The Cats’Tale
Sulphur Springs Independent School District
October 2010
Volume Number LIX Issue I
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College Boards adjusts AP exam scoring guidelines
By: Miranda Caddell
unanswered questions.”
Those who teach AP
Recently, the state has
classes
are able to offer a
decided to change the high
school AP exam, effective simpler explanation of the
change.
this school year.
“Previously,
According
to
C o l l e g e b o a r d . c o m , the students
“beginning with the May 2011 lost 1/4 of
AP Exam administration, total a point for
scores on the multiple-choice each wrong
section will be based only answer,” Gail
on the number of questions Herman, AP
English teacher,
answered correctly.
Points will no longer said. “Now, there will be no
be deducted for incorrect penalty for guessing and
answers and, as always, no getting an answer wrong.”
Ms. Herman is pleased
points will be awarded for
with the change because it
will remove a some of the
stress the students encounter
while testing.
“ T h e
students will
not
have
to
decide
whether
to make an
educated
guess when
they
aren’t
certain of the answer.” Ms.
Herman said. “I don’t know
that the change will have a
dramatic effect on overall
test results, but it could help
students attain qualifying
scores.”
While the new scoring
system may not significantly
affect AP exam scores, it
may assist students in more
subtle ways.
“I hope the change
will allow students to
approach the AP exam more
confidently,” Ms. Herman
said.
Those affected by the
scoring change may question
whether this will equate
into a change in classroom
teaching or preparation.
“Of course! I will stress
that students should answer
every question,” Ms. Herman
said.
While the state ponders
new ways to adjust testing
guidelines, there remain
other aspects of the exam
that will hopefully see
improvement in the future.
“It would be nice if
students could submit wordprocessed essays,” said Ms.
Herman.
Drama department brings Oklahoma to Texas
By: Stacey Coleman
Ben Watson.
The plot is staged around
Sulphur Springs High
the
characters going to a
School drama department
dance
and
is
putting
fighting
their
on another
feelings for each
extraordinary
other.
musical.
Throw
in
This year’s
some amazing
theme will be
acting and some
Oklahoma.
great
music,
T h e
and you’ve got
musical is a
a success.
love
story
“We’ve been
about
two
working
very
p e o p l e :
hard,”
Skyler
L a u r e y,
Sinclar said. “It’s
p l a y e d
a
very cute but
by
Kristin
Ramsey and Curly, played by dramatic story line.”
Although no one sees what
goes on behind the curtain,
its important that people
know the hard work and
dedication the
crew members
put into helping
the
actors
while making
sure the play is
enjoyable.
“I help the
actors
learn
their lines and
get ready,” stage
manager Mikki
Petty said “It
gets tough because of all the
rehearsals, but if you stay on
top of things, it’s easy.”
Though the actors are
a big part of the play, they
don’t always have the biggest
impact
on
how smoothly
the play goes.
To
help
make
sure
everything
goes
as
planned, they
incorporate
stage crew.
“I like to
work
with
crew” Mikki
Petty said “I’m the stage
manager. I’m in charge of
keeping everything under
control and organized.”
People join drama for
all kinds of reasons; for
fun, for credits, or because
it is something they feel
passionate about.
Drama for some people is
the whole reason to get up
and go to school.
“I really cant picture
myself doing much else,”
Caleb Brown said “ I haven’t
been doing it that long, so it’s
still a new experience, but
it’s my passion. Whether it is
stage or film, its something
I am going to do not matter
what.”
Pg. 5
Entertainment
Pg. 6
Fun N’ Games
Pg. 8
Sports
In this issue:
Pg. 2
Editorials
Pg. 4
Features
Editorials
Cats’ Tale
Page 2
October 8, 2010
Diversity in school teaches valuable life lessons
By: Daila Perez
can be anything; style or
As we walk through the ethnicity
halls, we see it everywhere.
