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16 Feb

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Señora Uminsky’s Valentine’s Day Party

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Senora Uminsky's Spanish III class brought a variety of food to enjoy during sixth period, from brownies and root beer floats to chips and salsa.

February 14, a date that is known around the world as Valentine’s Day.  Around Tesoro, students were seen carrying large bouquets of flowers and huge boxes of chocolates. NHS members brought  roses to fourth period classes, and friends gave each other candy and notes.

Amongst the festivites, Señora Uminsky’s Spanish III decided to have a celebration of their own. After reviewing the present subjunctive tense and taking a quick vocabulary quiz, students brought snacks and drinks up to the front table, setting up a kind of period six after-lunch buffet. There was a variety of snacks, including chips, cookies, brownies, cake, and even root beer floats.

Once they had finished up their quiz, the students got a chance to unwind, sit back, and ease their school stress with a plate full of delicious treats. “After a long, hard day of studying and taking tests, it was nice to relax and eat until the class was over,” said junior Rebekah O’Brien.

Junior Nicole Morishima and sophomore Angela Gallagher relax and enjoy a valentine's day dessert after reviewing grammar and taking a vocabulary quiz.

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16 Feb

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IMPACT Recruits

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On a rainy Wednesday afternoon, prospective IMPACT mentors lined up outside room 309 to await an interview to qualify for next year’s IMPACT program. IMPACT scheduled two dates to be interviewed, Wednesday February 15,  from 3-5 p.m. and Wednesday February 29,  from 7-8:30 a.m. As groups of seven began the interview process, each person was asked a series of questions by the lead mentors. “We are looking for students who are squared away and who actually appear to care about the freshman. Our main goal is to actually help the freshman make a smooth transition into high school.” said junior lead mentor Melanie Kim. The interview process was similar to speed dating; first you sit down with 3-4 interviewers. In one minute, the interviewers ask the prospective members a question, they respond and the lights turn off. When the time is up, the room goes dark and the future mentors move to their next interviewers. This goes on for seven rounds. “I loved having the mentors in my freshman homeroom this year and I think it would be a great way to help ‘IMPACT’ the school. Plus I’m ready for this interview! The email said ‘dress to impress’ and I’m here in a suit and tie! Could you ask for anything more?” said freshman Andrew Estipinan.

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15 Feb

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Help Restore Nature

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Tesoro’s Key Club members are helping to restore nature this Sunday, Feb. 19. They are going to Natives Nature Center to help clean up, to keep our environment beautiful. “I’m excited to help out with this. I think preserving nature is important,” said junior Shae Simpson. Even those non Key Clubbers can easily help with keeping our environment clean and restore nature. Pick up trash or plant a tree in your backyard, it’s that easy! Tesoro, let’s keep our environment safe, healthy, and happy.

Key Clubbers will help to restore Nature on Sunday. Even if you are not a Key Clubber, you can always do something to help!

 

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15 Feb

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Can and Balloon Lab

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Freezing and imploding, the chemistry students of room 702 experimented with the relationships between temperature, pressure, and volume. Ms. Elwell  gave her student’s a lab which was intended to teach the gas laws by applying them to two similar situations: what happens to a balloon placed on a flask that goes through a great temperature drop and what happens to an aluminum can that goes through a similar temperature fluctuation. At the end of both experiments, students observed the balloon imploding into the flask and the metal can spontaneously crumpling in on itself. “It was so much easier to understand the laws of gases through hands-on activities instead of note-taking,” said sophomore Parker Ginn.  His lab partner, senior Kyle Long, agreed on the superior aspects of performing labs: “It’s crazy cool when the stuff we’re working with explodes or makes weird noises or catches on fire.”

From left to right Liam Finn (11) David Navarro (11), and Matt Costanzo (10) examine the heated aluminum can that just imploded immediately after having been placed in the ice water

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15 Feb

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Orangetopia!

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On Saturday, February 11, Tesoro students and their guests streamed into the Honda Center in Anaheim. An orange carpet was laid at the front entrance while a photographer took pictures. Inside, orange “Orangetopia” wristbands were given out as well as water and sugar cookies with orange sprinkles. Finally arriving onto the dance floor, orange light up noodles were thrown into the crowd for students to dance with. The music was provided by DJ Alex Dreamz and two acrobats were seen hanging above the stage. The Orangetopia king and queen were chosen an hour before the end of the dance. Seniors, Lauren Fish and Duke O’Keef won and danced to the song “All My Life”. “Orangetopia was awesome, I had a great time with my friends and I will remember it forever” said senior Kelsey Harrison. When asked about his experience, Rohit Jayawardhan said “This dance has by far been the best dance we’ve had. I also can’t believe they had acrobats. The entertainment was amazing!” Orangetopia ended with a burst of orange confetti and the chandeliers lighting up in sync with the music.

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