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FLOCK OF ONE FOUR SENIOR ISSUE: LEGENDARY

Foothill High School | Vol. 40, No. 5 June 2014

inflightmagazineSENIOR ISSUE 2014

INFLIGHT STAFF 2014

ADVISORMrs. Mary Crawbuck

EDITOR-IN-CHIEFCrystal Chu

TECHNOLOGY EDITORArthur HwangNEWS EDITORJennifer KimSPORTS EDITORGreg HadleyOPINIONS EDITORKaitlyn WangFEATURES EDITORSharon Chu

A&E EDITOR Cesar Saldaña

MARKETING TEAMCrystal ChuJennifer KimJessica Ou

STAFF REPORTERSMaria AkhterMonica AzmiEmilie FrancisTori KnuppeAlice LeeWoojin LeeJessica OuAdit ShresthaBrenna Scott

contentsSeniors of Foothill p3Mr. K Exposé p4Most Likely To p5Summer Bucket List p5College Map p6-7Senior Ball p8-9Valedictorian p10Lip Dub p11Teacher Faves and Farewells p12

Cover Photo Credit: Coni Miller

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the last letterDear 2014, Some farewells are harder than others; but the greatest one of all is when you are graduating and moving to far away places from the people and things that have made you who you are today: legendary. You’ve spent your four years at Foothill with trials and tribulations, but you’ve also filled them with memories that will last a lifetime. Some of you will be going to another city, state, or even

country to embark on a new journey and see if everything you’ve learned at Foothill will withstand the challenges life throws at you. The theme of this Senior Issue is legendary for a reason. Be-cause each one of you have left a mark, a symbol on the school and the world that makes you unique from others. Because to set high standards for your successors. Because it sounds awesome. Because everything, and that’s what makes it legendary. You’ve left a challenge for the people waiting next in line and are ready to make another legendary mark on the world and beyond. As you prepare to close a chapter of your life and open a new one, remember, Foothill will always welcome you (with a visitors pass of course) with open wings. Once a falcon, always a falcon. Stay classy Falcons.

Thanks for a great year, best of luck in the future!

Crystal Chu, Editor in Chief

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“My mom made me join because she thought that I had no friends”

-Camille Cheetham (‘14) on how she got into drama

“If I could give any advice to freshman me, it would be 1. Get hot. Like, really hot. and 2. Get

rich or just marry rich.” -Fiona Lau (‘14)

“Throughout my time at Foothill, I’ve really got-ten a lot of help and support from Mrs. Craw-buck and Mrs. Thoe. I remember at one time, when I had a lot on my mind from things that

were happening outside of school, Mrs. Thoe and Mrs. Crawbuck, both, were there to help and

listen to me.” - Seemren Patel (‘14)

“My favorite day here at Foothill? Senior ditch day. Oh, and the achievement rally.”

-Ellen Fetherston (‘14)

By: Brenna Scott, Staff Reporter

So, who exactly is Lalitha Balachandran (`14)? (With friend, Brennan Hines (‘15) answering) “Lalitha is one of the most unique people I have met in my entire life. She goes to metal concerts

in her spare time with her metal boyfriend.” (Balachandran) “I’m Lalitha and I approve this message.” (Hines) “Lalitha approves this mes-

sage.”

“Coming from Iraq to live here in the USA was very weird, but I don’t remember much since I was only four when I moved. I remember that

my first meal was McDonalds ketchup.” -Maawa Alhafid (‘14)

“I really like colorguard, especially when we go to competitions because I feel like we really bond when we compete together. We’re a family; we’re

all best friends, it’s really cool!” -Kat Campisi (‘14)

SENIORS

OFFOOT

HILL

SENIOR ISSUE

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The year of 2013-2014 is almost over, and since our principal has just fin-ished his first year here, why not ask him about his experience here and the hopes and dreams he has for the future? Intrepid Inflight interviewers Adit and Alice asked Mr. Krolikowski about various topics regarding the school year, including his thoughts about the school community, his highlights of the year, and his vision for the future of the school.

1. How was your first year at Foothill? I have been very happy and hon-ored to be part of Foothill. Every day, I am continually impressed with something new that I had not known about the school.

2. What unexpected challenges did you overcome? Well, when you manage the school lives of 2200 students, you learn to accept chaos as the norm. However, the biggest challenge is probably dealing with unex-pected tragedies like with Ms. Koobatian and Oscar Herrera. Still, every day presents me with new challenges.

3. What goals for this year did you accomplish? My main goal this year was to familiarize myself with the school and its population. I also wanted to make the population aware of my personality; I hope that they know that they can have fun, but there has to be a line somewhere.