In the year of 2008- 2009,
Some people find it to be our schools
fascinating.
d i s t r i c t ’s
Others believe it is attendance
frightening, but diversity has record show
its purpose in life; to makes that there
us unique.
were 2,655
Since complete uniformity whites, 847
is only a realistic element in Hispanics,
a utopian society, diversity 579 African
seems to be more prevalent Americans,
amongst the high school 9 Native Americans, and 33
population than not.
Asians and Pacific Islanders.
Everyone has something
These percentages have
that makes him or her increased from previous
different or unique.
years.
A point of difference
As the world develops
and grows, some people are
afraid that ethnic diversity,
yet nobody can escape
from
diversity,
regardless
of
the belief that is
held.
Yes,
it
creates change,
yet change is
inevitable
and
can be beneficial.
According to
Buzzle.com, studies show
that students who study
in schools that encourage
cultural integration show
better adaption to situations
in which they have to deal
with multi-ethnicity.
These students display
an attitude that is more allencompassing and open to
new ideas and situations
because through studying
about different cultures, they
have realized the good from
these cultures and become
evolved in many ways.
Diversity is about learning
from others who are
adversely unique in nature
as compared those around
them, which is exactly what
an empowered education is
all about.
It
empowers
the
individual student with the
responsibility to acquire as
much knowledge as possible
about real life situations.
With diversity being
a common quality of the
“real world,” what better
way to expose students to
such scenarios than through
personal experience in
school.
Diversity has advantages
and disadvantages, but
without it, people would be
close-minded and afraid of
adapting to new ideas.
Student laptops would be beneficial to all learners
By: Miguel Ibarra
Many schools have started
to integrate laptops in their
schools.
I believe that the person
who thought of this idea is a
genius.
I agree with
this thought
and
believe
that we should
also
slowly
integrate
laptops into
our schooling
system.
One of many
reasons would
be to help
those students who have a
low income family, such as
myself, have more time to
work on projects that need a
computer such as typing an
essay, doing research for a
paper.
These students would
benefit a lot more with
a laptop, but so would
the
students who have
computers at home.
T h e s e
students would
no longer have
to wait for the
others to ‘catch
up’
which
will make the
classroom
move at a
quicker pace.
Another
reason would
be that it would impact our
state achievement test scores
in a very positive manner.
This
has
been
demonstrated dramatically
in Virginia.
After two years of a laptop
initiative in Henrico County,
high school score results
increased on all eleven of
the Virginia Standards of
Learning tests.
In 2000, only 60% of
Henrico’s regular schools
were accredited according
to Virginia Standards of
Learning criteria.
By 2003, 100% of
Henrico’s regular schools
were accredited.
This
includes
40
elementary schools, 11
middle schools, and 9 high
schools.
Many laptop schools also
report a substantial drop in
student absenteeism.
Maine schools have
reported up to a 50% decrease
in student absences, and in
one Maine high school, the
rate dropped from 9% to
only 2%.
Schools have long valued
a high attendance rate as
one measure of success.
A number of laptop
schools have also reported a
decline in discipline problems
among students.
The last of my reasons
would be to have the ability
to save paper.
In 2008, statistics show
that approximately each
person in the United States
used about 749 pounds of
paper every year.
That’s a lot of paper.
Think of how many trees
are cut down.
If we had not cut down
those entire trees, then
maybe there would not have
been less destruction on the
ozone.
For those who do not
know, trees absorb Co2
{carbon dioxide} which
is released by cars, oil
companies, people,
The trees then give out
oxygen which we humans
need to breathe.
The United States is only
about 5% of the world’s
population, but uses about
30% of the paper in the
world.
For those who really can
make a difference, please
take this theory about
having laptops integrated
into the schools (particularly
the middle and high school)
as a serious plea for a higer
quality of education.
Editorials
Cats’ Tale
Page 3
October 8, 2010
Currency makeover a frightening possibility
Story & Art By: Eric
Tangy
Money is something that
is one of the most sought
after things in the world.
People who don’t have it
want it, and people who do
have it want more of it.
Have you wondered cared
about the appearance of the
dollars?
You probably haven’t, and
I don’t think anybody ever
has.
What if the U.S. dollar bills
were to have a makeover?
