Teacher Spotlight: Susan Edmonds
"WHOOO" is the new Humanities teacher at VHS?
By: Kyra Bolander | staff writer
By: Kyra Bolander | staff writer
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Susan Edmonds is the newest teacher and member of Valley High school. She has had such big shoes to fill that Terry has left. Terry was a very beloved teacher throughout the years he taught at Valley High School.
Throughout meeting all her new coworkers and new students, she has learned a lot from everyone around her. She looks at each of her students with a blank slate and creates no prejudices. Her only objective with each student is to find their potential and learn about who they are to fully understand them as a person. She teaches language arts and humanities. She has never taught a humanities class before, but she says she is always up for a new challenge and to experiment with different subjects. “I constantly hear so many good things about Terry, I have always wanted to meet this guy.”, she told me this after I asked her if she ever had the chance to meet Terry. She doesn’t let his ‘legacy’ deter her from trying her hardest to get the attention of her students and tries to teach them all kinds of different things. “The students here are very interesting and I cannot imagine what some of them have been through after I read what they’ve written in their journals.” So many people have reacted many different ways to her replacing their previous teacher, but she is still adamant about making a lasting impression on the students that she has had the pleasure of teaching for. |
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Published on April 21st, 2020
Student Spotlight: Tanner Gurule
Get to know the 3rd quarter student spotlight, Tanner Gurule.
By: Kara Rowsell | staff writer
Tanner is the youngest of three siblings and is a big brother to his adopted sister. When Tanner was in elementary school he started getting into fights because he was being bullied. When Tanner was 10 years old, his dad brought him into a boxing gym and hasn’t gotten into a fight since.
Tanner's father, Teddy, is his coach at Fullmer's Brothers Boxing and has coached him since he started. Tanner uses boxing as a way to cope with stress. “As soon as I get back from the gym I am calm and more relaxed,” said Tanner. In 5 years Tanner hopes to be on the USA team for the Paris Olympics. The biggest step he needs to take to get there is to train every day. A quote I took from Tanner is, “The fight is where you have fun, training is where you win the fight.”
Tanner looks up to Floyd Mayweather's style. He has also taken an interest in a new boxer, Shakur Stevenson that just turned pro. He looks up to this specific person because of his style and personality. Tanner views Shakur as a person who is very humble and a good person and boxer to look up to.
Tanner's father, Teddy, is his coach at Fullmer's Brothers Boxing and has coached him since he started. Tanner uses boxing as a way to cope with stress. “As soon as I get back from the gym I am calm and more relaxed,” said Tanner. In 5 years Tanner hopes to be on the USA team for the Paris Olympics. The biggest step he needs to take to get there is to train every day. A quote I took from Tanner is, “The fight is where you have fun, training is where you win the fight.”
Tanner looks up to Floyd Mayweather's style. He has also taken an interest in a new boxer, Shakur Stevenson that just turned pro. He looks up to this specific person because of his style and personality. Tanner views Shakur as a person who is very humble and a good person and boxer to look up to.
Published on April 21st, 2020
Leaving the Nest Early
By: Emily Rhodes | chief editor
During the first three quarters of the 2019-2020 school year, Valley High School has already had 106 early grads. To some people graduating early is a big deal, to others, it could just be something that needed to be done. I interviewed a couple of early grads, Jessie Beall and Haylie Quarnberg, about their feelings towards this particular event. Both of the interviewees had a similar response when asked why they decided to graduate early, to put it simply, they wanted to start to work towards their future outside of high school.
I asked Jessie, a Valley High senior, if graduating early was important to her, to which she replied,
“Yes, it was very important to me. I’ve always struggled in school and being able to come to Valley, finish, and graduate early is a real accomplishment for me.”
After this quarter, Haylie is planning on working full time or even possibly working two jobs. Both of them had different types of motivation but the end result was the same, graduating early. For Jessie, it was her mom who “...always helps me out and makes sure that I’m doing all the things I need to do to be successful.” Haylie’s motivation was her best friend who had also graduated early.
High school isn’t for everyone, some just want to get it done with and if you put in the work it is certainly an attainable goal. Valley High School is a great place to be if you are in a situation where you need/want to graduate early. Here at Valley, there are many options to gain and recover credits to help you reach this goal. For instance, there are Friday activities that you can attend and do a packet on to get a quarter credit. Another way to get more credits is to start doing full days, which means being at Valley and in class anywhere from 9 am to 6 pm. There is also the option of doing packets.
I asked Jessie, a Valley High senior, if graduating early was important to her, to which she replied,
“Yes, it was very important to me. I’ve always struggled in school and being able to come to Valley, finish, and graduate early is a real accomplishment for me.”
After this quarter, Haylie is planning on working full time or even possibly working two jobs. Both of them had different types of motivation but the end result was the same, graduating early. For Jessie, it was her mom who “...always helps me out and makes sure that I’m doing all the things I need to do to be successful.” Haylie’s motivation was her best friend who had also graduated early.
High school isn’t for everyone, some just want to get it done with and if you put in the work it is certainly an attainable goal. Valley High School is a great place to be if you are in a situation where you need/want to graduate early. Here at Valley, there are many options to gain and recover credits to help you reach this goal. For instance, there are Friday activities that you can attend and do a packet on to get a quarter credit. Another way to get more credits is to start doing full days, which means being at Valley and in class anywhere from 9 am to 6 pm. There is also the option of doing packets.
Published on April 21st, 2020
Graduation!
This is graduation Information for the graduating class of 2020.
*All information is subject to change due to the measures put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
*All information is subject to change due to the measures put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By: Emily Rhodes | chief editor
We are now having a virtual graduation. I will update this when there is more information.
(Last updated April 21st, 2020)
(Last updated April 21st, 2020)
Published on April 21st, 2020