4. What goals/plans do you have for next year? Now that I know more about the staff and the school itself, I want to focus on the climate and culture of the school. Next year, I hope to improve on the in-clusiveness of the school society and have agreements between teachers on how they teach their courses.

5. How do you like the atmo-sphere and community at Foothill compared to Dougherty? To be honest, the atmosphere at Foothill is way better than at Dougherty because the students here are proud of their identities as Falcons. They are not only pas-sionate about academics, but also express that same enthusiasm though extracurricular activities and school spirit.

6. What is your favorite aspect of Foothill? It has always been and will be the students. Getting to know them on a more personal basis and making connections with them is always my favorite part of the job.

7. What was your favorite school-wide event this year? Why? I had a great time at the lip dub. Initially, I was anxious because there were a million ways it could go wrong, but it didn’t, and I loved how the students went and expressed themselves. The success of this event makes me eager to try more similar school-wide events in the future.

8. What is your vision for Foot-hill’s future? My immediate goal is to make Foothill the number one school in Pleasan-ton, both quantitatively and holistically. As long as we keep learning and improving, the results will definitely be good.

EXPOSÉ ON MR.KBy ALICE LEE & ADIT SHRESTHA, Staff Reporters

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Most Likely to...Win the lottery, but lose the ticket:JP Pasteur (‘14)“You lose 100% of the lottery tick-ets you dont buy.”

Have their identity stolen:Jessica Amos (‘14)

Get ID’d when they’re 30:Nick Williams (‘14)

“There’s this girl walking around school that looks just like me.”

“I’ll use it to my advantage…all the babes are going to think I’m young.”

Become a teacher at Foothill:Jacob Richey (‘14)“I’m not my father! I’m not my father!”

Summer Bucket List

1. Go Paint Balling2. Visit the Alameda County Fair3. Have a Shaving Cream/Whipped Cream War4. Go Tanning5. Hike on the Ridge6. Watch the Sunrise/Sunset7. Have a Water Gun/Balloon Fight8. Bake Cookies and Give them Away9. Go Geocaching10. Go Tubing11. Go Wakeboarding12. Go Boating13. Go Fishing14. Visit a Water Park15. Visit Six Flags/Great America16. Have a Santa Cruz/Capitola Day Trip17. Go Midnight Skinny Dip-ping18. Make a Tire Swing19. Plant a Tree20. Do Blind Makeovers21. Make a DIY Face Mask

SPORTS EDITORBY GREG HADLEY

We’ve all experienced those hot, dreary, boring days in mid-July where there seems to be absolutely nothing to do. Well hopefully with the help of this list, you will never have to experience one of those day again. This list of different activities varies in price, loca-tion, and time commitment, but each one is enjoyable in its own unique way! Without further ado, InFlight presents to you the Summer 2014 Bucket List.

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MIDNIGHT MASQU ERADEPhoto by Sharon Chu

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BRYCE HWANG (Valedic-torian)Q: When you look back at your four years of high school, how do you think you’ve changed?A: I’ve become more open to new experiences. I’ve also become a lot more optimistic, tolerant, and humbled by meet-ing truly incredible people.

Q: What is something your fel-low senior class maybe doesn’t know about you?A: I love KFC. I really love reading poetry and short stories. I’m a lifeguard. I’m a sucker for cute movies and have a horrible sweet tooth.

Q: What advice/what finals words would you give to the senior class of 14? A: Pursue your dreams and fol-low your heart. You have to be a little impulsive and take risks sometimes to really breathe life.

AKSHAY RAVIKUMAR (Salutatorian)

Q: When you look back at your four years of high school, how do you think you’ve changed?

A: When I started high school, all I cared about was my grades. It made high school boring and extremely stress-ful. As time went on, I met new people, opened up, and started to actually hang with my friends. Now, I know how to have super duper fun while still getting my work done.

Q: What did you have to do/how hard did you have to work in order to get to become vale-dictorian/salutatorian?

A: I challenged myself and took the hardest courses of-fered to me. Sure, I had some sleepless nights and days where I was so stressed about school that I annoyed everyone around me. However, because I balanced my school work with extracurricular activities that I cared about, I was able to get all my work done without it bogging me down.

Q: What advice/what finals words would you give to the senior class of 14?

A: For me, the best way to deal with stress is doing my three favorite things: hanging out, math problems, and sleep. Sure, life’s going to be really busy and stressful, and some-times, you feel like you just cant do everything. Take it easy and don’t forget to do what you’re passionate about - thats how I got through my toughest moments.

YANDI WU (Salutatorian)

Q: How do you feel about be-ing salutatorian?

A: I have wanted to be saluta-torian so much that it’s quite embarrassing. Two years ago, I read Black Boy in Ms. Fulton’s class. The main character gave the speech he wanted to give, refusing to say what the admin-istration or his relatives wanted him to say. It didn’t matter if his speech didn’t impact the audience much, or that the students couldn’t wait to get the heck out of there. He said what he needed to say, behold-en to nobody, and walked out of the school into the world. I

want to be like Richard Wright.

