kayla combs 2011 portfolio
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Kayla Combs2011 Portfolio
Cover Letter
KAYLA COMBS
4521 Lenmore St.Orlando, FL 32812
[email protected](407)-381-0672
May 5, 2011
Renee BurkeYearbook AdviserBoone High School2000 South Mills AvenueOrlando, FL 32806-4199
Dear Ms. Burke,
The Boone High School Legend yearbook has won many awards and even Silver Crowns, but I want to help the publication be the best it can be, which is why I’m applying to be Editor-in-Chief. I believe that teamwork is key on any staff. To be able to communicate and be open to other ideas also helps in the building a superb book. If you have the same beliefs, please accept the resume attached and let’s work towards the best yearbook and the Golden Crown.
As an average staffer and Business Manager, I have learned to overcome bumps in the road to further my writing and the outcome of the book. I think with my skill set, the book would become even better. As EIC, I believe my creative thinking and helpfulness would be utilized. Madison Smith, former yearbook staffer and editor, agrees that this position is one that I would fit right into. As a valuable problem solver and ethical staffer, I can accommodate others to help fabricate the best publication to our student body. As an avid artist, I enjoy coming up with new designs and molding them into a finished piece that people will remember. As an able leader, I would be an adequate EIC. As EIC, I would have a chance to expand practical skills to use later in life.
Thank you for taking the time to look over the resume attached, but I also hope to have an interview with you to help show you the passion I have for this position. Hope to hear from you soon.
Earnestly yours,
Kayla Combs
Enclosed: resumé
Resume
KAYLA COMBS
4521 Lenmore St.Orlando, FL 32812
[email protected](407)-381-0672
OBJECTIVETo learn and improve upon skills that will help on a day-to-day basis and in the workplace, public speaking and public relations, or publishing a yearbook that will make oneself feel proud.
EDUCATIONCompleted two years at Boone High SchoolGraduation date: June 2013G. P. A. 3.86
EXPERIENCEYearbook Staff Member, Boone High School •Aug 2010 - present. Staffer that wrote stories, took pictures and went through Journalism 1
Yearbook Business Manager, Boone High School •Aug 2010 - present. Wrote receipts, deposits, and helped in the distribution of the books.
Yearbook Editor-in-Chief, Boone High School •Present - June 2013. Will create and edit the book to be the best it can be.
Mission Fuge •Summer of 2007-2013. Went into the inner city of southern states to minister to kids about the love of Jesus Christ
RELEVANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDIESJournalism 1, English 1 Honors, English 2 Honors
HONORS, AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS • Junior National Honor Society Member, at Howard Middle • Most likely to start doing flips on the soccer field, paper plate award for soccer
Personal Essay
Over time things change, people come and go, you learn from your mistakes and improve, but in yearbook messing up isn’t an option. In yearbook, you strive to be the best at what you’re doing whether you enjoy it or not. I feel as though journalism has not only taught me more about writing, but about life it self. You learn time management, teamwork, and staying dedicated to the publication. I got into Journalism 1 because of Madison Smith, former staffer and editor. In fact she was the first person that I told about becoming the EIC. She was always a role model and to see her enjoy yearbook made me want to at least try it. Turns out I’m pretty good at it, or so they say. This year I have been through stressful and overloaded days to help yearbook be it’s best. At the end of those days I am always able to think back and proudly say to myself,”You kicked butt on that page, keep it up!”. Not only did I have yearbook, but also sports that I was very actively involved in. Just a taste of the pressure that I felt at one point is the dreadful deadline in which I didn’t get my actual spread until two days before majors were due to Burke. Talk about D-day and stress There was also the wrestling spread that I resubmitted three or four times to finally nail it with Caley’s help. Someone once said,”There is no success like failure.”
Self-analytical Evaluation
Until the end of high school I will learn something new in Room 224 everyday. But to name a few things that I’ve learned over this year and what seems to be most important is the necessity of being on deadline, being able to offer a helping hand, to take criticism, and to just breath in tough situations. D-day as Burke calls it, is the day that one needs to be finish with the spread and be ready to go to press with. The mistakes should not exist any longer and the page should be perfect. Meeting deadlines means that the money and time will not be wasted and go to better things. Leading up to deadlines are the edits and the corrections to reach perfection. After an editor edits your work, they normally leave comments and pointers for you. Sometimes this isn’t enough and you need them to sit down and actually work with you on the spread. This act of helpfulness is such a help in the long run. To have such accommodating editors helps the staff. These editors are editors though and so they will be as harsh as within reason to meet the standards that they have for the book. The important part of being an average staffer is to take this constructive criticism and to put it to use. The editors only want to make things better, so why not take into account their opinion. These situations can be quite stressful and you have to remember to just take a deep breath and to stay calm. This got me through a lot of laborious times. All of the skills will help me in life outside of school and in everyday life. Yearbook has taught me many things that I will use for the rest of my life on a regular basis.
Reflection One
Wrestling...enough said. It all started with the resubmit for David, then there was another, and then there was another. Being myself, I had decided to tackle body copy before actually knowing anything about wrestling. This was all before I had even got my layout and David had the tendency to forget I had asked for help at the beginning of class. David being a tough critic was a big pill to swallow. Being that David expects the best for his section, he will resubmit until he gets just that, I believe that this is when I actually started to write stories. Although I think secretly he wanted to resubmit me one more time before finally sending me to Caley. Wrestling was the most difficult story that I wrote this year. Not only did I not know anything about it, but I had conflicting schedules to only go to one match to watch. Caley was my savior during this deadline. She sat down with me after she saw my failed attempts at a story and began to help shape a new angle. She gave me her time, skills, and field notes to shape the body into what it turned out to be, thankfully. I learned from this body copy that you need to go to meets of sports to get a feel for the sport before you can start writing and have the support of your editors to help you get through the rough patches. The best part of this body copy is the flow from every transition to the next thing. The entire season is covered and the way in which the quotes relate is unique and shows the drive of the team. This was the most challenging, but my favorite body copy.