Do you think that would
be a good idea?
If you’re like most people,
you’ve probably never even
thought about it.
The “Dollar Rede$ign
Project” has recently been
organized by a man named
Richard Smith.
People can vote on which
one of the new “amazing”
designs they would like to
see on the dollar bills.
You may be wondering
why anyone would want to
do this.
He explained it like
this: “Our great rival, the
Euro, looks so spanky in
comparison, it seems the
only clear way to revive this
global recession is to rebrand
and redesign.”
You may be thinking to
yourself “he must be joking”
but its not a joke.
They’ve even released
possible candidates for what
designs will be on the bills.
Examples of the new
designs include a blue one
dollar bill with Barack Obama
on it, a pink five dollar bill with
a native american teepee on
it, and a green twenty dollar
bill with an astronaut on it.
Although these designs
may sound interesting, the
design of the dollar bills
should be one of the last
things to worry about.
What about our thirteen
trillion dollar debt?
Changing what our money
looks like would be one of
the biggest wastes of time in
the history of America.
What do you think Mr. Washington? Read for a makeover?
.... Mr. Washington? .... Sir?
True beauty: Skin deep and completely subjective
By: Miranda Caddell
The media today has had
a huge impact on teenagers.
It says you’ve got to have
the perfect body, hair, and
make-up.
Teens have this mindset
now, as if
they were
hypnotized,
and many
will
go
very far to
achieve this
“perfect ”
image the
media has
created.
The views
of popular magazines are
that you have to be a size 2
to be accepted.
Some
models
are
underweight and seem
malnourished, leading the
readers to get the wrong
impression about what a
healthy body weight is.
What
they
don’t seem to
realize, though,
is that all pictures
in magazines are
heavily edited.
Also, doctors
believe
that
it’s almost an
impossible task to
become “model
thin.”
Some will risk their lives
for their looks by starving
themselves and undergoing
dangerous surgeries.
Each year, 10 million
people die from eating
disorders, and on average, 1
in 57,000 die from cosmetic
surgery.
There are other ways to
lose weight; other healthier
ways.
It’s not healthy to have a
BMI of less than 16.5.
It’s sad that people are
refusing to eat because they
want to look pretty, when
chances are, they already
are.
They starve themselves
when there are people in this
world who aren’t able to get
the things we have, including
food.
So many people are
self-conscious about their
appearance when they
shouldn’t be.
There are so many
other things that are more
important than how you
look or what others think of
you, and others’ opinions on
your appearance should not
be such a high priority.
A couple of compliments
aren’t worth the risk of
physical injury or death.
It’s more important to be
happy and true to yourself
than to try to conform to
other peoples’ views of the
perfect image.
Features
Cats’ Tale
By: Stacey Coleman
themselves,” Mack said “and
treating me with respect.
Believe it or
not, I’m a
human being,
too.”
For as long
as many can
r e m e m b e r,
Mack
has
h e l p e d
maintain
a
clean
and
h e a l t h y
environment
for the students and other
staff members of SSHS.
“I have been working here
ten years,” Mack said.
The years here haven’t
always been easy for Mack;
he has had
some
hard
times with his
health.
“Hopefully
my
health
will improve
as
time
progresses,”
Mack said “a
couple years
back, in 2006
I had a heart
attack, and getting kids to
SSHS welcomes new staff
from all walks of life
By: Miguel Ibarra
What’s all the buzz about
you ask?
Well, it’s partly about our
new teachers!
This school year, SSHS
hired seventeen new teachers
due to shortages caused by
others who either retired or
transferred to other areas.
With all the talk about the
new teachers, the burning
question is why they decided
to come to SSHS in the first
place.
Everyone has a unioque
story.
“I came to Sulphur Springs
to coach girls’ basketball,
but I also enjoy working
and helping young people
improve their educational
careers so that they to can
live a good life,” Coach Jeff
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October 8, 2010
Staff profile: Mr. Mack
As A-lunch ends and
students rush to their
classrooms, there is one
person who stays behind.