Q: When you look back at your four years of high school, how do you think you’ve changed?A: I’m a lot less crazy. I used to look at everything with so much dread and anger. I dreaded AP World, dreaded applying for college, dreaded going to college, getting stuck in a cubicle. But I’ve met so many wonderful people,been through so many great teachers that I wake up every morning thinking everything is going to be just fine. Also, I now go to school in socks and sandals. Freshman Yandi would have never done that in public.

Q: What was one very memo-rable experience in high school? A: We the People, hands down.We the People helped me form wonderful relationships I can definitely look back and smile upon. By the end of state, I was experiencing serious unit meeting withdrawals.

POWOW TRIOSTAFF REPORTER BY MARIA AKHTER

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FLOCK ON THROUGH LIP DUBNEWS EDITOR BY JENNIFER KIM

Foothill High School made history on Thursday, May 1st by attempting to do what hasn’t been done before: hosting the school’s first-ever lip dub. Spreading like wildfire all over the country through Youtube, lip dubs are school-wide events that features students lip-syncing as they walk past their student body, who are adorned in spirited attire or hold-ing unique props to show off their own diverse activities. Once students are passed by, they run towards the field immediately after for a final shot of the entire student body. The event’s main purpose is to bring the student body together to showcase their unity as attendees of the same school. Leadership students orga-nized this event over months of planning. Danielle Deike (‘14) and Olivia Larsen (’16), the Leadership student in charge of the lip dub, stated that planning started as early as the beginning of February. In order to keep the student

body in the know, Leadership cre-ated and posted maps of the video route with numbers indicating where certain classes and clubs would stand. Leadership ran through the music twice, and the actual execution almost 7 minutes. A significant part of the process was picking the lip-syncers themselves. With so many qualified students on campus, the leadership class carefully narrowed down the pool by considering what qualities they wished for the lip-syncers to embody. “Since this was our first time, we wanted to pick people we knew were reliable and wouldn’t disappoint,” Larsen said. “We also wanted to pick people who were recognizable on campus like sports team captains.” The difficult decisions only continued with the big question of what songs would be featured. After much contemplation over picking a single song, the leadership class instead decided to adopt the policy of “more the merrier” by picking

out 5 songs: “Pompeii” by Bastille, “Everybody Talks” by Neon Trees, “Counting Stars” by OneRepublic, “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)” by Fergie, and “Talk Dirty to Me” by Jason Derulo. All in all, the event was great fun for all who participated. Clubs, classes, and sports teams got creative in order to stand out in the video. For example, the swim team boys donned their speedoes, the English teachers held up their favorite books, and clubs dressed in their own ap-parel. The event truly accom-plished its goal to showcase the school’s diversity by carefully or-ganizing where certain clubs and classes would be positioned. Clubs, classes, and of course a feature for the Special Ed Department made the event as spectacular as it was. Larsen enthusiastically ex-pressed, “I hope that [the lip dub] would become a yearly thing because it’s a really great way to get people to come together as a school.”

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&“Age is but a number, friends.”-David Middleton

“Life’s a garden. You gotta dig it.”-Mr. Robert Mueller

“Diehl with it.”-Mr. Tom

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Mrs. LINDAGULLICK

How long have you been teach-ing at Foothill? -Since 1998Favorite moments about teach-ing?-Interacting with students and helping them. What do you plan to do after retirement? -Travel, take care of granddaugh-ters, read books, garden, volunteer work, and quilting. Any advice for future teachers?-Keep your sense of humor.

Mrs. MARGOOLSEN

How long have you been teaching at Foothill?-5 YearsWhat do you plan to do after retirement? -Sailboat to the British Islands, travel to Ireland, Norway, and Scotland. And spend time at home cooking. What did you learn overall about teaching and working with students?-The most successful ap-proach to discipline is just getting to know students personally. keep it relevant to their lives.

How long have you been teach-ing at Foothill?-For 20 years. What do you plan to do after retirement? -Travel, read books, and never use a red pen again. What did you learn overall about teaching and working with students?-Attitude affects outcome, patience shouldn’t be underestimated, and all students are capable in their own way. Any Advice for future teachers?-Change is good, and don’t sweat on the small stuff.

How long have you been teaching at Foothill? -13 years. Favorite moments about teaching?-When kids come back and tell you that you made a difference in their lives. What are your plans after retirement? -I am going to figure it out as I go along. What did you learn overall about teaching?-People who criticize education, don’t know education. You have to do it to understand it.

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By JESSICA OU & MONICA AZMI, Staff Reporters

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