Reflection OneFirst Draft
Reflection OneFinal Draft
Reflection Two
The one spread that I feel as though still needs work is the HOPE page that I had for deadline two. The body developed over time and became an average body copy. The body covered the basics, but there was nothing really amazing about it. The photos are decent, but as my editor told me,”Some of them look very posed.” I did not pose any of these photos, but do agree with the statement. This spread is still in need of work to make the body better and the photos more natural looking. Throughout the process of submitting this page I learned that I should never settle for average. Looking back I know I probably could have done a better job at the photos and even the body. Over the span of the deadline the content of the spread stayed basically the same with little changes here and there. My biggest regret on this page are the photos. I wish that they did not look so posed, because honestly they are pretty bad. Overall I feel ok about the page, but like all things human, nothing is perfect.
Reflection TwoFirst Draft
Reflection TwoFinal Draft
Discuss 056 “I like HOPE kickball. Since I was on the soccer team, I knew I was one of the best kickers out there,” freshman Delanee Bogan said.
PHYsicAL EDucATiON057
n J
um
P sH
OT.
To
war
m u
p fo
r a
gam
e, fr
eshm
an B
arry
Tayl
or ta
kes
a sh
ot.
Tayl
or e
njoy
s offe
nsiv
e pl
ay
mor
e th
an d
efen
sive.
“I
[like
] tha
t I
get t
o sc
ore
so th
at m
y te
am w
ill w
in,”
Ta
ylor
said
. Th
e H
OPE
stud
ents
play
ed
bask
etba
ll ev
ery
Frid
ay.
stu
dent
s ex
perie
nced
diff
eren
t way
s to
par
take
in fi
tnes
s ac
tiviti
es to
ben
efit
them
in li
fe
He
look
ed i
nten
tly a
t t
he b
all
rolli
ng t
owar
ds h
im.
As
he
appr
oach
ed th
e ba
ll, h
e w
ound
up
his l
eg an
d st
ruck
the
ball.
It w
as
a ki
ckba
ll ho
me-
run.
Sinc
e ki
nder
gart
en, a
ll st
uden
ts in
the
publ
ic sc
hool
syst
em h
ad
to ta
ke p
hysic
al e
duca
tion.
Hea
lth O
ppor
tuni
ties t
hrou
gh P
hysic
al
Educ
atio
n is
a re
quire
d cl
ass
to g
radu
ate,
but
that
did
not
mea
n it
was
not
wor
thw
hile
.“[H
OPE
] tea
ches
you
how
to re
mai
n he
alth
y fo
r lat
er in
life
and
ho
w to
exe
rcise
pro
perly
,” fr
eshm
an C
layto
n Will
s sai
d.In
HO
PE, s
tude
nts
lear
ned
the
phys
iolo
gy o
f the
hum
an b
ody.
The c
lass
cove
red
wei
ght t
rain
ing
and
anae
robi
c and
aero
bic t
rain
ing.
In
ana
roeb
ic t
rain
ing
less
oxy
gen
is re
quire
d th
an i
n a
norm
al
wor
kout
, lik
e st
retc
hing
. In
aer
obic
tra
inin
g, s
uch
as r
unni
ng a
nd
wal
king
aro
und
the
trac
k on
e re
quire
sa h
ighe
r am
ount
of o
xyge
n.
To r
einf
orce
the
les
son,
HO
PE s
tude
nts
ran
a m
ile,
did
50 y
ard
spri
nts a
nd p
layed
kic
kbal
l on
the
field
.A
side
from
the
man
dato
ry H
OPE
clas
s, th
ere
wer
e ot
her c
ours
es
avai
labl
e to
thos
e in
tere
sted
in p
hysic
al e
duca
tion
clas
ses.
Volle
ybal
l cl
ass
deve
lope
d sk
ills
of t
he s
port
and
tau
ght
fitne
ss a
t th
e sa
me
time.
Stu
dent
s lea
rned
to b
ump
the
ball
with
thei
r for
earm
s, to
set
the
ball
with
thei
r fin
gers
and
to sp
ike
the
ball
with
the
palm
of t
heir
hand
. W
hile
lear
ning
thes
e sk
ills s
tude
nts t
ook
part
in c
ompe
titiv
e ga
mes
. T
he s
ocia
l sk
ills
gain
ed f
rom
the
cla
ss h
elpe
d st
uden
ts
com
mun
icat
e be
tter
and
to d
o be
tter
in te
am-o
rien
ted
situa
tions
. “[I
’ve l
earn
ed] n
ot to
giv
e up
and
not t
o fe
ar d
oing
bad
,” fr
eshm
an
Trav
is M
cBry
de sa
id.
Fitn
ess
Life
styl
e w
as a
noth
er n
ew c
lass
offe
red
that
also
taug
ht
heal
th m
aint
enan
ce.
Stu
dent
s le
arne
d ke
y he
alth
cho
ices
the
y sh
ould
do
to in
crea
se a
nd m
aint
ain
thei
r he
alth
. Th
e st
uden
ts w
ere
put i
n a
life-
like
situa
tion
and
told
to d
o w
hat w
ould
ben
efit
them
la
ter
in li
fe.
The
situa
tions
var
ied
from
cho
osin
g be
twee
n fo
ods t
o w
heth
er o
r not
to d
o dr
ugs.
“Dev
elop
ing
lifel
ong
skill
s of
sta
ying
fit
[are
the
ben
efits
of
HO
PE],”
teac
her P
aul K
atau
skas
said
.W
heth
er it
was
runn
ing
a mile
on
the t
rack
, sitt
ing
in a
clas
sroo
m
lear
ning
the
phy
siolo
gy o
f th
e bo
dy o
r hi
ttin
g a
volle
ybal
l, on
e le
arne
d sk
ills u
sefu
l for
life
. “A
nyth
ing
that
bur
ns c
alor
ies,
deve
lops
mus
cula
r st
reng
th a
nd
help
s mai
ntai
n op
timal
wei
ght i
s ben
efic
ial f
or li
fe,”
Kat
ausk
as sa
id.
n K
AYLA
COM
BS
GOING
THE
EXTR
A MILE
ONE
ON O
NE V
OLLE
YBAL
LBu
mp,
set
, sp
ike.