Without him and his crew,
those who eat later would
be faced with discarded food
and other clutter.
Although it is his job,
Eric Mack realizes that, as a
custodian, a little help from
students can go a long way.
“The
students
can
make my job a whole lot
easier by cleaning up after
E
Chapman said.
Some have come because
of the schools positive
reputation.
“It has an excellent fine
arts department and a good
district that supports the
strings,” Strings instructor
Ben Roberts said.
Though many students
who have these new teachers
have heard where they come
from, others still may find
the answers surprising.
“I grew up in Brooklyn,
New York,” Coach Chapman
said, “I decided to go to
Sheridan Jr. College in
Wyoming for two years and
graduated from Phillips
University in Enid, Oklahoma.
I taught in Enid and Idabel
for thirty-three years before
deciding to come to Sulphur
Springs.”
Migrating from another
state was true for many
teachers new to the district.
“I lived throughout the
United States but grew up
mostly in North Carolina
and Wisconsin. I was also a
musician and music student
in the San Francisco Bay
area.” Mr. Roberts said.
Not only are students
curious about where teachers
come from, but students
and parents alike are always
interested in what the new
teachers would bring into
class with them.
“I hope to bring an
opportunity for the students
to succeed and achieve rather
than fail where it would be
easier to,” Algebra teacher
Branson Boykin said.
help with chairs and tables
would really help me out a
lot.”
Even with the issues,
Mack doesn’t let his heath
get in the way of his custodial
duties and can still have a fun
time at work.
“An advantage of working
here is meeting new kids with
unique personalities and the
new teachers as well.”
Some
people
hate
coming to work, but Mack
loves coming and seeing
everybody.
“I am supposed to be here
at 11:30, but I arrive to work
30 minutes early because I
love what I do,” Mack said.
During his free time away
from the school, Mack works
hard, but still finds time to sit
down and relax.
“I enjoy painting houses
and landscaping,” Mack said,
“I also love watching horror
movies.”
There are down sides, but
for the most part, working
at Sulphur Springs High
School has been a positive
experience for Mack.
“I really love how the
kids treat me and what I
do here,” Mack said.
Meet Your Staff:
Miranda Caddell
Miranda was born in the
English countryside and was
trained to battle and defeat
evil trolls.
Her training consisted
of punching trees, drinking
soda, and washing cars.
She became the champion
of troll battling,
and never failed
to
destroy
them…until one
fateful night.
She
was
fighting
a
h o r r i b l e
monster and
lost.
The
head
troll, Picasso,
captured her
and sent her to the dungeons
of his castle where he told
her to make his dragons
5,000 bowls of soup. She
refused, threw bananas at
him, and escaped.
Outside of the castle, she
met a flying hippo named
Dug who let her travel with
him to Pineapple Mountain,
where there happened to
be a small village called
Sulphurshire.
Sulphurshire
had
wizards,
p i r a t e s ,
peasants, and
squires.
Miranda
settled down
and built a
small cottage a
few miles away
from the town,
and few years
later she married a Nordic
villager and had seven
children.
Entertainment
Cats’ Tale
October 8, 2010
Movie review: The Social Network
By: Miranda Caddell
If you ever thought that
The Social Network is a the creation of the web site
dramatization of computer was easy, think again. During
programmer,
Mark the film, Zuckerberg is in the
Zuckerberg, and his journey middle of two lawsuits; one
to invention the social with his former best friend
and another with two twin
networking site, Facebook.
brothers who say Zuckerberg
stole their idea.
It
stars
Jesse
Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield,
Justin Timberlake, and Armie
Hammer.
The acting was impressive,
and the actors were well
cast; despite the fact that
whenever Timberlake was on
the screen, all I could see was
the lead singer of *N’Sync.
Although it’s fact
Music Review Drake
By: Eric Tangy
in the music business, mainly
Hmm........I’ve seen this because I never expected
person before, but I just cant him to have anything to do
with music.
put my finger on it.
He sort of just popped up
Ah, I remember now!
out
of nowhere and became
He was Jimmy on the
Canadian teen drama series a huge success.
