Art Students Display Talent
During the annual art show on Feb. 19, students flocked to personal pieces with a sense of pride and accomplishment. Students in AP Painting submitted a canvas that made a broad statement about society and wrote an essay explaining the meaning. Students from Advanced Art, Ceramics and AP Studio Art also displayed their projects, while select students from Art classes were chosen to display assignments from the first semester. The show was open afterschool from 3-5 p.m.
FBLA Moves on to State
FBLA placed seventh out of 19 schools in the Mission Valley region at the Section Conference. Individual events included personal finance, job interviews, securities and investments. Club members also participated in team events such as global business, hospitality management and entrepreneurship.
Club President Senior Kevin Ou placed first in Job Interview, Sophomore Ivy Chung placed first in Introduction to Business and Seniors Christine Chen and Dennis Wang placed first with Junior Melody Lin in the Marketing team event. Two members won second and three won third. This was one of the best years that FBLA has had, having the most number of first place winners.
Rampage Places at ELA/JEA
Cheers rang across the Schurr High School auditorium as recipients came forward to accept awards for the East Los Angeles Journalism Education Association write-off on Feb. 28.
Seniors Andrew Song placed first in Novice News Writing, Rebecca Chen placed fourth in Critical Review, Arsheeta Kumar placed fifth in News Writing, Serena Lin placed eighth in Feature Writing and Franklin Xie placed ninth in News Writing. Juniors David Brackbill placed third in Editorial Writing, April Zhou placed fourth in Editorial Cartooning, Brittany Hsu placed sixth in Feature Writing and Eva Baudler placed tenth in Editorial Writing. Sophomore Stephanie Shih placed third in Photography. The overall staff placed fifth in Newspaper Sweepstakes.
Students Pie Teachers to Raise Money
On Feb. 30 outside Rm. 311, a line of eight teachers, administrators and ASB members sat defenseless, clad in trash bags and hairnets to protect themselves from the coming onslaught. For a $2 donation, students purchased a pie to throw or to simply walk up and smother them. The Pasta for Pennies charity helps fund leukemia and lymphoma.