Th
ese
are
the
esse
ntia
l sk
ills
used
in
a v
olle
ybal
l gam
e.
The
first
play
of t
he g
ame
is a
bum
p.
To b
ump,
one
sh
ould
put
his
arm
s to
geth
er
with
the
for
earm
s up
war
d.
Whe
n bu
mpi
ng,
the
ball
shou
ld h
it th
ree
inch
es a
bove
th
e w
rist
s. A
go
od
pass
al
way
s st
arts
a g
ood
gam
e an
d c
an le
ad to
a w
in.
The
next
pl
ay
will
no
rmal
ly b
e se
ttin
g.
To s
et,
one
plac
es h
is ar
ms a
bove
his
head
and
then
pus
hes
up a
nd
outw
ard.
Whe
n pu
shin
g th
e ba
ll, th
e fin
ger p
ads s
houl
d be
th
e on
ly t
hing
tou
chin
g th
e ba
ll. A
lso, o
ne’s
arm
s sho
uld
be
com
plet
ely
exte
nded
w
hen
sett
ing.
If
the
palm
of
one’
s ha
nd h
elps
pus
h th
e ba
ll, it
will
be
calle
d a
car
ry.
If it
is a
carr
y, th
en th
e po
int
will
go
to th
e ot
her t
eam
.A
fter
a se
t, th
ere
is th
e sp
ike.
To
spi
ke,
the
play
er
shou
ld o
pen
the
hand
and
hit
the
top
of t
he b
all
with
his
palm
. Fo
r a
pow
erfu
l spi
ke,
one
shou
ld d
o an
app
roac
h fo
r mom
entu
m a
nd p
ower
.
n G
OT
skiL
Ls. F
resh
man
D
elan
ey H
oeve
naar
bum
ps,
sets
and
spik
es th
e ba
ll in
HO
PE c
lass
. “[I
like
] sp
ikin
g be
caus
e I c
an h
it th
e ba
ll ha
rder
than
mos
t gi
rls,”
Hoe
vena
ar sa
id.
Th
e st
uden
ts p
ract
iced
an
d ap
plie
d th
ese
skill
s in
HO
PE a
nd v
olle
ybal
l cla
ss.
n N
OTE
s O
N E
xEr
cisE
. In
HO
PE,
fres
hman
Enr
ique
Alv
arad
o le
arns
w
ays t
o ex
erci
se.
“I lik
e ho
w w
e ca
n ex
erci
se in
wha
teve
r way
we
wan
t,”
Alv
arad
o sa
id.
The
stud
ents
lear
ned
the
phys
iolo
gy o
f the
bod
y.
n Y
Ou
’rE
Ou
TTA
HEr
E. In
a k
ickb
all
gam
e, fr
eshm
an R
ober
t Sim
mon
s ca
tche
s the
bal
l to
help
his
team
to
vict
ory.
“I li
ke th
e ou
tfiel
d,” S
imm
ons
said
. “I
like
chas
ing
the
ball
to g
et
peop
le o
ut.”
HO
PE st
uden
ts p
layed
ki
ckba
ll fo
r ana
erob
ic e
xerc
ise.
This
help
ed th
em st
ay fi
t and
exe
rcise
.
n B
URN
IRO
N. D
urin
g a
ham
stri
ng
exer
cise
, fre
shm
an X
ena A
boud
alla
h lif
ts w
eigh
ts.
“I lik
e th
e fa
ct th
at I’
m
gett
ing
stro
nger
,” A
boud
alla
h sa
id.
Th
e st
uden
ts w
ent t
o th
e w
eigh
t ro
om e
very
Wed
nesd
ay to
take
par
t in
an
aero
bic
exer
cise
.
Shou
ld stude
nts be
allo
wed
to
take
HOP
E on
line?
53%
said
that
stud
ents
shou
ld b
e ab
le to
take
the
clas
s onl
ine
47%
said
that
stud
ents
shou
ldn’
t be
able
to ta
ke th
e cl
ass o
nlin
e
Fres
hman
Mac
kenz
ie W
illiam
son
runs
aro
und
the
track
dur
ing
HOPE
cla
ss in
effo
rt to
fini
sh a
m
ile. “
I like
the
feel
ing
I get
whe
n [I’
m ru
nnin
g],”
Willi
amso
n sa
id. “
I can
thin
k cl
early
.” T
he
stud
ents
ran
a m
ile in
cla
ss, w
here
as a
n on
line
stud
ent w
ould
hav
e to
mak
e en
ough
tim
e on
his
ow
n to
run
the
mile
.
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stud
ents
pol
led
Nov
. 17
Reflection Three
This picture is by far my favorite because it shows the players stance, his expression, and his body language shows how hard he is working. The lighting on his face is perfect to where you can see the expression of hard work and determination. I think I like this picture the most because it’s such an action shoot and this was my favorite deadline, JV Baseball, that I worked on with Delaney. Even though I couldn’t use this picture on the final spread and deadline of the year, I really like it and wish I could have used it to enhance the page. This picture is saved on my laptop, and not the server
Reflection Four
As an average staffer, some people would say I was a behind the scene kind of person, but I think that every staffer stood out in their own way. I was the organized, neat freak, that got majors to Burke before anyone and take pride in that, even if I did jokingly get made fun of. I believe that these quirky things about me made me stand out in my own unique way. My writing skills developed throughout the year thanks to the resubmitting of David Ballard and the helpfulness of Caley Brock. The first three deadlines that I had were pretty simple and I was able to coast through it all easily, then Ballard had me resubmit three times and I finally got the hint that I had to step it up. Brock was more than willing to help me in this process as she gave me her field notes and sat down and worked on the story with me. On a skill of one to ten, my writing skills have reached a 9.25. Also as Business Manager, I was pretty important since I kept track of everything related to the purchase of the books and the records of this. But otherwise, I really didn’t do anything that important other than type names, alphabetize, and write receipts. Commitment is key to any successful partnership or staff. If no one came to work days or to class, then there wouldn’t have been a book. My commitment level was very high this year, as I came to every work day and stayed till everything got to an adequate stopping point for that day. I think as a staffer, one needs to realize that time is key and you have to be willing to give it. I hope to show this next year.