I’m not quite sure how he
“Degrassi.”
Wait a second.......what became a success because
is a Canadian actor doing from what I’ve heard, he is
not that talented when it
rapping?
It seemed a little strange comes to music.
That’s not to say that he is
to me that he has made it big
the worst, however.
With some rappers such
as Soulja Boy, and basically
everyone who has “Lil” or
“Young” at the beginning of
their stage name, it is difficult
to be the worst.
I myself am not a big
rap fan, but I can tell when
someone has what it takes;
he doesn’t.
When I listened to his
album, “Thank Me Later,” I
Anime Review: Blame!
By: Taylor Ausbrooks
BLAME! Is a wonderful
anime
and
manga about
a single man
venturing
across endless
miles of metal
and concrete
substructures
looking for one
thing.
Killy, the protagonist is a
silent hero, rarely speaking,
letting
the
supporting
characters
advance
the
story and plot.
Killy is not
a human, but
a special sort
of Safeguard,
being created to
help or prevent
human access
to the Netsphere.
The Netsphere is a
network that allows users
to access all information
in existence, and is heavily
guarded.
There is also Silicon Life,
which is a race of cyborgs
determined to wipe humans
out of existence.
Killy is accompanied by
Cibo, a Capitial scientist
who is a expert in hacking
computers and serves to
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based, they show Zuckerberg
more like a villain than a
victim, so don’t believe
everything in this film as
absolute truth.
Don’t base your opinions
on the site’s CEO because of
it.
Mark Zuckerberg himself
has even credited it as
fiction.
Though, I assume that
it’s because they wanted an
entertaining film more than
a documentary.
So, is this film award
worthy?
In my opinion, I think it is.
It’s not a life changing film,
it’s obviously not the next
Star Wars or Avatar, but it’s a
very good film.
It’s well made and I would
easily go see it again.
This film has its share of
complex drama and comedy,
thus creating an extremely
entertaining film, and I’d
recommend it to anyone.
found myself bored.
He has no energy and
makes the songs
drawn out and
awful.
Although he has
some guest artist
in his tracks such
as Jay-Z, and Alicia
Keys, the tracks
still don’t manage
to catch my attention.
His voice is just dull, and
his lyrics are unoriginal.
I know everybody has
their own music taste, and
not everybody likes the same
music.
I am very
aware that many
people are fans of
Drake and would
strongly disagree
with this review.
That doesn’t
matter
though
because this is my review,
and I say he is not good.
move the plot.
Killy’s main goal is to find
a human with Net Genes,
which allows access to the
Netsphere.
Nothing else is really
known about Killy because
his memory is slowly
being erased by the new
information he takes in.
Killy also carries a Gravity
Beam Emitter, which cause
massive destruction, which
killy never hesitates to use.
Blame! is an action
adventure anime and manga
that has a thick and sketchy
cyberpunk style, and is a
wonderfully engaging story.
Blame! has 7 episodes
and 10 manga volumes that
are available for purchase
wherever books are sold.
A to F scale: B+
Fun n’ Games
Cats’ Tale
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October 8, 2010
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I never thought I’d see myself (verb). The first time I ever
started (verb ending in ING), I failed. My (noun) could do it
perfectly. I was so (adjective), but as I (past tense verb), I began
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time whenever I attempted to (verb) and do something else, like
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Editor-in-Chief ....Miranda Caddell
Staff Writer ................Miguel Ibarra
Staff Writer......................Eric Tangy
Staff Writer.....................Dalia Perez
Staff Writer........................Stacey Colemen
Staff Writer ........................Jacob Robinson
Staff Writer ......................Selena Gonzales
Staff Writer ...................Taylor Ausbrooks
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Page 8
October 8, 2010
Blue Blazes continue to spread school spirit through dance
By: Stacey Coleman
Summer Ball said “Also a few
Whether it’s a football days a week after school.”
Every girl who wants
game or a pep rally the Blue
to
be a Blue Blaze has the
Blazes give it all they’ve got.
