Kushner
June 9: "When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free." -Barack Obama
June 3: "Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." -Harvey Fierstein
June 2: "Don't care what you may do. We got that attitude! Hey, we got that P.M.A!" -H.R.
May 25: "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." - Desmond Tutu
May 20: "Even if we painstakingly piece together something lost it doesn't mean it will ever go back to the way they were." - Kentaro Miura
May 19: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
May 18: "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving forward." Albert Einstein.
May 17: "Success is not final; failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston S. Churchill
May 12: "You can only go forward by making mistakes." -Alexander McQueen
May 11: "Think things, not words." -Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
May 10: "Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create." -Oprah Winfrey
May 6: "Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. " -Marie Curie
May 5: " For children, diversity needs to be real and not merely relegated to learning the names of the usual suspects during Black History Month or enjoying south-of-the-border cuisine on Cinco de Mayo. It means talking to and spending time with kids not like them so that they may discover those kids are in fact just like them." - John Ridley
May 4: "Do or not do. There is no try." -Yoda
May 3: "The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character - Dorothea Dix