Reflection Five
The biggest problem that I had to face this year is working yearbook into my already hectic schedule. Being an active athlete, having family events, and church is already a plateful, but yearbook is something that I wanted to do since I enjoyed Journalism 1. This being the case, I began to work in the workdays and extra work load so that I could still perform in other areas of my life. This might have been the biggest obstacle, but in the long run it wasn’t that hard to overcome. Having to squeeze some yearbook related things into my schedule helped teach me the need of being flexible and always helping when I can. I can’t always have things my way and yearbook helped me realize that. Over time, one could say that I developed the sense of time and how to use it wisely. Yearbook showed me that if you can plan things out for the future, you can be ready for the unexpected.
Refl ection Six
My mid-year goals:
1. Spend more time on yearbook.I believe that I spent more time in yearbook at the end of the year than the beginning of the year. I achieved this goal by setting aside time needed to accomplish getting my pages done and doing them well. My time was spent in an amazing and non-wasteful way.2. Focus more time on Business Manager work.I think that was is a throw in at the last minute goal because then I was doing fine and I’m doing great now that everything has settled down and I don’t have much to do. The most important part of the year was the beginning and being able to write all those receipts.3. Remaining calm.I think that was a pretty important thing this year. I laugh now at my little breakdowns because they really weren’t that big of a deal. I would get worked up and I just needed to take a chill pill. I think I have definitely improved upon this skill since the beginning of the year.
Reflection Seven
Y2. Sports Reporting
Wrestling body copy (pg 153). This body copy covers the whole season, starting with the first meet and then the rest of the season in a brief summary. It puts the reader in the wrestler’s mind set and shows what goes through their mind.
Y16. Sports Action Color Photo.Wrestling action photo (pg 153). This photo is an action shot of a wrestler in a quite awkward position, but it is up close and everything is in focus. It shows the skills I have learned this year.
Y20. Academics Color Photo.Ceramic photo (pg 153). This photo is of a student working in ceramics. It is close and fills the frame. It shows the hands-on experience that the students get at our school.
Reflection Eight
Be yourself and never hold back.
Why do we try to f t in when we were born to stand out?
Design One
Design Two
Deadline One
Deadline One
Deadline Two
Discuss 056 “I like HOPE kickball. Since I was on the soccer team, I knew I was one of the best kickers out there,” freshman Delanee Bogan said.
PHYsicAL EDucATiON057
n J
um
P sH
OT.
To
war
m u
p fo
r a
gam
e, fr
eshm
an B
arry
Tayl
or ta
kes
a sh
ot.
Tayl
or e
njoy
s offe
nsiv
e pl
ay
mor
e th
an d
efen
sive.
“I
[like
] tha
t I
get t
o sc
ore
so th
at m
y te
am w
ill w
in,”
Ta
ylor
said
. Th
e H
OPE
stud
ents
play
ed
bask
etba
ll ev
ery
Frid
ay.
stu
dent
s ex
perie
nced
diff
eren
t way
s to
par
take
in fi
tnes
s ac
tiviti
es to
ben
efit
them
in li
fe
He
look
ed i
nten
tly a
t t
he b
all
rolli
ng t
owar
ds h
im.
As
he
appr
oach
ed th
e ba
ll, h
e w
ound
up
his l
eg an
d st
ruck
the
ball.
It w
as
a ki
ckba
ll ho
me-
run.
Sinc
e ki
nder
gart
en, a
ll st
uden
ts in
the
publ
ic sc
hool
syst
em h
ad
to ta
ke p
hysic
al e
duca
tion.
Hea
lth O
ppor
tuni
ties t
hrou
gh P
hysic
al
Educ
atio
n is
a re
quire
d cl
ass
to g
radu
ate,
but
that
did
not
mea
n it
was
not
wor
thw
hile
.“[H
OPE
] tea
ches
you
how
to re
mai
n he
alth
y fo
r lat
er in
life
and
ho
w to
exe
rcise
pro
perly
,” fr
eshm
an C
layto
n Will
s sai
d.In
HO
PE, s
tude
nts
lear
ned
the
phys
iolo
gy o
f the
hum
an b
ody.
The c
lass
cove
red
wei
ght t
rain
ing
and
anae
robi
c and
aero
bic t
rain
ing.
In
ana
roeb
ic t
rain
ing
less
oxy
gen
is re
quire
d th
an i
n a
norm
al
wor
kout
, lik
e st
retc
hing
. In
aer
obic
tra
inin
g, s
uch
as r
unni
ng a
nd
wal
king
aro
und
the
trac
k on
e re
quire
sa h
ighe
r am
ount
of o
xyge
n.
To r
einf
orce
the
les
son,
HO
PE s
tude
nts
ran
a m
ile,
did
50 y
ard
spri
nts a
nd p
layed
kic
kbal
l on
the
field
.A
side
from
the
man
dato
ry H
OPE
clas
s, th
ere
wer
e ot
her c
ours
es
avai
labl
e to
thos
e in
tere
sted
in p
hysic
al e
duca
tion
clas
ses.
Volle
ybal
l cl
ass
deve
lope
d sk
ills
of t
he s
port
and
tau
ght
fitne
ss a
t th
e sa
me
time.
Stu
dent
s lea
rned
to b
ump
the
ball
with
thei
r for
earm
s, to
set
the
ball
with
thei
r fin
gers
and
to sp
ike
the
ball
with
the
palm
of t
heir
hand
. W
hile
lear
ning
thes
e sk
ills s
tude
nts t
ook
part
in c
ompe
titiv
e ga
mes
. T
he s
ocia
l sk
ills
gain
ed f
rom
the
cla
ss h
elpe
d st
uden
ts
com
mun
icat
e be
tter
and
to d
o be
tter
in te
am-o
rien
ted
situa
tions
. “[I
’ve l
earn
ed] n
ot to
giv
e up
and
not t
o fe
ar d
oing
bad
,” fr
eshm
an
Trav
is M
cBry
de sa
id.