If you thought drill team opportunity to tryout and
was just cute outfits and is judged on how well they
catchy dances, you couldn’t perform.
“There
are
tryouts
be more wrong.
in
December”
Master
It takes a lot of dedication
and time to put in the effort sergeant Katy Chapman
that the Sulphur Springs drill said. “You learn a dance, kick
combination, and perform
team does.
“We
practice
every them in front of the judges.”
As good as the girls are,
morning from between an
hour to two hours,” Captain they know there is always
something new to learn and
something they can improve
on.
“I’d like our team to be
physically stronger in order
for us to do more advanced
moves.” Drill team coach
Mrs.
McCullough
said.
“That is something we
are continually working
on through strengthening
exercises and technique type
classes.”
Though the girls are hard at
work, they find times before
and after practice, boot
camp, and other activities
to talk and get to know each
other and become a tight nit
group.
“My favorite Blue Blaze
memory would have to be
the candle lighting ceremony
at Blitz,” Baby representative
Stacy Couch said. “coming
together not only as a team
but a sisterhood.”
Their hard work has
created a sense of healthy
rivalry between other drill
Wildcats fall to Sherman in football action
By: Dalia Perez
During the game, the
team’s
effort was affected
Last Friday the Wildcats
by the losing score, but they
played against Sherman.
The game was a close continued to motivate each
and physical one, ending in other.
“When we got down
a loss, but the Wildcats held
in
points, we got down
their heads high as they left
in spirits,” Senior Tanner
the stadium.
Junior Kody Chester Gilbreath said.
Some team members
believed the outcome was
believed that the other team
going to be different.
“I figured we would win had an upper hand because
they played on their own
by 10 points.” Chester said.
turf.
“They had the home field,
and their referees made
some questionable calls in
their favor,” Gilbreath said.
Other players felt that
the main disadvantage to
the team was the array of
injuries. Many were shocked
by the extent of injuries.
“[I think the biggest effect
was] injuries.” Chester said.
Overall, members of the
team felt that the result of
the game failed to show their
true potential.
“The score did not reflect
how good our team actually
is,” Gilbreath said.
The game did have some
value for individual members
because it served as a life
lesson for them.
”[I learned] to keep my
head up whenever I get
down,” Chester said.
In spite of loss, Tennis team moving forward
By: Miguel Ibarra
On Tuesday at the middle
school and high school the
girls played doubles and
singles while the boys played
singles, doubles and mixdoubles.
The Wildcats were up
against the Texarkana Tigers,
a protégés school known
for their good players and
coaches.
teams and themselves, and
they are out to be the best.
“We always have an
unspoken rivalry with other
drill teams,” Chapman said
“because we want our
performance to be better.”
For most of the girls on drill
team, being a Sulpur Springs
Blue Blaze is different then
being on any other team.
“Blazes are more then a
team, it’s a sisterhood.” Ball
said, “It’s nice to have girls
you can count on.”
The game also benefited
the team because it gave
them necessary skills and
practice for other competitive
games.
“It will help us to prepare
for hardships and things that
don’t go our way. And [it will
also help us] to be prefect
so nothing could go wrong
in the hands of an official,”
Chester said.
The
Wildcats
play
Greenville
High
School
tonight.
be.”
Overall, the students
Though the Wildcats may Freshman Meagan Smith that] I could have bet him if I seemed happy with the
have lost, some were in good said.
would have played a little bit effort they gave.
spirits and felt
For some of smarter.”
“The team did really
happy for how
the Wildcats,
The team seemed to be good, and I am happy for
they did.
like, the game really nervous to play against how well they all did,” Coach
“The match
was hard but a top rank tennis school.
Lovett said, “I believe that
I played was
not impossible.
“Everyone keep saying the team could have done
hard,
but
“The person how good they were,” a lot better, but I think they
[overall] I am
I played was Smith said, “But when I play mentally scared themselves
really
happy
really good,” against one of their players when they heard who they
about
how
C h r i s t i a n they did not seem as ‘scary’ were playing.”
well I played at the match,” Glascock said, “But I [believe as everyone said they would