Fitn
ess
Life
styl
e w
as a
noth
er n
ew c
lass
offe
red
that
also
taug
ht
heal
th m
aint
enan
ce.
Stu
dent
s le
arne
d ke
y he
alth
cho
ices
the
y sh
ould
do
to in
crea
se a
nd m
aint
ain
thei
r he
alth
. Th
e st
uden
ts w
ere
put i
n a
life-
like
situa
tion
and
told
to d
o w
hat w
ould
ben
efit
them
la
ter
in li
fe.
The
situa
tions
var
ied
from
cho
osin
g be
twee
n fo
ods t
o w
heth
er o
r not
to d
o dr
ugs.
“Dev
elop
ing
lifel
ong
skill
s of
sta
ying
fit
[are
the
ben
efits
of
HO
PE],”
teac
her P
aul K
atau
skas
said
.W
heth
er it
was
runn
ing
a mile
on
the t
rack
, sitt
ing
in a
clas
sroo
m
lear
ning
the
phy
siolo
gy o
f th
e bo
dy o
r hi
ttin
g a
volle
ybal
l, on
e le
arne
d sk
ills u
sefu
l for
life
. “A
nyth
ing
that
bur
ns c
alor
ies,
deve
lops
mus
cula
r st
reng
th a
nd
help
s mai
ntai
n op
timal
wei
ght i
s ben
efic
ial f
or li
fe,”
Kat
ausk
as sa
id.
n K
AYLA
COM
BS
GOING
THE
EXTR
A MILE
ONE
ON O
NE V
OLLE
YBAL
LBu
mp,
set
, sp
ike.
Th
ese
are
the
esse
ntia
l sk
ills
used
in
a v
olle
ybal
l gam
e.
The
first
play
of t
he g
ame
is a
bum
p.
To b
ump,
one
sh
ould
put
his
arm
s to
geth
er
with
the
for
earm
s up
war
d.
Whe
n bu
mpi
ng,
the
ball
shou
ld h
it th
ree
inch
es a
bove
th
e w
rist
s. A
go
od
pass
al
way
s st
arts
a g
ood
gam
e an
d c
an le
ad to
a w
in.
The
next
pl
ay
will
no
rmal
ly b
e se
ttin
g.
To s
et,
one
plac
es h
is ar
ms a
bove
his
head
and
then
pus
hes
up a
nd
outw
ard.
Whe
n pu
shin
g th
e ba
ll, th
e fin
ger p
ads s
houl
d be
th
e on
ly t
hing
tou
chin
g th
e ba
ll. A
lso, o
ne’s
arm
s sho
uld
be
com
plet
ely
exte
nded
w
hen
sett
ing.
If
the
palm
of
one’
s ha
nd h
elps
pus
h th
e ba
ll, it
will
be
calle
d a
car
ry.
If it
is a
carr
y, th
en th
e po
int
will
go
to th
e ot
her t
eam
.A
fter
a se
t, th
ere
is th
e sp
ike.
To
spi
ke,
the
play
er
shou
ld o
pen
the
hand
and
hit
the
top
of t
he b
all
with
his
palm
. Fo
r a
pow
erfu
l spi
ke,
one
shou
ld d
o an
app
roac
h fo
r mom
entu
m a
nd p
ower
.
n G
OT
skiL
Ls. F
resh
man
D
elan
ey H
oeve
naar
bum
ps,
sets
and
spik
es th
e ba
ll in
HO
PE c
lass
. “[I
like
] sp
ikin
g be
caus
e I c
an h
it th
e ba
ll ha
rder
than
mos
t gi
rls,”
Hoe
vena
ar sa
id.
Th
e st
uden
ts p
ract
iced
an
d ap
plie
d th
ese
skill
s in
HO
PE a
nd v
olle
ybal
l cla
ss.
n N
OTE
s O
N E
xEr
cisE
. In
HO
PE,
fres
hman
Enr
ique
Alv
arad
o le
arns
w
ays t
o ex
erci
se.
“I lik
e ho
w w
e ca
n ex
erci
se in
wha
teve
r way
we
wan
t,”
Alv
arad
o sa
id.
The
stud
ents
lear
ned
the
phys
iolo
gy o
f the
bod
y.
n Y
Ou
’rE
Ou
TTA
HEr
E. In
a k
ickb
all
gam
e, fr
eshm
an R
ober
t Sim
mon
s ca
tche
s the
bal
l to
help
his
team
to
vict
ory.
“I li
ke th
e ou
tfiel
d,” S
imm
ons
said
. “I
like
chas
ing
the
ball
to g
et
peop
le o
ut.”
HO
PE st
uden
ts p
layed
ki
ckba
ll fo
r ana
erob
ic e
xerc
ise.
This
help
ed th
em st
ay fi
t and
exe
rcise
.
n B
URN
IRO
N. D
urin
g a
ham
stri
ng
exer
cise
, fre
shm
an X
ena A
boud
alla
h lif
ts w
eigh
ts.
“I lik
e th
e fa
ct th
at I’
m
gett
ing
stro
nger
,” A
boud
alla
h sa
id.
Th
e st
uden
ts w
ent t
o th
e w
eigh
t ro
om e
very
Wed
nesd
ay to
take
par
t in
an
aero
bic
exer
cise
.
Shou
ld stude
nts be
allo
wed
to
take
HOP
E on
line?
53%
said
that
stud
ents
shou
ld b
e ab
le to
take
the
clas
s onl
ine
47%
said
that
stud
ents
shou
ldn’
t be
able
to ta
ke th
e cl
ass o
nlin
e
Fres
hman
Mac
kenz
ie W
illiam
son
runs
aro
und
the
track
dur
ing
HOPE
cla
ss in
effo
rt to
fini
sh a
m
ile. “
I like
the
feel
ing
I get
whe
n [I’
m ru
nnin
g],”
Willi
amso
n sa
id. “
I can
thin
k cl
early
.” T
he
stud
ents
ran
a m
ile in
cla
ss, w
here
as a
n on
line
stud
ent w
ould
hav
e to
mak
e en
ough
tim
e on
his
ow
n to
run
the
mile
.
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stud
ents
pol
led
Nov
. 17
Deadline Three
VOICE 108 “[I am best at] being a water boy,” junior Joshua Slovenkay said.
Prac
tice
mak
es P
erfe
ct
Whe
n w
rapp
ing
ankl
es, w
rists
and
oth
er b
ody
part
s, th
ere
wer
e te
chni
ques
to b
e le
arne
d. S
enio
r Sa
man
tha
Arc
ara
bega
n le
arni
ng h
ow to
wra
p at
th
e be
ginn
ing
of th
e ye
ar a
nd b
y w
inte
r bre
ak, s
he
exce
lled
at th
e ta
sk. “
[I m
ostly
tape
] bec
ause
I’m
le
arni
ng; I
’m n
ew a
nd I
have
to le
arn
mor
e,” A
rcar
a sa
id.
Bein
g a
first
yea
r tra
iner
, Arc
ara
lear
ned
thro
ugh
hand
s-on
exp
erie
nce
and
prac
tice.
Whe
n a
play
er w
alke
d in
with
any
thin
g th
at n
eede
d to
be
tape
d, A
rcar
a w
as th
e on
e th
at e
nded
up
tapi
ng
them
. Arc
ara
join
ed th
e cl
ub fo
r fun
and
in th
e en
d,
she
lear
ned
thin
gs th
at c
ould
be
help
ful l
ater
in li
fe.
20 rolls
of t
ape
per
wee
k
n t
hE
wO
rk
nEV
Er E
nd
s.
Befo
re a
socc
er
prac
tice,
so
phom
ore
Am
anda
Sw
artw
out f
ills
wat
er b
ottle
s. “I
ha
te h
avin
g to
ge
t wet
, but
I’m
gl
ad th
e pl
ayer
s ar
e hy
drat
ed,”
Swar
twou
t sai
d.
Swar
twou
t fill
ed
arou
nd 1
,000
w
ater
bot
tles t
he
who
le y
ear.
450
wat
er b
ottle
s fil
led
per w
eek
100
kids
ser
vice
d pe
r w
eek
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sPOrts MEdICInE109
The
gam
e ha
d ju
st b
egun
and
the
mem
bers
wer
e w
aitin
g fo
r an
othe
r pl
ayer
to c
ome
off t
he fi
eld
with
an
inju
ry th
at w
ould
hav
e to
be
tend
ed to
. Th
e fir
st in
jury
was
an
ankl
e sp
rain
, the
seco
nd w
as a
mer
e cu
t on
the
knee
, th
e th
ird a
kin
k in
the
neck
. The
stud
ents
in S
port
s Med
icin
e w
ere
prep
ared
to
han
dle
thes
e ty
pes o
f inj
urie
s with
exp
ertis
e.Th
e m
embe
rs in
vest
ed a
nyw
here
fro
m 1
8 to
32
hour
s a
wee
k he
lpin
g at
hlet
es.
They
pre
pare
d fo
r ci
rcum
stan
ces t
hat w
ere
out o
f the
nor
m, l
ike
a br
oken
jaw
from
lacr
osse
or a
min
or c
oncu
ssio
n th
at w
ould
put
an
athl
ete
in
the
emer
genc
y ro
om.
They
also
fille
d so
man
y w
ater
bot
tles
that
they
lost
co
unt a
fter t
he fi
rst d
ay d
urin
g th
e fo
otba
ll se
ason
. “Y
ou h
ave
to t
ake
your
job
seri
ously
. Ev
en t
houg
h yo
u’re
aro
und
your
fr
iend
s all
day,
you
have
to k
now
whe
n to
be
prof
essio
nal,”
seni
or E
lizab
eth
Shea
rous
e sa
id. “
Ther
e is
a tim
e to
play
and
a ti
me
to b
e re
spon
sible
.” A
thle
tic T
rain
er J
ulie
Sol
omon
tau
ght
the
stud
ents
pro
per
first
aid
te
chni
ques
, how
to
sec
urel
y w
rap
inju
ries
, how
to
give
car
diop
ulm
onar
y re
spira
tion
and
how
to u
se a
n au
tom
ated
ext
erna
l def
ibri
llato
r. T
hese
wer
e lif
e sa
ving
skill
s and
cou
ld b
e us
ed o
utsid
e of
scho
ol to
hel
p an
yone
.“I’
ve h
elpe
d m
y ne
ighb
or w
ith a
bus
ted
up k
nee
and
cove
ring
it to
sto
p so
me
blee
ding
,” ju
nior
Josh
ua R
ogac
hesk
y sa
id.
The
club
met
afte
r sch
ool i
n th
e 70
0 bu
ildin
g an
d w
aite
d to
trea
t stu
dent
s th
at c
ame
in f
or r
ehab
or
even
a n
eck
mas
sage
to
wor
k ou
t ki
nks.
The
st
uden
ts in
the
club
pre
pare
d th
emse
lves
for a
ll at
hlet
ic g
ames
and
situa
tions
th
at m
ight
occ
ur,
with
han
ds-o
n ex
peri
ence
. A
reg
ular
exe
rcise
was
the
en
actm
ent
of a
spr
ain,
whi
ch t
he m
embe
rs w
ould
the
n ha
ve t
o ha
ndle
ac
cord
ingl
y. T
hey
lear
ned
lead
ersh
ip, t
eam
wor
k, c
oope
ratio
n an
d re
ceiv
ed a
sens
e of
acc
ompl
ishm
ent f
or th
e w
ork
they
did
.“[T
he b
est t
hing
abo
ut b
eing
in th
e cl
ub is
] jus
t bei
ng a
ble
to h
elp
peop
le
with
thei
r inj
urie
s,” R
ogac
hesk
y sa
id.
Rog
ache
sky k
new
afte
r he h
elpe
d hi
s nei
ghbo
r, th
at tr
aini
ng w
as so
met
hing
he
mig
ht w
ant t
o do
in th
e fu
ture
. Th
e m
embe
rs a
lway
s fe
lt pr
oud
afte
r a
good
wra
p jo
b on
an
ankl
e or
any
bod
y pa
rt,
like
they
mad
e th
e w
orld
a
bett
er p
lace
for a
thle
tes t
o be
in.
On
gam
e day
s, th
e stu
dent
s ate
with
the f
ootb
all t
eam
and
crea
ted
stro
nger
bo
nds
with
one
ano
ther
. T
he m
embe
rs c
reat
ed t
eam
-like
fri
ends
hips
and
at
mos
pher
e. T
hey
enjo
yed
the
fello
wsh
ip, w
hich
was
an
adde
d bo
nus a
long
w
ith th
e le
arni
ng e
xper
ienc
es a
nd sk
ills.
“[The
bes
t par
t abo
ut th
e cl
ub] i
s get
ting
to m
eet p
eopl
e, to
lear
n ab
out
inju
ries
and
how
to tr
eat t
hem
,” so
phom
ore
Elisa
Car
rion
said
. “It
help
s you
le
arn
abou
t te
amw
ork
beca
use
you
real
ly h
ave
to le
arn
to w
ork
with
you
r pe
ers.”
n k
aYLa
cOm
Bs
A TE
AM L
IKE
NO O
tHer
train
ers
atte
nded
to in
jurie
s, fi
lled
wat
er b
ottle
s an
d ha
d fu
n, a
ll the
whi
le h
elpi
ng a
thle
tes
reac
h th
eir g
oals
photo/Phabulous Photos
n t
hat
’s a
w
raP
. Se
nior
A
lison
Hef
fern
an
help
s Bra
dley
H
utse
ll w
ith
a cu
t on
his
wri
st.
“I lik
e
mak
ing
the
new
fr
iend
ship
s with
in
jure
d pl
ayer
s,”
Hef
fern
an
said
. H
effe
rnan
pa
rtic
ipat
ed in
Sp
orts
Med
icin
e al
l fou
r yea
rs.
photo/Caley Brock
n F
EEL
thE
PaIn
. A
t a fr
eshm
an
foot
ball
gam
e, tr
aine
r Jul
ie S
olom
on
atte
nds t
o a
cram
p in
the
low
er c
alf.
“U
sual
ly y
ou se
e th
e m
echa
nism
and
yo
u ca
n se
e ho
w th
ey fe
ll or
land
ed,”
Solo
mon
said
. “Y
ou c
an k
ind
of p
redi
ct
wha
t’s g
oing
to h
appe
n [a
fter y
ou
see
that
].” S
olom
on h
elpe
d ov
er 5
0 fo
otba
ll pl
ayer
s off
the
field
ove
r the
fo
otba
ll w
hole
seas
on.
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Deadline Seven
n T
AKE
A S
WIN
G.
Up
to b
at, f
resh
man
cat
cher
Jenn
ifer
Alv
arez
mak
es c
onta
ct w
ith th
e ba
ll.
“[Th
e be
st p
art o
f pl
ayin
g fo
r you
r sch
ool i
s] yo
ur te
am is
at s
choo
l, so
you
ge
t to
see
them
a lo
t, ” A
lvar
ez sa
id.
Alv
arez
bro
ke h
er
hand
hal
fway
thro
ugh
the
seas
on a
fter a
girl
slid
into
her
as
she
was
att
empt
ing
to ta
g he
r out
.
SOPH
OMOR
EJO
HN M
ADDE
N
n B
UNT
FOR
A RU
N. B
untin
g ag
ains
t Col
onia
l, fr
eshm
an B
rian
na C
amer
on tr
ies t
o ad
vanc
e a
runn
er.
“[Whe
n I’m
at t
he b
at] I
’m n
ervo
us a
nd th
en I
get
anxi
ous f
or th
e ba
ll,” C
amer
on sa
id.
Cam
eron
play
ed
outfi
eld
and
seco
nd b
ase.
n S
pRIN
T TO
WAR
d T
hE
WIN
. Fr
eshm
an M
ark
Ang
elo
runs
to h
ome
plat
e sc
orin
g a
run
for t
he te
am.
“[Whe
n yo
u ge
t a r
un fo
r the
team
, yo
u] g
et a
sens
e of
per
sona
l acc
ompl
ishm
ent a
nd y
ou
just
feel
gre
at,”
Ang
elo
said
. A
ngel
o ha
d a
.309
bat
ting
aver
age
for t
he se
ason
. n
Th
RO
W IT
FAR
. Whi
le
war
min
g up
bef
ore
the
gam
e ag
ains
t Uni
vers
ity, f
resh
man
Sa
mue
l Mc W
illia
ms t
hrow
s to
a te
amm
ate
at h
ome
plat
e. “
I lik
e [m
y te
am] a
lot.
We’
ve b
een
win
ning
a lo
t of
gam
es a
nd w
e do
n’t g
et v
ery
tens
e; w
e ha
ve fu
n,” M
c W
illia
ms s
aid.
Mc W
illia
ms,
who
also
was
a p
itche
r, ha
d 25
stri
keou
ts fo
r the
seas
on.
photo/Kayla Combs
photo/Allie Sloan
GIR
LS
COM
PETE
D W
ITH
WES
T O
RAN
GE
TEAM
HUNG
ERED
FO
R
WIN
S AT
HO
ME
They
wer
e do
wn
by
thre
e
runs
aga
inst
the
Wes
t Ora
nge
War
rior
s.
In
the
bott
om
of
the
seve
nth
inni
ng,
the
play
ers
hudd
led
toge
ther
and
co-c
apta
in
Bran
don
Rhe
a,
soph
omor
e, b
egan
his
pep
talk
to m
otiv
ate
the
team
.
“I as
ked
if th
ey h
ad th
e he
art o
f a c
ham
pion
and
if th
ey d
id
they
wou
ld g
et th
eir
act t
oget
her
and
get b
ack
into
the
gam
e,”
Rhe
a sa
id. “
[Afte
r tha
t] w
e ra
llied
toge
ther
to ti
e.”
The
team
fou
ght
hard
, sc
orin
g th
ree
runs
, bu
t in
the
end
they
fell
just
shy
of a
win
. Th
e ga
me
ende
d 3-
4, b
ring
ing
the
first
loss
of t
heir
deve
lopi
ng se
ason
.
“I w
as d
isapp
oint
ed b
ecau
se I
tho
ught
we
wou
ld w
in,”
fres
hman
Aus
tin P
ulle
r sai
d. “
We
had
been
goo
d th
e re
st o
f the
seas
on; w
e ju
st d
idn’
t hit
wel
l.”
The
team
’s go
als f
or th
e se
ason
wer
e to
win
as m
any
gam
es
as p
ossib
le a
nd to
also
win
all
hom
e ga
mes
. W
ith th
eir
goal
s in
min
d, t
he t
eam
wen
t th
roug
h th
e se
ason
with
hig
h st
anda
rds
and
the
expe
ctat
ions
that
they
win
at h
ome.
“It f
eels
real
ly g
ood
[to w
in a
t ho
me
agai
nst
the
War
rior
s]
beca
use
a lo
t of t
he fa
ns a
re th
ere
and
we’
re ju
st m
akin
g th
em
prou
d,” f
resh
man
Bla
ke S
ande
rson
said
.
Alth
ough
the
ir fir
st l
oss
was
tou
gh,
the
away
gam
e st
ill
allo
wed
the
tea
m t
o ea
rn a
n un
defe
ated
rec
ord
at h
ome
with
an o
vera
ll 18
-2 se
ason
reco
rd.
“[Tha
t fir
st lo
ss] i
nspi
red
us to
alw
ays f
ight
bac
k an
d to
nev
er
give
up,
” co-
capt
ain
Bran
don
Gra
bhor
n, so
phom
ore
said
.
It w
as
the
top
of
the
seco
nd i
nnin
g an
d th
e gi
rls
wer
e do
wn
by t
hree
aga
inst
W
est O
rang
e. W
ith tw
o gi
rls
on b
ase,
fre
shm
an D
anie
lle
Lobo
zzo
step
ped
up t
o th
e pl
ate
and
clen
ched
the
bat.
She
swun
g th
roug
h th
e ba
ll, d
rivi
ng it
lo
ng o
ver t
he fe
nce
for a
hom
e ru
n, ty
ing
the
gam
e, 3
-3.
“I w
as r
eally
exc
ited
beca
use
that
was
the
sec
ond
hom
e ru
n I’v
e ev
er h
ad an
d to
kno
w th
at I
tied
the
gam
e w
as re
ally
exc
iting
,” Lo
bozz
o sa
id.
The W
est O
rang
e War
rior
s lat
er w
ent o
n to
win
the
gam
e 7-
6.
It w
as t
he s
econ
d tim
e th
ey w
ent
up a
gain
st W
est
Ora
nge
afte
r pr
evio
usly
tyin
g at
hom
e, 1
0-10
. “T
he fi
rst g
ame
was
scar
y be
caus
e w
e w
ere
tied
thro
ugho
ut th
e w
hole
gam
e an
d w
e ke
pt b
attli
ng b
ack,
” jun
ior
co-c
apta
in A
lann
a R
affa
elli
said
. “It
was
kin
d of
disa
ppoi
ntin
g be
caus
e I f
elt l
ike
we
shou
ld’v
e w
on it
.”W
ith t
he t
ie in
min
d, t
he t
eam
wen
t on
to
play
the
War
rior
s fo
r th
e th
ird a
nd f
inal
tim
e. T
houg
h th
ey g
ave
it th
eir
all,
they
w
ere
unab
le to
pul
l out
a w
in, f
inish
ing
the
gam
e 3-
7.
“[Alth
ough
we
lost
the
final
gam
e th
e ou
tlook
for
the
seas
on]
was
still
goo
d be
caus
e w
e pr
oved
that
we
can
try
and
give
a lo
t of
effo
rt,”
co-c
apta
in L
yann
Sot
o, ju
nior
, sai
d.St
rivi
ng t
o w
in a
t le
ast
half
of t
heir
gam
es t
he t
eam
’s dr
ive
help
ed t
o ac
hiev
e th
is go
al a
fter
the
outc
ome
of t
he f
inal
Wes
t O
rang
e ga
me,
and
fini
shed
the
seas
on 8
-6-2
.“W
e tr
ied
our
hard
est
to r
each
our
goa
l [af
ter
the
outc
ome]
an
d w
e di
d ev
entu
ally
reac
h it,
” Sot
o sa
id.
DESC
RIBE
YOU
R FA
VORITE
PA
RT O
F TH
E GA
ME?
Play
ing
wel
l,
acco
mpl
ishi
ng w
hat I
nee
d
to d
o on
the
team
and
mak
ing
the
play
s th
at I
need
to s
o w
e ca
n w
in.
SAR
Ah R
Edd
,
FRES
hM
AN
The
com
petit
ion
and
inte
nsity
of t
he g
ame
beca
use
ever
yone
see
ms
to g
et in
to th
e ga
me.
ELIA
S SE
VILL
A,
SOph
OM
OR
E
Whe
n w
e ar
e w
inni
ng
or ti
ed a
nd e
very
one
is
pum
ped,
all t
he e
nerg
y
is u
p an
d w
e’re
hav
ing
a
good
tim
e.
SUM
MER
dO
UG
LAS,
FRES
hM
AN
The
feel
ing
of th
e ba
ll
flyin
g rig
ht d
own
the
mid
dle
and
whe
n yo
u
swin
g yo
u kn
ow it
’s a
grea
t hit.
ABB
EY L
ARR
,
SOph
OM
OR
E
Hitti
ng b
ecau
se it
’s th
e
hard
est,
but o
nce
you’
re
good
at i
t and
you
can
get
on a
roll,
it be
com
es fu
n
and
wor
th w
hile
.
AUST
IN h
OG
AN,
FRES
hM
AN
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[My
TEAM
IS]
AW
ESO
ME.
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y’R
E AL
L R
EALL
y G
REA
T AN
D W
E’R
E A
REA
LLy
GO
OD
TEAM
.
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